March 12 Board Meeting

001Good evening. Um, this is the um regular meeting of the board of trustees of the Cypress School District uh March 12th, 2026 and I'm calling the meeting to order at 6:15. Miss Parker, could you please call roll? Trusty Hayashida >> here. >> Trusty Nidm >> present. Trusty Periq is absent. Uh Trusty Sandi, >> I'm here. >> Trusty Taka >> present. >> Item number two is approve the agenda. Do I have a motion to approve? >> So moved. >> I second. >> Okay. Are there any additions or corrections? What I would like to do is to note um whether or not it is something that we need to change in the agenda or not, but underneath 4.2 to conference with labor negotiators. There should be a change in language for agency designated representative from Anselav's superintendent

002to Tracy Morren Lawren's acting superintendent. So if we could have those if if that change is appropriate uh could we then add that to uh the change on the agenda? >> Good catch. >> Are there any other additions or corrections? I should probably read this only after we return from our closed session, but I believe that it's appropriate at this time. Uh I want to provide a readout of the report from the close session that was held Tuesday, March 10th, 2026 that will explain the correction to the agenda as that meeting was not livereamed. So the um the report was during close session the board voted to accept Superintendent Anne Salav's request for early retirement effective March 10th, 2026. Consistent with terms of her contract, Miss Salavis will receive her current salary through June 30th,

0032026 and receive health benefits on the same basis as active certificated employees until until age 65 when she otherwise becomes andor when she otherwise becomes eligible eligible for Medicare, whichever comes first. The board um named Tracy Morren Lawren, executive director of human resources to temporarily assume the role of acting superintendent upon Miss Salah's departure. No new employment agreement nor added compensation was considered by the board in connection with this temporary assignment. Further board meetings will be scheduled to select an interim superintendent to oversee district operations in the 202627 budget reduction process. If there are no other additions or corrections or comments, uh I would ask for uh all in favor of approving the agenda with the corrections say I. >> I. >> All opposed then motion has carried with corrections for the agenda. Item number

004three is public comments closed uh session in accordance with government code section 54954.3. Anyone who wishes to address the board on any closed session agenda item may be recognized at this time. In accordance with board bylaw 9323, individual speakers shall be allowed three minutes to address the board on each agenda item. The total time limit for public comment on each item is 20 minutes. Miss Parker, do we have any uh public comments for this session? >> No. >> Okay. Thank you. And then item number four is uh for us to move on uh and recess to close session. We have two items. 4.1 conference with legal counsel existing litigation and 4.2 conference with labor negotiators. uh that is uh related to association of cypress teachers. Uh we will be back by at 7 o'clock in

005the evening and uh we will now recess to close uh close session. No, >> where's your water? >> We we're going to have a break after the after the um then you can get it. >> Thank you. >> Well, I can hear the excitement in the room. Welcome everyone and uh this is a special meeting so uh our special evening not a special meeting. Um so again welcome for uh this evening. I am going to uh pick up where we left off. Uh item number five is reconvene to open session at 7 PM. And as you notice, we're just a few minutes off, but uh we had a close session and uh the report for the close session is is that we received information from uh staff, but there was no action taken. Moving on,

006we have uh 5.2, which is our pledge of allegiance. And I ask trustee uh Nem to lead us in the pledge. >> Put your right hand over your heart. Ready, begin. >> I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. And I'm just guessing that the vast majority of you all are here for this next item on the agenda, which is item number six, special activities. 6.1 is recognition of the 2025 26 Cypress teacher of the year and nominees. I will uh defer to our acting superintendent uh Tracy Morren Lawrence and also our HR director. teach. >> Good evening, board of trustees, acting superintendent Tracy Moore Lawrence and guests. This is always such a

007pleasure to talk about our certificated employees of the year and our classified employees of the year. I would like to ask um ACT leadership to come up and CSEA leadership to come up so that when I read the names, they're going to be giving um a gift to the recipients. And then Karen, you usually come up too, right? Oh, and I also need Do I need the certificated people or the >> Oh, okay. Okay. So, Karen's going to be giving the certificates. Thank you. Okay. So, Teresa, you'll be doing the slideshow. And our first nominee for teacher of the year is Candi Early. So, Candy, Candi is here with Matt, her husband, Stella and Mia, her daughters, and Janet Curtis, her mother. Will you all please stand? Family, and let's give everyone a round of

008applause. >> So, now, are you going to read about her? Okay, there we go. >> Oh, wait. >> Hi. Candi is a 26-year veteran, current kindergarten teacher. She Candy Early embodies the teacher of the year spirit through her profound dedication to both students and colleagues. In the classroom, she fosters a nurturing inclusive environment where her patience allows young learners to flourish. Outside of all of it, she champions exper experimental learning by founding the school's nature club and organizing impactful community outings. As the Association of Cypress Teachers Union President, Candi bal balances t tire tirelessly advocacy for educators with the steadfast commitment to student success. Her leadership, integrity, and innovative spirit make her a true champion for the entire school community. Candy, stay right there. Lydia Sanji, president, would you please come down? I forgot to

009invite you down. So each recipient's going to shake hands, get a certificate and something from ACT. Okay. So go ahead. >> Yes, you you need to stand there and Yeah. Oh, good. We need a picture. And then you'll stand over there and wait for your other recipients. The next nominee is Nicole Vo from King fifth grade teacher. Tone, husband, Arya, Lydia, daughters, and Betty mother. Would you please stand so we can all clap as a family for Nicole. Miss Nicole Vo exemplifies everything teacher of the year should be. Dedicated, innovative, compassionate, and deeply committed to the success and well-being of every student she serves. As a fifth grade teacher, Mrs. Vo goes beyond academic instruction to foster a positive, inclusive, and empowering school culture. One of Mrs. Vo's most impactful contributions to our campus has

010been bringing the Playworks program to our school. Through Playworks, students learn teamwork, leadership, conflict resolution, and respect, skills that extend far beyond the playground and into the classroom and their daily lives. In her classroom, Mrs. Vo creates a learning environment where students feel supported, challenged, and inspired. Mrs. Vo takes the time to create and assign universal design for learning projects each trimester to for students to complete. Mrs. Vo is also a leader among her peers. She collaborates willingly, shares resources and ideas, and consistently looks for other ways to improve our school community. One collaboration she nurtures is with the TK teacher in her class, teaching fine motor skills through art. This promotes motor skills for the TK students and compassion and patience for the fifth graders. Her passion for teaching and advocacy for her students

011are evident in everything she does. >> Thank you, Nicole. And you'll stay for a photo and then you'll join Candy. The next is Jennifer Palone from Landell, education specialist. Nick, her husband, and Katherine, her daughter, are here to celebrate her. Guys, stand and wave. Jennifer Palone has been a special education teacher since 1998, the last 12 and a half years of which have been here at Cyprus. In addition to serving as a full-time specialized academic instruction teacher to students in TK through sixth grade at Landell, she has worked with PBIS, SST, Red Ribbon Week, safety and kindness committees. Her philosophy is that at heart at the heart of education is the child and at the heart of the child is their social emotional well-being. From greeting a child in the morning to listening to them

012share about their weekend to teaching them self-regulation strategies, she believes in building students SEAL skills alongside their academic skills. Jennifer has always had a passion for working with students with special needs and enjoys supporting not just the students she works with directly, but also their general education teachers and support staff. She says, "I am both proud and humbled and honored to to be nominated here uh by our school to be this year's teacher of the year. >> Thank you, Jennifer. Thank you. Next is Elizabeth Elm from Luther, sixth grade teacher. Adrien Chavez, husband and family, please stand and we'll all clap together. No, your husband I called. >> You're all ready. >> Thanks. With 23 years of experience across multiple grades, Elizabeth Elm Green is a fourth generation educator at Luther School who brings a

013profound depth of knowledge to her sixth grade classroom. Holding two master's degrees in reading instruction and administration, she has dedicated her career to literacy development, social emotional learning, and culturally responsive instruction for English language learners. Elizabeth creates a vibrant, inclusive environment where academic dis discourse and creative expression flourish, ensuring her students develop the stamina and competence needed for future success. Beyond the classroom, Elizabeth is a distinguished leader and mentor, serving as a thinking maps trainer, cen fellow, and master teacher for stu for future educators. Her impact spans spans the district through her work on the MTSS panel and her leadership in diverse extracurric extracurriculars from the student garden and the talent show to her long-standing commitment to sixth grade camp. By bridging the gap between rigorous curriculum and compassionate community engagement, Elizabeth has become a

014trusted resource for both parents and students, perfectly embodying the qualities of teacher of the year. >> Thank you, Elizabeth. Now shake hands and get a photo. Next is Ida Eggenburgger Gutierrez. Eganburgger Gutierrez from Morris, third grade teacher. Her husband Tony, Adam and Aaron, and Emily, her children are here. Would you guys please stand so we can all clap? Thank you. A 30-year veteran with 23 years at Juliet Morris Elementary, Ida is an exceptional educator defined by her warmth, professionalism, and dedication. With a master's degrees in technology and administration, she has served at the school's technology lead for over 15 years while maintaining a classroom environment that celebrates curiosity and compassion. Drawing from her biology background at UC Riverside, Ida brings learning to life through the school garden and her beloved classroom pets, Myrtle the turtle,

015her goldfish, and teaching students respon teaching students responsibility and love for science. Inspired by her son, Adam and her own heritage as a daughter of Hungarian immigrants, Ida is a fierce advocate for inclusive education, focusing on the unique strengths of students on the autism spectrum. Her influence extends far beyond academics. She nurtures leadership through student buddy programs and fosters community spirit with her famous homemade cinnamon rolls and pickles at the annual fall festival. Whether she is leading a DIY woodworking projects or mentoring colleagues, Ida's tireless work ethic and heart for children makes her a cornerstone of the Morris community. Thank you, Ida. Shake hands and get a photo. Next is Jeannie Kim from Vessels, third grade teacher. Her husband James, Ana Lisa, daughter, Elliot's son, and Anna Pacmother are here. Could you stand and we

016can all give a round of applause? Thank you. Since 2001, Jeanie Kim has been a cornerstone of the Cypress community, serving students at Morris, Dickerson, and Vessels with unique blend of techsavvy innovation and grounding calm presence. Known for her expertise in social emotional learning, Jeanie excels at building a culture of kindness where every child feels seen, respected, and safe. Whether she is developing engaging digital resources or coordinating the vessels oral contest, her mission remains the same. helping students find their voices and building the confidence necessary to become lifelong problem solvers. Beyond her daily instruction, Jeanie is a dedicated advocate for families, serving as a PTA representative and steady mentor to her colleagues. Her commitment to the whole child mirrors the care she provides her own children. Fostering a sense of belonging that stays with her

017students long after they leave the classroom. By balancing modern instruction leadership with quiet, thoughtful approach to mentorship, Jeie exemplifies the heart and dedication of an elite educator. >> Thank you, Jeanie. And then next, Artosa Social Emotional Learning, Cassie Hanley. Her husband, Bill, and daughter Caitlyn are here. Would you please stand? Give a round of applause. With 25 years of dedicated service to the district, Cassie Hanley has built a distinguished career centered on compassion, expertise, and a deep commitment to student success. She spent 21 of those years at Arnold School, where she was known for fostering a love of learning through thoughtful, engaging classroom practices, and building lasting relationships with students and families. Her transition from the classroom to her current role reflects a career-long passion for empowering every child to thrive both academically and personally.

018For the past four years, Cassie has served as the social emotional learning teacher on special assignment, the sealtosa, providing critical support to students facing complex behavioral and social challenges. Through patience and specialized skill, she helps these students develop the essential tools for emotional growth and resilience. A true collaborator and lifelong learner, Cassie draws on her decades of experience and insights of her colleagues to remain an exceptional advocate for children, making her a highly deserving candidate for teacher of the year. >> Thank you, Cassie. Okay, now Lor's going to take a photo of all of our nominees. Let's give everyone a big round of applause. >> Yeah, I'm going to do after they all go. I'm going to do and then Jeie Kim, I need you to come back over here and everyone else may be

019seated. So, Jeannie Kim, she was chosen as the Cypress School District Teacher of the Year, and we have plaques to give her. Is there a monetary thing that goes with that rotary? >> But there is monetary. Do you know how much it is? Okay. And then here, Jeie, you're not done. We're behind door number three. We have the Rotary plaque and you will be getting a monetary award. They were not able to be here. >> No, I'm here. >> Oh, you are here. Yay. Hi. I'm Come on over. Okay. Do you want to say anything? >> On behalf of the Rotary Club of Cypress, Los Alamos and Seal Beach, we'd like to congratulate you for being recognized for your service to both the community and the district. And to help you along a little bit,

020here's a check for $250 from Rotary Club. Take your family to dinner. Congratulations. >> Okay, Genie. Now you need a picture with the Rotary President. >> Well, that's great. I don't want you. >> Thank you. Thank you very much. Call you up. Okay. Don't know. Okay. Okay. Okay. Good. I've got it. Okay. Now, we're going to do classified employee of the year. >> Oh, okay. Is he going to do it now? So, Anthony needs to come up. Okay. So, our classified employees of the year, we have Mercedes Cole, licensed vocational nurse, and her family is here. Will the family stand and we will all Oh, look at that. They've got a lot. So, come on up, Mercedes. Is it on? Is it Is it on? Okay. Oh, Mercedes. Mercedes has been an LVN in the

021Cypress School District since 2014. She is not only proficient and caring in her duties, but also exhibits an easy, genuine rapport with the students in her care. In addition, she strives to educate herself on any and all changes in her field. Mercedes is willing to help at any moment at any site. She has been called for her assistant while at other sites and manages to arrive in a timely manner, ensuring all students are taken care of in a matter that is kind. Mercedes is not only a vital part of the Cypress School District team, but she is also a beloved member of our staff. There is always a sense of relief and joy when she is on campus. I've personally witnessed that. She is truly an asset to the schools of the Cypress School District.

022Mercedes is an excellent example of the hard work, dedication, and care that classified employees put into their daily work with their students, staff, school sites, and district. All of her work is for the betterment of the Cypress School District, and Mercedes knows that it starts with the students. Congratulations. >> And then a photo And then Mercedes, would you go stand over there? The next classified employee of the year is Pam Glacell from preschool program manager Early Childhood. >> Mercedes, you want to put the plant here so you don't have to hold it? I was going to say that heavy. For over 20 years, Pamela has exemplified dedication and innovation within our district. Beginning with the Mommy and Me program, she quickly became a cornerstone of early childhood education, helping to lay the foundation for what

023is now our highly regarded preschool program. Families feel welcome and students thrive in an environment that is safe, engaging, and supportive. Her lasting impact on the school and community reflects a career marked by dedication, advocacy, and a genuine passion for education. Congratulations, Thank you, Pam. >> And we have Diana Sabr from Luther School, administrative secretary. Oscar, her husband is here. Okay. Diana enhances every aspect of our school environment through both her skill and her spirit. She has a remarkable ability to improve systems while simultaneously lifting the morale of those around her. Diana's organizational strengths make everyday operations smoother, but it's her empathy and positivity that truly set her apart. She brings laughter into stressful moments and offers compassion when someone needs encouragement. Diana is far more than a dedicated employee. She is a unifying force

024within our community. Her natural ability to connect with people combined with her strong work ethic makes her indispensable. She contributes not just to the functioning of the school but to the heart of it. Congratulations. >> Thank you Diana. And then Teresa skip past Pam again. You might see Pam. And then the next one is Tanya Monte. She's not here tonight. And Tanya from Child Nutrition Services. We want to give her a big round of applause also. Classified employee of the year. And then we have from business services, Becky Rios, reporographics technician. Bedell, Alec, Ariana, AJ, and Angel are all here. >> Yes, they're waving from the back. Becky represents everything that's good about classified employees. She's dedicated, professional, and deeply committed to supporting students and staff. Her work speaks volumes. Every banner, flyer, and handout

025that leaves the print shop reflects her pride in our schools. She's the reason so much of what we do looks polished and welcoming. But it's more than that. Becky shows the community what classified employees bring to education. She proves that behind every successful school event or communication is someone like her working hard to make make sure things go right. Her role might be behind the scenes, but the impact of her work is front and center. Congratulations. >> Thank you, Becky. Thank you. And from Luther, Don Smith, PAR educator. Her husband, Christopher, is here. Thank you, Don, for all of your work. Congratulations. >> Don Smith elevates the image of classified employees through her professionalism, innovation, and deep care for her students. Her 29 career 29-year career in the Cypress School District exemplifies the expertise and

026dedication that PAR educators bring to their work every day. She demonstrates that classified employees are not just support staff. They are educators, mentors, and advocates who make a lasting difference in our students lives. Congratulations Thank you, Don. >> And then will you take a photo of all of them together? We have President Sandi running around back and forth. >> And Mercedes, will you come over here? And the rest of you may be seated. And President Sandi, come back down here. Thank you. So, Mercedes, you're would you come over here, Mercedes? Okay. We want to say that Mercedes is our classified Cypress classified employee of the year. Congratulations. With that, I do want to say, Mercedes, I wanted to publicly acknowledge you as helping us single-handedly you get all the TB things correct. So, thank you

027very much. We really appreciate it. Okay. And then we also need to call up Randy, the president of Rotary, because he has a plaque for you and a monetary check. Mercedes, >> it's Robert with that. >> Oh, Robert. Okay. Well, look. It says that >> you can have a go by print. >> Okay. >> Mercedes, on behalf of the Cyp Cypress, Los Alvidos Seal Beach Rotary Club would like to present you with this plaque. And we'd also like to present you with a check for $250. Where are we going to dinner? Congratulations, >> Robert. Thank you. >> Do you need to get a photo? So, Mercedes, get a photo with Robert. Thank you. >> So, thank you very Yes, we are finished. So, thank you. Let's give everyone a great round of applause because our

028certificated and classified staff, we could not educate our students without you. Thank you so much. when I recess. Everybody, >> I know you're anxious. Could we have one more round of applause for everybody who has been recognized tonight. And we're going to take a brief recess uh so that uh individuals who've been honored can mix with uh their uh their >> their families, friends. >> Hello. Hello. Well, that was the longest five minutes I've ever had, but I had so much fun in that five minutes. So, thank you very much for everyone who decided that they're going to stay, but also I again want to applaud everybody who was uh acknowledged and honored this evening with either a teacher of the year or uh classified uh of the year uh recognition. Uh it's it's it's

029well it's well earned if you will. And so again, thank you for everyone being here. And we are going to move on to our next orders of business. The next item on our agenda is um item number seven, which is public comments. In accordance with government code section 545 54954.3, anyone wishes to address the board on any item of interest to the public that is within the jurisdiction of the board may be recognized at this time. Matters not on the agenda may also may not be acted on by the board of trustees, but may be received and referred to staff or be placed on a subsequent board agenda for consideration. Items on the agenda may be addressed at the time agendaized. In accordance with board bylaw 9323, individual speakers shall be allowed three minutes to

030address the board on each agenda or non-aggenda item. The total time limit for public comment on each item is 20 minutes. Miss Parker, did we receive any additional cards? >> Just the one. Okay. I would ask that Mr. George Pardon come forward. >> That's the one. you are the one. >> Good evening. Uh, three quick items. Uh, you know, in looking through the U park agreements, I know that Ros and Acacia Park wasn't approved by the city because of the fact that it had no expiration date. I would encourage the uh the board to uh terminate that agreement. You have a one-year availability under article 7 in the existing agreement. You know, one of the problems with these new agreements that were proposed, it's always, you know, what's changed since 1971 to 2026 that what

031was a two-page agreement uh in 1971 is now an eight-page agreement. You always wonder what's in it. And so, uh, currently the the 1971 agreement, uh, does not require the school district to reimburse the city for any upgrades they do to the property. Where the new agreements would require if you terminate, you got to you've got to um pay the city back. The 1971, the only stipulation is that you can't give them the notice prior to June 30th, 1976. So, you're good. I would start that clock ticking. The second issue relates to the apartments. I am an advocate of and getting appraisals, especially on the Costa Mesa and Roondo Beach apartments and also this building and the Cypress apartments, but those two that are in Costa Mesa and um Roondo Beach, I think uh putting

032those up uh for appraisal would be good. The third thing is you'll see that I didn't put my name in for the foundation after reading the bylaws. I have concerns about the fact that the administration controls the quorum of the uh of the foundation with the superintendent being able to appoint two people. So they control the quorum where the two people that the board appoints, you know, obviously can't go up against a quorum because those two people historically that the uh superintendent appoints report to the superintendent. So I doubt that they're going to vote against the superintendent. I would u highly recommend that you change the bylaws that are in article 5 section 3 and change it so that the superintendent can appoint one person and then the board can appoint three people as well

033as the alternate the language in the current bylaws say that they're appointed by the Cypress school district doesn't say who that is if it's the board I think it needs to be clarified that the trustees actually even appoint the alternative I the alternate person. So I think that would uh the liability sits with you, the risk sits with you. Um I think that you should control the quorum on the foundation. That's it. >> Thank you for your comments. Moving on. Item item number eight is reports. Uh 8.1 is association of cypress teachers. Is it on? Yes. Okay. Good evening, esteemed board members, acting superintendent Warren Lawrence, cabinet members, and guests. I am Tracy Kunanan, the vice president of the Association of Cypress Teachers. Last week, Candy Early, and I visited with our music teachers. Just

034as our teachers of the year go above and beyond as well as teachers at all of our sites, our music teachers also perform duties beyond their contract to make sure that our students get the best experience. All three music teachers teach multiple grade levels at multiple sites. They also teach afterchool choir or band. The band teachers teach 160 students, seven different instruments, and two different levels. They collaborate with Anaheim Union High School District which has also bene has been beneficial to both our pro both programs. AUHS band teachers have reported that they are able to place more students in higher groups due to the experience they have had in Cyprus. They also work together to put on the area concert. The music teachers don't only work with students. They al also involved with the maintenance

035and repairs of the instruments and create their own materials and lessons. They are also working on creating a manual for their job in case someone new gets hired. We are thankful that the district is able to maintain the music program and we are appreciative of our wonderful music teachers. Thank you. Thank you very much. Uh the next on our agenda is the is CSEA California School Employees Association. Do we have anyone who is going to speak tonight? >> Okay. Thank you. Item number three, Cypress Council PTA. Is there anyone from Cypress Council PTA to speak? Seeing no one, I will move on to the board of trustees and I will start to my right with Trustee Tanaka. Perfect. Move this forward. Well, it's been busy last couple weeks, but uh on 213, Trusty Hashida and

036I um had a Cypress Foundation, Cypress High School Foundation meeting uh with Trustee Hosshi and Janette James from the Cypress Education Foundation. Um that's still going very well with that and really want to bring that to everyone's attention if they want to be able to dedicate some time or join another foundation to support the community. Much appreciated. Uh we also had a special meeting on 219. Um we also had planned our ACT CSEA education partners. Hopefully that thing got cancelled because of our special meeting. Hopefully we can work to get that rescheduled sometime soon. Uh on 220 uh attended the vessel's flag ceremony celebrating Black History Month. It was a great flag ceremony uh with students getting a chance to do some break dancing with the performers. It was such a great event. On 224

037uh attended social justice day uh with trustee Hayashida. Um, thank you so much to Jennifer Brown, Theresa Shimagawa. They did a amazing job putting that event uh together. Uh, 2:24 we had another special meeting on 227 uh attended the vessels movie night uh with showed Zootopia. The weather was perfect. They had pizza for the kids, popcorn. It was such a great event and it was what more could you ask for being able to spend a night with the community and the students and it was great weather. Uh on 32 I was able to read across America uh for at Morris, for TK class with Miss Moore, uh first grade class with uh Mrs. Sorenson, and third grade class with uh Miss Lim on 33 attended the Every Student Succeeds Breakfast. Congratulations to Samuel, the award

038winner from King, who I had the pleasure to be sitting with, as well as Principal Teshi um as well. then did a Skype visit on Arnold on 34. Thank you so much, Vanessa, with principal. It was such a great visit. Sorry I had to cut it short, but then went right over to Luther uh to do read across America with the second grade, Miss Pio's class. And thank you so much to Alicia and Jennifer, the PTA for help setting that up. Uh because I was able to attend that with trustee Aisha. U 35 uh was able to attend vessels read on the green and have lunch with my son and being able to have him read to me instead of me reading to the class which was a great thing to be able to do.

039Um 36 uh thank you so much uh Donov for the invitation and helping get us introduced to the Cypress District Retiree Lunchon. That is an amazing thing. I really appreciate it was great to be able to meet all the retirees from the district. I think you know one thing being able to sit down um have lunch with people learn a little history about the district of how amazing Mr. Colton was and the significant influence Mr. Colton had as superintendent while in this district and how even to the day, you know, he attended this lunchon because the retirees are family, right? And his family, his wife and his daughter still after he passed was still able coming to that lunchon. So, I think that's a really good thing. I just really hope that's something that we

040can look at in the future and to bring back into here. It's it's sad to see that, you know, we have these retirees that they have to go rent a spot at the Cypress Senior Center when we have spaces here that we could have this because they're family. This is the district, right? And this is where I think, you know, bringing in the family and letting them be back where their family is. They dedicated so much of their career to the Cypress School District. Um, additionally, uh, I think, um, there's another event that hopefully I've been hearing over the last couple years since I've been on the board is the, uh, the ACT, uh, retirement party at the end of the year. I know there was, um, it was there prior to, you know, COVID,

041but it never came back after COVID. I know they were trying to do something this year with a tea uh, party or tea ceremony. It would be great if we could potentially look to try to bring that back. I know it was cancelled, but just to be able to it's something small just to be able to celebrate. Let the people that are retiring come be with the family and just celebrate and say thank you for all the years of service and dedication they've given to the district. Um that was on uh Friday 36 36 and I ran over to ReadAcross America again for Morris and was able to read TK class with Mrs. Moss. That one was special to me because both of my kids um both had Mrs. Moss as a kindergarten teacher and

042being able to go back and see that and read to that it was very very touching. Um then uh also was able to do a Landell um school visit. Thank you Nville Freriedman uh with President Sundi. Um thank you to all the teachers and wonderful staff on that. One of the things that I really saw that was great and it's going to go come to what we're going to talk about later is a book donation. Principal Frerieden shared us a book for kindness week. Uh that book um basically was from a student that was voted being one of the kindest students around and this author wrote this book about this student Sloan and put it together and I think that something like that to be able to honor a child in a student is such

043an amazing thing with strong attitudes for everything and how kindness is and how hard it's not hard to be able to do that But to be able to be very very kind to everybody during these treacherous times, I think that's such an amazing thing. I think the board, if we talk about book donations, would love to be able to donate a book like that, one to every school and have the school be able to donate to that and the board use that as a book donation. So every school gets something like that and it recognizes the students. So and then the last one was 310 the vessels ortorial. Thank you so much to Miss Kim it and Missell's it amazing event. I was very fortunate enough to attend with President Sundi. I had the opportunity

044also to serve as a judge for the first and third grade portion of the oratoral and watch my son participate in the upper division and president Sundi took the spot to judge in the fourth and six. So thank you >> and I judged him very poorly because of you. Oh, thank you. >> But you know, >> Christian Jackson was there, Dandy Taylor was there. So, I think it was a great event and thank you for teaching these kids a life skill that is so important that you can't teach them within the classroom. Um, so I can't wait till next year because out of the fourth, sixth grade category, there was I think almost 10 or 11 fourth graders. So, just guess what? that's going to even continue to grow when you get to fifth grade

045and even sixth grade. So, thank you so much. Sorry for the lengthy report, but that concludes my report. >> Okay, Trusty Hashida. >> Okay, so all of what he said plus uh just to kind of tag on. So, February 24th, the social justice day. I I appreciated meeting Miss Shimogawa who has partnered or started a partnership with the junior highs and expressed her desire to also reach out to the elementary schools. So hopefully maybe our sixth graders can participate in some at sometime in the future. um with regards to every student sent every student succeeding breakfast. It was an honor to sit with Landelle's Sebastian Medina and uh just hearing about how all the students have overcome challenges. It was just really inspiring. Uh on March 4th, um I I had the opportunity to it

046was also the Arnold site visit, but I had the opportunity to talk with Principal Desantis and staff about the preschool programs and preks and the transitions that have happened this year. And I'm really hoping I mean the vertical alignment we're working on and I appreciate that. And I'm just really hoping that there might be some type of a survey for parents and also um staff to find out how the transition went because it was the first year since we expanded downward I believe. Is that correct Miss Taylor for prek and TK and there was a transition correct? >> I'm not I'm not clear about what you're asking but we can find out and get you some information. >> Okay, great. Thank you. Um, so if there isn't um currently a survey, I'm hoping that we

047can do one um so we can find out more information just to see how the transition went. Um, reading across America, I had the honor of going back to Miss Elm Green's room and um just appreciated her kids and how polite and just friendly and and just attentive they were. And then also they even sang a song. Trusty Tan Tanaka and I were able to hear them sing a song that they're going to be presenting later on this this year, which is great. And the readathon, um, one of the highlights was really chatting with, um, a family that I knew from before. And, um, she praised the state preschool program and the progress that her daughter made, and she really saw a difference going from private my gosh, I got the music. Okay. Um anyway,

048so going from a private preschool that was three days a week to our program and just complimenting it. And so we really appreciate what we're doing and she did too. And so I'm just I'm of course pulling for our preschool program to be able to continue and um it was a great day at the readathon. They didn't have that when my kids were there. So it was a lot of fun. And I think oh the retiry lunchon um from what I I had asked a question um to staff about the room 190 and from the response that I got I believe there's the civic center act that u that the retirees might be able to then utilize the room 190 for future and then hopefully we can give that to them gratus so that they

049don't have to pay to meet and it was really great because I got to see a lot of people who were at Luther her before and have since retired, but it was just it was just wonderful. It was a great afternoon. So, thank you, >> Trusty Needm. >> Thank you. All right. Mine will be short because uh my family and I have been sidelined by Noro virus uh not once but twice, so three weeks through our house. So, I didn't get to do as much as I wanted to this month. Um, but I did attend the vessel's flag ceremony and uh like Trusty Tanaka said, it's always a great time to be there and see how engaged the kids are. Um, as a teacher, I have completed my time on our math adoption committee and

050we have recommended a new curriculum for uh the board to consider. Um, we have also prepped my campus for our uh PBIS recognition and um tours that are happening. I participated in P3CC which is um a math collaboration meeting from preschool to third grade teachers and as a teacher I participated in reading across America but unfortunately I couldn't um attend in any of the classrooms at Vessels and then I was able to attend the ACT meeting this month. So, thank you so much for inviting us and um please continue to invite us and if there's anything else that you um would like us at, please reach out and and invite us. That's it. >> Thank you. Well, unfortunately or fortunately, depending upon how you want to look at it, I do have a little bit

051of longer report because this has been a very very busy month. I do want to indicate that uh the first activity since our last board meeting that I attended was the Gassulpa board meeting which was on February 25th. And I did want to announce that the community advisory committee will be holding its annual recognition and awards night on April 15th, 2026 in uh I believe it's here in the boardroom. Um or is it 190? I don't know exactly which room it is. It's here in the boardroom. Okay. And so, um, uh, I was able to attend it last year and know that it is a a fantastic, uh, opportunity to again acknowledge the good work that many people are doing in our school district. So, if you have an opportunity to drop by that evening,

052I it would be well worth your while. And I am going to say at this particular time that particular date is a date that I'm going to be asking my alternate uh uh trustee Taashida to step in for me because unfortunately um I lost my sister last fall and I am going to back to my home state to uh have a memorial service for her during that time period. So I will be unable to uh to uh attend that particular meeting. Uh the other thing at that particular board meeting that I was particularly impressed with was Jenn uh Janette Castillo who is the Gasselpa coordinator of and I kept thinking how do you pronounce this and I realized after she said it it rhymes with worms. It's MS and uh uh it's E R A

053or E er MHS and that stands for educationally related mental health services and the presentation that she provided was an tremendously great um overview of how the Gasselpa and MS uh interface with each of the member districts that are part of the Gasselpa. And uh I would like to share that um uh uh PowerPoint presentation with acting superintendent um um Tracy Morren Lawrence. I I it's kind of hard to get used to that. um and uh request that we perhaps invite Miss Castillo to be invited to a similar to do a similar presentation to the board at one of our regularly scheduled board meetings that elaborates and focuses on the services that they do provide specifically to our district. Um I would also like to ask the acting superintendent to share the data chart a

054p of pupil count comparison chart from 2019 to 2025 with the board. It is an interesting chart to look at. It does show the numbers of students that each of the districts in the Gasselpa are being served in terms of the categories of of services that are being provided to them and I think it would be eye- openening for our board to be able to see uh you know what the categories of care and service is being provided to the students so that we have a clear understanding of the role of uh our special education programs and all the interfaces that we have with all the uh outside agencies and other agencies and entities that work with us. I attended the Every Student Succeeding Awards breakfast along with my fellow colleagues um uh Trustee Hayashida

055and Tanaka. And uh as they've already indicated, it was a it's always a wonderful morning to be able to be there. And uh I'm very pleased to be able to say that I was part of the inaugural uh first every student succeeding breakfast. And I'm also very proud of the fact that from the very beginning as a Kowanas member uh we embraced as a co-host of that particular event and thrilled that we were able to serve again this year for that particular event. I um along with trustee uh Tanaka also, let me get my little cursor down here, uh had a site visit at Arnold on um March the 4th. And we were able to interact and ask questions of students and see the evidence of their outstanding work and uh that they have accomplished

056over the year up to this particular point under the outstanding tuition of our amazing teachers. The following day, uh, because I was at Arnold, I had been tapped by two of the wonderful teachers at Arnold to come do Read Across America. And, uh, I happened to go into Ria Rapa's classroom and Candy Early's classrooms. And I was actually very, very excited and thrilled by the amount of focus and attention that the students gave as I was reading the stories. And I was also very pleased that I was able to leave uh those books behind for the classes to continue to use uh at the teachers discretion hopefully. Uh they were um but the students were just wonderful. Um then I wanted to note that on Monday March 9th that along with trusty Tanaka we visited

057Landell where again uh amazing work is being demonstrated and as he already indicated we were just blown away as um uh principal Freriedman was sharing with us the kindness book that uh was about the student Sloan and the author and the author came and provided a an assembly associated with that and I thought this is amazing as did trustee Tanaka suggest that you know as schools and if you worked with the author, there was every possibility that a student that you felt was particularly kind um could have a focused book written about them. And um uh what a special recognition to be able to have something like that. And so it was wonderful to be able to u have that sort of percolate through the brain as a possibility for the future and be expanded

058maybe to opportunities for other schools to um model that particular activity. as well. Something that was particularly uh exciting for me was as we stepped into Joan Donssky's class was she provided us with a mini PD on uh the science behind reading and it was kind of exciting. She had a book up on the counter and um it was um uh and she she spent some about five minutes trying to I'm not trying she did uh explain to us how she incorporates the science of reading into her lesson planning and that was a very exciting uh experience because she was able to tell us that how her doing that it actually has moved the move the bar for her students. Um on Tuesday, March 10th, Trusty Tanak and I were both judges at the um

059vessel's oratoral competition and all I can say is the students were phenomenal. Um it was extremely hard to distinguish uh one student from another in terms of excellence because the caliber was so high among all students and as Trusty Tanaka indicated that over 18 not over but I think 18 students participated in that uh activity and uh I just think that it is um it is uh an experience and opportunity that I would like to thank um uh Miss Kim and Miss Cells for uh their leadership with this amazing opportunity for the students. And with that, I will um uh my my uh comments on my activities closes and I will uh pass it to uh our acting superintendent um Tracy Morren Lawrence. I can't get used to just using your last name because you've

060always been Tracy. That's okay. My maid name was Smith. Maybe we should go with that. Um, I just want to say that my intent as the acting superintendent is to keep the district calm and stable and continue doing the excellent work that we do for kids every day. And that's it. Okay. The next item on our agenda is number nine. Approve the minutes. And as you look at that particular um list, you will see that we have four meetings that we uh engaged in from since the last meeting that we had uh in this boardroom. Uh so we are going to have to approve each meeting in turn. So I'm going to ask uh if if there is a motion to approve the special meeting that was held on February 11th, 2026. >> So moved.

061>> Is there >> Okay, it's been moved by Trusty Tanakin, seconded, I believe, by Trusty Needam. I didn't know if you get the whole word out. >> Second. Okay. Uh, all in favor say I. >> I. >> All opposed. Item 9.2, a regular meeting of February 12th, 2026. Is there a motion to approve? >> So moved. >> Second. >> It's been moved by Trusty Tanaka and seconded by Trustee Hayashida to approve the regular meeting of February 12th of 2026. All in favor say I. >> I. >> 9.3 special meeting of February 19th, 2026. Is there a motion to approve? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Been moved by Trusty Tanaka and seconded by Trusty Hayashida. All in favor? >> Item 9.4 special meeting of February 24th, 2026. Is there a motion to approve? >> So

062moved. >> And is there a second? >> Second. >> Okay. Uh so it's been moved by Trusty Tanaka and seconded by Trustee Hayashida to approve that meeting of February 24th. Uh all in favor say I. I >> all oppose. Same sign. Okay. We've approved four meetings since our last general meeting, including our last general meeting. And if anybody is curious about what we did in those particular meetings, you have the opportunity to read the minutes as they get posted onto um the um onto gamut or to in the instances is do we make available the audio or just to the audio is just for internal. Okay. Okay. Item number 10 uh is a consent calendar. Uh consent items require one motion only. Items may be removed from the consent calendar to be added on in

063uh acted on individually at any time at any board member's request. We had items 10.1 through 10.6. Is there a motion to approve? >> So moved. >> Is there a second? >> Second. been moved by trusty Nem and seconded by trustee Hayashida to move the consent calendar 10.1 through 10.6. Is there any discussion on this particular item or would you like to talk about any any item that is on that list? >> I would like to talk about item 10.4. >> Okay. So, uh, we've got purchase orders for, uh, Carousel, Daycare, OC Kids, Child Care, ABC, and then Boys and Girls Club, and they're all for ELOP, contracted services. It's almost $1.5 million. Um, are we outsourcing to them to to do is there a reason that we can't bring those things back inhouse to

064save on transportation and then also hire our own staff? >> Well, I don't believe there's any transportation cost associated with those. Those all occur on the campuses where the students are being served. Um but uh generally it has been more economical to use outside providers for ELOP services. Most districts um do that process of of using outside providers. Um and so that's you know something we are looking at in terms of next year and how we'll address um next year's ELO program with some new fiscal realities in terms of um lack of carryover funds that we will have in ELO. But we'll be providing an update to the board shortly on some of the planning that we're doing for next year's ELOP program. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Are there any f further questions or

065discussion on um the consent calendar? >> I I got one question now just came to my mind. So apologize for not bringing this up. It came up. >> So for the pieces that are going to the carousel boys and girls club. >> So you're still you're still speaking to 10.4 >> correct? So, regarding those funds for the ELOB, in the LA latest proposal, we had things of reducing hours for certain U positions. Is there a way to get those hours back to have since we're providing these this funds to this those other partners that are on site at our campuses? Is there a way to have them pick up extra hours from those companies? >> Um, certainly. anybody is is free to apply to to work for those agencies. We don't control um who they

066hire um through that process. Um so if if any employees who were interested in picking up extra hours um certainly would be able to inquire about employment with them. >> Yeah, I just figured maybe is there something that maybe we could do instead just to make sure we try to keep people whole. Whatever we can do, especially if we're already have the contracts in place, right? We're saying, "Hey, you're doing these ELO funds. We already have people that are within our district, right? Could they be used and fun and paid from ELA funds that were from that are already being passed to the district, those companies? >> Sure. Like I said, if if they were if there's a need for those um additional staff from those agencies to hire, um certainly our employees would be

067free to and encouraged to apply for those positions. um they are after school hour positions so it can't be used to cover you know hours during the school day it is only for after school hours >> okay thank you I appreciate it >> okay there any further questions on the consent calendar then hearing none all in favor of moving the consent calendar items 10.1 through 10.6 Six say I. >> I. >> All opposed. >> Motion carried. Uh item number 11 uh section 11 is our action items. The first item on our action calendar is 11.1. The recommended action is to approve a change to the ba May board meeting date from Thursday May 14th 2026 to Thursday May 7th 2026 to allow sufficient time to serve final layoff notices. Is there a motion to approve

068this action? moved. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> It has been moved by trustee Tanaka and seconded by Trustee Nem to uh move to approve this uh change in the May board meeting. Is there any discussion on this item? >> I have a conflict. Is it possible to change the day from 57 to either 56 or 55? I would ask that um you you respond to that. Um sure. That's up to the board. That would be fine. The fifth or the sixth. >> Oh, hold on. I got to get my calendar. >> Get my calendar out, too. And I'm not sure I brought mine. >> My preference would be the sixth if that's possible. >> So, did I hear the sixth? You think you're asking? >> Correct. Yeah. >> I'll hold on. All

069of my time is free always. >> So is mine. >> So whatever calendar. >> So whatever the So whatever the rest of the board uh suggests. So you So you would prefer the sixth as well. >> I would prefer the seventh, but the sixth over the fifth. >> Okay. You would prefer the sixth over the fifth? >> Yes. So if Trusty Hayashida cannot be here the seventh, I can do the sixth. Okay. But preferably not the fifth. >> Okay. I would I would go ahead and put it in my calendar. Make it a priority. >> Hold on, please. >> Okay. >> So, you're wanting the fifth >> Wednesday, >> the sixth. >> I mean, if if it's a major conflict, I can make the fifth work, but my preference would be the sixth. >> Uh,

070Wednesday the 6th works. >> Same time. >> Yes. >> Okay. Then um we would um go ahead and make um so basically we are going to kind of entertain amendment or a friendly amendment to the uh current uh motion to change the date from May 7th to May 6th. >> Uh Trustee um Tanaka, were you the one that made the motion? Who made the motion? >> I did. >> You did. So I'm asking you it's okay for you to change that in the motion. >> That is correct. >> Okay. So that's just what we would call a friendly amendment in terms instead of actually doing a formal amendment and voting on that and then coming back to the main motion. So um that the um the date on the table is moving from Thursday May

07114th changing it to May 6th to allow sufficient time to serve final layoff notices. Is there any further discussion? Then all in favor of moving the May date to May 6, say I. I. >> All opposed. >> Then I'll direct staff to make sure that uh you you uh provide that update in our Friday reports so that we um if we don't have our calendars like I don't tonight, I don't lose track of us changing. >> I'll remind you. >> Okay. Item 12.2 is approve the 202627 pupil transportation service plan. And so that is the recommend recommended action is to approve that plan. Is there a motion to approve it? >> So moved. >> Is there a second? >> Second. Nice. >> It's been moved by Trustee Hayashida and seconded by Trustee Needm to approve

072the district's 2026 27 pupil transportation services plan. Is there any discussion on this item? I would just like to make one comment and I know that probably across the district this occurs, but I do want to thank Miss Lennox for constantly taking advantage of reimbursement programs such as this one to seek savings wherever we can. And um I would say that to all staff that uh has opportunities to be looking at effectively matching funds, getting grants or whatever it may be to uh help us to you know bridge gaps that we might have. Uh as it is I've understand that um our transportation services uh are out of pocket that we get money for those services but it never covers the whole amount. So whenever you can come up with ways in which we can

073garner savings um that's always appreciated. So thank you. >> Yeah. Thank you. I just have something as well as I know I mentioned this before. It's just very hard when the state underfunds gives us $88,000 and we're expected to come out $473,000 out of our general fund. That money could be used many other places. And then even if you look at next year, the additional cost coming up, even if we were to assume we're going to get the same 88,000, you know, we're looking at 550,000 out of pocket, that's going to get hit us next year out of the general fund. But, you know, thank you so much for everything you're doing to try to minimize it, change routes and etc. to at least try to minimize the outgoing cost that we have on that.

074Thank you. >> Okay. If there is no further discussion, all in favor of approving the uh I moved my I moved my cursor up so I have to go back and read it again. Uh approve the district's 2026 um 20 no 202627 people transportation services plan. All in favor say I. >> I. >> All opposed. Okay. Motion carried. Uh 11.3 has approved the award of the master agreement to MP South Incorporated for the 2025 maintenance construction unit price bid project. Uh the effective date would be March 13, 2026 with an option to review for four additional one-year terms with board approval. Is there a motion to that effect? >> So moved. >> Is there a second? >> Second. It's been moved by trusty Toddaka and seconded by trustee uh hi hi trusty nem that we

075do approve this uh master agreement with MP South with the conditions that were read earlier. Uh is there any discussion on this item? I just have one question. Uh, and thank you for I know we asked this before. If we can just continue to, you know, the sample bid quote that was in there. If we can just make sure that we still have each vendors that they're going to continue to break it out by the location to help us because that makes it really easy where we know where our construction costs are going. Thank you so much for taking when the board mentioned that. So, thank you for all your help on that. Okay. Um, all in favor uh is there any additional discussion? All in favor of uh the motion to approve the award

076of master agreement to MP South Incorporated for the 2025 maintenance construction unit price bid project say I. >> I. >> All opposed. Motion carried. The next item on our agenda is consider Cypress Education Foundation board of director applications. The recommended action is for us to consider the submitted applications and short and to then shortlist candidates for interviews that will be uh conducted at the board of trustees meeting on April 9th, 2026. I um just wanted to read just a little bit of a statement here. The director applications were uh in on uh in our March 6 Friday report. And if you will note the staff has made available the uh applications on the dis tonight. And to note that we ended up with nine applicants for the these um for these two director positions that

077we're supposed to appoint with one alternate position to appoint. I just would like to take note of the fact that there were two that would be interested that would be interested either the director or alternate position that we had one that was interested only in the alternate position and then we had six that were interested in the director position only. So I think that as we have a conversation up here that we need to be talking about that. Um, I have a little chart on my computer up here that I can do straw polls, but since I asked um the uh assistant superintendent to ask you to come prepared with a short list, if I could ask each member to tell me who you shortlisted and um then I will uh go ahead and tally

078it at the end to identify um the um sum of in the individuals who had the most votes for consideration. And then what I think we need to do is to determine how many all how many applicants that we would wish to interview. So let's start with that discussion. Trusty Nem did you have a thought if we have nine applicants and we have only two positions to fill and one alternate to fill how many you think that we should feasibly uh consider uh interviewing? Um I mean my initial thought >> did we get a motion to approve this >> this uh well the whole point is is Okay. >> So moved. >> No because we need a motion to talk about. >> Okay. So the then the motion that I would suggest that we have

079is is there a motion to approve the short list and then we because we don't have a short list at this point. >> Yes there is. I'd like to make a motion to approve the short list. >> Okay. Is there a second to that motion? Thank you for asking me to uh keep me on the straight and narrow. >> Keep me down the straight and narrow. Absolutely. >> Second. >> It's been moved by Trusty Tanaka and seconded by Trustee Nem that we approve the short list for the appointment or for the um uh interview process of the directors and alternate for the Cypress Education Foundation. Now we can discuss how many do we think is an appropriate number for us to engage in actual interviews. >> Okay. So, >> so I asked trusty Nem that

080question. So, I'm going to start with her. >> My my thought would be to see if we shortlist the short list how many people we end up with. >> Well, basically what I'm saying is if we look at uh however many you want to if if if you decided that you selected six people and we tab it, >> then we could come up with a short list because I'm not I'm assuming that everybody's not going to put all nine names up. Correct. So I >> then we could look at who the top three, top four, top five might be and then we could perhaps decide then. Is that what you're suggesting perhaps? >> Yes. >> Okay. What about the rest of you? >> Okay. I shortlisted four. But the reason I want >> Well, it

081doesn't matter how many. Why at this moment? How about you trustee Hayashida? Did you shortlist any? >> I did. I have five. >> Okay. I shortlisted six and I took that into consideration. Okay. How many did you shortlist? >> Six. >> Okay. So then with that in mind, I I'll tell you that I shortlisted and looked at and made sure that I included that um that um uh we reflected individuals who either only sought the director position or would be receptive to the alternate position as well. So my four that I chose were for the director position and I have two or three for the alternate. >> Okay. Could you um do you want to give me who you um >> so who I chose for the short list now and I think we need

082to and this is something I wanted to discuss in this portion. Okay. Right. is as we go through this, I think we should go with more because as we're look looking through this and I'm glad that we can actually talk about this. I want to propose a minor amendment change to the CF bylaws. >> Well, that's not that's not what's on the table right now tonight. >> But what I'm saying is because I if we do that, I want to be able to include three from that we appoint. We we're not in a position to do anything tonight with a motion. That is in that all we're doing tonight is selecting the directors in the current uh the current guys uh or the not guys but in the current format that the foundation is in

083at this point which is the standing bylaws that are in in existence. So we would only be selecting two directors and one alternate. If we should choose to change the format of the foundation at some point in the future, we have that option to have that discussion. It was one of the things that we did ask for was a workshop on the foundation and what the possibilities of things that we could do uh with it. And if you'll remember uh when um Superintendent Salavos was here uh we were provided with three options and we chose at that particular time the option of selecting trust not trustees but directors and an alternate which was the first option. So that was what we moved and that's what we approved and that's the reason this in its form

084is on the agenda. >> Okay. >> I I don't mean to be lecturing you but that was that was the that was the format of what but I think that long term there is opportunity for us to have those discussions. >> But I'm saying is if we're going to be choosing names it why go through the cycle again? just put another alternate down there and then we just move somebody up instead of having to go back through this process >> because that's not the way the bylaws are written. >> Okay? >> And you know, unfortunately, if we wanted to, we could have perhaps gone the other way around and altered the bylaws first and then come back and said, "Hey, now we get to choose." But we didn't do that. We didn't choose that route.

085>> Okay. No, it's fine. And it just came to my mind when we're going actually looking in for each one of these things. I think it would be better to put that back on the board and have three that are appointed and two from the district. You know, >> I appreciate what you're saying, but I think that what we need to do tonight is to stick with what is on the agenda. And um as we have the opportunity to suggest that we think that there are some excellent candidates potentially here for larger roles or more roles on something like the education foundation or other volunteer activities within the district. We can recommend that they um they look for those or seek those opportunities at that time and that we were appreciative of their uh submitting

086their applications for this these positions. >> Okay. So, um, I I'll go ahead and ask you to tell me who your short list is. >> I My short list is Donna McDougall. >> Uh, let's let me get down that not in the order in which they're on the thing. So, I've got No, I've just got to scroll down. >> Okay. >> Christine Barnes. >> Okay. Got to go back up. All right. >> Christy Parker. Okay. >> And Janette James. And those four are for the director's position. >> Oh, okay. >> And then I have the alternates broken out separately. Would you like those? >> Well, the interesting thing is is that as I told you, we had two that were noted that would be interested in either position. Um, let's see. one was interested in

087the alternate position. Let's see who is the person that you indicated that you are wanting to >> for the alternate position. Ethel Bowman. >> Okay, let me go ahead and Okay, my my computer is deciding it doesn't want to agree with me. >> There was one that had two marked and now I can't find it. There was one that had marked member and either >> and that's the reason why I identified that it was either. I mean it was one said deleg director, one said alternate, >> you know, mark both boxes. >> Barnes had both. >> Well, Christine Barnes said she would do both and Donna McDougall said she would do she would do either. Is that correct? Okay. So, um >> two more as alternate. >> Okay. None of the others indicated that they

088wanted other than the director position. >> Okay. Then then so I >> that's the reason why I that's the reason why I broke out that at the beginning so that we would have a clear act clear idea of what each person said that they would be willing to do. >> Okay. I just put their name in if they >> okay if they were warm body. >> Yeah. If they wanted to change >> and that's where I had uh Samuel add Sha Lee as also alternates. >> Okay. Um, Trusty Hayashida, have are you are you ready to make a uh tell us which ones or are you still trying to sort through it? >> No, I'm good. So, for the director, um, I have uh Janette James and Donna McDougall. >> Just a second here. Um,

089again, I've got a All right. And then alternate Shaun Lee and Harold Quain. >> Shaun Lee. Again, they both of those individuals. Let's see. Uh >> Sean has either listed on his >> He does. He has listed either. >> Yes. And so does uh Harold. Okay, I missed that one. So, that was Harold Hang. Was it Hong? Not sure how to pronounce it. And you said Harold Huang. >> Okay. And who was the other person? Shaun Lee. >> Sha Lee. >> And he also said either. >> Correct. Okay. Now, >> can Well, so if Donna McDoug will put either, >> uh, can I list her as alternate also? >> Well, that means that she's willing to serve either alternate or um or as a a director, >> right? But we're we have >> right now

090all I'm looking positions have open >> two, right? And then one alternate. >> Yes, two two directors and one alternate. >> Okay, we're good. Never mind. Then I would like to also add Donna McDougall to the alternate on mine as well. >> Well, but she's already saying she would be willing to be either. Yeah. So, if we should choose if we should choose her. Uh, so I'm looking strictly at the person who asked for, you know, who said alternate only and the only person who did that was Ethel Bowman. >> Okay. Um, Trusty Needm. >> Okay. So, I have Janette James. >> Okay. Just a second. Let me get there. Okay. >> Christine Parker, Christine Barnes, >> Donna McDougall. >> Oh, you're going a little faster than my >> Sorry, >> my cursor and my

091fingers can go. Okay, >> you got those five. And I have one more. >> Oh, I have four. >> Janette James. Okay. I have Janette James and >> Christine Parker. >> Christy Parker and Christine Barnes. >> Yes. Donna McDougall. >> And Donald McDougall. >> And Jack I'm not sure how to pronounce his last name. >> Jack Torosian. >> Um yeah, I'm not sure how to pronounce his name. >> And then the alternate as Ethoman. >> Okay. Then um I will note that I u looked at u and added uh Samuel Addington who is interested only in the director position. Christine Barnes which either Janette James uh would be um just the director uh Donna McDougall said either Christy Parker and Jack Terosian. Um if we look at um who has been added, I'll count up

092the totals here and we'll see what we've got. Now, in terms of alternates, this is going to be a little bit different because when we have somebody who's either um that would um Okay. So, we have um Christine Barnes has um three um votes from different members. We have Janette James with four, we have Donna McDougall with four, and we have Christy Parker with three. Um in terms of in terms of um alternates um the when you say either um you still have that is a possible alternate and so we still have Christine Barnes on that list. We still have um Ethel Bowman on that list. E Ethel Bowman on that list. But um in terms of alternates, uh if we should choose to pick her as the alternate, we would need to uh put

093her in the pool of alternates. And um let's look at who else is either. Sean um well, Donna McDougall said either. So, we would have a pool of three eithers, which would be Harold, um, Donna. Well, no, let's just back up. You've got Christine Barnes. We'll do either. So, that would be an alternate. And she's also one of the high individuals. Um, would somebody actually keep notes on this because I can't keep notes on the the computer and read it off at the same time. So, we've got Christine Barnes who is willing to serve in either position. So, she could either be an alternate or the director. We've got Janette James who is has a vote of four. She only wants to be director. Donna McDougall said she would be willing to be either a

094director or an alternate. And Christy Parker only wants to be a director. So if we look at the threes and the fours, we have uh one, two, three, and we have four people. Um if we wanted to because of longstanding uh we can drop down to two for Ethel Bowman. I did not include her because as we were looking at it, uh I was thinking she only wants to be an alternate. Um so um I I didn't she didn't that didn't rise to the level for me to to put her in. That's not to say that I thought that she was not would not be necessarily a good person, but we have at least um four people who have three or more of us on the dised interviewing. And then if we wanted to add

095anybody else, uh it would be it would drop down to Ethel Bowman who is willing to be an alternate. So that bring us to five. Does that sound like an appropriate number? Five people out of the nine to interview. So then we would interview Christine Barnes, uh, Ethel Bowman for the alternate role only, Janette James just for the director role only. Um, we would, uh, interview Donna McDougall for either role and Christy Parker for only the director role. And I believe I didn't mention that Christine Barnes would be interested in either role. So, um, that is the four Christine Barnes, uh, Janette James, Donna McDougall, Christy Parker, and then at the pleasure of the board, if we wanted to bring in Ethel Bowman, who wants to be only the alternate, we would end up with

096a potential um, five people that we would interview. Does that sound about right? >> Yes. >> Everybody, is there anything else anybody wants to change on them? So we're talking Christine Barnes, Janette James, Donna McDougall, Christy Parker, and then Ethl Bowman alternate only. >> Yes. >> Okay, I'm fine with that. >> Okay, every So we have a motion then on the floor to approve the short list. >> That is our short list then and it has been seconded. So is there any additional discussion? Does anybody want to talk about anybody? Are we just ready then to just go ahead and and and vote on this as the list that we want to to bring in for interviews? Yes. Seeing hearing no conversation being manifested, let's go ahead and vote. All in favor say I for

097the short list. >> I. >> All opposed. Okay. We have our five candidates to interview at the next meeting. Ite 11.5 is approved the 202526 second interim financial report and certified a qualified financial status. Um is there a motion to Well, I guess we've typically had the person do the um the end, you know, to to do the presentation and then we do a motion. But uh let's let me put it the put it on the floor first. Uh, is there a motion to approve the second interim financial report and certify a qualified status for the remainder of the current and two succeeding fiscal years? >> So moved. >> Is there a second? >> I second. >> Okay, it's been moved and seconded. It's been moved by Trusty Nem and seconded by Trusty Tanaka to

098uh approve the district's uh 2025 26 second interim. All of a sudden that date sounded wrong. Financial report and certified a qualified financial status for the remainder of the current to succeeding years. So that is on the floor. Um we will ask the um uh assistant superintendent to go ahead and prepare uh the presentation. >> So this is a little more in my wheelhouse I think. Um go ahead and get it on the screen at some point. So um what you have in front of you is the presentation for the second interim budget report which is pretty similar to what we shared in terms of content as the first interim. Obviously, we've updated um but we wanted to kind of keep the same flow of the presentation and talk a lot about what's changed since

099when we last visited in uh December on this topic. So, I will click ahead. There we go. Um just a reminder of kind of the budget cycle. So, um you know, by June we adopt a budget. Um in September we kind of close the books on the prior year. Um by December we do the first interim which is looking at things through October 31st. And then um in by uh the end of by March 15th, we do the second interim which is looking at actuals through January 31st. And then we start really getting into the process of preparing the budget for uh the 26 27 fiscal year. So since we last really got into the budget discussions, we we did get the state budget um proposal from Governor Nuomo in his last now last year

100as governor. Um he highlighted um you know some robust um tax receipts that the state has been receiving every month above projections which which is good news. Um but a lot of that money is being viewed as one-time related to um a lot of the funds people are making in the stock market related to the AI boom that was occurring. And we've obviously seen some softness in the stock market over the last several days as um gas prices and other international concerns have have caused folks to to pull back a little bit in the stock market. So, um, California's revenue very dependent on um the richest 1% who pay income taxes um funding the the majority of what we um receive. And so because of that volatile income stream, uh the state budget and education

101funding can be volatile as well. Um so that's one good piece but good piece of news is that the Prop 98 guarantee which is what governs how the state funds uh TK through 14 education looks like it's going to get some one-time increases. Um there's a cost of living adjustment um for the LCFF grants um of 2.41% uh which is down from the 3.01% that we were um or 3.02% sorry that we were thinking we were going to have at first interim. Uh this number will be finalized in the coming weeks um and is just a statutory calculation. So we'll await that. Um, within the governor's budget proposal, there were some one-time dollars for a second round of the student support and professional development discretionary block grant. Um, that's all subject to negotiation with the

102legislature, but the preliminary calculation would be about $1.5 million dollars in one-time funds for that particular block grant if that is approved. There's also some slight very modest increases to the ELOP funding rates for the 2627 fiscal year as well as some increases in the amount that the state funds for special education um raising the base grant amount um to $999 per student from about $917 I believe is what the current rate is. So a little bit of an increase there. So, we talked last time about what the difference is between positive, qualified, and negative. And again, we are recommending a qualified um certification at this time. Um I think we we see some improvements. Um but we have a little bit more work to do to get to a positive certification. We'll highlight what

103those are. Um budget assumptions. We just like to highlight what's changed for the um current year. Um, you know, the ADA number changed slightly in terms of what our funded ADA is. Um, down by one ADA at this point. Um, the unduplicated pupil percentage went up by um, you know, about 0.25% of percentage points. Pretty modest. So, not a lot of change there. Um, on the outy years were reflecting what the governor's budget proposal and and school services and the county office of education are recommending for our outyear proposals or uh, assumptions there. In terms of the current year, then um we've updated our revenue estimates um to a total of $58.2 million and you can see the largest is our LCFF revenue sources at $40 million uh this year. Federal revenue about 2 million

104that's almost all restricted dollars, 11.8 in other state revenue, 2.6 in local revenue, and then 1.7 million in transfers in and that's transfers in from fund 40 as well as from fund 14. And that's an increase um from what we shared at first interim. We'll talk about that shortly as to the reasons why. So in terms of expenditures um we're now projecting expenditures of 59.8 million um for the current year. Um you can see salaries um for classified certificated um make up about 30 $31 million of uh the district's budget. um and employee benefits make up about 16.5 million. Books and supplies and services and other operating expenditures are the next largest categories there. Um and again, you can see how that all breaks out between unrestricted funds and restricted funds. Restricted funds, you'll remember,

105are funds that are restricted to a certain purpose or a certain duration of time. So, they have to be spent in accordance with specific instructions for specific groups of students or specific purposes for students. And then as far as ending fund balance goes um on the the next slide um you can see that we um began the year with 1.9 million on the unrestricted side. Uh revenues of 42.9 million uh expenditures projected of 35.8 million. Uh the transfers in that we talked about of 1.7 million. Uh contributions to restricted programs of 8.8 million leaving us with an ending unrestricted fund balance of 1.9 million of which 1.8 8 million is the reserve for economic uncertainty. Some of that is unspendables. It's prepaid expenses and and other things like that. Um with leaving us with about

106$51,000 above the minimum required unrestricted reserves. And then you can just see on the restricted side uh we expect to have a balance of 5.5 million. But again, those are restricted to certain programs and can't be spent on just any general purpose. Like we talked about at first interim, we're relying on some one-time sources of funds um in order to um get through the current budget year and maintain our 3% reserve. Um most of these are the same that we talked about at first interim. There are two that are um in asterisk, sorry, in italics um that have changed slightly. So again, we're using the and and I also highlight that I dropped off or Debbie on my behalf dropped off an updated sheet on this that just provides a little more explanation um at

107yesterday's budget advisory committee. Um Trusty Periq asked for a little more understanding of what some of these one-time sources were. So um I provided some updates in red on what those were. So um the arts music instructional materials discretionary block grant was a one-time fund from the 2223 fiscal year. it all needs to be spent this fiscal year and so we're proposing to use that to offset um general fund expenditures on the unrestricted side. Uh the new the student support professional development discretionary block grant um we received $983,000 in the current year. That all has to be spent by June 30th of 2029 and we're proposing to use a little over half of that this year to uh fill the budget gap. um utilizing the remainder of the funds that been sitting in the uh

108deferred maintenance account, which is fund 14. Um utilizing 490,000 of uh redevelopment funds that will help with the routine restricted maintenance contribution. Um the Cypress Education Foundation allocation. So there's a typical amount that this education foundation contributes to the district. Um and we have additional funds at the foundation that um have been budgeted to be tr transferred to the district but haven't been transferred in the past. And so we're just going to take catch up on those allocations. And so there's about $320,000 that we're able to transfer from the foundation to the district to make an additional contribution to the district this year. And then the the property rental income um at first interim that number was estimated at $750,000. um we are updating that to be $1.5 million um in order to cover some

109projected increased uh expenditures for the current fiscal year. So this this is really helpful to see kind of what's changed since um first interim. Um so on the revenue side um you can see you know federal LCFF stayed roughly the same. On the other state revenue side, there was an increase of $73,000. Um, some of that is an increase above our projections for the ELOP program. Um, when the final allocation came through um for that we received or or learned about in February, we were able to update our ELOP projection. Um and there were a couple of other state grants um that the final um expenditure u estimated uh estimated um awards came out in February. So we were be able to update those um state funds there. Uh the other local revenue declined um

110and that's really just a reflection of declining estimates for interest earnings um within the general fund. So we have money sitting at the county treasury that's in our general fund and we earn interest on that. Um interest rates are declining um as we hear about in the news. Um so as interest rates decline, we expect we will receive less in the way of interest revenue this year. Um and then again, we increase the transfers in between fund 14 and fund 40 into the general fund by a combined $835,000. So an increase in revenue expected in the general fund of $1.3 million. On the expenditure side, um we are um budgeting for an increase um on the expenditures there. Um a large chunk of that is for our ELOP service providers. We keep talking about ELOP

111today, it seems like. Um so as we've gotten through the year, we have a better estimate of what those projected expenditures are going to be for the various providers of the ELOP program. And so we've updated our estimate there. that um expenditure will be covered by our ELOP um revenue for the year. So, it's not encroaching on the general fund. Um that's that's the good news. Um and we'll be looking at um programmatic discussions for next year as we um kind of deal with the fact that all the carryover money from the early years of ELOP has dried up and now we're going to have to live within the annual um allocation that's given to us for ELOP um and kind of change the program accordingly to to deal with that. Um so ELOP was

112a big chunk of that. a little bit of special ed um increases that we recognized as a result of um working with um with our SULPA to see what level of invoices we're receiving and expected to receive through the end of the year. Um so that also led to a bit of an increase there in expenditures. Um and we're definitely working to air on the side of conservatism in terms of um making sure we're accounting for all potential expenditures within this um projection. um so that if there's any changes um the changes are that we have less expenditures than we're talking about rather than having more expenditures than we're projecting at this time. So um that's kind of the approach that we're taking um with the way that we're budgeting for expenditures at this point

113in the year. And then just comparing the fund balance piece, um you know, we thought at first interim that we would end with roughly $20,000 above the ending uh above the uh unrest of the uh reserve for economic uncertainty. And at this point, we're we're a little bit better off, but we're only better off because we've increased the transfers in from fund 40 and fund 14 in order to cover the increased projected expenditures. So again, we'd like to look not just at the current year, but at the next two years out. And so we've spent a good amount of time here with you working on budget redu reduction. Um and so when the board passed resolutions number nine and 10 um at the February 24th meeting, um those included um savings for the 26 27

114year. And so all of the actions that the board has taken um are now part of our assumptions going forward for the 2627 projection. So we've built in those reductions in um in force into the um budget projection for 2627. Um we also have the five general education positions that were not part of any layoff notice because again they're filled by temporary teachers and so this did not require um a layoff notice. So, we also are assuming five fewer classroom teaching positions as a result of declining enrollment. We've also reduced the budget for services and supplies. And we're also projected to utilize the remainder of that first year of the student support professional development block grant. Um so that's all part of the 27 26 27 assumptions. And then 2728 we're assuming another small reduction

115in classroom um teachers due to declining enrollment. um those positions um not being needed as well as continued um some reductions in services and supplies. Um but in 2728, as you'll see, we'll need to do a little bit more work to identify um revenue and or um expenditure changes in order to continue to meet our minimum reserve for economic uncertainty. And I think this chart kind of summarizes the challenge. Um you know, we can see our revenue for this year with the transfers in is about 58.2 million again. and then that number decreases uh to 55.6 the following two years. Um our LCFF revenue which is our largest source of operating dollars is going to remain based on projections right now relatively flat. Um that cola is is relatively modest and our declining enrollment is

116projected to continue. So um the declining enrollment kind of I guess it drinks all the cola um and kind of leaves us basically the same as where we were um before. So um that kind of leaves to a flat uh projection for LCFF. The federal revenues again relatively stable. The state revenue declines speak other state revenue declines because of the one-time nature of that block grant that we got this year to the extent that gets approved by the legislature and the governor that will get built into the budget probably uh later this year or into the next school year depending on how certain we are about those funds. um and then other local revenue um declines next year because we don't assume that one-time uh infusion from the foundation in future years. Similarly, we don't

117assume an infusion from the um fund 40 um and we'll be talking about that at a future board workshop um as we look at fund 40 and how we would like to use that in the future. Uh on the expenditure side, you can see the reductions um result in uh roughly $3 million in, you know, reduced expenditures in the 20 uh 627 school year, going from 59.8 this year to 56.8 next year. Um and then down again slightly in 2728 to 56.7. Um, but that's the year that we'll need to continue to work through um in order to get to a positive certification in the future. And maybe I'll just go quickly to the next slide um where it just highlights um the beginning fund balances in each of those years in the multi-year projection.

118So again, starting at the $ 1.9 million this year, ending at $1.9 million roughly. So having enough for the minimum reserve plus $51,000 the following year um ending with about $1.86 million. So having enough for the minimum reserve with about $100,000 left over. And then in the second year or the third year in this case 2728 um starting with 1.9 ending at about $1.5 million so being about $273,000 show short of the minimum reserve. Um, good news is that's better than we were at first interim where we were about $600,000 short of in the third year out. Um, so we're making progress in addressing this and we'll continue to work through that. Um, but at this time we're still recommending the qualified certification. So with that, um, just summarizing again, uh, requesting the board approve

119the qualified certification that's before you. We're gonna schedule, I think, tenatively the April 9th board meeting to have a study session before the board meeting, but I think we're still working on the logistics on that. Um, where we'll have a chance to um talk a little bit more about the multi-year projection and start looking beyond 2728 to 2829. Um, because when we build the budget for uh 2627, we have to look two years out. And so the year that's currently not in our our window becomes that third year. And so we need to start planning for that. Um and we'll also talk a little bit about um fund 40 and the district's properties and um opportunities for the board to consider there. Um and we've also tenatively invited our fiscal expert from the county office

120of education to be part of that discussion um to maybe answer any additional questions and help guide that conversation as we move forward. Um, so we will we will also await the governor's u May revise and what the final state budget will look like and we continue to stay in contact with OCDE on a on a weekly basis um to give them updates on where we are as we make our progress. So with that I will certainly have to answer any questions um on the presentation or on the packet that you have in your agenda. >> Thank you. Um just thank you very much for this presentation. And I think that because we've all been doing a deeper dive in terms of uh the budget process, uh this is very helpful for us to be

121able to take what we've learned in the past two to three months and uh be a a little bit more educated in in this process and uh I feel like you have given us very clear information here. I do have one question with regard to the scheduled study session. when you say that that might be um uh scheduled for the um April 9th board meeting before the April 9th board meeting. Do we have any kind of um you know um consideration of what kind of time frame you're trying to um to plan that for or how much time are we looking at? Because you know um many of our board members or at least at least one board member um you know has a real job. Well, everybody has real jobs, but I'm sorry, but

122I meant a teaching job. And uh you know, budget time constraints are one of those kinds of things to think about. And so uh I I didn't know how early we were thinking in terms before the next board meeting that we'd be looking at trying to meet. >> I think we were talking either like a 5:00 or 4:30 start. um we were not sure how much of a close session time we're going to need yet in order to kind of back into that time to give you the board an hour and a half or so um of time to do this process. But again um if the board feels like there's a need for more time and you want to look at a different date as opposed to the the April 9th meeting um I

123think we're certainly open to that as well. >> Okay. I just wanted to uh get a little heads up on that because as I said um you know we've got at least three of our board members who you know perhaps don't have as much flexibility as uh trusty Tanaka and I do. So uh I think it'd be helpful for them to be planning uh for that particular date and kind of have some sense as to how much time we might be scheduling. So as part of our discussion maybe we can um you know also talk about what kind of uh time that we think that we would like to have for that particular study session. So I will ask does anybody have questions on the information that was presented to us tonight? >> I I

124have two questions out of the gate. >> Um I'm looking at I guess there's not a slide number on here. I'm sorry. >> Um it's the 2526 projected use of one-time resources. Yes. >> Okay. So, you had mentioned that the property rental income is now higher. The estimated >> is it up there? >> Yeah. The 1.55. >> Mhm. The onetime allocation is now higher. Is that that's because of Sorry, I'm just kind of thinking this through now. So, that's what we allocated from the property rental income. It's not that the income itself increased. >> Correct. >> It's our allocation increased. >> Our need to access more of the current year income increased. So that's why we built that as a higher number. >> Okay. Thank you. And then my second question is um when I'm

125looking at one of the end slides um the transfers in um where you had left it blank this year being 1 point or 25 26 being 1.7 and then 26 27 2728 was left blank. Is that just because of conservative projections that you know we would still have those monies potentially available but we're just being more on the conservative side not depending on that. Is that why those are blank? >> Yeah, I think you know as we talk at at whenever that study session will be um you know the the use of fund 40 is happening this year for the first time since the district started um its asset management program. So, this is the first time we've brought money into the general fund um to provide that relief um for for this reason. Um

126and it was done because at the point in the year we realized we needed to do that, there were no other things that we could do as a district to reduce 1.5 or $750,000 worth of expenditures at that point in the year. Um so really for the sake of fiscal solveny, we had to make that decision. Um but at the same time, you know, the board has outlined facilities priorities um every year through the adoption of the master plan um that are between two and three and a half million dollars a year for various needs. And so uh until we have that discussion with the board about the priorities of those facilities needs versus the priorities of the general fund support, um I'm hesitant to build that in until we have that conversation and really

127flesh out a direction and a and a goal and policy from the board to provide that to staff. >> Thank you. I appreciate that. >> Thank you. I think that uh that does provide some good clarity. Anyone else have any kind of um question? Any additional questions or uh comments? Well, then I think you must have done a good job. Um if uh there is no more discussion, uh let's move to the vote. Um the uh action is to approve the uh approve the district's 202526 second interim financial report and certify a qualified financial status for the remainder of the current and two succeeding fiscal years. All in favor say I. >> I. I. >> All oppose. Same sign. Then we have done that. We have u we've approved the um second interim financial report.

128The next item on our agenda is 11.6 six, which is to approve library book donation in recognition of day of the teacher and classified school employee week. Again, uh based on the um uh based on not knowing what our discussion is going to be, then uh the recommend action would be for a motion to approve the purchase of six copies of a book agreed upon by the board of trustees for donation to each school library with the cost to be reimbursed by the board members. Is there such a motion? >> I move to approve. >> Second. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Been moved by Trusty Tanakin, seconded by Trustee Needam uh to uh approve the purchase of six copies of a book that we agree upon. Now that we have uh a motion

129on the floor, we have the opportunity to have discussion. Um I'm open to um you know comments, whatever anybody is wanting to talk about. At this particular point with regard to books, we did have five books that were presented to us as possibilities of donations. One was called The Book That Almost Rhyd by Omar Abed. It's for age ranges 3 to 7, which is grades preschool to two. One that is called Library in the Woods by Calvin A. Ramsey for grades 2 through five. A third book which was uh which is called One Big Open Sky by Lisa Klein Ransom which is for ages 8 to 12 which is grades 3 to 7. The next book is Until Someone Listens, a story about borders, family, and one girl's mission by Estella Wararez. Age range 4

130to 8. And the last book that was uh provided uh by the just wanted to note that the these uh these selections were uh provided to us by the um school clerks at um was it was it the whole every school clerk provided us with that information or how did they how they >> tailored? Was it all library clerks? >> So they all had the opportunity and we received five these recommendations. >> Okay, these five recommendations. So the last one was spy school by Stuart Gibbs for age range 8 to 12 or grades 3 through 7. And um I would like to note that as we look at this there is um one um one book that um is a winner of uh three awards and we have another one that is a winner of

13112 awards. So um I will put that on the table for us to have an active discussion about your choice of book. >> Okay. I I ranked this and I used Amazon is my source to see where this is and I think from the look at the number of publications because if you look at this library in the woods they had 4.6 rating but it was only 11 reviews. That's kind of small right? U one one big open sky 4.6 6, but only had 44 reviews. If you look at until someone listens. Granted, it was 4.9, which was the highest, but it had 36 reviews. But that's very, very limited range this goes to because it's only TK to second grade. So, you know, the two that I put forward because I know we're asked

132which two I think that each board member would recommend. I chose number one is Spy School by Stuart Gibbs because it's a 4.7 rating, but there's 4,200 reviews and by far the largest. And then if you look at this, this is three through seven, right? And this book, you know, and this also won the Amazon teachers pick award. So it's hard to dispute when you got 4,200 and it gets such a large range and you know, even though it goes to seventh grade, but it's pushing our kids that if they want to read up, they can continue to read up. not just stuck at that single Lexile. And then the second one was the book that almost rhymed. It had 4.8 at 105 reviews. Um that's grade preschool to second grade, but that also won

133the editor's pick award from Amazon. So those two won, you know, very large picks from the editors as well as the teachers. Well, granted the other ones, some ranted, but it had wards, but if you look at there's only 36 reviews. That's not a lot. So, that's why I chose Spy School by Stuart Gibbs. Um, and the book that almost rhymed um is a two. Trusty Hayashida, did you have um I do. So for me, I really just went back to conversations with librarians over the past six months uh from site visits and they had talked about um needing books for the older grade kids. And so based on that, I picked the library in the woods and spy school trustee need. So, um I have a little bit of an opposite argument. Um for

134anybody who's aware of March Book Madness, um I do it at my school. I know that uh people are raising their hands. Um, so Marchbook Madness was started by uh I believe a couple of teachers and I can't remember in a different state and they do like a a March Madness bracket of books and they do it for picture books and they do it for I think they do it for chapter books. Um, and so the book that almost rhymed was part of Marchbook Madness last year. Um, and so I read it with my class and then the class votes and then it becomes a worldwide vote where the teachers are then submitting their votes from the classes. And so although it didn't win, um, overall I think it's out of 16 picture books, um,

135it was a really excellent book, my class really enjoyed it and I know my daughter read it in her class. Um, my argument for the picture book is that even though it's not um necessarily at the higher Lexile level, um, most teachers in an elementary school can always access picture books because they're models of excellent writing. Um, and so, you know, as an upper grade teacher, I use picture books in my classroom all the time. And so my one and only vote is for the book that almost rhymed. I appreciate that kind of insight from somebody in the actual classroom. And I noticed that when I was reading Across America, I flipped my books. I was te I was I was in a lower lower grade class and I was reading the book that I

136was intending to to read to the fifth grade class and ended up reading the lower grade book in the upper grade class and was like, "Oh, I made a mistake." because you know as I walked in you know I and I'd given that book to the other teacher first so I didn't have the opportunity to read the read the book for the right class in the second time around so I can understand your point of view with regard to that particular book. Um it's interesting that um I and I didn't think about that because you know I'm I'm quite removed from uh reading books to littles at this particular point and uh uh I did come up with u and spy school was my was my choice uh primarily because um I I looked at

137it and I as we were walking through the different classrooms and looking at what the kids have as reading material on their desk uh they're reading the sort of adventure ure kinds of stories particularly the upper grades and I also like trusty Hayashida is commenting on that um um the um um where were you coming my lost my train of thought >> uh oh yeah uh what the librarians are suggesting that we perhaps need books for older readers and so I looking at that and thinking about that and I thought you know the book that almost rhymed uh reminded me of the young young uh boy that um actually did his ortorial um uh presentation at U Vessels the other morning. Uh he actually sang his report which was really which was really neat. So

138my point here is that uh sometimes we can look outside of what the traditional kinds of things are to be able to select. And so the idea that the book that almost rhymed uh would suggest that when we think in terms of what a book should be and if we're thinking that we're supposed to have poetry or whatever and uh this young boy is challenged by his sister interrupting his attempt to rhyme, uh it didn't come out the way he anticipated. So I thought that was a good lesson for no matter what age. And so that book actually came out on top for me as well. So what's interesting about that is is is that we have um um actually um three and three uh three of us thought that the book almost rhymed was

139a good book and spy school we three of us thought that was a good book. So, I was doing a little bit of fast math and uh I may be totally off and uh our assistant superintendent probably won't be hiring him up me in David's position anytime soon, but um I it seemed that if we actually gave two books this year, um that uh we wouldn't be too far out of line what we have actually given for one book in previous years. So, you know, I'm just going to put it out there. Maybe we give two books to each library this year. one at a lower level and one at a higher level. >> I'm good with that. >> Okay. So then, uh, the book that almost I I think that figure came out to

140$276. Can >> I get a loan? I'm just kidding. >> I don't know. Um, I I I I left the keys at home. Um, but it it seemed like that that seemed like a reasonable a reasonable price for us to be able to honor our schools and honor the children within our schools. Lydia, we'll be giving you an invoice. >> No, you will. >> Thank you. >> Okay, so um the motion is to um let's see where I can get back to my my agenda here. Um the motion is to approve the purchase of six copies of a book. So, do I have a friendly amendment that says we will purchase six copies of the two books agreed upon by the board of trustees? >> Yes. The titles would be the book that almost rhymed

141>> and spy school >> and the other one is spy school. Is there any further discussion? Then all uh in favor say I. >> I. >> Okay. Item 11.7 is adopt resolution number 25/26-13 board compensation for mismeating. The uh recommended action is to adopt resolution. this resolution for missed meeting approving payment of the total monthly stipen to trustee nem for the month of February 2026 and this is if just just for context is there a motion to approve >> so move >> is there a second >> second >> okay just to give context if we have one meeting a month and a board member misses then we go through the process of adopting a resolution knowing that there may be hardship associated with attending one meeting and or that meeting we've have had four meetings

142since the last meeting. So, Trusty Nem only missed one out of the four meetings. So, um this is the context that I I want to put place this particular item in. >> Yeah. And I want to say something as well. This was a lastm minute scheduling of the special meeting. So, you know, it's kind of hard for Trusty Nem is since she's working to just say, "Hey, we need you to be here in two days at this time." So that's where the context really needs to be that no she attends all the meetings you can right and this one you can't just tell somebody we need you to be there in a couple days >> and in my defense it was like a 15minute meeting something like that right it was just the revote of

143what we had done >> the the vote that we had actually approved the amendment but failed to we failed to approve the main motion >> yes >> so um yes so with no further discussion which I think is not necessary Uh, all in favor say I. >> I. >> All opposed. Okay. >> I'll abstain. >> You'll abstain. Okay. One abstension from Trusty Needam. 11.8 on our agenda is to a vote for California for the California School Boards Association delegate assembly. Uh this was a particularly intriguing um uh time for us to be looking at this because for the last two or three cycles we had Candy Kern in this particular position. And uh we were going well there's no choice. We're just going to go ahead and vote for our delegate and we don't have

144to worry about anybody else. And so, um, now that Candi is no longer on our, um, our board, uh, we're back to being asked to pick the delegates across the Orange County area. And so, we're being asked to vote for no more than seven candidates for the California School Boards Association Region 15 Delegate Assembly for the term April 1, 2026 through March 31st, 2028. Now, what I I would like to preface this one by noting that we will be voting for up to seven candidates from a list of eight candidates and two writeins of candidates who submitted late information. The candidate packets were provided to the board on February 20th, 2026 and the board index guide was helpful in knowing where to find them. Sometimes when we are provided with materials in advance, in this

145particular instance, at least 3 weeks in advance, which was good to have, uh board members can forget where did I get that information. So, we do have a relatively newly created board index guide to our Friday reports that made it helpful for me to go back in and figure out where we could find those and we communicated that to the board. So, it's just one of the closed loop things of communication that we are try we've tried to implement uh this this year to try to keep us on target of where information is and how we can go ahead and access it. So, with that in mind, we have these um um I guess I said, did I say 10? Uh there are eight candidates with two writeins. And what's interesting is that um I

146just wanted to preface it by saying that we have um some newly appointed well relatively new school board members of which four of the actual delegate candidates have had only three to five years experience on their actual school boards. Um and we also had um two different districts that have two names that were put forward which I think is particularly interesting and the two that were the writeins are actually two incumbents. So that's the context within within which we are actually um we're actually making our decision tonight. But I also want to say that so that we can save ourselves time in the future, maybe it's time for us to be looking at nominating one of our own again to be on the delegate assembly. uh recognizing that you don't have to have many many

147many years to sit on this particular board and that if we look at at the time that we put Candy on the ballot and I believe it was 2020, it might have been earlier, it might have been about that time, uh she ended up leading the um the uh annual um uh conference site space event. In other words, actually set up and coordinated that particular event. uh she wasn't in a leadership role in terms of speaking or doing any of these kinds of things, but she was the organizer of the actual uh conference. And so I think it's important to recognize that there are these leadership opportunities for our board to think about. So now that I'm rambled on for a few seconds, I'm going to go back and note that um we are voting.

148So the recommended action is to vote, not to put a motion on the floor per se. And um I would like to ask um the board for their preference of what to do. In past we have actually looked at and said do we know any of these individuals that are running uh do we have personal experience with them? >> You do need a motion. >> We do need a motion. Okay. It just basically says the recommend action said vote for. It didn't say have a motion. >> Okay. >> It's an action item. I thought voting might be the action. Okay. So, just move to vote. >> I make a mo a motion to vote. >> Second. >> Okay. Now, we can have discussion. >> I don't know what that looks like. How do you want

149to How do you want to um How do you want to have a discussion about the um the um >> Can we just do what we did with the foundation and just give our recommendations? Okay. Yeah, I think that would be a possibility. That would be a good good choice. >> Um, let me go ahead. >> Do you want us to just fill this out and give it to you? >> Um, Miss Parker, did you have a question? >> Remember that there's two writeins. >> Yes, I understand that there are two writeins. So, um, and I think if everybody did their homework, which, um, uh, I believe that we have, that we should be able to go ahead and do that. I'm just going to say if you would go ahead and and tell me

150I can go ahead and just do a little tick mark in these boxes and um All right, go ahead. We'll tabulate it. You go ahead and do what you do do that then. >> So you discuss them, you pick them and then you have your eight. Is it eight? >> Well, seven. >> Seven. >> Up to seven. We don't have to vote for seven. >> Okay. You want me to start? >> Okay. Uh Carrie Buck, Henry Chiron, >> Carol Kaine, >> Crane, I'm sorry. Katie Mcuan, Dina Miller, and Barbara Schulman. >> Okay. Um, Trusty Hashida, I have Marilyn Anderson. Just let me just um Okay. Carrie Buck, Henry Chiron, Carol Crane, uh, Art Montes, Barbara Schulman, and Anmarie Tjo, Randall Tjo. >> Okay. Trusty H. Uh, Trusty Needm. >> I have Marilyn Anderson. >> Okay.

151Just a second. All right. Carrie Buck, Carol Crane, Katie Mcuan, Deanna Miller, Barbara Schulman, and Jonathan Stone. Okay. And my vote was for Marilyn Anderson, um Henry Chiron, uh Carol Crane, Katie Mcuan, Deanna Miller, and Barbara Schulman. Okay. Um then, uh what we have in terms of seven, it looks like we have at least enough for seven. Seven. We have three uh three if not four uh votes for uh Marilyn Anderson, Carrie Buck, Henry Chiron, Carol Crane, Katie Mcuan, Deanna Miller, and Barbara Schulman. So that's our seven. Okay. So you you are able to to to mark that. Okay. Okay. >> Okay. Thank you very much. And I'm not going to repeat those names, but um we have now uh moved to uh vote for a uh no more than seven. We have selected seven.

152So all in favor of the seven that are um have at least three to four votes say I. >> I. >> All opposed. All right. That was that was quicker than I thought it was going to be. >> Good job. >> I would also like to thank you for encouraging us to look at all that and have our preferences ranked and ready. Yeah, I wanted just to facilitate um you moving through because some of our board meetings obviously you know when we do our deliberation in the board meeting it it extends the time. You're right. Uh item 11.9 is to adopt up updated governance handbook. Uh the recommended uh action is to adopt the updated governance handbook. So is there a motion to do so? >> So moved. >> Second. It's been moved by trusty

153Nem and seconded by trustee Hayashida to update to adopt our updated governor's handbook. Are is there any discussion on this item? >> I do just have one thing. I don't know if it matters on the front. Do we need to change the superintendent? >> Okay, that's a good point. Thank you. Is there any other discussion? Uh this is an outgrowth of a workshop that we had recently and um uh we always go over this on an annual basis to determine any kind of changes or additions that we want to add to it and so this is the outgrowth of that and the changes will be reflected in this newest version. So if there is no discussion all in favor say I. >> I. >> All opposed then we have adopted our governance handbook for the

154next year. Item number 12 is information discussion. 12.1 is the Williams settlement legislation monitoring for Clara J. King Elementary School. It's a second quarter report. Um would could could we could I have uh staff just do a brief uh summary for the audience as to what this uh what this um involves? >> Yes. um because well this is actually showing that there are no um Williams uniform complaints with the monitoring of King School. Um as a result of the California school dashboard, King was included on the state's um 2025 27 William settlement legislation monitoring list. So, um, at a past board meeting, we Terresa Lennox, um, gave a report that the I think there were like two ceiling tiles and anything. We had repaired everything and we didn't have any other issues. So, this is

155just simply stating that there have been no complaints and that we have to register it with you, the board. Um, that there's no complaints in our district for King between July 1st and September 30th, 2025. >> Okay. Does any of the board members have any questions on this? I know that we we uh had that clarified the last time it was on the agenda, and so I'm pleased to hear that uh everything is a um a clear report for this time. So, no comments. Okay, then. Um I'm having a little bit of difficulty with my Oh, that is the total. All right. Um the format for the discussion items is a little bit different than the ag the regularly agenda items. Um item number uh 12.2 is for the board to have a discussion of

156furlow days. Uh the uh staff provided us with a breakdown of approximate cost savings to the districts for one furlow day for uh district administrators, principles uh total management and then confidential employees, certificated non-management employees, classified non-management employees and therefore a total savings for um the um total non-management and the total for one day for everybody to do the heavy lifting uh is 198,000. Again, this is an approximation 1898,28929. And so uh our discussion tonight is the fact that um the only the only discussion or the only thing that we can that that we can do as um uh have an authority over as a board is to levy furlow days for management and confidential employees. That is the only that is the only um um levbing that this board can do. Uh the rest

157of the conversation around furlow days uh takes place with um the uh with you know with ACT and CSEA in terms of the bargaining process. So I just wanted to open it that to bring that as the um uh the background and the why we're discussing and what we will be actually saying. So is there anyone who wants to u kick off a discussion of uh the concept of furlow days as part of our solution for the budget for the budget gap? >> Well, I have I have two things. Um the first thing that comes to mind is anything that we are asking anybody to do whether that be uh certificated or classified. If we're asking for teachers to potentially negotiate furlow days, I think that that should be on the on the table for

158everybody. Um I mean the cost savings here with just one day of almost $200,000, that's a huge cost savings. Um also understanding that that is a hit to everybody. It's a hit to um to staff. It's a hit to um certificated classified. And I I absolutely understand and appreciate that. The other thing that I guess I would like to ask is if we have a conversation about having these furlow days and we decide that it maybe is something we would like to move forward with, is that something that we could pull back on um when we get the updated budget in a few months from now? >> I think that'd be a great question to ask um ask at this particular point. >> Larry, do you want to answer that? you look the headlight, you

159know, the dear the headlights. >> Um, obviously, I mean, if there was a negotiated um process with the the unions, that would be, you know, restoring those days would be subject to whatever negotiated language is a part of that restoration of days. So, there would be some um walkback language, if you will, um for for management or other non-represented employees. then it would just be a board action to revise those furlow days if it was determined by the board they were no longer necessary. That's a very good point and I I I appreciate your first point because I think that uh because uh we have the opportunity to levy um uh the furlow days on um uh management and confidential employees that I would like to have the opportunity to say that I don't want

160to I don't want to do that and the reason I don't want to do it isn't because I don't think that it's important. I would like to say that if the our CSEA and ACT have an opportunity to bargain for uh furlow days that our management team should actually be willing to volunteer to do those um if it comes to the point where uh we would uh because I think that anything that is is forced is not um serving our purpose at this particular point. 9:39 p.m. >> It's 9:39 p.m. people. Um the I I think that I think that um well I think that's that that's enough said on that particular point. Um so uh I would not be in favor of us actually having a furlow day on anybody. I would like everybody

161to come to the table to work voluntarily to uh to to do that if that is a strategy that we decide is appropriate for us to do. And I would say that I would ask the management team and confidential employees to lead by example and um as opposed to being uh levied to volunteer to uh volunteer to take furlow days. And I would like to share that in the history of our district, we've always worked together, all three, the management um classified and certificated. And if that were the case and we were to be able to negotiate that, we would definitely um go right along with them. >> Perfect. Thank you. >> Okay. Any other good discussion on this? >> Yeah, just you know, same thing as just trusty need and president SI just hope

162we can all come together to minimize the impact on our entire family. We're all a family here at this district and you know taking a temporary and this is what we need to make sure we say is because I didn't see anything about temporary, right? We just need something to help us get us through right now. And long as we're talking, making sure that everybody understand it is a temporary thing that we can potentially save $200,000, which is a significant amount for the district. >> Absolutely. So, Trusty Hayashida, you have anything that you want to say on this uh this topic? >> I just wanted to ask um Mr. for y'all. If let's say that everybody said, "Okay, we'll give up one day or two days." Does that money go in? I mean, are we

163restricted on what we can use that money for? Um, no. I mean, it really would I mean, everybody's paid out of some different funding sources, um, for example. So, I mean, our special ed folks are paid out of special ed resources. Um, you know, others of us are paid out of unrestricted resources. So, it really just goes back into whatever resource um, it was going to come out of to begin with. >> Okay. Um, thank you. >> Thank you. I think it's very telling and and the comment that, you know, 200,000 is not a piece of change uh when we're talking in terms of um of um of cuts to actual individuals. uh as opposed to basically saying, you know, we want to not sever our relationship with some individuals. if we can actually take

164some furlow days to uh actually safeguard some positions that um are perhaps um perhaps uh I mean I think every position is important that we have but to actually safeguard some of the positions I think that um you know I would I I would want us to be able to work together to see if this is an appropriate strategy for us to take but um again I would I would say that um you know the partners are the ones who have to have that conversation. That's that's a hard conversation and it's a critical conversation. So, I hope that conversation takes place. So, >> add one more comment. Um, Larry, is it possible to draw up like a draft just a very simple sketch of what it would look like since if if people took let's

165say two days off or f two furlow days because of the different pools of money so that we could have something to look at to see if we would like where that savings would benefit. I I mean ultimately it would fall to >> Oh, what positions could then be restored with that amount of funding? Okay. Because I mean ultimately most of the savings would fall onto the unrestricted general fund because you know the yeah you know there's contributing resources there. So um you know it really then would become a prioritization process for the board to look at um the positions that were eliminated and um decide and provide guidance to us as to what positions to restore. And certainly we as staff could make recommendations um based on on feedback um and provide that to

166the board in terms of what could be restored with that. >> That would be helpful. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Yes. I hope that that deliberative process takes place. Um any further discussion? >> No. >> Then moving on. Uh item 12.3 is first reading of updated board policies, administrative regulations, and board bylaws. Um this is for information only and uh if you have any questions on these um at this particular point um please uh please let's have some discussion over any of them that you might want to discuss. Anybody have any comments? I think as normally happens these are routine updates that are um um CSBA actually releases. Um I believe that yes it says four times a year and these are presented to us as a first reading tonight and it means that

167at the next uh board meeting we will have an opportunity to approve these. Uh they are fairly voluminous. We normally get about 15 to 20 of them at a time and they are fairly long um in terms of content. So, uh, if board members do have questions or comments, um, this would be the time, but it would also be appropriate for us to have that conversation too again the next meeting if we wanted to. Any comments? Hearing none, then we will move to item number 13, which is adjournment. And I would like to say that this is this is a record for the near past for us to be adjourning in in a timely manner. So, I adjourn the meeting at uh 9:45 p.m. And uh just for uh notification purposes, I believe this agenda

168basically says that our next uh let's see, does it tell us when our next board meeting is? Um it doesn't say >> April 9th. Well, it isn't our next board meeting. It is our it's our next regularly scheduled board meeting, but our next special board meeting, >> 17th, >> is the 17th. which is this next Tuesday at 6:30