September 11 Board Meeting

001meeting September 11th, 2025. Roll call. Miss Parker, will you please take roll call? >> Trusty Nem, >> present. Trusty Sandi, >> I'm present. >> Here. Trusty Pereie, >> present. >> President Tanaka, >> present. Agenda item two, approve agenda for the regular board meeting of trustees on September 11, 2025. Do I have a motion to approve? >> So move. >> Thank you, Trusty Sundi. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Trusty Hayashida. Any questions or discussions? Hearing none, I'll call for a vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Public comments close 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 speaker should

002be 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 public comment cards? >> No. >> Thank you. Item for recess to close session. Uh we have three items. Number one is public employee performance evaluation. Number two is conference with the legal council existing litigation. And number three is conference with labor negotiators. We will recess to close session at 4:01 p.m. >> So, but thank you so much, Coach Debbie, the junior coaches, principal Desi. Thank you so much. I think this is such a great thing how each one of you out there were so encouraging helping each other get through this and keep on moving along to make sure there was a enjoyable experience out

003there. Thank you. certificates. One of the our first recipient, William Miller. David Beverage, Daisy Guzman, Maddox Johnson, Ivan Regosa, Dylan Sububa, Irene Suba, Kyle Sun, Maxine E, and Zia Zakatenko. Okay. >> Maybe the pack comes to the front. Okay. So, let's have Um, >> and then make sure that your face is in between somebody so that there >> and then can you hold your certificates up? Maybe we can open them like the but don't put them over your face. [Music] Okay. Thank you. Okay. Item 6.2. I see a discrepancy. So, the online agenda says recess for 5 minutes to allow the students to go home. The printed one says 10 minutes. So, what what it's 5 minutes. Okay. So, no. recess uh to close session at 7:20 p.m. for five I mean for u recess

004for five That's Reconvening from our break at 7:26 p.m. Item number seven, public comments. In accordance with government code 54954.3, anyone who 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 not be acted on by the board of trustees, but may be received and referred to staff or be placed on subsequent board agenda for consideration. Items on agenda may be addressed at the time agendaized. In accordance with board bylaw 9323, individual speakers shall be allowed three minutes to address the board on each agenda or non-aggenda item. The total time limit for public comment on each item is 20 minutes. Uh the first card I have is Donna McDougall. I'm such a

005shorty. Put this down here. Okay. Is that okay? Um, today is Patriot Day and I'm a patriot of the USA and I'm a patriot of the Cypress School District. Uh this past May I attended an end a year event for teachers that was put on by teachers for many years. Um this was a district-wide celebration that was attended by teachers, classified board members, principles, administration and it takes all of us together to educate our children and it should be all of us to celebrate at the end of a successful year. It is also a perfect time to recognize those that are going to retire that have given so much to our district and also it's an opportunity for board members to get to know teachers and staff and a chance to see colleagues that they

006don't see every day. Another opportunity for board members to know teachers to get to know teachers is to visit classrooms not as a group but just as a board member and a principal. For 26 years, I visited every classroom in the district every year. Just the principal and me. The teachers appreciated that and they gave me this heart and it has puzzle pieces around the outside and it has a little heart on the inside and it says, "Donna, we love you to pieces." And this means more to me than anything. the teachers appreciated that my visits to the classroom and that's why they gave me this and um I could go on and on but I know I have a time limit and so I just would close in saying I sincerely hope that the

007district can come back to the team approach where we all work together and then we all celebrate together. Thank you. Next is Laura Walker, please. Hello esteemed members of the board. First, I would like to recognize that I come before you this evening not for myself. I represent the teachers in the audience, my colleagues, my friends, but also as a voice for all teachers and mostly as a voice for my students. They are my why. Each year when asked to remember my why, that is what it comes down to. Not one teacher will say otherwise. Being a teacher is not easy, nor is it a position of prestige or glamour. The students are my why, and every single teacher I know would say the same. I bring to you today the topic of light covers.

008Yes, light covers. To expedite understanding of exactly what I speak of, I've made some printouts of what these look like. For those who cannot see, in my classroom, I have magnetic coverings over the ballast of my glass lights. I have three different styles. One is a turtle swimming. Another is as though you were looking up through the trees. And the third is a beautiful cloudy sky. Anyone that has been paying attention to trends in education is aware of the dramatic increase in student behaviors over the past decade. In most recent in a most recent NEA magazine, a national poll of teachers describes the current state of teaching as being at a crisis point. Fewer people are getting into the teaching field. The learning environment has taken on new challenges. Teachers will attest that we have

009to take time out of instruction to address student behavior concerns regularly. Some national studies have stated as many as 10 hours a month can be lost due to behaviors. Behavior management has become a vital part of our job. It it has become paramount. I know that as a district we have felt this trend as well. Our pre-ervice districtwide training was from coach Judy. He's also the author of a book entitled Excellent Teaching with SEAL in all capital letters. Navigating and mitigating the impact of behaviors in the classroom is a concern at every level of the education system. From administration to paras behaviors are now a major challenge at every level. Coach Rudy spoke about flipping the script and having tier one behavioral management systems that are more proactive rather than reactive. Having behavior management strategies

010in place can minimize classroom disruptions. This training recognized the same trend that schools across the country are experiencing. The same trend that we are experiencing every day. Yes, as teachers, we are explicitly teaching strategies to address emotional regulation, conflict resolution, and many other health mental health skills. We are all using the provided secondstep curriculum. We, like all teachers across the nation, are doing everything we can to help our students. We always do and we always will. Another topic coach Rudy spoke about was a calming classroom, a place specifically curated as an escape, a place where students can regulate emotions within the classroom. We had an inservice training about the same topic last year with the beloved Cassie Hanley. If you have visited our classrooms, as most of you have, you have seen the care and

011the love that we put into creating a fun learning environment. To me personally, this is a core principle in my philosophy. Students should look forward to coming to school and they should enjoy the environment and they should enjoy learning. And then we're going to split our presentation up into three speakers. >> Thank you. >> Sarah Roas. >> That's me. All right. >> Thank you. >> So, this brings me back to the topic at hand, light covers. How do light covers and behaviors correlate? To be honest, loosely. There are many studies that speak to the importance of lighting in the learning environment. I am very aware that the district recently invested in upgrading the fluorescent lights to LED, which is fantastic. These new LED lights produce no heat, which completely eliminates any fire concern in regards

012to the light covers. When initially told to take the light covers down, I had one simple question. Why? I searched for all the possible downsides downsides from high from fire hazards, equity, or even insurance. I could not come up with a single negative impact of the light covers. The company gladly sent us proof of being fire retardant material. The covers do not make it too dark as my students often prefer still to turn off one of the bank of lights. It was explained to me that the new LED lights make them unnecessary as they have the same exact effect when dimmed. This is something I disagree with adamantly. A dimmed a dimmed sterile a dimmed sterile white light is not the same as looking up through the trees. I am not before you today to

013claim that these light coverings are the solution to behaviors. I'm not here to say that every student with behaviors will benefit from them either. However, if a mere one student does benefit, then there is no reason not to have them. In my class, they are not only a calming behavioral tool, but I also use them as a teaching tool. Multiple perspectives is a depth and complexity icon that we use in class often. I will often have the students look up and write a paragraph from their perspective perspective. Humble brag. We did bring a stack of student perspective journals if you care to read them. They are quite good. Beyond that, the students like them. When removed, they speak up. Teachers have reported that students are behaviors. There's an uptick when they remove the light covers.

014There's no evidence to back that casual observance, but a teacher's perspective should matter. We have all worked very hard to garner master's degrees and education specifically to do this job that we all love so much. A teacher's mental health also matters. We spend countless hours beyond contract within our classrooms. Most of us are in our classes more than we are our own home. The environment we spend the majority of our time and is extremely important. A calm teacher is just as important as a calm environment. If these completely safe light coverings can add even a slight improvement in the mental state of the teacher or the student, they should be heralded rather than scorned. Teachers are at the front line of education. We need to have the autonomy to make autonomy to make some decisions

015about our classroom. Our classes are our sanctuary. My classroom has become a safe space for not only my students from this year, but students from past years and students from other classes. It is a welcoming place where their voice matters. As teachers, this is what we strive to do. Teachers should be supported in their mental health needs too. >> Thank you. >> Mr. John Tosh. I am not here as a parent, but I can say that parents like these light covers as much as students and teachers. They are a topic of conversation for nearly every adult that comes into my class. Many speak of how something like that would have changed their school experience or how the light covers facilitated their child attending school more regularly as they didn't get migraines in class. Whether hyperbolic

016or not, the sentiment remains. Parents, students, and teachers are all in support of these light covers. Which leads me to my final point. When I explained to the class I would be taking them down, they were upset and they asked why. We We had just had an lesson about standing up for what you believe. I believe there is no reason to take these light covers down. I believe there's a high probability that they help at least a few students. Having just given this lesson, I had to stand firm on this for them on this topic. I have to model the behavior that we are trying to develop in our students. Whether these light covers help to control behavior, make the classroom feel more welcoming, or or are used as a teaching tool is irrelevant, as

017there is no downside. With zero negatives and numerous possible positives, there is absolutely no reason to tell teachers they are not permitted. This leads me back to the big question, why? I come before the esteemed board to ask directly. I do not believe a dimmed light is equal to these covers. No teacher I know does. Lexington Junior High School, the most of where most of our students ascend to, have these covers in the majority of their classes. Each teacher that is here with me has passionately worked tirelessly to make student the student experience better each year. We have amazing teachers at Vessels. The vast majority of us have master's degrees in education. We deserve an answer as to why we cannot enhance our learning environment. When given a logical why, we always comply. There are

018no more fridges in our classes because we understand the why, even if it's unpopular. Furthermore, I would like to remind everyone in this room of the bigger why. Why we do our jobs. Why we spend countless extra hours and way too much of our own money. The students are our why. At least for all of us on the front line. I come for I come before you today to ask you to remember why we are in the field of education. Each year when I am asked, it helps me remember the larger perspective. It helps me remember that our job is to guide the future leaders, the future dreamers, the future of the world. So please for the parents, teachers and most of all for the students please reconsider this decision. Please remember your wife. >>

019Thank you. >> Next is uh Maria Cderon Guzman. first- time parent doing this, so a little nervous. Good evening, superintendent, board of trustees, Cypress School District, staff, and families. My name is Manongusman, and I'm here today as a concerned parent from Arnold Elementary and King Elementary Schools. I want to start by expressing my gratitude for this opportunity to speak before you and I hope to shed light on some concerns surrounding the new inclusion TK program at Arnold Elementary. My child Archie Guzman participated in the Cypress School District preschool program in the two 2023 2024 and 2024 2025 school year with positive feedback. Sorry. With positive feedback from his teachers, oh, sorry, I'm trying to not get emotional about this. Um, we were encouraged to promote them into the inclusion program at Arnold. We were assured

020that the teacher to student ratio would be supportive with the general education teacher, a teacher assistant, and a special ed para educator in the classroom at all times. The special education teacher was also expected to rotate equally between the three classrooms throughout the week to ensure adequate support for students. Based on this information, we decided to enroll Archie, hoping for an environment where his needs would be met more effectively than at our home school, King Elementary, where we have a strong collaborative relationship with the staff already. However, over the past 5 weeks, we've seen that this program does not meet the needs of all students, especially those with higher needs and within IEP. I want to acknowledge that the principal and staff at Arnold are doing the best that they can with the materials and

021resources currently available to them. I recognize that they're working hard to provide support and structure within the program. However, as a parent, it is evident that they're stretched thin and the current level of staffing and the resources are simply not enough with the v variety of complex needs that our children, especially with IEP, are exhibiting. According to the IDA, every child with a disability is entitled to a free and appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment. This means that children like Archie should be given the opportunity to learn in a classroom setting where they can interact and learn alongside with peers while also receiving specific supports alongside their peers that are outlined in their IEP. Although the current program strives to meet this, it falls short. The needs of students are underestimated and under

022valued which is causing a lack of resource allocation in my opinion. I can share that I have witnessed students unable to receive necessary accommodations in the classroom and in the playground due to students with higher needs taking the majority of the adults attention. Currently there's no full-time psychologist to my knowledge available in the school. Arnold shares a psychologist with our homeschool king and I believe that if we work together to have a BCBA and a psychologist along it might go a long way. >> You can finish your thought. >> I appreciate it. Um a full-time BCBA or psychologist should be essential part of the program to ensure it's genuinely inclusive and able to meet the diverse needs of all students with or without an IEP. I'll just end by saying I hope that you take

023not only me as a parent my commentary but also know that there are other parents who are willing to help the district improve this program. I love that it's an inclusive program that it's wanting to do more for our children but it's falling short. So I hope that you take my feedback that maybe you create a parent um committee into account and that changes are made. Thank you. >> Thank you. Miss Gina Martinez. Good evening, school board members. Over the past several years, more and more restrictions have been placed in our classrooms. rules about refrigerators, coffee makers, wall and door coverings, and even what can hang from ceilings or lights. I understand the need for safety. But with each new rule, teacher autonomy and morale are chipped away. And our classrooms are not just rooms,

024they are second homes. And for many of our students, they are truly a second home. When I first started teaching in Cypress, I spent over $4,000 of my own money, nearly 10% of my salary at that time as a beginning teacher. And that wasn't only for the decorations to make the room look nice, but it was also for the supplies the students needed to learn. And every year, teachers continue to spend hundreds, sometimes thousands, while the district doesn't seem to contribute as much as maybe they could. Even when we were told to replace the co uh the wall coverings with fire retardant paper, no stipen was offered to help with the cost. Luckily for me, I had parents who were willing to step forward to help me buy the five to six rolls of paper

025needed to recover my walls. I take special care in how my classroom looks because I know that it helps students feel calm and secure. I owe part of my success even with my most difficult students in creating that kind of environment. Parents notice it, students notice it, and research confirms it. A major study um of primary schools in England found that classroom design explained about 16% of the difference in how much the students learned in a year. And another review of 170 studies showed that the classroom environment directly affects student health, focus, and engagement. People love cyber schools because they feel that it is a community and that sense of community comes from the staff, not just teachers, but the staff members who interact directly with the children um who invest our time, money, and

026hearts into making the classrooms and the schools welcoming. If we strip that away, we risk what m we risk losing what makes Cypress special. So, I'm not asking for perfection. The teachers and staff are not asking for perfection. just a balance and a middle ground between safety and the autonomy that teachers need and a voice in decisions that affect us and our students every day. Our children deserve classrooms that feel like home and please trust us to give them that. Thank you. >> Thank you, >> superintendent. So, there's six cards here. Um, could we have somebody from staff reach out to the people afterwards? Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Going down the line uh to uh number eight reports Association of Cypress Teachers. Good evening board members, Superintendent Silvs, and cabinet members. I'm

027Candy Early, president of the Association of Cypress Teachers. Tracy Kunanan, ACT's vice president, and I had a chance to visit with the King preschool and King teachers on Tuesday, September 9th. A lot has been going on during the first six week of six weeks of school. They said that back to school night went smoothly and they were happy that there was a larger turnout this year. The preschool teachers reported that their kids are fantastic and they're seeing progress due to the teachers incredible dedication. They're also grateful for all of the materials they were given to help make the program play-based and developmental. Love and support was a common theme we heard from the King staff. The teachers love their PTA. They've already been very busy with a family picnic and a successful popcorn fundraiser. The

028teachers are grateful for their support. They also shared their love for the music teachers and parah educators. They feel very supported by the sped team, the RTI intervention team, and their principal, Jack, Jackie Teshki. King students are enjoying the new playground there. They're also enjoying the Playworks program. As you saw, Playworks has been improving playground management and teaching kids how to deal with issues on the playground. The organized games are helping to reduce behavioral problems at recess. Playworks puts children in leadership roles as junior coaches and some of these kids might not otherwise have an opportunity to be in a similar role, but they're very successful in this position. It's a wonderful opportunity to give children these experiences. With the success of last year's play, Liz would love the opportunity to work with the ELOP

029program to put on another play this year. Since there's a concern about the lack of ELOP funds, she's actively looking for funding for the afterchool's fine art program. She would love any ideas to make this happen. Uh the camaraderie of the King staff is apparent. There were many stories about teachers helping each other out, working together as a team, and supporting one another. From helping out with combo classes to impromptu before school dance parties to get pumped up for the day, the love and support of the King staff that they show one another shines through. It was wonderful to be a part of it even for just a day. Thanks for the opportunity for ACT to share with you. >> Thank you. CSEA chapter 325. Vicki. >> Thank you. Cypress Council PTA. I don't see

030anybody. So, we'll go to our board of trustees. Trusty Periq. Hi, everyone. Um, so we're I I was someone said that earlier. It's been 6 weeks in into school and um I I I I can't believe that it's been that long cuz it feels like summer just got done but um my kids are are back in the in the swing of of things. So that that's kind of it's kind of nice. Um I had the opportunity to attend back to school night which was awesome. It was a little bit stressful for me. I was going back and forth from a a couple different classes myself. Um it was great to to see everyone um back and excited for the new school year. Um we've started doing school visits. I haven't had a chance to do

031one yet, but I look forward to to seeing all of you um at the next one. Um and I I don't really have much else to report on. So, thank you for being here. Thank you for the the comments earlier as well, >> Trusty Hayes. Okay. Um, yeah, I can't believe it's September already, but um, had the opportunity to go to Vessels for their flag ceremony uh, last Friday uh, celebrating Spanish Heritage Month and that was really great just to see uh, the group got the uh, students involved and even President Tanaka got up there and and danced a little bit. So, it was good. Um and then uh let's see yesterday um joined Trustee Sundi at Luther Elementary. Uh visited with Principal Chung who is um settling in at Luther after being at Morris

032for several years and uh you know we visited a lot of the classrooms and the teachers and just it was great to see the interaction of course which is always good. Um but more than that I think um visiting the bridges classrooms was really important and I just have a new admiration for uh the staff and teachers that are in those classrooms dealing with um and teaching our students and yeah it was um great to see the interaction with them and look forward to more visits and that's it. Thank you. >> Thank you. Trusty Sundi. >> Yes. Good evening everybody. Good to see so many faces back uh from the uh from the summer vacation. I saw a few people had a few extra tan marks and uh hopefully that meant that that was uh

033some fun fun and game times rather than class preparation on the beach. Uh but regardless of that, I think we're all sort of uh excited about the fact that we're back to school on many different levels. I think I was in one of the classrooms recently and the teacher was at the at the beginning of the day was talking to the students and something about 19 and I'm going what's 19 having to do with the date only to find out that school had been in session for 19 days. And so at least she was counting up as opposed to counting how many days until the end of the school year. So I thought that was kind of interesting that the students are actually counting how many days they've been in class so far. and I'm

034going, I can't believe that they've been in class already 19 days. That said, I did go back to did go to the back to school night at Arnold and was really thrilled to see and hear the presentations and as I was listening to uh the different um grade levels uh how much in sync each of the teachers were at each grade level with each other. So uh I I always know that uh uh there is um that sort of uh teamwork that goes along um a grade level that you all talk to each other, you work together, uh you come up with resources together and strategies in terms of what to do in the classroom. So I think that is really great to see that kind of teamwork going on. And I look forward as

035we get later in the year to see the outcomes of all of the hard work that you do in terms of working with the students and to be able to see when we go back to at the end of the year into the classrooms to see all the work that is the outcome of not only your input but their output. So congratulations uh for um surviving another summer and uh I look forward to interacting with all of you in the next year. I also went to uh the two two um two site visits one at vessels on the 3rd of September and again it's really extremely thrilling to see um the engagement of the students after such well I guess maybe that was the 19 days uh after 19 days that they were beginning to

036get into the rhythm including the u uh the youngest of the students at the uh school and uh as um trustee Hashida said we also went to uh Luther school on the 10th of this month and yes, the Bridges classes classrooms were really uh an eye openener for us because we got to see the tremendous commitment and the dedication and um caring for the students and recognizing that Luther is uh a very special school where a vast majority of our u severely um needy students are um are receiving their educational experiences. is that uh going into the classrooms that are the regular classrooms to see the integration of those students within the classroom as much as possible was also an intriguing uh opportunity for us to uh be able to see the uh way in

037which students were functioning within those classrooms as well. Um let's see where is our PTA not PTA but our um CTA president. give Liz a uh shout out, tell her to contact me and I will arrange for her to come and do a presentation at a uh at a Kowanas meeting where she could perhaps make a pitch for us to be able to help and work with her on the next uh the next play for King. Uh so just, you know, I'm not going to guarantee anything. I'm just one person on the board, but um I think it sounds like something that would be um intriguing and interesting for us to be able to be a part of. So, at least let her know that uh we're willing to have her come and talk to

038us. So, uh I wish all of you a good school year and um successful school year and um know that we appreciate you and that um we look forward as we go to our site visits to be able to uh interact with you even though it's a little bit uh whatever that little bit is, we want you to know that we're there. We see you. Um, we hear you and, uh, we love you. So, take care and have a good year. >> Thank you, Trusty Needam. >> Thank you. Um, okay. So, as a board member, I was able to visit King at the very beginning of the year where we saw um, cornhole out and ready. We didn't necessarily witness recess, but we saw that. Um, and I was also able to visit Arnold. So,

039for everybody who doesn't know, I did uh teach sixth grade there. So, going to Arnold always kind of feels like going home, seeing all the familiar faces um and really being welcomed there. Um both schools, I was just so impressed and so um inspired because I hadn't started school yet. Um but just seeing how the kids were already in their routines. They already um had you could tell they were doing certain SEAL lessons and things like that. teachers were breathing with them, finding calm bodies, all that kind of stuff. Um, I was able to attend the vessels back to school night and I had to juggle both of my kids classes, but hopefully I was able to stop in um and say hi to some of you. And so, it's just so impressive to see

040what the kids are able to accomplish within the first couple weeks of school. Um, I know they're very excited to to be back and as parents, we're very excited to send them back. Um and then since that time I have started school. Um and so personally I am part of a P3CC um which is um preschool through third grade collaboration making sure that there are coherent lessons in language arts and math. So I'm on that committee. Um for my school I'm also on a math adoption committee which I know that Cypress is starting to look at that as well. So we saw um some of the current curriculum in action. Um I had my own back to school night which is the night before the first day of school for us um which is always

041very exciting. And then um I'm also on an I4 committee which is incorporating AI and technology into um classroom. So um lots of learning and things that I'm doing within um my own practice as well. and welcome back to everybody and hopefully you guys have a great school year. Thanks for taking our kiddos. >> Thank you. >> Well, thank you to all the teachers and staffs. I can't believe I had it down as a month into school, but it's been actually six weeks. So, thank you for everything that you're doing with the kids and the schools. Everyone's back in full swing. Uh, thank you to the Cub Scout for leading our pledge of allegiance tonight as well as the King School Playworks demonstration. Teaching our kids these lifelong lessons means a big big thing that

042goes over and beyond what you teach them in the classroom. So, thank you. Uh, I also attended u with Trusty Needam on the 19th the King the site visit for King School Elementary. Thank you so much, Principi, the teachers and staff. It was such a great visit. I also was able to attend school visit for Arnold on 8:20 with Trusty Needam. So again, thank you to all the teachers and staff. It was such a great site visit. Um on the 21st was able to attend the back to school night at Morris. Uh thank you to Teresa for doing a great job holding on the board and showing us around as well as Dorene and all the teachers and staff. It was such a great thing. I haven't seen so many parents in involved in the

043PTA meeting before the meeting as this year. It was unbelievable. The NPR was just jam-packed with parents. Was such a great thing to see all the parents coming back into the schools with the PTA. They do so much for our schools. Uh as well as Thank you so much. It was such a great back to school night being so short. um going to the uh 93 was able to attend this school site visit at vessels with trustee si thank you Dr. Holman teachers and staff it was a very great visit on the 5th I was able to attend the vessels flag ceremony with trustee hayashida Dr. Dr. Homeman teachers and staff. It was a great thing celebrating the Hispanic Heritage Month have they had a mariachi all female mariachi group playing. It was a really

044good thing. You see the kids all getting so involved. It was such a great event and bringing the community into the school like that. It's just amazing. So, thank you. Um, I think one of the things as well as I know, um, Donna, you spoke earlier, you can tell I love going to site visits and I'd really like to see if we can look at principles, I mean, superintendent, laws, if we can work with the board members to be able to go to more site visits, working with additional staff or the principles, I think that would be something I would love to be able to do. I don't know if the rest of the board would be doing that, but to me, that's one thing. I'm I'm fortunate and blessed. I'm retired. I love to

045come to the schools to see everything that's going on. You know, I know a lot of the other board members, they work, but you know that if we can look into more opportunities like that, I would love to be able to do that. And I I don't know about the rest of the board, but if we could potentially look at that, I would greatly appreciate that. Thank you. I'd like to turn this over to Superintendent Salafs. >> Thank you, President. >> So, I'd like to um comment on the King presentation. It was a fine presentation. They've been doing playworks for quite some time, and you can see it's a pretty welloiled machine. Um and I also want to thank Candy for her report um about all of the great things happening at King. I can

046also um confer or concur that I saw a great turnout at back to school night. I attended there with uh our new assistant superintendent Larry Furchaw and it was a great turnout. Um also at back to school night child nutrition services I have to give a shout out to that department and to the staff there. They uh serviced um a sample uh salad bar with some of the fra um scratch cooking recipes that we are using um in our schools. And I heard lots of comments that parents were really impressed. And uh you know kind of mentioned to their children, what do you mean you don't have a good school lunch? This is terrific. So um I think everybody enjoyed the samples and again it was wonderful of child nutrition services to um participate in

047that event. So thank you for that. Um and also um we mentioned school visits. Yes, we have been out and doing school visits. Um also uh Larry has been joining us as well for that and he's um you know given it's given him an opportunity to see our educational program in action and I know he's made comments about how impressed he is with our schools and about the rigor of the um educational program that our students are getting. And also I wanted to just put on the radar for everyone that the Cypress Community Festival is coming up. So it will have occurred before our next October meeting, but the district and the board um have a booth there. And so this year we are um changing it up a little bit and we will be

048um hosting having our booth along with ACT. will be doing a combined booth this year and we will uh have they as they traditionally do they um share books and pencils and giveaways for families and particularly for students but um they're there to uh give them opportunities to select a book or some um other classroom supplies. So um we'll be combining our efforts this year. So I look forward to that. And if I didn't mention it, that is Saturday, October 4th from 11 to 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. So, hope everybody uh that's out and about enjoying that day comes by and says hello. And that's the end of my report. >> Thank you. 9.1. Approve the agenda. Approve the meeting minutes from the regular meeting of board of trustees held on August 14th, 2025.

049Do I have a motion to approve? >> So moved. >> Thank you, Trusty Hayashida. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Trusty Nem. Any qu corrections, questions, or discussions? >> Hearing none, I'll call for a vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Agenda item number 10 is consent items require one motion only. Items may be removed from the consent to be acted on individually at any board members request. Do I have a motion to approve consent items 10.1 through 10.6 move? >> Thank you, Trusty Periq. Thank you, Trusty Sundi. Any questions or discussions? Hearing none, I'll call for a vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. 11.1 is hold public hearing and adopt resolution number 2526-2 sufficiency of instructional

050materials for 2526 traditional and yearround school years. Per education code 60119, the board of trustees is required to hold a public hearing annually to encourage participation of parents, teachers, members of the community, and bargaining unit leaders on the affirmation of adequate instructional materials. The hearing must be held on or before the 8th week of the school and the resolution attesting to the sufficiency of textbooks or instructional materials must be adopted following the public hearing. Resolution number 25/26-2 exhibit 1 affirms the finding of sufficient textbooks or instructional materials for the 2526 traditional year traditional and year round school years. I'll now open the hearing. Any comments? Hearing none. I'll now close the hear public hearing. Do I have a motion to adopt resolution number 2526-2? >> So moved. >> Thank you. Trusty Nem. >> Second. >>

051Thank you, Trusty Sundi. Any questions u or discussion hearing? None. I'll call for a vote. All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. 11.2. Approve settlement agreement for special education case number 202526006. Do I have a motion to approve the settlement agreement for the special education case 2055260006? So moved. >> Thank you, Trusty Needam. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Trusty Pri. Any questions or discussions? Hearing none, I'll call for a vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. Any opposed? Motion carries. 11.3 uh ratify agreement with Small Talk OC for speech and language services under the settlement agreement for special education case 20252605. Do I have a motion to ratify the agreement? >> Move. >> Thank you, Trusty Sundi. Do I have a second? >> Second.

052>> Thank you, Trusty Nem. Any questions or discussion? Hearing none, I'll call for a vote. All those in favor say I. I. >> I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Uh, ratify agreement with Irvine Therapy Services for occupational therapy and other related services under the settlement agreement for special education case 202526005. Do I have a motion to ratify this agreement? >> So moved. >> Thank you, Trusty Needam. Do I have a second? >> Second. Thank you, Trusty Pri. Any questions or discussions? Hearing none, I'll call for a vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. Any opposed? >> Motion carries. 11.5 is approve agreement with AT10 education LLC for individual education program and staff training for student 20252607. Do I have a motion to approve? >> So move. >> Thank you, Trusty Sundi. Do I have

053a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Trusty Pri. Any questions or discussions? Hearing none, I'll call for a vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. Any opposed? Motion carries. 11.6. Adopt resolution number 2526-3. Red Ribbon Week October 27th through 31st, 2025. Do I have a motion to adopt resolution 2526-3 for Red Ribbon Week? >> So moved. Thank you, Trusty Hayashida. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Trusty Periq. Any questions or discussions? Hearing none, I will now call for a vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. Motion carries. 117, adopt resolution 25/26-4, week of the school administrator, October 13th through 17, 2025. Do I have a motion to adopt the resolution 2526-4 week of the school administrator? >> So moved. >> Thank you, Trusty Hayashida. Do I have

054a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Trusty Needm. Do I have a any questions or discussion? Hearing none, I'll call for a vote. All those in favor say I. I. >> I. Any opposed? Motion carries. 11.8 Eight, approve critical uh clinical affiliation agreement with West Coast University, Inc. Do I have a motion to approve clinical affiliation agreement with West Coast University? >> So moved. >> Thank you, Trusty Hayashida. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Trusty Sundi. Any questions or discussion? >> Hearing none, I'll now call for a vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. Any opposed? Motion carries. 11.9. Uh, approve 2526 facilities master plan. Do I have a motion to approve the 2526 facilities master plan? >> So move. >> Thank you, Trusty Sundi. Do I have a

055second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Trusty Nem. Any questions or discussions? Should I turn this over to Teresa? you need >> uh we don't have a presentation scheduled because we had the study session in July. Um but just as I um think it was mentioned in a Friday report um there will be a presentation next uh next week next month um from our financial planner regarding some of the um facility needs and how those can be funded. >> Okay, perfect. Thank you. >> I just wanted to make a comment. >> Go ahead Trusty Sundi. Yes, I just wanted to again reiterate the um appreciation for the comprehensive nature of the facilities master plan. It seems like um I was really excited way back in the day when I first came on board uh to uh

056witness and hear the first facilities master plan and it has only gotten stronger and better as the years have gone by. And I have to I have to thank you for the uh tremendous attention to detail that you have provided us in that particular document and know that it is a um uh uh it's going to be a good roadmap for us in terms of our planning uh as we move forward with our facilities. So again, I wanted to thank you and your staff for and and staff in general who were involved in uh the development of that particular plan. Um just general kudos. Thank you. >> Any other questions? I just have one question. Um and u mentioned about the three parks that like the bus park. Do we have an update on that?

057>> Yes. Uh Teresa, you want to speak to that? >> So I did reach out to the city for confirmation. They did not get back to me, but from my understanding from our agreement, um the question was uh what responsibility does the city have versus the district? And so the city is responsible for sure for all landscaping and is my understanding that they are responsible for the playground equipment as well, but I am still waiting for uh verification of that. Um it's kind of like we've leased them the land, but they're responsible for everything on it. >> Perfect. Thank you. And that was one of the questions just for the rest of the board is in that facilities master plan. Thank you, Teresa. It was very, very detailed. listed in there the parks that are

058attached to the schools like the one um park that's attached to Swain, the one that's attached to vessels. Um my question was that you know who is responsible for maintaining the playground equipment as well as the parks because you see the city of Cypress sign on there but it's really parks that are owned by the school. So, but thank you so much for following up on that. I appreciate it. Uh I will now call for a vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Uh 11.10 approve contracting with EATRE certified uh Inc. to participate in the EATRE certification program. Do I have a motion to approve the contracting uh with EATRE certified? >> Second. >> Thank you, Trustee Pri. Thank you, Trustee Sundi. Any questions or discussions? >> I'd just

059like to make a comment. I think that um what has been happening with our child nutrition services program underneath the lead the leadership of director Shukla has been uh nothing short of phenomenal. And um I think this is just one more step in uh bringing the um staff and uh the program to um uh a different level. In other words, the um staff to a greater professional level and the program to uh greater responsiveness to the um dietary needs of our students and staff at the different schools. So, I can't say enough about um Paresa and her work with her uh her staff in general. And I've got to just sort of a shout out again. Yes, I was at Arnold back to school night and she was physically there and that particular food bar

060was um was uh returned by I mean many many children returned multiple times to get seconds and thirds. And so it was very interesting to see that it was still open towards the end of uh the um the back to school experience that she still had leftovers and they were still serving the children and and families. And so it was just really much appreciated all of the work that she does to bring a higher um a higher level of uh nutritional uh responsiveness to to our school district. >> Yeah, I'd like to second that as well is she's priest has done an amazing job just even with the educational piece to the students showing them, you know, the value of the food. You know, it's not just opening a bag. Especially when we went to

061the site visit over at Arnold to see the prepackaged watermelons like that and how the the kids just just go crazy for it. You can hold it in the bag, eat it without getting everything all sloppy and messy. The attention to detail and being able to take feedback from the kids on what's good, what they like, do samplings like she did last year was great. had kids rate the testing of the new made from scratch foods. It's such a amazing experience. So, thank you for that. Any other questions or comments? I'll now call for a vote. Those in favor say I. >> I. >> Any oppose? Motion carries. 1110 is ratify agreement with Gerber Life Insurance Company for voluntary student insurance coverage. Do I have a motion to uh ratify the agreement with Gerber Life

062Insurance Company? So moved. >> Thank you, Trusty Needm. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Trusty Hayashida. Any questions or discussions? >> I just have one and just wanted to thank the district. I know having discussions with superintendent loves on this being able to continue to look to ways to save money by going to different companies coming out to this to be able to reduce some cost here and there really makes a difference. And I appreciate you looking into looking to different companies if we can find things to reduce costs that provide similar better services. So thank you. >> Well well kudos to Mr. Fchaw who found Gerber for us. >> Thank you. >> So thank you. >> I will now call for a vote. All those in favor say I. >>

063I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Uh 11.12 approve California schools voluntary employees benefit association viva participation agreement for 2026 employee health insurance. Do I have a motion to approve California schools voluntary employee benefits association participation agreement? >> So moved. >> Thank you Trusty Nem. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you Trusty Periq. Any questions or discussions? No, I I don't have any questions, but I would like to uh just ask to have a uh brief um you know summitive statement that um identifies why it is appropriate and important for us to be a part of this viva um program. >> Sure thing. Um, so as a school district, um, we have a a joint agreement with our our two labor unions to, um, be part of a trust, um, that is pulled with

064other districts, um, across Southern California to be able to, um, more affordably buy health and welfare insurance for our employees. Um, going out into the marketplace ourselves, uh, would be at a higher cost than when we pull together with other agencies. And so, uh, Viva is a trust, meaning that, um, there's there's representatives that that make up the board from from the management side, as well as from the classified and certificated unions, and they work with, um, the various um, health insurers to um, provide hopefully the best rates that we can. Um, and the nice thing about VIVA is they provide some other services above just the the standard health benefits um, that the employees um, also get to avail themselves of. I'll steal this moment just to say that that one of the challenges

065we're seeing and we've talked with the insurance committee about it is is a roughly 12% increase in the amount um that the premiums are going up for the 2026 plan year. Um that's for both Kaiser and the United Healthcare HMO plan. Um it's a pretty substantial increase and and since 2023 uh it's roughly been a 34% increase for Kaiser which is the uh about 70% of our employees utilize Kaiser for their health insurance. So, it's something we're looking at and and we'll continue to monitor. >> Thank you. Any other questions? I'll now call for the vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. Any opposed? Motion carries. 1113, adopt resolution 2526-5. Adoption of the Cypress School District GAN limit. Do I have a motion to approve resolution 2526-5? >> So move. >> Thank you,

066Trusty Sundi. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Trusty Periq. Any questions or discussions? >> Yes. >> Yeah. Go ahead. Again, uh just for um general uh clarification and education, um could we have a summary statement that um identifies what the GAN amendment is and why we are a participant in that process? >> Sure thing. So, um, in in 1979, uh, voters passed Proposition 4, uh, which amended the state constitution and set an appropriations limit that was supposed to stay the same on a per capita basis, um, going forward. And so, every year as we uh, close the books for one year and and kind of start the new fiscal year, we're required to certify what our appropriations limit is for the the new year and revise, if necessary, our appropriations limit

067for the prior year. Uh this has become one of those check the box type activities that school districts across the state have to do um in working with the state. There's really no negative consequences um for this particular uh process. It is just a say almost an arcane um kind of system that we work in that we continue to have to adopt this GAN limit resolution. >> Thank you. Any other questions hearing? Hearing none. I'll call for a vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. Any opposed? Motion carries. 11:14. Certify review of the 2425 unodudited actuals. Do I have a motion to approve the certified uh certify and renew the 2425 un audited actuals? >> So moved. >> Thank you, Trusty Needm. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Trustee

068Hayashida. I'd like to turn this over to Larry Fershaw, our assistant superintendent business services to provide the board with some additional information. >> Well, good evening again. Just decided to change locations on you. Um so, uh thank you members of the board, superintendent's cabinet. Um I want to thank uh first of all the business services team. I know David Jimenez is is here. Um it's the the end of the fiscal year. Um, you know, while while some of us get to go off for for a few weeks and recharge. Um, >> can you make sure your mic is on? It >> is. It's just a little low, so I'm going to lift it up here and see if that's better. All right. I'm a low talker sometimes, too. Um, but the uh the summer is

069a chance for um for some of us to to get a break. And for the fiscal office, it's a time to work extra hours um to process invoices and do journal entries and make sure that we're doing everything in accordance with the accounting rules. So, want to thank David um and the team uh upstairs and and thank Dr. Mlen Mlen as well for the for the team that he built and and the systems that he built uh within this district as we close the books on 2425. So, let me see if I can that work. Okay. Um just a little bit of a a life cycle of of a school district budget. It's it's a constant process. Um with the 2425 year, we're at the end. Um this is the the first time where we

070know where everything landed uh for the school year. Um where all the expenses were, what all the revenues are, what our ending fund balance looks like. Um throughout the year, we do various versions of a budget. We we update the budget based on the best available information we have at this time at a particular time. So we start that process by adopting a budget by June 30th. Um we make any adjustments to it. We come back at first interim, we come back at second interim, we have estimated actuals, and that's just kind of the life cycle of the budget and we're at the point right now where we know where everything um landed for the school year. So, I'm going to walk through um a lot of numbers. I'm not going to read them all

071to you. Going to try to focus on the on the big picture aspects of it. Um so, this is a summary of uh the 2425 revenue um by the different sources. So, LCFF, local control funding formula, uh, federal revenue, other state revenue that falls outside the local control funding formula, and then other local revenue. So, you get the total revenue there. And then it's broken out between unrestricted and restricted. So, unrestricted is money that doesn't come with particular strings attached for what type of programs we have to operate with those dollars. Whereas restricted dollars are uh earmarked for a specific purpose, may have a different time limit on it. Um, so those are restricted in nature. And so you can see a total revenue in 2425 of 54.2 million. Um roughly 71% of that is

072the local control funding formula which is again the majority of the funding we receive. Um the the other state revenue that you see under restricted which is a pretty large amount. It represents about 20% overall of our our budget. um that you know the biggest categories there are the expanded learning opportunities program, the state special ed funding that we receive um as well as Prop 28 for arts and music instruction and um the lottery for instructional materials. So those are some of the big bigger items that contribute to that $10 million number. So total uh revenue of 54.2 million and then we'll turn the the page here to total expenditures last year of 58.4 million. So, I can already see what we're going to talk about a little bit that we see about a $4

073million difference between how much revenue uh we received in the 2425 year and how much we spent in the 2425 year. Um, but as a as a school district, we spent 80% of our funds on on people. So, between certificated salaries, classified salaries, and employee benefits, uh those categories um add up to about 80% of our $58.4 million of expenditures. Uh the rest being books and supplies at about 2% you can see that $1.1 million um 8.96 million um or 15% roughly um is supplies I'm sorry is services and other operating expenditures that can be anything from the electric bill to um legal services to other service providers that are working with our staff or students. Um capital outlay of about $155,000 and then other outgoing expenditures. um some of that may be paying other

074school districts for special education students that are placed at other agencies. Um that's among the charges that go into that as well as the indirect costs um that we get to charge to some of the restricted programs. So in terms of the ending fund balance on the unrestricted side and kind of focusing a little bit on the unrestricted side because when we talk about the um ending fund balance and the minimum reserve for economic uncertainty that we have to maintain uh this is how that's measured is on the unrestricted side. So we started the year with about $3.48 million um in in fund balance. Uh again, unrestricted revenues of 41.5 million, unrestricted expenditures of 33.9 million, contributions from the unrestricted side to the restricted programs um amounted to about 9.2 million. Uh resulting in an

075ending fund balance of 1.9 million. Um of that 1.9 about 150,000 is not really expendable. Um it is prepaid expenses. It's u materials and supplies that we have in in the warehouse and stores. And it's also a little bit of a revolving cash fund that we have to pay for, you know, expenses as they pop up. Um that's about $15,000. So that that's about 150,000 of the ending fund balance, leaving about 1.75 million um as our um ending fund balance, which is the same as our required 3% reserve. So we ended the year at just the the minimum um amount that we are required to have under the law um for the reserve for economic uncertainty. um that's um a little bit different than what we thought we were going to be at and we'll

076talk a little bit about those differences um in a couple slides, but I want to highlight um some of the things that happened at the year end close. There's always a lot of moving pieces um and in order to um obtain or or ensure that we met the 3% minimum reserve um for economic uncertainty, we had to do a couple um things that utilize some one-time funds. and about the $2.7 million worth of one-time funds were were leveraged or utilized um in the 2425 year in order to meet that 3% reserve. So um the deferred maintenance uh fund which is fund 14 was used to contribute towards the routine restricted maintenance. And I'll pause there to say that um as a district that's participated in the state school facilities program, meaning we got bond funds

077from the state of California as a match to any modernization projects that we've completed um for 25 years. Uh we're required to set aside 3% of our expenses every year um as routine restricted maintenance. And so that's a requirement that we're we have to do. Um, you know, typically you would do that out of just your general operating budget, but this year we used $1 million that had accumulated in the deferred maintenance fund that hadn't been utilized and we contributed that to routine restricted maintenance. So that made up about, you know, a little over half of what we had to contribute there. Uh, the other half of that came from uh redevelopment revenues. So this is um redevelopment project areas that the city had established um you know decades ago. Um and there's revenue that

078comes from those that is now uh declining. Uh it used to be over a million dollars a year that we got for facilities from that. This year it was about $400,000. Um but there was some accumulation of funds there. So we used some of those funds to make the routine restricted maintenance contribution. Um there was additional money that we received kind of um back payments for medical um repayments and we use some of that to pay for the special ed contribution. And then in the 2223 state budget, there was the arts, music, instructional materials discretionary block grant, which just rolls off the tongue. Um, but that was money that was provided um for pretty much any use back when the state was um dealing with having a lot of one-time money and needing to uh

079provide that to schools. And so um we utilized roughly $750,000 of that. We hadn't anticipated doing that. That money um really was thought of was going to be used for math adoption potentially. So, um, we had to take that money and utilize that for, um, you know, expenses in the 2425 fiscal year. Uh, leaving us with a balance of about $862,000. So, that's some of the the work that that that David and his team um had to work through over the last several weeks uh to to make 2425 um a year that was successfully closed. I want to just highlight a couple of the differences um between where we thought we would be and where we ended up um for the 2425 fiscal year. Um it's a helpful analysis because when we do an it's

080called estimated actuals. It's done at the time of budget adoption. We it's where we project where we think we're going to be at the end of the year and that's also used as we develop the budget for the following year. And so it's helpful to see kind of the differences between our unedited actuals and our estimated actuals because it helps us give a glimpse into how we think the new year's budget uh will turn out if the assumptions that we made um in in create in creating the 2526 budget u may need to be revisited for example when we get to first interim. So in terms of revenue um you know this is the unrestricted revenue side um again looking at the same categories of of the sources LCFF federal state and local um and

081looking at the estimated actual of 41.8 8 the unodudited actual of 41.5 a difference of $262,000 less than 1% variance. Um that's that's not anything to be concerned about. There's there's always some some small movements there of expectations of how much LCFF you're going to get based on how things are certified at various points in time. On the restricted side, you know, basically it's just a little bit on the the reverse where we see $241,000 more in restricted revenue. uh than was projected. Some of that is, you know, the medical um additional reimbursement um that that came through, for example. Um so again, less than a 2% variance um relatively modest and and of course it's to the positive. So we we like that anyways. Um so that's that's kind of a summary of the

082revenue kind of washes out. We were a little bit under on the projection for uh the restricted side, a little over on the project. I'm sorry, reversed that. We we over projected how much um unrestricted revenue, slightly underproed the the restricted, but it all kind of washes out in terms of the end. On the uh unrestricted expenditure side, um again, fairly close when you look at the bottom line, you know, within $68,000 um in the aggregate between the 33.8 million and 33.9 million uh amounts. We uh spent less in certificated salaries and and classified salaries and books and supplies than we we thought at the time of estimated actuals, but then we spent um more on services and other operating expenditures, utilities, that sort of thing uh than we had expected. So that kind of

083again evened out there. Um and then the last one is on the restricted side. um the expenditures there um is where we saw some some significant increases above what we had projected. Um again a net increase of about a million dollars um on the restricted side. Um you know that was staffing salaries on um certificated side for both salaries and benefits um as well as for um services and other operating expenditures and that was offset by some um less than expected expenditures for supplies and books that were made. So, but an overall increase of $900,000 in expenditures on the restricted side, much of which needed a contribution from the unrestricted side to pay for that increase. So, want to just compare where we ended the year on a fund balance side um versus what we

084thought estimated actuals. You can see um we thought we'd uh end up with roughly $2.6 million at the end of the year. um you know it takes that beginning balance the revenues of 41 million ne expenditures and contributions to the restricted programs to get 2.62 million. So basically we thought we'd have the 3% unrestricted um reserve the economic uncertainty plus an additional $838,000. Um so roughly about a 4.5% um ending fund balance reserve. um and instead we ended up exactly at the 3% um ending fund balance reserve with no additional um uh ending fund balance on the unrestricted side. Um so again a net difference of about $700,000 um in fund balance. Um it really is about 838,000 difference because most of the you know the 135,000 isn't really a spendable. You see that again

085that revolving cash stores and prepaid. So, uh, we can't pay use our prepaid expenditures to pay for other things. They've already been paid for. Um, so really it's a net $830ish,000 less, um, in terms of the amount of ending fund balance than we thought we'd have on the unrestricted side. So, um, there's been a motion in a second. So, we respectfully request the board um, adopt the approve the certification of the uh, unodited actuals um, in in early October. or the auditors will be coming out um to do their site visit and and check on all of our work to make sure that our financial statements accurately reflect uh the real situation. Um and we'll be sharing that with the board once that audit is completed. Um we'll begin to update budget projections and and

086make some adjustments as we get ready for the first interim budget report that will come to the December meeting. And in advance of that, we'll be meeting with the budget committee on October 22nd to review all this information, I'm sure, in more detail and and more discussion on that. Um, and then we'll be looking to, you know, make adjustments to the current year budget as well as identify things that we'll need to do in the future year's budgets um to kind of bring our expenditures more in line with our revenue. So, with that, I'll be happy to answer any questions. Any questions? >> I just have question. And I know we we spoke about when you gave us the uh information primarily the um additional expenses I think came from the DULPA additional >> there

087there there were some from from our our SULPA which is our special education local planning area where we work with other districts to um plan for and and and mitigate the the costs of of special education. we, you know, by working together, um there can be savings, um in in that process. Um but there's, you know, um some unexpected, um invoices that that came in that we weren't that we hadn't projected for um at the time of April. Um and and so that was a little bit of of of a surprise and part of the reason for the the change in the budget >> and and I think another big portion was ongoing expenses like electricity and day-to-day expenses. Correct. Yeah, there was some, you know, utility costs that, um, that came in higher than

088than we're budgeted. Um, and it's something we'll, you know, continue to work on. Obviously, we have to keep the lights on. Uh, we have to keep the air conditioning running. Um, but if there are things that we can do to, um, you know, make sure the lights turn off when people aren't in there and temperatures are at appropriate levels, um, those are always things that we can do to work together to bring down those costs or stop the growth of those costs. >> Thank you. Any other questions? >> I have a couple questions. Could you could we um put the slide back up there? Sorry. >> Which slide? >> The slides that you just had up. I want to >> Is there a particular slide you'd like to have? >> I don't remember the number.

089Um >> but it was the the one that talked about >> you have the presentation. >> Oh, do I? I don't have a copy for you, sir. There was a slide in here that talked about um the different sources that you pulled funding from to >> Sure. >> This one right here. >> Different one. I think this is the one just for us. >> So this is the the one funds that >> one time resources. Um so you mentioned that the contribution the redevelopment contribution from the city is declining. Is there could you say more about that? >> Um, yes. I'm trying to balance the amount of information um because it it redevelopment um was something that was created in the 1950s and I will not give you the whole history of it from the

0901950s. >> Um but it was meant to um eliminate blight in communities um is what it was used for. And so these project areas were created within the communities um where uh they use tax rate financing um to improve areas um with the idea that the increased increment of tax that comes from these improved areas will pay for those improvements that the city or county has made. Um these project areas uh were eliminated as a going concern by Governor Brown in in 2011 time period as the state was struggling with its budget. I've already told you more than you wanted to know about this. Um but because they're going away, the revenues that they are producing for us as a school district are also diminishing. So um it was part of the elimination bill that

091happened in in the early 2010s. um once they are done paying off their debt, then these redevelopment um project areas go away and they stop producing revenue um for school districts. These revenues are restricted to facilities uses. Uh they're not just for um you know general fund purposes. Um but that is why they're declining is because they've largely paid off all their debt. Um and there's less revenue for them to provide to us as they start going away. Okay. Um, and the other question I have is the the block grant. >> So when you say you utilized the the block grant, does that and this is just my fundamental misunderstanding of of math. Maybe that's why I went to law school. Um, does that take away funding from arts music? So the the discretionary block

092grant, it's officially known as the arts, music, instructionary discretionary block grant. But when we hear discretionary, we just focus on the discretionary part. That means we can do anything we want with it. Um it was targeted by the state at the time for arts, music, and instructional materials. That was before Prop 28 um passed and and has become part of the ongoing um revenue stream for school districts. So this Prop 28 ongoing funds, arts, music, instructional materials, discretionary block grant, onetime funds from 2223 that we have until September of 2026, I believe, to spend all those funds. Um, you know, the plan was to use it to pay for instructional materials for the math curriculum adoption. Um, at this point, we've had to utilize it to stabilize the budget. So it's it's almost like it's

093a little savings account and we had to go into that particular savings account to withdraw money to pay for uh ongoing expenditures that happened in the 2425 year. So that money is now diminished. Um so we originally received um doing the math about 1.5 $1.6 $6 million worth of of block grant of of cash that the state gave us. And now we've spent roughly half of that money to close out the 2425 year, leaving us with half that money to do either the same thing in 2526. Um or hopefully to to do something different, but we'll we'll have to see how the budget works out. >> Hopefully for arch music would be ideal. >> Hopefully. Um, and the the last question that I have is you you mentioned the SULPA invoices that came in in

094April and were surprising. Were they late? Were they submitted late by SULPA? >> You know, I I don't know the general time period of of when invoices um from the SULPA have arrived. Um, what I know is that we're going to change the process um so that we have more awareness of what invoices look like they're they're going to come in. Um, as a school district, what we want to know is we want to be able to estimate what our expenses are going to be. Um, and and we're just going to work on on making sure that we have a better handle on that in the late winter and spring so that we have more visibility um to what our end of the year expenses will be. Um, and and so we'll be undertaking those

095activities. >> Thank you. I'll uh now call for a vote. All those in favor say I. I >> I any opposed? Motion carries. Uh 11:15 U adopt 2526 district goals and strategies. Do I have a motion to uh approve the uh to adopt the 2526 district goals and strategies? >> So moved. >> Thank you, Trusty Hayashida. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Trusty Pri. Any questions or discussions? I just have one just for clarification. Um so thank you. The additional gold came u from when we had our board meeting with superintendent laws. Um we added um and this was a previous goal that was back done um within the Cypress school district and looking at the previous goals. It was for around school safety um for the staff and everything. So

096that we had discussed as a board and we agreed to put that back on. So that is a new goal. So we have four goals and that is one that's takes care of not just facilities, the staff, the students, mental health as well as physical. I will now call for a vote. Uh all those in favor say I. >> I. Any opposed? Motion carries. 1116 adopt the updated governance handbook. Uh do I have a motion to adopt the updated governance handbook? >> So moved. >> Thank you, Trusty Nem. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Trusty Periq. Any questions or discussions? Hearing none, I'll call for a vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Number 12, information discussion. First reading of the updated board policy and

097administrative regulation. Um going right to number 13 is adjournment. Oh >> are there any uh questions? >> Oh there any questions? Sorry. >> Any questions on the information item? >> We're good. Okay. Can I go to Okay. Sorry. Going too fast. Go. Number 13 is adjournment. and would journ this meeting at 8:46