001Are we good? Announcements. All open sessions of the board of trustees are recorded and streamed in real time at ww.fuhsd.net. We're going to go ahead and call the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m. at Fick Union High School Library, 2400 South Stage Coach Lane, Four, California 92028. And announce a close session agenda. Public employment discipline dismissal and release government code section 54957. Conference with legal council pending litigation government code section 54956.9D1. Case number 001- 2526. Case number 2526 and claim number 25-06255. Conference with legal council anticipated litigation significant exposure to litigation pursuant to government code 54956.9D2 conference with labor negotiations government code sections 54957.6 District negotiators ina Gonzalez superintendent employee organizations FHSTA and SEIU unrepresented employees classified management certificated management and confidential employees. And last on the closest closed agenda is the superintendent evaluation and
002contract opportunity for members of the public to address the board on any item described in this agenda for the close session. opportunity will be granted for open sessions will be now. Do we have any close session comments? >> We do not. >> Thank you. >> We're going to go ahead and adjourn the close to close session. Thank you. and reconvene open session at 5:41 p.m. Announcements. All open sessions of the board of trustees are recorded and streamed in real time at ww.fuhsd.net. Can we please rise for the flag? Put your right hand over your heart. Ready? I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the stand indivisibley and justice for all >> roll call board of trustees president I'm present Eddie Jones vice president >> Tonado clerk Paul Christensen,
003trustee, is absent. And Chris Haskell, trustee, >> present. Thank you. Student board representatives, welcome. Uh, Charize Pson, >> present. >> Cara Hart, >> present. >> And Emma Fier, >> present. >> Thank you. Superintendent Elsa Garca Gonzalez, >> present. >> Thank you. Informal review of governing team norms. The board of trustes approved norms are that we be respectful, be approachable, be open-minded, be communicative with no surprises, be willing to listen, be prepared, and be trustworthy. Report from close session. Employment public employment discipline dismissal and release government code section 54957. Nothing to report. Conference with legal council pending litigation in a vote of 40. The board denied case number 0012526. In a vote of 40, the board denied case number 0022526. And in a vote of 40, the board denied case number claim number 255 06 255.
004Conference with legal council anticipated litigation significant exposure to litigation pursuant to government code 54956.92. Nothing to report. Conference with labor negotiations. Government code section 54957.6. District negotiator insa Gonzalez superintendent employee organizations FHSTA and SEIU unrepresented employees classified management certificated management and confidential employees. Last we spoke about the superintendent evaluation and contract. Now we will adopt the agenda. Can I get a motion? >> I'll move to the to adopt the agenda as presented for the September 10th, 2025 meeting. >> I'll second. Thank you. Moved by Miss Bodart, second by Mr. Jones. Any comments or questions? >> None. Student board representatives. Miss Pson, how do you vote? >> I. >> Miss Hart. >> I. >> And Miss >> I. >> Thank you. Mr. Kalumpia votes I. Mr. Christensen is absent. Mr. Haskell. >> Hi. >> Mr. Jones.
005Hi. And Miss Hi. recognitions. We will not recognize for high school CTE culinary pathway students. Mr. Santa Cl, culinary instructor. >> Yes, I don't know if we have any of our culinary students here right now. Yes, they can come in. Our uh culinary students have a budget that they are provided by the board and they prepare dinner um on certain board meetings. And when they do, we invite them to come in and tell us the process that they went through to create the menu um to put the uh items together and to thank them because the meals that they prepare are much better than the ones that we we purchase and we really enjoy enjoy them. So, um, Mr. Cruz and students, if you can come forward and if you could share um the process
006that you went about putting together uh tonight's delicious meal. >> Um, today we made Philly cheese sandwiches forever and they're pretty We got in there pretty fast. We had 45 minutes to get all done and then get on the grill to start everything. So, it was all finished in time and I had a fun time doing it. Just want to say uh thank you and I want to apologize to the board. Right after work, I came and I just munched out and it was so delicious. I just kept eating and eating. So, thank you and my apologies. >> No need. I pretty much munched out too. Those sandwiches were incredible. They're like better than any restaurant in the area I can think of. So, really, really well done. Well, and you left it out, but
007I believe you baked your own bread for the sandwiches, correct? >> Yes. >> We're also doing it again tomorrow. We're glad you guys enjoyed. Thank you. >> Thank you. [Applause] >> Next, we have Fwork's finest for September 2025, community recognition, girls high school booster moms. If I could have the board and um student board reps step in front of the deis. So we are doing something different with Bbrook's finest. Usually we give a certificate um but we wanted to start presenting our um groups that we recognize something a little different and a little bit um that carries a little bit more of um how we feel. So we have challenge coins Brook Union High School District challenge coins that we are awarding to to those that are recognized. So tonight I'd like to take a
008moment to recognize a group dedication to our student athletes goes far beyond the sidelines. The Fbrook High School Field Hockey Booster Club. This team of committed parents and supporters consistently shows up not just with resources, but with heart. They advocate for our student athletes, celebrate their growth, and ensure that our field hockey program continues to thrive in one of the most competitive divisions in the region. This year, the booster club and in particular the following parents. And if you can step forward when I call your name along with um coach Palmer, Kelly Mo, Carara Angel, Angela Paulus, and I know I probably butchered that. I apologize. Liz Shmere, and Becky Hamlin took their support one step further by nominating our women's field hockey team for the One More Win Foundation led by Jesse Lozano. Their
009nomination was powerful, heartfelt, and deeply reflective of the challenges and grit our athletes face. It read in part, "Fall Brook High School women's field hockey is a proud and hardworking program and competes in a very high level division against teams with clubs in their area, an advantage that Fbrook does not have. Face masks protect defensive players during penalty corners, and we could really, really use new face masks for our brave athletes. Thanks to this initiative, our team was selected and the impact was immediate. Our student athletes received the face masks. Um I understand that they are top-of-the-line and the most modern face masks available um to student athletes, warm-ups, pizza, and other goodies that not only boosted morale but reinforced what we all believe that they are seen, valued, and supported. To the booster club,
010thank you for your advocacy, your generosity, and our unw your unwavering belief in our students. You helped create a moment that these student athletes will never forget, and you've reminded us all what community support can truly look like. To Jesse Lozano and the One More Win Foundation, thank you for lifting up local programs like ours and for investing in the safety, spirit, and success of student athletes across the region. I left out that he also um provided like a a a goal net so that we don't have to use lacroses or you don't have to use lacroses anymore. To coach Palmer, thank you for all that you do for our student athletes, modeling proper behavior and sportsmanship and for holding your athletes to high academic and behavioral standards. and to our women's field hockey team.
011And I don't know if any of you are here, but if you are, come forward so people know um what our amazing team is made up of, who makes them up. Go Warriors, and we're proud of you. Thank you. [Applause] We can get together for a picture. Please get cozy. >> Yeah. Mr. Jones. Beautiful. [Applause] Congrat Congratulations again and I'm looking forward to bringing my second graders out to one of these games. Next presentations uh report from SEIU Mora Power. Good evening board and guests. Um I have a few brief updates from SEIU221. One of the big ones we are so proud of our department. We recently had a Williams compliance visit on campus here and our was given a good or passing mark immediately that day for all the hard work that they did
012on our campus. Um that is completely made of classified employees down there except for our director of course. um and they were very busy and working very hard around campus all summer long to get things corrected and in the best possible shape for our students to come back on campus and also for this compliant visit. So, we applaud them. They did a great job. Um we also have negotiations beginning tomorrow. So, we're really looking forward to that. We spent a lot of time on our proposals um the different articles and sections that we'll be including in that. and we hope to have some positive changes for our employees who work here as well as our community and our students who attend schools here. We are all stronger when we work together. Um I'd also like
013to give a shout out to our pair of professionals. Um I've gotten the chance to sit on a few panels, interview panels recently. Um we are in the process of hiring some new people, some new faces in there, which is great. But our parents who are in there now are working so hard. Um and I wanted to recognize them for that. Uh there are a few paras who are covering multiple classes. So they're spending half a period in one and then going to another or alternating days to make sure that our students have appropriate coverage. Um and there are some where they're just working extra diligently until those new people get hired and their background checks are all completed. Um so that's all I brought for us tonight. Um hopefully you'll be hearing from us
014soon with good news about our negotiations and I'm sure the superintendent will keep you updated on those as well. Do you have any questions? >> None. Thank you. >> Next, we have a presentation. Attendance awareness month. Jessica Solano, supervisor of attendance. >> Good evening everyone. My name is um Jessica Sana, supervisor of attendance. Perfect. I will just um start by highlighting um that this month is attendance awareness month um and we are focused and dedicated um to every student feel being connected on campus. Um attendance awareness month will last the whole month and we will have different incentives for our students. chronically absent. Why attendance matters is chronically absent students are um at 10%. That is when it's considered um attendance and we'll wait for the rest. My apologies. While we wait for um technical
015difficulties, I want to highlight what the causes of poor attendance. These are the reflections and findings of the school year 2024 2025. Um broke them down into school related factors, social factors, and family and personal factors. The school related factors of um poor attendance have been transportation issues, feeling disengaged. Social factors have been unstable housing, lack of connection on campus and the family and personal factors are sibling care, students needing to work and health needs. And like I said, there were other indicators, but these are the top three um causes and findings for the school year 2024 2025. The approach, what we did and what we learned, we did um home visits. Every home visit was with a purpose. At the Fabric High School, we did over a hundred home visits. At Ivy, we did
01623 um we held 25 SART meetings and 13 at Ivy. The reflection of that work was um we partnered with different trusted adults for do to do weekly check-ins with the students for six weeks and referred students to mental health support along with community resources. And one of our biggest um as you saw one of the barriers is transportation. So, we partnered up with North County um transit center and issued pronto cards to our students. We also conducted summer outreach to our ninth graders, incoming ninth graders. And as a reflection, we began this work um by collaborating with the elementary school district. Our current interventions is our biggest model this year is connecting students with three um trusted adults on campus um and looking at the student as a whole, family, school, and the community,
017collaborating with elementary school district um for the incoming ninth graders and to and taking a holistic approach, communicating with teachers As the incoming ninth graders, there was a list of 40 students. So, every teacher would for that particular student was notified that they are at risk for being chronically absent. And we began the work uh for our attendance campaign kickoff. Every um this summer, we met with the social worker and reflected on the previous interventions that were done at Potter Junior High. We received 40 students that were chronically absent. And after that, we reached out by families via email, phone call, conducted home visits, and then connected the families with other resources like nurse, counselor, um administrators, and then met with the ninth graders. um the first couple of weeks, the first six weeks as
018it has been shown that the first month of absences will be a reflection for the whole year. So, we're really focusing on those six weeks um with meeting with the students. Our campaign theme is every day counts and we have three purposes which is parent and community outreach. We have an open communication with the parents. Like I said, it' be a parent square, email, phone calls, and then partnering up with community organizations that can meet the child where they need and collaborating once again with the elementary school district for um the family as a whole. Student engagement. We've definitely um teamed up our previous chronically absent students and be and for them to become peer mentors to our incoming nth graders. We also have staff mentors and we like I said have recognition programs for
019our students. Any questions? >> None. Um none for me. just thank you for the work that you do. I know that you're reaching out to some of our most vulnerable students and it can be a little difficult sometimes. So, appreciate you. Gracias. >> Um, you on the blue slide here, you talked about No, maybe it was the next one. You did home visits. I think you said 100 for public high school. Next page. >> My question is how many attempts you you were able to make 100 home visits. Did you reach out to 120 or was it how are those received? Are people receptive those and let you talk to them? >> Um, a few were challenging. So, a couple of those home visits we had to do multiple one basically in the morning we
020broke down a morning shift and an afternoon shift. So, if we did not hit that student in the morning, we went in the afternoon and we collaborated with my director of student services um for the most challenging um home visits as we needed extra support. That's all the questions I have. I think this is a really important topic. We know that uh chronic absenteeism and and grades kind of work in opposite directions. That's kind of the the tipping point of when uh academics start to start to fall off. So, I think it's really important and I want to thank you for for everything you're doing. >> Thank you. >> I also I'm sorry. Go ahead. Um I also want to just mention that um I think it's really smart that we're partnering with the elementary
021school district because I think a lot of times the difficult the difficulty students ch face are when they switch from one school to another. So elementary to middle school, middle school to high school. So I think just again all the being separated by friends or family. Um like my grandsons one they've always been in elementary school together. This year one's in middle school and one's in elementary school and that was an emotional concern. Um so I think the fact that happening that partnership at the low the lower levels. I know the middle schools are doing that with the elementary schools. So, I think that's really good. And then two, just really hit it on hit it on early in the school year and really kind of develop that positive feedback loop is so crucial. So,
022I'm really glad to see that we're doing that and we'll look forward to seeing how it works throughout the year. >> Of course. Any other questions? >> Perfect. Thank you. >> Thank you. Next, we have public comments. The Fabric Union High School District Board of Education encourages and invites the public to comment on agenda and non-aggenda items. Individual speakers will be limited to three minutes per legislation 1292. The board will give the twice will give twice allotted time to a member of the public who utilizes translating technology assistance to address the board. The total public input on any one subject will be limited to 20 20 minutes and may be extended at the discretion of the board president. Comments on a non-aggenda items will be heard at this time. Comments on an agenda item may
023be taken at this time or when the agenda item is discussed by the board. Speakers will be called in order by topic and when card is submitted. The district silence should not be mistaken for agreement with public comments. Rather, the board remains silent to comply with California law. Ao avoid legal entanglements and or protect the privacy of those involved. Do we have any public comments? >> We do. Our first speaker Martha regarding termination of coach I think is what it says. Good evening. So I am coach Dean spouse and I am here to let you know how much this termination has affected not only him but our family. Dean loves not only the sp the sport but everyone of his players. He is a coach not only on the field but off of the field.
024Even as a father figure to some of those boys, his phone is always ringing after school and practice hours from students reaching out to him for guidance on school and even personal advice. Seeing what he is going through is not only able to help is sorry. It is hard on me because of what I'm seeing him go through. He has dedicated his time and effort for these for the boys. Um, not only that, but October 25th, October 25th, 25th, we had a baby. That was a going away game. He left the hospital to be there for the kids. and that I did not stop him because I knew how much this sport and these kids and the family means to him. I honestly pray that y'all reconsider his termination and really look into this because
025not only is he a good coach, but he is a good friend and a lot of the kids do stand by him and I stand by him as well because I've seen how late these days um with these games and with the phone calls when he has to leave home to go help someone else. So um with that, I would love for you guys to honestly reconsider this and I really hope and pray that you guys do look into this more. Thank you. [Applause] Natalie Pete, football coach termination. >> Evening. My name is Natalie Pete. I'm coming here today not as a parent of a player, but as the president of the football booster club. I'm speaking today on behalf of all the parents and players of the football booster club. Today and even before
026today, parents and even student players have come to me asking what and why this is happening to coach B and I have no answers for them. Parents told me that they don't understand how he was suspended for five games when there's coaches on other sports who have done worse, such as what's happened in baseball, lacrosse, and even field hockey. Parents and players know Coach Dean made a mistake and that he owned up to it. But what they don't know is why these harsh punishments have happened. Whereas previous coaches only receive minor punishments and are even possibly pending criminal lawsuits. Again, this is what I'm being told by parents. I'm not coming to you as a parent or as a president just speaking. Parents are telling me this as a president and now Even as a
027parent, I still have no answers for them. All I know is the impact this is having on the players. Coach Dean is not loved and respected by just his players, but by parents, coaches, staff members, and other students in this community of Fbrook. Parents are asking that the district reconsider their decision. And if not, at least tell us why. Why is this happening to this coach? And if you're going to have a punishment like this on him for cussing, then you need to hold all coaches accountable for the previous incidents that were made and they were much worse than what he did. Thank you. [Applause] Lindsy Jones. Lindsay Jones. Public comments. Good evening, board. Thank you for being here and serving our community. We pray for you daily. I just want to talk about something
028that I feel like I've been here before about and it has to do with another great coach and leader at the school getting fired. It seems to me that this school district is hellbent on firing teachers who connect well with students and make a difference. I am absolutely no fan of the f-word. I will say that I have come to this board before and I have professed my dispace distaste with this type of literature that you have in this very room. I also would like to let you know and I've come here before that I've I'm sorry I don't want to say this in front of the kids but there are books in this room that talk teach kids how to use the f word how to eat poop for sexual gratification and you all
029are fine with that. In fact, you champion that. I am very confused about where you stand. I think this entire community is confused about where you stand. There are coaches who have not gotten fired for allowing obscenities to happen. But we have one coach who accidentally said a word in a box when a microphone accidentally picked his picked it up. He did not say it to a childhood. He said a word behind closed doors like the same words that are written on the literature in this room and he got fired. When I uncertainly took my son and I placed him in this school district with hopes that he would be surrounded by community and uplifting words and positive leadership. I was relieved when I met Coach Dean. Not only does he truly know the kids,
030but he loves on them. He laughs with them. He's a true example what it means to be a coach. He knows the families. He knows the students. And I can't say that for most of you. He is the kind of representation of Fbrook that I would hope most people would expect of this school minus the F-word. I implore you not to get rid of another good leader. We are still mourning the loss of two amazing teachers and coaches who poured into our kids and you got rid of them and it's seriously disappointing. And I just want to take a moment to as I am coming up to you really quickly to have a moment the rest of my time of silence for my hero Charlie Kirk who inspired me to make use of my first
031amendment and speak truth in scary times. And so I would just like to use the rest of my time for that. Thank you. There are no more public comments. Thank you. Communications and reports report from student board representatives. Who would like to go first? Good evening. My name is Kira Hart. This is my third and final year serving as the student board representative for Oasis High School. I chose Oasis for the opportunities its flexibility could and has provided for me. More specifically, the opportunity for concurrent enrollment. This has allowed me to attend Palomar College while still in high school so that I will now graduate with both my diploma and associates degree. My ultimate goal is to become a registered nurse and I'm currently working on completing those prerequisites as well. Other than that, I
032volunteer at Bonso Elementary School weekly and will be starting an internship with Palomar Health in the next few months. In other news, this school year has had a rapid and successful start and we have multiple events and opportunities coming up at Oasis. Both Oasis and Ivy seniors can earn an OSHA 10 credential or food handler certificate, making them more desirable candidates as they enter the workforce. Moreover, juniors and sophomores who wish to sign up are scheduled to take the PSAT on October 8th. As you all know, this is an important tool for assessing college readiness and can provide high performers with scholarships. I am also excited to share that Oasis will be partnering with Palomar College to expand dual enrollment opportunities for our students. There will be four classes available in the spring, some of
033which will have a specific amount of seats reserved for our students. Students who are interested can reach out to Raquel Chavis for more information and help with scheduling. That is all I have to share for this meeting. Thank you for your time. [Applause] Good evening. My name is Emma Fiero. I am going to be one of the two board reps representing Ivy High School this school year. This is my second year at Ivy High School. And I decided the end of my sophomore year to join Ivy, not only because of the smaller environment, but because of the way the school is very interactive with their students. During my time at Ivy, I received an honor role every trimester since being up here, which has been a big accomplishment for me. This year at Ivy, um,
034we are now doing an advisory every week called TIG, which I believe helps students stay on top of their attendance and schoolwork. TIG stands for targeted intervention and guidance and is also short for TIG. During TIG, students um pick classes they would like additional support in during intervention on Fridays. Additionally, on Fridays, students attend enrichment programs with art and powers or boy cement. I believe these asset programs motivate kids to stay on top of their work so that they have the option to attend our enrichment programs. Additionally, Dr. Iverson's TIG class is focusing on students leadership and how to improve culture at IV. This year we plan to do senior sunrise, senior sunset, field days, and many more fun activities for students to participate in. I believe the TIG system is set up to hold
035students accountable for identifying their needs to stay on track with their work. Our college and career coordinators, Mr. Mr. Cabraa and Miss Chavez are helping students apply for scholarships and are setting up field trips to local colleges, trades days, the behavioral work for um summit and north county fire explore programs. The reason I wanted to mention this is because Mr. Gaba helps keep uh kids motivated to think about the next stage of life, which is great value at Ivy. September is attendance awareness month, which encourages positive attendance. Ivy is holding an attendance incentive where if students get 90% attendance or better, they get to attend Boomer's field trip. This is a part of our work with CI. This year we have two new students um representing our CI uh Jasine Agira and Allison Robles. These
036students will attend conferences with our team this year and we'll brainstorm ideas to fight chronic absent or absenteeism sorry in our schools. Uh this is my report for Ivy High School for the month of September. My fellow board representative Nenny Cruz will report for the month of October. Have a wonderful evening and I look forward to seeing you all in November. [Applause] Good evening. My name is Charliss Pollson and I'm honored to serve as the Fall Brook High School ASB president and the school board representative for this school year. I'm currently a senior and also have the opportunity to show my school spirit participating on the FHS dance team. Today, I'll be sharing with you what has been happening on campus over the first month of school and what ASB is looking forward to as
037we move deeper into the school year. Starting with the first week of school, the ASB team hosted lunch activities to start off the year in a fun and welcoming tone. We played music and saw a lot of students participating every day. We also held a pep rally on the first day of school to showcase our school spirit. Every Friday, ASB continues to play music as a celebration of the last day of the week and the weekend ahead. A unique part of our ASB class is what we call our staff buddy system. Each ASB student is assigned to one or more staff members to keep them updated on school events. This builds a better connection between teachers and students while also allowing the staff to ask questions or provide input to ASB directly. Another big improvement
038that we've been able to make from the last few years has been our war zone student section. We've had a lot more student volunteers signing up to help lead the crowd and energize the football games. This has been a great opportunity to see students engage and support our school teams. On September 6th, we hosted senior parking spot painting. It was a great way with so much. It was a great day with so much community and we saw a lot of parent support the whole day. Tomorrow, ASB will be hosting this year's first blood drive which will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. This also puts in the perfect us in the perfect position to use it as a day of service to remember those lost in the 9/11 attacks. On the following day,
039September 12th, we will be you hosting our annual club rush during lunch. This always this is always a good opportunity for students to explore and join new clubs and get more involved on campus. This year we have a lot of new additions including the environmental club and the Red Cross club. Looking farther ahead, homecoming is set for October 18th with our pep rally being held the day before on October 17th. ASB is already hard at work planning these events to asssure that they run smoothly. Overall, there has been a lot of hard work coming from our ASB team and we are seeing a very positive impact on the campus already. Thank you for your time and I'm opening to answering any questions. [Applause] >> Thank you and welcome to the board. Next we have report
040from principles. Who would like to go first? Scarnner. >> Good evening everyone. Our board reps are so amazing. They've made my job very simple today. So we'll start with Ivy. Ivy has had a slow but steady increase in enrollment this year. We've essentially added one new student every week since the start of getting close to the start of the school year, including inviting a few new Bonsil students to join our Ivy family. As previously mentioned in our last board meeting, this year Ivy is focusing on the power of projection and student empowerment by and we're doing that by providing meaningful workshops for both students, staff, and parents. Last week, we were fortunate to welcome Dr. Victor Rios and Dr. Cynthia Via to Ivy High School. Our Ivy High School staff as well as some of
041our guests from Fbrook High School engaged in a really meaningful PD, the first of what will be nine this year. This particular PD focused on deficit language and reframing communication style to support student empowerment. Feedback from the staff was overwhelmingly positive. Um, I didn't take offense when they said usually our PDs creep by, but this one went incredibly quickly and our staff was able to walk away with realtime uh strategies for both social emotional learning and hands-on instructional strategies that they look forward to implementing right away. Uh, following our staff meeting, we moved directly into a a parent workshop here in the college and career center. We had a really outstanding turnout of both parents and students. As a matter of fact, Dr. Rios even mentioned that he'd had never had a meeting where so
042many students were fortunate to attend as well as parents. It was a beautiful event to see and powerful to see our students and parents working together to identify their communication styles and how they can collectively improve um meaningful and mutual communication. Our next workshop will be on October 8th and not only will that be open to Ivy parents as well as Fbrook and Oasis parents as well, including our partners at the elementary school district, it'll be here downstairs in the college and career center. Um I even though we had a great turnout for the f first workshop, I know that the word of mouth is going to spread about these meaningful interactions and the supports we're providing to our parents and we look forward to welcoming this team back on October 8th as well as
043October 26th. The next workshop is going to be focused on parenthood and guidance and providing guidance for discipline, which we know is something that can be very challenging for parents. And I'm speaking for myself personally. Speaking of October 8th, just around the corner, we will be having our PSAT day. It's not only for Ivy and Oasis, but Fbrook as well. Our 11th grade students are going to be taking the PSAT. And while that is going on, as Kira mentioned, both our Ivy and Oasis seniors will have the opportunity to earn an industry credential for either the OSHA 10 or the food handlers certification. We've been doing this for the past several years at IV and we're really excited to continue to extend that opportunity to our Oasis students as well. Questions that you might have
044for me? >> Um, none yet. I'll wait for my public comment. Okay, >> no question, but thank you. >> Thank you. Good evening. Um I just have a few short things to share from the first few weeks of the school year. Um we just wrapped up unit one in our assessments. So in our core content area classes, math, ELA, social science, science, and then also in world languages. Our students just took unit one assessments. And our teachers actually got together today to go through the data and look at how our students are performing. We had a lot of bright spots that came out in that conversation today um that we shouted out and are are really proud of where our students are after just four weeks of the year. Um additionally, we are on the
045verge of our first grading period which has flown by. So midterm grades are actually coming out. The grading period closes the end of next week. Um teachers will have a couple of days to make sure grades are entered and then parents can expect to see grades in the portal uh the beginning of or middle of the week after that. So, um, we are buzzing right along in first trimester. I do also want to piggyback off of what Miss Garner shared about our college and career kickoff. Um, we have typically hosted a one-day kind of college and career kickoff. We've offered a lot of opportunities for students in grades 9 through 12 on that day. Um, and we really wanted to expand that because one day does not college and career ready make. Um, so we're
046starting a little early and then we're implementing some things throughout the month. uh beginning next Friday, September 19th, uh Miss Kaine uh has been really instrumental in getting uh about I think we have 18 or 19 colleges at this point. So, trade schools, junior colleges, and four-year uh universities coming onto campus. They'll be hosting sessions for our 11th and 12th graders during WPT. Um and then also running a fair at lunch where students can come and get additional information in case they couldn't attend one of the um university options. Um it's kind of a a cool collection of schools and universities that have volunteered to be here with us that day representing both local schools and then also schools from out of state just so that students know what options are there. We know sometimes
047it's hard to go and visit a place when it's far away. So we're trying to bring some of those options here as well. Uh we appreciate our teachers who have opened up their classrooms to host those visits since we need 18 spots across the the entire campus in order to do that. So excited to be able to offer that this year. That's something new. Um, and then also on the 8th of October, we are doing the PSAT with our 11th graders, but something that's new this year as well is that we are opening up the ASVAB, which is the um, typically our ROC students take it, but it does provide a lot of information in regards to student aptitude. So, our 11th graders will also have the option to opt into the ASVAB on that
048day. um alongside our ROC students. The um ninth and tth graders a lot of times do activities and we wanted to prioritize some of those activities being more widely available. So they will be doing some interim assessment um blocks that will give us some idea since we do not do formal testing for the cast for state testing in nth and tth grade. They'll actually get a chance to see what the test looks like and try some of that out. um and it will help us also to know how our students are doing before they hit that 11th grade test so it's not a surprise to them. Um so excited about some of those changes. Uh the last thing I wanted to share is just that uh for the second year in a row we've received
049information that we've made the US News report at Falber High School which is amazing um that they call it the best high schools report. Obviously there's a lot of strong competition in the state and nationwide. Um so it's it's really a pleasure to um have them recognize what our students are doing here on campus. Um, part of the way that that's determined is they look at the percentage of students that have taken at least one AP or IB exam. They look at this the percentage of students who passed at least one AP or IB exam. They also look at our math proficiency, our reading proficiency, our science proficiency, and then our graduation rate. And that's part of what plays into determining that award. So, something to be celebrated and again very much reflective of the
050hard work of our students and then of our staff as well. So any questions for me today? >> Thank you. >> None. Thank you. >> Next we have report from board members. Would anyone like to go first? >> I'll go first since I haven't been here for a few months. And I first of all wanted to thank um our staff and Mrs. Mrs. Garza Gonzalez and as well as the fellow board members for being so supportive. While I was gone, I um lost my father in late May and um went through that whole process of him in hospice and then came back home and my mother was extremely affected by that. So, I've just spent the last two months in Utah helping getting her resettled into a new home and helping her face this life
051forward, which brings me to family is really at the end of the day what is closest to our hearts. And so that's my family and my ability to honor my mother and my father in doing that. And then obviously coming back home to my own personal family. And then this is an extension of my family. And uh I love the commitment that I see here from all of our staff, from our leaders, from the board, from our administrators. And I just want to do a shout out to our student leaders. I really admire that greatly. And I'm so glad to see you step up because at the end of the day, this is what we're all about. This is what we're here for to help you have better futures and paths forward. and I love
052seeing how you take that on and how you really make it work in your life and we want to expand that to all of our students and so I'm very proud to be a part of that and just a big thank you. >> Yeah, I uh kind of have almost the same message. Um I want to start out by thanking our student board representatives. Um two of you I don't think I've met one of you a couple times. I I want to thank you for the same reasons for participating and helping us out. It's a it's why we're here. Everything everything TA said. So, thank you very much. Hopefully, we don't take up too much of your time, but but we appreciate it. Um, you heard us talking today and got a a detailed report
053on chronic absenteeism. I I'd like to know your opinions. So, I'd like you you to kind of think about that a little bit and maybe in the future we we we talk about it again because we really want the students perspective on that problem. So, thank you for that. Um, last thing I just want to say is that they're they're not here right now, but maybe maybe somebody's watching. I want to thank the public for coming out and and speaking. I know sometimes that's challenging. We appreciate it and uh want to hear what they have to say because we we take notes, we it starts conversations, we find out more information. So, thank thank you to everybody that came out and talked to us. >> Not really a personal note, but just the the fact
054that uh the ASVAB is becoming more of uh an opportunity for students. I think more than uh at least in my lifetime that access is something that given circumstances in today's housing market and health care and student loans. Um, as a veteran, I would emphas I would ask as many young people as possible to pursue that route because it's the closest thing you can get to uh a video game cheat code as a young adult because it sets you up foundationally better than probably anything else I can think of. And and that's coming from someone I went to college and then joined the military. Um, but I think that right now it's really hard. Um, and I was thinking about that during the graduation because We're not we haven't set up our young people for
055success at this point. And I think that given that there were a lot of people that I know in my line of work um who are struggling to buy their first house and they're closer to 30, they have careers and it's becoming increasingly difficult for it to happen. And quite simply put, I think the military is probably the best option for most people. And if you're not considering it, I think you should take a second look because you'll be glad you did. >> Thank you. Um, there's a lot going on. I attended many events, so I'm try to summarize it quickly. First and foremost, welcome to the student student reps. I graduated from Fabricai in 2009. When I was here, all I knew was teacher and principal. I had no idea the director, superintendent, and
056boards existed. So, for you to be a uh student board rep is is a big deal. Uh, kudos to you. next um attended the back to school night and I want to give a big thanks to all the staff members that were here um campus supervisors or maintenance uh and especially teachers and administrators who open up the doors, welcomed um family members and spoke to them, share with them what the uh the year looks like. Um something I want to say that I was really impressed by is that um at the end at the end of the uh towards the end of the back to school night uh this entire library was filled with department um department folks. So people from the math department, from the Spanish department, and so on were here and parents
057came to just talk to the the department um staff members. So that was really cool to see just a room full of um school leaders and and and community members. Next, uh I want to big give a big props to all the uh the teams that are going on right now, the games, field hockey, tennis, cross country, football, swim, and so many more. Um students are off to a great start. It's a lot of competitive games, and you know, good luck to all of them. Um, lastly, I want to ask the uh the fire department to not recruit our very own Miss Gardner. I don't know if y'all knew, but there was a fire at um Ivy High School. Um, a small fire that she caught right away and it could have gone worse. Uh,
058it could have um destroyed our entire uh restroom. It could have extended to the other buildings, but Miss Gardner got the fire extinguisher, ran over there, flew over there, right, and then uh turned it off. So, I just want to say uh thank you for doing that. Um the work that you do is magnificent and it's just a testament uh you know the stuff that you are willing to do for the kids, for the school, for for the district, for the community. Thank you. Um it wasn't the last one, but uh lastly, again, um a big kudos to all the uh all the staff members who are working on the schedules uh for trimester 1, trimester 2, trimester 3. I know that there's so much going on with balancing AP classes, IB classes, RO2C, sports
059through language through immersion and so on. There's so much there. So, I just want to say uh you know, just thank you for collaborating. Thank you for you know, just working together. I would love to be one of the meetings where I can see how the thought process goes because I'm just so interested in it because there's just so much to do. Um and you get it done. Uh so, thanks. That's it for me. Next report from superintendent. >> Yes. So, before And I'm not going to use the clicker. I'm just going to say next slide, please. I think it might go smoother. Um, uh, there's a very important person in the audience that I'd like to introduce. Ashlin Trujillo. If you could please stand up. So, Ashlin is going to be our alternate board
060me uh, student board representative for Fbrook High School. And she didn't get a chance to introduce herself tonight, but she will uh, when she's sitting here with us. And I just wanted to make everybody aware that um, that she was here and I wanted to introduce her. So, thank you, Ashlin. [Applause] Okay, so we have um talked about this in the past, but I want to now that it's officially set up um introduce or talk to you about Fal Brook Union High School District's Education Foundation. It is a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to enhancing student success and strengthening our community. Okay, next slide, please. Our mission is simple but powerful. To mobilize community support and resources that help our students thrive. We do this through scholarships, academic and extracurricular investments, and by strengthening programs in athletics,
061arts, and enrichment. In short, we connect generosity with opportunity. Next slide. So, why do we need a foundation? Why do our students need us? Um, while state funding is critical, it doesn't cover everything. And that's where our foundation comes in. We expand real world learning, offer internships and mentorships, and create opportunities in academics, arts, and athletics. Most importantly, we want to ensure that every student, regardless of their background, has access to experiences that prepare them for college, career, and life. So, I know that many people are aware that our um that we have a 78% 78% of our students in the district um are identified as uh socioeconomically disadvantaged. And what that means is that they qualify for free or reduced lunch. So, to give you an idea of what we're talking about, to qualify,
062a family of four in order to qualify for free lunch in a school district has to make $48,000 a year or less. So, think about that. A family of four, $48,000 a year or less. To qualify for a reduced lunch, a family of four would have to have an annual income of less than $52,000. And um that's one of the main reasons why we want to ensure again that every one of our students has access to experiences that prepare them for college, for career, and for life. Next slide, please. So we have four goals. Our foundations focus our foundation focuses on these four priorities. Scholarships that open doors. We want to modernize our community aquatic center. strengthen athletics and art programs and expand experiential learning. And I'm going to talk about each of these um
063in a little bit more depth. Next slide, please. So, we know that scholarships truly change lives. They break down financial barriers. They celebrate resilience and they honor donor legacies. Each award is more than a dollar amount. It's a vote of confidence in our students and their future. And if you've been to our senior awards night, you know that the community of Fbrook um invests a lot of money into scholarships, but we would like other ways to manage this money. We have a number of legacy scholarships. The McGee Foundation that was um being uh handled by a bank. It's a trust fund and they were unwilling or unable to continue with that. the foundation can now manage those funds. We also have um two other uh legacy donors that we are setting up through our foundation.
064We have um a new one that walked through our doors and basically sat down with Miss Meford and myself and said um one of my relatives just passed away. They've left money for a scholarship. It specifically has to go to an English language learner. So when you do a legacy scholarship, you get to decide who that scholarship goes to. So that it's not always going to um our students who are academically um successful. It can go to anyone. And Miss Meford and I were sitting there explaining, well, you could set it up where it's um $1,000 or $5,000 and um you know, you can decide if they have to show proof of being enrolled in college, etc. Uh, and he stopped us and said, "If I only gave $5,000, you would never run out of
065this money." We were thinking of possibly paying for a full ride. That's how much money is here for an English language learner because um I believe it was his cousin that had passed was an a teacher and she taught English language learners and that's where her heart was and she left all of this money and then he threw in and we also have two properties. Can we just give those to you to figure out what to do with them? Again, the foundation enables us um to do those things and it's a great way to honor a loved one. Next slide, please. So, I know we've talked a lot about um our pool and we had a bond that uh went out to voters last year that unfortunately did not pass. We still need a pool
066and we need one because we know that an aquatic center is a hub for health and community. Everyone that I've encountered here in Fbrook has a son, a daughter, a grandson, granddaughter, neighbor, someone that they know who learned to swim at the Fal Brook High School pool. Um, and our pool has basically outlived its life. It is still functioning because like we've mentioned numerous times today, we have an amazing maintenance, operations, and transportation department that treats it with tender loving care. Um but we would like safe modern facility for students and families. Ex it expands wellness, training and recreation opportunities. It strengthens community pride through a shared space. Our aquatic center is more than a pool. It's a community hub. And with modernization, it will serve not just the students, but the families across Fbrook.
067It's a place for safety training, wellness programs, athletics, and recreation that bring people together. And there are people in this community who would like to find a way to donate money towards building the aquatic center. Again, the foundation um will serve that purpose. Next slide, please. We believe in empowering creativity and teamwork. Arts and athletics are essential to developing the whole child. Through these programs, students discover their talents, build their confidence, and learn teamwork. And it may be a surprise to many that many of our students don't come to school to learn math, reading, um, science, social science. They're here because they love art or they love dance or they love theater or they love music or they're an athlete and they want to participate in school sports. So by investing in equipment, travel and
068performances, we nurture future leaders both on the field and on the stage. And this um came about a community member approached me and said, "You know, we give so much money to field hockey, to baseball, to football, to cheer, to dance. Wouldn't it be great if we could give one big donation one time and have it go to the programs that we designate?" Again, um an educational foundation is able to do that. Next slide. Experiential learning programs. We're committed to hands-on learning that connect the classroom to the real world. From internships to service projects, these experiences equip students with adaptability, problem solving, and career ready skills that last a lifetime. As Trusty Haskell um noted earlier on when he was speaking about the ASVAB, the ASVAB is a first step that tells you you might
069be interested in this things that students might never consider. Um there is a program that's coming up, Spa Day, uh that we'll hold at the end of the month. We held it last year. We had a firefighter who was a graduate of Fbrook High School. And Kira, who was interested in fire science, actually hooked up with her, learned about the explorers, and started doing work there. So the more that we can expose our students to those experiences, the better equipped they will be to find something in life that makes them happy and that they can make a living from. Next slide, please. So how does a an educational foundation operate? It's a 501c3 nonprofit organization. It's governed by a board of community leaders, educators, and district representatives. And we function with transparency. There's annual reports,
070donor recognition, fund tracking. Um, and we know that's important. And the reason that I put that picture of our ROC students is because to me that communicates trust. But trust can't be built if you're not transparent. Um, and that is one of the things that we hope to accomplish is to have the community trust in this foundation to through the practices um that will be transparent for all. Next slide, please. So, how can the community engage? Donate. Donate to scholarships, aquatics, arts, athletics, sponsor specific programs, volunteer or serve on advisory committees. We would like to bring more people onto our board. We will be sending out um through our social media accounts and the local newspaper information on that uh and help spread the word and amplify our mission. The foundation is proud to put
071donor-directed funds to work where they matter the most, supporting student success and enriching the vitality of our community. The foundation is proud um and this is where the community can come in. You can donate, sponsor programs, volunteer expertise, and simply spread the words. Every act of support, big or small, helps create extraordinary futures for our students. Next slide, please. And we do have a shared vision for Fbrook. A thriving aquatic center at the heart of our town. Expanded arts and athletics enriching student and community life. Students prepared for leadership in college career and beyond. And community partnerships sustaining success. Basically, next slide. We are inspiring student success. Success building community strength. And that is um one of our goals. On behalf of our students, thank you for supporting education in Fbrook. And before I end
072tonight, I have two things that I'd like to mention. Um many of you know, many of you may have forgotten. We have three firefighters um who serve on our board. Trustee Christensen, who is not here tonight, Trusty Haskell, and Trustee Jones, who aside from the public service that they provide, also pro provide public service as board members. Trusty Christensen is not here tonight because he just came back from a strike team in um I think it was central California and um just, you know, it it was difficult. Trusty Jones arrived I think about 30 minutes before the board meeting got started from a strike team in in central California and I think both were gone 10 10 to 15 days. Um so I just want to say thank you and Trusty Jones if you need
073to leave we understand. Finally um and we had something similar earlier. This to me is far more important. Before we close, I want to take a moment to acknowledge the tragic events that unfolded today at Evergreen High School in Colorado. Our hearts are with the students, the families, and educators impacted by the senseless act of violence. It's a sobering reminder of the importance of safety, connection, and community in every school. Thank you. Thank you. Public hearing session. I would like to call the public hearing for the sufficiency of instructional materials 2025 2026 to order at 6:47 p.m. for the Fickwork Union High School District. Notice is hereby given that the board of trustees of the fric union high school district will conduct a public hearing to determine that every popo including English learners has sufficient
074textbooks or instructional materials in the subjects of mathematics, science, history, social science and reading language arts that are aligned to the state academic and consistent with the content and cycles including the English language development component of an adopted program of the curriculum frameworks Are there any public comments for the public hearing for the sufficiency of instructional materials 2025 2026? >> There are no public comments, but I believe Miss Ton has something to say. Thank you. >> Good evening, Superintendent Garcia Gonzalez, President Ky Lumpio, and members of the board. Um, every year our schools evaluate sufficiency of instructional materials as defined by ED code 60119. It just basically means that we are checking to make sure that every single one of our students has the instructional materials they need both on campus and at home. Um,
075that ed code does not necessarily mean that they need to have two sets of books. However, I am pleased to say that we've done a lot of work over the past few years and in most cases students have a class set here on campus. they have a set of books at home and then in many cases they also have digital access so that we are covering as many bases as possible. Um, additionally we had a Williams visit this year and that is basically a visit where they come in to check our instructional materials. They come in to check our facilities and we walked away from that visit. We, as Miss Mara Bower indicated earlier in the meeting, we had immediately a response for our facilities that they were in good condition. Um and then a
076week or two later we received information saying that we were sufficient in all areas of instructional materials. Um and that is in large part due to our technology team because we have done a lot of work to integrate all of those different companies and textbooks and publishers into class link so that students can access all of those resources in one area as well as our teachers in one area. Um, our MOT staff has done an excellent job with our facilities. Uh, we involved all of our staff members as well. So, they did an excellent job making sure that all information was being communicated to students. Um, they were on the lookout for anything that might be in need of repair forot. Um, and so, as I said, and then our site admin who led the
077charge for all of that. So, I'm pleased to say that we are sufficient in all areas. >> It's a lot of inventory. Thank you. Any other comments? None. Thank you for your comments comments to the board on this topic. I'm adjourning the public hearing at 6:50 p.m. Next action item resolution number sufficiency of instructional materials 2025 2026. Can I get a motion? >> I move that the board approve resolution number 02-2526, efficiency of instructional materials 2525-26 as presented. >> And I'll second. >> Thank you. Moved by Mr. Haskell, second by Mr. Jones. Any comments or questions? >> Uh board members, uh our student board members had to go home. Konai, Mr. Christensen is absent. Mr. Haskell >> I >> Mr. Jones >> I >> and Mr. I >> next business services action item unudited actual
078actuals financial report 2024 2025. Can I get a motion? >> I'll move that the board approve the unodudited actuals financial report 2024 2025 as presented. >> I'll second. >> Thank you Mr. Mr. Jones. Do we have a presentation? >> Yes, we do. >> Okay. Good evening. Um, the unudited actuals are all of the actual expenditures and revenues received and spent in the 2425 fiscal year. There's no budget. There's no projection. This is just the real deal. what we received and what we spent. LCFF sources, those are um our property taxes and our state aid. On the unrestricted side, we received $31.1 million. The restricted side is $105,000. That's the property tax that we received for special education. So that's a total of LCFF resources of 31,246,811. The federal unrestricted is 1,895981. That is our impact
079aid money. That's federal and restricted. Um the restricted is 3.5. Those are all of our title grants, our um federal mental health, our idea, title one, title two, all of those. So for a total of 5,478,667. Our other state is 1.6 unrestricted and 3.2 restricted. Those are on the unrestricted side. That's lottery. That's the mandate block grant. Um on the restricted that is many of our um state grants that go through student services that Dr. Luna manage manages our a grants. Uh we have learning recovery emergency block grant um we have career readiness several. So that's actually the the revenue we received for those and the local is uh 1.1 million and on the unrestricted and the restricted is 1.7 and those are made up of several different areas. There are use of facilities that
080we do, uh, renting out the pack, the fields. Um, there's a lot in interest because since we had so much money from our ESSER funds still sitting in the county treasury through the 2425 school year, our interest was higher than usual. I budgeted about two I I budgeted $287,000 and we actually received $474. So that's don't count on that. It won't continue. But it was because we had such a large amount of cash in there. So that all falls under the local revenue. Um there's also you have to do an actual when you close the book now uh fair value of investments. It's just an a journal entry, but it did increase that by 241,000. What it is is because when we were in the COVID times and the stock market wasn't doing well, the
081money in our cash at the county treasury was we were losing money in in the stock market. So, we actually had to put a cash value to that at the end of the year. So, we had to decrease the value and it continued to decrease. This is the first year it's actually increased. So, that is why the money at the Treasury increased by 241,000. So that's not real money we received but that's the value. Um we had our um money we just had to move. We get um some medical money and we get uh small money which is um for medical students. And so we have that. Um those are our basic ones. Uh some we taking cash from the summer swim program, our community engagement grant that is um ran by our superintendent and
082she does things community and great engagement. So we have money in there. So those are all the items that make up the local. So total our unrestricted that we received for the 2425 school year was 35,837524 in unrestricted 8,673416 and restricted for a total revenue of $44,510,940. And then this is our expenditures. So, and the restricted revenues can only be spent on restricted expenditures because they're all dictated by the grant. The grant tells you this is the money that you're allotted and this is how you can spend it. So, for our we spent for certificated salaries between unrestricted and restricted, we spent $15,788,827. Classified salaries we spent a total of $6,96,000. Employee benefits is 6,400 um oh I'll do I I won't break down unrestricted restricted it's a lot of numbers but total overall employee
083benefits was 10.2 2 million and that's stirs that's PERS that's um our health benefits that's all the statutory benefits and in that there's also we have to account for our um OPED which is our other post-employment benefits because we still provide um health benefits to our retirees until they're Medicare eligible. So that's included in there. our books and supplies for a total of a little over $2 million. Services and other outgo spent 8,82,651. That encompasses a lot. That's all of our utilities. That's all of our transportation. That's all of our um property and liability insurance. That's our legal fees. That's any consultants that we hire. all of our software. So all of those items, professional development, travel conference, all of that falls under the services and other outgo capital outlay. That's either um big items
084that are over $5,000 that we have to include on our um audit because they have to have an accumulated depreciation. So, and um on the unrestricted what we did, we usually don't see that large of amount, but as you know, we were using developer fees to uh do the A project. And so, and we also got the new portables that are over on campus. Well, we ran out of developer fees. We finally exhausted them all. And since our bond is coming close to the end and it's pretty much earmarked for the electrical project and what we've learned in all of this construction is this school site has many unforeseen conditions and someone's always coming up and there's always you you know we come to you with change orders. So we didn't want to spend all
085of the bond money and then not have enough to finish the electrical and all of that. So since we did have excess reserves and and a healthy fund balance, we used some of that and that is also but some of that is the money from impact aid. Every year I come to the board and I say we budget $1 million of impact aid and if we get more money than we budget then we usually pull that out and we either transfer it to fund 40 which is our capital outlay fund I'll discuss in a minute or that's also the money that we use to make our contribution to our oped fund because we do have um a trust with Kalpers that we started a few years back and we do try to put we get
086a actuarial evaluation every year and they recommend how much money we should be depositing in there. So that decreases our unfunded liability. So that's all part of it and we actually did that this year and so that's what increases that um amount there. So total capital outlay was 2.7 million. North County uh consortium for special ed and juvenile court schools. Those are there our students that are at North County Academy or our students that are in the juvenile detention center. And the excess cost for those is the district's responsibility. So we did um spend $966,683 on the students in those facilities. And then our indirect costs since we did um spend all of our CARES funds, our COVID funds and our others um grants, we are able to take an allowed indirect cost rate. And
087so when I uh transfer that, that's why it's a negative on the indirect cost. That's actually $129,000 that came to us that we charged those grants for our administrating and um all the work that we do on our end for those grants. And that also includes the money that we charge food services. They're about $7,000 that we get to charge them that comes back. And that's the reason that's a negative because it's revenue taken in offsetting the expenditures. So, our total expenditures were $46,658,165. So, now we get to our ending fund balance. We started this year, the 2425 school year, with $8,163,955. We ended with a little over five million. And that looks alarming, but I can explain. So first of all, you have your beginning balance. You add your revenue. You subtract your expenditures.
088That gives you your ending fund balance in a nutshell. And then our ending fund balance, we have to always make sure we have whatever amount is in our revolving cash account. And usually it's always 35,000 because that's where we we try to keep it. But it's always going to show exactly on unodudited actuals because it's the actual bank balance that was really in there as of June 30th. So out of that ending fund balance, if you subtract the 38,000 for revolving cash and then you subtract the 3% reserve for the economic uncertainty which is required by the state in order to file a positive budget, we ended with 33,595,738. So that's what we have in our savings account now. That will be our beginning balance for 2526 school year. And I'll go into all that
089in more detail when I come back in December to discuss the first interim with you. So that was our ending fund balance. And then um that's all fund one, our main fund. And then we have our fund 13. Fund 13 is our cafeteria, our food services. cafeteria is still carrying a very hefty fund balance which was all accumulated during the COVID time when we were out there doing grab-and-go lunches and we got a lot of money. We have um 10 years to spend that down because in fund 13 you're not allowed to have more than three months operating expenditures and currently we have far more than that. We're about halfway through our 10-year um hold harm list that they gave us. So, we started the 2425 school year with $3.5 million. We took in 2
090million. We spent 1.9. So, we're ending higher than we started with 3.6. It's a nice problem to have, but it's still a problem because we have to figure out how to spend that money. Um, fund 21 is our building fund. And so, we started the 2425 school year with 16.4 million. This is what we had left from from our measure A bond. Uh we received 698069. That's interested. That's why we have a revenue. Uh the expenditures that we spent on the CTE building and all the other projects that we were doing here, uh 11.2 million. So we ended the 2425 school year with just under $6 million. So that will be the balance that we're now starting in 2526. Um fund 25 developer fees. We started with 2.7 million. We received 123,000. That could be
091local. We don't have any big housing developments being built anymore. So the revenues we take in are limited to just local people adding on to their homes, building ADUs and whatnot. So that's the where the revenue comes from. from there 123,000 our expenditures were 2,880 216 all of that was on the A project and that's what depleted our developer fees so as of the end of 2425 we have zero um fund 40 that is where the board has directed us anytime we have that unanticipated revenue that comes from impact aid we do a transfer and we move it into fund 40 and we do that whenever we can. And so um we ended the 2425 we started the 2425 school year with 1,839,152. We received a little over 100,000 in interest. We did transfer from
092our general fund the impact aid money of $1.5 million. So that had us end the year with $3,492,759. Those are all of the funds that the district has. Are there any questions? I do have one question. Um on the fund 13 cafeteria special revenue, um you had mentioned that a lot of that is leftover money from COVID. So I'm really glad glad to see that um this because I was not on the board at the time. Um, I'm glad to see that the district was so wise with its money because a lot of school districts were not and caused themselves a lot of issues with how that money was utilized. Um, so you said it's about a 10-year process to go through it all. We're about halfway through. Um, what kind of limitations are put
093on that funding or not put on that funding in terms of when we are close to the end of the whole thing where we can put that money at that point? It is so restrictive. It can only be used like they need so much facility work in the cafeteria, in the kitchen, and fund 13 cannot pay for it. It cannot pay for anything that's a permanent fixture. It can only buy things as long as they're they're mobile. The minute that it attaches to the wall, it now becomes part of the building and fund 13 cannot pay for it. Um she's invested a lot. She by being um Judy, our director of food services, she's invested in like the Chef Anne Foundation. She's had training come out. She's had a lot of professional development for her
094staff. She's increased the level of of meals and the the quality of food. She's joining with uh farm to school. She's done everything possible. She's bought every piece of equipment that she can, but there's we don't have the electrical infrastructure to sustain some of the equipment that she needs. She doesn't have the space. So, there's so many limitations. So, she she's always coming up with a plan. And I am I feel great that she at least got the 10 years to spend it because ever since I've been in this district every year for the first three months of the year we had to do a loan from the general fund to fund 13 because it always started out negative until we hit about September October and then they'd stand but they always ended up with
095barely any money. So, because it's so restricted, that is one thing in my CBO group when we get to talk to some of the state um assembly people, we do let them know if you would release some of these restrictions, we could do a lot more good. >> Thank you. That really helps a lot. And I do agree. I mean, we're seeing it firsthand. We're experiencing the food here. But perhaps part of that also, and maybe that's through the foundation at some point, if there were, and again, this is all hypothetical. If there were funding to handle some of the construction that would be required to purchase more temporary type ovens, refrigerators that are on wheels that are not permanently attached that, you know, perhaps that is somewhere, you know, we could then put more
096of that funding toward that and that may end up working well for the school as well as it serves, you know, lots of parts of campus and we have such a large c large campus. I was I was going to add that um a lot of the professional development that we've invested in has resulted in um our program being recognized by the state um and by the chef an foundation and one of the next big purchases is going to be a mobile kitchen um so I don't want to call it a food truck but a food truck a mobile kitchen uh that we can utilize to promote some of the great things that our nutrition services is conducting and we are looking at the specs on that and um seeing what we can do and
097once the electrical upgrade is completed then she will be able to purchase some of the other equipment but if she purchases if she purchases that equipment and connects it it will take down the whole school and we cannot afford to have that happen. Love to hear that direction. Thank you. >> Just a quick one. the NCCSSE and JCCS expenditures. What are those per student? >> I don't we don't have that. Like in the NCA, the North County Academy, we had four students there this year. And the JCCS, they're they so fluid it comes in and out. So I could do the math. >> No, no, only if it was easily accessible. I just was curious if there was like a number amount per student that we paid for that. >> There is um a set
098amount, but each program is different. So JCCS, for example, we only pay when the student actually shows up to to class or to the independent studies. The other programs um that are run through the North County Consortium for special education, those are are um a little bit more expensive. And what is very expensive is the transportation because one of the programs is located in um Carl'sbad and the other one I know it's like an almost like an hour bus ride each way um for the students that attend there but all of that is dictated through the IEP. They're non-public schools. Um it's still considerably less than when we have to have a student attend a non-public school out of state. Thank you, >> Brenda. I don't have any questions. Thank you. >> Okay. Um, thank
099you for coming. Student board reps are not here. Um, Mr. Kolampia votes I. Mr. Christensen is absent. Mr. Haskell >> I. >> Uh, Mr. Jones going home to rest. Uh, Mr. I >> thank you. Next action item, recommendation to approve contract amendment number 10 with Renu Clark Architects to provide architectural and engineering design services for the CTE building at Fabric High School. I'll move that the board approve the recommendation to approve contract amendment number 10 with Renalow Clark Architects to provide architectural and engineering design services for the CTE building at Fber High School as presented. >> Second. >> Thank you. Moved by Mr. Rodart, second by Mr. Haskell. Any comments or questions? Student board reps are not here. Mr. Caralampio votes I. Mr. Christensen is absent. Mr. Haskell >> I. >> Okay. >> Mr. Jones
100not here. Mr. Rodarte >> I. >> Thank you. Next action item. Recommendation to approve change order number five for bid number 2324 hyphen 01. R1 with BCO Inc. for the agriculture department upgrades projects at Farbook High School. >> I will move that the board approve the recommendation to approve change order number five for bid number 2324-01R1 with Waco Incorporated for the agricultural department upgrades project at Fbrick High School as presented. >> Second. >> Thank you. Moved by Mr. Rodarte, second by Mr. Haskell. Comments or questions? Studing board reps are not here. Mr. Kario votes I. Mr. Christensen's absent. Mr. Haskell >> I. >> Mr. Jones not here. Mr. Rod >> I. >> Thank you. Next action item uh resolution number 03 hyphen 2526 appropriations limit can. I move that the board approve resolution number 03-2526
101appropriations limit as presented. Oh, sorry. I'll second. >> And um Miss Meford, can you speak a little bit about GAN and what that stands for? >> Yes, this is um was actually it's actually named after Paul Gan. This was back in 1979. It was Proposition four where they wanted to make the voters wanted to make sure that public entities were held to appropriations limits. And so as far as the calculation, it's pretty pro-forma. I don't have to do anything as we put all of our um revenues and expenditures into the SAX forms which is the standardized account code structure for the state of California. All school districts use the same software. It comes up with the limit and so your limit like our limit for this year was 20,240,171. So we cannot have more revenue
102from the state. No, no more state aid than that. And we do not because our state aid portion is a little over 17 million and then our local property tax is 13 million. So that together gives us our LCFF where you saw in the LCFF revenue. So we passed the GAN limit and so it's kind of an automatic, you know, some people say why is it still around? But what does it really do? So, but that's what it is. It's just to make sure that we're not receiving too much excess appropriation from the state. >> Thank you. Any other comments or questions? >> And to clarify, it is an action item. >> Yes. Okay. >> Thank you. I was going to say I was asking because it's missing um the roll call, but you could
103you know that by heart. >> Yeah. >> Board reps are not here. Mr. Carlio votes I. Mr. Christensen is absent. Mr. Haskell >> I. >> Mr. Jones is absent and Mr. Rodarte >> I. >> Thank you. Next we have superintendent human resources action item revised new and deleted board policies and administrative regulation and exhibits. I move that the board approve in the second reading the revised new and deleted board policies, administrative regulations, exhibits, and bylaws as presented. >> I second that motion. >> Thank you. Comments or questions? >> None. Uh, student board reps are not here. Mr. Kadumpio votes I. Mr. Christensen's absent. Mr. Haskell >> I. >> Mr. Jones is absent. And Mr. Rodarte >> I. >> Thank you. Finally, consent agenda. All matters listed under the consent agenda are considered by the board
104of trustees to be routine and will be enacted with one action. There's usually no discussion of these items prior to the board of the board prior to the time of the board of trustees vote on a motion on motion unless members of the board request specific items to be discussed or deleted from the consent agenda. >> I will move that the board approve the consent agenda as presented. >> Second. >> Thank you. Move by Miss Rodart, second by Mr. Haskell. Studing board reps are not here. Mr. Camp votes I. Mr. Crescent absent. Mr. Haskell >> I. >> Mr. Jones is absent. Mr. Rodarte >> I. >> Thank you. Organizational matters. This is the appropriate place in the agenda for members of the board to request the superintendent provide further information regarding items discussed at this
105meeting andor request that new items of business be placed on future agendas. Do we have any organizational matters? None. Date and time of next meeting. The next regular meeting of the board of trustees will be held on October 15th at 4:30 p.m. in Fber High School Frook High School Library. There being no further business to come to before the board, the regular meeting of September 10th, 2025 was adjourned at 7:18 PM by Oscar Karolia. Thank you.