MVUSD Regular Board Meeting Board of Education 10/28/25

001Good evening everyone. The board of education reconvened into open session at 5:00 pm. Roll call please. Isabella Carbio student board member present. >> Rose Williams present. >> Cleveland Johnson present. >> John Aliva present. Brandy Clark present. >> Sammy Luna present. >> Alejandra Wava present. >> Espanza Arce present. >> Robert Verie present. Susanna Lopez present. >> The board of education met in close session to discuss board deliberations regarding public employee discipline, dismissal, release, non-reelects, conference with labor negotiator, conference with legal counsel, existing litigation, conference with legal counsel, anticipating litigation, settlement of claims, and superintendent evaluation. The board gave further directions to district staff and took action on the following. A motion was made by Miss Clark and seconded by Miss Leva and approved the denial of settlement claim number 102825. This was approved by the board

002of education by the following vote. Four yes, zero no, and one absent. Now we will have the pledge of allegiance led by Miss Carbio. Please stand. >> Put your right hand over your heart. Ready? Begin. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. You may be seated. >> Thank you, Miss Carbio. Next, we have our land acknowledgement. The Marino Valley Unified School District acknowledges that our schools and district sites are situated on the ancestrial homelands and traditional territories of indigenous peoples, including the Kawia, the Gabrielino, Tangva, and the Luceno and Serrano. We honor their connection to this region and sincerely appreciate the opportunity to educate our students on their

003traditional homeland. Their continued presence, resilience, and vital contributions remind us of our responsibility to honor and care for this land and its people. Future board meeting dates, November 18th and December 9th. And next we have the school report. Miss Carba, would you like to introduce, please? >> Um, yes. I would like to call up Aubrey Gonzalez from Valley View High School. >> Good evening, Board President Luna, board members, Superintendent Dr. Ruvik Alba, cabinet members, and fellow attendees. My name is Aubrey Gonzalez, and I am proud to serve as the ASV president at Valley View High School. I am here tonight to share with you some of the amazing things happening at Valley View. Value View is a platinum PBIS school that works hard to ensure that we as students continue to serve by being sympathetic,

004organized, accountable, and respectful. This year, Valley View High School has implemented a new cell phone policy, making all classrooms cell phone free zones. This change has significantly improved student participation and helped us stay more focused and engaged in class. We also opened our brand new Eagle Cafe where students can now enjoy a more organized lunch experience with shorter lines and brand new salad bar that's been a big hit among students. Valley View continues to prepare students for career readiness, expanding our career technical education programs like the Allied Healthc Academy and Autoshop. We are moving from five to eight pathways, giving students more opportunities to explore their future. We kicked off the school year with a welcome back pep rally which included an introduction of our administration team and the many things our school has to

005offer. It was a great way to help students, especially the class of 2029 to feel more comfortable and excited about the school year. They showed amazing school spirit by joining in our ASB chance. Our fall sports by Prowley was another huge success filled with fun games and student participation from both athletes and the audience. Shortly after, ASB hosted our annual club rush, giving students the opportunity to get involved and join one of our 71 active clubs. As you see here, we have our amazing circle of friends with their peer leaders having a fun time playing with bubbles. One of our most heartwarming new events that we participated in was a sprinkle of kindness where students were yellow and stood along the sidewalk holding posters with encouraging messages. Random acts of kindness always makes a difference

006and hearing cars honk as they drove by made everyone smile. We also celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month with our Latin American Student Association who hosted lunchtime activities such as the Latino handprints playing nota and serring awa frescas to those who participated. ASB also introduced student painting parking spots with 100 spots with white squares ready to be beautifully decorated. This is going to allow students to showcase their creativity and take pride in their campus. Our homecoming week was another highlight of the semester with over 500 students attending the dance. We kicked off the celebration with a tailgate before the football game where clubs fundraised and offered a variety of foods and activities. Our cheer and dance team delivered amazing performances and Asia club took home first place in our f competition. We also crowned our homecoming royalty

007and ended the night with fireworks during halftime. And to top it off, our football team won against him high school. Even though it was a Thursday night, it was incredible and it was a night full of pride, fun, and memories. As for our sports team, our Eagles have been doing an incredible job this season, continuing to show dedication, teamwork, and school pride on and off the field. Current league standings are the football team is currently tied for first in league and remains undefeated through their first three league games. The boys cross country team is currently in first place, while the girls cross country team stands in third. Both teams will compete in their league finals at Silver League Sports Complex in Norco on November 5th. The girls tennis team finished first in league and Valley

008View will also host the first round of individual league championship tournament on Monday. The girls golf team finished the season in fourth place. Samantha Medina placed eighth overall and earned all league honors. Congratulations, Samantha. The girls volleyball team finished second in league. They defeated Serger Storm in a tensive fivegame match to advance in the second round of CIF playoffs at Barstow. The third round is scheduled for Wednesday, October 29th. Our girls flag football team had an historic season, finishing second in league and qualifying for the playoffs for the first time. They played a hard-fought game against Asuza. Even though they took a loss, we're still incredibly proud of their season. The boys water polo team wrapped up the league playing in third after a strong performance in the Carousel tournament. They will now advance in

009the CIF playoffs, which will begin Thursday, October 30th. Our Eagles continue to persevere. Last school year, Value took over 1,143 AP exams with 341 students passing 579 exams. That's a lot of college credits earned and tuition saved. We also have 40 students enrolled in middle college program. And not only will they graduate with a high school diploma, but also one to five associate degrees. Our dual enrollment courses have also expanded such as math for the liberal arts and English composition. Altogether from our courses, we have seven classes with 229 students enrolled and six more planned for next semester. This growth shows our students commitment to critical thinking and academic excellence. An example of our amazing visual and performing arts, we have our marching band which competed on October 18th at RCC and took home the

010high visual award tournament champion and first place in division 3A. Our college and career center led by Miss Evans continues to provide countless opportunities for students to connect with colleges like CBU, University of Redlands, CalState San Bernardino, UC Berkeley, UCR, and UC Santa Barbara. All of these colleges have personally come down to give us lots of important information about their schools. They also haven't just based it on colleges. They are always reminding us about scholarships. Military representatives are always visiting us during lunches, too. We even had a military truck stop by and show us some of the incredible things they have to offer with technology. Students also have attended Latino College Expo at the University of Leverne where they explored new educational pathways. We also attended the senior college and career fair and it was

011a huge success. That's not all. We also had our students attend the UK conference where four Valley View students earn full rights scholarships to H.B.CU. I can confidently say that everyone at Value High School takes great pride in being part of this community. We are soaring Eagles, sympathetic, organized, accountable, and respectful. And we continue to shine in all that we do. Thank you for your time. >> [applause] >> Thank you so much for your presentation. You did a great job. You You guys are doing great things over there at Valley View. Congratulations to you guys. >> Thank you. >> Any of my other colleagues want to say anything? >> I would also like to [music] congratulate you. You did a wonderful job. In fact, all of you guys at school did a wonderful job and

012especially the the principal that you guys work with. Um, I'm an old military guy myself and sometimes I pretend like I never was, but when I hear words that comes out of your mouth about some of the things that that happened back in the past, it makes me feel a little bit better than I did before. And the reason, let me please explain this. If y'all remember several years ago, military people used to take their uniforms off. You know why? because people outside of the military, you know, look down on you. Maybe Oh, maybe I shouldn't say that because a lot of you you guys probably weren't even born back then, but you were you remember those days. Yeah. Believe it or not, it wasn't like it is today, but thank you guys for what

013you did. Great job, too. >> Thank you. >> Yes. I wanted to congratulate you on a great presentation. I just had uh a question. Um, there are 100 spots with a white square ready to be beautifully decorated through ASB to showcase the creativity and take pride in their campus. So, was it a contest? Was it >> So, we haven't decorated them yet. So, students that have parking passes to park in the parking lot are able to buy um a white square and that parking spot is there so they can decorate it however they want within that square. I just Yeah, I just didn't know how. Yeah, that's great. >> Thank you. >> Oh, you're welcome. >> Um, yeah, I just wanted to say great presentation. And I know you guys worked very hard. And I

014also wanted to um include how um BI has had a lot of involvement in recent resolutions passed and um such as suicide pro um awareness week, cancer awareness, athletic directors week as well as domestic violence awareness um by making posters and wearing ribbons to represent like the solidarity. And I just think um that um Aubrey as ASB president, she's worked really hard with um like having these events and I think that's important to include as well. Thank you. >> Thank you for sharing that with us. It was an excellent presentation. I love when students come, you know, and say what they're doing at their schools because um it help us understand, you know, how proud of you of the sites that you attend. So, thank you. >> No, thank you. I'm proud to be at

015Valley View. So, >> I'll make mine really quick and sweet. Go Eagles. [laughter] >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you. [applause] Next, we are on to superintendence report. Dr. Ruvakava. >> Thank you, board president Luna. So, I'm happy to share some of the amazing things that are happening in the district since the last time we met, which was just a couple of weeks ago, but that tells you how much amazing stuff is happening that we have a full report for tonight as well. So, as always, we like to start with our vision, mission, and part of a graduate. And this time around, we have a student introducing us to that. So, can we play the video, please? Hello, I'm Quesa Neil. I'm in 12th grade and I go to Mura Valley High School. Our

016vision to empower students to become future ready and positively impact the world. Our mission to provide an equitable education for all students to be prepared for college andor a valuable career path for a successful life. Hi, my name is Naomi and I'm a student here at Sunny Meadows. >> Hi Naomi. >> Hi Victoria. >> What are you doing? >> I'm about to show that here at Sunny Meadows is a great school. >> Can I join? >> Of course. What's your favorite part about Sunny Meadows? >> I love that Sunny Meadows teaches us and gets us prepared for for middle school, high school, even college. What's your favorite part? >> My favorite portrait of a graduate is collaboration. working in small analytic groups like right now. By working in small little groups, they can learn more

017from the teachers. What's your favorite particular? >> Mine is communication. I like communication because it allows us to show our hard work and our science projects even if we spent like hours on them. It's an amazing thing that we could collaborate with. >> Hey guys, what are you guys doing? You're going to be late for class. >> Oh, okay. Thank you. Come on. Let's go. >> I love sending me [laughter] >> Isn't that better than hearing it from me? >> Yes. [laughter] >> That ow [laughter] that stung. >> I heard it in stereo and unison. >> Thank you, Mr. Johnson. I appreciate you. Um, >> we are we are very very happy as always to recognize the amazing things that are happening in our schools. This is brand new. Um, we didn't even have an

018opportunity to ask staff from both of our schools to be here today, but I know that um, M. Dr. Reed from Hidden Springs is here, so he can share the news back with his team, although I'm sure they already know it. But we are very happy to share that two of our schools were just recognized as honoral schools by ERP, which is the educational results partnership for their work in sustaining academic improvement and achievement especially for students and our district and our community. So, the honoral program recognizes has recognized so far 1,834 schools across 158 districts for helping students of all backgrounds achieve at higher levels. And their methodology is to assess language arts and math scores across different gradeear spans. So, both Northridge and Hidden have seen significant growth over the last three years.

019So, they are recognized this year as ERP results honoral schools. So congratulations to [applause] them. So we will make sure that we invite your staff um and the staff at Northridge to come and visit us at our next board meeting. And we're already looking at how we can uh put something on the marquee or add a different um logo or emblem on the building so we can recognize this great accomplishment. So thank you to our team and our community both at Hidden Springs and at Northridge for all of their hard work. We also are very proud to recognize again one of our very own. We are very happy that board president Miss Sammy Luna was recognized by the California Association of Latino Superintendent and Administrators uh as a recipient of the impact award calcula inland

020Empire for 2025. A big round of applause. [applause] This award is given to trustees who are making a difference in their community and the broader community as a result of increasing student achievement but also working to secure and make spaces safe and places of belonging for all students in our community. So, we are so happy to recognize board president Sammy Luna and you can see all of the people who were there at the University of Leverne uh who is now recognized as a Latino serving university um for the recognition. So, again, thank you and congratulations for all you do. >> We have some district highlights, but we're going to start with our sense of belonging video. So, let me go back. I think I went too far. There you go. >> Hey, my name is

021Mario Florland. I'm in 12th grade here at K Springs High School. I feel like joining different clubs and different approaches like joining football link crew ASB makes me feel like I'm part of my school. You know, I get to meet new [music] people every single day of my life. All my friends, everybody at the school honestly like the principles, the teachers, they all are so like appreciative of the students. Um I feel like just the school giving everybody so many [music] opportunities to like really express themselves. I feel like it just makes me feel included. they like different events going throughout the school, you know, be able to meet new people. >> So, it's always important to hear from our students and the fact that they feel like they truly belong and our schools are

022a place for them. So, we're going to continue to bring testimonials of our students and how they share and and how they feel about their schools and their teachers and the staff. So, thank you to um our students for continuing to contribute to that as well. uh in our continued effort to showcase schools. Today we're going to showcase two schools. I'm going to start with um Marino Valley High School and I'm going to specifically speak to something unique to Marino Valley High School which is a culinary arts program. You can see that there are various programs that are offered there. But more and more there's a recognition by our board and by our leadership team and our team in general that we have to prepare students not only for the demands of college but also

023career. And what better way to get them started than by offering a program that is going to truly equip them and prepare them for something that they go can go straight into the workforce. And that's the culinary arts. And as evidenced by my family and my girls that are hooked on the food channel and all of the competition shows and everything that you can do in terms of being an entrepreneur, we know that this is a great uh opportunity and a viable pathway for our students to achieve future success. So for any of our families who are interested in something unique, uh please consider Marina Valley High School and their culinary arts program. It's a great opportunity for your kiddos to receive that training and that skill set. Also going to showcase Butterfield Language Academy

024this time around. As we all know, Butterfield is our dual language academy um focusing on the Spanish program. And one thing that is unique is we continue to also work on our schools on developing their sense of identity. And so every school is unique and they all have a different feel and a different climate, a different culture. Butterfield is a very large K8 school and so they're trying to kind of brand themselves as a true academy. And one of the things that they did this year is they implemented a school uniform policy. It's not fully in effect yet because we wanted families to get used to the new policy, but you can see that our students who are in the primary grades are wearing that bright, dare I say Dodger blue. And then um our

025middle school students are wearing the kind of darker blue grayish slate almost color. But it's another way for our students to exhibit pride in their schools and in the programs that they're part of. Um we are continually impressed um by the great accomplishments of our students at Butterfield Language Academy. And so for our community, if you're interested in a dual language program that's in Spanish, we um very much encourage you to consider Butterfield Language Academy. Also happy to share that we continue to grow our athletic programs and on October 11th we held our first elementary flag football contest. So there's a video after the second slide but I want to make sure that I recognize the teams. So many teams competed but here are how the top three schools placed. Honey Hollow came in third

026place. So congratulations to them. Box Springs came in second place. So, congrat congratulations to them. I will also say that Box Springs is our smallest school with the lowest enrollment. So, the fact that they put out a team that was super competitive is a kudos to them. So, congratulations to Box Springs. And in first place, a little bit of a drum roll, Sugar Hill. Congratulations to Sugar [applause] Hill. And because we want to give our students an opportunity to really feel what it means to be uh in a competition sport, we have, and by we, I mean Mr. Sterns, who's back there, Nick, who's in charge of our athletic program, has arranged a competition against Valver Unified School District. So on November 8th, our top three schools, Honey, Hollow, Box Springs, and Sugar Hill, are

027going to play against their top three schools. So we're very much looking forward to that. So thank you, Mr. Sterns for uh arranging that and for collaborating with our neighbor district and we hope that everyone will join us there. The calendar invites are already in your mailbox. So we hope that we will see you there and I think there's a video after this one. [music] My name is Nick S. I'm the director of enrichment and expanded learning. We are at the first annual flag football tournament for Reno [music] Valley School District and this is all of our elementary students participating. You know the great thing with this is they have an opportunity to see amazing high school in our district like Canyon Springs High School and every student got their own high school teacher too.

028It gets them excited about being a student here in Marino Valley Unified School District. [music] >> It is so exciting to be here and watch all the students compete. They're excited to be here because this is probably some of their first time on a high school football campus. I want to thank everyone who made this possible for them. All the staff members, all the coaches, and [music] obviously the parents there. We couldn't do it without the parents and the students who want to be involved. So glad to be here and thank you everyone for putting this together. [music] >> [music] >> So, thank you again to our team who put that together and thank you to our media team for putting on these amazing videos. We really appreciate it. On October 24th, we held the

029first um of this year's student summits. And this is an opportunity to gather all of our junior students and really talk to them and have a conversation around what are the demands of high school, what are some things that we're doing well, what are some things that we can do better, what are some areas that we can continue to support them in. And this year there was the theme was centered around how do we make good choices? How do we make and we break out of bad habits and how do we um set ourselves on a path to ensure future success? We had amazing speakers. We had an amazing um opportunities for them to engage and it was just all around a great opportunity for our kiddos to continue to think about future planning in

030terms of their careers and success. I want to give a huge uh shout out and thank you to Miss Latosha Brown for putting on the event. She does a magnificent job. So, if we can please give her a big round of applause. >> [applause] >> And to our students, you know, we had a room packed full of students and they were so attentive and so respectful and so honest with the feedback that they gave us about what are some things that we can do to improve their lives while with us knowing that those improvements are not only going to impact them, but the students that come after them. And they talked about that. They talked about the suggestions that that they provide and the feedback that they provide are going to help improve the lives

031of the students that are going to come after them. And that was pretty powerful. So kudos to our kiddos for that. Uh our monthly attendance report, happy to share that districtwide we're at just under 94%. And you can see that our elementary and our high school is just under that as well. Kudos again to our middle schools. for a middle school to be leading the pack in attendance is pretty incredible, but they're almost at 95%. So, good job to them. Also, let RA recognize our top school sites for the month, Northridge, Butterfield, and Landmark Middle School. Congratulations for being almost 96% but over 95%. [applause] And also want to give an update on our continued efforts for modernization and the use of our bond facilities monies. Um so this time around we're going to focus

032on our secondary schools at Badger Springs. We're working on the um completion of a steam focused classroom and lab area. So you can see the work that's happening there. They basically are tearing everything down and then going to build it back up. You'll see in at some of our middle schools what it's going to look like eventually, but we're hoping for this to be continue completed in the fall of 2025. At Mountain View, we are um working to do the same science lab and conversion of an industrial arts building into a steam focused classroom. You can see that even some of the restroom areas are going to be upgraded. And look at the tile work on the rest to the restroom on the right. I know that when I went to school, our restrooms did

033not look like that. So really creating inviting spaces for our students is important because it increases that sense of belonging and it just creates that increase improved sense of pride in their schools. At uh Palm Middle School, you can see they're going all the way down to the studs and this again is going to be the conversion to um a science lab. We're hoping that this is going to be completed by July of 2027. And you can see at Vista Heights, this is what eventually those labs are going to look like. You can see the modern spaces, open spaces, has access to anything that a science lab would need, including electricity, gas, and water for all the science um activities that are going to be engaged in. So, we're hoping that Vista Heights is going

034to be completed by summer of 2027. And then at Vista Deago, the Health Academy building is complete. We're finally there. We're opening it up. So, kudos to the team for that. We were planning on a ribbon cutting, but we received an appeal from the team at uh Vista Deago, the teachers, and they asked if we could postpone the ribbon cutting because they want an opportunity for them to move in, for them to start having the students actually have some activities so that when we do the official ribbon ribbon cutting, they want to invite us on tours of the facility so we can see the students in action. So knowing that the board was going to be in agreement with that, we said yes, absolutely. So we're looking at a ribbon cutting closer to probably January

035or February of next year. So once they're up and running, we'll do the official ribbon cutting because the most important part is obviously that our students are using the facility. So we're very happy that we're going to be doing that. And then we have a couple of save the dates. We have our trunk or treat tomorrow night. We hope that you will be there from 5:30 to 7:30. It's always a great event. And don't forget the flag football tournament against our neighbors to the north, no to the south, um on November 8th at Vista Deaga High School starting at 9:00 a.m. And that's our update for the this time around. Thank you so much. >> Thank you, Dr. Vuvakava. Always good news from you. I appreciate that. Nice to hear all the great things going

036on in our district. Next, we're on to item six, recognition, communication, and events. 6A is a approval of resolution number 2025-26-31, National Homelessness, Youth Awareness Month for November. Do I have a motion to approve? >> I like Oh, Mr. Johnson. And do I have a second? >> I'll second. Miss Clark seconds. Miss Kio, please call for the vote. >> Student board member Carvio. >> I. >> Mr. Williams, hi. >> Mr. Johnson, [clears throat] >> I. >> Miss Lever, >> I. >> Miss Clark, hi. >> Miss Luna, >> I. Motion carries. And Trusty Lever, I understand you're going to be presenting this. >> Yes, President Luna. Um, if Mr. Raphael Garcia, director of wellness, u, mental health and community outreach, comes um to the front. um Lisette Nava, coordinator of wellness, mental health and community outreach,

037and Andrea Chavis, parent engagement and specialist of wellness, mental health, and community outreach uh will come forward so they can accept this um resolution, please. Approximately one in 30 young people ages 13 to 24 and 1 in 10 young adults ages 18 to 25 in the United States experience some form of homelessness over a year. US public schools enroll more than 1 million children and youth experiencing homelessness each school year and an estimated 1,785 students experienced homelessness within the Marina Valley Unified School District in 2024. Students experiencing homelessness continue to face challenges due to high levels of school mobility, residential mobility, educational disruption, unmet basic needs, and homelessness related trauma and stress. We assist children, youth, and families experiencing homelessness, including food, clothing, and transportation. We also aim to bring greater awareness of the challenges

038and needs experience experienced by children, youth, and families. In honor of that, we are pleased to recognize November as National Homeliness Youth Awareness Month. >> [applause] >> Good evening, President Luna, distinguished board members, Dr. Dvalava, superintendent of schools and district leadership. As director of the health and wellness center, we take this with uh full responsibility to make sure that the resources are available to the families that need them most. And to tell you more about that work that we're doing, I have coordinator Lette Nava and parent engagement specialist Andrea Chavez. >> Thank you for having us, distinguished board. Um, thank you um for allowing us to accept this resolution. President Luna, distinguished board, um, Superintendent Dr. Royal Cava and our district um, leadership. U, my name is Lzette Nava. I am um, the coordinator over

039our health and wellness center. um health and wellness center department. I have um right by me our phenomenal parent engagement specialist and she was going to introduce herself. >> Good evening. My name is Andrea Chavez. Once again, thank you for having us. Thank you for the opportunity to accept this resolution this evening in recognition of National Youth Homeless Awareness Month. This resolution is more than a symbol. It is a powerful acknowledgment of the resilience, courage, and potential of young people who are facing some of the most challenging circumstances imaginable. In our district, we remain committed to creating safe, stable, and supportive pathways so that every student, regardless of housing status, has equitable access to education, essential resources, and a caring community. By raising awareness, we shine a light on often unseen struggles and we strengthen

040our collective resolve to ensure no student is left behind. Tonight, we are not only recognizing the issue, we are reaffirming our promise to stand with our youth, to remove barriers, and to be a source of hope and opportunity. Thank you all for this opportunity. Um at our health and wellness center um we are actually seeing an influx um increased amount of of parents that are needing support from us at this time. Um but we are blessed that we have a very caring and welcoming staff that are ready to um serve our families. Um we're ready for them. So, um, thank you for your leadership and continued support as we work together to empower all students to thrive. [applause] Thank you so much. Thank you for everything that you do. Next, we have uh approval of

041resolution number 2025-26-34, Veterans Day, November 11, 2025. Uh, do I have a motion to approve? >> So move. >> Mr. Johnson and a second. I'll second. >> Second. >> Okay. Mr. Williams seconds. Miss Kio, please call for the vote. >> Student board member Carvalo. >> I. >> Mr. Williams. >> Hi. >> Mr. Johnson. >> I. >> Miss Leva. >> I. >> Miss. Clark. >> I. >> Miss Luna. >> I. Motion carries. And Trusty Johnson, I understand you're presenting. Yes, ma'am. Don't forget to turn on your mic, Mr. Johnson. >> Is that right? >> Okay. Uh sir, would you come up and bring your contest, please? Yes. Uhhuh. And just uh Yeah. All of you guys don't don't be bashful now. You guys are Marines, man. I'm Air Force. They would ask me. I would have

042been up like that. [laughter] Okay. If you don't mind, do me a favor. Uh not you, but them. Would y'all just face the audience if you don't mind? Okay. As I read this. Okay. Veterans Day, November Veterans Day, November the 11th, 2025. Major David Wright, senior marine instructor, MCJ ROC, and student cadetses from Vista Deago High School will accept this resolution. Now, in 1918, I was born then. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, an armistice temporary secession of hostility was declared between the Allied nations and Germany in World War I. Now, in 1938, November the 11th, officially became known as Armistice Day to mark the end of World War I. The name later was changed to Veterans Day to accommodate for all of our veterans. Now, November the 11th

043is a day to reflect upon the heroism of those who died in service to celebrate and honor Americans veterans for their sacrifice and commitment to our great nation. Now, as a board, we recognize and proclaim November the 11th as Veterans Day, and we encourage everyone to honor the men and the women who have answered the call of service to protect this great nation. We also encourage all students, all schools to undertake educational activities that commemorate the history and the contributions of our nations and our veterans. So, at this time, I'd like to present this to you and then if you have a few words, the audience would be glad to hear it. You don't mind, sir. So, who Okay. Okay. Where you want to do it? Good. Thanks. You want a few words? >> I'm

044not much of a PA system kind of guy, so >> my students might be shocked to hear me. Uh, good evening, board president, members of the board of education, superintendent Dr. Rukala and disting distinguished guest. I am major David Wright. I am the senior marine instructor for the Vista Lago JRTC program. On behalf of the SAR major, the principal Mr. McCain and to cadets who I have today is our current commanding officer Natasha Newburn, our executive officer Jason Magby and our guard s uh Delus. Thank you very much for accepting and presenting this resolution to us. Uh just real quick about the program Vista Lago. I am the last and only instructor surviving since establishment in 2018-19. Um at that time we were a put together element for RT program back in in 2018. We

045had 92 cadetses. We had classrooms. We didn't have uniforms, but we have motivated cadetses that are willing to make the challenge for RTC to make yourself better American citizens that were challenged academically, physically, mentally, and overall their character. Currently, we have 122 cadets. That's after seven years after CO that we're still ongoing and meeting the commitments and the numbers and requirements for RTC in general. Last year out of those uh 116 we have we have 122 58 of them for scholarship wise were were awarded almost $142,000 for scholarships for either locally or joining enlistment scholarships. 50 other cadets were in student activities, clubs and sports across the campus. We had a combined of 100, excuse me, 620 combined hours community service, 14 public affair events. And lastly, we picked up our game for competition. We

046did over 15 competition last year for RTC in Southern California. The biggest one that we were very successful is our physical fitness team is called Raiders. Okay. Out of 27 schools in the region, we placed number two. Had an opportunity to go to Pennsylvania to compete. how our fundings was short from the government last spring uh working with we were almost got there hopefully we can get there this year all the events that we competed in we either take number one or place in top three okay so it's a lot of hard work we would not be that successful without the wing support from my president or my principal Mr. McCain you really don't get this much from RTC it's a challenge okay working with the staff and campus environment but w support Mr. RE

047made it possible. The staff of MS has been very supportive of the program for the last seven years. And lastly, the dedicated support of the cadets, their dedication to the program. We're there an hour school before school every day practicing, getting ready. We're after school for another hour and a half every day off the clock for as a teacher dedicating our time to make us a successful program. Once again, on behalf of Veterans Day, for all that came before us and served and currently serving, thank you for the resolution. We greatly appreciate it. As I go forward, on November 11th or November 10th this year, the Marine Corps will celebrate his 250th birthday. So, happy birthday to the Marine Corps. And once again, thank you for everyone for supporting RTC's. It's a challenging world, challenging

048environment. We're glad to be here. Thank you very much. >> Now, before you go see, I would like the board and staff would like to shake your hands. Can you start over there and then shake the hands and come around? >> Absolutely. Please take just follow him. All right. Thank you everyone. Have a good night. >> Thank you so much. [applause] On to item C. Approval of resolution number 2025-26-35 celebrate Ruby Bridges Walk to School November 14th, 2025. Do I have a motion to approve? >> I would like to make a motion to approve that resolution. >> Thank you, Miss Leva. Do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> Thank you, Miss Clark. Miss Claudia, please call for the vote. >> Student board member Carvalo. >> I. Mr. Williams. >> Hi. >> Mr. Johnson,

049>> I. >> Miss Leva, >> I. >> Miss Clark, >> hi. >> Miss Luna, >> I. Motion carries. And I understand Miss Carbio, you're presenting. >> Thank you. I would like to call up Raphael Garcia, director of wellness, mental health, and community outreach. Mikha Bush, secretary of wellness, mental health, and community outreach, and um Ella Stokes, parent ambassador, and Dr. Nicole Merceri, principal of Chapper Hills Elementary School to accept this resolution. At the age of six, Ruby Bridges made history in 1960 by becoming the first African-American student to attend an all-white elementary school in the South, breaking racial barriers and serving as a beacon of courage and hope for future generations. The Ruby Bridges Walk to to School Day encourages students and teachers and community members to reflect on the importance of equality in education,

050to stand against racism, and to honor the legacy of those who fought for civil rights. The Marino Valley Unified School District shall officially recognize and celebrate Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day annually on November 14th in honor of Ruby Bridg's historic role in desegregating schools and her continued advocacy for equality in education. In addition, all schools within the Marina Valley Unified School District will be encouraged to wear purple on the day of organized activities and events to educate student students about the life and legacy of Ruby Bridges. Like who's going first? Who's going first? All right. Good evening, board president, members of the board of education, superintendent Ruvacaba, and distinguished guests. My name is Dr. Nicole Mosheri. I am the principal of Chapperel Hills Elementary School, the proud principal of Chapperel Hills, and I want

051to thank you for the opportunity of accepting this resolution this evening. It was November 14th, 1960 when a six-year-old girl, black girl, she became the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. That was 65 years ago. And I am happy to still be honoring Ruby Bridges for her bravery in the face of great adversity. Chaperel Hill students, families, and community members will again host its annual Ruby Bridges Unity Walk, and that will be on November 14th. We hope that all Marino Valley schools in I we hope that everyone, Marino Valley Schools, community, everyone will join in to this wonderful event. And I am again grateful for the honor of accepting the resolution. Grand evening board president, members of the board of education, superintendent Dr. Ruvakava, and distinguished guests. My name

052is Mishha Bush. I'm the secretary for the health and wellness center. Thank you for the opportunity to accept this resolution this evening. I want to sincerely thank you as we receive as we receive the celebrate Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day resolution. As a black woman and a mother of a black son in this school district, this moment holds deep meaning for me. Ruby's courage just at the age of six years old opened up doors for children like mine. And as for so many others in this district to walk proudly into schools where they belong. I see that courage and promise in my own son who was honored as a 2024 Palm Springs Young Playwright Festival winner and an Apac Shine Award recipient and is active in many in several clubs, activities, and track team

053as well. His experiences have reminded me of the progress that we celebrate tonight, excuse me, and the work that is still lies ahead. Your decision to honor her legacy reminds our students that bravery, hope, and kindness can create lasting change. Thank you for your support and showing our young people that courage and progress tr what they truly look like as we honor the past and continue inspiring the next generation to keep moving forward. Thank you. My name is Ella Stokes. I'm a proud parent ambassador for the last 12 years and I've seen a lot of changes, but this particular one with Ruby, I was a southern girl during this time and I'm so proud that Marino Valley High I mean Marino Valley Unified School District decides to honor her in such a way with the

054resolution. I'm proud to be a member and a parent in this community. Thank you. [applause] >> Good evening again and just a a friendly challenge to all the principles in in our district. U I know that Dr. Mosheri has done an annual Walk with Ruby Bridges um event at her school. And so this year, our AAK, that's what we uh call our African-American advisory council, will be sending out a reminder to obtain all the activities that are going on districtwide so that we can uh increase opportunities for community members, students, and yourselves to participate. Thank you. Have a blessed evening. >> Thank you all. We look forward to participating in that special event. Now we're on to item F, comments. Public comments on agenda items. Any person requesting to speak to any agenda item on

055the agenda may do so at this time or when the item is addressed by the board of education. Individual speakers shall be allowed to speak for three minutes on any agenda item. The board of education shall limit the total time for public input on each agenda item to 21 minutes. Board bylaw 9323B section 5 per board bylaw 9323 twice aotted time will be provided for a member of the public utilizing a translator. Miss Claudia, do we have any speakers? >> No speakers. >> Okay, thank you. Uh on item G, public comments on non-aggenda non-aggenda items, the board of education encourages public comments. During this section, staff may briefly respond to statements or questions or may ask questions for clarification. The board may refer to staff or other resources for factual information, direct staff to report

056back at a subsequent meeting, and or direct staff to place the topic on a future agenda. If someone wants to lodge a complaint against an employee, the appropriate form may be obtained at any school or community education center. Individual speakers shall be allowed to speak for a total of three minutes on non-aggenda items regardless of the number of issues to be addressed by the individual. The board of education shall limit the total time for public input on non-aggenda items to 21 minutes. Per board bylaw 9323, twice the allotted time will be provided for a member of the public utilizing a translator. With board of education consent, the president may increase or decrease the time allowed for public presentation depending on the topic and the number of persons wishing to be heard. The president may take

057a poll speakers for or against a particular issue and may ask that additional people speak only if they have something new to add. Board bylaw 9323 B through C section 5. Miss Claudia, do we have any public speakers on non-aggenda items? >> No public speakers. >> Thank you. Next, we are on to item H, employee association reports. Uh, I have California School Employees Association. Do we have any representatives here this evening? Doesn't look like we do. Um, so number two, Marino Valley Educators Association. I see Mr. Chris Fas in the audience. All right, there we go. All right. Good evening, uh, board members, superintendent, uh, district leadership, and community members. Uh, first off, I'd like to thank the board members for taking time to, uh, meet with us and speak with us. We appreciate you

058all taking time out of your busy days to do so. So, we thank you for that. Uh when I spoke here two weeks ago, I said we all stood at an important moment. Uh one that called for fairness, integrity, and collaboration. And I wish I could tell you that things have changed, but uh nothing has changed and we're still asking for those for those items. Fairness, integrity, and collaboration. In just a couple days, our members uh will begin to feel the real impact of what has not happened at the bargaining table. As we enter additional sessions of negotiating, we know what is at stake. Without an agreement, our members will face up to a $500 increase to their health benefit costs, which will lead to a pay cut come Friday. As these costs will decrease

059our take-home pay at the end of this week, and as well as add stress to our families. Meanwhile, our professionalism and dedication remains as we continue to give our all to serve our students. We want to remain very clear. The cost of not reaching an agreement will become very real to our members in just two days. But the memories of this will remain for much longer. Every delay, every excuse, every half measure continues to chip away at the trust between our members who serve this community's children and the people who lead it, the district, cabinet, and the school board. Again, NVA wants to emphasize to the school board and the district and the community that we expect the school board and the district to make the right choice and demonstrate that this district's values aren't

060just empty words, but transparent in their decision-making. This school board needs to do more than say that you value and appreciate our employees and our educators. The school board needs to prove that you value us with your actions. The unodudited actuals painted a very clear picture of financial strength of this district and not a district in danger of a financial crisis or stress. In April of 2024, in this very room, the projected reserves for 2526 was $23 million. Currently in 2526, those reserves sit at $120 million. The real question is not whether the district can afford to do this. It's whether the district will commit to choose to invest in our educators in a way that reflects our shared values. with an increase to the reserves of 34 and a half million over the past

061year. This is a matter of prior or prioritizing the health and financial well-being of our employees while remaining competitive as we recruit and retain the best educators that our students in Marina Valley deserve. Again, NVA remains ready to bargain in good faith. And again, NVA calls on the school board to direct the district team to approach these negoti negotiations with an attitude focused on reaching an agreement. Again, NVA is emphasizing the need for the school board and the district to make the right choice and invest in the people who take care of our students each and every day. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Fias. Next on to item I comments from board members. I'll start with you, Miss Carayo. Um, I have no comments today. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Williams. >> Yes,

062I was uh happy to hear uh about the uh Junior Summit uh making good choices and uh we're we're moving in the direction of mental health and and well-being. And I I I really applaud that that outreach and to hear from our students. Okay. >> Thank you, Mr. Williams. Mr. Johnson. >> Yeah. Thank you. I have a couple things. Uh, first of all, I I want to uh acknowledge and thank all of the principles and the assistant principles and staff for the wonderful job that you guys continually do for all of our students. Uh, I wish that there's some other e recognition that we can give you to let you know how much we appreciate you, but you know, we can only do so much. So that's why I'm taking the time right now to

063let everyone know, even though we may not say something every time you guys meet with us, just know in our hearts, we love you and we appreciate everything that you do cuz it's not easy. I I thought I wanted to be a teacher one day until I until I tried to taste it and I thought I'd rather deal with adults. So my point in saying that I'm I'm making a little joke out of it. But the point is it takes a special type of person to be able to deal with students. Doesn't matter if they're in in high school, elementary, or whatever. Even in college, you know, because those guys know everything. You you guys remember, don't you remember when you knew more than your your instructor did, and then you were still hoping he'd

064give you an A or B. You remember that? If you don't, I do. I did. And you guys going to act like all all that. No, I I cheeded up to him. I want to make sure they give me the grade. I I want it. So, but point but the point is just want to make sure I let you guys know. Yeah, we give out awards and it's just to a few, but just know we love and admire all of you for the work that you do day in and day out for our children and our community. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Johnson. Miss Leva, I just want to say, you know, want to share that um it has been amazing to be able to participate and go to different events and and and

065support our kids and the different ways that we do. Um just the summit, you know, to be and see and heard the students um what they think about us, you know, how we can do better as a district. That is important that we heard their voices. Um also you know the um sports programs that we have for um middle schoolers um listening to the parents saying how grateful they are you know that they see that support from the district so that their kids can participate in sports. Um many of them um would like their kids to participate but you know in in sports but just seeing the financial hardship that they might have that you know kind of stops them and now seeing that the district is working and offering that to the students they're

066very grateful of that and I wanted to share that with with everyone. Um then being able to go to the football games and you know basketball games and volleyball games and see the kids how excited you know they are even if they lose sometimes you know they still you know like cheering each other supporting each other that's that's great. Um and uh well I don't want to take a lot of time. I just I just feel grateful for that opportunity to be able to to see what the district is doing and to hear the input from from the parents and the students. I feel that that's important that as a board we we do that. >> Thank you, Miss Lea. Miss Clark. >> Hi. Thank you, Miss Luna. President Luna. So, there's a couple of

067things. Um I just want to say um thank you for sharing the information on the superintendent report, Dr. Rubakaba, especially regarding the honorable students, and I wanted to give kudos to Dr. RSE for that and her team. So, thank you. Um, I noticed that the ELOP, I mean, the ROTC team that was uh presenting here spoke about funds and I don't know I I just know where the money is buried. you know, I'm not sure if it's allocated, but if there's some way that we could support our students when those things happen or if you're listening principles, even if you just, you know, submit something to Dr. Ruboca or Dr. RCA or whomever is in supportive or or overseeing those funds to try to champion for your students. We may or we may not be

068able to do it, but I'd like to I'd like for you to try versus hearing that you just couldn't. And I didn't even hear a word about it. So, please please come to us, ask. Worst case scenario, no. But I'll tell you one thing, we're very supportive of the students of this district and we're going to tr try really really hard to make it a yes. Um I'm excited to attend the Ruby Bridges uh walk. I also want to give a special shout out to um President Luna for the Kalsa Award or Kalsa Award. You know, I think it's very very important that students know that when they come to school, they feel safe and secure and there's someone advocating for them. You know, I I see and hear a lot of stories and some

069kids who aren't doing so well. All it takes is that one educator, that one person. It could be a teacher, a principal, a counselor, a cso, a main, it doesn't matter. That one person believed in that one student and that made a huge difference. So, I just want to say thank you for being an advocate. Um, and you know, that means a lot. Also, I wanted to talk about some things that are happening in the world. And one of the things is um Monday or the first, you know, we're hearing that SNAP benefits are being cut and I understand that that can impact California or maybe maybe it won't as hard be hit as hard because there are some protocols. But I just want to let everyone know that in this district, we feed all

070our children for free. They will have a meal here. We are doing everything we can to enure to to ensure that our babies are fed and well taken care of in this district. And I just want to say it say it again. We can only help where we can help. But listen, meals count and we're here. And so if it gets too bad, I know that this board is ready and willing to look at what we can do even if it's on weekends. I didn't ask. I'm just saying. But we're we're we don't know. But we're going to try. I'm putting it out there that we will champion for these babies, right? And I just want you to know that we'll do everything that we can to help. Um, shout out to a couple of

071our counselors or all of our counselors, but there was one counselor in particular I had the pleasure of seeing Friday night at um, a listening circle that I did. And you know, it is I spoke about this a little earlier, but it is a sight to see and so special when we connect with our baby. She spoke about a gentleman that was having a little bit of a hard time and he had lost his spark to come to school and just her having that conversation and even noticing him. The words that she said was it was a bonfire after she starts speaking with him. So the spark turned into a bonfire and he is ready and willing to come back to school and be engaged. And you know this work isn't easy and I know

072you guys are human all these educators in this room but I just want you to know to um Rose sentiment we see you and we really really appreciate you. Um [clears throat] do I talk about listening circle? Okay. Yeah. Okay. I just thought about it. So, I had the opportunity to have a listening circle and there was some common themes um that some of the parents were uh wanting us to or some of the community members and parents were wanting us to speak about and that and I know that we're all having one and I think uh they might be a common um theme, but attendance was um one chronic absenteeism, safety and security and just um overall mental health resources. So, we hear you. Um, I'm sharing that with the rest of the board.

073We're all going to come together and collaborate and ensure that we are meeting the needs of our community and most importantly our kiddos. And that's all I have for today. >> Thank you, Miss Clark. Um, so I just want to piggyback off what you were talking about um, regarding the SNAP benefits. Um, that is very it is very concerning, especially since there's so many unknowns. we don't know how long it'll go on for. Um, and so I just kind of want to throw out there in addition to what you're saying how we how we could support maybe collaborate with the county, the city, um, to provide more resources. Um, also make sure that our wellness center is promoted throughout the district, that all of our staff and our parents and our our students know about

074it. um and just, you know, come together to be stronger because I mean, as much as we want to say we can do it, we might need county and city assistance and they might need our assistance. So, I think, you know, stronger together is better. Um, I would also like, you know, I I know we don't have this information right now, but maybe find out how many of our students and families are on the CalFresh program. Um, to maybe even kind of follow and see how that impacts attendance and um, you know, those trends um, always say something as as these types of things happen. So, maybe just start following that. But anyway, that's something I think we all definitely have on our radar and I'm sure you do too. So, um I just want

075to bring up a few things that I've done since our our last meeting. Um I completed my five masters in governance courses with CSBA that took five Saturdays in Torrance all day. Long drive all day. It was nice though. I feel um more equipped to uh to serve. Uh so I I appreciate that. I appreciate uh Miss Claudia setting all those up and coordinating all that. Thank you so much. Um also attended the fall joint event in Sanino hosted by Sanino County Schoolboard Association and Riverside County Schoolboard Association with Dr. Ruvakaba. There was um a great panel there. Um, also I want to also recognize um the team that was able to make it to um the award event where I received an award. Thank you to all of you who are able to make

076it and I really appreciate your support. Um I just, you know, I think I've I I said from the beginning and um Mr. Johnson, Miss Brandy can attest to this because um they were on the board that appointed me to this seat. Uh, I just want to serve my community and I had no idea being in this role would have such a huge impact. Um, it's a very very important role and I don't take it lightly and I want to do it to the best of my ability. So, I I appreciate being recognized for it, but um, I don't do it to be recognized. I do it because it it's very meaningful and I want to live in a community where everybody thrives. Um, also I attended the student summit. I wasn't able to stay,

077but I I want to give kudos to the team for that. That's such a great event. So important to our students. It's empowering them, uh, giving them a voice. And so, thank you to everyone who did that. Um, also this past Saturday the board spent sat all day Saturday together doing a board self-evaluation workshop which was I think very good for all of us. Um, not only are we evaluating our superintendent yearly, but we're evaluating ourselves and how we're doing. We're holding ourselves accountable and I think that's also very important. So, thank you to my colleagues all for being there. And we did also take ethics training which is required. So, we had no choice in that. But, [laughter] um, and also, oh, yesterday, um, I had the honor of touring the Marino Valley College

078IMAG Innovation Center. And if you haven't been, I highly recommend you go. I've had other people tell me that. I'm like, okay, yeah, sure. But then once you're there, it's amazing. And it's open not only to MVC students but all students, all the community in Marino Valley. Anybody can go. So if you haven't been, please go. It's an amazing experience. I I will highly recommend my colleagues. If you haven't been, please go cuz it's a game changer. It's a game changer even for yourself. Like you can make things yourself for free. [laughter] >> Um Oh, and one final thing. Um, I'm very passionate about everybody. Please make sure you vote. Please vote. Uh, you should have received your ballot already. You have limited time. I believe uh what November 4th >> is the last day.

079Um, obviously I would never tell you how to vote, but I'll tell you how I voted. I voted yes on Prop 50. So, whatever your belief is, just vote. It's it's your voice. So, that's all I have. >> [laughter] >> Dr. Vuakaba. >> Thank you, President Luna. I have a couple of items that I want to share an update on and then just one observation. So, um, the SNAP the possible discontinuence of the SNAP program is a concern for us. We know that there are 24 states that have joined together to file a lawsuit against the Trump administration to stop and overturn the ending of that program. Especially since the argument is null and void. The money is there. This is not an issue of appropriations. The money is already been set aside and allocated

080specifically for this program. So, we're hoping that there's going to be either an injunction or a complete reversal or a change of mind that those funds are not going to be kept and they're going to be actually released. But in case they are not, uh, we've I've already started conversations with Mr. Garcia and we're looking at a couple of different options um, just for our community and for the board's sense of of security. If our current pattern of need continues, we're completely okay until the end of the school year, which is good. The challenge is we don't know what the need is going to be after November, after the 31st, starting November 1. So, in case that need increases, we are looking at asking for additional funding. We have some funding that we can allocate

081to get additional resources and supports for our families. We're looking at partnering with our school sites as they do fundraisers. maybe they can allocate some of the um goods that they receive to the wellness center so we can we can send those out to our families centrally. We are also looking at reaching out to our contractors and our vendors and saying, "Hey, you know, we have these contracts with you. Now's the time to give back and here's how you can give back." So, there is definitely a plan in place in case the the unfortunate happens. Um so, I just wanted to ease everyone's mind on that. The second piece is just an observation. You know, we've been into the meeting an hour and 15 minutes and I am proud to say that although our charge

082is to prepare kids for college and career, we've spent an hour and 15 minutes speaking on the social emotional needs of kids, the affective needs of kids, the Maslo's triangle and starting with basic needs first. And that's because there's a recognition from this board that we need to have that in place before our students can achieve. Period. Before they even feel like they have an opportunity to learn, they need to feel like they belong and they need to feel like we love them. And to that end, I want to speak to that thorough line being part of the board study session on Saturday as well. You know, the board engaged in some very difficult conversations around how we govern and how we interact with the community, how we agree and how we disagree. But through

083all of that, the basis and the root of every one of those items was doing what's best for kids. So, I want to thank the board for being vulnerable, thank the board for engaging, but also thank the board for allowing me to be part of this amazing board and this amazing community. And that's all I have. Thank you. Thank you. And likewise, back at you. Thank you for leading this district the way that you do. Your leadership is uh definitely something that we celebrate and acknowledge, especially with seeing how other districts interact. So, thank you very much for all you do. Dr. Ruvakaba does not [snorts] go unnoticed. Uh next we have item K, presentations to the board. K1 is multi-tered system of supports, academic suspension, chronic absenteeism. Dr. Arce, >> thank you very much,

084President Luna. Um, good evening again to our to our distinguished board and of course to our community and our superintendent. Thank you for leading us. Uh today as we have done in every board meeting we are bringing to you a group of of um schools and the focus is going to be chronic absenteeism suspension and math but in particular suspension. And so at this time I'd like to welcome up Dr. Reid, principal at Hidden Springs. Uh Miss Jackson Williams, principal at La Hoya. Uh Dr. Ooa, principal at Ramona. Uh Mr. Palomino, principal at Sunny Meadows and uh Miss Shisel, principal at Mountain View. So, come on up. As just a reminder, everything that we do, we strive to connect it to our vision, mission, portrait of a graduate, and our presentations are not an exception.

085We we continue to to look at our data and determine how are we impacting student achievement. And so that's through our vision, our mission, portrait of a graduate, and our five goals. Particularly tonight, we're looking at goal number one and number four, academic achievement, but especially um how are we making our environments welcoming and safe for members of our community. We go through the CER, claim, evidence, and reasoning, and then actions and next steps. So to start us off um and I think it was mentioned last time and we do appreciate your words uh as our principles are sharing their data they're um the idea is that they're owning their data but they're also letting you know what are they going to do about the areas that need to grow. Um with that we heard

086our board engage in the board study session and the schools that you have in front of you today had something in common. We're going to go over that in the data. So you in you want you were curious remember the 5C the fifth C you were curious about their data in some particular area of growth that needed to improve um and in conjunction with that we also are looking at what are they doing well and how can we take and leverage some of the strategies of the areas that they're improving and then apply it in the areas that they need to grow in. So with that, um the claim for the five schools is overall MVUSD has improved in suspension rates on the state dashboard. However, continue focus is needed at several schools to support

087specific student groups, particularly our African-American students to sustain growth as preliminary dashboard results show progress in other indicators. So we're going to make that connection in a bit. And so just focusing on the evidence, we have provided um the board of education our preliminary math scores. So the way that this is connected is even though we're focusing on suspension, you're going to hear from one of our schools, for example, that their math scores have improved. So what did they do there? What are the strategies that they're implementing? And how can they apply that in the areas that they need to grow in? Um, we highlighted the schools that we're going to be focusing on as we look at chronic absenteeism. Some schools have made some significant gains in decreasing chronic absenteeism. How can we apply

088those strategies on on the area of suspension and how do we um use or how do we look at student service to support those efforts? And then we look at suspension rates. So this is the area that all of our schools um or most of our schools have in common that are presenting to you today on how their suspension rate might have either increased overall or even though they decrease they showed an increase with a particular student group in this case our African-American students. So specifically looking as well at suspension rates um not only at the elementary level but also at the middle school level. And so with that uh we have the the areas to grow. Uh we look at Hidden Springs, La Hoya, Ramona, Sunny Meadows, and Mountain View. Uh you could see

089there in the first in the second column the suspension of our African-American students did increase and those are the percentage um increase for each one of those student groups. But in the last column, we also looked at well, there are certain student groups that that showed improvement. And so trying to figure out and that's what the schools are going to present to you. What did we do for those particular student groups and how we can apply it in the indicator of suspension. So in the areas of glow, we're looking at suspension for hidden springs. We're looking at suspension for two or more races at La Hoya. We are looking at the improvement of chronic absenteeism at Ramona, the improvement of chronic absenteeism at Sunny Meadows, and the improvement of Mountain View um in math scores.

090So, that's how it's it's all connected. So, I just want you to pause and look at the data. And again, if you have any questions, our schools are are going to be here to answer any of those questions. So, moving on, reasoning. And so at this time we wanted to start by looking at the possible reasons in the areas that need to grow in those areas that we highlighted which is common for all of our five schools. So we're going to go ahead and and start with Hidden Springs. We do ask our principles to just focus on what the reason they believe based on data and based on conversation at their schools that contributed to the areas that they need to improve on and then we're going to focus on what are they going to

091do um later in this pres presentation. So Dr. Reid, >> good evening. So I am Dr. Reid. I've wanted to say thank you for having us here. I'm a proud new principal of Hidden Springs. Looking at our glow, our grow indicators, what I could see through our data was looking at students that had minor infractions that might lead up to suspension later on. Um, those issues weren't provided necessarily tiered supports to make sure that we're talking and communicating with those students before they got to a point of suspension. Um, also that PBIS pieces and restorative practices were not applied with fidelity across each classroom. Um and that point was something we need to work on as a site which we'll talk about um to really see that growth rather than an area that we want

092to say that is significantly decreasing um for our students. >> Good evening board. And so I am the proud principal of La Hoya Elementary School, Kim Jackson Williams. And tonight I wanted to talk about our grows for La Hoya. Unfortunately um our students we have a lack of stability and inconsistency um within our systems at La Hoya being the fact that I am the third principal there in three years. And so um that is something that we are working on. Also, um there is a focused approach to effectively addressing student behavior. Um unfortunately for some of our our student groups it is working, but for some of our student groups it is not. Um and with that being said, um when we're focused on that, we're talking about our mentoring program. And so we had

093a mentoring program that was at our site for two years. My goal last year was to come in and to just see the systems that were in place and not make a whole bunch of changes unless it was something imminent. And so I did um look at that mentoring program, address some concerns that I had with it and then I pivoted with it and we will discuss that in a few minutes. Thank you. >> Good evening. I'm principal at Ramona Elementary, Dr. Joseph AOA. Thank you for the board for letting me explain my grows for uh students of African-American descent. Uh tier one behavioral supports not being implemented with fidelity. That means PBIS expectations uh were not being rettaught to staff. I had some discussions with staff, key staff on campus that work with our

094students and utilizing our PBIS expectations and retaching them the lessons on the spark model. That's what we follow at Ramona. That's one of the key things that led to this limited access to early intervention like such as tier 2 supports like a consistent check-in checkout program with restorative supports like other means of correction would have supported this and lacked opportunities for mentorship for students. Thank you. >> Good evening distinguished board president Luna uh Dr. groupava and distinguished guests. Um, for our school here at Sunny Meadows Elementary School, we did start our African-American Scholars Club, but we do need to take it up a notch still and focus more, I believe, onCAL, what we were talking about tonight in mental health and really have them connect and have all our students really continue to connect to

095the school. That's going to be important, too, as well as a followup to our tier 2 support systems as we align them with our PBS. Thank you. Good evening. My name is Patricia Sheisel. I'm the proud principal of Mountain View Middle School where leadership grows and pride shows. Um we've been our leadership team and PBIS um team have been looking at our tier 2 and tier three supports and realizing that we cannot use the same supports for every student group. Different student groups have different needs and so instead of just providing a checkbox, we're really evaluating what we um offer and making sure that we are meeting the needs of each group of students. So those were the reasons for the areas that need to improve. Um but they did, as I mentioned earlier, based

096on the data, they did show significant glows or growth in some areas. They they improved. And so at this time we'd like them to share the reasons uh they believe that or based on the data and based on the research that they've done that grew in those particular areas for those particular student groups. And again we'll start with Dr. Reed. Again looking at the data that supports our EL students reducing their suspension rate is uh last year our principal was able to provide uh specific instructional support for our EL students and in those EL lessons not only with their curriculum but also worked with social emotional learning and offered opportunities for their social emotional support and so we saw a decrease in the suspension rates for those students because of those things >> for La

097Hoya Elementary school. Um, our students who are identified as two or more ethnicities or races for all of our student groups, we implemented our SDRC team in which they met monthly, went over the data. We looked at the names of the students and the information in regards to the students, the supports that were in place, and we worked on making sure that we had three tier three supports that were strong enough to support all of our students. And that actually helped our our students who are identified as two or more ethnicities. We also offered group and individual counseling with our amazing counselor, Miss Munie, um for those students who are needing tier three support. And then also got our tier three behavior specialist that supports our site, uh Mr. Tony Wilson. our our areas of

098glow at Ramona Elementary with the the decrease of chronic absenteeism related to proactive use of ISP that's independent study plan the communication with families uh with a support emphasis when we're talking with families we talk about supporting them in a positive light targeted attendance intervention and tier supports we have a weekly terrier of the week where students are shouted out by a teacher in the school on Friday over Zoom actually Google meets now because that's what we use and the kids get really excited It spreads positive atmosphere. It leads to PBAS rewards. Also, there's points given for attendance and also um for other activities around campus, strengthen the family uh communication and school culture and the sense of belonging. Every single day when they walk through the front gates at our school site, actually the

099front NPR door, everyone is greeted with a hello and a smile and they're welcomed and positive atmosphere around campus. Thank you. All right, for Sunny Meadows, we decreased our chronic absenteeism by 9.6%. And some of the things that we did with that was student engagement, meeting with our students that are chronically absent, doing home visits. That was a big one. Um, but really trying to connect and offer uh students more activities and supports uh especially with our night events, our family nights. Um, and uh that really supported us and plus, excuse me, tightening up our ISP systems as well. really really helped us with that. Thank you. >> And for Mountain View, we are thrilled to celebrate growth in the area of math. We attribute this to several factors. Our math PLC teams spent a

100lot of work looking at the standards, identifying the priority standards and then also working in vertical teams to see where there are commonalities from from sixth, seventh, and eighth grade so that they can work as a vertical team and support learning throughout the um students time at middle school. We initiated an afterchool tutoring program with specific supports for our English learner students and our special education students. And if you stop by our library any afternoon on Tuesdays or Thursdays, you will see that it is buzzing with students engaged in learning um math and actually any topic. It's open to all students, but we really attribute this to some of our growth in math. And our PD specialist and our math coach have also led data chats with students. They go into the classroom and they

101look at students individual STAR results and they have them graph out um goals and they talk about the correlation between STAR and CASP testing. And so students engage in goal setting and um recording their data for um their progress in math. So to our board as you hear some of these things that they're doing and you're you know you're going to have an opportunity to ask them any questions uh in this next part is we're going to go back to the areas that need to grow and they need to improve. So, they're going to share with you what are their actions, next steps. But if you heard something here that you would like to ask them on, are they going to apply that to the areas of suspension, especially for our African-American students, you're absolutely

102welcome to make that connection. So our actions and next step I'm just going to start with a little bit of a broader view just to remind um our board our community everyone that every single school has the the SEO the super advanced graphic organizers that include the smarter goals in there and the actions that there are taking to meet those smarter goals. Um in addition to we are working uh with not only the alliance task force which you'll hear right now but we have a guiding coalition. We are now in the year three of PLC reigniting our PLC. We have our math PLNS. We're continuing with fifth, 7th and IM1 and two. We're adding third grade as well. the dial team, the district instructional and academic leadership team, rolling out flex day training to all

103of our teachers across the district and then focusing on building thinking classrooms. Those three strategies non-negotiable. We want to see those three strategies implemented across the entire district. And so, um, this is just kind of like a synopsis of when the professional development is taking place for those different areas. And then I know this is a lot but again we can add more. Um I asked Mr. Peoples and his team to put together all the supports that they're doing under the areas of student behavior chronic absenteeism suspension um anything in terms of how do we continue to support our schools. So this is not everything but a lot of the very important actions that have already taken place. And like I mentioned before, we also have our alliance task force where we're asking the stu

104the the subtask force to tell us to give us guidance on what they feel they they they need in these different areas. Um whether it's equity and achievement, chronic absenteeism, effective strategies for students with disability, college and career readiness, and early literacy. and we can expend expand that more throughout the years or uh be more focused and intentional in the areas depending on the different student groups. So in addition to the district support and focus, we're also asking our principles to take the data they had, analyze it, own it, and then what are we going to do about it? So at this time, we'd like you to hear from our principles the actions and next steps on the areas that they need to improve. in this case, suspension rate for our African-American students and their

105plan, not all plans, but some of the points that they they're going to implement for success. Starting with Hidden Springs. So, really focusing in on our data, I got to look back over the last year and see um what were the behavioral issues that happened with each individual student, why they had that, and where it was. um the vast majority of issues that caused or led to suspension were usually outside or unstructured areas. And so this year we've already implemented um zones of play for students where we have specific zones and games. We're teaching students, they're supervised, we guide them through that practice. The best thing with those, we also teach them how to communicate within a game um with each other and when something goes wrong or not the way, how do we respond

106to that? and so far it's been very very successful about reducing conflicts with students that had traditionally based on data come back and had an issue um in the classroom, in the bathroom, after school or something along that lines. So, that's been a successful piece that we've implemented already. We are still looking for more mentors to help and support our African-American students. Um I have a group of 13 students that I mentor. A lot of them are on the the the list here as tier two or tier three and we really work to support those students before they get to a point where they'd be suspended. >> So we started this school year a PTA. Um when I asked the teachers who actually started the school, they couldn't recall how long it had been since

107they had a PTA. Um, I really do believe that with the data that we have, our community, our demographics, it is so important to have our parents and our community involved. So, that's why I started up the PTA. We actually started the um actual organizational meeting. We have our uh board now and we are officially uh uh excuse me, officially La Hoya Elementary School's PTA. We also have family nights now. um the last year they really wanted them back implemented um into our school site and so we started that last year but we also are continuing it this year we have one Thursday night I'm inviting all of you at 4:30 we're excited about it it's called math or treat so we have a family night for math we have and we implemented it with

108with a little bit of fall and Halloween fun um we have math night steam night and we also have our literacy night that we're going to have one every trime trimester and we have about um I'd have to say uh 21 parents on our PTA and so we're really excited about that and we also implemented our think together who are also going to support us with our family nights as well. The other uh piece to our uh growth and improvement that we are working on is implementing the pack this year. We are making sure to have every month we are looking at attendance behavior and academics and we're going to have a fun activity. Um, and I've made sure to to uh place our PBIS p uh staff over it to support us with that.

109And then also we are implementing the Patriot mentoring program. I didn't go outside our site and hire someone. Um, we actually have our own staff there that work with the students every day and we have done something also with just our campus supports and and given them five names of students that they have to check in with every single day just to say how are you and I'm here for you if you need anything. So those are the things La Hoya is doing. Thank you. The next action steps for Ramona will be to retach and model PBS expectations, especially outside the classroom where we notice most of our events occurring for students, identify African-American students with multiple referrals, and make sure that we have uh assigned supports such as check-in, checkout, mentorship, and counseling. Enhance

110the African-American student sense of belonging. We have some cool clubs that we've started. We have debate club that we started with one of our former teachers that's retired that came and she started that on Wednesdays and it's getting going over very very well. We have uh e- gaming that's going to start up very soon. The theater is also a club that is does a wonderful performance every winter and every spring that the students really admire and they do really wonderful job at the school site. And color guard will be starting soon. We have a teacher that has a history with color guard. So what I do is I get to know what teachers are good at outside of the school site and I talk with them and I see what kind of clubs they could

111do for the students to help their sense of belonging with our school. Thank you. >> All right. For Sunny Meadows, some of the things we're implementing is meeting with our students. Our PBS tier 2 team, our tier team will be meeting with them uh individually to see how other ways we could support them. continuing to go to families to meet with them even at meeting the families at think together time as well. Uh the other thing we're looking at to do is to increase our focus on culture like I said earlier this year I want to really focus them on the seal the mental health and their sense of belonging on our campus to make sure they're connected and really get to know each of them so that we know exactly how we could support

112each student. Thank you. And at Mountain View, we are continually working with our PBIS teams to improve our structures and supports at the tier 2 and tier three levels. Um, but also looking at where we need may need some more tier one supports as well. Um, we have recently started a staff mentoring program for students and so we had our first training for volunteer mentors um so that we can um start implementing that very soon. Um, and when I shared the data with our AP pack in September, um, we presented it as a like a problem of practice, like here here's what we're seeing in our data. Help us with some ideas so that we can address this. And, um, what came out of that was wellness Wednesdays. And this just recently started this month.

113And, um, so it's an invitationonly event for students who may be struggling. and they get invited to come um to lunch in a teacher's classroom um where they can build positive relationships with other students and then they'll focus on a topic for the day like um conflict resolution or um something that the students may be needing. So that um just started this past week. Thank you very much to our principles. Thank you for presenting at this time. Does the board have any questions? Let's start with student board member Carvayo. Do you have any questions? >> I have no questions at the moment. Okay, Mr. Williams. Uh I have a couple of questions. Um Mr. Palamino, uh I see in in your glow uh increased sharing of attendance data with our families on a weekly basis.

114What >> why was that a glow? >> Uh because what uh this this past year that we did is in my newsletter I sent out every week I share attendance data so that the teacher uh parents could see where we're at and encouraging them to bring their student uh especially with our theme that we have through the district. Every day counts and that we're here and attendance does matter. So >> So did parents reach out to you individually after they saw that data? uh I share it weekly and um when we meet with the families I can go over that data with them too as well especially home visits and stuff like that hey there the attendance is an important piece >> but before that I wasn't sharing as much data as I should especially

115with attendance so that was a big difference that it's the first thing on my newsletter under under the Seahawk thing it says uh attendance data >> because um as as we teach our students we have to work with the families And so it's it's good to hear that you increased that and therefore it it it became more important um for the students but also for the adults. >> Yes, that's that's a key I think too. I believe that the adults need to know where we're at with our data and uh honest with their data and [clears throat] so that they could see how we can continue to improve. >> Thank you. I I I have one other question. >> Um, a distinguished principal of Hidden Springs, could you come to the podium? You know what

116I'm going to ask you? >> Yes, sir. Go ahead. >> What makes you want a mentoring program? >> Uh, I've had great experience with mentoring programs in the past within the district and I've learned a lot from those programs and I implement those strategies with my kids, but I also like the connections of multiple adults. So students don't just see the principal as a person they come talk to, but they have multiple adults on campus they feel comfortable having a conversation with. >> Thank you. I just, you know, I I I couldn't resist. >> I know. Uh I had an opportunity to work with this principal uh through our mentoring program and um I learned a lot from this gentleman and uh I think we need to expand that because our African-American males don't see

117anybody that looks like them. See? And and that's critical. That's one of the reasons we have uh some of the deficiencies with those young men. So, I really want to see our district make an effort to put qualified adults in front of our males so they can grow and have an opportunity to question. Thank you, Grace. Uh, I copied his notes because I were only here two African-American students and suspensions. Uh, I know I kind of like smile a little bit, but I do want to first of all, thank you guys for the work that you're doing. Um, I know what I want to say. I'm trying to say it in a diplomatic way. Well, I'll just say it like this. I'm still looking for the day when we don't have to continue to do

118the same thing over and over and over again. Uh I mentioned this a while back, but um I don't even have kids in high school. I don't even have kids in college anymore. I don't even have kids in college that they're done. But I want to see the ones that we are teaching to do the same thing that mine did. And I want to hear those parents say the same thing you just heard me say. Mine are done. But thank you guys for what you do. That is not the easiest thing. And so I'll say something to the parents. Do what I did. Stay on them. Don't allow them to tell you. If you guys tell the parents what you need and what is not happening, parents, let's do what they ask us to do.

119I'm going to brag. No. Not only did my own kids graduated college, I'mma date myself now. I shouldn't tell y'all this, but my four my four grandkids already graduated college. Come on now. We got to keep this thing going. So, thank you guys for what you do. But parents, there they are right there. Let's get it done. Thank you, >> Miss Lea. >> Well, I was listening, you know, to the one thing that captured my my attention was the mentoring program. So, I'm a very, you know, supportive person of that because we have a lot of, you know, like single mothers or fathers or we got, you know, grandparents and like Mr. Williams was saying, you know, I'm a mother of four boys and whether you know I'm trying to do I always say, you

120know, like financially I'm doing both roles, but emotionally I cannot do that. Not because I can, but because, you know, I will never be able to be that, you know, a male u role model that kids need. So that's why to me it's really important that we have you know a mentoring program so that kids can identify you know with with other people cuz you know like my kids said you're my mom you will always say that uh you know that you love me you will always say that I'm great and whatever but that's because you're my mom but when they hear it from other people you know they start believing it and one more thing that I like is what you're doing at La Hoya you know asking CSAs to you um keep an

121eye on five kids. It is important as a CSA you have that you know contact with the students and you see their behaviors and you listen to them you know to their needs and um it is important that that that we involve more people you know to support our kiddos. So, I want to say thank you for that. And also, you know, um from Ramona, you were saying that you wanted to start a a color car. You started it already. >> We're in the process of starting. We have a teacher that has a history with it at the high school and she's new to us and she's really excited to get it started, but we're trying to get some supplies and she's reaching out to her people to start it soon. Um, I remember my

122kids were at Marino Elementary and we used to have a color guard and a junior junior um, RTC program back in the days. Um, and it really impacted a lot of kids, you know, not only with attendance, but especially um, with being more responsible, being more respectful, uh, and, um, you know, they were able to go to competitions, step out events and all that kind of stuff. So I'm you know I want to say thank you for looking into that because it really helps you know like my kids uh were able to participate in that and they being in the special education program and that kind of helped them assure you know like and how they feel about themselves cuz you know on that one of my kids is dyslexic so he confuses you his

123left and right and I had that instructor who was really patient and and was able to help him you know and until this He uses that technique that that instructor gave him to differentiate you know from left to right. So I want to say thank you for thinking you know and giving that that that support to our kids. >> Thank you. And then um I love um from Mountain View the wellness Wednesday to us. It's very important that our kids, you know, are mentally okay cuz they're not going to be able to, you know, do good in other areas if mentally they're not, you know, doing doing well. And that's a great idea that I feel that many other, you know, like committees, parenting committees, maybe they can bring it up, you know, and and

124have that support too. So um I don't know. I just love every single idea, you know, from Sanos, from Mountain View, from La Hoya, from the different schools. Sorry if I miss one. Um but thank you for coming here and and sharing you know what has you know worked the plans that you have to you know improve the areas that you're like kind of not doing that great. So thank you for coming and sharing with us. >> Thank you. >> Hi. I just want to say thank you for coming here. It takes a special kind of of leader to come up here and be vulnerable with the data that you presented. I know it's not easy, but I appreciate your flexibility, your your optimistic approach and the mere fact that you want to see change

125that means everything. common things that I heard was, as my colleague stated, mentorship, but one of the things that struck a chord was a change in leadership. We have to think about that, right? So, I think as a district and as a board, we should pay attention to that because I know we move people around, people get promotions, people retire as millionaires from this district. And you know, [laughter] but my my my point is we know that change happens, but maybe we can start thinking critically thinking about what that impact does and how we can overcome that and not make it so hard. Because if I had three principles in three years, that might be a little tough. not just for African-American students but kids in general. So let's think about that, right? So um

126you know and try to see what we can do. Uh one of the things I also um heard was mentorship, mentorship, mentorship. I know that we are presented with a lot of companies and resources where people come nonprofits and they come here and they say hey we would like these mentorship programs. So it's not like there there aren't any. So, what I challenge us to do is really look at those programs when people come up here to present them. I had the opportunity to be in a meeting not too long ago with one. I'm not sure the outcome of that, but we see what our kids need and and sometimes it's not just at the site. It's not just the parents that CJ said because we need these things. We need the site leaders. We

127definitely need the parents. Absolutely. But let's all chip in. And if that's at the district level to provide support, then that's what we need to do. So when those African-American males come up here and they present their data on their mentorship programs, let's take a look at those. Let's dive in. I see the contracts, right? I see that sometimes we're not so willing to pay for those kind of groups or support systems, but our data shows us that we need to. >> Okay. So, let's be let's be intentional and let's be serious. The other thing I'll say is there's something going on, right? There's something there's something that's happening. The data is the data. I don't understand why it's different with African-American kids because when I see a lower suspension group, there's something there. I

128say this to say we know how to do it. We just need to do it. And I go back to that implicit bias thing. We all have it. Think about that. Making it up. What is little Johnny doing different than little Timmy other than they're different races? So lean into it. Stop, breathe, focus. If you're willing to help little Johnny because you know deep down he's a good kid, be willing to help little Timmy because you know deep down he's a good kid. All these kids can be successful. And we need to stop playing games. We need to come together and we need to change this data. So for all the things that you guys have said, all these great things that you guys plan on doing because I hear you and they are great.

129They're different but great and you know your kids. So I have no doubt that you will be successful. And so I just can't wait until I look at your data again at the end of the year and see how successful you are because I believe in you. And I also want to say I thank you and I also want you to know I support you. So thanks. >> Thank you. I'll be brief. All my colleagues covered everything that I wanted to say. Um but thank you for being vulnerable. Thank you for sharing your data with us and and for you know sh telling us you you have room for improvement. We all do, right? Um, but one common theme is not all students have the same needs, right? And that's what I heard from all

130of you tonight. You all are implementing different things to meet your students um where they're at. And you're meeting them one on one, not just grouping them in one category because that's what matters. Everybody wants a sense of belonging and especially young people. So, thank you for doing all the hard work. Thank you for leading your schools and thank you for being a part of our district. We appreciate you and we look forward to seeing um everything all the great things that you do and continue doing the good work. Thank you and thank you Dr. Arce. >> Thank you. >> Did you want to say anything Dr. Vuvakaba? >> No, I think you everyone covered it so thank you. >> Thank you. All right, we are on to item L, the consent agenda. Do any

131of my colleagues have any items to pull? I think Mr. Williams, you have something. Yes, I do. >> No, it's a contractual agreement. U Mr. Williams, if I if I might if I if I may assist you. It's contractual agreement A25-26 and it's a contractual agreement. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Okay. So, Mr. Mr. Williams, you're pulling A25-26-0254 for a separate vote. >> All right. So, I will ask for a motion to approve the consent agenda as amended. >> Um, I would like to second and that's one of those great mentoring programs we just spoke about. So, um, I second that. >> Well, I need a a first motion. So, are you >> I'd like to I'm sorry. Please forgive me. I was looking at what the contract was. So, uh, I would like

132to make a motion to approve, uh, the consent agenda with the exception of A2 5260254 as amended. >> Thank you. Do I have a second? >> I'll second that. >> Miss Lea seconds. Miss Claudia, please call for the vote. >> Steen board member Corbio. >> I. >> Mr. Williams, >> abstain. >> For this one, you do want to vote yes. >> Yeah, you have that. >> Yes or no? Yes. So this is all of the contracts, everything on consent except for the contract that you pulled. >> Okay. Okay, >> Mr. William. Thank you, Mr. Johnson. >> Hi, >> Miss Lever. >> Hi, [clears throat] >> Miss Clark. >> Hi, >> Miss Luna. >> I Motion carries. And now I will ask for a motion to approve A25-26-0254. >> I'd like to make a motion to

133approve A-25260254 as presented. >> Thank you, Miss Clark. Do I have a second? >> I'll second that. >> Thank you, Miss Leva. Miss Cladio, please call for >> student board member Carvio. >> I. >> Mr. Williams, >> abstain. >> And if you can state the reason why, sir. >> Um, I have worked with this uh community organization >> in the past. >> Thank you, sir. Mr. Johnson, >> I >> Miss Lea. I >> Miss Clark. >> Hi, >> Miss Luna. >> I motion carries five and one abstension. All right. Thank you everyone. Now we are on to M discussionformational items. Uh M1 business services M1A first reading of deletion of board policy 3200 income new administrative regulation 3311.4 procurement of technological equipment and deletion of administrative regulation 3401.1 classification of expenditures. Miss Lopez. >> Yes.

134Thank you, President Luna. Uh this evening we are presenting for a first reading a number of policies. So I will start with the first one. Um it's board policy 3200 which is entitled income. This is actually a board policy that is unique to our district and not really connected to any existing CSBA language. Um and so as we were reviewing this one uh determined that it's better to delete this one um because it is addressed through CSBA policy and other uh regulations such as 3100 dealing with budget 3110 transfer of funds, 3220 lottery funds as well as 3,400 management of district assets and accounts. So we are recommending deletion of this specific board policy. Uh the second one here is an administrative regulation uh 3311.4 4, which is procurement of technological equipment. And this is

135a board, an administrative regulation, pardon me, that is brand new. And we are recommending that we add this administrative regulation as there is language that is specific uh to the procurement of technology equipment. And so it outlines the different procurement methods um for technology equipment. So any of the computers or software also goes into specifications of things such as the um requests for proposals, RFPs and so forth. Uh so we are recommending we add this and then also incorporating the public contract code that goes along with it. And then our third uh one for this evening is administrative regulation 3401.1. This one is titled classification of expenditures. Uh similar to the first one, this is a policy that is unique to our district, not really referenced in any CSBA policy. Um this one we are

136recommending that we go ahead and delete. Um because again, we have other areas where it's covered such as 3,400 management of district assets and accounts as well as 3,300 expenditures and purchases. Um all three of these have been sent to our bargaining partners. uh for any feedback and will be presented at the November 18th board meeting for second reading and adoption. Thank you, Miss Lopez. No action on this, but does anybody have any questions? >> I don't have any questions. A couple of statements. So on the regulation 3401.1, one of the things it says is uh the board election expects an operating expense will be charged to the fiscal year in which they incurred. And I know we're deleting this, but I want to make sure that we we do have that captured those that

137exact language. And this we still get to do approvals and deferrals. Correct. Okay. >> Correct. And we are already required to do that. Um and it is referenced elsewhere. So yes, that is correct. >> And then the second one, this is just out of curiosity and please forgive me. Um the um the uh which one was it was uh new regulation 3311 >> uh.4 in the new adoption of the um the AR it says that we need to I believe it said published in the newspaper 10 days before at least twice 10 days before. And I thought about it. Do we have newspapers? I mean, I guess online, right? Press Enterprise is still online. Okay. I just I I really got stumped for a little while. So, help me. >> Thank you. That's what I

138needed to know. We still publicize. >> We still do. And it's something that is in public contract code and our purchasing department and our facilities department especially are very in tune to this. This is something that is heavily audited. >> Sure. Um and so we actually are required to advertise for every single item and we do um publish it. Typically it's the press enterprise or any other um local newspaper but it's still required. >> Okay. Thank you so much. >> Anyone else? >> No. Okay. So we will move on to N1A. Approval of the second reading and adoption of new administrative regulation 3311.2. 2 lease lease back contracts, board policy 3312 contracts and board policy 3600 consultants. Miss Lopez. Yes. Thank you, President Luna. On these, these are a group that is coming back for

139a second reading and approval. And just to summarize really quickly, um the first one was the administrative regulation dealing with language on lease lease back contracts, which is a brand new administrative regulation and incorporates the new law from 2020. As you are aware, we present a number of lease lease back contracts to the board specifically dealing with our facility projects. And so we wanted to make sure that we had all the wording in alignment with that. Um so that was brand new. Um on board policy uh 3312, this was um an existing board policy, but we had some language to update. Um this has to do with the responsibility dealing with um ensuring that contracts conform to legal standards, including language on the bidding requirements as well as conflict of interest policies. Uh specifically, there

140was language that was added to this board policy um to um make sure that we abide by the new um uh legislation revolving um our nutritional standards for our meals. Um and so we wanted to make sure that we incorporated that language. Um it's actually education code that talks about those non-nutritious um foods. And so that board policy was updated to include that language as well. And then the last one had to do with 3600. This was dealing with consultants. And this is to incorporate law from 2020. And really what it is um is to ensure that we include language uh to be able to distinguish independent contractors versus employee um and aligning to federal law that exist um like Internal Revenue Service for example. um on differentiating between your employees and independent contractors. So

141that was new laws that were added. Uh we have received no feedback on any of these policies and so at this time we are recommending that they are approved. >> Thank you, Miss Lopez. Any questions, colleagues? Do I have a motion to approve? I'd like to make a motion to approve um as presented. Thank you. Do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> Thank you. Miss Claudia, please call for the vote. >> Board member Carvio. >> I. >> Mr. Williams. >> I. >> Mr. Johnson, absent. Miss Leva, >> I. >> Miss Clark. I. >> Miss Luna. >> I. Motion carries. Five yes and one absent. Next, we are on to item B, approval of the career technical education facilities program resolution number 2025-26-33. Miss Lopez. >> Yes. Thank you, U. President Luna. This resolution

142is um in regards to us submitting an application for a number of CTE uh programs. Um I will outline those before I do. Um this is a joint effort with college and career readiness as well as facilities. Um it is a requirement of submitting this application. And so at this time uh the district will be applying for six different projects. um the production and managerial arts at March Mountain High School, childhood development at March Mountain High School, barbering at March Mountain High School, pharmacy tech at March Mountain High School, residential and commercial construction at Vista High School, as well as public safety at Marino Valley High School. Um and so, um they asked that the board be aware that these applications are being submitted and that we are in full support of this. So this

143evening we are asking for approval so that we can check that box on the application and hopefully soon get notified that we will receive some funding for these projects. >> Thank you, Miss Lopez. Any questions, colleagues? Sounds like a good thing to me. Okay. Do I have a motion to approve? I'd like to make a motion to approve resolution 2025-226-33 approval of the career techn technical education facilities program as presented. >> Thank you, Miss Clark. Do I have second? Mr. Williams second. Miss Claudia, please call for the vote. >> Stomber board member Carbio. >> I Mr. Williams. >> I. >> Mr. Johnson, absent. Miss Lea, I >> Miss Clark. >> Miss Luna, >> I. Motion carries. Five yes and one absent. All [clears throat] right, we are on to item two, human resources 2A, approval

144of the second reading and adoption of board policy and administrative regulation 1312.3 uniform complaint procedures deletion of administrative regulation 4040 employee use of technology and new exhibit 4040 employee use of technology. Dr. Verie, >> thank you. President Luna, I'll take uh the first part of this uh that we're recommending tonight for approval to our board is the board policy 1312.3 along with its corresponding administrative regulation which update our uniform complaint procedures and our board policy as it corresponds with all the recent updates to uh title 9 legislation. Beyond that we have the deletion and the creation of exhibit 4040 which is an updated new employee use of technology uh which this particular regulation aligns with all current CSBA guidelines. So we're asking the board with this action to adopt the updated CSBA uh exhibit and

145delete our previous regulation. >> Thank you Dr. Ready. Any questions colleagues? The only question that I have is um on on the new exhibit 4040E it states that you're going to have all the employees sign. So after we if once we approve then that's when you go back and have all the employees sign their agreement the acknowledgement. That's correct. >> Okay. Thank you so much. >> That's the only question that I have. Miss Luna. >> Thank you. Any other questions? Okay. Do I have a motion to approve? I'd like to make a motion to approve as presented. >> Thank you. Do I have a second? >> Mr. Johnson seconds. Miss Clue, please call for the vote. >> Student board member Carvalo. >> I. >> Mr. Williams. >> Hi. >> Mr. Johnson. >> Hi. >> Miss

146Leva. >> Hi. >> Miss Clark. >> Hi. >> Miss Luna. >> I. Motion carries. All right. We are on to acknowledgement items. Acknowledgement of the first quarterly report on Williams uniform complaints. Dr. Vuvakava. >> Thank you, President Luna. I am happy to share that during the first quarter, we received zero complaints for textbooks and instructional materials, zero complaints for teacher vacancies or mis assignments, and zero complaints regarding facilities conditions. >> Thank you. That is good news. Next we are on to item P, future agenda topics. Miss Carbayo. >> Uh yes. Um I wanted to speak about chronic absenteeism and um basically finding the root cause. Um so we talked about it at the study session um by um figuring out the solutions. um what ways can we um use like that feedback to improve um

147absences? Um so one of them was um or I wanted to ask how can we send out surveys to students that might be found absent for unknown reasons as well as um like having starting um teacher notes or interventions with students and kind of just finding like why is it that they're there and what can we provide them? um what resources like to their families if it's transportation or just like basic needs. Um and then my second was um the introduction of um AI into schools and um one of them was Notebook LM which um I recently had a teacher that introduced this um and [clears throat] it's um so so a little bit of what it does it's kind of like chat GPT but the teacher controls the use and limits um what it

148provides. So it has a search bar and um it only has teacher resources that only the teacher can put there and it gets the the questions you ask directly from those sources. So students um get like direct answers from the teacher sources and it also provides um flashc cards and quizzes which I think this is a great way to slowly introduce it especially in the high school level. Um but I don't think that anything like this should be introduced into middle schools or elementary schools since um it can cause misuse and um confusion for younger students. But I do think it's um important for um high schoolers and teenagers to be aware of how to use these things. And then lastly, um I would like to find ways to um spread awareness about the resources

149that our wellness center provides. Um, I know that the new one just opened and I know it has a lot of resources and I just want to make sure that every student knows and every family knows um how to how to gain access and spread awareness about this. But that's all I have. Thank you. >> Thank you, uh, student trustee Carbio. So, I want to just share a couple things with the last one on the wellness center resources. Absolutely. Uh, Mr. Garcia and his team are doing their darnest to spread the word about the resources that are available and I think it's starting to take hold um as I am there more often for meetings and and other opportunities. I see a lot more people there which is really good but absolutely I think your

150your point is duly noted and we'll continue to do that work on the AI piece. Um notebook element is something that we've introduced to our team. the the the one piece that we're working with and TIA and technology innovation and assessment is whatever AI tool we implement we want to make sure it's in a closed environment right so chat GPT a lot of people don't know um is wide open anything you put in goes out to the world and and that can be really troubling because you might be putting in some sensitive things that we need to be mindful of so we're working on that implementation of a tool for example Gemini is something that our staff uses because it's a closed environment. It's part of the Google suite which is we already use and

151we're trying to figure out how we do that with notebook LM as well so that everyone feels comfortable that whatever they put in is going to stay there. Um but we're definitely going to be looking that at that tiered approach and implementation. And I just want to uh compliment you on what you shared about chronic absenteeism. what you spoke on is exactly the work. Like we can't solve a problem unless we get to the root cause of what the issues are. Unfortunately, with something as complicated as chronic absenteeism, there are 31,000 root causes because we have 31,000 kiddos. Um, so it's how do we sort those into commonalities so we can provide those resources as appropriate. But that's absolutely the work that our team is engaged in right now. So, thank you. Thank you, Mr.

152Williams. Any future agenda topics? >> Yeah, I have a couple of things and it kind of piggybacks on what our board member, our student board member said. Um, I'm noticing that um, our middle school attendance is getting close to 95%. And that's that's a big change from the past. And I I I really really would like to know what some of the strategies are and how we can take those strategies at that level and spread them across K12. Um, and my other future topic uh goes back to the CTE and um the EV program that you attended um at March. I think those are programs that are going to benefit our students as they exit our district. And I'm really a big proponent on how do we integrate our students with what we're teaching them

153and have some work experience derived from those CTE from that EV program before, during, and after graduation because the real crux of what we're doing with the CTE. What are the outcomes of these CTE? And the outcomes are do they get training and do are they employed? See, and I think we're down a path here that's better than working at a warehouse. And I really want to push the part-time work and schooling that goes together before they graduate. So that goes on their transcript when they graduate as well leading to employment. Those are the topics I want to talk about is training and employment of our young folk. Thank you. So duly noted, I think what we'll do is as we move forward when our middle schools present, maybe we can ask them what are

154we doing, what are some strategies and supports that they believe are leading to the improved attendance so that we can share those out. I know that at the leadership meeting our principles talked about developing um a repository of different strategies and supports that they've used that have proven to be effective. So we can add that to that tool. And then on the CTEs, I know that we were looking at doing a study session on specifically our CTS. So, we can look at that for a future topic. And I'm seeing a lot of nodding heads. So, I think we can work on that as maybe a future topic or or item for a study session. >> Dr. What I want to add in and have everybody look up look up cooperative education in America and that'll

155tell you exactly what I'm trying to look at cooperative education at the collegiate level. There's probably 50 to 75 schools that incorporate that philosophy in their undergraduate programs. And one of the leaders in the program is Northeastern University in Boston. They have internships all over the world now from Boston where people go out and work a fifth year, acquire skill sets, and then are hired by the companies that they work for before they get their diploma. So, that's really what I'm trying to get us to look at. We we take that step, we'll be miles ahead of every other district. >> Thank you. I'm sorry, not 10. >> I I'm not sure if we're going to be able to place students internationally, but we can do our best to place students so we can provide

156that work experience. >> But we take in students internationally. >> Absolutely. So, we will look at that too as part of that session. >> Thank you, Mr. Williams. Mr. Johnson, any future agenda topics? Um, I have one, but I am not going to bring it up because I want to talk to the superintendent first before I uh >> I say what's on my mind. So, uh, I'll >> I'll reach out to you, Mr. Johnson. >> Thank you. So, we can get together. Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you, Miss Lea. Future agenda topics. >> Well, you know, I had the same, you know, um, one as Mr. Williams. I guess we had talked about it with the superintendent that I wanted you know like those CT programs to be presented um and also you know the

157kids to be part of it you know to know from them you know how effective they are you know how is helping them you know build their skills and all that but also one one thing that I would like to it's um I know we have an aquatics uh program for middle schools um do you know well do you think there's any way that we and have them present like at least a short, you know, what is it that they do, you know, and how they do it for um middle schoolers. Um >> Dr. RC, can we do a Friday memo update on the aquatics program? And then based on that, if the board wants to do a presentation, we can go from there. >> Okay. >> Does that sound good? >> Yeah, that sounds

158good. >> I think I see nodding heads. Miss Clark, thank you. Let me share the the the thing about being such an amazing team and cabinet is we just keep asking you for more. [laughter] I mean, when you do such a great job on deliverables, they just keep coming. This is no pressure and this is not immediately. This is just something to think about, okay? Just think about it. This is no pressure. So, with everything that's going on in the Trump administration, I've been really thinking about eraser. One of the things that was a really hot topic was our ethnic studies program, that law, the assembly bill that passed that we must implement in California. And currently, this board of education has said, "This is a great idea. We of course we're going to implement

159but we're going to implement as an elective. That could or could not disappear. We don't know, right? But hopefully it's still on the table. But one of the things I was thinking of is is there a pathway that we can say or give credit and I talked to Dr. Ruby about this and then I I let it go and then I did some more research and I let it go and then I did some more research. I was thinking can we maybe implement this as a US history course, right? And so I looked at some pros and cons and what that looked like and what it meant. And I just want to provide a few things um some pros because there are cons as well but a few of the pros is that is is

160known to improve academic performance um increased engagement, boosting attendance and enhance cultural competencies. And so I think our students would love to learn about ethnic studies and I think it would be a great elective, but I think it would be really good to have it as a core requirement or or or part of like you can choose, right? And maybe we haven't heard of this, but since we're so innovative here and since we're trailblazers and we're so amazing, let's think about it. No pressure, Dr. Ari. >> I I wrote down no pressure. So, just to be [laughter] clear, that was the first thing I wrote down. Uh so to be clear uh I think the request is can we look at ethnic studies either as a graduation requirement in and of itself or as one

161course that students can take to fulfill the history social science component of the graduation requirement >> that yes >> okay so can with with the board's agreement can we look at just allow us to do some research because we want to make sure that we're covering the bases then we'll put something in the Friday update. >> I just want to clarify that the board already took action. This is a core subject >> but elective, right? >> No, it's part of the social studies. It is one of 40 core subject that every student will have to take ethnic studies before >> graduation 27 right 30. Yes. >> It will be implemented. So the only discussion was was it going to be implemented in nth grade or 11th grade? The decision was made sorry 11th grade. So

162that's going to be part of the core um coupled in with US history. So that is already I'm reading the board policy right now. >> I did not know that. >> Yeah. >> Or or either I for I am a woman of a certain age, >> but I will share that I did go back and look at some info and I I I I'm certain I saw it as an elective as well. So is there a second portion? So, we had a I think what you're probably associating with and and I want to say that we actually are one of the few districts that's offering it as a year-long course versus other districts as a just a semester course. Okay. >> I think what you're associating is when we presented to the board, we had

163to reduce electives by 10. So, we went from 70 to 60 to add those 10 into the social studies. So, our board policy is pretty pretty good when it comes to ethnic studies as a as a high school graduation. First of all, thank you. And second of all, I realize the word no pressure is like an abracadabra because it is already implemented. So that is the new coin term for no pressure is abracadabra. Thank you Dr. RC and thank you Dr. Robocama. >> So just one thing to make clear because I I think I saw it too. I don't think that our course offerings at the high schools reflect this just yet, right? Because obviously we're still working with the current model because I think I saw the same thing you did. So maybe what

164we need to do is start advertising with the middle schools because it's going to be the incoming class of 26 27 >> idea >> that they need to be ready to make those choices. >> Yes. And we have um the task force, the ethnic studies task force. So we will be updating high school uh course offerings once we were just waiting on the decision whether it was going to be 9th grade or 11th grade. So the decision was made it was 11th grade and that we brought counselors together. So now that it's going to be part of our co course offerings, um our students as for as of next year will have that in the high school course um catalog. >> Thank you. And so this is one thing off your plate. [laughter] >> Thank

165you. Um I actually don't have anything tonight, so I'm happy to say that. Keep your plate clean from Sammy. Um did you have anything else, Dr. Rubakava? >> Are you kidding me? have like seven things on our plate. So, I don't have any additional items. Thank you everyone. >> Thank you. >> All right. With no further business to come before the board of education, this meeting is adjourned at 7:26 p.m. >> The Dodgers game. >> Is that a record? Yes. Another record.