CJUSD Board Meeting - March 12, 2026

001Good evening everyone. I'm calling the meeting to order. Today is Thursday, March 12th and this is the Colton Joint Unified School District School Board meeting. Welcome everyone. I would like um for Joanne to take roll call of the uh board members present please. >> Mr. Ibara >> present. >> Mrs. Haru >> present. >> Mr. Flores >> present. >> Miss Dorino Noa >> present. >> Mr. Fuentes >> present. >> Mrs. Flores >> present. Okay. I would like to invite our our superintendent Dr. Miranda to lead us in the flag salute. Will everybody 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

002you, Dr. Miranda. Before we begin tonight's meeting, I would like to take a moment as our as board president to honor Vincent Hernandez Garcia, a beloved senior from Grand Terrace High School who recently passed away. Vincent was known at Grant Terrace High School as a respectful and dependable student who was always willing to lend a hand when something needed to be done. Classmates and staff appreciated Vincent's quiet presence and kind spirit. He will be remembered for his helpfulness and the calm, thoughtful way he moved through the world. Vincent was deeply cherished by his classmates, his teachers, and the entire Titan community. His kindness and his spirit touched many lives, and his loss is felt across our district. On behalf of the board of education, we extend our heartfelt condolences to Vincent's family and to all

003who knew him and loved him. During moments like this, we are reminded of the strength of our community and the importance of supporting one another with compassion and care. At this time, I invite everyone to join me in a brief moment of silence in Vincent's memory. Thank you. We hold Vincent's family in our hearts and we remain committed to supporting all of our students, our community, and our staff during this difficult time. We do have an interpreter, Cynthia Bueno, who is available for Spanish speaking persons. uh wanting assistance. Cynthia, can you come up, please? Thank you, board president Flores. Good evening. Thank you, Cynthia. Item 1.3, adoption of the March 12, 2026 agenda. I need a motion to adopt the agenda with the following amendments. Amend close session item 11.3 personnel public employee appointment discipline

004dismissal release. Addition of one certificated coach, head varsity flag football. Addition of two classified coaches, band assistant, varsity football assistant. Addition of three volunteer coaches, band baseball boys, varsity track, co-ed. Need a motion. >> I'll move that. Okay, >> I need a second. Second. Okay, I have a motion by board member Fuentes and second by board member Haro to adopt the agenda as recommended. Uh all in favor >> I >> nays abstain. No abstensions. Okay. on the on motion by board member Fuentes and board member Haro and on a 60 vote the board adopted the agenda as recommended. Item 2.0 uh I uh 2.1 I'm sorry Colton High School. I would like to invite Principal Abbott to the podium. Good evening, board president Flores, members of the board of education, superintendent Dr. Miranda, executive cabinet,

005family, friends, and of course all of our yellow jackets in the audience this evening. I am proud to present to you all this evening the Colton High School showcase. Uh, and now I'd like to introduce four of our most amazing yellow jackets at Colton High School. Aubrey, Christian, Mia, and Alexa. Wow, thank you for such a warm welcome. Good evening, board president Bertha Flores, members of the board, superintendent Dr. Miranda, executive cabinet, and community members. My name is Aubrey Gonzalez, and I am the ASB president at Colton High School. >> My name is Christian Jason and I am the senior class president at Colton High School. >> My name is Alexa Ruiz Amaya and I am the sophomore class president at Colton High School. and my name is Mia Perez and I'm ASB vice president

006at Colton High School. We would like to thank you all for your time and now present the CHS school showcase. First up, we have homecoming. Keeping tradition alive, on October 9th, 2025, Colton High School hosted the Marty GR themed homecoming rally, parade, football game, and halftime show to get our students and community in the homecoming spirit. At the halftime show, homecoming king Colton Kagarise and and Queen Cassandra Romo were announced. Next up, we have our slam dunk driver distracted driver assembly hosted on October 10th. And also on October 10th, CFD hosted a fire prevention week assembly. And finally, back to homecoming. The annual homecoming dance was hosted on October 11th. As usual, ASB put together a lovely display that beautifully portrayed the Martyrad theme and provided a night of fun, food, and dancing. As for

007Unity Week, PBIS and Renaissance hosted Unity Week from October 13th to the 17th. This included games and activities held during lunch for students to participate in. Then on October 15th, NHS hosted their annual induction ceremony to welcome in the sophomores of the class of 2028. During this ceremony hosted in the NPR, students were recognized for their outstanding achievements in both academics as well as service towards the community. Now for our wonderful fall awards assembly hosted by Renaissance on October 29th. This evening's ceremony highlighted student achievements from semester 2 of the 24-25 school year in the fields of honoral with 177 recipients, principles honor role with 308 recipients, AP exam awards with 172 AP exams passed from May 2025 AP testing, 32 students being awarded the AP Scholar Award and one student being awarded the AP

008Scholar with Honor Award. Awards were also presented to the top 10 students from all 10th and 12th graders. For some more academic topics, PSAT and SAT day was hosted on October 14th. Anatomy class had a very festive wound project on October 22nd where they created fake wounds. Also, AVID held a Halloween costume contest on October 31st during lunch. There were winners in many different costume categories, and it was all judged by our CHS counselors. And finally, our juniors are currently prepping for their math, ELA, and science caps tests later this spring. They are ready and excited to begin testing and meet Dr. Miranda's 1010 goal this year. First, on October 4th, our CHS band participated in Canyon Springs High School's 27th annual field tournament and won fifth place in the 3A division. Next, CHS students

009took a field trip to the Palm Springs Museum of Art on October 17th. Also, CHS Hip Hop Club hosted our 2025 Yellow Jackets Got Talent on October 18th. First place with a cash prize of $250 went to the Blogs who are a student ran band. From October 20th through the 24th, we held our future ready campaign to promote students to apply for college. We had our college and career fair on October 27th. The seniors had a college application submit day with 173 applications submitted on October 28th. We also had a cryopro road show with CTE and RO programs. On November 4th, our choir classes put together a fall concert after school on November 7th. We had our veterans parade with the city of Colton. On November 11th, our theater classes came together to put on

010a fall performance after school, Snow White. On November 21st, we had a winter show with our band and choir. After school on December 5th, our Cue the Lights Club presented a Scrooge performance after school. On December 18th, leadership came together to support our top students on National Education, sorry, National Special Education Day on December 2nd, where they made bracelets, slime, and played endless video games during first and second period. Our CHS students took a trip to UCR on December 6th where they gave campus and classroom tours and even let the students try out their challenge course which involved rock climbing, tightroppe walking, and ziplining. On December 10th, we handed out our winter wishes gifts funded by staff at CHS to students who asked for a special gift for a friend, family member, or themselves during

011the holidays. Our Renaissance and ASB students came together for a holiday leadership day with snacks and drinks on December 11th. Lastly, Renaissance hosted a frozen themed all school awards winter PBIS ceremony on December 12th. divided by grade level. This ceremony highlighted students achievements in the field of student of the month which had 240 recipients and PIS which had 107 recipients. On January 16th, city council member John Etearia gave a motivational speech about perseverance to CHS students. On January 20th, the Champs Pathway hosted a Chopped inspired cookoff. On January 21st, Heel had a public health project. Heel took the week before to do all sorts of research on different types of diabetes, including type 1, two, gestational, and pancreatogenic. With this research, they created a presentation to inform each other how they can prevent it and

012help others prevent it as well. They covered many topics of how each is maintained, cured, contracted, and some signs and symptoms of each type. Moving into Caspella on January 27th, CHS hosted the annual Caspella kickoff, which is an assembly to prepare all current juniors for the upcoming CASP test. Over the course of the year, our yellow jackets went on an assortment of field trips, including the Broad Museum, San Diego Zoo, Automotive Museum, and the Skyland Ranch. There was an NJOTC competition on January 24th, and senior class visits were held on January 29th. Seniors were informed about upcoming events and information about graduation. Our seniors are ready to graduate. There was a welding competition on January 31st. And on February 17th and 18th, CHS hosted a Lunar New Year celebration. Miss Lynn and her students showcased

013their creation of a dragon puppet and hosted a tiny parade during lunch. Winter awards were held on February 20th. The ceremony highlighted students hard work through semester 1 of the 2526 school year. For honor roll, there was 260 recipients. For principal's honor role, there was 438 recipients. The top 20 junior honor guard was announced as well as top 10 for 9th through 12th graders. For some more academics, the ELD awards ceremony was held on February 10th. ELPAC testing took place from February to March and MAPS testing was from February 15th to March 4th. The senior class of 2026 picture was on February 18th. The CTE student showcase was on February 26th. The winter rally was on February 27th. The theme was Spongebob and ASB did an incredible job of bringing bikini bottom to CHS. The

014prom fashion show was on March 6th. During so, seniors showcased the proper attire for prom 2026. The theme and location were also announced as well as prom court. CHS also had the NJOTC military ball on March uh 6th. The Rotary speech competition was held on February 20th. First place went to Leah Kinosis who won $200. Second place to Sarah Marquez who won $100 and third place to Roxytosu who won $50. Read Across America was on March 3rd. A handful of leadership students attended the trip to Grant Elementary. Heel hosted their blood drive on March 6th. All students who donated blood were rewarded with an In-N-Out gift card. Heel presentations on relationship awareness were held on March 11th. Members of heel went into classrooms and gave wonderful presentations. As usual, our link crew leaders continue to

015conduct freshman follow-ups on every first and third Wednesday of the month where they connect with all freshmen and make their first year at CHS a great one. Link Crew also hosted their Halloween event for freshmen on October 31st. And lastly, on November 17th, incoming freshmen from Colton Middle School and Joe Baka Middle School visited CHS for a glimpse of what their next school year will look like, guided by our CHS linker leaders. Moving on to our athletics, our girls basketball earned second place in the San Andreas League and made their third consecutive trip to the CIF playoffs. Yes, the boys soccer team won the Skyline League tournament to come in second place in league and made the CIF playoffs. The CHS esports team attended the Fall Brawl Smash Bros tournament at Barstow High School on

016October 18th, and Xander Lavario took first place. Both boys and girls wrestling teams came in second place in league. The yellow the Lady Yellow Jackets qualified for CIF duels for the first time in school history. In addition to this, we also had seven league champion wrestlers. Joshua Himenez, Uzziel Mario, Tyler Zesque, David Yanes, Nurel Quellar, Gabriella Rocha, and Natalie Ramirez. Three Yellow Jacket wrestlers also qualified for the master tournament this season. Right. Also, the boys basketball team won the Skyline League Championship with an undefeated 8-0 record in league. They also won the CIF Division 9 Championship, earning the first CIF title in school history for the sport of basketball. And finally, for my personal favorite, the competition cheer team competed at CIF Southern Section again, placing fifth in Division 3 co-ed. They also represented Coloulton

017at the CIF State Tournament for the first time in Colton history. And most importantly, the team earned first place at the USA Spirit Nationals in Anaheim for the first time since 2007, thanks to their hard work and dedication throughout this season. >> And now for our spring sports. Our track team participated in the Heritage High School Invitational on Saturday, March 6th in their first action of the season. Our girls frost and saw 4x400 team earned third place while we had two discus throwers win first and second place. That is Mia Guerrero and Jasmine Lopez. The team began league meets when they hosted Kaiser on Wednesday, March 11th. The boys tennis team have been excited to return to their newly refurbished tennis courts on campus at CHS. Thank you to Assistant Superintendent Prom and his team

018for their support with getting the tennis courts ready for the new year. Boys tennis is off to a solid start for the season and they are preparing for their upcoming league season where they will host both league prelims and league finals on April 27th and 29th. Girls softball is currently 6 and0 to start their season and will enter league play next week. Boys baseball is off to a sound start this season at 3 and four. They will begin San Andreas league play this week looking to punch their ticket to the playoffs after reaching the semifinals last year. This Saturday, March 14th, they will play a Royal Valley at the 66er Stadium at 400 pm. Moving on to PBIS, community meetings are conducted once a month with both parents and students. We also continue to have

019advisory lessons on extended second period days, and teachers hand out five-star points to those students who are being responsible, being respectful, and or acting with integrity. As you may know, our students are hard-working and dedicated individuals from academics to extracurriculars. And our school makes sure to take note of that and reward them thanks to the hard work of Renaissance, who held their first rewards redemption day on October 24th, where students could redeem their five-star points given to them by staff for being an exceptional student. Students can continue to redeem these points, not just on rewards redemption day, but year round, thanks to our reward store, also run by Renaissance. And lastly, Renaissance also continues to distribute birthday cards and candy to all students for every month. And for our attendance, Coloulton High School continues hosting

020StepUp Saturday school days where students can study and or make up attendance. Our next Stepup Saturday school is April 4th. And now, please direct your attention to the current slide for information on all our upcoming events. We look forward to seeing you there. And finally, we would like to thank you for your time. It is greatly appreciated. And we now open ourselves up to any questions or have >> Thank you. Thank you, uh, Mia. And thank you, Al, uh, Aubrey, Christian, and Alexa also. Uh, excellent presentation. You managed to put everything in um, 15 minutes. You let us know your activities, your academics, your your athletic programs, your school spirit, your pride, everything all packed and you did it very well. I know Mr. Abbott is probably back there. Yeah, he's very very proud of

021you and so are we. I'm going to open it up to uh board comments. Okay, Mr. Ibara. >> Thank you very much. First of all, I want to offer my congratulations to all four of you for doing an excellent job in your presentation. It was clear, concise, and really informative in everything that you've talked about. Also, I just want to acknowledge all the excellence that is coming out of Cone High School. Cone High School has a long tradition of excellent uh in sports, but also excellence in academics as well. And when you put those two together, you're going to have a really strong student. And I just want to say to each and every one of you who are achieving, first of all, the champions, CIF champions, you'll never forget that. That's going to be

022something that's going to go with you the rest of your lives. Winning cheer, being first place, something that you will always, always remember. you know, going way back. I can speak for myself. I still run into old friends that I haven't seen for years and we played on championship teams together. And when we see each other, first thing we do is we give each other a hug because, you know, of all the things that and all the memories that each and every one of you will carry with you throughout your whole life. So with that, I just want to say that's great to the coaches, to the players, to the family members, to the support, to our administration, our teachers, all those who support Cohen High School and all those efforts that were put out

023throughout this year. You know, that it's like I said, you know, I could sum it all up and just say that's excellent. It's been a wonderful uh journey for I'm sure all of you. So continue that journey and keep on going forward because that's going to be really important in your lives to come ahead. So never forget where you come from and always remember where you're going. So with that, I just want to say great job and uh congratulations again. Thank you, Bertha. >> Thank you, >> Board Member Fuentes. I'm gonna ditto what uh Mr. Ibara said and have a good day. No, I'm kidding. I'm just kidding. Okay, you guys did such an awesome job. It's great to see everything academic sports, all the fun activities that are going on at CHS. To me,

024you know, I've been to some of these events. I was at the finals for the CIF for the basketball. You guys did such an awesome job. You fought to the You fought you fought hard, man. You guys did a great job. So, congratulations to you guys. Uh but congratulations to all four of you. You guys are doing you well spoken, well uh dictated everything. It's not easy coming up to the pulpit that to the podium or whatever it is. Uh come up to the podium. I call it a pulpit. Uh the podium and uh and to be able to to share what's going on. And you guys did a great job. Congratulations. Keep doing what you're doing. You are the leaders at uh CHS. Keep that leadership up from today and forever. So congratulations again

025and congratulations to all the teams, the cheerleaders, everyone and parents. Thank you. Thank you for raising great great kids like this because without you we couldn't have kids like this. Thank you. >> Any other comments? >> Uh first of all, great job on the presentation. You guys have always been so impressive when you come forward and share all the things that you're doing, not just the presentation, but the enthusiasm and the energy. Uh you you make Colton High a place that kids want to be and they're excited to be. Uh and I'll just add because what you've heard from all the board members is absolutely true. How proud we are of the success of our students across the board and whether it's athletics, whether it's performing arts or whether it's whatever the extracurricular activity might

026be that students are into, leadership, student uh leadership positions, and of course academics. One of the thing that's special about Colton High is that with each class comes over 100 years of tradition and heritage that you inherit and that you pass on to that next class and that next class and that next generation. And I can tell you firsthand uh how special that is because my parents graduated from Colton High. My dad is a proud graduate of class of 68. He wears it proudly. Uh I graduated from Colton High and now my son is a freshman at Colton High. And that is not something that I think I envisioned when I was at Colton. I didn't know if I was going to stay or leave or come back. I left, but I came back. And

027now looking at at at the legacy that's been left behind. Um, I'm so proud to be just a small part of something that is so special. And I want you to know that what you're doing, the culture that you're building, and again, this is to not just the students, but the coaches. Uh, and I and by the way, I some of you are are also yellow jackets out there and your kids are going to Colton. We know what that means. when you see sitting in the stand and you're watching your kids play or you're watching them perform, there is a sense of pride that I don't care on your best day on the court or on the field, it is such a greater sense of pride that you feel when you see your kids do

028it right. That is a blessing that you give to us and I want to say thank you for what you're doing and remember that the responsibility you have is to set the example for the next generation. So, thank you so much for everything that you do for us. Thank you so much for your presentation and uh are we going to see you again this next? No. How many of you are uh are seniors? Two. Okay. Well, uh have you picked your college yet? Or have you decided what what path you're taking? >> Yeah. >> Oh, okay. Good. >> Lots of acceptances. That's wonderful. That's good to hear. Yes. That's great. Okay. Uh, thank you so much for your presentation. Thank you. Excellent. Okay, moving on to uh 2 uh 3.1. Mr. Abbott, uh Principal Abbott,

029please do not go far. You're back on the podium. and he will be presenting on the uh compet cheer team. Another proud moment here's in the house. Right. So, um, one thing, uh, just in my experience as a a student, uh, not too long ago, um, and as an educator and and administrator, one of the things that has always remained consistent and constant is that our cheer programs at every school, um, really are the shining leading light u, for what we do. They're always in the community. They're always at the school. They're always there for all of us. And so not too often um do we get to celebrate them and I just want to say as the proud principal of Colton High School, this is an amazing night in recognition of you all um

030for your accomplishment. And so um at this time I would like to introduce um our cheer coaches and our comp cheer team uh to the podium. Hi, good evening to everyone. Thank you so much to the board of education for having us here and celebrating with us this really big win. Thank you community member, family, friends for being here to cheer everyone on. Mr. Abbott, sweet words. Thank you for recognizing us and being our cheerleaders today. These kids went through an amazing year. It was full of challenges. It was full of changes. It was definitely a year of a lot of close together, very smart, athletic individuals who I am very proud to have been able to coach and I am very sad to see this team leave, but very excited to keep moving forward

031as well and building this program at Colton High School. Thank you so much everyone for this. Yeah, get that flag going, Mia. Yeah. Thank you. Okay. And starting with that recognition, we have Miriam Alzaga through this, >> Bea Armanderes, >> Alexis Kartahena, Sarissa Caseda, >> Genesis Delgado, Isabella Escoal, Jasmine Gomez, Christian Jason, Stephanie Marcelo Vgara >> Isabelle Nadal, >> Mia Perez, >> Cassandra Romo, Kendall Smith, Zelane Vasquez, Palasio, Is Isabella Winter and not here with us today but still recognized Natalie Masahi, Jennifer Asencio, Robert Asaveto, Joanna Guerrero, and Javina Par. Congratulations. >> Okay. So Katie's out today, but we'll take a picture. We'll get a No. Is that you guys? >> Girls, can I ask you girls to just take a boys and girls step back? >> Yeah. >> There we go. >> There you

032go. We got to see the trophy. >> Right. Parents, parent girls, hold on a minute. Parents, if you need to take pictures, please do so. Get my good. >> Okay, congratulations again, girls and boys. Can I take it off? >> Okay, moving on. We have um Bloomington High. No, I'm sorry. Uh um Mr. Abbott, please come back up. Mr. Abbott, >> my steps in tonight. All right. From one championship team to another. Uh, nothing more than I can say. First time in school history, Colton High School boys basketball champions. Coach, gentlemen, please make your way to the podium. Thank you. Thank you, council members, uh family, friends. Um sorry I'm a little stuffed up today, but uh it was a great season for the boys. Uh started with a lot of adversity. We had some

033injuries, uh, a lot of things going on at the beginning of the season. The guys stayed together. Uh, they fought through that adversity. No fingerpointing, no blaming. Uh, they had the right spirit about everything. Uh, it all culminated a few weeks ago uh, with the division 9 championship. I couldn't be more proud of the guys and the work they've done. We have a great group of seniors who, uh, for the most part were all with us for four years. I think they were really the backbone to what we were able to do this year. So, super proud. Um and yeah, thank you. >> So for individuals, uh Brandon Emerald, >> Isaac Aoyo Michael Collins, >> Martin Delgado, Andreas Alennus, Damen Jimenez, Colton kegress, >> Gonzalo, Orrezo, >> John, Eric, Renteria, >> Rudy, Ruiz, Isaac Sanchez,

034>> Isaiah Stewart, >> uh, we'll save those for the no mention. >> That's for me. We won't talk about him. >> Yeah, we won't talk about you there. >> Barry Bor just cuz I want you up here. Come on up here. There you go. >> They didn't get him. >> Okay. >> Isaiah Wrangle. >> I also want to recognize a couple of folks who aren't here. Uh Jamian Robinson who was on our coaching staff this year. >> Peter >> and Peter Tahada. So >> get together, boys. >> You got to shake hands. We need you in the front. There you go. Proud moment. for all of us. Okay, we have the the celebrations continue. We have uh Bloomington High School CIF uh Southern Section Student Athletes of the Year. >> Miss Roman, please come to

035the podium. Do we see the first? >> Good evening, board president Flores, board members, superintendent Dr. Miranda, and members of the audience. It is with great pleasure that we recognize and introduce our CIF student athletes um of the year. And before we begin, I'd like to make sure that both of our athletes um have the opportunity to come up if they have not come up yet. So, I see that we have uh Stephanie up here, but um do we have Gabriel? Is Gabriel in the audience? Okay, we'll recognize him privately um on our school campus. All right. I'd like to introduce our student athlete. Um she really embodies and exemplifies what it means to be a Bruin um scholar athlete. Uh Stephanie Amara Eweu. Yes. Um is uh recognized tonight for her excellence not only

036as a senior female scholar athlete of the year but also for her academic success and athletic abilities. We are proud of your accomplishments and wish you continued success. And also, I would like to recognize that she is planning to go to Duke University next school year. We are extremely proud of her and um I just wish her the best in her future endeavors and know that she will shine and represent Brewing Country proudly. with recognizing our stellar athlete and student. I'd like to also take a moment to recognize her family. So for families in the audience, we know that it takes a great support system for students to be successful. So if you'd please stand as well. >> Thank you very much. Thank you so much. Oh, you know what? But we do want a

037picture with all with all of us in friendly. Okay. Yeah, congratulations Congratulations again to Stephanie. We wish her the best. We are moving on to our employee recognition. I would like to invite Dr. Cervantes and Dr. and Mr. Eniso up to the podium. Good evening, board president Flores, board members, superintendent Dr. Miranda, and members of the audience. My name is Eric Eniso, proud director of human resources, classified. Got you there for a second, right? No. So I am here for the employee recognition for the month of uh December and no uh I'm sorry January February. Um our first person that is on the classified side unfortunately could not be here today. So I'm not going to share the name because I can very certain that we're going to get a very big round of applause

038when I do share it. So I'm going to share that one next time. But we'll be moving forward with the next person. >> I would also like to share that we do have a certificated employee of the month but unfortunately she couldn't be here. I am going to share her name. Um her name is Stephanie Lynn and she's our PPS CPS. Unfortunately, she was at a um professional development. Couldn't make it here on time. So, we'll introduce both Joe and Stephanie next time. So, let's give him a round of applause. >> You spilled the >> I wasn't listening to >> Whoops. Oops. Yes. Thank you, Miss Loris. Um at this time I do um want to recognize our educational partner and that is Miss Sandra Davis as Davis Family Childare and let's give her and

039intro and introducing her is principal uh Chavez from Smith Elementary. Good evening, board president Flores, board members, superintendent Dr. Viranda, and member of the audience. It is my honor to recognize Sandra Davis, owner of of Davis Family Childare as our education partner for Smith Tech Academy. For nearly three decades, Sandra has been a caring and dedicated presence for the families in our community. Staff described Sandra as one of the kindest, most generous, and compassionate people they know. Sandra's Davis has been a cornerstone of support for many of our students and families. Through her dedication and commitment to early child care, she has helped nurture and prepare many of our Smith stars for success long before they even arrive on our campus. One of our teachers whose whose two children attended Sandra's daycare share that Sandra

040demonstrates incredible dedication and a compassion towards students and family. She is generous with her time, deeply committed to the well-being of every child she serves, and highly respected by both colleagues and families. Sandra's generosity extends far beyond child care. Staff share that she is always one of the first to support our school's efforts. Whether it's helping with homeless drives, water drives, or grade level fundraisers, her willingness to support these initiatives reflects the deep care she has for our students and families. Simply put, Sandra truly exemplifies generosity and action. But what truly makes Sandra special is the heart she brings to everything she does. Her positive her positivity is contagious. She greets everyone with a warm smile and always finds ways to support students, families, and staff. Sandra has always been a trusted partner to our

041school community, volunteering on campus, supporting school events, serving on our school site council, and even help transport her daycare students so they could attend our night school events while parents are working. Sandra Davis is more than a child care provider. She is a trusted partner, a supporter of families, and a beloved member of the Smith Tech community whose impact has touched generations of students. Sandra, your kindness, generosity, and dedication reminds us that it truly takes a village to raise a child, and we are so fortunate that you are part of ours. Thank you, Sandra. We love you. You are truly a shining star. >> Thank you. >> Good evening. >> Thank you, board president Flores, board members, and superintendent Dr. Miranda for this incredible honor. I first got into child care because I wanted to

042be I wanted to be a teacher, but then after I had my daughter in family child care, I thought, "Okay, that's what I want to do." So, 18 years later, now I'm still doing child care. And the kids I have now are from the the babies when I first opened. It's their children. So, it's just going in circles, just going around. Yep. And then I would just like to say thank you to Smith families and my fam my own families and my extended childcare families for their constant support over the years. I'm proud to transport kids to and from school, continue volunteering and help meet the needs of our community by loving all of the kids. I truly love these children and I feel like I'm still supposed to be here for them. So that's

043why I have no intention on retiring anytime soon. Thank you. >> Okay. And I would like to introduce my mom Mary Jeff. and by my sister Gwen Wesley, >> my granddaughters Erllin and Tristan, >> my grandson, >> seven, and my Smith family, and all of my childc care families. Thank you. Okay, that's good. Thank you. When I was a nutrition, services. I would get a call and I would they would tell me, "I have a van full of uh kids over here that are they able to get meals?" I would say, "Absolutely." I have a suspicion that was Miss Davis and her kiddos. But I love it. Another round of applause for Miss Davis. Good job. We have >> That concludes our presentation tonight. >> Great. Well, thank you. And um next month we will

044>> see our your secret our shopper. >> I didn't say the last name, >> right? >> Very common. >> Thank you so much. At this point, we're moving on to 4.1 public hearing for master retail electricity supply agreement with Constellation New Energy Incorporated for the purchase of electricity at Grant Terrace Elementary School and Slover Mountain High School. Okay. I am opening it up to public this this public hearing and we're opening it up to public comments pertaining to this item. Seeing none, we are closing the public hearing. Okay, we are going now to 5.0 public comment. Item 5.1. Um, we do have some cards that we would like to call up. Uh, >> okay. Okay. For uh as we uh as we call the u public for public comment, each speaker will be invited to

045the podium and should begin by stating his or her name and reciting city. First speaker, Anna Karen Del Real. Good evening, board members, CJUSD families. U my name is Anna Del Rio and I am a parent at Lincoln Elementary. Um, there's multiple Lincoln Elementary parents here tonight because we care deeply about our children and our school community. We want to work with the district to ensure Lincoln is a safe, supportive, and transparent environment for our students. Our intention is not to discredit the hard work of many staff members at Lincoln Elementary, but we do want to express some concerns. Um, parents have concerns about the school site council process and title one funding transparency. SSC members are responsible for voting on the school's financial plan, but it is difficult to make informed decisions when the

046full budget is not shared before votes occur. Families want to understand how Title One funds are allocated and how those funds support student success. Therefore, we ask that parents are to be able to review SSE procedures to ensure full budget transparency before votes occur. Frequent leadership turnover has affected staff morale. Teachers report limited support, difficulty obtaining supplies, and reduced time to connect with students. When staff um and parents feel unsupported, it directly affects the learning environment of our students. So, we ask, how will the district ensure teachers receive necessary supplies and resources in a timely manner? Additionally, parents and staff have raised concerns about the about campus cleanliness, undersupplied bathrooms, and custodial accountability. There have also been reports of students visiting the health office without parents being notified, as well as concerns about safety incidents

047occurring on campus. Families deserve clear and rapid communication when incidents occur that affect student well-being. We ask, how can the district ensure that custodial standards and campus safety expectations are being met? How can we ensure that parents are notified when students visit the health office or when serious incidents occur on campus? Thank you. >> Thank you. The next uh card I have is uh Adri Adriana Bravo. Adriana Bravo. Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln Elementary We are open to future discuss our concerns at a later time as these matters are important to our wellbegan and educate our of our students. Thank you. Thank you, Jasmine Garcia. is investig. supervision. Okay. We're asking Cynthia to come up and and translate. The parents stated, "Parents have shared concerns that some students report some student reports may have been dismissed or

048not fully taken seriously. Students deserve to feel heard and respected when they report concerns about their school environment. Questions: What processes are in place to ensure student and parent concerns are taken seriously and investigated appropriately? How will the district ensure student voices are respected and not dismissed? Parents and staff are asking the district to review Lincoln's practices to ensure policies and procedures are being followed. Strong district oversight is essential to maintain a safe and supportive learning environment questions. Will the district conduct a review of Lincoln's leadership practices and school site council processes? What accountability measures will be in place if policies or procedures are not being followed? Thank you Cynthia for that. Next speaker is Amanda Olivio. >> Um, some families feel like communication has been inconsistent and that not all parent groups receive the

049same level of engagement or support. Building trust requires consistent communication and equitable treatment for all families in the school community. Question: How will the district ensure all families receive quick equitable communication and support? What steps will be taken to rebuild trust between Lincoln leadership and families? Parents and students have raised concerns about professionalism among some office staff and school leadership. When incidents occur that affect students, families, expect transparency and clear communication. Question. How does a district ensure staff and leadership maintain professional standards on campus? What processes ensure incidents involving students are communicated appropriately to families. Thank you. >> Well, thank you for that. >> Dr. Miranda, can you meet with the parents or >> Oh, yeah. We are we will be um directing the superintendent to meet with the group and um yes, we do

050hear you. We just can't respond right now. And like you you know um you you mentioned there's a lot to to talk about. So we are directing the superintendent to meet with you >> copies. I don't know if you got it. >> We have the cop each member. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Uh Miss Garcia. Okay. Gracias. >> Thank you parents. Next speaker is Lisa Via. Hello. Good evening. My name is Lisa Via and I reside here in Colton. I'm here today because I care deeply about the students in this district and the community that supports them. I appreciate these opportunities to speak and I hope my com comments I and are received in the spirit that they are intended which is concern for the well-being and success of our students and staff. One

051issue I would like to address tonight is transparency and communication between district leadership and the community. Many members of the community, including myself, often bring forward concerns, questions, and feedback during meetings like this one. These comments are not made to create conflict. They are made because people care and are concerned about the direction of our schools and the impact of your decisions have on students and staff. However, it often feels unclear how those concerns are handled. Are there guidelines that determine which public comments are or issues the board chooses to respond to and which ones are left unressed? As someone who has spoken many times here before, I sometimes feel that concerns brought forward in good faith are simply ignored. It can feel as though responses are given to those only when they help create

052appearance the appearance of transparency, but meaningful follow-ups or explanations rarely happen. Afterward, you never immediately respond to my public comments. You simply say, "Thank you." But other people's comments, you tell them you will call them tomorrow. You have never called me. I have I bring important facts. When this happens, it leaves members of the community feeling unheard. More importantly, it creates the perception that decisions made at the district level are happening without meaningful dialogue with the people most affected by them, our students, families, and educators. Transparency is not just about sharing information when it is convenient. True transparency means consistent communication. Clear responses clear responses and a willingness to engage with difficult questions from the community. When that level of openness is missing, it can begin to erode trust. My hope is that the board

053and district leadership will consider establishing clearer expectations for communication with the public. it concerns. If concerns are raised, the community deserves to know whether they are being reviewed, addressed, or why they may not be acted upon. Ultimately, we should share the same goal, doing what is best for the students and staff in this district. Open communication and transparency are essential if we want the community to feel confident that the decisions are being made in good faith for our kids. Thank you for your time and hopefully you're listening. Thank you. Thank you, Miss Via. And that concludes the public comments. We are moving on to 6.1 second interim presentation, business service division. I would like to invite assistant superintendent from an Maranda Sarabia to the podium. >> Good evening, board president Flores, board members, superintendent Dr.

054Miranda, and members of audience. Tonight here, we're giving you an update on budget for second interm. Next slide, please. The purpose of second interimm is to provide a snapshot of our district's financial health midway through the fiscal year. It helps set the district stay on track with budget and represents actuals from July 1 through the end of January 31st, 2025. Next slide, please. There's three different ways we can certify our interim report and we're proud to report we have a positive certification that we're filing. That means the district is projecting we'll be able to meet all of our financial obligations for the current and subsequent two fiscal years. Next slide, please. I'm going to turn it over now to Maria Amanda. >> Good evening, board members, executive cabinet, and members of the audience. Uh, this

055slide shows how the unrestricted revenues have changed since first interim. There was an increase of $400,000 in LCFF revenue mainly due to higher unduplicated pupil count as well as an increase of 187,000 in local revenue due to higher energy rebates. However, some of that increase is offset by higher contributions to restricted programs resulting in a net increase of $122,000. On the expenditure side, adjustments reflect how the budget is responding to actual staffing and operational needs. Benefits decreased due to the use of one-time restricted dollars that will be expiring, while books and supplies, contract, services, and capital outlay were realigned to better reflect current needs. In addition, transfers to other funds decreased due to a one-time grant awarded to our child development program, which reduced the contribution by $500,000. Overall, there was a decrease of 1

056million in expenditures. This slide highlights where the general fund is supporting other programs and obligations. The largest contribution is to our special educ special education program where service needs exceed state and federal funding. We also make contributions to the restricted maintenance program to support facilities uh and the self-insurance fund to cover workers compensation and liabilities as well as to our child development programs. These contributions reflect our commitment to maintaining comprehensive service services for our students and staff. So th this slide here is very important. The state has a proposal out for next year to increase funding for special ed which is much needed as you can see by the increase in contribution costs that affect every school district in the state of California. If you look down at the bottom line there, AB602, uh, they

057proposed to increase the base rate of the grant and they fund it per ADA, districtwide ADA, not special education students ADA. So, we we are projecting that cost could give us up to a million and a half to $2 million or more. That will be very helpful. And the cola at 2.41, I just learned today, it most likely is going to come in higher than that. Um, which will help as well in that. So there'll be more information to come on this after May revise comes out. Next slide. This is this is also a very important slide. This shows our declining enrollment actuals from 1920 through the 2425 school year in the blue. And then the yellow represents based on our current staffing enrollment projections for the next 10 years. Total enrollment decline that we've

058had since 2019 is 16.9%. An average of 440 students per year. It's projected over the next 10 years to lose 3,383 students, which represents a approximately a 54.1 million loss in $88 over that course of time. The multi-year projections show our financial outlook over the next three years. As shown on the right, the district continues to meet the required 3% reserve each year with reserve amounts projected at approximately 13.6 million in 2526, 12.8 million in 2627, and 13.1 million in 2728. While the overall fund balance is projected to decline over time, the district is closely monitoring enrollment trends, staffing levels, and expenditure growth, and will continue to adjust as needed to maintain fiscal stability. And then this final slide outlines the key milestones in the budget development process. It begins with the governor's May revision

059followed by the 2627 LCAP and budget public hearing in early June and concludes with the LCAP and budget adoption in midJune. >> Thank you. And any questions? >> We'll open it up to the board. Any questions? >> Okay. Board member Flores. >> President Flores. Um just to touch on the additional uh special education funding coming from the state. This is this is state money that they're looking to allocate for special education. So this is this would be new dollars coming in. >> No, it's not necessarily new dollars. It's an increase to the base. If you look on the >> Okay. Right. It's about 80 80 more FTEEs that current is the current base is around 916 per ADA. Um but the funny thing is about about that the cost that the governor put in there

060is more dollars than that dollar amount is there. So it could go up to over 130 if they allocate all the money he says he put in for it and that that makes sense. >> Yeah, I think so. So this is obviously contingent on being finalized in the governor's budget for next year. Okay. >> Yes. And every every penny will count. So we we project around a million and a half to two million or more depending on if that goes up it even more to help with that contribution as well. >> So it'll it'll lower our contribution to what's the shortfall is currently. Right. Okay. Great. Thank you. >> Thank you for that clarification. I was wondering the same thing. Any other questions? I think we're good. Thank you so much. >> Thank you. Okay,

061moving on to items 7.1 through 750. Are there any items that you would like to be that would uh like to be considered separately? If not, >> yeah, I I if just real quick for a quick It's a positive presentation. It would be seven. I believe it's seven. I want to say it's 7.4. or it's under the field trip um uh under the field trip items. >> Okay. Is there a motion to approve action items 7.1 through 750 with the exception of 7.4? >> Do we second Okay, I have a a motion by board member Thoring O'Hada and second by board member Fuentes to approve action items 7.1 through 7.50 with the exception of 7.4. Um those in favor say I. >> Nay. >> Okay. on the motion by board member Doring O'Hada and board

062member Fuentes and carried on a 60 uh vote, the board approved action items 7.1 through 750 with the exception of 7.4. Okay, going back to 7.4. >> Is there a motion? >> I'll move to approve the item. >> Okay, need a second. Okay. >> And I just wanted to take a moment just to highlight one of the events that we participate in as a district. If Dr. Pion wouldn't mind sharing a little bit of information on the National Black Graduation. Uh it's a fantastic event. I just wanted to let folks know what it is and and how we participate >> on at the at the county office or the at the at Cal State San Frernardino. And so um it celebrates our black and African-American graduates throughout the district and throughout the county. um I

063believe Sanernardino and Riverside. And so we um part of the the field trips is to uh purchase 88 tickets for our African-American and black seniors in order to participate in that. Um we'll also provide busing if needed um from the school sites for anyone that has any transportation issues. And so, um, it's just an exciting event to celebrate, um, African-American and black culture as well as our graduates and really celebrate, um, their accomplishments for for the school for their four years in high school. >> Absolutely. Thank you. I've had the privilege of attending it a few times and it's just it's such a high energy, amazing event. And what's great is obviously students coming from across the county, the region, so they're getting to celebrate with one another, meet others. There's a lot of focus

064on where they're going to college and what the future holds. But you're absolutely right. It's a celebration of culture, heritage, of excellence. And so just wanted to make a note of that and I I am grateful, Dr. Miranda, that we continue to participate and allow our students to participate in the na national black graduation at Cal State. So >> thank you. I just added, you know, part of the vision of the district of equity and Dr. Clark heads that so uh we don't want to lose sight of that. That's led by an incredible leader and of course Tina recognizes that and we're we're going to continue to provide these opportunities for our students. uh and uh making sure that we fulfilled that vision. >> All right. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for bringing that

065up. Um I have a motion by board member Thoring O'Hada and no, I'm sorry for board member Flores and and second by board member Fuentes to approve item 7.4. All those in favor? >> I abstensions? None. on motion by board member Flores and board member Fuentes and carried on a 60 vote. The board approved action item 7.4 as presented. We are moving on to 8.0 for reports 8.1 through 8.4. Are there any questions or comments from board members on those items? Okay. If not, we will move on to 8.5 facility subdate. We do not have an an facilities update today. Uh a subdate. I would like to invite Miss uh President Parachent. Oh, okay. There you go. >> It's off. >> It's late. Good evening, Board President Flores, board members, Superintendent Dr. Mir Miranda, and

066members of the audience. My name is Christina Parach, and I have the privilege to be the president of Association of Colton Educators. I would like to provide the brief update on three areas. Negotiations, ACE leadership, and legislative advocacy. First, negotiations. the Association of Colton Educators and the district has successfully completed their bargaining cycle for the 2526 school year. Officially, the bargaining teams reached tentative agreements on several contract articles, including a 2.3 salary increase for our educators. In addition, both teams signed anou that ensures all health benefits cost will be fully covered for the 26 27 school year pending board approval. At this time, the agreement it is the in the ratification phase and our membership will be voting through March 31st. I want to acknowledge the collaborative work between the district and the association bargaining

067team to reach this agreement. Second, ACE elections. The association has officially completed its election cycle. Our membership has chosen to maintain largely the same leadership uh team. That means nobody run. on most of the position. There was one person on the ballot with the exception of a new middle school director. One of the middle school director is retiring Wendoviac. We look forward to continuing the work with the this leadership team and will uh formally introduce the full ACE leadership group at the first board meeting of the 26 27 school year. Finally, legislative advocacy advocacy on March 9 and 10 n and 10 members of the Sambandino CTA president's coalition and superintendent coalition travel to Sacramento to advocate on behalf of students and educators across our region. Together, we spoke with legislators about key issues affecting

068our schools. We actually put 7,000 steps in a day from 8 to 4:45 with no lunch. Among the priority we raised were um the urgent need for increased special education funding and we did advocate for 1099 not 10 39 for students or 99.999 to address growing case load educator burnout and staffing shortage ensuring that educator compensations keep pace with California high cost of living so education educators can continue to live and work in the community they serve. Supporting the C California Community Schools Sustainability and Expansion Act. As you know, the governor proposed to put one billion in Prop 98, which means funding will be taken from base to fund school uh community schools, which is not something that our team supported because we should get the minimum on Prop 98, not add more programs, which

069means some of the schools that don't have community schools, they'll get lesson on base grants. So we did not support that. Um so then the last thing was continuing investment in student services, school safety, mental health support and funding for all students. So this conversations are important because they demonstrate that district leadership and educator leadership can work together with a unified voice to advocate for our students and our staff. Uh just to let you know every legislature or anybody that met with us, senators assembly, they said that this is the only group that takes superintendent and presidents and we actually had originally we're going to have the president and the superintendent of Apple Valley which they they were in impass but they were going to put everything aside and go in there with a united

070front even So back at home they don't get along. So with that we try we we didn't talk anything else besides what we uh discussed and it was a really good um experience. Actually at the beginning you could see that the union side we had seven and seven but we ended up with five and four and the union was on this side. The the superintendents are on this side. By the end of it we actually were all mingled together. There was no more uh who's sitting next to who. So, it was a really good experience and have a good night and oh, happy spring break. We all need it. That's right. Thank you, Christina. 8.7 CSA update. We don't see anybody. No. Okay. Mac update. Oh, I'm sorry. Come on. Oh, of course. Come on.

071>> Thank you very much. Thank you. Okay. Mac update rop. >> Yes, we we did have a meeting yesterday. Uh a very informative meeting as they all are. And a couple highlights is that uh corner RLP is going to be starting to concentrate a little bit more in increasing their adult programs. And uh a couple of the programs that they're looking to uh start working on, one of them is a cosmetology program, full service convers, which uh I think most of the board members, I'm the only male that sits on the board along with uh Israel, who's an alternate, but everyone was really pretty hyped up about it and sound like a great idea. And of course there's always going to be a need and and uh Dr. Angel who's in the crowd today, he

072said that uh that's one area that AI won't uh get involved in. So you know we're all going to need haircuts and so forth. So you know uh that's something that you know we look forward to seeing it develop. Also, uh they're looking to create a wellness program which is going to be for our students, staff, and the community. And I think that that's going to be something that because here at Colon, I mentioned that we have a lot of success with our wellness programs. You know, it serves our students really well and it offers them an opportunity just to step away for a while and get support outside of the classroom. So I think that that would be an excellent excellent idea uh for Cryrop to head in that direction. Uh just a couple

073items and so I won't take too much away from my colleagues. Um at Cone High School, we had eight uh Cone High School welding students advance to the state competition for Skills USA which will be held in April. And uh we also have uh at uh we've had a former Sllover Mountain High School child development student, Natalie Arosco, was hired by Kinder Ki Academy, Kitty Academy. Uh and she's now teaching her own class of two year olds. So just want to just to highlight the fact that a lot of the skills that they learn through Cryrop and through our district academically, you know, allows many of our students and we see this constantly uh go into the profession of their choice and give them opportunities to do well. Um with that, I I'd like to

074uh turn it over to uh Pat Harlo. you'd like to have a few words. >> Excuse me. Just a couple of things. Um, I'll continue with what you were saying. Bloomington High School's virtual enterprise team placed second in salesmanships, excuse me, at the California State Conference in Bakersfield. And we also have uh Bloomington High School Criminal Investigation Course. They attended the SBCSS public safety day on March the 5th. And um we also um I think that's all for me. Sorry. >> Okay. And Israel >> real quick for the uh Kryro uh Educational Foundation. We are going to have some fundraising going on. And I think the first one is the Buffalo Wild Wings in Yakypa. So, if you're in the Yakypa area on March 16th from 4:00 to 9:00, step into the Buffalo Wild Wings,

075grab some wings to go or to stay there and eat or a burger, whatever you'd like to do. We're having a fundraiser there and more to come. We're going to have some uh bingo coming up. And so, and then we're also looking for a location to do a fun some fundraiser out in this area of Colton and Bloomington and all that. So, you know, keep an eye out. Keep an eye out. and uh March 16th, if you're in the Yakipa area, we'd like to see you there at the Buffalo Wild Wings. Thank you. >> And Israel, what does the fundraising money go toward? >> It goes to our scholars, our students for scholarships for them to continue in their careers. >> Yes. Thank you. Thank you very much. >> Very good. Thank you for the

076report. >> Report. >> Thank you for the report. Superintendent Communicate. Dr. Miranda. >> Yes. Uh good evening, board president, board members, and everybody who's still out there and online. Uh it is my pleasure to present the my communicate this evening. I do want to start off with uh uh asking the board to accommodate us with a special board meeting. Um in board correspondence I put a little bit more details in there. Uh so know all of you received that information. Um, and so, uh, I've put up some dates there, uh, for the board's, uh, availability, and I'm proposing, uh, those three dates as you see, Monday, April 6, Monday, April 20th, and Tuesday, April 21st. Uh, we usually start our well, SP special board meetings around 5:30, but however, uh, if the board uh, wishes,

077we can start earlier. uh let's say at 3:30 3:30 if that would uh work for our board. Uh it's obviously it's going to be held here and uh look forward to come confirming a date with the board this evening uh and obviously best supports all your schedules. So do we have a preference >> okay anybody else? either oneth. >> Okay, let's go with >> accommodate the the TLF potential event we were talking about. >> Yeah, that's correct. Uh yeah, the fundraiser for TLF. Okay. >> Okay. So, Monday, April 20th. >> Monday, April 20th. And board is uh good with 3 3:30 >> 330 work. Yes. >> Great. We will put on the board's calendar. Thank you board for uh accommodating staff with uh my requests. Uh next item I'd like to highlight this incredible uh

078event. So next Friday, March 20th, uh our district will have the honor of hosting the Inland Empire Expanded Learning and Steam Symposium at Grand Terrace High School. Uh the symposium is expected to welcome approximately 500 expanded learning leaders, educators from across the Inland Empire, bringing together professionals who are dedicated to expanding opportunities, enriching experience for our students beyond the traditional school year. Uh we are especially honored to welcome California State Superintendent Tony Thurman to our event or to the county's event. Uh but I'm calling it our event because it's at Grand Tur High School. uh so uh he's going to share some remarks and I get the honor of also sharing some remark remarks at the event. So inviting all of you to attend especially our board uh and learn about the uh how expanded

079learning places a role in the success of our students. Uh and really what the event uh vision is about uh and for us as a district is uh this opportunity to showcase incredible work happening in our programs uh while fostering collaboration, innovation. Uh and I know we have incredible programs that Tina has led with Ron Perez and and Yoda out there. Uh so Joda uh we are proud uh to be uh hosting and uh it's going to be an important gathering for uh the district and all the leaders uh around uh the region here. So uh it's going to be an awesome event. Uh last uh slide here that I have spring break uh president mentioned that uh and we're looking forward to spring break taking place Monday March 16 through Friday March 27th with

080classes resuming on March Monday uh March 30th. So during this time uh the district offices do remain open to the public on a modified schedule 7:30 to 4. uh regular office hours will resume on Monday, March 30th and uh at that time the offices will stay open till 4:30. So as we approach this break, I I hope all our staff members uh have the opportunity to take some welldeserved time to rest, recharge and enjoy uh just meaningful moments with their family and loved ones and stay safe more importantly. So on behalf of the board of education, we wish all our students, staff, and families just a safe again, relaxing, enjoyable spring break. And I, you know, I'm going to go off script. Joan, real quick, I just have to highlight this incredible event that I

081attended uh this morning that involved our students uh at the uh public uh safety uh uh career fair that hosted by Joe Baka uh Supervisor Baka and it brought uh together leaders from county fire department, county sheriff's corner department, sheriff's and coroners department, the probation department and arrowhead regional medical center. Uh, and so we had uh, students from our cops uh, pathway at Bloomington High School attend. Uh, thank you to Ken for bringing them there. And we had our uh, students from Grand Terrace High School, the emergency medical response pathway who attended that. Uh, so it it was just an incredible opportunity to do a hands-on experience. It was a little different take than just a regular career fair. Uh, and so I got an opportunity to uh, be there this morning. Uh, and you

082know, to see the students and they got to see the the helicopters that the sheriffs use and the different uh aircrafts, vehicles, uh, just just an amazing event. One of the best I I've seen hands-on for our students. They got to talk to uh the the sheriff of the county, Sheriff Dyus, and and other leaders. Uh, so what an opportunity for me to be there and represent our district and speak to them a little. And so, uh, you know, I told them that any every one every one of those students, if they have that, uh, dream, they can fill it. And I said, um, and who knows, one day it may be you answering the calls to serve and protect this very community because we as a district have incredible relationships with our partners, our

083sheriff's, our Colton Police Department. Uh, and thank you to the board for uh, ma, you know, for those relationships because I know you you believe in that partnership and so I I just wanted to make sure that I highlight that and supervisor Baka uh, thank you for the invitation and for for doing that for our students. Uh, thank you. So with that, that is my communicate this evening. >> Thank you, Dr. Miranda. Board member comments. Board member Haro. Sure. Sure thing. Board member Fuentes. >> Thank you, board president. Real quick, shout out to Grimes Elementary for ReadAcross America. I was out there uh reading to the students in sixth and fourth grade. Uh Mr. Duran and Mr. Sutherland. We had a lot of fun reading the book. Uh The Little Yak is what we read

084and they really, really enjoyed it. So, shout out to Grimes, one of my favorite schools. And it's not because my girls went there, but you know what can I say? But uh I I had the opportunity to hit out there. And then uh also, excuse me, had the opportunity to attend the uh senior inspirational dinner at Grant Terrace High School. I always love going to that and that's where you shed that tear. you get to see parents and seniors from from the high school together uh having a dinner together and just remembering and just thanking mom and dad for everything they've done for them. And to me, wow, when when when those pictures come up and they have the signs, they're holding the signs. Thank you, Mom, for everything you did. I just love that.

085It just it touches me. So, shout out to Grant Terrace High School. also had the opportunity to head out to uh to the CIF game, B uh basketball game. Those those young men played hard. They did such a a great job. So I a shout out to them again. Also, district band uh festival that we had that was also amazing. And what I really loved and I won't forget was the dinosaurs when they came out and they were playing the Jurassic the Jurassic Park uh theme. Uh it was cool to see those dinosaurs come out. I thought that was a great touch. So, congratulations to all the students in our bands and and all of that because they sound phenomenal. Thank you. And and I'd love many of you know I play guitar and bass

086and drums and all that. So, uh I also had the opportunity to DJ the CJUSD health fair which was a success. If you didn't make it, you need to make it next year. There was a lot of great information, a lot of great vendors. there was a a drawing and a lot of things. And I want to thanks uh Superintendent Dr. Miranda for being there also and supporting that fair every year. He's out there every year. And I know he he does his walks, you know, every year. Every year. And he actually as he as as he we were getting ready to do the drawing again, he won. He won. So he got and he what was it? Grand Canyon University, was it? Or Duke University? >> Yeah, >> Grand Canyon. So, he got some

087swag from Grand Canyon. So, it's a fun a fun fun event. You know, don't miss don't miss it. If if you're a staff member, uh classified certified, come out. Come out and check it out. You know, it's a fun fun fun fair to go to. A lot of great information. And so, check it out. And we we dance and we do all of that. Also had the opportunity to head out to the Simsef uh science and and uh engineering fair uh award ceremony. And we did have students who received awards from CJUSD and so congratulations to them and kind of going through my list here. And then the Navy Ball. The Navy Ball is another touch. Beautiful, beautiful Navy ball to see all the students in the uniforms all well dressed that evening in their

088gowns, their suits and all of that. Shout out to the to the NJOTC team at Bloomington High School and Colton High School. Shout out to both of them. And I'm going to leave you with this. Have a great spring break. Enjoy your time with your families. Get out there and have fun. Thank you. >> Thank you, board member Fuentes. Board member Haro. >> I'm ready now. Okay. So, I have a couple of things I want to talk about. Um I was invited out to uh the kindness ambassadors um at Kulie Ranch and this time it was called kindness ambassadors come home and this was um the kindness ambassadors were started originally in 2020 during the pandemic for students to have a way to connect with each other because you know everybody was on their iPads

089doing their work and they didn't see each other. So, Miss Nina uh set it up and um the program has been such a wonderful inspiration. So, what she had an idea was to have former kindness ambassadors come and speak to the current ones and tell them tell them what it's done for them in their lives and uh where they are now. She had five students from Grand Terrace High School, one Terrace Hills Middle School, and another uh a young man who uh is also in middle school, but he's in another district now. And he's starting to start a kindness ambassadors in the district that he is in. And it was just really um heartwarming to see hear what the girls had to say and what all the students had to say. And uh right now

090there's a student there at Kulie who um her sister is at Grand Terrace and she came. So it's come full circle where now she is a kindness ambassador. But I just wanted to bring it up because Miss Nina does such a great job with the program and she continues to just push through and these kids are doing great things around the campus. So I wanted to make sure I did a shout out for that. I also wanted to talk about um uh I was at uh Bloomington High School for their choir concert. And um this uh this concert was a preview to their um festival time. And festivals is when they go to other sites and they get judged by choir teachers from other districts and they um come home with either a trophy or

091medal or what. And um I just wanted to uh Bloomington High School. They came home from uh the festival and they came home with a rating of excellent which thank you to Ryan Duckworth. He always does such an amazing job with our students. Um the concert that they had that night was again their festival concert because they were getting ready for festival and festival. Uh if you've never been to a festival concert, they have to sing a minimum of five songs in five different languages. And um it was really beautiful to hear them sing. But we had a special treat there for the currently Bloomington High School's choir has uh a student teacher there. And the student teacher right now is going to uh University of Redlands. Uh he's now right now he uh was

092a former graduate of Bloomington High School. So it was really great for the students afterwards coming up and and just like giving him hugs and everything because they were so excited and asking him so many questions about what he was doing and where is he going to do? You know, he wants to be a middle school or high school teacher. So just think just to put it out there because he was fabulous and I understand that Mr. Flores is he's also tutoring on the side and he's tutoring his son. So, um, his name is Alejandro Ruiz, and like I said, he was a 2020, uh, uh, graduate from Bloomington High School. And, uh, I'm sorry, 20 2021, uh, graduate from Bloomington High School. And, uh, they had to do, like I said, songs in different

093languages. And Mr. Duckworth wanted to do one in Spanish. and he knew the song he wanted, but that song there wasn't music written for it. It's a a Spanish Mexican song called Bessa Meucho, and there was no uh it's a beautiful song, but there is no uh written music for choir for that song. So, Mr. Ruie said, "I'll do it." and he wrote the music and the kids sang it and it was the last song of the event and it brought down the house because it was just beautiful. And like I said, the the most heartwarming thing to me is seeing current students just going up to him and they were so excited to see that he went into music, what he's doing, and they were just, you know, a teacher can talk to him

094till they're blew in the face. but another student and a kid, you know, just the reactions that they had. It was really great uh evening. Um so I just wanted to bring that up. And also u the uh California uh San Bernardino County Superintendent Showcase is going to be held at the California Theater and um Bloomington High School has been invited by uh Ted Alejandra's office. their choir to perform there uh that uh at that event. So, it's really a great I believe they've done it once before and he's asked them back again this year. So, it's really exciting that they get to go and they are practicing also for that. And um the last thing I want to just bring up is that um uh I had the uh the honor and the uh

095it was a wonderful event um to go to the car Garner Holt Gayla that was held last Saturday and this was a fundraiser. It was a fundraiser for a pet project of Garner Holt and uh Garner Holt in case you many of our students have gone to go see some uh the the what they do there and uh they had they show the kids and they make a bird and they just have a program for all levels from elementary, middle and high school and uh he wanted to start a program and he's named it Garner's Garage and this is what the fundraiser was for um he does uh for many of you who don't know who he is uh he is uh an anim he has done animatronics for all major theme parks all over

096the world currently uh Disney theme parks have 655 of his animatronics uh he's known at Knottberry Farm he's everywhere he has a uh he works with Knottberry Farm with steam and stem projects he works with Disney with steam and stem projects and Garner's garage is something that he's always wanted to do and this is a program where he's going it's uh an initiative to empower and support creative individuals in our community with an emphasis on underserved youth. He's going to have um uh all kinds of different students from all walks of life, former incarcerated uh to give them a chance to be able to tr try something new, learn a trade, and it's all going to be free to them to come and to learn. So it was really a great evening um a a

097celebration um and uh sharing the steam disciplines that they offer there and it was just a wonderful evening and it was great to see so many people there uh many Disney Imagineers and such who were all there to donate to this wonderful cause for students to learn something and at no cost to Um, I I mean it was just really exciting. So, I just wanted to share that because it was a it was a wonderful event and of course, who can turn down, you know, when if it's an event for kids, you got to be there. So, thank you. >> Thank you, Pat. Board member Flores. >> No formal comment tonight, but I did want to ask a question. Uh, something that sort of came up during the public comment. Uh it's not the first

098time, but we've on occasion we'll have uh parents or public speakers that will need translation services. Uh I was wondering if it's possible on the actual speaker slip if there is a box that they could check in advance and saying that they would like translation services. That way we can be prepared. Um there's a couple of there are some actual laws even around that like we need to know that that when you do have translation services they get six minutes not just three. Uh but if they could check that box and we would know in advance we could be prepared even just the beginning of the meeting. that gives us a little bit of a runup for that. So, if that's something that we can look into, Dr. Miranda, that just making sure that we're

099inclusive and that we're creating an opportunity for folks. Um, and you know, if folks need a language other than Spanish, that's ideally something they would tell us in advance. I don't know if there's a way that we can share that information at the county. We posted it along with the agenda that uh there was a clause that said if you need translation services, uh, if you could contact us at this number or send an email, that way we could have somebody available. But just to just to make things go a little smoother. >> Good point. >> Okay. Uh, board member Thoringa. Okay. Board member Ibara. >> Thank you, Bertha. Uh, just a couple of things. Uh, first of all, I just want to say that I attended uh, Con High School's winner awards and it

100was very well done. Uh many of our students were very excited but I think I saw more uh parents that are excited which it was good to see because the whole auditorium was filled and you know that con high school's auditorium is not small so it was well attended and uh board member uh Flores Dan was also there and to celebrate his son receiving an academic award. So, uh, just want to mention that they did an excellent job and it was a really good night for a lot of people. Also, at, uh, at Bernie, uh, uh, couple days ago, they had a a small event where they had their some students sing, uh, and, uh, they sang a a couple Mexican songs and they did some fleico dancing and so forth. that they had all

101these young girls dancing and they had this one little boy that looked in the middle like, you know, mom made me dance and so forth. But what was impressive was that uh the instructors were from uh Think Together and Think Together uh the one lady was talking a little bit about how she her passion is to bring the culture, the Mexican culture to the students and they like to do it through song and dance and uh two of the songs that they sang were really good. One was Celito Lindo and the other one was Poco Loco from Coco. So they did a really good job. So I just wanted to mention that as well. And with that also just want to wish everybody a wonderful spring break. It's incredible that we're here at this juncture

102of the school year. I know a lot of us say thank God. And but you know for me it's always after spring break the rest is downhill. you to graduations and so forth and into a new year. So, just enjoy, relax. You know, one of the things that I enjoy doing is not being on the clock in the morning because I know all of us once we wake up, we're on that clock. You know, we have to do what we have to do. I have to grab my coffee, run, and there we all go. So, at least uh during spring break, I could take my time, maybe watch a little bit of the news without having to rush to somewhere, you know, uh right away. Anyway, so with that, everybody have a great great uh

103rest of the evening and thank you for being here. Thank you, Bertha. >> Thank you, Mr. Ibara. Okay, for myself, I just want uh to say a few words. Um Dr. Seuss is behind us. The ReadAcross America is behind us and I just want to thank um Dr. Miranda and staff for making it such a special event. Um that that that's a message that we're sending our children that um reading is fun. It's important. Uh and I want to specifically talk about our libraries at the schools there. um libraries. Um I I think if you were out there, you were you probably guided and and led into the school library um in in most cases. Um what a beautiful place for kids to read. Um uh and principles, please send this back to your librarian

104saying thank you. Thank you for making their libraries so appealing and so welcoming and heart and warming for for the kids. That is my comment. Um uh it's the next thing is um it's sad but um we did have another loss here in our district and we would like to close tonight's meeting in honor of Joseph Ornelis who passed away recently. Joseph was a 33-year district employee. He was the only head custodian custodian that DRC Elementary School had has ever had. He's having served in that position since the school opened in 1996. Joseph was beloved by the students who he enjoyed playing tetherball and basketball with on the playground and who he would help in the cafeteria each day. He was also known for being an enthusiastic Dodger fan and a devoted devoted husband, father,

105and grandfather. We send our heartfelt condolences to both his family and the entire DRC elementary school community. At this time, I invite everyone to join me in a brief moment of silence in Joseph's memory. Thank you for that. The board will now adjourn into close session to discuss the items listed on the close session agenda. Good night. >> Thank you. Thank you. exit stage. >> Okay, the board is back uh to continue the meeting and we are uh have some items to report. 12.1. We have a student discipline revocation. There was one student discipline item presented in close session. Is there a motion to uphold the expulsion order as presented? >> Is there a second? >> I'll second. I have a motion by uh board member Haro and second by board member Fuentes to uphold

106the exp the expulsion order as presented. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Nay. Okay. On motion of board member Haro and board member Fuentes and carried on a 60 vote. The board upheld the expulsion order of one student discipline item as presented number 1046 2 4 35 personnel public employee item 12.2 two motion by board member Flores and second by board member Fuentes and carried on a six vote the name the I'm sorry the um on a 60 vote the board approved the following uh certificated coaches two head varsity flag football girls varsity football assistant boys certificated regular staff one music teacher classified coach coaches. Five band assistants, head varsity tennis girls, head varsity volleyball girls, junior varsity football assistant boys, and varsity football assistant. volunteers, coaches, four, athletic training, band, baseball,

107boys, varsity, uh, tback co-ed and volunteers. 25 general 21 classroom observations four classified leave of absence without pay two speech language pathologist assistant and nutrition services worker two item 12.3 in close session on a motion by by board member Fuentes and second by board member Ibara the board took action to release a principal and reassign to uh alternative administrative position for the 2026 2027 school year. The board directed the superintendent or his designate to serve notice to the affected employee and the roll call vote was uh unanimous. Six six votes. Okay, with that we are adjourning at 9:16.