001The projects proposed for submission for the state allocation board for funding under proposition 2 as listed in agenda item number 4.34 and the attached proposed resolution. Are there any comments from the public on the proposed projects? Okay, there being no comments from the public on the proposed projects, the public hearing is now closed. Item 2.2, public hearing. Okay. And I'm opening the public hearing for the public disclosures requirements of AB12000 for the certificated salary adjustment for the 20 2425 school year. Any comments pertaining to this item? Seeing none, public hearing is closed. Okay. Now we turn back to our regular meeting. Okay. Item 3.1 for public comment. Each speaker will be invited uh to the podium and should begin by stating his or her name and residing city. Board bylaw 9323 states that individual speakers
002shall be allowed three minutes to address the board on each agenda or non-aggenda item. The board shall limit the total time for public com input on each item for uh to 15 minutes. With board 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 a a poll for of speakers for or against a particular issue and may ask that additional persons speak only if they have something new to add. And as always, uh we want to assure you that as board members, we are listening. We listen to every comment and just as a reminder we cannot respond but rest assured we are listening. So the first one we have is Molly Green from Grant Terrace
003High School. board members audience. I was fortunate to have Mr. Huby as my assistant principal for several years at Grand Terrace High School. In the time I have known him, he consistently comes to work every day exhibiting solid leadership, kindness, and heart. It has always been clear that Mr. HVY cares deeply about education, our school district, and all the students in our community. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker is Edwin Delgado from the office uh um of uh Superintendent Supervisor Joe Baka. Welcome. Thank you. Edwin Delgado, field representative for Supervisor Bach. Um good evening board uh board vice president Flores, Superintendent Miranda. This is uh Edwin Delgado and I'm here on behalf of Fifth District Supervisor Joe Baka Jr. and I'd like to introduce the Fifth District Youth Advisory Council, a program that's now entering
004in its third cohort. And this is a program that we're incredibly proud of. Uh this council that we started three years ago brings together students from across the fifth district, juniors and seniors. And its purpose is to engage students in public service, develop leadership skills, and learn how government, county government directly impacts their lives and their neighborhoods. Our students aren't just showing up to these meetings, they're showing up for their communities. They've organized drives to support patients at ARMC, supported park openings, attended community events, and built meaningful relationships with our different county officials and leaders in our community. And I'd like to share uh some statements that some students shared. And and one student recently shared before the YAC, I didn't know the opportunities that existed in the county. Now I want to come back
005and work in public works to improve our roads and parks. Another student reflected that this program helped me realize that government isn't just about what we what we hear about. It's about what we can be part of. These are students right here from our community. They are young people discovering that they belong in places of leadership and decision making. And we are honored and we would be honored to welcome students from across Colton Joint Unified to be part of this council. And as we're opening applications soon, we we ask uh to keep an eye out on our social media to to the community and to the parents and and teachers and administrators out here in the board meeting and listening to us. Now, we invite you to to keep an eye on our social media
006pages and we'll be reaching out to our different schools in our fifth district and our district officials. Uh our applications for our next cohort 20 2526 is opening up shortly. Thank you again for your continued support. We truly appreciate the work of Colton Joint Unified School District for our students. Thank you all. You next speaker, Carrie George. Hi. So, I'm a parent. Um, I've had two boys that attended Grand Terrace High School and also Terrace Hills Middle School. and they both had a pleasure of having Mr. Hubby and he is a compassionate, honest, kind man and I just think that he needs to be put back as a as a principal at Terrace House Middle School because he's the best and that's why I'm here. That's from Matthew George and from Micah George. They both
007loved him a lot. Thank you. Okay, my apologies if I mispronounce this. It's Ava FK FKness. Okay. Oh, hi. Hi, Ava. Okay, thank you. Welcome. Good evening, district board members. My name is Ava Fernos and I'm here to speak on behalf of Mr. Huby. Mr. Mr. Huby or I had the pleasure of attending Terasell's middle school my eighth grade year and seventh grade year. Mr. Hubby was our principal. He is one of the most personable administrators that I have ever had in my experience elementary school, middle school, and high school. I remember I would reach out to him. I reached out to lots of my teachers, lots of my school administrators that I've had in the past. um about my marching band experience at high school. Mr. Hubby was always one to greet students in
008the morning. He would always ask them questions. He remembered things. He would always ask me about my marching band experiences. And I remember several on several occasions. He would come to my high school marching band showcases just to show up and support. He was one of the only teachers and only administrators that would do that for me. And it really meant a lot. I remember I was with a group of friends and we went to Knottbury Farm over summer break and we ran into Mr. Hubby. He recognized us immediately. He shook our hands. He said hi. He remembered all of our names. He was asking us about how high school is going for us. He's just like I said, one of the most personable administrators I've ever had in my experiences at school. Thank you
009for having me and I really hope that Mr. Hubby will have the opportunity to come back to Terrace Hills Middle School as a principal. Okay. Next is uh Trevor. I really loved him as a principal and I was really scared for middle school when I was coming in from sixth grade because I didn't know how I was going to be. Um, I didn't know who my friends were, any of that. The minute I came, I saw Mr. Huby in there greeting every single student. And ever since then, I've always had a good uh teacher principal, sorry, student principal relationship with him. I can always feel like I can come to talk to him even if I had a problem with another student or even just problems I had personally. Um, like Ava said, when we
010went to Knots with a group, he recognized all of us, shook our hands, asked us how we were doing in high school, and he immediately recognized all of us. And it's something I didn't expect because principal see thousands of students every year. And I thought I was just going to be just another face to him. And sometimes I would end up in the office because I would do stuff I shouldn't have maybe done as a student that I do regret. Mr. Mr. Hubby would never make me feel like I was ever a bad student. He would come in there, let me talk it out with him, and I always just felt like I could be comfortable with telling him everything and just be an honest person with him. Thank you. Okay. Um the next speaker,
011I um can't read the name. It's um the same last name, but okay. Sorry. What was it? What's Julia? Now I see it. Okay. Thank you. No, thank you so much. I'm sorry. We we just left a track meet that was at Grand Terrace, so they ran and we ran here. Um, good evening board members and district and um audience. My name is Julia Franco and I have um been with uh PTA at Colton Joint at the schools in Grand Terrace ever since my twins just spoke were in kindergarten all through elementary all through middle school and then um I'm on school school council with the high school right now. So I'm very familiar with uh the schools. Uh previously I worked 20 years in in education as well. Um I do want to speak
012today about Mr. Hy. I um just to let you know there was a post that was put up recently in support of Mr. Hy and many people commented on that post. I'm not going to read what they said, but everything was very positive and I'm here to speak from experience in my relations with the schools and the principles and the staff. I actually worked with Mr. Bogs a little bit during COVID and before my twins were in middle school because they didn't have the PTSA. So, I volunteered even though my kids were not there to participate. I saw a huge difference once I entered into the middle school with my students. I was a little nervous at first because I had heard of, you know, junior high culture. It's there. Um, but a new principal
013was on board. So, my kids attended uh middle school. Uh, and I want to tell you from my experience as PTSA, direct involvement with Mr. hubby and the school, my children, the teachers there. I feel like Mr. Huby really had a heart for the students. So, it took me by surprise when I heard he was leaving and he didn't want to leave from what I understood from my interactions with him on the PTSA and it really made me wonder what was happening. Why was this happening? Um, Mr. Hvey made his point of connecting with the students in the the way that he could. He played uh the trumpet. So for those of you who don't know, he would stand out front every morning and play that trumpet. And one morning, I know I posted it
014on the Paris site, not to embarrass him, but you know, part of me said, "Oh my, yeah, I could never do that." But he showed up in an Incredibles costume with his trumpet. This is him engaging with the students and talking to them, and they loved it. They could come to school and be greeted every single morning by their principal. And that is amazing. My son spoke and he he didn't tell everything. He got in trouble a couple times and he had to see Mr. Huby, but he told me the way that Mr. HVY interacted with him made him not feel like a bad kid made him feel like he could come to his principal and talk to him when there was a problem. This is a principal who's been with this this district quite
015a while and from what I understand with education for over 30 years. for him to leave um suddenly and I don't know why but I would I would uh I would ask the board to please look into this please investigate due diligence and with integrity integrity means do it with all fairness please. Thank you. Next speaker compost. Miss Compost. Hello everybody. My name is Anessa Compost. Um, I'm actually a graduate student from Grant Terrace High School and Terrace Hills Middle School. Uh, pardon me if I mispronounce some words. I am deaf and heart of hearing. Uh, good evening council members. My name is Anessa Compost and I stand before you today to speak in support of a truly remarkable educator and leader, Mr. Hubby, who has made an extraordinary impact on not just me, but
016countless students in our community. I was fortunate enough to have Mr. Hubby as my principal in both middle school and later in high school. What I learned early on from him is that being a principal is more than just overseeing the daily operations of a school. It is about truly caring for each student, understanding their struggles, celebrating their success, and giving them the tools they need to succeed, not just academically, but in life. Mr. Hubby went out of his way to ensure that every single student felt seen and heard. He never once hesitated to offer support, whether it was kind in the a kind word in the hallway or just a simple conversation at the door. He understood that his purpose wasn't just to manage the school. It was to be an advocate for every
017child who walked through those doors. There were many times I along with my classmates found ourselves in challenging situations. Whether that be struggling with personal issues, dealing with difficult school work, or navigating the pressures that come with growing up, Mr. Hubby, he was just there. He took the time to make sure we were okay. He went above and beyond to make sure we got through it. He his dedication just it's it's just truly unremarkable. Like this guy has got me through a lot. What makes Mr. Hubby stand out? Not just his ability, but his heart. This is tough. He truly understands the value of be of building relationships and making sure no students feel left behind. He is an example of what it means to be a leader. I strongly believe that Mr. Hubby's legacy
018in our schools has set a standard for what it means to be an educator. He was more than a principal. He was a pillar of our community. His impact cannot be overstated and I am grateful that he was a part of my educational journey. Lastly, I would just like to point out that today I have two items here with me. In this hand right here, I have earned the key to the city of Grand Terrace. In my other hand, I have an Olympic gold medal. Truly, if it wasn't for people like Mr. Hubby, I wouldn't have been able to do it. So, I really hope you guys reconsider giving him a good spot because he was designated to be here and continue leading our community. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, we reached the 15 minute
019um mark and um with the board's consent that we have three more on the same topic. Is it okay to move forward? Yes. Okay. Okay. Okay. Heather Roman. Hello, honored board members. Thank you for hearing me today. My first interaction with Mr. Hubby was when I was in seventh grade. He was my band teacher. Now, I grew up poor and I wanted to play the saxophone, but the best my mom could do was a bass clarinet. And while I was taught to play the bass clarinet, it often went into the shop and my mom could ill afford to get it out. So, Mr. Huby took me aside and said, "Hey, we have this wonderful program and we can lend you an instrument." And he went through each of the instruments and he helped me pick
020out the baritone and he helped me find my passion. And while you may say, "Hey, you know, any band teacher would have done the same," you'd be wrong because my next teacher was Mr. Gonzalez, and he made me quit. But I then saw Mr. Huby once again when my kids entered Grand Terrace High School, my children. He was a vice principal. And I had to reintroduce myself to him because, well, a lot of years have passed and a lot of changes have happened. But I reached out to him and I said, "Hey, I was your student and I am so happy to see you here." And he greeted me and he said, "Well, how did the rest of your journey go?" You know, he was very open and honest. And then unfortunately my youngest son
021when going into Grand Terrace, he got into some trouble and he felt like a monster. He secluded himself. He wouldn't talk to anybody. nobody at all. Not his family, not his friends. And I don't know what Mr. Huby said to him. And I got I wish I did, but I still don't know to this day. But all of a sudden, he started talking again. He started holding his head up high. He started interacting with people. And while I was super sad when he left Grand Terrace High School, I could not be sad for him because he got to be a principal and that was his goal. I just hope you guys reconsider this fine educator and I hope that you allow him to finish out his the rest of his educational journey because I think
022the next generation of kids really need someone like him because I don't know if you guys realize but man this world is going to need someone like him helping guide the future people. Thank you. Osiris. Um I am a past student of the school that Mr. HVY was a principal in last year and I had joined um middle school since seventh grade. So I was there for both of my years and I had came out of a school that was really I guess not very supportive and that was for elementary school. So it really made me um not trust the rest of the the teachers. And the first day I had came in, he was at the at the gate and he was greeting students in. And I mean, I really felt like that's something
023he it wasn't his I guess he wasn't forced to do it. He did it because he felt like he needed to do it. And I think that um making him leave of something that he really made a or like a difference in and made an impact into other students would be it would be horrible cuz there's students I know right now that are currently in the middle school and they are they're they're struggling which I I don't know in what ways to describe it but in their personal ways they're trying to find out what they want to do, what they are, who they are. And I had those struggles too when I was going through middle school. And the only person who I thought I could talk to was Mr. Hubby, which he would he
024would listen. He would listen. He would um give the best advice he could. He really supported me through those two years, which I thought I didn't have a place in. And as some of the kids already came up here, I'm also in band and I the first year I had entered it was I was with Mr. Macauan and I I didn't like my instrument at all. I was forced into the instrument from my past elementary teacher and Mr. Huby had helped me find the passion for my instrument again. he would tell me that that instrument it's cool, it's great, it sounds amazing and I I'm really grateful for that because I'm currently in the marching band as well, my second year and I'm continuing playing that instrument and I feel like I could make bigger
025bigger impact as he did. Um, and yeah, that's it. Thank you. Okay, next speaker is Shauna Simon. I'm Shauna Simon. I'm from Grand Terrace. Now, my son, he's in eighth grade right now, but he had Mr. Hovy when he was in seventh grade. Now, coming from Terrace View Elementary, I was really nervous. Me and my husband, we were very nervous about sending our child to Terrace Hills. But once we sent him right away, we seen Mr. Huffy every day. We were able to see him. We were at any time able to get out, talk to him, ask him any kind of questions, ask him about the school, like, "What are they doing about this? What are you guys doing about this?" And he was able to answer me. He if he wasn't able, he said,
026"I'll find out for you." And he would let us know. that made me feel very safe to to send my child. If it wasn't for him being there, being so personable with us as parents, I wouldn't have felt so so so safe. So, I think he did an a remarkable thing with these children. I too was part of PTSA. I seen how the kids reacted with him. They were not trying to dodge him. They were They were coming up talking to him. They were giving him high fives. He was talking to him. He was always among all of the children all the time. He was always there seeing what was going on. If there was a problem with some particular children, he would take them aside and they would have a little small talk and
027everything was okay. That's what kind of person he was. That's what kind of person he was with the children. So, I'm not completely sure what's going on, why he keeps getting demoted, should I say, but I think we need to stop doing that to him because I think he deserves to have that respect where it belongs, where he belongs. And I could also tell you that when he got demoted and taken out of our school at Terrace Hills Middle School, the teachers were mad. They were very upset. The parents were very upset. We were all very upset because we didn't know why. We had suspicions on maybe it had to do with some of the problems that were going on in the school, but those problems did not have to do with him. Kids will
028be kids. They will make mistakes. It's us as adults. It's him as a principal to make those mistakes and go, "Hey, why did you do this? Correct it." I believe he would have done that with those kids. He was there. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, this concludes our public comment. We appreciate everyone that came out and spoke today and like I said, we can't respond, but we have listened to your concerns. Okay, we are now moving on to action session 4.0 action items. Uh, any board members would like to have an item to be considered separately? Okay. If not, uh, I'm going to pull action item 4.2 for separate consideration. Is there a motion to approve action items 4.1 through 4.44 with the exception of 4.2? I'll move. I'll second. Okay. Okay. I have a
029motion from board member Joanne O'Hada and second by board member Fuentes to approve action items 4.1 through 4.4 with the exception of 4.2. All those in favor say I. I. Nay. And all those to wish to abstain. Okay. on motion by board member Thoring O'Hara and board member Fuentes and carried on a 60 vote. The board approved action items 4.1 through 4.44 with the exception of 4.2. Okay. Action item 4.2. Is there a motion to approve action item 4.2? It's a resolution number 2580. Um, board compensation for Miss Meeting for Miss Sandal. Okay. Okay. I have a motion by board member Fuentes and I need a second. Second by Thor Missing O'Hara to approve action item 4.2. All those in favor say I. I. Nay. Abstain. on motion by board member Fuentes and second by
030board member O'Hada and carried on a if you can help me Joanne here five zero vote with board member Sandival abstaining the board approved action item 4.2 moving on to 5.0 O administrative reports for administrative reports 5.1 through 5.6. Are there any questions or comments from board members? Okay. With no questions then we will move on to item 5.7 facilities. We do not have a facilities update today. Item 5.8 ACE update. I would like to invite our ACE president Barach to present. Good evening board president Flores. It is still Flores, board member, superintendent Dr. Me, member of the audience. My name is Christina Parach and I'm have the honor to represent uh teacher union ACE. First, I want to thank you for approving the health benefits. Health benefits are one of the most critical supports
031we provide to our members. And I want to emphasize just how much theou meant to them to all of us actually. In fact, it was ratified with the highest turnout we've ever seen since I've been involved in the union and that's 21 years. The level of engagement truly speaks to how valued and impactful this agreement was. So again, thank you. Secondly, welcome back. I hope you had a restful and enjoyable spring break. I know I did. I caught up on all the Netflix um movies. As for negotiations, I'd like to share that things are moving along productively. This year, the entire contract was opened for review. Between ACE and the district, we are working through 14 articles, six brought forward by the district and a eight by ACE along with all seven appendices. It has
032been a collaborative and thorough process and I'm hopeful that by our next schedule meeting April 23rd we are done. So yesterday we had negotiations and uh both chairs got um called to my office because they didn't finish. Um so I'm hoping that we finish 2024 2025. It it it is um we did move fast. Usually the whole contract goes spills into the next year, but we've been hearing uh Miss Haro every year. You got to finish before the school ends. So, we're working on it. Thank you as always and uh for your ongoing support and for your commitment. Thank you. Okay. Next um up is the CSEA president Worama. No report. Okay. Mac update. No update. RO O update. No. Oh, moving right along. Okay. We are now at the superintendent's communicate. Thank you, uh,
033Vice President Flores. Uh, good evening everybody. Uh, and so I don't have a whole lot of my communicate this evening and I wanted to welcome everybody back. Uh, first week of school and this week has gone pretty quickly here. I know we could have used an extra week, right, everybody out there? Hey, no. All right, I guess not. But anyways, we're back and we're excited uh in about having everybody back uh for this first week. So, thank you everybody for being a professional and serving our kids uh as you do out there. So, uh do want to start with uh the board's favorite our favorite special board meeting time. Uh we do uh annually do a board self- evaluation or the board does their self-evaluation rather. Uh and so recently I sent board correspondents uh
034and to schedule a special board meeting for the purpose of again annually conducting the board's annual self-evaluation. That was a double whammy there. Uh anyway, so uh we have met with uh our facilitator who's done this for us for several years, the wonderful amazing Gary Rutherford. Uh so we've asked them to lead again this important session with the board uh to conduct the board self-evaluation and its ongoing commitment to improve the effectiveness of the governance team uh and then continuous improvement which is a process that we use in our district. Uh so here's what we're proposing. Uh so we ask the board to uh respectfully consider uh the these times. Uh, and so, uh, we want to get this done in May before Gary goes off to Hawaii on vacation. Uh, and so we're looking
035at, uh, these dates, Monday, May 5th, uh, 3 p.m., Tuesday, May 6 at 3 p.m., and then, uh, either Wednesday, May 7th at 5:00 p.m. here at the PLC. Uh, we're looking at a couple of hours, two and a half hours, three hours possibly to conduct the self- evaluation and workshop with the schoolboard. So, uh, that's, uh, my proposal. Uh, does the board have a preference? I was just going to ask, um, in the past we've done it on a board meeting day before, so we're not out two day, you know, two days. Was that not an option this time because he's going on vacation or something? Yeah, exactly. That was the issue. So, we apologize for that, but that was uh what we really looked at. We understand that. So he does send his
036apologies for that issue. We have those three dates available. Anybody would like to eliminate any or Tuesday is good. Okay, Miss Sandable. Tuesday. All right. Okay. There we go. You have your answer. All right. Thank you very much. May 6. Okay. we'll put on the board's calendar and we'll connect with Mr. Rutherford and or Gary and and we'll start planning and send the material out to the school board uh as soon as we have that ready uh for the self-evaluation workshop. All right. So, very excited uh for the next one here. Uh our last community cabinet. This is going to be the final gathering of the year. And I'll tell you, uh, Eric Perez, our communication specialist with Katie Arlof, the director, are just planning this incredible, uh, event. Uh, no pressure, right, uh, Katie?
037Uh, so we're going to be hosting this event here, uh, Wednesday, April 30th at 10:00. Uh, and so, uh, we're going to feature, and we really thought about a resource fair idea and concept. So, of course, we're going to be here for about an hour inside here to celebrate student achievements, always focusing on that piece since that's part of our vision. And then second, uh we want to explore a variety of community and district resources. So, we're going to set up outside uh those uh community resources, our vendors, and we have a lot of partners in Colton. Uh so, we want to make sure that our community is aware of that. and then uh activities. It's going to be fun, uh engaging, uh interactive. Uh we just want to go out this year. Our motto,
038Swim for success, every student, every day, we're going to we're going to go with that. Uh Eric is already posting stuff on social media. We're asking people to wear their favorite Dodger jersey. Well, not just Dodger jersey, but their jersey. Uh since that's how we started the year. Uh and make it fun for everybody. So, we do need a favor is we do need folks to RSVP uh so we can get numbers. Oh, and I forgot to mention, did I forget to mention we're going to have food uh out there. We're, you know, we're still working it out, but either a food truck, something fun food, so uh we get some people out here. So, uh, please RSVP so that we can get a a count uh we can plan, have fun, and uh go
039out with, uh, with a bang, uh, this year. So, thank you to Eric, thank you to Katie and the team that has done an incredible job this year with our community cabinet. Uh, so last uh, but certainly not least, is pencil, pen, and brush. I mean, this is, uh, what it's about, about students, uh, art. not just art but uh showcasing students uh amazing talent. We have amazing talent in our district that just blows you away when you see the art and not just the art but the writing because this is also about writing. Uh and so uh you need to mark your calendars. Uh the annual pencil pen and brush uh showcase is taking place Wednesday, April 16th at Joe Baka Middle School. Uh this event again is an incredible opportunity to witness the
040talent that we have in our district. Uh and so I just want to thank uh Ed services for organizing, hosting uh and this very inspirational event. Uh we just hope that all of you can come and join us to celebrate the students creativity and artistic accomplishments. So with that, that is all I have this evening. Miss Flour, thank you very much. much. Okay, we are moving on now to board member comments. Board member Ibara. Thank you, Bertha. I just want to welcome everyone back from spring break. Hopefully everybody had a good restful time, spend time with family and loved ones, and look forward to this uh last half of the school year. And I usually call it the slide because we slide right into graduations and it goes so quickly. So uh look forward to
041getting uh to our graduations which will be here in very shortly. Yeah. In weeks. So uh just want to say welcome back and hopefully we're all ready to to tackle what's coming up in the next few weeks. Thank you. Thank you board member Haro. just want to ditto what Mr. Ibar said, welcome back. And as he said, these next couple these next few weeks are just going to go fly by. So, uh, welcome back and thank you. Thank you, board member Haro, board member Fuentes. Thank you, Vice President uh Flores. So this past week uh myself and actually Miss Flores had the opportunity to attend the Kabek conference which is the California Association for Bilingual Education. We had an a great time. We had went to many sessions. We heard about all the different uh
042opportunities that are out there for our ELDs, our dual immersion multilingual. They talked about how we could brand our schools and actually name our schools a dual immersion school on the outside of the school so that the community would would identify that as an a dual immersion school and that would be like a brand for the school. So there was a variety of great great sessions. Uh and this was the 50th anniversary for Cave. So for 50 years, Cave has been advocating for our multilingual students, our ELD students, our dual emerging students, parents alike. Uh I went to a parent session where they talked about uh they have a program that uh many of our Latino or Hispanic families that have studied in their countries, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, etc. there's an opportunity for them to
043bring their their degrees, bring them here and get them certified so that they're able to become teachers to able to become engineers here in the United States. So, there's opportunities like that that they were talking about. There was many uh parents that said, well, I have a degree as an engineer, but I can't, you know, do my job as an engineer here in the United States. So, this program brings the opportunity. I think it's like six months and they'll bring what you know the degrees that they have they go through the program and then they'll get certification through the state of California to become those engineers the teachers etc. So that was a great session that I went to very I I kid you not it was like like a two and a half hour
044session but there was a lot of great information and I know uh uh vice president Bertha went to many sessions also and she you know we learned a lot there was a lot to learn but also later in the evening they had uh special dinner invitations. So, I was getting phone calls and emails about if I was going to go to a cert certain event uh the second day that we were there. And I didn't know why. And so, I did go to the event and while we were at the event, I was given a medallion uh back in 2013 and I think my daughters were still at Grimes Elementary School. I was parent of the year for Cave. And according to and I brought the plaque here so I'd like to share it with
045everybody. It was February 13th through the 16th of 2003. Israel Fuentes parent of the year award California Association for Bilingual Education. And at this conference they ended up giving me this medallion. So I got this medallion in honor and on the back of it it says I made history with Cabab. So there was about 54 parents that they have honored throughout the 50 years of cabab and this is the uh plaque that I got 12 years ago uh with cabab and it says voices for change and every year it's a different topic a different design. This year they had this beautiful design. I don't know if you got to see it but I was honored to represent Colton Joint Unified School District back in 2013 as a parent of the year for Cave. I think
046uh Mr. R. Mandares was still our uh superintendent back then and I just wanted to share this because a lot of our parents a lot of times say they can't but we can. And you know it doesn't matter who you are and where you come from you always have the opportunity to do something to say something to become someone. And I wanted to share this with everybody today. Uh this has been in my office for 12 years on my wall. I literally had to take a little bit of the dust off of it because they've been working on my roof on the house. And uh but I was honored to have this. I was honored to get this this plaque. Actually, the uh president of CAB, Dr. Raul Maldonado is actually the person who actually
047gave me the medal, shook my hand. If you follow me on Facebook, uh you'll be able to see those pictures. So, I wanted to share this with everybody. I am honored to be part of Colton Joint Unified. as a parent, as a former parent because my girls are now in college and now I'm a board member and I will always advocate for our kids no matter what. I will put my hands in the fire for each and every one of our students, parents and staff. And again, honored to be able to have these awards. Welcome back everyone. Have a great weekend. God bless you guys. Thank you. Board member Thoring O'Hada. want to say welcome back to everyone and I hope you did have a wonderful vacation and are ready to what how did you
048put it slide down the end of the year. It goes so quickly. Um but thank you for all that you do for our kids and I hope that the end of this school year is a positive one for all of us. Thank you. Thank you board member Sandable say welcome back to everyone. Thank you. And uh for myself I just want to address um uh professional development that our teachers receive for um espec specifically language acquisition uh with our English learners and all kids they all need the um English language acquisition. There is a strategy called glad and um Wendy if I get this wrong you can let help me with it but it's guided language acquisition development. No am I close? Okay. Okay. And what this is is uh trainings that teachers receive to
049increase the talking that kids do in the classroom. whether it's uh about science, social studies, um English um and reading. Um and one thing I can tell you that once the teachers receive this training and you walk into a classroom of a teacher that practices these strategies, you can see the academic language just bouncing off the walls. And I um truly love going into a classroom um where I see evidence of um this of the strategies, the GLAT strategies. So I'm looking forward to seeing more trainings and looking forward to um walking more classrooms and seeing these in action. Lastly, we lost a very dear person in our district this past week. Mr. Frank A Costa, most commonly known as Senor A. Costa. Senora Costa majored in Spanish with a minor in French, earning his
050bachelor of arts degree in June of 1968 from the University of California, Riverside. He was hired by the Colton Joint Unified School District on September 2nd, 1969 as a Spanish teacher at Terrace Hills Middle School. He was assigned to and uh he was there at Terce Hills Middle School and then he was assigned to Coloulton Junior High which later became Colton Middle School as a Spanish teacher in 1971. During his tenure at Colton Middle School, he taught Spanish, reading, English, bilingual language arts, and math. and he served on a number of advisory roles and on various committees including national junior honor society, DJ club, AVID, project upbeat, photography club, yearbook, site council and leadership team. And uh one of the one something that is dear to my heart is the Inland Empire future leaders which
051he worked with very closely with uh Dr. Tom Rietta who also has left us um working with eighth and ninth graders. They go, they are selected and then they go to um in the summer they attend a week-long conference where the kids come back different in a very positive way and he they him and Dr. Riverrera did this year after year and um there's many adults now that have gone to the through this program and they have seen the difference that made in their life and they are continuing that legacy with um you know with our eth and ninth graders. Um he continued his extraordinary career at Colton Middle School and remained until his retirement in June 2010. And Seenora Costa through his successful leadership, civic commitment, and strong belief that children are our most
052precious resource and that every child deserves an equal chance to succeed had been and continued to be a valued and timeless role model for our students. On April 21st, 2011, in recognition of Frank, Mr. Franco Costa's contributions to the district, the board of education of the Colton Joint Unified School District expressed their grateful appreciation for his dedication by naming the Frank Aosta multi-purpose room at Colton Middle School in honor of a remarkable person, outstanding teacher and role model. until his retirement in June 2010. Mr. Aosta taught at Colton Middle School for 39 years and taught a total of 41 years in our district. He will be missed and I would like to um have a moment of silence to end uh this meeting and um to show our love and appreciation for this wonderful man.
053The board will now adjourn into close session to discuss the items listed on the close session agenda. Thank you. Yeah. on the paper. Okay, we are back from close session. We are moving on to item 9.1, student discipline revocation. There was one student discipline item presented in close session. Is there a motion to uphold the expulsion orders as presented? So moved. Okay. Is there a second? Okay. I have a motion by board member Fuentes and a second by board member Ibara to uphold the expulsion order as presented. All those in favor say I. I. Nay. Abstain. On motion of board member Fuentes and board member Ibara and carried on a 60 vote, the board voted to uphold the expulsion order as presented and the student number 1051 one nine. Item 9.2 student matters interd district
054attendance application. Okay, we are there are there are two student interd district application appeal items presented in close session. Is there a motion to overturn the denial decision and approve the interd district applications and allowing attendance uh students to remain at McKinley Elementary? I'll move. Okay. Is there a second? Okay, I have a motion by board member Fuentes and a second uh by board member Sandoval to overturn the appeal decision as presented. All of those in favor? I. All those opposed? All those abstaining? on motion of uh board member Fuentes and board member Sandival and carried on a vote. The board overturned the previous appeal decision of the two students as presented. Student numbers 104 50032 one4 545 1 3. Okay. The board uh approves the the application. The students will continue to attend Willer
055McKinley. Item 9.3 on a let me see if I can get this on a motion by board [Music] member. Just give me a minute here. on a motion by board member Fuentes and second by board member Ibara. The board, sorry, I got lost here. On a motion by board member Fuentes and seconded by board member Ibara and carried on a six vote. Uh the board approved the following certificated coaches one hard head varsity flag football boys certificated regular staff two activities director teacher teacher classified coaches nine assists assistant pep squad director co-ed head junior varsity football boys head junior varsity volleyball girls head varsity cross country co- Co-ed junior varsity football assistant boys varsity flag football assistant co-ed two varsity football assistant boys two volunteer coaches two baseball boys football boys volunteers 20 general 19
056and workability one okay we are adjourning the meeting in memory of Frank Aosta at 708.