001All right. Call the regular board meeting to order. Roll call. Mrs. Gonzalez here. Mr. Walk here. Mr. Rivish here. Mr. Sudi here. And Mr. Cabral here. Item number two, public communication and close session items. Members of the public may address the board on items not on the agenda. Speakers will be allowed three minutes unless the time limit is waved by a majority of the board. The board will allow comments by members of the public on an agenda item during consideration of the item. The board may limit total time for public input on each item to 20 minutes. With board consent, the president may increase or decrease the time allowed for public presentation depending on the topic and the number of piece persons wishing to be heard. The president may take a poll of speakers for
002or against a particular issue and may ask that additional persons speak only if they have something new to add. Complaints against specific district employees should be resolved through the district's personal complaint procedure. The right to address the board does not exempt the speaker from any potential liability or defamation. The proceedings of the board are recorded and are part of the public record. At this time, is there anybody wishing to address the board before we go to close session? All right, seeing none, we will go to close session at 50:01 p.m. Okay, welcome back to the regular business meeting on Monday, May 12th. Reconvene to a regular session. Tonight, we'll have our flag salute by the Herd Bington students. So, if you guys want to come up and lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance, we'll
003turn the microphone around. Ready? Salute. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you guys. Good job, guys. Uh report out of action items taken in close session. We have two things tonight. The first one, the board voted 50 to approve a settlement in OAH, case number 202501 0651 in a total amount of $27,000 for educationals and attorney fees. What? Yeah. All right. And the second thing, the board voted 50 to reject a navaro tort claim. Item number five, public communication agenda and non-aggenda items. Members of the public may address the board on items not on the agenda. Speakers will be allowed three minutes unless the time limit is waved by
004a majority of the board. The board will allow comments by members of the public on agenda item during consideration of each item. The board may limit the total time for public input on each item to 20 minutes. With board of 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 poll of speakers for or against a particular issue and may ask that addition persons speak only if they have something new to add. Complaints against specific district employees should be resolved to the district's personnel complaint procedure. The right to address the board does not exempt the speaker from any potential liability or defamation. The proceedings of the board are recorded and are part of the
005public record. Uh item number six, approval of the agenda. Uh can I get a motion to approve the agenda as listed? I make a motion to approve the agenda. Thank you, Mr. Ruby. Uh sec. Can I get a second? I'll second. Thank you, Mr. W. Uh, Mrs. Gonzalez. Hi, Mr. Walk. Hi, Mr. Reus is excused or absent. Uh, Mr. Rudy, I Mr. Mr. Bravos I 40. Item number seven, information discussion items. Our student board member report tonight by Miss Venia. Go ahead. Hi everybody. I hope everyone is doing well. So this is the final report I have for this school year and it's going to be pretty short. So, first up was prom, which was May 3rd, and the night the theme was night at Versailles, and we had a lot more people helping us
006with prom setup, which was really cool. And I hope next year too, we could get a lot more people, so it could be easier on prom committee. But the decorations were beautiful. Everybody was having a good time. People were taking pictures, so that was really good. And as for our seniors, their senior trip will begin tomorrow, and they will come back on Thursday. Their graduation is also quickly approaching on the 29th. and regulation and tickets regarding graduation are posted on or or page. So go ahead and check that out before getting any tickets. And then for their senior sunrise, that will be held on the 27th. As for school, we recently held elections for the following year. So the new set of student council uh is figured out for next year, but we'll be officially
007introducing them into the next meeting. Also that started last week was AP exams. Sadly, I was a victim to that, too. I know people took them today, too. And those exams will be leading all the way up until next week. I believe the last one will be on a Wednesday or a Thursday and then so yeah, that was pretty much all we have going on right now. So, thank you. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Thank you. Um and before uh Dr. Sea has his part, uh you mind coming up to the front because uh we have a couple little items of uh our appreciation for being up here for the last year. Uh but as I just found out, uh we heard that you won again. So next one from Miss Nancy is going to go
008on Twitter. He does a lot of hard work getting over the board every month. So appreciate that keeping us informed of all the stuff that you do out there. Okay. All right. Uh, item B, uh, our attendance awards. Dr. Sea, your turn. Good evening, President Cabraw, Superintendent Puit, and members of the board. So, we'll start off with our best staff attendance award for the month of April, and that'll go to Bonita Elementary. I think you're very happy. Hey, wait. [clears throat] Okay. The most improved student attendance with an improvement of 2.29% at 96.03% for the month of April, winning both the most improved and also the best student attendance award is Hunt Elementary. Thank you. All right. Item number C, we have our Herd Bington spotlight. Miss Van Ruler and company. Good evening. My name
009is Guadine Vanruler, principal at Herd Bington, and I have Mrs. Dollywal, learning director at Herd Bington. It is truly an honor to welcome you all here tonight. On behalf of Herd Bington, I want to extend a warm welcome to our board president, Mr. Cabral, Superintendent Mr. Puit, members of the board, assistant superintendent Dr. Sea and to all the valued community members joining us here this evening. I am proud to represent Herd Bington Elementary and incredibly grateful for the opportunity to highlight some of the amazing things happening at our school. Each day, our staff, students, and families work together to build a learning environment that is not only academically strong, but also supportive, inclusive, and uniquely engaging for every child. Tonight, especially excited to highlight the outstanding work of our second grade team, Miss Sarah Sketa,
010Mrs. Snder, Mrs. Van Dyk, and their incredible second grade students. the amazing work they've done through the IF grant will be shared tonight. We also want to acknowledge our school counselor, Mrs. Hernandez, who has played a vital role in leading our college and career activities. Her efforts have been instrumental in helping our students begin to dream big, plan for the future, and see themselves as lifelong learners and leaders. Her work has is laying the foundation for a brighter future for every child at Herd Bington. We are incredibly proud of the progress our team continues to make in creating a vibrant and meaningful educational experience. The collaboration, passion, and in innovation shown by our staff and students reflect the heart of what Herd Bington is all about. Thank you again for allowing us to share our
011story and be a part of of tonight's meeting. We're excited to continue this journey together. So team Hello, I'm Mrs. Van Dyk and Mrs. Ariscetta and Mrs. Snyder. We recently were awarded an IF grant through CTA that was well over $10,000 that allowed us to purchase hydroponic growing systems um equipment to hatch chickens and um a rock garden, our beautiful rock garden up there. And we had activities all throughout the year that culminated into a farmers market which our um entire school was invited to and we saw some of you there as well. So thank you for coming to that compost bin so that they decompose into nutrition so that our plants can grow. Okay, that was explaining that was explaining our compost bin. And then next um we have a student who explains the
012process of um hatching our chicks. Welcome to our robot. This is our box where we have baby So, first we had an incubator that had baby chicks in the egg and it keeps getting warmer and warmer for the baby chicks. And it takes 21 days to um hatch in the 21 days, but if it doesn't take 21 days, then it will go to the next day and that would be 22 days. And that's when they started hatching. Started hatching to the morning to the afternoon. And then the next day, all of them were hatched. So, All of them were hats. They had to get a little. And then when they were first born, they were this size. And they were this size when they were first born. And then when they got older, they were
013this size. And this is our schedule when we started to um when they were seen. And this is their um water bucket, which um we had regular water, but there was nutrients and was vitamins and it was like really powdery so we added in there to the water. And if you guys have any questions, we can answer them for you. Okay. Um and then those are some of the crafts that they had worked on um throughout this school year. We um like I said with the hydroponic growing system, we grew plants, we grew we had a salad day, we grew edible flowers, which they decorated cookies and ate those. And um we dried some of the herbs and showed how that process worked as well. And then the last photo is of the succulents that
014they had to replant, repot, and give away um at our farmers market. And um thank you for those that were able to come. We appreciate it. And we hope you enjoyed our little market days. So, thank you. Good evening members of the school board, superintendent pued, educators, and community members. My name is Bernnandez. I'm the school counselor at Her Bington. I am honored to speak with you today about an exciting and impactful component of the counseling program, college and career readiness at Her Bington. College and career readiness is an important component of our comprehensive school counseling program. Our elementary college and career readiness program includes three key components. Awareness, skill building, goal setting, and identity development. Awareness, skill building, goal setting, and identity. Identity development are the three components of the program that are important
015to build the foundation. During the classroom lessons, we introduce students to a wide variety of careers. With the support of our fourth and fifth grade students, we provide our young learners with classroom learning opportunities to read alouds, hands-on activities, and vocabulary building. Here we can see our fourth and fifth grade students engage with our young learners during the activities. Some are wearing uniform utilized in the career being presented while others are ready with their readaloud books, vocabulary, visuals and props. This year we also took our students to tour UC Merrced. This college was impact. This college tour was impactful because it helped plant the seeds of aspiration, motivation by exposing our students to the idea of higher education in an engaging way. It also encouraged our students to start thinking about their interests, strengths, and
016the possibilities ahead. Today, two of our own students would like to share about their visit to UC Merrced. Good evening. My name is Milania Castanada and I am a fifth grade student at Herd Bington. Getting to go to UC Merrced was definitely a positive experience for me. What interested me the most was all the careers you can major in because it showed me that there is something for everyone. UC Merrced is my dream college and I'm so thankful that Herd Bington Elementary gave me this opportunity. Hello, I'm Miles Oeso, the fifth grade class toward UC Merrced. I was pleasantly surprised as the campus was larger than I expected. I mostly enjoyed seeing the various types of housing available for the students. UC Merrced offers many options for its students. I had a positive experience and
017hope that Herd Bington continues to provide this opportunity for for future fifth grade students. Here, our fourth grade students participated in an on-site career field trip focused on the arts. Prior to the field trip, we did some learning on careers related to the arts through classroom lessons. Then we had an artist from pottery magic Modesto come and expand on the learning while also giving the students the opportunity to work on a ceramic piece, practice some art skills and ask questions about the career. As part of our program, we also organized a college and career spirit week. Some of the themes this year were college roommates twin day dress for your dream career. future is bright and your future starts here. This spirit week helped our students build school culture, spark their curiosity in careers they
018may have not previously thought about, help students connect their interests and skills with potential future paths, and encourage goal setting. At Barington, we organize two career days, one for TK through third grade and one for fourth and fifth grade. Career Day provided an opportunity for students to interact with professionals from the community, fostering a sense of belonging and showing them that their education is valued beyond the classroom. The interactions that our students had with the professionals helped the students understand how classroom learning translate into realworld careers, making their education more meaningful. This year for our career days, we partner with the Newman Fire Department, Patterson Grocery Outlet, Newman's BML Bank, Westside Community Health District, Golden Valley Health Centers, BWM Grooming, Turlock Irrigation District, the Morning Star Trucking Company, Amazon, and Civil Air Patrol. And to
019conclude our college and career readiness program presentation, we would like to close with some words from our very own Eagles at Her Bington. Hi, my name is Jayen. What's your name? Janelle. That's a nice name. Okay, Janelle, I have a question for you. What is one thing you remember from college and career from the college and career lesson? Um, doctors were um coach and they're called scrubs. Really? Good job. My name is Isabella. What is your name? Zenida. That's a very beautiful name. What is one thing you think you need to know to do one of the jobs you saw at college and career day? I need to know how to read. Oh, my name is Isabella. What is your name? My name is Mia. That's a really beautiful name. What is one thing you
020think you need to know to become a future dentist? You have to be careful what other people see you and and um be careful when you're pulling out other people's cabinets. That's super nice. Hi, my name is Jayen. What's your name? Area. That's a nice name, Ariela. So, I have a question for you. What academics are important for your future career? Math, reading, writing for my future career. Good. Name is Jayen. What's your name? My name is Johnny. Hi, Johnny. So, I have a question for you. What is one thing you remembered from the college and career lesson? One thing I remembered about the college and career lesson was a a character trait. Trustworthiness is a good thing for a bank manager. Hi, my name is Jayen. What's your name? My name is Dylan. That's
021a nice name. So, Dylan, I have a question for you. What is something you remember from the college and career lesson? I remember to get the job you want um you will have to get a high school diploma or a college diploma. And when you go to the ceremony, you need to wear a cap and gown. And to go when you go to college, you have to be there for two or four years. And so yeah, that's good. My name is Isabella. What is your name? My name is Aviana. That's a beautiful name. So, would you like to participate in another career fair? Why or why not? I would like to participate in another career fair because it was fun experiencing different jobs and meeting the people who work. Nice. Hello, my name is Isabella.
022What is your name? My name is Penny. That's a beautiful name, Penny. So, what was your favorite part of college and career? My favorite part of college and career week was going into the little kids' classrooms and teaching them about careers they might want to be when they grow up. Super nice. Hello, my name is Isabella. What is your name? Sebastian. That's a really nice name. So, what was your favorite part of college and career? My favorite part was visiting the different colleges like you see and seeing where I could go where I grew when I grow up. That's super nice, Sebastian. Thank you. Item D, Mosani Unified School District first DLI class. Uh, Mrs. Vargas. Good evening, President Cabraw, Superintendent Puit, and members of the board. Excited tonight to um kind of highlight that
023first DL class. I'd like to call up Mrs. Granados and Adel Medina Salel Negrrete. So, I just wanted to um sort of highlight that this class that is graduating graduating seniors this year um they were the first class. So the DLI started in 20 or 2012. Oops. Did I go too many now? Okay. So just kind of wanted to highlight where the students ended up and then I'm going to hand it over to Elelliana to talk about where, you know, kind of the history. So these students at ORSA 25 students were enrolled in 2012 2013 school year and it was a new a new program um at in our district um and now because students have moved away we have 18 students that are still with us that are currently enrolled um and nine of
024the students follow the path through AP Spanish and are receiving the syllabi literacy. So, it's really exciting that all of the students that uh took AP Spanish are also receiving the seal. Some students, that doesn't mean that the other nine weren't able to receive the seal or that they didn't. It could be that they just chose a different pathway. So, as students become get into high school, just like some of our students that um may choose to take AP English may not choose to even if they're capable of taking AP English. So, it's not that all of them, you know, they just might have chose something different. So, we are super proud of these students. Um, you know, as you can see, they've also I just kind of tried to find a couple pictures from
025um or SIMBA and even from their um time at YOLO where we had, you know, students in our many of our students in this DLI class are in the top 20. Um we have students that are participate in theater. We have a lot of students that excel outside of their classroom. So, it's just a really nice thing to um highlight them this year. And especially um at graduation because this class since they were the ones that started every single year in elementary and then we go to sixth grade. It was like what are we going to do with the DI is in sixth grade and then the next year what is it going to look like when they're in seventh grade? And we were building it as we went with this first class. And they
026also had COVID in there too. And so going through that with them, what does the Spanish look like? how are they get, you know, what how do they qualify taking high school Spanish? And it's just been a really great collaborative effort from the elementary DLI at Bon Rener to the YOLO uh Spanish department and Miss Pimemetel all the way to the high school Spanish department. And um want to just give the teachers credit, you know, Mr. Avar at the high school and him and the Spanish teachers have done a really outstanding job. Yolo as well. Um and it all started with the foundation uh love of language and culture at Von Runner. So now I'd like to kind of hand it off to um Miss Granados to kind of reminisce about some von Rener stuff
027and then pass it off to the students who I'm so excited to see tonight um you know make this final get their final achievement. Thank you Mrs. Vargas. First, thank you uh NCLUSD for giving us the opportunity to congratulate our uh district's first DLI class who will be graduating in two weeks on May 29th. Uh these students were the true pioneers um as our district to the took the decision to implement um our dual uh dual immersion program. I just Oh, there we go. So, here are some pictures of our students um through kinder all the way through fifth grade um at Von Rener in the dual immersion program. Here's participating in the Olympics. Um and I think that was the OY program as well. There's Kinder with Seora Mriquez. Okay. And I would like
028to hand it off and invite our validictorian, Ariad Medina, to say a few words about his experience as a DLI student. um as well with it Negrete who is um also one of our um high school helpers with the Beyond the Bell program. Good evening everyone. My name is Harim Medina and I'm here to share my experience growing up in the dual language immersion program. I am proud to say that starting elementary school, I had the unique opportunity learning both English and Spanish every day. It was not always easy, but over the years, the delay program became one of the most valuable parts of my education. Yes, it felt overwhelming, but over time, it became something that no longer felt like a burden. It became something that defined me and turned me into who I
029am today. Someone that I can look at every day and be proud of what I have become. To have the ability to not only inspire myself every day, but those around me. One moment that really stands out was in the third grade when we started writing in English for the first time. Up until then, most of our writing assignments had had been in Spanish. So, English writing felt weird and unfamiliar unfamiliar. I remember staring at my paper, nervous to even begin because I was not sure how to even express myself writing in English. But after my teacher, Mrs. Granados, really helped and guided us step by step. I realized I not only could speak both languages, but I could express myself through both in writing. It was scary at first, but I began to trust
030myself more and I saw that I could succeed in both languages. I can say that being bilingual has opened so many doors for me. I can communicate with people from different cultures, help others who may not speak English and connect more deeply with my community. One of the most memorable moments I had it was in seventh grade. A new student had just moved here from Mexico and did not speak any English. While others either struggled to communicate or did not try at all, I was able to welcome them, help them in class, and even translate for both them and the teacher when needed. Even though that was not the first time I had to translate, I will say that it was the first time I truly realized the power of being bilingual. Not just for
031me, but for others, too. Once again, I am proud to have been part of the first class in the dual language immersion program, and I could not have completed that journey alone. I am so grateful to the teachers, staff, and the community that made this program possible. Di has shaped who I am and prepared me for opportunities I never would have imagined, and I hope many more students will have the same opportunity. Thank you for continuing to support programs like this. Hello. Good evening. I also had a fancy paper, but I left it at home. So, so I will be using my phone. I'm Ital. Uh, growing up as a daughter of Spanish- speaking parents, I had a lot of struggles when I started school. Since I only spoke Spanish, my mom worried about how
032I would adapt at an Englishonly environment. That's when she discovered Ron Rener's dual language immersion program. Clearly, I'm still learning. She enrolled me and it opened doors for new for new opportunities. I was able to interact with kids that were going through the same exact challenge that I was and it gave me opportunities to make friends. At first, I struggled to speak and write in English. I prefer speaking in Spanish, but with the support of my teachers, I began to improve. Um, I started to speak more English when I got to third grade with Miss Ronaldos. She encouraged me to use English more and I took her advice to heart. Thanks to the DI program and the guidance of my teachers, I gained confidence in my language skills. I believe that the dual language the
033dual language programs can make a real difference in students lives and I am very grateful for having the opportunity to be part of the GLI program and graduating with the class of 2025 in three weeks. We'll be holding um a specialy assembly at Von Rener to honor their first DLI class. So all students uh are invited. That'll be May 19th at our last Von Rener assembly at 1:00. You're welcome to come along and see everybody and especially all of our kids at the school get to see, you know, seniors graduating. So we're very very excited. Thank you so much for giving us this opportunity. Item E, first reading of policy in exhibit 6163.4, student use of technology. This is the the first reading of a policy, but we I do believe we have a board
034member that would like to add some verbiage to it and it would then if um if directed so we could bring that back as a first reading next week with the addition. Thank you, Mr. Puit. Um I appreciate you bringing this policy forward for amendment. Um I think we can all agree it's an opportune time to um update this policy. I have the recommendation of adding a couple different elements to the policy. Um first um recommendation is adding verbiage that states students may use AI tools example given language generators, image creators, grammar correctors only when explicitly permitted by the instructor or teacher. Use of AI to complete assignments must be transparent and students are expected to disclose when and how [clears throat] AI tools have been used. AI generated content submitted as original work without
035disclosure may be considered a violation of academic honesty policies. Students will receive instruction on ethical AI use, including evaluating bias and AI outputs, distinguishing between assistance and misrepresentation, and understanding the impact of relying on generative tools for academic tasks. The second component that I am recommending to include is the prohibiting AI facilitated cyber bullying. Students are prohibited from using artificial intelligence tools to generate, distribute, or assist in the creation of harmful, harassing, or deceptive content targeting others. This includes, but is not limited to AI generated messages, images, or media used to bully, impersonate, or spread false information about students or staff. Thank you. We will bring this back as a next meeting as a first reading. Thank you. Uh item eight, consent calendar. The consent calendar items are routine in nature and usually do not
036require board discussion. Individual items may be removed by board members and presented for discussion and separate action. The consent calendar will be adopted by a roll call vote. Uh can I get a vote on item eight? The consent calendar as listed. Miss Gonzalez. Hi. I'm sorry. Can I get a Can I get a motion to approve the consent calendar as listed first? I make a motion to approve the consent calendar as uh Can I get a second? I second. There we go. All right. Miss Gonzalez, now you're up. Mr. W. Hi. Miss Rudy. Hi. Miss as long as Miss Reus is absent and myself votes. I scroll counter passes 4 Z. Uh action items 9A, approval of Sedexo extension contract. Any questions on the contract for Sedexo? Seeing none, could I get a motion for
037item 9A? I make a motion. Thank you, Mr. Rudy. Can I get a second? I second the motion. Thank you, Mr. Gonzalez. Mr. Gonzalez, I. Mr. Walk, I uh Mr. Grievous is absent. Mrs. Rudy I and myself Mr. Cors I 4 Z 9B approval of need for fully qualified educators for 2526 school year. Could I get a motion for item 9B? I make the motion. Thank you, Mrs. Gonzalez. Can I get a second? I second. Thank you, Mr. Walk. Miss Gonzalez, hi. Mr. Walk. Hi, Mr. Re is absent. Miss Siri, hi. And myself will I, Mr. 40. Item 9 C, approval of master agreement with Santa County Office of Education. Can I get a motion for item 9C? I make a motion, Mr. Walk. Thank you. First, second. I second. Mrs. Miss Gonzalez, hi. Mr.
038W. Hi, Mr. Absent. Mr. Rudy, I and Moss. I 40 Z. Item 9D, approval resolution 24 to 25 number 18, terminating services of classified employee for lack of work and or funds. Can I get a motion for item 9D? I make a motion. This is Rudy. Motion second. I second the motion. Mr. Gonzalez. Mrs. Gonzalez. I Mr. Walk. Hi. Mr. Leas is absent. Mrs. Shy. Hi. Mr. Robles. I 40 Z. Uh, item 10, future agenda items. We have our special board meeting on June number 9th. Uh, item 11, superintendence report. of this group. First of all, I want to say to our DLI students, a 13-year commitment when you're just barely 18 years old is a big deal. So, congratulations on that 13-year commitment that you guys fulfilled. And uh and I like hearing that
039so many of our kids are in DI, but they do so many other things as well. So, I hope that our district continues to promote uh getting involved in your community as much as possible. So, congratulations. Um, I I also want to give a shout out to to our Beyond the Bell program. Last week, or yeah, last week we had Juan Alanise, our assembly member, come and visit, and he was very impressed. He was able to visit Von Rener and just the opportunities that we give our students after school. And watching our leaders shine and actually um promote the things they're doing at 18, 19 years old and how they're getting to lead students um through a lot of that is is pretty incredible to watch, too. And it's also good fun to watch Allison
040as her employee shine. So, um, one of the other things that we decided today, and that's part of the, um, I'm going to get kind of a a community verbal app approval from, uh, Don and Heather, but we also recommended that they apply for a state, uh, a state award, our Beyond the Bell program, because we firmly believe it is that good. And, um, and it's called the Golden Bell Award. And at board members, if you remember, there was a big celebration down there, the Golden Bell Awards put on by CSBA. But part of the requirements is that um the superintendent, the board president, and the director of curriculum instruction all agree that they're worthy of applying for that position. So I kind of I see Heather nodding her head. I'm assuming Don feels the
041same way. So um so we get to check that box off as part of the requirement of the grant and I and I really do think they're going to be very competitive with that. So, good luck to you and and we know you'll do well. Um, the other thing is I you know, usually school district projects take a long time when it comes to construction or things like that and uh it just seems like it was just a few board me board meetings ago that you guys approved the sod project at or stima and they just now today did their first cutting on the on the sod already. So, it will be ready for graduation. So, um, it should look the best it's ever looked in a long time come graduation for our for our
042graduates. Um, board members, again, we gave you a list of important dates. There's a lot of dates left with a short amount of time. So, please, if you remember, get those which ones you're going to attend so we know ahead of time. Um, get those get that information to Nancy as quick as possible. That would be great. And then to Herd Bington, your farmers market. I uh had no idea it was going to be so uh informative. Um the one I I was fortunate enough that the one lady at the one girl at the end talking about the incubator that I had her last because the ones that had her first, she followed them. You did if you had her first, you did not miss any information and if anybody got something wrong, she made
043sure it was right. So, um, so it was just fun to watch and it was exciting and to see those kids using that vocabulary in the right way was was pretty incredible. So, great job to our second grade. Correct. Yep. So, great job Bington. Thank you. Uh, item number 12, our board reports. Uh, Mrs. Shuty, you want to start first? Sure. Okay. So, um, Bington, good job. Um, I was able to attend the, um, career day and the little farmers market. And like that little girl, I'm with Justin. I think she came up to the first spot and she followed me throughout every little station and she made sure to fix whatever it was that they were saying. So, um just the amount of knowledge and just the um proud moments that they had to
044share, it was it was really nice to see. So, they learned a lot. Um also, um for Bonita's career day, I was able to be there. Um and the kids were so excited. They were so happy, very well behaved. And I know it was so exciting for them to see that helicopter get there and and land. So when when Metaflight was doing that circle and they were getting close to landing, the kids were scared at first, but then they were so excited because they saw that it was going to their school. So that was really good. Um also for Hunt, I don't know where Oh, she's back there. Um I was able to make it out for their open house and um very very wonderful. Heard very wonderful things about Miss Siaga. um got to
045talk to the um autism teacher and the program is really flourishing. I have a cousin who's in there and he is doing phenomenal. So, good job. Um we attended also an annual board dinner and that was very informative and for us well for me being the first time on school board it was um full of a lot of knowledge to see some of the uh superintendent and schoolboard members and um the presentation they did on human trafficking. It was um it's always very informative. You can hear the same presentation but you always catch something different. But we are working on getting them to come to the schools and give us some kind of presentation that's keeping up to date with what we're facing now. Um, also I was able to do a webinar um with
046um a teacher from Compton. His name is Regis Ing. So if you guys ever get the opportunity to look him up um I know you guys probably know Kendrick Lamar the rapper. That was his middle school teacher. So the amount of knowledge and the information he was able to give in that webinar um it's um it's very very inspiring. So learned a lot from that. Um FFA awards and we've been busy. Um FFA awards were very nice to see the amount of hard work these kids have put in and um to see the the hard work and to see the ones that are graduating. It was very emotional for some. um beyond the bell tour. Awesome. Uh to see the change from when my 13-year-old was in there. Um she still talks about it. And
047to see the smile on these faces of these little little kids running around, it's it's awesome. So, good job. You're doing a wonderful job. Um second cup of coffee. Very informative with the superintendent and also at YOLO. So, Miss Palasio is wonderful. A lot of information. Um, and for the DLA, my daughter's currently in the DIA program. So, Miss Granados, um, you had a hard year with my child because it was it was during co. So for her to be up here being recognized with her seniors, I can say that she did an amazing job during CO because it's not easy, especially when you're doing GLA. So for her to do what she did during CO, I can't even thank her enough because my daughter was kind of at that point where she was kind
048of struggling, but Miss Donado's made it super easy and fun for her. So she's awesome. Um, and then for her to be now at Yolo, Miss Andrea, you have her and I can say that she for me she's flourishing and she she enjoys her class and you know, like they said, it's it's a learning process, but um it's been very beneficial to her. So, thank you. And that's kind of all I got. Thank God that you're able to pay student. Well, I could. We've been busy. Yeah, busy month. All right. Thank you. Uh, Miss Gonzalez, I wrote mine down today because there was a lot to remember. Yeah. Welcome to May, right? Um, since our last meeting, I've also had the chance to attend several events. Um, I joined the career day at Bington, visited
049the little farmers oasis market, attended the Beyond the Bell tour of Rener with assemblyman Juan Alanise. Um, and each one was just a reminder of how creative our kids were. I also had the privilege of having that little girl in the video. She was amazing and very passionate about her role. I mean, they all were. They took their their roles very seriously. Um, and they, you know, told me everything about all that they learned. I also loved at the career day um how insightful the questions were that the kids asked. They I mean they asked great questions that you may not expect from a fourth and fifth year. Like they want to know what prerequisites you need to you know applied for a certain job or what the salary is expected for certain jobs. Um
050so that that was really neat to witness firsthand. um also attended the CSBA dinner um where we had that powerful presentation regarding youth sex trafficking. Um I have personally done a lot of work in my career regarding sex trafficking. So it's a very um special subject for me but it was amazing to see just how much even the verbiage has changed since when I was doing it more closely. Um, so it's really important to stay informed about and important for us as a district to to stay attuned to and I do hope to see them come uh on campus to our schools. Um, May is mental health month. Don't forget to wear your green. I've been seeing the post on social media reminding people to wear green on Fridays. Um, so I appreciated being at
051the OS mental health fair. um drum rolls and all. Uh it was a lively event, but it was really nice to see how students were engaged with the different service providers. Uh and had an opportunity to speak directly to each of the service providers while I was there to get a better understanding of how they are actually interacting with the students at our school um and what you know what type of work they're doing when they're here. Um lastly, attended the YOLO FFA banquet. Um, the senior retiring. Did I What did I say? Oh, I said yolola. Yeah, I didn't. That hasn't happened yet. That hasn't happened yet. I'm in the future, guys. At the OS FFA banquet. Thank you, Marbel. Uh, the senior retiring addresses really stood out to me. Um, they spoke about
052the power of saying yes, the importance of sitting in discomfort. Really enjoyed listening to those and they were incredible at public speaking. So, I, you know, I'm not surprised with all of the awards that they're getting in those roles. Overall, it's been a really meaningful few weeks. Uh, look forward to an eventful rest of the month, everybody. Hang tight. Do your breathing exercises when you're feeling stressed. Drink a lot of water. It's getting hot. That's all I have. Thank you, Mr. Walk. All right. I was able to attend Yolo Middle School's open house and I was able to interact with uh uh the teachers. I was able to see all the cool projects that students had been working on uh sixth through 8th grade and their various classes. Also saw a lot of uh nervous
053fifth graders and fifth grade parents going in to see what uh sixth grade, seventh grade, and eighth grade was going to look like uh for them. Uh I was also able to attend YOLO's last uh track meet on Saturday. Um students were excited. Uh it was a county meet, so it was all the uh track teams from around the county uh there to compete. It's it was a huge event. Um it was really hot though. Uh and definitely got a little summer out there. Um and then finally uh looking on going some more site walkthroughs coming up uh this month. Thanks, sir. Um I went to I don't have a whole page like Marbel Miss Gonzalez here but u I went to the career day at Bonita um for for being an elementary school u
054that was probably one of the most like involved presenters of uh career day at an elementary school I ever been a part of. When I got the call saying that I was going to land a helicopter, I said, "You're out of your mind. They're not going to bring a helicopter to Crows Landing, California." And at 10 a.m., guess what? There was a helicopter landing in the ball field, right? So, um, you know, it they had a lot of presenters. They had Santa Claus County, uh, Sheriff's with their SWAT vehicle out there. Um, uh, Fish and Wildlife was there with the booth about all the animals in California that are only native to California, like the Nutria and some of the birds and otter, beer, you know, all those different animals and stuff. Um, new PD
055had a booth out there. We had a booth at the fire department as well. Um, there was a couple other booths. Uh, I think, uh, the barber shop, the emperor, right, was out there. There was a beauty uh uh beauty salon had like three tables. Like there was a lot of people for for just a little little school. So I was highly impressed. Um that was one of the you know the few times I got to like enjoy and laugh with the kids when you know we're going through the helicopter, right? Cuz in my career field, we're not you know it's not our happiest day when we're using that that service, right? So um they got to climb in it. They got to they got a couple of the kids they even put in the
056uh the pilot's chair. So, they got to act like they were, you know, flying the the helicopter. So, that was pretty cool. Uh, but other than that, um, I went, uh, I just want to let you guys know that the Orisa pool is open. Um, right now, and it's a nice warm 85 degrees what I read on our Facebook page. Um, so if you guys want to see the schedule, go on to our Facebook page. Uh, Carl does a good job of posting all the stuff up there. Um, well, it's her name, so I'm assuming she's posting it. I'm not sure who's posting it, but u she has the schedule and times on there for you guys to to see if you guys want to go do the lap swim and stuff like that. Um
057another thing, the last thing I have for tonight is is the the safety of our kids is like up to number one priority. So if you guys see something um I I urge you guys as you know staff members, community members, parents um at any of the sites uh via roadways, you know, parking situations um anything that we that we could address to make the kids safer uh going to and from school either, you know, driving themselves or pickup or drop off for their parents, um let us know. Shoot us an email. Um all of our emails are on the website. um you know um we truly are here working for everybody involved but the students are our number one priority. Um so if there's anything that and safety is paramount right so uh if
058you guys see anything over the you know the course of your day that that needs to be addressed if it's a curb sidewalk that's you know the concrete's messed up causing a trip hazard you know speeding trap at yolo if parents are go driving a little too fast like let us know. I'm not saying that we could fix it like immediately unless it's like, you know, emergency where we have to fix it like in the next 10 minutes, but we're going to do our best to address all the safety issues. And that goes for everything at every site at any one of our schools, too. So, um, just keep that in mind. Um, my email is on the website if you guys have any questions. Um, I I'll do my best to, you know, look
059into it, you know, find information or at least direct it to the people that are running that areas. And then two, if you're working at the sites, um you know, um run it up your chain of command and and and any of uh thing that you guys find, um run it up your chain of command. You know, let your supervisor know, let the next person up and so forth, right? Eventually, it'll get to somebody that it needs to get to. So, um there's a lot of things going on right now on the calendar. Uh a lot of events, the promotion at YOLO or STEM graduation, there's the war nights everywhere. Um those events are also on the website. please if you guys can attend. Kids working hard. The the school year is ending. So, um
060get you out of the house anyway for a little bit. So, other than that, that's all I have. Um we will adjourn the meeting and our next meeting is our special meeting on June 9th. So, we'll adjourn the meeting at let's say uh 6:52 p.m. And you guys have a safe travel home and we'll see you next month.