001All right, we'll call the regular meeting for April 14th to order. Uh, roll call. Mr. Rivas here. Mr. Walk here. Mrs. Serudi here, M. Gonzalez here, and Mr. Kal, myself is here. Item number two, public communication 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 the majority of the board. The board will allow comments by members of the public on an agenda item during consideration for the item. The board may limit the 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 persons wishing to be heard. The president may take
002a poll of speakers for or against a particular issue and may ask that additional persons speak only if they have something new to add. The place against specific district employees should be resolved to the district's personal complaint procedure. The right to address the board does not exempt the speaker from any potential liability of defamation. The proceedings of the board are recorded and are a part of the public record. At this time, any members of the public wish to address the board. Seeing none, we will head to close session. 5:01 p.m. Call the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m. Uh, please stand for the flag salute uh led by the old students. You come on up. We'll give you a microphone. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the
003republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Item B, report out of action taken a close session. Board voted uh to approve paid administrative leave agreement and release of all claims with employee 13645 to to provide for paid administrative leave through June 30th, 2025. Uh 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 weighed by majority of the board. The board will allow comments by members of the public on the 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
004the time allowed for public presentation depending on the topic and the number of persons wishing to be heard. The president may take a pool of speakers for or against a particular issue and may ask that additional persons uh 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 of defamation. The proceedings of the board are recorded and are part of the public record. And we have one speaker tonight. Uh Mr. Philpot, if you would like to come up to the podium and floor is yours, sir. Welcome back. Thank you very much. Randy Philpot, uh, former superintendent at NCSD. It's great to be back. Uh, resident of Diablo
005Grande and also, I might add, proud parent of Norris McMrad. Um, I'm here because, uh, a couple Sundays ago, I gave uh, Mr. approve a phone call uh to make him aware of a water issue that u that is up at uh at Diaba Grande. Um we've always known that there's been a water issue. However, it just came to light that is a lot larger than anybody anticipated. A lot of us are residents. I've been a resident up there. My wife and I have been up there since 2013. Were never apprised of the situation that really is happening there. And a lot of it's due to not the residents not paying their water bills, but it's due to basically developers up there going bankrupt and then not following through on what their promises were on
006developing the property up there. Uh which resulted in not having enough houses to support basically the water district up there. So you may know and I think that Mr. Puit was it sent you maybe a link to the board of some of the information that's up there. Um you can go on Facebook and usually kind of find some of the stuff. I appreciate Mr. I'm really here to thank Mr. Puit for scheduling a meeting with Assemblyman Juan Alanise uh and meeting with him last week uh to kind of bring the attention to this this issue. And why is it important for you guys? Well, because we have 200 students up there. And if you lose 200 students, it's about three and a half million dollars of revenue every year. Uh, not to mention, and I
007just thought of kind of this a couple days ago, um, there is a high probability that they would try to stick around and probably claim they're homeless, which will cause you more problems. Uh, you still you'll get the revenue, but you'll have to basically make sure that you have a way of getting them here from wherever they're living, whether it's Turlock or or Series or or nearby. So, there really is an interest on your behalf to support Mr. Puit support u basically uh the well the legislators are kind of working on this on this issue. It is a state water board. It's not a federal issue. It is a state issue and it's a it's an issue that has a very large bureaucracy unfortunately to kind of kind of wield through. So any support that
008you can give will help not only the residents up there but more importantly retain the students you have so that you don't lose the revenue and won't have to shut down Bonita school. So again, I just want to thank Mr. Puit for your your help and I thank you in advance of any help that you can give uh give the the residents up there as well. So thank you. Thanks sir. Thank you. Item number six, approval of agenda. Could I get a motion to approve the agenda as listed? I'll make that motion. Second. I second Mr. Rivas. Hi, Mr. Walk. Hi, Mr. Rudy. Hi, M. Hi. And myself, Miss Carlos. I item number seven, information discussion items. Our first uh student board report by Lencia. Hi everyone. This is the first time that they didn't
009put me after the performances, so I'm really appreciating not being outshined. So, okay. So, for this month's report, um we all have almost a month left of school. And so, things started to pick up again for next year. So, starting off with sports first, we have boys volleyball that is continuing with their season. They have four games left. And their most recent games were was against Escalon. And it was a close score, but Orimma did end up winning. Never doubted them for a second. And then track and tennis are still continuing with their seasons as well. And then for next year, cheer conditioning triyouts. And yeah, the triyouts are going to be like for everybody, just anybody, even like the incoming freshman, they could participate just for the next season. And then as for our
010clubs, our council recently passed the premed club and that like just focuses on different career paths in medical and just offers opportunities and information about what we can do to help you guys like further in medical fields and like just decide what you guys want to do. And then as for our STEM club, we took a field trip down to Santa Cruz to visit the Savemore Discovery Lab. And it was really cool because we got to learn a lot about biodiversity, mostly marine animals, but I went and I had a really good time. I got to touch a shark, which honestly that was really scary to do, but um it was just really cool and I appreciate Mr. Escatel, Mr. K, and Mr. Clark like coming along and shaping us and making that happen. And
011then, okay, so as for our freshman class, they held a rave about a week ago, which almost 100 people attended, so they were able to raise a lot of money for their grade. And it was just really cool. And seeing Mr. Lou help out with music and just setting up and making sure everybody was having a good time was also a great thing. And then also for our prom, we have begun discussing our dates and like how we want to go about decorating. And we decided that um following next week after our spring break when we come back that's going to be like everybody in student council helping and just anybody who wants to participate they could help us as well too. And then for our NAMI club they're going to be holding um a
012prom paper flower sale on the 28th of April. So it'd be really appreciative if people could also support them too. And then also that week is campaign week which everybody is allowed to participate and like if they want to run for a position for student council, executive board, just try to be involved more with school, they could do that and then our the results will come out that following week. And then also approaching soon is our AP exams and they're going to begin as early as that same week we come back that Friday and then continuing on that next week and then following week as well. And then for our lean crew, they will also be holding um a training for newcomers on May 20th so that everybody could be prepared and how they can
013help out for next school year too as well like as the summer activities and for our back to school um bachelorette I think next year. And then finally for our seniors, the Disneyland trip will be on May 13th and they're going to come back May 15th. And that's pretty much it. So thank you. Thank you. Item B are tennis awards. Dr. Sha. Good evening, board president Cabral, Superintendent Puit, and members of the board. So, this evening, it gives me great pleasure to announce the winner of the most improved attendance award, the best student attendance award, and the best staff attendance award. All three of them will go again to Bonita Elementary School. And Mrs. is a ski isn't here tonight, but I think Vargas will come up and receive the awards on her behalf. Thank
014you. Item number C is going to be our Yola Middle School presentation. Sorry. I was not at the Good evening, President Cabral, board members, Superintendent Puit, and members of our audience today. It is my pleasure to promote our amazing students and group of educators who are dedicated, innovative, and have a heart for what they do. Our YOLO school AVID team. What you're going to hear tonight is that AVID is more than just a program on our campus. It is a pathway to opportunity and a culture of support. Our AVID team works to ensure that our students are equipped with the academic skills, organizational strategies, and mindset needed to succeed academically and beyond. But what truly sets this team apart is their ability to create a learning environment that recognizes each students potential and a sense
015of belonging. Tonight, I'm excited for them to demonstrate to you their vision, their commitment, and their belief in every student who walks into their classrooms. I'm proud to introduce the educators who make up our AVID teachers. Mrs. Bautista, Mrs. Cruz, we do have one missing tonight, Mr. Madreal, and of course, last but not least, their advisor, Dr. Malo. Thank you, Mrs. Palasios. Good evening, everyone. Uh, like Miss Palasio said, my name is Craig Melo. I am one of the assistant principles at Yolo Middle School and I'm here tonight with the rest of my amazing AVID team to talk about our AVID program and all of the successes that we've had over the last two years. Before doing that, however, I'd like to talk a bit about just what the AVID program is. The acronym AVID
016stands for advancement via individual determination. It's a college and career readiness program, an elective class that gets students ready for whatever college or vocational track they choose to pursue in life. This is done through the teaching of strategies like critical thinking, focused notetaking, and the creation of effective presentations, just to name a few. In AVID, students also take field trips to colleges. They have weekly career presentations, access to college tutoring, and have frequent checks for individual organization skills like weekly binder checks. Last of all, the AVID program is geared toward, but not limited to students who may be the first of their family to attend college. Good evening board members, staff, parents, and students. Uh I am Miss Bautista and I am here to talk to you a little bit more about our AVID purpose
017and some accomplishments that we've had this year. Which way do I go? Okay. All right. So, first of all, our purpose or our mission statement uh AVID is to close the opportunity gap by preparing all students for college and career readiness and success in a global society. We do this based on the idea of wicker. In every class in a Avid class, we have a component that has to do with writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization, and reading. Some of the accomplishments this year, uh we went to Fresno State, uh to tour it. We had did a field trip. Uh other colleges that we've explored in the past are Stanford University, Santa Clara University, and UC Merrced. We're also in the newspaper uh informing community about our educational program and becoming a schoolwide program. We also have
018a plaque by the office that's created to show certification and publicize the program. And one last accomplishment with which we are all proud of is that we have made this a schoolwide income impact by embedding college awareness on campus through advisory days and staff presentations. And we do this because we have uh different university banners that are uh placed in front of our classrooms. So, one of the most important accomplishments of our AVID team um especially due to the work of Mrs. Areli donor Chavez at the high school was a recently signed letter of understanding with California State University Stannis Laws called the Warrior Promise. The Warrior Promise is an agreement through CSU Stannis Law and Orimba High School that guarantees admission to Stan State for any OrSimba student who's completed all of their A
019throughG requirements upon graduating from OS. Although this agreement does indeed apply to any graduating OS student, AVID students at Yolo Middle School benefit from an early outreach program that ensures that they stay on track to qualify for the program. The Warrior Promise truly is an amazing advancement for the families of our Newman students. Good evening board members. I am Erica Cruz. I am the eighth grade elective teacher. So, um what's special about me and what gets me kind of emotional is that I have I was the first to start. Um, my eighth grader that you'll see today has been with me from sixth, 7th through 8th. And this will be our first promoting class. Um, and it's just special to see where they've started and where their goals and dreams are leading up to. And
020not so much dreams anymore, but I would say they're becoming a reality for them. The prep that they're starting, the research that they're doing, it's all just leading up to an amazing future ahead of them in high school. the discussions we've had about balloting. Uh, Miss Donner Chavez came and worked out a four-year plan with our AVID students in class and got them figuring out how they're going to do a pathway, how they're going to make their A throughG requirements, and also enjoy high school with electives that they want. So, um, through her, we've gotten to do a lot of things as well, prepping them this eighth grade year for high school. Um, the first student speaker you're going to meet today is a sixth grader. So, she is the first year in our program.
021And that's going to be Elelliana Lucas. You ready, sweetie? Thank you. Hi, my name is Aliana Le. I'm in sixth grade for Yolo Middle School and I'll be presenting about Mr. Magical's AVID class. And this is what AVID means to me. AVID has been amazing to me, but what I think Avid has done to me or what means to me is truly from the heart. The second I walk through that A6 door or AVID room, they have shown me kindness, colleges, money, smart ideas, how to be selfless, and just how to be myself. But this room, these people have shown me what AVID is all about. But here's the true full answer. Abbid means love, family, good ideas, fun, inspiring, hard work, education, nonstress, that mistakes are okay, and creative thoughts. All of these things
022make AVID so great for me and my family. So, this is what AVID truly means to me. I'm already getting teeyed by these kiddos. Um, next up will be Kenya Rodriguez for seventh grade. Hi, good afternoon. My name is Kenny Rodriguez and today I'd be presenting about what AVID means to me. What AVID means to me is a place where I could learn how to be a better version of myself. Avid showed me that I could have a bright future if I really worked hard for it. Not only did AV Avid give me some sort of hope, but it gave me motivation to continue wanting to learn, my AVID teacher always encouraged me to keep on learning, and I'm very grateful to have such a supporting teacher that feels like a second mom. She taught
023me various ways to take notes that would help me uh learn way more things even when she was learning with us. AVID has a big impact in my life since I came from a family that doesn't come that doesn't make it past high school. I want to change that for my family so I could become who I want to be by having AVID by my side. Oh, now we're feeling it over here. Um, next will be eighth grader 1, Sanchez Vivvar. Hello everyone, my name is Juan Sanchez Vivar. I'm an eighth grader at Yellow Middle School and this is what AVID means to me. I've been with AVID for three years and I'm willing to stick with it until the end of high school. AVID has helped me maintain a 4.0 GPA and because of
024AVID, I want to go to college. Before I didn't have a care in the world for college, and now I want to go to Caltech in Pasadena and become an automotive engineer. AVID is like a gift to me. If I didn't get into AVID, I wouldn't have wanted to go to college. I also need to give a lot of credit to my teacher, Miss Cruz, for how she's taught us what we need to know for college readiness, like took note taking and other things. A big help for me from Avid was the TRF tutorial request form, which helped me think back at the work I did to get my answer. I think some kids underestimate AVID and think it's boring, but AVID is not a waste of time. We get study hall almost every Thursday
025and we get help if an assignment is hard to understand. In the end, I am happy about being a part of the AVID program and I am excited to be in AVID through the rest of grade school. Thank you. Um, so as we prepared for this presentation today, um, I think it was Mr. Melo that emailed us and we really just threw out there this writing prompt to these kids of what AVID means to me and these are their genuine answers that they shared with peers and were really peer picked by their classmates to present today. So they're really we're really proud of them. Okay. So, looking ahead, um what our dream for AVID is, not just our school site, but we would hope districtwide. Um we went to Modesto High School for an AVID
026showcase and to see what AVID's capability in a high school setting was just phenomenal. It it was AVID throughout. It was schoolwide. It was evident um strategies throughout. It was mixed AVID kids mixed with other students and in other educational programs um all using these strategies that we practice. So some things that we would love to see all our students doing are utilizing a planner. For three years now we've provided all our students with planners. Um they are part of our binder checks and they um fill them out with every class they go to. And then what we got to see in a high school setting was the students start to make this not just a school routine, but a life skill routine where they're organizing and planning their lives with these planners like adults.
027And it was really neat to see at a school schoolwide, not just with in aid program. Um, taking various forms of notes, Cornell, two columns, three column notes, graphic organizers creating their own and knowing how to fill out a Cornell. you know, the proper information and be ready with what essential question they answering through their notes and then building that relational capacity in their classroom communities. Um, a lot of the students mentioned it. Our relationships with these kids are genuine. We truly love to see them. I every the past three years of seeing these kids come through my door the first day. I'm just excited to see them, excited to hear how their summer was. Um, and it's the same for them as well. It's a safe classroom. Um, and then building healthy habits that
028will benefit them past high school. And thank you. That would be okay. Good evening, President Cabraw, board members, and Superintendent Puit, and the community, including all the seniors here doing your government awareness projects. Good job. Um we our team um has been working together for about three years. Three years. And I just want to start out by saying that it has only been because of the support of the district giving us planning time, sending us to PD um that we are where we're at. We're wrapping up planning this course. And so I just wanted to start by saying thank you for allowing us the time out of our classes um to plan this material. So we were here um last semester. So, some of this is going to be a review. Some of it will
029be new, but this is our ethnic studies theme. We have put in over a 100 hours of work for this course. Um, and why ethnic studies? This is based upon AB 101, which passed in 2021 that mandates all students who are going to graduate in the class of 2029 and after are going to be required to pass a ethnic studies course in the state of California. So for Orus Simba High School, we have a plan where success 101 which is now required for all students is going to be condensed in condensed into one semester and that was working with our current success 101 team and they feel like that is totally manageable and this um ethnic studies course is going to be the other semester taught by Mr. Flores and um then students will swap
030so they get both classes. um the history of ethnic studies in general. And every time that I present that we talk about this, we really like to talk about how ethnic studies is a capital E, capital S. It's a discipline. Um which means that it describes a specific discipline of study. And where this came from was during the civil rights movement in the 1960s, there were a lot of students in Los Angeles. Um and then there were college students in the Bay Area who looked at the curriculum that they were learning and they didn't see theelves themselves reflected in it. So since the 1960s where students really advocated for this, um now from a study from UCLA in 1993, over 700 universities offer majors and minors um and courses of study in ethnic studies. So
031when we say ethnic studies, capital E, capital S, we're talking about these four disciplines. Indigenous studies, black American studies, Chuco and Latino studies, and then Asian-American and Pacific Islander studies. And there are a lot of groups that fit into that. Um but those are the four disciplines that make up the discipline of ethnic studies. So from our state when this AB 101 was passed they gave us guidelines and the guidelines are twofold overall twofold. Uh the first part of this course is learning the history of these communities that have been historically um historically left out of a lot of textbooks. Um their story not shared. So that's a huge part of the curriculum is sharing stories and sharing the highlights and sharing celebrations and sharing struggles that have been throughout United States history. And the
032second part of this the tools column which you can see right here um it's also equipping students to be what does it look like to live in a democratic society with people that don't agree with you and hopefully fostering a lot of bridgemaking um empathy and um working with people who are different than you. The other thing that's been really exciting is that um the state outlined that ethnic studies can be very much individualized for your town. So that means that we will be talking about how there was a Chinatown here when our town was over at Hills Ferry and then it moved over to where we are now. We're going to be talking about um one of our articles that we're going to be talking about is how the Lou family was highlighted um
033as fall festival grand marshals, right? like we're talking about actual families that have that are living here that are here um in our community. So, it's exciting. And another thing that I want to invite everyone to do is that we're compil compiling people's stories. Um it could be a memory. It could be telling a story of a grandparent. It could be telling your story. Um it could just be sharing how your family ended up in Newman or it could be sharing a funny story from a fall festival from 1983 or something. Um, but these QR codes are available. Um, if you want to email me a story, you can, but we're compiling a reader or an anthology of just people in the community to make it as accessible as possible to our students. Um, I
034and to emphasize to ethnic studies has been studied as a course in studies longitudinally, latitudinally. And just what that means is Christine Slater, she's kind of the magician, the queen of ethnic studies. She's taken a lot of her career to study what happens when students take it. And overwhelmingly the data says that it builds bridges. It doesn't cause division. Um and even if a student in a classroom um is not part of those four disciplines, it is still for all students. And that is the that's the heart behind what we built. We're really proud of what we built. Um but overwhelmingly the evidence shows that it builds bridges and doesn't cause division. This is our little screenshot of our calendar. this team right here working um over the past three years, we have planned out
035what every day and what every lesson looks like. Um every um there's a learning goal. There is going to be activities, there's reading um for every single day in the year. This is new from the last time that we presented. These are just bullet points showing how much community engagement that we have been working in the community. We've met with focus groups. We've met with students. Um we've presented at staff meetings. We're at the historical society. We're at the women's society. We have been in the community and we're really proud of what we've done. And so this bullet point list just kind of leads to that. Uh board members, if you'll notice, the last bullet point is for you leading to the action item E today and hopeful approval of the ethnic studies curriculum. Um
036so we wanted to make it's on there, but it hasn't happened yet. Okay. Okay, the last thing that I just want to share is we have a sample of our reader that will be available to all students that we built if anybody wants to take a look at that. It's still in progress because we're not done with our last unit, but that is available as well. Thank you very much. Thank you. Item number eight, consent calendar. Could I get a motion for the consent calendar as listed? I'll make that motion to approve the consent calendar. Thank you, Mr. Revis. Second. I second. Thank you, Mr. Gonzalez. Mr. Ribus. Hi, Mr. Walk. Hi, Mr. Rudy. Mr. Gonzalez, I Mr. Corles. I 50. Item nine, action item, public hearing on the school bond waiver request. Uh, what
037time you got, friend? 6:34. Open the public hearing at 6:34 p.m. Anybody would like to address the board on the bond waiver request. Seeing none, we'll close it at 6:35. Um item B, approval of resolution number 24-25 number 17, making a determination to submit a waiver request to the California State Board of Education with respect to certain provisions to the California of Education Code relating to the issuance of general obligation bonds and approving related documents and actions. Are there any questions? We have a representative here to um ask him or if you have any questions or comments. None. All right. Uh can I get a motion to approve item B? I make motion to approve item B. Can I get a second? I second. Mr. Rivas, hi. Mr. Rock, I miss her. Hi, Miss Gonzalez.
038Hi. And I vote I as well 50. Item number C, approval of resolution 24-2518 authorizing the issuance of sale of general obligation bonds election of 2020 series B in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed 20,820,000 and approving all related documents and actions including forms of bond purchase agreement and preliminary official statement. Any questions for item C? None. I would like to say thank you to Nicole for making her way all the way out here, making herself available to our community for any questions. Thank you. My pleasure. Right. Can I get a motion for item C? Anyone? I'll make that motion. Can I get a second? I second. Mr. Rivas. Hi, Mr. W. Hi, Miss Rudy M. Gonzalez. Hi, Mr. Bra. I 50. Item D, approval of school plan for student achievement for Bonita,
039Hunt, Bington, or Stema, Von Rener, Westside, and Yolo. Any questions for item D? Can I get a motion for item D? I have a motion. Uh second I'll second Mr. Rivas. Hi Mr. Walk. Hi Mr. Rudy. Miss Gonzalez. Hi. And myself I 50. Item E, approval of E ethnic studies curriculum. Any final questions? Can I get a motion for item E? I make a motion to approve item E. I got second. Thank you, Mr. Res. Mr. Ribz, I. Mr. Walk, I miss Rudy. Mazol. Hi. And myself. I 50. Item F, approval resolution 2425-09, school principal day. Can I get a motion for item F? I make a motion. I second. Thank you, Mr. Rivas. Hi, Mr. Walk. Hi, Mr. Shi. M Gonzalez. I and Mobo. I 50. Item G, approval of resolution 2425, number 10,
040school lunch hero day. Can I get a motion for item G? I make a motion. Thank you, Mr. Rudy. I second. Thank you, Mr. Z. Miss Ras, I Mr. Walk. Hi, Miss Rudy. Mrs. Zolas, hi. and myself by I50. Item H, approval resolution 2425 number 11, May mental health awareness month. Can I get a motion for item H? I'll make a motion. Could I get a second? Second. Thank you, Mr. Ribz. Hi, Mr. Walk. Hi, Miss Shy. Hi, Miss Gonzalez. Hi. And myself vote I 50. Item I approval resolution 2425- number 12 U teacher appreciation week. Could I get a motion for item I? I motion. Can I get a second? I'll second. Mr. Rivas I. Mr. Walk. I Mr. Rudy. Miss Gonzalez. Hi. I 50 Z. Item J, approve a resolution 2425 number 13,
041National School Nurse Day. And I got a motion for item J. Thank you, Mr. Trudy. Second. Go ahead. Okay, second. M Gonzalez second. Okay, Mr. Ras. Hi, Mr. Walk. Hi, Mr. Rudy. Hi, Miss Gonzalez. Hi, Mr. Bravo. 550. Item K, approval resolution 2425, National Speech Pathologist Day. Can I get a motion for item K? Thank you, Mr. Rudy. Second. A second. Thank you, Mr. Walk. Mr. Resz, I Mr. Walk. Hi, Mr. Rudy. M Gonzalez. I 50. Item L, approval of resolutions 242515 classified school employee week. Uh, can I get a motion for item L. I'll make that motion. Can I get a second? I'll second. Thank you, Mr. Walk. Mr. Ris, I Mr. Walk. I miss Shy. Hi, Miss Gonzalez. Hi, Miss Rob. Item M, approval resolution 2425, number 16, administrative professional week. Uh, item
042M. Could I get a motion for item M? I make a motion. Thank you, Miss Gonzalez. Could I get a second? I'll second. Mr. Rivish. Hi, Mr. Walker. Hi, Mr. Rudy. Hi, Miss Gonzalez. Hi, and myself. 5. Um, item number 10, future agenda items. Our next board meeting is Monday, May 6th, and the spotlight will be on Bington Elementary. Uh, item 11 is superintendent report. Mrs. Puit, yes, thank you. Uh, first I do want to comment on the the Diablo Grande water situation. It was for me it was quite an honor to be able to go up to Sacramento. I happened to be there already for a uh for a conference that day, but um through a connection of his chief of staff who I who I've known, I I was able to schedule that
043meeting and Juan Alanise was uh was kind enough to be able to to hear because I had received a few emails and a couple calls from uh Diablo residents. So, it was it was kind of an honor to be able to go up there and um and argue their case on their behalf. And like Mr. Philpot said it is 213 of our students that live up there and to um and to uh not step in and and try to help in any way I could would not be a good thing. So um they were really on top of things and I know uh Mr. Trudy also contacted Chase Condit and and so they're they are all aware of it. They are scrambling to try to find a solution but it's also a very complicated solution.
044So and it's not to any fault of the residents of of Diablo. So, um the next thing is for those of you that uh get a chance, the third annual Westside art competition is happening. Um students from Gustinine, Patterson, and Newman all have their art displays up at the Westside Theater. I believe it starts um I had the Thursday Thursday will be the uh 3 to 6 is you can go in and see what's happening and then the awards night is uh sorry Wednesday and Thursday you can go into the theater and see it after after school. So go in see see some of the art pretty incredible stuff that uh the talent that we have on the west side is is is really neat to see. Um the next thing is um Yolo, tremendous
045job on your AVID presentation and again that warrior promise. I'm not sure people fully understand what that means. A lot of times you you might be able to complete your A throughG at a in high school and you get a chance to get into college. This one guarantees a college spot for you. If you get your A throughG and you apply at Stannis Law State, you automatically get a seat. So, um, that is a big deal for our community and I'm hoping it also gets to spread to the schools around us as well. And, um, and I hear they might be in the works for UC Merrced. So, uh, that would be an incredible one as well. So, um, great things happening. And then, um, to our ethnic study team, great work. You guys, uh,
046presented very well tonight and, uh, makes me very proud to know that, uh, you guys are reaching our community in that way. So, thank you. All right. Item number 12, board report, Mrs. serving. Okay. So, had a few busy weeks. Um I was able to attend career day up on Runner, which I don't know if Mr. Cop is here. Um good job by the way. Um didn't only attend career day, but we also presented for career day. So, these students learned all about broccoli. Not by my choice, but um but no, very very good students, wonderful questions. Um everybody was very excited. So that was that's always nice to go and you know we appreciate the invite. Um second cup of coffee at Yolo always uh wonderful information. Um so for any YOLO parents that
047are in here please attend our second cup of coffees. Lots of of valuable information there. Um I did attend coffee with the superintendent which he had a wonderful turnout. So, that was nice to be able to sit and ask some questions that, you know, we don't really get to ask because we're either so busy or just not the one-on-one time. Um, I did attend the senior interviews for both days. So, it was nice to see um the students getting ready for their next chapter in life and got some wonderful insights and got to do one day with Mr. Cru and one day with Miss Fox. So, it was um eye opener for some for sure, but but it was nice. Um also, I was able to attend the NYU signing um and it, you know,
048like Justin says, it's a it's a really neat and um wonderful opportunity for our students. Um also, um the project that um for the sod at the field, it's coming along very nicely. It's going to be wonderful. and Matt, thank you for for getting that lined up and started early enough. So, it's it's exciting. And um like Mr. Puit said, um I did contact Mr. Cond in regards to the job situation and um if anybody has any questions, I'm willing to give you his cell phone number and that's information from him. So, any concerned residents or parents or families, you know, they're more than welcome to contact him and get some information. And last but not least, YOLO. Wonderful presentation. Um, my daughter does attend YOLO, so I am a parent. Um, just wonderful job.
049Everything's wonderful. And I do tell the parents that are here, I will tell you, please, please, please, if you have any questions, please don't be afraid to reach out to the YOLO staff because they are there to answer questions and don't believe everything you see or read. Um, but no, wonderful job and thank you for getting these students to to move forward in a positive direction and the ethnic group. Wonderful job. That's exciting and um, congratulations. That's all I got. Thank you, Miss Gonzalez. [Music] I had the opportunity to attend the LCAT meeting here put on by Miss Vargas. Um I don't I don't even remember what day that was anymore. I've been busy too. But um it was a wonderful turnout. It was so nice to see so many parents involved in the conversations
050at each school site and just how invested they are in the goals for LCAP. Um Heather always does a great job at organizing everything so I was not surprised by that. But um it was great to be able to hear the perspectives of other parents in the community to see what they perceive to be the goals and issues at each school. So I really appreciated having those conversations, you know, not just here at at a formal board meeting. Um I uh wanted to remind you all that it's autism awareness month, hence my shirt by one of our previous alumni. Um, my godson is a student at ORT STEM, but a junior this year also with autism. And it's really evident to me how important it is to really invest in not just right our our
051kids with autism, but really to see how an inclusive environment really does help support um our kids and their foundation. Um, so that sort of, you know, tags on to um Miss Chance's curriculum, which I'm looking forward to reading more in depth. Um, it's really neat that you're able to cater it to be more specific also to the Newman Cruz Landing Unified School District, not just, you know, statewide initiatives. So, that's really something to look forward to. And I think now, oh no, there was one more thing I was going to um comment on the YOLO presentation. It was also making me a bit emotional. It took me back to high school. Um I gosh I think it was I don't know quite a couple decades ago. Um I was one of the first um
052avid tutors at my school in Gustinine. I know it's our rival but I was just next door and um it was just so rewarding to watch as you mentioned those kids get to high school, get accepted into college and just what a difference it made in those lives. and I still have relationships like with some of those kids and seeing how much they flourish because of AVID and it's great to see that we're an advocate for that program and you know I'm happy to continue to support it in any way that I can. So thank you for all the work that you guys are doing there. Thank you Mr. Reus. I wasn't as busy as these two but I am busy. Um I did get to attend the LCAP as well. That was my first
053one and it was it was eye opening seeing how much community members were there, the staff, Miss Vargas, you did a great job putting it together. Um, Mr. Vargas, the the sads coming along. I'm at Matary every day and I see, you know, the landscape is going passing by. Um, I got to do the senior interviews my third time and this year was probably the best one just because talking to the staff it was more open and the students that were speaking weren't as nervous like when I used to do it before they would just be like I had some previous would be in tears because they're so nervous you know but this year it seemed like they were more calm. It was more open seeing their peers go to over here over here and
054then come back. But it was really great. Um, Friday I got to attend the Winner Spring Carnival. It was great. It was great turnout. I showed up at 5. I didn't leave till 6:30. Seeing all the kids out there running around, all the candy that they're eating. Uh, there was there I was really impressed with all the the baskets. There was a lot of baskets. My son was upset he didn't get the puppy basket, but I told him, "Hey, you can't get everything sometimes." Um, also, how many seniors are in here right now? raise your hand. Okay, you have two months left of high school before you get in the real world. Enjoy it. Okay, the real world is not easy place, but your last two months or whatever, enjoy it. Have fun. Make a
055memory. Okay. Also, I think Mr. K had was it Mr. Wales and they were recognized for TVL scholars, right? um those two it's something that's to be accomplished play sports and have great grades and then also this past Friday Devin Bell and Matthew Wales played in the all-star game for basketball. I didn't get to attend because I was busy but I saw highlights and it looked like great turnout. It was real great to see them represent playing against other schools and I think they did well. And lastly, I know teachers are not happy about this, but enjoy spring break. Students, enjoy spring break. I'll enjoy it. But uh thank you, Mr. W. All right. First off, I want to thank the presenters tonight and ethnic studies program at ORE. um as a high school history
056teacher um for series Unified. Both of these programs really uh hit home for me. You know, seeing uh middle schoolers going through an AVID program and trickling up into um the high school, it's only going to benefit them um as they go through high school and as they make their way into college with their other career fields. And then with ethnic studies, I'm a history teacher, so uh my uh colleagues have been living this uh world too. and I really appreciate your your program and how you guys are planning on tackling this and the fact that you're including the community so much in what uh you guys are presenting. Um I was able to do some walkthroughs uh last week. Uh Mr. Prud and I made it to every uh school except for YOLO and
057Bon Rener. Uh we put in a lot of steps walking. I think I had like almost an hour of exercise on my watch by the time we were done. Um, we were even able to go to Foothill um and Westside and got to see uh the progress we made there as well. And then I was also able to go to a yellow track meet at Pitman and it was their first one. The athletes were excited and they won lots of medals. That was exciting. Thank you, sir. Uh, got the notes here for the Westside Theater Art Show. It's going to be at the theater. It's uh Tuesday and Wednesday from 3:00 to 5:00 pm and the reception on Thursday is from 4:00 to 6:00 pm in case you wanted to go to that. And then
058uh good job on yolo presentations tonight and just like every other month um Bington you're up next month so make sure you bring a good show and uh thank you for the the ethnic studies group uh presentation tonight and uh the online packet and all the information was was a lot of stuff. So looks like a pretty good course. Um, good luck for that. If you have any questions, comments, concerns, next meeting is u May 6th if I remember right. Correct. May 6th, right? Oh, you messed up the date. Maybe it's the fifth. Maybe it's the fifth because the promise May 3rd, May 4th, May 5th. All right, we'll switch it to the 5th. Maybe 6. Oh, okay. So, it's the 12th. May 12th. That's the 12th. All right. Next board the next board meeting
059is I can't is May 12th. Um and with that we'll go ahead and adjourn the meeting and then uh students if you guys want to come up and we'll sign your guys' agenda for the credit. See you guys next month. 655. Next one's pass.