001So, you're gonna do it tonight? >> Well, it looks like it or at least if allows enough time to leave tomorrow morning snag. >> Yeah. >> So, I'm a little bit anxious about that. Yeah. >> Okay, that makes sense. Is it just It looks like you're >> I am. Yeah, I am. My head is going 100 miles an hour. You're right. I also I'm uh I'm gonna be I'm going to present the CSBA section. >> I just want to make sure I get that right. >> Pretty important. >> Yes. Yes. >> So yeah, you you you read it right. There's a little bit of >> little bit of hyped up going on. Anyways, >> oh my darling. So, your kids get to Michigan. Okay. And >> Yeah, they did. And then they came down for
002Jacine's wedding. >> Okay. Okay. >> February. >> Okay. Yeah. I saw pictures. Okay. I didn't realize where it was. Okay. >> Yeah. I was in San Diego and it was just >> really nice. Just turn it straight to Good evening. In closed session, the board um was no reportable action taken. Thank you again to Richmond School Tigers for coming today, for being our greeters. At this time, we'll start the regular meeting of the Sarah Sands Unified School District for March I mean for February 19th. And we'll begin with the flag salute led by Jasmine >> 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. >> At this time, we'll have a moment of silence. >> Thank
003you. I'd like to call to order the school board meeting for February 19th. Uh we're going to go with adoption of agenda. Any changes? >> No changes. >> Okay. The the uh agenda will will stand and we'll go to number two. Good things. Do we have any good things today? I think everybody already knows, but we got some snow. Looking forward to the winter weather. Some sports coming on up. >> Anything else? >> Yes, I know. I am probably boring because my good things are almost always grandkids, but darn it, they're good things. Um, so I'm flying tomorrow to uh Virginia to watch three of my grandkids perform in a community theater production of Frozen. So, >> little more winter going on there, right? >> And and the winter's going to be frozen back there
004cuz we'll get a huge storm on Sunday. So, enjoy. >> Yeah, >> you may be stuck in this. >> That part I wasn't looking forward to. >> Thanks for bringing down my good thing, Tim. No, it's like you enjoy the snow. It's a good thing. I was just there last night, so it was snow. >> Yeah. I guess my good thing would be yesterday I spent two and a half hours and I completed all my tests that I needed to have done for the Sierra Sands email that I got from uh our district. So, felt good about that. >> Yeah, you got nine more days, Tim. Okay. Thank you. Uh we'll go to item three, approval of the minutes for the special meeting of January 14th, 2026 and the special and regular meetings of January
00515, 2026. Were there any changes? Nope. Everything's good. The M minutes will stand. Number four, programs and presentations. Number one, CTE presentation by Dr. Savco. Good evening, President Campbell, members of the board, Superintendent Dr. Moore, staff, and community. February is um highlights CTE and so I'd like to share some information with you about our current CTE programs and some progress we've made in our overall implementation. CTE programs today focus on relevant career and technical education that's blended with rigorous academics in order to prepare students for a wide range of highskilled jobs and high demand jobs. Our CTE funding sources are through our LCAP goal one action three. We fund the CTE teaching staff Perkins 5 and also multiple CTE incentive grants so we maximize what the state offers so we can support our programs and
006our students. Uh in California there are 15 industry sectors and in Sierra Sands mainly at Burough High School we have eight CTE pathways and I would like to share a video with you which basically covers the next eight slides um brought to you by our film production uh CTE course uh CTE program. He Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Let's give a round of applause to our programs and our film production crew. The next eight slides go into a little bit more detail about each focus. I did want to give the board and communic community two really positive updates. So last year I brought to you the possibility of a partnership with B3K Prosperity and South Bay Work Investment Board and KCSOS. they were seeking districts to uh participate in this threetrack model
007of again pre-apprenticeship getting students ready for the workforce. And so um we want to thank uh Principal Cop and uh Mr. Jacetton for working with KCO SOS to enroll our students 20 of them into the blueprint for workforce workplace success online course. They've also had guest speakers come in and really talk to the students about what employers are seeking in the industry. I happened to be invited and was able to um observe some of the advice and this will not surprise you. One of the biggest pieces of advice is show up to work. If you can't show up, please communicate and then be on time and be communicative and collaborative in your workforce. So that won't come as a surprise to anyone, but it's interesting that that's validating some of the needs we see in
008our own community and district. Um what's really fascinating and reinforcing this um participation is when students do complete the course, they receive a $300 stipent and a certificate. And so um I'll keep you apprised of their progress, but that's really exciting. And so we thank you. You're always innovative and you usually say yes. We want yes to what we seek in our community and our partnerships. Another um another exciting update is something that you might might seem familiar to you from about two or three years ago. Do you recall going to a the CSBA conference and hearing a speaker talk about the relevance of, you know, seeking what you aspire to do versus the industry and talking about career trees and how that makes so much relevant uh with our students. And so under Dr.
009Moore's leadership, we did pursue uh career trees for our pathways and even different content areas in our district. And so this is an example of the engineering and architecture uh career tree that our own staff have developed. So these aren't prescribed. These are relevant to our community and right now in industry. >> And so those posters were put on the board. Oh, you're going to talk about it. >> Um so we you can see it in the classrooms when you walk burrows now. They have large posters. Jasmine's nodding her head. She's probably seen them in her classes. And it's really neat. and and there's more layers to come with how we're going to use and interact with them, but we're excited to see that moving forward and appreciate all the work that the Burough's team
010did to customize those for our students and our pathways. I would agree. And I'd like to also acknowledge our um secondary coordinator, Laura Herbert, who has helped um lead the way and make sure that we're progressing in this area. So, those are the exciting things that are happening with our CTE programs and pathways. We just want to again acknowledge our amazing community partners, our amazing teachers. Um, and we want to acknowledge the board and your uh consistent support. I do want to let the community know that many years ago uh CTE programs were going by the wayside as we probably had a hyperfocus on college readiness. Um, but our board has always been committed to industry and preparing students for work and life and college. Any questions? >> Any questions? >> Thank you, Dr. Sav.
011>> You know, it was kind of interesting. I was um I looked at when you saw health careers there and I was getting poked today by the getting my blood drawn and there was one of them. One of our students was right there. Ah, see you Mr. Campbell back in the day and I said, "Oh yeah, I remember you and Julie." I made a mark at that school. So it was nice though. It was good to see her. So thank you. Okay, we'll go to uh 4.2 social contracts presentation. Uh Mr. Al, >> it's the down. Okay, it's the down arrow. Okay. I've been told politely that I don't make a good window or doorway, so I'm going to sit down. I don't want to block everybody's view. Uh, President Campbell, uh, Superintendent Dr. Moore,
012members of the board, staff, and community. I'm here this evening to present uh something we're excited about implementing in the Sierra Sands Unified School District. I better start with this. So we have a uh a civility initiative vision. As many of you know, in fact, I think probably all all of us know that over the last many years, um our culture or our climate um has lost some of its civility, some of its decorum, and that's made its way onto our school campuses certainly um you know, especially at the secondary sites, but even at the elementary sites. And uh while we know that there's nothing we could do that would completely resolve that issue, we feel strongly that there are many things we could do to improve the situation and that's that's what this initiative
013is about. So I'd like to share uh with the board and the community uh what we have put together. So this started a couple of years ago when I uh had visited um a few family members in different hospitals in Southern California and I became very aware of their campaigns and hospitals um talking about this in different ways. Um you would see most often where they say hospitals are a place of healing and therefore our expectations for behavior and conduct would be this and this. And I thought well if a hospital is a place of healing schools are a place of learning and similarly we should have expectations for conduct behavior and so forth. And if we don't spell those out and if we don't attempt to uh enforce them or to uh inspire people
014to endorse them and to model them then uh we we're missing an opportunity we believe. So, the goal, I'm on the wrong slide. There we go. Is to strengthen the community and culture within the Sierra Sands Unified School District and the Indian Wells Valley. We don't believe that this is just something that's going to happen at Sierra Sands. We'd like to implement it and offer it to other organizations and groups. Um, city of Ridgerest, Richest Police Department, U any of our service organizations, certainly our youth athletics. Uh there needs to be civility out there on the playing fields in the courts, right? We've seen many too many examples of um very unfortunate behavior by adults and we want to try to address that. So we want to do that by fostering a foundation of respect
015for our students, our staff, and our families. So these are uh the the current challenges and and I won't ask for input but I I'm guessing in fact I'm fa uh fairly certain that many of you if not all of you have observed all of these things many many times rising disruptions there's an increase in egregious behaviors among and between students and also between community and staff digital incivility. There's an escalation of negative rhetoric or even inaccurate information on social media affecting staff morale which causes us to have to engage uh and try to retain them despite their being um you know being being talked about on social media. Parent staff interactions, reports of aggressive communication styles hindering productive problem solving and then modeling for students. Um, adult behavior directly influences the social emotional learning
016environment for our youth. I uh I volunteered or volunteing class when my wife and I were first starting our family and I can't remember anything about it but one thing and that is that more is caught than taught. I don't know if I agree with it in its entirety but I do agree that that's the truth. How many times have you heard a toddler say something they shouldn't? Right. Well, who are they modeling after? The adults. And what people don't realize is that when they're in our facilities, they're on our campuses, they're in our front office, there are students observing them, observing their behaviors. Um hopefully not modeling the the bad ones, but in some cases it could be very traumatic for them. and that's equally as um inappropriate. So what we would like to
017do or what our idea was was to create a communitywide social contract. So for those of you who are familiar and there's a lot of teachers in the room and and employees, you know that the social contract is usually created within a smaller setting than a community. it's in a classroom or within a department or with a smaller group and the activity includes input and engagement with all involved and ultimately they come to an agreement and then they all commit to it. They all commit to those expectations. They sign it um and then it's put on the wall and it's a reminder. And when the expectations aren't being adhered to, we can easily go up to it and say, "Are we paying full attention right now?" No. Are we being polite to one another? No.
018Um, and so it's a very intimate kind of process and it works very well. I don't think it would work well to invite the entire community in to create our social contract. That's just not a reasonable proposition. So instead, what we've done is met with a number of different groups, groups that included staff, uh our leadership, uh parents, superintendents, council, and so forth. And we've done presentations and ask for feedback and ask for input. And after collecting all that information, we've basically dialed it into these three pillars to ensure civility. one is and none of them are groundbreaking like it's not like oh I didn't think of that respect I mean it's just basic respect value every voice and commit to treating all community members with dignity even when we don't we don't agree there
019has to be civility in those conversations where there's disagreement integrity we act with honesty and transparency ensuring our actions align with our stated values and polic policies and what's not there that I I would uh suggest would be included is to assume good intentions, right? We want to assume that we're here to solve a problem uh instead of just being combative or uh confrontational. And then the critical tool is communication. We prioritize listening to understand rather than listening just to reply, right? We want to understand what the concern is so that our our response is more than just an empty reply. It's actually active listening to solve a problem. And then finally, fostering a climate of open and safe dialogue. Uh these are some of the goals I wanted to point out to you that
020each one of these four goals um for Dr. for South Co's sake are measurable. Um we will we will measure them and we will report back and we'll be able to determine whether or not we're being effective. Uh in improving climate data, we do annual surveys um and we get lots of information. Some of it's um very helpful and some of it is less helpful but uh to see any measurable change in that survey data. Uh a reduction of grievances. What happens when staff and uh community uh engage in conversations that that don't end well is it typically ends up in a some kind of a formal complaint or a grievance. So decrease the number of formal complaints uh and empower our staff. Uh we want to increase uh the knowledge of deescalation and conflict
021resolution and then the community partnership. Uh we do and we've already engaged in conversations with a number of of our local organizations and we're going to invite everybody and anybody that wants to endorse this initiative to do to do so. Not asking for donations, not asking for anything other than this is how we also believe we should treat one another both in the schools and in our entire community. So, as most of uh of you know, and I mentioned it earlier, this is aligned with capturing kids hearts and we have adopted um the CKH system districtwide. Even the board has their social contract for those of you who don't know what that is over there. They engaged in that process. Um they also engage in the uh explore, communicate, empower, launch framework. Um, and as
022such, we want to do the same thing. We want this to be an extension of capturing kids hearts, although it has to be done a little differently because it isn't reasonable to include everybody in the community. Um, and so what we've done is modified that and just gotten feedback and captured what we feel were the main uh primary focuses of those activities. And then the core components uh education and training visual vis visual and cultural campaign. So there are two tables over there put together and there's a banner on there and when I'm finished we will um take a quick break and we would invite anybody and everybody that wants to uh endorse the initiative to go over and to sign the banner. this type of um graphic or graphic reminder, this kind of of
023um you know presentation will be shared with all our school sites um all of our district offices and really just as a reminder to people that this is what we expect and this is what um we've endorsed and we agree to. So, it's right in your face and you'll see when you when you look at it, it's not a lot of words because people don't read a lot of words, especially if they're not very happy, right? It's very clear. It's a lot of images and it's broken down into some very basic expectations. Um, and and so we're we're hopeful that this will be a a good tool. I'm almost So this is um this is the the social contract. It's it's called a draft. It's I would say it's nearly final draft. Um it's it's
024well on its way. Uh but it's very very simple. You know, treat people with dignity. That's the respect piece. Listen to others. Don't interrupt or insult. Speak respectfully. And then address concerns. You know, typically when there is some kind of a unfortunate, not civil interaction, somebody's upset about something. Let's get to the bottom of what they're upset about civily and see if we can solve it um in a in a fashion that isn't disruptive and hurtful to the climate. And then civility, community, connection is kind of our our motto. I went the wrong way. So that is the um the presentation. What we're doing here is just sharing with you the concept. We have the banner, but we would also ask the board um during our regular business. Uh there's an agenda item to hopefully
025take action to approve a resolution um that would endorse our initiative. And as we do that, we intend to ca to campaign. U there are several community opportunities coming in the next several weeks that we've already made plans to share this information with others and just engage. We want to educate and and the bottom line is is that if we can have a positive message that people will endorse, I think I think we will get an overwhelming response. People aren't going to engage people that are being confrontational. They're not going to go on social media and poke the bear. Just endorse what we all expect, what we all want. Um and and and see if we can get a movement of change that leads to an improvement is is the goal. >> All right. >>
026Does the board have any questions, comments? >> I have a comment. Um I believe that this is wonderful and I think the world should do something like this as well. Um doing our morals and values and bringing our intrinsic out and I don't know love and just getting along and it doesn't cost anything. So >> you know it's just I think it's great move forward. >> Yes. You know, I um Thank you, Mary. I wanted to read something that you know, when you um when you shared this at the superintendent's council >> um over in Richmond, and I was reading through the CSBA, the little um paper that they went and I remember this um in session two of um when we were there in December, the main session, Matt Lairman said something. He said,
027"Bringing people together in these tumultuous times can be incredibly difficult in some communities. It takes courage to listen to someone with whom you might disagree with." And instead of dismissing, then you say the words, "Tell me more. Help me understand where you're coming from. Help me understand what makes you see this issue in that way." It's how, you know, it's how we dialogue in a civil way. and it's not a promise we're going to agree, but if we can dialogue in a civil way, we're going to have the ability to hopefully solve the issues. And I remember him talking about that and um and here we are. And awesome job, Mr. >> Anybody else? >> Good, >> Bill. >> So, I I I am very excited about moving this forward. Um, I I I really
028do believe that Richest is a unique place and our community is a unique place and I think the contribution to our community if we can generate the interest and the commitment to this kind of movement can help enhance our culture in a very positive way. Um, and I think it's really important for me from our perspective as a board to understand what what we're asking to happen here because if if one is not careful, the focus on what uh Mr. All said about this is what we expect from you could be the focus. But I don't think that can be the focus. I think it that is part of the equation but I think the for us the big part of the equation is and this is what we commit to and for me the
029one of the the most self-reflective items of that is the concept of listening for understanding not for response. And and I have to say when I look back at my first years on the board, I was a much younger individual. Um and my method was very much I listened to counter because I was already convinced that my position was appropriate. Um and so when I when I heard it was okay, so how do how do I counter that? And that's a very different approach than listening and say okay this is from a perspective I don't have what is it I'm missing and why did I not consider this before and what needs to be reflected on on this specific perspective so that at the end of the day we can come to a conclusion that
030really moves us all forward and and to me that's what this is about. This this yes, this is what we expect of ourselves and this is what we commit to. And in this arena specifically, it means that um whether or not I had any concept at all before of what you're bringing to the table, I will commit myself to listen and try and understand. Does it always mean in the end we agree? No, but it has to be part of the process to coming to that conclusion or else we're not doing our job. So I I am I am really excited about this and I believe it maybe I'm too too polyiana but I do believe that this kind of movement can can enhance and change our community in a very positive way. Uh and
031it all starts right here with us, right? I mean the board did the same thing for for our own actions, right? And that's that's how a movement grows. You start with what who you are and what's in front of you and then you move out from there and out from there. So I I think it's a great thing. >> Anybody else? Okay. So at this time we're gonna >> we're going to ask those on the dis here first to go down and take and sign. Whether you're using initials or your name either is great. We have a photographer that's going to help us capture that moment. And then once those on the dis have signed, we invite everyone in the audience who's interested to come and sign as well and join us in this commitment,
032this personal commitment as Mr. Ferris mentioned. >> Okay. Thank you, Mr. Al. >> Awesome. >> Brian, can you go down one slide? >> Yes, there are markers here. She wants to know what thing about this initiative. It's like >> is there any opposition like >> give me your r for opposing You'd be a fool. All right, come on over. Anyone who's willing to join us in this Love it. Good stuff, huh? >> I don't know what were they >> forums like back >> like try to get to as many as you could. I remember one at the library. I remember one over at a church. >> And um I just remember that I mean Evan's gonna step back. >> So just it's awesome. I think that's what the whole thing and they say there's a
033great awakening happening. >> I think that's kind of what it is. Maybe >> I'm hoping that >> well yeah I mean they're talking about like 70s you know be out. Make sure you get home before those lights turn on, you know, and if there was and if you weren't, then parents would go out and look, start screaming for you. >> So, we got to get it back to that. >> I did it. I worked 3 in the morning to like 11 and then I pick up the kids day when they're little like 2 or 3 and then I pick them up at 11 or 12. >> So they 11. >> Anyways, I was just thinking even like people. >> All right. Thank you everybody. >> Oh, sorry. >> So we'll move on to uh item
034five public hearing which we have nothing in item five. So, number six, reports and communications. Uh, 6.1 reports from members of the board. >> I got something. Congratulations to our lady Burroughs for going on to the semis. >> Yeah. No, I don't I think it's an away game, isn't it? On Saturday. Yeah. >> Is it Kennedy or Kahome? >> Kennedy. Kennedy. >> Kennedy. >> Okay. So, Kenny and the La Palma uh Saturday played. So, good luck to the Lady Burrows. Great job. >> Excellent. >> Anybody else? >> Okay. 6.2 student board members report. Jasmine, >> thank you for Buick STEM Academy. Since our last board meeting, Buick has been very busy with a number of exciting and successful events. We held a vibrant science fair with several students advancing to the county level. We celebrated
035positive student behavior with another Hornet Day, continuing to reinforce the culture we're building we're building on campus. Our seventh and eighth graders attended the Tech Grid professional speaker series where they not only represented SSUSD in Buick exceptionally well, but also engaged with thoughtful questions and active participation. We hosted another awards assembly and each time we hold one, our traditions grow stronger and more meaningful. Parents joined us on campus for the Project Lead the Way robotics dragsters event and many stopped by the office afterwards to share how impressed they were with what students were created were creating in the Project Lead the Way. The robotics team also went to a competition in Bakersfield and came back with a creative award for a uniquely designed robot. The Thursday before the long weekend was filled with Valentine's Day
036joy from Grams to small acts of kindness shared classroom to classroom. Basketball practice is also underway and our student athletes are already showing great teamwork and enthusiasm. We are now gearing up for Junior Olympics and look forward to sharing those successes at our next update. Go Hornets. For China Lake Junior High School, third quarter progress reports have been posted and we are pleased to share that students continue to demonstrate steady academic growth. Our intervention sessions are effectively supporting targeted students with measurable success in addressing learning gaps and improving overall performance. We appreciate the dedication our staff is providing and focused support to ensure all students have opportunities to succeed. We are preparing for our next no tardy party which in which continues to positively reinforce punctuality and attendance expectations. Plans are also underway for our
037upcoming character awards assembly where we will where we will recognize students who exemplify our core values and demonstrate outstanding citizenship. Looking ahead, we have begun early planning for the 2026 2027 school year. As part of this work, we are exploring possible additions to our elective offerings to expand opportunities and better meet students interests and needs. Construction efforts on campus continue to move forward. We are pleased to report that the new parking lot opened last month, improving improving traffic flow and campus accessibility for students, staff, and families. Our associated student body is actively planning the annual touch of class dance which will be held on March 6th. This event is always a highlight for our students and provides a positive opportunity for school engagement. Athletically, basketball season is in full swing and our teams are experiencing
038a great deal of success. We are proud of our student athletes for their commitment, teamwork, and sportsmanship both on and off the court. China Lake Junior High School continues to build momentum academically, socially, and pro programmatically as we move through the third quarter for Mosquination High School for Alted. Over the last month, the counselors have worked hard with both schools to develop a kindness week. Students had a week of spirit days, visited Buick to read to younger students, and created posters for affirmations. One of the biggest community events was tonight, the scholarship fair. Students have been working with counselors to develop essays and prepare for the next leg of their educational journey. For MHS, last week students had a Valentine's themed spirit week culminating and purchased grams as a fundraiser for students for staff and
039students. Our graduates total is 15 and we have a few with singledigit credits remaining. Go Dragons. for HDS. Students have found a balance of social need and independence as teachers create collaborative groups and streamlined the credit recovery process for those in need. Great job students and staff are f for finding your unique path forward in an everanging world. Enrollment is slated to be slightly up based off based on the SOC open enrollment. Go Bobcats. for the middle college. The IT professor delivered a special presentation to the cohort of careers in STEM and opportunities at CCCCC. Thank you, professor. The new students to the cohort are settling in, and after a small snag with college textbooks, they are ordered. It created an awesome opportunity for students to share, collaborate, and come up with creative solutions collectively.
040What a great group of problem solvers. A special thanks to CLJH eighth grade teachers helping shoulder tap students who need the encouragement to see themselves as future collegegoers. A way to support our community. For Burroughs High School, the first month of the new semester is going well with students Wait a second. Oh, just kidding. Sorry, guys. Bear with me here. With students adjusting to their new schedules, ASB's winter rally and King of Hearts dance went well with participation from all grades. Andy Hall was crowned king at the dance and winter sports are coming to an end. Our girls basketball team, as we already said, has made it to the semi-finals and play this Saturday at Kennedy High School. In wrestling, Eli Eli Eglesen and Sierra Green were MRL champions. Sierra Green finished seventh at CIF
041and will attend Masters this weekend. Our spring sports like baseball, softball, track and field, boys tennis, golf, and swimming are beginning their seasons. February is also recognized as student dating violence aware awareness month. February 27th, the music department will be putting on a concert starting at 6:30 p.m. at the uh PPAC. March 3rd, the eighth grade students will be heading to Burrows to attend a music concert put on by the BHS music classes. Drama students are still preparing for their spring play, This Murder Was Staged, which will take place March 13th, 14th, and 20th, starting at 700 p.m. and March 21st at 2 p.m. Honoral students will be recognized with the lunch on March 24th. Robotics has had a comp Robotics has a competition on February 21st where they will attempt to qualify for the
042state competition. Burroughs has also been working with students and staff on the Western Association of Schools and Colleges accreditation report in preparation for the visit next school year. Interest meetings for ASB elections are being held next week and elections will be March 27th and the PSAT for sophomores is taking place March 4th. That's it. >> Thank you, Jasmine. So, we'll go to um 6.3 Dr. Moore super superintendent report. >> Thank you, President Campbell. and hard to follow all those great student reports. So much to celebrate. Nicely done, Jasmine. Thank you for sharing that. Our enrollment and attendance report is attached to the board agenda. And I just want to highlight our attendance is continuing to trend higher than last year. We're at 92.1% as of month four, which is 3% higher than last year. And
043we know that 3% is huge growth. We still are shooting for 94%. So we have some room to grow. And we then that's not our end goal. That's just our stretch goal for this year. Um, but we are making some great progress and appreciate all the energy of our staff and our students to show up every day. Um, and the parents for helping the kids get there. So, thank you everyone. We have formalized our district social contract as we did earlier and um, appreciate Mr. Al leading the charge on that. And after tonight's e this evening's upcoming board action on the resolution, we're planning to share this in our community presentations, including my presentation next week at the economic outlook conference that our chamber hosts each year. And we're looking forward to engaging our community
044and families with that social contract and providing that signage and reminders visibly in our workspaces. I would like to share a little bit about impact aid. It's a federal education program that helps our district and others offset the funding lost to our, in our case, a base, a large non-t taxable federal federal property in our district's area. Public schools are primarily funded through local property taxes and land owned by the federal government, such as military bases, are exempt from that those taxes. As a result, districts serving students who live on or are connected to this land receive less local revenue to support our schools. So, impact aid is a federal funding source that helps us close the gap by reimbursing districts for lost funding and additional costs associated with educating federally connected students. And in
045order to qualify for that funding, we work with our students and families. the parents who work on federal land have to fill out some forms and those forms are very critical because that's how we're eligible and so I'm very excited to share that due to our partnership with NAS China Lake and the diligent efforts of school liaison Jesse Vasquez who's here in our audience and administrative secretary Melissa Nasland our submission of impact aid forms for this year showed a 10% increase in qualifying submissions over last year and that is really significant Um, we shifted, interestingly, we had to shift away from technology to get that to make that happen. By shifting back to the paper forms that allowed our school staff to help us and support the collection of forms, they were able to see,
046oh, did each of our students turn them in yet or not, whether or not they qualified, we just wanted everyone to com complete them. And the staff at the schools helped tremendously in that effort. So, just wanted to thank everyone involved in the process. Our kids win when we are working together. So, thank you. Since impact aid is not an automatic addition to the federal budget each year, our district and board have prioritized annual advocacy efforts in Washington DC to remind our legislators of the importance of this funding. And so, you'll see periodically we are going to DC, but it's because it's not automatic. Many of us are familiar with our title funding like title one and title two. Those are automatic line items that may or may not be increased. impact aid is not
047automatic and it has to be written in each year. And so we we find that to be a very important piece of advocating for our district and for our students. I do want to note Congressman Fong has been a very strong supporter of impact 8 over the years both as a California assemblyman and now as a US congressman. So he's well aware of the importance that this brings for our community. And as we uh look forward to beyond tonight, I'm looking forward to next week's economic outlook conference and our national impact aid conference later in March attending that with board vice president Tim Johnson. Thank you. And that concludes my report. >> Thank you, Dr. Moore. Um people don't realize what 10% does, but it it's huge. It's it's a lot of money. So, we
048do thank you so much for all your help. And I remember those days when we had to get those things turned in every day when we were teachers. And it it does work as a team. So awesome job. >> Okay. 6.4. Report to the board of trustees by the Desert Area Teachers Association. Miss P. >> Good evening everyone. Um and you guys. Um I would sit like Mr. But like my dream is to do a talk show. So if I sit there, I'm not getting up. Um but one day. >> Um I wanted to let you all know that it rained today. Like water fell from the sky and and we had school anyway and I did my best to stop that. But we solded on and we had school and I'm feeling pretty proud
049of that. Um it was crazy though. some fun weather. I just wanted to mention that because it's pretty exciting. It's exciting in the high school. It's probably hard at elementary because they have to stay in, but um we have it we have it easy. Um okay, here is the big thing. Um, so I didn't bring this up at the last meeting because I had just started talking to um, Miss Rald and then I ended up having a really good conversation with Dr. Moore. Uh, but my new favorite topic, the dependent verification is really rubbing people the wrong way. We're all for reducing costs, right? obviously um but I have received a lot of emails because teachers who don't have dependent had to go to the meeting when the consequence is if you don't go you
050lose your dependent coverage. Um and then people who have opted out of the insurance also are expected to go and so they're asking me why. I'm like I don't know. Um, so that feels very frustrating and I just want I want want to let you know that it that um it kind of wrinkled us that we had to give up time to go sit basically. It was the sales pitch. That's the biggest gripe, right? Like we had to prove that we have dependence. That's cool. We, you know, no one's out to defraud anybody. um but sitting through a sales pitch and had it been um while you're at the meeting, you know, hey, do you want to hear about this? But it was it was I think it could have been presented better. So, I
051just wanted um to let you all know that people are aren't thrilled. Now, there were some people that found it convenient to be able to sit right there and sign up for their 403b, which everyone should have um and to get the um insurance to the American Fidelity. As data members, we tend to go through the standard. We don't have an open enrollment. So, for some people that worked out um and so I think it's just how it was presented that really um that really bothered a lot of us. Um, and then uh that's it. That's it for notes. So, um, have a good spring break. I'll see you before that. >> Yeah. >> Thank you, Eileen. >> Okay. 6.5. Report to the board of trustees by the California Schools Employees Association. Sylvia Pius. Do
052I say that right? Yeah, >> right. >> I'll just call you S. I'm not gonna >> Well, I remember in high school you would call when I was in your class, you called me Pocontis because you could not say it. So, it's fine. Um, >> well, >> no big deal. Um, I've had it said many, many ways. No big deal. Uh, hello board president, board member, superintendent Dr. Moore, deputy superintendent, Dr. Savco, staff, and community. I would like to address the comment made last month by Dr. Moore regarding the CSEA negotiating team shooting down the proposal presented by the district. I want to provide more context about why the proposal was not something our team could accept. For the last five to six years, the negotiating team has been trying to decompress our already very
053compressed pay scale. A problem caused by repeated increases to minimum wage without corresponding increases increases to the rest of the classified salary schedule. Each year, only the steps tied to minimum wage have received adjustments, while employees earning above minimum wage have not received any ongoing increases. This has resulted in an increasingly compressed scale that does not reflect differences in job duties, experience, or responsibility. The district's recent proposal would have compressed the scale even further. It did not address the long-standing issue that many employees have not received raises simply because they earn slightly more than minimum wage. In response, our team developed a proposal that adjusted the pay scale so all classified employees would benefit. The district shot it down. We then proposed an increase specifically for employees who have not received the annual minimum wage
054increase since those affected by minimum wage have consistently received 40 to 50 cent increases each year of the last 5 to six years plus the same onetime stipens the rest of the bargaining unit received. A one-time stipen does not address ongoing wage inequities or the cost of living. The comments made last month came across to several team members and other classified staff who reached out to us as a suggestion that the negotiating team is not advocating for everyone. This has caused some concern as our team works very hard to ensure that all employees are fairly compensated. It is true that we proposed that employees who had just received a minimum wage increase not receive an additional increase at that time as they had already received a recent 50 cent raise and have consistently received annual
055increases for several years. Meanwhile, other classified employees have gone years without any ongoing adjustment to their pay with the cost of living. And considering that businesses like Wendy's, McDonald's, and good old Panda Express now make more money than our pair of professionals who serve our most vulnerable students, it is clear that our salary schedule needs meaningful restructuring. As we head into negotiations, our goal remains to address the pay scale as a whole. not just increase minimum wage again, but to create a fair, sustainable, and appropriately spaced salary schedules for all classified employees. Thank you. >> Thank you, Sylvia. >> Okay. 6.6. Communications from the public. At this time, members of the public may address the board on an item not on the agenda. Comments should relate to items of public interest within the board's jurisdiction.
056The law prohibits the board from taking action on items not on the agenda. If appropriate, your comments will be referred to staff for response. When addressing the board, please state your name and limit your remarks to three minutes. In accordance with board bylaws, the board will limit the total time for public input to 30 minutes. Those wishing to address the board beyond the 30 minute time limit may do so at the end of the scheduled meeting agenda. We will open public comment. Public comment at 6:58. Hello, Cheyenne Reagan, teacher at Pierce. Um, I just wanted to share a few good things that have been happening at Pierce recently. fifth grade went to their field trip at Sarakoso last week and the kids were so well behaved and really enjoyed themselves which is really awesome because
057they're fifth grade and we love them but sometimes they can be a little rowdy and I just was so proud of them for just the reports back from everyone who saw them there. They were really happy to see them and acting right. Um, we also had our kindness blooms dance last week. Kind of a Valentine's Day kindness month collab and it was so amazing seeing so such a huge turnout of families and just everyone dancing, older siblings that we had had just coming back and hanging out with their current little siblings that go to Pierce was just really, really fun. We had an affirmation station and just the kids really really enjoyed it. Um, and then lastly, we went yesterday, our fifth grade again went to the Griffith Observatory yesterday for a fifth grade only
058very special VIP field trip. Um, the kids got picked up at 5:00 a.m. They all showed up at 4:30 a.m. to be there and get on the bus. And it was a wonderful trip. I got to chaperon, so that was wonderful. But they just talk about well behaved. Like they were the best group there. They were so grateful to be out. We got to see the sun through their sun telescopes. We got to see the Pacific Ocean, which a lot of our students have never even left Ridgerest. So, the opportunity to be in LA, see the Hollywood sign, the Pacific Ocean was just wonderful. So, I just want to shout that out because we're just really doing a lot of cool stuff at Pierce and um I'm just really proud of it. So, thank you
059guys for your support. Little side note, would love to have seventh grade next year because I think we'd get some more enrollment. So, we would fully support that. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Very cool. >> You know, um it's so great that we can have peers where we have the ability for people to to go for music and arts. I've never been to the Griffith tour. Have you? >> Would you please? >> Thank you. drive to the beach. >> At this time, we will close public comment at 7:01 and move on to seven, educational administration, which we don't have anything for that today. So, we'll go to number eight, policy review committee, and uh 8.1, approval of updated board policies and administrative regulation regulations. Dr. Moore, >> thank you, President Campbell. that >> I
060move rec. We have a second. >> Second. >> Any questions from the board? >> I I think like always want to thank the committee that puts this together. That's there's a lot of there's a lot of work going into making these policies updated. So, I appreciate that you guys are taking the time out to extra effort to do this for the board. And then when we get it, it's it's ready to roll. So, I appreciate I think we're going to do a lot more policies and rags than we did in the past, too, by doing this. So, I appreciate it. >> Yeah. Uh, any questions from staff or community? Okay. Jasmine, preferential vote. >> I, >> uh, the board. >> I, >> any opposed? Motion passes. 8 point I guess we don't have an 8.1.
0619.9, excuse me, nine, personnel administration. 9.1 presentation of initial sunshine contract proposal from the board of education to the desert area teachers association for the 2627 school year. Brian or Mr. Al, excuse me. Um the ne next three items you'll see all have to do with negotiations. They have to do with uh either presenting or receiving a sunshine proposal. This is a part of the process for collective bargaining. Um and uh we will begin bargaining with all three associations here very soon. In 9.1, this is the presentation of the initial sunshine contract proposal from the board to the Desert Area Teachers Association. We don't actually get up and hand a piece of paper anymore. Um but we have to have it agendaized. So, um, in any case, the background information, the board of education will
062submit its initial sunshine contract proposal for the 2627th school year to the Desert Area Teachers Association. Um, and once that is um approved, I will share that with the data negotiations team. >> Move recommended action. >> Okay, we have a a motion and a second. Any questions from the board, staff, or community? Okay, I guess you don't get the vote on this one, Jasmine. So, um, all in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. >> 9.2, Mr. Al. >> 9.2 is for the board to receive the initial sunshine contract proposal from DGA, Desert Area Guidance Association. Same background information, same recommendation. >> Second. >> We have a motion in a second. Any questions from the board? >> Don't forget Jasmine. >> I can't do this. >> Oh, that's right. Okay. >> Uh from staff
063or community? Okay. So, we would take a vote from the board. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. 50 9.3. Mr. All >> we will receive the present the board will receive the presentation of the sunshine proposal from uh the California school employees association and it's chapter 188 >> move recommend action >> second. >> We have a motion and a second. Do we have any questions from the board staff or community? Would the excuse me, we have a a vote from the board. All in favor? >> I >> Any opposed? Motion carries five to zero. All right. Number 10, general administration. Uh 10.1 adoption of resolution number 212526 the Sarasand Unified School District Community Social Contract and that is Dr. Moore. So uh this is the board action piece to the presentation
064that was shared um during the programs and presentations part of the meeting. Uh, the social contract is an extension of the district's ongoing implementation of capturing kids' hearts, an approach that emphasizes relationship building, trust, and respectful interactions. And the principles for CKH are modeled daily in classrooms across school districts and in offices and meetings at all le levels, including board meetings. By formally adopting the Sierra Sands Unified School District community social contract, the board reinforces these practices district-wide and communitywide, promotes greater civility among both adults and students, and affirms a shared responsibility for creating a positive, safe, and inclusive culture in all district related interactions. There are no financial implications. It's free to be kind. Recommendation is that the board would adopt resolution number 21 um the Sierra Sands Unified School District Community Social Contract
065as presented. >> Second. >> We have a motion. We have a recommend action and a second. Um do we have any questions from the board, staff, or community? I think we went well over this. >> I have a comment. I think that's my new favorite quote. I'm going to credit Mr. Al. It's free to be kind. Very nice. Yeah, I like that. >> I I would like to share one thing. Um, we are aligning it to our capturing kids hearts initiative, but when we spoke with capturing kids hearts, um, I spoke with, uh, one of their leaders to ask them for guidance about how this is done in other communities. I learned that they're not aware of it being done in any other community. So, you know, it's for us, it makes sense. We're committed
066um as a district to their program and this process, but should we find success and should they incorporate it and other communities are able to implement it, that would just that'd be a good thing, too. >> I think it's the start of something really good in this whole community. So, I think happen. So, >> sounds like sounds like a good CSBA uh >> presentation item, too, if it if it goes well with that time. So, >> another gold bill. Give it a few months and see what we can present. >> Jasmine, preferential vote. >> That's good. You don't need to use that. You can just talk about board. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion passes. Uh 10.2 two, adoption of resolution 222526 calling on the state of California to develop a coherent
067state focused plan for supporting local schools and closing achievement gaps. Mr. Ferris. >> Yes. Thank you, Mr. Campbell. I I appreciate uh the board entertaining this uh concept. I did ask for it to be put on the agenda um because I was very excited about CSBA leading the charge in this initiative and I do believe it's you know sometimes we step back and take a better a bigger look and lift something that we have maybe been trying to lift for a long time but maybe not lifting it in the right way and I think this is an approach that really can be positive and I really believe we ought to uh to support it. Uh it's kind of a long header, but I'm going to read the whole thing because I think it explains it
068in a way that uh makes it real to everybody. And uh um if you have questions, feel free to to ask. But uh closing the persistent achievement gap remains one of the most pressing challenges facing California's public education systems and continues to be a priority for the Sans Unified School District. Statewide student performance data, including results from the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress, CASP, and indicators of the California School Dashboard, demonstrate that while some increments incremental gains have been achieved, significant disparities in academic outcomes persist among student groups based on income, race, and geography. These patterns underscore the need for sustained coordinated efforts to improve equity for student achievement across the state. Sierra Sands Unified School District like many local educational agencies which we will call eleas has made ongoing efforts to support
069student learning address academic and social emotional needs and improve outcomes for historically underserved students. However, these local efforts occur with within a broader state educational system that lacks a coherent comprehensive strategy for supporting LEAs in closing achievement gaps. While California has implemented numerous programs and initiatives intended to improve student outcomes, the California School Boards Association, which CSBA, has identified that these efforts often operate as disconnected or short-term solutions rather than a part of a unified long-term plan aligned with clear goals and measurable outcomes. Through its closing the achievement gap which we call CAG campaign, CSBA has called on the state of California to take greater responsibility for its role in supporting LEAs by developing focused state level plans that move beyond compliance-driven mandates toward a serviceoriented approach. CSBA CAG framework emphasizes the need for the
070state to establish clear measurable goals for state agencies, align the budget and the policy decisions with those goals and publicly report on the progress through transparent benchmarks and tools such as a statewide state of the gap dashboard. Currently, California does not have a comprehensive state level operations and support plan that clearly defines how state strategies will assist rather than direct local school districts in their efforts to close achievement gaps. The absence of coordination has contributed to an accountability gap in which the state has not consistently held itself to the same standards of transparency, alignment, and measurable progress that are expected of the eleas. CSBA has noted that without such an accountability, even well-intentioned state initiatives may fall short of meaningful improving meaningfully improving student outcomes. The proposed resolution affirms the Sierra Sands Unified School District
071governing board's commitment to educational equity and recognizes that closing achievement gaps is a shared responsibility between local educational agencies and the state. By adopting this resolution, the governing board formally calls upon the governor, the legislature, and the relevant state agencies, including the California Department of Education, the state board of education, and the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence to collaborate with CSBA and the other educational partners to develop and adopt a coherent comprehensive state level plan to support LEAs in closing achievement gaps. This action aligns the Sierra Sands Unified School District with CSBA statewide advocacy efforts and reinforces the board's commitment to ensure improved outcomes for all California students. The um financial implications for supporting this are none and it is recommended that the board of education adopt resolution 222526. It is attached and I do
072move that uh uh recommended action and stand to answer any questions if you have any. >> We have a do we have a motion? >> Yeah. >> He motion and you second. Okay, great. We have a motion in a second. Are there any questions or discussion from the board? >> I just have one. I think it's great that we sign on to this. It is are we are we planning on sending this to our legislator and governor and all the all the rec recognized? >> Yes. And CSBA asks that we send it to them and they will do the same. >> Okay. >> So, basically what's being this is being asked of all districts in the uh state of California and uh the hope is that uh that we can go to those entities with
073a stack of almost a thousand of these resolutions and say it's time. We need to work together and I think it's really important that we recognize just like this commitment to this uh initiative with with the capturing kids hearts and our our social contract um we are specifically asking of the state a specific reorganization of how we address things but we are also recognizing and taking up our responsibility as well and we want to be a part of that in a very meaningful way. Um but we're just you know too much of the time as our legislature changes someone will come to office say I've got a great idea and that great idea gets laid on top of every other great idea and it may or may not be a great idea for everyone. Um,
074but there is no central coordinated effort to say if we're going to do this, it it's going to take significant coordination. And I think we've been talking about the this gap for over 50 years and making marginal process. So, it's clear that we shouldn't keep doing the same thing, right? Um, and we we already have in California some misalignment in our educational system just by by its design. So, let's let's get serious. Let's look at it comprehensively and and make a difference. So, I I'm I'm excited about what lays before us. I I don't think it's a small lift, you know, like hurting cats, right? But I think you get it out there first and identify it. So, >> so historically, you know, has CSBA done resolution like this recently? not of this magnitude. This
075this really is kind of a bigger >> Yeah. And how impactful that I mean the thousand school districts is over 5,000 elected officials, the school board members could put pressure on the legislature to actually do their job and >> school board members are the largest body of elected officials in the state of California >> probably in probably in the country for pretty close to it. So um you're right there there there is there is power if we work together and I think this what opens up the gate for that. >> Thanks. >> You know I am interested in seeing um with our TK starting program with Governor Nent and our state started in the last couple years. We've we're in full we're in full bore now. >> And I'm curious to see how how things
076change as we go along with that group as they move along in the next groups come in >> and our next, you know, five, six, seven years. So see if it makes what kind of a difference it's going to make. So it'll be interesting to see. So any other discussion? >> Yeah. You know, Bill, I I completely agree there's strength in numbers and it'd be nice to get all a thousand, but even if you get half, um are the uh region delegates, are they kind of helping push and trying to get their groups to all do it so we can Yes. have that thousand sitting on their desk and they can present all them at the same time? >> Yes. As a matter of fact, uh a week and a half ago, we had a
077meeting of the uh delegates from region 12 and heard heard this presentation on this particular and we've been working on it for quite CSB has been working on this for quite a while. But uh it really is like I say a heavy lift and it's not something you just say, oh, I got an idea and roll it out in three days. Um but uh um yes to your answer to your question, yes, the delegates were presented that and asked to do exactly what we're doing and asked to go back to their districts and other districts that they know and say, "Hey, let's let's all get on board with this." I think part of the part if I might part of part of the story also is that you know we have a system that is
078designed to say here from the state level here's what we want you to do. Um, but we don't have a very good system of says that says, "Okay, what are you doing? What's working and what's not working? And how can we help you succeed?" Sometimes there's little punitive things in there. If you don't do this, then you know, uh, but that that's not effective, right? It really needs to be a okay, if this isn't working there, maybe you're unique. Maybe there's something in your specific community we need to address. How can we help you do it? Um, and I think that's the attitude we're trying to to foster. I'm sorry I cut you off. >> Well, I guess question is, do we know if like uh like AXA, CTA, all the other big units of
079the state that have a lot of power in Congress? Are they are they signing on to this as a as part of the the force to get it through Congress or not? I I believe in if you one of one of the items listed in the um the the header did talk specifically about uh the conversation including our other education partners which would be those that used to be spoken. So the intent is yes to to invite them to be a part of this movement as well. >> Okay. And I I don't see any reason why that would not >> comments or questions from staff or community. >> Okay. Do we have a recommended? >> I think we did. >> We already had a motion. >> Oh, my Okay. Um, Jasmine, preferential vote. >> I
080It work this time. >> Thank you. >> All in favor? >> I >> Any opposed? Motion pass 50. Uh 10.3 California School Boards Association CSBA delegate assembly election. Dr. Moore. >> Thank you, President Campbell. So, we have the the board has the opportunity to elect or uh up to two candidates. There are four on the slate, and this is for our region 12 um B, our section of the region um to represent us on CSBA. And you'll see in the candidate pool includes our own Mr. Robert Campbell as well as three others, uh, Chris Cruz, Boone, Pamela Jacobson, and Maria Louisa Ramos. So, this is a time for the board to discuss and potentially take action on zero to uh to two of those, but we can only vote for up to two. >> Can
081I make a recommendation, >> please? >> Um, I would recommend um Robert Campbell and Pam Jacobson. Second. Okay, we have a recommendation to for Robert Campbell and Pam Jacobson. >> Yeah, I mean my my input for Pam is she's she's been on a delegate for a long time. >> Um I worked with her a bunch of years when I was the delegate and I she'd be great to keep her on as a as a candidate as a as an appointee for that consistency because it takes years to kind of figure the system out and she'd already got the system figured out. So it' be good for you to be a new member. Yeah, it'd be I' I'd look forward to it if it if it all works out. Be great. Did we have any uh
082questions? >> I would just speak in support of Tim's comments. I I believe he's right on money. >> Okay. So, >> yes. >> Okay. All right. So, Jasmine, preferential vote. >> I board all in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion passes 5-0. >> And good luck, Robert. >> Thank you. We'll see what happens. I guess they'll buy down the end of the month or something. >> I will add he was the only one that provided a bio that was sent out by CSBA in addition to by uh Miss Kramer. So, as far as the advocacy, he he's on it. >> All right. See what happens. >> Okay. Uh 10 four authoration for board member travel. Dr. Moore. >> Thank you. As the board knows, last school year, last spring, um the board authorized the
083opportunities for learning charter school. And so last summer, um president at the time was Mr. Mike Scott attended alongside Dr. Savco and myself the charter authorizers conference, which is an annual conference in the summer designed for school districts who have charter schools that they authorize. That conference is coming up again this summer and we have had some interest from two board members to attend. Mr. Scott and Mr. Campbell are interested. We have sufficient funding in the budget, the board travel specific budget. And you can see the cost estimate of 1765 per member to attend. The board policies and procedures do require board action to authorize this travel should you so desire. Happy to answer any questions. We recommended action. >> Second. >> We have a recommend action a second. Uh any questions from the staff
084or community or the board? >> I just want to report when you get back what you learned. >> Sure. I >> because it's all kind of new. I mean, this whole >> Yeah. >> This whole charter school thing is kind of new to our district. Be nice to lessons learned of what we learned because there's a lot of pitfalls you can get caught in if you don't know the rules. >> I know Mr. Scott went last year. So >> watch out for red flags. >> So I stories >> really. >> So I would I would support Tim's recommendation and I also think that this is important as you say it is new to us to provide oversight and I think it really is important that we understand what exactly our responsibilities are to the public
085as we have authorized the school and we had that's new new to us. So um you know they they are then affect our students and so we need to make sure they are getting what they they need in the way of an educational opportunity. So >> thank you. >> And some that's why we're paying attention and attending their their board meetings too to keep an eye on on what's going on, what's coming up, get an idea of what's on the agenda to see how it relates to local students. So >> awesome. Okay. U Jasmine preferential vote. Having trouble with that thing I did. >> Um board. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion passes. 5-0. Uh let's go to 10.5. Approval of school safety plans for 2526. Uh Mr. Alb. Every school in
086the district has a comprehensive school safety plan that's developed in accordance with education code requirements and that follows the guidelines set forth in the state emergency management system and the national incident management system as well as the recommendations of safe schools, a planning guide for action. In accordance with BPA0450 and the education code, each school has reviewed and is needed revised and updated its school safety plans. Plans were reviewed by staff, school site councils, site safety committees, and first responders. The vision the revisions were approved accordingly at the site level. The school safety plans meet the requirements of the education code and the board policy and administrative regulations and are being submitted to the board of education for approval. These are very lengthy documents and as such are available for review in the human resources
087office or individually at each school site at any time during regular business. Uh there are no financial implications. It's recommended the board approve the 2526 school safety plans as presented. We have a >> recommend action. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> We have a recommend action. A second. Are there any questions from the board, staff or community? >> Okay. Jasmine. Preferential vote. >> I. >> Board. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion passes. 5-0. 10.6 gifts to the district. Mr. Johnson. >> Jasmine's. Uh oh, >> I just leave mine on. >> There we go. The following gifts were received. A Hobart H6D or 600 mixer valued at $4,500 was donated by Toronto Unified Joint Unified School District for use in the Buroughs High School kitchen run by Children Nutrition Services. an
088HP Office Jet 913E wireless printer, a Texas Instrument Scientific calculator, and various school supplies with dollar value of $1,500 were donated to China Junior High School through Donor's Choice. Uh the final application donor Don donations provide support to the school district and have a positive financial impact and I recommend that the board of education accept the gifts as presented and send appropriate letters of appreciation. Second. >> We have a recommendation and a second. Any questions from the board, staff or community? Jasmine preference vote. >> I board. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion passes 5-0. We'll move on to 11.1 construction administration approval of change order. Ch Lake Junior High School expansion project, formerly Murray Middle School expansion project. Exterior packade modification the facade. >> We're good. We're good. Good evening, President Campbell,
089members of the board, Superintendent Dr. Moore, Deputy Superintendent Dr. Safco, staff and community. So staff is requesting uh board consideration for a change order in the amount of $280,000 $359 for the Channel Lake Junior High School expansion project. Uh the change would modify the exterior facade of the buildings um so that it uses the same architectural concrete panels that are found on the existing campus rather than the stucco finish that was included in the original architectural design. Um, as some of you may know, um, the current staff related to the facilities and the business office weren't aware that that stucco was in the initial architectural design. And so when it we're at this process now where they're going to be putting the stucco on the buildings, uh, we learned that and wanted to have some
090consideration. Do we want to have it become stucco, which is different from the buildings that are already on the campus, or would we prefer to have it streamlined and have it the same materials that are currently at the Channel 8 Junior High School campus? Um, we took that under consideration, asked our contractor to give us a request for information to let us know how much it would cost to make a change at this particular time. and they came up with that price. And so we consulted with our facilities team as well as our project partners, our superintendent, and we thought it was definitely worth bringing it to the board to see how you feel about it to see if you would be interested in considering a change at that cost at this time. So the
091cost of the overall project is financially strong. It was originally estimated at 14.5 million which is the amount of the loan that we took out to cover the project and right now our total expenditures are being estimated at about 13 million. Um so there is sufficient capacity. Um just to answer any questions on why we're coming in so low. Um particularly we have had a savings um related to some changes to the solar infrastructure that we had previously talked about. Um I also actually want to give some kudos to our director of facilities Jeff Moore um because he manages the project very carefully. He works with our contractors uh and he asks them to find cost-saving measures wherever they possibly can and he's always exploring the opportunities related to economies of scale. So all of
092that does factor into it. But that does leave us with about a $1.5 million uh amount of money to the good that could cover this $280,000. And even though we're talking about an appearance, um it is more than the aesthetics of it. Um using that same exterior product would help us with our long-term durability, uh the consistency with our maintenance program and it just has overall campus cohesion and it also helps ensure the new construction integrates seamlessly with the existing facilities and just protects our investment overall. So with that, we respectfully bring this forward to you for your consideration. >> Move to recommend action. >> Second. >> Rick man, we have a second. Does anyone have from the board have any questions? >> I I just have a comment. >> I've got uh >> two
093places. One's got stuck over the other. board. Um, I like the look of both, but if it were my house and I was building it, I'd want it to match and and I had issues with Stuckco cracking um especially here with the earthquakes and stuff. And so I I truly um understand and value that um durability long term. I think it'd probably be better. I I hate to see the price tag, but um you know, that is what it is. But I I agree with with the fact that it's going to be common construction and I think it's going to be better in the long run. >> Thank you. >> Any other comments? >> One, I I appreciate that we found it now until after they were completely done. So, I mean, good good catch
094early in, you know, in this phase. I know it's late in the I know it's late in construction, but at least we found it before the project was finished and we have a consistent looking buildings. >> So, I I didn't realize that that board is that much more expensive than stuckle because stuckle has a lot more labor. So, it's interesting that the material cost must be huge compared to, you know, >> right? >> You know, cement and sand, >> right? So, >> well, it's also possible that the difference may not have been that big if you from the beginning >> from the beginning. It's not it's not just it's an as an add-on. It probably is not the same labor that would have been from the beginning, but I just wanted to echo the same
095good catch and appreciate your your work. >> I just appreciate that we have a surplus and so we have money to use for this um project. So, I appreciate that. Thank you, Jennifer. Um, at this time, Jasmine, Jasmine, do you have a preferential vote? >> Board. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion passes 5-0. >> Thank you, Jennifer. >> Thank you. >> Uh, 11.2, report to the board construction activities and issues. Mr. more. How are you doing tonight? >> Walking straight. >> I was going to say you're moving good tonight. >> You're back, >> right? >> I knew the rain was coming though. My knee told me the rain was coming. We'll see. >> Am I going the wrong way? President Campbell, Superintendent Dr. more members of the board, deputy superintendent Savco, and
096honorary member Jasmine, there you are, faculty, members of the community. Here's our construction update for February. China Lake Junior High School has been moving forward. Importantly, we can't only look at today's attendance numbers for our only junior high. By thinking ahead for several years rather than just a snapshot of attendance at a glance, we're better able to plan our asset allocation across the district. Kudos to Principal Andreasen because he's been very hands-on with clarifications that are needed in the front lines of the expansion project. From classroom orientation to emergency pathways has been very helpful to have that input from the principal. Our tech department has been on their toes making sure that before all the beautiful wall covering paneling goes on, the infrastructure is in place for today's needs and extensibility for the future. Everything
097from the cat 6 cabling that is still the standard to wireless node locations to the places we need 12 strand multif fiber optics to where we need single transverse mode solving the helm holds wave equation as one does like many of our previous modular add-ons over the years these units are hard mounted onto concrete pads and the functional roof adjacent components are added afterwards these parapits I thought I'd never be able to say parapits without cringing, but we have a good parapit program going on in this build. And uh the structures are happening. Earlier today, I was on site and the the structures you see here are covered now with the awnings. We really making a lot of headway. Last month, I could only show you some of what we're doing for the students, especially
098regarding the asphalt. This slide has several pieces to it. Down in the foreground on on the lower picture, you see a newly finished basketball court. Actually, it's almost finished. The asphalt was okay, but not up to our standards. They had used a fog slurry as opposed to a slurry seal coat that it just wasn't up to our standards. So, we said that's not good enough. Um, if you have 12 and 13year-old boys out there playing on something that's easy to play on, they're going to play on it. So, we're having it resurfaced and resealed for no cost to us at the district. The background shows the older courts that have been there for a long time. It shows the first of two crack repairs. You see all the black lines? Those are big cracks that
099the kids used to put their toes into. Now, they're they're covered. I went out there and tried to put my toe in one and almost could. So, they're going to refill the fills before they finish that. By finish that I mean here is something that the staff at the China Junior High have already seen in real life. But there's something there's nothing like a new black top. It's just it just the front parking lot out from remember where we had the the uh electronic arm that would open up. >> Mhm. >> Okay. That's ready. It's already um resealed. I told you about uh the cracks that were several they were big enough for a small dog to drop into. Well, let me tell you something that that um assistant superintendent Jennifer Hayden has mentioned. Um
100we had a price for fixing that front parking lot and we went to our contractor, our general contractor on the job and said, um yeah, it's too much. Um here here's what we think it should be here. I want you in that ballpark. What can you do for me? And they came back with tell you what we're going to do. We're going to lower the price just a little bit and no. You want to lower it a lot? No. Okay. How about we lower it a little bit and we take care of all that stuff in the back as well as part of the deal. Now we're talking, they're talking my language. Now they're in my court and we are getting just about twice what we initially would have paid for if we just hadn't
101stood up and said, "Stop, wait, think, give us a new price." And Colbo came through for us. They're they're fighting the good fight for us as as generals on this. And um they're finishing it. We really are squeezing as much construction dollars out of every dollar we have as we possibly can. And we're not skimping. I mean, it's proven that excellence in the facilities increases attitude, increases ownership by the staff and the students and some pride of of attending there. Here's a picture of the new uh one of the couple of new Linux air conditioning units. They're they're they're ready. The the roofs are almost ready. Um we had a what they call it? What' you call it? a rain that came >> that that paused things just for a minute. Um but uh you
102got to know we were out there on site making sure that okay if you you have any leaks show it to me take care of it and and um we're just hold them to the fire and they're and they're performing. So we'll get these up on the rooftops very soon. U behind the scenes. Let's let's move away from from Mr. Andreas school and talk just for a moment about Pierce 2. We have the license from the DoD to um to surround the property. Uh and the NAVFAC facility management specialist is working with me for the naval work permit. We need to do to put the fences so that we can contract our our um inspection company to come in and begin our seismic trench and our uh soil sampling. Um but just one more level
103of bureaucracy. We've got everything in place. Now you need a work permit. Okay, here's my paperwork. Give me a work permit. So, uh, that'll that'll take just a minute and hopefully next next time I sit up here, I'll be able to give you a better update than that. Coupling with our bond measure funds, the DoD let us know some of the hoops we need to jump through to complete their alloc allocation process to designate these as frozen funds just for SSUSD. Again, super assistant superintendent Jennifer Hayden is pushing that forward daily. I go into her office. I have to wait cuz she's doing one more thing to get us millions of dollars. Um, we're designating district resources to capitalize on the summer break that's coming so we can accomplish important maintenance, renovation, and improvement tasks
104we need to complete so we can offer the students the best facilities we possibly can and continue to improve and provide learning facilities they're proud of. That's what's happening behind the scenes. And that's the end of my presentation. I can take any questions if you want. >> Any questions? staff community. >> It's doing great. >> Thank you, Mr. Moore. I appreciate your diligence and getting saving us dollars. >> Appreciate Jennifer. Thank you. Appreciate that. >> Well done, Paul. >> Okay, we'll move on to item 12. We have no business administration. So we're going to move to item 13, temporary adjournment to conduct the annual current finance authority board of directors meeting. Um adoption of agenda. Any changes? >> No changes. >> All right. So the minutes will stand. We'll adjourn the annual current school finance
105authority board of directors meeting at 7:43 and assume the regular board meeting with item 14 consent calendar. >> The entire consent calendar. >> We have a a motion to move the entire scent calendar and second. Any questions? Okay. So, we have a recommend I have a recommended action. >> Second. Okay. Uh, no questions. Um, Jasmine >> I all in favor >> I >> Any opposed? No. The motion passes 5-0. And this do we have any 15 future agenda items? No future agenda items. So launch I think Mr. like this one too. I never played I never prayed to make a putt. I always prayed how I'd react. I'd react well if I missed the putt. Chi-Chi Rodriguez, Hall of Fame golfer. That adjourns the meeting at 7:44. Thank you all for coming and we will
106>> Oh yeah, number one. The next regular meeting of the board of education will be March 12, 2026 and we will go back into close session to finish that. Thank you all for attending. Have a great evening and enjoy the rain. Snow >> um