Regular Board Meeting 5/15/2025

001I I got mine on. Brandy dared me. Where' she go? There you go. Bless you. There you go. I know. Where's hers? Where's yours? I got mine. Okay. Your yours blended in with your You were sitting back. It was hiding. Ready, sir? I am ready. Uh before I call to order the uh regular meeting, I would like to thank Inkern Elementary School for being our greeters tonight. and and Brandy challenged me to to wear them, so I'm good. I'd like to call to order the regular meeting for Sierra Sands for May 15th. We'll start uh with the pledge of allegiance to the flag led by our student board member, Brody. Ready, begin. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under

002God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. We'll have a moment of silence. Thank you. Move on to uh item number one, adoption of the agenda. Any changes? No changes. Then we'll move on to item two. Uh good things. Anybody have any good thing comments to bring up? One good thing if I take off Sorry. Go ahead. It' be a good thing if I take off these horns before we get a headache halfway through the meeting. So, I'm not going to be unicorn tonight. That's my good thing. No headaches. Thanks, Mr. Ferris. Good things. What a what a fabulous time of year. uh last night the u uh event for all the uh employees of the year and that recognition and also the uh music concert at Burrows. Just a wonderful time of year to

003to enjoy. Thank you, Mr. Ferris. Any further? Then we'll move on to item three, approval minutes of the special meeting, regular meeting and special concurrent meeting of April 17, 2025. Any corrections? minutes will stand. Move on to item four, programs and presentation. Uh program one or program one presentation one we're going to present to our student board member Brody Zade for his service for the last uh last year and well it's been close to two years now, right? So if you can meet us down down below. I'm gonna take it off. Looks good on you, Mike. Well, Brody, it's been a wonderful journey and we appreciate your two years of service on the board. You have been through quite a bit of change and are the pioneer student board member as we changed our bylaw

004or our policies, our protocols, and gave students a preferential vote up here with the board. Thank you for your engagement, your hours of preparation and communication, and it has been a true joy to serve alongside you. Congratulations on graduating. Congratulations. We'll move on to item two, presentation of the annual Sierra Sands Rose Awards in recognition of outstanding parent and community volunteers. And we'll be having the principles come up as well or Yes. And Mr. Al will read their descriptions. President Scott, members of the board, Superintendent Moore, staff, and community. We're fortunate to live in a community where parents and community members take a vital interest in the lives of their children, whether it's in their activities at home or at school. Many go above and beyond what is necessary to make a difference to the

005children of the district. In an effort to recognize and highlight the special individuals who volunteer their services to our students and schools, the Sierra Sands Unified School District has established the Sierra Sands Rose Award. This award gives the district the ability to annually honor those volunteers who generously dedicate time and energy to the success of our students. Principles from district schools will join President Scott and Superintendent Moore in a presentation of the annual Sierra Sands Rose Awards and recognition of those parents and community members who are most generous in their support of the schools in the Sierra Sands Unified School District. Going in alphabetical order, we'll start with Fowler Elementary School and ask Principal Miss Jennifer Brown to come up front. The recipient of this year's Fowler Rose Award is Lauren Thompson. Lauren has consistently

006gone above and beyond across various initiatives. She's organized treats and events for teachers, created multiple balloon arches, reached out to local businesses for donations, volunteered in classrooms, and managed the Penguin Patch Store. Lauren is always ready to help, even responding to last minute calls and texts at 8 a.m. Her commitment to enhancing the educational experience for our students is truly inspiring. Thank you, Lauren, for your hard work and for making a positive impact on our school. Your efforts do not go unnoticed and we are deeply grateful for all that you do. Congratulations on this welldeserved [Applause] recognition. Next we'll have Gateway Elementary School. I'd like to call Principal Margaret Bergens up. And the recipient of this year's Rose Award for Gateway Elementary is Mr. Don Krauss. It's my great pleasure to recognize Coach Don Krauss

007as the recipient of Gateway's Rose Award. Coach Krauss is a huge asset to Gateway. He volunteers at multiple family nights throughout the year and always has a smile on his face. Coach Krauss is kind to every student at Gateway and brings extra holiday sparkle during our cookies, cocoa, and crafts family night as Chris Kringle. Now I know why he's got the beard. Coach Krauss also takes the time every year to help us chalk the field for Junior Olympics. We rely on his expertise and are thankful that he is highly qualified to create a perfect track for our young runners to participate in during the Junior Olympics. Thank you, Coach Klouse, for all that you do for Gateway. Next, we have Indian Elementary School and I'd like to call Bev Eubank principal to the front. The

008Inukran Elementary School Rose Award recipient is Megan Wilson. It doesn't appear as if Megan was able to make it this evening. I will summarize real quickly. Um, she is the Rose Award recipient volunteering in various activities throughout the school. Uh she is an active member of our parent community and serves on the superintendent council. Uh Mrs. Wilson is a welcome volunteer on our campus and we are very fortunate to have [Applause] her. Next we have Los Flores Elementary School. I'd like to call Mrs. Sarah Tate up front. It's with great joy and appreciation that Los Flores honors a truly remarkable individual who selflessly dedicated her time and energy to our school community. It's my pleasure to introduce our volunteer of the year, Alyssa Baker. Alyssa has worn many hats within our parent teacher organization, serving

009in virtually every position with unwavering enthusiasm and commitment. From organizing events to coordinating fundraising efforts, she has been an integral part of our team, ensuring that we have the resources and support we need for our students and families. When faced with challenges, Alyssa always steps up to the plate. She has even filled in as a long-term substitute teacher when there was no one else available. demonstrating her incredible adaptability and dedication to the students education. In addition, she leads small group reading or small reading groups that foster a love for literature, ensuring every child feels supported in their journey. Generosity at the heart of is at the heart of all that Alyssa does. She has graciously provided funds for various loss forest events and classes that need it, proving that she is truly invested in the

010success and well-being of our entire school community. Thank you for being such a shining example of what volunteerism is all [Applause] about. Next, we'll call Pierce Elementary School principal, Mrs. Baka. The Pierce Elementary School Rose Award recipient is Jay Gamboa. We are proud to recognize Jerry Gambo as the recipient of the Rose Award for this school year. This honor celebrates the exceptional leadership and unwavering commitment to student enrichment and Pierce school community engagement. Watchd Dogs program under the inspir inspiring leadership of Mr. Gambo. The Watchdog uh which stands for dads of great students program was successfully implemented. His efforts were significantly strengthened or have significantly strengthened our school community by encouraging positive male ro male role models to participate actively on campus. In collaboration with the uh naval air weapons station, Mr. Gamboa organized a

011highly successful STEM family night. This event, which was a huge success, provided our students and families with engaging hands-on experiences in science and technology, showcasing the power of community partnerships and enriching enriching our school experience and giving us hope for more such successful events in the future. Uh he's also com he's also uh promoted a lunchtime chess club which provides enrichment activities and he's recently joined our parenting partners class. So I know I speak on behalf or this is this is Mrs. Baka's talking now. I know I speak on behalf of our Pierce community when I say that we are deeply appreciative and very much uh thankful for parent volunteers like Mr. [Applause] Gamboa. All right. Richmond Elementary School, Mr. Yansy. The Richmond Elementary School Rose Award recipient is Sarah Burke. Sarah has served on

012our PTO for several years. She helps lead this organization in numerous fundraising projects and staff support events for our whole school. She is always on hand to help with our book fairs, family nights, and winter gift shop. She also served on our school site council for the past several years and has helped guide and plan our school programs with this organization. She's always upbeat, positive, and very encouraging about everything she is involved in. She is not one to seek praise for her ideas or service. She does it just for the love of helping others and our school. I'm incredibly great grateful for all of the work she has done for our PTO and school site council. Sarah stands as a testament to the power of selflessness and the profound impact one individual can have on

013an entire school. Her legacy will continue to inspire and uplift for years to come, leaving an indelible mark on the hearts and minds of all who have been privileged or had the privilege of knowing her. We are extremely grateful for the tremendous dedication that Sarah has shown to Richmond students and are proud to recognize her many contributions with the presentation of the Rose Award as she is the Richmond Elementary School Volunteer of the Year. [Applause] Next, we'll have James Minro Middle School, Miss Emodora. The James Monroe Middle School Rose Award recipient is Cassie Steffy. I think I think she's won this award before. three or four times. All right, Cassie. This year's this year's Rose Award recipient has been an exceptional parent volunteer whose dedication as PTSO president has left a lasting impact on Monroe

014Middle School and beyond. As she wraps up her final year in this role, we celebrate the countless hours she has devoted over the years, always showing up with a positive, uplifting attitude and a willingness to help wherever needed. She has been a strong, steady support for our school community and we are incredibly fortunate to have had her leadership and heart guiding us. Congratulations. Next is Murray Middle School, Mr. Andre. The Murray Middle School Roose Award recipient is Dr. Parker Craravens. [Applause] Dr. Cravens is a dedicated individual that spent so much time on campus that some people thought he was an employee. He served as our PTO president and was instrumental in developing our after-school tutoring program. He coordinated fundraising efforts and worked to ensure that we always had parent volunteers at all of our events.

015He spearheaded student activities and was always willing to go the extra mile to assist staff and students. We are very grateful for all that he has done for the Murray Mustangs. Thank you. Next we have Burroughs High School, Mrs. Carrie Cope. The girls High School Rose Award recipient is Conrad Osborne. Conrad has volunteered at Burroughs High School for 18 years. During his first several years, he helped the students in Roxan Gibbs Casey math class. For the past eight years, he has worked with Bob Hope and his MET students. Conrad presents a math review lesson daily. The students math skills have shown improvement. In addition to helping in the classroom, Conrad has assisted with football for six years and baseball for four years. He also works with ASB class during lunch in the Sherman Shack. Conrad

016can also be found at all the Burough's activities he never misses an event. We are so appreciative of all the hard work, dedication, and commitment Conrad has given to helping the Burough's high school students. Thank you. Finally, we have Mosquite High School, Mr. John Cosner. We're not sure the recipient is here. Is Michelle Mills in the audience? Let's give her a hand. All righty. Thank you very much. We'll move on to item three, presentation of service award to district retirees. And I think Mr. Al is going to continue with his. The talents and contributions of district employees are the key to the success of the students of the Sierra Sands Unified School District. Near the end of each school year, the board of education takes time to recognize the service and dedication to those employees

017who have retired during the current year or will be retiring at the end of the current school year. This year there are nine certificated and 16 classified employees who will be recognized for their distinguished and dedicated service to the district. Um they're listed below, but that's in the board packet. So, we're going to go ahead and have them all come up. We have a gift for them um that is engraved with their name and uh we want to recognize each one of them. We'll start with the certificated retirees. I'd like to call up Mrs. Margaret Bergens. Margaret's current role as principal of Gateway Elementary School. She's worked for the district since 1998 for 27 years. Thank you, Margaret. Our next retiree is Nancy Blackwell. Nancy is currently a resource specialist at James Monroe Middle School.

018She worked for the district for a total of 10 years. I'd like to call up Terry Cleveland. Terry's our adult school teacher. She's worked in the district since 1989, 36 years of service. Is Eric Duncan here? No. Eric. Okay. Eric is a history and physical education teacher at Mosquite High School. He started working with the district in 2005. He has 20 years of service. I know this one's here. Mr. Mark Hatter. Mr. Hatter is currently the music a music teacher at Murray Middle School, but he's also served at Burroughs High School. He was hired in 2001 and he's worked in the district for 24 years. Congratulations, Mr. [Applause] Hatter. Mr. Bob Hope. Bob's currently an English teacher at Bros High School. He's also taught AVID and METS. He's been a coach. He started in 2001

019and this is his 24th year in the school district. I know the next retiree isn't here, but I believe her daughter is here to accept on her behalf Lisa Mitchell, daughter Chelsea. Lisa is currently an SDC teacher at Pierce Elementary School. She started working for the district in 2012 and this is her 13th year of service. Next we have Denise Okonnell. No, Denise is a science teacher at Mosqu High School. She started in 1995. This is her 30th year of service. And I know the next one's here, Mr. Michael [Applause] Yansy. Mr. Yansancy has been the principal at Richmond Elementary School since 2016, 9 years. Now we'll transition to our classified retirees. Jenny Barcinis. Jenny. Jenny's our par profofessional workability coach at Burroughs High School. She started in 2003. This is her 22nd year of

020service. How about Elanita Canananoi? Elanita is a noon duty supervisor at Gateway Elementary School. She started in 2013 and this is her 12th year of service to the district. [Applause] I'm fairly certain the next person is not here, but we'll recognize him anyways. Mr. Randy Quite. Mr. Kite was most recently the director of construction. Prior to that, he was director of maintenance and operations. started in 2006. Uh so he served for 18 years and he's a big part of our new Richmond Elementary School. So we're grateful for Mr. Quite. I don't believe she's here, but Teresa Connor. Teresa is the custodian at the district office. Uh, and she is fantastic. She has worked in the district since 2014. This is this would would have been her or this is her ninth year of service and

021she's the only reason there's a plant alive anywhere near my office. I know Mrs. Corsy is not available to attend because she has an event at the performing arts center. Is her daughter here? No. Okay. Kim Corsy has been the performing arts center manager at Burroughs High School since 2008 for 17 years. Next we have Carrie Dong, school office manager at Los Forest Elementary School. Started in 2008. Um 17 years of experience. I had no idea. She sometimes um is a server at Christy's on the weekend and so I never go to Christies, but I went there recently and I heard her whole plan. She's moving to Florida right away. All right. Shereice McGregor. Shice is the school office manager at Fowler Elementary School. She started with the district in 2011 and this is her

02214th year of service. Next we have Deborah Martin. Deborah's a school bus driver and she started in 2015 and gave 10 years of service. Is Christina Miller with us? No. Christine is a par professional at Mosquite and served the district for 12 years. How about Randall Porter, pair professional at Murray uh Middle School, served the district for 14 years. I know. I saw this one in the crowd. Ellen Robinson. Ellen worked for the district two separate times. Initially, she worked uh from 1997 to 2009 for 12 years. She left us, came back 2016 and served as our director of transportation until 2024. So total 20 years of dedicated service. Deborah Ruth. Deborah's a pair professional at Fowler Elementary School. She started with the district in 2013. This is her 11th year of service. [Applause] Next,

023uh, we have, she's not here, but Pamela Smith. Pam was our assistant superintendent of business uh, services from 2018 to to 2025. I also know the next one's not here because she now lives in Maryland. Christian Spirit Lozi. She was a library specialist at Richmond Elementary School starting in 2010. Served for 15 years. Next, we have Patrice Wade. She's a clerk, too, at Fowler Elementary School. Started in 2004. This is her 21st year of service to the [Applause] district. And finally, we have Michelle Whitley. Michelle's was a school bus driver in the transportation department. She started with us in 1994 and she finished actually before the new year, so 2024 for 30 years of service to the district. Picture time. [Applause] will be there will be a brief reception in the lobby to greet and

024congratulate retirees and the other award recipients. I believe they've got some cake and drinks out there. So, make yourselves at home in the lobby and we'll pick back up after about 15 minutes or so. Make sure Broyd. If I made a joke. [Applause] I don't want to buy your hair. [Applause] Wow. I'll go to the world. I just want to tell you Jesse surviving. I don't follow [Applause] Good morning. in my heart. Yeah. [Music] Welcome. Tell me away. Take care. I hear [Music] that. I didn't see that. Okay. Sure. For sure. Sorry. Everybody She's like pictures. I thought you'd be Shoot. Don't start with that one. Positive vibes. I don't know. Where did we lose Mr. Campbell at? Yes, it is. Where was Robert at? He was right right there. Huh? We ran out of

025time to give it to you earlier. Oh. You have in case you wanted He was just right here. There he is. There. There he is. We're going to move back into our meeting. Uh move on to item six, public hearing. No public hearing. Move on to item seven, reports and communications. 7.1, student members report. Brody from Murray Middle School. As the school year comes to a close, we wanted to provide our final update from Murray Middle School. State testing concluded yesterday and we are are now anxiously awaiting the results. With testing behind us, we are turning our attention to end of year activities that celebrate our students, staff, and the many memories made throughout the year. On Monday, we will be hosting a special Murray school closure event to honor the legacy of our school

026and the community that has made it so special. We invite everyone to join us in celebrating the years of learning, growth, and connection that have defined Murray. Preparations are also underway for graduation on June 19th, and we look forward to commemorating this mo this important milestone with our students and their families. This will be the final board report from Murray Middle School as we prepare to transition to China Lake Junior High next school year. Thank you for your continued support. We wish you all a safe and restful summer. Can I just clarify the date for the promotion is May 29th. May 29th. Okay. From Monroe Middle School, the Tigers last dance of the year was on May 2nd with 120 students in attendance. Students had a blast dancing and singing the night away. Last week,

027Tiger PTSO celebrated James Monroe teachers and staff with something special planned most every day. Staff expressed how much they enjoyed the week. The music department put on its final concert of the school year as well. Our musicians have developed into expert musicians who can put on an exceptional show. The teachers, Mrs. Elinger, the orchestra director, and Mr. Wanikott, the choir and band director, did a wonderful job ending each performance with the nod to the opening of China Lake Junior High next school year. Tigers finished up formal testing this week with eighth graders completing the science cast. We are so proud of the time and effort students put into each test session the last three weeks. Over the next two weeks, we'll celebrate the end of James Monroe Middle School with a school closure ceremony, award

028assemblies, end of year activities, and promotion of our eighth graders. It is the end of an era from Mosquite. 29 graduates to date and that does not count the batch about to wrap up at the end of this year. Students reviewed their final credit check this week to determine eligibility for the elementary grad parade, Six Flags, and other great activities like earning a diploma. Aside from makeups, CASP testing just wrapped up. According to feedback at our last staff meeting, students were more engaged than ever before. Thanks students for demonstrating your learning. Families contributed to the SPSA goals and actions and gave insight regarding cell phone policies and participated in the end ofear CKH survey. Thanks families for being a part of the process. Last week the staff at a taco bar lunch donated to them

029in honor of teacher appreciation. Thanks teachers for serving our community. We have another two dozen students who could graduate as soon as this summer. So we look forward to seeing them and the other graduates in three weeks for our big show. Go Dragons. Show Matasur and from Burroughs. May is arguably the busiest month for the Burrows. Between our seniors preparing to graduate, CASP and AP testing and all the activities, our workload has never been higher. This month has already had so many wonderful experience with more to come. Spring sports have wrapped up their regular seasons. 14 of our track and field athletes competing in the CIF prelims on Saturday. We had five athletes. Zion Ortiz, Silus Aber, Search Ray Williams, Julian Buchanan, and Brooklyn Seismore qualify for finals with Matt with Mattie Martin and Kendra

030Shurmer going as alternates. In swimming, Dustin Buouie qualified for CIF in eight events and Josiah Smei qualified in three. In golf, Caleb participated in CIF finals. In tennis, Parker Anderson and Rowan Nelson were doubles champions and will compete in CIF next week. Softball won their senior night game against Toronto in extra innings. Baseball made CIF playoffs and will be playing Savannah High School at at home tomorrow, which is at 3:15, by the way, guys. Um, and our esports team also qualified for CIF playoffs. Despite a short notice venue change to Ker McGee, prom went smoothly. Over 400 students attended. Congratulations to PJ Rivas and Charlene Munoz for being crowned king and queen. We have had a full slate of spirit days this month which included workout day, college and career day, and tomorrow is teacher

031lookalike day. We held our annual blood drive and spring dodgeball tournament. Congratulations to the no-fly zone for winning the dodgeball competition. Spring has been full of enriching experiences for our Burough's music and art students. Magicals and Symphonic Orchestra had a wonderful tour of Northern Arizona, culminating in a performance and clinic with experts from Northern Arizona University. Stage band and jazz combo received excellent and superior ratings at their festival. Concert choir and orchestra participated in an adjudication clinic and have been applying the feedback in rehearsal. This weekend, our wind ensemble students will attend a concert by the LA Philarnic at Disney Hall. Orchestra, choir, and band held their spring concerts this week. Many students will also be attending summer music camps to continue developing their artistry over the break. Our annual art show took place this

032week. There were some amazing pieces of art. The CTE film production course will be showcasing their hard work in the movie theater on May 20th. We hope to see you there to watch this year's selected short films. Robotics competed in the World's Championships last week and performed exceptionally well. Finally, we'd like to highlight all of our senior activities. Seniors formed a large 80 on the varsity football field to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Burroughs. They'll visit their elementary schools next week for the senior parade. Enjoy and enjoy a fun pool day during senior celebration. Graduation is scheduled for May 30th with safe ride immediately following at Sarakoso. We wish our outgoing seniors a bright and prosperous future. For the last time this year, go Burrows. Brody, thanks again for your service and don't forget to

033take your name tag at the end of the night. So, were you done with your report? Okay, just want to make sure. We'll move on to 7.2 reports from members of the board. Oh, so um I Yeah, I wanted to report to the board that um uh Robert and Dr. Moore and myself attended the coast to coast uh conference uh in in Washington DC. Uh our message that we carried uh uh on the behalf of California School Boards Association was focused in about four different areas. Uh first of course is is federal funding. Uh and in that specific area we talked specifically about the idea funding and the title programs. Um it's important that we understand exactly the original promise behind IEDA when it began. Uh and it the law does require that we provide

034their level of service to uh students with special needs and the original promise was that the federal government would would fund approximately 40% of that. Over the years, we've varied somewhere between eight and 12% uh funding, which leaves a tremendous gap that has to be backfilled by our general fund. So, our ask often was first of all that um it clearly isn't adequate and uh that uh we recognize that there's not going to be a transition from 8 to 40 in a single swoop. So, but there is a bill uh that will allow us to get to 40% over a period of time and we really ask that uh u that would be supported on behalf of education. Uh then of course the uh the title programs their support for there as well. We also

035carried a message in with regard to to finance that was a broad message that we understand there's a lot of change in Washington DC. We understand there is a a a push to put uh responsibility and decision- making back into the local states and and local school districts. We believe that's a good concept. But what we don't believe is a good concept is uh having any kind of gap in the funding level that we currently have now. and any kind of reorganization should take that into consideration to make sure that uh the the funds continue to flow uh so that we can provide to students what we need to provide and and to understand that even a small stumble causes us to lose an opportunity to meet the needs of the kids in that time

036fra period. So, uh, we were we were adamant about that, uh, and and tried to make it clear exactly how devastating that can be to the services we provide for kids. Um, we also ask for continued support in technology in our schools. Uh, a real important service that's provided there. Uh, secure rural schools. or special funding for rural schools that have this that have uh forestry land in their areas and therefore they don't have a tax base. Uh it's important that that be continued. And then uh teacher workforce uh and teacher workforce development programs. There is a shortage of teachers. We need to have the the federal government continue to entice uh with with programs that support that. So those were some of the areas and then the the final message to uh Assembly I

037almost called him assembly member he's not anymore Congress member Fong was that um we believe that local schoolboard members should be a resource when they're dealing with areas of education and we make ourselves available to him to find out how the kinds of programs they're looking at actually affect the local district. And so uh we ask that he continue to maintain a relationship with us. We make ourselves available so that we can make an influence in that way in a dent. And sometimes there are are concepts that in theory are great ideas, right? And in some areas they make work very well, but then when you get down to the implementation, there are either unintended consequences or unique characteristics that do not apply to local districts. And it's critical, we believe, that we can provide

038that resource to him and his office to say, "Yeah, that's a good idea, but here's how it needs to be tailored to us. Here's the flexibility we need to be able to uh create services for kids and meet those services." So, that was a I believe was a very important visit. Um uh uh I would continue to ask that next year when we consider what kinds of uh u uh programs we want to participate in that we continue sending uh folks to that because I I believe it uh it has impact uh and we can we can spend a lot of time and we do spend a lot of time deciding how we work within the confines of the resources we're given. Uh, and I think we need to understand how much more valuable it

039is to spend time on soliciting more resources so it makes that pie bigger then we're not just wrestling over that smaller pie. So that was what I wanted to share. Robert, I think you want comment on that. Um, I would just I was very thankful that I got to go. Um, it truly is an education to go up there and I was not aware of the amount of money that we don't get for our special education and how much money we have to spend. And um, and I don't have a problem spending the money, but I just wish they'd give us our fair share. And that's that's an interesting concept. But I really do um would like to say that I thought the CSBA really did an awesome job of their presentation and um going

040through the different things that we were going to lobby on up at the hill. And then last but not least, um when we got over there, um we were in a situation where we were in one spot and it got moved on us. And Mr. or Congress, not Congressman, but but um Senator Fong, his staff was so nice in the way that they said, "Hey, no problem. We're going to we're going to escort you over there." And off we went through all these tunnels and basement and elevators. And I said, you know, Bill, we would have never found this place if if um they wouldn't have taken us over. So, it's just, you know, it would have been a very different report. would have ever and um you know and and Senator he he was

041just an awesome guy to meet and he was very um helpful I thought with um Congressman Fong with with what he did for us so enjoyed my time in in our capital. Thank you. Mr. Gary, did you have any comments? Yeah, Mr. Johnson. Um I I attended the employee awards banquet last night and just just amazing. We've got a se a couple of winners here this evening and I think it's where I sat was kind of a cool spot because I saw the employee come up to receive their award and then I got to see the look on their face when they saw their family members that unbeknownst to them had been invited. So it was pretty cool. And then on the way out, I I I stopped and and and and chatted. Um it

042ended up being Sylvia's mom, and you could just see the the the proudness beaming off of her. And she had driven five hours one way to come and see her daughter receive that award and do what I call a turn and burn because she had to drive back this morning. So, she was here in town for less than 12 hours, but to come and see her daughter. But it's just how we are as parents. No matter what, we always support them on their accomplishments. So, it was cool to see. Um, we will move on to 74 or 73. Uh, Dr. Moore's report. Thank you, President Scott. Our month 8 has completed and the enrollment is 4,844 and we're down 184 from this time last year. Attendance rate is 87.9. So things to continue to watch

043and look for and our team has been diving in to the data to better understand and continue working with our teams, our families, our students to encourage our attendance and full participation. I was at one of our schools this morning and they have a hurray day and there's so many creative ways that our schools are seeking to encourage, incentivize, and have fun while learning. And I really applaud the team for all that they're doing. Since the last board meeting, we've held a number of student, staff, and parent forums to gather input on an updated cell phone policy that we anticipate bringing to the board for consideration and possible action in July. So, we're looking forward to putting all of that great data together. Uh we heard about Coast to Coast, great opportunity. Enjoyed that. While

044we were in DC, we took the opportunity to meet with staff from the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation. We call it OLDCC who facilitate our federal funding to build the schools that we have on federal property. So we highlighted our upcoming ribbon cutting for Richmond Elementary and we were discussing our next grant proposal that's already in the works. So it was a great time to build relationship with staff, get some guidance, maybe work on some of the protocols. Um and we took that advantage while we were out there as well. We recently held our final superintendence council and LCAP advisory committee meetings of the year. And I'm very thankful for the many parent leaders and staff members who regularly attend these other meetings and other meetings to provide input, make recommendations, and help ensure

045that our action plans are informed and representative of our community interests and priorities. And for the remainder of this report, I would like to present a slide presentation of the state of the district. So, we have a few slides and I'm going to go down there to present to you from there. So, last year at this time, I gave a state of the district and we called it rebound, reimagine, rebuild. And we're still in that core work. So, I wanted to share with you how that has gone this year with some important updates. Our vision has not changed. Growing a community of engaged learners, connecting to future opportunities through innovative education, and we've been embracing that and doing a lot to organize the district to ensure that we're focused on that vision. And so, I

046want to lead with the district reorganization update and then we'll get to some of the board goals. [Laughter] All right. So, we will continue now. So, quick update, a reminder of where we've been. So, last year we were setting the stage. We had a timeline that we developed um with the board, several workshops to identify what we needed to do. And then we started a facilities and programs advisory committee to help make recommendations on how we reorganized. We knew we needed to. We had some facility constraints. And so that committee helped us um and culminated in some recommendations that the board um took action on. And so we were able to get that action by last spring. We're going to go for these junior high, some elementary sites, our VAPA and STEMmies and an independent

047studies school. So with that background this year we have been doing that work with the launch coming August 7th. So we had a district reorganization team. We had all these bullet items are all different committees and teams that were working and you've seen those milestones. So I want to remind us of the milestones that we've achieved together this year. So we had those advisories convene in the fall through the winter. We came to you and you approved school of choice names in October and then in November we had the name for China Lake Junior High approved and the school boundaries. Those are no small tasks and we've done a lot together. And then we opened our school of choice enrollment. We said if we build it, will they come? And I'm going to show you

048those results here shortly. Uh but we had that window open November and December, confirmed those in January and then we went into the staffing model and with the partnership of our labor partners, we were able to have a pro protocol for how will we staff, how will we have all this movement and make sure that we're sized appropriately to meet the needs of our students. And then most recently, every May 1st through the 15th, we have open enrollment for our boundary schools if people want to switch to some of those. and that has just recently concluded. So these milestones have all been met, have concluded, and now we're in that last phase. But here's the results as of Monday of this week. These are the numbers that we're looking at to launch next year with

049the caveat that we are still actively enrolling quite a few TK and kinder. So at this point of the year, we don't have all of them yet in the system. But you can see that China Lake Junior High is going to be a great size. It's not overly big like some had con had feared. It's going to be great about the same size that it is today. Um with three grades, but with the two schools coming together and just seventh and eighth, that's a very reasonable size. I was at Murray yesterday talking with the staff with a listening session and talking through some of these burrows great Fowler Gateway. Notice the balance with Fowler Gateway. Los Flores is always one of our bigger ones, but now Richmond's in there in the mix as well that

050on deck to be our largest elementary school. And the facility was built for up to 600. So, we're doing well. Our plan boundary that was going to balance things is working and we have space and it's alleviating some of the crunch that we've felt in our other sites. High Desert School is open at capacity. We have the middle college program full. We have 107 families. I think it might be 108. Several last night um were recruiting and realized they went to the family night, the ice cream social and said, "Okay, this is for me. Sign me up." And so that number has already changed since Monday. Um and then you see our other two, Vueig and Pierce, ourmies are about 50% their ultimate capacity. So Vueig, we anticipate building up to 600 and Pierce is

051in the neighborhood of 300 when it fully builds out. But we like that it's starting at 50%, it's going to give the staff a chance to try things out, get it right, work with our families, and then we anticipate through the results that they get, through the word of mouth, through the culture that they build, the culture of learning that that will fill up over the next couple of years. So altogether, that's 400 4,821 students that we currently have enrolled as of Monday. Um, and more coming. So that's the reorg update and now our typical state of the district is related to the five goals that you all set last January and you confirmed it and these goals guide us over three years. The first four also are built into our LCAP with the facilities

052one not yet in the LCAP um but still an important goal that the board has set. So quick update on each of these. So we are using the theme of rebound, reimagine, rebuild. We're still in that rebound from the academic program and thanks to the incredible work of staff and students, we continue to see growth. So in January, you heard from Dr. Savco an update on how we did last year and we don't yet have the results from the state testing from this year, but we have benchmark assessments and interim assessment blocks and ways that we monitor to see how we're doing. And this is the results from third through fifth grade English language arts. And for perspective, we're showing this year and the last two. And over the last three years, we've continued to

053see a gap closure for our students in their distance from standard. We want all students meeting standard or exceeding. And that gap is continuing to close. See if our animation just kind of highlight that closure over the past three years. And then in math, even higher numbers that you're seeing there. So the same design of the data, but this is third through fifth grade math. We're seeing significant gap closures to the point where we're seeing positive numbers in there where we're going from below standard to at standard. We're really seeing some great um bright spots. Our fourth grade last year across the district was amazing. We're seeing that continue in fifth grade. So that same group of students is now fifth grade. They're continuing to rock it. Our current fourth grade, like we are making

054progress and we continue to do that. Um and our teachers are working incredibly hard. Now, I'd like to pause and say this is elementary. We talked last year. We said, you know, we haven't done the same type of data for our secondary team and we needed to build that capacity. So, this year we added teachers on special assignment at the middle school and high school levels that have been working with our teachers and I'm excited that this summer they're continuing to work on instructional maps. So, they built lots of relationships, supported a lot of our new teachers, and the next phase of the work is to build instructional maps so we have that cohesiveness at the secondary level. they're excited that it's one junior high for that type of purpose and working together as a

055team. Um, and second, so secondary in general, we're still building that because we would like to be able to bring data to show you how do we anticipate we'll be doing at those levels, but we don't yet have that. And so then we're also reimagining our academic program and we highlighted the schools of choice that we're launching and the re-imagined junior high. And so we're excited to see that how and our independent study school, the flexibility and the choice for our families, the STEM lens for VUIG or the visual and performing arts for Pierce. Um, and all of these adjustments. We China Lake has a team that's meeting over the summer. Actually, all four of those schools have teams meeting over the summer for three intense days to really dive in and say, "How are

056we launching? How are we doing it really well? and how are we setting that culture of learning on our campuses? And then we're reimagining student and family engagement. We have so many celebrations that many of you have heard of already. Um we know there's work to be done. As I presented earlier, attendance rates, enrollment rates are things that we're watching. In fact, our LCAP advisory committee has helped us to identify additional actions and services that we're building into that local control accountability plan for next year specifically to address some of these items. And then we've had a number of promising practices and awards. So we have continued with capturing kids hearts as year two. Many of the things that we're modeling here at our board meeting with greeting with the social contract that we have,

057good things and a launch at the end of our meetings are all components of capturing kids hearts. And this year we had two schools um identified as national showcase schools because of their tremendous imple implementation and that's Inyo Kern Elementary School and Los Flores Elementary School. In addition, we've had two schools now identified as Purple Star Schools. Richmond led the way last year and Los Flores joined them this year, showing our dedication and support to our students and families from military and that anchored for life club, which by the way, I heard the Inyokern greeters out there today are in their anchored for life club. And we have a number of our schools that will be applying in the next round for the Purple Star Distinction Award as well. So, as you've seen, we had

058a few things going on this year and so not everyone applied all at the same time, but more to come. And then, of course, our family resource center. And you had a whole presentation on this previously from Kristen Simpson. We're very excited that the actual center opened. And recently we've been awarded a grant for two of our schools, Pierce and Mosquite, will be funded for the next 5 years. And as we typically do, we will stretch those funds and resources to support as many of the families and students in our community as possible. So we will by no means be restricting it to those schools, but those would be the primary um as the grant is designed um to have that support for those families. And so then when we look at the goal four

059on effective instruction and leadership, we are building. We have changed some staff seats and building that uh transition and onboarding. We continue to recruit. This year we changed our hiring timeline significantly, moving it months earlier to make sure that we could have the best chance of hiring the highest qualified staff members for the positions that we have. and we're making some great progress in that. Um, you'll see later on tonight's agenda. We have new two-year agreements on the agenda for all three labor partners because we're coming together. We're saying, "Here's what we can do at this point in time. Let's agree and let's move into the academic program and the engagement of families and all the great work that we have lined up for next year." So, we're excited about that. And um as I

060mentioned, we continue to emphasize hiring highly qualified staff whether locally or beyond. Now, we do have open positions still. We're using Ed Join. We have the district website. Um we have teacher positions open. We also know that we need bus drivers, paraprofessionals, um all sorts of folks. Um our par profofessionals, by the way, in the new agreement are being reidentified as instructional aids in tiers one, two, and three. Um, and so we're excited to elevate them because they are they're supporting the instruction in the classroom and we so appreciate them. And as part of this plan for hiring and selecting highly qualified individuals, we'll continue to bring folks from outside as needed. And so we have 17 additional teachers from the Philippines that we anticipate joining us in July um to help fun fill some

061of our hardest to hire positions. Um, and so that is exciting. And so we say rebuild the team, but we also are rebuilding actual facilities, a literal rebuilding. And so we appreciate the community's support in passing measure doublea. That was this year. It's been a full year, but that was earlier this school year. And that is um going to make a huge difference as we go forward. Uh we have the diff the ribbon cutting coming up later this summer with launching with students August 7th. And through all this process, teachers have been reimagining the learning environment. What what does the 21st century learning environment look like, sound like, feel like, and I've been able to participate in some of those trainings alongside the teachers, and it's a lot of fun. Uh we continue to work

062hard to address repairs and upgrades. And so you'll see later tonight in the facilities presentation some of that work that is happening or is on deck to happen this summer. Um Mr. Ald has coined it the epic summer. That's our term for it. With all the moves, with all the things coming, uh it will be epic. And it will be epic for our students as we launch in August. And of course, we have our exciting new facilities programs that we're working with OLDCC and um the new grant. So, in closing, I'd like to showcase a video that highlights our partnership with the base, with our facilities, and with the learning. And I appreciate Jenny and it pulling that. Go ahead, Jenny. Perfect timing. Um, pulling that over and playing that for us. Um, to highlight

063I think I clicked a button and it she was she was moving it. I probably cl There we go. I will be silent while we watch this video highlighting our partnership. [Music] Today's activities are a perfect example of the strength of our community and the relationship of support and appreciation that exists between China Lake and the Sierra Sand School District. This amazing new facility is a joint project including the Department of Defense and the school district. Our friends at China Lake are strong supporters of our instructional program as well. Today at Burroughs High School, our STEM day is being graciously supported by scientists, engineers, and technicians from NOCWD as they make classroom presentations. [Music] We're making straw rockets and we're talking about propulsion and the arc of uh the straw rocket. [Music] So, four years

064ago, I was here at Burroughs High School. Um, a senior, went to college for photography, and now I'm here working with Snort. I'm doing my dream job. It's great. [Music] Oh. Federal partners are funding 80% of the cost of this new school. We are also in the planning stage of our next project. Again, 80% funded by the Department of Defense. The balance will be funded by the bond that our community recently approved. So in closing, I would like to thank you for helping to set that vision, set our goals that we're striving to achieve and developing policies and allocating the budget so that we can do this important work. Our leadership team has been phenomenal and have been along for the entire journey and appreciate the countless hours that they put in. Our labor partners,

065Data, DEGA, and CSA, continue to be our partners in serving our students and community. So, thank you to you, our great staff and district and site staff, parents and families, students, and our entire community. And that concludes my report. Thank you, Dr. Moore. And that transition to the video was very seamless compared to what we thought it was going to be. We'll move on to item 7.4, 4 report to the board of trustees by the desert area teachers association and Kathy you're going to fill in this evening good evening superintend so it is almost summer and I think we are all very excited about that the teachers might be more excited than the students even it's been a big year of change and kind of not knowing what's coming text. Uh, and so I think

066everyone is just kind of ready for a little bit of a break. Um, Data would like to say that they are um very excited about the end of the year celebration finally being open to all staff. That has been something that we um have hoped for for a while and it was just really nice that anyone could go so we could cheer on our colleagues and um enjoy them being recognized. Uh we also are excited that the contract has been ratified and we can go ahead and move on to working toward next year's contract. Um that that's just kind of a nice thing for peace of mind as well for all the teachers. Uh Eileen would like to say that she um really appreciated that Dr. Moore held back that grading policy to meet with

067teachers um and hear their perspective. and she adds that it was really nice to um to feel heard and to be able to work in collaboration on that. And she says as well um you know this year we're going to have a lot of teachers teach a lot of teachers work over the summer unpaid work you have to with the job that we have. We don't have the hours in the day um to be able to get everything done that needs to be done. And this year with reorganization and lots of people having to relocate, uh more of us will be putting in hours um that are unpaid. And so we just um we just want to recognize that that we have a lot of teachers who are going to be working real hard all

068summer um during time that is really important for rest and relaxation. Uh but we are looking forward to next year and reorganization and hoping all these changes go well. We can't wait to see what happens next. Thank you. Thank you, Kathy. Thanks for filling in. We'll move on to item 7.5. Report to the board of trustees by the California School Employees Association. Sylvia, and and did your mom make it back in time for her other event or appointment for work? Yeah. Okay. Okay. Good evening, board members, board president, Dr. Moore, community, and staff. Uh well, we are at the end of another school year. Only nine more school days. Um, Bahus County. Um, like it was mentioned earlier, CSEA settled and voted on our TA and it was passed by membership. Now, just waiting for

069board approval. Um, lots of changes for next year. We're excited. Um, definitely looking forward to it. Um, one thing that has been mentioned several times by staff and some parents and some students that have heard it, um, that have kind of made them feel like their school isn't good enough. that uh Richmond is the gem of the district now that it's new. Um and so just being mindful of that because I feel like all of our schools are gems. We have um great students and staff at every site that work very hard. Um and so we don't just have one gem, we have 11 gems. Uh so with that, have a great summer. Thank you, Sylvia. Move on to item 7.6, communications from the public. The board will provide time during the discussion of each

070agenda item for members of the public to comment. 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. The 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 the 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. I'll open up public comment at 7:24. Hi, I'm back. It's me. I'm Kathy McCoy this time. Um, so

071I am a teacher at Pierce um and vice president of data. And I noticed today on the SSUSD newsletter, one of the things that's going to be happening is some restrictions on technology, some changes in technology. Um, and when student access, one of them in particular was YouTube that there were parent concerns and so in response, YouTube will be restricted for students K8. um which I understand that when students are on their own on YouTube that can certainly be cause for concern. However, um we do use some clips on YouTube that have been curated by teachers. Um universally designed learning is kind of a big buzzword right now with um students all students having access and being able to learn in a modality of ways. Um, I have been a member of ISTY, the International

072Society for Technology and Education in the past, particularly during COVID, where we spent a lot of time trying to figure out technology and all the new up andcoming things. Um, and was introduced to an awful lot of really cool stuff we could be doing, but a lot of it gets blocked. Our students are not able to use it due to um the the security system, the firewall, whatever. Um, and I so I would just like to point out for YouTube, we have speech and language standards now. And some of those have to do with uh students being able to listen or watch something and then be able to talk about it, be able to talk about what they've learned in particular in all grades. And so one of the things that I have used in

073the past um are some science podcasts from channels um like scikids or PBS things that you can't just go to a website for them to be able to access whether if we're watching them together that's great but a lot of my kids like to watch it a second time so that they can make sure that they um that they understand and that's not something that I can continually play on my computer because other students are working on things. Being able to assign that into classroom is something that is really helpful for them to be able to go back and do that. I usually embed it in classroom so that they um that is the only thing that they have access to. Um, and so while I understand the need to make sure students are not

074going on YouTube unsupervised and maybe accessing things that are not appropriate for them, YouTube is still something that we use to address that modality of learners um to make sure that we are giving those students chances to practice those speech and language standards or speaking and listening, excuse me, speaking and language standards. And I'm wondering if um there might be something that technology could look at like maybe rather than me going out and trying to find how do I get around this or you not not get around it but how do I find a way for those students to still be able to access that whether it's trying to use teacher tube or you know there are some other things that tend to get blocked later on as well. Um if maybe that's something that

075we could uh have some some resources for. Um, I'm sure there's a lot out there, but I'm doing a lot of other things. And it would be great maybe if if that is something that could be addressed and teachers could be provided access in ways to continue to use those valuable tools like PBS, National Geographic, things that are appropriate where um I am then able to meet the needs of my students, give them access to today's technology, um make sure that they're getting access to universally designed learning um without having that block. So that is an ask from me and some of the teachers that I've worked with. Thank you. Thank you, Kathy. Could I respond? Oh, yes. Yes. Just like to clarify. I appreciate that comment and we fully embrace using technology in the

076classroom. In fact, we have a whitelist protocol that was also at the tail end of that newsletter article. Um as we already have a protocol for teachers to vet any supplemental materials including videos that they use in the classroom with students when we recommend that when they do that process they simply shoot that same URL to it and then it will be added to whitelist and then you can embed it in Google classroom and students can use it. So that is part one and part two is next year we are launching an edtech committee so that teachers and IT can come together and make recommendations and do the broader things. Um, and so just a couple of things just to note. May I May I add to to to that uh to your comment there?

077Sure. I um I asked for UNICEF Kid Power videos to be whitelisted for my class in February and I got a response about a week and a half ago. So it currently is not working at a rate that is helpful for us as far as technology being accessible. So that's great that that's happening. I haven't really found the whitelisting to at this point be something that is easy to work with. So just a suggestion. Thank you. Move no one to see if we have anybody any other takers. Seeing none, we'll close public comment at 7:30. Move on to item 8, policy review committee 8.1, approval of updated board policies and administrative regulations. Dr. Moore, thank you. This was referenced earlier in the data comments and we have updated the policy on grading and there were

078some staff questions. So, we had pulled it from the last agenda. And so, what you see on this agenda is you have the minutes from the board policy review committee where it was reviewed. And um the purple text that we don't usually see purple, but that shows the additional edits that have been made as a result of that collaborative uh meeting with staff. And we did run that purple text edits by the two members, the board members of the board policy review committee. And we could live with that. Um, so we are recommending that we go forward at this stage with the revised versions that you have attached. So it's board policy, administrative regulation, and the two exhibits that will all go together related to grading policies. I'm happy to answer any questions. I hear

079a motion. Move the recommended action. Second. Have a motion and a second. Any questions or comments from the board? Any questions or comments from staff for community? Oh, before that, uh, Rodie, your preferential vote. Sorry, ahead of myself. Okay. Um, board, we have a motion and second. All in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Any opposed? That's unanimous. Move on to item nine, educational administration. 9.1 Approval of revisions to middle school elective course and course name from content area literacy grades six through eight academic language academic lane language achievement strategies to strategic English learner support course Dr. Safco good evening President Scott members of the board superintendent Dr. Moore staff and community uh 9.1 and 9.2 2 have a similar background. Essentially, due to our reorganization, um we have taken the opportunity to modernize

080and update uh these courses which support English learners at the middle school level. So, we removed sixth grade, we focused on seventh and eighth grade, and we also updated the language assessment, which is now the ELPAC. And there really aren't any significant changes other than those essential uh needs. There aren't any financial implications and it's recommended that the board approve the revised strategic English learner support cells course as presented. Do we have a motion to move 91 and 92 since they're both senator? Second. We have a motion to move 91 92. Any questions from the board? Questions from staff or community? U Brody, your preferential vote. I board all in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Any opposed? It's unanimous. Is that okay, Dr. Safco? I figured you probably don't want to repeat yourself

081a bunch. Move on to item 9.3, approval of integrated math course. I want you to get really excited with me. This is truly an amazing opportunity. you know that um to meet A through G requirements um a third year of math really is needed um and to prepare our 11th graders for their CASP assessment in math. So the Burough's high school has really worked hard to determine what could best meet the needs of students going into that third year of math if it's not that algebra 2 pathway. And so they have uh developed this integrated math course. You can see the topics there. It's essentially a strong bridge to algebra 2 to build that competence and to have those core elements uh needed to be successful in higher level math. And I just want to

082commend again the bureau's high school and their math department for taking ownership of this and finding a solution for our students and our local needs. So it's recommended uh there aren't any financial implications because we'll use already adopted texts. Um, it's recommended that the board approve the integrated math course as presented. Recommended action. Second. We have a motion in a second. Any questions or comments from the board? I just like to make a comment this and and and four. I think it's um uh critical that we have these higher math especially with our strong relationship with the base and what goes on out there. How important this is for the students that are going to end up with careers out there. So, thank you. Um any further questions or comments from staff or community? Um

083Brody preferential vote. I uh board we have a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. I. Any opposed? It's unanimous. Move on to item four, approval of advanced placement calculus BC course. Dr. Savco. Okay. If 9.3 was exciting, 9.4 is super exciting. It's advanced exciting. So, you're aware that the College Board uh offers advanced placement courses in anywhere from English, social science, science, and math. And so, it's a um a prevetted course, if you will. Um we've submitted it to doorways. It's already approved. Um but this would be um an AP Calculus BC course. Um, I have downloaded part of a 250 page document outlining this BC course so that you could get the highlights of the content. But this is really exciting. Again, speaking to uh what um President Scott

084said, it really um moves our math program forward and helps support the jobs locally, especially um on the base. And so really excited to be able to offer this. Another wonderful bonus is if a student um takes their advanced placement exam in May um and earns a three or more then most colleges will accept that as college credit having because it's so rigorous. So this is another amazing opportunity to have our students be college ready while they're sitting in our um burrows classrooms. So it's recommended that you approve the AP Calculus BC as presented. recommend action. Second. We have a motion in a second. Any questions or comments from the board? I can confirm that. Yes. Yes. Any questions or comments from Stanford community? Um, how many students we think would want to take this

085compared to taking concurrent or dual enrollment with the college where you automatically will get calculus credit for it? Okay. rephrase your question. How many students we think are going to take this course? I believe we have 25 at this time. Um and we want to offer a variety. You know, there are different philosophies, right? So, um our friends from the east coast, they tend to lean towards AP as the way forward. We know that on the west coast, dual enrollment is the is our endorsed way forward. So, Burroughs has been a fierce advocate of offering many pathways, whether it be AP or dual enrollment. But to your point, another way would be to take a dual enrollment calculus course and then have guaranteed college credit if they earned a C or better. That's true. And

086a student's counsel that way, I believe. So, yes, I think that there's far more transparency and with our we have this CC cap with Sarah Sarakoso, so there's far more transparency. And then at our last board meeting, we updated our dual enrollment policy. Okay. Thanks. Yeah. Thank you. Fair question. Any further questions, comments from the board? Stanford Community. Brody will have your preferential vote. I. Thank you board. All in favor signify by saying I. I. Any opposed? That's unanimous. Uh thank you Dr. St. Thank you. Move on to item 10, personal administration 10.1, ratification of tenative agreement between data on the board of education regarding settlement of contract negotiations for 2425 and 2526. Mr. Al, President Scott, members of the board, Superintendent, Dr. more staff and community. The districts and data's negotiations team reached an

087agreement for contract negotiations for 2425 and 2526. Uh in your packet, you have all of the details. I'd like to summarize some of the major points. Um one is salary. For the 2024-25 school year, the district will provide an off-schedule on one-time payment of 2% of each bargaining unit member's annual salary. For 202526 school year, the district shall provide an ongoing or an onsched ongoing salary increase of 1.25% and an off-schedule on one-time payment of 2% of each bargaining unit members annual salary. One component of the agreement with data that's unique um will not be implemented immediately. It won't be implemented until the 202627 school year is that we will incrementally roll back our professional development days one day each year until the current 185day work year uh is reduced to 182 days. I think

088it's important to mention that we still believe in professional development and we will still offer it in a different uh different way. Um so this is not in any way um focused on dismantling the opportunity. It's just giving the opportunity in a different way. Uh the training rate for association members who voluntarily agree to engage in district sponsored trainings was increased from $30 an hour to $35 an hour. Um and you can see the rest there. Financial implications implementation of this agreement is supported by a three-year multi-year projection within the board adopted 5% ending fund balance reserve requirement. The multi-year projection will be or has been submitted to the Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office for approval and we have received the approval letters this week. It's recommended that the board ratify the tenative agreement

089between the Desert Area Teachers Association and the Board of Education regarding collective bargaining agreements for 242526 as presented. It was recommended action. Second, we have a motion and second. Any questions or comments from the board? Any questions or comments from Stanford community and Brody will leave you out of this one. So the board all in favor signify by saying I. I. Any opposed? It's unanimous. Move on to item two. Ratification of tenative agreement between DGA and the board of education for the same settlement. Mr. So, same details for the financial uh the salary um agreement and um the other items of significance not this coming year but the following in 2026 27 uh counselors will no longer be asked to be 504 coordinators. So, the district has a year to work on implementation of that.

090Uh we agreed to the same increase in um hourly training rates from $30 to $35. Uh in addition to that um we have agreed to uh basically a meto with the days of leave that are allowed to be used um discretionary days. We had negotiated with data previously and moved from 3 to 4 and DA had not been a part of that. So, we've agreed to move them from three to four. Same financial implications. We did receive um approval from the county. It is recommended that the board ratify the tenative agreement between the Desert Area Guidance Association and the Board of Education regarding the collective bargaining agreement for 2425 and 2526 as presented. We have a motion and a second. Any questions or comments from the board, staff, or community? Again, Brody, since it's a

091personnel, we'll keep you on out of it. Board, all in favor signify by saying I. I. Any opposed? It's unanimous. Move on to 10.3. Ratification of 10 tenative agreement between CSEA and it's richest chapter number 188 and the board of education for the uh same contract period. Mr. Hold, same financial uh implications for salary. Um there is a health and welfare benefit that the district has agreed to. There was an increase uh with a supplemental health benefit of $3. Uh and for one year the district has agreed to pay a flat rate for those with a full um benefit package of $123 per month and $62 a month for those with half or part-time employment benefits. uh the rate this rate increase will reset to the amount previously agreed to at the conclusion of 2526.

092Uh we have agreed to increase the classified training rate in the same increment as the other two from $20 to $25 an hour. And as was mentioned earlier, we have agreed to um rework our paraprofessional job uh classification into becoming more industry um aligned, which is instructional aids. Um three different tiers of instructional aids that will be paid at different ranges for different levels and and rigor of work. uh same financial implications and recommendations to ratify the tenative agreement between the California School Employees Association and its Ridgerest chapter number 188 in the board of education regarding the collective bargaining agreement for 2425 and 2526 as presented. Second, we have a motion and a second. Any questions or comments from the board staff or community? I just have a comment that um I'd like to thank

093Mr. at all his team along with data dan csea I this is a big job and to get two have all two years done that's that's an awesome job really appreciate it yeah and I did did that I just know how how much time and effort is is put into this on on both sides and and getting to that point so thank you Mr. called and thank the uh the uh um the bargaining units um negotiation team. Trying to think of the right wording. So we have a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Any opposed? It's unanimous. And are you done for the night, Mr. Old? If you're getting paid by the word between the last two days of everything that you've done, you've got a bonus coming.

094Move on to item 11, general administration. Nothing in general administration. Item 12, construction administration. 12.1, report to the board construction activities and issues. Mr. Moore, how you doing, sir? President Scott, Superintendent Dr. Moore, members of the board, faculty, and members of the community. Here are the construction updates. Uh these are artist renderings of what are about to happen on the front of the gymnasium over at what we're calling Murray and will be our China Lake Junior High facility. You can see the middle of the gymnasium floor. The emblem will replace the current Mustang and the how the uh the new logo just pops off the side of the gymnasium. It'll look beautiful. And that change we've slated it'll be finished before the end of June. Plenty of time. Everything will be set uh visually out

095front. There is also a concrete monument which has um metal letters stuck in the concrete. Those will be removed. We're resurfacing that instead of replacing the whole thing for um unreasonable fees. We'll be able to resurface that because it's solid concrete and it'll look beautiful with the new u the new identity out front. So, the incoming students will uh will all have the same identity walking in. It'll be wonderful. Richmond, one of our two purple star recipients of the district as mentioned before along with lost floors. Richmond has boasted this rock and it's been purple for a bit uh that I hear legend that it made through the earthquake and they moved it over to Buick's swing campus while they've been there. And we just planted it right in front of the new facility last

096week. So, it's um proudly sitting there. The plaque actually says uh in honor of all military children, April 15, 2019 when it was design uh dedicated. If you can see on the wall behind there, uh the artist was actually on site uh drawing the tiger mascot from one of the smaller um printouts that we had provided and uh freehand the guy knows what he's doing. I was really impressed. What I'm not showing you is the side of our our adaptive PE building where he's also going to be installing our purple star um logo that uh the um the DoD has approved for us to put on the side of the building there as well. Very uh very prominently showing our support for the military children and their families. Now, I've been showing you pictures like

097this saying, "Imagine how this is going to be. Isn't this going to be wonderful? Won't this be nice?" How about we show you what it is? Um Dr. Moore mentioned some of the uh next generation the 21st century teaching environments and actually some of the um uh teaching the teachers sessions that we had with the psychologists behind how we design things. It really is in real life right now. Oh, if you look at the bottom of the right in the middle of the picture, you see a a teacher's table there. Uh they're actually wheel wheelbarrow model. they can relocate pretty much everything in the classroom when they're recessed for lunch or something and have an entirely different afternoon uh session. This is part of the plan. Um these these chairs I I I love the

098feature. They're designed so the kids can sit there and rock back and forth. They're literally designed so they can fidget right there and still focus. They don't have to get up, but they don't have to kick. They don't they bend back and forth and back and forth. The kids can actually fidget in place without losing focus. I love the science behind what they're doing here. I've also shown you equipment that's being installed. Well, this is installed. The kitchen equipment is just breathtakingly amazing. And um in fact, Monday, our food servicing department will be hands-on with the chef establishing standards and practices that they're going through. We've been looking at and I have been calling the Richmond campus a gem in our community because of all the things you've seen these pictures actually last month. Um,

099but this is not just construction. This is construction and issues. We have some campuses that are less than that. I'm showing you places. There are little pieces of this rubberized stuff all over the campus. We have plans to replace these. We have things in place that will be addressed in just a few minutes. If you can see there underneath the swings, I dug a little out by my hand and shook hands with a guy in Australia. It scared the vibbras out of me. There's a phrase you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig. Look at we painted over this. There are gaps. You could lose a small child. We're taking we have plans to take care of some of these things and we need to um to ratify the planning for

100that. Each and every month I get up here and show you the progress we're making and it really is coming together. There are a lot of things happening behind the scenes every single day at the local schools and at the district level. We do, I will say on record, we do have some excellent team members that are working much longer than they're getting paid. Some of these people are really dedicated to these kids. We serve almost 5,000 children and they're really stepping up to the plate. I'm really proud of the team members and we're moving forward for the kids. That's our construction update. Any questions? Mr. Moore, I Mr. Moore, that old saying, pictures worth a thousand words, you know, when when you see those asphalt and I know we've got some other ones coming

101up that kind of pertain to that, but it's always nice to see that picture of what we're talking about. So, I appreciate that. No other comments. We'll move on. That was forformational purposes. We'll move on to item 12.2. um authorize staff to seek bids for asphalt corrective services for Gateway Elementary School Pierce and the Sierra Vista Center. Jennifer, good evening, President Scott, members of the board, Superintendent Dr. Moore, staff and community. I am so glad that Jeff was able to show you those pictures of what we're talking about now because it is worth a thousand words. Uh, one of the things that we want to do this evening is request the board's authorization for us to seek bids to go ahead and take care of the asphalt corrections at Gateway and Pierce and the Sierra

102Vista Center. So, for all transparency, we want to come forth make the request to you that these are things that we would like to be doing particularly over the summer uh related to our summer projects. and then see if we can't, you know, get the costs down just by having them done at the same time, having folks come into our town and keeping those costs down. So, right now, our estimates for the asphalt um where the playgrounds are or parking lots is $180,000 for Gateway, $165,000 for Pierce, and $240,000 for Sierra Vista Center. So, they are all above the bid threshold. So, we would like to have staff prepare proper bids and send them out for the asphalt correction services for those three locations. Move recommended action. Second. Second. We we have a motion, a

103second. Any questions or comments from board staff community? Makes it so easy to approve these things when you see pictures. Sorry, I was just saying it it makes it really easy to see what we need and to approve this when you see pictures that Jeff showed us a few just a few minutes ago of man I haven't seen that before and it's like whoa we need to get that taken care of so thank you and I know he was being a little bit facicious so that they could swallow a child but with the potential lawsuit claim you know from the Sierra Vista Center with somebody it's you liability is is a big issue. So, absolutely agree with this. So, um that's one question. Yes, I I assume those numbers are really just for repair because

104there's no way you're going to replace that much asphalt for that cheap of cost. So, those are like chip deal like the city's doing with all the city streets filling cracks and and sealing. That's kind of what these repairs are, not replacement. Is that correct? That is what our uh maintenance department has said can work for all of those areas. So they're repaired, correct? Repairing them. When we bring the bid back, we'll have that clarity of how long of a lifespan will it have. Um because we know that there are different thresholds of types of repairs, but it is more than just a superficial as you see. We've talked in the crack repair. This is more than that, right? But we'll bring that back when we have the bids to have the clarity. Yeah. Okay.

105I mean because of an RFP you need to have be specificity on what you ask for because those bids will be all of the map depend on what you ask for. So make sure we ask for they will the correct things or we're going to get they're going to get the answer we can ask for. So yes. Okay. Thank you. Any further questions or comments from board staff for community? You know they did a all around the town they did that that stuff on the streets and I don't know if that's something that they can look into or if that's you know, applyable to to the um playground because it worked out really well on our streets. I thought it's lasted really well and we just had some rain and so forth. So, I I

106think it worked out well. So, I don't know if they can do that, but we we can include that in our scope. Yeah, I can't remember the name of it, but there is a name. Slurry. Slurry. That was it. Slurry. Thank you. Kath, come up to the podium there. Um, I just wanted to ask for clarification. You just said it's not just filling in the cracks. I work at Pierce. I do morning recess and it when it gets hot, they just go out and they peel that tar up um from those cracks to to do all kinds of things with. So, it's art school. It's a B school. Well, when they're throwing it, maybe not so much. Kathy, can you ask the other teachers not to do that anymore? I will. Yes, I will. How

107about the kids? Um, so I just wanted to I was just curious what you're saying is a full repair, not just right filling that in with a um the coating. It would have the coating on top of it. So it won't be so that it shouldn't correct. We definitely don't want them to do that. Thanks. I just wanted Yes, we want it childproof. Any further questions, comments? Yes. I opened a can of worms. Sorry. Everybody's sensitive about streets and stuff in the city. With the Sierra Vista Education Center, how much of that parking lot does the district actually own? Like all the way over to Albertson's or just the lake? The district owns all of the parking lot. Okay. Did you want to rent something? I mean, everything. I think we beat this dead horse.

108Okay. Uh we'll take Brody's preferential vote. I board all in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Any opposed? It's unanimous. And move on to 12.3. Authorize staff to seek bids for playground equipment for any elementary school and lost Flores Elementary School. De. Thank you. The um it's along the same lines again. We're seeking approval to go out for bid related to new and brand new playground equipment for Inocern Elementary School and replacement playground equipment for Los Flores Elementary School. In addition to the equipment, uh it does include the rubber matting underneath. Uh so what we would like to do is go out for bid. Um, estimated costs, excuse me, at Los Flores is approximately $450,000 for just a set of playground equipment that we've seen, plus some of that rubber matting will be repaired

109and then some of it would be completely replaced. And so that's what all the costs would go toward. Um the maintenance department really wants us to go ahead and bring in this new type of playground equipment. Um it stays together a little bit better. It's new technology related to the equipment. Uh what they have at Lost Floors is 15 years old and the the the playground equipment that they have now. We also have it at three other sites. So, their intention would be to hang on to that equipment and use it for parts until we're able to do more playground equipment replacements so that they would utilize those. And then at the Inocern School, there is a playground um it is currently for the preschool. So, when they're not using it, then the TK and

110the kindergarten students are using it. So, we would like for them to have their own playground equipment and so we would like to be able to go out to bid um get costing and other information that we can bring back to the board for approval. Recommend action. Second. We have a motion and a second. Again, there's no fiscal impact. This is just seeking a a bid. Uh any questions or comments from the board, staff or community? you know, um I think they did this the Fowler last year, did they where they added new TK equipment, school preschool equipment and um so I don't know how much it cost them, but yeah, I know it's expensive, but it looked really good when I Bev, I just want to say how appreciative I am because Inkrine has

111never had a kindergarten playground at all. And the equipment that's there right now is not age appropriate. We can use the preschool, but we have not figured out how to make it work with our um time um with their time and and our time. We're working on it, but I'm so appreciative that you are willing to listen and perhaps give our kids something to play on. I thank you. No, thank you. because sometimes we forget about those little pieces, you know, that, you know, we're thinking globally and it's nice to have that little tidbit of information. So, or or an open house, you go out and see this beautiful equipment back on their campus, but it's really not the kids can't use it because it's not accessible during the time of day, but to the

112public. You think it's Thank you. new new campus equipment, but it's not accessible. Any further questions, comments from board Stanford Community Brody preferential vote. I. Board. All in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Any opposed? It's unanimous. Move on to item 13, business administration 13.1, approval of the 2425, Prop 28, the arts and music and schools plan. Jennifer. Um, may I ask to jump ahead to 13.2? 2. I'm I wasn't going to do the prop too. Oh, I'm sorry. Well, we thought you were, but I thought that Dr. You want any of us? Any of the three of us can do it. I I can read it for you. Sorry, Dr. Stafco. Good evening. Um, so in 2022, California voters approved Prop 28, the Arts and Music in Schools AMS Funding Guarantee and Accountability

113Act. For districts with an enrollment over 500, we're required to develop a plan um that memorializes um our components and the approx approximate number of students served. And then we report to the state uh what our plan is and we post it on our district website. It's a little odd that we're bringing the 2425 plan at the end of the 2425 school year, but that's the state's timeline. And so here we are. And so it's recommended that you approve the 2425 Prop 28 plan is presented. And if we didn't, I will show up in June. Second. We have a motion in a second. Any questions or comments from the board? staff for community Brody preferential vote I thank you sir move board all in favor signify by saying I I any opposed it's unanimous now

114Jennifer will move on to 13.2 2 series 2025 measure doubleA general obligation bond sale update. Very exciting news. Um we went ahead and did our first sale of half of the $42 million worth of bonds. So they're called the series 2005 bonds. And next month, I'm just going to say that um our consultant um will be coming here, the um what are they? The government financial services joint powers authority will be coming here to give you the full presentation. But I need to let you know now that we have um sold those 42 million or sorry $21 million worth of bonds and we got a true interest cost of 4.62%. 62%. That is much less than the good faith estimate of 5.2%. So, we have saved quite a good deal of money as far as

115our bond costs go. Um, we're looking at definitely more than $800,000 in in savings of the funds. Uh the funds we've received are good faith funding over $200,000 and then the the dollars will actually be deposited to our account May 22nd. Um we have a memorandum from the GFS JPA which provides all of the information for you. Uh so that um you are aware of how competitive it was. um can see the other four biders um who were close but not quite and there would be no impact to our general fund on this it isformational only and I just like to add that this is the full and legal presentation. So, while there will be an additional presentation next month that will go into the bigger plan and our financial obligations, but as it pertains

116to the sale of the bond, the attached memo and what Jennifer shared is the full and complete legal presentation of those findings. Thank you, Dr. Moore. Uh, any questions or comments from the board community? Again, this was forformational itemformational item only. Thank you, Jennifer. Uh we'll move on to item 14. We will temporary adjourn to conduct the inner current schools financing authority board of directors meeting. And item one, adoption of the agenda. Any changes? No changes. Item two, approval of minutes of the regular meeting April 17, 2025. Any corrections? Minister will stand. We'll adjourn the intercurrent schools financing authority. Move back into the regular meeting. Open up item 15 consent calendar. One, two, and three. We have a motion for items one through three. Um, brain f preference to vote from these. Brody I. Um,

117board all in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Any opposed? Unanimous. No. Because anytime this deals with personnel, I'm like, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Uh, move on to 15.4. Approval of contract renewal with Addiction Treatment Technologies LLC for Carousel. Who's going to do? It's consent. So, okay, we have a motion. We have a motion and a second. Any questions or comments from the board, staff or community? Brody. Preferential vote. Which item is this again? Item 15.4. You said I. Okay. I'm sorry. I missed it. Missed it. Sorry. Uh board, all in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Any opposed? It's unanimous. Move on to 15.5. Approval of contract with the stepping stones group for speech language language pathologist. We have a motion. move. Second. We have a motion in a second.

118Any questions or comments from board staff for community? Hi, I wrote down my thoughts so I don't get too rambly. Um, I'm Emily Slackovsky. I'm one of the current CRC speech pathologists and I have a few comments and concerns about this contract and this type of contract moving forward. I am appreciative that an effort has been made to find in-person speech pathologists because we all know that there's a significant shortage in this community. However, I am concerned about the amount of money being spent on a brand new graduate that still requires supervision, even if we're not the ones providing it. Based on our current salary schedule, including statutory benefits, it is impossible for a district- hired SLP to earn as much as this contract costs, even with 30 years experience and a PhD. I know

119that this is a contract cost, not how much this particular employee is being paid, but it definitely doesn't really create any incentive for someone to come and work for the district directly. The contract is also comparable costwise to at least one of our other teleotherapist agencies where the therapist has at least a decade of experience. While I know there's not an immediate solution, I know the district was able to problem solve a similar issue for school psychologists and is now fully staffed with in-person district employees. Speech pathology is a very similar field to school psychology and I think that a similar path should be considered in the future to help remedy this problem long term. That's all I have. No, thank you. Thank you. No, we we completely understand and agree. We have a motion

120and a second. Uh no further questions or comments. Priority preferential vote. I board all in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Any opposed? That's unanimous. Move on to item 15.6, approval of annual purchase of Chromebook devices. Do I have a motion? Was recommended act second. We have a motion in a second. Any questions or comments from board staff or community? I just have one. Is our plan like normal that the excess ones are going to sell to the public like in the past or is that something we're not doing anymore? Great question. We we don't sell it that we have surplused to be mountain and that foundation has um done a number of things and we usually use it as an incentive for our families and and well I should say we they usually

121use it as an incentive for the families that we're serving um for various things such as filling out the forms uh for federal connected schools. So is it gifted is it gifted to B Mountain then because they're 503C and yes any of the working ones I will say we have a number that are end of life so I don't know that those will be gifted I I think that this is a smaller order than we usually do. It's we're mostly replacing those but I don't know if there's anything else Mr. Quick you wanted to add is that okay okay thanks uh bro preferential vote I thank you move on to board all in favor signify by saying I I any opposed it's unanimous we'll move on to item 16 future agenda any future agenda items

122hearing none move on to 17 launch and after going to the employee awards last night I I found I thought it was kind of a perfect uh launch. Um, the only way to do great work is to love what you do. That was by Steve Jobs and it kind of went in with the uh all the awards last night and a lot of things I heard about all the different employees that uh um were selected for employee of the year. So, I thought that was appropriate. Move on to item 18, adjournment. The next regular meeting of the board of education will be on June 12th. Uh Brody, thanks again. Uh enjoy your What are you going to take off and do? Where are you going? You got to let us know. So, uh that's a

123great question. Okay. Um it's not my fault though that I don't have an answer. It's not my fault. Um it's California State's fault because they lost my redirect application and I have to the campus that it's supposed to be sent to is still waiting to get it. So, you hopefully sometime in the next two weeks, let Dr. Moore help you out or something. Yeah. Let let us know if there's anything we can do. So, but no, good luck in the future. So, yes, we'll see everybody at the next meeting.