001The call to order our Wednesday, October 8th, 2025 regular meeting of the board of trustee. >> Roll call. >> Chris Castillo >> here. >> Carrie Friend >> here. >> Daniel Pewitt >> here. >> Gretchen Ross >> here. >> And Peter Scheler >> here. >> All are present. >> 1.2 Approval of the agenda. >> Staff recommends approval of the agenda. >> I make a motion that we approve tonight's agenda. I'll second. >> Any further discussion? >> Trusty Scheler. >> Hi. >> Trusty Pewitt. Hi. >> Trusty Castillo. >> Hi. >> Trusty Ross. >> Hi. >> And trusty friend. >> Hi. >> Motion passes 50 >> 1.3 ASB. >> So today we have a little change in our agenda. I mean than our typical agenda because we have some students who are going to present um prior to
002us going into close session. Um, as many of you know, we've done a lot of changes within our middle school schedules to make the classes more engaging, kind of switch up the schedule, make sure our smallness doesn't ever inhibit um, children's experiences and that they leave us ready to be successful in high school and beyond. So, one of those changes is last year we added the enrichment and intervention period. It's a 24minute period in which students can have um intervention in math or study skills um or have an enrichment opportunity which is typically leadership or something else that rotates through. Community service was one. Last year we worked on history day projects and this year we launched Shark Tank which is exactly as it sounds. Um through the wonderful leadership of our new history teacher
003John Stevens who's here today. U Mr. Stevens. Yes. Um he's also by the way the educator of the month in his second month of employment here. So congratulations on that as well. >> Just you know checking all the boxes in month two. um and his partnership with uh Eric Scoffield, they had the first six week Shark Tank. So the children um who were participating in this went through six weeks of developing as a team um a new concept to pitch to the Sharks and see who would win. Um and so tonight we have uh our winning team from the first six weeks out of all the other teams. Um we are having lunch tomorrow by the way. Um so we're treating them to a lunch um as well as the second place team um and
004they were they are also getting um candy counter gift certificates. That's their payment um from the Sharks. We did have community representatives both Susan Matias and then u Monica from Guild um participated as the Sharks with along with myself. Um, so without further ado, if I could have the Sharks take uh the podium and um do we have your presentation by chance? >> Okay, but you have it. Um Oh, I was going to say you could email it. Do you want to Yeah, we will get it all queued up. Why don't you guys introduce yourselves and then I will um I will have you email that. Let me get you the email. >> It's not going to sound like it's on, but it's on especially through the recording. And then why don't you start by
005introducing yourself and who's with you tonight and by then we will have you all queued up. >> Hello. Um, I'm Luca Frriie and >> I'm >> Yeah, >> I'm Maddie Madonna. >> And there's two other people um in our group that weren't able to make it today. Um, Macio Perin and >> Cleo de Simone. So, yeah. Oh yeah. Um that's my >> um and there's my sister and uh my brother there. Um and then that's my dad and Shay, his girlfriend. >> Maddie. >> Oh yeah, I didn't see you over there. [Music] Um, there's my two brothers and my mom. >> Tell them what you liked about Shark Tank as a class and then we'll get ready to do your presentation. Um, Shark Tank was like it was cool that we got to do something
006different than like last year's. It was fun that we got to like design our own product. That was kind of cool. And we originally we really hated the groups um and it was really sad, but um then they got changed around a little bit and it was um a lot better and but we it ended up working out really good and yeah. No. >> How many How many groups were there? >> Um, >> how many teams? >> Five. >> Yeah. It was really funny actually. The first day I Well, the first day I went in, uh, Mr. Stevens had made the tough decision to have assign the groups instead of with your friends for productivity reasons and then also just stretching people to work with other groups of people. And it was like silent and
007all these angry faces and all of them were like we want to tell you something. And then fast forward they do these amazing group presentations with people they never would have selected in a group because there's mixed grade levels and interest and it was wonderful. >> All right. >> He's blocked like one of our kids. He's a great employee but we just don't trust him on email yet. Just kidding. Just joking. Okay. He You're probably going to have to gain permission as soon as he opens it up. I just sent it to you. So, what was the score of the football game? Yeah. No, >> it's still going right now. You >> just get to click like next. >> What' you guys play? >> Without further ado, please present your pitch to your other your
008new sharks. Oh, cool. >> That way you can share the link with their other family members who aren't here. Okay. >> Micro a microchip tracker alarm made by Luca Frigy, Macio Perkins, Cleo de Simone. and Maddie McGon. Micro marketing basics. Um, Micro is a helpful product that is useful for everyday life. It is useful for anyone who feels like they constantly misplace their items. It is life-changing for cluttered families. Um, Micro solves the problem of losing your item that you use often, such as a remote, wallet, phone, etc. You you won't ever have to worry about losing items again. Similar products um are Tiles, a Bluetooth tracker that you can find on Target, Walmart, and many other online stores. The Tile tracker also sticks with a magnet, and Apple Air Tags, a waterresistant tracker that
009is synced with the Apple Find My app, and it is roughly a square inch and a half rounded. prices. Um, Tile, their tracker is a price range from $15 to $30. Air Tags, when sold at Walmart, Air Tags are $24. When sold straight from Apple, they're $35.21. And Micro will be sold singularly for $12 and a threeack will be sold for $32. About Micro. Micro has a flash setting on top of it that you can use um if you lose it at night. Um it has a customizable alarm that will uh you can there's like an app that it'll have a QR code on it and then you can download the app from the QR code. It's free and you on the app when you lose it then you could click alarm or flash and
010then it will do that and then that's how you could find it. It will also be connected with Bluetooth and you have Apple QR code and it'll be sold on Amazon or from our website. >> That's cool. >> Um, micro business planning funding. We are asking for $250,000 for 10% of our comp company. Micro is estimated at having um a 1 million 1.5 million dollar value after five five years. >> Oh yeah, >> that's cool. >> Oh, are there any questions from the sharks that I that you can ask really difficult questions? They are ready for it. >> I have >> How do you activate it? Um it will be on the app. You can like it'll always be um tracking it if you want to give it your like location, but if you when
011if you want to activate the alarm or flash setting, you go to the app. Um >> and then you would click like flash or alarm and then that's how you would activate those. But it'll like always be like synced up. >> Where will these be manufactured? Um, they will be manufactured in >> in a foreign country or the United States. >> A foreign country. >> Mhm. Why would you select that? >> Because um for cheaper labor and more like like warehouse space. >> Okay. And is this something that's always charged or do you need to recharge it? >> You have to. It it has I think a three year or five year fiveyear battery and then you'd have to get a new one. >> Okay, great. >> So it's not like if it does it
012let me know when it's dying because in my cluttered house it'll probably be under a pile of a bunch of files and bills that need to be paid. >> There would be like an alarm on the app. It'll like send you a notification. >> Okay, nice. Would you guys take uh 250,000 for 15% of your company? >> Yeah. >> Yes. >> Oh, you would? >> Okay. >> I want to attach this like say one of your examples was the remote. How do you attach it to something? >> So, it doesn't have to, but there would be a plastic seal with like a sticky substance on it and you peel it off and stick it and then um once you stick it in the package, it'll come with like a blue light and you'll shine it
013on that and it'll like harden it. um to stick it on there and then to to take it off if you like ever need to before it's like or after it's done working to take it off then you spray on this like chemical thing um and that will help it get off and um we're going to have like some scientists to like hire them and figure out how to do that for us. >> So what if I what if I have my remote and darn it I buy a new TV so that remote's gone. Can I take it off? And are you gonna give me some more gooey whatever it is to put on a new one? >> Yeah, there you could on our website you could buy like like with with the thing. >>
014Yeah, you could. Yeah, you could buy more if if you get like if you're using like a lot of them, you could like the the spray and like the UV would like never really run out, but um the spray once that runs out, you could like replenish that or you could get like more sticky seal seals on there. >> Yep. >> That's cool. That's great. >> Do you have any sales of as of today? >> No. >> So, how are you doing your your value after five years? >> Um, >> it's estimated based off of the like other off of Yeah. But like kind of on the lower side cuz like Apple, it's more like tiles, I guess, cuz like Apple already was like a popular company. >> Oh, that makes sense. So you projected
015this growth based on tiles versus apple. >> Yeah, both of them, but more like on the lower side. >> That makes sense. >> What do you think of ourh pitch that we have here, guys? Pretty awesome, huh? >> Like them in bright orange because even if it's flashing at night during the day. >> Yeah, >> we have three colors. There's like a marbled kind of white and then there's like a more bluish gray and then like just a normal gray, but we would like if like once our product grows, we could make it have more colors, too. >> Great. >> Or like a glow-in-the-dark one, so it would always >> take 300,000 for 50% of your company. >> Way to go, Maddie. >> Really nice job, you guys. >> Oh, thank you. >> Oh, class.
016>> I know. Great. prototype. >> Oh yes, these are very valuable prototypes. So >> yeah, >> thank you for showing. >> That's cool. >> I will see you guys at lunch tomorrow. >> Thanks guys. >> Thanks for coming. >> You Thank you. >> Thanks. >> I was confused. I was thinking, is this real? >> Yes. Yeah. >> Yeah. There was a group that was close to their um presentation, but the prototype just brought it over the edge. >> Yeah. >> They were all great though. Really? >> Need a tracker. >> Close door. >> No, we're coming out. Don't worry about it. Yeah. >> All right. 1.4 public comment for closed session items. Being that there's nobody here, we will move on. All right, close session. We are closing open and going into All right, we'll
017reconvene open session. 3.1 Pledge of Allegiance. Pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for allible. >> I keep >> I know every time I think it's my head. >> Um 3.2 report on close session agenda item. >> Uh the board unanimously approved the personnel document. >> All right. Public input. 4.1 correspondence. >> There is no correspondence to report. >> Okay. 4.2 Two, public comment. At this point in the agenda, the board welcomes comments on matters of district interest. Is there anybody from the public that would like to make a comment at this time? Seeing none, we will move on. Uh item 5.1, regular meeting minutes of September 10th, 2025. >> Staff recommends approval. >>
018Make a motion to approve. Second. Any further discussion? >> Trusty Scheler. >> Hi. >> Trusty Pewitt. Hi. >> Trusty Castillia. Hi. >> Trusty Ross. Hi. >> Trusty friend. Hi. >> Motion passes 5 Z. >> 5.2. Study session minutes of September 29th, 2025. >> Staff recommends approval. >> I'll make a motion to approve. >> I'll second. >> Any further discussion? >> Trusty Pewitt. >> Hi. >> Trusty Castillo. >> Hi. >> Trusty Ron. >> Hi. >> Trusty Friend. Hi. >> And Trusty Schuler. All right. Motion passes 5 Z. >> All right. Presentation 6.1 teacher presentation. >> So tonight we have the honor of having Miss Megan DVOS here. Megan is our theater teacher. She um has worked with us since January 2023. Um in her tenure here she has directed um Charlotte's Web, 101 Dalmatians, Charlie and
019the Chocolate Charlie in the Chocolate Factory, Sideways Stories of Wayside School, and Alice in Wonderland. Um she has also um ran a very successful and very popular jewelry elective um and has done an amazing collaboration with Eric Scoffield, our longtime art teacher to help with um bringing in more career-based art and doing set design um and production for all of the plays in which I just listed. And lastly, she has taken on our leadership program partnered with Mr. way and done a phenomenal job. So without further ado, I'd like to introduce Megan >> Dasit for the first time the other day. >> All I could think was, oh my gosh, he's gonna go to the office and tell them what like how rad my job is. So this season for drama we are doing a
020production of big bad. It is a courtroom drama. It is the trial of the big bad wolf. He is being sued by Little Red Riding Hood and the three little pigs and the boy who cried wolf. And um it's hilarious. Of course we have a lot of familiar characters in the courtroom. You'll see the evil stepmother from Cinderella and Cinderella's fairy godmother, little Miss Muppet, Little Keith, just to name a few. Um, no singing and dancing in this production. I chose it because the eighth grade class, both seventh and eighth grade actors this year are just phenomenal. Um, they have potential capacity to um, they excel in their athletics and they excel in their work and then they can come to drama and they can memorize and lines and do it really really well. So
021I was able to push them into kind of like a project that I really wanted to work on because they can really sink their teeth into it and I'm really pushing them as actors it feels like and they're I'm really proud of them. So that'll be in November. Um it's a fun show. The audience actually is the jury. So in of programs you'll receive jury summon the theater and there are three alternate endings though based on what the jury decides we will either find the wolf guilty or not guilty or have a home jury. So it's pretty exciting for the audience too. Um in elementary drama um inclusion it's a big team this year we're doing a lot of work in small groups that reminded me when Lucas said earlier like group at first um
022and how hard that is to work with peers in your classroom who sometimes you don't get along with or you don't share interests. Um I'm I'm assigning groups a lot more often and um putting them to work. So, every single student in third grade and up is getting an experience to be a director, a writer, an actor, and um they're all rotating through the molds and they're doing super super well with it. Um they're they're working on um in a in basically like three week sessions. So, for three weeks, Lincoln will direct a play and he'll cast it and he'll tell everybody what it's about and we'll work together to write it. So, it's been really fun. Um and the younger grades I get to do TK and kinder and first and second and they
023are still working collaboratively with bigger groups as well. Um this spring for drama we'll be doing a big production of music. So excited about that. Um and I'll of course do my very popular jewelry class. Um I think that's coming up next and again at the end of the year. I'm a metal So, I have um I get to share that with the kids. And when I'm not at school, I teach metal snipping to adults. And I always tell everyone, it is so much fun and so much easier to teach the kids the metal because they are fearless and they jump right into it and they get their hands dirty and they don't think about the price of silver and they don't think about, you know, But the different elements play into it and they're
024just they're so brave and they um they make really stuff too. Um ASB is my other realm and we've had a killer so far. Thank you. Some of you were at our school. We raised like $900 that day. >> And now we're doing concessions at all of our home games, which is new, but it's kind of like buffering our bank account because we do um spend money on things like Red Ribbon Week, which is coming up. Um we do dress up days and then we do lunchtime activities as alternatives to like being um you know, alternate ways to have fun instead of doing drugs. So, we have some crazy zany um games for them planned and then they'll win prizes which are all kind of revolving around the red ribbon theme. Um we have our
025first dance coming up on October 24th. It will be a haunted masquerade. The kids will either be wearing costumes or they'll dress in dance dresses, but we'll have a photo booth with the masquerade masks that hold up and everything. We're hoping to have our your favorite DJ to return on the 24th. >> Yes. >> Yeah. I think that was a commitment. >> Yes. >> Okay. I feel like that was a commitment. >> Yeah, it's recorded. >> It's in the notes. >> Um, yeah. So, really successful year for the ASB as well. I think that's about it. Does anyone have questions? >> Where do you teach your jewelry classes? >> I have a store in Losa. It's a a gallery of local artists. I have a small video in the back. So, it's right next to
026the high street deli. You can go a sandwich. I >> thought the high street was San Louis. >> I did not know that. >> All right. Thanks, Megan. >> Is that for the play in November? >> Yeah. November seven and eight. And it's gonna be crazy week for those kids because I know that our volleyball team is gonna go to the championships. >> They are undefeated right now. >> Oh wow. >> Yeah. >> And I'm so excited for them and they're gonna do it all. They can just They're so >> All right. Sound good? >> Yeah. >> Thank you. >> Thanks. Is she It's Oh, it is on the agenda. Item 6.2 PTA. >> Hi, this is Megan. >> Sorry I couldn't be there in person tonight. I'm single parenting this evening. So, but um
027update for PTA fall carnival is going to be Saturday, October 25th, 3M uh at the school. We're really excited about it. It's all coming together. We're going to have um we have a parent who has a giant cauldron who's going to make chili as our food. So, we're going to have chili bowls and apple cider floats, cotton candy and hot dogs and all the sugar you could probably dream of. Um we're keep we're keeping our cakewalk, which is a very famous event, and we're going to have a costume parade. Uh, and then we've each we've asked each of the classes as their class project to come up with a theme and construct a scarecrow so we can have our very own little Kauka scarecrow festival outside of each of the classrooms. And we plan to
028auction those off as just a small fundraiser since we're not doing the silent auction at this event um this year. So uh we're we're very excited about that. Um, I just now realized when other Megan was speaking that, uh, the middle school dance is the night before, so it really will be a crazy weekend for those kids. But, um, any questions about the carnival? >> Questions about the carnival >> to the silent auction? >> Oh, you heard? >> Yeah, we we've moved the silent auction to the spring gayla. Thank you again. >> Thank you. >> Section seven new discussion 7.1 board >> to the car wash. That was a lot of fun. The kids were having a blast. It was amazing how they had you were here, then you were hosed off, then moved a
029little bit more, scrubbed off a little bit more, rinsed off around the corner, dried off. It was amazing how they all had it, you know, figured out. Um, I went to the CCAC meeting, representative just gave a report, and one of the things that we learned at Coast to Coast is it's great to meet with your legislators, but it's also to keep that relationship going. And so I invited um Salude Carvajal to actually come to a graduation at work or work for CMC. He can't make it but I said I also met you at coast to coast but if you can come if you like him come so he can't but a representative from his office may be coming for red ribbon. So it's just things along the lines as like of coast to coast
030we need to try to be better at inviting them and we have things going on. So the goal would be from like what CSBA said, "Oh, we're going to vote on education." Hey, what would they think? You know, give us a call. So try to maybe if we can, you know, get them out here more and see. So I invited them. So we'll see if that happens. >> That's great. Thank you. They were also invited to the ribbon cutting. >> So they got ribbon cutting. They got invited in September and October. Oh, nice. >> We'll keep it going. Um I did attend the safety meeting and there's a lot of discussion about the chairs that were sitting on and the safety about um moving them around and let's see I can't remember what else we
031discussed the night fire extinguisher. >> Oh the fire extinguishers. Yeah the fire extinguisher um um training will be happening again. It's been a couple of years. And then they also talked about changing fire suppression blankets in different classrooms and because they are actually a lot easier to face. So I think maybe classroom is discussion. So yes burns and playing. So, not every possible >> I think the store. >> Well, we are going to actually get Martin's gonna order the Can you order? You can order a fourack that was reasonably priced and then we're going to see what that looks like, how to store it, all that, and then decide because they were weirdly inexpensive. So, we kind of wanted to see it almost felt like they might be Barbie size, but we'll see. >> They
032are they they they do come Barbie size. They're very small and take them out. You just throw it over and say >> Barbie since >> No, no, no. That just a little package. But when you take them out and you fold that >> are they use any that's all I have to report. >> See, I was here for the board self evaluation. I pizza table. >> I was at the car lodge. So very impressed of the efficiency >> And how much fun they had [Music] doing great. >> They are really doing great. They're coming together as this amazing team. that um I don't know like when you see them as individuals and their volleyball skills you might not project what they would be um beat a team but they truly play together it's a great
033team >> and seeing how they react well they're positive attitudes who are they playing >> they play um Almond Acres charter school from Pasa Robals uh Sloa which is a charter school. Yeah. Um they play Cambria or San Lucia and they play for sure. >> Yeah. Where's Where is the >> next superintendent? >> So, um I just really quickly before we play the really fun videos that we have, they're very short, but they give a summary of Rock Your School. As we talked about last meeting, um we did Rock Your School. The whole point of Rock Your School is to really blow the minds of kids and get them so enthusiastic about learning that their infectious behavior and enthusiasm really makes teachers feel that same kind of enthusiasm. It's a perfect time of year for
034it. Um, you know, school starts, we're all excited and pumped, and then you have this little lull that happens in October. It also happens in March. It's like this double humped camel. Um and then all of a sudden it's November and then there's fall break and then wow winter and um but there's these two low months that happen. That's usually where you see more absenteeism for teachers nationally and you also see higher incidence of discipline nationally in those two months. So this is really nicely planned to have at that time. Um but before I talk about that, I did want to make sure um the board is aware that on um November 6 through the 8th, which is a Thursday, Friday, Saturday, I'll be at um Access, the state leadership organization, the conference summit. Um
035my the $800 fee that normally is the registration fee is wage because I'm the access president for this area. So the district is only paying half of the um room and San Francisco. >> I am so bummed about that. Yes, I know. Um, so I will not be there on those days. So, I just wanted to let you know. Um, and then better than anything, the rock your school. This will be a quick little summary of what we did. >> Do you think This is as big as it's going, Jim. >> Huh? >> This is as big as it's going to go. >> Okay. >> We are so excited for Rock Your School 2026. Our teachers and parents have gone sweating for the top to make learning fun and exploratory in all our rooms. We
036hope you enjoy it. >> Let's go Falcons. We will. I promise you. Shin got blood. Mhm. Nice. All right. So, if you're intrigued by that, there's a summary in the community newsletter in the in the kind of center brown box that describes each classroom and the theme they had. And what it was is not only just a decorative theme. Every lesson they were teaching that day was modified then to be Harry Potter style or Target shopping. So all the math lesson was Target shopping. And you noticed they had the amazing like Target like workers name tags, all the things. Um and they really all day long the kids were like I can't believe the teachers did this for us. They were grateful. They were kind. Um and it was quite enthusiastic. We ended the week
037with the Morov drum line coming and performing at our assembly. They were absolutely fantastic. They answered questions from the kids and just this great inspiration. So anytime you can have high school kind of um role modeling in a way that's outside of the box, not just athletics of going to and I love athletics, but something different. The drum line was great. So um overall just thank the parents and the teachers and all the staff members who put in additional time to make um this really special occasion and the the encouragement is is that you also see the learning and excitement and it kind of encourages you to do special projects like that because the wow factor matters and kids don't ever forget like oh my gosh remember when our room transformed into an escape room
038in history class or whatever it may be. Uh lastly, on the uh calendar or on the newsletter in front of you, there's some key dates. This Monday as no school for students, uh currently is a professional development day, although we'll discuss that later in the agenda. Um, but another uh big event that's coming up is farmers market. And farmers market is an annual event in which Becky Marquez does um just a beautiful job organizing vendors that come in, local farmers, Questa College, and they teach the kids about healthy vegetables, um maybe honey farming, and all these different um opportunities. And they they actually all every kiddo gets to leave with a bag of vegetables. Um some of them don't get very far with it. They just eat them right there like raw bell peppers. It's
039just fantastic. Um you'll see that open gym is starting next week. We have open gym twice in October the 15th and then also the 22nd from 5 to 7. Um and we're looking at half the gym having volleyball and the other half having basketball. So uh then we'll kind of play it by year depending on the interest from there. But we'll make sure we uh readvertise um to our families and community that that's coming. And I think that's about it. Everyone else kind of covered where we were at uh for everything else. So that is our report. >> 7.3 wellness and safety committee. >> So annually um we present to the board that we do have a wellness uh committee and we have a safety committee. Gretchen is part of the safety committee as a
040board representative. She knows we meet religiously one once a month. Um, and we are the safest little beach school. Um, we won the award to the entire county last year as um, safety committee of the year. Um, I'm hoping that we get it two years in a row, but I don't think they ever do that. But that's my goal. Um, shocking, but uh, our wellness committee meets four times a year. They're in charge of our nutrition um, policy. We discuss how we can um really for both staff and students promote wellness in sense of healthy activities. And the first one I do with staff is lunchtober in which staff is challenged to do 30 lunges a day in um October to just keep moving and have that full seditary lifestyle. So that that's just a
041staff one. Yeah. Lunchtober. Is that right? Right. Okay. >> So that's what we'll be doing. you won't even recognize us. We'll all be so fit the next time you see us. Um, and that's it on both of those just information items. >> Okay. 7.4 board self evaluation. >> Okay. So, as you guys know, board bylaw 9400 governs that the board should do an annual um self evalu evaluation um to look at their overall effectiveness of of the board. Um after much discussion, we selected a tool. Um the tool is attached to this agenda item and is also included in your board packet. Um all board members completed filling out the tool in which they rank different areas and really it is um looking at a discussion for the board to areas that they would like
042to improve upon, discuss more and From there, the first area of the board uh the force of health evaluation was governance and policy. You'll notice on here Mary um compiled the scores from all board members. So you'll see that you see 5, three, five, four and five. This is not golf score. The higher score wins on this. Um and there's two different areas that kind of were driving questions. And Mary reported all the responses by the boards in those different areas. So, we can proceed any way you would like with this. This was a tabled item from the study session. Um, and we have all our board members here to proceed if you would like. As I said before, I was a fan of this tool. I would prefer if somebody else leave this discussion
043because I don't really have many positive things to say. >> Is that because tool or because of the board in itself? >> Well, I don't think the tool is impactful in helping us. you look at what we're supposed to be doing following evaluation of virtual cuckles and define protocols establish priorities to also I mean I just don't think that this tool allows us to do that I would as I've said before would like CSBA to come in and help us on our own I feel like we're just kind of floundering like okay he says this what does that mean you mean we're floundering >> as a board or are we floundering following this doing an an evaluation an evaluation. >> I mean I think we I mean bottom line I think as a discussion I
044think we talked about before would be good. I think we work well together as a board. So having a discussion like this maybe is better than filling out >> well I'm you know I looking at governance and policy we have you know you know a three and a four on the one and I'm just wondering is is there any way for us to improve as a board governance um we do I think we do I I think we do well at that. I I wrote in here that I would like to have an audit done um by CSBA just to look at our policies because I'm not going to go in and read everything and I don't have the knowledge necessarily to know that everything is up to date. I just think um and I
045think a large part of our job is to make sure that we are in compliance and like a picture. I just wrote that. Um I don't um you know last time I talked with somebody at the CSBA they said usually a cursor audit is about $500 they thought but I don't know how much that would be something. >> It was done seven years ago. Seven years is you know there's a lot of changes in seven years and you know >> and I do some >> but but we can miss I mean I don't know how easily it can be okay >> yeah we can look into the recommended cycle of frequency on CSA audits with policy that's not a problem at I think that's a great option from this section. Then maybe we'll be a
046five next time, but 4.5 is pretty strong. >> I think so. Yeah. >> Okay. So, strategic planning, we're at 4.4 overall. Let's see. I'll be honest with you. It's been a couple weeks since I went through this. The last time we discussed um kind of where we were at with prioritization was about a year and a half ago. That's when we prioritized the new lower field play structure. Secondarily, the the vehicle, which we are re we are revisiting that after first interim this year to see with the adjustments and the new special ed staff, we still have um the appropriate funding to move forward on priority. Priority and that was that was both from the parents as well. you guys prior and then I think the slurry and really the kind that I did want
047to suggest on this one and process we go through and are we ever wanted um is I can let the board know that that tool if any of you wanted to be part of that process that we look at too that you're able to join us at that time >> no I mean in a large district it is It's like an hour and a half, two hours. We just go through basically the whole facility. There's a there's a state form that we have on his own or anything like that. But he'll do those not going on. >> The kids get so confused. Like [Laughter] I You don't wear open toed shoes when you go up there? >> No. And I I last year I didn't even wear my high heeled boots. The first year I
048did was probably tall, but it looked the best with looking out. >> All right. So, I I think that would be a great added uh contribution for board members. Yes, I am. Okay. Financial oversight, uh, which we have an overall rating of 4.6. Um, I don't know why we have a three here, but does the board ensure that the district's budget is aligned with it strategic priorities? Does the board regularly review financial reports and audits? Look at her. She's here. Thank you for staying for our meetings. Um, okay. So then, board superintendent relations, do we we have an overall rating of 4.6? >> There was a comment. >> Yeah, that's me because um I couldn't see while I was typing. I I probably I probably hit, you know, delete, delete, delete or something like that,
049but I was I was really blind when I worked on this. Um I think this is one of the areas that we do a good job at. I mean, we all do good, but like stellar job here. >> I think so, too. Um uh community engagement and um does the board actively seek input from the community important issues and does the board communicate effectively with uh stakeholders and we have a 4.8 on this one. Um I mean I was the first comment on here. I mean of course I want to hear from the public but I'm not actively going out there seeking you know that's >> but I do think that as a group and individually we are active in community. I think goes a long way. You go to bingo and you ask us
050to go to bingo with you. I mean, it may seem like a really little thing, but I think having, you know, you're active in Rotary, you're active in PTA, and Pete is down at the wall pretty much every morning. >> Happens. >> He gets a good pulse there. >> No, he does. >> No, I'm serious, too. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And I think I think that goes a long way. Um, I guess I'm not going out to people going, "What do you think? What do you think of the school?" >> A lot of parents are feel free to just go. >> Yeah. >> Right. No, and that's fine. But like I said, and I'm fine with that, too. But I guess I misinterpreted that because I'm so literal. I am not purposely going out saying,
051"What do you think of the school?" >> Right. And I'm not either. >> But I mean, people call me all the time and will say, "Hey, this." So that's >> and people ask me questions and I always send them to Jen. >> Um >> Exactly. as we should. >> Yeah. Well, as as we should and or I tell them to, you know, to write a letter. Um but um No, I I think I I think we're I think we're doing a really good job in community engagement and I think everyone They really like it. >> Yeah. I need, >> you know, I I know the community is extremely proud of this school, rightly so. And I think that each of us are great at getting out there and representing even in a capacity that's not
052part of the job. you know, going to bingo celebration where you board operations are board meetings conducted efficiently and effectively. >> Yeah. And then does the board encourage open communication and respectful debate among its members. >> A little heated. >> That's not mine. [Music] >> And I know I I I do know who has the last thing in additional comments to see the CSBA. >> Oh, that's mine. >> Yeah, I know. a bad professional and better. >> No, I agree. I agree. >> No, but I I feel like that means that we're all willing to say what we want to say. Not like I didn't want to say that. It's like we all have an equal voice. We want to share our feelings. That's fine. I still >> You did it. You guys. >> So,
053it kind of leads into think about this because it will lead into it's not an action item. It's justformational, but it will lead into Next one, which is currently the board's goals are aligned to the ELP goals, which is the student work that we're doing. Is there anything from this that would make us want to modify where we're at with the board goals? Um I know that I I mean it seems like with fiscal responsibility, um we had one board statement that I thought so we have provide an environment that promotes strength and for students academic and social well-being. That was one of the board statements. Those go with goal one and two in the LCAP. Then we had board statement continue to promote district and community partnership which you just talked about. Um and
054really our role in that, your role too as as trustees. And then we've worked really hard on um being present in community events and connecting to our community, having community members be part of our Shark Tank, always reaching out to try to get more people involved and and really brag about our kiddos and our teachers because there's lots to talk about. I did have a suggestion which we talked about on the one which says they the trustes engage annually to ensure wellmaintained facilities. >> Oh that's yeah which we could absolutely have a board rep on the fit fit pool which I think would be great. Um it it says and maintain oversight of the district budget that I think we do incredibly well. We have really open uh dialogue on the budget. You guys are
055really comfortable with that. you can speak to the cycle, the budgetary cycle, what's happening with all of our reserves or not reserves and all that. So, um lastly, we had the board statement on advancing a challenging and supportive atmosphere for faculty and staff. If you guys recall, we wrote these in 23. Um and it was for 23 through 25, like basically till December this year. Um that was really trying to stretch our teachers to do things outside of their comfort zone. And I think um we're seeing that more and more uh which is great like for example volunteering to do different um elective courses um the rock your school events people are really stretching themselves to try something new and not necessarily this is how I've always taught it. Uh we have examples of new
056novels that are being taught in English even though we have the same English teacher and that in itself is huge because English teachers are notorious for the books they love to read but you know she was ive on what is a book that would be more engaging to kids nowadays versus a book that maybe she read for the last 15 years. Um did a great job in in two different novels uh moving forward since last year which I think has been wonderful. Little things like that I think is great. >> Yeah. I mean, we had Taylor Swift Math on Friday when the album dropped. And I will tell you, if you asked any middle school, uh, mostly girls, but any middle school girl, half our middle school, they were like, "What's your favorite thing about
057Rock Your School?" They were like, "Math." I mean, who would ever say that? They were like, "We did Taylor Swift math." Like, oh my gosh. I mean, those are like those are the things that when we talk about being in a very um comfortable but then rigorous environment. So, it's comfortable because we're trying to create an environment where you're like try something new and it's okay if it fails, right? Just try something new. Um and it won't be like a gotcha. And we're starting to see that and we're starting to see some good success with it. So, I'm not sure if there is anything other than I would love to incorporate the board in in the fit tool. Um that area of anything else we would need to do and then uh after we vote
058on the new structure of the board in January we'll look at the revision of these uh and the alignment of it that's okay >> and when is that done >> it's formally presented in February because it has to be sent uh prior to March 1st so it the tool itself uh it will either be December or January when um we finish everything on it and we'll I'll let anyone everyone know who wants to be part of that. >> Any consent agenda? >> Staff recommends approval of the consent agenda. We'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda. >> Any further discussion? >> Trusty Castile. >> Hi. >> Trusty Ross. >> Hi. >> Trusty friend. >> Hi. >> Trusty Schuler. >> Trusty Q. >> Motion passes 5. session 9.1200 approved. >> Great. As we talked about,
059Assembly Bill 1200, which was established when some of us were in high school, some of us were in elementary school probably, but um it's actually a really important uh bill and I will tell you in in being in very various sized districts, um it's one of the essential pieces of the county office oversight. So, um, districts have the best intentions in negotiating with their partners. Um, as you guys know, 85% of our budget is spent on, um, things that eat and breathe. And so, negotiations can be incredibly costly. And so it is an oversight uh in which um the uh calculations of the collective bargaining agreement or tenative agreements are sent to the county office and they basically open our books and make sure that we've thought through and really saw the financial impact of
060the decisions we made in the negotiations. Um so I don't take it lightly because um this letter and this process became really essential in a previous district I was at that wasn't shared with the board where they had concerns regarding the negotiations and the funding of that ongoing and because the board wasn't presented with that um decisions were made and then later on a um a reserve less than 1%. Um but with noted concern that the board was not able to see wasn't privy to. So um it is a really important thing. What they looked at is they looked at our salary. They looked at any modifications of our benefits which we had a little bit. They looked at representation which we made an adjustment on retiree benefits which was just language change. There was
061an additional cost in that stipen adjustments, hourly wage adjustments, our work year modification, our unit member modification and the revision of the salary schedule. Not just for the teachers union but knowing we our past practice is that upon board approval the classified members and then the the managerial pos uh positions also get that those kind of perks from the negotiations and they recommended approval of our uh negotiations and verified that we did have the funds necessary uh to move forward with you guys approving uh the contract. Thanks. Phone a friend. A friend. Okay. Okay. Um that most of that work though uh was able to be created uh through the chief business officer at the county office of education, Aaron Aspen, and then of course with Jenny's hard work and all of her calculations, which
062is great. So staff does recommend approval. >> We approve this letter. >> We do. We approve that you're receiving the letter of the A1200 and that the district and we're in agreement that the district is able to based on their verification. >> Make a motion to approve. >> Trusty Ross. >> Trusty. Hi. Trusty. >> Hi. >> Trusty P. >> Hi. >> Trusty Castillo. >> Hi. >> Motion passes 5. >> 9.2 to collective bargaining agreement with the KY teachers association. >> So staff does recommend approval of the negotiations and the changes within the negotiations. What you have attached here is the full collective bargaining agreement. And in the document you have all the yellow highlighted areas that changed. I also have yeah it just helped to be able to scan out it very quickly. Um and
063you also have a summary of those changes. There is a fiscal impact It said to be added because when this post we didn't have it. I did want to let you know that was 92,300 72. I was like it's 92300 something. Um so that is the annual uh cost of the increase. It meant would mean that in this one it's not just the teachers but again all employees. So 39 employees receiving a 2 and a half% increase and also an increase in the master's degree stipen. That actually does make it um similar to the surrounding districts. Uh 1500 was a very similar uh or very common I should say master stipen but most districts have increased it to 2000. It's a nice way to just encourage people to go back for further education. Um, we
064did look at one modification in benefits that if an employee worked 80% or higher in their full-time equivalency, they would receive the full benefit package. Um, that does only impact one employee currently. Uh, and they were receiving 80% of the benefit package already. So, it's it was a very it's less than a $1,800 difference, but it can be really beneficial to an individual, obviously. >> Um, we did clarify that certificated nurses would be included if we um had certificated nurses. We currently have a public health nurse um and someone with an RN and she's working on her certificated nursing. Um and then uh we cleaned up some retiree benefit language. We adjusted the appropriate stipens that we felt like um and then the hourly wage increased by 3% which was um a nice concession made
065by the union as they um agreed to two and a half on the salary schedule and a 3% hour which I think was very reasonable. We did reduce one day of the calendar. So we were one district um there was one other district in the entire county that had a 186 day calendar for teachers. Um everyone else had either 184 or 185. So we reduced it to 185 which means that this Monday where parents already knew there was no school uh it was a previous professional development day it will be a work day for the certificated members already classified unless you're 12 month or off. Um but we did uh as we talked about um we did increase language around the district's ability to assign professional development throughout the school year for example going to
066um another school in the area uh and being able to see a different third grade since we only have one third grade here or one fourth grade here or one English language arts teacher. I think it's import to from others and find practices within our county. And so that language has now been added which I know the board also was uh appreciative of. Um and salary schedule. So basically the salary schedule for the teachers went up the two and a half percent. You'll see that if you were to attend uh and be at Kyukas Elementary School for um 25 years or so, uh you would have a a pretty hefty retirement. We're over 20,000 for that 185 day contract which is one of the highest in I think it is the highest in St. Louis
067County although uh Santa Maria in Santa Barbara County is a bit higher for public schools. So that is um our negotiations are are six months of work in a nutshell. Um staff does recommend approval and I appreciate the board's guidance and support throughout this process. been great working with you guys and negotiating on behalf of the board. >> Make a motion to approve >> Ross. Hi. Motion passes 5.326 adjustments for classified management staff. >> We have the pleasure of having really, I'm going to go ahead and say it publicly, the most talented classified staff in all of California. Um, we have a ridiculously kind, dedicated, um, hardworking, smart classified staff members, and it's truly an honor to work with them. Um, I would I would absolutely recommend that the, uh, classified staff receive the two
068and a half% as well. They are an unrepresented group here, but in no way would I ever want them to feel that they had to um you know have a union to be fully vetted or to to take uh their voices to be heard. We met with um the vast majority of our classified staff today. Um they were wonderfully um pleased with this and always being included and very grateful. Um we also have two other positions. So that would be the current principal salary schedule and the assistant executive assistant. And so in past practice, all received that same 2 and a half% that the the teachers union received. So staff recommends approval of the application of 2 and a half% for the other members of our team. >> Make a motion for that. >> Second.
069>> Trusty Scher. >> Trusty Pew. >> Hi. >> Trusty Castillo. >> Hi. >> Trusty Ross. >> Hi. >> And trust. Motion passes 5. >> 7.4. classification of classified positions. >> So, um, as you guys know, I just when I get into like looking at salary schedules and kind of digging in, I always try to look at, is there anything else I'm missing and what is the opportunity to make things right for the people that we work with who work directly with kids. And one of those areas was that this 101 special education para educator position is a highly demanding job. It is a job that can requ toileting. It can require um uh sometimes uh physical aggression. It is a on 100% on uh task job and so it range I believe is more appropriate
070applied at 13. In the past we've had special ed paras at range 10 which is uh more similar to a um just a general ed parah. Um but that position in itself I think needs to be uh placed at a higher range. Um additionally in looking at that and and some of you know this I really like the book If you give a mouse a cookie because then if I'm looking at this I look continued on and I said what is going on with the cafeteria assistant position? Um and it and it's hard in a district our size because everything's personal. So it's personnel and personal because sometimes it's one person. Um but we have one position of all our positions that is in this six range which is significantly less than our para educator
071range which is a 10 range and I don't see the the point of that. I know that this person is 100% reliable within the kitchen area. Um, it also it actually limits my ability if I had a para educator out to move a person into a position because they would be working out of class then because their range is four steps lower than that other position. Um, I believe that what they are able to do in assisting students in this area and feeding students in this area that their appropriate placement is range 10 which would be the same as the as a general ed para educator without a college degree. college degree para educators are range 13. And then last but not least, um, in the spirit of looking at trying to find substitutes, and
072I will and I should have told you guys, but I will tell you in a second about our I have an update for you guys years about that. >> Yes, it's so good. But anyway, in the in in kind of proceeding down the certificated increase of substitutes, I do recommend the range three be moved to range five. When we look at range three, um, it's less than most people start at McDonald's and these would be people working in our classroom. So, not that anything's wrong with McDonald's. And we won't even get close to In-N-Out. I'm not even trying to. Um, but, uh, this would give that substitute a little bump in their in their ability. With that said, it does work because we've had, um, over 11 we've had 12 applicants for substitute since our
073last increase. >> Really? We've hired two that are um like really qualified and we have two in the queue again. So, of the 12, there's a couple that are like, "Oh, that person lives four states away. Weird." Um but but 12 applicants, um two have been fully hired, I mean, fingerprinted vetted, ready to go. Um so, our two substitutes have now gone to four and we have two more in the queue and we got another one today. So, it is absolutely working, which is great. So, thank you for that. Yeah, it's good to hear. >> So, staff does recommend approval of these reclassifications and um I I hope that we can move forward with that and continue to value and support our classified positions. >> I'll second. >> Any further discussion? >> Hi, Ross. I
074trust Motion passes 5 agenda item request. I have one real quick. Um the board profession board of trustees professional development survey that was put out for different board am I saying this right? Yeah the different conferences. Sorry the different professional development ideas that were put on. I have four of you responding. Um the one that most seem 100% in favor of attending is the small school districts association conference. Uh registration for that uh to get the discount is by this end of uh October. So >> when is that? >> That is in March the 7th through the 10th. That's in Sacramento. >> March what? >> 7th through the 10th. If we are all in agreement with that one, I will put out who can email who can actually attend and we can move forward with
075that. >> Yeah, pretty close. It'll be nice to prior >> so it would be you said March 7th through the 10th. It's a weekend. It starts on Saturday. The Saturday is not necessary. I will say that it's fine. It doesn't cost more or less. They do a mixer so that you're actually in space with multiple multiple district board members uh and leaders, which is nice. Um last year was at Top Golf uh in Roseville. Um so that was kind of interesting. Um, I never attended the small schools districts, but it just it was really more about getting to know other small school districts that are very similar to ours all over the the state of California. And then there's a dinner that night. The actual conference, I think there was one speaker. I take that
076back. There was one speaker that evening and then the conference began the next day. So, if that Saturday was an issue, um, the reason they do the weekend is just because in small school districts, we don't have a lot of people to cover for us. And so they try to make the time against uh like not going like a Monday through Thursday or something. What about the coast to coast to coast? I had one interested no thank you and one I would >> and then CSVA was no >> thank landslide for the small school district. >> So, we already voted for that. I mean, that's in our budget already, right? >> So, what Mary will do is she'll just proceed to individually email you and then get your for sure. Yeah, I've looked at everything.
077I'm ready to go. I would like you to book it. And the other thing is that the hotels up quite quickly. Yeah. All right. Oh, yeah. Safety Committee Gretchian is October 22nd. Uh Chris, we have LCAP on November 4th at 8 a.m. And Pete Schuler, we have CCAC meeting November 5th. Um and that will now be in a new location. >> Well, that's what the last meeting they were talking about that they are going to start meeting with and she said there wasn't enough time to notify any. So when I gave my report, I'm like, "So is this your official notice that you're done?" you know here and Carol Kramer the president said well let me wait because there were some other things they have to tell you so I think their goal is to
078be done at the vets by then but until they make it official with you guys that's not happen but that's what they're having >> yeah I didn't ask that because I was at the CC meeting when Bruce Gibson was talking about different ways that groups could get that like if you went and helped set up different events and clean up different events, but honestly don't see the CC. So I don't know because they adise the county intention that when they approached us to meet here that was always >> so that's their goal. I mean it may or may not until they carame. >> Okay. I don't know. So, you might be here. You might be down there. >> We are in charge. I mean all