ESUSD Board Meeting 06/10/2025

001It is my pleasure to bring the 10th of June 2025 regular meeting of the Elsagundo board of education to order at 6 pm. I invite the chair of the Ed Foundation board of directors, Christa Kaban, to lead us in the pledge of allegiance. Hello. All right, right hand over our heart. Ready? Begin. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. So, I have a report of of action uh taken in closed session. In closed session, the board approved the following con confidential student matters. Student matter number one, student number ending in 218. And student matter number two, student number ending in 206. And now it's time for public communications. And we do

002not have any cards, so we will move along. And the first uh special presentation we have is our student representative report, Grady Loops. Here we go. Good evening everyone. Uh it is hard to believe that this is my last time giving a student report, but as always there is a lot of exciting stuff to recap. So let's get right into it. First off, scholarship night was a huge success. We're really lucky to go to a school and live in a community where so many amazing scholarship opportunities are available to us. So, a big thank you to everyone who made that night possible. Senior Expo night also had a great turnout. I personally was blown away by some of the capstone projects, especially from the engineering students who literally built working cars. That was ridiculous. Uh,

003just incredible work all around. Civics Day part two was also a blast. Unfortunately, my class, period 2, did not take the win, but we were proud of the project that we put together. And it was also awesome seeing so many different ideas and approaches to real real world issues. Hits for Huntington's, our annual dodgeball tournament that raises money for Huntington's disease research just wrapped up. Um Ryan was here last week and he was excited about his team. Um my team lost to Ryan's team in the finals, the Lucky Leprechauns. Uh, so congrats to them on the strong run. They get their team name added to the trophy as well. All the team fees went toward a great cause and we're proud of what we raised. Senior activities have also been in full swing. Grad night

004at Disneyland was incredible. I counted and I went on 13 rides and I'm still catching up on sleep, but we're also in the happiest place on earth. So, you know, tradeoffs, I guess. Uh the senior picnic was also today and it was an absolute blast, especially the water games and carnival rides. It was nice to have one last harrah with the class of 25. Last week the seniors also went to the Dodger game where the Dodgers pulled off a six to five comeback win which made for an awesome day. Uh one of the most meaningful events in these last few weeks was our cap and gown walk to the elementary schools. It felt really special to go back to where it all started and see how excited the little kids were to see us. Definitely

005a confidence booster as well. Probably the only time in my life I'll be considered tall. Um, but anyway, go Cougars. Uh, seniors officially wrapped up our last day of school last Friday and grades were finalized today for us. Everyone else is still finishing up finals this week, so good luck to them as they push through this last stretch. And finally, graduation is this Friday, June 13th. We're all definitely going to feel a lot of emotions, but we're excited to celebrate together one last time. And I have one more shout out to give. She's actually in the audience here today. Maddie Pelico, would you like to stand up? Raise your hand. Maddie will be um next year's ASB president, and she is absolutely the right person for the job. She's smart, organized, and ready to lead

006with confidence. Unlike me, Maddie will be heading into her fourth year in ASB. I'm just finishing my second, so she's definitely more qualified than I was when I started. Um, I know she's exactly what our school and this district needs. So, congratulations to Maddie Pela. Can't wait to see all the amazing things that she'll do. You want to come up? Want to come up to the say hello? No pressure. Hi everyone. My name is Maddie Pala. I'm so excited to get to know all of you better next year. Um, yeah, I look forward to working with you all. Thanks. Thank you. And that's the end of my final report. Thank you, Grady. And now we have the Elsagundo High School student recognition of the ESHS Project Lead the Way. Engineering student and award engineering student

007and awards principal Steve Gart. It's just a job. Uh, thank you, President Glenn. Thank you, Superintendent Johnson, members of the board. It is my pleasure to be up here today before you recognizing the amazing engineering team. You know, it's I've said this before, but I'll say it every time in case it's a first-time viewer out there, but it's always it's always fills me the pride to to recognize the students because everybody here from the board to the superintendent to the principal to the cabinet to the staff, everybody's here for the students and to see what the students are able to do with that level of support is just amazing. So, um, I'm here tonight to recognize the Elsa High School Project Lead the Way engineering students and five students in in specific for their excellence

008in design and developing engineering concepts that earned first place in two really prestigious events, the 2025 H. Hearnden Science Competition and the California Invention Convention. Now, if you're like me and you don't participate in these events, you might not know exactly what those are, but let me tell you, the H. turned in competition is sponsored by the aerospace corporation which is here in Elsagundo but also is sponsored by the air force and and we send a lot of engineers there and the California invention convention is a national competition that actually by winning that they've qualified for the finals in Michigan um a little bit about each the 2025 Hearnden science competition is hosted by the aerospace corporation and the US Air Force and the ESHS engineering students earned first place honors for the design and

009development of Pac-Man they called it. And what Pac-Man is is a low Earth orbit or LEO satellite that's capable of picking up decommissioned cubats. And what that is is like waste from other decommissioned satellites or the satellites themselves in space, grinding them into powder and then using that powder to propel itself to find other cubats and satellites. So it basically regenerates its own its own energy so that it doesn't have to use and burn new fuel creating more waste in space. Um using that powder is a form of fuel and propulsion that presents a solution to the problem of space junk while also creating valuable fuel in space. So that's one thing that this team did. But you know Pac-Man wasn't just local with aerospace. It also was that national California invention convention which was

010an opportunity for the same team of students and for they're from Mr. Horvath's divine design and development class to compete against 53 other schools and they ultimately earned first place for the same Pac-Man prototype and it was also awarded the best prototype in general in addition to that and it won the industry sector award. So by winning this challenging competition they did advance to the prestigious national competition. The challenge with that, and if you were on the board last year, you're aware of that, is that that national competition is always held the same week as our graduation because as a national thing, you can't always plan it accordingly. And so these students just get to from afar say, "We would have won if we were there, but and and we know that and we know

011that." So, um, guiding and mentoring the student team, as I said already, through each competition is ESHS teacher Daniel Horvath, and he's here with them tonight. So for their accomplishments and representation of their school and community, the Elsa Gun Unified School District Board of Education recognizes the following ESHS Project Lead the Way Engineering students for earning first place in both the 2025 Hearnden Science Competition and the California Invention Convention. So as I call you, please come up and be recognized by the board. Avery Edelstein, please. Congratulations. Sutton Fisk, Wesley Gordon, Stefan Lazarevich, Vicken submergian and as I said guiding them is Mr. Daniel Horvath. Excellent. I'll get out of your way. One second. Okay. Right here, please. Go ahead. Paris So, uh, the people have been recognized. You don't have to stay. I know this

012meeting is really riveting and you've got nothing better to do. Well, but before you leave, I want to make a comment really quick. Um, I had the honor of sitting in on Avery's capstone. Um, and her presentation was just to actually be in there and hear everything that they went through and their prototypes and it was already just such an amazing capstone to be sitting on, but then I also have the honor of doing her hair as well. So, so thank you. But I got to actually and and her moms too and her sisters. Um but I got to actually ask more questions and so it was really cool to see more pictures and so um just congratulations to you all and it was really nice to be a part of all those little things

013of the viewing. I will say it was really fun forot I have it was really fun at the expo to get the explanation at the senior expo to get the explanation. Um, as a science teacher, I appreciate you all that went into that and it was really fun to to listen to the to the to it the enthusiasm and the spirit that you had talking about it. Um, and then the car was, you know, that was that was super cool, too. But, um, but that was really fun at the senior expo. Now, I want to chime in and just say what you guys do like blows my mind. there's like you talk way above what I can understand many times and I love that. So we are all so proud of you and excited to

014see where you go. So congratulations again. Yeah. So I think you guys should just wait for our next speaker because it's Christ from from the Ed Foundation and the Ed Foundation does so much for our district to allow us to support you students in your work. So, Christa, wow, that was quite an introduction, Frank. Thank you. I'm gonna come to this every single meeting. Um, congratulations all of you again. That's quite an accomplishment and we're so proud. All right. Well, we had an amazing uh board meeting today. Um, Frank, Dr. Johnson, thank you for um sitting through the two hours that we had today. But u we had a lot to accomplish, a lot to cover. And um so first off, I'm going to start with some of our successes that we've had over Ed's

015lifetime. So as you may know, ED started in 1983, and over its lifetime, we we started compiling all of our information, we realized that we've granted ESUSD over $37 million. And that's that's pretty awesome. That's more than I have. So Um, also it has benefited more than 126,000 students. Um, also we've helped launch a lot of programs. Some are the biomemed pathway, the visual and performing arts pathway, elementary art and music. We support five of the seven counselors that are at the school sites. um elementary PE, strings and orchestra, our class size reduction, AVID, link crew, web, robotics, and um we do support engineering as well. So um just some little things that we've done over the course of the last um what is it 42 years? So pretty awesome. Next, our accomplishments for this

016year. So year-over-year, we've increased our Academy by Ed, which is our summer program. and we do have programming throughout the year as well. We've increased our revenues by 120% from its inception. Um, we've also increased our community appeal revenues by 11%. So, yay to everybody that, you know, supported us this year. Let's keep it going. I'd love to see that double by next year. Uh, we've also launched the ESHS and ESMS afterchool model UN program. So, I know the high school UN last year was one semester. We're going to do two semesters next year. So, it should be very exciting and we heard nothing but fantastic things from the middle school UN. So, I'm glad to hear it's a success. And also, we've hosted four successful fundraisers which have also increased in percentage 14% year-over-year.

017We did Ladies Night Out, which is everyone's favorite in November. We also hosted this year a new event called Winter Wonderland that happened in December. Uh it will be happening this year again, but it will not be the Sunday of the parade. It will be the Saturday um the second Saturday I believe. Um the same night that they open Candy Cane Lane. I think that's what it is. So uh we'll move it so it gives you a little more time to to uh enjoy lots of festivities over the holidays. Uh we also every year we do the Sketchers walk and this year we were crazy successful with the amount of walkers the amount that we raised and also of course the Edgaya um which I know so many of you attended and hopefully loved and

018um we're going to keep doing that one because it's pretty successful. Um, we also, uh, because of the construction at the district, we've moved to a new location. So, we're over on Rose Crays, um, still in Elsagundo, but thank you to Richard Lungquist for providing us a very, um, a very lovely office at a price that Ed can afford because it's all about giving money back to the students. Uh, we've also launched our new website. So, if you haven't been on there, please take a look. and lots of cool information and um you know links to buy tickets to things and all the new things that are going on with ED. We've also hosted two of our um SR events. We always have one in the fall in August and uh we just had recently

019one this spring and uh over at Connecta and uh very successful. Everybody loved hearing what Dr. Johnson had to say and Dr. Yuzaf was there and Marica was there and they were talking about AI and I think it like ramped everybody up and it was more successful. I think we might have even raised more money that night because of you guys talking. So, thank you. Um, so to end that I I I've been working hard, long day. Um, we raised $2.3 million this year so that we could grant the Elsagana Unified School District $2 million this year. So, we're very pleased about that. We also voted at our board, well before our board meeting, but um our board had voted that we will again pledge $2 million for the district for next year. Uh we

020also had elections this year at the board meeting and um so I'm pleased to announce that I will be chair for another year. Thank you. Um uh Dr. Melissa Moore will be our vice chair. Our secretary, Michelle Neves, is leaving us sadly, but she's still a supporter of ED. Um, our new secretary will be April Twilly. So, I'm very excited about that. And of course, Resh Bakta is staying on as our CFO. So, we're more than happy about that. Um, very excited. We also uh had two new board members join today. We have Jordan Peterson and Tiffany Bournestein. So, we're very excited to work with those ladies. They've already signed up for, I think, a couple different committees each, and we're ready to hit the ground running with them. So, um, other than that, I

021think Oh, and, um, our new I don't have a slide for that, but in August, you will see the new wall. I know you got a little preview this year, this today. Wow, I'm really off today. Uh but anyway, we were going through as we were compiling information for Ed and um we realized that you know we always say every student wins and that's still a big tagline for us and it's the truth but we realize that it's every student every day always. So that's our tagline for this year. So look forward to a bright fun wall this August and um we'll put out information in case anybody's interested in coming to help us paint. So, I think that's it for me. Thank you so much. Thank you. It's a It's a good time. Thank

022you for staying. I appreciate it. Nobody No one here. Okay. Okay, I don't believe we have any uh updates from ESTA or CSEA. So, we'll move on to uh item E, recognition of outgoing student board representative. And um Meredith, would you like to kick it off? I guess. Um this one's kind of tough. Um great. I I've this is my Yeah, I've been here two and a half years, which is a little bit hard to believe in. You're my first what I would call my student. Um that I appreciate you being on the board. I was very excited when you were elected and it has been an honor. I The only part I was really bummed about was when we came here, I was going to be at the end after my presidency. I was

023going to be at the end and I was going to get to sit next to Grady and then that didn't happen. And I was I was just a little bit bummed about it. Gotta say I it might have been a good thing for me to sit next to Grady. But I'm so excited for you, Grady. I I can't I have a little story I have to tell just because it was funny. Um most of the people in town called me Miss Beley. When I ran for for school board, my sign said electley because that's what Miss Pe most people know me by. And I was at the uh biomed um uh capstones and I was at at the back gate by the CBI building and I heard this Miss Beley, Miss Beley. And sometimes I

024just ignore it um quite honestly. And all of a sudden, so I heard this Miss Beechley, Miss Beichley, and I figured it was one of the the CBI kids yelling at me and all of a sudden I hear Meredith. I turned around and it was Grady. And I went, "Good to know." So, just so you know, Grady, now that you're going to be graduating on Friday, I'm I'm kind of okay with you calling me Meredith. Thank you so much. You probably won't, but you can. It did work. You did turn around right away. Right away. I'm so excited. I'm I'm I know I'm going to get to hear wonderful things and and uh come back and see us sometime. My turn. Um, talking about calling people by Miss Beechley, I still um it's very hard

025for me to call his dad Dave. I I I I want to call him Mr. Lubs and he thinks that's not okay. Um, and I unfortunately haven't worked with you for a long time on the DIS, but I have loved having you here. Um, getting to know you more. I've known you since you were little, but this has been a little bit more of grown-up Grady and um, known your family for a really long time. and I'm just so excited for the future. And it was fun hearing about your colleges and where you wanted and all all the different things. So, I'm really excited about that and um I really loved working with you and you made me laugh and I have to say you were very punctual all the time. So, that that's all

026that matters all the time. So Grady, it's been an honor and impressive and frankly quite entertaining to have you up here and to watch and to watch your your journey all the way from I think I first saw you at the AYSO jamboree and we're talking to your mom on the sidelines there while you guys were all running around doing that soccerish thing that that was back at Recre Park. and and I for years I have confused you and Ryan and Noey on the field during soccer andor baseball because you guys have been so tight and and and grown together and it's been amazing to watch your journey and and I just want to say the friendship circle that you have all grown together and and that we parents have benefited from just shows what

027great character that you and your classmates have. But to sit here with you has been just a pleasure and an honor and I'm excited to watch you fly out of here like all the other Eagles, but I know we'll keep tabs. So, thank you for everything you've done for the school and for us. I wrote mine. So, Grady, um, I truly appreciate the enthusiasm you have shown in attending to your duties as a student representative on the school board. You've always come prepared with a comprehensive report of activities at the high school. Your positive attitude, engaging demeanor, and confident approach have served us well and will serve you well as you venture onwards towards your next phases of life. It's a joy to be around someone who so fully embraced all that our district has

028to offer academically, socially, and your participation in sports. As your coach Andrew Kelly said to me during the season, every team needs a Grady Loops. We are all delighted that you are part of our team for the past year. Please keep this in your heart as you move on to the next phase of life. Elsagundo High School will always be a part of you. It's the institution through its teachers, coaches, counselors, and administrators that were there to guide you through your formative years, but also that you will always be part of Elsagundo High School. Your time there has added to its legacy and reputation, and that is something to be very proud of. Thank you, Grady. Thank you. All right. Did you want to say something? Pardon, Grady. Um, Grady, you're great. I want to

029thank his parents uh because you show me a a good uh human being and I'll show you some great parents. So, uh Dave and Jesse, just kudos uh to y'all. Um, and I uh uh it's it's been fun sharing this DAS with you. Uh, I really have enjoyed it. Um, Maddie, I hope you bring the personality. Um, so you have a lot to live up to cuz I like to have fun. So, um, but yeah, no, I I I really really have enjoyed us and I, you know, again, to your parents, you mean like I just you have a very good human being here. I'd compliment that to you and like, you know, and it really shows and I've seen you in different arenas as well too at the school and such. So, I just

030I'm I'm grateful to share the space. You make us proud. Good job. Thank you all. Thank you. Um it it honestly it has been an honor. So, thank you all. Appreciate it. All right. Item F. Oh yeah. Good job. something way smaller than that. They blame her. Yeah, I'll say. I'll get out of I'm gonna take it and I'll get out of your way. Ready? Right here. One, two, three. Can I take a couple? I'm really bad. Not like the youth. Okay. All right. Uh we're moving on to item F, the introduction of the new Elsagundo High School assistant principal, Miss V. Good evening. It's my pleasure to introduce Miss Megan McCann as a new assistant principal of Elsagunda High School. Miss McCann, if you could please come to the DES. Miss McCann has been

031a valued member of the Elsagundo High School faculty since 2014 where she has taught a range of math courses from algebra to AP pre-calcu calculus. She holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics and a secondary education from Providence College and a master's degree in reading instruction from Lyola Mry Mountain University. In addition to being an incredibly talented teacher, Miss McCann has contributed to the school outside of the classroom by founding Elsa Gundai's first uh girls flag football team and serving as the head coach of the softball program. Her leadership, dedication, and deep connection to the school community make her an outstanding choice to join the Elsagundo High School administrative team. We're excited to welcome her to this new role beginning July 1st. Megan, please tell us a little bit about yourself. Sure. Board President Glenn, members

032of the board, Superintendent Dr. Johnson, members of the cabinet, President Lubes, Madame Presidents, thank you for the opportunity to be here tonight. I'm truly proud to stand here beside you and eager to take on this new role. I always knew I wanted to be a teacher. I grew up with three brothers who would relentlessly tease me because I would line up my stuffed animals and American Girl dolls and their baseball cards and I would pretend like these objects were my students. I would take attendance. I would make worksheets and activities and then I would do those worksheets and activities and then I would grade them. So they knew that someday I would be a teacher. But it wasn't until I joined this amazing and supportive community that I thought I could also be an administrator.

033So after 13 years in an actual classroom with real human students in 11 years here in Elsagundo, I feel incredibly honored and humbled to be taking on this new role at Elsagundo High School. I have learned so much from the faculty, staff, and students here. From our amazing teachers to the incredible counselors, our fantastic coaches and adviserss, Patrice the Squirrel and Elmer the Eagle, the entire ASB band, drama and choir crew, as you saw the impressive pathways, and our irreplaceable front office and meter center media center staff, the people at Elsa Gundo High School do it right. I truly look forward to continuing to serve and to learn from the stakeholders that we have here in this amazing community. I want to thank Mr. Gart for his support and guidance during this process and I

034am so grateful to become a part of this incredible leadership team. Thank you. [Music] [Applause] Yesterday. Yesterday. Start here. Hold on. No. Me first. One, two, [Music] Item G, uh, presentation of draft number two of the district goals. Dr. Johnson. All right. Good evening everybody. That was eventful. President Glenn, members of the board, Tracy. Um tonight I'm presenting to you the second draft of the district goals and I want to talk a little bit through the process and then go through how we uh uh some of the adjustments that were made. So um just you know as a a template you know I you know I went through and conducted you know focus group feedbacks uh with a variety of stakeholders and uh one of my takeaways was when uh presenting the summary to the

035board is that the the the the feedback serves probably better as a guide than as an editing tool. Um so what I mean by that is is that uh the questions are more the devil's in the details versus directional changes. Um the and that that as mentioned the feedback came more in the form of questions rather than it came in um uh suggested edits. The staff and community uh meetings will be held in the fall in order to answer those questions. So what we'll do is we'll do staff uh community meetings per school site uh as well as staff meetings per school site to sort of open up that dialogue to answer those clarifying questions. And that also allows the leadership team a summer in order to do strategic planning to you know better go

036deeper onto these goals. And you know a point of emphasis um in an email that was sent to staff uh and something I would share with st with the community as well too is that there are three-year goals for a reason um that that you know some of the the the desire I think for like granular you know sort of action plans that will come with time and we're we're going to take that process as threeyear goals. So, just so you know, everyone doesn't think we, you know, hit 100 miles per hour on day one. I mean, like, we'll get there. And then, uh, uh, in doing the editing process, we did do a a pretty substantial reorganization. The content itself didn't change, but we reorganized it to make it a little bit more readable.

037As Frank put that, that was put well, is that uh, trying to keep the headlines and not letting them get lost in the article. So, uh you'll you can see that in the drafts that were shared on the agenda and with the board. All right, it's been a long road, folks, but here we are um from January to now uh on our uh goals draft number two and just coming out of our feedback from May. Here was all of our various feedback groups and then we did receive feedback from individuals as well too students uh staff and and parents um sending uh emails were individual contact. So now I'm going to jump directly into the goal feedback areas and how we handled um that feedback. Uh and I'm going to go point by point in

038this case. So uh under academic excellence uh there was uh you know questions about clarity and accountability the academic goals which I actually appreciate that feedback where it's like hey we want to you know if we're going to do this we want to make sure that you know how are we going to be held accountable? What is that going to look like? uh and I sent out a staff message for clarification on you know some of the larger points there and then we'll continue with staff meetings in the fall and that's something we talked with ESTA about as well also under vertical articulation and curriculum alignment um there was feedback just like you know again the same thing of the the how behind that uh there will be strategic planning this summer and again we'll

039have a staff meeting this fall in order to address but as a general picture goes back to that these are three-ear goals we'll get there over the course of three years and then the feedback about just making sure that we have um equitable intervention you that all students are being reached and and that feedback we viewed as consistent with the goal the the spirit of the feedback is what the goal desires keeping it going under excellence and athletic and extracurriculars there was concerns about inclusivity in athletics uh we felt that was consistent with the goal but I I did change uh language from involvement to inclusivity and you know sometimes words do matter uh and so that there was a lot of feedback about the word inclusive um being part of that conversation pathways uh

040desire for for greater clarity and purpose. The the feedback actually we agree with that we think it's consistent in the goal part of part of the the substance of the goal is in order to create greater clarity uh and purpose with the pathways uh yes uh or elementary school through middle uh high school. Um, and then we have planned work uh during the course of the summer and going into the fall to use our social media team um as well as our videographer in order to do work. It was actually a conversation at at Ed Foundation today about developing uh clear you mean like video oriented explanations of the pathways and their development and we're working uh oh and that actually leads me to the next one is uh transition support between school levels. O

041just desired like making sure that kids are successful as they transition and we feel that's consistent with the goal that what what the feedback desires is where we're headed. Keeping it going under graduate excellence uh and the first one was a desire for for real world real world experiences and career readiness. This to me was just further emphasizing yes that's what we want to do as well also. Uh and we we this goes back to like hey this is a three-year process and we'll continue with staff community meetings in the fall clarifying the graduate portfolio expectations. Um this is one where I I I I do think that as uh it's a strong uh pillar of the of the school district. It's been in place for a while and you could probably never message it

042enough because it's deep work. So, it's complicated and it is going to need re uh consistent reinforcement um general messaging and work with staff. Maurice has done a lot of work uh with the um uh grad I'm calling them the graduate profile team, but that's not what they're called. Design team. There you go. And so, we'll we'll continue that work during the course of the summer. And this will be followed up for staff meetings in the fall. And then approving equity uh equity and access to advanced opportunities. And I did make a one I feel like that is consistent with the goal. We desire that as well also too. And so we made an explicit edit just to include the statement for all student groups just to be explicit that you know this is not

043just targeting some student groups. Going on to community partnerships a need for more cultural inclusive cultural representation. Uh uh I have a suggested edit to change the title of cultural engagement to inclusive culture. this could be debated what is the best course of action but trying to borrow the language that was used in the feedback and then I I do think the board should consider um uh some district level strategic planning and oversight over um you mean like cultural representation in our school district uh this is something that uh historically you mean was started at the district level and then it's been sourced to the site levels I'm in support of that uh and after a year of experience here I do think that it would benefit you mean like from some district level oversight

044and support near two clarity and expansion of parent engagement. This is consistent with the goal. Uh we also desire expansion of parent engagement activities and I want to give a big shout out to PTSA um for uh particularly uh Chelsea and Cheryl for working with us that we're working with the principles on a and a coordinated effort to do parent education activities alongside coordinated with student educa uh assemblies um that will go hand inand during the course of the year at the elementary and middle school levels. So, we're really looking forward to that work and that's that's one of many things as well too that we're planning on. And then celebrating and sharing district successes. We got a good thing. Are we getting it out there? That's consistent with the the goal keeping it going.

045Community social emotional wellness support for mental health services. This was actually the most resounding. It was it was the highest piece of feedback in the first round of surveys and it was also the highest piece of feedback when we did the focus groups as well. So uh the uh it's very much appreciated and we feel it's consistent with the goal. The physical uh wellness and basic needs still a concern. This is particularly in the area of bathroom and lunch quality cleanness and um we feel that this is consistent with the goal and we acknowledge that bathroom cleanliness and lunch quality are high priorities for the district. Clarity and consistency around behavior support. um this is you know supporting students uh behavior needs. Uh we also felt this was consistent with the language of the goal

046and we acknowledged that um explicit communication in the areas where we're growing in this area and the work that is being done or will be done is critical to the success of how our um stakeholders feel about behavior development for staff and for students in the school districts. Finally, under community under staff support, uh there was there to strengthen staff wellness and retention. Uh we edited uh there there's actually specific sort of language suggestions here. So we we edited to include systems approach with meaningful initiatives. Um and that there was just um the feedback was it's great that we want to do nice things for staff, but we want we want that to be like a a system u of going about that and the the things that are done to be things that are

047truly good for staff, you know, and so I trying to figure a way in language to continue to message that. The most important thing is following through on that. Lisa just did her staff wellness challenge just recently. I heard a high participation. So looking for more of those opportunities. two, clarify and support PLC and achievement team practices. We edited uh the goal to include collaborative time. We know that is a big point of emphasis for staff is finding collaborative time. We concur with that. Research says that collaborative time is high yield for student achievement. So um just making that explicit within the goal. Uh we agree that is something that we're striving for. and then expand professional development for inclusion and that we also felt was consistent with the goal language and we agree. Moving

048on to legacy innovative learning. Uh here was the need for clarity and feasibility in the AI pathways. This is another the devils in the details type of feedback, strategic planning and then meetings with community and staff in the fall. And I I I really do feel and I I think Mauric would agree as well too that that um all folks involved in figuring this out are welcomed. Um that our I was joking in the Ed Foundation uh today that uh so far one of our best partners is Aditha and Maxwell who are two robotics students who have designed an AI pathway course uh and it's pretty good. So uh we are looking at that work seriously and I I just like that but that that's how this is going to get done you know it's

049not going to be just the superintendent being like I got an idea it it's going to come from you mean like our students and uh our community integration of AI and environmental topics into the curriculum um just about like this is another how question like what is that going to look like and we concur that strategic planning to come and staff meetings and this is another one of it this is a three-year goal it's going to take three years to do this, right? Then support for projects. So just just generally um uh uh uh supporting um uh uh project based learning or and supporting environmental projects and you know questions about you know what that what that's going to look like. Another one where devils in the details. We agree and we look forward to

050sharing, you know, accomplishing strategic planning during the summer once our goals are officially approved uh and working uh with the communities and and having those open conversations as well too. You mean like for those people that are like, "Okay, what is this actually going to look like legacy sustainable facilities concerns for bathroom cleanliness and facility maintenance? This came up also in wellness and we feel this is consistent with the goal with acknowledgement that this is a high priority for the district. Transparency and prioritization of modernization efforts. Uh same thing we we felt that this desire we agree you can't do this if unless you're transparent and you're clear about what those priorities are and we acknowledge that we need a multi-year communication plan. There's work that Kim is doing an excellent job in um getting

051us off the ground for doing long-term um modernization planning um looking forward in the next 10 years. So, we look forward to bringing that to the board soon. Support for sustainable practices, but requests for clarity. We agree uh uh you know, I think everyone universally supports sustainable practices, but what is that going to look like? And we look forward to continuing to plan that. I I actually I got to give a shout out to Maurice and her work with the city as well too. A lot has been done. Um and I strong kudos there and uh we look forward to taking those further steps as well. And then finally in the area of safety uh these ones were sort of the the feedback was kind of like a repetition a little bit. There was just

052nuance subtleties between them. So cyber security communication and clarity. Uh Danny said an excellent job. There's items on your board agenda uh tonight that are approvals in relations to cyber security. So felt the feedback was consistent of the uh with the goal and we acknowledge that we we need better communication with students in particular especially around some security measures that are taken that came out of the focus groups. Um so that might be further followup actually with messaging with students about why our systems look the way that they do because like you know they're our customers emphasize emergency preparedness and intruder protocols. We felt this was very consistent with the goal. Um it was just a reinforcement of hey this is really important and we want to make sure this is being taken care of

053and we agree and as this board knows that this has been work of the school this year and then address physical campus conditions as a safety issue. Uh this this did trace back into the the bathrooms and bathroom safety and we also feel this is consistent with the goal and it's addressed in sustainable facilities maintenance. Um so uh message message received. We need to take substantial steps in order to make sure that our facilities particularly bathrooms are kept in good order and we have a proactive plan to address it and we feel that we do. Okay. Um it is not part of this presentation but we did share with the board um some just drafts. Uh Danny, you can pause. You don't have to share that. Um, we share with the board just some drafts

054of the uh of templates from the Donovan group. This is nothing official. It is a not I wouldn't even call it a draft. That's bad language use, but it's examples. This is based off the board's request from the last meeting in order to see like what would it look like if we were to kind of put this together. This is information for you. There will be plenty of time in order to dialogue and work together about what is the right fit. Most important thing is getting these goals approved. This gives you some samples now that you've received of what uh are possibilities shared uh with the acknowledgement too that these are just pulled from the the wall uh examples and not any sort of final product. Okay. So now uh we're moving into the feedback

055section. Uh this is an opportunity for the board to give me feedback because we have one more draft to go still if you could believe it with final approval in July. So uh this is your opportunity. You do have a copy of the goals and in hard copy there. Um but if you want to send me on my way with suggestions, more than happy to hear them. Well, I I sent it to you in an email already, but so in the section which is measurements and um by the way, I love that you pulled it out because they were um kind of in all of the sections, but now it's much easier for people to like understand how we're going to measure these goals. um that uh when we list them that they could be

056in some kind of hierarchical order and also um where there's uh similar types of benchmarks or assessments that they're grouped together so you're not, you know, finding similar language further down. So, so anyway, that that was uh the one thing that I saw. Absolutely. Yeah, I think I can just add to that the same, you know, again, I know when we get into this type of display, we could break it down more easily, but um yeah, if if there's a way, which again, it's a more of a graphic interpretation to to have those measurements color-coded or numbered or something to go with the goal to which they apply. One thought that I had when uh actually when you and I were kicking around was uh that you know that you have you have titles for

057goals and objectives and they're succinct and so you like using perhaps like initials of those succinct titles to connect um them. So there would be like the measurement and then parentheses what they apply to. So that that might be a way if you want to like avoid having like a very numeric system. Um so that's a thought but same thing. Yeah. when we get to the graphics portion, I think that might play more into it. Yeah, continue refinement. That's all. The only other point I want I would would bring up here is um I'm still stumbling a little on the inclusive culture versus cultural engagement because it's they're different. They're not the same. So, because cultural engagement speaks, I think more to heritage, which is in the sub statement. Um, but in creative inclusive culture

058is beyond just your heritage. Yeah. No, I So I think there's a little refinement we need to do in that space. I don't have the answer right here, but if the board is comfortable with it, perhaps you and I could kick that back. I'm happy to continue to brainstorm through this. Yeah, I I'm with you on I don't know if that's like, oh, this is the answer. Yeah. Yeah. I'll just if we all if we all feel there's a little refinement, I'm happy to help. I I concur as well too that that I'm like h like how do you Yeah. How do you grab better hold of that? Yeah. Yeah. But that's otherwise I think you know you've taken a lot of our feedback and distilled it has distilled down that's less pages right less

059words. We like that. Um but all very meaningful and thoughtful as we go through this filtering process. So thank you. Yeah. Thank thank you Tracy. Um, I have to say like this visual makes me like want to jump in. So, I know this isn't like, you know, you said multiple times how like this is just, you know, examples and everything, but I do think for the visual brain, it definitely this gives you the okay, I can actually tackle this versus like a PDF that you're just there's lots of words, right? So the drop down and everything, I think you're going to um uh that type of brain. You're going to be able to have them digest the information a lot more. So I do appreciate you taking the feedback from last time and putting it

060into more of a visual type of brain. Yeah, that kudos to the Donovan group. And I think not just digest it, but be willing to digest it. That's like I I think somebody's going to be much more willing to look at something that looks like this as opposed to absolutely the the PDF the or the word version is is 100% content driven and it has to be translated you know you know and kudos to the Donovan group who are a professional group that they and this is the other thing I I would like to say and I appreciate the fact that this has been going on Since the beginning of the school year, we've we have been working on this and we have tried very hard to make sure that we are including you know

061everybody that we are getting as much feedback as possible to make this as you know as succinct as it can be. And I think we're there. I mean, when you look at the timeline, like I look at the timeline, I'm like, "Oh my gosh, that that's been a long, you know, that there's a lot of steps in this timeline and we still have two more." Two more. So, almost there. Um I I just appreciate the fact that we're doing it this way and that we are spending the time and and doing it right. So, I just appreciate that. Thank you. And compliments to the board as well, too, because the board has participated in several workshops at this point. Those those are three fourhour meetings in the evening. So, I just appreciate you taking that

062time and I and I do think for staff it pays dividends because when you have clear direction of like yes, this is the committed direction. This is how we got there. That that makes for better outcomes. Um and in a lot of ways it takes the stress away because you know what you need to do. So that's and that's our goal is you know clarity about how to best support our kids. Okay. Well, what's next? get to look at one more draft number four and then hopefully if all is said and done approval on July 8th. All right. Any other further questions? Well then thank you. Yeah. Thank you. Uh, special presentations. Item H, presentation regarding career pathway experience program, Miss Marica Janisk and principal Steve Gart. Thank you. Good evening, President Glenn, board members,

063Dr. Johnson and all in attendance this evening. We're excited to share a brief overview of our new CPE pathway experience which is career pathway experiences for our high school students. We um embarked on this journey at the beginning of the year. The high school has done an amazing job digging in and learning from our students about what is already happening and it turns out our kids are busy. So we took some time to really look at on top of providing the internships for credit, what can we offer for our students that gives them that career real life experience that ties beautifully into the graduate profile and everything they're doing in the school, but it's real life. So they created a CPE that can be notated on their transcript. They can have a job out in

064the workforce in our community. they can have um a volunteer opportunity like some of our students are already doing through internships but a limited one. So it provides variety and then they also can have um what did I mention? I mentioned the internship, the paid employment and the structured volunteerism. So we do have some uh parameters within it but it provides opportunities so that every single student can have this experience so they can go into career even if they start with college everyone's going to end up at career. So these experiences are really important. What does it do for our businesses? It creates community, culture, connection to our high school, knowing that we have great talented students that may even benefit their business and down the line it might be a pipeline for employment for

065our kids and for our businesses to grow. What does it do for our students? Well, like I was talking about, it gives you that career experience. It connects to the grad profile, shows leadership, communication, but it can be as simple as a great handshake and what that means when you're walking in to interview for a job or how you follow through on things even when it's not your teacher telling you it's due at five o'clock. So, I'm going to turn it over to Mr. Ghart to get into some of the other details. Thank you, Miss Janisk. Hello again, everybody. Happy to be up here. And um thank you to Miss Janisk for sort of giving an an overall directive or not overall directive but an overall vision from a district perspective as she represents the

066district. And I want to say thank you to Dr. Johnson for just bringing this idea to to what we have because as I get into this slide, I really just want to talk about how what we've been able to do through this is validate what is happening already and provide opportunities for those students that might want more. Um so at the school site we took a couple steps initially and uh what we did was we put a survey out in the beginning of the year to say what are students doing already that provides them with some of these experiences that Miss Janisk talked about. We then went into some partner outreach going to the chamber and some other avenues there. And then we also had the college and career center and Miss Broncos who unfortunately

067is leaving in a couple of days but but Miss Seveich who really took the lead on saying how does this tie into what I'm doing already? how can I connect to partners I have including SBI web and others and so what was the outcome um Marica sort of gave a little intro to that but what the outcome really was was 30% of our graduating class and this is the largest graduating class ever and also going to high school history 342 students are graduating 342 it's massive yeah and um with those 342 30% of them 106 of them are going to have a designation on their dipl on their transcript rather that says says that they have a career pathway experience recognition. That's something they can write to in their letters, something they can talk about.

068That's something that Mira Costa is not going to have, Roondo is not going to have, the other schools are not going to have. Not that their students aren't doing it, but that just shows that vision and and I want to make a brief going off script here little even though I never bring a script. When Dr. Johnson was talking about the district goals around career pathway relevance and the feedback from the community, it's something that we're just jumping into already. And so I really like that synergy between the two and showing how this will continue to grow. Some of the student highlights. Um I really appreciate this because without reading it to you, I think what it really demonstrates is that the the opportunity students are taking advantage of are as varied as our student

069body is. If you take a look at this, we've got some of the traditionals like the tech and engineering, mentorship and coaching, health and medical that align with our pathways. And we've got some others that just show this is really an opportunity for those students that might be on a pathway, but also those that might be blazing their own trail to still get some element of recognition and be able to get there. This slide right here just demonstrates some of our amazing community partners that we've got those traditional internships with. We've got Boeing, got Davis and D. Rosa. You know, you can read all of these, but I think that this shows the variety from that prior slide as well. If you look at the different arenas, these are some of the businesses that represent

070that. And then this slide right here shows some of the paid employment. And we don't always want to make it just about internships. For a lot of our students, paid employment is something that provides that that real value beyond because it's something that's going to be more than just a few hours. It's something that they're doing for a larger reason. So paid employment, we've got local businesses as well as those that expand beyond the Elsaundo community. So finally, what I'll talk about is just getting involved in what students do to get involved and what companies do to get involved. Students did already talk to their counselors and new students will. They'll apply for those internships and they will track their hours. It's as simple as that. And like I said, it's things they do already.

071They already talk to their counselors. They already get involved. Now it's just making sure they get some credit for it. And what do our partners do? Our companies, they offer opportunities. They actually, what we're talking about now, that second bullet is relatively important. It's joining panels and advisory boards. Sometimes they've come to us and said, "Well, what can I do? I'm interested, but what can I do?" It's making that link between what they can do to get their interest, make it meaningful. And then finally, that just leads to that partnership with ESHS. So, thank you all for listening. Have any questions coming? I mean, I'm obsessed with this. I think that we have um we always talk about SCROCK and all the things that you can do at Scrock and I think we're able to

072bridge SCROCK and the community together and I think that the more that this is um uh promoted and more businesses know about it that you're going to have a lot more coming in. Um, with that though, what I know we have what the opportunities are um, but how are we getting it out to the public as much to I mean I know everyone's watching our meeting tonight but um to get um as many businesses that we can around involved. So um we you know that's actually been one of the big challenges because we have access to the Elsagundo community and the Elsaundo community is great in responding to that those access points. We mentioned Chamber of Commerce. We mentioned just going to Kowanas, Rotary, just using the community contacts we have here. Um, but we

073want to go beyond. So, I don't know if you recall, but Broncos going with the South Bay um, Workforce Investment Board or SBI. That's something all around the South Bay that we're beginning to partner with. In addition, I think one of our biggest points that we just learned from this year was our college and career day where we had people come in and people on their college and career day were coming in and saying, you know, your students are asking amazing questions. How do we how do we connect with them? So those are things that we learn from just through experience. And then quite honestly, we're just putting together a think tank to try to figure out, okay, how do we continue to to grow that web of influence and how do we continue to

074expand that net to get people into it? And and that's what we're looking at. Marica, do you have any other points that I miss? You hit everything. Um, I would just say another thing we're looking at doing is connecting with direct pathways so that they can really look at the career they're looking towards through the pathway and allowing the business to understand it's it's not confining. You don't need to complete 50 hours. You don't have to have a task and we're helping with ideas that a student can go in and the business says, "Oh, we can do this." And so that it's not all on the business also. Yeah. And I want to give a shout out two other leads that we're working on. Uh Mayor Chris Pontel um is connecting us with EDAC to

075the economic development forum to get us in the room. Um and then also I want to give a shout out to Alyssa Reyes who came up with the idea. It's very very smart that so she conducted you know the final survey at the end of the year for all students that are participating in work or internships already. And so we're using that list, you know, of our 106 students to be our warm leads because a lot of those internships are garnered without our help. And so then utilizing that as you mean like a as you know a lead to be like, okay, you took one of our students because like really at the end of the day, our students really are our best ambassadors to open up these opportunities. So that's another strategy that we're

076employing. Yeah, if I can add, um, Chamber of Commerce is a great connective point because they are in touch with a lot of businesses, but not all the businesses. So perhaps this is another city partnership where we ask if they're licensed businesses have emails that they're willing to share. At the very least, they have a couple different newsletters. One that is targeted to businesses, which might come out through the EDAC board, or it might just come out from the business license office. I'm not sure, but that's another route to try to get a little write up in. And you know, I know I've already seen the city put out like the gala and things like that in there. So natural other Yeah, that's a great idea. I hadn't thought of that. We have been talking

077to the city and they've been very responsive, but that's a great idea to get it out just through that communication that goes out. Yeah. Get that one pager in that news. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. Just equally exciting special presentations. I presentation on the proposed 2025 2026 local control accountability plan or LCAP and annual budget. Miss Marica Janisk and Dr. Kim Lind. Yes. Thank you, President Glenn, members of the board, Dr. Johnson. I'm up here again um for another topic that's equally important but not as exciting. I'll be honest. Um we Dr. Dr. Lind and I do this presentation every year and you've heard about it throughout the year. So, none of this information should be new for you. So, we're going to go a little bit quickly through it. Um, the local

078control accountability plan is our driving force that we write um our actions, goals, metrics in every year. It's a three-year plan. It involves a lot of input and feedback. So, it is constantly, although it's a three-year plan, is evaluated throughout the year, all year long, and shifted if needed. However, we have to meet the eight state priorities. So, there are certain things that need to stay in there. And one of the goals that we have for this summer when the next and final draft of the strategic plan is to start matching and lining it up so it coincides together and it's easy to connect the dots. So, as a reminder, we have um I was reminded by somebody that we started withund and something goals and we're down to three. so you can actually read

079them and understand them. And I like to think of goal one as the why. That's really about our students and educators and what's happening to prepare our students for success here and beyond mentally, physically, and um connected with other students. The second one is parental and community engagement and that is um strong in Elsagundo. We're very excited to say that it continues to be strong. And the final one is really the what. It's very important. it's the facilities, hiring of staff and fiscal health. So, it's kind of broken out in those areas and so the metrics, actions, and goals match those. This year, I really want to print point out, you'll recall I pointed out in midyear LCAP some of the highlights. This time, I really want to point out the 7% drop in suspension

080rate. Now, suspension is still had held. We still have our discipline matrix, but I attribute this to our wellness centers being added to our campuses, to the increase in counselors. Thank you, Ed Foundation. I don't know where um and board for really prioritizing student mental health and staff mental health. So, that's really nice to see that our suspension data has gone down and our chronic absenteeism. If you recall from last year, we were in the orange. We've gone over to the green now. We have made steady strides in getting our students back on campus and wanting to be there. I also have to give a huge shout out to our puppy waffles because I think people come for waffles, too. Now, we always have room for improvement as well. And I just want to connect

081the dots here. While we improved chronic absenteeism on the previous slide, we're still not high enough. Our special education students are still not coming to school enough. our lowincome students are not not coming to school enough. So we have dedicated plans and ideas and targeted MTSS committees that are looking at attendance welfare. How do we connect with our kids? And that is all in our LCAP. So as a reminder because you should always celebrate great news, we are green and blue. The highest you can be on the California state dashboard, which is our public report card, is the blue. We are in blue in every area and we moved over to the green this year. So, please celebrate all the grade work. And then the boxes down below are called our local indicators. You'll recall

082every year I report these as met or not met. And the data that's collected is more qualitative. Well, some quantitative too, but really looking at surveys from teachers, parents, finding out what they're responding so that we can say we have met or not met. I'm happy to say we have met in all local indicator areas and that is looked at through our uh committees and data that we gather. Okay, I'm turn it over to Dr. Lind. Thank you, Miss Janisc. So, I'm going to discuss the proposed budget for 2526 connected to the LCAP. We do the LCAP first because the LCAP drives our programming which also drives our budget. I would like to begin with where we are in the budget cycle. We are in a unique spot at this time of year because we're

083actually in two different budgets. In our 2425 budget, which you see in purple there, we are in the process of beginning to close the books. We will bring you the unodudited actuals for that budget in September. However, we are also beginning our 2526 adventure with our proposed adopted budget uh in the yellow there. Uh looking here at the cost of living adjustment. As a reminder, this is our only new ongoing funding each year. You can see that we are back to preandemic cola levels. Those really high um colas that we had um once the pandemic hit are are done. And that for 2526 and the two subsequent years, all three procas are lower than what we expected in January. Um those are set, they are finalized for 2526. They will continue to adjust for the

084outy years. And looking at our multi-year projection on the unrestricted side, uh I want to call to your call your attention first to the highlighted yellow band which shows that our reserve percentages for 2526 and the two subsequent years are projected to be in the above 3% range which is required. I also do want to address if you look in the red um under the operating surplus or deficit we do have growing deficits in those out years. As a reminder, we do budget in a very conservative manner. We do manage a structural deficit. Our outy years, we budget any possible cost we anticipate and we only account for any revenues that we know we will get. Um, and so you do see those grow in those out years as a result. On the restricted side,

085as we should, we are spending down our restricted reserves. Uh, as a reminder, this is not one big pot of money. These are small buckets of money, all of which have different amounts and rules around how they can be used. They are our uh most restrictive. So, we spend those down first before we go into our unrestricted side. And as I said, as we should, we are spending those monies down. As an overall look at where our money comes from and where it goes, our uh predominantly our revenue comes from the local control funding formula or the state. So, we are uh we do get assistance from the state, but I would be remiss if I did not point out that yellow pie in the chart. Our local funding is what gives us the extra

086boost beyond just the basics that the state provides, our ed foundation and our very generous donors um like Chevron and others that contribute to our educational opportunities for our students. Um, in addition on the expenditure side, 82% of our budget eats and sleeps. Our people are our best asset in working with our students and rightfully so. That is where the the bulk of our budget goes. I do have to say this once a year. These are our reasons why we maintain a reserve above the the the minimum 3%. Uh, all of these hit during COVID. I'm happy to say that right now we aren't really dealing with any of them except for the structural deficit which we manage on a regular basis. And with that, thank you to our community and we're happy to we're

087happy to accept any questions. Uh Kim, can you just uh explain structural deficit in some other language? Yeah. So So a structural deficit is a is a plant deficit. It just means that we are budgeting conservatively. We're making sure that everything's accounted for and then as we move through the year, we hope to see that deficit um shrink as our actuals come in. Um and so we adjust them at first interim and at second interim as as we start to get more real numbers throughout the year. That's like the worst case scenario kind of thing. Yeah. Okay. I'd say a realistic worst case scenario if you would. All right. And I'll just add uh to the conversation to say if anybody wants some exciting reading, they should read the LCAP. But but seriously, there's important

088stuff in there that outlines all the things like and a lot of it is the same as our goals, like our district goals. So anyway, there's a lot of good educational reading whether you want it or not. Um now for Dr. Lint. Um keep I have anxiety about the Prop 98 proposed budget maneuver nonsense going on. Mhm. Do you have that anxiety or how do you feel right now about like what's happening at the state level? You mean in terms of the freezing Prop 98 last year and the repayment schedule? Yeah. So, and we're getting really technical right now. So, um, just to, uh, give a quick summary, last year when the state revenues fell far below what was expected, the governor froze Proposition 98, meaning that it was funded at a different funded at

089a different level, but they sort of lent us the money with the idea that they would be paid back, we would be paid back over time. Um, there's the the hope was that the budget would come in so much better this year that it would make up for lost time. It is not. And so it's something that we'll have to the state is now operating in a structural deficit if you will. Um and so that's something we'll have to watch over time uh especially in 2627 just to see what the impact of that will be and also what tax receipts look like when they come in in October of of this coming year. Right? Because I I feel like you know we never know obviously what the tax receipts are going to be until they

090actually get here. But like this when I see the number 1.3 billion underfunding out there like I have a little panic attack and I wonder I know we're a small part of that but so two things that I would say to address that. Number one, as you said, we don't control the state budget, but we do control our local budget and we do make sure that we have enough of a cushion in there that we have a year to absorb if there's something unexpected. Um, and that's something that we've always kept in place. It's why we budget conservatively because it gives us that bandwidth that if something unexpected comes in 26 27 we have the ability to adjust without having to make drastic moves um short of anything drastic from the state. Thank you. I'm

091stepping away now. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. All right. Uh moving on to the consent agenda. Do we have a motion? You got it. I'll do um I move approval of consent agenda items A through S. Second. Um, okay. Is there any discussion? Any questions? I'll just say that I hope we all vote for B because we already celebrated something in B. So, let's hope that all goes well. Be awkward. Very awkward if we don't. Just saying. We'll have to go in. I I was just um I noticing that we're approving summer hours for the the middle school, but they're for two different things. Item K and S, I believe. One is um Do you want to pull collaboration? Do you want to pull those items? Not pull them. Just No, we're

092just just discussion. Do we have to pull them to You should be pulling them if you're going to discuss them. Oh, I don't wait. We're good. I'm just telling you my understanding to point out of order. Do you want to vote and then I can answer? Okay, let's just pull um J and S if that's okay. Can we amend our motion? All right. So, we'll amend it. So, let's move approval of A through um I K or I when Oh, J. I'm sorry. Are we doing K or J? Oh, yeah. Through J and then L through R. Hi, I'm spacing. Uh second. Any discussion? Seeing none, all board Oh, no. Grady, your preferential vote. I. All board members in favor, please say I. I. I. And now, um, would anyone like to move approval of

093items K and S? I move approval for items K and S. Second. So, um, would you like to give us a little color on those two items? uh that you should address those items under educational services mean like when it comes up. So you should continue on with the human resources next order of the agenda. Oh call it to seven. So when you pull an item you mean like you know because you want to delve deeper into that item then it goes into that section in the point of order like so uh those items I believe are Miss Janisex items. So they fall would now be items B and C. Um, you'd still call them by the same letter off a consent agenda under educational services. Okay. All right. Okay. We'll move on to section

094six. Um, item A, Dr. Lind. Yes. This is an adjustment to PBK, who is the architect for the HVAC project for the PAC, the performing arts center at the high school. This is an adjustment of their fees based on the total cost of the project itself. I recommend approval. I'll move approval. Second. Any discussion? At Grady, your preferential vote. I. All board members in favor, please say I. I. I. Passes four to zero. Item B, Miss Janisk and Dr. Lind. Oh, sorry. Public hearing. Do we have to open a public hearing? Yeah. So, I'm opening a public hearing at 7:20 and I'm closing the public hearing at 7:21. Oh, good job. Wow. Impressive. That was impressive. Um, item C, Dr. Lind, if it's okay, I'll address both C and D and then you can vote.

095Yes. Item C and D. you may address. So, both of these are um measures that are taken annually as a just in case out of an abundance of caution. Um item C would allow us, if needed, to borrow from other funds in the budget besides the general fund. Item D would allow us to borrow from the county should we need that. We've never needed in the past, but we have to pass it before the end of the current fiscal year for the next in order to have access if we should need it. I recommend approval for both. I move approval of action items C and D. I think we have to do them separate. You should approve one at a time. [Music] 6 C. I'll second. Any discussion? Seeing none, Grady, your preferential vote. I.

096All board members in favor, please say I. I. I. Passes 40. Item D. I'll move approval on item D. Second. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, Grady, your preferential vote, I. All board members in favor, please say I. I. I. Passes 40. I'm moving on to section seven, item A, Miss Field. Yes, the district is preparing to post the director of child nutrition services position, which has been inactive for seven years. In preparation, we conducted a comprehensive update to the job description to reflect the current responsibilities of the role. We also performed a salary um comparison with similar positions and comparable districts to determine a competitive and appropriate placement. Based on that analysis, we are recommending the addition of the director of child nutrition services at range 22 on salary schedule Z. This placement aligns

097with the market median and will help us attract and retain highly qualified candidates. It's important to note that funding for this position will come from fund 13, the cafeteria fund, which is restricted for food service expenses. I recommend approval of this updated salary schedule. Go ahead. I move approval of action item 7A. Second. Is there any discussion? No, I'm intrigued to see this coming back um to our potential agenda. I mean potential hiring. So it has been a long time. Yeah. Uh Grady, you're preferring to vote. I All board members in favor, please say I. I. I. Passes 40. And item B. Cherry spoke to it. Cherry spoke. So Okay. Right. Or do you have more to say? No, I have to. So this item is a request for approval of the revised job description

098for the director of child nutrition services. As mentioned, the position has been inactive um for a number of years. The revisions reflect the current scope of responsibilities, provides clarity of language around federal and state compliance. It integrates wellness and meal program goals that we currently have and has greater clarity regarding the role supervisory and operational functions. I recommend approval of the revised job description. I'll move approval. second. Any discussion? Well, I'm going to say just like Tracy just did that, um I think this is fabulous and um it aligns with what we've been just talking about in our goals. So, um I think we're one step ahead here. Any further comments? No. Uh Grady, your preferential vote. I. All board members in favor, please say I. I. Uh section eight action items educational services item

099A miss Janisk. Yes. This item is brought back from the previous meeting which was an item pending action for an adoption of a math curriculum for the middle school that is aligned with the elementary school. It's illustrative of mathematics and it was a year-long process piloting and making sure they picked the best curriculum for their math students. I recommend approval. I move approval of item 8A. I'll second that. Is there any discussion? Did anybody come and have a question, concern? Okay. Perfect. Okay. No further discussion. Grady, your preferential vote. I. All board members in favor, please say I. I. I. Passes 40. Oh yeah, we got to do the approval. It was K and yeah, it was K andS. So So we're not referencing approval of summer professional development for Elsagundo Middle School. [Music] So

100if that's the item that was pulled, then it would be K and S are now B and C and C. Okay. So um item 8 B, approval of summer hours for Elsagunda Middle School. Miss Janis. Yes. Thank you. So this is an important um time aotted to our teachers. They have been on a learning management system for since co um where they have put in a lot of curriculum reports units um engaging lessons and this will take some time to transfer it into our new platform which I'm happy to say is aligned with high school which is schooly and connected to powers school. So, our LMS moving forward will be for middle school and high school as you've previously approved, uh, Schooly, and this will allow the teachers some time to collect, if needed, those

101materials and put them into their Schooly account and make sure that they're ready to start the school year for Smart Start. I'll move approval of item eight. It's now B, right? Okay. Item 8 B. I'll second. any further discussion? I I will just say having done um Altitude um it's it is going to take some some time for our teachers to it took time to put the lessons into Altitude. It's going to take some time to pull them out and put them on a new um on a new system. Um, the good news is is they've done all the hard work on aligning and and aligning all the lessons. So, it really is going to be the time to move to a new platform. Um, and it is time and it's time that they are

102just going to need to to get it done. So, Grady, a preferential vote. I. All board members in favor, please say I. I I passes 40 Z and we're on to item 8 C. [Music] Yeah, this item is for the Elsko Middle staff uh middle school staff to have a day together uh as the Richmond Street and Center Street staff do as well. It's paid out of their school site funds. It's voluntary. They do not have to attend, but if they do choose to attend, which most of them do, they are paid for attending. and it's really focused on team building um some of the goals and initiatives that they have in place for the school year and time to really dig in deep and have that time as a school staff. I'll move approval

103of item 8 C. Any discussion? Agreed to your preferential vote. I. All board members in favor, please say I. I. I. Passes 40. Uh, section nine, special education, innovation, and student support. Item A, Dr. Pluckin. Good evening. The help group is a California certified non-public school which is a special education placement required by uh students IEPs. I recommend approval. I move approval of action item 9A. I'll second. Any discussion or questions? Grady, your preferential vote. I. All board members in favor, please say I. I. I. Passes for zero. Item 9B, Dr. Planin. Yes. Kids in Motion is a California certified non-public agency. They provide physical therapy services as required by students IEPs. It's a continuing contract. I recommend approval. I'll move approval. Second. Any discussion? Seeing none, Grady, your preferential vote. I. All board members

104in favor, please say I. I. I. I. Passes 40. Page. We have theformational calendar. I know we have a packed week. Um, we have Center Street and Richmond Street on Thursday. um the middle school and the high school on Friday. And our next board meeting is two weeks from tonight. We move on to board members reports starting with memberley. Thank you. So, happy June um and Pride Month. Uh the last several weeks have been all about ending year celebrations. I missed the last meeting in order to represent SoCal Rock at the senior awards night where over $200,000 was awarded to the amazing class of 2025. I celebrated the students at the biomed awards night, the 4.0 brunch, the senior expo civics day, the women's club scholarship podluck, the center street sing, and the grad walk.

105I joined the ASUSD team at the at the Rotary Community Awards where we honored our community heroes which included our teacher of the year and classified employee of the year. Last night we started the week with our first of many graduation promotion ceremonies. We celebrated their arena grads at Library Park. A special thank you to Dr. Planin for this amazing event. I look forward to fifth grade promotions this Thursday, the middle school promotion on Friday afternoon, and the grand finale of this 2425 school year will be held at ESHS as we graduate our class on Friday night at 6 o'clock. Congratulations to all. I'm wishing everyone a relaxing and fun summer break. How does one go after that long list of all the things you went to? So that I was with her at a

106lot of those things. Um, so I'm not going to recap those. Um, I will say that uh during the spring sing at Center Street, it was a really nice touch to have a little tribute to Diane Simons. um she was my music teacher and actually when I was telling the board that um the reason that I really enjoy Lay Miser Rob is because of her and then later sang um in choir at high school was because of her. So it was a really nice little tribute that they gave. Um and it was also Jax's last spring sing. So that was a little bit of a little bit of feelings. But um yeah, it'll be very exciting on Friday to see the graduates and um it'll be um a nice end to a good a good

107year. And it's been really fun to be up here and um to get to walk through the schools and see what they're doing. I feel like this board um gets to do things that possibly weren't able to be done before about being as much on campus, whether it be COVID or whatever it is. So, it's nice to be able to have conversations with parents um and community members about what is the actual things that we visually are seeing going on in our schools. Um and we're doing great things. So, congratulations to all of the graduating seniors and um we will still be here in meetings that you can come and visit us. So, have a great summer and uh you know, come to the meetings. We're here. Yeah, I'm I'm very much enjoying all the

108end of the year things that Meredith recapped really nicely. Um, I want to add to the shout out to to this. Just a shout out to Miss Cassai at the middle school, which is not really end of the year thing, but she launched an advanced art art show right across the street, which by the way, when you're done here, walk over the Blue Butterfly if they're still open. We're here late. I don't know. Um, but I want to thank Tony and Dale for hosting the art show. And it was an amazing turnout of kids who designed skate decks as inspired by Miss Sai's husband who has some you know expertise in this area. But it was it was great to see how many people showed up and crammed in that in the coffee shop and

109just the energy was amazing. So that's an extra new thing this year that we haven't seen and I love that. So extra extra note on that. Um I'm super excited to see our students growing each year and all the promotions and graduations and things we have. But I'm gonna say my heartstrings are getting a little extra stretched this year since this will be the emptiness nest opportunity for me. So I'm gonna try to keep it together. I'm saying now I'm just gonna try. You can always come to Jack. Okay. For a while. All right. Good. I'll just inherit him. Um yeah. So while we have all this happy stuff going on, I'm I'm torn because elsewhere in LA there's a lot of not so happy stuff going on right now. So, I I'm going to

110try to rally extra energy and strength to send out to our fellow educators, colleagues, and just regular people um who are dealing with these challenges and and and everybody's trying to address this fear and I don't know what to call it, disrespect for humanity that's going on like all over the place. Uh so, trying to save some of my positive vibes to go out to everyone dealing with that very personally. Um, then again, as I alluded to earlier, um, I have anxiety about the proposed underfunding of our budget through the Prop 98 maneuver stuff going on. So again, I I wish I had the power to do more than just wish and pray and send out positive vibes for all this stuff. But I will continue to stay tuned in, educated, and do what I

111can to make a positive difference. And I know you guys will as well. So I feel at least test colleagueship while I have this let's just call it anxiety about things I can't control. Um so beyond that I'm going to go back to everyone out there watching especially our staff who are really working hard to get us to the finish line on so many levels here. I want to say that I appreciate and respect all of the hard work and all the energy that are being given out now and always and hope everyone in our district and beyond um can enjoy some beauty and restorative time this summer. So, thank you all for everything. So, as we know, this is a week of celebrations, promotions, culminations, and graduations. But I'd like to dwell on the

112Arena High graduation which we had the honor of attending last night. Under the guidance of Dr. Jack Plotkin, Arena High offers accelerated learning, credit recovery, flexibility, and dual enroll enrollment with community college when appropriate. The setting is perfect for students looking for a smaller school that maintains high levels of academic rigor and increased level of support. Just like ESHS, Arena High graduates go on to university, state schools, community college, gap years, or directly into the workforce. It was clear last night that the bonds between teacher and students are very strong at Arena and that the staff take a personal interest in the success of the students. As a community, we are very fortunate to have this option that allows students to flourish outside the established lines of the high school. Kudos to Arena High on

113another successful year. Thank you, President Glenn. On the PTA front, I just want to give a shout out to all those volunteers who um support our end of the year events. It really could not be done without PTA. As an example, the fifth grade picnic, which will be my first this year. Looking forward to uh swinging by. Um but that is a major undertaking. Uh I got a parking pass for this event, so it's uh for real. Uh on the ed front, um the summer school opportunities, they're available. They're out there and there's, you know, just I have young kids myself. Just the fact that we were able to provide these opportunities of enrichment, acceleration, um is is just outstanding. So, just wanted to give a shout out to thank you to Ed. And of

114course, as Crystal mentioned, uh the grant of $2 million again for this year. And despite all the challenges with our economy, they're still bringing it and our partners and our sponsors are still giving. In the area of staff, I I really just want to take a moment to thank thank classified staff. Um, you know, uh, uh, teachers takes nothing away from them and credit to them, but your admin offices, your custodial and your tech people, food services, there is a lot of closing out that is done. And then also too, their work continues. Um, so not only do they do the closing out work, but then actually the summer work starts. So it just keeps going. Uh, we have great people on our classified team. So I just really want to give a big shout

115out there as we end the year. I was absolutely blown away by the capstone projects. Grady Grady presented to me as well too. And you know, if I could, you know, my my after maybe like 10 minutes in, I was like, man, if I could just bring all of Elsa Gundo and maybe even the South Bay into this room, um, people would be blown away. And so I I I do think that's probably one of our challenges for, you know, next year. Um, is, you know, like how can we share this like amazing event? Uh, and it goes back to I mean, you know, Tracy brought up some concerns and you mean like a greater society and and I would say that for me my answer is always when I experienced people like Grady or

116that capstone event. I I I truly feel each generation that goes by, we're in better and better hands. I sincerely believe that from my own experience. Uh, I I want to give a shout out to the students of Elsagundo Middle School. I've shared the campus with them now since was it has it been April, Kim? It's been like three months. Uh March. Yeah. So, and I've really enjoyed it. Uh Elsagundo Middle School is a great place to be. The kids are phenomenal. I'm I'm out and about just sort of mosing around during lunch as well, too, which is, you know, supposed to be when it's crazy. And it's really not. And I've I've been an uh middle school teacher and an assistant principal. Uh and it's a great campus. It's run very very well. and

117the students there are what make it I think uh extra special with respect to staff. So I just I I I want to give a shout out to the middle school students. I I I feel very very comfortable on that campus and kids say hello you know and and interact and and it's it's it's a nice place to be. It's been a very pleasant experience being there. Uh and then on the event side just you know acknowledgement that Junth is coming up. I believe that's Thursday June 19th. Uh it is a holiday. Uh and just you know it's a special holiday. If you don't know a lot about Junth, you should learn about it. It's an interesting um celebration and it's an important one in our American history as well too. Uh I think it

118also helps like us reflect about current times uh and uh what what it means to be American. So I just encourage you to learn about Junth if you don't know much about it. And then uh finally I want to in the spirit of thanking my colleagues uh thank the board of education who completed my evaluation and I really appreciate the feedback. I'm a big believer in the process of continuous growth. That's what I expect from us as a team. Uh and that begins with me. So thank you for the feedback and the support. And that concludes my report. President Clinton at uh 7:43. Um I would like to adjourn our meeting in the memory of a long time and much beloved teacher at Center Street School, Miss Diane Simons.