001Tuesday, May 27th, 2025, regular meeting of the Elsagundo Board of Education to order at 6:00. Uh, at this time, I would like to invite the president of the Elsagundo Teachers Association, Andrew Kelly, to lead us in the pledge of allegiance. Please begin. I 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 all. Um item 3B, there's uh no report of action taken in close session. Item C, public agenda agenda hearing period, public communications. Seeing none, we'll move on to special presentations. And in Grady's place, we have Ryan. Ryan. Um, good evening members of the school board. Um, my name is Ryan Saer. I'm the current ASP vice president. Uh, I'll be filling in for Grady
002tonight. Uh, he's over at scholarship night. So, best of luck to everyone over there. Um, I'll actually be back here tomorrow for the political behavior civics project. Um, so looking forward to that. U, but it's been a really exciting few weeks here at uh, Elsagundo High School. Uh, there's a lot to catch you guys up on. Uh to start off, prom was amazing. Our junior class officers put in a ton of work uh to make it special and they totally delivered. It was on a rooftop in downtown LA uh with incredible views, great food, awesome music, just an allaround really great night. Uh spring sports have officially wrapped up. Uh it was an incredible season across the board. We're super proud of all of our student athletes and everything they've accomplished this year. Our orchestra
003also had their final concert of the year recently. It was a beautiful sendoff especially for the seniors performing in their last show. Uh tomorrow is like I mentioned civics day part two where uh students in Mr. Gas class um will be presenting our civics day projects uh focusing on reszoning the Elsaundo city plan for the next 20 years. Uh also hits for Huntington's is officially under underway. It is our annual dodgeball tournament where all team entry fees go towards Huntington's disease research. Uh the first round of games today um went really well, was very competitive. My team, the Lucky Leprechauns, made it through to the second round, so fingers crossed we can keep it rolling. Uh AP testing is officially over. I can proudly say I'll never have to take an AP exam again. Uh
004I know a lot of seniors are going to feel the same relief and excitement as we approach the final stretch. Uh speaking of which, senior activities are just around the corner. We've got grad night at Disneyland, which I haven't been to since the honor roll trip back in sixth grade precoid. So, super pumped for that. We also have the senior barbecue and a Dodger game coming up to celebrate our last few weeks together. I believe it's eight days left now. Uh, so graduation is on the 13th. It's coming fast. We're all excited and it's definitely going to be a bittersweet goodbye. But, uh, yeah, that's all I have for you today. And that concludes my report. So, thank you. Thank you, Ryan. And now we have an update from the Elsagendo Teachers Association, Andrew Kelly.
005And here I was just thinking I was here for the pledge of allegiance. Anyhow, it's great seeing you lovely board members as well you, Mr. Dr. Johnson. Um, with that being said, it's, as you all know, coming to the end of the school year. So, there are so many things that are happening as a teacher, as a student, and just as a parent. I could only imagine just coming down to winding down the clock. Uh there's only a countless days, 9 days for seniors that would make what 12 days for everybody else, 13 days for everybody else. So yeah, so there's a lot to be done within that short time frame, whether it's finals, whether it's report cards, whether it's grading of finals, whatever it may be. So we're all just counting down the days.
006Not that I mean that in a bad way, but you know, it is what it is. Everybody enjoys summer. So therefore, let's have a fun-filled s hopefully sunshine full of summer. So enjoy. Thank you. Thank you, Andrew. And now we have a special presentation from Dr. Johnson regarding the district goals. Okay. President Glenn, members of the board, Tracy, thank you for having me here tonight to present on the district goals feedback summary. Oh, wait. There it is. Okay. Um, so, uh, during the month of May, we've been meeting with, uh, several of our like educational partner leaders. Um, so this ranges from the Elsagando Teachers Association. Thank you, Andrew. uh to um our CSEA, so our classified association um uh PTA uh ed foundation and then our school site uh leadership groups, so teacher leadership
007and then as well as student leaderships as well too. So all those groups were met with during the month of May and we collected feedback and then we had an open invitation to any feedback um that could be sent directly to me the superintendent. So what was presented to the board uh was that uh feedback um as raw data uh and then for tonight's presentation we summarized that feedback based off of you know like the more common themes between that and then we organized it by goals. So just as a summary here um generally the feedback was positive. Uh uh uh two things that stood out was just you know taking the next direction as well as um and it being an inclusive process. So people like you know appreciated they had an opportunity to
008speak to the goals. Um the uh one thing I just to share with the board is that and you can see in the raw data a lot of the feedback was in the form of questions rather than actual like comments. Um so something to kind of note as we're digesting the feedback today. And we even talked to ESTA today about um organizing a way of meeting with staff in order to answer those questions in written form but also in like talking form. And so maybe something joint with the principal. So we're in the planning stage of trying to figure out like how we could do that in a meaningful way to meet with the staff because uh most of the the questions came from staff. Um and then you see uh there was like the
009big common themes. Uh and again these are in the areas of feedback. Uh so just specific plans uh transition between schools. Mental health was like across the board from students to parents. feedback said, you know, it wasn't necessarily expressing like that there's this deep problem, but just anything you can do to add more support to mental health. Uh, bathrooms was a was a big one across the board. Um, and then concerns for feasibility. So, there was a lot I actually think these are good questions and feedback, which is like how are we going to do this? Um, so you like can we accomplish this? How long will this take to accomplish? Uh, so those are questions that we look forward to engaging with with our staffs. There you are at um in the process. And
010so we just finished up the board feedback summary that we're doing tonight. And there, this is me actually meeting with Center Street, the district goals, and flashing the district goals to those students. All right. Um here is a list of all your feedback groups um that were met with. Again, the process was open to everybody um but at the same time too, these were specific groups that were met with with their representatives. Okay. So now I'm going to jump into the feedback itself. I shared with the board. Um, this is the most wordy presentation you'll ever see from me. Um, and I'm just going to like briefly talk about each. I'm gonna remind the board that this is a working meeting. So, at the end of this, like it's a conversation the board about next
011steps. So, I'm going to, you know, go through this briefly and then I'll return to any area the board wants to highlight. Um so um the way that I organized it is um you know by goal area uh or by focus area and then by goal area. Um so this is the area of alignment, curriculum and intervention under academic excellence under pathways to excellence. Uh so there you see kind of the the the three sort of themes there. I would say the biggest one was just questions and ex questions about expectations around growth targets. Um, and something that we actually just I'm just fresh off these conversations is around um, you know, what happens if we don't make the the goal, you know, like and my response to that is is that well that helps
012us plan for next year. Um, but really looking at data and goal setting as a means to instruction in the classroom the next day, the next week, the next month, the next year. Um, that really is the purpose of those targets and and having a growth goal really gives us sort of an orientation baseline. I I have no doubt over the next three years that we will revise this goal to be more in alignment with what our growth trajectories are for the benchmark assessments that we choose. Um so this is you know is a is a is a marker of like hey we'd like to be here and then it will be refined you know over the course of three years as well too. Moving on to an excellence, uh the goal of athletics and
013extracurriculars. Um this was an interesting one because I I felt like that the feedback was more diverse here. Um I'll again take the top line um about uh inclusivity and athletics. This comes mostly from the elementary and middle school level. Um I heard this less at the high school. Um that doesn't mean that the that this concern does not exist. Um but there is just a desire for more sports, more opportunities of sports in the elementary and middle school level which we we'd saw that in the first round of feedback. Um but that came up again um u particularly in the student focus groups still under the focus area of excellence, graduate excellence. Um and this one the top line I thought was very true to my experiences in the um in the focus groups.
014uh but uh job opportunities I career career readiness period um a a strong desire and recognition that this is important I would say uh particularly felt at the middle school and high school levels um at the elementary levels the feedback tended to be more around um uh in-classroom opportunities you mean like an in-class and real world opportunity so there was comments about our project lead the way uh being a good example of like real world experience in the elementary um but uh middle school and high school uh definitely a large portion of feedback that that's very important. Going on to the community area under partnership um uh this also uh this cut across more um uh uh staff um and some of the parent feedback about the need for more cultural engagement. Um and part
015of that like there was a common theme about visibility um and being visibly recognized in the work that we do. And so uh part of me was actually just reflecting even about my experiences in Hermosa about you know how well are we communicating what we do because we do do a lot of things but how well do we communicate the things that we do. Um, so that offered up like a question about uh because I some some folks in the the focus groups connected that to our marketing excellence goal about like they're like I know good things are happening. You mean like but you mean like I just it's important to see those things happening. Um which I think is very valid, you know, like just like how are we how and what are we
016communicating to demonstrate that work if you're not like going to the class you're going to school every day. Um, and this was also this I don't want to uh paint the sense that this was just a a parent staff thing. I heard this from students as well too um and the focus group particularly at the um the middle and uh one of the elementary schools going on with community social emotional wellness. Um this I I would say that that the number one here was the most commonly mentioned thing uh which is about support for mental health. Um there was praise for there was there was a lot of praise for what the district has done in the last few years in this area um and and a push for more and and uh particularly I
017would say this was the most common thing um emphasized among students at all levels um even elementary school um so uh just something to for us to consider that there's there seems to be a a hyper awareness around the need for it as well too among students. community for staff support. Um uh this the the the focus on retention and staff wellness. Um and um there was about like proactive measures um was was a a a common theme that I heard is just like proactive getting ahead of it. Uh and uh and then I I also think there was an openness too which I appreciated from some staff. There was an openness to you know different types of ideas but like things that would actually like help staff like well one was like about having
018some sort of staff counseling. Um so all things to consider. Uh but that was like probably the loudest theme there. And then going on to legacy innovative learning. Um this is where you kind of get into the feasibility place. And I think a lot of these questions were on the staff side. Um, uh, I I give a heck of a lot of credit to the staff because I do think there's giant strides have been made in AI and integration of AI. Um, which actually just recently got to tour on Friday. Um, uh, and at the same time just further development of an explicit plan of like what this is going to look like in the long term. Um, so I I actually do think this is is is an action plan question. Like that's like
019kind of the themes that I heard within this. Um, which is like, you know, how well are we communicating what we're doing and going to do to uh, you know, Joe public staff and parent, right? Where it's like, you know, like uh, Dr. Yusoft obviously is hyper hooked into what we're doing. The teachers that are working with Dr. you off directly they are very much hyper hooked on and and so is there what more can we do to communicate a specific plan and expectations which I do think has been done well for the record um uh to that community group that's sort of what I what I took from reading within these comments sustainable uh facilities you know bathrooms bathrooms bathrooms bathrooms bathrooms Uh um so I I I do think that explicit language about
020bathrooms and the goals would be well met. Um and just a a general upkeep and we know that we have work to do in this area. We I I compliment Kim and her team because I think that a lot of strides have been taken this year um to up upgrade our systems and improve our systems. So I do think there's going to be a lot of gains shown next year. Um, and I don't think this is an area that we could um I would almost liken it to mental health that honestly like it's like Maslo's basic need basic needs that you mean like basic needs facilities like bathrooms, food services is like something that we should be leaning into. It's important to our community all levels too. That that was from parents, staff, and students.
021Safety. Um, so this one was actually kind of interesting because this one had the the greatest balance uh in feedback like that there was no like one thing that stuck out. Uh, so I think you see sort of like a like a blended um uh feedback theme here. Um, but I I'll take the top line. Uh just generally I I think that there's a lot of um thought good thought about cyber security for students. You mean like you know and and how we're protecting data, how students are utilizing um online and so this is another one where there's you could do forever work on this. Um but I I think that that coming continuing to come up with a meaningful plan of how we're supporting students um and staff for that matter um you know
022with online security is important and and I I again credit Danny there's a lot of great work that's been done here but that was that was like a sort of like a throughine theme is just like general cyber cyber security I mean whether that be as you know data to students social media accounts like it was it's like sort of a broad um brush there. Uh, and I know that we have some collaboration that's coming with the PTA in this area where the principles and PTA are going to link arms on some assembly planning and parent education. So, we're looking at that, but you know, no, there will be no silver bullet here. It'll be a multiple plan of attack. Okay. Um, so that's a lot. Uh the the the board um sort of has
023three ways they could go about this and I'll defer to President Glenn. Um one is giving direct feedback here um on language within the goals. So that would be uh step one, option one. Um, step two, option two would be giving direction for the superintendent to go back based off of um, some or pinpointed feedback and provide revisions. You mean like so it's like, hey, in the area of academic excellence for clarity and accountability of academic goals, come back to us with, you know, leaning in and some revisions for that with that area. Um, three would be, hey, there's, you know, we're let's go back to a special session and, you know, take a take a longer period of time in order to revise this. I mean, and I I think all three options are
024are viable to what the board needs and it may be a blend of those options, too. But that's that's sort of like to me like how the board could approach this process. And then just to remind the board of our dates here. So June 10th would be goal draft number two. June 24th would be goal draft number three and then July for approval. I think that we're in good shape. I think that our like generally speaking as I go back to the feedback about the goals was generally positive and I think that it's a good sign to see questions. Um uh because questions are in a lot of ways about implementation. It's like okay how are we going to do this? Um, so I and I and I think there was more points of emphasis
025rather than points of omission. Um, so yes, now I would defer to President Clinton. Does anyone want to lead off here or should I I'll say something I guess. Um, I think number two looks good on that. Um I I feel like with the with the asterisk that says do a simplicity pass because I think we talked about that a lot in our workshop time together. Yeah. Where we talked a lot already. Um and and I think like there was a note in there from somebody about this is confusing. This I'm not sure that kind of filtering through I think would help any of our stakeholders buy into it more and and you know understand where we're going. Yeah. So, you know, like I I don't think us sitting around talking about how to implement
026some of the things is as effective as you thinking about it and maybe bouncing some off cabinet for feasibility because you know more about those things than we do. So, that's my thought that helps. Yeah, I'm generally in agreement with that. Um, so between um the 10th of June and the 24th of June, um what do you see? So we're go going from draft one to draft two which is 10th of June. What do you see between the 10th of June and uh the 24th? Is that more it would be another opportunity? You mean because you know you you you build this out you mean like thinking that preparing for maximum amount of feedback, right? Um, and so that really is built out so that the board has another opportunity to say like I think
027we want to change that or you know I mean like it that the uh it really is just that you mean like it it is a a um repeat of what we're doing right now. um but with another opportunity to say like okay upon further reflection what will happen after tonight um tomorrow an email will go out to the community with the summary of this feedback uh along with saying like hey you mean like it's not too late to give feedback too so there may be other pieces of feedback that come in um uh between now and you know approval uh so it's just keeping that process open when would we see uh draft number that would well definitely be Friday before the board meeting. Um would uh and depending on the level of feedback
028that the board gives me tonight would dictate how soon I could have it to them. So um just as a general thing I'm wondering um in some of the goals you or there is in the text it talks about what the benchmarking is. For instance, on the first one here, um, structure districtwide teacher collaboration into quarterly plans, strengthen vertical articulation, which includes essential standard agreements, common benchmarking per level transition, and eval evaluative goals for progress. So it seems like there's a goal and also um how how we are going to see if that goal is happening. That's correct. So I'm just wondering if that makes it a little confusing because there's a a lot of words in that sentence. And if there was if we just said the goal, do we really need to say
029in the goal um how it's being benchmarked? Because some of them have it and some of them don't. That's kind of why I'm bringing it up. Yeah. So from my perspective, it depends on whether the goal how process driven the goal is. So for example, the overarching goal which all the overarching goals have a numeric benchmark or you know a a more definable objective and that's overarching. So alignment curriculum and intervention is all a means to achieve academically at 3% per se. Um within the objectives though you mean like there are some that are harder to define. So it's there's clarity attempted to [Music] um uh communicate what it looks like if it's achieved. Um so uh I think that both things here are true. Uh that to provide less would read more simple. um
030to provide what uh what is I mean like um attempts to make clear particularly to staff um what it will be. Um, it's it's interesting because I I would actually say interestingly enough that and I'm speaking just for the staff feedback that the staff's feedback in a nutshell is that there's a need for greater clarity of detail of how this would be accomplished. I would totally understand though from a public or from a parent standpoint there's a level of detail here that would that would be viewed as academic jargon. Um I I personally you mean like would recommend to the board in this case that this is why um the communication of the goals to the public should be brought in many different forms like a brochure. You mean like that's why like you know
031we emphasize like you know it's you know it's excellence community legacy um where they're more thematically driven to the community and if you want to go deeper you can um and there are um graphic orient graphic organization that we used in Hermosa to help pronounce that a little bit better. You mean like so there's not one form of the goals. Um I I do think that with staff, you know, staff ultimately are the people who make it happen. It's their work. Um so there is an importance for a certain level of detail so that people are on the same page about the expectation. Um that is a difficult dance uh for the board and us. You mean like and I and I don't think that there's a clean answer. Right. I I think almost in
032some ways, you know, I'd want to say like, yeah, it's almost like an or it's almost like an organizational question. You mean like of literally how you or organize the formatting? Um, which I think is fair for clarity's sake. Sorry, I know that was a long walk for not but actually in in all of that you did answer it pretty well because what you're saying is that this is this is the Bible but we're going to be giving out the brochures as well. Yes. I I like this document in final form should not be this. This should be click me to learn more. Um but the the goal delivery should be the the top line. You mean like and because I think for community what's really important is communicating values right you mean you know
033ultimately um and so I I I do believe that we should have multiple modalities right of how we communicate these goals and where someone can take a a toe dip they can put their feet in the water you mean like or they can dive in. Um but you can look at it in those three different looks. Yeah. So consolidating this, we're saying for our audience, for those that are, let's just use the analogy of a pool, for those that are avid swimmers, they can go deep and go through all of this, but those that are just getting in, they can go shallow and and and do the like three feet and get enough information to be aware, but we have multiple opportunities for people to get wet at the level that they want. Yeah, one
034thing that just in kind of dialoguing that we could do is that we could um I could probably come back June 10th working with um our uh communications group with some samples of what that might look like. Um so the board uh that's actually kind of an interesting thought like so yeah the board could digest not just the content of the goals but also how they would be marketed. Um, so like I I just I to me because like I think it is part of the content is sort of what we're talking about here, right? That how it's communicated to this is a very like heavy document. So how it's communicated to the broader public, you mean like I I agree is in the interest of the board because you're optimally answering to the community.
035Um, so I I' I'd be willing to do that. Yeah, I I I feel like we're we're going down a path that we some of us have been down before with the graduate profile and how to make that communicated, you know, communicate clearly, but the depth that now you guys are really digging into the depth of that and what that means. So, I don't know if I'd go down the graphic road quite yet. Yeah. Or or if you do dip your toe into like one section and like is this the read you guys were thinking like test the level of detail? I don't know. I mean, because I don't feel like we're going to refine these anymore. Like, we've got all this info, but but simplifying paths, I think, is sort of what I keep
036hearing is it's confusing for this person. The teachers, the staff will read the more in-depth version. I I totally understand that toplining versus all the info all the I think some of this so from from looking at the the staff feedback, I I think the best way and because we we fresh off a meeting with the ESTA today would be to provide written response to each of the respective leadership groups that wrote the because like um you know some school some schools would had more than others but you know there is a series of questions. So to have a written response and then to um have a joint meeting with either staff or their leadership group uh in the fall because we agreed that right now is crazy um to address those questions because a
037lot of them a lot of the questions are very much process questions. Um they're they're I don't mean to minimize them, but they're less about the what and they're more about the how. um which actually is is not necessarily this document. Um one that I do think is the what would be uh the cultural representation because I I think part of the feedback in that case that's an example right of where um if given direction by the board I would probably use stronger more specific language in order to spell out sort of what it seemed like because that was more of a wet question. Um um so that that to me would go back to like if the board were to give direction for a super the superintendent go back and try to try some
038revisions and what I would do is I would for those revisions you know red for deletions green for insertions. So then the board could actually see that process and agree or disagree by consensus about that. So that and that that goes back to like what does that June 10th meeting look like which is it would be approving you mean like or or um uh re-revising uh suggested changes by the superintendent question. So when we went over these the last time, a lot of this under wasn't there as exact, right? Is that like the So we had the goal like the academic excellence and then a lot of the the I feel like some of these were Yeah. They're like, "So, I wonder if it was like you're saying this is like the main thing, but
039if we did not the sub bullets as like another way where people could just see the goal and if they wanted to know how to actually like this would happen or that, you know, I mean, I think we're all on the same page of like less, but doing something that just gives these are our goals, but then yes, you can dive deeper in to see what we're trying to implement to get there. I've seen some districts tell me if I'm like going on the right track of just because this is to me another like um format communication question. Yeah. Versus the the visuals I guess. I've seen some districts what they do is that they're clickables. So like what would be like present is and just you know is you know pathways to excellence and
040then the topline goal and then you what would would be present is alignment, curriculum, intervention. You mean like and then you could click if you wanted to and those things pop out. Um but sometimes like just those organizing principles, you know, do make a difference. No, totally. Because then I think you're not as overwhelmed with so much verbiage and but all the information is there in one area. But I mean I think that to me that seems like it would kind of the website is for sure a key component to communicating the goals because most of this communication is going to be digital, right? You mean like and so and then you're going to link them either to a document or you're going to link them to a page. So again like we could customize
041how we want that to look even though that to um member Miller's Arkey's point is that we could um during the course of the summer, you know, finesse that and the board would have opportunities to give feedback. Um yeah, I I think that's appropriate. Yeah, I think you did a great job summing it up before we went through all of it where you just started off with the excellence, community, and legacy. And I wrote that on the front page just as a summary. And for whatever reason, because it was so marketable, sellable, and and digestible, more importantly, for whatever reason, I just put like two hearts on the outside that says what it is, and then you can dive down. We have to find ways to a capture our audience. Once we get their attention,
042we have to have the ability to hold it. And then for those that want more, we have to give them the substance that they want, but we have to be able to hook them in some way so that they will drill down. There are some people that automatically will go in because that's just they are they are contentrich. They need that. But there are some people where it's just like and so this right here could be um it could be overwhelming, but there are certain areas where people may wonder like what do they mean by excellence? Like what does that what does this have to do with the community? But just that just those three words and then breaking it down so that people can understand, get what they need, get in, get out, but
043have an understanding of all the work that we are doing because it's a lot of work. Yeah, you were dialing in on the tippy top line. Not just the top line, but the tippy top line right there. Yeah, we could just have a workshop about the emojis. How many hearts? What colors? No, I didn't say Just kidding. I didn't say add hearts. I just added hearts because I do think there's a lot of wisdom though to that. Like said headline, you know, by line content. Um and and so I and I would strongly encourage the the us to to definitely focus on those three words as as uh how we communicate the goals in your elevator speech. You know these are our values. Boom. Um and then if you want to go deeper. Yeah, I
044think it's I totally agree. So um are we in agreement that we should have Dr. Johnson make the next iteration of the goals and bring them back at their next board meeting. Yeah. And I think that's a consensus. What I'll do as process is that I'll um I can start immediately on just leaning into some areas where I think that because it is going to come down to language, you mean to some extent. Uh so I'll lean into that and I'll try to get uh that draft to you as as soon as possible. I can get that before June before the Friday before so you have time to like look at it and then I'll start to work with Liam um through the Donovan group to see if they could uh provide some iterations or
045ideas. So because that might help us think as we're sitting here having these conversations about language to be like okay like so how would this how would this look? How would we communicate this? And that I mean that's what they do. This is a specialty. This is what we pay them for. So, any questions or feedback? I think we're good. Thank you all. Okay, moving on to consent agenda. Do we have a motion? All right, I'll go. All right. Uh I uh will move approval on consent agenda items A through U. Second. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, all board members present, please say I. I. I. In favor. Uh passes 40. Section six, action items. Uh, board clerk Weeden. In accordance with board of education policy number 3290, the board of education may accept
046gifts as long as there is no conflict with the education code or other public laws. The school district has received generous donations as detailed below. These donations do not conflict with the education code or public laws regarding acceptance of gifts. Jeffrey E. Forini scholarship for 500,000 to the district and it's 20,000 annual student scholarship. Kroger $773.54 to the middle school. Kroger $11, excuse me, $1146 to Eagle's Nest Preschool. Kroger 100 Did I do that wrong? Oh, $773.54 to the middle school. 101 $1146 to Eagle's Nest. JW Photography, $160 to Center Street. JW Photography to $110 to Richmond Street School. AFCEA Educational Program, $1,000 to Richmond Street School. and Center Street School PTA $15,54925 to Center Street School Elementary. I move approval of the gifts as read. I'll second. Any discussion? Well, other than thank you,
047Mr. 14ini again. Like oh my goodness. I I seeing that number is shocking in an amazing way. Like wow, what a true gift. All board members in favor, please say I. I. I. Passes 40. Uh section six item B. Dr. Lens. Yes. So, I wanted to start when introducing this item to just thank our Kowanas um group of Elsa Gundo because part of this item is actually due to a grant $60,000 grant they've given to Richmond Street School and Center Street School. Um as part of that, Richmond Street School will be receiving outdoor educational furniturees for the new building. Um in addition, we'll be fully furnishing the final classrooms and our K5 furnishing um refurbishment. I recommend approval. I move for approval of action item 6B. Second. Any discussion? All board members in favor, please
048say I. I. I. Passes 40. Excuse me. Uh, section six, item C. Dr. Linds. Yes, we've had a partnership with Sedexo since 2019 when we brought them in to improve the quality and increase the participation in our food service programs. Um, their partnership has helped us to address inflationary increases because we are charged a flat fee per meal and I recommend approval. I did want to point out that Miss Latara um is in the back as our representative from Sedexo as well. I'll move approval. Second. Is there any discussion? I'll just say I've been grateful for the open communication that's gone back and forth and between our staff and and Sedexo and us and staff and and the students, everybody like that. This is a nice partnership. I appreciate that they've been working with us,
049not just like for us. So, and I have to second that, Tracy. Just the fact that you're here shows the commitment. So, we appreciate it. Thank you. And I appreciate that I read the word vegan and vegetarian in the description. So, all board members in favor, please say I. I. I. Passes 40. Section six, item D. Dr. Lind. King Consulting is um our consulting group for modernization funding for all measure ES projects. They do specialize in small districts and are incredibly responsive to our needs and as you see in the board item there have secured a significant amount of fund about $26 million in funding of us so for us so far and are continuing to submit applications for us. I recommend approval. I'll move approval. Second. Any discussion? All board members in favor, please
050say I. I. Passes 40. Section seven. Item A, Miss Janisk. Yes, thank you. This item is for your consideration and we'll come back for the June 10th for action. It is requesting approval for a textbook adoption at the middle school. Math ties beautifully into our proposed goals with vertical alignment in curriculum. It is for illustrative mathematics which the elementary has been using. Our middle school department has been looking throughout the year over researchbased textbooks and have chosen this one to be the best fit. It will be in the front office for anyone to view ahead of time and again come back for the June 10th board meeting. Section 8 reports theformational calendar. Lots of um big events coming our way. [Music] Um section 8, item B, financial statements of high school ASB accounts are available
051to be seen. And moving on to section nine, um board members reports. Member Sutherland. Oh, leave it. First first one this time. Um and I I wrote a whole novel for you guys. Um, the past few weeks have been very busy and so many exciting things to celebrate. Some things I was able to attend this last few weeks. The varsity girls softball won against Cypress in a crazy walk-off by Marilyn McCaffy. This brought them to Notre Dame Sherman Oaks where they lost in a great nailbiter 12 to 10. I believe it was back and forth the entire time. The season was great and the coaches TD Mayer and Jamie Ramirez should be so proud of the accomplishments of this team and the lasting memories. I've heard so many great things about the camaraderie of this
052team and there's a lot of sad crying faces um on that day, but um the memories will be forever. Um I then traveled to Fountain Valley to watch the boys baseball CIF opener. It was a great game, but unfortunately they lost their run there, too. Um later was able to attend two days of the biomed capstone projects. Um, and these kids are brilliant and I'm sure sure they'll be saving lives in their future. Creative and amazing uses of AI. Um, books that were being created and just things that really AI we were able to see there the final step to the using AI with the capstone projects and then I'll talk about in a second of seeing the things at the elementary levels. Um, I was able to enjoy Center Street's open house with my
053last CSS cougar. Mrs. Mrs. Leonard did an interactive way of looking around the room and she made she did a math problem that I couldn't answer and so my child looked at me and told me I had to and I ended up giving it to my husband because just not my forte. Um to finish my time at CSS I volunteered to tour incoming kinder parents around campus. We walked in and out of classrooms and all the memories flooded me. They're just they are just starting and who knows which one of those parents will be the next PTA president and maybe possibly sitting on the school board. It came full circle in that moment. Um I ended my week attending all four schools and observing different uses of AI at our schools. Um I really wanted
054to stay at the elementary level because them talking to historical figures and getting back responses. Um, I had good conversations with the students and I asked them like if they thought this was more fun and they said it's way better than Google because it's more factual. And then another little fun fact is um somebody was doing Camala Harris and it's only updated till like 2023. I think I told you that Marica and so she had said like how did you feel when you ran for president? And the response back was I haven't run for president. So she felt very like wait I know you have though. So, it was kind of cool, but they you could see the interactiveness with them. Um, and that was a very busy last two weeks for me. A very
055busy last two weeks indeed. On 5:16, I had a chance to visit the high school biomed capstone. As Heather pointed out, I do want to give another fact in that this year's cohort featured 55 candidates over a two-day period and they had various topics covered. I went on the last day and I had the pleasure of listening to the students and I'm just going to point out three topics that all the topics were interesting but three that just sat with me. One was the type one was type 1 diabetes management. I mean, they're really delving into some real life tough topics. Another one was mimicking the protective effects of the sickle cell trait. And then another one was, this one hits close to home, the effects of various sleep habits on academic performance and Elsagundo
056students. So what they're doing here is at that next level. And I have to say Tiffany Mason really carries them through this journey. When they get up and they speak, they speak with a level of authority and the topics they really delve down. So even if you're not familiar with it as a panelist, you walk away with a firm understanding. So very I really appreciate what she's doing in the class and how the students are stepping up and and performing at that level. And it is the capstone level. So, we expect that certain level of excellence and they definitely deliver. On 520, I attended the Richmond Street School Spring S. And I mean, it's always a good time to see the elementary students rock and roll. Some of the cute songs that they sung that
057we got to sing along with was Rock and Robin, which everyone's familiar with, Surfing USA, and Take Me Out to the Ball Game. Heather would really like that one. Other board members present was vice president Miller Zarnicki on 520. I also attended the RSS PTA installation dinner and meeting and we welcomed new officers as well as said thank you to the outgoing officers. And last but not least, Heather already covered it so I won't talk much on it, but it was the AI tour. It was beautiful. Other board members present were vice president Miller Zarni and members Sutherland and Beechley. Thank you. Um all right. Yes, lots going on. Um, one thing that I will add to the list of good stuff happening was another facilities advisory committee tour that probably took longer and more
058conversation than some of staff may have wanted, but I think in the end uh might have been worth it. One person in particular might be grateful if we got some change out of that. So, um, anyway, I think uh the the progress of the district office is going on but slow and it is what it is. Um, I did like that we unearthed some ancient art from the 1980s though. That was really kind of fun. So, 1980s is ancient. Just, you know, last century. It's vintage. Um, it's like an archaeological dig over there. So, um, uh, the AI tour, amazing. Watching even students in the middle school do it with art projects was cool. Like to describe something they wanted to create and then to have AI say, "Is this what you mean?" and then
059have them like further define, well, I meant this kind of ears, more like a bunny, and like it was fun to watch the iterative process that they went through. Um, that project didn't have a a date limit on it, so that was cool. But, but I like again that we're teaching them that, yeah, the computers and things don't know everything. You need to double check. You need to, you know, vet your sources. Even if you think this is the ultimate source, doesn't know everything. Um, it was great to be on the high school campus for lunchtime. Actually, I I really want to give thanks to to staff for willing, you know, to have us on campus for these things, to Dr. Jay for having us go and do this. But not just to eat the
060food, to understand what our students doing, but to watch the culture. I think we sat there watching and just sort of absorbing some of that as well. That that's priceless. So, thank you for that. Um, yeah, a lot of time I think we're going to be spending a lot of time at the high school as we've heard from Mr. Souer earlier. Uh there's a lot going on, especially for seniors. I'm pleased to be able to be there as a board member, but also as a parent. It's going to be weird. You're going out of center street. I'm going out of the district. It's weird, but it's all good. It's all good. Um as far as PTA turnovers, uh the middle school also had their installation dinner in the last weeks. Uh so it was lovely
061to say goodbye to Joyce for all the work she's done at the middle school, but yes, has been roped into the high school already. Um, and then Wendy coming up from Center Street, watching her take over the presidency will be a nice new opportunity for her. I'm excited to see all that continue to move forward. Uh, Spring Sing was great last week and then we got another one coming up next week. We've got Center Street coming up. So, we'll have more fun with the oldies that some of us appreciate. Uh, and some new stuff, too. Um, and lastly, I'll just say, as I mentioned last time, we had another Laxa meeting. Indeed, I came back to Elsando with another title on my resume. But to that end, I I want to thank Miss Beley, who's
062not here to be thanked, but I want publicly thank her for being my carpool buddy to most, if not all of the Laxa meetings this year. That was lovely. Uh I also want to thank Miss Tracy over here for supporting this Laxa thing before I even got elected to it. So, thank you. And I mean, I hope that we can host some lacks of things here so we can show our colleagues what we do and also learn from them at the same time. So, I'm just going to thank everyone in advance that gets dragged into this some way. It's a good thing. I will keep it reasonable. I promise. I promise. But, um, you know, I'm I'm just excited to to elevate our presence in this arena as well. So, um, that's it for now.
063Thank you, everybody. Thanks, Tracy. I just want to mention that U. member Beechley is at another uh ESUSD event. She's at the high school for senior awards night and um she doesn't miss anything. I mean, she's she goes to every single event, sporting event or school event. So, I know it's hard for her tonight because she's torn between two things, but she's actually presenting one of the scholarship awards, so it's more important for her to be there. Um, I just want to ask Daima, did she not miss something in her report because I sure I saw on social media that you graduated from a program at Harvard University. Would you like to tell us about that? Oh, okay. Um, why thank you. I I did not add that. Yes, I had the pleasure of completing
064the women of color in leadership program at Harvard Business School. And that ends my report. Thank you, President Glenn. Uh, first off, on the PTA front, I just want to give a shout out to Cheryl Smith, who is literally everywhere. Um, I was like walking across the high school campus. Hey, Jason. you know, like and turn around and she's like doing the penny challenge or something, working a table, uh, you know, and then you turn around, she's at Center Street. But it's been a real joy to work with her this year. I really appreciate her partnership. Um, and the laughs. Uh, and I just like Cheryl Smith is everywhere. Um, so thank you for your hard work. Um, it's the the season of showcases, so the spring sang choir, orchestra performances. It's a good opportunity
065to thank Ed Foundation and people who give. uh those programs would not be in existence without the Ed Foundation. Um so it's just a good opportunity to take a moment to reflect. It's like, hey, uh the community and Ed Foundation make this possible. Thank you. I I also want to give a shout out to Tiffany Mason and Ashley Richmond. I I had the opportunity to observe both of their capstone projects and just emphasize that the things that the students are doing, I didn't learn until my doctorate program. Um and they're doing as seniors in high school. Um, I had an opportunity to take a promotional photo with the boys tennis team. Want to give a shout out to boys tennis. Uh, it was it was actually really funny hanging out with them and they were
066good soldiers as well too cuz Judy was marshalling like all these boys and saying you stand there, you stand there. So, we had a good time. Good photo and special thanks to coach Bonnie May uh and all the work that she does for boys tennis. Student uh and girls tennis for that matter. Uh student leadership feedback for go district goals. just a credit to all the student leadership groups that met with me from Richmond uh to the middle school um working with Grady of course. Uh they were just great. They provided such great piece of the high school I've done multiple times so like they've just been very very um giving with their time and provided really meaningful feedback. Um so that's probably something I've appreciated most is being able to hear their their uh
067feedback and and the the elementary students. I mean like they were digging deep like real deep. So it was great. Uh and then kudos to the student leadership uh uh leaders um as well too from Brooke uh to Punam um uh and the the middle school Sarah organized it. So they've just everyone's been really really helpful getting those folks together in the same room. Uh next we have the ESTA party on May 30th. Um so plan to be in attendance there and just want to give a shout out to ESTA for inviting us to their to their party. I like to party, you mean like so I'd like to do it with ESTA as well too. So, uh, that'll be a fun, uh, uh, get together on Friday. And then, um, the senior expo night
068is on June 2nd that's coming up. So, I'm really that'll be my first. So, I'm I'm really looking to just from having done the capstone projects. Uh, wow. And I I know that they have a higher participation rate this year. So, we're really excited about that. And then I I do I have two board members to compliment tonight. I'm compliment a colleague. So at TMZ uh uh becoming Laxa president, you know, you came back, you you came back with a title, but you know, I feel like you took it, you know, like that's that's we like that. Um so just kudos. I you know, Laxa is is an organization that could be so great. You mean like and so helpful about bringing board members together and I just I I cannot think of someone better
069in that role than you. But man, that's a time commitment. So thank you for your time. Seriously. And then also Daima um uh just we were talking about you know reflecting on like diversity and and presence and I do feel like that um you know you completing the Frank Frank shared with me the social media too the Harvard Business School program you mean like is a reflection of that in our school district and our community that's really important you mean like so um you know and I I I just I I'm a big believer you mean like of you mean like diversity within leadership is so important you mean like for aspiring leaders? So, I just I really want to commend you on that. And I talk about also a lot of work. You mean
070like I don't even know what state you're in most of the time. So, um so just super kudos because I do think that makes our board a better board. Um so, and that concludes my report. Thank you, President Glenn. Thank you. And um we do not need to recess to close session. So, at 6:58, I adjourn our meeting. Who get