001[Music] testing one two testing [Music] okay [Music] testing [Music] testing testing [Music] for [Music] in [Music] for [Music] if you are receiving an award tonight please go to the back table to pick it up from Dr best if you are receiving a an award tonight please see Dr best in the back of the room [Music] e e all right good a afternoon it is Tuesday March 11 11th 2025 and this is the reg regular board meet meeting of the A A lantto Elementary School District uh but before we we start if you're new here just know I stutter but I'm really trying to keep keep it ni nice and smooth so just be P patient with me okay so we will start at 102 called to or order uh 103 uh roll roll call and
002Corum EST establishment you you usually Miss Mrs love La is here here but do Dr W Walker will take the roll call for us thank you president Stewart at this time trusty Soto Soto present trusty Krauss Krauss present trusty Webster Webster present trusty LEF French Le French present president Stewart steuart prese present the the time is 531 okay now for 1. 04 pledge of Al Allegiance please stand and place your right hand over over your your 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 all right num number two adop adoption of the agenda 2.01 proposed ad add additions deletions and adjustments in the order of business Dr W Walker
003do you know if we have an any president Stewart no not at this time okay 202 adopt adoption of the agenda trustees I need a mo motion to adopt the agend agenda Webster I motion to adopt the agenda so all second okay I will take the vote uh trust truste so soo soo I trusty Krauss Krauss I trusty Webster Webster I trusty love French love French I trustee stored that's me I motion P passes 5 Z all right so now we move on to spe special Rec recognitions do Dr W Walker thank you president Stewart at this time we have employee recognition for 25 30 and 35 years of service to aesd and I'll turn it over to our assistant super of Human Resources Mr shifflet good evening president Stewart trustees superintendent Dr Walker cabinet
004members staff students and guests it gives me great pleasure to be here to today to honor the staff of the Atlanta Elementary School District who have dedicated their careers enriching the lives of the children in our community the individuals we are recognizing tonight have not only made a profound impact on our students but they've also supported their colleagues both classified and certificated staff across our schools and departments it is truly an honor to present and recognize these remarkable employees this evening the annual service award ceremony is part of a cherished tradition of recognizing and gratitude for our dedicated employees their exceptional work and accomplishments continue to shape the success of our students teachers staff and alumni of the atlanto elementary school district tonight we will recognize staff members who have reached significant Milestones celebrating 25
00530 35 years of service to the district during the 23 24 school year uh when I read your name uh please stand up and be recognized and come to the front so I'd like our Board of Education and cabinet to go ahead and come to the front please all right we're going to start with right here so I'm going to go ahead and start with our 25-year recipients Marilyn Armstrong Christina Kels Karen [Applause] denin Michelle Diggs [Applause] Veronica [Music] [Applause] dur Aradia [Applause] Escobar Michelle George [Applause] Jill [Applause] Johnson Tracy [Applause] kale Eric marcusen jodianne naggi Nagi I apologize amidi [Applause] Orman Laura Pennington Crystal Wy [Applause] so that is our 25y year recipient Awards [Applause] congratulations so we're going to go ahead and take a picture now if you guys can come together a
006little bit so we put our 25 recipients together please e e sorry about that we have our 30-year recipient uh Sheree [Applause] Coleman looks like she's not here she's going for 31 years good job sh we'll move on to 35 year is Dar [Applause] buncher so those are our recipients tonight thank you so much congratulations again to all of our award recipients for a job well done one more round of applause please [Applause] okay move moving on to 3.02 academic Ser Ser Services um Assistance League of vict Victor Val Valley stem award for teach teachers thank you president Stewart at this time Dr dwon we'll do the introductions good evening this evening we have guest visitors from the Assistance League here with us this evening of Victor Valley to help present two very special Awards
007um to two of our teachers so with us we have Lisa hogerman okay and then we also have Sylvia Morrison who is president of the assistant League here to present the awards board if you would please come forward that way we can recognize those teachers assistance leak of Victor Valley sends out uh Google forms actually to teachers uh to superintendant to assistant superintendents and principes every year and we encourage teachers to submit um award packages requesting extracurricular stem activities for their classroom that they normally wouldn't be able to purchase with the limited budgets we know the school district have and this is a competitive process so these two recipients were selected out of a field of others throughout the high desert by the way so the two individuals we're recognizing tonight first will Teresa Moore
008please come forward oh you are so welcome and they they have your certificate oh and by the way they each get $900 and the second award is going to Gilbert Ooa but accepting on his behalf is his Prin [Applause] principal e e e all right so move move moving on to are we doing a five minut minute thing or are we just going to go straight okay go going on to staff re reports and presentations do Dr Watt Walker thank you president Stewart at this time we have our student Showcase from Columbia Middle School and El marage I'll turn it over to Dr DWI on good evening president stward Board of Trustees aesd staff and Community this evening we will have presentations from Columbia Middle School and El Mirage K8 tonight our students are here
009to highlight just some of the great things happening at their schools and at this time uh we do have both principles so we have Miss Carrie Kart and we have Dr Karen Ward will present right after but at this time I would like to present Miss Carrie [Applause] Kart good evening esteemed Board of Trustees board president Stewart cabinet members superintendent Dr Walker honored guests and fellow supporters of Columbia Middle School I am Carrie kosart proud principal of Columbia Middle School and it is a privilege to be here with my amazing admin team we have Mrs Alexia Marquez and Mrs Dana El mmud who are my assistant principles it's a privilege to be here tonight to share with you the progress and spirit that defines our school this year this year we've embraced a simple yet
010powerful Mantra be better this is not just a slogan it's a guiding principle that permeates every aspect of our school Community it's about continued growth striving for excellence and recognizing in every Endeavor we can all always be better tonight I'm honored to share this space with a few representatives from our site first you will see a short video of some of our students and staff next you will hear from our amazing assistant principal Mrs Alexia Marquez our cheer captain Haley CIO and our cheer team and our fantastic ELD teacher Miss Michelle Walden will bring us to a close thank you again for your continued support and guidance okay so one way we're being better this year is we're um setting goals and then we're going for them achieving them once step out of a time
011um one for me in particular my Greenhouse Garden Club um is getting started and I got approved for it so that's one way I've been better this year [Music] one way that I feel I have worked to be better is to ensure that when I'm spending time with a child or working with testing a child I am being singularly focused on that child in that moment so that they feel valued one way I've tried to be better this year is to really put my all into something whatever I'm doing Go 100% U and give my best when wor I work to be better is being consistent I've been better by being consistent and it feels good [Music] good evening superintendent Dr Walker cabinet and members of the school board my name is Alexia Marquez and
012I am a proud assistant principal at Columbia Middle School home of the Vipers we would like to introduce you to our amazing cheer team who represented CMS at the winter parade for the City of Atlanta winning a $200 prize for best entry these wonderful students have worked work to make CMS better and bring school spirit to our events and remind us to be safe responsible and respectful I would like to introduce our amazing cheer captain Miss Haley [Applause] CIO hello my name is Haley CIO and I am in the eighth grade this year I'm the cheer captain for our Columbia Middle School cheer team we have had a very busy and exciting cheer season besides cheering for our school games we participate in the atanta Christmas parade we also performed hey Mickey the Spanish version
013at our school's assembly for Hispanic Heritage Month we also had our first candy Grands to raise money for our competition in late April we are preparing to perform for our next assembly for Black History Month today we would like to share our performance with you thank you for inviting us to show our school spirit [Applause] [Music] what you want baby I got what you you know I got it all I'm asking all little respect hey baby just a little bit just a little bit I ain't going to do you wrong why you going do [Music] H you [Music] kissing hone [Music] f [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] good evening Bor the last time I came and spoke with you guys I was pretty much here begging and pleading for help for Colombia I am so happy
014to be back and show you the progress that we have made we've made a lot of progress in the past few years and it's thanks to these three ladies honestly they have brought a new excitement um they bring their own passion into things they get us excited which is what we needed at Colombia so desperately the kids can feel it the staff can feel it it's a happier place to go to work okay and the kids are really they're thriving in this environment and that's always our goal is for them to thrive um from tutoring to after school sports um we are keeping our kids busy we're doing interventions in the morning interventions at lunch interventions after school so we are trying to meet the needs of our students and I really am grateful to
015still be at Colombia so thank you [Applause] thank you so much another round of applause for Columbia Middle School and if they could make me an honorary cheerleader so I can have those pom poms those are really cool me too I want a whole outfit okay so great job great job at this time we're going to welcome up El Maraj um k a school with the proud principal Dr Karen [Applause] Ward hello everyone I am Dr Karen Ward principal of el marage school thank you Dr Walker executive cabinet and board members for inviting us to share a little bit about El marage today we're going to focus on our future Business Leaders which has been expanded this year thanks to the prop 28 Grant and I'd like to introduce Miss Castillo she's our teacher that
016we hired with those funds and she's going to share some of the things with the Stu that the students have and while she's talking about that we'll have a little presentation uploaded good evening good evening board um as Dr Ward said my name is Christina ctio and I have been very proud of the projects that we've been able to do with the students not only with the FBLA uh students but also within the class those that are have not uh signed up to compete with the future Business Leaders of America events and so with me or with us we have Isaac Orosco who's in eth grader and he is demonstrating a step counter that we coded about three weeks ago we also have Daniel Aguilar who has brought with him a a tiny drummer who
017and Daniel is also an eighth grader and last but not least we have monserat Hernandez who has also brought with her her tiny drummer sorry and so as you know we are a K8 School and so I only have the students for about an hour and 15 minutes once a week and so having them take the time to really put the effort and time into each of these projects brings a lot of Joy so thank you for for your time ISAC is do can stand up I call it a Fitbit is that a description yeah what we we called it a step counter but essentially it is what the Fitbit does so we had them code their micro bids and we had them walk in the lawn from the classroom to the basketball courts we
018had them run uh compete against each other to see who would get more the more steps so if Isaac if you can show them if he were to shake it just like your fibit or your Smartwatch it records the movement um maybe not as accurately as the Fitbit but close [Applause] enough let's see do we have our presentation ready okay just kind of go through some of this that's us so go ahead next slide please so this was our group that we took to the um Inland Empire sections conference a few weeks ago and so all three of them were there as a number of other students um part of competing is learning how to dress for success so as you can see they're in business attire and in the digital class we've done web
019design um coding game design number of different things that we've been able to expand this year so robotics um and then for for an these three students competed in the Inland section conference and um some of most of them are going onto the state conference which is in April um so we had in Computer Applications both Daniel and Isaac competed in that which was word processing PowerPoint and Excel it's a very competitive sport um same with that and the word processing unfortunately we did not place but based on their judging they did do very well they're real close to the the top 10 um our sales presentation team which um actually it was they're not here right Sophia and Alma they got seventh place and then miss monserat with her broadcast journalism and her teammates
020got seventh place and they're going on to they're doing a digital video production which um will share what they're pres presenting at the state in in a few minutes go ahead and go to the next slide so if you want to explain the pictures here so in front of you you have a collage of our FBA students as well as what we do in class so in the upper left hand side you have some of the students creating with whatever materials we had in class they tiny drummers so these these are just two of the ones that we created in class and right below that one you see the code that we used uh to code Isaac's step counter and right below that you see some of the tiny drummers that we also built in
021class and in the middle you see monat and Evelyn her partner uh showing off their plaque for having Place seventh in the broadcasting journalism competition and right below you have the entire team that was present to receive their Awards uh during the um FBLA competition and so it's just pictures of what again what we're doing in class as well as what we are working on and using during our competitions if you want to go to the next one so here this should be our video and it will showcase the digital production of what why tourism is important in Southern California which is the competition that Mon monat and Evelyn as well as another student Britney will be competing we've already submitted the video and they will be competing at the state level come April 2
022F in while they're queueing the video there this competition is against high schoolers there was only our school and one other Middle School at the local event and I don't think they got any um place in any of them so I'm very proud of our students for placing in the top 10 and then the state competition goes up to even more closer to 2,000 students that they'll be competing against throughout the state of California enjoy their presentation [Music] welcome to Southern California where golden beaches world famous attractions and endless Adventures come together but beyond its beauty tourism here is the life blood of the economy culture and local communities every year millions of visitors travel from around the world to experience Southern California but do you know that tourism generates billions of dollars and provides
023thousands of jobs from hotel workers to local artists tourism supports businesses big and small such as hotels restaurants transportation and car rentals in 2024 Southern California made 1552 billions of dollars ched from tourism from the magic of Disneyland to the star Southern streets of Hollywood every corner of Southern California offers something unique look for an adventure explore breathtaking National Park hiking trails or catch ways along the coast prefer culture and history stroll through the world class Museum historic Mission and vibrant neighborhoods filled with art music and incredible food Southern California isn't just a destination it's a salable of cultures experiences and creativity from Hollywood film studios to music festivals that draw Global crowds tourism fuels a vibrant lifestyle and brings people together as we welcome millions of visitors it's important to preserve the beauty of
024Southern California sustainable tourism helps protect our beaches Parks and Wildlife ensuring the future Generations can enjoy this paradise too so whatever you are a first time visiting our local experience slore our own backyard yard Southern California is ready to welcome you experience the magic Embrace The Venture and be part of something Unforgettable discover the gems of Southern California so I want to thank all of you for your continued support and we'll let you know how we do in April thank you [Applause] um okay let let's go go on to 4.2 staff reports of Will Williams settlement second quarterly re report 20242 thank you president Stewart at this time uh Dr DWI on thank you very much at code section 1240 requires that the sadino county superintendent of schools annually visits all Williams monitored schools identified
025in san mardino county and Report the results of any findings every quarter this particular report spans from October to July these reports include findings from the second quarter of the Adelanto Elementary School District I'm happy to report that there were no findings for the 2425 William settlement second quarterly report and that has to do with the sarc the school um report card instructional materials facilities and teacher Miss assignments thank you Dr daison next we have again academic services staff report of Williams un uniform complaints quarterly report summary for quarter 2 2025 thank you this information is to update the Board of Trustees on Williams settlement uniform complaint procedures or UCP quarterly report summary for quarter two of the 2425 school year this is an annual compliance task for the California Department of Education for quarter
026two of the 2425 school year which took place from October to December of this year there were zero complaints to report on instructional materials facilities or teacher vacancies or misassignments okay thank thank you uh re real quick beef before you you all leave we're we're going to take a little eight Min minute break because there there's cake in the bag and again you all got to take everybody in fact we we should call some some back to get get the cake uh we're pleasa please put eight eight minut minutes on the time timer and we'll take a short eight minut minute break to have cake and you know get get get to Ming Mingle [Music] yes [Music] all together [Music] all you [Music] oh [Music] is [Music] [Applause] for [Music] e okay thank thank you
027we shall start now and we will go on to 4.04 business Ser Services fiscal Services presentation of the F fiscal year 2024 25 second intrum Financial re report thank you president Stewart at this time we have Miss Gonzalez our assistant super business services and her director Mr sack good evening president Stewart Board of Trustees superintendent Walker cabinet community members tonight I will provide a second interim budget update the second inter room report represents the district's second official budget revision to the final budget adoption the data presented is July 1st through January 31st along with our projected revenues expenditures through the end of the fiscal year our budget revisions and projections are based on the governor's Workshop information School Services of California dart board along with considerations presented at our County's workshop and other sources currently
028we are in our last half of our annual budget cycle the second interim report and the beginning stages of our budget development our budget cycle is cyclical and subject to change based on new information updated projection s and shifts in the economy all of which are reflected at each stage of the cycle as required by Ed code 42103 each school district is required to certify its Financial condition twice during the fiscal year our certification for our second interim is positive meaning our district will meet its Financial Obligations for the current and two subsequent years when preparing our second interim report we use the following key assumptions for our lcff calculator in 2425 we used a cola of 1.07% in 2526 we used 2.43% and in 2627 we used a cola of 3.52% please note these
029are based on current information presented at the governor's Workshop the cola for the out years is not finalized and an update will be provided at the governor's May Revis Workshop which will be reflected in our un audited actuals and our adopted budget for fiscal year 2526 our district enrollment we use conservative increases in the current year and two subsequent years our district has been a declining enrollment for the past five years however this school year we have increased enrollment through our implemented attendance incentives at the sites along with off offering Saturday school for attendance recovery our sites have done a fantastic job of inspiring our students encouraging them to participate in creating a welcome environment that makes them excited to come to school every day hence Columbia that was just here in El mrage we
030use a conservative approach and our average daily attendance which is our Ada numbers which is reflected in our district attendance enrollment ratio our attendance percentage increased from last year's almost 90% to almost 92 currently thank you to all of our families who participated in our help grow our school survey it provided us with an update representation of our students who qualify for our unduplicated percentage we have updated both unrestricted and restricted general fund revenues and extend um expenditures based on actual and projected numbers we still have three months until the end of the fiscal year our sites are currently working on submitting their final requisitions and purchases key items to know in Revenue projections include update and local control funding also known as our lcff due to changes in the cola along with changes in
031federal revenues due to updated funding apportionments additionally our state and local funding have increased slightly from first interim report we also updated our expenditures to align with our projections when examining the total salaries and benefits as a percentage of our unrestricted budget we invest close to 82% of our budget in our Educators staff and management this is consistent with other um with the practices of most districts across the state Although our revenues have increased slightly our leadership is continuously working to identify cost-saving measures aligned to align our expenses with our goals to enhance student experience to improve outcomes while reducing our deficit spending in the out years as highlighted in yellow we do have a positive ending balance and the current and two subsequent years Although our restricted revenues had decreased slightly our leadership is
032continuously working to align our expenses with our plans and goals and enhance the student experience and outcomes while reducing our fund balance in the Years out as noticed we do have a large restricted positive ending fund balance in the current and two subsequent years in reviewing our multi-year projections which combine both unrestricted and restricted funds we have focused on aligning our investments in students while maximizing our budget and maintaining fiscal solvency although we are still deficit spending we are continuously working on ways to build reserves for the future we are looking forward to the governor's May Revis which will update the governor's economic and revenue Outlook from the governor's proposed budget in January it adjusts the proposed expenditure to reflect revised estimates assumptions and outlines adjusted to the minimum funding guarantee for K through 12
033education required by prop 98 the May revise will have impacts on our 2526 budget development as well as our multi-year projections we look forward to collaborating with academic services and our leaders in um providing and putting together the local control accountability plan or lcap we are always looking forward to hearing from the legislative analyst office on any new Economic Development and updates to our budget thank you Board of Trustees for and to our fiscal team for their contributions to the second interim we have also provided you a budget at a glance with some of our key information are there any questions uh board yes madame president if I may good evening Miss Gonzalez Mr kemish thank you very much for the presentation uh of the second interim report uh one of the things I always
034like to do is compare the first interim back in December to the second interim and then uh so my questions will just be related to uh some of those differences and hopefully uh I appreciate if you're able to answer them this evening thank you um looking at the unassigned from back in December compared to the UN signed there was a big difference in the next years it went from like 1.3 to 61,000 um I don't know if you're able to speak to that but do you happen to maybe know why uh at least in that middle year there was such a big uh difference in that dollar amount yes so prior to um our second interum at our first interim we still had not actually settled with our ad pres um Union and so by
035the time that our second um interim has come up all of those numbers are actually incorporated into our budget when we finally settled as well as since our CSEA had a me to Clause those numbers for them were also updated great thank you that's the only question I have Madam president thank you so much okay um does any any other trust truste have a question I had a question Madam president um it was mentioned on pain t uh page 10 that we are working on our deficit spending uh what are some ways that uh we are working on that so when we work with like academic services and our departments we look at different ways in which to align the expenditures that we have we want to maximize um the programs that we have for
036our students so if that means like looking at specific Services looking to see if they can come from different pots of money what the projection truly is for the out years those are the types of things that we take into consideration we also look at say like for our M if there's any oute projections that we can do as far as cost-saving measures thank you um I think that that's all the qu questions we we have all right thank you thank you thank you Mr clish okay go going on to five close SE session de declarations we will be taking I items 5.02 and 5.07 into close session uh trusty left French can you re read the blur please yes public comment the public comment period is a minut administrated by state law and is
037the point in the meeting set aside for members of the public to share their opinions with the board open meeting laws do not permit the board to engage in dialogue or answer questions any person who wishes to address the governing board on Clos session agenda items only must complete and submit an aesd speaker request form five minutes before the meeting is called to order public comments will only be taken on agenda items during the discussion of those items the board values public comments and although the Board of Trustees cannot take action or discuss items not on the agenda the Board of Trustees listens carefully and appreciates input from the public additionally a public speaker can be cut off for exceeding the allotted time or or for willfully causing an actual disruption to the meeting before
038cutting a person off or removing someone the board will give at least one clear warning if you were cut off or warned last time please consider that your warning individual speakers are allowed three minutes to address the board on each closed session agenda item the board limits the total time for public input on each item to 20 minutes with board consent the president may increase or decrease the time allowed for public presentations depending on the topic and the number of persons wishing to be heard the president may take a poll of speakers for or against a particular issue and may ask that additional persons speak only if they have something new to add thank you um do do we have a speak speaker for ad good evening uh president stward members of the school board
039superintendent Dr Walker and aesd staff and community members uh some of you may be aware that our friend and colleague George frista has passed I'd like to ask all of you to have a moment of silence to remember his many contributions to our district and to offer a prayer of comfort for his wife Phyllis thank you I appreciate the hard work and dedication of this board in making decisions that shape the future of our schools uh The Learning Center collaborative Coalition met recently to revisit our mission vision and values and to interface with our VIPs that day a group of students from fifth through 8th grade who gave us their ideas their hopes for education and some concrete answers to what success looks like for them as we narrow our Focus it's exciting to Envision
040what kind of learning environment atlanto can become it's up to all of us to buy in to the plans that Dr Walker and the rest of the cabinet are making and to the vision that LCC is offering us they've been very successful in other districts and I'm excited to see what's in store for us but it will take commitment on the part of the board to create policies and make decisions to make that Vision a reality as we look at ways to improve student achievement I urge you to prioritize two critical areas smaller class sizes and access to reading Specialists smaller class sizes make a significant difference in the quality of Education our children receive when teachers have fewer students they can provide more individualized instruction differentiate instruction effectively and build build stronger relationships with
041their students reearch reseearch shows that students in smaller classes perform better academically are more engaged and experience fewer behavioral challenges by investing in smaller class sizes we are investing in students success we are at 81 classes over 30 if enrollment is declining why are classes going at over caps uh this isn't best practice to meet the objectives of the LCC in addition reading is the foundation of all learning if a child struggles with reading they struggle with every subject providing reading specialists in our schools will Ure that students who need extra help will receive the targeted support necessary to become strong confident readers early intervention is key and reading Specialists play a vital role in identifying challenges and providing the tools students need to thrive finally student achievement is about more than just test scores
042it's about giving every child the opportunity to reach their full potential by ensuring smaller class sizes and literacy support we create an environment where teachers can teach effectively and students can Excel I urge you to continue advocating for these necessary resources our children deserve the best education possible I'd like to take a moment right now to address the health insurance crisis we are currently in rates are skyrocketing and everyone is feeling the pinch our teachers and staff work tirelessly to create safe engaging enriching learning environments they take care of our children every day and it's only right that we take care of them in return access to comprehensive fully funded Health Care ensures that Educators can focus on their students without the added stress of medical costs or inadequate coverage when we invest in their
043well-being we invest in in the success of our schools I urge the board to make fully funded Health Care a priority it is not just a benefit it is a necessity healthy teachers and staff lead to healthy schools and ultimately better outcomes for our students thank you for your time and your commitment to our schools thank [Applause] you uh do do we have a speaker for C csca good evening Madam president Stewart of trustee superintendent Dr Walker um cabinet classified staff certificated staff and all other present and on YouTube um congratulations to our dedicated and loyal staff of 2530 and 35 years of service what a great commitment to our district and our families and Community last Saturday March 8th George magnet presented The Lion King at atanto High School the cast did an excellent
044job portraying the rol and I can still hear the ooze and a when our little Kinders came down those aisles with their little butterfly and bird costumes the show was dedicated to Mrs Martin's mother Mary Hollis and also citeria Ridley our principal at George also a huge shout out to our wonderful and talented Violeta Martin who always puts in 150% in her produ in her Productions she is simply amazing in the fer by the doors as you exit um the the boardroom please stop and see the beautiful masks that she created herself they're beautiful and Miss Martin did them all herself we did have some issues at atlanto high school with Mike's I'm just putting this out there we this the district do have plans or does have plans for our arts department somewhere here
045in our district office the plans include an art classroom drama classroom and music classroom which is phase two for George magnet which should be on the west side of our school plus we have blue prints somewhere here for a pack theater at the north end of our school I don't think you really realize how much work it is to move all the props and costumes in a moving truck to the location of our performances last year we couldn't even find a venue nobody was available that is sad um then we are when we are all exhausted from getting there early practicing uh we must pack the mov truck after our performance and unload at George magnet we have been there since 2010 so this is 15 years so it would be nice if something could
046be done about our pack Center also we are all waiting for our health insurance information and hope uh we will know what's in store for us in early April um it's hard to uh negotiate anything when we don't know what's coming and on top of that again the high cost of insurance and and everything it it's taken its toll on on all of us probably including you up here um that's all I have for tonight and thank you for allowing me to speak and have a great evening thank thank you okay and now we we will go on to 6.03 a audience me Members thank you president Stewart at this time we have Debbie Thomas representing self topic bargaining good evening everyone my name is Debbie Thomas I'm a teacher at George um I'm here
047to talk tonight about our medical insurance um I'm a little worried and I feel like there isn't an urgency here to be worrying about this at the end of last year all the the had to know the unions had to know there was only two districts Apple Valley and ours left in the high desert trust doesn't seem like much was done about it the beginning of the year you had to everyone had to have known Apple Valley was looking to get out didn't seem we were doing anything about it Apple Valley officially left in February so we're now the only ones left in the high desert trust which I don't know if that means it's going to collapse um because we haven't really gotten a lot of information we got a survey which quite honestly
048was almost union busting or uh bargaining away from the table I know you pulled it but one of the questions was uh what would you be willing to give up to get fully paid medical bottom line nothing we shouldn't have to give up anything to have fully paid medical I can't remember what I wrote um so I really wish that we would get some kind of updates as people because as they both of them mentioned before we're getting stressed out about wondering when the medical is going to be settled because it is now March in 3 and a half months the medical plans we have now expire so if we're going to go with the same it's going to be higher we need to know that if it's going to go somewhere else we kind
049of need to know every time I get a bargaining communic I'm like I don't care all I care about is the medical and that's never mentioned I feel like there should be no bargaining until we figure out what our medical is going to be because quite honestly that's the most important thing um then so I also as they said I think that we deserve fully paid medical just like Victor Elementary and Victor Union um but I know in the past we've done so the last time I was on the bargaining team we were uh bargain or we were bargaining and I have we always ask for fully paid medical you always come back and say no um so then I asked to have the Management's cap and and of course it came back well hey
050we'll give you the admin cap which at the time on the table teachers had a higher uh cap than the adman had so that's where Mr shifflet that language came along that said if you guys want to have the ability to transfer in the middle of the year or in the beginning of the year to balance classes you're going to give us the lowest paid uh fully paid medical um honestly I don't know if you have a cap or if Dr Mitchell did manag to get you fully paid medical but I don't think any of you up there deserve fully paid medical or even your cap that you should get more paid towards your medical than the classified the certificate or the admin we should all get paid the same or we should all have
051free medical thank you [Applause] [Music] next we have Lauren Benson litigation Bon Benson good evening everyone again Madame President board cabinet I want to first start out with um thanking everybody for allowing or um having the schools have field trips in my 22 years in education I've never let it stop me when we didn't have money I've found the and I found the way but to have a trip this year that we didn't have to stress about and we were able to go to Louis Center in Apple Valley I recommend it especially for fourth or fifth graders if anybody is looking for a place to go it was fabulous and I'm on their waiting list again it took two years to get it but um my students really loved it and they got to go
052to the old mining town they're fourth graders so it was perfect um now to the more serious issues um I'd like to take a moment of silence for all of those that have been a victim of abuse or harassment so if we could do that just for a moment [Music] please okay thank you now if anybody felt a little awkward imagine how awkward our wonderful executive assistants feel not to mention the other employees that have felt intimidated or threatened to speak out um some long before these women did even tonight people didn't want to come here for fear of some retaliation by certain board member I want to remind all trustees that they are elected officials not employees not they are not part of um the employment groups or associations part of that means you
053are not here you are here to listen to the community stakeholders and employees you do not have the same rights as an employee I want to remind the public that you you are in charge of the trustees they are your elected officials that means you have the power to recall any trustee especially if you feel duped or that you voted for someone who no longer meets the expectations you had we want honest people serving this District we want people of good morals and good character we do not want anyone that could harm or cause damage to any of us I would like to say that I also think that there was no interference in the process for Mr trust for Mr CRS to be here and that he should not be allowed on District property
054however if he is going to be allowed on uh to board meeting meetings we do need to look at the trro again and make sure that he's not allowed at District functions thank you thank you at this time we have Deborah Jones good evening Madame President members of the board superintendent Walker and cabinet for 15 years I've been a public servant and by the way I'm speaking tonight as a resident and and um uh of the aesd district specifically Area 1 excuse me so for 15 years I've been a public servant eight of those as a board member in this very School District I understand the weight of public trust and the importance of accountability I'm here today to reaffirm a fundamental principle important in item 5.07 no one is above the law not elected
055officials not anyone the idea that holding public office grants immunity or special treatment from laws intended to protect those individuals who have been subjected to stalking harassment intimidation or any form of abuse of authority would be a profound betrayal of the Public's Trust in my years of service I have never Not For a Moment believed that my position would Shield me from consequences of wrongdoing we are all bound by the same laws and those laws must be applied equally without exception San Bernardino County DA Jason Anderson Embraces this truth that's why last year his office prosecuted a sitting Victorville city council member she was rightly tried and convicted each time I have stood before you I presented only the facts as I know them and with the sole intent to further the best interests of
056the district I love these facts derive from my direct conversations with the women Mr cruss is reported to have harassed stalked and are acted in threatening manners toward from their sworn Deca declarations submitted as evidence in Superior Court and from other reliable sources for example and as to Mr krauss's relationship with trusty web that information came in great detail from ad president Jennifer Raider despite this Mr Krauss acting in his capacity as a board member has publicly charged me with slandering and defaming him perhaps this board should consider a formal repudiation of his egregious behavior that could have consequences of its own it is improper for any board member to intimidate and seek to dissuade audience members from meaning meaningful participation in meetings by making patently false remarks and threatening legal action simply because he
057doesn't approve of the views of others and it doesn't stop there Mr cruss has not only accused me of being obsessed with him and that I've spoken ill of his children good grief I didn't even know he had children but he also from his remote meeting location dared to level the same accusation against a teacher there's a clear and disturbing pattern I don't like what you're saying so I will play the wounded duck and accuse you of being obsessed with me and my family that is a blatant red herring the real issue is that he is attempting to distract obus and avoid accountability for his actions and let us not forget is my time up thank you very much thank you thank thank thank you for for your help but I do know when the
058time was up and I was saying saying it next at this time we have John Pinkerton hi guys yes go ahead thank you president when Council Ramos comes in the room things kind of stop so what we got here guys I'm just going to address the elephant in the room there's there's two for and two against on the uh with the legal thing to continue on with it the judge is ruled there's Michael he wants him here the judge said he needs to be here he was elected and he needs to be here now do we want to spend 2 $50,000 more dollars to get him off here well that's you because I don't think the community is going to support that and the most of the folks in this room are not going to
059support that I got a this is my union shirt I'm a proud Union member and I have a good retirement because the union took care of me so I'm I know there's two teachers up here three teachers because Michael's a teacher too and uh I don't think you need to be attacking one of our own I've known Michael since he was a substitute teacher and then we worked together very closely at Silverado High School and for 20 years I've seen his passion for young people he works with the cadets to this day for 20 years him and I worked with uh with the cadets at Silverado High School and he worked with Cadets all over the state he loves young people I appreciate you talking while I'm talking I didn't talk while you were talking
060I heard you so folks you got a decision to make tonight do you continue on with what you were doing you spent $250,000 at the community's war chest to take care of young people are you going to use 250,000 more to unseat this guy I hope you don't it's not the right thing it's not the right thing for the kids it's not the right things for the community and it's going to send the wrong message to the entire area that you don't honor what the community wants the community picked him and if the community decides in four more years that he's not the guy Michael will step aside because he's an American and that's what Americans do time up time is up at this time we have Deborah Phillips good evening again I'm here I'm
061not my fish compassion I'm here present myself good evening board superintendent and cabinet it's nice to see you the full board in person and not just on the web I'm here to discuss possible losses the district may may not face number one a brown act issue with the lack of easy access to your your agenda on the website it's hidden down a rabbit hole still even this last one it needs to be prominently spayed on your front page per the law supposed to be that way January 1 2019 two the ease of comments public comments youve made it hard for the public to communicate with you and with the board the LA City Council has got in trouble with this many times and have been sued make it easier for the public communicate with you
062that's you're here for them it shouldn't be this complicated you shouldn't have to wait till the end of the meeting to talk things with you um on top of it the lack of discretion of District funds I'm going attack you one of your own Bo board members remember the American principal innocent until proen guilty he's innocent until you prove him guilty in laot court of law that has yet to be done treat him as such thank [Applause] you next speaker at this time we have Angeli jolly hey welcome um trustees cabinet thank you for having me you have to speak into the mic Miss charie thanks okay so um just refuting something that I heard what Miss Jones is implying was never affirmed by Mrs Raider it was a personal conversation more than a year
063ago reflecting Rumors in our district Rumors in our district and they were unfounded now a second thing that I want to refute that I found out after being at the court that was public because yes I did attend the hearing and I do want to know what's going on in our district because it means a lot to me here we have it superintendent Michael Krauss this was given to him which is a compass October 2023 from aenna Happy Boss's Day I appreciate your support and Leadership thank you for being a great boss with that said I'll move on thank you for um whoops oh no no no I'm here to address another matter of s significance concern one that affects not only the found functioning of our school board but also the trust and respect
064that our community places in us that matter is the issue of censorship specifically actions taken by the board president to silence or limit the voices of fellow board members as Representatives each of you on this board has a responsibility to act the best interest of the students parents and staff in our district by censoring elected board members the member is censoring the voices that elected them the power of free speech and open dialogue is essential for fulfilling the responsibility it is through constructive debate sharing diverse perspectives and holding each other accountable that we arrive at the best decisions for our schools when one board member particularly the board president takes it upon themselves to censor or suppress the opinions of others it undermines the foundation of our Democratic process censorship of any kind within this
065body is detrimental to the transparency fairness and open communication that our community deserves it is important to understand this that this disagreement and differing opinions are not only normal they are healthy our strength lies in our ability to disagree respectfully to challenge ideas and to consider various viewpoints points before making decisions my stifling debate we run the risk of making choices that do not reflect the full range of our community's needs in recent months your con your constituents have witnessed instan instances where the board president has limited the ability of the board members to speak freely either by cutting off debates prematurely or muting them alog together by discouraging members from expressing their thoughts on important issues this is a troubling Trend it creates an atmosphere where board members feel silenced and the public May
066begin to question whether their voices are truly being heard this situation Al also sends a dangerous message to our students that certain voices and ideas are not worthy of being heard I ask that you all reflect on the role that each of you play on us in this board and the importance of fostering a culture of mutual respect and collaboration the presid president of the board is tasked with facilitating discussions time is up thank you [Applause] at this time we have Lisa Martinelli good evening everyone thank you for allowing me to speak here tonight each of you has a role keep the clerk in his role by allowing him the reading of the president's public comment directions in instead of your board representative break the trend from the previous administration trusty Webster's request for an
067item to be placed on the board agenda for a legal audit has still not been posted I look forward and so does she look forward to working together in a way that values the contributions of every board member and fosters the environment of respect understanding and cooperation now to continue on with mine I stand here to discuss a critical issue that has impacted our students our Educators and the Integrity of our district this issue revolves around the actions of former trustee Turner which have led to significant waste School takeover and abuse within our system under the previous leadership we have witnessed a decline in the quality of our educational environment our students have suffered due to specifically a lack of essential resources for instance internet access technology infrastructure and equipment in addition students sa safety
068is also plummeted Mesa Linda Middle School had no support from the previous administration from lack of suspensions and lack of support for expulsions many teachers and students feel less safe in their classrooms so much so that many teachers felt forced to leave mid year the these are not just inconveniences they are fundamental components of a modern education without these tools our students are at a severe disadvantage unable to compete in an increasingly Digital World moreover the turmo turmoil caused by the previous administration's actions fostered a con constant battle between the union and the district it was disheartening to see such Discord especially when prior to their tenure our district enjoyed a more stable and supportive environment we had safer schools a favorable relationship with our teachers and automatic cost of living adjustments that ensured our
069staff was fairly compensated our health care was free a benefit that allowed our Educators to focus on what matters most teaching students we found ourselves in a situation where trust once existed had been eroded the lack of collaboration caused a huge problem but I just want to say as we um things are already looking up under the leadership of Dr Walker and Dr Doon and many of the people in the cabinet that was a nice presentation uh the beyond the bell idea uh we see some exciting new Enterprises the beyond the bell idea is awesome we are looking forward to the district leveraging our talents and passions thank you [Applause] at this time we have um Gabe [Applause] Reyes trustees cabinet superintendent thank you so much for and teachers and members of the audience thank
070you so much for being here this evening my name is Gab Reyes and I have the honor to be able to serve as the mayor for the great city of alant and as a parent I'm saddened and I'm bothered because you spend a lot of time and a lot of resources on a matter that should be privately and it's affecting the ability for you five to do what's best for our children and our teachers we have teachers who work long hours already and do the best that they can to serve our kids and they're here on their own time to support someone who they believe can help lead this trust this board this school district in the right direction we're spending resources on legal matters that could be allocated to other areas it was brought
071to my attention yesterday at my SST meeting that I had my youngest son Cameron who was here with me because I picked them up from Aya who it took him eight months to be able to get a scheduled meeting for SST and it was brought to to my attention that that was modified about a year ago about a year ago your superintendent was let go so it's bothersome that these things happened and now it's directly affecting my household and others his last his first meeting was in August August 4th no August 14th I believe it was and the next meeting was yesterday so I ask you the funds that were being questioned and being moved around to try to be creative and trust me I get budget issues trust me I understand Bud budget issues
072but maybe we should give our superintendent the ability to be able to have a Consulting service budget it's something the my city manager has been able to use to be able to keep costs down and still be able to bring in the services that are needed my younger son he does have some learning difficulties in making the proper connections as he grows he had a horrible kindergarten teacher and just I'm being a parent and had some difficulties in his first grade year before he transferred over to to to George Elementary now the part that bothers me as a parent is that why did it take so long if SST is an important department and it's supposed to help our children at that young age we shouldn't be going August September October November December January February
073March to have a meeting if statistics show that children who do not read well or are able to read adequately at a third grade level then at that age them have a higher incarceration rate then have a higher opportunity to get into gangs and other issues why are we not focusing on them in their development at the young age these are questions that you have to deal with on a regular basis but we shouldn't be focusing on these things on other things when we have issues internally when it comes to the well-being of our children right I'm bringing this in under potential litigation because these things can't happen parents can't be bothered by the proper SST Services by no means am I saying that I'm going to do that what I'm saying is that things
074things should be looked at thank you so much D thank you okay now now it's time to re re recess to close session I need a mo motion Webster I motion to recess to close session okay and I need a sec second love frenchise second okay I will call for the vote truste so SoDo Soo I trusty Krauss Krauss I trusty Webster Webster I trusty left French left French I trusty Stewart says I Mo motion passes 5 Z the time is now SE 74 thank thank you [Music] for [Music] for [Music] for [Music] a [Music] for [Music] for [Music] for [Music] for [Music] good [Music] for [Music] for [Music] for [Music] for [Music] in [Music] n [Music] n [Music] for [Music] e okay um we are at 8 uh re re reconvene to O open
075S session 8.01 call to order 802 roll roll call and Quorum estab establishment I will go go ahead and take take rooll trusty so SoDo Soo present trusty Krauss kuss present trusty Webster Webster present trusty love French love French present trusty Stewart present the time is now 828 okay go going on to nine close s session re report I do have a report out um okay so on M M employ employee dis discipline dismissal release per pursuant to government code section 54957 um in close SE session the board took action to release the fall following admin administrative employee from the indicated position effective June thir 30th 2025 and reassign them to a classroom room teaching position or other certificated position for the 2025 2026 school year pursuant to Edge Education Code SE section 44 951
076and D directed The Su superintendant or design to S send out a appropriately leag legal not notices employee num number 164 assistant principal the um TR trustee Webster Mo motion truste so SoDo seconded and there were five eyes and no nose so the mo motion passed five zero so that's that all right go go going on to 10 P public test testimony do do we have any speak speakers and I need TR trila French one one more time to please re read the blur I'm on it thank you thank you the public comment period is administrated by state law and is the Appo in the meeting set aside for members of the public to share their opinions with the board open meeting laws do not permit the board to engage in dialogue or answer questions
077any person who wishes to address the governing board on Open Session agenda and non-agenda items only must complete a golden rod speaker form and submit it to the assistant to the superintendent before the meeting is called to order um the Board of Trustees values public comments and although the Board of Trustees cannot take action or discuss items not on the agenda the Board of Trustees listens carefully and appreciate input from the public additionally a public speaker can be cut off for exceeding the allotted time or for willfully causing an actual disruption to the meeting before cutting a person off or removing someone the board will give at least one clear warning if you were cut off or warned last time please consider that your warning individual speakers are allowed three minutes to address the board
078on each Open Session agenda item the board limits the total time for public input on each item to 20 minutes with board consent the president may increase or decrease the time allowed for public presentations depending on the topic and the number of persons wishes to be heard the president may take a poll of speakers for or against a particular issue and may ask that additional person speak only if they have something new to add thank you uh do do we have a rep representative from a a DTA csca okay do we have a audience me Members thank you president Stuart yes we do at this time we call on Lisa Martinelli boy I just keep finding myself up here so thank you again for the opportunity to speak I just wanted to make it clear
079that I am in support of all teachers and people who work in this district and all students it is true that I did vote to endorse Krauss as did most of the teachers at my school it was almost unanimous in fact um when we voted as a body though the decision was made not to do so by a count of maybe six votes so it was about half and half it was my opinion that the 17 years under truste Turner much of what was wonderful in our district was turned into a disaster we lost a school to parent trigger so many of us truly believed that cross would be a better choice I had no real idea that anything was a Miss though during the election there were certain questions that arose such as the
080fact that this T was filed in the midst of an election and there were tens of thousands of dollars claimed in overtime by the ones who filed and none of the evidence presented was anything more than circumstantial and when I raised concerns and asked questions I was kind of surprised because I was met with hostility and name calling and I I had not decided one way or another but this raised red flags for me and rather than receiving answers I was called names this reaction only deepen my deep in my resolve to seek the truth so I don't support harassment at all in any form but I also abore false convictions all are innocent until proven guilty and not convicted by the court of public opinion in my pursuit of understanding I attended Court hearings
081to witness the proceedings myself and what I found was that there was no substantial evidence and that was what was alarming to me instead the focus shifted to a fishing fishing Expedition that talked about medical records because of a mandated um a mandated request for the a trustee to attend a doctor's appointment a a psychiatric appointment and it seems like I was taken back to the movie Minority Report because it was brought up that there was a threat of possible future harm what in the world is that please if there is evidence show it if not let's get done with this let's respect each other and love each other the way that we are supposed to do and love our students as I do thank you Gabriel Reyes is that the organization one or the
082personal one it's organiz okay trustees cabinet superintendent thank you so much for having us having me this afternoon this evening uh I'm here on behalf of the alalo he football and cheer program that we just started here in the city of adanto um it is a youth football and cheer program that we're starting here uh becoming the official feeder program for our amazing high school that we have here in atanto and we're starting this year with two well technically three Sports tackle football uh girls flag football as well as cheer and the goal of the organization is to ultimately evolve and become a overall Sports organization and I wanted just to start the conversations early because when it comes to Parks obviously in adanto uh they are limited and and we're most definitely working on
083that to to grow and have access there but some of the things we want to do next year is add on additional Sports and we're looking at adding on uh basketball for boys and girls and then we want to add on soccer soccer afterwards right so I know that there are plenty of gymnasiums in some of our schools so myself and the president the commiss commissioner were wanting to start those conversations on what can we possibly do in regards to be able to use potentially the gymnasiums for basketball uh and not have to be so dependent on the high school with their seasons and other things I know that the Aya programs have started uh basketball triout so I think it's awesome we'd love to be able to potentially be in collaboration uh to have
084maybe the season run with them for some of the programs but one of the biggest things that we're doing is to really trying to bring Youth Sports um and keep our kids here in atlanto if you look at lot of the star athletes that do go to Oak Hills High School a lot of them live here in our city right so we have amazing talent amazing kids that are gifted that are doing great things in other areas being able to keep them at our amazing High School is one of the goals that we want to be able to achieve and having talented kids excel in sports helps them stay here at our high school um in regards to that we are having a community heat Day on June 28th and uh we're incorporating a mud
085run to open it up to the community the city has become a sponsor to support that and one of the things that I would like to ask if it's if you guys can bring it up for discussion if you guys are able to do things we don't want to charge the kids to be able to be a part of it right to embrace that mud run so if there's any type of sponsorship opportunity that the district could have or we can just say hey all alant Elementary School District kids are able to come and participate for free uh we are using that as a fundraiser because overall as a program we are going to have to raise about $80,000 for uniforms shoulder pads um helmets uh field usages and so forth right so those are
086just some of the things that we're looking to do being able to have more things and more resources for our kids um is ultimately why we're looking at doing this this organization so June 28th is the day that we're going to be having that um it will be at the atanto stadium and we will be finishing the day with ala for those of you who don't know my wife is samon um so we're going to be finishing it off with the bang and having an amazing polyan low here at the stadium so thank you so much for all your support and continue to do a great job thank [Applause] you um Mr Reyes you this is self okay so on this one um I wanted to come and just give a couple of uh of
087updates to our trustees cabinet and uh superintendent in regards to the city uh so now the mayor hat is on and um Wanted just to share some things that we have in our pipeline like if you've noticed we do have some major construction going on on adalanta road uh that is we are installing an 18-inch high pressure water line to be able to uh connect to our Wastewater facility here off Auburn once that is completed I believe the first week of April is when it's projected you will be seeing a groundbreaking project for Value windows and doors that's going to be a 600,000 foot facility that's going to be bring in a lot of robotic jobs here to the city of atanto uh once it's complete once that water pressure is complete the fire department
088will be able to uh sign off on the the necessary water pressure to be able to have that so we're excited about those jobs that are coming along uh this year we also have in the final phases about 300 uh more homes that are going to be breaking ground uh directly behind George and also off of raccoon and Chamberlain right so obviously homes are great for all of us especially for the school district because that brings in bodies that brings in kids right so uh we're looking at just continue to trying to grow the city and do those uh just get those things done right uh in regards to the Mojave uh Lewis group shopping center uh like you see the gas station and community store is complete the car wash should be complete uh
089by the end of this month and then we're going to be breaking ground on a McDonald's Starbucks and two additional uh shopping centers two additional plots right retail spaces that are going to be there so we have a lot of activity and traction going on off of Mojave and 395 um Capital Improvement projects that we have on our on our on our capital provance list is uh Eric expressway from 395 West over to Raccoon uh then we also have rabina from Mojave South to palmdell for 2026 and then we're looking at doing senica from Highway 395 all the way west to uh Asher right so some of the things that we would love to be able to discuss and uh and also incorporate the school district is potentially some of the the bus roads some
090of the bus roads right um one of the biggest things that we want to do is just the bus routes when it comes to the kids right um try to have them forget the horrible pass of the bumpy and crazy roads of adanto uh we do have a lot of uh Capital Improvement projects when it comes to safe routs to school so any type of collaboration that we can do and working together um the school district does receive about 60% of uh of of of all the funding right when it comes to our budgeting and things of that sort so want to just what whatever type of collaboration and Partnerships it is that we can do with safe R of school and any additional things please let us know we want to most definitely have
091the best interest in mind as well and uh continue to work on the relationship with the school district and the city so we can continue to impact the lives of all the residents here in nanto so thank you so much and you guys have a great rest of [Applause] evening at this time we have mayor protim Daniel Ramos all right great evening uh trustees and uh superintendent cabinet everybody in attendance today uh Daniel Ramos your mayor proen for the amazing city of adanto here tonight first and foremost before I I speak on the first uh item that I wanted to speak on I want to wish all the amazing women that are sitting on this body and board all the amazing women in attendance all the amazing women that that's throughout our district and our
092communities a a happy women's History Month uh thank than you for everything that you guys do for uh for our communities for our schools and definitely for our our homes so round of applause for for all of you thank you um tonight I just wanted to speak a little bit uh kind of to piggyback a little bit off what Miss U mayor Reyes was talking about is um towards the later part of last year the city we started a program called think outside the box and what we were doing with that program is we were bringing and embracing artwork creativity and history to to our to our utility boxes throughout the uh throughout the city um hopefully you guys have seen uh the three that we've already done the closest is right here on the
093corner of uh Adelanto Road and air Expressway where it's uh it displays our our logo and our seal of the city of Adelanto kind of with the sunset um the second one my personal favorite is on the corner of uh Highway 18 Palo Road and 395 which uh which is a portrait of our founder uh Mr Richardson uh the hot iron which he created then sold the GE and used that money to purchase the city of adanto and it also incorporates some some pear Orchards and different types of fruit orchards that adelanta was known for in in the past the third one was it is is at our newest Park here on the corner of Jonathan and uh Chamberlain that one was pretty cool because what we did for our groundbreaking uh of the park
094is the kids that were in attendance with their parents um the artist basically put paint all over their hands and made a pretty cool design using all the hands of all the guests that were at the at the groundbreaking so you know our our purpose for that one our goal with that one was you know if you were there and you were five six years old you'd be able to hopefully come back 10 15 years from now and see your little handprint that you know now as an adult so it was really was really fun to incorporate the community and gather the community to to create that project um so we want to move forward with with creating more uh utility boxes covering more utility boxes with artwork um the city we are going to
095be committing to doing another four boxes throughout the different part portions of the city um however we thought it'd be a good idea to reach out to um the ele the elementary school district to to see to ask respectfully request and ask for a little bit of money right nothing too crazy we're looking at about2 to $3,000 to potentially do two to three utility boxes um and incorporate the you know different ideas that we're able to based stuff you know what what you guys are wanting to see potentially using the district logo the seals um some of the other elementary schools that are in our district and in our city incorporating their logos their mascots things like that um I think it'll be it'll be it'll be a great idea to get you guys involved
096um we will be reaching out to the high school as well so whatever information I need or whoever I need to speak to to carry out the request please let me know okay time times out thank you okay protim Ramos you yeah you're back up again General comments okay thank you again uh trustees superintendent uh cabinet now I'm speaking mayor proam hatoff and uh a resident um father and newly hired uh substitute employee for our amazing uh adanto Elementary School District um just a couple General comments um I try and do feel like I do a really really great job at trying to stay out of the lot of negative stuff that goes on that he said she said he did she she did stuff that goes on throughout you know our city and the
097surrounding cities um because of that I do apologize in advance if I'm not up to dat or up to speed on on things that are going on or what was going on during close session or whatnot um I don't know a lot about that stuff and I choose not to um there are three things that I really do know about right now that I want to just share with this body um number one a young lady alluded to it earlier today um a full body is a beautiful body a beautiful powerful thing to see I wish you guys could see what I see sitting out here um it's it's it's you guys stand for something you represent something right you you're showing something when you guys are a full body you're showing that what really
098matters is is our children and our kids and what you guys are here to do um that's the first thing the second thing I know from my 15 years of of of military experience is probably one of the hardest things to do in life is to work with somebody or with people that you potentially maybe don't like don't want to work with don't really care too much about it's hard it's difficult I know that I do it every single day right but that's what why you guys are in the positions that you're in right now because you guys are able to do that I know you're able to do that whether you choose to do it or not it's a different conversation that we can have at a later time the third thing is I've
099spent the last month substituting at three elementary schools in our district we have without a doubt some amazing amazing students and kids in our schools I haven't even been to all of them I can't wait to go to all of them the three that I've been to I'm I'm loving it I'm loving it there there's so many Future Leaders in our schools right we need to figure out please figure out a way to work together move forward and do what you guys are elected what you've been elected to do right if we don't if we do not choose to move forward right the ones that suffer are those kids those are the ones that truly suffer and now we are going to be the ones responsible for the suffering so please whatever we need to
100do let's please move forward thank you for your time thank you for your energy that's all I got Marcus Coleman hi um thank you guys for having me up here I do want to say this is Delila right here okay and you guys know exactly who she is and I'm very extremely disgusted with the board with anybody that had anything to do with sending a message asking who she is why she was in the car where she was going my daughter has nothing to do with anything that goes on here at all so for people to private message us to ask who is she how is she related whose business is it I don't know whose kids you guys have I don't know if you can have kids if you want kids or anything like
101that that's nobody's business that's you guys' personal stuff this is personal so for you guys to sit here and take something that has to do with you guys here and turn it personal to sit there and start deducting his wages because of whatever it is that happened to make it to the point that he can't sit there and support his family that's bullying that's that's all it is bullying and you guys sit here with something that's televised for all these kids that you guys talk about we're for the children we're for the children no you're not not even a little bit to sit here and show them that you guys can bully a person to do what it is that you guys want them to do that is not the way to raise a kid
102at all I have step kids and I have my own kids nine all together and I would never ever teach them to bully somebody to get what they want that's exactly what you guys are doing to him to sit there and send him to an event and to take away his PRM for him to sit there and have to ask somebody for money for a hotel room for fuel for whatever everybody else got what they needed to get how is it that he's the only person that didn't get it makes no sense at all and I'm sorry that I'm looking at just YouTu it's just you guys are right here in front of me but this is directed at everybody I don't understand how you guys get away with it and for somebody who has
103a voice do you guys do that too I can only imagine to the people that don't have voices to the people that can't come up here and stand up here because they're in fear of what they're going to lose because he got fired as a teacher if I was a teacher I wouldn't come up here and say anything for what to lose my job no and that's exactly what you guys are doing you guys are putting fear in everybody else to come up here and say something yet you guys have a me too movement because you guys support them they weren't out here when everybody else was out here during close section no they were in the back in a locked room where nobody else had access we weren't invited to this locked room to
104go sit there and talk with people or anything it's biased you guys sit there and you guys create this little group of people and as long as you guys are against Krauss you guys are okay you guys are fine by me but the minute you guys guys have something wrong to say about him then what what happens then all of a sudden somebody agrees with what it is that he's doing or they say he's a good guy all of a sudden they're they're the bad person now that makes no sense at all Unity that's not here at [Applause] all Deborah Jones good evening Madame President board members superintendent Walker and cabinet um first of all I I was saddened to hear what the gentleman before us as daughter uh he and his daughter have experienced
105um he's correct that shouldn't have taken place but now let's talk about bullying it's not just about the bodies behind the deis I certainly don't want any of you gone that's not the point but I am I but bullying began when Mr Krauss sought to be an abuser and use his power to abuse employees to stalk to threaten to cause them to live in fear um so just to continue where I left off before close session it is intuitively obvious what is really going on with Mr Krauss and trusty Webster seeking to remove the three attorneys suffice it to say that the district wouldn't have incurred those legal bills absent the need created by Mr Krauss himself it is really disingenuous to suggest that no money should be spent in the protection of employees of
106this District I have heard the board president herself say that teachers ought to feel safe in their classrooms and you know what that is 100% true and you know who El should feel safe those three women those three women that are exceptional executive assistants and I do want to express my sincere gratitude for Z La assistant to the superintendent and ireri Peralta and Sandra Alo having authored this board's first governance handbook I had the distinct privilege of training her in parliamentary rule this board's policies and procedures and the profound importance of her role with the board especially during public meetings when she is Duty bound to interpret policies and regulations to officials staff and the public her dedication and expert te are invaluable to this board the public and to the district overall I had
107expected to see her here tonight but I can certainly understand that being here tonight would have been frightening for her can you imagine being put in a position where you need to sit next to your abuser to correct the record Mrs Raider who taught my son for years in my home as a home Hospital student was not sharing rumor with me she was telling her personal observations that she saw between Mr Krauss and trusty Webster 30 seconds thank you I just want to close with we are to love one another but this woman and Christian will stand against those who oppress others we are to stand in support of those who are being oppressed and violated it is sad to see that we have employees that are valuable that cannot sit in their seat seats
108here because of fear thank you thank you okay Mo moving on we will go on to 11 ad adoption of the Min minutes um 11.01 board Min minutes approve as WR written and Order filled regular board me meeting men minutes of Tuesday Fe Fe February 25th 2025 I need a mo motion to approve I motion to approve K all second okay frch okay um I will take the vote uh trusty so SoDo SoDo I trusty Krauss Krauss I trusty Webster n trusty love French I trustey Steward I say I Mo motion P passes 41 um 12 con consent agen agenda we are taking I items 12.02 through 12.22 does any trustee want to pull an item Madame President 12.11 12 11 okay that's it for cross thank you there any other tr trusty have an
109i item to pull trusty Webster I'd like to pull 12.19 any others okay um um so I need a mo motion to approve the remain remaining cons consent aen agenda I items M minus 12.11 and 12.19 trusty Webster I motion to approve the remaining of the consent agenda with the exclusion of 12.11 and 12.19 I need a sec second so all a second okay I'll call for the vote uh trusty so SoDo so do I trusty Krauss kuss I trusty Webster Webster I trusty left French left French I trusty stor I motion passes five Z zero okay so now we're going to go on to third 13 it items removed from the consent agenda uh we're going to go on on to 121 11 I I need a motion to approve grow sign motion to
110approve I I need a sec second left French I second okay we're o open for discussion thank you madam president I just pulled this item to again not to belabor the point but there's another $20,000 in legal fees on here and that's all I just wanted to bring about we've heard that uh our special ed department needs some money to help us assist our special ed parents and I just feel that that money would be better served there but that's all I have thank you okay I'll call for the vote trusty so SoDo Soo I uh trusty I'm sorry I lost the thing Krauss Krauss nay trusty web Webster Webster nay trusty love French love French I trusty Stewart I MO motion P passes 32 going on to 12.19 approve approval of the 2024 2025
111vocational Ed education Sal salary SK schedule I need a mo motion to uh approve uh Madam president I motion that we approve with the correction on the PDF file we have board approved March 11th 2025 uh it needs to be corrected to March 11th 20 2024 to 2025 excuse me so I motion that we approve with with that correction trusty Webster I would like to uh table make a motion to table okay well which which which one should we do with the Cur correction or the tape tap I would just like to go on record and say that not only is it 2024 but in paragraph H it also reflects 2020 21 um and this is a very vague vocational education teaching salary schedule that only applies to Cadet core teachers I feel this deserves
112a deeper look well can can we let open up for dis discuss discussion and then we'll move on so um let's start with the approve with cor correction we'll open up up for dis discuss discussion and then go from there can can I get a sec second please steart second okay I'll give it give it to love love French okay now we're open for discuss discussion yeah um and maybe someone can speak a little bit better to this but after reviewing this I I did have a lot of um concerns especially in just the wording of it and the um display of it it goes on to say vocational education teacher salary schedule for the atlanto elementary school district my understanding is this is only being applied to the cadet core teachers within our district
113additionally as trusty sto pointed out it said board approved March 11th 2024 um in paragraph H it does reflect 2020 to 21 school year and shall continue and I just have a lot of uh concerns about it and I hope that you know these these can be addressed thank you for your questions um trusty Webster I'm going to pass it over to the assistant soup of Human Resources Mr shifflet thank you Dr Walker so the 20212 um that's when the teacher was hired we have one teacher that's a CTE credential teacher that is um doesn't get raises so that's where the 5% comes in um he doesn't get raises like the other AD members in regards to the 20 on the first page of the document is it is March 20 March 11th 20125 and
114I do see what you're saying in regards to board approval on March 11th 2024 so do do we need need to adj adjust the the date or does this still need need to be T table I think that the motion was put on by um by S he took his first to second by me then we take the vote or we the motion was already put out in second I agree I just wanted to add Madam president um you know the concerns are valid and that's why I wanted to make sure that we correct the PDF file to make sure that before we approve it that it is corrected including the the concerns that were brought up including the 2020 through 2021 school year uh which is in paragraph H that also needs to be
115corrected so um yes I I would want to motion that we correct the the PDF file to what was discussed discuss so that it is updated to the correct years from what I un understand the TW 20 2021 school year is when the person start started to to work is that that correct that's correct and they they've been work working all this time and they just have not had a raise and that's what I believe this is can you inform us what schools Cadet Corp is was at in 20 to 21 the the cadet core uh programs are at Mesa and Columbia at this point and I did misspeak in regards to the teacher being from 2021 what was the he's been here since what year 23 this year this year okay okay so that
116will need to be corrected as well correct okay okay and then is there any way to cuz at the top it says atlanto Elementary salary schedule vocational education teacher um since this is only applying to one teacher and not even a teacher within our district is that a fair representation of this contract a vocational teacher is a CT teacher so it is a accurate representation of it okay okay so why don't we just go go ahead and tape table it to make the corrections okay I mean if yeah if we need to table it to correct it uh yeah I was motioning that we approve to approve it corrected um but if we want to table it I as long as it's correct I think that's the main concern here is that we want to
117make sure that the numbers are updated that's all so do we not vote on what Soo already put out there and then have another MO there's a mo motion to approve with the corrections of the date that was the issue um started the motion okay we could just bring it you you've confused me now because we already have a motion out there we need to vote on this motion whether we vote yes or no on it and then move forward so if it drops then it has to come back anyway because we already voted no which is what um trusty Webster is actually saying but the motion is already out there we have to vote on that and then we could subsequently it'll come back um the way Webster is putting it to where we
118need to we need more clarification but we have to finish the vote that's already out there all right I will take take a vote on the motion that's out out there TR trusty so SoDo Soo I trusty Krauss cross nay trusty web Webster Webster nay trusty La French La French nay okay trustee stored i m motion fa fails to three so then do we want to go with the new motion or just bring let's let's just bring bring it back and go go on we'll just bring it back come back to it later okay going on to for 14 new new bu business uh for 14.01 go work workshops uh this agend agenda is for the chesties to dis discuss and select dates to SK schedule the go governance work workshops I need a mo
119motion to approve left frch I motion to approve I need need a sec SEC second storeart I SEC second we're o open up for discuss discussion so we we brought this on so that the board could have a disc discussion about we need need to agree on a date so that we we can have a work workshop a qu questionnaire went out and I know that I filled it out with the Veil able dates did the the the other chur trustees fill it out I filled out my part too and I did say that I'm am available on Saturdays I half the time I don't get up the heill until after 6 o'clock um so to have board governance workshops that's starting at 4:30 or 5 then um I'm not available it's between me and
120the k pass so that's why I voted for Saturdays I like sat s Saturdays too we we don't have have to R rush through it we again to have the work workshop be before a board meet meet meeting means that I got to try to leave leave work and ESP especially now where we're so close to T testing I just cannot miss work so I like the the week we weekends I'm always pre pre prepared I am in full support for a Saturday board workshop with the issue of March having conflicting times uh March is kind of phasing out to be a difficult month for the weekends for me so I requested from Dr Walker that um at least for me either Zoom or we look at April dates to give us a little better
121planning time to make arrangements to be here okay um how how about a April 5th no oh we're we're we're not go going to to agree we're just going to dis discuss but I know that I'm fine with with with that a April would would actually work better better for me again we're just good up for this discuss discussion yeah so can I just yes chime in for a second um so am I hearing correctly that we're not going to do any March dates if if um truste Webster can come virtually if she can make that happen in March um which she did ask about is that something that is still that we can still keep on the table uh March 15th is things have come up so we still have March 22nd as an
122option no that's coming right after um during um spring break so now for April March is gone now another item to consider is 6 to 8:30 on Thursdays since coming up the hill at 5 we can work for you and then we can look at dates in April I just want to make sure that we all understand that we're looking at April yeah I agree uh I would like for us to have one in March of course in April the more the merrier um we have a a board meeting scheduled for next week that's going to be cancelled um I'm not sure if the board um would be willing to replace it for board governance Workshop that's an idea um but yeah I would like for us to have one in March I was I
123wanted one I wanted us to have one in February um so if people can join virtually and their trustees are willing are willing to join virtually I think they should be given that opportunity Madam president when yes if I may I do appreciate the offer of Saturdays uh they would work best best from my schedule as we've heard from council member Ros about Unity on the board and and this is just again the way my opinion is until District's litigation against me is settled I I don't know that the entire board will be able to have unifying conversations and move this District forward as much as I more than anybody want that to happen as long as that is hanging out there it is a concern of mine uh before we all try to get
124together and pretend to Kum bya um I won't pretend but I just feel that the sincerity of some people may not be genuine uh in a board Workshop again until this matter has been settled and so um I I agree with Saturday's but again until this litigation is is completed that is just my concern thank you well we still have to schedule so let's just we'll try another another date I think for now I think this has been talked up and we'll just try try again um so that was not this was just supposed to be it was just supposed to be does it oh okay we need need to select a date but I think April 1 would be a good time it's on a sat Saturday it gives us time to set up
125April 1st or April 5th 5th did did I say say first I'm sorry I meant fifth the a fools I'm TI tired so Fifth and yeah not Avail um how about a April 12th 12th I will work on making myself available for either okay 12th yes 12th I can do any date yes Madam president that attentively works for me as well thank you okay yes okay so let's go go go ahead so the board has April the 12th does that mean we all have the ability you to do by Zoom we should be a I would say we should be able to yeah I think yes so so we we could actually meet okay okay all right um uh so let's we agree to meet on a April 12th in per person or by by
126Zoom um so I will take a vote uh trusty so SoDo SoDo I trusty Krauss Krauss I trusty web Webster Webster I trusty love La French French I trusty stor I Mo motion passes five Z zero uh before we move move on we need need to extend the meet meeting trusty we I motion to extend till 10 p.m. okay Webster to 10 I need a sec SEC second store ICT second now we need need a vote uh trusty so so SoDo we didn't have enough time last time no trusty Krauss Krauss no okay trusty web Webster Webster I trusty love French love French no okay trusty stor I so we will not not extend so we need well I would like to motion that we extend to 10:30 Madam president instead of okay all right
127so the first one fa failed Soo says to 30 I need a sec second gr I second okay I'm gonna take take the vote uh trusty so so soo soo I trusty Krauss Krauss I trusty web Webster Webster nay trusty la la French no oh great it's up to me trusty Steward nay so we'll end at [Music] 9330 so let's do for 14.3 trustees I need a mo motion to to approve approve the F fiscal year 2024 25 SEC second in inum F Financial re report love brinch I motion to approve I need a second Webster I second okay we're open for discuss discussion hearing none call the vote uh trusty so soo soo I trusty Krauss uh I'm I'm sorry I do apologize did we skip 14.02 oh sh Zoom meetings Madam president sorry
128about that before we voted on this one I do apologize okay let's vote vote on this and then I'll T table the the other one okay uh kuss I trusty web Webster Webster name trusty La French L French I Rusty stored I motion P passes 41 go going back to for 14.02 Board of TR trustees I Mo motion I need need a motion to T table somebody Mo motion Webster I motion to table okay love French I second okay we're open for discussion we have to call the vote there's no discussion call the vote thank you trusty so SoDo SoDo I trusty Krauss kuss I trusty web Webster Webster I trusty love French love French I st I motion passes 5 z z trusty Webster I'm okay where is where is it we're at 15.01
129sorry I didn't skip it so I guess we're not okay let's go go on um 15 we're at uh po policy in introductions updates and read read reading some some someone please Mo motion Webster I motion to approve so all second we're open for discuss discussion hearing none call for the vote chusty so so SoDo SoDo I trusty Krauss Krauss I trusty web Webster Webster I trusty L French French I trusty stored Mo motion passes 5 Z zero Go no it's not uh 15.2 trustees I I need a a mo motion to adopt and approve the second read of the admin administrate straight of 6158 I need a mo motion Webster I motion to approve I need a sec second franchise second okay call for the vote trusty so so Sodom I trusty Krauss kuss
130I trusty web Webster Webster I trusty la la French I trusty stor motion passes five z z uh 16 go go governing board me Members reports if you're going to say something can can we like a agreed to to a minute minute or two I'll be fast so that we we can leave leave on time yeah uh first I want to first I wanted to highlight the progress we made with a Learners collaborative initiative um our initiative continues to bring the community together and keep everyone engaged with our mission values and vision I truly appreciate the conversations I've had with parents teachers and community members hearing from you helps me serve more effectively and I always welcome those discussions whether they happen to be in a meeting at a school event or I'm you know
131just out grabbing coffee and suddenly find myself you know in town city hall or somewhat you all really know how to keep me on my toes speaking of community on March 2nd I had the opportunity to attend the high desert Chamber of Commerce annual aair and I'll be honest I didn't expect to have as much fun as I did it had great energy uh great people and honestly some pretty great food and yes I may have spent more time at the food vendors more than I should have but in all seriousness it was all an amazing event and I'm already looking forward to uh attending next year I also want to share a quick update about the office of trustee Miguel stto which I introduced on social media last November it is a nonprofit effort
132focused on community engagement and transparency the official website was supposed to launch by but thanks to some technical difficulties and probably a very slow moving domain transfer process it's been slightly delayed but but we will uh but don't worry it's still happening um in the meantime I'll be sharing updates through my personal social media so please stay tuned now I won't pretend that everything on this board has been smooth sailing governance challenges happen it's part of working in a group with strong perspectives but I believe we're more than capable of moving forward it's going to take some homework patience and maybe a group of karaoke night to break the tension but I know we'll get there on a lighter note I recently had a great conversation with the teacher it was really positive insightful discussion
133and just a reminder for me on how I value oneon-one conversations whether it's about deep policy conversation or just chatting about school life I always appreciate the chance to listen and to learn thank you for my report that's all and my door is always open um at least my inboxes thank you TR trusty Krauss yes thank you 30 seconds I do appreciate it uh congratulations to all the students this evening and their and the schools that presented also the uh congratulations to all of the employees that have been with the district for a long time uh we've got a lot of things coming up uh we've got of course we won't be here but happy St Patrick's Day we've got Pi Day on 3.14 those you math nerds like me so uh that's coming up
134as well in the Ides of March on March 15th always uh enjoyed doing that as a teacher with my students um as well I also want to say uh Happy International women's day and women's month as we heard earlier uh I have also started a nonprofit for Abused Women and so more to come on that in the future uh and lastly I wanted to say thank you to Jerry uh and blue Knight security for being in our boardroom uh they are escorting me in this evening and out this evening from the board meeting at my request and so they do a great job uh with all of our board meetings and so thank you very much to our security that are here this evening thank you okay TR Rusty web Webster all right so I
135will take the beginning of my speech to say thank you to all of the hardworking dedicated employees that we've recognized in the last two meetings it has been great to honor you and spend that moment with you celebrating your dedication to our district I do want to take another moment and say that I am thankful to Dr Walker and cabinet for bringing the amazing student performances student awards and student um presentations back into the boardroom as it really does set the tone for our board meetings and reminds us of our why I do want to end my comments with this the district is like an well-oiled machine it takes everyone to do their part to help it run properly it takes realizing strengths and confronting weaknesses setting the example with using Integrity respect accountability and
136Trust every position plays an essential role in education from the students to the superintendent and every position in between it is not a pyramid from top to bottom but everyone is vital everyone contributes to the betterment of the kids we are we the board are five individuals and only five individuals who are elected by the people of atlanto Elementary School District to represent the best interests for the dollars and their children we must remember it is a shared effort in sharing the future shaping the future and that requires us taking the initiative to lead with virtue respect Integrity compassion kindness and transparency if one of our well-oiled machine parts fails to adequately come together to work together it is not only felt by others but usually starts to put stress and strain on all other
137parts we can't be working together if we are clearly divided I urge the leadership to remember we are equals no one board member superior to the next it requires all five elected board members to adequately informed and treated equally to run a district thank you and I hope everyone drives Safe chusty LA French it's 9:30 okay thanks a lot okay I um be before we take the vote uh there was a board meet meeting SCH scheduled for net next week it has been can cancelled there is no urge urgent need to have one so we will have our next one on April the eth so we go on to adjournment I need a mo motion to adjourn Webster I a motion to adjourn I need a sec second soort all second uh call for the
138vote so so soo soo I trusty Krauss Krauss I we trusty web Webster Webster I trusty la le French trusty La French trusty stor I motion passes five Z Zero have a good night