Regular Board Meeting

001different things foreign thank you okay foreign thank you I appreciate that in about an hour I'm going to be saying please put it down oh no it's got my dreams Ryan how are you well thank you foreign thank you I'll just make sure they can see right you know just open the window Barbara there's a person we love it right now we love it it's July again I realized it one minute okay it sounds 30 I'm calling to order the uh regular board meeting of the Alum Rock Union Elementary School District Board of Trustees for Thursday July 20th 2023. Marvel will you call the roll today is the regular board meeting of July 20th 23 2023 at 6 30 PM members of a in the of the board in attendance president Min Pam president vice

002president Corina present clerk Andres Quintero president member Linda Chavez president member Andrea Flores Shelton president members of administration superintendent Dr Bauer present okay thank you Mary Bell so with that I'll go to Atlanta acknowledgment Board of Trustees of the Alum Rock Union Elementary School District does hereby acknowledge that the district schools and Facilities sit on the traditional lands at the moment alone people and the board of trust Facebook or acknowledges with respect and River the only people driving the San Francisco Bay area for their stewardship of these lands so with that for you rise and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance of the United States of America and to the Republic for which stands one nation under God individuals okay so with that um you can move two uh 1.02 discussion and modification that

003the agenda is there a request to modify the agenda yes I just wanted to pull 10.05 acceptance of Grant award notification ability to Second Harvest to Cloud some comments okay is there a second uh let's see here any comments by members of the board Shelton yes and my cell phone and eye modification of the agenda is approved so uh item 10.05 will be considered separate from the rest of the consent calendar okay so with that uh we moved to 1.03 welcome an explanation to the audience uh any person may address the board on any item on the meeting agenda persons who wish to speak of an item on the agenda will have an opportunity to do so when that agenda item is introduced and presented during this meeting there's a limit of two minutes for

004each speaker the board has the right to limit total public comment on any agenda item to no more than 20 minutes persons who wish to speak to the board about any manner within the jurisdiction of the district but not on this agenda we'll have an opportunity to speak 39 2.01 on this agendas as stated below and so with that uh Carlos will you please uh provide an explanation to the audience thank you [Music] foreign members of the broad superintendent from public in Spanish [Music] yes [Music] foreign [Music] thank you so much Carlos so what's that we'll move to section two item 2.01 public members who wish to address the board uh public members who wish to address the board on matters done on the agenda request to address the board provides members of the public

005an opportunity to speak on any manner under the jurisdiction of the district but not on this agenda if the subject you wish to discuss is already on this agenda please provide your comment when that item is called during the meeting those who wish to speak on a topic within jurisdiction of the brown act I mean speak on an issue within the jurisdiction of the district the brown act prevents the board from discussing any item not on this published agenda but the board May refer to staff for follow-up any formal written requests that are brought before the board at this time there's a limit of two minutes two minutes for each speaker the board has the right to limit total public comment on any agenda item to no more than 20 minutes for written matters may

006be placed on a future meeting agenda so with that I'll open public comment thank you all right seeing none I'll move to section three comments and communication I am 3.01 Teamsters being there on vacation okay happy vacation I am 3.02 California School Employees Association um I was not able to connect with Sharon today so I'll follow up with her okay I am 3.03 the Alan walk Educators Association Sandra you have the floor hello members of the board superintendent colleagues and fellow educators as we sit here scarily less than 30 days from the start of a new school year it feels so weird to say that um we have a lot of things going on and I just wanted to say you know tomorrow is a really big day for us here in Alum Rock where

007christening and opening the Cesar Chavez Early Learning Center and so that is super exciting and I know that with the Early Education for our youngsters what a benefit for the community that this will be um getting those children in and getting them into the Alum Rock district with the best education and the best Educators here in our district as possible um but as we are coming back we have our we have about 46 so far new teachers that are going to be coming to the new teacher orientation and welcoming them aboard and this is something that's not new for Alum Rock and every year we see this influx of new teachers and new Educators and every year we see a mass Exodus at the end of the year of Educators leaving for other districts and

008as I've taken on this role during the summer I've had a lot of members reach out to me and they were really torn on do I leave because I love the kids and I love the community and I love my fellow colleagues or you know do I stay or do I leave and I tell them that they need to do what is best for them and unfortunately I've lost a lot of close colleagues this year because other districts have already settled their contract and other districts are offering more and so as we venture on to this new school year I would just like to take the time to ask you guys to really look into how we can bring both sides of the table together um our HR department is moving in the right direction

009and is getting everything in order I'm so happy to see that some of the stuff is now going to be digitized and no longer having to do everything via paper while I am a total paper book in hand person I understand that the taxing parts of the environment and also just the convenience of having everything in one place so I'm really looking forward to that and seeing how we're going to roll that out um but with that being said I'm concerned with one of the agenda items that's in the book today which is the approval of a contract to have somebody else come in to continue to do the negotiation negotiating for the district um we have two people in HR they've been there for over a year I would love to have Alum Rock

010use the people that they have hired to perform the job skills that they have hired them for um teachers would probably love to be able to get those extra students in our classroom and ask for extra support and hire people from outside and contract them in to come and help them lower their classroom size and such but we don't get that option so please start to look at how we can save the district money and use the resources that we have the way that we need to use them as we start this school year I'd also like to ask that we take into consideration class size and loading to make it so that the teachers have a smoother transition I know the beginning of the school year is Bumpy and we always have kids coming

011in that we weren't expecting and we have to move them around and shuffle them around but can we really look at the budget this year and look and see how we can figure out to not over impact the classrooms so that towards the end of the school year you're having class sizes of 23 and 24 kids um in the lower grades you know a couple of empty seats especially right now as we're all coming back from unprecedented times still you know a fewer extra students in the classroom means that the educator really gets to spend that time individual with each student really getting to know them and seeing what needs they have and how we can best support them for a successful school year um lastly as I stand before you I'd like to ask

012I did email you guys and send out an invitation to meet for coffee just so that we can get to know each other better and just to sit down and see what direction you as an individual board member would like to see the school district go in and so that we can get to know each other better so I'll send out another email again so please look for that um to touch base and I hope that we all have a very successful school year because this is the last time I'll see you before school starts so thank you Sandra and you did well okay 3.04 Alum rocket administrators Association they're on vacation too happy vacation you know first time you know this is your first at-bat but next year I know you're here Beyond bon

013voyage anyway uh 3.05 super 10 Bower welcome Sandra to the role of uh area president I think we're gonna be able to continue a good productive partnership collaboration we sat down we had a good chat I think that we're gonna get to know each other um in like anything else I know that change is difficult and transitioning is difficult um she was sharing with me some of those things because she's she really loves the classroom so I know now serving your members is going to be a little different but I know that you will do it with the same care and attention that you did with your classroom so congratulations on this accomplishment um still has the floor um I just wanted to thank everybody who's doing summer school a lot of the a lot

014of teachers and a lot of uh support staff have been working tomorrow's the last day of summer school I want to thank trustee Chavez and trustee Flores Shelton for um walking with me through some of the programming I'm gonna let them I'm not gonna steal your thunder I'm gonna let you talk about that but to for me it's just mentioning uh thank you so much I want to thank Sandra Garcia and Lupe rulecaba for putting it all together and coming up with a a great great uh many of four parents this year so thank you Alum Rock looking forward um I'm gonna head forward Ms Rivera said looking forward for a fantastic school year 23 24. okay thank you okay so uh time 3.06 Communications on comments by members of the board ah directly Boris

015Shelton I'll start thank you um just to continue on with what uh superintendent Bauer was saying um did spend two wonderful mornings um out in four schools and start by echoing thinking Sandra Garcia Lupe rubicawa Tony Coloma for um the wonderful tours the the detail of the programs and of course to all the site leaders teachers nurses that are just really doing really important um it just felt really important to have these kiddos engaged in really um robust programming right for I saw everything from Raz kids to you know um some of our partners doing really neat art projects creativity um Athletics Recreation it was it looked like a fun fun day for the kids but you know getting back to that ensuring that there's no learning loss over the summer we're reinforcing everything that

016they learned throughout the year so I just wanted to highlight um on the first trip uh I went to Lindale again with Tony and just um there you know our hub for the special education services but also for those kids with the physical disabilities um there was just a real um uh High touch to sort of and high quality to what was um going on out there so I want to thank the Lindale staff and Tony for everything that they were doing um and then at I think that was the day we did Adelante too and that was just to the gills like so many partners so many of our teachers from YMCA Camp Galileo Evolution Elevate math and think together and just the seamlessness of having all those partners and students working together it

017looked like a lot of fun uh kind of you know made me jealous for you know summer programming um you know what my kids have missed or what we I mean it's just what we need now and we need to commit to it for the long haul it was just a fantastic um program um at painter that one was phenomenal with bridge to kinder bridge to kinder for uh with Vietnamese um instruction right yes I mean it was just it was just a fantastic um program again probably one of a kind or as president Fama said made in Alum Rock right um I just really want to shout out what a wonderful experience that was we got to see springboard um in in motion and I got to learn about the parent engagement that springboard

018has to again improve literacy not just through school intervention but at the home um and then we visited our friends at the FRC at painter and so most Mayfair and that was a wonderful experience so finally um a visit to Ryan was great because we got to see the um Mariachi camp and that was just a fun great way and again what we're hearing is first no other school district has like a Rancho melody or a medley that they're going to put together so stay tuned for that they were practicing um they were practicing and sounded really great so again thanks um these were like my first school visits um so it was great to sort of see how busy our schools are over the summer um I would just love to sort of see

019like a recap at the end of um the summer just sort of how many of our kiddos were involved um because I think this is something where we want to tell this story you know about how what we've done to keep everyone engaged throughout the year so thank you and I will just say uh president Pham thank you for your special uh insert in the in the spotlight and thank you for representing Alum Rock so well um and I'll let you talk about that but I I just really want to appreciate your leadership and all that you're doing to get the word out about Alan rock thank you okay trustee Chavez um kind of diddling off of what you started um I went to the Summers uh two of them to the schools and what

020I saw was a springboard with the literacy focus and I was really happy to see that not only were the kids engaged but um they seem to be doing well and I really enjoyed the camp Galileo um right now we have it in two schools for the summer but it would be really nice if we could you know make it happen and put it put Galileo in more um sites and Miss Sandra Rivera you said that you weren't going to see us until the school starts but we have a brown act meeting on the 27th if you want to join us and enjoy thank you all right Clark Quintero um I also I guess we're being repetitive but I do want to acknowledge the work that we've done uh by the administration by the site

021staff um in the summer program so as somebody who's kids to take advantage of it and benefit from it uh it's great to see Ellen wrong alive during the summer um I remember another long students at least everybody but whether they like it or not and we all got to meet again uh you're always about different it felt like it was fun everything other than not the regular leader and so it kind of I get that Vibe things ladies and Ellen Rock summer school all right this is gonna be the fun School enough uh about the regulars I'll do this evening and so uh very appreciative staff going to put together an excellent program that um you know giving is sending that sermon and learning loss uh especially more importantly because of the fact that

022we're trying to come back from covid and I'll damage that reached on our communities and so I'm very appreciative of the work that's being done too help our kids um recover from that and avoid any further summer learning less um and so also also wanted to uh acknowledge the leadership of our board president uh for president Pam for um stepping up and and putting out um the correct information and pushing Back Against The Narrative that's trying to be established by individuals that want to uh with their words or actions in many different ways attempting to take down on rock and so we're not gonna let that happen if not none of my watching I'm assuming none of the watching anybody here on this board and so thank you for uh for uh uh stepping up

023and pushing back um with regards to uh the workforce uh housing committee wanted to um very very excited to report out that our committee met uh thank you to those committee members that came in the middle of the summer uh there were a few others that obviously understandably were on vacation and so um there but nevertheless we had a good group that was there to be able to provide guidance to the uh Consultants that are moving forward with the visibility plan and so uh the recommendations that came out of the committee were to move forward with um the Madison site and um a Mediterranean style and so if I left anything out please remind me but I think that was a bulk of the of the direction they were looking for so that they don't

024invest resources in an area where the the recommendations aren't there so um that is it for my comments thank you very much thank you vice president um also starting with the summer programs shout out to all the students who are waking up and getting up and going during their summer summer break um although I'm sure some of them might want to just sleep in but they're getting up and going to the parents who are making sure that they get there the staff and our district um supporters Partners who are making it happen you know thank you and shout out to all um uh I miss I miss being an Alum Rock current now uh but you know my daughter is off doing summer programs elsewhere um so I'm also wishing good luck to all the

025eighth graders who are you know going on to their high schools and um you know getting ready to start uh our feed our our high schools that they're feeding in are starting early so um in a couple weeks they'll be starting school so good luck to you all um and I wanted to um give shout outs to board president who's been busy uh as a board president um thank you I know that we've been able to go to a couple of events together um one of them um having been at the town hall with Dave Cortez and congresswoman zoloftgren I'm ensuring that we are represented there and that our district you know uh shows up um and also um more recently we were able to go to the guerreras graduation for one of our partners

026somos Mayfair who uh um got to celebrate our guerreras who did where a lot of the front line workers during the covet pandemic making sure that information was going out on the pandemic on the resources um so it was good to be there and celebrate our partners and in community also um shout outs to our council members Peter and Domingo Candelas for hosting a community chat um to listen to community and really take the time to sit down um and to hear our community as to what the needs are you know um and ensuring that they um follow through on um not just listening but actions as to what can be done I know what one of them is Lake Cunningham which is a little bit outside of our school district but a lot of

027our families go there so give me shout outs to Domingo for um you know making sure that that Park is available and um and uh there for our community to um go and and have a good time at um also um really excited for tomorrow really excited for tomorrow I know you know we've been here we've you know past things we've had dates coming and I remember when I saw the date initially like oh July you know it's so far ahead but we're here and so it's really exciting and I look forward to seeing everybody out there celebrating with us having that um grand opening for our community and our district here um and you know just the many children that will go through that Center um you know in future Generations it just you

028know makes me happy and the first of many hopefully um that you know Others May model also after us Absolutely I'll see you there excuse me thank you all right yeah yeah I believe our Mr Brown okay so it is we're there nice and thank you really quick um I almost forgot I want a special shout out to brother Chavez she came out to recognize a group that I have the privilege to work with for about six months uh it's about San Jose Bridge communities uh and we had a community leadership program primarily a monolingual Spanish speaker uh mom's dad and the program as well um but it was a good uh excellent program that um I learned a lot from them and uh yeah so where the child has came out the animal recognition

029and a certificate and so I want to thank her for that okay so with that boy I didn't know we uh the district boundaries in the middle of late I mean you know do we have a boat [Laughter] okay so uh with that I kind of wanted to segue into my comments so uh first of all I do want to express my appreciation to our summer school staff for a successful summer session uh you know only uh you know uh Glendale is my school so I'm always gratified to hear it at uh you know when they was you know and all our sites are hosting wonderful wonderful programs uh serving in you know the you know not just our you know our our uh normal academic program but also uh our media students the special

030education students uh you know Lyndale was where I uh first met you know at you know the disabled and all that and also it was uh I was appointed to this board it was where I started my first you know site visit the in the summer program so I you know I look forward to uh when when the When We Begin Again in the fall I do look forward to uh seeing all our schools once again uh I wanted to reference uh you know and I uh thank my colleagues for their appreciation for uh my op-ed and the San Jose Spotlight I wanted to clear certain misconceptions that people may have had about the Alum Rock School District but all you know as well as our neighboring school districts you know let me make clear

031that we we are laser focused on boosting student achievement and we are doing what we can to close that achievement Gap and to serve our uh serve our community as well uh you know and it's uh it's kind of unfortunate when when uh you know uh members you know certain a certain member of the County Board of Education and a certain member of the uh community of San Jose green Community College Board did not extend to me the uh courtesy of at least contacting me for a more accurate you know uh so uh report about what we're doing to solve the achievement Gap so it was you know I've you know it was net you know I found it necessary in order to uh protect our reputation and also to to defend the reputation of

032our staff to uh write you know right and op-ed to the San Jose Spotlight to inform the community about what we are doing and you know uh you know I you know uh board presidents always to have busy Summers I wish we had the summer off I wish I could take you know but uh you know as a board vice president Herrero or mentioned uh you know we uh represented uh the district at Senator Cortez's Town Hall at Congressman McLaughlin uh though Senator cortezi and tell you know informs me that you know we that the state has guaranteed our funding levels for this year you know uh you know uh my job is always to push for more and you know I guess sometimes there are there are you know there are things but out

033of our control but you know I think I wanted to make clear that uh you know my job and you know and I hope my colleagues feel the same ways to make sure that our district continues to get its fair share at the table from the state from the federal government and from City and County government uh I would also uh have the pleasure of uh honoring the Guerrera graduating class on uh was it last Friday at the Mayfair Community Center you know uh I wanted to give a kind word to them their Outreach efforts uh made the difference for many many uh residents in our community that were not for them uh many more may have lost their lives to a little bit you know may not have been connected to Health Services during

034the pandemic so I think we all would get of gratitude to the guerreras if um and so with that uh I look forward to the grand opening uh this is our Chef is Early Learning Center tomorrow I know it's been a it's been a journey in and of itself and I I look you know uh in August when we resume school it will be our 94th year and I think when a great way to start our 94th here by bringing in from from age zero I'm still trying to wrap my head in around 8-0 right but eight zero to to this to this District into awfully cute yeah you know uh to introduce uh you know uh uh your services to of this District to a a wider and broader audience in Animal Rock and

035uh oh I will save save though save further comment for come arrow and uh I have the privilege of cutting the ribbon so uh with that we move on to section four uh superintendent board business item 4.01 okay approval amended support policy 9220 first greeting I have a question okay hang on there so with that uh you know uh was it superintendent Valor uh who I guess you can go to a public concert okay okay so with that I'll I'll open to I open 4.01 to public comment first saying none I'll move to uh comments and questions by members of the board see shop is uh yeah I guess the question or questions is one who brought the item to the board and can you tell me who brought it and then I have a

036second question all right me as soon as you I I brought the item you know I brought the IMT for consideration by the board um okay um I guess it's a three-part question uh what was the advance other than raising that the the amount uh the intent is is a reflection of the rising costs of you know uh you know in in light of inflation uh the uh the limit needed to be raised so as to uh make economic sense given Rising prices for everything in our lives um why almost double yeah if it's 500 white why 900 why not well there has been years of accumulated inflation uh you know I I will say that uh printers you know uh from the time that from the time that the limit was first passed uh

037printing costs have doubled as well so again it's it adjusted for inflation uh I'll just put it in and turn you know uh before the pandemic I remember buying a Big Mac prize in a soda for 7.59 now I'm paying almost ten dollars for a Big Mac fries and soda and uh you know printing companies have I have not seen a printing company that has held their prices or uh offered you know discount and so again this is this the raise of the limit is just commensurate with the cost of uh you know uh the cost of expenses okay thank you I'll make my comment now so in the spotlight it also mentioned that um that this board has been used for a stepping stone and in raising the cost now it kind of raises

038a red flag to the community and I got asked by a Community member you know is that what they're doing just to build up their War chest for the next run is that a question to me that's just a comment okay that was told to me so I'm just relaying it to the board oh uh well um okay but let me just you know I will take umbrage at that I'm not going anywhere anytime soon uh again uh you know um talk to Pacific printing talk to National Printing and the cost of everything you know this is you know if there's a if somebody had a magical way of saying that 500 sheets of paper didn't you know uh didn't cause you know could be found for half the cost of what it could be

039found now I'm all ears uh or quintera I made the second I'm in the motion so I like to speak to to this um I uh those are all fair questions that have been asked um and and my initial reaction when the you know when I heard about the item in the book by no no because I know that somebody's going to be checks in a certain member of the board and an individual who has an active grind or something whatever it is but I appreciate the fact that you laid it out and that you explained that you know take a look at it take a look at the city um they were at a very very low amount and they've gone up they've realized that just look at the cost of the first class

040posters posters down how much was it 25 25 cents a gazillion years ago now we're going to be paying about for 11. and so with that I had to acknowledge that and it might might be the source of an attack by individuals who have uh digging her upon themselves to go on comments under an article things of that sort just have acts to grind of some sort reach out to board members so they can let them go on get them on there tell them that but the the if we lead ourselves by what is this disgruntled individual let's say what is this other person going to do and we're going to be doing a disservice the fact of the matter is that in order to run you need to talk to 100 residents registered voters

041in this community and it requires resources and so if we lead ourselves by what are they understanding what is this individual going to do then it's not an effective way of running uh an organization um the reality is that the designers of the system went ahead and required you to run for office as part of democracy you have to go out there and let people know who you are and it's such a large place like like Alum Rock and requires some resources and so that is the reason why I am supportive of my colleagues uh measure um it's not um has been stated by others here that stepping stone to think of that sort I think umbrage that too I think that it's important for people to go ahead and learn how to govern we've

042seen the results of an individual who has never done any sort of public policy that had been placed in the highest office and managed to nearly destroy this country and so I find it very irresponsible to go around telling people and making a team as if it's a nasty thing for people to be trained and and it in governance it's important to learn how it is to go I use this to be example that I work for electricity I got to know what's going on in terms of massive amount of budgets not until you're sitting there making actual decisions do you realize what it is to actually govern when your community is tearing you from one side to the other um and so it's important for people to figure out before they go up to

043another position and so to use that that kind of tired attack of stepping stone and things that sort people go out there they learn how to govern and they go and they put that practice in in future office and it's done by any elected patients you know take a look at if you are you as governor of New York before you became president and it was uh um and so the the examples are are very numerous if we're going to start to attack these people from going out there learning how to govern the school board and going out there and taking those lessons that they've learned art lessons to a higher office it's not something wrong and so I just want to make sure that to my perspective Rusty Chavez do you want to check

044oh I'm sorry okay vice president I'm just going to say that I actually uh had brought up to bring this up approximately four years ago you know when I was like you know going through the process um and I was discouraged to do so at the time so I'm I was all in agreement back then for all the reasons that are stated that are obvious um and you know in regards to Stepping Stones are not like I mean there was a time where I had no idea I'd be here now that I'm here you know I encourage anybody right to come to the school board run all you know the reasons that uh board I'm sorry um trustee Quintero mentioned learn governing right um and you know if you feel encouraged to run somewhere else

045you know if we look up the um biographies of many you know Governors uh Congress people um assembly members they started at the school boards and they talk about like how this is the hardest seat that they ever sat at um so yeah I mean I'm all for somebody who maybe has never thought about running you know to come and um you know um Run for the the school board and you never know you know we need people on these seats especially those of us that are not um like you know uh political career you know Seekers to have political seats but that really you know see the value in being on these decision-making tables um knowing uh you know what it is to live in your communities and to face some hard challenges and

046then to sit here and be able to make decisions um on behalf of the people that we serve um so with with that I'm going to be supporting this item thank you trustee Chavez okay um in raising it it also is it gonna make it uh unequitable to those that can't raise the money and and is that going to be a deterrent for others trying to um run for office I mean it always has been but is it gonna make it more unfair or more one-sided for people who would more fluency or or with unions backing that's my question that I asked myself in voting for this I'm not asking you the question I'm just saying that that's what I ask myself is it going to make this unfair to others who can't raise the

047money but perhaps could do a good job in in our other part of the community that you know I've heard people in the seats say that they would someday like to sit on the board so that's it thank you okay uh coach Montero the the comment about Union supporting them is particularly I'm a union members myself I pay my dues in a union serves as my books in my other not here but a union member of this school in this area um and so when we're using that why don't we go out there and what about the charter people that are out there putting out hundreds of thousands of dollars and I eat in other school districts they go ahead and hand over 60 80 000 in one shot here now I'm rocking one out

048of two solicitors that you have limits and um they served as well they were there for a reason they're outdated it's for that reason I'm supporting but I do take umbrage to the uh potentially an attack on the voice of working uh Working Families who um put together the resources to speak on behalf of their members we have privately run publicly funded organizations that take those resources and put out massive amount of money and I need that aren't controlled by anything at all Market does remember uh citizens united limits on rockability to tell anybody uh any independent group or what they can expect when elections this only applies to attendants I'm thinking on I I do have a comment and then I'll go to you and you know I too take on Words of that

049and I too you know in my regular you know day job I'm also a member of a union as well and you know this district has long served the the working class of east side San Jose and so uh you know I take you know uh there's nothing wrong with being a union I'm uh in a union I'm a proud member of a union and I think that you know uh okay um you know we should you know they're you know I you know Union has I don't see it having done anything wrong and so there I think there's you know it's been very very uh sad that you you you're casting aspersions on on labor unions there so with that trustee shot is it was never intended as an attack North versions on the

050unions I've set an example I could also have been saying people from this section of town of that section of town and I apologize if anybody got offended by that because it was not met as an offense it was just meant as a thought and me um coming up with an example and maybe that was a bad example there could be better examples but I'm just saying that money and politics usually means that the one with the most money wins and that's all I'm saying is by if by raising this is it gonna make it unfair to those who can't raise the money that's all I was wrong alluding to vice president thank you um as a union member myself as well and the points that uh trustee Chavez is making I mean you think

051um you know I'm definitely uh I guess out of the candidates I would say not the one you know with the most money or um even in the candidacy that I'm going for right um however I do have to say that for Alum Rock when I was a candidate um I did have to go through a thorough endorsement process through the union or any other entity that wanted to you know um support me and um with that you know I think luckily you know you brought up the union so I'm just going to focus on that is that the Union's there to ensure that whatever candidate is backed up that they represent the working class families um and so just ensuring that you know if the union was to back somebody up and be able

052to provide them with some funding which is not I mean a whole lot compared to other candidates like you say it actually helps even out that playing field it's actually a good thing to your point trustee Chavez and that if that candidate doesn't have a lot of money that the unions are there to support a candidate with the right values with the right ethics with the right um uh um moral compass to help bring them up to maybe another candidate that might have all the money but might not have those values and so um I mean I think you know I don't know when we're gonna call for the vote but um again one last thing because she did mention my name okay we all represent all Working Families here on the board and we

053also represent the ones that aren't working but I'm just saying that does it make it easier for the person with the the most money to win yes that's all uh go ahead superintendent Valor and I agree with what you just said the person with the most money is gonna win right because that's the way it is no I was the one who spent the less amount of money and when I won well I didn't know that yeah congratulations I I'm not going to use a unions or not you news I'm just going to use an example yes of the the parcel tax when we had a committee it was very difficult because people don't usually support those kinds of things because you know it's not it's not a bond it's not a candidate you know

054it's it's a it's a community community yeah staff neighbors who put these things together and sometimes when the limit is very low you don't have enough enough people with five hundred dollars to support and and in this last run um the committee that that was supporting because there were no contributions from the union there were not contributions from major um uh attacks or contractors or none of that right it was literally whoever wanted to support you know that's that uh run uh it was difficult with when the limit was five hundred dollars because it kind of mirrors what you guys are like allow yourselves to race so I know you know I I I'm not a politician and I'm never gonna run for office and I'm not you know I'm looking forward now to my

055you know my next career as a you know eventually retire so I'm not talking about that I'm just talking about the reality of anybody including people that are sitting in the chairs thinking can I run for the board well the answer is absolutely yes right but then you will be Paving the way for those potential candidates to raise a little bit more by individual because that's all it is it's not a guarantee it's not a guarantee that you're gonna get a certain amount it's not a guarantee that you're gonna get the 900 in that guy none of that is a guarantee it's just the limit that's it right and so I'm just you know maybe I shouldn't say anything right now but I just wanted to clarify it for the board that um it is

056not only about the candidates right it's the other measures other kinds of things that are Community has to pass right that is very difficult to do when you have a very limited amount of money thank you for clarifying but I mean I like that it's a discussion and it should never be uh like a feeling of a threat or an insult because that's not what was intended or never will be intended but if somebody decides to take it that way then you know that's not the way the intention was thank you thanks so with that email her comments from members of the board I'll move to a vote now really quick reading them the we wasn't clear on the second who second the motion because we couldn't hear it I second it but I'm wondering

057are we voting or do we need to bring it back this is the first reading yes yes he needs to come back yes so I was uh I second wait yeah yeah it needs to be the first reading except we have approved and then okay it's the final okay so we're voting as is is the draft okay like on the amount I mean okay so what's that uh I will call you know having a motion in a second I'll call promote I'll call you as I see you Christy Chavez no uh vice president Herrero era aye Quintero all right uh trustee Flores Shelton yes and myself voting I item passes four to one with the trustee Chavez dissenting move to item 4.02 superintendent violence oh these couple of items is just a csba okay motion

058by uh Quintero second by Krusty Chavez you know right so uh I'll open item 4.02 public comments saying none I seconded it I wasn't sure if I heard your voice sorry okay that's okay you're fine I just want to make if you didn't say anything I just wanted yeah I did but it's okay there's like a it feels like there's a little bit of static tonight in our likes so just I'd carry it on yours and then okay but maybe it's just me maybe okay uh let's see here's seeing they'll come we're coming and item 4.02 is there any motion oh okay we already have emotion uh questions and comments by members of the board unanimously uh okay I'm 4.03 motion okay I I heard that motion by uh clerk Quintero second second by Christy

059Chavez open I'll open item the public comment a couple years ago early on in my tenure on the board um I and others would uh refuse to support the legal Alliance because of what they did to all rock allowing people to uh lie and say that we hurt their children when in fact their children are leaving school district and so that was that was a complete disaster legal Alliance left us on the Lurch on our own and so for that we would not support it but um as of late pain um on the right side on that one of the correct side of the issues they um have stepped up and so as a result of the work that they've done they've been able to push back on some of the approvals from the State

060Board of Education County Board of Education in terms of the charters and so the money has been well worth it uh in terms of the illegal wins that we've been getting by working with them so I'm very supportive of um their efforts now that they've been they've been working well with us they've been doing right by us so with that signal for comments and questions I'm in version award I'll move to a vote I'll call you to say see you trustee Chavez all right uh vice president Herrera hi trustee Flores Shelton yes and myself learning eye item Pastor she nasty item 4.04. and I heard I heard vice president so uh motion by vice president Herrero loera second by Quintero I'll open to public comment seeing none uh questions and comments by members of the

061board seeing none I'll move to a vote I'll call you as I see you trustee Chavez hi uh vice president Herrera aye Quintero aye trustee Flores Shelton yes and myself running I item past this unanimously I am 4.05 motion motion by trustee status second by vice president Herrero loera I'll open the public comment seeing them I'll open to questions and comments by members of the board okay same then I'll move to a road I'll call you as I see you trustee shamez pardon trust me okay vice president Herrera aye Club Quintero I'm trustee Flora Shelton yes and my self-loading eye item passes unanimously so move to section five bonds item 5.01 superintendent Bauer I'm gonna turn it over to uh Mr Chang thank you Dr Barbara uh for this item the administration is requesting approval

062of the contract with Advanced inspections in the amount of 84 375 and this is for the DSA Inspection Services uh for the HVAC projects at busso mcentee McCollum and I don't like it too thank you oh to approve second okay motion by vice president by Kirk Quintero I'll open the public comment seeing none I'll open the questions and comments by members of the board uh I'll just say this and this is just a general uh you know for the related items as well I'm ecstatic that you know the the air conditioning work is moving forward it's something that I've had hope to see had happened when I was on the bond committee and I'm very gratified that we are on the path to provide you know ensuring central heat and air in all Alum Rock

063schools so with that uh I'll move to a vote I'll call you as I see you trustee Chavez bye uh vice president hero loera aye Quintero aye trust people or Shelton yes and my self-loading I I am uh item is approved unanimously uh item 5.02 motion okay hang on motion by Rusty Chavez second second by vice president Herrera loera Mr Chang thank you board president for this item the administration is requesting approval of the contract with Advanced inspection um in the amount of Sixteen thousand dollars and zero cents and this is for DSA Inspection Services uh for the portable classrooms at adolante one and aptitude okay oh oh we already have a motion in a second so I'll open the public comment seeing none I'll open the questions and comments by members of the board

064I'll call you call you as I see you trustee Chavez aye vice president uh trust before Shelton yes and myself writing eye item passes unanimously uh item 5.0 motion okay motion by trustee Chavez perfect second by Clair Quintero Mr Chang we'll decide in the administration is requesting approval uh for the time extension with Park alternatives for an additional one year uh for the term of July 1st 2023 through June 30 2024 um just climate attention does not result any cost increase okay uh you know uh I'll open the public comment seeing them I'll open to uh questions and comments by members of the board uh I'll just say one quick comment this is the first first I read uh I won the compliment on this Mr Chen because this is the first I've ever heard

065of uh no additional cost to the district so I wanted to uh kind of Mark the occasion on this uh uh great great piece of negotiating here so with that I'll move to a room I'll call you as I see you uh trustee Chavez advice Quintero hi and my I mean trusty Flora Shelton yes and my cell phone and I item is approving unanimously I am 5.04 motion by trustee Chavez second second by trustee Flores Shelton Mr Chang or 5.04 5.04 for this item the administration is requesting approval of the completion of and change order of the uh project at Shepherd for the locker rooms um and the just a breakdown of the contract the original agreement was 38 701 uh with a change order that resulted in a deduction of the of the cost

066in the amount of 3518 uh bringing the contract down to thirty five thousand one hundred eighty three okay yeah you know okay I'll open the public comment questions uh seeing none questions and comments by members of the board uh I'll just say it quickly well we are definitely saving the taxpayers and the money so no doubt about that uh so with that I'll call for a Loadout callings I see you trustee Chavez aye vice president hero loera aye Quintero all right uh trustee Flores Shelton yes and myself learning eye item is approved unanimously item 5.05 motion by trustee Chavez second second by vice president Herrera loera Mr Chang for this item the administration is requesting approval uh the contract with PSI in the amount of seven thousand three hundred and seven dollars um and this

067is for hazardous material survey specification and abatement for the HVAC project at a lot at adolante two okay uh I'll open public comment comments and questions by members of the board uh okay very well uh I'll call for a vote I'll call you as I see you oh Christy Chavez both I vice president aye okay Club Quintero all right uh trustee Forrest Shelton yes and myself running eye item is a preview unanimously moving to item 5.0 promotion by trustee Chavez second second by Christopher Shelton Mr Chang for this item the administration is requesting approval uh with a contract with PSI in the amount of 8532 and this is for hazardous material survey specification and abatement for the HVAC project at Russo McAfee okay I'll open the public comment seeing then I'll open the questions and

068comments by members of the board saying none I'll call for a vote I'll call you call you as I see you Christy Chavez vice president Explorer Shelton yes and myself learning eye item is a preview man unanimously uh item 5.07 motion motion by trustee Chavez second second by vice president Herrera loera uh Mr Chang thank you for this item the administration is requesting approval of the contract with PSI in the amount of 8532 and this is for hazardous material survey specification and abatement oversight for the HVAC project at McCollum okay I'll open the public comment seeing them questions and comments by members of the board I'll call you that I see you uh Krusty Chavez vice president Shelton yes and my cell phone and I I even passes unanimously moving to item 5.08 motion motion

069by trustee Chavez seven second by uh Quintero uh Mr Chang thank you for this item the administration is requesting to establish um a pool of geotechnical services um for the bonds project and the companies um that would be placed in the pool our Earth system will grow geocron consultant uh lame again and Nino and more um those are the those are the firms um and the pool does not cost any money uh any projects um that they will be working on would be um submitted for proposal and the proposal will come to the board later for uh consideration thank you okay uh I'll open the public comments seeing none I'll move to questions and comments by members in the board seeing men I'll call for a vote I'll call you as I see you trustee

070Chavez hi vice president Herrero loera aye Quintero all right Christopher Shelton yes and myself learning eye item is approved unanimously um moving to item 5.09 motion by trustee Chavez Mr Chang for this item the administration is requesting approval of the contract with Bosco construction um in the amount of 500 540 000 and zero dollars um and this is for the paving project at um Shepherd and aptitude okay thank you okay I'll open the public comment saying then I'll open the questions and comments by members of the board seeing them I'll call for a vote I'll call you as I see you uh trustee Chavez hi uh vice president Herrero aye Quintero trustee Flora Shelton yes and myself learning eye item has approved unanimously uh in 5.10 motion by trustee Chavez second by Court Quintero Mr

071Chang thank you for deciding the administration is requesting approval of the contract uh with Pacific Metro Electric Incorporated in the amount of 546 567 and this is for the Outdoor Classroom project at Russell McIntyre okay wonderful uh okay I'll open the public comments I'll open okay seeing then I'll open to uh questions and comments by members of the board foreign I'll just make one quick one and that's because I I was there at the uh real uh relaunch day or launch day of of the Environmental Education uh school at Russo mcentee and so I'm uh I hope that our kids are going to enjoy this for years to come and so with that I'll call for a vote I'll call you as I see you trustee Chavez aye uh vice president Herrera aye Quintero aye

072I trusty Flores Shelton yes and may Seth rolling eye item is approved unanimously I'm moving the section 6 Business Services uh item 6.01 motion by trustee Chavez second by Rusty Flora Shelton uh superintendent Bauer I'm gonna turn it over to Mr Chang okay thank you Dr power for deciding the administration is requesting approval of the contract uh with Cisco San Francisco in the amount of 550 000 and this is for groceries and fresh bakeries um for like a CNS program thank you oh thanks uh okay I'll open to a public comment and seeing none I will open to uh questions and comments by members of the board okay vice president Gerardo Harris um and I got my answer thank you uh superintendent I just wanted to publicly mention my uh question in regards to understanding

073the contracts um and guidance or direction from the state um an understanding of I know part of it stated um that we were going with the lowest Bid And so um I was just wondering if it was because of the guidance or because at the district we chose to do that it is because of the guidance and I just want to make sure that the board and the public knows that it is the same item so it's not like they are am I saying that correctly Mr Chang Mr can explain it better but I think it will be a good thing for everybody to know yeah that is correct it's a procurement code um that requires this to go out to bid um so for example if you're bidding for a pen for a pack

074of pen it would be the same pen but whoever beats the lowest would would win that contract um so it is a statement a procurement regulation that that district has to go through when they pass a certain threshold limit in terms of the procurement amount thank you for explaining it I just wanted to for the public to also get the same explanation that I had so thank you okay Amy seeing no further comments or questions by members of the board I'll move Google I'll call you as I see you uh trustee Chavez aye vice president Herrera aye Mr Quintero trustee Flores Shelton yes and myself running eye item is approved unanimously moving to item 6.02 motion motion by trustee shot I can't second Via Christie Flores Shelton Mr Chang thank you board president for deciding

075the administration is requesting approval of the contract with gold star Foods in the amount of six hundred and fifty thousand dollars um again this is for groceries and fresh bakeries for the CNS program okay uh can you open the public comment okay seeing that I'll open to questions and comments by members of the board me seeing them I'll call for a vote I'll call you as I see you trustee Chavez aye vice president aye Quintero all right Christopher Shelton yes and myself voting eye item is approved unanimously moving to 6.03 motion by trustee Chavez second second by trustee for Shelton Mr Chang thank you board president for this item the administration is requesting approval of the contract with Danielson um in the amount of 550 000 um also for groceries and fresh bakeries for their

076CNS program thank you okay so uh open to public comments saying none I'll open the questions and comments by members of the board okay uh I'll just say this quickly I'm I'm glad that we are you know getting the best value for a buck and you know and that we are uh committed to serving our children you know uh healthy and nutritious food uh in our school breakfast and lunch programs so with that I'll move to a road I'll call you as I see you uh Quintero Christopher Shelton yes and myself running I I am the proof unanimously moving to section seven instructional Services item 7.01 okay motion by trustee Chavez second via Quintero uh superintendent Bauer I respectfully asked the board to approve the quarterly report on the Williams uniform complaints okay uh very

077well I'll open the public comment saying none questions and comments by members of the board saying then I'll call for a vote I'll call you as I see you trusty Chavez vice president of Quintero aye uh trusty floor Shelton yes and myself voting eye item is approved unanimously moving to uh item 7.02 motion by trustee Chavez second second by vice president Gerardo era superintendent Bauer I asked the board to approve the school plans for student achievement for 23-24 okay I'll open the public comment okay uh open good questions and comments by members of the board okay I'll move to a scene then I'll move to abroad I'll call you guys see you uh trustee Chavez aye vice president Shelton yes and my self-loading eye item is approved unanimously moving to item 7.03 I have a

078motion for item 7.03 move to approve motion by trustee Herrera lover second by uh Quintero superintendent Bauer this is another one made in Alum Rock um this is a collaboration I like to say that I think this is sounds really good collaboration between San Jose State University Granada in our Rock to provide um teachers who are um have a bilingual certification an opportunity to upgrade their pedagogy and their uh understanding of the research the latest research around bilingual and multilingual environments um in the same in this particular professional development the teachers will be getting University units that will go towards their advancement so um this is a very comprehensive professional development opportunity for our teachers okay thank you I'll open the public comment saying none I'll open to questions and comments by members of the

079board and I see trustee Chavez um I think it's a good idea uh however because there isn't certain contingencies in place I don't see us being or I don't see me being able to vote um on this other side thank you okay uh well I have a book and then question two uh trustee Chavez uh where where are these contingencies do you see there is no contingencies this is just bringing it to them but at the same time that doesn't mean to spend the money in invest it in them it doesn't mean that they're going to stay here and so without certain contingencies that yes whatever is learned here the product stays here then um until that's in place and it won't be in place this time supporting okay uh clerk Quintero I think it's

080a good program I think that by investing in our staff who would demonstrate that we care for them and that uh this is a place that you want to look at because there are visiting their pain that you go and get more training it's going to make you um it's going to allow you to develop your practice and become more develop your expertise and so it's another reason that I'm very supportive I know that um uh bilingual credential teachers are in high demand very difficult to give them and they're able to retain them and so I think it's a smart move to invest in in such a in a program like this is exactly I'm thinking would would attract leaving working in places it's a pretty Innovative program not one I want to be there

081because hey Christy Chavez I agree it is it sounds like it's going to be a good program and it is a good investment on the teachers however money-wise because it isn't in anything in writing right now and without contingencies um that's why I hesitate in voting yes for it thank you okay uh vice president Herrera um I just I I have some questions in regards to like I already wanted this to grow I was asking Dr Mark can we do this and make you go and in other places so it's very exciting you know that it's the first of its kind um that we have you know somebody uh liaison out in um Granada who is you know starting this kind of collaboration I think of others hear about it you know they're going to

082also want to grow and so I look forward to hopefully growing this opportunity um and you know having our teachers um benefit from it and you know I think by benefiting along with what trustee Quintero mentioned they they're going to want to continue to give back to our our district but not just our district our students here and bringing that back um and I just you know I think of the future and maybe other possible collaborations not just for teachers but our community as a whole and not just in Spain but you know the world abroad so thank you for bringing it forward I'll just you know so I'll just say you know first of all you know I think you know in a way it's to a show of faith in our teachers you

083know that they're we're willing to invest in their professional development we're willing to put the time in the effort to literally can say that here this is a way to help you be be a better bilingual educator right I can't think of a better place to you know to learn about the Spanish language then you know old you know own Spain and selling for example well I mean you know it's kind of like you know if you really wanted the new one the nuances of the English language you would go to Oxford University where they write their Oxford English Dictionary which is the longest running English language dictionary in the world right you know and so I think that um you know uh uh you know uh this is a wonderful wonderful way to develop

084the capabilities of our Spanish dual immersion schools so that I am in support of Caminos and I certainly you know I want to say uh you know to to wish him all oh what what is what's the Spanish equipment of bon voyage yeah I just want to make sure that the public doesn't get the wrong idea um I have my new job and I teach and um the college phase I need to go um to go learn more um so for example they send me opportunities electrical science conference or we got to hear tons of new informations coming out at no point in time do they say well you know we're going to give you this money but you better be here next semester or else we're gonna well it would be ludication to do

085and engage in such a policy and so I just want to make sure that the public is aware that it's not a common practice too very well we're going to give you this professional development resources but if you don't come back you're gonna you're gonna pay for it now that's not the way that it usually works you tend to want to reward your employees and yeah and keep them happy so they want to be here yeah I one thing that I forgot to mention about the program that I'm very excited because it is new I went as a bilingual teacher myself as a former bilingual teacher myself I was part of an exchange with uh teachers from Veracruz Mexico when I was in the classroom and you know those are the kinds of exchanges that

086we have been really seeking you know when people go to other places and then people come right so that's that's the other um hope for this India and in terms of content um there's a a very powerful movement movement not only here in Latin America and in Europe uh about language and and the kinds of how and how we see language so this is also about teaching all of us as Educators the language there's not one language better than other there's no the real Spanish from Spain's versus the rest of the former colonies or anything like that that I think that's a very important thing that that teachers are going to enter into that dialogue because our students come with many different registers and all of them are equally valuable and we should all respect

087them and I think that just breaking that all stereotype right that this is this is the right this is the correct way of saying something uh it's very important specifically as we embrace the concept of ethnic studies for our district and the in the concept of equity and respect so it it is very multifaceted and and I'm I can't wait to be are of the group as we learn some of the latest research around these things especially with students coming to us from other Latin American countries that also also Spanish speaking and that we need to welcome and value and respect and learn you know new ways of saying things thank you okay thank you so oh trust it for ourselves yep I just wanted to thank Dr Bauer for bringing another partnership to the

088district right to continue to create the Innovations the only in Alum Rock um opportunities so hopefully it is a A plus from a teacher um uh you know they want to be with us they want to stay with us and then we're investing and growing in them so um I'm excited this is the beginning you're bringing this to the board we're going to say take the concept and run with it and then look forward to coming back with sort of the so we can tie the bow on top and give you the go um but to uh trustee's point you know starting with 12 right and then let's see you know do you pack the house at 12 and do we need to double it but I think it's a great start and again another

089um Innovative approach here in Alan rock thank you I thought it was I'm sorry I thought it was 14. it's 14 isn't it yes and so that's not including air for airfare so with the additional 1200 it would actually be 4 000 each one because it said they're not but this may surprise you but I'm actually going to vote for it because I do have confidence that it's going to be something worth doing but there's a side of the money side like okay so if you want to vote all right all your signal for comments by members of the board I'll call for a vote I'll call you to say see you trusty Chavez surprise surprise vice president all right Percy Flores Shelton yes and myself voting eye item is uh proved unanimously uh buen

090via heads right okay item moved item 7.04 motion oh I have a motion from Quintero second second by trustee Chavez uh superintendent Bowers and respectfully has the board to approve the start and ending times for school year 23 and 24. okay I'll open the public comment okay questions and comments by members of the board alrighty seeing none uh I'll call her own I'll call as I see you uh trusty Chavez aye Quintero uh trusty for Shelton yes okay uh vice president and myself going I item passes unanimously okay moving to Section 8 Human Resources item 5.01 let me just say it uh resignations uh I'll let's see here I'll open the item to public comment by members of the board saying nuns as this is information only I just I'll just recommend that my colleagues

091uh read it at their earliest convenience I'll move to section nine now contract's over one hundred thousand second okay I haven't even thought the I haven't even called the item number yet blank motion okay item 9.01 motion by trust each other second right uh trustee Herrera not me okay I I'm sorry trusty Forest don't okay uh I know it's eight o'clock I guess okay so with that uh superintendent Bauer please uh through the contract with Alia for the 23 24 school year and this is a trauma competency lab and Leadership strategy love for Renaissance at Madison that will also be provided and this is submitted by the social emotional learning department at eight at 188 thousand dollars with 188 000 I'm like okay very well I'll open the public comment saying then I'll open the

092questions and comments by members of the board okay seeing then I'll call for a vote I'll call you as I see you uh trustee Chavez aye vice president Herrera aye Quintero aye trustee Forrest challenge yes and my cell phone and I I am as approving dance unanimously item 9.02 motion motion by Prestige trustee Chavez second by vice president Herrera loera uh superintendent Bauer yes this is the CD year contract and I just want to say that this is only for two schools for this coming school year City year has been negatively impacted by in their process of recruiting Corps members um you know they are all we are all hit by having a hard time hiring staff and these guys just hit them pretty badly so that is they're just going to be able to

093support two of our schools uh uh 250 000 okay thank you I'll open public comment okay seeing men questions and comments by members of the award trusty floor Shelton thank you um 9.02 9.03 and 9.04 I I just wanted to um I'm noticing like some say it's funded by Aces some say it's not so I'm just trying to be clear like this one if I read it correctly it's not supported by Aces dollars so so this is general fund Cobra well uh I'm gonna turn it over to uh Sanda go ahead Sandra I was gonna look I was looking for Mark okay go ahead go ahead thank you Sandra good evening that's one that's actually friendly through some of our ones um thank you thank you and I know that when they say Aces I

094see that and I'm just trying to clarify thank you I appreciate that suck very well all right see enough for comments by it from the board I'll call for vote I'll call it I see you Christy Chavez aye vice president Herrero loera aye Quintero aye Christy Fuller Shelton yes okay I was approving nationally moved to item 9.03 motion motion by trustee Chavez second pantero superintendent Bauer please approve the contract with envisioneers Aces for the school year of 23 24 for the schools for George Okala Shepherd Renaissance at Fisher Renaissance at Madison uh and this is for the amount of 852 thousand dollars 600 64 000 so I'm sorry guys no problem thank you okay uh okay I'll open the public comment s I'll move to the comments and questions my members of the board [Music]

095along with this one I think all the other programs I'm just um thank you to the staff for bringing those forward you know I think a lot of our families including myself in the past um you know bring our children our children to these programs and it really helps and supports and enriches in all areas so not just to play but really that academic enrichment as well so um thank you for working hard to get these programs here thank you and this item is in Virginia's and the next item is in Vision years so is are we doing two separate contracts because of the funding source this is Aces and the other one is Esser yeah okay now let's okay should have said please stay so um during the pandemic with the one thing once

096we were able to partner with some of our after-school Partners to bring school-based support um similar to what city year does has done in the past and so it's uh with some of our one-time funding the e-log funds expanded learning Opportunity Grant funds Okay so and I think it's important for us to key into things that are funded out of one-time funds as we get into like already thinking about next year's budget in terms of you know how we're going to pull this off again right because it's so important so um and fake chicken so thank you for clarifying you might want to thank you yes thank you so more coming okay seeing know her comments from members of the board I'll move to a Roadhouse College I see you trustee Chavez hi vice president

097yes and myself rolling eye Aina was approved unanimously moving to item 9.04 motion by trustee Chavez second by vice president hero loera superintendent Bauer I think it was explained already okay right it's the same we get we just talk about it okay right okay very well I'll open up the public comment saying none questions and comments by members of the divorce all right seeing none of fall for vote of course I see you trustee Chavez hi vice president aye Quintero all right trusty floor Shelton yes and myself learning eye item passes unanimously moving the item 9.05 seeing none questions and comments by members of the board uh seeing none I'll call Forever colleagues I see you trustee Chavez aye vice president Herrera aye uh Quintero aye Rusty floral Shelton yes and myself lowering eye Island

098passes unanimously moving to item 9.06 with resist ones for 2023 2024 school year or uh Adelante Harvard Linda Vista McCallum Russo painter aptitude minor Ryan Lindale paid by Aces funds and it's in the amount of one point six million dollars okay second by Rusty Flora Shelton I'll open the public comments seeing them questions and comments my members and boards seeing none I'll call for a vote I'll call you guys see you trustee Chavez hi vice president yes my cell phone and I item passes you nasty moving to item 9.07 move to a contract with thing together second the schools Ryan and Lindale for in the amount of three million 3.6 million six sorry phone yeah he's forgot the dollars a thousand one hundred and eighty two dollars okay all you need to do is say

099dollar okay so okay I'll open to a public comment saying none questions and comments by members of the board saying then I'll call the vote I'll call as I see you trustee Chavez hi hi vice president Shelton yes and my self-loading eye item is approving nationally moving to item 9.08 motion to approve YMCA Silicon Valley Ace 2023 2024 in the amount and it's going to be submitted by State Federal in the amount of 8 million 78 914.00 he said 878 000. okay so how do I have a second second my uh okay so with that I'll uh open to public comment seeing none uh questions and comments by members of the board saying none Now call for a vote I'll call you as I see you uh trustee Chavez vice president yes and myself voting

100eye item is a provenance me we're moving to item 9.09 motion to approve the YMCA of Silicon Valley e-l-o-p for the year of 2023 2024 the contract provided Extended Learning opportunities program support TK through fifth grade students of Luke to curated San Antonio casell and dorsa submitted by State Federal in the amount of one million 97 568. okay do I have a second second by vice president some motion by trustee Chavez second by vice president Herrero era I'll open up the public comments seeing none are open to uh comments and questions by members of the board seeing then I'll call for a vote I'll call you as I see you trustee Chavez aye vice president Herrera aye Quintero aye uh trusty Flores Shelton yes and myself voting I item is approved unanimously when we're on

101the section 10 consent calendar 2001 uh through two items potential except for yeah I have a second second okay I have a motion for items 10.01 through four and oh 10.06 to 10.12 and I have a motion from trustee Chavez and I have a second from uh trustee Flores Shelton I'll open it up to public comment okay seeing from none questions and comments by members of the board saying none so I'll call for a vote I'll call you as I see you uh trustee Chavez okay uh vice president aye Clark Quintero all right trustee Forest Shelton yes and myself abstaining uh the items 10.01 through 04 and 06 through 10.12 is approved uh four to zero with myself abstaining so we moved to item 10.05 thank you um I just wanted to um highlight and

102pull off the grant um with Second Harvest for the summer food service program um for two reasons one um thank you Denise for your and um Child Nutrition for your partnership with Second Harvest I just want to highlight you know the neat the food insecurity in our community continues and I thought this was interesting One Second Harvest is such a phenomenal partner and they're struggling on their own to sort of keep up with the demand as much as we try to move our community down to you know Cal fresh and to get benefits the need is still very great and lines are still long I don't know if you've ever driven down Story Road and you'll see that right past Home Depot um you know that's the I think the Samoan church is giving away

103food I mean everywhere you look there's still um a great need for fresh fresh fruit and produce and I thought this was really interesting because we're taking this summer food program and we're supporting adult caregivers of children right so the school is the hub for so many of our families and I just want to highlight um our partnership with Second Harvest the need of our children the need of their parents or caregivers and this reimbursement it's a small dollar amount and you know in the scheme of things five thousand um but I'm not sure if this is you know new or you know post pandemic um but what I would like is for um CNS to come back and maybe provide us one an overview of summer food program um because I think we need

104to be able to go and you know president fam you're so great at advocating there still is this conversation about food insecurity in our communities and um with the one-time you know dollars going away it's been very hard for us US Government all governments to sort of keep up with this need but if our kiddos are hungry if their families are hungry you know we're not going to get the outcomes that we need so um just would love to understand how that seminar program works here um and how we're kind of capitalizing um and what we've seen sort of over over time right and and how we can kind of again whatever data you have that can help us kind of again tell the story of keeping these programs alive and how important they are

105I know we've gone to sort of universal the universal model which Adam Knox has always been a part of but you know the state finally took it on and it's just been um there's a game changer right but what else more do do our communities need as the city and county installers have really ruled back because Second Harvest is that they're really really challenged right so again just our our part of this I'd love to know more about and just wanted to take an opportunity um to thank the district for their partnership with Second Harvest thanks okay so motion by first before Rochelle the second by vice president yeah will you take public comment or oh oh uh oh okay well yes I'll open item 10.05 to public comment seeing none just want to follow

106up and appreciate CMS for stepping up and always being there to have Alum Rock be the support that our community needs whether it's during the pandemic or right now I know that um Alum Rock has been uh is is going on you know hyperdrive here you're doing a lot more but I know that Alum Rock has been there for the community for years uh at the a teenager I got my first job with cleaning uh Ocala Middle School and um it was a city sponsored program but it got to it allowed me to see that there was lines of people there uh lining up because Alum Rock was providing that lunch uh for the kids in the neighborhood as well as for the parents that accompanied them and so that was obviously a long time

107ago and um so it's not it's um I just want to make sure that the public is aware that Alum Rock has historically taking a position as a as a place that is um response to the needs of its Community uh even that long long so many years ago age in the Stone Age and so I just just thank you for the work that you're doing I just want to acknowledge the role that other Market historically taking is attempting to meet the needs of its community okay vice president Herrera and we can never thank somebody enough so and I know Denise didn't go in here in this work to be banked or anything like that knowing the person she is but um I just want to highlight her leadership in this department um her and

108everybody else you know that works in the department but I literally I remember seeing Denise in her van and like making sure that during the pandemic you know where everything had to shift um and making sure that everybody had what they needed so that our community can receive the food so thank you again Denise for um what you do I mean it's your job but you definitely go above and beyond so thank you for that and then also the rest of your staff um because I know being that leader in that example you know I know um that your staff also does the same no thank you I'll just wrap up by two You know Denise I think it's uh you know I I think I can say this I think we have best lunch

109ladies anyway but I also want to thank our warehouse because it takes two to ensure storage and Refrigeration in custo you know to ensure the the kitchens are spotless so uh you know we uh we have a you know we have a I think we are all in in uh you know the debt of Child Nutrition services for for a long long time to come and you know uh you know it's sort of like uh the story of this District you know in tough times and good times right so uh with that I'll call for a vote I'll call you as I see you trustee Chavez um vice president Herrera loera aye Quintero aye Krusty Flora Shelton yes and my cell phone and I item is approved unanimously so with that we moved to closed

110session so 11.01 announcement in public comments regarding items to be discussing close session uh Dr Bauer items are reflected on the agenda 1103 conference with legal counsel anticipated litigation 1104 a list of uh um items that are still pending that you will be getting an update a brief update uh 1105 conference will live where negotiators employee organization area negotiators employee organizations csca 1107 Public Employee discipline dismissal release and 1108 a Public Employee appointment employment of an assistant principal okay thank you so with that uh open to a couple of comments regarding items to be discussed in closed session okay seeing seeing none for that I will recess the board to call session at 8 17 pm and the board will take a 10 minute break and we will resume in closed session in Noel eleven

111resuming closed session at uh 8 and 28th thank you very much uh the board will return that the end of posts we're running a little bit okay no I'll be here tomorrow yeah yeah can you hear me yes I can hear you oh thank you the weird like okay seeing that there's Quorum the board is com has uh returning to open session from closed session at 9 so uh Mr torrico if you would please report thank you board president the board previously unanimously approved a settlement agreement and release of claims between the district and Kelly shasky which agreement became effective on July 18 2023 the terms of the agreement including chaska's resignation from his employment from the district effective as of June 30th 2023 and the payment by the District of five months and 15

112days salaries first asking and the dismissal by the District of the pending dismissal action office of administrating hearings case 202-304-0779 in the matter against Kelly shasky a mutual release of claims and the acknowledgment by Mr shasky of the district's obligation to report his change in employment status to the state Commission on teacher credentialing in accordance with title five of the California code of regulations Section 80303 a copy of this agreement is available from the District of Clemson middle of a request item 11.08 on a motion from clerk Quintero on a second by trustee Chavez by voter 50 Laura Martinez Cervantes was approved as the CNS satellite supervisor on a motion from Clear Quintero seconded by trustee Chavez on a vote of 5-0 Jacqueline Zuniga who was approved as the schooling services supervisor there are no

113more items to report from postage okay thank you Mr Perico so with that uh move to section 13 future board agenda request request from the Board of Trustees and or from the public request shall be or submitted in writing to the superintendent or designee with supporting documents and information that any at least one week report a scheduled meeting date items submitted less than a week before the scheduled meeting date may be postponed to a later meeting in order to allow sufficient time for consideration and research of the issue so with that I moved to Part 14 in German uh this meeting is adjourned at 9 29 PM in our next regular meeting is August 10 2023 good