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001or not if you guys know who's on there so we can send it to Luis please who's logged in here you know okay great it's incognito so we so she has a presentation to give so does she log in to and just share it with somebody who you know that t-shirt so my slides because I know they they also have a presentation such an easier for her to bring her computer um what we need to do is we need to get in this computer meetings I just want to know who this thing is um there's four people that can do it perfect it was at 8 to 11 30 yes yeah that's perfect because the TV thank you very much um again jump through the Hoops I'm proud to show it foreign everything else I

002don't know if anyone collaboration yeah you followed us very late okay we're approving it I mean I mean we're considering it yeah I think we're the first one that's exciting um alrighty it looks like we have Quorum so if that I hereby call the order the uh April regular board the regular board meeting of the Allen walk Union Elementary School District Board of Trustees for uh Thursday April 13 2023 the time is now uh 5 30 so uh you know uh Now That We There is a call to order Maribel would you please call the roll today is a regular board meeting of April 13 2023 at 5 30 PM members of the board in attendance president Min Pham president vice president clerk Andres Quintero president member Linda Chavez president member Andrea Flores Shelton president

003members of administration superintendent Dr Bauer present okay thank you Maribel uh with that I'll move on to the land acknowledgment uh the Board of Trustees at the Alum watt Union Elementary School District those hereby acknowledged that the district's schools and Facilities sit on the traditional lands of the wekma Ohlone people and the Board of Trustees further acknowledges with respect and reverence people tribe of the San Francisco Bay area for their stewardship of these lands uh so with that if you would kindly uh rise and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance okay thank you uh so moving to uh 1.02 discussion in or modifications of the agenda the board may change the order of business including but not limited to an announcement and an agenda item will be considered out of order that consideration of

004an item has been withdrawn postponed or rescheduled or removed from the consent calendar for separate discussion and possible action as yes superintendent Bauer I would like to ask the board if we can move item 707 right after special to be the last special presentation right after 302. okay what oh do I have a motion okay I have a motion from uh Prestige Laura Shelton do I have a second second second by vice president Herrero loera uh let's see if you're on uh I should say oh um call you as I see you uh trustee Chavez bye uh vice president Herrera loera aye Quintero right Rusty Flora Shelton aye and myself building I the modification the agenda is approved uh okay so on to um 1.03 welcome an explanation to audience any person may address the

005board on any item on the on the meeting agenda persons who wish to speak on an item on the agenda will have an opportunity to do so when that agenda item is introduced and presented during the meeting there is a limit of two minutes for each speaker the board has the right to limit total public comment on any agenda items you know more than 20 minutes persons who wish to speak to the board about any matter within the jurisdiction of the district but not on this agenda we'll have an opportunity to speak during item 2.01 on this agenda as stated below uh so with that is Carlos here Carlos yes Carlos would you please uh provide the explanation in Spanish please thank you number two yes yes 201 in Spanish yeah yes okay uh petition

006is gracias okay thank you Carlos okay so moving on to part two uh uh public comment public members who wish to address the board on matters not on the agenda request to address the board provides members of the public an opportunity to speak about any matter 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 the jurisdiction of the district and within the brown act you know uh the bone app prevents the board from discussing any item not on this published agenda but the board May refer to staff or follow up any for any formal written requests that are brought before

007the board at this time there is a limit of two minutes for each speaker the board has the right to limit total public comment on any agenda item to know more than 20 minutes written matters may be placed on a future meeting agenda so with that is there any public comment at this time all right uh seeing none will move to uh section three special presentation so verse 3.01 special recognition the Elementary spelling bee student recognition for president I want to let Dr proud of this yeah very very very much so good evening president fam trustees Dr Bauer I'm Dr Tara Bickford principal on special assignment in academic Services I'm so excited to be here tonight to present some recognition to our students this past February schools from around the district competed in their school

008spelling bee and on February 28th we District wide held one for the top two from each site and our two winners um Raymond Matt Rob and Jessica Nguyen both fourth graders the competition was fourth through sixth grade um Raymond was from San Antonio Jessica was from Mildred McCollum they went head-to-head spelling 17 rounds of words went on for a long time um and both of them went to go forward to the County Spelling Bee this past um March and we actually had Jessica placed in the top five and Raymond won the entire thing so Raymond will be going on to the state competition in April um sorry in May May 13th but we wanted to be known as both for their hard dedication and lots of studying that they've done to get this far and

009we're just so proud of both of them and their hard work so Jessica Raymond please come up and get your recognition and if you guys want to join in for a photo thank you [Music] thank you [Music] thank you oh yeah [Music] thank you so much congratulations congratulations anything um okay so we now move on to item 3.02 uh presentation LPA and Arc Alternatives will provide updates on the facilities master plan and energy conversation program a superintendent Bauer yes uh for president this is a a halfway sort of update for the board uh some of you I think um board vice president codina had requested updates on the facilities master plan so this is as per your request just to kind of give us a sense of where we are right now because this is

010a multi-month process but just so that the board has a sense of where we are and to you know the this process so thank you Andrea for being with us tonight is not complete we're in the middle of gathering still Gathering data but um this gives the board a sense of the process and uh a little glimpse into kind of what the outcome is going to look like foreign we have had a number and Andrea is going to tell you about that we have had a number of meetings with different committees different stakeholders around our facilities so she's uh Andrea is going to give you kind of uh up to today where we are with that um you know the the feedback that we receive from the different stakeholders one second but I know we're

011gonna be very pleased Andrea with that kind of things that you have found out I have attended we have had the three Community um Town Halls where the different sites have given feedback around their sides the facilities that have been excited to hear staff and parents um look into the future of our facilities and and give us feedback about them all right thank you thank you uh word president fam superintendent Bauer and members of the board thank you for this opportunity to present our progress on the facilities master plan and we will begin our agenda with a little shift in terminology this may be the last time I say facilities master plan and I'll explain that in a little bit we'll go over what we've learned throughout the process um to date let's see in

012terms of our facility assessments their site visioning workshops and the community surveys that are currently still out and that will feed into our site planning approach where we are with some kind of district-wide ships as we think long term think about the district holistically and as we approach the sites and planning them we'll get into the town halls and that feedback do I need to pause or anything there's some chatter good okay we're good sorry our monitors are a little awkward oh okay um yeah so get into the town halls a little bit some of the common feedback that we heard um to keep you updated on that and then um Terry will speak to the uh energy decarbonization Plan update a little bit perfect so just a reminder this is a this is a

013marathon not a Sprint it's a road map for the next 15 plus years as we approach this long-range plan and we want to make well-informed decisions using data as that driver for every decision we make along the way and also in the end for project prioritization you want to make sure this plan supports the families and community and engages them in a thoughtful manner though we incorporate teachers and staff ideas the cognitive development for all Learners to thrive we strengthen Community Communications and connections between children and adults on the campuses and with their families that we're being mindful of all students especially those middle schoolers and improving the facilities for their needs again engaging the community for responsible and responsive cultural Place making we're holding ourselves accountable throughout the process and supporting teachers as well

014through professional development so that shift in terminology I mentioned we pose the question to the facility's master plan committee so this Core group of folks that we meet with throughout the process um and it's it's been an evolvement you know at LPA we try to evolve the process and of course in terms of the just social Zeitgeist the evolvement in terminology and language recognizing that language is powerful so a a shift we've seen this shift at the Collegiate level shifting their terminology from master plan to something more along the lines of long-range campus development plan and we felt it responsible to do the same so we posed that question to the what was then the facilities master plan committee if they were in support of Shifting the name of this full effort from facilities master

015plan to long-range campus development plan apologize to our audience into the board I failed to introduce you properly so uh Andrea bibin is one of the Architects with LPA and she has been the lead with Mariana La beso right uh in putting together this whole process of uh setting up different stakeholder groups and Andrea you have been pretty much the lead on on all of the different kinds of meetings that we have had because we have had focus groups for the staff we have had focus groups for the sites themselves we have had then more robust you know committees with different stakeholders and then the community at large um meetings so thank you so much Andrea for uh helping us with this thank you no problem yes I'm an educational facility planner by degree and

016trade so this is these are my bread and butter I'm thinking just big big picture long term but yeah so all of these years that I've been doing this we've been calling it facilities master plan so I'll apologize if I slip up there um but really trying to change the language um update you know our own terminology to long-range campus development plan being a little more culturally sensitive so we pose this question to the fmpc um if they were also in support of this shift and also while we're on the lines of Shifting terminology do we want to keep calling them classrooms which kind of gives the connotation of that old school sit in your in your desk face the front and absorb the wise teachings of the sage on the stage so that you

017can memorize them to take a test or do we want to shift that language to learning Studios a little more indicative of a very Dynamic flexible environment that can do a lot of things but at the the results of that survey was yes folks are on board with changing the name to long-range campus development plan but you know let's not get too crazy we'll continue to call them classrooms so this long-range development plan is scheduled we are making our way through we're I don't want to say nearing the end because there's still a lot of good work to do with all of the data and information that we've gathered but we've met with the let's call them FDC facility development committee um having our regular meetings with them we've completed our site visioning workshops so

018meeting with the campuses walking the sites that happened in in December our student and Community online surveys remain in circulation and see if we can get more but I'll give you a little update on what we've learned from them thus far we have completed our three town halls so we broke up all Sites into three different dates um you can see them there so wrapped up with our third Town Hall just last week um every site has a follow-up meeting that's that site committee Workshop number two that happens a week after that sites Town Hall so we have made our way through all feedback except for that um the groups that we've met with just last week they get a nice spring break to kind of absorb what they saw at that town hall and

019then we'll meet again a follow-up meeting with them next week once we have that meeting with the that follow-up site committee Workshop number two we can solidify the campus diagrams once that happens we can roll into cost estimating through May and June um once we do that cost estimating we'll find a number a rough order magnitude of cost that I'm going to take a guess that it far outweighs your ability to fund everything at the get-go so that's where that goal of project prioritization comes into play where we'll provide the facility development plan committee with these data points so that they can run a project prioritization exercise that'll become a data point that we'll then take in front of you um I think that'll happen in July or June to run through project prioritization yourselves

020and then ultimately um gain your approval on this plan in October so we know what that project prioritization some difficult decisions will have to be made because again you can't fund everything all at one go this is a marathon not a Sprint as I mentioned so it'll take multiple rounds of funding and to have all projects that you see reflected on the diagrams come to fruition but that is also one reason why we and the California Department of Ed recommends an update to this plan every three to five years just to make sure everything's staying relevant the demographic Trends are are still in alignment with the campus diagrams and the vision um is still the direction you want to go okay so a little bit about what we've learned we'll start off with the facility

021condition assessments I think we touched on this um in the first update with you all but this was done by a partnering firm of ours Bureau Veritas they um assessed everything that currently exists on all campuses uh whatever they could visually assess and um kind of created a plan of action a plan of repair and action needs if you will for the next I think 20 years but also identified some immediate needs so with every system and finish that is currently in place they record the date or estimated date when they believe it was to be installed and everything has a as a useful life so from that installation date projected it out the date that they expect it to be replaced they also logged some immediate needs things that they identified as being currently

022broken and in disrepair so this is a summation of some of the common immediate needs that we that were noted across all campuses it's not to say that every campus has every single one of these bullets but a lot of them do overlap so we see some you know mechanical components that need to be replaced restroom fixtures uh we understand all all asphalts whether it be in the parking lots or at the Hard courts need to be resurfaced um along with improvements to the play Fields drinking fountains and disrepair kitchen equipment and just general interior finishes and then some additional studies needed for Plumbing Systems and other things so again things that were reported and we heard these in our campus site walks too that you know the plumbing tends to back up and this

023or that building or site-wide but someone like Bureau Veritas isn't able to you know get a shovel and really investigate um the true cause of it so they've identified where further studies are necessary so just identifying some immediate needs to go along with the full assessment about you know 100 to 150 pages per campus it's Hefty um but they have also given us this kind of scorecard per campus this is just a sample um from a draft report so taking everything that they assess all the the six items that you see on the left side of the screen run this analysis of theirs that ultimately spits out a building weighted average condition score so how do we use this as a data point um to inform future decisions and we've applied this facility condition rating

024so you'll see these ratings a through f um and it's not to say these sites that receive an a rating are a plus fantastic need nothing these are all rating each site against one another if you were just to take these ratings from the previous slide on a global scale you would see just a lot of C's so in order to make this turn this into something that is more useful we thought let's compare the sites in the district against one another just to see where each site lies if we need to make some hard decisions or kind of pick and choose um you know where to focus some some funds this may be one of those data points that you see all right so getting into some campus visioning Workshops the things that we've

025learned through our engagements so again this is kind of high level providing you a summary of what we've heard so we heard A Long laundry list of needs across various sites many overlapping so we'll talk about some emerging patterns on the left side is are the the needs that were verbalized to us and then on the right side some strategies of how we can address those throughout the diagrams and cost estimates so there are things like improving vehicular circulation both for parking drop off so of course our strategy would be to redesign those parking and drop off areas for safety for efficiency make sure they align with California Department of Department of Ed codes and um DSA another is to increase um Camp perimeter security I know you've done a lot of fencing projects but

026not all Sites felt that they had a true secured campus all the way around with a single point of entry so that would be our strategy is to make sure that that administration building is you know once uh once drop-off is done and say you're a parent or visitor coming onto campus middle of the day you have a clear single point of entry on which to visit the campus where you need to get checked in before you're able to be released onto campus modernizing the learning environments um you know again with those kind of refreshes things that are broken so that would be modernization replacing the carpets Interiors paints all all of things that are within the classroom and create a strong indoor outdoor connection and the portable classrooms when you think of a long-term

027plan it is usually in the the strategy of um replacing Portables not with new Portables but with permanent construction so that would be a strategy is then to as the need arises to remove Portables we would want to replace that with permanent Construction space for large Gatherings so on the diagrams we have reconfigured some of the nprs to create a larger floor space um the outdoor areas we're in beautiful California where it's pretty much nice most of the Year this year being one of the exceptions but how can we really optimize the outdoor environments and that would be to provide shade to provide water if you want to do science experiments or a messy art experiments having water or water for gardens power technology to those outdoor areas so devices can be taken outside for

028your Wi-Fi connection and also supporting staff collaboration and wellness so things like feature collaboration rooms something that maybe is a satellite collaboration work work room throughout the campus so that teachers don't have to come all the way up to the front of Campus if they need to make some copies or something second page of this so admin needs to be more welcoming something that we heard you know admin being very cramped or tight so a strategy there is you know we talk about shifts in in terminology create a Welcome Center something where it is a welcoming front lobby it's very obvious where to come in it does contain all of those administrative functions um academic counselors the nurse nurses office but something that is more welcoming and pleasant to be in um and these intentional

029spaces for student Support Services all facilities in California at least all of it I've worked on in my career the support student Support Services were not designed into these facilities um so your school psychologist your speech therapists these sorts of folks are typically found within the best you know little nook and cranny that the site can offer so uh hear a strategy and a long-term plan would be create a Wellness Center as well as a learning center which would be a suite of offices and confidential conference rooms and flex spaces for these student support services so create a hub of confidential spaces or student support as well as Wellness to support students age-appropriate learning environments so thinking about the scale of furniture the types of furniture place spaces as well your Play Apparatus making sure

030they're sized appropriately for the the bodies that are intended to use them um technology that everything is appropriate for that intended grade level and this becomes very important when we think about Universal TK and integrating that onto the campuses and then on the opposite side of the spectrum tailing for middle schoolers needs you know have middle schoolers on the campuses without many of the athletic facilities such as locker rooms and gymnasiums and other places for them to really connect and play and just be kids who want to socialize another need is to elevate the student dining experience so providing options for students to receive their food and eat in a Pleasant environment reimagining the library so a strategy there creating a media Resource Center so it could be a place that is not just filled

031with books but can be sent a kind of a maker Dynamic space that can also be used for after school programs and that feeds into the next line there so creating some shared resource spaces for specialized programs um so you'll see on the plans at places uh facilities like art rooms music rooms and steam or Flex Labs so I mentioned this could be a shared resource for the after school programs so that a site isn't dedicating you know whole wing of classrooms to your after-school programs um and a teacher isn't required to share their classroom that the after-school program can have their Hub can have their touchdown base but then that is uh organized near the flex lab so that they're really using these more shared spaces um after school all right getting into student

032Community surveys uh so far or at least at the end of March I'm hoping these numbers have ticked up a little bit we've received about 2100 responses from the student surveys so we're surveying students in grades four through eight and you can see the spread of the data there um you have more of these pages with the responses in your board packets so I'll just touch on what the majority of the students said they are in full support of and that is they enjoy being outside while they're at school and that their school does make them feel welcome so that's nice to hear um they would like a choice of where to pick up lunch and they do value student recognition we'll jump to the community survey again there's a couple more pages on the

033responses in your board packets in the community survey we have about 370 responses again these surveys are still open and we've been promoting them at the Town Halls so we're hoping for uh uptick in responses but what the clear majority of responses have told us so far is that the I mean those first two bullet points are saying the same thing that the facilities just need some modernization repair and upgrades um but the the community also feels that the school facilities should be a role model for environmental stewardship with the community and since the environmental uh decarbonization or the energy harmonization plan is also rolled into this effort I think you're making great Headway there okay so this then feeds into our site planning approach um so there's some influencing factors everything that we've gone

034over already your demographic Trends we know historically in recent years there has been a decline in enrollments and your district is not uh unique this is something that we've seen all through the Bay Area and in California um so that demographic trend is continuing uh downward we're comparing that against the capacity of each School site and the appropriateness for integrating a transitional kindergarten onto the campuses um in addition the facility condition rating that I mentioned earlier and all input from the surveys input that we've heard from the school sites and from the fnpc lrd PC that Committee of folks that we've been carrying along with throughout the process also playing a fine Balancing Act 2 between the challenges that the district is currently facing again the sites are all need some TLC they're you know

035since they were built quite a while ago they're not super educationally appropriate for this next generation of learning and we do see that decline in enrollment um with that just general decline in enrollment you do have a lot of competition with neighboring districts private schools charter schools so you know how can really be boost Alum Rock schools maintain the students who are still in the area so a strategy that has influenced our approach is to develop three different Improvement tiers the tiers are not prioritization levels um any site can be prioritized for that first round of funding but what this does is it helps manage the overall burden of the um uh impending costs of all projects so with the tier one site this would be a site that strategically as we're looking at everything

036district-wide um we're looking at doing some school level shifts so maybe a tk8 school becomes a tk5 school this tier one realm would also include all the Visionary projects like the Welcome Center wellness center learning center um everything like that a tier 2 site would remain the grade levels that it currently is so again a tk8 site remaining a tk8 site but would get that overlay of those Vision projects the the kind of new space types a tier three site would remain with its current School levels and would um be cost estimated for modernization to the existing spaces and receive outdoor enhancements um another approach just to kind of set some rules and boundaries to how we approach these sites is to Target some enrollments you know with your declining enrollment we're seeing a lot

037of campuses running um with very small enrollments so we asked District leadership what would be the right size for these different School sites and that would be to size in elementary school to about three or five hundred students at tk8 school to five to seven hundred students as well as a middle school five to seven hundred and then maintain your small schools your schools like Lucha and the Renaissance academies at 350 for the elementary school and or 250 excuse me for elementary school and 380 for middle schools don't worry about looking at this one it's just here to convey as we look at everything district-wide as we overlay all of this data the tiers the plan capacities um you know we're also taking into account just the geographic regions of of these schools and where

038students are coming from making sure we're providing middle schools you know in a um in the appropriate areas around campus for example or across the district for example so I'll just go through um one site example so this is an example of a tier one site some of those bigger shifts um the thought here is to turn George Middle School since it's a large campus um into a K-8 school so this is what that might look like again it's already changed through our conversations with the school site committee but of course what that would mean is you're also Pro you're providing facilities for the middle school students which I touched on earlier gymnasium make sure the locker rooms are up snuff and the athletic fields are are in excellent condition but also incorporating those those

039Primary Elementary grades so we've got um up at the top you see that's new construction where it's kind of a gray interior and a colored outline so new classrooms for those younger grades those specialty transitional kindergarten and kindergarten classrooms making sure they have a place space and that's located near parking and drop off for the parents that's outside of the regular parking drop-off Loop but you can't see my cursor good the orange are your classrooms so up here at the upper level we know George is a tiered site so here at the upper level the elementary school students first through fifth grades within the kind of close proximity to everyone at the center and these Yellow Boxes are your elective spaces so those Flex art music um steam kind of maker spaces for Elementary grades

040next to that again more shared spaces for the student services Learning Center wellness center and a language lab paired with the media center some spaces for after school we did have the capacity here to add some classrooms there Administration becoming that Wellness Center so modernization of the existing administration building but adding a new Wing just to take on the additional capacity and growth that comes with a tk8 site at the heart of campus and improvements to the quad area and new classrooms for Middle School through the conversations with the school site committee again this plan has changed a lot where maybe the Middle School becomes its own kind of neighborhood um down here on the field area the amphitheater gets built into the existing slope gymnasium connects with the locker rooms things like that but

041kind of those kinds of massages to the plans are part of the conversation at the Town Hall and that follow-up meeting so I know it's a lot of info all at once so we presented all of this at the Town Halls as Dr Bauer mentioned there were three one on March 8th for the sites you see listed here the second on March 23rd the second batch of sites and Group C just last week to catch the remaining sites um you know here's some photos so we had the draft plan diagrams printed very large on the table so they can take a look at them scribble all over them you know make their comments we'd be floating around the the room just to make sure that we'd be available to answer any questions that they had

042um and at the end of the night oh we like to have another slide with the plan with all the markups but first we got some repeating questions why are so many transitional kindergarten classrooms on campus for example um and that really is a function of planning TK as a new grade level on the campuses and planning for full day TK um as the ideal so if that is a direction that the district chooses to go in we'll have built into the cost estimate the um the classrooms that will be needed for a full day TK program the same goes for kindergarten as well so you'll see the plans reflect full day TK and kindergarten um and one of the questions of course the tier three sites why didn't my campus get the vision improvements

043and again it's to play that then to walk that thin line of not trying to go too big with this overall cost um recognizing that a tier 3 site modernization could still be prioritized with projects in a tier one um but it might not be you know immediate for this full vision again as the district re-evaluates this long-range plan over time you know it being an iterative process things could change things could could shift so um that was the direction there and then some questions that come from tier ones we um you know why don't we have more classrooms on our campus that will change from middle school to tk8 so the first approach um to programming these campuses was to take the grade levels take the enrollment and split that enrollment evenly across all

044grade levels so we have found through these conversations that that may not have been the most appropriate approach and we've since um reevaluated our our programming but that will come a little bit later another common question we got was what about furniture and Technology this is something that is fed into our design guidelines so those Ed specs that's another piece of this um this process is to create a set of design guidelines recommendations for furniture and Technology would be rolled into the design guidelines and would be included in a project modernization or space modernization and it comes hand in hand with reconfigured spaces or new construction as well here it is so here's an example of the end product what we got to take away after that town hall meeting lots of comments lots of

045sticky notes all great feedback and um each site had a poster list of the types of improvements that we overlaid onto the campuses and those green dots represent um people who kind of votes in favor of each line item the red dots are like that's kind of the bottom of my list but you can see um just the types of feedback that we received and then that was digitized which is also part of your board packet the digital version of the Town Hall comments but at the end of the day you know we are listening we are creating that dialogue between you know us as the Consultants District leadership and your community to make sure we're shifting where we need to shift and reapproaching where we need to reapproach so just like um our planning

046approach we're taking another look at the demographics and and right sizing and reshuffling um the the projected enrollments and plan capacities so it fits a little bit better with this feedback that we've been hearing so we're still making Pro progress towards the school but is is still a work in progress very all right little update on energy carbonization right so um all right so just to sort of give you a little update on the state change their rules on December 15th of 2022 and in order to stay in What's called the neem 2 which is where where we currently are we need to have all of our applications in by April 15th so um I think a few months ago you guys authorized um Arc to actually do the neem applications because sometimes that's done

047as part of your RFP process when you actually have a solar person come on and actually install the solar um and so they have been extremely busy and as of today I believe all the applications are actually in for all 24 schools so um we scrambled this morning to get the last signature in um but we're um we are actually on on good boat from that so that goes to Sacrament um that goes up to PG e and so we've met the deadline um we have not received any comments back from them I suspect that they're absolutely overwhelmed um because pretty much I think everybody's in line so in terms of that we are good we'll get the maximum amount of savings um that we'll be able to do which is going to be good

048because the other piece of that which was announced a few weeks ago um the governor is pushing through that after December or 2027 you will not be able to buy any more gas appliances for anything and so it's really important um for us to bring the solar onto campuses um in a timely manner before that happens so you guys are in a really strong position for that so we're very excited about that um so like I said we're actually all all the applications are in so um all of that is done the next piece is actually forgot this the next piece of this is actually to um write the RFP and go out to bid so this is a process that they'll continue to do and analyze um we'll probably wait to do that until

049um we're done with the long-range development plan um one of the things that we've been trying to um we don't want to get ahead of ourselves the long-range development plan really is supposed to be a guide of what we're supposed to do in a priority of projects so we want to make sure that we go through and also prioritize the solar as we go in there these applications are good until December of 2025 so we have until that time frame to do that and so that'll give us plan it's plenty of time but it'll give us plenty of time to prioritize and then install as appropriate on campuses but and I will say just to link I forgot to mention it as I was going over the campus diagram but we are taking arcs plans

050uh their recommended locations for solar and incorporating those into our plans maybe moving them where we think you know this would be better for a building but also prioritizing the location of new solar to students many campuses made comments that they'd like solar over parking um but that kind of goes twofold why we did not place it there is um in most cases we were reorganizing parking shifting redesigning parking lots and drop-off and so the timeline of solar is much more quickly likely than it would take to redesign parking um but it's also District directive to prioritize this nice shade for students rather than empty cars so where we could locate solar to also double as a lunch shelter or double a shade for for play that was that was the direction there and we

051are doing for an Orchard it's really cool yes um oh wait a minute don't we um you know but before we take questions and comments from the board I'd like to open this the public comment is there okay uh uh I see a Loretta Tanner you are recognized I just have a question because six or seven years ago was the gymnasium at George situation and if I remember correctly it was shut down for many reasons but one of them was because we're on a fault and how is that going to impact this going forward because if it wasn't good enough then we've had more earthquakes since then so I'm just curious about that thank you right all right at least seeing no further public comment I will open it to questions comments uh from the

052board I saw vice president Herrero lawera first and then thank you so much Andrea and I don't think I caught your name right here Terry uh for bringing this presentation I know that we get updated on our one-on-ones and for me it was important to also update our public uh full transparency and where we're at um I love the shift in the language and the ownership right that our community is also taking on and these plans as we move forward um plans that will become a reality in the near future um and also the fact that at some point we'll be making a decision right but that it's an informed decision and that we all understand um that there's many many steps to this and so I know you've all been working I mean this

053was a summary of all the amazing work that you're doing behind the scenes with our staff thank you so much um so for me I I don't get you know I get bits and pieces and so this is helpful to have it all in front of me together and then also that along with the updates I'm also getting it with our public because of things like you know that happened six seven years ago and where maybe um some of us are maybe a little bit traumatized still and making sure that we're careful as we move forward because the the funds that we're using obviously um belong to you know our district as a whole and making sure that as we move forward that it's informed decisions and that we're turning over every Rock and every

054leaf and um somebody who's an expert right and these things that may be some of the things that we wouldn't think about um and you know like um the questions about faults and things like that that we know that you are covering um so thank you for your diligent work and also this presentation to keep keep us updated thank you yes that was a uh we learned about that fault line during that follow-up meeting with the school site committee oh interesting okay we'll investigate luckily we do have Structural Engineers in-house so we have consulted them and kind of learned some some things about you know what can and can be placed depending on the fault line um but if there's any additional documentation from six seven years ago that might be helpful in an informing

055uh our process that'd be great to see great thank you thank you um so thank you for the information um it's always great to to allow the community to get up to speed on what we're learning as well uh in our one-on-ones um I wanted to um second the feedback that you got from the community in terms of the is is this idea this concept of tk8s um if it does gain Steam and if it does become a reality that um there'd be a hard uh separation between the younger grades and the uh and the upper grades um due to the fact that there's a significant difference between younger children and these older children at some point they they leap in and are a lot bigger than them and so um I I I'm glad

056that the community already uh made you aware I've been told and it's also my input as well that I'm sharing I'd like to underscore that as well so as we move forward I'd like to see harder um boundaries between the two sites when plans are being developed um I would hope that you take the communities input into consideration as well as our input as a board um and so very glad to see that uh the the information for Bureau Veritas is being used I know that it was very detailed and very very great report and so um a lot of people were frustrated that hey this was presented what are you doing within it is being used and so on um thank you for mentioning that uh early on uh because there are people that

057pay attention to this you want to know what happened in that report uh and so um thank you for informing everybody about it to you so thanks for the report absolutely yeah it will play a vital role in prioritization but also um that all of their data is you know on an in an online form and so it can uh be accessed by your facilities department and and of course play into the Deferred maintenance plan okay trusty Flora Shelton thank you for the presentation and thank you trustee for having it come here given that I'm the newest board member um I really appreciate the information and I did attend the second Town Hall at Renaissance at Fisher and found it very engaging informative um the the like report cards you know just really um good

058tools for the community to use in their um discussions very robust passionate discussions of course with our community which is um really welcome um and I think your survey numbers look great you know but hopefully we don't have just sort of always The Usual Suspects right so um you know anything we can do to help you know kind of get the word out to the unusual suspects to get the surveys list now um just couple you know this the environmental considerations you know I hear asphalt right and I just kind of um and these were things I remember 10 years ago kind of talk about gosh under Governor Brown I think at the time you know cooler surfaces right when I think of asphalt you think of you know blacktop and just generating a lot

059of heat so you know how can we be because I think this whole thing you've had a very bold vision from the administration to the community how do we continue to be bold from a climate resistant standpoint more permeable surfaces right so we aren't just having storm water just run off and go everywhere so you know some of those things have come to mind for me um recently not during the town hall right the town hall you're thinking like classrooms and where's TK and all um so just want to kind of consider that and I I want to um kind of Echo um trustee candetto's conversation about tk8 um and and yet also what I was really hearing was how do we create unified some unified spaces where we also build community right so that

060our our older kids you know see our younger kids as a part of the community about you know so you know right now it just seems super crowded for those few tk8s that we have one or two right um so it's what are the opportunities right safety is always kind of top of mind but what are the opportunities to create unified um Community spaces so um my only question is I saw the goal for the website around October and you know to the point of just there's so much great information and I know the superintendent was saying you know the website's really a priority um it's just trying to get that out any sooner than October would be you know fantastic absolutely it will be released sooner than October I want to say July but

061don't hold me to it um you know I mentioned evolution and this website you'll get one of our kind of website 5.0 I mean it's going to be very much different than any if you've seen any samples that we've done in the past for long range plans this is going to be highly interactive a lot of thought and efforts being put into it I'm very excited to see it myself and it will be a very rich robust wealth of information that will be available before we ask you to make a decision it'll be available as the draft deliverable um so that is coming I did want to mention let me see you mentioned oh so Elena here is taking notes of your comments so things like that lighter surfacing you know more reflective being very

062sustainable in everything that we do not just taking Arc solar designs but at LPA we really pride ourselves in sustainability and you know that doesn't have to cost extra so we will be we can put your comments and run that by our landscape team and other folks to make sure we're specifying the right materials that would meet your goals thank you uh Krusty Chavez pick up and drop-offs I've been there at the schools in the morning it is like whoa crazy so um is there anything in the in the planning that some sites you can probably fit two cars entering and if everybody's going the right the same way in one way then you're going to be able to do the travel flow faster um if they do that especially since you always have to

063have a crossing guard and the name that there isn't what happened is there anything that could be put in now and maybe a solar thing to help guide a promotion yes yeah yeah that could happen we can um yeah we can take another look at the plants and once we get into cost estimating kind of factor that in as a as a a number to hold for things like um kind of solar flashing Crossings um as we look at at creating a new Dropbox or just reconfiguring current we follow California Department of Ed guidelines for uh drop off Lanes so that it be separate from parking so you don't have cars backing out into the drop-off Lane and that the lane itself is 24 feet wide so you have your drop-off Lane and a passing

064Lane um that's how you know DSA sees it is you don't want kids in the passing Lane dropping off because then they're Crossing traffic so people think that even if you just um free route where you can drive in to move it even a few feet makes a big difference yeah we're definitely looking at that yeah looking at maximizing that stacking distance off the road yeah thank you thanks uh well thank you so much for the informative presentation uh you know and I'm glad that you know uh the modernization of our district schools are coming together I mean uh was that you know we're uh uh making changes to buildings that have served two or three or even more generations and designing spaces that are uh more appropriate for you know this new century as

065well as uh you know reworking some of the uh what is it the electrical work as well as the heating and air conditioning so that they are energy efficient and we you know achieve uh monetary savings as well as providing a more pleasant uh and learning environment for our kids and working conditions for our teachers and staff so thank you so much thank you thank you okay so with that will move to item 7.07 uh local control and accountability plan information findings and presentation uh to note this is a this is uh informational item so no you know so what that superintendent Bauer and I see um okay so with that uh I will open this item to public comment at this time uh okay saying no for a seeing no further call for public

066comment uh superintendent power yes um remember that we are in El Cap a season and uh Miss Garcia is going to give the board an update on the findings uh we have gone through the community forums um and so this is a kind of a summary of what the community have said has said and so uh Santa Claus Garcia is our director of state and federal okay um I haven't done this for a while so bear with me okay do I speak into them you're fine all right thank you advice okay all right good evening board president fam um superintendent Dr Bauer board members and Community Sandra Garcia I'm the director of state and federal programs and I'm here to provide an update on where we are with our development of the lcap for this

067year um let me see come on okay so the objectives for this evening's meeting are just to share some information on um stakeholder input some of the trends and um outcomes that we had from our forums and input sessions um share some of the survey information tied to the L capitals and then share the next steps in the lcap adoption process I think you've all seen this timeline before we we have followed the similar timeline for many years um the majority of the work the lcap development is a is the unannual process and it starts from the moment it ends and it just continues as a continuous cycle um however however the majority of the work happens um around now um beginning in February um and that is for input sessions we have our community

068forums our input sessions with all of our educational Partners um those are our parents our students our teachers our staff members um our DAC or dlac advisory groups um and our Union groups and then we also at the same time have a spring survey that is going on um once we gather all that information it's usually when I come to you with the first update on what we're look what we're seeing and what we're hearing out in the community um and that's today and then we will have another update in may bring a draft to you um and then in June we'll have an official public hearing where the public could um give input on the the draft of the lcap which will be going to the board for approval at the end of June

069then we submit it to the Santa Clara County Office event so and um looking at the input from our forums and input sessions um they're really there really isn't a lot of new um developments as you know per se that people are saying we really have this need for this that we haven't addressed um a lot of a lot of the comments were we like this it's going well continue it expand on it deepen it strengthen it um you know a lot on the counselors a lot on um PD for teachers and administrators support for new administrators making sure that you know everybody has the the newest information that they need to make sure that the kids are being served in the in the right way at the school sites um just a few things

070that I do want to point out though that were highlighted or that might be kind of new or mentioned um quite often where more support for our newcomers and for our long-term English Learners and I think that's something that we've all been talking about about meeting so um that did come out quite a bit um the other one was um of course counselors um expanding on what we're doing that you know we are offering a lot in many ways more than other school districts are offering we do have counselors at every School site um but you people are seeing the need um to really increase that that support um the other a lot around safety and I think it aligns with the you know our presenter that just um you know shared information with you

071was people really have safety at the top of their minds and whether it's um drop off in the morning or you know safety um fences or Gates or um things like that in wanting cameras wanting um some kind of Campus supervision increased bodies on my campus to um to really monitor students and and keep everybody safe so just a lot on safety and then with parent engagement just really deepening what we're doing already and providing um now that we're allowing parents back on campus is really resetting on what kind of opportunities we're offering parents you know a lot of parents say I'm ready to come back and help um but we've been off campus for so long we don't know if people really know how to use this and so how can we really invite

072them back in a meaningful way to participate um in what we're doing on campus um so those were just you know some of the the trends that are coming up and like I said nothing really um new or or that we haven't heard before I wanted to share a little bit on the response rates to the survey uh we did do a big campaign this year with our principals and our community on increasing um the number of um respondents to the survey and we're very successful um compared to Spring of last year uh we went we had 2 700 parents respond to the survey this spring compared to 1500 last spring um an increase of 1200 parents awesome so yeah that was great and then the staff um you know our staff is shrinking but

073uh we had 380 and that's 84 of our staff participated in the survey this year which was great to see and that's the staff at the school sites and then uh the student survey is third through eighth grade and that increased as well by um almost a thousand it's about 900 students more participated in the spring survey this year so um really feel good about um the the validity of the information that we received and that's what we the message was you know we need to have people participate so that we feel like this is this information is is truly valid and what people are feeling out there okay um so just a little bit on on the survey results so this is just an overall of all groups of um what we're seeing in

074different areas and it's the students staff and the parents um and this is the the general view of the survey results in the areas of climate of support for academic learning and knowledge of um fairness of discipline rules and Norms safety and sense of belonging um and if you look at the students it's broken up middle and elementary sorry the elementary and middle um the areas that I have focused on this year and that's because we have seen in the past few years that they are the the areas that are of most need our safety in school connectedness and so if you look at the safety for students 62 percent of students um responded favorably to feeling safe on campus and middle school is 61 it's about the same for both and then sense of

075belonging is 70 for elementary and 53 percent for Middle School students in terms of Staff um they 74 responded favorably to feeling that our schools are a safe place for students that we do offer a safe environment for students and that we do have a favorable school connectedness at the school site 77 and our parents these numbers have not changed very much over the years our parents um they they do feel that we're doing a great job in all areas 90 or more um in terms of safety I think one of the concerns with the parents is more of getting to campus and you know the safety that that is between home and school support for academic learning um a couple of the the areas that I pulled out where um with students is do

076adults and school encourage you to work hard to be successful and adults at this will encourage me to work hard so I can succeed in college and 74 and 70 percent of students at elementary and middle responded favorably staff does believe that they promote an academic success for students at the school site so 89 percent and that there are high standards for academic performance 86 and then parents again are at 95 and 96 in terms of the expectations that we have for students at our schools so this is the area I'm going to dig a little deeper into because this is an area that at our um beginning of the year retreat with management that we called out as an area for need to Improvement and it's safety and and I just want to explain

077what what I'm what I am talking about when I am talking about safety because if you see here 67 percent of Elementary uh say they feel how safe do you feel when you are at school 67 say they feel safe or very safe and then Middle School 53 percent say they feel safe or very safe um in terms of Staff um 53 percent uh believe that student disruptive student behavior is an issue or harassment and bullying those are the two areas it's 53 and 71 and parents um beliefs 94 believe that children are safe on school grounds but 88 percent um believe they are safe in the neighborhood or around the school so when I dig in a little deeper because when we think about safety um we always think of the environment right the

078the physical environment do they feel like they're safe at school physically and and I think that if we dig in a little deeper which I'm going to show you some of the other questions that are asked in the survey this is where we need to dig a little deeper and and work a little more in um so the question is do other kids hit or push you at school when they are just playing around so 54 percent no never but we have 46 percent of students that have reported that yes they are pushed at school when they're not when kids aren't playing around when it comes to uh people spending mean rumors or lies um 50 57 say no but then we have that that have reported yes people have spread rumors about me or

079lies about me do other kids at this school ever tease you about what your body looks like 64 say no but then again we have that 36 percent that have experienced that and then with um stealing or damaging your things uh again 33 yes so I think when we look at safety this is the piece that we need to look at is what what are the what are the experiences that kids are feeling from other peers at school and that's where the safety um piece comes in and then this is a a chart on results over time so this goes all the way back to 2017-18 um all the way till spring of this year and um the two top numbers are when we were home during covid so we're down to about 62. in

080elementary and then if you look at oh where is it what do you mean did I miss the middle I guess I missed the middle one all right the middle is um 61 percent which is very similar okay now this is the digging down into the middle school that was the elementary this is the middle so again um 63 say they have never been pushed shoved slopped kit kicked or someone just kidding around um but the other 37 percent have uh mean rumors and lies that's 39 have experienced that sexual jokes comments or gestures 27 percent and then been made fun of because of your looks or the way you talk um this is the highest number 43 of students have experienced that and that's for Middle School students okay and then um school connectedness

081so school connectedness um we have again Elementary School students uh say 60 say they do feel close to people at school and 57 of middle school students say they feel close to people at school um the staff um says that they believe they work in a supportive and inviting place and how many adults at this school have close professional relationships with one another 57 percent parents feel that they are welcomed at school and that the school staff is helpful and again here are the results over time it stayed pretty it has stayed pretty stable over time in terms of school committedness so we're talking about Trends and findings on this survey again um nothing you know that we have not heard before but again a lot on school security on um mental health needs um

082more supervision extracurricular activities there were a lot of comments on um offering the offering of virtual meetings for parents because I know that we've now started going back to in-person meetings but there were some comments on we would like the opportunity to still join in virtually if we can have a hybrid type of meeting for those that can't make it that we could still participate and then for the students um uh again the comments on bullying on meeting more counselors that they they find them helpful but there's only one on their campus and they can't always see everybody that needs to be seen um monitoring they felt that monitoring was very important um on the playground the kids expressing that a lot of things happen on the playground and in the bathrooms um and there

083are a lot about clubs and art programs and those kinds of expanded learning opportunities that they really enjoy so these are just some some quotes here from the kids and I always like to share things like that work um we asked a question in this survey on the student survey you know what are two things that this school does well that we should continue to do I like the wellness center because it's a nice place to go when you need to relax process something or talk about what is happening keep the after school program like think together they are very nice and helpful and and have cultural holidays like Diwali you can keep doing a good job educating me and my classmates you could also keep doing a great job keeping kids under control and

084then food and kindness circular things counseling and field trips little Heroes coaches keep the after school program and art so just some validation of some of the things that we're doing well right and from the mouth of things right they will tell you the truth yes we all want that so just some overall considerations um I think that you know we have really over the years been out there listening to the community and held a lot of input sessions and listening sessions just to hear what the community has to say and not just parents but students and staff members and um you know just really strengthening what we're doing and seeing how we can make it even better one of the things that was spoken about positively was the addition of the intervention support that

085we were able to hire this year and unfortunately we weren't able to find enough staff for all the schools yet but that's our goal for next year but also to add the math piece on because this year we have focused a lot on the the reading and literacy and that math is also an important um intervention that students need at our sites again the support for long-term English Learners the mental health support and improving that consideration is providing additional training and comprehensive plan for addressing bullying harassment incidents at school sites and then looking at ways that we can continue to strengthen that connectedness for parents and at their school sites so that they feel like they are providing meaningful support but they're also getting what they need to support their students at home and I'm

086going to leave you with this quote that I just love um every day in a hundred small ways our children ask do you hear me do you see me do I matter their behavior often reflects our response thank you great thank you so much Sandra so having uh gone uh you know having had the public comment or of which there was none uh I'll open the decim to questions and comments from the board I can't believe in the fingers okay trust each other anyways I I see we have a future poet and writer you can keep doing a good job educating me and my classmates you can also keep doing a great job keeping kids under control I think it's great when they have the feedback like that thank you for the presentation very nice

087thank you and you could have keep doing it okay next okay trusty Ford yeah thank you so much um I think we got a little flavor at a school level of this data two meetings ago from Dr Amazon and it's just really interesting to see kind of the bigger picture um I think like a huge headline that we should pull other than food and kindness is I mean these are outstanding results from the parents right and a part of sort of our you know whether it's on the website or every place you know 90 plus percent of our parents are really happy they're just overall happy with the education they're taking their kids to school and driving away and thinking like they're in a good place right and I don't think that's one right so

088these are the kind of results that we should be tooting our horn about getting your horn about right um I think that's just really outstanding and I think it's a secret right that shouldn't be a secret for much longer um I didn't realize how long you've been collecting the um sense of belonging data it's just really important to keep track of and I'd be really interested in seeing this um broken down by race and ethnicity um and then you know generally by school because I think that when it comes to belonging there's so many different things that our kids um how they gauge their their sense of belonging and I think we need to be mindful of that by but from our kids perspective and demographics um and then just my only question is you

089mentioned sort of comprehensive bullying prevention um I believe I don't know if it is a mandate anymore but healthy relationships was supposed to be a mandate I think at some point in the curriculum from the state a couple years back are we doing healthy relationships I'm not familiar with that in sixth grade sixth grade okay yeah I'd just be interested in finding out what that curriculum is yes and if we're doing anything with the little ones on um on healthy relationships more from you know bullying prevention and because you know I think that's a lot of probably what you're doing with literature you know like you know books that are about kindness books that are about you know building relationships but I'd just be interested in learning a little bit more on the side about

090your health relationships but thank you that's great being vice president Herrero loera thank you so much for this presentation and uh as we were going I'm like oh I wonder and then you answer the question on the next page so thank you um I was really interested in learning more about the roots right of that safety that question um because I think naturally when we hear safety you know even I think one of the uh responses included um more uh security right um and having been one of the you know wants to Advocate to reinvest our funds in a different way um some some of those questions that you highlighted for me you know uh were helpful in how do we focus on the root cause which includes you know the bullying and some of

091the things that uh Andrea mentioned so um yeah I love I love the data and I'd love to also see you know it broken down by how Andrea mentioned and even in the schools of like um if you have that and it's easily readily available that we know where to focus right or we know where the issues are or at least if we don't know then it highlights kind of where to start as we continue to um invest those funds and bring in those programs if we don't have them or look and see where more is needed because I know that we're doing them throughout the district um so yeah so thank you for bringing that and I look forward to yeah understanding more from the words of our students and our parents and I

092agree let's highlight the 90 plus percent right because sometimes it's that one parent um that we hear most that sometimes are not having a good experience and we have those parents and we get to hear their voice as well um and we get to also highlight the good things happening in our district thank you [Music] oh superintendent Bauer I just wanted to give an opportunity to assist the Supreme and then Campbell to talk about we have studied in terms of uh integrating some of this working into our strategic planning to the the plan of actions like what are we doing about that so do you mind sharing a little bit about the classroom um that you have alert with our IL PLC work ABS absolutely um over the last I want to say it's it's

093been a two-year project finishing up with this year is to really we kind of threw out the idea with our site leaders of what what do our classrooms need to look like so that all students Thrive and we did a lot of reading we did a lot of research uh back and forth on what what different site leaders thought were important what they didn't what was what needed to take priority what things could be Blended and we came up with what we call the Fab Five to thrive and we have five elements that we bring into that we expect our classrooms to be this year we worked on the first two which is a safe and welcoming environment which we thought was very important based on our Panorama data that we and then kids coming

094back you know even some were still coming back from independent study back onto the sites and the second piece that we've done started to dig into this year is that that uh common culture of instruction what are those things that across the board we really want to focus on and agree upon that we have in all our classrooms and that this work has been where we as site as site leaders we dig into what are those elements and then we do group site visits and gather data to come back and analyze that's where we are at the moment our idea is to continue rolling out the last three next year and we we really feel that it sometimes you have to go slow to go fast and really making sure that everybody dives into it

095we are working on a product where we are aligning all the Departments that support instruction and what they do and how they support the sites and with that having a document that we can share with all our teachers new leaders so they see how all of these pieces go together so those are the kind of the big pieces that we're focusing on so we will mention the other three oh I know you're gonna ask him inclusive yes yes we're missing one okay has to do with accountability important uh it'll come to you I'm sorry yes superintendent so I just wanted to um perhaps we can bring him a better um prepare presentation for the board in May so that you know where we're going with this I just thought that it would be an opportunity

096for us to tell you how we're doing the action right so when the when you get the information about the lcap how we connect with the strategic planning what is the plan of action so it's not just here's a presentation we feel bad about this God knows what's happening in the classroom I want the board and our community to know that we take these things very seriously and we do have a plan of action to address and maybe and maybe we can give you kind of where we are so far and I know that we're going to bring the fifth element that we're missing this video oh here we go student centered it's like we're all focusing on the two for this year but definitely it's it really it was a work of part by

097all our site leaders this these this last two years to come up with them and the elements that that into that are under each one of those topics him and if I could just add one little piece on Sandra's presentation um is that okay yes yes I I do want to highlight something that that um Sandra Garcia brought in to the process of the lcap um quite a few years ago that now is actually something that the state is going to require everybody to do which is a a student um what is it a student member advisory a student Advisory Group and that is something that's coming down for all districts to do and I want to recognize Sandra because she's been doing it for at least the last four years so I mean that

098is huge thank you okay have a good night thank you so I'll just wrap up this is the You Know It uh in reference and I'll go in slightly more but I I had a opportunity to see all of this in action in one form or another I visited uh Renaissance at Matson um Cesar Chavez Early Learning Center San Antonio and Lucian uh as I've always said in at public events uh education is a uh is a partnership you know we need a court you know our Professionals in the classroom but also our parents and of course uh you know our our our kids and uh in the sense that we're distilling all of you know all these viewpoints and we're addressing their needs so uh now the staff nurse said good night but I

099thank Sandra for uh distilling this you know in in you know what is it some in a form like a dashboard here for uh for all of us you know a snapshot for for us to consider and uh you know to uh make decisions and further move uh you know move business of educating our kids forward so with that uh we'll move on to section four comments and Communications so uh 4.01 the teamsters we have superintendent Bauer do we have Tom or Tom it's on vacation there was no one from Teamsters okay not tonight seeing none will move to item 4.02 California School Employees Association I spoke with Sharon fontaineless yesterday and she sends her best regards to the board okay thank you Sean we hope to see you back in person uh next up

100uh 4.03 the Alum Rock Educators Association thank you uh yes Loretta you are recognized thank you um I'm happy to be here I'm not afraid of crowds but I think I scared them away and I I wish this was a Kinder message it's um from Jocelyn good evening Board of Trustees superintendent Bauer and community use my absence tonight it is my husband's birthday and we are celebrating with family fortunately Miss Tanner is devoting some of her spring break to share areas message with you on behalf of the Alum walk Educators Educators Association I must share our extreme disappointment and concern regarding the unproductive bargaining sessions that have taken place to date I would like to remind you that we have only three articles open reopen to resolve salary benefits and calendar it is difficult to

101have meaningful factual based discussions when a district cannot provide us with some basic accurate information like how many ftes we have in our bargaining unit seriously we couldn't get a definite answer to how many new administrative positions have been added to this year or what their job is it is extremely frustrating when we are trying to base our proposals on actual numbers we have available to us only to find out that the district is using different numbers but can't explain how they came up with them the process has also been delayed when the district refused to meet virtually during one of those atmospheric storms that made it impossible for all of our team to meet in person Not only would the district's team not meet virtually they would not send over their counter proposals electronically

102to move the process along keep in mind that we bargained virtually for the last two years but all of a sudden the district chooses not to when something out of our control prevents us from meeting in person our area bargaining team takes negotiations very seriously our team must plan ahead to have substitutes covering their classes requiring additional time to prepare lesson plans we meet to Bart we meet to bargaining no we meet prior to bargaining to ensure that we have what we need prepared and ready to present so as not to waste time the day of bargaining we are bargaining on behalf of 400 over 450 members many of whom are waiting to hear the outcome before committing to another year of service in the district we know the importance of setting our contract in

103a timely manner it has a direct effect on the educational program offered to our students it is difficult enough to attract let alone retain teachers in Alum Rock as verified by the turnover and number of openings we have every year Aries last proposals were shared with the just oh let me try again Barry's last proposal shared with the district were done so on chart paper and verbally because we had no Wi-Fi available to us in the district office at the end of the session when area asked if the district would have a salary and benefit proposal for us at the next session we were told the district's position would remain status quo so yes area then declared impasse where else were we left to go except a bargain against ourselves which we will not do

104there are less than two months left in the school year if you expect any resolution before the year ends it appears that you the school board are going to have to step in and provide some direction for the district's negotiating team unless you're willing to accept another Mass Exodus of teachers it is time that the interests of aerial members are listened to before it is too late to repair any Fallout that may result if you continue on this path the future of our district is in your hands now regardless of what decisions good or bad have been made up until now you're the ones determining where we go from here thank you I didn't write it like to take an opportunity Jake's been uh Happy Birthday to Mrs uh so thank you so much Loretta

105uh item 4.05 superintendent Bauer oh we were gonna talk about it thank you I'm trying to switch channels April is uh an interesting month I was looking at all the resolutions that are going to be brought before the board for me April just wanted to share this briefly has always been the month of of the child right that's when we um think about our the most precious beings in our lives and as I saw the resolutions coming in on different things that are so important um I've been thinking a lot about um those who cannot speak for themselves right because thus they don't have a choice where they go they don't have a choice who takes care of them they don't have a choice about you know how we educate them or not they don't

106have they they don't have we as adults we all have choices we can do things you know we make decisions but our children don't and I think that's where um and and as I um think about you know all of the needs of childhood right it is even more important for us as adults to come together and to really make decisions based on what is best for kids so I want to thank this board because this board has done that for a number of years because we can see the turnaround that Sandra just shared with you in terms of how the parents feel about our district Now we move into we need to make sure that our children feel the same right and so board thank you so much for the support throughout the years

107April is a very important month it you know it is about kids we need to think about kids we celebrate it at the end with a soccer tournament that everybody is invited Copita is coming up we have the first uh game set of games on April 21st so I want to invite everybody um we're gonna put out the the agenda and the flyer on our website then we'll send it on on parent Square so that everybody knows where to go I know that trustee Chavez has some grandmas asking where are the games going to be and so dramas because you are the best drama we are the ones that go and cheer them and meet with them and we're going to have a wonderful time and I want to see everybody on April 23rd at

108six o'clock for the culminating event the last uh match and see who wins so thank you so much and we have a lot of wonderful things happening thank you so thank you Dr Bauer so with that we'll move to item 4.06 comments and Communications from members of the board vice president thank you president uh so I want to thank the community I want to thank Dr Brower for coming out to Michigan year Sunrise ceremony our staff who are at the Outreach table our children and families who came out to celebrate with the community um and also it's been a pretty busy month um I was able to go to the California Teachers Association equity and human rights conference so I was able to be with uh Educators um out there and you know get to

109know them and um see some of our teachers out there some of our former teachers my daughter's kindergarten teacher it was just really cool to be out there and then also attend their workshops they're doing a great job speaking about tough conversations you know about equity and human rights so I really want to give them a shout out um also attended the Santa Clara County Children's Summit with uh uh trustee Andrea Flores Shelton and um we have something coming on in this this meeting later on so excited about that um and then also attended the Cesar Chavez rally right the March and rally after the pandemic the first one was great to see the beautiful children's faces the community that made sure to keep them safe somos as well as probation and other partners that

110came out to support as adults and San Jose PDF course I'm ensuring that they were guided and that our streets um were maintained safe so that our children can arrive to the Mexican heritage Plaza and all the way back um I mean just so many to you know mention here so many partners in our community it was good to be out there and and see them and hear them and um you know just be so excited and such a beautiful day um to be out there uh and then last but not least we had a power lunch um that I think I mentioned maybe three years ago also the first one after the pandemic we had a group of young girls who attended from our Renaissance at Fisher so it was good to connect with

111them there and share you know a space um shout out to judge Julia alogamento who um who leads the community outreach committee that puts events like this on for our children to be exposed uh to other um just mentors in the community people that can motivate them people that maybe make these youth think like you know maybe I can do that one day or I'm interested in that so um was just really good to be a part of all those different events activities um and being a part of our community I know the Sun's shining so I know we're going to have many more um so looking forward to to doing that thank you for President right um also in April they had the Viva El Mariachi showcase which was really nice that they visited

112some of the schools and they also made a special visit to here to the district so I'm sure everybody enjoyed that all the kids were really involved and they they were so cute and um in learning about all the different instruments and then it uh they took the Roadshow over to the Mexican heritage Plaza and where they performed for everybody there it was really nice to see others as well and the good thing is is that um this program this showcased the it's been the same director for many years um and also his daughter is involved cider cider and he also taught my children when they were in um Joseph George and Linda Vista so it's good to see that even at the other programs that I went to last month that the former or

113to the alumni of uh Alum Rock still comes and helps out and is still involved in I think that's great that year after year you'll get a few coming back and helping the students it's so appreciative of the families that really don't know what's going on but that these people still Circle back and make sure that the kids needs are taken care of and that they're learning and thank you all for those people don't really see those people that come and and help out but thank you all and it was nice to see some of the schools um and the kids they look like they're doing well so as the little kid said keep on doing the good job and thank you very much firstly Flora Shelton thank you um I just wanted to First

114apologize to my colleagues about missing uh the board meeting two weeks ago I was just called away last minute for a family emergency so I'm off to a little bit of a slow start on my onboarding but um I I will be ramping up shortly completing some onboarding uh tomorrow so then I can start school visits um and looking forward to sort of getting into the school communities a little bit deeper um and just the last thing I want to say is really uh we all adopted the Autism Awareness resolution last month I'm wearing uh the Autism Awareness um t-shirts uh Embrace diversity so I just really want to shout out to our special education department and the good work that they do um both in our in a push in pull out there's just

115so many things we do for um this population that is near and dear to I think lot of us but I also think it's just outstanding work and when we think about a sense of belonging you know all of our kids belong and um and I just think it's really special what we do in this District whether it's at Lindale or in any of our schools um it's just a community that I think belongs and so I just wanted to to make sure that we're celebrating Autism Awareness every day but of course we we make these special months as the superintendent called out so um thank you and that's it okay uh clerk Montero um I just wanted to give a shout out to reiterate uh the toured uh our schools uh thank you to

116the County Office of Education for the partnership I think it was excellent I got some rape reviews from some students who are very excited about uh the the Mariachi that came over to play at their respective school um I'd like to take the opportunity to remind the viewing public at Alum Rock provides Mariachi for our students um I've seen it advertised that some of our competitors were the charge of B uh it's an additional type of thing and so uh your tax laws are already paid for it here and bring your children Alan Rock and take full advantage of the uh the the Arts of sports and everything that we provide here in Alum Rock foreign presentation on facility you know reimagining our facilities I wanted to congratulate you know uh you know we've been

117able to you know slowly but surely renovate our facilities with new offers at Shepherd so I'm very happy that we're you know we we are we're not only talking about the work of improving our facilities we're actually doing it uh you know as I mentioned earlier I had the opportunity to visit Renaissance at Madison and Cesar Chavez Early Learning Center and luch Elementary and San Antonio elementary we got to see a snapshot of what our kids are doing what you know what our teachers do day in and day out and also to stop and say hi to uh our you know classified staff who you know kind of like the technical theater you know where they may not be the star you know the Central Casting like the teachers are but they keep the lights

118on they serve the food and you know make sure that uh you know the curtains work and so I'm very happy that uh we are you know uh and then the results show for themselves on on the Panorama survey and we are fulfilling you know we are fulfilling our family you have expectations of our families and you know and to piggyback on uh Kirk quintero's comments you know we're providing our children you know a well-rounded education and you know and for that you know and I thank you know every one of you for uh continuing to make us still the uh largest provider of public TKA in education in East San Jose uh moving on further uh you know and uh Fort Montero and I and superintendent Bauer had a meeting with city councilman Peter

119Ortiz to talk about uh you know safety you know Public Safety around our school sites and response to that uh to the unfortunate uh attack on one of our uh Child Nutrition services staff and so we had a constructive conversation about you know what uh what the city can you know what the councilman can do to help us you know uh you know bring some City resources to uh make our school sites safer and also to talk talk about you know working with the city to uh help us further our our vision to improve our school facilities and you know make a uh Alum Rock uh let's you know to see Alum Rock Thrive uh once again uh what and so with that just two events uh I look forward first to uh I will

120be uh how you presiding or guest of honor at the rededication of Russo mcentee Elementary where you know with their new focus on environmental science so I am uh looking forward to to uh April 20th at 5 PM which is uh which is sort of like the big ribbon cutting event and secondly I look definitely look forward to Copita so I I wanna you know I you know uh I hope you all come and see our kids uh you know show their Spirit on their soccer field and you know looking forward to see our schools compete pretty for you know to be the district Soccer Championship so with that I'll wrap up my communications and comments we'll move to section five uh superintendent and board business uh item 5.01 uh resolution 52-223 declaring black April

121the fall of Saigon Memorial week uh but before I do that I I have a motion from trustee Chavez and uh second from vice president Herrera uh that's before that I would like to make uh two amendments clerical amendments regarding to the listing of debate so uh on the first paragraph the date should read April 30 2023 and then also the same thing on the 10th paragraph uh whereas Vietnamese American communities throughout California will commemorate the date should read April 30 2023 as well uh so with that I will open item first I open 5.01 to so does the maker the motion approve my amendments yes especially since my husband said it was wrong yeah thank you thank you and there's a second or yes okay thank you so much so with that I'll open

122item 5.1 the public comment uh seeing that I'll move to uh questions and comments by uh from members of the board okay uh wow I will recognize myself this is this is getting a little humorous here uh you know um you know the uh April 30th 1975 was the fall of Saigon the uh which brought a conclusion to the Vietnam War uh in a you know besides uh you know uh entry losing its freedom it also you know that defeat uh you know uh created certain led the way to a lot of changes which would impacts San Jose and East San Jose and especially uh Austin east side San Jose where many Vietnamese came to settle in this country to uh bill you know uh to find Freedom to build a life to build a

123prosperous life and to uh what was it be you know part of this American fabric you know in in a way that was unforeseen uh so it is in that spirit that I I bring this resolution first to uh you know uh memorialize the Sombra occasion but also to uh first you know first Mark the uh honor the sacrifices of uh many East San Jose many of which who live and work in Alum Rock uh for um you know serving in Vietnam and thanking thank you to Frankfort doing so uh you know uh you know it was a a noble cause and uh we want to recognize that you know it takes a lot of courage to to answer the Call of Duty and uh and to sacrifice uh you know put their lives in

124danger for the cause of Freedom uh second of all uh to honor you know the the Vietnamese Community who has brought a you know a a positive cultural impact uh in our neck of the woods uh you know as you know uh starting up businesses uh local businesses employing Alum Rock residents uh uh you know contributing uh culturally to the uh richness of our uh diverse uh region um and you know uh playing uh you know playing a constructive role in participating in our democracy which you know has profound impacts on the uh on uh you know little local political participation as well as uh regional political participation of which uh I you know I would not be here if it were not for that uh I also you know uh mean for this to

125be an educational experience because this is a part of American History local history that our kids you know ought to learn and uh you know not not only to know that freedom is a free but at the same time uh you know a lot went you know a lot of history you know this reflects the history of our region the modern history of our region and also it gives us a better understanding of you know uh who we are as Alan Walkers and East San Jose so uh it is in that spirit that I bring this resolution forward for the consideration of my colleagues okay uh trustee Chavez um the people of South Vietnam fought against the communist regime regime to gain their freedom and any time they're fighting for their livelihood and all their

126freedoms I will be voting yes every time thank you Christy Flora shout um thank you president um for bringing this forward um to your point about the educational opportunity I think it always enriches us to be reminded of um you know why San Jose and East San Jose in particular such a like wonderful tapestry of different people you know war and violence um you know it is a is a great factor in migrations right and so um I I do also have family members that that fought um in the war and I'm I'm very um blessed that they're still here on Earth you know but I know we lost quite a lot of valiant people um in that war but I just do want to say thank you so much for bringing this forward it's

127a important reminder of who we are and um the Vietnamese American Community is um is a deep part of who we are as Alan rockers as you put it yeah and any San Jose so I appreciate it thank you yeah I appreciate uh thank you for bringing this forward I think it's a great opportunity for Education um and although we're talking about an incident that took place so far away um it affects many um and um well it's called Vietnam War it affected many in our community um some of the numbers here in California I'd like to make note of it because I think that they their sacrifice needs to be mentioned if not it just it gets folded into this broader concepts of violence big war this thing that happened so so long ago

128you know some of the figures put that one out of every four body bags that were coming back which kind of Latinos if you want to call a broader the more broader encompassing uh and it's important note that because of the population at that time was not a quarter of the state and so these folks weren't aware of Truman's policy on containment they weren't there for domino theory or anything like that they were going because they uh in some cases they got drafted other cases they enlisted and they're going to go and do their their part to uh fight for their country and so um I mentioned that just to recognize their sacrifice um many of us know uh the way that many Vietnam veterans were treated when we came back from the Vietnam War

129and so it's a very very despicable way in which uh the country responded to people who stepped up and and did their part and so thank you for bringing forward this resolution vice president Herrera yeah I won't repeat a lot of what my peers have mentioned I think um the only thing I'll add is it's so important to highlight even somber occasions like this so that it doesn't repeat itself in history so thank you so much for bringing this to us and um I know that our district is uh is a champion in in making sure that our Vietnamese Community has a space right to learn um and anyone else but um to you know have uh the culture the language continue strong in our LMR Community um so I'm very proud to be a

130part of the school district who supports that um and you know it's important to also um be open and learn you know that I don't know everything about the Vietnamese Community but um you know you bringing this uh resolution helps me understand more and make it clear and then also so as trusting Quintero mentioned connect my DOT right to that experience um and healing and healing and moving forward to that you know as Leaders we hopefully prevent any other Wars like this from happening you know I think of my uncle's um who served as well and you know the traumas and what they went through what their homes what my cousins and how it affected it's a ripple effect right that kind of um impacted all of us somehow so um thank you thank you

131for highlighting this and I'm bringing it up and um I look forward to supporting it as well okay thank you so much okay seeing no further questions or comments by members of the board well and having a second and second emotion and a second for the resolution as amended I'll call for devote I'll call you as I see you trusty Chavez vice president Herrero loera aye Kirk Quintero aye trustee Flores Shelton aye and myself voting eye item passes unanimously moving to item 5.02 approved resolution number 56-22-23 children's Bill of Rights motion motion by uh trustee Chavez thank you second by uh trustee Flora Shelton all right thank you so much um and thank you uh president and superintendent for putting this on the agenda today we're proposing a uh Alum Rock Union Elementary School District

132children's Bill of Rights this has been developed um in partnership with the kids in common kids in common is an organization that's been around for probably over a decade and the first children's Bill of Rights was developed and adopted um by adults and this version in front of you today is the second version that has been done with youth youth voice and so kids in common um has been supported by the youth Liberation movement and really I should say the youth Liberation movement has been supported by kids in common and bringing forward this new Bill of Rights um and as trustee eretta Loretta mentioned um we were at the Children's Summit with Partners from the county from from the city from school districts throughout the county and they presented on the new this new Bill

133of Rights about a probably about a month or two ago and it just sparked um for us that this was absolutely something um that won we're already doing in many ways whether it's through the lcap whether it's through our um new long-range campus development plan um we know that both the physical environment the social emotional environment for our children as well as meeting the basic needs of food Health Care um housing all of those things lead um you know there they should be not just a privilege but a right for children so that they can see can succeed and Thrive so whether it's our fab five I can see there's just a lot of um interconnections with their own values and our philosophy um and there's quite a few things listed out here which I

134know we don't play a primary role in but we know um that our children need all of that and that's why we have deep Partnerships and that's why we have um Innovative approaches right to really make sure that our our children again not just have a privilege but the right to these um basic needs and I I just want to call out things that are new um love and emotional connections support and guidance guidance mental health themes that we've been hearing so much of since covid um as well as everything from Green spaces right um voice right and choice these are things that again are kind of um uh it seemed novel right but frankly are basic basic things that our children deserve so um with that I turn it over to Christy thank you

135so much um and I think before we continue if I can make some edits and of the um if that's okay board president yeah um I and and maybe um it'll be helpful for me to provide the up I guess um I guess they should be amendments you know yes so uh I'm gonna read a couple to highlight some of the things that uh Andrea mentioned um and also provide the opportunity for the amendment um so now they're for be it resolved that the element Union School District adopts the Bill of Rights where children and young adults for Santa Clara County and agrees that all children and young adults have the right to health care and affordable timely and quality mental and physical health care and that and then we'll include they can access at

136any time um and it's it's you know some minor things so I can forward them yes and on the job opportunities um also there's a piece missing there um but yes I just want to highlight you know as a champion for children as we are here in our school district um I ask our board trustees to accept this to adopt this um and that we also uh post it at our schools um and that we all know um if if accepted by our board um that all of our teachers and staff um also are aware of um what we staff for and I know it is already things that we stand for as Alum Rock staff board members and Community but it's always good to have um have it up and have our children be

137reminded of um the adults that surround them that support them a reminder sometimes that you know as children uh maybe there's just so much happening that they don't think about some of these things and it's like oh yes you know and so it might even spark some conversations um that will continue to support our children to be in class and be able to you know just um learn as we want them to and Thrive at our schools so I look forward to the continuous uh uplifting motivation healing that things like this create in our classrooms and schools so thank you so much can I just add one more thing um also we would thank you we would be the um first school district to adopt this in the count we in the county this new

138version um so again just uh looking asking you for leadership in this realm so we can get the ball rolling county-wide but it's always fun to be the first okay so with that first I'll open item 5.02 uh uh out to public comment and seeing none I'll return to turn to uh questions and comments by members of the board ah trustee Chavez um Andreas mentioned that they did the Bill of Rights and the one who did it was kids in common is there any way that you can maybe send us some of the info how they first structured it the first one yeah sure thank you yeah okay Burger comments and questions I'll just wrap it up I say you know first all I am in favor of the resolution uh the second part is

139you know I think that at the end of the day uh you know this speaks to our hopes and our aspirations for our kids and you know in the whole set here you know even even if some of the some of the some of these items are uh how you say are provided by a region you know local regional state federal governments and uh you know this is a this is a statement at the end of the day of what we we hope to do for our kids and what we believe should be done for our kids and also the second part is that uh it's also a recognition of uh the reality that public education is uh a big Community Partnership uh you know it used to be in the one-room schoolhouse you know

140the we've all heard of the you know the 3r right Reading Writing and arithmetic but you know uh but you know as public education moves on where you know we're asked you know a lot goes in before we can get to the three R's and this is a recognition that there are clear and serious needs that have to be addressed before we can even begin to address the question of learning so it is you know so it is with that that you know uh you know I I too will support uh you know this resolution you know as it regards to the children's Bill of Rights okay seeing no further questions comments from the board I'll vote I'll call you as I see you trustee Chavez hi uh vice president Herrera loera aye Clark Quintero

141trustee Flora Shelton hi and myself voting eye item passes unanimously moving to item 5.03 approved a Workhorse Workforce housing committee's recommendation to conduct the feasibility study at the Renaissance at Matson in the district office site superintendent Bauer I think uh trustee Quintero was leading the committee with uh vice president I'm sure they they wanna oh I see sir Quintero yes uh so I'm pleased to uh report the recommendation on behalf on behalf of the committee I'm thankful to all the folks who have served in the past and those who are currently serving um I want to welcome our latest member of our arachiga uh from the Welch neighborhood those are right on the border there in the South um and so appreciative of all the work that's been done it was a difficult process obviously

142every time you start looking at such a large uh area like Alum Rock and it's actually a large number of sites it um it becomes quite complicated I'm grateful for the work that the committee members have done to um be very thoughtful to come up with a process that takes into account a variety of uh things um such as projected enrollment um the impact that the uh the the the the proposed changes might have on the broader community in general uh the size of the site things of that sort and so with that the committee brought forward excuse me uh the proposal the proposed sites to um look at um to conduct a feasibility study at Renaissance at Matson as well as the district office um this was a compromise type of a proposal by

143taking into account the the criteria that was set up by the committee as well as um also looking at the feedback that we got in terms of surveys so I think it was a best situation we could have if we had unlimited amounts of money then we could we could conduct a feasibility state for every single site and that'd be great you know we would have a lot of information ultimately come up with an idea but we don't and so this is uh the these were the recommendations that were brought forward by the committee um I'd like to turn over the floor to my colleague who serves as Vice chair on the committee um in case she wants to make some comments yeah uh thank you trustee Quintero and I want to thank uh trustee

144Andrea Flores Shelton she was on our committee before Laura um so you have a little bit more idea of all the work that our committee's been doing which is a lot um which you know in regards to those Rich conversations that we were able to have of what schools how hear from the teachers survey responses and then also even after having the survey responses also having uh staff come and talk to our committee um I mean thank you to the staff for coordinating that as well because it was very important to hear everything that we needed to hear in order to get to this point of making this recommendation because it is a big step and it's exciting and it just gets us to that next step towards that Workforce housing that our staff and

145teachers deserve so um yeah I'm just really excited to be a part of the committee a part of that process and also to be a board member now taking this next big step of making hopefully that decision today of moving forward with these feasibility study reports um and the recommendations for the school so at this point um I'll turn over to word president okay board president when you're ready oh I'll gladly make a motion okay so we have a motion motion to prove second motion by clerk Quintero second by vice president Herrera loera so at this time I'll open item 5.03 to public comment saying none I'll move to questions and comments by members of the board uh trust uh uh um I have a question maybe a couple um one of the questions that

146I asked on my 101 was why the district um why are we going to spend uh on that site or the study when there's other schools with low enrollment and maybe to balance the budget better uh maybe another site would be um just as well off or or if we pick that or if not better through the chair yes um so the as I mentioned in my my comments there was a compromise of sorts that was brought forward to this body because we are going off of criteria that was established by the committee so we want to be respectful of the criterias established at the beginning and follow a very transparent process it was adopted right at the Forefront as to what what the sites were going to look like would take into consideration then

147there was surveys that were conducted and so we took everything that returned the criteria from the feedback and service and we thought that this was the best compromise that we could come up with without um yeah in order to bring something forward that would honor the perspective of those Who provided their feedback in the survey as well as the criteria that the committee established at the outset and so that's why it's being looked at so um the acreage in terms of the site was a factor um the fact that it wouldn't um displace uh anybody um the questions were asked to the administration if in fact there it was feasible to move the operations of the district onto sites that may have a lower enrollment and may have a lot of space available and the

148response was in the affirmative that we it would be feasible if it came to that and if this site was deemed to be the preferable site yes I was expecting question number two okay he answered it so okay good I can't trust the uh Flora Shelton thank you um I will be supporting the the two recommended sites and um just really thinking about sort of the least amount of disruption right when it comes to sort of the the district office site kind of comes to mind um as well as you know maybe I'm getting ahead of myself right but which I tend to do um but thinking about you know where housing makes sense in different communities right you know we don't want to contribute to crowding we don't want to contribute right to potential

149traffic congestion things like that right so at the same time we're thinking about significant unique investment right in critical parts of this district and um I think the the Mayfair Renaissance at Matson site makes a lot of sense um and frankly I'll just tell you from that that site has just a lot of interest right in terms of cleaning up one of the most blighted the one of the most blighted buildings in East San Jose if not San Jose right so whether it's the teamsters interest or Community interests um it it just for me from a feasibility standpoint I'm interested in um in us moving forward with these so I appreciate your leadership um trustee and trustee Karina mouthful names um really appreciate you guys um shepherding this through is a complicated process so thank

150you Christy Chavez I've got another question now so um trustee um you mentioned that you wanted to think about the least amount of disruption but I'm looking at it in terms of where will this investment do the most good and you know everybody they don't like change they don't like to move and I'm one of those so I don't like change and I don't like to move and in our business we've moved many times and each time I was you know maybe grown in and complaining but each time it was a better move each time it was more um a better outcome so yeah nobody likes it at first but over the overall picture are we going to have more money to fund quality programs yes will it cause a little bit disruption yes will

151it be well can they teach in this room versus that room because ultimately it's not your room it's everybody's in the uh classrooms I mean in the community so to me to move them or to and this sounds horrible to shuffle people around yes it's very uncomfortable at the but at the same time if everything is going to grow for the better can we maybe look into Maybe another site as well or think about you know how are we going to benefit the kids more down the line 10 20 years if we make a decision that's actually gonna cause everybody a little bit more disruption now but in the long run it'll benefit more thank you okay a vice president Herrera thank you Linda I think all those are very like good points and um

152I want to assure you that we talked about these in the committee that we put points up on the board that we turn the diff you know all the I know I use that a lot but for me it's important to take the time turn every rock turn every leaf make sure that we look at those because it's such a big investment right that we're doing um and I don't have the um values that we used um you know to make sure that we weren't doing this decision emotionally or like you know it's my favorite school or whatever you know things that maybe can come up to those tables so we had some things that we that were um are guidelines that we were using to look at every site we looked at every site

153the acreage the um you know projected enrollment I mean the current enrollment the uh lights at the corner you know I mean we had very robust conversations and I don't do you have that available you do I think it'd be good just to kind of share because we were able to do a lot of this work in that and so I get it as you know my peers as the trustees are going to make this big decision today like you know you want to know so if maybe um Dr Bauer or colvera I know both of you have it up so thank you um so the the values and principles that were adopted um uh impact on neighborhood projected enrollment potential of cup coupling housing with new school sites or new schools at the site

154um accessibility and transportation or public transportation um the size of the site um the walkability uh potential costs of their site Improvement and then the lastly future expansion thank you I think it's just important like that's just a piece of the conversations that we had um and you know so many different we had staff we had the leaders of the unions there um and then Community uh members Andrea was there until she came on board and we had Lauda join us um so yeah so and those questions are very important so like it's fair that you ask them that we have you know the answers of some of the conversations we had because this is a big decision we're going to make today um I I want to further explain that we have um a

155lot of good members from our community well-respected individuals uh real estate experts members of senior citizen groups uh we kind of try to mirror what we see on the cboc by bringing in people from different uh different stakeholders different groups so that it's not a something that's coming and we're all engaging in group think uh and it was good it was good because there were some people that would be a military post certain sites and they they proposed others and they brought in their perspective and their professional experience to um to really inform uh the the decision-making of the group um and in part um some of the some of their decisions aligned with what we saw in the service and so I just want to reiterate that there was uh input that was provided

156by um uh the participants who responded to the survey and so we're honoring that through the decision that was made in the recommendation you're seeing here it wasn't um unless you know this is our thing it was it was a good group of people with a lot of good information Guided by a lot of professionals that were supporting us as well trust the uh Chavez Okay so I asked about the square footage of the district and I uh the district office yes okay the district office and I asked also does that mean that the district offices stay in place and it's built behind the property you want to answer that Oracle and then I'll ask my other question once you answer the committee poses a question to the administration would you be able to move

157completely off-site would you be able to uh split up your operations uh the administration responded that they already have in place certain parts of the District Operations that are being placed off of site so that it would not be something that would be it would not be a deal breaker basically that they would be able to uh separate the operations of the district if in fact this was a site that was deemed the most feasible so if it's the most feasible what site would the district office go to that's the response was that they are already working uh with certain elements of the district the district office already working off of different sites so it may the the responses that it might wind up being different operations are coming out of different School sites I

158guess what I want is a clear concise it's this site it's got something can I add something before I pass it over I think um and it might just be me like we can't put the horse before the carriage or whatever the carriage before the horse if we I think first up because I had to ask some of these questions too so it's important to have that those visibility reports to see if even if we're going to go in this direction right before making the decision of where they would go because we're also having that's why for me it was important to hear this visit this I'm sorry this report that we got today and I can't remember the new name that they're calling themselves long-term wrong if it's developed yes so that plan because

159it's kind of working together you know and eventually it'll like move faster right um and so right now I think we're in those where we're like making sure the foundation with this feasibility report understanding if this is going to be based on those reports we may decide no way the district office is not one of them or yes let's let's look at it right because we have the square footage of the office but we also have the land right this whole parking area that maybe we're not looking at so um for me it was important to hear that because eventually I think if we decide here then we have the conversations of where else can they go or I like I don't think right and then we'll decide that as a board right so like

160we can't say this one because then it's like well hey it is so you guys are already making decisions of where right so we'll make that decision eventually of where they'll go or things like that as we move study first got it sorry Dr Barr I just wanted because I had some of the same questions you guys have been in the meetings and you asked the questions is there any way that we can get some responses to the questions because and then tonight I know we're gonna um vote on it and which it's fine um but at the same time I like to know what I voted on because I haven't seen or heard all the questions and I know because of the brown actors can't do that but at the same time why not

161then please give the responses that's not uh I don't believe that that's a brown eye violation superintendent about so no it is not I think that the main thing is the study what you're voting tonight is a study that is going to answer the questions you have yeah that's the bottom line there we don't have I cannot tell you we're gonna move the district office I'm making it up to the back side of Pala because you know I can't I can't say that because I don't know yeah the experts are gonna come because in addition to the acreage that that is property of the district remember there's a sequest study that is going to be attached to that that's part of the the stuff that they need to do which is that traffic the impact

162to the community and I don't have the answers to those questions so that once those uh studies are completed obviously it's gonna come before the board then you will have many answers to your questions um and then you will have an opportunity for the board to ask the experts those questions if they for whatever reason don't answer them in the actual study and the community is going to be part of it because it's going to happen in this public forum so going forward it's now going to be called long-range developmental plan no longer the fnpc correct yes that's kind of like his title better the Alum rockers development but okay I'm fine no more questions good questions and as we saw in the interviews and the information we're given there is a possibility um that

163reputability folks that conduct study come back and say you can't do it um so I just want to be completely transparent that as we saw in the literature that they provided to us some of them have given recommendations and it just is not going to work so I'm hoping that's not the case here because I'm really looking forward to making sure this process move forward but that's why we hire the experts so they can give us their opinion not so that they give us the answer we want okay so with that I'll wrap up and so I want to thank my colleagues for pharaoh and vice president Herrera loera for uh their leadership on this committee and you know as we can see uh serious questions have been asked but you know at the end

164you know I too will be supporting this and I understand having been a member and then later Vice chair of the bond oversight committee that uh you know uh did you know a committee is composed of a a cross-section of stakeholders and you know uh each all of it with with unique points of views and uh different values and coming together it you know this is a process of compromise and uh the the Workforce housing committee has uh you know did uh a huge huge job and bring in bringing all these stakeholders to you know to a place or to to talk out the differences and to express hopes and desires and come to a compromise and you know in the hopes of uh perhaps one of the most significant decisions that this board will

165eventually make and so uh with that I you know uh I am in support of this and uh you know I you know hope I look forward to uh the feasibility study so with that I'll move to a vote I'll call you as I see you trustee Chavez oh vice president no because of the deal okay and myself voting eye item passes four to one with presti shop is dissenting okay moving on to item six information discussion in action uh you know uh you know uh citizens Bond oversight committee appointment second okay uh I have a motion from Kirk Quintero second by uh trustee Chavez uh superintendent this is I'm going to turn it over to um assistant superintendent of business Mr Chang thank you uh superintendent um as presented um the administration is respectfully

166asking the board to approve Mr Joe Corona um to serve on the cboc representing the senior citizen group um the cboc right now has five members um but they have been had some challenges meeting because they had can't get enough people to get a quorum and so this will help facilitate some of the meetings that that will need to happen soon thank you okay uh for I'll open 6.01 to public comment seeing none we will do questions and comments by members of the board uh trustee Chavez thank you for another member of the Community Stepping Up okay I'll wrap up with uh you know I served on the cboc and uh it's a vitally important committee and the oversight of uh the bonds program making to make sure that our uh the taxpayer dollars of

167this District are well spent in the uh business of uh renovating our facilities to support our ultimate business which is the education of our children uh you know and I also want to take this opportunity to thank Mr Corona for stepping up to to serve I I you know I he has uh uh history of uh involvement with our district especially with his work and helping us with uh the parcel tax campaign and as well as other activities related to just districts so we're very grateful to have uh community members like Mr Corona uh volunteered their time to continue to uh serve the Alum Rock School District so with that I'll move to a vote I'll call you as I say you trustee Chavez hi vice president Herrera aye Quintero aye Christy for Shelton and

168my self-loading I uh Mr Corona is unanimously appointed to the citizens Bond oversight committee moving to item 6.02 approved contract extension for construction Management Services second by uh trustee Chavez superintendent would you like to call the Republican oh okay I'll open 6.02 for public comment uh seeing no public comment uh superintendent I'll just turn it over to Mr Chang both of the next items okay assistant superintendent Chang thank you again um this is a request to approve um the contract essential kleinfelder um in relation to some of the DSA work uh Ada DSA work uh that is required um and this work is has been triggered by our previous most current um projects that was just completed um and also projects that will happen in the future you may recall about a couple months ago

169um we had a presentation in terms of how many uncertified projects are still out with DSA GSA is taking a stronger strict stance that for us to move for future projects we need to close some of these out um in order to do so um you know through coming we've been working with our CMS to um hire contractors to complete some of this work so that uh we'll be ready for some of the projects that are happening this summer and then more importantly the three HVAC projects that are happening um are the summer of 2024. okay uh questions and comments by members of the board all right sing uh seeing then I'm going to the road I'll call you as I see you uh trusty Chavez uh vice president Herrero loera aye Clark Quintero University

170Thor Shelton hi and my supporting eye item is approved unanimously moved to item 6.03 motion via Court Quintero uh second by trustee Chavez uh I'll open it up to public comment staying none uh uh you know Mr Chang will you uh kindly present the item sure thank you um this similar to the the previous item um this is related to Ada um DSA work uh but this is for architectural services um these are the Architects that helps us uh fill up the applications and get us through the approval process with DSA and this is particularly for Linda Vista okay questions and comments by members of Lords staying none I'll move to vote Prestige Chavez right vice president Shelton aye and myself building I item 6.03 is approved unanimously moving to section 7 instructional services oh

171hang on I am 7.01 approved query report on you William's uniform complaints I have a motion from Krusty Chavez second by vice president Herrera loera okay I'll open 7.01 to a public comment seeing none uh I'll move to a vote trustee Chavez uh vice president Herrera aye or Quintero all right thirsty Flora Shelton aye and myself uh voting eyes item is approved unanimously uh 7.02 approved resolution number 48 22-23 Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month motion by trustee Chavez second by uh trustee Flores Shelton okay uh oh I'll open 7.02 to public comment our writing signal for public comment questions and uh I mean questions and comments by members of the board uh trustee Flores Shelton thank you um there's something in in my experience when we say Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders we

172are putting a lot of different diverse groups together and so um I do this from like a data perspective right we try to call out and sometimes the numbers may be too small but I think for that for our purposes today I'd like to call out those groups that are represented here and please help me if I don't um name them all but of course uh starting with the Vietnamese Community the Filipino Community Cambodian Community Samoan Community Korean Community the Chinese Community Japanese community and the east Indian Community um you know we tend to lump folks together and I think we want to make sure that we we see them we name them and um hope to understand them better so if I missed any I apologize no problem okay we we have emotion already

173no I said look lotion yeah sorry no problem like uh superintendent is motioning now no no no no no no no no no no no no thank you for naming them okay for I'll just write you know uh one out of five of our students are of Asian American and Pacific Islander descent night I understand there are many groups but for the purposes of the resolutions title I will stick with that otherwise the title would be very very unwieldy so uh uh what is it uh I've always said that our district is great you know greater than the sum of its parts and so uh you know I support this resolution in the hopes that uh what is it uh even though we come of diverse from diverse backgrounds at the end of the day

174we're still one Alum Rock Community and that you know we we each make our own unique contribution to that so with that I'll move to a vote trusty Shoppers hi vice president Herrera loera aye uh clerk Quintero hi uh trustee Flores Shelton aye and myself building eye item is approved unanimously moving to 7.03 approved resolution number 49-22-23 Cinco de Mayo May 5th 2020 2023 comment seeing seeing none now with the questions and comments by members of the board okay as always just want to take this opportunity to acknowledge Cinco am I a lot of people the high school had a teacher we're very um you know following his own ideas and thoughts saying I'm so fearful of all these Mexican flags because I'm afraid that you're not loyal to the United States um you said

175it generally with the real concern I'm very appreciative this individual because they helped me pass a particular uh subject that I was had struggled with a lot so like they're good teachers but just speaks about the ignorance that exist around Cinco de Mayo and I'll always take this opportunity to um Enlighten folks about um the the reality that exists around Cinco de Mayo and the fact that it is an American tradition the fact that people who are here who are citizens of Mexico before it was the United States went ahead and Rose up much like our native uh uh born here of San Jose Captain who stood up and said sons of California our country calls them and we must obey is in the Holy rebellion of southern states must be crushed it must come

176back into the union and we pay obedience to the start of the stripes United We Will by the force of circumstances become the priest and the mightiest Republic on Earth guys um uh father was a captain fighting the United States now he was there fighting the tyranny of the South now why am I talking about the Civil War in the South but we're talking about Cinco de Mayo this Mexican thing well because they weren't they were not differentiating it was their country just a few years ago and these things are happening right around the same time and they were taking the opportunity to some some of them like Vallejo sending off one kid to fight the French and their old ways of European ways of thought and they were sent another son to fight the

177southerners who were trying to bring in their nasty horrible uh slavery into California and so these were folks who are rising up who saw themselves and went out there and celebrated September 16th with no problem they still saw themselves as Mexican and had enough courage to go out there and fight on behalf of this country and could were able to bifurcape completely fine and put their kids on the line have them die for this country so that other people ignorantly can go around saying I'm afraid of all these Mexican flags well that first Cinco de Mayo were celebrated out here in Spanish Town uh to the south of us the first first one was up in the north by miners who uh saw this as normal that they were fighting against these old world mentalities

178of slavery of imperialism and they had already left that it had beencome illegal or uh slavery to be during the time of the Mexicans um and so I just want to make sure to bring that to light and to honor and acknowledge one of our San Jose's very own Jose Ramon Pico who stood up here while recruiting people of Hispanic Latino indigenous whatever you want to call it they knew that they were good horse riders and they wanted them to go out there and fight against the southerners as they were trying to come in through the South into possibly Arizona Texas and come into and invade California thank you for indulging he died in February 1st 1905. penniless the United States government thanked him by screwing by ripping them off on the pension that he

179had been promised for fighting in the Civil War let's do right by our veterans so uh I'll just wrap up with uh I think that you know Cinco de Mayo ultimately is a uh you know not just a a moment in time uh uh kind of like a moment where uh good one out against evil you know I'm not you know that would be too simplistic but uh the concept of of a free people resisting uh domination from a foreign military uh the lesson that uh liberal democracy is you know and that is something that has to you know we all have to be able to Vigilant and we all have to continue to do our part to maintain you know to maintain our freedoms to maintain uh our right to self-government and also our

180you know uh in a sense uh in general our our you know from which everything flows and so I think that it's a you know we want you know to commemorate you know this point in history also to commemorate this uh significant historical event and you know in a you know in a you know country which you know who's uh you know of which has con contributed very much to our own local history and you know our uh region and also as I've said uh the great lesson that uh uh you know what we want you know uh you know we want to enjoy the fruits of Freedom we have to Contin you know we have to answer to call and defend it uh when you know when the occasion comes so with that I

181will move to a vote I'll call you as I see you trustee Chavez aye vice president Herrera loera aye Quintero Rusty flower Shelton and my self-loading eye item passes unanimously uh moving to item 7.04 approved resolution number 51-22-23 National Environmental Education week okay motion by Christy Flores Shelton second by a vice president moved to public comment staying then I'll move to questions and comments by members at the board trustee Flores Shelton thank you um want to come in the the Discord I want to folks that April 22nd um it's the end of National Environmental Education week is Earth Day and locally we will be um uh having the Great American litter pickup and it's been sort of on a Hiatus for the last couple years because of covid but it's coming back strong and in

182the city of San Jose each Council District kind of competes against which district can mobilize the most volunteers and pick up the most litter so I would be happy to um you know help get the word out about where there will be litter pickup events in the Alum Rock District area um so we can get together with our community and be Litter free okay uh vice president oh I wanted to ask uh trustee um Shelton for sultan if we can include on the second whereas um we have there at the end stewardship of land air and water it can include and I'm thinking either sun or fire um because it's also harnessing that right and I know we as a district are are doing our part to harness the sun um on behalf of you

183know our environment so um are you in agreement me too um and sun or fire awesome okay okay for questions or comments by members of the board okay I'll just wrap up with saying you know at the end of the day uh we all have to live on this same Planet you know we only have one planet so uh the environment the environment as our home and uh it behooves us to take care of it and I wanted to tie it into you know uh you know and it's I'm very glad that our you know district is looking at things like solar and also uh you know uh you know Define educational opportunities in in Environmental Education environmental justice and you know and especially with the uh uh the refocus of Russo mcentee and so

184we uh you know I think uh last year I had the opportunity to see our City forest at Russo mcentee plant trees which you know look vibrant and healthy and I visited Russo mcentee and I think it's the uh it's the only school that has an active recycling club and so it's you know it's very timely that you know we've uh you know not only is it good good for us good for our children to be to uh was it the you know to understand the impact of in the environment but also as a way to continue to provide more educational opportunities for our family so I'll you know it is with that and I'll be supportive of the resolution so uh trustee Chavez looked up the date on April 22nd and that's the Copita

185day a lot going on yeah yeah so I decided I'm gonna do both I'm gonna go with the trash bag and I will pick up nice okay yeah yeah good one yeah we've got plenty of uh litter sticks that the city can provide to you in your green bag so I'm gonna do one I'm not going to be there okay okay so with that I'll move to the vote I'll call you as I see you trustee Chavez aye uh vice president Herrera lower aye por Quintero uh and my self-loading eye item passes unanimously moving to uh item 7.06 proof School sponsored field trip list motion by trustee Chavez second by Cliff Quintero superintendent malware there is a correction the week should be eight May 8th to 12th instead of me first stupid um can you

186remind me where we're at did you say field trip 7.06 the future did we pass the national nationality oh oh okay I'm sorry okay oh I was just like okay so we'll we'll go with us I am selling for uh moved to item 7.05 approved resolution number 50 seconds motion by Kirk Quintero I did hear second from uh trustee Chavez so with that uh uh let's see I'll open it up the public comment seeing then I'll move to questions and comments by members of the board uh vice president Herrera I just wanted to make a correction that the week should be it should read May 8th to 12. okay just getting it right thank you did you make that correction for the field trips or for the appreciation for this one teacher appreciation okay uh

187I just want to um you know highlight the work that our teachers do day in day out um and not just those that are in the classrooms teaching but all those that are going to school right that will be teachers um past teachers present teachers and future teachers just thank them for their uh work and um commitment to our children um and sometimes you know for some parents who have two three jobs end up spending more time with children than their own parents so um yeah just I wanted to make sure we didn't pass this on you know pass us up and make sure that we appreciate our teachers and all the work that they do thank you okay okay I'll just wrap up what uh you know if I said our uh classified staff

188or our technical theater uh this is Central Casting and you know teachers are the uh core of our work we would you know we wouldn't have Education Without uh classroom teachers in their day day in and day out and I'd like to take this opportunity to to express my appreciation to uh all Alum Rock teachers so with that I'll move to a vote I'll call you as I see you Christy Chavez aye vice president Herrera loera aye Clark Quintero first explorer Shelton aye and my self-loading eye item is approved unanimously now we can deal with the item 7.06 approved school-sponsored future and then or are you going to keep the same second by vice president Herrera loera uh let's see here I'll open it up the public comment seeing none questions and comments by members

189of the board I'll just say bon voyage and move to the vote I'll call you as I see you trustee Chavez hi uh vice president aye and my self-loading eye item passes unanimously uh move to item 7.08 approved resolution number 57-22 Mental Health Awareness Month um motion by uh trustee Chavez uh second by vice president Herrera loera open I'll open the public comment seeing no public comment questions and comments by members of the board vice president Herrero error oh I just want to highlight the importance of this um I know that our community has been impacted you know unfortunately by suicide in the past and so um making this just normal and um a topic that we at Alum Rock you know we highly value is important and um having a 14 year old who

190was recently trained as a suicide gatekeeper I'm wondering too if we can you know obviously a age-appropriate um trainer are used to be Gatekeepers within each other um so I'll be talking to you Dr Barr about that and following up um because it's important and uh working with youth myself you know I know it's something that um unfortunately is really effect affecting our our children's mental health is really been affected by this pandemic by you know so many different stressors that they're going through so I look forward to doing more but I'm glad that we're having this uh resolution approved today thank you looking for comments or questions by members in the board I'll just wrap up with you know mental health is uh you know important you know it's the presence of mind that

191that you know enables a child to learn and I want to express my appreciation for uh our counselors and uh as well as uh all staff who work with our kids in regards to mental health uh you know uh a reflection of the uh ever changing and evolving field of education so uh it's with that that I'll be in support of the resolution so with that I'll move to a vote I'll call you as I see you Rusty Chavez vice president trustee Flora Shelton hi and my self-loading eye item is approved uh unanimously moving to Section 8 Human Resources uh item 8.01 is resignations uh you know that's it you know it is uh information only item so I encourage members of the board to read it at their own uh convenience so move to

192item 8.02 Declaration of Need for fully qualified Educators for 2023-2024. motion by trustee Chavez second second by uh cor Quintero I'll open the public comment uh seeing none superintendent I'll turn it over to assistant superintendo Charter vehicle okay assistant superintendent to Rico you have the floor yeah thank you thank you Mr Pam uh this is the name that must be filed every year it's really in order to ensure that our our any teachers requiring emergency permits to teach and get them and this kind of simplifies the paper crisis we used to end up at least after returning one for each digitally recorded print and our latest meeting with the county uh they told us to you know you kind of see a large number of teachers there it's basically our best prediction or I guess

193but really it's our worst case scenario because they said if you under report and you need more we have to submit additional paperwork they said always go for more than you need because then that covers you because if you don't do enough you may have to go back and you will have to go back and file paperwork so it's kind of an overestimate I don't believe we're going to have a need for this many but it's really our kind of our high high estimate to make sure that we're covered and we can hire people that require if we need to require folks that need emergency permits in order to start the year in the classroom that way okay thank you assistant superintendent tariko so with that I'll move to questions and comments by members of

194the board Krusty floor Shelton thanks um I just have a question as to um and then when we hire staff that are um fulfilling the requirements for service vacation but they're in the process of that is it also a requirement that we notify families that they have um we have staff that are in the classroom yet not fully certificating yeah as part of my annual reporting yeah we do that in conjunction with state and federal program it's a requirement we have to do and that goes out to each individual family correct each individual family each individual school that's affected okay great thank you okay seeing no further questions and comments by members of the board I'll move to a vote I'll call you as I see you Christy Chavez vice president Herrera La Liga crusty

195floor Shelton aye and myself learning eye item is approved unanimously moved to uh item 8.03 to approved resolution okay uh 54 22 23 classified School Employees week May 21-27 2023 motion by clerk Quintero second by trustee Chavez I'll open 8.03 public comment seeing none uh let's see I'll move to questions and comments by members of the board okay uh vice president Herrero just want to thank our classified staff who uh are like the glue to our schools and make sure that we have everything we need and that our teachers have the support needed so that they can be in classrooms focusing and our children can as uh board president mention have lunch uh have staff supporting um you know with the recess and all the additional um support that the classified School Employees provide to

196our children thank you okay and I'll wrap it up by taking this opportunity you know and hopefully please correct me if I leave out a particular uh thought but you know to our pair of professionals our cafeteria Cooks custodians repairmen uh let's see here maintenance uh landscaping and uh and any and all other classified employee positions a business office that I have not uh included uh you know thank you so much for uh in many ways making this District thick you know and move forward you know like a you know like a clock in the service of our family so uh with that I'll move to the vote I'll call you as I see you uh Krusty Chavez vice president aye Kirsty Flores Shelton and my self-loading eye item is approved unanimously uh item 8.04

197approved new job description Equity diversity and inclusion coordinator so I'll open 8.04 to public comment seeing none uh superintendent I'm gonna turn it over to assistant superintendent Campbell to zeld Awards what this is all about yeah good evening um the we really need um in part of our work with the lcap is really looking at the being able to look at all the plans and the services that we offer for our students with that Equity lens the lens not just on what resources and services we provide but in relation to inclusion of our special ed students in the classroom and then also the equity lens of voice around part of our strategic plan in Multicultural multilingual and supports that are out there in order to recognize all our different populations that we have here in

198our district so this is um kind of our first step in moving towards really having that lens to really look through how we bring those that Equity to our sites and our students and our families okay thank you so much assistant superintendent Campbell so with that questions and comments by members of the board I see trustee Flores Shelton first thank you um this is important that the district has an EDI coordinator um and I kind of like along the lines of the question earlier where I was asking for data by like race and ethnicity right that's sort of a standard form that that would be used in a racial Equity lens um I would ask that this sort of some sort of work plan comes back right so that we can we can understand how

199the racial Equity lens will be applied because we can say a lot but right it's really in practice um and I I think it should also reflect on our hiring practices um not just it obviously in the classroom but also on our hiring practices um and ensuring that we have a diverse you know um diversity in the classroom diversity you know everywhere and um I'm just really interested in how this moves forward because um this is a first level commitment right that we're putting you know funding towards a person um but this person could be you know yanked in letting lots of different areas so being really clear about what the vision is what the objectives are and how it will apply because these positions usually get overwhelmed really fast these days um so excited

200interested in learning more about what the role would be superintendent Valor and I was going to expand it a little bit in terms of the ethnic studies in the curriculum because it you know we we had a committee the committee had some proposals so we don't want to just leave it at that we wanted to begin a very um strategic move into how do we interweave some of these Concepts into the curriculum and for us is Decay through eight and figuring out what is the appropriateness according to the great spot that's one the second one later on the board we're going to ask for the board to approve um a very specific travel in 1007 this is our effort to uh really diversifying our teacher population um the trip to Texas to Marshall Texas is

201to a traditional black college so that we can really make a real leopard not just talking about the concept but actually sending our staff to other to traditionally black communities to that we can recruit and so that they can hopefully come and be part of our community and hopefully the the the board will consider granting us but that's just an example of the kinds of things a real uh walk in the talk that Alum Rock is doing towards this HBCU is that what you're trying thank you thank you thank you thank you I yes I learned something yes thank you so much and thank you Dr power I know in our one-on-ones I've talked about you know pushing how do we go to the next step and not just passing resolutions or championing and advocating

202for things but how to um go to the next step and so this is definitely exciting for me as somebody who advocated for the ethnic studies uh resolution that we passed one upon once upon a time um and you know the committee work that they've done um and you know for me the budget right like when we put money behind um some of these moves that we've made um that's the action right like ensuring that there's Budget moving forward um and you know thank you prestigler Shelton for ensuring to say those things because it's true you know unfortunately because that one person ends up being the one that can like look at everything and see everything and measure everything to see if it's you know um to the equity standards and diversity um but that

203we think we think about that as administrators when we um hire them and how to get them the support needed um when needed because it'll get to that point especially when we go to the TK probably Early Learning Centers through eighth grade um one person won't be able to do that but as we move forward and we grow that we're able to provide that support so I'm excited I'm truly excited thank you Dr Bauer for um ensuring that our actions um back up what we say we're gonna do okay and I'll just say it this is our commitment to providing a culturally relevant education and reflective of the diversity of Alum walk and you know I think part of you know and a lot came in and our ethnic studies committee uh 1619 club and

204uh you know earlier in the year I I and Dr Bauer met with uh uh Ms Talton the the 1619 Club adviser and we had a productive conversation uh about you know what you know what we could do as a district to support our African-American uh staff and students and I look forward also to supporting the uh entirety of uh you know of all all those who you know live and work and uh learn within our district so uh with that I'll move to a vote I'll call you as I see you firstly Chavez hi uh vice president Herrera loera aye Kirk Quintero and trustee Flora Shelton myself loading eye item is approved unanimously moves we need to section nine contracts over a hundred thousand item 9.01 okay motion by Kirk Quintero second by uh

205Krusty Chavez uh how open to public comment seeing none uh uh superintendent Bauer this I asked the board to respectfully approve this contract to support our special students okay saying no questions and comments by members of the board seeing none I'll move to a vote I'll call you as I see you uh trustee Chavez aye the vice president Flores Shelton and myself holding eye item is approving unanimously moving to item 9.02 motion by trustee Chavez second by Kirk Montero I'll open the public comment staying there now I'll help move to uh seeing no public comment uh superintendent power uh this is also in support of our special education department okay thank you uh questions and comments by members of the board staying then I'll move to a vote I'll call you as I see you

206trustee Chavez aye vice president Herrera loera thank you Presley Flores Shelton and myself voting eye item is approved unanimously uh moved to item 9.03 motion by trustee Chavez uh second by Kirk Quintero I'll open the public comment being no public comments superintendent power this is a very exciting moment for Alum Rock This is this contract is going to provide our students in the east side but kind of Summer Camps that only vary uh wealthy students have opportunity to take we work very hard to make this a possibility it's a different kind of summer camp that we're bringing to the east side um and we're I'm telling parents please sign up because this is something is a true investment that our district is having in our kids and our families to provide them very high quality

207summer camps this coming summer we work with the Galileo Corporation to be able to bring this to it's all project-based students are going to have a very different uh experience for summer camp and looking forward to seeing them if the board approves this tonight okay thank you questions and comments my members of the board trusty floor Shelton so we know summer camp like the city of San Jose you know you enroll in February and you know the scholarship slots are taken in in a minute right so um do you anticipate sort of over enrollment how do you have a prioritization or is it just the kiddos in these two schools that are these are just the sites of the campus it's just the site so where they say what is going to happen is it

208a first come first serve I'm gonna turn it over to Supreme uh sister superintendent Campbell those are the logistics yeah um so this year we are we have a variety of summer programs happening certain programs are um we strategically invite certain students so that we can support their academic growth obviously that's kind of the first round as we we reach out to them but this is open to anybody that wants to sign up and we have 300 slots which is a big chunk yeah so it is first company it will be first come after the targeted people yeah we send out the target list to the first group and then to some of the programs we we would encourage them to take to support their academics but but they don't have to pick that they

209could choose to pick this I've given this is the first time around I would highly encourage you know thinking about what first come first serve really means you know um are we going to be getting our the families and children that most need all day you know support for their kids so and so man yes yes we have now a program that the board approved um I believe in January February they are electronically we're going to be able to um really uh have the parents sign up and kind of commit to something because we in the past had this issue with people signing up for multiple slots and kennel can holding it and then families make a plan and then they don't show up so we're trying to avoid that this year very uh proactively

210and so we're going to be able to have kind of what Bard was talking about um that first round of students that need the supporting math that need the support in English language arts for them to kind of be what they need to be and then all the other programs because this Galileo Camp is just one more remember we still have music we still have Arts so we are anticipating a very robust summer programming in our history okay yeah thank you and if I may add um board president um all our programs this the families have the option to stay full day so there could be an academic in the morning but then there's an enrichment piece in the afternoon so they can go all the way till five o'clock hey for questions and comments

211by member Clark Quintero I think that's important to note that well the traditional summer school no longer there were enrollment did enrichment or catch up if you needed but Alum Rocky to join its best to provide that summer programming whether it's the Elevate map Institute sure some of the kidneys that aren't really pumped about it but they're getting them what they need um and um be in public I think it's important to really outline it's uh cafeteria options that is being provided uh and no charge to our story students and you know other folks go out there and stick a price tag on everything you need to provide to their kids I love rocket does is with your tax dollars uh it's reinvestment in our kids okay so with that I'll just wrap up you

212know thank you Alum Rock Community this is your tax dollars at work here you know we are you know we are providing in a in a way a year-round educational experience beyond the standard academic year you know this is a you know proud to say that we're offering our kids the ability to you know opportunities to catch up academically but also opportunities to enrich themselves so it's with that spirit that you know I'll be in favor of approving this so with that I'll move to a vote I'll call you as I see you trustee Chavez voting eye item is approved unanimously moved to section 10 consent calendar I see trustee Chavez um first poll ten oh fight for discussion but also to uh vote all on the 1001 through 10 10. okay but is there

213a particular one in 10 because there are multiple memorandums of understanding um on the Nintendo 5 is there a particular mou that you would like to see pulled there's two yeah two actually I would like to see full the state of California Department with the multi-year contract to furnished administrative law judges okay very well so with that I have a motion to approve uh was it uh item is 10.01 for o4 and 06 to 10. uh and approve the you know and hang on and approve the what is it the Concordia University mou in 10.05 so I have a motion by trustee Chavez and I have a a second by Quintero so with that I'll open it up to public comment seeing none I'll move to a vote trustee Chavez okay so um my question

214is now we're voting they're voting for the rest of them she's talking to me at the same time okay um hi okay vice president Gerardo era aye uh clerk Quintero all right um and my self-loading eye so uh items 10.01 through 04 and the human resource the Concordia University Irvine mou in item 10.05 and item is 10.07 through 10 are approved so I will now move to item 10.05 uh uh with the you know regarding the memorandum of understanding with the state of California Department of General Services office of administrative hearing so uh I will open that up to public comment saying no further public comment I will move to uh trustee Chavez you had a concern on the uh in item 10.05 the mou with the state of California I would draw it now

215okay uh okay so check that we have a motion by trustee I mean Quintero second by vice president Herrera loera so uh seeing those further comments and questions by members of the board uh call usacu trustee Chavez I'm vice president gerardoira aye or pontero aye Christy Fuller Shelton aye and myself voting I item 10.05 uh memorandum with the state of California against rude so with that moving to section 11 closed session 11.01 resist the closed session the board will resist the closed session at approximately uh what is it nine o'clock Open Session will resume at the conclusion of closed session item 11.02 I will open uh for public comment for items 11.02 seeing no public comment uh superintendent Bible you make the announcement of uh items to be discussed in closed session sure item 1103

216conference with legal counsel anticipated litigation as stated in the item 1104 conference will leave a council existing litigation as stated on the agenda item 1105 conference with labor negotiators employer employee organization area and 1106 Public Employee appointment employment as stated on the agenda okay thank you superintendent so with that the board will now uh and turn to post session uh it will take a 10 minute break and the board will resume in closed session at 907 pm thank you very much um MJ foreign everybody everything thank you our lady [Music] Okay so saying that we have Quorum the board Is Res board is has resumed Open session at 11 16 PM so we move to section 12 reconvene to open session item 12.01 report of action taken in closed session 11.06 [Music] automation from clerk

217Quintero second by Tracy Chavez board approved the appointment of Sophia salsa as the assistant principal of Adelante won with an effective date of May 22nd 2023. um [Music] trustee challenge second in my vice president the appointment of Chrissy Sanchez as principal of Ocala middle school with an effective date of 7 1 2023 and was approved by a vote of 5-0 [Music] um uh sorry but we can't we can't hear like it sounds really choppy oh just stay away from the the mic oh okay is that better yes okay I thought I was helping okay the information for do you do I need to start at the beginning are we are we good with just repeating I think we left off um with uh Chrissy Sanchez at uh principal at Ocala okay so let me let

218me pick up uh after that then so again on a motion from uh vice president Loretta uh second in by trustee Chavez uh the appointment of Syrian Jimenez as principal on special assignment for TK through 8th grade with an effective date of July 1st 2023 that was approved uh 5-0 and on a motion by uh trustee Chavez seconded by vice president Ezra uh Kelsey white as the assistant principal of Hubbard uh effective date of July 1st 2023 it was also approved uh 5-0 okay thank you assistant superintendent ferrico so uh third second 13 future border gender request 1301 request from Board of Trustees and or from the public requests shall be submitted in writing to the superintendent or designee with supporting documents and information if any at least one week before the scheduled meeting date

219I am submitted less than a week before the schedule meeting date may be postponed to a later meeting date in order to allow sufficient time for consideration and research of the issue so the board will adjourn at 11 19 pm and the next meeting in regular meeting is May 11th thank you so much have a good night good night