001all right um we're gonna go ahead and move on to item 1.01 this meaning has been called to order previously and um can you call the Rope today is the annual organizational and regular board meeting of December 15 2022 at 4 30 PM members of the board in attendance president Andres Quintero president I'm sorry I had the um YouTube vice president Memphis present member Linda Chavez president member here members of administration superintendent Dr Bauer present all right with a forum have been established go ahead and proceed to the balance of the meeting uh land acknowledgment the Board of Trustees of the Alum Rock Union Elementary School District does your does hereby acknowledge that the district schools and Facilities sit on the traditional Land by the Maloney people and the Board of Trustees further acknowledges with
002respect to reverence the Ohlone people tribe of the San Francisco Bay area for their stewardship of these lands we'll go ahead and proceed to the pledge allegiance the United States of America to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all right uh with item 1.02 we're going to proceed to the annual organizational meeting nomination and election of board president at this point I'll go ahead and open up nominations for board president do I have a nomination for board president I'd like to make a nomination all right um I'd like to nominate Min Pham for president is this for a president sorry yes yes for president all right yes any further nominations at this time right seeing none then I'll go ahead and close the nominations and
003to this point we'll go ahead and somebody just a second of that or the denomination okay okay somebody need to accept you know and you can do you do you accept denomination I humbly accept okay all right and so now we are here at the election please um I'll go ahead and call quickly let me take that I don't remember here yeah I'll go ahead and call for a vote at this moment with uh board uh member Pam have been nominated uh I'll go ahead and call you as I see you or remember I or the clerk hi congratulations were they talking about appreciation from our district this is a new tradition future board members who happen to end up as presidents we're gonna get a beautiful flag from now on you're gonna get it
004and this says to Andres from the Alum Rock Union School District to Andres Quintero for president 2022 in recognition for your dedicated service to our students staff and our cherished Community thank you so much thank you Dr bar I know I brought that up as an idea last year when I left uh for future board members so I appreciate you for taking that and I think it's important it was a lot of words thank you uh president or ex-president now uh Quintero for your hard work in this past year and other years that you've served this District yes um a few remarks on my um my term I really appreciate the opportunity to have served I've been here previously uh for various lengths of time and those of you who've been paying attention Alan Brock
005and um it's been an honor uh it always is that that's obviously special uh for those of us who were products of this District should be able to come back and serve and uh to be on the board and then also to be able to be able to help lead the board and you know in the good times during the challenging times and so I appreciate uh the the work of the administration is done my colleagues and the support that you've led me throughout this time and so very very much appreciated for the opportunity to serve our community so thank you okay so with that said moving on to item 1.03 as we continue on with the organization meeting the nomination in the election of Ward vice president so uh the floor is open for
006nominations I nominated except yes so okay seeing no further nominations uh we will move to a vote so uh so I will call you as I see you um firstly uh Krusty Quintero all right okay bye okay so uh and myself building I'm about this unanimous congratulations to uh board vice president Ferrera okay uh moving on to item 1.04 uh still the organizational meeting and the nomination and election of the board of clerk so uh floor is now open for nominations I'd like to nominate trustee Quintero okay address equality you accept Okay uh see no further nominations from the board we will uh move to a vote so I will call you as I see you uh Krusty Quintero all right uh for vice president Herrero aye University aye and trustee Chavez hi and my
007cell phone and I the vote is unanimous uh you know uh Krusty Quintero is the elected board Clerk and I'd like to congratulate him okay next item item 1.05 of prove and appoint the superintendent as the secretary to the board do I have them okay motion by a work for Quintero do I have a second second okay second by board vice president Herrera loera okay any questions comments uh okay so uh seeing no further uh questions or comments from the board uh we'll move to a vote so I will call you as I see you uh word for Quintero hi um we're vice president Herrera loera aye uh trustee beharano aye Christy Chavez okay with and myself building I the motion is approved so uh superintendent Bauer is also the secretary of the board okay
008so moving on to item 1.06 discussion in or modifications of the agenda uh 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 an item has been withdrawn those tone rescheduled or removed from the consent calendar for separate discussions and possible action so uh are there any uh any uh is there any modifications of the agenda before the floor yes superintendent power uh for president would you please pull items 903 and 904. okay so um items 9.03 and 9.04 uh let's see what we need of so the item so no there is no need for a hotel okay so with that the items 9.03 and 9.04 are pulled from the agenda tonight thank you um okay uh
009okay so with that we moved to item number two special presentation and discussion consideration interaction item 2.01 the student advisory committee hold on um did we adopt the important agenda oh I'm sorry about that yes so uh so with items 9.03 and 04 code uh do we have a motion to adopt the okay second by trustee Chavez uh so I will call you as I see you uh or Quintero aye um board vice president Herrera loera aye Christie benjarano aye Christy Chavez aye and myself building I uh the agenda is adopted so moving to item two uh uh special presentation and discussion consideration and or action so item 2.01 student advisory committee this item is information only uh the floor is yours thank you are you gonna call uh follow me oh okay yes thing
010this okay so um let's see here okay very well during that um is there any public comment in item 2.01 Mr President there are no requests for public comment at this time okay seeing uh okay going once going twice see no further comment from the public uh the floor is yours student advisory committee thank you board president this is a very exciting moment and I'm gonna be asking uh Miss Sandra Garcia and Dr Ivy almasan to present to the board the this presentation and hello Mr Liu is so good I'm so glad to see you tonight good evening um for president um fan and we're the trustee superintendent Bauer Dr Bauer um Sandra Garcia and I am here this evening to present to you um information on student advisory committee that we are proposing to
011start in Alum Rock I'm going to go ahead and share my screen and I have this evening with me Dr Amy Amazon and um Andrew Liu who is a former student of ours and Dr Amazon will be will be introducing him soon um this idea has been um something that we've been working on for a while now and I want to thank um um Mr Andrew Liu for um working with me on this and for um being persistent and um helping me work through all of the details of uh this idea and bringing it forward to you today um so that we can get this started in Alum Rock I'm going to go ahead and turn it over now to Dr Amazon all right thank you uh Miss Garcia I may have the next slide
012please all right so good evening uh president Board of Trustees superintendent Dr Bauer and our arusd community when I served as the coordinator of state and federal in 2019 Mrs Garcia and I um Extended the lcat forums to include student representation and voice and we had the first student lcap Forum in 2020 before the pandemic and we have had one since its Inception and so each Middle School chose approximately 15 to 20 student reps to participate and provide their ideas and feedback in the lcap and when I speak of middle school I also include the K-8 middle schoolers as well so in 2021 uh we continued the student lcap forums through zoom and that was when we met an eighth grade student at the time from Renaissance at Fisher who spoke very passionately and eloquently
013on the idea of creating a formal student committee where students could share their input and ideas on matters that affect them directly and so this proud arusd alumni is with us tonight and it is a privilege to introduce Andrew Liu who is our next speaker in our presentation so Andrew I'm going to turn it over to you and thank you for the opportunity and thank you uh Board of Trustees uh firstly I'd like to thank you thank the school district for collaborating with me to um create this unique opportunity for Alum Rock students to really get their voice and have their input being heard again I am a proud Renaissance at Fisher alumni where I served as the first ASB president I now attend William C Overfelt um and I'd like to share that I
014know I have the distinct honor of serving on the San Jose youth commission representing District Five and over 300 30 000 youth as an appointee of the San Jose City Council and a few months ago I had the honor of meeting the U.S ambassador to the UN and now I've recently been selected to become a semi-finalist for the U.S department of State's national security program for youth and to the students of uh Alum Rock and Union High School District I want to say that this Council uh was established so that your voice will be heard um and that I want you to know that you can achieve anything you dream to be um and I'd like to end that there and thank the board and um the people who've worked on this with me thank
015you Andrew so I'm going to go ahead and share a little bit of information on what the school advisory committee um is so the school the the Sac or School advisory committee uh will consist of 16 student members uh we will have two elected student members from each Middle School including the K-8 sites um the students must be in good standing it's not based on GPA or uh the students with the highest GPA or the best students in the school uh what we do want is for students to have good attendance to have good behavior and homework completion to be part of the committee as it is an additional responsibility to be on this committee uh we will elect three officers on the committee there will be a chairperson a vice chairperson and a clerk
016and uh it will be facilitated by a designated District liaison so in thinking about the work around the student advisory committee we really wanted to bring some Focus to what the committee will work on and um these are the four areas that we propose for the school advisory committee as part of the work in on this committee um this as Dr Amazon stated earlier we did begin forming this group to provide input to our lcap which has been very helpful to have that student voice in determining the needs of students in our district so that will continue in any other you know plans that we um uh we fill are where the student voice is needed to um to reflect to be reflected in the plan uh the other Focus area will be on leadership
017development as you can see um Andrew has taken on other leadership roles after leaving Alum Rock and that's what we want for our students it's for those who aspire to have leadership positions in the future or to be in leadership positions to be able to have that developed when they leave Alum Rock so we'll definitely work on strengthening member skills and expanding any opportunities they might have outside of the school advisory committee the third Focus area will be promoting a positive School climate and culture as you all know this is something that we are all working on and is a focus area for all of our schools this year coming back from two years of the pandemic and really needing this area to be a focus for all of our students to solidify SEL in
018schools and take on topics such as bullying as something to really look into and come to some solutions for and the fourth area Focus will be diversity and inclusion and we all know how important that is for all of our students to feel like they belong to our school to our community that we ensure diverse integrated and fair schools for all of our students in Alum Rock and really taking on that topic with this group to see how we can continue to improve in this area so as we were meeting and developing the school advisory committee what it would look like and putting together some draft bylaws I came to learn that this year we have some new legislation and the legislation SB 997 for lcap engagement requires that by the year 2024 July 1st
0192024 all school districts have to have some sort of student committee established in their District it's either adding two pupils to the parent advisory committee which would be the district advisory committee or establishing a student advisory committee and so I just want to say as usual Alum Rock is ahead of the game we're two years ahead of the game and we have we already have our student advisory committee proposal here in front of you tonight so Trailblazers in this endeavor so the next steps for the student advisory committee are to share the details of this committee with principals to identify a school advisory committee advisor to hold site nominations and elections and we look to hold our first meeting in February I just want to end with this quote we must remember that our students
020are innately creative Innovative and collaborative and that we suppress these things with our control empowerment is the key that will unlock them thank you okay thank you very much Sandra Dr Amazon and Andrew uh doing at this time I'd like to open it up to questions and comments from members of the board uh more clerk Quintero um very excited that uh we're moving ahead and we're embracing this opportunity to provide um leadership development opportunities for our for our students I think it's always important to um continue to engage in enlisting feedback I think this is a good venue but also creating those opportunities for students to be able to in um the manner which we've decided as a society this Western culture that we have committees we have uh you know elements of our organization
021that where people can provide feedback and so you know many of our students come from uh you know first generation households where they may have not had uh those opportunities as important as part of the political socialization and I know that many people think political oh it's dirty word no it's it's a term that you know it's it's a scientific term an academic term and I think it's very important that for the purpose of political socialization or children uh our students know how to engage and uh in these various bodies because they're going to do that at city council later on they're going to do that for County Board of Supervisors uh with the state legislature Federal at the federal level and so very excited thank you very much for bringing this forward ahead of
022the the required time those are my comments okay thank you all right uh board vice president Herrera lawera thank you um I want to thank Andrew for being so persistent and sending emails and following up um you know that shows a a good leader within our community uh very proud you know being that we are residents of D5 for the work you're doing um on behalf of the local Community State you know and and nationally and internationally I'm sure you will be as well um so I appreciate you wanting to give back you know um that's a true uh leader you know when you come back and not forget where you came from so um you know thinking of all your teachers and mentors that you had here in Alum Rock that you know instilled
023along with of course your parents um you know those the foundational qualities that you needed in order to be here today um for me it was important to hear um you know in regards to the good standing I was gonna ask about that but you answered it for me Sunday in your presentation thank you um because we know that not a lot of students have similar upbringings or opportunities um that you know might have uh been presented to them so um and I yeah and it's just a new reality um and I understand also the importance of good standing and ensuring that our our children know um the values and the skills needed in order to be productive in the future so you know it's that fine balance right as Educators so thank you for
024addressing that um so yeah I'm just really excited to support this and to see the future uh thank you staff for supporting um this Vision you know um and Andrew for you know being a part of this um founding you know the founding member member right of this uh committee looking forward to the many um board reports that we'll get from our youth in the future thank you all right uh trustee harana yes thank you I also wanted to um thank Mr Liu for your efforts um in working with this this project this initiative this effort that the district is going forward with says a lot about you as in your character and you know the potential that you I look forward to seeing from you um in the future with our district and whatever
025you decide to do in terms of overall um this I you know I I heard and I appreciate some of the words that I've heard so far from uh trustee Quintero and and the words like political and Leadership and you know those kinds of words that are important to a lot of our students who who will become leaders or who are leaders now or who eventually may become those people who legislate for the rest of us down the line but I think also for me a word that I know I've had conversations some publicly here some with Dr Bauer around the idea of citizenship for our students I think in the elementary and the Middle School level that concept of citizenship is is very important in what that looks like you know not every student
026will necessarily become quote unquote a leader although every student is I think a leader in their own right but I think understanding in our system and our society and our country what us being a good citizen is what the responsibilities of are of a citizen are is foundational to everything that we do leadership politics all that stuff I think learning how to be a citizen and how to take part in the processes is important so that's the piece in addition to what I've heard so far that um I'm excited about I'm happy for our progress on this and being a couple years ahead of the curve um and you know I look forward to where this will go so thank you thank you again Mr okay uh paper questions or comments from the board yeah
027okay I just want to thank Andrew for your work and your time and effort that you're putting in thank you very much for still contributing to now thanks thank you Sandra thank you Dr Amazon and uh thank you Andrew for uh your work on this and congratulations to you Andrew you know you're an example uh what a good education can do and uh you know I congratulate you on your achievements thus far and I'm confident that there will be you know this is just the start of bigger and better things down the road uh I'll just sum it up like this uh you know the first part is this is I think this is a great way to you know get our students uh give ourselves a deeper understanding of Civic engagement this is an
028opportunity to reinforce what they learn in social studies American you know world history stake history American history uh it's one thing to or was it read from a book or to go to a field trip but this is an opportunity to put put what what one is learned in the practice and I think that this is uh gives gives our kids uh understanding of what it is to participate in a public forum and this will serve our kid you know all kids uh in the future uh very well as they mature and develop and become adults and citizens and participate in uh our Democratic political system uh the second part is that uh uh and I'll quote Calvin and Hobbs I'm a reader of their Comics but uh Miss wormwood always tells Calvin that uh
029what is it what you get out of school is what you put into it and so uh you know our our job is to give children the best education possible the most relevant education possible and you know it's we we don't know what we need to do unless we hear from the parents and the children and so this is an opportunity for uh kids to help shape their own educational experience for the better and that you know hopefully uh you know when we start getting the reports uh you know we'll have better idea of what we need to do to uh make sure that we provide the best possible and most relevant education so with that I again thank the student advisory committee and Andrew very much for all your hard work okay so with
030that uh thank you so much uh so now we'll move on to the spiritual oh I didn't understand it just started so if you'll enjoy yeah not on this item but on something I forgot during the shuffling or the of the agenda yes um in its regards to a request that we adjourn in the memory of perva uh Bud Joe yes and so um let me go ahead and introduce the reason why um herbal but Joe passed away on December 1st he was surrounded by his family but it was a long time member of the and officer of the Alps and the reason I asked that we adjourn is in Buzz memories due to the fact that bud was a member of the Alum Rock family uh bud is a retired principal of Alum Rock
031and our very own Jocelyn Mertz I actually shared with you when I uh asked her about uh but that he happened to be her first principal here at elmark uh right there at Lindale so um she had nothing but great things to say about him you know the Alum Rock family is um has uh good memories of her butt joke and so I asked that we adjourn in his memory when it's when we come to the end of the building probably do we need a vote on that or no uh you can just uh have a consensus okay let's say you're going to board which is okay so we'll take uh do I have any questions and comments from members of the board so I I will take that as that there is a general
032consensus of the board that uh we adjourn in memory of uh Mr Joe uh you know at the end of the meeting so uh with that said we'll move to item number three uh public members who wish to address the board uh I am 3.1 request to address the board provides members of the public an opportunity to speak to the board about any manner under the jurisdiction of the board and not otherwise on the agenda those who wish to address specific agenda items will have an opportunity to do so when that agenda item is introduced and presented during this meeting individuals wishing to speak are requested to submit a comment or request for all comment as specified above there is a two-minute time limit for each speaker the board will automatically refer to staff any
033formal written requests that are brought before them at this time written matters may be placed on a future meeting so with that said uh is there any members of the public pushing to comment at this time Mr President there are no requests for public comment at this time okay thank you Louise so uh let's see you're going once going twice you know for the public comment we'll move on to the item number four oh wait a minute I think I actually present there's actually two requests for public company I I see them so alrighty uh first off uh Mary Lou bellman's uh Mary Lou the floor is yours hello Mary Lou uh you know me if Mary Lou's not there uh we can go to the next person on on the list and then we
034can come back to Marilu so who's Louise who's next person on the list yeah the next person on the list is still in uh to Linda please unmute yourself and your timer will begin as soon as you start talking okay Miss Mendoza the floor is yours hi um before I speak before you begin my timer there are several of us speaking there's six of us um good evening Dr Hilaria Bauer and superintendent in Alum Rock School of Trustees for the last three years Maria Lupita Gutierrez was her vice principal and she was doing an excellent job from the perspective of teachers and staff Miss Gutierrez would be visible all over campus as early as 7 A.M to late evening this year Miss Gutierrez was promoted to principal she began the year with some summer Retreats
035that continued up until just before the school year began this planning was geared towards the expectations for the Academic Year the focus points were to refine instruction and assessments in academic areas and to collaborate within great bands it was clear that this year was going to be different and finally we were going to move toward common goals Gutierrez positive energy was contagious good evening my name is Wendy Cruz alcantar and I will continue with the letter as if you can please go back to two minutes for those of you who have not met Miss Gutierrez she is very supportive just as she has been in the prior years she is visible all over campus working with students parents and teachers through her hard work and commitment to her school she has earned her respect and
036has developed a report with adelantic Community additionally she works closely with her parent liaison PTA and teacher leave committees to ensure our school is on track with all events planned her communication with the staff is clear and our emails to Ms Gutierrez are utmost importance and our answer probably whenever she's unsure about something she always makes sure to say I don't know or I am unsure but I will check and we'll get back to you she always got back to us up to November 9th when her emails bounced back Miss Gutierrez delegates but she also gets involved to help us she gets in the arena with us and this is what makes her unique yeah good evening my name is Laura Fuentes and I will continue the letter this year we had anticipated a very
037productive year with the leadership of our new principal Miss Gutierrez only to have it abruptly turned upside down at the beginning of the year we had an incident at our school with the mask mandate that Drew a lot of unwelcome attention to our school but our principal was there for us to help us move on and stay on track with our goals for the year in addition to having student behavior issues handled differently based on how influential their parents are Ms Gutierrez was there advocating for all students not just a few when the news broke involving a staff member and we needed our principal's guidance to our surprise she was also gone and we were left deserted to add insult to injury we are being kept in the dark with no answers all of these
038issues have triggered significant amounts of stress levels and no amount of self-care can make our worries disappear our morale is the lowest it has ever been since Adelante was founded yet we are expected to carry on and meet all classroom expectations and continue with our extracurricular activities such as the mandated winter recital we must put a celebratory front for the good of our school district thank you okay uh Patricia sakis and I'm continuing reading them we're fortunate to have each other for support otherwise we will not be able to resist its emotional roller coaster that started on September 16 2022 when Mrs Gutierrez sent us an email letting us know she would be wrong for today she wanted to make sure we took the student raffle tickets to the office by Monday September 19th since
039she would make announcements on Tuesday September 20 at 8 45 a.m Mrs Gutierrez did not return on Tuesday September 20 2022 as a schedule instead we have District support with no explanation for her absence of course we were concerned and fear the worst when they could not tell us where she was or where she would return we would we were told that our principal was unavailable and we were instructed to say the same if parents asked at this point we did not know when she was returning and the uncertainty she escalated as she was not responding to our previous emails this was on characteristic of her and her professionals we teachers to to get upon ourselves to write a letter to both of confidence address to Dr Bauer and the Board of Trustees in support
040of Mrs Gutierrez which we all signed and had delivered to the district office on September 28 2022. we were hoping to take advantage of Dr Bauer's open door policy and meet with her but we were unsuccessful our letter was never acknowledged by Angela good evening my name is marily verilan and I'm also a teacher here at the London on September 26 2022 our principal Ms Gutierrez returned to Adelante and carried on Business as Usual by working and conducing herself very professionally her absent was never addressed by her or any other District administrator Ms Gutierrez energy never cease she continued with all of our scheduled meetings and planned for the upcoming weeks and months on Wednesday November 9th 2022 our principal Ms Gutierrez was removed yet again our emails started bouncing back mid-morning even though she
041was in her office earlier we received an undelivered message no one could provide answers about where she was instead Miss Sandra Garcia and Miss Maria Martinez were there in her place as support we were concerned and anxious for our Adelante community that day after school we were in form of a voluntary staff meeting to get answers at this meeting we asked Maria Martinez where our principal was and when she was coming back we were told that our principal was unavailable yet again and could not provide any further information since that day we have been operating and a need to know and day-by-day basis the administrations go to answer is confidential when we press for for answers to increase our uneasiness on November 27th we received a communication from Dr Bauer that Miss Martinez and Mr
042Oscar Leon would be the administrative side leads and Miss Norma Flores would support side events until December 22nd 2022. the Adelante Community also received the same communication via parent Square after receiving this message parents are concerned as are are as concerned uh concerned as we are thank you my name is Elvia Rodriguez Diaz and I will be continuing to speak since our principal Miss Gutierrez has been absent we have had rotating sub administrators we have had two different administrators on site every day trying to fill in permissible theater's role as principal and the vice principal position interestingly enough she had managed to do both jobs throughout this school year we asked Dr Bauer and board members to State the support measures implemented to support new principles the lack of support for principles is not new
043we have had hosts of principals at Adelante every year we brace ourselves for Change and the last seven years we have had six principles and five Vice principles that we can recall we don't know about other schools turnover but constant change is not healthy it creates uncertainty and anxiety for everyone as of today we have not received any information regarding Miss gutierrez's absence or the direction our school is headed towards we have not had a productive staff meeting iot meet the governance meeting cafesito with our parents student of the month assembly Etc we have has we have asked to postpone non-academic events until Springtime or when all of this is resolved but we were denied we are hurting ourselves and the administration Falls to have any empathy Dr Valor and board members we are calling
044for transparency from you we want to be considered when making decisions that have a direct impact on all of us it would be refreshing to hear the news firsthand instead of finding out through the news stations like the general population as we are the ones at the Forefront daily answering students and parents questions about our school's Direction please tell us how we are moving forward as a school and a school district be proactive not reactive thank you thank you uh Luis is there any further comment from the public yes we have a few more people uh the next person will be Dr Joel Herrera Joel Herrera you have two minutes to talk please submit yourself tell me we'll begin we'll begin with you begin speaking okay Dr Herrera the floor is yours thank you I
045just received the invitation to a mute yes uh board uh and uh superintendent elada Bauer I am here to speak on behalf of Lupita Gutierrez principal Lupita Gutierrez I'm a retired superintendent the best kind of superintendent there is I know Dr ilaria Bauer I know former board president Andres Quintero and I just have to be here to say that we as leaders and administrators need to support our people we want our teachers to support every child that walks in their door and as leaders of the district I ask that Lupita Gutierrez receive appropriate support I have almost 15 years of HR work under my belt as a director as an assistant superintendent and as a superintendent I know this is a Personnel situation but I'm here to say that we are not supporting a wonderful
046human being a wonderful person a wonderful woman who is a leader that any District should be proud to have in their District I would ask that you look at this situation again that we she's a new principal and new principals as an HR person we are there to hold their hands and Usher them through difficult situations I am telling you that she has a very caring heart there's no way that she would do anything to hurt staff to hurt students to hurt the community she is someone who has devoted her life to being a principal at a dual language immersion school this is where she belongs I ask that you take another look at the situation and support her as he deserves and I will give you a call Dr Bauer and I hope you
047give me an audience to discuss what we can I know okay thank you Dr Herrera next person next person is uh Delia Delia please uh on mute yourself and time I will begin we just start speaking there you have the floor okay okay do you hear me yes I can okay so um my name is Delhi I'm one of the parents at Adelante Academy and um I just found out about this meeting because someone texted me I'm too in support of uh directora Gutierrez um like as as the teachers have said we as parents are also lost in all of this because we don't know what's going on we're very passionate about our school our students and we were very even some of the parents who had issues with her are supportive of her and
048want her to um to come back I do not know obviously we can't know of what's going on but the fact that so many parents so many teachers and so many administrators at the campus want her back need her back and want the guidance because it's true we are lost you know we're finding out things through the news we're finding out things second hand and we're finding out things through gossip and that's not how the school is run should be run we need answers we can't even get an acknowledgment if she's still our principal or not and for me that's not acceptable because even you can tell us if we can find out if someone's on paid administrative leave or something else then why can't we find out whether or not she is still our
049principal either states she is State she's on suspension or States if she's gone but we need an answer and not through second hand not through a roundabout not through finding out that a job posting happened and nothing got notified so please reconsider I don't know if you'd want to come back but she has been working uh you know hard every single conversation I had with her was always let me double check with the district to see if we can do that so if she got wrong guidance then the whoever gave her the wrong answers has to be accountable as well thank you okay thank you uh next person the next person is Juliana balderana Juliana please submit yourself Tamil will be begin once you start talking okay you have this more do you live in
050board members teachers and Community my name is Juliana Valderrama and I am a third grade teacher at Adelante dual Language Academy I have been working in Alhambra for the past 22 years 18 of them at Adelante dual Language Academy and community that has become my second home I'm speaking tonight because I am concerned and sad that we are working without a principal and vice principal in our school what is going on we as a staff we do not know if our principal Maria Gutierrez is on an investigation pay leave if the district is going to let her go or if she's already um gone how much stress and hardship are we going the teachers and the community at Adelante is going to handle I feel like in a sinking boat without a capital our school
051was finally having a principal who seems to be ready to stick with our community I will with a serious commitment good understanding and passion for the dual immersion Bilingual School and she was fluent in science what is going on please tell us we need her back we need Adelante teacher we are planted teachers are dedicated and high Achievers but we need transparency and respect we are losing hope we are getting tired and sad to keep working without so many without many bumps and challenges with our answers and support thank you so much thank you very much okay uh Luis who's the next person oh um good evening my name is Gloria Cortez and I'm also a teacher at Adelante um I would like to share some of my my thoughts and feelings this is our
052it is another understanding that the board is elected by the community to help and support our schools we respectfully want to ask the board members to take the time to interview parents students and teachers to have a better sense of the administration performance before making drastic decisions that will affect the entire School Community we would really appreciate if you can take the time to do so thank you okay thank you very much Luis uh any further public comment um Mr President there are no requests for public comment at this time okay thank you so with that we will move on to section four uh comments and Communications item 4.01 Alum Rock administrators Association okay I see uh principal Williams principal Williams you have the floor good afternoon good evening Board of Trustees Dr Bauer Alan
053Rock staff and the community my name is Rebecca Williams I'm the proud principal of aptitude and I'm here tonight uh serving as the vice principal for certificated staff with araa um I just want to say that it's a privilege to speak and represent a group of vibrant administrators and as I look over the list of events and and achievements that we've made at our schools it just feels good to be back and doing things that we are used to celebrating the holiday season with our students and staff staff and families there have been things going on at sites such as field trips to the Tech Museum Levi's Stadium planetariums where we are engaging our students in Hands-On learning we're doing fundraisers to encourage more funds that to do these fun things um at RAM and
054aptitude we have kicked off Middle School sports with boys basketball going on I know our boys have a game next Wednesday um many of the elementary schools let's see some of them Cassell aptitude Chavez Early Learning Cureton Russo mcentee Renaissance George and Adelante they all have holiday concerts coming up as we are excited to celebrate um with some music and having the band students showcase their talents another highlight that the principals have sent over is this last Saturday our young athletes the third through fifth graders they went out in the rain it was pouring out there but we had our little Heroes soccer tournament where teams were able to play in two to four games and really have a good uh show out of what Alum Rock Sports can look like starting as young as
055third grade um Lindale would like to share uh their thanks to the router makers Foundation who has worked to supply a grant with Loaves and Fishes to bring nutritious food um to Lindale Elementary um Russo mcentee some of the things that they want to highlight are the outdoor education come on they've they've hired two new coordinators and they are working with students to deliver Hands-On science lessons and celebrating all that we can do with our environment um so we just thank you for your support of our schools and we are happy to be here serving our communities as we continue and close out the 2022 school year thank you for your time tonight okay thank you principal Williams uh moving on I am 4.02 Teamsters Teamsters um send their regards they talk to me today
056they're getting ready tonight with a good night's sleep to be red and early tomorrow okay very well okay very uh so next I am 4.03 California School Employees Association and I see Sharon so Sharon you have the floor um sorry I was muted it unmute came on a little bit later than I expected um good evening superintendent Dr Bauer and to board president Pham congratulations on your re-election and to being the newly elected board president for the next year and also congratulations to all the board members on their re-elections and on their new positions on the board and may it be a great 2023 year um and a thank you to Sandra and Amy and Andrew for their presentation I think that the student advisory committee will be an excellent opportunity for the Alum Rock
057students it it sounds amazing and Mr Andrew sounds like an amazing young man and students have a lot of good ideas I know I have a grandson that's seven 10 and 12 my grandson and they have a lot of great ideas when it comes to school and what's going on in the community so I think it's a great thing um I won't take up too much of your time as I know you have a full agenda but I do want to say Merry Christmas Happy New Year to everybody everybody stay healthy and happy in 2023 and thank you for your time okay thank you so much Sharon uh item 4.04 Alum Rock Educators Association and I see Jocelyn Jocelyn you have the floor thank you good evening president Pam trustees and superintendent Bauer well it's
058been an incredibly stressful and overwhelming month in Alum Rock for many of us myself included aside from the obvious dark clouds that the news media has cast over our district the mysterious disappearance of various administrators and staff on school sites has added spark to the rumors and opinions that are spreading like wildfire obviously it's not an uncommon societal reaction but it has added to the burnout that our teachers have been feeling and it is creating an atmosphere of fear anxiety and abandonment I understand that the district has offered on-site counseling services at several sites which are are especially appreciated however however as you are making decisions giving directives and navigating through the specific incidences please remember that while the priorities lie with protecting our students our adults including teachers and staff are reeling and hurting
059as well please model and encourage administrators to offer some space and Grace during this time for example maybe relaxing some of the deadlines for assessments or rather than claiming many staff meeting hours for district trainings use that time for school site issues and concerns where teachers voices are shared considered invalidated it would seriously go a long way in dealing with the emotional and mental health of our teachers and staff as well as provide school-wide systems to help improve the educational programs as you are aware I've I have been serving as area president for a number of years 13 to date however I can't recall any year so far where I've received multiple phone calls emails and texts every week from different members both new and Veteran teachers telling me they just can't take it anymore
060and they don't think they will make it through this school year they're wanting to know what their options are I can hear and feel their pain and Desperation one of the common things I am hearing about is the exceptionally quote out of control behavior from students of all ages and grade levels and the little or no support or consistent discipline that's in place to deal with it we have had multiple teachers injured by students this year either by them being hit or having objects thrown at them this type of behavior leads to an unsafe working environment for teachers and an unsafe learning environment for students the lack of support from from Administration along with the verbal attacks and threats from parents leaves teachers feeling helpless in addition teachers are then being blamed for the lack
061of academic progress please tell me how do you teach or learn in such an unsafe unpredictable environment we need your help I would also like to address the issue of mandated reporting the HR department is responsible for providing training for mandated reporting within the first six weeks of school or within the first six weeks of a person being newly hired this year most of the sites provided staff meeting time for this training to take place however it was not offered at all Sites others were told that they had to do it on their own time and would receive two hours of extended Duty for doing so that in itself is an issue since our collective bargaining agreement does not allow for the district to force someone to do extended Duty paid for or not setting
062that aside area members were told this week that they are now required to call the sjpd before calling CPS to report allegations of child sexual or physical abuse or endangerment however in the same email that they were told this they were provided with the slides from the mandated reporting training that said to call CPS or sjpd this created confusion that I tried to get clarified so I could answer the questions that were coming my way from members in a phone conversation with Dr Bauer yesterday she said that the San Jose PD is directing us to call them first when I asked if Santa say PD could supersede the laws that exist she said that the law had been changed in November if this law has been changed please provide area with that new law also
063is that process of if that process of mandated reporting has been changed should all employees be retrained the idea of calling San Jose PD first has raised concern among some members because it seems that they that the PD has a different type of training that CPS does there were several concerns brought up one of them being that calling San Jose PD is not Anonymous whereas CP calling CPS is supposed to be regardless of the concerns raised around calling stpd what we truly want and need right now is clarification of what the new law says and if the district's policy differs from the law we all want to do the right thing but the mixed messages are making it difficult to know exactly what that right thing to do is I would like to conclude by
064giving recognition to one of the best principles I ever had in the 33 years I have been in Alum Rock I say one of the best because I have had a couple and as mentioned by trustee Quintero earlier when I first began on contract with Alum Rock at Lindale Elementary I had the opportunity to work with Bud job Bud spent 37 years of service at Alum Rock at Lindale he was not only our principal he was part of our Lindale family he really had what it takes to be a true leader he was Among Us not above us decision making was truly a shared process with him he supported all teachers in every way he could I mean in the middle of class if the bulb went out in my overhead projector yes overhead projector
065it's time it's dated but he not only would Supply me with the new one but he would immediately stop what he was doing to come to my room to replace it himself so that learning could continue our staff was strong-willed unique dedicated and looked upon as Union strong it might have scared other principles away but not but he nourished it he encouraged it and he appreciated it he insulated us from some of the craziness going on elsewhere in the district and assumed that responsibility for it it helped that he had a great sense of humor he placed the groundwork for what soon after he retired would rise us to be recognized as a California distinguished School everybody Bud job passed on December 1st after a brief illness his spirit will hold a place forever in
066my heart he was one of the great ones wishing all of you safe and to have some fun with his thank you okay thank you Jocelyn uh next time 4.05 the superintendent thank you for President congratulations being our newborn president you know we're going to be working very close together uh in a number of things including the the creation of the agenda so that's always a very important part of what we do and I want to congratulate to uh all of you trustee um or being re-elected um to be in our board it has been such a blessing for me for my life each and every one all of you all five of you have really brought a tremendous change to our district and you know change is never easy but it's always necessary in
067order to move forward and one of the things that I'm very inspired um uh as I have had conversations with trusty families that he loves to reflect on the past and look at the future and he's always saying you know Dr Bauer what are the next 90 years gonna be like moral Rock and that really inspires me to continue doing the work that is not always easy as I totally understand but it's so worthwhile and nothing worthwhile is going to be easy and so I think uh all five of you for your service to our district because in the middle of so many battles and so many challenges at the very end each and every one of you all five of you really really put the kids first and I know um we're all a
068team every single staff member whether they're part of teamsters csca area uh our araa association of managers every single family member in Alum Rock we're all committed to make sure we provide the best environments and the best education to our children and I am very blessed to say I have five board members who have the same thing so thank you both for doing that uh Familia de Alum Rock thank you so much for your support in moments that have been less than perfect but I know that the community support in so many ways has been unbelievable every voter who supported measure s has opened uh a new reality for Alum Rock in terms of how we're going to be able to address housing in our city and it's not that's not a small feat so
069we have a lot of work to do there uh all the people who have been participating in our facilities master plan focus groups we are dreaming together to see that the next uh the next decades uh trustee fan of Alum Rock in the present uh and I want to thank every single employee and I wish every single employee in Alum Rock a very peaceful holiday they have worked incessantly in making sure that our students have a great great uh experience in our schools I also want to wish every single parent who has entrusted their children with us a very peaceful holiday and a cheerful one because we are the ones that model for our kids and it is our enthusiasm our faith Our Hope what is going to allow our children to develop the agency
070to be the leaders of tomorrow thank you Alum Rock thank you board members let's all have a blessed and peaceful holiday thank you okay thank you superintendent Bauer item 4.06 uh comments and Communications from members of the board see here anyone want uh you know any what okay trustee beharano you'll start us off yes I'll start us off thank you uh president fam and congratulations on um your election tonight as our president um you know I want to a few a few things I just want to say as uh I begin this second term um and so you know it's for the entire planet but certainly for Alum Rock the past four years have brought a number of challenges and I think maybe I'm biased here but I think that our challenges have outnumbered those
071of many other areas and this board this Administration this group of team members from top to bottom in Alum Rock has what not only weathered but coming ahead in many respects and I always say very obviously there's room for growth in everything that we all do at all times but giving the set of circumstances and scenarios that this district has endured this District specifically has endured and has succeeded in I'm very proud of that work over the past four years for myself and for our entire Alum Rock team Alum Rock family um and I you know now a short time after this most recent election I'm very encouraged that the voters of Alum Rock the people who are the heart and soul of east side San Jose in every neighborhood that that sits here in
072these beautiful foothills those voters have sent a clear message that the decisions made the path chosen the the work done by this board by this team is who they want to represent them they trust the decisions that are made by this board they trust the direction that this board and this team top to bottom has set for Alum Rock and and I am very happy about that I am you know it's it's when 20 roughly 20 000 people come out and vote in our beautiful east side San Jose and they make a statement that means a lot to me as a native son here of the east side and so I mean I can't express the emotions that I feel and the gratitude that I feel for for my people here on the east side
073um every single one of them um you know when when our bonds pass you know our partial tax passes we're looking at roughly in the range of 70 percent of people showing the confidence again the trust the desire for this board this Administration this team top to bottom in the district to continue doing this work that says a lot about what has been accomplished here and what you know what people want to continue to be accomplished here of course everything is not perfect nothing is ever perfect in any given classroom or board room or Community there's always things that um you know upon reflection can be modified or or you know improved each time but overall I think that I'm happy with um that confidence that our voters have given us in the direction that
074we've taken the district the decisions we've made and will continue to meet um and so you know as part of our strategic planning process that occurred you know semi recently and and it's a it's a work in progress but one of the things that I was passionate about during that process as as one board member is including within the Strategic plan um you know a real effort at calling out that we as a school district have an obligation to pay attention to and prioritize our academics and this what I'm saying in no way shape or form minimizes or diminishes what I have always said about Alum Rock is that we have a unique set of circumstances in Alum Rock that require our attention as a district from SEL to food and you know nutrition and
075all the different supports that we put into place that our voters have voted Us in to continue to do this doesn't negate that that is a reality but at the end of the day we are an academic organization and we are charged with the responsibility of producing it as part of our vision statement and our mission statement that we also have worked on and established we're charged with producing with with developing individuals who are prepared and ready to go out into a global economy and be competitive and that doesn't only mean from an SEO perspective that they are should be able to have some emotional intelligence which is obviously very important um but it's also academics that's that's the cold hard reality and I think that for me I look forward to um continuing this
076District continuing with the work that we have done and will continue to do in supporting you know all the different supports that need to happen for everyone involved with the district to have success but also to focus on on um academic accountability you know when is the point when we as a district will begin to focus on that it's always part of what we do and we've had a lot of success I myself and I think some of my colleagues here on the board have our own children who have gone through Alum Rock or going through Alum Rock and experience academic success we know the work that's possible and that's done here but I believe and I always believe since the day I stepped foot on an Alum Rock campus at five years old that
077you know I can succeed here academically I could compete with my cousins in Santa Clara or whatever wherever they are I'm proud of the being here and I'm proud of the academic performance that I can have here but that requires all of us as the adults as the the core team of Alum Rock to at the end of the day be accountable to the academic performance of our students again I want to reiterate there are many many um extenuating circumstances and things to consider I understand that what I'm saying is that I look forward to having that because I think we spend a lot of the past four years cleaning things up and establishing the environment whereby we can put increased focus on academics and I look forward to that accountability for this District as
078we have like I said as we've done already but I look forward to increasing that because that's what we're here for and I want that you know that kindergartner or that first grader that started this year to graduate in eighth grade and to go into high school and be academically socially emotionally ready to compete with I don't care who you are in this Valley I'm passionate about that and you know I don't well myself I'll speak for myself there are no excuses there are no reasons why I shouldn't be doing equipment as a priority the performance in all areas including academic areas as what I do and I you know I just wanted to say that I look forward to incorporating that part of the Strategic plan um along with everything else it's in this
079strategic plan in the work and the decisions that we have been entrusted with by the voters in the coming years as a board so thank you for um for hearing me out and those are my comments for tonight right or clerk Ontario any comments oh oh I'm sorry okay trusty Shopkins uh thank you it sounds kind of like a page out of my playbook um but think about gerano for pointing out the academics I've always been uh very concerned about uh what people perceive that the kids can learn and can't learn and I've always said Alum Rock has very bright students and they need to be challenged more uh and it just takes everybody willing to do a little bit more to help them understand that they can do whatever they want with their lives
080and it and I remember one board member saying you don't just give them a pep talk no you do give them a pep talk and you give it over and over again until they realize that they can achieve anything that they set their minds to because these are really bright students and I hope that we can accelerate the learning uh sooner rather than later and I would like to have more conversations about that uh with fellow trustees and more importantly with um a superintendent Dr Bauer thank you foreign Rock for extending their support demonstrating that um they're they're standing with us as we move forward into this um it's been mentioned before but I think it's important to reiterate that uh you know very very uh different rather will be trading on with bringing on
081teacher housing and things of that sort and so um that in itself is you know a huge uh show of support work for the district for the board I know that we've been going through some typical times lately um nevertheless I'm very very appreciative of the continued support that we do with police the district that knows that it's it's mystery the public knows and home Rock is theirs the owner it's their land their property and very hard to see the people of Alum Rock reinvesting into their own District to ensure that they get um you know good quality teachers in the future great um uh facilities uh with the resources that they're providing us and so very very hard for that um appreciative of the fact that I get to Serve the People another term
082thank you for that voter conference and looking forward to ensuring that we continue to move ahead um we've throughout the course of my children we've had some very difficult challenges some people took off and loved it and uh you know it was tough I wouldn't know right now most other people who wouldn't win if they looked at all the facts uh but I'm glad that I jumped it up because it was worthwhile and we've gotten through that ballot obviously there are other valleys that we're facing right now um but in terms of important and we went through a valley I think we have a stable board that's going to continue to see us through to uh movies in the positive direction so thank you Quintero uh board vice president Ferrero low era thank you president
083fam um so first of all I'd like to thank the voters for bringing my peers back on the board um there's still so much to do we've done a lot and I am glad that it's not only me that you know saw the value and continuing to keep a board that's been focused that's been working hard on behalf of our Alum Rock School District so thank you um thank you trustee and trustee Chavez for uh pointing out you know something that as a mother I've been struggling with um as a mother of an eighth grader who struggles in school who struggles with the traditional model of Education who I've seen Spirit you know just kind of um dwindle down uh but I know in my experience it's a reminder that I get to continue to
084be in the seat um and that there's still a lot of work to do and there will never be a day where we have it all you know perfect so um just provides kind of an area and a spotlight you know that light of where we get to focus next we have a lot of work to do um this is not easy you know the seat is not easy um which brings me to my next point you know um it's been a tough tough month or so um I mean it's hard to sit in the seat in general but we've gone you know through some really tough times recently as a as a family um but just you know like the night in the darkness you know um we also uh get to remove that
085you know we live on the east side we're here where the sun rises and I want our community to trust that you have leaders here that are um guiding this or whatever you want to call it um you know with with with you and you know whether you're a staff whether you're a student whether you're a Community member um doing a lot of hard work um to continue to you know guide this towards towards that Sunrise um so thank you everybody for your hard work you know especially in this past month um and I just wanted to mention that I was at the California State Board Association conference um a couple of weeks ago um got to go to a couple of um workshops um I won't mention them all but I will mention a
086few I was at the legal Symposium from experienced board members effective governing practices with an equity lens what priorities to agenda agendas development to organizations actions and model of efficiency and transparency developing new prices via a culture of room amongst many others um so you know I look forward to continuing to implement some of the things that I learned some of the uh information that was shared by their districts I was also happy to share some of the uh experiences that we've gone through here I'll unlock and learned that again again like Sunday I mentioned earlier ahead of the game here we're doing a lot of good things here um you know many board members are like can I please follow up with you um you've gone through so um just want to you know
087make sure that each and every one of us gives us a Pat in the back because um you know we have done a lot and a lot of school districts are looking forward to who from you know where we've been to get to where we're at I'm really excited to come over with us teacher housing and all the other amazing things that remind you that we have a lot of good things going on you know sometimes it's hard to focus on this but um we get to and just with that um you know as human beings we're going through also um this climate you know some of us might related to climate change or not but it's really cold times so if you'll find me that's maybe struggling and that maybe doesn't have a place
088to go to um remember the enrolling centers you know it's going to be a cold um time this weekend especially there's going to be living centers throughout City through our County so uh make sure that um you look for those resources if needed um and you know in the time hopefully you will have time to spend with your children with your families with your loved ones um this new challenge the winter solstice that's coming from the 21st and all the little celebrations that we'll be celebrating um thank you all and I hope that you're able to go around for the room and um know that you're valuable to each and every one of us here on the board thank you so I will wrap up uh well first I would like to pay tribute to
089Mr Jobe who recently passed away it was principal at Lindale when I was there and when my brother was there so you know if uh Clark quindero didn't mention it I would have mentioned it but uh you know you beat me to punch there but uh you know uh he you know uh a little bit serious a little bit fun but uh by and large uh Lindale has always been a unique little school at uh I went there and it always will always have a special place of my heart uh uh you know someone who uh I would say who who knew how to enjoy the kids but also knew you know that they're you know as as an educator to uh give firm guidance to the kids um you know Gold Rush day and
090what is it uh letting the fifth graders go and go and explore all of San Francisco via Bart and you know uh you know I you know want to thank Mr Joe for all his contributions to the Alum Rock School District everything he has done for Lindale school and you know and someone who who signed my honor roll certificates back in the day so you know uh you know he meant a lot uh to Lindale and to this district and I want to you know take this opportunity to honor him for his service to Alum Rock and the the difference that he made in life with so many people over the course of his 37-year career um next up uh I want to thank the voters of Alan Ross uh thank all my supporters uh
091many you know a lot of people to name you know uh but I you know 25 years ago right now I was an eighth grader in Pala and uh you know and I am the President of the board and I I want to say that uh you know I came on this board in the middle of great challenges and in fact I never I wasn't expecting to be on you know but uh you know if I may share uh you know trustee Quintero you know I was at in the dentist's office and he called me and then uh of course uh he made a great persuasive case as to why I should you know why I should you know put my name forward for the appointment then of course that started the whole whole chain
092of events uh but uh you know what I said you know as I said you know as I said then you know the first order of business was to uh band together bail water and uh get to land and uh you know in the course of two years we have banded together all you know all Vietnam not not in the way that I imagine did because uh you know working with children working with teachers you know uh was it uh uh the plan comes together uh how you say spontaneously as opposed to you know having it all written out and you know uh having all written out and act you know like a play there but uh we've survived covid uh we have an intact District uh uh I thank the voters for for your
093confidence in this District as uh evidenced by the passage of measure I in the spring and measure s in the fall when we have learned the uh lessons of the Great Recession and we are you know to to avoid you know uh to reinvest in our schools to prevent what happened and you know what happened to this District financially in the Great Recession but also uh to help write the next chapter of Alan Rock in in teacher housing our contribution to reducing the uh to addressing the affordability issue in our community but also a way to uh help write the you know to allow us to be allow this community to be the author of its own uh financial future as opposed to uh how you say from this from the beginning of this District
094always coming hat in hand to the state for funding you know uh in the 90th anniversary celebration you know as I was looking at the old uh minutes of the board there was a letter from uh our first superintendent Mr Ryan and the first floor and it was a letter addressed to the state you know again saying that Alum Rock being at the time uh zoned in uh an agricultural Community was a low wealth district and so it's sort of like uh you know here we are able to you know think big and dream better again so I hope that in my ward in my year as board president to be able to to work with him but also to see Alan Rock once again proudly assert himself as the uh largest provider of public
095tk8 education in east side San Jose and to do so collaboratively as an Alum Rock Family uh teachers classified staff administrators community members and my um colleagues on the board I hope that you know uh yes we have challenges but you know Alum Rock has been through more than its fair share of challenges and I hope that this time around uh I hope you know I hope to see our district move you know as I've said in the theme of my campaign to move forward towards a brighter future uh you know uh along with that I would like to thank Ryan Elementary School for taking up my offer I I spend out of my own personal funds to sponsor a district Christmas tree at Christmas in the Park and uh I look forward to seeing
096seeing our tree uh this this vacation season and you know her first time where this you know in the community again you know I you know to show you know show all of San Jose what Alum Rock is made of and I look forward to hearing about all the concerts that will that will be in our schools in this upcoming season as well um uh you know so on that note I want to take this opportunity to uh wish every one of you in in Alum Rock and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and hopefully you know and that you know when we come back again in 2023 we'll have a restful and fun vacation and you know roll up our sleeves and uh get back to the work of uh you know making
097Alan you know building Alum Rock towards a brighter 90 years thank you so much so uh with that we move on to section five public hearings and our special order of business item 5.01 public hearing uh the Alum Rock Educators Association initial bargaining proposal to open negotiations with the Allen Rock Union Elementary School District regarding 2023 2024 reopeners so am I opening meeting okay so you know I hereby open the public hearing on item 5.01 is there any uh is there any public comment on item 5.01 Mr President I do not see anybody requesting for public comment at this time okay uh you can close the hearing okay so with that I will close the public hearing on item 5.01 uh moving on to item 5.02 opening the public hearing for districts initial bargaining proposal
098to open negotiations with the Alum Rock Educators Association regarding 2023 2024 reopener so I will open public hearing on item 5.02 uh Louise is there any public comment on item 5.02 uh Mr President there are no requests for public comment at this time okay going once going twice seeing no further public comment I hereby declare uh the public hearing for item 5.02 closed okay moving on to items uh section six superintendent board Business board discussion and or action and the board may take action on any item in this section unless it is designated for item information only so item 6.01 approved the proposed board meeting calendar for 2023 the more we're discuss and determine the proposed schedule for the regular board meetings for the calendar year from January through December 2023 uh proposed motion to
099approve oh let me read the read read through the item first for post dates include January 19 February 9 March 9 April 13 May 11 June 8 and June 22 July 20 August 10 September 14 October 12 November 9 and December 14th so I have a before I accept your motion I'd like to open the item for public comment is there any public comment Louise Mr President there are no requests for public comment at this time okay going once going twice signal for the public comment uh so I have a motion from trustee Chavez to approve the calendar there's a second from uh vice president Herrera loera any questions or comments from members of the board I just want to make sure that all the listed dates are aligned with our recording dates for the
100second two of them are of January it's because we come back on January 9th yeah right and so the 12th is the second Thursday so it gives us very short turnaround for everybody and then the next one is in July because we have two board meetings in June and so then two board meetings in June plus the July 4th holiday that comes so here and it seemed to work really well for staff all right so and for the board from what I understood yeah just to explain it you know it's always great to have consistency because the public expects uh certain times but I get the slight changes on those treatments and uh I'll be supporting okay thank you so much uh clerk Quintero so okay see no further comment from the board uh okay
101I can so now that we have a motion from trustee Chavez second by vice president lowera will move to the boat I'll call you as I see you okay uh vice president Herrera loera aye Rusty bejarano aye trustee Chavez aye in my self-loading I the motion passes uh unanimously five to zero uh okay I am 6.02 uh discussion consideration to approve resolution number 23-22-23 authorizing remote virtual slash teleconference meetings of the board and District committees subject to the brown act for the period of the period December 19 through January 19 uh 2023 uh do I is there any public comment on this item Mr President there are no requests for public comment at this time okay going once going twice you know for public comment is there a motion on the item um for purposes
102of discussion on motion okay motion by uh vice president Herrera loera is there a second a second for a motion purpose of a discussion okay uh second from trustee Bay harano so is there any uh any questions or comments from the board regarding item 6.02 I have a question yes I was just uh curious to see if there were any changes in the law any law updates uh for any of the school boards um as far as holding our meetings and not to my knowledge and I was going to invite Rogelio to sit right here he's here welcome hello chair for you right here we know how much you want to be in front of the camera not really I know I'd rather be sitting back there too yeah I was just wondering if there's
103any new law updates or upcoming maybe not now but in the near future Partners indicated that his uh emergency uh Proclamation will expire in February and so that will affect the availability of virtual meetings assuming everything continues in its current state so I think there's a little there's some chatter out there that if there is a surge again in the virus this month next month that may be extended a bit but um if things don't change dramatically then there will be changes in February and so um you know I know when the obviously the governor is looking at the California as a whole I mean I guess at that time he might leave certain areas for like us to govern ourselves based on our numbers maybe that's a possibility and there is some flexibility under
104the current law that expires in 2024 if the board makes certain findings in February that it continued if that it can continue to meet virtually so for example over the history of the pandemic locally at least Santa Clara County was uh had the highest incident rate um in the Bay Area or I'm sorry this community the 95127-95148 zip codes had the highest incidence rates in the county and so that may form a basis in the future for continuing virtual meetings as long as those rates remain high but that would be subject to a board finding at that time okay thank you clarifying question to counsel so so India so if the board you know without the governor's declaration and if the board is unable to make a findings uh then am I correct uh in
105in sensing that if you know if everything go you know if if events play out as they do then in the March meeting then uh the board there is a possibility that the board returns to uh status quo prior to the pandemic that that's correct but the status quo also means that the uh there will still be the availability of telephonic participation under the brown act provided all of the requirements for telephonic meetings are met so okay thank you so much okay so with that okay first well um so trusted question and um the the response that we got you know kind of I guess changes what I was going to say but I'll just say it anyway in the event that in the coming months it does become more relevant in that what I
106was going to say prior to that information was that I for one you know the past several months as we've given this approach a try um I don't I don't think that this works um and I don't know I don't know the benefit as we sit here today powering the future potential changes I don't know the benefit of the current configuration as we're meeting um to me I feel like the I the the team has done the great work of establishing you know all the technology and the audio and everything but to me visually I think it it's a disconnect for the community for the public it was it was great tonight when we had a presentation and you know we had Andrew and everyone up here and I could see the people I could
107see the individuals on the screen and and you know part of communication as we know is is a lot of facial and body communication and in this format it's very limited in my opinion um and I think it's a detriment so um you know and and I for the on for on principle I will will not be supporting this tonight for the reason that I just said because I think it is more beneficial to and I've been informally kind of tracking over the past few months our participation from the public and and public comment and attendees and it I think it has decreased from when we had the ability for people to see each and every board member individually um I know there's a there's a group tonight who's here on a um appears to
108be here at least in part on a specific um issue but overall I think our attendance and participation has been down and I think that's detrimental also to our decision making so um you know I won't I will not be supporting this tonight if the coming months do indeed bring us back to you know status quo pre pandemic then that will be fine but if if not if there's some changes or if there's a surge or whatever it may be then I would urge my colleagues on the board to consider um what really makes the most sense for particularly to be able to at least visually connect with to see who they're represented to see you know as things come up to see how people present their points um how people respond an important part
109of what is missing when we're not all in the room together and I think this format although it's an excellent job by our team to get it all set up I think this does not provide that so those are my comments thank you okay trusty Chavez um I kind of agreed with what uh Joseph said and which is one of the reasons why I didn't make hurry up and make the motion but um we it served us well when we were getting more participants but we're now we're not so I think we also need to change that up because if it's not working now then maybe we should go back to the way it was uh but again we'll see how um the participation is in the next month thank you okay trustee we have
110trusty harrel yeah and just to be clear I I could be wrong but I expect my colleagues tonight to support um the item uh my vote no is is on principle in some respects um so I don't I I would not want actually for us although I'll be voting no I would not want us to make a change and switch over everything and then the next month have to do anything so I'm anticipating this will pass nothing will change except that you know in the future if things continue that my words tonight maybe will be considered at that point what trusty Chavez yeah I'm going to be supporting this tonight but I'm saying within the you know January February's meeting we'll see how it goes if there is more participation than uh it'll be one
111decision and if there isn't then it'll be another decision on my behalf thank you okay thank you uh any further questions or comments from members of the board okay so I'll wrap up and I'll say you know uh you know technology is all uh is a compromise and I you know my uh as a former legislative debate as someone who has been in and observed uh meetings of public bodies uh you know the audience is always going to be fluctuating I mean for example recently at the city council and the city council was uh discussing the issue of the appointment of vacancy of council members uh you know that that is an issue that that that cuts to the heart I should say that that affects the the heart of citizens and of course people
112are going to you know residents of the city would you know kind of like voting uh turnout is higher when there is a Salient issue uh for uh legislative body uh now of course uh you know when there is you know when the issue is less Salient of course there is a uh drop off in a Civic I mean audience participation uh you know just like for example you know if you go back you know one the the previous month city council meeting you know the the audience was a fraction of you know the meeting of last you know the previous Monday so um you know uh just like we we had a small spike in participation tonight with uh in in public comment regarding you know uh Adelante there so uh we can't we
113can't necessarily predict what you know how people you know whether or not the board meeting I mean unless there's a you know of course I think that all issues are Salient that's you know that's why we are all on this board but you know every person perceives the issues differently and depending on that being you know may or may not choose to attend but uh the other part is that uh you know you know my observation from uh from the other districts is that you know all you know even Mount Pleasant is back in person uh you know pre-pandemic standards and their boardroom is a lot smaller you know they're actually using they don't have a proper district office they're using a middle school cafeteria to Hulk and board meetings but the you know part
114of the importance of the board meeting in person is in in effect to show solidarity with uh our our staff you know our our teachers and our classified staff who are at the school sites a day in and day out you know uh you know it it would seem you know how how one would say it would be a little unseemly if the teachers are in the classroom the janitors are at the school site the school secretary is in the office and well the board that governs the school district is uh you know uh on on zoom and so it you know it's uh you know it's a it's a con you know it's a compromise between you know the technically feasible to meet the needs of our community but also uh the the show
115uh show the necessary solidarity with our you know with those who serve the district uh so with that thank you so much and uh having a wizard what was that emotion by uh motion by vice president Herrera loera and second from trustee nehrano we'll move on to the vote so I'll call you as I see you uh uh vice president Herrera loera aye uh trustee bergerano no Christy Chavez aye and myself voting I the the motion passes four to one with trustive harano dissenting okay moving on item 6.03 AR 5145.71 a Title IX sexual harassment completing the procedure this is for information this item is information only uh is there public any public comment in item 6.03 uh Mr President there are no requests for public comment at this time okay uh going once going
116twice signal for the Republic comment the superintendent Bauer uh who's presenting 96.03 this is just for all information okay okay very well okay uh so moving on to item 6.04 approval to appoint the board representative for the county committee election for 2023 the California educational code requires that the governing board of each school district and it's in annual initial meeting select one of its members to vote in the election for members of the county committee on School District organization so uh first of all uh any public comment on item 6.04 Louise uh Mr President there are no requests for public comment at this time okay very well so going once going twice seeing now for the public comment uh so I will open the floor up to uh nominations uh for a representative from this
117board to the county committee on School District organization and before I say that I will want to stress the importance of the county committee on School District organization it is the uh committee that does take the uh how you when when communities appeal to change change the boundaries of a school district this is the committee that does that so uh it is very important that are more uh appoints a representative to ensure that our we have a voice in that process and to protect the uh interests at the Alum Rock Community so are there any nominations for the board representative to the county committee election tier one answer I'm ready to go cast a vote and it'd be good to sense everybody who's there I thought you're going to be committing to being used for
118the next four years oh so so basically this is on one time oh for the person who's like okay or foreign want to come in are you nominating a trusty fan president they draw the lines for the boundaries as well very very important not widely known but very important so I humbly accept Carroll's nomination to serve as the representative uh okay any further nomination by Warren uh so seeing none I will call the voters I see you uh for Clark Montero aye vice president Herrera loera aye trustee behrano aye trustee Chavez Christy Chavez hi okay and my self-loading eye motion passes unanimously thing uh so I thank my colleagues for their confidence in me and this uh in this task uh let's see moving on item 6.05 action review needed November 8 2022 general election
119certification of election results for school districts the Alum Rock Union Elementary School District okay uh so I get a motion by uh vice president Herrera loera uh any uh Louisiana comments from members of the public Mr President there are no requests for public comment at this time okay um going once going twice you know for public comment any questions or comments by members of the board congratulations okay uh seen none uh I will call you know I'll move to vote I'll call you as I see you Quintero uh vice president Herrero aye president aye and myself voting eye motion is past unanimous unanimously okay item 6.06 consider discussion approval of resolution number 25-22-23 reaffirming the critical role of Stu the school personnel as mandated reporters in the safety and well-being of Alan walk students so
120um this item was brought to us by trustee harano so the floor is yours thank you president family uh yes I um I brought this item tonight I thought um for me personally as one board member this is a an important time to bring something like this to the board for a couple of reasons uh you know number one for me when we initially ran for this position four plus years ago one of my my platform um positions was safety ensuring the safety of our of our students here in the district um and that's something that I've always tried to keep in mind the past four years and the decisions that I've made votes that I've taken and this time around in this most recent election it was not specifically part of my uh platform
121or my my positions that I that I kind of talked about publicly but it is always a part of what I do and I think safety I don't think I know that safety the safety of our students here at Alum Rock above all else is the priority point you know period end of story um but you know I thought it was a good time for me to reiterate that commitment that I made four plus years ago to the safety um of our students as a priority above all else um you know additionally I as some people may know for the past 25 plus years I have served this community as a social worker a large part um you know in in the work that it takes to protect the vulnerable in our society and sometimes
122that is um the Aging sometimes there there are different communities but a large part of the work that I've done has always been protecting our children um arguably the most vulnerable segment of our society um although I don't think it's arguably but you know the vulnerable children in our society that is again as professionally the past 25 years as a mandated reporter for all that time I know that regardless of anything else that I may be experiencing on the job or with my family or whatever the protection the safety of the vulnerable children in in our society in our County in our East Side in our Alum Rock is is is primary overall else and so you know for those reasons the commitment that I've made four years ago to safety and just my own
123personal um experience and wanting to reiterate to restate with the community how um vital that is to me as a representative here on this board I thought that um this was a good time for me to bring this resolution and so if you'll indulge me I will read this amended copy of the resolution tonight um and and if you'll have a little patience hopefully I'll get through it relatively briefly but I'll start off um again reaffirming the critical role of school personnel as mandated reporters in the safety and well-being of Alum Rock students when is the safety of students and staff is the district's highest priority whereas Board of Trustees and all School Personnel in the Alum Rock Union School District value Above All Else the emotional psychological and physical safety of each and every
124student and when the school Personnel play a key role in identifying and helping vulnerable or abused children ending whereas children spend most of their day in school where School Personnel have regular contact with them and therefore the ability to observe changes in appearance and behavior that others may not as readily notice and whereas School Personnel individually may be a source of support and care for many children and may therefore be a trusted adult to whom a child confides in about abuse and neglect and what is being abused or neglected as a child can be linked to to physiological emotional and behavioral issues immediately after the abuse as well as later in life and whereas child abuse and neglect can affect future Generations through intergenerational trauma resulting in a cycle of damage and distress to our
125Alamo community and whereas every employee of the district whose duties required direct contact with and or supervision of children are mandated reporters in the state of California and whereas California state law requires that school districts provide annual training to employees on mandated reporting responsibilities and whereas the district provides annual training to employees on mandatory reporting responsibilities and whereas under the media reporting laws any mandated reporter who within the scope of their employment gains knowledge of or observes a child in a reasonably suspect is the victim of child abuse or neglect shall immediately or as soon as is practicably possible report said abuse and neglect to the San Jose police department or Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department or the County Welfare Department Santa Clara County Department of Family and Children's Services formerly known as child protective
126services or CPS or other designated local agency and when there's Reasonable Suspicion does not require certainty that child abuse or neglect has occurred as any reasonable suspicion is sufficient and whereas a mandated reporter is not to conduct an investigation or collect evidence before making a report and whereas depending on the assessment of a trained social work or law enforcement professional a report to DFCS may not necessarily trigger an immediate investigation by DFCS but may ultimately be critical evidence in establishing a record of abuse and neglect involving a child and whereas per assembly bill 2085 which was signed into law on September 29 2022 the state's mandated reporting laws were amended to Define general neglect to only include circumstances where the child is at substantial risk of suffering serious physical harm or illness and would provide
127that General neglect does not include a parent's economic disadvantage and whereas failure to report as a mandator reporter is a misdemeanor crime punishable by up to six months in jail and or up to a thousand dollar fine and wellness the Board of Trustees find that it is necessary and appropriate at this time to redouble its efforts to provide training and awareness surrounding mandated reporting requirements and the subjects of child abuse and neglect now therefore be it resolved that the Board of Trustees reaffirms its commitment to making students safety its highest priority and to creating and maintaining safe School sites and to providing the training essential to establishing and maintaining a safe learning environment for all students now therefore be it further resolved the district shall annually within the first two months of the start of
128the school year facilitate the following bullet point one encourage all District staff to attain annual mandated reporter training in person bullet point number two distribute an advisory to all School Personnel reminding them of their responsibilities as mandated reporters Point number three provide parents of the district with information regarding child abuse and neglect and access to mandated reporter training and a link is included in the resolution a internet link and uh next bullet point verify that all mandated reporters in the district are complying with annual mandated reporting reporter training and so thank you for your patience and listening to that and emphasis and um you know reiterating restating our career commitment to Safety in our district um and just as a one final FYI that I forgot to mention that I did um work with the
129administration of the Department of Department of Family and Children's Services in Santa Clara County and they are in agreement with the language included in this resolution so given that safety is our priority given that it is I believe a good time um to reiterate that is our driving principal core principle for our district I would encourage my peers and colleagues on the board tonight to support this resolution to reaffirm amongst the entire hour mark team that we value safety of our children above all else that occurs in this District thank you they think interesting Runner and before I take questions and comments uh by members of the board uh I'll uh I'd like to take public comment on this item uh Louise is there any public comment and item 6.06 Mr President there are no
130requests for public comment at this time okay I'm going once going twice okay so uh questions comments I did see trusty shot as his hand first so trustee Chavez and then Clark Quintero make a motion to approve okay I have a motion to approve by trustee Chavez and there's a second by clerk Quintero and yes okay and questions comments from the board clerk Quintero um but the language and make sure that aligns with a lot I read through it it looks pretty clear I see Sports and so I get it it's like one or the other or the other and so I get that so I'm pretty comfortable with the language um I would ask um for uh as board member Chavez maker the motion if she will accept the approval as well as further
131instructions for the administration directing them to provide one copy in paper as well as an electronic format to each employee of Alum Rock School District include each board member you know I forgot a couple hours right here but you're right and no I'm not finished in addition to direct Administration to ask all site administrators to read your resolution at their respective staff meetings or um you know uh you know with mot or I'm sure that they have meetings with their units and that they would read out the resolution to their members continuance of what trusty Quintero said on that motion so I make that motion oh so you know so we have agreement by the maker of the motion to amend the motion and we have that we have bad agreement from the second year
132of the motion uh trustee beharano yes I apologize I I felt like and I knew there was something missing and I did um I did uh forget to include two bullet points that were on the back of the page and part of it covers what you uh mentioned so if I could just finish with those two bullet points which is to the public and they want to do it but it's part of what you said so um one of those bullet points is verify the presence of Graphics slash posters in all teachers lounges and or School Personnel common areas reminding of mandated reporter responsibilities reporting protocols and a copy of this resolution and then the last bullet point provide links to Child Abuse Prevention videos and resources to school personnel so my emotion includes every
133single bullet point and also to put a coffee hard copy and every uh personnel's uh hand as well as the district trustees thank you and we have agreement with that with the center of the motion um correcting site administrators as well as supervisors you know the Departments to read and it's the respective stuff and well okay any further comments or questions okay uh vice president Herrera luera I just want to thank uh trustee Ben harano for bringing this forward um I know I've also been very vocal about uh transforming the pipeline from school to prison to Cradle to career and I know this this here is a big part of that um of that movement of um ensuring that our children like you said feel safe um and are not just here to learn but
134also just um taking care of in all the other areas and ensure that um you know when they come through our doors that they have everything they need to thrive which means being able to you know be in class in school and not worrying about you know fortunately some of our abused children have to go through um so thank you for that um you know we as adults here in the Alum Rock School District are responsible to ensure that every child here that comes through our doors are taken care of so I appreciate you and leading this so I will definitely be supporting this resolution part of the comments by members of the board uh so I will wrap up with my comments uh thank you trustee benjarano I'll be supporting this item I just
135um you can't have education with us without a safe environment so student safety is you know the highest priority in the education of our students because it is from from from a safe environment that all else follows and I want to say this as you know since I am an educator uh you know you know all of us in this District have a special trust having been entrusted with the um foreign and uh you know I remind like one to remind uh all of us uh everyone in the Alum Rock family here uh that we all have a duty to speak up when when we see a problem and uh you know and that is our calling as Educators and those who uh govern this District I want to remind you of all all of
136you of that that uh very very important trust in that we recommit ourselves to doing everything we can to maintain this stress so uh with that with a you know having have the the motion by uh trustee Chavez and second by Brooklyn Terror I'll move to a to the vote I'll call you as I see you Clark Quintero item passes unanimously thank you okay uh moving on to item 6.07 discussion local Contracting initiative information only yes uh thank you um colleagues for allowing me to bring this forward um we at this District have for the longest time continue to talk about an importance of ensuring that uh tax dollars that are asked of the public you know I want to talk through the long run um come back and be reinvested and the conversation has
137been going on for a long time however the logistics around it has always been very difficult to grasp because you know it's a complex process and um I remember you know former board member always asking hey did you ask somebody locally and to buy that those products for janitorial services you know many times I disagree with him on everything else but uh on that point I was like hey did you do your part to ensure a local business got the business and Alum Rock so that those families can redistribute that money within the community it's where it flies off to Richmond Sacramento San Francisco Idaho wherever it may be I don't want to pick on any particular City Nevada California I've been living in the state you know or wrong but better Alum Rock better
138or something then it will even anywhere else and so with that being said I've um I'm asking this body to give me the authority to move forward and work with the administration to start developing the strategy on how we can more firmly get our hands around this local Contracting process we've dealt since we've dealt with it with the language around the power purchase agreements in the backs um and that was obviously very narrowly focused because of the you have more flexibility under the state law with those power purchase agreements um and obviously it wouldn't be as elaborate as that I'm not you know because it's a lot more strict when you get to just general work um but in this case to figure out a strategy for the district to be able to go out
139there identify bring in people that are from our community there are companies construction companies that are doing work with the city of San Jose with other large entities based in Alum Rock you wouldn't think of it there's little um you know minority business disadvantaged women-owned enterprises that are operating here in these people saved you know and they have no idea how to get access to the work that's being done in Bank programs in the school district that are on this Earth and so I think it's equivalent upon us to figure out how do we go ahead and lift that mysterious bail that only massive large company somehow know how to get into you they snap their fingers and know how to get it because they already have connections they've been doing it for years and
140it's time that we have a history to figure out how to get these um BMW you know the names of the acronyms for the smaller minority women owned veteran owned um and uh make sure that they're able to get access to the resources they've been put up by our textures so that money continues to recirculate within our community the aquarium it leads to our age and so that's the idea it's pretty broad level right now um but the idea is to take it through these small schools and Innovation uh committees because it would be an Innovative process so that we can go ahead and bring it back as a as more of a well-thought-out idea that would be that Oprah would be considered by the board um and so that that's my those are my
141thoughts do we need a direction or is there information only so at this point um it would be more of give the administration as well as you know the share this multiple Innovation company uh give me the thumbs up to start proceeding with how I'm working on a on a draft of what would it possibly bring back on in the future I think uh invite me you know as for landing officer just to interject so does this require a vote of the war or do we need a consensus report um at this point it's just Direction because there's no actual okay there's no nothing fully cooked up here okay I I wanted to bring it over to see what happens if you if the board actually appeals if that's the case if we feel that
142we have plenty of small businesses and doing uh work and obviously wouldn't be necessary but hopefully so before I take for a question support uh public comment and item 6.07 Louise do we have any public comment foreign [Music] comment at this time okay uh so going once going twice okay seeing no further public comment trustee beharano uh yeah just briefly in in general I'm supportive of this I I think uh president for bringing this because I think we've made verbal commitments we've made you know we've intimated or suggested as our to our position as as this board in terms of this idea this concept but I think this is a good uh step in the direction of actually I don't know if it's the right phrase but putting some meat on the bones or putting
143some some substance to the idea and to the principle and so um I like this approach and and I'll um if and I'm supportive of providing direction as as was indicated by trustee Quintero to staff to continue the discussion and move in that direction okay any further questions or comments by members of the board foreign possible so is there a certain area that you have in mind uh as far as the limits go trustee Quintero um I would think that our offers should be focused here in San Jose obviously we're not going to find every um every company that we need to do for the district within the boundaries of the city um but there are a lot of small businesses out there there are a lot uh minority disadvantage business enterprises veteran owned businesses
144that are located here and so the efforts would be to get them to figure out how it is that they would be able to contract uh with Alum Rock yeah so my concern is our fiscal responsibility as far as are we going to get the best uh deal you know that makes sense to the bottom line so I I would like to see a little bit more on this um it's it's a good suggestion uh we'll see thank you okay any further questions comments by the board I'll just wrap up by saying you know I am completely in support of my clerk quintero's uh item of discussion here you know I think in May 2021 we we had a resolution passed by this board uh you know uh in support of using local you know
145unionized local union labor in in our uh in our renovation and building projects so don't quote me on that one but I think I remembered that one but you know it where we're we're possible you know if we you know uh you know the these are the tax dollars of our community and you know we have a you know we have it behooves us to do what we can to make sure that those dollars benefit each and every one of us in Alum Rock and so you know for those reasons I think that this is a valuable discussion and you know I'm in support of moving the discussion forward so we can have a a viable plan to you know make to ensure that our tax dollars it gets truly reinvested in this community and
146then eventually bring something that's more political support group consideration so yes there is consensus by the board can do facility okay so with that I have a request to uh take a call five minute recess for uh you know uh rest recess so with that uh time is now 7 58 so the war will reconvene at 804 pm thank you so much foreign those people foreign sorry it might just give me a second he'll he'll be back he won't he told us to go ahead oh okay so with that uh the time is now 807 this meeting is now resumed so with that we now move on to section 7 Business Services Board discussion and or action the board may take any action on take action on any item in this section unless it is
147designated for information only so item 7.01 approved 22 2022 23 first interim report so uh superintendent Bauer he's introduced who whoever will be presenting do you want to entertain public comment first oh oh all righty uh so with that we'll take public comment on item 7.01 a Louise is there any any mem comment from members of the public Mr President there are no requests for public comment at this time okay very well so seeing no further public comment we'll move on to uh the presentation so uh superintendent Bauer you have the floor yes thank you I'm trying to see if colvera can be part of the panel so that he can um present first interim to us good evening can you hear me yes we hear you loud and clear call Vera because assistant superintendent
148Chang the floor is yours thank you board president fam um and good evening members of the board and superintendent Dr Bauer um tonight I'll be providing a brief overview of the first interim report um and as such um some of the topics that we'll be going over um are key changes to the legislations um key assumptions um the multi-year projection and then next steps and future consideration um starting with key changes in legislation uh the first one that I want to talk about is the 6.7 investment in the lcf That Base um it's significant for districts like us um and I'll show you the result later in the presentation um what are the other key change key changes in legislation you may recall that um during budget adoption there was a proposal to provide school
149districts for one-time discretionary Grant um this grant has been removed and have been replaced with two different grants that are restricted uh the first grant that it replaced with was the one-time learning recovery emergency block grant um again described is restricted and districts to happen to fiscal year 2027-28 to spend these funds uh cover out really quick not to interrupt you um we don't see anything on the screen oh you don't yes you shared your screen but there's nothing oh that's so weird let me try again you see no no anything yet nope nope that is so weird I can see it on my screen are you able to send it to marivel so that she can um yeah let me do that [Music] um yeah Austin oh [Music] but variable you should be getting
150the um the presentation are you able to upload it yeah I I was able to open it up oh perfect okay if you can navigate for me also foreign great thank you I'll just start over um with some of the topics that we'll be discussing uh which are key changes in such legislation um key assumptions the multi-year projection um and next steps in future consideration next slide please next slide please okay so this is a summary of the key changes in legislation uh I mentioned briefly um the 6.7 investment um in lcff based grant um the second one is um remember at budget adoption there was a proposal which is second bullet to provide one-time discretionary grant for school districts um that program has been removed and replaced with two restricted program um the first
151one which is um third bullet is a one-time learning recovery emergency block grant and for this one it is a restricted dollars at District have until year 2027 and 28 to spend those funds the second program was the one-time Arts music instructional material discretionary block grant um this is already also restricted it requires a plan to be um adopted by the board um during later this year and for this grant districts have until um year 25 26 to spend those funds next slide please starting with key assumption um in terms of enrollment um you may recall that we just recently did a demographic study and these are the numbers that were presented so for example um in the current year we were projected to serve 6000 7671 um next year 7 376 um year 24
15225 7093 and so forth next slide please um I apologize but we're having a problem and she's not able to move this light right now while working on it yeah Maribel lost connection to her system so we're trying to get her reconnected I'm wondering if you want to go through you know the next couple of items and then come back okay so uh of course that is so oh okay we're here foreign the last slide was the projection from the demographic study so how did we end up um this year so the demographic study which is in the blue bar shows that we would be serving 7671. um we actually are serving 7740 this year um so that it it is a an increase of about 69 students from our projections and since the projection
153was so close um we decided to keep um the upcoming years the same as we did with adopted budget so um for year 23 24 we kept that at 7 376 and then in year 24 25 uh 7093. um next slide please this slide shows you the changes in lcf from budget adoption to First interim um we'll start with your fiscal fiscal year 22 23 first um you'll see that the cola the statutory Cola 6.56 didn't change um in the row that shows investment in lcff you'll see that in the current year there was an investment of 6.7 percent so ultimately with that investment you'll see that um when you compare lcf back entitlement from budget to burst interim you'll see an increase of about 6.3 million dollars moving over to year 23 24 um
154again the statutory didn't change at 5.38 um there are no further investment in lcff but since the investment in lcf in year 2223 kind of carries forward you'll see that the net increase in lcf in 2324 is uh close to 7.2 million dollars and then moving on to year 2425 um again the statutory didn't change um at 4.02 but then you'll see a net increase of about 9.17 million dollars um in year 24 25. um next page next slide please um this slide shows um just a comparison of lcf entitlement from one year to another um you'll see that in the current year uh we're projecting to receive approximately 115 million dollars in lcf entitlement uh moving over to year 23 24. um you'll see that on the first line plundered Cola even with a
155cola 5.38 you'll see that our lcf entitlement is essentially flat there's a net increase of about 159 000 and this is mainly because of declining enrollment so keep in mind that even though there's a cola for next year or lcfm lcff funding uh remains almost flat and then moving on to year 2425 even with a 4.202 cola you see that when compared to uh year 20 when you compare year 23 24 to year 24 25 by lcff and Thailand actually dropped close to three million dollars even with the a cola 4.02 next slide please so this is a summary of um kind of key revenues like districts using budgeting the first interim starting with state revenue as you can see for district lcff you'll see that 6.7 investment in year 22 23 um a total
156of 6.56 um year 23 24 Cola 5.38 and year 2425 a cola 4.02 for aptitude are locally spondage sponsored charter school again the lcff invest investment also applied to them and then the code itself is the same as districts for all three years um other state revenue we already already discussed um uh with regards to the one-time discretionary fund that was removed at budget adoption um for the districts that was about 12 million unrestricted funds that no longer um exists in our first interim and then the two category programs that was added um the first one again is the one-time learning recovery emergency block grant or Alum Rock um that's about 15.3 million dollars of restricted fund and then the one-time Arts music and instructional material discretionary block grant um that's approximately five million um
157and it's restricted fund um and then in addition to that the state also provided another categorical that started last year this is uh in the terms of e-lock which is the expanded learning opportunity program and for Alum Rock that's close to about 13 billion dollars and then for local Revenue you may recall that at budget adoption um because we were still in limbo with measure eye Parts attacks that Revenue was not included in our budget adoption but we um thanks to the voters uh it was approved and so um measure eye revenue is reflected in your first interim report um approximately 4.5 million dollars ongoing and then in terms of federal revenue um uh we are still looking at the sr3 which is approximately 22.45 um that was budget starting in the current year um
158up to 22.45 um close to 18 million dollars a bit um our budget for broad usage and then the 4.5 um is for learning loss um next slide please um in terms of expenditures um you see that the first uh for kelp Calpers rate um year 22 23 employees contribution is 25.37 year 23 25.2 percent and then year 24 25 um 24.6 percent uh with respect to calstrs um in year 2223 um and year 23 24 and year 24 25 it's the same um employer contribution rate of 19.1 percent um the budget also includes an increase in step in column for all three years um special ed continue to grows um in the out Years and we're required to maintain a three percent um contribution to our routine restricted maintenance account in addition to that
159uh the budget also included a 16 reduction of 16 certificated ftes um in year 23 24 um to align with declining enrollment um of the 16 um certificate of positions six of it is uh related to independent studies um so that's part of the the reduction and then in year 24 25 an additional 10 reduction uh reduction of 10 certificated ftes and again that is to decline align with declining enrollment and then in year starting in year 24 25 Esser funds will be exhausted and so all salaries and benefits that are being paid by ss3 funds uh will be moved back from the restricted um general fund to the unrestricted general fund um next slide please um so with those assumptions um this slide shows the multi-year projection for the unrestricted general fund um as
160you can see starting in year 22 23 the district started with the beginning balance of approximately close to 26.7 the district is projecting to receive approximately 124.6 million dollars in total revenue um projecting a total expenditures of 92.7 million dollars um and would is projecting to add on to the beginning balance of about 3.4 ending um this fiscal year with a little over 30 million dollars carrying that 30 million dollars to the upcoming year um the districts is projecting to receive approximately 123.8 million dollars in total revenues um a total expenditures of 93.1 um and also adding to the beginning balance of about 1.4 million dollars bringing the ending pun balance to about 31.5 million dollars um carrying that fund balance to um the upcoming year uh which is 24.25 um the district is projecting
161to um generate or receive in total revenue approximately 121.2 million dollars with a total expenditures of about 98.2 um and again in the third in year 24 25 is when you're going to start to see a little bit of a spent down up while reserve and mainly this is um due to the um usage of all of our one-time funds from the federal government such as the sr3 in year 24 25 you'll see that um you know you'll be spent we'll be spending down about 6.7 million dollars our Reserve bringing the reserve back down to 20 approximately 24.8 million dollars um next slide please this slide right here shows the multi-year projection for the restricted general fund um and as you can see in year 22 23 the district is projecting um the start of
162the year with approximately 14.4 million dollars with a projected revenue of 83.5 um a total expenditure of 116.9 million dollars um spending on the the beginning balance of about 4.8 to end a year with 9.6 million dollars um that um carry over is then brought into year 23 24 um in that year the district is projecting to receive approximately 30 30.2 million dollars in total revenue uh with a total expenditures of um 69.1 million dollars um and it depleting all of the carryovers uh at the end of the year um and then in the year 24 25 um the districts is projecting to receive approximately 29.6 million dollars with a total expenditures of 29. I'm sorry 59.3 um and in the year um what is zero carryover next slide please so with that um you
163know these are some of the next steps and future consideration um that would need to to keep in mind um starting in January the governors will be presenting um the budget proposal board fiscal year 23 24 and we're very eager to see what that's going to look like um and then budget development uh process will begin for us um starting in January uh for the upcoming budget year um and then in February of 2023 um that's when our negotiation uh season will start uh for all units for um salaries um terms for year 23 24 and then in March um not too far away we'll bring you the second interim and then uh in May we'll be anticipating the May revise in terms of updates uh from the state uh with respect to what the
164budget's going to look like and then in June um of 2023 um statistically we're doing is public hearing we're both the budget and the lcap and the adoption of the budget and the lcap um and with that next slide please and with that thank you and I'll be happy to take any questions okay thank you very much assistant superintendent Chang uh so at this time we'll take questions and comments from the board uh okay nice did we do we do public comments okay so um thank you thank you Mr Chang for your uh update uh I guess I just have um I want to provide you I guess with the opportunity to maybe talk about a couple of things that we've talked about in the past and it's you know I think they're both still
165part of our reality but I wonder if you could just with you know any changes or updates that have occurred recently uh at the state level or even within our own budget itself can you just speak a little bit to those ideas that we've talked about in the past of that kind of the fiscal cliff that we've talked about with regards to our district um I forget the year I always get the numbers mixed up but a few years out we've talked about a fiscal clip I think is a terminology that we've used to describe some impending uh potential pretending a potential future fiscally so if you might be able to speak to that and then also um I guess related to that is the the ideas that we've talked about in the past with
166regards to the utilization of our facilities I know we've we have taken action on some of those things and and moved in that direction but um in a very general sense is that conversation kind of still on the table for consideration in your estimation based on the financial realities that we're looking at yeah and then and you know to your to your question I think there's some some relevant issues that are still presenting challenges for the district um obviously the biggest one is the continuance of the declining enrollment um that's happening in our districts and you know be from last year to this year um just a little bit of a context we lost close to like another 500 students from last year to this year so that's going to be a continuing challenge for
167the districts to mitigate as we move forward um in addition to that I think one thing that too that I'd like to remind the board was that you know we through the pandemic um fortunate enough fortunate we were um recipient of a lot of one-time funds um that will be exhausted by year 2425 and so um while we do we do we do have those funds for the current year and next year to be utilized to um keep the district float um those funds will be expiring um starting year 24 25. um you know one of the fortunate thing that happened for us was that the our community was very supportive with our parcel tax and so that was a great benefit and and and great help with the districts to mitigate or to avoid
168any further cuts that could that could have potentially happened if that didn't pass um and then and then as I mentioned um you know in in the beginning the presentation um you know the state I got to give credit with where credit is due the state has been very mindful in terms of trying to um help out districts like us so um you know the the one factor the one key legislation that I mentioned earlier was it was the investment in um lcff um and so for districts like this um that was very helpful um not only to um keep programs and services um going but also to provide some maybe opportunities for um salary increases uh for our staff um I hope I covered some of that um I'm not sure if you have
169any other specific questions that you might want to that you have um so in a super General sense then if I'm hearing correctly we are we are in a similar position to where we have been in the past couple years with some potential um at least stabilizing things including like parcel attacks or whatever but still with pending challenges upcoming if if we don't take some action yes we I think we still need to be conservative um if you've been following just the economy of the um of California obviously there's been a lot of a lot of downturn um in the economy and that's going to eventually impact um not only the state budget but it's going to trickle down to school district as well um you know just a recent report that was published by
170school Services I believe um at this point the state is about 20 billion dollars shortfall of its projection um we're not hearing about any cuts um immediately but this those are just kind of the signs um you know that that that keeps us or that reminds us that we need to be mindful and conservatives as we navigate forward um just because you know the last two years been very Rosy in terms of the economy at the state level um we're seeing a a um kind of a a turn page on that so what what messages we're hearing is to be um yes to kind of keep your mind or keep your your um attention on that um and just be very careful as we move forward okay thank you any further questions and comments from
171the board uh trustee Chavez yeah um when I went to the csba I went to one of the the in one of the sessions they were talking about how much um they're thinking that the governor or the the um income for the state was going to be and they were um their projections as of last two weeks ago were 50 percent less so I guess my question to you Mr Provera is can we start having the talks of uh what reductions we could start doing in order to get ahead of um the the challenges that they were going to face here in a year real quick yeah um yeah I think right now it's probably too early to have those um those conversation um and again you know in January there's going to be a
172lot of information that's going to come out from the um from the budget proposal itself uh yeah coincidentally we just had a CBO meeting a county-wide CBO meeting um early today um and we had uh representative from school services and shared with us that who's been closely engaged with the legislator um and again um they haven't built even though um Revenue at the state level um hasn't um materialized as they as they rejected it should be but there hasn't been any conversation uh really about reduction or cuts to school districts and mainly just because you know the state itself has been building its own reserve and so it's um in some case our um has a buffer and a relying on that um and that's why um you know we're not really talking about any
173it cuts to to schools immediately yet thank you Annie for a question or comments from members of the board I just have one and like we probably you know but just to refresh my memory uh you mentioned that 80 percent of the sr3 funds were a broad usage so uh what does broad usage mean in this context would it be something akin to unrestricted funds or parties still restricted funds um they they are restricted funds in a manner that you have to category categorize it as restricted in the um restricted generals one side of the general fund um but in terms of what we can spend those money on um it's very flexible so for us we've been using those funds to pay for um principal salaries or custodial salaries and bus driver salaries those
174typically comes out of the unrestricted general fund um but because the sr3 funds provide that flexibility and for the districts we have been using those funds to keep the district afloat okay okay thank you so much all right uh what's up with that uh do we have a motion to adopt the uh first interim of a report okay motion by clerk Montero do I have a second second by trustee bejarano uh so what that now with a motion in a second I'll move to the vote and I'll call you as they see you uh Kirk Quintero uh vice president Herrera loera aye Christiano aye sorry that's right there was an eye in there somewhere oh okay are you okay over there okay and my cell phone so so what my cell phone emotion is unanimous
175and uh item 7.01 first the interim report is adopted thank you so much uh moving on to section eight instructional Services Board discussion and or action the board may take action on any item in this section unless it is designated for information only so item 8.01 California Department of Education expenditure order one report from aptitude Community Academy at Goss early literacy support block grant and literacy action plan in year two of implementation this item is information only the superintendent mower it's informational I don't know if you want to call public comments okay okay just uh okay we'll take public comment and item 8.01 Louise is there any comment from the public Mr President there are no requests for public comment at this time okay uh going once going crazy enough for public comment and as
176this item is information only uh you know I urge members to read or re-read uh at their pleasure uh moving on to item 8.02 approve California Department of Education Amendment one local agreement for child development services at dual immersion preschools on the lante one and two so okay uh but so I'll take public comment and item 8.02 Louise is there any any comment from the public Mr President there are no requests for public comment at this time okay going once going try seeing no further comment and I have a motion by Quintero do I have a second okay second by vice president Herrera lawera so questions and uh is there any presentation online this is just the recurring recurring okay uh questions and comments from members of the board Christ um I'll abstain okay uh
177trustee Chavez uh you were we couldn't hear you trustee Chavez could you repeat that please okay abstain uh okay and myself voting I these motion passes uh three yeses zero knows and abstentions from trustees beharano and Chavez okay uh and we'll next item on uh is item 8.03 local control accountability plan timeline information only so I'll take public comment on item 8.03 Louise is there any comment from the public uh Mr President there are no requests for public permit at this time okay uh so it's going once going crazy now for the public comment uh and let's see here this item is information only so uh again please uh members are encouraged to read and or re-read this item at their pleasure uh moving on to section 9 bonds board discussion and reaction the board
178may take any may take action on any item in this section unless it is designated for information only so item 9.01 sourceful piggyback bid contract number 010521-lts-3 for the purchase of a play structure through Miracle Place systems for Lucha Elementary uh a first public comment and item 9.01 Luis is there any comment Mr President there are no requests for public comment at this time thank you going once going crazy no further public comment uh let's see here do I have a motion for a promotion motion by trustee Chavez second second by trustee bejarano uh this time I'll take uh was it I'll take uh questions or comments by members of the board okay uh seeing no further comment by members of the board uh I will call for a vote uh vice president Herrera loera
179aye tristano aye Rusty Chavez hi uh and myself voting I the the item passes four to zero with uh trustee uh I mean Clark Quintero uh not votings uh moving on to item 9.02 sourceful piggyback big contract number 010521 LTS Dash three for the purchase of a place structure group Miracle play systems for Cassell Elementary uh do I have motion okay I'm sorry uh president um I just I don't this I could be off but I wonder for um trustee Quintero instead of uh memorializing is not voting should we just say absent because I I just I just concerned about not voting meaning that he was here but he didn't vote he's back in So before we move uh trustee Quintero do we have your vote on items 9.01 well can we move back on
180it yeah yeah I read it um it's that uh playground yeah so if we already took the vote and announced the vote can you can he still vote on it okay Bauer I just want to make sure that it's all I don't see any problems okay do they list on the phone but I don't he's on so yeah uh Rogelio general counsel money but you may have to promote him to a panel my initial question just for while we wait um trustee Quintero was reporting back your vote as not voting as opposed to absent because I think every member has to vote if they're here right and so indicating and not voting I'm just making sure it doesn't cause something you know someone to consider that you were here but didn't vote um so that
181was that was the initial yeah so regalia we have a question uh Christie bejarano please pose your question too well I mean the initial question I believe um trustee Quintero stepped away during a vote and so um we voted it seemed to pass um with the majority or yeah the majority uh but it was reported that uh trustee Quintero did not vote and the initial question was should we report it as not vote or not present because I I thought that that might make a difference in how we reported that but then he now since has come back and so can we take his vote now um subsequent to already having taken the vote and reported back the votes so so when a board member leaves the room temporarily um you should just you should
182record it as the person being absent from the room okay yeah just so that's reflected in the minutes and I think it's perfectly fine for you to recall the vote now that he came in right after the vote was taken if you like if that's the board well so well given that you know so I will take the prerogative and recall the vote so we'll have a vote on item 9.01 uh I'll call you as I see you Quintero uh vice president Herrera loera aye Christiano aye trustee Chavez certain way but I also questioned that that wasn't done in my circumstance so I am going to vote I but I think that it should all be equal thanks thank you and myself voting eye motion passes unanimously uh so moving on to item number 9.02
183sourceful piggyback big contract number 010521-0ts-3 for the purchase of a play structure crew Miracle play systems for Castell Elementary uh so first I'll take public comment on item 9.02 Louise is there any Mr President there's no request for public comment at this time okay going once going pricing no further public okay we have a motion for a motion by uh clerk Quintero do I have a second second second by vice president Herrera loera questions and comments from members of the board okay well I just have just one and I said you know and same thing with the you know I visited Cassell and I was you know saddened to to learn that the the pre-existing play structure was uh destroyed by arson so it's important for us to uh replace this play structure immediately for
184our kids and also to provide play structures for Lucha Elementary so uh you know I am completely supportive of all these items so with that said we have a motion and a second I'll move to the vote I'll call you as I see you clerk Quintero all right um vice president Herrera loera aye crusty bejarano aye trustee Chavez hi and myself voting I the motion passes unanimously uh okay I am Steinberg 03 and 04 are pulled so we are moving to 9.05 approve additional services with Studio W Architects for architectural services for HVAC projects at Russo mcentee Elementary McCollum Elementary and Adelante II motion okay but before that uh do we have uh Louisa we have any uh comments from the public on items 9.05 Mr President there are no requests for public comment at
185this time okay very well so we have a motion from trustee Chavez do I have a second second uh second by vice president Herrera loera uh so questions and comments from members of the board just a a quick question um in the materials we received there was some reference to a low voltage system I believe or something about low voltage I didn't have it pulled up in front of me but I just I'm assuming and I'm almost I'm fairly confident I'm confident that this is occurring where um our people who are working on all of these different projects are working hand in hand but I just wanted to ask if do we know whether or not those low voltage systems a have anything to do with a potential future solar system that may potentially come
186on that site um and if it does have something to do with it then are we in collaboration making sure that if solar does indeed end up at that site that it will um you know be compatible or whatever the word is for that system so number one does it have anything do the two have anything to do with each other and if they do will they be compatible in the potential that it comes to that site superintendent Bauer or uh assistant super okay assistant superintendent Chang foreign projects that we are considering um that has mechanical electrical we are communicating with our alternative which are is our energy consultant um so that I can factor that into the report and assessment okay perfect thank you any for questions or comments by members of the board
187okay I'll just make one quick comment and you know I am I am ecstatic with this one because uh you know my my entry on the uh citizens Bond oversight committee was over HVAC you know and uh you know and in in this time of changing climate you know we need to make sure that that our chill you know um part of a good learning environment is also a comfortable learning environment for teachers and children alike and uh you know uh we you know our children need the best facilities we can possibly provide and you know I've always pushed for air conditioning whether you know you know site visits at uh Lucha and dorsa and uh um was it Hubbard and also uh you know also I think when uh my in in earlier in
188the year in the fall when we were when I had the pleasure of visiting Renaissance at Fisher you know we we saw the HVAC mechanic there so this is you know I am excited uh excited that we we are you know you know uh I heard you this board heard you you know we are with this great great project so we're you know so I approve this completely so uh with that said uh we have was it a motion from Quintero and was it a second from vice president Herrera Romero need to vote I'll call you as I see you for Quintero actually it was a motion by Chavez Maribel is that right am I was I in the wrong well you said trustee Chavez was one that maker of the motion right and then
189second trusted okay okay I'm sorry I apologize and so we have a motion by trustee Chavez second by uh vice president Herrera loera so with that I'll count the vote so clerk Quintero all right vice president Herrera loera aye uh trustee bejarano aye uh Krusty Chavez aye and myself building eye uh item is approved unanimously uh moving on to item 9.06 approved contract but project support services for phase three of DSA closeout and certification motion okay um so I have a motion by uh trustee Chavez uh I'll hold on to it uh public comment on item 9.06 is there any Louise Mr President there are no requests for public comment at this time all right going once going try seeing now for the public comment I have a motion by trustee Chavez so I have
190a second uh second by vice president Herrera loera so uh questions and comments from the board okay see no further uh deliberations by the board I'll move to the vote call I'll call you as I see you Quintero all right vice president Herrera loera aye trustee beharano aye Christy Chavez aye and my self-loading eye the motion uh item is uh proved unanimously uh moving on to section 10 Human Resources board discussion and or action the board may take action on any item in this section unless it is designated for information only so item 10.01 approved revised job description Early Learning Program Coordinator so okay I have a motion by Quintero how however I'll I'll take public comment at this time uh Luis any comments from the public Mr President there are no requests for public
191comment at this time okay going once go and try seeing no public comment uh already I have a motion by Quintero do I have a second second by trustee Chavez so with that uh I'll take uh questions and comments by members of the board uh are there any okay seeing none to the vote I'll call you as I see you Quintero all right vice president Herrera loera aye Christie beharano abstain okay trustee Chavez hi and my self-voting eye the vote is Pat the item passes uh you know uh for four zero and one with uh Christie bejarano abstinings okay moving on to item 10.02 uh approved revised job description Perry educator special education one okay I have a motion from Quintero second and second from uh vice president Herrera loera but uh first we'll uh
192I'll take public comment on this item is there any comment from the public Louise Mr President there are no requests for public comment at this time okay very well it's going once going crazy seeing no further public comment uh questions and comments by members of the board all righty seeing none I will call or vote at this time uh Clark Quintero uh vice president Herrera loera aye trustee Chavez hi okay uh myself voting I the motion passes uh four zero and uh one absence uh you know from Christy Bay harano so moving on uh item 10.03 received the Alum Rock Educators Association initial marketing proposal to open negotiations with the Alum Rock Union Elementary School District regarding 23 2023 2024 reopeners uh motion I have a motion from clerk Quintero do I have a second
193second I guess second by trustee Chavez so uh first I'll take public comment is there any public comment on item 10.03 Louise Mr President there are no requests for public comment at this time okay very well going once going try Cena for the public comment uh questions and comments by members of the board thank you anything's no further deliberation I'll move to the vote I'll call you as I see you uh clerk Quintero all right vice president Herrera loera aye trustee Chavez aye and uh hang on I see trustee bejarano trustee harano we're voting on item 10.03 okay uh Bay hurado votes uh I and myself I the uh uh item is received uh unanimously and we'll moving on to item 10.04 resignation that is information only so I'll take public comment on item 10.04
194Louise is there any Mr President there are no requests for public comment at this time okay so going once going high signals public comment uh so I'll just [Music] so you know I'll just you know I encourage members to read or re-read item 10.04 at their pleasure uh move to uh moving on to item 10.05 adopt the district's initial proposal to open negotiations but Alum Rock Educators Association uh 24 reopener uh motion from clerk Quintero do I hear a second from Travis okay second from travel uh trustee Chavez so with that uh I'll take public comment item 10.05 is there any at this time Louise Mr President there's no request for public comment at this time okay so would uh motion from Clark is I'll take uh questions and comments by members of the board
195on item 10.05 are there any seeing none I'll move to a vote I'll call you as I see you couldn't Cairo all right vice president Herrera aye trustee Ben hurano aye Christy Chavez aye in my self-voting I the item is approved unanimously uh item 10.06 approval of revision to salary scheduled for classified management I have a motion for approval by Futura do I have a second second second by vice president Herrera lawera uh I'll take a couple of comment at this time Louise is there any public comment on item 10.06 Mr President there are no requests for comment at this time okay so seeing going once going fine signal for public comment uh any comments and questions by members of the board okay see none I'll move to the vote I'll call you as I
196see you Cordero all right vice president Herrera loera aye for Steve harano aye trustee Chavez bye myself building eye item is approved unanimously moving on to section 11 consent calendar second okay very well okay consent board discussion interaction board may take the action on AIM in this section unless it is designated for information only so I have a motion from Quintero to approve the entire balance of the consent calendar items 11.01 through 1 through 11.09 and second by Chavez yes okay so motion so is at this time I will take public comment is there any public comment on the entire balance of the consent calendar Louise Mr President there are no requests for comment at this time okay going once going crazy enough for the public comment uh comments and questions by members of the
197board all right seeing no further deliberations uh move uh I will to vote on the entire balance of the consent calendar items 11.01 through nine I'll call you as I see you Clark Quintero all right vice president Herrera lawera aye um hi and myself voting I the entire items 11.01 through 09 are approved so with that we move to section 12 closed session so item 12.01 reset the closed session the board will resets the closed session uh Open Session Zoom at conclusion of closed session the time is 906 so uh I will so the board will recess the closed session at nine uh email at 906 and we'll resume it closed session will resume at 9 17 to allow for a 10 minute break uh so I am the 12.02 announcement and public comments regarding
198items we discussed in closed session superintendent Bauer see you in a big public comment what do you want me to announce uh let's see do we need to which one has to go first yeah it doesn't matter uh I'll take public comments so we'll take public comment on items to be discussed in closed session at this time is there any uh you know uh any public comment on closed session items Louise Mr President there are no requests for public commentators okay so going once going twice signal for the public comment uh superintendent Bauer please announce the items that we discussed sure item 1203 conference with legal council anticipated litigation item 1204 conference with legal counsel existing litigation as described on the agenda there are multiple items there 1205 conference will labor negotiators employee organization area
1991206 conference with labor negotiator employee organizations and 1207 Public Employee appointment employment adult manager of operations and safety okay very well thank you so much so uh I have a question yes trustee Chavez so in 10 minutes we're going to resume in closed session and if I are going to test over an hour or 15 minutes should we extend the time now uh if we go past 10 30. so I'll entertain the motion to extend I think you should okay so I'll entertain a motion to go to uh to extend the meeting to 11 o'clock do we need a vote okay so I will uh any further questions or comments by members of the board okay same then I'll move to uh let's look at her motion okay motion um okay motion by Clark Quintero
200second by vice president Herrera low era I'll call you as I see you at Quintero all right vice president Herrera loera aye Christie bejarano aye Christy Chavez hi and myself voting I the I don't know anything is extended to 11 so uh we'll see you back at the in the verbal meet and closed session at 9 19. thank you very much foreign is we have Quorum is uh trustee Chavez back yet I do not see her okay but it looks like we have we have Quorum so I will uh so uh the board is resuming open session at this time so she's in there now okay we we see yes you see Linda we see Presley Chavez so uh with that uh you know the board is reconvening from close session so item uh section
20113 reasons that open session uh item 13. uh 13.01 the report of action taking in closed session thank you board president thank you Dr Bauer in closed session on a motion by trustee bejerano seconded by vice president the board unanimously approved the appointment of Delmer Johnson as our new manager of operations and safety there are no further actions to report from closed session okay thank you thank you very much and congratulations to Mr Johnson uh okay I am 14 uh inter Board of General class uh 14.01 request from Board of Trustees and are from the public request shall be submitted in writing to the superintendent or designee with supporting documents and information if any uh at least one week before the scheduled reading date items submitted less than a week before the scheduled meeting date
202may be postponed to a later meeting in order to allow sufficient time for consideration in research of the issue and so with that we moved to section 15 I am 15.01 in German so I will adjourn uh the meeting at 10 56 p.m and we will adjourn in honor of Mr Bud Joe and uh I um can we have the administration send the family a letter and acknowledging that somebody had adjourn the meeting you know send me the name okay so we adjourned in this meeting in honor of Mr Bud job uh for a story seven years of service to our district and we will see you know Merry Christmas Happy New Year and we'll see you on January 19th thank you so much