001Dr bow do you want me to are you saying about the oath to have it ready yes you can do that when when we go into close session yeah um I pulled up the one I have one that I pulled up when we when we did a that's that's the one it's the same just put whoever's name there perfect we're going to need to have it ready so that the it's on the screen so that the whoever it is they can read it okay yeah I have I'm gonna I have it it says her name but um I'll change it once I yeah I know who it is and I'll change it to the other person's name okay you sound far nesto how about now you sound we have a quorum and just let me
002know um marel once everybody's been allowed in I let everybody in that was waiting great thank you um welcome everybody it's uh um our meeting before we officially start um we're going to go ahead and um just explain a few changes and then explain the translation um and then we'll formally start that's okay with uh so uh uh caros triot can you please translate to those um who are going to need translation at this time sure can you hear me Madame President yes okay good for those who are English uh sorry for those who are Spanish speakers we have um simultaneous interpretation available in the interpretation menu at the bottom bar you can click on the on the globe and it will open up a menu which indicates English and Spanish if you are English
003speaker please check that setting so you can hear the session in English if you're Spanish speaking you can hear it in Spanish as well if you do not want to hear um the English setting you the Spanish setting forgive me you can mute the original audio thank you Madame President graas thank you Mr uh and um at this time I just would like to announce some changes that we've had for this meeting we will have the board trustees uh pictures up um and uh we will allow the presenters and the speakers um to have their uh time to speak um at the appropriate times um to allow for um just the facilitation uh of of this meeting um and so now I'm going to call the meeting to order at 5:34 p.m um marel can
004you do a roll call today is a special board meeting of January 7th 2020 at 5:30 p.m. members in a board in attendance president Corin alera present vice president Andres Quinto present clerk Ernesto veano here member Linda Chavez present members of administration superintendent Dr Bower present thank you and at this time um I would like to ask those who are able to join me to stand for this the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America America and to the Republic for which it stand one nation under God indivis with liberty and justice for all thank you and with that um I do want to acknowledge you know what we're all going through as citizens of this nation um and those of us that live here um
005unfortunate times that we're going through but as Leaders of this community I do want to remind folks that you elected us and you um have us here to to continue to do our job and uphold um what we were sworn in to do uh I will continue to uh do my job and represent you um you know which includes my daughter you know I and and I don't hold that lightly um in the easy times and in the hardest times be at the front lines and so um you know we're all in this together uh we will get through these times you know pandemic and whatever else comes um at us and um we will continue to Prevail and be stronger hopefully because of these things you know there's certain truths that are coming out
006you know and some of us didn't want to see them and so now I think we're seeing them and um at the end of it all I think you know um I look forward to continuing to just be a stronger Nation kind of like a metamorphosis of when the the caterpillar you know turns into something beautiful we got to go through that um pain unfortunately and so um I look forward to uh healing for our nation um and each and every one of us and our um from our small community here to our nation overall um and our world uh so I I look forward to continuing to be uh the president of this uh District of of this board um and lead and do my piece um in that healing um so that we
007can continue to represent our children in the best way possible uh possible for generations to come uh with that I'll go ahead and go to um the first item or I'm sorry second item close session um we will be breaking uh for close session um and roio uh just read out um all the the agenda correct you don't have to do that all you have to do is ask for a public comment on any of the items listed on the Clos session agenda okay thank you uh so at this point uh if we have any public comments at this time for any of the items in the closed session um after I'll turn it over to you do we have any public wanting to speak any members none Madam president okay thank you so at
008this time uh we will adjourn and be in close session till approximately um Dr Bower six six o'clock would that give us sufficient time I think so okay so let's say 6 PM um and then we'll see you all back here at 6 pm thank you e e e okay I see Ernesto okay three of us are here um and then as soon as I see roio go ahead Linda okay now it's popping up I just needed to rename it thank you uhuh I see you um thank you okay and we have Mr Rio so roio I'm going to go ahead and um pass it over to you as soon as you're uh unmuted um and then wait hopefully for Andreas to come back you have a quum so uh there are no close session
009actions to report thank you um and we do have a quorum so we'll go ahead and uh move forward I sure and is um logging in here um as I explained the process just uh I know many of you were uh at our meeting where we talked about the questions and the process I'm going to go over that process again um just to uh bring our candidates and public um up to speed in case anybody missed that meeting uh and so just want to confirm I know um marel you were going to confirm that our candidates are here um I and I believe they are present um one of them might not be available by video but that they are present can you confirm that yes they I saw them earlier they were both here
010let me double check really quick perfect um yes they're both present okay okay so I'll go ahead and review the process um we have a total of five questions that as a board we came up with uh at our last meeting um we had a lengthy conversation about each question and so we're going to have each candidate respond to each question uh we're going to give each candidate three minutes to respond marel will begin the timer after each question is read by myself and then we were allow we will allow three minutes um time to answer uh we do have two candidates total um so what we'll do uh is we'll go by ABC order uh based on their names um and we will have the other candidate that's not answering at the time um
011we will have them exit the zoom virtual room um and then connect with them communicate with them to Maribel um and or afar will help us communicate with them to come back in um to then have the next person answer the same questions um Dr Bower is there anything I know you and I talked a little bit about this um is there anything that I missed I think we just need to alert the P that the board is going to be scoring the applicants uh on each of the questions and scoring is going to be um available so that that you know the the public will know how the the applicants were scored yes thank you so much for that um so we have created a a form um avar has sent each of uh
012the board members uh form the last um one that's been updated uh was at 525 board members and we will then um input our our points um into so each question will be answered and we will have uh we will give a score um and we will enter it on this form per candidate um at the end of putting each score on there we will then hit submit and it will go to afar um at in the live uh so he will receive our scores and then at the end just T tell the scores and we will then determine who our next uh trustee will will be um in regards to the scores um it will be zero being obviously that you know we're giving them zero so uh we use if you can see
013this as like a you know a through F scoring system you know where f is uh you know the worst being zero um uh so the a being the best so if you can see it in that order um board members do you do any of you have any questions in regards to scoring go ahead Linda B I heard you say a and then I heard you say numbers are we doing numbers or alphabets is it isn't it easier to do just numbers we're doing just numbers but I was just trying to give like a t like for at least for me it helps like an F is like the worst right so that would be a zero and then the a is the best so that would be a five so we're doing numbers
014I was just kind of giving an example more for myself okay so we're sticking to numbers we're sticking to numbers zero to five um any other questions by any of the other board members nesto my question is not specific to scoring so I don't know if you um yeah go ahead let uh well there's I have a question and a clarification one the question is are we on item 401 already oh good 301 um because I think my the the clarification comment that I have briefly is on 401 but I don't want to go there if you I don't know if you were just providing some instructions at the top but then we're going to move into 3.01 and then get us into 4.01 after that thank you Ernesto um yeah you know what let's
015come back to three I still oh I didn't see um Andes but he is in there somewhere and um I'm here yeah thank you uh yeah let's come thank you uh for th those those clarifying questions anesto let's come to three let's go back to three and then um we'll go ahead and go into four um yes so um with that outar do we have any uh members of the public who wish to address the board at this time m madame president this is Roo may I make a comment sure with with regards to public comment your board policy 932 I'm sorry 9223 says that the opportunity for public comment will uh will be to provide Community feedback on uh after the applicants uh statements uh about their qualifications um and so um since this
016is a special meeting it the order doesn't matter so much but I believe that public comment should be after after the interviews of the candidates and before the votes okay so is it okay uh to shift our agenda at this time or do I ask do we need to have a for it formally done no that it's fine to take public comment as part of four okay so 4.02 uh I mean after 4.01 yes okay okay so then I will come back Ernesto if you can go ahead and ask your questions now actually I just had a a clarification that I wanted to make briefly for the community because I did get actually two um questions or or two messages um with with regards to our process and so you know I want to reiterate
017that I I I thank the rest of my colleagues and staff for us being very transparent about our process um and the last meeting we kind of literally went step by step about how this was going to happen um unfortunately somehow there I think there was misinformation that still got out to the community that we at some point had the opportunity to appoint someone um and unfortunately or fortunately for me because I believe in following a process we do have a process in place in our bylaws that's um actually above and beyond even what sounds a unified or or east side Union we all have the um we all follow the same process ours is just a little more transparent and so we did not at any point have the ability to appoint anyone um
018independently of going through this process and so I just want to make that clear to those who maybe still had that question and there are some because I was contacted that we we do have a process in place it's it's parallel with many districts across our area and I think the state um and that's the process that we're foll in to to select our our trustee so I just wanted to make that clear that we didn't have the opportunity to just appoint someone independently of this process that's outlined in the bylaws so that's it I hope that provides some transparency and Clarity for those who who asked me thank you I appreciate that trusty Bano uh yes you know I'm looking forward to giving every uh applicant the opportunity to be appointed at this uh
019time and so thank you for that clarification um and at this time I'll go ahead and go um into item 401 um the interview of the candidates for provisional appointment and selection of provisional appointment to the Board of Trustees so as I explained earlier we're going to go ahead and go in ABC order um and um Mariel Andor afar um I know that uh you will be helping with the coordination of allowing the candidates um back in out and back in is that correct yes okay so please let me know when we're ready um if we can have Mr um Min and excuse me if I'm not pronouncing correctly I look forward to learning um but minf if we can allow him to come in first at this time I'm sorry hold on it's going
020to be Mr NN yes thank you Mr NN Mr Ann Min on win so does Mr fam have to excuse himself yeah um if we don't have a room where he's gonna go right now then um yes if he can excuse himself and then marel you contact put him in the rating room actually thank you if we can put him in the rating room and then let me know once that happen so that uh and we have Mr I have them in the waiting room right now perfect can I can I just clarify presidenta with yeah Mr Ruiz yes understanding and maybe it was incorrect um was that we for some reason we were not have people um not have access to this meeting so I just want to make sure that we are allowed
021and legally able to put one of the applicants into um a waiting room yeah so um this is R so you cannot uh bar him from this meeting but if he uh if you ask him and he accepts to to remain in the waiting room then that's perfectly fine but if he wants to join this meeting then by law he is entitled to attend uh can we bring him back in please thank you I thought there was something thank you ero I brought him back in thank you um and can we unmute him please Mr Mr minam and are you here is yes I am here welcome back um you're not it's not your turn yet we didn't go that fast okay I know you you called me so thank you yes um we just
022wanted to ask for your permission um to place you in that waiting room we kind of moved too quick here um and so we're uh hoping to have your permission um if you're okay with being in the waiting room while Mr NN answers the um same questions first and then uh bringing you back in after that okay yes you do thank you Mr F and then um we can also unmute if we haven't yet Mr NN Mr NN are you okay also um in going into into that waiting room after you answer the questions [Music] uh uh yes that is good with me also should I turn on my camera that would be great if you can turn on your camera I mean it you know it's your interview so however you want to present
023yourself and you are able to um my understanding is that there might be a candidate um that might not be able to I'm not sure um if they were able to uh Mr fam he he's unable to use his video okay um Roo is that correct or uh which part that um it's up to them if they want to turn on the camera or not however they want to present themselves in this interview yes that that's fine if that's okay or are able to I understand Mr fam is unable to I think he's on his cell phone yes I believe that's fine okay okay well thank you so much Mr fam uh and we'll bring you back in um once we're ready and then Mar you can let me know once he's uh in the
024waiting room he is in the waiting room thank you so much um hello Mr nin welcome good evening thank you for your patience um so I'll go ahead and go straight into the questions we have five questions for you uh we will give you three minutes to answer um and we'll go ahead and start the timer as soon as I finish reading the question do you have any questions yeah are we is it all five or are we alternating one no it'll be per question so I I'm I'm going to read that question one by one after I read one question the first question I'll give you three minutes to answer that first question then I'll read the second question then we'll give you three minutes to answer the second question okay so on and
025so forth and but I am answering all five questions in a row you will be yes okay I wasn't sure if I was alternating with the other uh candidate yeah no we're gonna go straight through the five questions got it so so for a total of uh 15 minutes of answering questions sounds good okay thank you um any other questions from the trustees before we move forward uh or anybody I don't need to fill up the three minutes right I could just answer and if I'm done I'm done right exactly then we could stop the clock I'll I'll uh good question I will then ask the next question and then we'll go that was good yeah adesto uh yes I just have a question um and I don't know if I might have missed this
026are we scoring um I don't know if this may be also for um for Mr Gil are we scoring the candidates as they complete or are we waiting for both of them and then do we score them once both interviews are done or does it matter um so for me personally I'm going to score them as they answer because I want to have it fresh in my mind I think depending on each trustee like if you're able to remember all the answers and score them at the end just to clarify I mean score them using the tool because the tool is just the one number right so it's per question good questions so we have um a space for you to score each question but so the question is we'll submit after each we'll submit
027all of our scores after each individually yes okay thank you yes thank you it can't be done at the end um unless you have two different I guess devices where you can open up two different sheets at the same time otherwise like I know for me I'm using my phone to score so I'm going to it's you know the name of the candidate and the score per answer and then I'm going to have to submit that and then I'm GNA have to open another one to then have the next sheet open but if maybe I should sorry I I didn't know you continuing no say or if you have a laptop open and your phone you know if you're to do that for me you could just write them theoretically you could write them and
028not enter it yet and then after both go then submit them at that time exactly that was that's what I was going to say perfect that's another form thanks any other questions I don't see andrees on my screen here so forgive me U we are working on that technical I'm here I got it awesome okay great all right so we'll go ahead and thank you Mr n for your patience yeah thank you we'll go ahead and um I'll go ahead and read the first question and then we'll give you the first three minutes to answer sounds good what experience do you have working with our alumrock Union School District Community with staff parents boards and elected officials what will you do to improve the relationship with the various members of the arusd community to ensure
029Equitable input in decision-making can you give us an example go yes okay so uh my experience in the community is that uh I'm born and raised here not specifically in alen rock I actually live I'm sure many of you know intersection of hoset and capital um grew up there went to Cherrywood and uh seront Pont and then right now uh I actually work at Independence and earlier this year I moved into the alrock district so I live just around the corner from school um obviously in my current position I'm teaching students and working with parents that live in you know our or yeah our district now alen Rock District um I think in the community uh particularly um you know as a Vietnamese American uh sitting in on IEP meetings in particular um they're definitely
030parents [Music] who just need that like connection with the school and having someone who you know speaks the same language and can understand them is a big deal obviously the school does have um translation services but whether it's like a reluctance to like ask for services you know maybe you feel weird or like you're you're rocking the boat when you don't want to then often times parents don't do that and so I have been able to uh you know kind of serve as an unofficial translator and as a connection for the parent to the school um and so I think that gives a lot of parents the opportunity to engage with uh the community or the school community that they wouldn't otherwise um and so I think to improve the relationship is really just taking
031that relationship and amplifying it across more parents basically making it accessible to uh more people um so yeah I think that's an example of my relationship building with parents and kind of like um Community Building as well thank you and then maybe when you're done if you could just let us stop it yeah I mean I kind of you know sense it but I just want to make sure that I don't um speak over you yeah thank you uhuh okay M president quick so we're one to five right that's the scale not one to 10 one to five to five okay thank you yes okay next question how have you supported or contributed to restorative justice racial equity and ethnic studies to increase the support for the children in our district before and during this
032pandemic so um I'm GNA focus on restorative justice and racial equity because um I actually teach math and while I wouldn't say there's no place for ethnic studies in that it's I couldn't say it's my for so you know I don't feel comfortable trying to do something I don't I don't feel prepared to do um but in terms of restorative justice and racial Equity uh one one practice that I've stopped entirely is writing referrals um this is my fourth year Independence and I think after the very first year I kind of realized that referral writing is just building it's starting a profile for a student when they're not even an adult yet right when they don't even have uh necessarily like contacts with like the criminal justice system right um and so instead it was
033just like oh again I realized I didn't want to like contribute to that like you know oh this kid has like X number of referrals so then you know they must be bad or something like that um so instead I just did away with them literally completely entirely I haven't written a referral since and instead you know when you talk about restor of Justice the emphasis becomes less um about punishment or about punitive measures and more about like oh how are we going to make things right like how are you going to you know in the classroom how are you going to understand how to appropriately contribute to the classroom Community how you going to understand to you know be a productive member or a contributing member of um you know the student body at
034large right and so um that's definitely my I think I think that's one of my biggest angles in terms of like addressing resor of Justice um for Rachel Equity as well um in addition to removing that like yeah punishment based like system in class um I try and offer a lot of tutoring opportunities I just know that like you know privileged people have like access to tutors that they pay for and because they can afford it um whereas you know students at independants don't necessarily have that access and so for me I just make it a point to be there uh beyond what is required um I haven't been doing that during distance learning but in the previous years I typically stay at school uh till four or five and let most students know like
035oh make an appointment with me and we'll get you up to speed um to give you one example of a really outstanding student she had uh she had an F like FS across the board and after you know taking advantage of like extensive tutoring opportunities finished the semester with a c and then finished second semester with a b um and that it's just like again one example of a really outstanding uh a student that took advantage of the opportunities um and that's it thank you number three considering what the next 5 to 10 years may have in store for arusd why is it important to have experience in the policy development so I know that this is a I definitely would not put this as one of my fores because I'm a classroom teacher um
036you know I don't have previous board experience or anything like that um but that being said you know when you uh are creating policy uh around classroom management for a bunch of team teers it definitely teaches you a lot um so a few of the things taught me uh how to be flexible how to prioritize and to change because you kind of just come you know it's a it's an evolving process and so I think throughout the whole thing I've just maintained an open mind like I think that's just the most important trait um you know whether you're working with students or at a a policy level like you just have to there's I don't think that there's many things you could reject out of hand entirely um you just have to kind of maintain
037the widest perspective as possible um and allow that to you know inform your decision- making because um no matter what plans you have you know plans cannot work out or unexpected obstacles or just unexpected variables can come up and um the best skill to have throughout all that is flexibility and open-mindedness that's it thank you thank you thank you number four describe any experience you have in the development and implementation of large scale wide reaching projects or initiatives that impact large communities at scale particularly from a financial perspective so similarly uh the does tie back to my last answer and it actually ties back to um my first answer as well um I don't know why I didn't mention that I'm on School site Council and although there are monetary decisions made um I would
038say that the my biggest takeaway from sitting in on those meetings which I started on School site Council just earlier this year so I've been in maybe four or five meetings something like that is that there's just a variety of perspectives there's the teachers there's uh the principal there's parents and then there's students and so uh when you when you purposely arrange a diverse group like that then everyone gets to hear something they didn't know or they they get a perspective that they wouldn't otherwise get and so uh again from a financial perspective but just from a perspective at all then I am bringing the you know classroom teacher uh perspective in terms of offering up initiatives that may or may not be initiatives that will be effective or initiatives that might sound good on
039paper but are ultimately unnecessary um and then also the perspective of a former student you know I didn't attend Independence but I attended pedmont which is pretty much down the road um and so I think I still just offer really good perspective from inside the classroom considering uh the fact that I've been in it for the last uh six years just bringing I guess to sum it up I would say uh just bringing a different perspective that might not exist uh on the board thank you y and uh number five do you work for a charter school and if appointed will you accept employment with a charter school and what is your position on Charter Schools um so yeah Independence High School is not a charter school and uh I would only accept employment with
040it I would accept employment with a charter school um but as a math teacher I think think and i' I've thought about this a lot as a public school teacher and as a math teacher I think logistically um logistically it's a tough situation because you're basically taking the resources you have and then splitting them along competing tracks which I just find um again on paper it just sounds um ineffective uh because Charter Schools act as comp to a traditional public school or they can not not necessarily always but they can act as a competitor to a traditional Public School in a space store there doesn't need to be one I'm not I'm not really sure that um you know for those who who do Advocate the competition of schools I'm not really sure that makes
041much sense because at the end of the day um this is not like the NFL right where there has to be a champion it's it's the public school system when one school wins then we're all winning as a society right it's not like they beat another school if a school is doing poorly you know the rest of us are suffering for that there's there's just yeah so just on that angle um I think for those who who do look at that competitive angle um that I don't think I just don't take that line of thinking um but all that being said I also recognize that Charter Schools represent unmet needs um you know people wouldn't people wouldn't go to a charter school if they were getting what they needed at a Traditional School and so
042uh Charter Schools help us help us as in like a community as a whole recognize the needs that are going unmet and so they could definitely help us learn how to meet those needs and examining the best practices at Charter Schools right by confirming with students and parents like oh what is going on here that people like how can we duplicate that you know across the district what do people not like right same thing that's it thank you um and I I do want to acknowledge that you both answered six questions um yes and so um maybe roio you can help us out here um I know we had said five there's a sixth question here um is it okay to have them both answer that question and then or is this something that I
043need to um bring up with the board um I I believe at the last meeting the intention of the board was to have them answer five questions and then only if there was a tie to answer the remaining questions so you might want to I would suggest you pull your board members on whether they just want to hear the remaining answer okay so board members I remember having a total of eight if I remember correctly we had three extra ones in case needed to break any ties um they both answered six questions so would you like them both I know we only have two candidates um so that would add a total of six minutes of hearing them both out um are you okay with listening to that sixth question or do you just want
044to keep it at the five questions go ahead Linda I think we should just um do it the way we said we were going to do it okay Ernesto I think since we don't have more than six candidates um then I think it's okay to have that question um because in the event of a tie we still would have questions that we would be able to utilize for a second round correct yes and if it's not a tie then this one question just gives us a little more um data to use in our in our scores so I I would be in favor of of letting them answer the sixth question and give us a little better idea of their perspectives okay um Andres and then we'll come back to Linda yeah it's a it's
045a it's a one more question through minutes just be done with it and I think it gives us more information to put in our questions but to to base our decisions on okay thank you Linda I was going to say to save time let's just go with the extra question thanks okay thank you thank you board so we'll go ahead and go with the last question uh what is your position on the sell of District land so I would start off by saying I do not have a strong you know formulated position I do not have a strong position on it without an extensive knowledge of like you know pros and cons why are we doing it what are we doing it for um I know fiscal solvency is um a question for the district
046so as an option for that to that end I know that it could be a logical solution um you know not to say the bazillion times but as a math teacher you just try and be you try to be cool about it you know I couldn't I couldn't reject it out of hand I couldn't say I embrace it um because I do consider it a drastic measure just talking about um the value of property in the Bay Area or in California however you want to frame it um that's a drastic measure right the the land Changing Hands is a really drastic measure so we would have to take into serious consideration that you know if it were sold the land could may never be reobtained without like really significant costs right so I think again
047not going to sit here and say that I advocate it not going to sit here and say that it's an impossibility right also going back to my other answer of just being open-minded um but if you do something then you have to seriously consider it because I would consider that a a pretty big step that's all thank you so much Mr Nan and uh at this time we're gonna um have you wait in the waiting room while we give Mr fam an opportunity to answer the same questions and then will uh call you back eventually okay thank you Mr thank you okay so Mr is in okay um and then roio I just want to before we continue on with Mr fam um just want to confirm that we'll have public comment after after both
048have answered um the questions correct that's correct okay so um board members uh you are right you know I don't know I think it's best if we kind of write our answers and then listen to the public to before we submit our final um of our final scores um which Mak that's what I was going to say that's the way to do it okay uh thank you Mr fam for patiently waiting uh welcome back and I'm just going to go ahead and start with the first question you'll have three minutes to answer I don't know that you are able to see the clock are you able to see the clock uh yes I'm actually watching the the live stream on the YouTube okay perfect so the clock will be um up for you and as
049soon as you begin speaking then the three minute timer will begin I'm Sorry Miss Madame President are we sure just just in terms of the synchron synchronization of the YouTube feed and the the live three minutes that we have here I don't know if maybe Mr Gil can confirm that his three minutes is going to be like we're going to be in sync with that will it be a problem if he's using that YouTube three minute clock so there is a variation between 10 to 15 second delay so if he's using the three minutes on YouTube um then it might be a little off so is what I'm kind of hearing I think so may I don't know one suggestion maybe is to give him like a a one minute warning or a 30- second
050warning just in case his clock is not matched up with our clock or if that may if it ends up posing some kind of issue I just want to make sure that he knows when his actual yeah good points um and what I'm thinking is to allow him the entire three minutes we're going to have to we get to wait for that lag I think like as soon as I think the problem's gonna be maybe marel like when she starts a clock when he starts talking and we might not know that lag because we're not seeing the YouTube feed and and I think Madam president yes go ahead and I I think you just verbally say we're going to start and then you're GNA have to figure it out via you know that delay Factor
051it in yeah so I think um Mr fam what I'll do is um I'll have a timer in front of me and I'll um as soon as you begin speaking I'll start the three minute timer and then at one minute I'll let you know that you have one minute I'm sorry yeah one minute left just so you're aware of your timing um and then at the end of your 3 minutes I will say time's up okay thank you sure no problem um okay so we'll go ahead yes suggestion is if on your timer you set it for 2:45 2 minutes 45 it will automatically alarm and he would know instead of there won't be any Interruption that's what I was going to say so set it for 2 minutes and 45 seconds and your alarm
052will ring automatically he will get an ID only 15 second left y okay okay uh Mr fam did you hear that yes I did we're changing it slightly here we go with these uh technological problems here so I'm going to go ahead and set it for two minutes and 45 seconds at that time it'll ring then you'll know that you have 15 seconds okay very well thank you for your patience I had a power outage earlier in the day so trying to recover from that yes no we're glad you can make it um okay so I'll go ahead and read the first question okay what experience do you have working with our arusd community with staff parents boards and elected officials what will you do to improve the relationship with the various members of the
053arus arusd community to ensure Equitable input in decision making and can you give us an example well as an alumni president in a former legislative aid for the assembly district that includes Alam Rock I've had plenty of experience with the Alam Rock uh Community uh from my perspective I what I would do to improve the relationships uh would be to ensure Equitable that Equitable decision making is accessible maintaining an open mind engaging the community and striving to keep the Lin of communication open I think the best example was my service on the bond oversight committee for the past three and uh three plus years i' in this role I've interacted with the professional staff of the district concerned parents members of the board and other elected officials in the region to identify work through and
054push for the resolution of the issues of financial oversight and internal controls over the bond funds uh it was a multi-year process moments got heated in the hard work but you know uh you know I took a collaborative approach I listened to you know the questions of my fellow uh committee members as well as you know noting the technical concerns of the staff and we were able to you know uh work through those issues get the questions answered and resolve the uh you know help resolve the fiscal issues in the uh 2018 2019 fiscal year audit and also I'm proud of uh you know my work with the past chair uh Ray Mueller in helping to start and you know continue the uh you know annual uh Bond oversight committee uh site visits to help
055ensure that you know we you know uh the community as well as the bond committee members have a chance to you know look at the completed work and I you know uh see the progress that's made with bond funds uh an opportunity to provide input and as well as to uh catalog the you know pressing issue of school district facilities for our children uh you know so you know that's C you know I think that that's proof of uh my experience with working you know with the Alam Rock uh School District committee I mean Community thank you very much thank you okay second question have you I'm sorry how have you supported or contributed to the restorative justice racial equity and ethnic studies to increase the support for the children in our district before and
056during this pandemic well in regards to you know most of my experience would be you know during this pandemic but in regards to uh restorative justice and you know I work to expand you know as a legislative Aid I supported uh opportunities for students to engage in community oriented volunteer extracurricular activities you know we H you know uh we have you know and also in my role as a vice chair on the uh open space authorities citizen advisory committee you know uh to create alternative uh you know alternative activities that help move away from punitive measur so that you know when our students uh you know when students you know instead of punishing them we give them on opportunity to say work you know volunteer community service hours at Open Space Preserve where you know
057they get a chance to reflect on their mistakes but also do something that releases some of that frustrated energy that they have and as well as something that they can take ownership of uh and you know uh in regards to uh racial equity and ethnic studies I mean I'm a person of color you know I understand that you know this you know we serve a uh you know uh low to Middle income population with many disadvantaged families you know um you know I have always work to you know especially with the open space uh authority to uh Target the supplemental funds such as uh school grants to George Middle School uh to you know help out uh you know student uh disadvantaged students and lastly in terms of uh ethnic studies you know on the
058you know where you know I work with the laraza Historical Society you know in our site visits to help catalog the uh you know many murals in the mo former moxa Youth Center you know for historical preservation and to support uh you know the study of ethnic history in the Alam Rock Community thank you thank you question number three considering what the next 5 to 10 years may have in store for arusd why is it important to have experience in the policy development well uh you know uh you know the the next five to 10 years is going to be challenging for Alan Rock we're going to be making our way through the end of the current pandemic going through the process of reopening our School site safely once again regain the confidence of the
059community in Alam Rock schools and managing the after effects of uh the pandemic's effect in our finances you know the threat needle successfully you know we're going to have to you know take short to medium-term actions that will have an impact on our ability to continue educating our children for the for the long term I think that my experience you know as a legislative Aid uh College ad missions counselor and on the citizen Bond oversight Community give me an you know an understanding of the need for you know a collaborative approach to policy development to work with my board colleagues and parents and teachers and support staff in the Alam Rock District at large you know and to take a compassionate and pragmatic approach you know seeking to protect our commitments while you know working
060within you know the limitation the financial a that we have and hopefully you know if there is room uh you know go on the offensive and let's see where we can you know find external sources of funding thank you thank you hello thank you yes sorry just want to make sure that the clock is back on where it's supposed to okay okay describe any experience you have in the development and implementation of large scale wide reaching projects or initiatives that impact large communities at scale particularly from a financial perspective okay uh well uh the you know the best example of my experience in that area would be my work as the vice chair of the open space Authority citizens advisory committee uh under the uh a measure Q parsal tax passed in 2014 The Authority
061has implemented an annual open uh Urban open space grant program uh in operation since 2016 so the role of you know my role is to provide you know along with my fellow committee members is to provide a firstr public hearing and review of Grant applicance and to provide a recommendation of approval or disapproval to the elected board of directors who would conduct a final ground public hearing and vote I mean since it's Inception this program has provided 2.9 Million to schools and schools and local organizations including you know eight you know well over a million dollar in Grants in the 2020 Grant cycle uh let's see here you know as it pertains to you know the alw committee I'm proud of my work in uh you know successfully advocating for open space Authority grants to
062uh you know Joseph George middle school for their student garden and also uh to help underwrite the cost of a few trips to open space preserves for uh Alam Rock fourth graders in the past uh thank you thank you okay question number five do you work for a charter school and if I appointed will you accept employment with a charter school and what is your position on Charter Schools oh uh well I know I do not work for a charter school I'm employed by a California State University so I will not accept appointment with a charter school whether or not I'm appointed to the Board of Trustees uh my position on Charters is simple I am not a supporter of charter school because I believe in our local community Public Schools I'm dedicated to preserving
063that which Generations before have given to us to educate the children of alam Rock and to protect the Democratic rights of our residents uh in regards to the oversight of the schools you know for over 90 years and even before that the Alam Rock and its predecessors have through good times and B providing education and crucial service services to our students you know as a graduate of Alan Rock I mean I know the potential of Alan Rock I mean uh I believe we ought to be focusing and on protecting and enhancing our community schools and to approve more Charters uh you know a community that's not able to uh provide an education for their children is not you know is a community in Decline you know furthermore I'm also concerned about some of the pract
064is of some loc charter schools in the region and feel that you know organizations that cut Corners with you know their students and their faculty and staff you know have no business educating our children thank you thank you and Mr fam um I just want to let you know I know initially we said five questions uh but we know we had you both answer six questions so we're gonna go ahead and ask you that sixth question out loud um and you both have the opportunity to answer it um publicly okay so the final question number six what is your position on the sell of District land well as an alumni and resident of this District uh and a member of the bond oversight committee I am completely opposed to the sales District land land especially
065in our region is a valuable asset safe by those who came before us so that we have the resources to educate our children as well as something that can be used to provide a sustainable long lasting Revenue Source you know let's appointed to the board I do everything in my power to work with my fellow board members to preserve our community land uh so that we can maintain our commitment to fulfill you know our commitments to providing education into the future you know if we cannot use the land for educational facilities you know again my preference is to do something where the district relases unused property for you know say no more than 5 years at a time to Ed a long-term Revenue stream while maintaining ownership so that you know we can secure the
066district's future thank you thank you so much uh and this concludes our um public interview at this time um roio can you uh remind me if they can both be back I'm assuming at this time while we do our telling and things um or do yes they can that's fine okay comment first right that's right um and uh we can bring Mr NN in back in and let me know marel when he's back in please he is back great uh welcome back Mr NN uh thank you both so much Mr fam um and Mr NN for answering those questions um now we're going to move on to public comment um at this time uh we're going to allow the public to come and um speak on behalf um uh of this this item here at
067this time uh Mr avar if you can uh let us know how many speakers we have at this time currently I didn't catch that can you repeat that yeah first I said there is none but now I see it's growing yes we'll give some time for folks to raise their hand how many do we have now there are six seven okay great um so we'll go ahead and um begin um Mr after her I'm going to go ahead and just uh give it over to you and if you can we can have the timer set for two minutes each um and at the end of each speaker um Mr uh afar if you can um say the name of the next speaker and then we'll just go on um to the next speaker until they've
068all spoken um so I'll go ahead and turn it over to you at this time thank you so the first person is dza follow with marel Ru oreli sandal a um good evening can you guys hear me yes welcome thank you good evening um superent Dr bow president erera and trusty s the board my name is D Gonzalez and I am an organizer with imp and a parent from the district and bu would like to State and just remember the board that um in the past weeks we talk about the values that we wanted to see to any of the persons we appointed tonight and we are currently also holding the air us board um to these values as well uh we would like to have an appoint an appointed that is a student center
069that has an A Student Center agenda all the sessions focus on increasing School Success performance and instructional Effectiveness that prioritize Mental Health social emotional learning and restorative justice practice when supporting and educating the child as a whole we want to empower the students and prepare them for college and a meaningful career we will also like to see accountability being prepared for meetings accepts responsibility for decisions made correct scores when needed helps find Solutions and does not blame others for example trusted superintendent or teachers chose their responsibilities by taking actions that are beneficial for our schools and their students and families most impacted lastly would like them to accept any kind of misconduct and inappropriate behaviors when this happens or if ever happens as an Engaged parent I would like to thank the individuals that apply
070to be appointed tonight best luck of both of you guys I am looking forward on creating Partnerships to continue supporting our students and their families thank you and have a really good evening thank you next person marille Ru hi uh my name my name is marel Ruiz and I'm from the community border from the community and part of and I want to say the theion you can take today I hope it's the best because the important thing here is the student if we are talking about transparency open and public processes open communication voices of all stakeholder are solicited at each meeting without regard to topic Clarity and consistency on what are CLA session item behavior and values do not change in all the sessions because you are consistent in what you say and do thank
071you very much thank you next person is araseli aay um good evening okay sorry okay good evening everyone my name iseli sandala and as a parent of the district and also as a part of U today I would like to emphasize that whoever is selected or who is actually um being part of the board meeting uh follow the following values I would like that person to be um to have the respect and the commitment for the parents the students and the community as well that accept and value the apportation of all the parts also that includes respect and value the community um so also I would love that that person that represent as involved with the parents and the students in a way that it understand the experience of the parents and the students as
072valuable and as a priority thank you thank you next person is Claudia C followed by Veronica and a CH you hello my name is clavia oh go ahead I think we muted her can we start the time again and you guys hear me yeah now now we can I'm an member and I'm here repres sending parents of the Alam Rock School District um and Bo would like to state that whoever is appointed as trustee this evening as well as our current board members of alam Rock Unified School District must have as values good governance experience and ability reflecting as following board policies employing good management practices and a good is a good mediator to others works well in teams and is a consensus Builder one who shall also sound have sound judgment and reasoning and
073give proposals clearly backed by facts and Community voice thank you thank you next Veronica great thank you um and thank you War members and good afternoon and thank you to the speaker um that decided to move forward with this um it's but I do want to highlight something I'm also a parent here in Allen Rock but and something that I want to highlight is that both of this um candidates have very little tithes to our com to Allen Rock School District just because you're in a com in a committee does not mean that you are automatically in touch with what's going on in our in our school district completely and our schools um I am very sad that you know we don't have other candidates are in touch or that they have done things and
074if you're in a committee um what have you done to engage our families right what have you done to maintain that um they're aware of what's going on and at that committee um you're responsible for um I'm sad because again this seems to be like a stepping stool for all of you um that sit on the board and the potential candidates again because there's not that there's not that wanting of wanting to know more on our school district even before you become a before you become a member right where is that investment of wanting to know how our schools are doing besides just being on that committee and how our families are doing um there was nothing mention of that there was mention of like their jobs outside of here and all the great things
075that they do and that's amazing that's great but nothing connecting really back to our school district and that is something I am very sad that I didn't hear and I hope that we that there is other candidates that are interview um because I don't as a parent I don't see both of them to be the fit um for to be appointed thank you thank you [Music] a hi um oh I was going to turn on my video um is that required I was it just said it was unable to is allowed only through audio connection oh okay got it thank you um hi my name is aaow I am a teacher at Independence High School also I am the um snu sister County uh commissioner for District 3 which uh is an alumrock District um
076I'm speaking on behalf of Min on NN um because he is a very level-m minded person even though he may not have um experien being a board member he is new he has the passion he has this experience working with the school site counsel and um being on the School site Council and his intentions in the classroom when you're a teacher you are managing teenagers is um and he also reaches out to the community and that I know that when he becomes a Schoolboard member he's going to be out there reaching out with the community and working with them just like he does with his high school students in his classroom um he has grown up in the area next to alumrock but since his residence is in um in Barry his residence is in
077alen rock he is able to um he can still make a difference in the community even though this may be a newer Community to him um so this is his sixth year teaching at in in general um fourth year at Independence which tells me he's been tene um he has no intentions of leaving his intentions are for this community and the students he he does use this as a political background um he wants to do this as Schoolboard member not to hop and have aspirations of um other public offices offices um so I hope that you do consider me on new one for school board thank you thank you next is FL Delon followed by Laura and Myra good evening everyone my name is flor de Leon I am a coordinator with but right now
078I am on vacation but today I am here as a parent um and I want to say that uh for the individuals that are applying and uh unluckily we don't have any more options but uh I think it's very important that these people understands that uh the values that of your position is to Center in our students education and that are willing to prioritize uh uh uh with all what we have to deal with budgets and everything but prioritize uh for example right now with distance learning and and uh the mental and emotional of our kids and being able to understand the Necessities but also to provide and have a commitment to transform our district and provide tools uh for our teachers and students and it's also very important that you know how to read
079policies too and also be prepared be responsible and uh be prepared when you come to these meetings to make sure you do your homework before you come and to be to make the best decisions you can you know and I think uh this is a commitment it's not something that you gotta take easy and you gotta Focus your decisions on centering on our kids uh education and like right now we need more support on mental health and not only complaining but finding resources finding solutions to uh make sure uh there is a a better Alum BR and better with our schools and our students and also uh listen to that community community in Alan BR is very uh dedicated in these meetings to provide input and uh we want candidates that listen to that community
080that work with that community and that makes the best decisions to better our schools and uh thank you all uh tonight for applying but I hope we can find that candidate we need to transform Alan brck thank you thank you any others yes Myra hars welcome can you hear me yes okay uh yes I am ready Carina btia I am ready yes can you hear me president can you hear me uh Miss Corina can you hear me can you hear me uh mrod yeah Carina Bautista I I am here can you hear me can you hear my voice yes yes I I am in the English Channel this is Carlina Bautista can you hear me yes we are able to hear you okay sorry can you hear Carina I don't know if this helps I'm
081in the English Channel and I can hear both very clearly oh okay yes this is um Miss Miss eraa can you hear me yes now I can okay okay great okay okay okay I am MAA harms and I am part of the community uh I don't think she heard you Ma yeah I am MAA harms and I am a member of the community I I'm a parent at Alum Rock and I am part of the community at empu okay what we want is that the person in this the person in this the person in yeah so what we are requiring is that the person who takes this position um have a good ethics uh that is one of the things that we are asking of that person okay [Music] we are looking uh to um
082yeah so we are looking I'm sorry I I just uh kind of lost the um the thread uh she's just looking for uh the best person uh to serve the community and maybe you can continue now uh to uh have the members of the family to be to be involved and also um the stakeholders in in business see so we do not want to tolerate yeah we do not want to tolerate all the injustices that have been going on previously [Music] okay okay okay and to take into consideration and to take into considerations all the conflicts of interest and from the government code I think she said [Music] 67 okay to take into consideration graas to take into consideration uh the interest in financial code uh 109 and also the uh Education Code 35233 gracias
083thank you for you're welcome the next person is camil [Music] fontania can you hear me yes okay thank you good evening superintendent Dr Bower president Herrera Lera and board trustees my name is caman FIA and I'm an Alam Rock parent as well as the executive director of SOS Mayfair a community partner of the district I'm here today to support the education of my own child as well as stand in solidarity with impu parents and ask that the board appoint a trustee that is committed to the values that were stated this evening as additionally as a Filipina I am grateful to the board for your commitment to racial and ethnic representation that reflects the diversity of the alumrock student body and their families with more than 27% of our students identifying as part of the API
084Community it is exciting to have API representation being considered this evening I'd also want to name that as you enter your deliberations it is important to be thoughtful in your analysis as representation is only one thing and it is important to choose the candidate that is most aligned with the values that were identified in advance by diverse stakeholders parents students teachers administrators and Community Partners during one of the most painful periods in our district the student first agenda and the values that impu shared this evening were developed veled from that space additionally determine which candidate will best support the needs that have already been identified by us as stakeholders as key priorities which include racial Justice restorative justice social emotional and physical well-being especially in this era of covid and fiscal Management in the years
085to come as we continue to move forward as one District I ask that whoever is chosen work to be a bridge builder irrespective of which ethnic or racial group you represent together we can move forward as one District thank you thank you next person is Laura agar hello hello yes okay my name is Laura agir I am an organizer with u and a and a parent from elmrock as parents from The District in B will like to state that whoever is being appointed to or currently part of the arusd board has to possess the following value commitment to transferring Alam brck schools arusd should be a singular focus and not used a stepping stone for political or professional Ambitions it also has to have a racial Justice and Equity lens and genuine commitment to transform
086and improve educational system polies attitude and beliefs that will benefit all students and family especially those that come from communities that are marginalized excluded or struggling from Equity aligning funding and resources to benefit students and parents above all other interests thank you thank you there are no more mam president okay thank you so much uh for coming and speaking um in public comment um and at this time um I'm going to give my peers my uh board members time to finish their uh tally sheet their uh form that we will then submit to um avar um four minutes be sufficient I'm done okay I might need a little more than that more than four minutes maybe I I mean I have them all down it's just a matter of transferring it over here to the
087tool so okay so I'll let you know when I'm I'll put four minutes and then we'll see how we're doing at that time okay [Music] board president this is R I just want to while everybody is doing this I just want to remind the board that their scores are public information so they will be uh they will be available to be viewed by the public as part of this process thank you for for for okay for no rest I'm still waiting for trusty Chavez responses I sent it you haven't received it no ma'am let me let me check [Music] all how about now Mr Gil I'm going to take a photo copy and I'll send it to Dr Bower and to you as well is that Avatar G avatar. Gill alen rock.org arusd.org yes yes
088thank you and I'll send it to um Gina as well okay for apar did you receive that I haven't have you I haveen it oh there it is just got it okay I got it okay avar do you need me to do a Google form for her answers yeah please uh that'll be better okay I'll do that right now obviously put her name yes absolutely the good thing is that this will all be transparent and uh she will make sure that her answers are correct my phone is still roaming so if you get it later sorry and I would like uh I did check the part where I wanted a I guess a receipt of what I I sent but since it hasn't been sent yet you can't see that okay what I'll do is
089I'll ask for a copy and I'll forward you the copy once I receive it thanks uh Dr Bower says she received it so I guess that's that's good enough the picture right uh I don't know what I I think I'm assuming that that's what she says that she received but I I can't it's not pulling up the picture for me okay but I do see that that the response did a bunch of mail delivery uh notification failures but that this last one went in have you seen it there okay I I'm putting in um I just finished putting in your first one and I'm doing the second candidate so I think we'll be good all right thank you trusty Chavez it it was bounced because Mr Gil's last name has two L's okay thank you
090okay um after you should be receiving those soon yes I did receive them perfect [Music] so has every has everybody's scores have everybody scores um been entered and we have the spreadsheet and everything prepared or we're waiting for something still so everything after will put it together and we'll show us the screen once it's ready yes I am making the final touch I mean let me correct not the touch calculation okay for so yes I'm done and I will share the screen now and I will give a brief debrief too so this is the screen results and in the First Column if uh is the time stamp when that or the action was submitted the email address of the board member column B column C the name column is a candidate first candidate Mr n
091and their scores question one through five here um I need little guidance from the from the board and our attorney are we so on column K I calculated based on first five questions even though we have interviewed six questions am I supposed to calculate all six count all six sum of all six or only the first five all six okay so the column K has a sum of all six questions from each board member for the candidate and then under column m is the score based on total of column k for first candidate and then for the second candidate thank you so much for um making sure uh that we uh provide transparency you know to everyone um to each other and to the public um and most importantly to our candidates thank you so
092much uh both Mr NN and Mr fam for applying for putting yourself um on the field you know um it's very easy to uh you know give suggestions and um have opinions but um it really takes uh a brave person to put themselves in the field um doing this work um in in you know answering these questions so thank you both for taking the time um for submitting a wellth thought out application with um the letters that you did and the time that you know you took in order to make sure that you had those applications in on time uh before noon last Monday and so at this time uh based on the results question yes because I'm not sure I I think I understand what I'm seeing here but I just want to clarify
093oh now it's flashing there we go so Mr then is the his final score is the light blue and Mr fam is the purple th those are the final total scores correct correct okay and unless I'm understanding wrong Mr avar no we are Absol you are absolutely correct yeah yeah column M light blue and the purple are their final scores okay and so I'll say them out loud in case anybody cannot see the screen um Mr Newan um has a total score of 66 and Mr Fram has a total score of 107 at this time and so with that um roio um is is it uh okay to um I guess based on that uh do the appointment and pass it on to Dr Bower um to help us uh get Mr fam sworn in
094at this time uh you should open it up to board discussion and entertain a motion in a second yes thank you okay so at this time I'd like to go ahead you're ready for a motion I'm sure if you're ready to give one unless yes we appoint uh me and fam uh to the um to the position of the board thank you so motion by Mr GTO and second by Mr veano um any want to have any comments or questions Mr banana yes thank you I do have uh just a couple quick comments I want to Echo um your comments uh president erera and and uh thank everybody who took part in this process including those who um you know who came who attended the last meeting and were considering becoming applicants even even at
095that stage it's it's um you know it's not insignificant to put your name forth and and kind of start the process of this and so I I really want to commend those individuals who were applicants at the first stage the two gentlemen that we had this evening who um took the time to complete and put some thought into their responses um and put their name out there it's not an easy process and and it's very transparent and and you know it's it's something that should be commended and and so I want to thank everyone including the community for their for their input and you know looking at just have the document right here looking at the um what we got for when we did our exercise where the community identified the community as a whole
096identified their um their priorities of the values that they thought would be good for a candidate um or an applicant um I think that the the top four were Equity lens racial Equity equity and transparency and so I think in some ways it is fortunate that we do have um representation from our Asian community and specifically Vietnamese Community as those numbers in our district um are you know do have at least some some level of representation now on the board however I also want to emphasize something that I've made me uh mention to in the past and it was brought up by one of our commenters tonight is that we as trustees are um you know we govern over an entire District regardless of of ethnicity or or race or Creed or religion or any
097of those things and so you know while it's good to have representation from a number of different identities or or beliefs um that that voice is important to have at the table um I'm excited as a board to be able to govern over all of our um families and and together with all of the families that we have because we do represent a very diverse area and a very diverse district and so I'm happy that we were able to um get two very qualified applicants that are reflective of the values that were expressed by the community and we're able to provide some very thoughtful meaningful responses to our questions and the values that we also identified as board members so so thank you everyone and I'm excited to um to see where where we can
098take the district in the coming coming year and Beyond thank you any others would like to say anything or um yeah brief comments just uh thank everybody for uh who was involved in the process of the applicant as well as um the the shared process you know uh then board president Bano the work that you did to put it together as well as now that you're the board president you've overseen the meeting so um thank you all for a uh a good process that U and then I do appreciate the community I know that uh initially there was concerns and those concerns were taken into account and we went ahead and met somewhere in the middle and came up with the process that that worked out for I I'm hoping that it worked out for
099everyone thank you and seeing no other uh Mr Rano sorry I I do want to say though I appreciate um Madame President your comments at the beginning of this meeting with regards to the kind of current national situation um and just that a very if you scale that all the way down from the national level to our level I think um to to truste K's comments it is important that we have these processes in place and that we follow processes we've seen what happens when processes are in place and people try to you know go around the processes or or change the processes and and it creates confusion on many levels so I think um I appreciate all the work again that everyone has done to establish a process to be transparent about the process
100and to follow the process to to to me that's that's good governance and that's um maintaining the order and and the progress that we need to continue to show as a district so I just wanted to make that connection between your comments Madam president and what it looks like for us here at this level absolutely thank you so much and with that um we'll go ahead and um pass it over to Dr Bower who will uh help us um swear in Mr fam at this time I'm I'm ready to go um yes thank you uh vice president um let's go ahead and take a vote so I'll just uh call your name as I see you on my list uh Mr weano all Miss Chavez hi vice president kto hi and myself I now uh
101we have appointed Mr fem um welcome to the board and at this time I will pass it on to Dr Bower Mr aano I see you grabbing your mic I'm not sure if you are getting ready to say something before we move on I just a quick I promise super quick uh Mr fam I just want to get clarification on how we pronounce your name is it do you prefer fam or fam or uh fam fam okay thank you thank you board president may may I add something yeah sure welcome uh yes the floor is yours welcome in uh uh from what I understand listening to Mr fam is uh he's not able to uh activate a camera right now and the oath of office has to be witnessed um so I would recommend that
102uh this actually has to be done when it's visible to the superintendent and one other witness for the district so this may need to take place tomorrow when he can get to a working camera okay thank you yes for bringing that up um and is there a time frame that needs to be done it needs to be done by uh no sooner rather than later but uh there's no drop dead deadline okay so Dr Bower and Mr fam um we get to coordinate time for tomorrow morning um what tomorrow morning work hello absolutely yeah the sooner the better yes um and Mr roio I mean is it a picture does it have to be done in any certain way no just so that he's visible to uh the superintendent and the witnessing okay so if
103it's okay with everybody I can follow up with Mr fam uh tonight uh I'll call him and uh I will let everybody know you know how this is going to be arranged for tomorrow so the board is aware of how he's going to take the the his oath and with them Miss uh Dr Bower I am flexible so um I will be able to be present to be at least that one um witness that's wonderful thank you and congratulations Mr fam and thank you so much Mr Nan uh for applying it means a lot to have people that are interested in coming and helping us serve our beautiful Community um with that um we'll do that in the morning yes we've done the report out on the Clos session um and at this time at
1047:56 we'll go ahead and a journal our meeting thank you all so much um and we'll see you in a week see you all in one week thank you everyone thank you T night congratulations good night congratulations everybody thank you thank you