001The AUHSD board of trees meet board of trustees meeting will now reconvene at 6:01 p.m. Thank you everyone for joining us for our May meeting. We will begin with the pledge of allegiance and moment of silence by our student representative to the board of trustees, Leah Garcia. Please rise. Place your right hand over your heart. Ready, begin. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Please be seated. >> Good evening everyone. Thank you so much for being here. I just want to start off this meeting with a little bit of reflection. I know that we're going through a lot right now and prices are always going up for everything and we
002live in a world of extremes where people are doing amazing things and we're going to the moon and we're doing things that you would not have thought possible like 10 years ago, like 100 years ago. So, I want you guys to reflect a little bit and have hope and be brave and make good choices and always know that you can do it. So, let's take a moment to reflect on the positivity and the chance for an um like a good beginning and always having hope. >> Thank you. Thank you, Leah. We will now have our close session report by clerk of the board, Miss Anry Rand Tjo. >> Oh yeah, that's me. >> Thank you, Madam President. Item 4.1, no reportable action regarding existing legitigation. 4.2, no reportable action taken regarding public employee performance evaluation.
003Superintendent 4.3 No reportable action taken regarding personnel. 4.4 No reportable action taken regarding negotiations. 4.5 No reportable action taken regarding personnel. 4.6 The board of trustees unanimously voted to make the following appointment effective July 1st, 2026. Nancy Cortez, coordinator of inclusive practices AND STUDENT ACCESS. AND UH WE WILL HEAR uh from her in uh at our next board meeting. So, congratulations to her. >> Y >> thank you. We will now be moving on to our recognitions. We have a number of recognitions tonight. A very exciting time um as we close out the school year. Um, so just as a note, um, after you receive your recognition, you are free to leave the board meeting. We won't take offense, um, if you head out early. Um, but I'm going to start with our student representative to
004the board of trustees, uh, Miss Leah Garcia. Um, so do you want to do your statement from here? You can go up there. Up to you from the small. Let's Oh, I was I was going to do a Bible. YEAH. OH YEAH, I was going to open uh with on behalf of the board of trustees, we would like to thank Leah Garcia for her service as a student representative to the board during the 2025 through 2026 school year. It's been an honor to work alongside you and um all the passion that you have for student voice and purpose and we really appreciate everything you've done. Um >> thank you. Well, good evening once again, board members, Superintendent Freed, Cabinet, and AHC community. My name is Leah Garcia, and as has been previously stated, and it
005has been a profound honor to serve as a student representative to the board of trustees through monthly ECAT meetings, through monthly board meetings, through going to so many school sites and meeting so many people. It has truly been a profound honor for me to genuinely make connections. And I want to thank AHUHSD and everyone who has helped me be here so that I can now go on to UC Berkeley to study biology hopefully become a phys physician assistant and continue to advocate for those in need by you know going through policy work and also through healthcare. Thank you. And then we'll go to the center for a photo. >> Absolutely. >> You're back. Thank you. All right. The board of trustees uh is now going to honor our full 2025 through 2026 AUHSD student ambassadors.
006The board of trustees honors the district student ambassadors for their service and important contribution to the district during the 2025 through 2026 school year. The ambassadors serve as official spokespersons for all district students at special ceremonies, events, and functions. The student leaders are also deeply embedded in the district's governance structure and actively provide the student voice wherever possible. Um so I'm going to have them each come into the podium and state their post-graduation plans um as we celebrate them. I would like to thank the board and AUHSD for all of the amazing educational opportunities provided for myself and for all students. I have had the amazing opportunity to serve on my school's redesign process and I cannot wait to see the upcoming 4x4 schedule that we have implemented. My name is Balina Alcala and I
007serve as an Anaheim High School student ambassador and I am proud to be attending the University of California Irvine and I will be studying biological sciences to hopefully specialize in neurobiology to become a neurosurgeon. Thank you. Can I go? >> A big goal of mine as a leader was to not only be a good role model for students but also a friend. A highlight from my year was during my last RSVP meeting where all my members gave me affirmation. They told me I was a great leader, their first friend, and created a second home for them. My name is Hanya Keshi and I am the Cambridge Virtual Academy student ambassador and I am very happy to have served as their ambassador and appreciate all the opportunities they provided with me. With all the skills that
008I have learned, I am proud to announce that I will be pursuing biomedical engineering at Calpali St. Louis Abyspo. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHTY. Can I go? Yeah. Okay. Good evening everyone. My name is Jose Escabedo. I proudly serve as a student ambassador at Catella High School. I am pleased to share that I will be going from a knight to a Lancer at California Baptist University where I will be pursuing my studies in mechanical engineering with the ultimate goal of expanding my family's HVAC business uh from HVAC contractor to HAC uh design uh firm. Uh none of this would have been made possible without the incredible experiences that I've had with my fellow board members and to all of the board members that have been able to guide us and to mentor us. I also wanted
009to thank the staff and students. I'm enormously grateful for all of you and for the encouragement and support. Thank you and have a wonderful evening. Good evening everyone. My name is Kayton Lee and I serve as a student ambassador for Kennedy High School. I'm extremely grateful for the amount of support that Kennedy students, staff, and administration have given me throughout my years in high school. I plan on utilizing the skills that I've learned from the ambassador program beyond just high school. Um I'm proud to say that I'm committed to Pomona College where I'll be majoring in politics, philosophy, and economics. THANK YOU. HI EVERYBODY. My name is Pearl Ta and I'm currently serving as Laura High School's ambassador. And during my time in high school with AUHSD and Laura High School, I've just learned to
010utilize opportunities that were given to me like field trips, mentorship, and also the community to just get myself involved in events. And with that with that love that I received from my community, I've decided to be attending Chapman University on a full ride where I'll BE >> YEAH, thank you. And I'll be attending as a business admin entrepreneurship major where I will someday become a project manager. Hi, I'm Brooklyn Sharp. I'm Magnolia High School student ambassador and I am so grateful to have been involved with the AOHSD for the past six years and to represent Magnolia for my senior year. Ambassadorship has helped me grow incredulously in my leadership skills and my experiences here have greatly influenced my decision to um major in education at Fullerton College and later transfer to UCI. I hope Thank
011you. I hope to expand the knowledge and curiosity of our future generation and to hopefully inspire my future students. Thank you. >> Good evening everyone. Over the past year, I have the opportunity to expand seating at our quad by adding new lunch tables to our campus to help accommodate for our growing enrollment at Oxford. I've also continued to develop our RCP scholarship, awarding $750 to our seniors to help them with their college journey. I will be continuing my education at UC Riverside where I will be studying both psychology and public policy in hopes of becoming a dermatologist. My name is Allison Chong and I've been so honored to serve as Oxford Academy student ambassador this year. Hello, my name is Anthony Higa and I would like to say thank you to AHSD and the board
012for the opportunity given to me to be a student leader at Savannah. The level of self-reflection given to me from this role will help me take my talents to UCI to be a computer scientist and an overall better human being. Hello, I am Ann Irish Lazadus. As a student and ambassador of Orange Western 7th through 12 school, I've been integrating student voices upon our new redesign process. And it's really been an honor to create a foundation for our Orangeu and Jun our junior high and high school campuses. And I want to thank AHSD for giving me a place to really thrive, not just intellectually, but emotionally. And I'm proud to say that I'll be continuing my advocacy through nursing at UCLA. And yeah, thank you so much. Anthony, >> is that your cousin? All right,
013our next uh recognition. Uh we are proud to recognize the Savannah High School girls basketball team for their outstanding achieve achievement of CIF champions. Round of applause. The team ca the team captured the coast league championship and continued an impressive postseason run to become CIF Division 6 champions and play in the regional state tournament. This CIF divisional title represents a significant milestone as it was the first ever in the program's existence and the first team CIF championship that Savannah has won since 1993. Round of applause. The team secured its first divisional championship with a divisive 4625 victory over Warren High School at Isuza Pacific University. Throughout the fiveame playoff tournament, Savannah High School outscored its opponents by an average of 11.8 points per game. Camila Kum Karuma was named was named honored as most valuable
014player for the coast league for her exceptional performance during the season as well as CIF player of the year for division 6 for outstanding play during the CIF run. The Delila Cruz was also honored as defensive player of the year for the coast for the coast league. Savannah also had Jazyro Madrid, Marley Valentine, and Kilawani Kalito achieve first team all league honors. The board proudly congratulates the players and coaching staff of the 2025 through 2026 Savannah High School girls basketball program. And we invite you all to um come in the middle for photo together and certificate. Thank you. Let's go. Bring I'm the presidention. Thank you guys for all the support. CONGRATULATIONS. >> It's a a big night for girls sports. Our next recognition Yes. OH. UH, WE'RE WELCOME THE Kennedy High School Girls Mascot
015Championship CIF. Welcome. You guys are welcome TO read this. >> Okay. >> A little bit should have read this first. Uh we proudly recognize the Kennedy High School girls basketball team for their outstanding achievement. The team captured the Golden West League championship and continued an impressive postseason run to become CIF Division 7 champions. This Yes. This CIF divisional title represents a significant smile milestone as it was the first such championship in school history for girls basketball. ANOTHER team secured its first divisional championship with a divisive 55 to28 victory over Lagona Hills at Zuza Pacific University. Throughout the five-game playoff tournament, Kennedy High School outscored its opponents by an average of 21.6 points per game. Taiah Paul was honored as player of the year for her exceptional performance during the season. The board proudly congratulates the
016players and coaching staff of the 2026 Kenny High School girls basketball program. CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY, >> EXACTLY. Just going to pride them up there. Yeah. >> Um, >> are you do are you doing it all together or one by one? >> Just we'll do it as one group. >> Okay. Let me read through this and then Okay. >> All right. Our next recognition is our regional and state honor musicians. Tonight we're incredibly proud to recognize our regional and all state honor musicians. These students have demonstrated extraordinary dedication to their craft and their achievements reflect the highest standards of excellence within our district. To earn these honors, each student had to independently obtain audition materials, undergo rigorous preparation, and successfully audition for their respective groups. Because selection is highly competitive, and only a small number of students
017are accepted, these musicians represent the top tier of performers in the region and state. Their success is a testament to the strength of our music programs which have led the Anaheim Union High School District to be named one of America's best communities for music education by the NAM Foundation for eight years in a row. We would like to recognize the prestige of the following assembles and the outstanding achievement that membership in these groups represent for our students. And there's a few um so I'm g go one um the first one is the Pasadena City College Tournament of Roses Honor Band. Selection for this ensemble is a distinct honor as it allows our musicians to represent the district on a global stage during the worldrenowned rose parade. Next is a CSSA, all Southern California Honor Musicians,
018being chosen by the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association identifies these students as being among the premier instrumentalists in the southern 11 counties of the state. Next, the CBDA/CCDA California Allstate Honor Musicians. This recognition is one of the highest individual honors a student performer can receive, identifying them as elite musicians within the entire state of California as selected by the California Band Directors Association and the California Coral Directors Association. Then we have our SCVA All Southern California Honor Musicians. These vocalists are recognized by the Southern California Vocal Association for their exceptional technique and dedication to coral excellence. Next we have the Pacific Sympathy Youth Ensembles. Membership in these groups provides students the opportunity to form at professional level level partnering with one of the premier orchestra organizations in the nation. Students auditioning for this
019group had to submit a single audition video with all scales, experts and solo piece performed in a single take with no cuts in the video. It is a real challenge and they have represented us well. We are deeply grateful to the music educators who have guided these students and the parents who have supported them every step of the way. We are proud of their hard work and preparation have led them to such outstanding musicianal ambassadors for our district. Please join me in a round of applause for our 226 regional and state honor musicians. That's a lot. It's a lot. >> No, it's good. That's good. >> It's a lot of kids. I'm also I like Back up. Go. >> So good. Come on. Good morning. Congratulations. >> Okay. Y next we are honoring our CIF
020esports blue division champions from Catella High School. We are incredibly proud to recognize Catella High School's esports team for their historic history in the CIF State Finals. This journey began three years ago when Moses challenged his AP World History teacher, Mr. Kazeruni, to a match and won. This this eventually led to a dedicated trio that spent years leveling up through local competitions and rigorous practice. Much like traditional athletics, Super Smash Bros. competition requires immensive strategy, lightning fast reflexes, and teamwork to navigate a roster of 89 unique characters. This championship is a testament to their persistence and the unwavering support of principal Chuck Hernandez, Angel Costa, Melissa Graham, Scott Randelle, Roshan Omi, and Victor Palasios. Please join me in a round of applause for our state championships from Catella High School. Go night. How are you?
021Our next recognition is National Dance Alliance National Championship Cypress High School Varsity Song Team. We proudly recognize the Cypress High School varsity song team for its outstanding achievements this season. Head coach Sierra Lisdimma, marking her ninth season with the program and third year as head coach, proudly coached this group of student athletes through their award-winning season. 11 athletes entered the year setting high expectations, hoping to defend their 2024 through 2025 championship year. The discipline, commitment, and team dedication brought led to a banner year including three championships for the varsity competition team, championship honors in Orlando, Florida in February, competing for the first time in large varsity intermediate dance, national championship title in both large varsity jazz and palm at the USA National Championships, Anaheim, California. Please join me in congratulating the national championships. I love
022the metal. I love the medals and the jackets. Hallelujah. Our final recognition is to our AVID senior standouts. The AVID senior standout scholarships are awarded to students who epitomize what it means to be an AVID student. They are determined, dedicated leaders, and role models who have positively impacted their school and community. The Orange County Office of Education recognizes these top AVID seniors who are nominated by their sight's AVID coordinator and site team. Each student was awarded a scholarship ranging from $250 to $35,000. That deserves a round of applause. Um it's a uh on behalf of the board of trustees, we're excited to congrat congratulate our 2026 AVID senior standouts. Um and also as a former AVIT student and also a former AVID senior stand out is an honor uh to recognize them. Tonight we have
023Luis Monguel from Anaheim High School. You come to the front. Jennifer Himenez from Catella HIGH SCHOOL. Ma Dude from Laura High School, Jan Mike Arts from Savannah High SCHOOL and Sahara Flores from Orange View Western 7th through 12 school. I know everyone's gone now. All right, I'm going to take a moment to recognize some people in the room. Um, uh, we have, uh, Lacy Munger from APJ co-president. Thank you for being here. Jennifer Sasai, alter president. Thank you for being here. And, uh, Mark Torchino, administrator for, um, N O, thank you for being here. Uh, I think that's everyone and I believe Jeff Morgensson from Asta is here as well. Yes, welcome. Next, we'll be moving on to our student representative report. Um, Miss Leah Garcia. >> Okay. >> Her last one. Last board report.
024Last board report. Okay, last one. Best one. Ready? >> Yes. >> From Anaheim High School, we had the band spectacular and you can see photos right there from November 12th where students were able to celebrate and have fun. We have Anaheim's Got Talent, the college and career fair and dance production at Catella High School. Sorry, I'm a little sick. Sorry. Then congratulations highlighting Anaheim's very own girls fly football team who winning division 5 championship. We also have from Cambridge Virtual Academy. Cambridge Virtual Academy had their RSP summit number three. Okay. Um I think it's we'll wait for the Thank you. >> Okay, sorry. Moving on. From Cambridge Academy, students went to the Broad Museum Field trip where CVA students visited the broad, explored exhibits, and reflected on the artwork through writing. The trip also included
025lunch at Grand Central Market. They also had a senior luau lunch where ASB hosted a luau lunch themed for seniors where the class of 2026 enjoyed food and time together. The event created a fun memory and memorable experiences for the graduating class. Here are some more pictures especially from Stea Palooa. Yay. Moving on to Cypress High School. Cypress High School's highlight is in celebration of Earth Day, NASA scientist Dr. Jamie McY visited Cypress High School present on Earth Day and human space exploration in the Centurion Theater. Right now we can see photos of their prom, which was themed A Night in Disguise. Very exciting for many students. They also had their annual physics boat races where they're able to compete against each other and make a splash. Moving on to Gilbert. At Gilbert, students had
026an exciting season um filled with many events such as exploring colleges, universities, future career paths, and their esports team had an amazing season, finishing in top 50 out of 150 schools, reaching in 48th place. Moving on to Kennedy High School. Kennedy's highlight is on Thursday, April 2nd, our speakers at TED X Kennedy High Youth blew the audience away, addressing complex global issues and personal stories of resilience. These young voices spoke with incredible courage and clarity. It was a day of profound connection and big picture thinking that left us all motivated to change the world. Here you can see more photos of students in their capstone senior showcase which is also this month. Next from Catella High School students in November had a fantastic month having community service. NHS ASB and the community schools chapter spearheaded
027a service project that helped families in need. You can also see um pictures of the goodbye spirit week, happy school nutrition employee week and parent engagement with girls inc. Next high school. Congratulations to the boys and girls teams in drones for winning first and second place plaques once again twice in a row in the vital links drone competition. Flying drones takes skill and this team is a passionate group being led in our inclusive drones pathway or exclusive drones pathway. You can see more pictures here of their garage sale and their morning coffee for staff faculty. Next, at Magnolia High School, the theater and Magnolia department performed their first show of the year. Um, sorry. Um, special thanks to Taylor Thornne and Ian Tobo. You can also see the turkey tournament for tennis game. Okay. And
028yes, their show. Moving on to Oxford Academy. at Oxford Academy. PTS PTSA and um ASB organized staff appreciation week to recognize and celebrate teachers, staff, and faculty. Activities included room service where ASB members delivered carts of food to classrooms, as well as a raffle that awarded prizes to staff throughout the week. Here you can see more pictures of their faculty and their prom, which is themed a Midsummer's Night Dream at Savannah High School. Savannah's um high school team um they had the Advid senior recognition month night with senior Dan Michael Arce was awarded with a recognition award for his time a part of the AVID program in the past four years. They also had color guard championships and FLA FLA's SSLC. Lastly, at Orange View Western, Orange View Western had their last summit and also
029had many events for athletics. Okay, thank you. >> Thank you, Leah. Round of applause. >> Thank you so much for all your reports. >> Thank you. And sorry, I now I have AP testing, so I'll be leaving a little bit shortly. >> Best of luck to you. >> Good luck. >> Yay. All right. Next, we'll have uh student speakers. I didn't receive any forms, so just double checking those student speakers in the room. Okay. Uh next is our reports of association. I believe I saw Jeff Morgan Aa. Yes, welcome. Thank you. >> Different setup this time, right? Okay. All right. Well, good evening um board president uh Guerrero, board of trustees, superintendent Freed, cabinet, colleagues, community. Um, want to start off tonight by uh sharing uh something that I had the pleasure of doing today
030and also continuing tomorrow, which is to deliver 10 $1,000 scholarships to our graduating seniors uh who want to become future educators. Yeah, this is an annual tradition that we do in ASA every year. Uh but this year I do want to highlight a key difference. In spirit of our community schools approach of collaborative leadership and community involvement. We brought together a selection committee of parents uh district officials, community partners, ATA teachers uh to collectively decide out of 32 applicants who the 10 students would be. Uh so we picked together and came to consensus and it was a great night. Uh so we'll be delivering the second set of five tomorrow. Uh it's kind of a lot to drive around the district all all day. So, we're going to split that up over two days and
031look forward to it. Uh we're collecting some great pictures and can't wait to share them with everybody. So, I do want to give a quick update statewide on the Prop 55 signature gathering. I know that was a big effort on our part. Uh I appreciate everybody's participation. Not only did we get 86 me% of the members of ASA, but another 600 community and other employee members assigned as well. So, statewide, CTA and its partners collected 1.6 6 million signatures, which is more than double of what it's needed to qualify for the ballot. So much appreciation to the community. U and staying tuned for some get out the vote efforts come November to make sure that well won't be Prop 55 anymore. We'll have a new number. Um but that we got it on the ballot.
032Now we have to make sure that it succeeds in November to make sure we keep the current funding that we have here in California. Um lastly tonight I want to touch on an issue that um I've been hearing a lot about and I've engaged in conversations uh with folks on and we'll continue to engage in conversations um and that again a collaborative approach and for those of you know when we negotiated our weekend weight contract uh there was some new stuff in there regarding uh class size and case load caps and kind of a a new way of doing business and here in the district and staffing and in making master schedules at sites. And we know that there's a transition period and that we're going to work through it together like we work through
033everything together. Um on the front end, on the back end, logistically, there's there's a lot of ins and outs. As you know, sitem schedules are very complicated, especially the big high schools and across the district. It's a it's a huge puzzle that hurts my brain, honestly. So, there's a lot of work to be done, but I do want to share a couple things, put in a context of why we agreed uh the district and the association to this contract language. And so, I'm going to use a couple examples. Uh the first is this idea of class caps or limits of number of students in classrooms. 37 in junior high, 39 in high school, general classes, not PE, not FAPA, things like that. And the purpose of this was to make sure that the classroom environment
034for our students and obviously for our teachers as well is best as possible for everyone receiving a good education and and success all around. And we do understand and we did put in the contract an opportunity for that number to be exceeded. Um and we know that you know as school year goes on students move in and out of the district they transfer different schools. There could be a situation where that cap might be exceeded in those occasions and there's language which allows that and teachers get compensated a small amount for that which we very much appreciate. But I want to just kind of understand that everyone that teachers have held on to these caps and and will continue not because they don't want to be available for their students, but they want to protect
035that sanctity of their classrooms of those numbers so that they can do the job that they want to do in their classrooms. and they understand there could be a time here and there where it's it's necessary to go over that number, you know, so that that class can grow to accommodate students coming in and out. Um, but those numbers shouldn't be exceeded now in the spring when master schedules are being built. and we've had conversations and I appreciate the conversations that we've had. But in the last couple weeks, I've continued to field calls and emails from members all across the district that this practice is is continuing to happen and and I get it. It's kind of that the growing pains of doing something new and all ASA members and ASA leadership are happy to
036engage in conversations and look for the logistical fixes and everything. But I some of our members are being pressured unfortunately um guilted a little accused of not self-sacrificing enough and I really think and these are very limited cases of course but they they highlight that view of where teachers really are looking for this language to be able to enable them to do the job that they want to do day in and day out in their classrooms. And so I look forward to continuing that work uh with everybody up here uh and at the school sites just to make sure not only do is that teachers right to say yes or no to a overage is is respected but that the rationale behind it is understood. They're not doing it because they don't care about their
037students. They're not doing it because they don't give of themselves a lot day in and day out and already self-sacrifice for the well-being of their classes. They're doing it because the first time ever in AHSD they have the ability to keep that class at a certain level and this is important for all of us as a school community. Um in addition we have uh contract language regarding strive uh especially in special education is where we work together to try to make sure that class sizes are as low as possible but there's room to grow and then they're capped at a certain size. I don't want to get into the technicalities of this, but I just want to just recommmit our effort as an association in my role as well to work with all sites, all
038district leadership just to do the best we can for staffing. And then the idea that teachers are the ones who will continually have to give to make the system work. We really need to change that mindset where that the system has to adjust as well, that we have adequate staffing to be able to do all the things that we promise to our students, all the different types of classes and amazing things that we do here. So anyway, continue to look forward to working with all of you on that. Um, and that's my report. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Next, we'll have Lacy Munger from APGA. Good evening, AHSD Board of Trustees, President Guerrero, Superintendent Frerieded, Executive Cabinet, and community members. Happy Teacher Appreciation Week and happy belated principal day. Um, I've mentioned before that
039counselors are the one group on campus that work directly with all staff in some capacity. And our teachers graciously allow our counselors to come into their classrooms so we can conduct our guidance lessons and meet our counseling standards while also partnering with us on a daily basis to meet the needs of our students. So our counselors truly appreciate that collaboration, dedication, and support. And our teachers do deserve to be celebrated not just this week, but at all times. So thank you very much to our teachers. Um, like all of our AUHSD stakeholders, our counselors can see the light at the end of the tunnel. And while we can see that light, we also know that there's a lot left to accomplish as we close out this school year. Um, we are currently in the midst
040of getting ready to welcome our incoming seventh graders, preparing our eighth graders to go to high school, and graduating our seniors into their post-secary paths while simultaneously registering our students for summer school through Apex, CVA, Access, and dual enrollment. Um, at this point, our high school counselors have registered approximately 4,000 students for course remediation through Apex and another thousand students through our county partner access. So that way our students can bring their grades up and be a throughg eligible and graduation eligible as well. Additionally, nearly we have nearly 2900 students who have registered in acceleration courses so that they can continue participating in programs and pathways next school year without interrupting their academics, including our performing arts, our CTE pathways, and AVID. While those numbers are significant, I think it's equally important to recognize what
041sits behind this data. Every one of those students needed to be met with at least once in order to complete the registration process for these programs and in many cases multiple times along with parent meetings and phone calls to explain the why behind summer school and the opportunities it creates for our students. The work begins with our counselors identifying our students, having those conversations, creating a plan, and processing requests so students are ready to go when summer hits. Additionally, many of our counselors will continue that work into the summer, supporting students in these summer school programs to ensure that they stay on pace, recover their credits, and enter the 2627 school year on track for graduation. On a professional development level, counselors ended their monthly PD on a high note at CBA. We had the
042opportunity to tour the CBA buildings in a way only Hilda Vasquez could organize through a scavenger hunt style icebreaker led by CVA staff. It was fun. and it was interacting and if you know our counselors we kind of like lay low at all times and fly under the radar bun is not always in our vocabulary when it comes to us having to do it. So this was a big big step for our counselors. Um but it was a really great example of relationship building and we can see that happens at CADA on a regular basis. So we want to just thank um thank Hilda and the CBA staff for going above and beyond with their time, energy and hospitality. Our counselors walked away with a much stronger understanding of how CVA operates daily and why
043we send our students there and why students want to go there. As our counselors close out this school year, we are simultaneously building the foundation for the next. The work happening right now directly impacts our students who will enter the 2627 school year. Whether that is on track for graduation, connected to pro pathways and programs, or simply feeling supported and prepared for what comes next, it reflects the continued commitment of AHSC counselors to ensuring every student has the access, opportunity, and guidance as they continue their path through AUHSD. And then just on a note for APJ specifically, just as ASA does, APJ also um awards scholarships to our high school student, our high school seniors. Um we will be re uh rewarding $400. We are a much smaller unit than ASA, but $400 to each
044comprehensive school site along with our ILC and alternative programs. So that way our students will our seniors graduating will have some kind of token of their work ethic and what they've um achieved while they're here at AUHSD. So thank you very much. >> Thank you so much. Next we'll have Jennifer Sai with Alta. Good evening, Madame President Guerrero, members of the board of trustees, Superintendent Freed, students, families, and members are of our Anaheim Union community. It is a pleasure to share with you several district highlights from across our district this evening. As we celebrate teacher appreciation and nurses week, we want to extend our deepest gratitude to the heartbeat of our district, our staff. Whether in the classroom or in the health office, your dedication to AUHSD's core values and your unwavering support of our
045students and community define who we are. To our educators and our school nurses, thank you for your tireless work and the care you provide every single day. We be begin tonight with an extraordinary achievement from Oxford Academy. Student Aryan Balani was recently featured on KTLA by Emmy winning reporter Rich Demiro for his invention IVA trademarked developed with the mentorship of teacher Elliot Clay Elliot. This device assists in repairing visual misalignment. Arian's work earned the highest honors at the 71st OCF, including the highest award in biomemed engineering, the Young Investigator in Health Science Special Award from the Association of Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine, a nomination to the Thermal Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge, placing him in the top 10% of students nationally. Aryan has already applied for a trademark of IVA and launched IVA.ai to collaborate with
046global researchers. Orange View Junior High and Western High School have a vibrant month centered on student voice. They recently concluded their capstone showcase which include milestone senior showcase on April 21st and 23rd. 56 pieces of art were also featured at the AUHSD art color and light show and their eyab was packed with powerful poetry. They also experienced traditional tea ceremony via special grant and they also welcomed the Harlem Wizards to campus for a evening of community energy. orgy Western like to thank their outgoing student ambassador on Irish for her service and warmly welcome Sarai as our new student ambassador at Lera High School. They celebrated Stafulty with their annual salsa fest and taqua provided by the PTSA. Academic excellence was also the spotlight during the department and senior awards. Most notably, the class of 2026
047completed their Saxon summit capstone projects. Their reflections on growth and resilience prove they are more than ready for the next chapter of their journeys. Magnolia High School went global on April 30th, welcoming 10 visitors from France. Their ambassadors paired with these gr guests for a full American high school life culminating with an all-star basketball game in a packed gym. It was truly an epic moment. In the realm of civic duty, South Junior High continues to set the state standard. Anaheim City Council member Moss recognized South Junior High for receiving the 2026 Civic Learning Award of Excellence. This is the highest recognition in California, and South was only one of three schools statewide to receive this award. South students were specifically praised for their advocacy regarding local issues like mental health and community safety. Finally, Cypress
048High School continues to prove what it means to be Cypress strong. The Chalk Foundation recently recognized Cypress during the 2026 Centurion Games for raising over $26,000 for children's health since 2021. In regards to career readiness, after data showed a high interest in the arts, Cypress partnered with the Boys and Girls Club to host a performing arts career panel where 80% of the participants reported an increase in confidence in pursuing their professional dreams. From international exchanges to life-changing medical inventions, these updates reflect our collective commitment to elevating student voice and celebrating achievement. Thank you. >> Thank you. We have no uh PTSA report. So I'll be moving on to 7.5 board of trustees report. I will start with Mr. O'Neal. >> I will I will first of all I just want to say thank you for
049moving this forward to this time slot. So I appreciate that. I don't know about the rest of the the board but I appreciate it. Um I wanted to on my list of a few things I wanted to echo what Dr. SI said uh congratulating the eighth grade student at Oxford Academy for their fantastic um uh creation of the AA powered eye drift detection and correction system. If if that's the type of student that our education system can can produce uh coming out of our district, boy are we in great shape for the for the future. So looking forward to hearing about more students doing the same type of thing. Um, I attended a Walker Junior High paint night where the students and parents had fun learning how to paint. So, it looks so simple, but
050I left before I got my hands dirty. >> Um, attended the Anaheim Kana Scholarship presentation at Gilbert High School yesterday where uh 10 students were awarded up to $1500 each. So, it's $1,000 immediately and $500 if they come back in six months and continue their education, some form of education, college, trade school, whatever. Um, so they could get up to, like I said, $1,500 each. Um, excuse me. I attended the the Walker Sunrise breakfast this morning, which excuse me, yesterday morning or was it this morning? God, I can't remember. It was yesterday morning. Um, it there were a lot of students out there. They're very excited and uh and the food was furnished by our own staff here and it was a delicious pancake breakfast and with all sorts of toppings to go on it.
051So, it was very delicious. Um, I also attended I'm on a a scholarship foundation for Kennedy High School and we awarded this year $23,750 to 17 students and this year marks it's our 30th year and we with that uh 23,000 we achieved uh giving away $300,000 to date. So we look forward to net you know getting up to $600,000 someday. Um, I want to uh uh congratulate the future graduates. You have two weeks before you're you're walking. That's that's so exciting because this year has gone by so fast. It's like we just started. I want to thank staff and uh everybody that works for the district in helping these students get to this point in graduating. Uh they the students don't do it by themselves. and I want to wish everybody uh a great two
052weeks before graduation and then a great summer past that. Thank you. >> Thank you, Trusty McCullis. >> Thank you, Madame President. April 10th, I uh was actually a guest speaker at one via class at Savannah High School. April 11th, uh I attended Lewa's community garage sale. And then following that, I stopped by the anti-hate summit hosted by AUHSD Social Justice Collective. On April 15th, I went to uh ah I had another uh visit uh thank you Gary Brown uh to Laera High School. It was great to see my old alma mater and all the great renovations over there and future projects. I also went attended Gilbert's uh open house and capstone which was really cool. And they also had the grand opening of their um their um the music uh studio. Yes. The first in
053our district. So cool. Um, and then, oh, I saw another amazing theatrical performance by Savannah's Theater, Starmites. Great job, y'all. I attended Steema Palooa. April 19th, Laera High School's varsity basketball banquet at Mama Kosas. Congratulations on an amazing year. Uh, April 21st, uh, I was another guest speaker. Everyone keeps asking me to be a guest speaker. I'm okay, why not? Uh, at Magnolia High School's ILC. Um, and then after that, on the way out, I stopped by uh the mock interviews, which was hosted at the gym. Um, that evening, I attended the pinning and installation ceremony for new student ambassadors at CVA. April 22, I went to La's open house. April 23, Southern California's design build competition industry lunch at Golden West College. Great job to Anaheim High School and Savannah teams. Wow, the amazing
054things that they built. I wanted to buy it. I was like, can I buy that? It was amazing. Great job. April 24th, St. Anthony Clarettes for the district-wide parent volunteer celebration. Great job parents. I do have a few things to say, but I'll wait till the end of my report. April 25, supervisor Doug Chaffi's children and family health fair at Magnolia High School. April 28, I attended Oxford Academyy's um oh, I visited did another school visit. I do school visits. I'm trying to get to every single high school before the end of the year. It's so hard. There's so much going on. Uh so thank you Principal Houston for showing me around Oxford and learning about the history of that uh location. I am more understanding of the history of Oxford and um so I
055I get the vision. Um April 29th uh state of the city address at the Grove in Anaheim. Uh May 1st I attended Catella High School versus Calvary Chapel's varsity basketball baseball game where they won 70-0 at Boen Park. Uh and last but not least, I did uh attend last weekend the CCEA awards gala and I just want to share that another amazing all schools are doing great but I Gilbert it was just great to be at that uh conference. Um also want to give a shout out to Mr. Nakayyama who got the esports program award and our own Gilbert for getting the model continuation school award. What was so significant about this event was that people from schools all across the country were going to uh to our teachers and um they were just congratulating
056them on their presentations. So, you know, it's just great to hear that um from other schools um that we are definitely a model continuation school. And the last thing I wanted to share is uh I've counted you know as a newest board member I've this is my sixth month right uh I've I've attended almost 100 different various events from sports to random visits in high schools to parent events to to theatrical productions to you name it to everything and before it's not for me I'm sharing that not to boast right in the end a trust's job is to be a present and what I'm sharing is that you know and as my first year the first thing you do is is you learn you'll learn and what I've learned is that a lot of amazing
057faculty staff administrators parents our directors our even our own board our cabinet everyone works so incrediblessly tirelessly that I can see it in your eyes not just the tiredness, but the passion and the things that you do in the work. So, with that said, uh I hope you all have a I mean, I know so we still have a couple weeks left. I hope you all have an amazing summer. Um you know, um I'm going to continue to work and learn and I know we're not perfect, but collectively we can be when we work together. So, so yeah, I just wanted to share that. So, thank you everyone for so much for your hard work. I see you, right? I I see you. Thank you so much everybody. Thank you. Trusty Hosi, >> reset the
058timer. >> I don't want to talk about my 200 events. So, no. No. Um, I just want to let you know that, uh, really it is important for us as board members to make sure that our constituents and our community feel seen and heard. And um that's why we attend a lot of events and I think it's so important and this is where I get my street data >> by talking to people u at these events and so forth and um it's it's really kind of I've kind of broken mine kind of up um because I I only have five minutes now 4 minutes and 30 seconds. So um awards I went to uh a press conference acknowledgement for Sylvia Mendes >> with Miss Guerrero and Miss Rando Tjo and uh it was nice to
059see that tree from um you know from the city of Westminster. he he came across to their site and they kind of combined to acknowledge the work of Sylvia uh Mendes. Um student ambassador and installation dinner, the administration professionals lunchon, um our staff did a great job at acknowledging them. The parent volunteer lunchon, we had over 300 parents. Ericelli Chavez, hats off to you. Kudos to you. And Carlos, I'm going to tell you that was the most fun event. schools were dancing up and down the aisles and it was just a great event of acknowledging and we got to acknowledge some special people um for their work um in our in our district. So congratulations to you as well. Uh got to go to the Disneyland Hotel for the California Department of Ed distinguished schools
060recognition and congratulations to Lexington and Oxford Academy. Um Tony Thurman, our state s superintendent of instruction was there and Oxford also got a blue ribbon of distinction. um also went with my fellow um board members to the um state of the city um at the Grove and um um Cypress High School held their own um honorary service awards dinner that I attended last night and then I went to the awards the night before and then uh the Gilbert Greater Anaheim Kuanas I was there with uh with Mr. O'Neal. I've been to several capstones. Um, Oxford, Kennedy, Ball Junior High School, Lexington, Walker. Um, and I want to tell you something. The stories that really resonated with me were some of the stories from um, Cypress ILC and Magnolia. >> I thought that the ILC's were
061just uh, things about about just really recovering credits, but it was so much more than that. It was about kids and their stories and these circumstances and how our how our district really does see students by name and need. I mean really extenduating circumstances. Uh some of the kids had to go to work to support their families. Others had parents who had health conditions and so forth. So I just really am thankful that we do have these ILC's and and the work that they're doing. performances. Uh, Cypress High School Dance, Dancing with the Stars, Kennedy High School encore performance. I went with, uh, Dr. Frereded to their show choir competition set. Uh, ba ballet folkloro makondo. Um, boy, uh, really incredible. And that's been going on for 26 years. And that was my first time.
062And it was so much fun to see parents up there dancing, to see little kids and the community together. Um, I went to the Cypress Combined Community, elementary bands, choirs, Cypress Theater. They did, uh, Frozen, um, Oxford Academy instrumental featuring 500 plus musicians at Oxford. Um, their show choir, The Elements, at Cook Auditorium. Um, and then I went to Anaheim schools and community. They had um three elementary schools and Savannah that feeds Savannah High School. And then um I got invited by the their superintendent to go to the Anaheim Elementary music, art, and creative creativity festival at Pearson Park. So I went there and saw that. So so great. Cypress High School Choir Show, Kennedy High School Choir Show, Lexington yesterday. Um went to both of their performances and then was also at the social
063justice uh collective love thy neighbor. >> The final LCAP meeting was so much fun and oh the entertainment was so good by Savannah and Oxford's jazz bands for it sounded like professional musicians. Um color and light art show. Congratulations to all the students. I'm commissioning one uh to paint something. She said she'd do it for free but anyway I said no. Uh, I mean the work that was incredible. And then one fun thing that I really think I always say food, music and culture kind of bring and just bring people together, you know. And so anyway, um, Orange View and Western did a fundraiser with the Harlem Wizards. I would and um the PTA from Orange View, the PTA from Western and the instrumental music department uh work together and I told Dr. Frerieded, I'd
064like to see the Harlem Wizards play our principles, you know. So, >> so graduates, I just have one thing to to say to you and congratulations and I want to thank the principles as well and uh a lot of a lot of our principles are celebrating staffwide. So, you know, at the end of the year, it's just really a time to celebrate. But graduates, um, there's a famous saying by Muhammad Ali and you got and I love it because it says, "Don't count the days, make the days count." >> So, as you as you are eager to get out of here, make the days count. Okay? and just, you know, be uh be thankful and have gratitude for the staff, the counselors, the principles, administration, and most of all your parents. >> So, thank you.
065>> Thank you, >> Trusty Mano. >> Reset the time. All right. Um, I was uh very fortunate to be able to go to a number of events. um as my colleagues has said um before um attended the state of the city of Anaheim um and a um number of things uh I was able to go to the combined uh concert of Ball and uh Laera their spring um band concert. Um, one fun thing before we went to the state of the city, uh, uh, this is, um, teacher celebration um, month or week, I'm sorry. Uh, we made a surprise visit to Hope School. Um, with the prize patrol from Orange County Department of Ed. Um, one of the really great things about what they do is they um um out of all of the schools
066that turn in um uh names from the uh the u the or whole of Orange County um they choose six of the top uh folks to feature. Um and those are the folks that you see when you go to school's first bank um and you see their pictures all over the place. So, uh, one of our, uh, teachers, and I know there's another one from Anaheim Elementary, uh, Katherine, can you help me out with her last name? S, it's Sarah. I can't pronounce it. Yes. >> Sarah Sulo. >> Sarah Swo. >> Sarah Swallow. I wouldn't want to pronounce it correctly. From Hope School. And they surprised her and she was just uh, it was amazing um, to see that. and all of her students were there to capture the moment and there were about 50
067people that came from OCDE to surprise her. That was a wonderful thing. Um I met one-on-one uh with the superintendent um RO Dana Lynch um attended our OP meeting as well as um their uh celebration of success um uh where they awarded uh students um uh selected. Um we um we uh had to actually interview students and that was a really hard thing to choose um just a couple of students but um they were all wonderful. So um they had their great um celebration for our the RO students. Of course the highlight of SEMA Palooa every year um a great celebration of all the work that um students and teachers uh uh do. Uh Laera open house. Oh, and I completely forgot to bring my hardware that I got um that uh that's a laer
068crest that I was given over there. Haha. And I also just wanted to remind everybody that Stema Palooa was the brainchild of our wonderful Jackie Counts. Um and so this was how uh how many years have we done this now? 11 or 12. Yeah. Wonderful. Um attended the uh CAC awards which is the community advisory awards uh for uh Gulpa and uh attended our parent affinity meeting uh the other night and uh discussing some really um amazing topics. uh attended the Sylvia Mendes celebration, the ambassador new pinning um and a um color and light uh was just spectacular this year. And um I was really blessed to meet a student from Gilbert who was just just beside himself and just emotional about seeing his art placed in the um in the in the city. um
069what do you call them? The um the community center, but inside the the glass. >> Yeah. And just he just was just staring at it. And I uh had a conversation with him. I introduced him to you and we both after he left were crying because just he was just so sweet and just could not believe he actually won that people took a chance on him and awarded him for his work. And I just that that's that's why we do this, right? When when you can just actually see um a student just lifted up, you know, lifted. Um see, I think that is all. Uh oh, two more things. I attended the um inter mural sports um at Cyprus um the junior high one uh track meet and it was really really fun. I want
070to go uh again and again. Uh it was very exciting and got to see uh some uh former students that I I knew and they um they were excited to see uh a familiar face there as well. And um the last thing was um you know we attend all these wonderful events but I had the best feeling when a former student called me up and found me and um left her number, called her back and she invited me to her choir banquet at Oxford Academy. And so to see her celebrated and to hear um her sing was just really a highlight um and and why I I love doing this job. So uh congratulations and um we uh love all of our employees, our teachers. It's going to be employees week um soon. And um
071like uh we said, we couldn't do um any of this without all of our employees, all of our parent volunteers, and especially our students. Um and happy Mother's Day. >> Yeah. Yes. >> Thank you. Yes. It's been a very good uh it's been a very uh eventful month uh at the end of the school year. Um, so I had the opportunity to attend Anaheim High School's uh dance program, Shapes of Pressure, and I want to thank uh Miss R and the dance team for just a beautiful, beautiful performance. Um, also attended Steooa. Thank you to staff again for everything that went into that. Um, it's such an extraordinary event. Also attended Color and Light Color and Light Art Show. Um, and just the talent of our students is just incredible year after year. I'm constantly
072impressed. um had the opportunity to hear from our seniors at their capstones at both Anaheim High School and Catella High School and very excited about their future journeys. Um attended the assurance committee meeting um and also attended the California design build construction uh with Anaheim High School and Savannah High School students uh in partnership with the building industry technology academy, Simon Builders, and the Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters. It was a great way to see their teamwork. Um and it's uh both boys and girls uh in construction and I was very proud to hear that some of them already actually got union jobs ready lined up after they graduate. Uh so very excited for them. I attended along with our um team the visit from the Embassy of Spain international Spanishmies as Anam High School
073and Sigma Junior High School are officially recognized as members. This milestone um honestly refle reflects over a decade of dedication, talent, and commitment from our dual language academy students and staff at Anaheim High School and Sycamore Junior High School. And I'm just incredibly proud of them um for all their work and what this partnership means to them. And then also want to echo the sentiments about the AUD parent volunteer celebration. Thank you to RSelli um and the team for just a wonderful event, over 300 volunteers and it was our first ever districtwide uh parent volunteer recognition. And I know sites do separate recognitions, but this was districtwide and it was just really a beautiful day of community, family. Um, I know I don't think we all thought we were going to be dancing up there,
074but it was a lot of fun, uh, joining our family and just being in community. Um, I want to congratulate all of our honores, uh, including the parent leadership legacy award recipients, uh, Miss Esther Franco and Miss Nati Vasquez, who's here. Uh, congratulations on your award. Very welld deserved. Um, and then I had the opportunity to go to Sycamore Junior High School and watch their a story of hope in partnership with Chance Theater as part of building up our drama program at Sycamore. Um, I want to give a special thanks to the teacher, Miss Maryanne Ty and the students who wrote wrote and performed an original play based on their own lived experiences. And the play was about immigration. It showed the impact that it has on families and the search for hope and opportunity
075during such difficult times. And I'm so it was truly such an inspiring and help uh heartfelt performance. Um and it just really showed opportunities like this empower our students to share their voices, strengthen their empathy and see the value of their own stories and experiences uh throughout the time. So thank you to Sigma Junior High. Thank you to our BAPA team uh and the chance theater uh for that opportunity. Um and then just as my colleagues have mentioned, we are heading towards graduation season. Uh I want to thank our teachers, counselors, uh staff, uh classified staff, nurses, um district staff, uh follow their support this school year. Um and just really excited to celebrate our upcoming seniors uh during graduation. So thank you. And with that, um, more exciting news, we'll move on to our
076presentations. And we are going to be honoring our, um, honoring the annual report, our our youth arts council will now be presenting their annual report on the arts education in AUHS. And then we'll celebrate our students. So, I'm going to bring up I'm going to defer to Amy Quan to introduce our presenter. I know you're used to we're used to honoring them. >> And I'm I'm just going to um present our director of arts education, Brian Beltsky, and of course, members of our youth arts council. I know this is a new council that we've been working on, and we're just so excited for them to share the state of the arts in AUHSD. So, go ahead and take it away, Brian. >> All right. Thank you. I'm gonna move this just a little closer. Everybody
077can be heard. There we go. Okay. Uh, good evening, uh, board president Guerrero, members of the board, uh, Superintendent Freed, cabinet, uh, the community members and guests. My name is Brian Bellski, and I have the honor to serve as our district's director of arts education. Uh, tonight's state of art, state of the arts report is a collaborative report. Uh I'll provide the progress monitoring updates on our three strategic plan focus areas uh of content infrastructure and sustainability. Uh and then I'll step aside so that you can hear directly from members of the youth arts council about the impact of this work as well as their desires for building arts programs for the next generation of AUHSD students and families. Uh one year ago, this board took a visionary step by adopting the strategic arts plan.
078That plan was a promise to every student in AUHSD that their creativity is a priority and their voice is a catalyst for change. By concentrating our efforts into the three focus areas, we've worked to increase student access to arts courses and to continue to provide transformative experiences for all students. Our work has been recognized by other districts across the state as we build systems in arts learning, ensuring that our programs aren't silos, but integrated pathways that align with our core mission and our values and connect directly to the professional lives in the arts. In this first year of implementation, we focused on building the how and the what. Uh but we're here to celebrate the who tonight. Uh not the band, but um we're we launched our and I know bad dad joke. We launched
079our youth arts council last fall. Um, and these student leaders that are here with us tonight are the pulse of our district arts program. Their work this year has blended arts advocacy, leadership development, and learning how to affect public policy, including a great lesson from board president Guerrero. Looking at our first segment tonight, in focus area one, we're ensuring that content is relevant and connects to clear, high-quality career pathways. This year, we've completed phase one of our 7th through 12th grade performing arts curriculum mapping. Those programs now have a blueprint for vertical alignment so that students regardless of their grade level or prior experience receive the same high standard of support as they enter and progress through our system. This excellence is fueled by our teachers. We've seen a significant increase in staff attending major
080professional development conferences and more importantly bringing that highlevel learning back to our district-wide monthly PLC's and sharing it with their colleagues. Our students told us clearly through the very first meeting of the youth art youth arts council this year that they want a direct line to the creative industry. We listened and at this year's OCD college and career pathways in the arts event, uh, AUHSD pretty much dominated. There were 600 students from across the county. uh more than 300 of them were ours and we so we make up more than more than half of the students that were there in attendance and they spent the day networking with colleges and employers and industry leaders in the creative industries and the creative economy which is billions of dollars in California proving that in Anaheim the arts
081really are a bridge to a professional future so to share what that connection feels like now I'll hand it over to Sunshine Kira and Wendy Hello and good evening. My name is Sunshine Higgby and I'm currently a junior over at Kennedy High School current in both the art and theater program. The the arts are so much more than people realize. It gives a chance for each student to express themselves and break out their break out of their shell that society puts them in. For myself personally, while also being an athlete, doing the arts have gave me has given me so many more amazing opportunities I wouldn't have gotten anywhere else and having made me a better person today. And I will be handing it over to Kira. >> Thank you. Okay. Hi, my name is
082Kira Sheay. I am a senior at Kennedy High School and I'm enrolled in Kennedy's choir program, Kennedy Singers. I will be looking at focus area number one, which is content. One of the main things that I wanted to look at was the providing of resources to expand upon and build upon our career pathways throughout high school and college. For myself and many other students, the resources on where to explore different pathways regarding the performing arts are initially brought up as unclear. to help them understand where the career is directed into the future. Having a resource such as different counselors and adults check-in with those who want to fulfill a pathway such as this one would be very beneficial to the students. Having a provided mentor helping them with what pathway is most suitable for them
083is not only an incredible asset for our current student, but helps them further structure their path for college and what they choose to be involved in. I will now pass on my focus area to Wendy. Thank you very much. Um, >> okay. Um, hi, my name is Wendy and I am currently a senior at Catella High School where I participate in drawing and painting. So, my visit to the Getty Center in ninth nth grade showed me how powerful art can be, especially works that took place from the Renaissance period. These p these pieces told meaningful stories and created a strong emotional connection due to their complex yet pleasant visuals. Today I have noticed that many students struggle to engage with modern art, often finding it confusing or uninteresting. This reflects a growing disconnect from traditional
084storydriven art. Now I believe that bringing back more exposure to classical works can help reinspire students and remind us that art is meant to communicate and not just exist. From this experience, I believe students benefit more when being exposed to professional classical art environments because traditional art is often easier to connect with emotionally and intellectually. During my visit to the Getty Center, I saw Spring by Sir Lawrence Amatadima, and it genuinely made me feel um captivated. The painting's detail, emotion, and storytelling stayed with me long after the visit and showed me how powerful art can truly be. Experiences like this are why schools should consider offering more meaningful field trips to places like the Getty where students can connect with art in a deeper and more inspiring way rather than taking the field trip as
085a free day. So focus area 2 is about building the professional infrastructure required to sustain our vision. We're moving beyond just offering classes to really providing a comprehensive arts ecosystem. We've hired 355 part-time arts assistants, including accompanists, choreographers, instrumental coaches, vocal coaches, teaching artists to provide the specialized instruction that our students deserve while removing scheduling barriers to ensure that every student has a clear sequential path in the arts. And the proof is in the data. Over the past dozen years, we've moved from 35 to over 48% of our total student population enrolled in an arts class. Notably, we've seen a massive climb in arts enrollment over the past eight years. I'm proud to say that in the 2627 school year, we will once again have students enrolled in vocal music courses on every AUHSD campus.
086And that's something that hasn't happened since the 20145 school year. We know that students in band, orchestra, choir, theater, dance, and visual arts um they all have different ways of connecting to and supporting each other. And uh we have to help students find their tribe. And so being able to offer these programs to all students is really important. We're also matching this historic growth with world-class facilities. Thank you, board of trustees. The Cook Auditorium renovation and the new Gilbert Music Studio named Club 33 and A3. And for those of you too young to know what that number means, ask one of us with like a little gray in our temples. They'll tell you a third. 33 and a third. Um, and and all of our venues serve as professional spaces for students to create and
087express themselves. So, and just this week, we learned that a student songwriting team from Gilbert uh actually using that studio won uh an award from the Orange County Department of Education uh for their song Moments, which they submitted to the USA 250 songwriting contest. So, kudos to those to the Gilbert students. Um, we're also mid- project on the new high school band room renov uh renovation at Orangeview Western 712 school, which will give the next generation of music makers a worldclass space in which to create and develop their talents. from digital music production labs to replacing aging pianos and replacing theater tech theater tech district-wide. Uh we're ensuring that when our students uh when they step into a studio or a classroom, they're using industry standard tools to share what it's like to work in
088these professionalized spaces and work with additional industry pros. I'll hand it over to Charlie, Kimberly, and Theodore. Hi, I am Charlie Dobello, a senior at Cypress High School. Thank you. And I am part of the theater department. I've been asked to talk about the struggles of working with the spaces and equipment that we have at our schools. Many of our programs are struggling with the main issue of spaces our students are currently working in. As programs are growing bigger and bigger and spaces are growing smaller and smaller for how many students are joining each program every year. An example of this is Cypress High School where we have to share our theater with both choir and dance in a very limited space. We have no room for our sets for shows, no room for students
089to change costumes. Teachers and leadership have to change a lot of staging and spacing because of our off-centered stage and not enough room to store supplies. Our programs are so lucky to be growing so quickly and get new equipment over the past few years, but the new equipment doesn't work for small, awkward spaces we are working in. We are hoping for changes like new seating for our theaters and we're refurbishing our spaces to help improve our programs and help students to feel comfortable in the spaces they're working in. Next, I'm going to invite Kimberly Good evening. Um, I'm my name is Kimberly Baragon. I am a current junior at Catella High School and my focus area is infrastructure. When I was in eighth grade, I took a photography class that made me really passionate about
090my work and I really grew more into an artist and photography. An idea I would had that I would have that would not just benefit the students and also the but also the community is that we need more funding for photography to purchase enough cameras for the students to use to create photography for their passion. Another idea is that we can have more internships and more programs to teach students how to use photography out in the real world and build their passion into a career. Thank you and I will now pass it to Theodore. Hello everyone. My name is Theodor Vang. I'm a senior at Oxford Academy and I'm honored to be representing my sight's choir program. As the president of the Oway Singers, I've appreciated how Prop 28 funds and other arts related funds
091across the district um have benefited our program on many ways and on all grade levels. Not only do we have student teachers like Mrs. Ramirez, who I've put on screen behind me, but also an accompanist and many choreographers who take the burdens off our primary choir director, Mr. Hogan, and improve our shows with their talents and many perspectives. To further expand our horizons, though, I see an opportunity to take advantage of our dire or our district connections like Dr. Brown, assistant professor of music at Chapman, who I believe adjudicated for our most recent choir um coral festival, and open up opportunities for these professionals to interact with students more, open up guest lectures, find time in some school schedules um for students to learn hands-on from them or in other ways. And I think a
092lot of choir students, not just at my school, but across the district, um share that perspective as well. This would improve the quality of our performing arts programs, but also serve to attract more students to them. And on that note, and circling back to Charlie's point, I've noticed how small arts groups um like Oxford Academy Spotlight Theater Club, for example, struggle because they lack the facilities or resources to showcase themselves. It may not be reasonable for a 15 person group to reserve Kennedy's entire 500 person theater, but that doesn't mean that there aren't other um there aren't other venues that the district could consider to make available. For example, Oxford NPR is very well equipped with incredible sounds and light systems. Or Magnolia's High School amphitheater, for example, could be opened up to the dozens
093of groups that would benefit from it. Not only that, I believe that all arts programs, not just the performing arts, should have more places to showcase their work across the district. As a seventh grader at Oxford Academy, I remember being wowed by all the art installations across campus. If you've ever been on campus, there are so many large and beautiful murals left behind by um classes or choir or or like um previous students as well as artwork being hung prominently in the hallways. And I remember being very inspired by them and wanting to pursue the arts or not just the arts but incorporate arts into my education a little bit more. And I continue to be inspired by their work today. I believe creating more opportunities for students to showcase their work on campus would
094not only increase the size of our arts programs across the district but also help students whether in the arts or not deepen their appreciation for it and grow beyond their core classes. And for that I'll hand it back to Mr. BELKI. I was like man I got to follow Theodore. Okay so finally we turn to uh focus area three. Nope. Yes. Focus area three, uh, which is sustainability and community access. Uh, to ensure that the progress that we've shared tonight becomes a permanent fixture, uh, of the AUHSD experience, we're building a foundation that survives beyond any single school year. And the sustainability starts with student voice. The Youth Arts Council launch has been a huge step towards co-designing our programs with our students. And big thanks to Angela Stecker for her work in coordinating our
095meetings this year and the work that she did. I don't know where Angela is there. Oh, hi. I'm on camera. Okay, good job, Angela. Um, we're also breaking down the walls of the classrooms uh by forging some deep community partnerships with worldclass organizations like Chance Theater, Pacific Symphony, Save the Music, Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation, even local artists who are co-designing mural projects with our students on their own campuses. Perhaps most significantly, we have successfully leveraged Proposition 28, the AMS funding, uh, to ensure that every single one of our 12,500 arts students across all campuses has felt the direct impact of a new new resources, staffing, and materials. We're not just maintaining it, we're innovating it. And to share how these partnerships and funds are creating life-changing opportunities, I'll hand it over to our last group,
096Andrea, Fatima, and Kate. Hello, my name is Andrea Nario and I'm a senior from Anaheim High School representing Apac and theater. Two years ago, Anaheim High School's advanced theater class had the opportunity to work with chants theater. With the help and guidance from Mr. James and Shinshin, the students developed and mastered skills you can see in live theater like choreography and acting as well as skills you may learn behind the scenes like blocking and script writing. Because of this collaboration, some of our students were able to get in touch with the chance theater summer program for students 18 years old and below. I would also like to highlight the impact of Proposition 28 in my school. For the first time, the Anaheim Performing Arts Conservatory was able to provide the opportunity to watch our spring
097musical Between Lines for free. With the technical and financial aspect, we were able to get royalties, projections, set pieces, costumes, music, and many more without paying a dime. Furthermore, because of Prop 28, it aided us to branch out between lines to our community and bringing the message of identity, belonging, and the power of imagination to overcome personal difficulties to a wider audience. Hello, my name is Fatima, a current senior at Anaheim High School representing Choir and Apac. I would love to see our district expand transportation to increase students access to arts education because I know I can open the doors for so many opportunities. Last year, my school's advanced choir was able to go to San Diego to compete in a festival there. We were able to compete with schools all across the state that
098went to the same festival. Because of our high ranking, we were able to get gold and therefore be invited to the Festival of Gold in New York City, one out of 16 schools in the country. I would love for more students to get this opportunity as I know it is something that helped me grow in my arts experience. I would also like the district to expand on an expressive curriculum for students. As now the president of the choir program, I know that for me being in VAPA classes at my school definitely helped me to become a much more confident person. It has taught me how to be a great leader and an overall good student. I know starting high school can be difficult for some students, but having a place where they can express themselves
099through the arts would be very beneficial. I will now pass it on to Kate. Hello everyone, my name is Oh, >> you got it. >> Hello everyone, my name is Katie Bosco. I'm a senior at Anaheim High School and I will be representing the band program. Community is a very significant aspect in our district and I'd like to highlight how we can foster it in the arts. Community and civic engagement can be expressed through establishing partnerships with colleges. To make this happen, hosting district-wide field trips on college campuses can be an option to showcase art careers and can become a resource for students. Furthermore, allowing college guest speakers to speak with students about their experiences can give us an understanding of a college and career path. These partnerships would make a great impact on students
100to foster connections, strengthen relationships, and look into opportunities. I would like to see our district expand transportation to increase students access to art education. Thank you. So, a brief overview of our plans for next year include expanding our curriculum alignment into the visual arts courses, uh, as well as beginning the articulation, uh, and extending it in some cases with the our five partner elementary districts to start the conversation about what our collective TK through 12 grade curriculum and programming can look like. Uh we'll revise some of our theater curriculum as well as develop new courses uh for things such as acting for film and TV to address the gap between the high number of students whose interest surveys say that they want to be actors with the declining number of students who are enrolled in
101those courses. We'll expand our teacher coaching and mentoring program to include all arts teachers who have been teaching for five years or fewer. We'll expand the youth arts council to extend to include sight-based leadership and we'll give arts community updates at our monthly meetings. We're also planning professional learning sessions for our school counselors and administrators to share strategies and practices for building healthy sequential arts programs into master schedules and into campus cultures. We'll also expand student awareness of career paths in the creative economy by creating by expanding our involvement in the OCD arts pathways event as well as working with our district aim program to develop new partners in the areas of arts, media, and entertainment. So on behalf of our amazing, truly amazing youth arts council members as well as the 450 staff members
102in the in the arts instructional team and the thousands of students enrolled in our arts courses. I want to thank you for making time in your annual agenda for this report and for listening to the students that make up our arts community. Your support here in this room as well as out on the campuses is appreciated by the teachers and their families. This board shows up for students deeply values arts education and knows that the arts help our students learn to be more like themselves instead of more like everyone else. Thank you. And we're available to answer any any questions YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. VERY proud of our youth arts council and our uh VAPA team. Um it was incredible to hear from different sites and just your experience uh throughout your
103experience uh in different VAPA programs. Um so just really super proud um of all of you. I will open to questions if the board has any. >> I don't have any questions. I just want to say first of all, thank you so much for your presentation. And this district has been known for supporting the arts through thick and thin. We've had many times when other districts were cutting the programs because of financial >> issues, but we have always maintained the programs as being very strong for us. So, uh I think the board will continue to support the arts and thank you for your presentation. We look forward to seeing it bloom in the future. blue. Yes. >> Um, amazing presentation. Great job, everybody. Um, what are some of these new partners that you're uh uh
104thinking about? Uh, Brian, I know you have some great ideas. And and before before you answer that, I just want to share that uh while visiting sites, how beautiful all of our campuses are look looking. Uh I I one recent event that I went to was at Anaheim and uh I see one of our assistant principles there. She was sharing with me some of the murals and murals that will be coming up. So it's just so beautiful. But yeah, what are some of these new partners? >> Well, I can't really speak to before we make the connections officially, but let me just say that they're in the areas of technical theater. >> Okay. >> Lighting design. >> Yes. >> Um stage block. There's a lot of tech the technical theater side of things that we
105really want to begin to focus on. >> Um, as well as some professional musical organizations, a dance troop and, uh, two visual art organizations that we're considering working and partnering with. So, >> I love it. I love it. And also, real quick, you know, when I was at Gilbert, you know, uh, I saw some of the students making the music and a lot of alumni who were there were like, "Oh, man. And I wish I had that when I was a student. And I wish I had that when I was a student. Maybe I'd be in a different field. Thank you very much. >> Good evening. I see Miss Zimmer um here in the audience. So I want to acknowledge her from the Anaheim Arts Alliance. So thank you very much for being here. Um
106you know, so I'm looking at all these students up there and I've seen you on a lot of you on stage as the leads in your musicals leading their show choirs. I just want to thank you guys for your leadership and stepping up to be part of this arts council because I think you're going to come back and look at these arts programs and go look what we did. And so congratulations. I want to know what we're doing to work with vertical articulation down to our theater districts. That's one of my questions. And are we doing that across the board through Cyprus through through Cria? Um we we actually have already started. You were you yourself were at the the the um the area concert that we did for the choir programs and the band
107uh programs uh in Cypress Elementary which is one of the um one of the great programs that you know we have a great articulation sort of developed with them uh students to be able to see a pathway of like oh well this is what it's going to look like. uh we have worked with their uh with their music team in particular. Um but you know it's a every district kind of has a different priority and in some school some some of the elementary districts there are some schools that get some of their mu some of their schools get music and dance and some schools get visual art but sometimes they most of them they don't get both. Um Anaheim Elementary um has uh some wonderful music programs and has expanded visual art. Um and so
108we're going to we're actually we've had two meetings now with them to to to work on the beginnings of what that articulation process looks like. Um as well as some alignment of what our program offerings are entirely. U one of the things that um we're going to be launching in the fall is an extension of the mariachi program in Anaheim Elementary. >> And uh that's right. And so um and so we're going to we're going to be bringing that um onto uh into our district as well at the junior high level to to create some continuity there. >> Um I went to the theater and dance um show and saw how excited kids were um about dance and I know that we offer now uh dance as a PE. Uh we can get credit for
109PE simultaneously. So, are we doing are we doing anything at all to expand um our dance programs at our sites? >> We are actually it's we'll be we'll be expanding dance um we'll be expanding dance at two I know there's two sections that we're sort of already um looking at expanding next year. You know, it's a challenge to have a create just drop in a full-time dance teacher because oftentimes you'll have to build it at two campuses and then share a teacher and kind of do that. We are doing that in some campuses. Um but we have our eyes on one particular site right uh for next year to >> finally Mr. Shelki, I am looking forward to hearing more about this school to career thing because we're right in the middle of some major
110amusement parks and with the OC vibe coming up with the new concert hall. And I'm I'm just really looking forward to how we can partner with even our JC's and provide that pipeline for our kids that don't necessarily want to go to college, but they want to find something in the arts and so forth. >> One of you'll be happy to know that one of those uh theme parks and their live entertainment division is one of the folks I was talking about earlier, but again, I won't tell you >> to my ears. Thank you. >> Thank you. Wonderful presentation. Um, I I you answered a couple of my questions already. Uh, I just wanted to say I'm really excited about the technical piece. I've been asking for that for a long time. So, I'm excited
111to hear about that. And we do have a small articulation with um Anaheim Elementary choir. We have a a choir teacher at Sycamore that has already gone into um Yeah. and worked with Yes. and and done that work. So, looking forward to to more of that. We definitely would love to expand that work as well. >> And uh seniors raise your hands. Raise your hands. I want to know Oh, okay. I want to know uh what what field you want to go in, what you want to do um with your with your music. If you if you know, if you don't know, that's okay. Just really quickly, what are what are your plans? >> Public health. Okay. I love that. >> I'm sorry to hear that. >> Premed. Okay. >> My name is Theo and
112I'm going >> acoustic engineering. Yes. Psychology. >> Nice. Nice. Oh, yes. That's right. Okay. Do you happen to know what you what you want to do? You're a junior or or less. Do you happen to know? Not yet. It's okay. The world is your oyster. But it's really interesting that um you know, the arts are um here for all of our students. And it doesn't necessarily mean you're going to go into that field, but it's really an enhancer for any field that you want to go to. and and a lot of I heard a lot of you talk about confidence. So, bravo to you. We'll be seeing you in a couple of weeks. And then um on behalf of the board of trustees, we'd love to honor our youth arts council um and take a
113picture together and then provide some certificates. So, if you could all join us in the center, all the all the students that are involved in the youth arts council. >> Yeah, we have some that didn't speak, so they can come up too for the photo. That one spells. This is Brian. >> That's not us. All right, moving on to our next uh our next parent presentation. Thank you. Our next parent presentation is from our district English learner advisory committee or DAC. Um, I would like to defer to Amy Quan to introduce our presenters and our parents. >> Uh, who's leading us in our presentation tonight is our executive director, Robert Salavar, who also leads our DACK. So, I will let him introduce the team. >> Perfect. Thank you. Good evening. Gracias. Thank you. Good evening,
114Board President Guerrero, members of our board of trustees, superintendent Freed, members of cabinet, and our AU AUHSD community, those in uh person, and join us online. Thank you for the opportunity to provide this DAC board update. So, we want to start first and foremost with our why. We want to ground ourselves with why we do this work. Why we dedicate so much tr so much time, effort, commitment um in collaboration with our with our families, our parents, our caregivers, our students, our staff, and our greater community. And it always goes back to our students, right? These are >> um pictures of graduates from the class of 2025. We hope that next year we can provide you with a new uh collage of those from a class of 2026. All these beautiful smiling faces. Some of
115them are obviously uh dy identified students are you know students that have reclassed those that haven't. But again from from all walks of of life. Okay. And also just just as a reminder as we in the spirit of continuous improvement, we continue to remind ourselves to be better and and with that said, you know, we're always looking for ways to be better and and the equity transformation cycle reminds us and provides guidance on on how to be better and on how to continue to hold ourselves accountable, bringing in different types of data, different layers of data. Um, obviously as a as a as an organization, we pride ourselves in in being very familiar with satellite and and and map data. However, we are becoming more familiar and realizing the importance of street data as well.
116Um, so we're hoping that as as we continue to ground ourselves in this equity transformation cycle, you see how we are doing some deep listening to the different levels of data. Um, uncovering um, you know, as we analyze the data, we're starting to uncover what the stories are telling us and then reimagining um, um, how we do education, how we support our students and families and our staff. and then the move part which is always our next steps. Okay, a little bit of uh some some language census data here. You see the different uh languages broken down by percentages in our district. Um you know you see the the obviously the top six I believe that we have there and then but there's also almost 1100 other languages that are spoken in our district. You
117also see the breakdown um between our nonprilingual students and then obviously our plingal students about 17% of our population uh consists of our plural students. You also see some data on reclassification. I do want to make sure we understand that um up until last year we were able to use um what we called uh a rationale and um uh this past year was the last year that we were able to do that to support um our dy identified students with the rationale and that was really more than anything to um be able to intervene with our students who are duly identified and and and have some teacher input on why if they didn't meet criterion four which is the basic skills requirement which is connected to the ESPback back. Um, if they didn't meet that
118criterion, which would prevent them from reclassifying, the rationale would then come in and and provide some support and and being able to reclassify. So, knowing that last year was the last year we're going to be able to use it. Um, there was a a a push over the last few years to to reclassify as many students as possible. So, you if you look back even three or four years back, you would see that that data trending in in um a positive direction. This year is the first year that we haven't been able to use the rationale. Um, so we're back to our our normal uh numbers. Um, if you go about three or four years back, we were like in the 78% of reclassific in terms of how many students were reclassified. Um, so so
119can keep in mind that the 6.12% is um is is still going to be moving in terms of we have until the end of the school year, the end of June to reclassify um not the end of the school year, but the end of the summer um the end of this school year to reclassify June 30th. So we still hope to see that number moving in the right direction. And then we also have some some relief on the way we hope. Um we have AB uh 2555 that is currently uh proposed uh with um legislation and is being considered and if if if approved then that is going to eliminate the basic skills requirement which eliminates the ESPback um out of the reclassifi reclassification picture all in all. So so that would be really good
120news for for um all of our students that we're looking to reclassify. um some additional satellite data. And you when we when we think about our our students and you know at the margins closest to the margins, we immediately think of our pluralingual students, right, who come to us who are are are dealing with different challenges um from from from many of our other students. And so we're we're trying to keep an eye on and progress monitor our students to see how they're doing in the areas of attendance, areas of uh discipline uh grade grades as well um graduation rates, A throughG rates and things like that. And obviously we want to see over the course of time data trending in the right direction. So here we see um going back to 20 through 24
121that our plural student suspension rates are decreasing. So that's some really good news. We also have some u data on our first semester DF rates going back to 23 24 30.6% of our students were receiving DFS. Um this past uh semester we were at 24%. So again a drop in DFS. What does that mean? More kids graduating, more of our plural lingual students meeting their A throughG requirements because they're receiving C's are better. All good news. All trending in the right direction. We see um some second semester data. Obviously, we don't have second semester of this year yet, which is why you only see the uh going back to 23 24 second semester and then 2425 um second semester trending in the right direction. So, we hope to have to continue to see that trend
122um at the conclusion of this second semester for the 2526 school year. And then we see graduation rates again trending all in the right direction. We see the graduation rates for all students going back to 2223 and then our plural students. If you go if you go back to 22 23 the gap was about you know close to 12% that gap between our our um students who were graduating under the category of all students versus our polingal students. If you go back to last year we closed that gap and is now down to 5%. Okay. And you see again trending in the right direction. You see a similar trend with our A throughg completion rates. Um so again going back to 2223 there was about a 33% gap between all students and our proingual students
123completing A throughg rates. Um obviously both groups are moving in the right direction and we've cut that gap down to about 24%. So again moving in the right direction and we hope to continue that trend as as we move forward. Again going back to the equity transformation cycle we also want to bring in some some map and street data. So this was a question from our senior exit survey. um this past uh uh uh for the graduating class of 2425 and the question reads as do you feel that you were supported in the development of your college career and life readiness? Please explain. So this was an open-ended question. Okay, so an opportunity for us to analyze some street data. Here is what we would like to see less of. Okay, this is a reclassified
124student who um was had completed their A throughG requirements for AP classes. Okay. And um it the I'm going to go ahead and read it. It's going to take a little bit of time. So, no, I don't feel that I was always provided the right coursework or experiences to fully prepare me for my goals after high school. Some classes felt more focused on passing tests than teaching real world skills. I wish there had been more hands-on learning, career exploration, and opportunities to take courses that match my interest and future plans. While I did get some support, I think more personalized guidance and relevant experiences would have helped me feel more prepared. So again, we see the importance of street data, right? Versus just looking at numbers and percentages, we now start to see a trend,
125a story to be uncovered and that's going to inform our practice and our next steps as we reimagine the experience. What we want to see more of here's an RFB student also completed their A throughG requirements. Again, this kid was this student was reclassified three AP classes, nine dual enrollment classes throughout high school. The opportunities I was given greatly contributed to both my academic growth and social emotional development. Participating in programs like dual enrollment allowed me to take the college level courses and built confidence in my academic abilities. AIM, EAOP, and ETSs offered mentorship, guidance, and resources that helped me stay on track with my goals and navigate the path to college. These experiences not only challenged me intellectually but also taught me valuable life skills such as time management, self-discipline, communication. Through the support
126of these programs, I learned how to overcome obstacles, connect with others, and stay motivated. So, obviously, that's what we want to see more of and that's our intent. Through the support of our our DAC, our DACA board, all of our ELAs at our sites, this is the tension that we want to put on ourselves as a district, on our sites. Here's just one more example of some street data. This is from um uh an an e pluralingual student um that is that came to us their junior year. So was a newcomer to us non a throughg and this is translated from uh from Spanish to English via Google Google translate. Yes, I received support in high school to prepare for college and my career. Counselors and teachers guided me through academic options and scholarships with
127extracurricular activities helped me develop key skills. Additionally, his experience has taught me to become more independent and face challenges which prepared me for the future. So, we would love to continue to see more of this data come in both satellite map and street trending in the right direction. We I feel super confident in our DAC board, the one that is outgoing, the one that's incoming that you'll meet in a bit um with all the work that they're doing to support our sites and all of these um uh efforts districtwide. So with that said, I'm going to go ahead and turn over to Arasel Chavez, our manager for family and community engagement to continue on. >> Thank you, Mr. Saliviver. Good evening. I have the pleasure of introducing our DAC board. But before I do so,
128I want to make sure that we understand what their role is. Um, and here we have the names for our DACA board. Um, this is our current board. They're actually finishing their term, their two-year term. This is going to be their last board meeting um as our DACA board. Um so we have Nativ Nativida Deoya, our current president, Julie Ramirez, our vice president, Sonia Moran, our secretary, Guadalupe Bas our parliamentarian, Marcelina Hernandez, our community outreach, and we have a second community outreach position and that would be Sophia Romero. Thank you. And to better understand um what our amazing board um does um there are some requirements that are mandated um through the state of California. And so they are outlined here. Um and we do this we cover these topics at every one of our
129meetings. Um so the seven requirements are uh to develop or to advise a superintendent or their designate on the following topics. One is the development of a district master plan uh for educational programs for our purilingual students. Um there's also um a district-wide needs assessment that is done on a on at each school site. And so um overseeing the development of that uh needs assessment um the establishment of district pro programs, goals, and objectives um for our plural students. And you'll notice that um the language here, we're still using English learners. that is the mandate from the state of California. Um we see our students in a more um positive and assetbased mindset. And so we refer to our ELS as prolingual students because they come with us with so many assets, right? And so
130we want to um honor that as well. Um number four, the development of a plan to ensure compliance uh with our teachers and our assistants, our teacher assistants. Um there's also a piece where we can review and comment on the school district reclassification procedures which Mr. Salivar mentioned earlier. Um also the review and um input on the written notifications that are go home to our parents of our pluralingual students. And lastly review and comment on the development um of the local control accountability plan the LCAP. So they are heavily involved um in our LCAP uh process um and they are they sit at the tables where some of these you know big decisions are being made and they provide their input and I really just want to thank our board because they really push us
131to be better um and so they're amazing thought partners with us and so um I appreciate everything that they do. Again, we cover all these topics at every one of our meetings and we show that by, you know, shading um every one of those agenda items to ensure that we are in compliance. Um more but more than anything that um we're doing it in an authentic way and that we're really listening to our families um to you know uh respond to to their needs. Um at this moment I'm going to um bring up our uh secretary Miss Sonia Moran and she is going to uh read some of the recommendations um for the 202627 school year um that comes from the DAC board. Good evening board cabinet president Guerrero and Dr. Freed. Uh some of
132the recommendations that we have for the board for the year 2026 2027 are as follows. to continue to strengthen uh ELACs at school sites by providing leadership training for ELAC board members, administrators, and coordinators while also increasing parent engagement and attendance at the DAC meetings to strengthen articulation and partnerships with feeder elementary DACs by attending their meetings and inviting elementary DAC representatives to participate in AUHSD DAC meetings to continue to support and build the capacity of parents and caregivers through our whole child community schools approach and school redesign efforts. Continue to support and build the capacity of parents and staff by providing training on mental health, social emotional needs, and cultural competency and strengthening instructional practices to increase access and success for PL students. We would also like to continue to create more awareness around
133the needs of dually identified students uh by continuing to elevate family engagement by strengthening participation in the greater Anaheim special education local plan area. um community advisory committees and while increasing meaningful opportunities for families to build community, elevate their voice, and access resources to support their students learning. Expanding parents reflective learning walks by intentionally including a diverse range of classrooms and programs, including co-taught settings, serving dually identified students to build parent capacity and understanding of how we support students with varying needs. continue to increase opportunities for pluralingual students to engage with guest speakers and role models, including community members and former Pluralingual students to inspire and motivate them, affirm their identities, and expand their awareness of college, career, and life pathways. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mrs. Moran. And you'll notice that in our recommendations,
134there is um a bigger focus on serving our students um in our special education settings. And so that has been something that we've tried to uplift this last school year. Okay. Now, I'm going to introduce our new our incoming board. Um so, as I call your name, please stand up. Our new pres for for later. Um, our new community outreach, uh, Blanca Lasano from Anaheim High School. Our new parliamentarian, u, Miss Maria Torres Wang from Kennedy High School, our new secretary, Nativida de Loya from Catella High School, our new vice president, Erica Visoso from Savannah High School, and our new president, Mrs. Sophia Romero uh from Anaheim High School. And I'm going to invite Sophia to come up and say a few words. >> Go back. >> All right. Hi. I'm gonna break this. Good
135evening, executive board members, President Guerrero, Superintendent Dr. Frerieded, members of the cabinet, staff, parents, students, and community members, and of course, our newly elected 2026 and 2027. God, I get emotional. DAC board. >> That's right. For those that don't know what the um acronym DLE is is, is um District English Learners Advisory Committee. We're going to try to make sure that we include all the meanings for the future as well. So tonight, I stand before you with a heart full of gratitude to honor as I begin my new role as a new AUHSD DAC president. the um again I'm gonna um just repeat the district English learners advisory committee. This opportunity means so much to me because it represents my advocacy being the voice, dreams and dedication to the families and students that we proudly
136serve every day. I would like to recognize and sincerely thank thank our former DAC board members. Your leadership, commitment, countless hours of service, and passion for advocating for our English learner students have made a lasting impact through our district. Your work has helped to strengthen the connection between families, schools, and community. And that and that dedication does not go unnoticed. It is also my honor to share that we have received special certificates in recognition from our city council member Carlos DeLeon, Natalie Rubelaba, as well as our Orange County Board of Education Superintendent Dr. Bean. In appreciation of all the incredible work you have you all have done because of tonight's meeting filled with many important celebrations and recognitions. We will be planning a special celebration dedicated entirely to honoring each and every one of us.
137And I just want to thank you all and um we look forward to continuing the mission that we have and um you know I know Heidi Berber and um Paola uh what's Rosenberg sorry for that but um they're not present and Laura but we're going to include everyone and thank you Mr. Saliva and Naraseli and everyone. We hope that we continue this mission and make the best out of it. Thank you. >> All right. Thank you, President of DAC, Sophia Romero. >> Presidente. No present. That's right. All right. All right. So, um, and just as an FYI, we also new new for this, um, incoming board is that they're going to receive support from all of the ex, uh, outgoing, uh, board members are going to remain, two of them are are coming back in
138different positions and then the other three are going to be remaining as um, mentors, coaches to continue to support for one additional year. So, we're excited about that as well. And, uh, again, on behalf of the DAC board, thank you for your continued support, guidance, and capacity in building opportunities. And we want to launch you guys out. Again going back to our why and and a reminder from Simon Synynic that working hard for something we don't care about is called stress. Um however working hard for something we love is called passion. So there's passion all in this board and all in our obviously everyone that's up on the dis our greater community and all that support all those that support our our students and families. So thank you for your passion and we look forward
139to continuing this work. QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT? THANK YOU. SO, thank you for your presentation, Miss Chavar Arcelli, and all of our parents, the Zlac board, uh, current and, uh, future. Um, I speak um, I'll say on behalf of the board, um, as we all know this, we don't do this work alone, right? And just having you being part of the board and contribute to this the success of our um, our our our English language learner students. um as you saw as we saw some of the increase in A through G completement graduation rate uh that's all due to your work on the board and being able to support our students throughout that. So thank you so much on behalf of the board for all of your work. >> I'll open to questions if we
140have any >> M. I don't have any questions. I just want to thank the outgoing board for all of your help, your dedication and as Mr. Guero said, uh, we wouldn't be moving in the right direction if it wasn't for your support, dedication, and the time, effort that you put into this. So, uh, thank you for the outgoing board and welcome the in incoming board. We know you'll continue on in the same direction. So, thank you. >> Quick, Miss >> Quick comment, uh, thank you so much for all of your service these last two years and congratulations to the new board. Uh I have a similar question to uh what trustee Hosshi shared with the previous presentation with regards to vertical integr uh vertical alignment. Um as you know I was in Anaheim Elementary for
141eight amazing years and uh am very proud to have you know ensured that we have uh dual language immersion programs in all 24 of the elementary schools. Uh my question is with regards to how uh or I mean it's been a whole year since I was on the board. Um, do you collaborate with Anaheim Elementary, their DAC groups? Um, what is some of the future plans with regards to vertical integration and our dual language immersion programs? Can you speak a little bit about on that? >> Um, I would you want me to speak on your behalf? Okay. So, so yes, that that is unless someone wanted like to come out and and uh come up and and and speak to that a little bit, but that is one of the goals for for this coming
142year. We have um quite a few districts that feed into us, right? I believe we have five. Okay, we have five. So, so obviously that, you know, we we need to do a better job of reaching out um and making those connections for our board and and uh and so our plan is to do that and I believe that was reflected in in the um recommendations for for this coming year is to do that type of outreach as well. >> Okay, nice. And also, first of all, congratulations with regards to the suspension rates. I'm really curious how you did that. You know, I remember going to elementary school, not high school, and you know, I was on an emergent bilingual myself, you know, speaking Tagalog. And I know that a lot of people who were
143coming, you know, from the Philippines around that time, like often times I try to help them speak in, you know, uh, you know, I try to help them since I was bilingual and they didn't know and I would often times get in trouble with my my teacher, right? Because they' be like, "Oh, you're cheating or something." No, I'm just trying to help. So, how were we able to get our data from 6.4 to 3.0 in the last three years? Absolutely. That's a great question. I think that goes back to again the uh the in the spirit of continuous improvement the you know working with our DWAG board to ensure that we're monitoring not only the data but then also supporting the sites and working with the sites to ensure that we're you know implementing different
144strategies and and um um you know um programs to help with reducing suspensions. But I I do believe that it goes back to a lot of the work around um the student experience in the classroom connected back to engagement, instruction, um culture, climate, belonging, where you know, we have one of our teachers here um Miss Slang over here to my right who is an ELD teacher, department cher at Anaheim. And I know that for those of you that have visited her classroom to to do their student soap boxes, you see a high level of engagement, a high a very welcoming environment where students feel seen, valued, heard. So when you're working on that collectively as a district, then you're g you're going to see that impact attendance, suspension rates, A throughG, graduation, DFS. So it's
145a it's obviously the collective work of of not starting with our DAC board and our parents and our ELACs at the sites and then obviously with our staff and teachers and support staff that are working back at the sites closely with our students and families. >> Thank you. >> Yeah, >> ladies. I I'm looking in the front two rows here and um I love the representation that we have at all school sites throughout our district. So, thank you for that. But also, you guys aren't only on the DACA board, but you're involved in your schools. I mean, it's like I can't get away from you guys. You know what I mean? Um so, I mean, you guys are really involved. And that flower, I mean, I see it everywhere. Um, >> so we have to
146that might be our trademark. Um, I want to know how many um pe how many students are classified because I I see a lot of percentages and things, but how many students are classified as English learners in our district? >> You're talking about this year's students that have been reclassified. We're we're approaching about 270 right now. So, I think we're like at 262. Um and uh however again we have until the end of June to continue to work on our our reclassification numbers. >> Okay. And also to um but we have,00 languages represented close to 1100 in our district. >> Yeah. >> I didn't know there were that many. >> Right. >> Wow. I mean that's that's amazing. Yeah. >> You know, so um so with that said, with the 1100 languages, what strategies do
147we use >> to make those students feel seen and heard? >> Um again, I think it goes back to a lot of the work being done across our our district with culture, belonging, climate, relationships. Again, going back to um the idea of deep listening where we've heard from our parents, we've heard from our students. It's really getting to know our students by name, by story, by need. um at a deeper level and then connecting that back to into the classroom and ensuring that you're bringing the needs not only the needs but also the assets of each of our students or cultural backgrounds and connecting that to instruction and pedigogy um projects and things like that. So I think when you start to do those things students will see will will feel seen, valued, heard, cared
148for. I I love going to these international nights at the schools because a lot of students do cultural dances. They bring food in. They make >> the we we're building community. So, I really like that. DAC board, I also want to thank you, too. I was at Lexington Junior High School when uh when you guys came in and did a presentation over at Lexington. So, I really want to thank you for that, too. And I hope that we can encourage more um I mean more partnerships with all of our school sites, you know. So So thank you. And ladies, continue on doing great work at throughout the district. You're you're amazing. Thank you. Thank you. >> Again, thank you to um the outgoing board. Um I see that you're going to stay on and help
149the incoming board. So, I love that. Um, that creates only a a community feel um and a stronger board. I um you know, to answer I think uh the two questions before me, Robert, um >> not every district that I know has the courage to really show the numbers. I mean, we could fudge these numbers and we can say that we're at 100%, you know, for the the trends. Um, that congratulations by the way, but you actually put the students actual no on that presentation. You didn't shy away from that. And I think that's what's unique about our district. And you guys are holding us accountable for that. No. And and letting us know, you know, you want us to go further and deeper and and that's that's how we are making these trends. >>
150Absolutely. Absolutely. because we have the courage as a district to peel the onion layers and really take a hard look at the things that we're doing that are working and the things that we're doing that are not working. And so I want to say congratulations to um to everyone because these are really really great trends. Uh when I first got on the board our those trends were not there and you didn't feel students didn't feel welcomed. Um and so uh congratulations. >> Thank you. We appreciate it. Thank you. >> Thank you. And then um on behalf of the board, we'd like to present the outgoing board with some certificates and then take a picture with all of you. So like to join us in the front, please. I have the board join. >> I think
151you're not going to be able to think you're going to leave without him. >> Stop it, Emily. Get everything. So I taught it. That's right. There you go. Are you sure? It's already done. Jiren, I'm going to clarify a data a data point. I'm going to I'm going to clarify a data point. The language that,59 it's >> students that speak a different language. >> I just really quick wanted to clarify the,59 languages. It's 1,59 students that speak a language different from English. >> Oh, okay. >> And we're distinction. Thank you for clarifying. >> Four languages. >> So, in terms of total languages that have been that were that are reported, it's closer to 70 different languages. >> 70. Okay. >> Yeah. All right. >> Okay. Time to go. Mimis, you guys ready? Little late. Yeah.
152>> I need to go take get ready for my AP test. Bye, guys. >> That's how I come back. I read it that way. Unlimited languages. >> All the languages come from. >> Thank you. >> A couple. >> We will now be moving on to public comments. Uh this is the opportunity for public comments to occur at the beginning of each agenda item and at this time for items on the agenda. Persons wishing to address the board of trustees should complete a speaker request form available on the information table at the back of the room and submit it to the executive assistant prior to the meeting. Each speaker is limited to a maximum of 3 minutes. Each topic or item is limited to a total of 20 minutes. Board members cannot immediately respond to public
153comments as stated on the speaker request form. I'll be calling forward our first speaker is uh Shannon Zemer. Hello. >> Good evening, President Guerrera, trustees, cabinet, and community members. I am Shannon Zeamer, and I am the Arts Now ambassador from Create California to Orange County. And I have been doing this for a while, so I know most of you from previous years, though some of you are newer. Welcome. Um, I wanted to say this is a great night to be here. I love that we're celebrating all the amazing successes in our district and I'm really proud of all the things we do. I was attending a meeting the other night and someone said, "Shannon, you need to stop and understand that Anaheim is special. We don't have that where we are." And I'm just so
154proud of us that that's something that people have to say to me. And I'm like, "Yeah, we are special." So, um, they were talking specifically about our amazing ELCAT process and how it's authentic and meaningful engagement. And so, I want to say thank you to the team that set that up. Um, specifically though tonight with my arts ambassador hat, I'm here to praise our amazing uh, youth arts council ambassadors that came and spoke tonight and especially Brian and his team. I want to point out that you've mentioned we have eight years of NAM success and we have eight years of participation increasing and we have eight years of Brian. So um just keep that in mind when you're thinking about how awesome we are and I am just want to praise the team that did
155STEM Palooa amazing another arts and science event and color and light was spectacular. I love the larger space and venue and the arrangement of that. would love to see if they added maybe an opportunity for students to have art vending. That would be really fun. >> Um, also I want to say I really am proud of how our district is doing at Prop 28 implementation of the funding. I'm working with districts around the county and there are some districts that are trying to do things like reclassify a course of dance from PE to an art class and calling it new content. And so there's people cheating and I'm glad that we're not one of those people. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you. Our next speaker is Roberto Garcia. Good evening board members and superintendent.
156My name is Roberto Garcia. I am a professional engineer, a resident of Anaheim, and a graduate of this district. I came up through these schools, which is why I still show up. I care about what happens here, which is why I want to touch on a few items on tonight's agenda. Tonight, this board will pass an LGBTQ plus student support resolution. I support that. The board has acknowledged on the record that LGBTQ plus students in this district face disproportionate rates of homelessness, bullying, and suicide. That acknowledgement matters. But acknowledgement is not accountability. A resolution without a measurement plan is a promise without a deadline. My question is straightforward. What will this board review in the next six months to confirm that students are actually safer? Which administrator is going to own this outcome? And will
157the public see a report on this? Our most vulnerable students deserve more than a proclamation. They deserve a plan. This board is also taking a roll call vote on a $315,000 three-year contract with Minga Solutions marketed as a unified student engagement system. Before we authorize over a quarter of a million dollars of LCFF funds, we need to be honest about the realities on our campuses. The background materials describe goals like reducing redundant software and improving consistency. The platform promises digital IDs, event ticketing, hall passes, tracking, all loaded onto students phones. But this district is currently facing serious documented concerns about the physical safety of our students. Kids are facing threats of assault and we are being asked to fund an app. That begs the question, is a phone-based hall pass tracker the highest and best
158use of $105,000 a year? Right now, a digital hall pass does not break up a physical education. An engagement fee does not secure a blind spot on campus. A digital ID does not provide the human intervention a student in crisis actually needs. Knowing where a student is supposed to be on a screen means nothing if they are not safe when they get there. And I'll add this. We're already watching the documented harm of excessive screen time on adolescent mental health. And by the time this issue comes up, this board will have already run a roll call to protect students mental well-being. So, it is a fair question to ask whether loading another app onto a teenager's phone is consistent with that commitment. The background for this item uses the words interventions. That word means students
159in crisis. And if this platform touches students at their most vulnerable, then this board must define before the contract is actually activated, what measurable outcomes are expected, who reviews the intervention data, and what threshold triggers a board level response. If $315,000 is available to improve student life, our community deserves to see those funds directed towards on the ground security, mental health personnel, and campus resources. not another software subscription. I am not opposed to smart technology investments, but we need datadriven justification for how these systems actively address the physical safety threats these students face today. Without that, this expenditure deserves a harder look. And so, I respectfully ask this board to do a couple of things. One, direct staff to publish measurable wellness outcome report tied to tonight's resolutions within 90 days. and two, establish clear
160board level reporting metrics for the Minga platform before the contract is activated. Students deserve more than just an investment. They deserve proof that the investment actually worked. Thank you. >> Our next speaker is Bianca Garcia. Evening board members, educators, and community members. My name is Bianca Garcia. I am a district alumnist, community member, and Mia Mahia's cousin. History repeated itself in the most tragic way possible. It has been 5 years since Anaheim High School student Rodney Moore died by suicide and one year since Lexington Junior High School student Mia Mahia died by suicide. After Mia passed, former trustee Al Jabar reached out to me. He was the one who told me to come here. He told me to start attending these board meetings and to address you directly because he believed this board would help.
161But that didn't happen. And we have been here before. On February 4th, 2021, Al Jabar spoke on the record about Rodney's case. He said, "I was very disappointed in how we as a district handled the Rodney Moore suicide and the aftermath. We had a communication breakdown and a system breakdown. I want to tell our team and publicly that it is unacceptable, regardless of what the circumstances are, that we do not answer emails or calls from our parents." He continued by saying, "I don't want us to be complacent. I want us to make sure that we are fixing our communication issues. Make sure that we are prominently displaying our mental health resources not only on our district website, but also on our school websites. Make it available in all languages. Make sure that we are interacting
162with parents. That information should have been presented to parents in a regular manner or in a consistent manner. I had this conversation with our folks including the superintendent, our mental health director, and our assistant superintendent, Trustee O'Neal, Trustee Randall Trejo, superintendent Dr. Frerieded, assistant superintendent Brad Jackson and Dr. Nan, and District Council Carl Whittle. You were all present in that meeting. You heard those admissions of failure. You heard the promise that unacceptable silence would end. Yet here we are in 2026 experiencing the exact same system breakdown, facing the same silence. When Al Jabar told me to come to you for help, I think he genuinely believed the complacency he warned you about had been cured. It evidently hasn't. When a mistake happens once, it is a tragedy. When it happens again after the blueprint for
163fixing it was admitted on the record, it is no longer a mistake. It is a choice. By failing Mia and her family in the same way you failed Ronnie and his family, you are showing the public that those words in 2021 were just empty rhetoric. Our community deserves leaders that view parental and community communication as an obligation, not a burden to be ignored. How many more families have to stand at this podium and cite your own past failures before you actually change? >> Our next speaker is >> Muscle. >> Yes. >> Ginger. >> Yes. >> Hi. Um to all the board members, my name is Ginger Cruz. I'm indigenous of this land and um I'm a resident here 59 years and my family 80 years plus. And um I'm here to ask you all. We've
164had a lot of patience in asking um for a few years already. Maybe some of you board members are new since the last time I was here, but um I'm just the voice of the voiceless. I'm here to lay to ask you um again to remove the name the colonist off Anaheim High School. It's uh very um offensive to us Native Americans and um that's why I'm here to ask you again because I see a lot of new faces now. So, um I'm just asking you please um for all our people, all our people that you know this is stolen land and um all the people that couldn't be here because we're out fighting for our democracy right now and um so I'm here to ask you try to be patient on the time because
165I'm also a caregiver. I'm also in DAC and ELAC and in another school district and I don't have any kids in the in the school no more, but I'm still there using my voice to represent and help the other incoming Elac and DAC at Fullerton Union, but all my kids went to Anaheim School, um, Kennedy Walker Junior High School, and so Orange View. And I just I'm here to ask you please, you know, as a resident on behalf of all the Native American indigenous um we just had awareness of missing murdered indigenous women and people on May the 5th. And so I'm here patiently waiting till my turn. So I just know everybody has to go home and everybody has time for the mic. I'm just here to ask you please to take in consideration
166and vote against it. Please. Thank you for your time. God bless you and have a good night. >> Thank you. >> Hopefully we can get this mic uh this flute. But I want to um good afternoon deer clan. Obsidian knife clan. I want to thank um Dr. Paulo Malas for the question that you asked. I forgot who it was back there from Anaheim High School. if they were working with a um maybe a Native American task force or the curriculum or something like that in that area. And I bring that up because it's very important. I'm listening about the murals. That's very very beautiful that we're doing that. I think we're having a meeting at Los Amigos with uh one of the muralists. She's a female. They'll be having a a mural for for Mia
167Conto. And uh I was talking to them how it's very important back then we didn't have that. we didn't have many uh people of color ethnic murals and still to this day we don't have a Native American mural. So hopefully with this ethnic studies and the laws being passed by Senator James Ramos, he happens to be the first male Native American that's federally recognized that belongs to the um Kawia Nation and also Samanuel and I heard he might be running for governor not anytime soon but in the future. So there's a lot of changes, a lot of policies, a lot of uh things are being passed. And I know we had a meeting with Congressman Luke Korea that was beautiful. Ginger, thank you. An elder, you know, and she's tribal from this area. And we
168had a meeting with him. He said, "Yeah, we should, we should, it's Congressman Lucia said we should change this." And it is time. And um before he would say no five, six years ago. So we've been inviting for five, six years to change this name. And it's very painful. It's um it represents the murder of many indigenous peoples of different colors. Um, just keep that in mind. And with that, I want to play this uh flute cocoili. When I went to the American art school, they said, "Masa, always carry the cocoa and honor their ancestors. We hope you guys really get touched by that and we vote that name. It's been too long. Thank you. OUR next speaker is Elise Hall. I'm pronounced that correctly. Good evening board members and fellow community members. Once again,
169my name is Elise Hallreak. I'm a competitive gymnastics coach at ERA Gymnastics, the place Mia called her second home. Today I stand before you asking one simple question. What actually has been done? What measurable steps has this district taken to prove that it truly cares about the children place in its hands every single day? Today marks the 13th Anaheim Union High School uh district board meeting since the passing of Mia Mahia. 13 meetings, the same number of years Mia was allowed to live before systemic failures took her away from people who loved her. And while this district continues to speak about student wellness, let me remind you May is mental health awareness month. Yet across all AUHSC platforms, there have been a grand total of two posts acknowledging it. Two, and even those f posts
170failed to provide meaningful access to resources, crisis information, counseling support, or suicide prevention tools students can actually use. Awareness without action is performative. Let me also remind you that suicide remains a leading cause of death amongst adolesccents amongst across America. Board members, I urge you to think about the ch children entrusted to this district. Our next generation deserves more than survival. They deserve a support system that allows them to flourish confidently, safely, and without fear. In honor of Mia Mahia, I urge this board to follow enforceable anti-bullying policies such as safe place to learn act and the AUHSD anti-bullying policy 870.1, mandatory suicide prevention and education and immediate access to mental health counselors because we cannot prevent suicide if we are too afraid to say the word. Every student in this district deserves to grow
171up and so did Mia. Thank you. Our next speaker is Germaine Newman. Thank you, board members and uh community. Uh my name is Germaine Newman. I'm a uh parent and community member here in Anaheim. Um, my son graduated from Anaheim High School in 2024. Um, I want to acknowledge all those children who are suffering right now. U, we're talking about mental health awareness month and um, many of our children in our community are suffering and along with many of our adults. So, I want to just acknowledge them and um let them know that we're they're seen, they're cared for, we love them, and um I I'm here today to talk about um the director of mental health and wellness here at the district. So last week we found out that the director of mental health
172and wellness uh do um Adella Cruz who's no longer continuing next year at the district and you have an open position uh flo flying right now for that uh role. Um, back in 2021, I was involved um with a group of parents that came together because one of my son's best friends committed suicide, Rodney Moore, um on January 2nd, 2021. And at that time, uh those parents, those students, none of us could get a hold of anybody at the district. Um we were doing remote learning. Um there was no access, nobody returned phone calls. Uh the board did not return phone calls. the principal did not return phone calls and um our mental health coordinator who was responsible um did not uh respond to the family. I mean it was just a horrible situation. A
173lot of us were very scared. A lot of us were very concerned. Our children were not sleeping. Our children were not eating. Our children were going suffering. Um and all of us were concerned because actually that was the fifth suicide in this district that year that we know of. Um so fortunately um Bianca talked about the uh Al Javar. I was actually able to get a hold of him. A group of parents got together. We finally did have meetings with the district and some of the things that came out of that were um the needs to put mental health resources on the website so that families could reach them. They were not on the website prior to that of all school sites. Um but the other thing is that we do not have any one
174responsible with authority or responsibility over mental health for a district of over 27,000 students and over 3,000 staff and teachers. Um it was really important for us to have somebody with authority and responsibility. Um but unfortunately you created a director position and you did not um go out and find somebody who actually had experience working on that level of a school district of this size or even somebody who could grow up from that. We've put more responsibilities and more uh programs on that role, but we have not um uh been able to uh have uh the person succeed at what they were doing. Right? So, what I'm asking you today is to when you're considering that replacement for the new prior to really look at outside. I love the fact that we love to grow
175people from within, but this is a really critical role. this mental health crisis is getting worse. It's not getting better. And our children are really suffering. And so we need to make sure that we get somebody with experience maybe from a smaller district that they can um fulfill those roles and make sure that they have the authority over with the principles because when the phone calls happen, we need to have actual responses for our families. So we're not here listening to these cries of our parents and uh love >> you. Thank you so much. >> We will now move on to 10 point uh zero uh superintendent and staff report Dr. Frerieded. >> Thank you. Well, a number of the things that I was going to say have been said, so I'll just be pretty
176brief. First of all, I do want to congratulate the uh teacher of the year from Hope uh with one of the six finalists in the county. Uh Katherine Sarah Swellow, adapt to PE teacher. Amazing. Also, uh I think the civic engagement awards that we talked about earlier, I just want to highlight that this uh the three schools that were recognized, South uh for the award of excellence and then CVA and Walker Junior High for the honorable mention. Those are our 63rd civic engagement awards that we've won as a district. So, pretty impressive. The highest in the state. Uh it is teacher appreciation week. So, I just also too want to echo my appreciation and gratitude to our teachers, the great work they do each and every day, the care they show for our students, uh
177the experiences they create in the classrooms. Just so proud, grateful and appreciative to our teachers. And then, yes, like Anie Randjo said, I also want to all our moms, uh, stepmoms, grandmothers, guardians, mother figures, and even our pet moms. Uh, we want to say thank you for the comfort you provide, the lessons you teach, the support you give, the unconditional love that you share so freely. We hope this weekend brings you joy, appreciation, relaxation, and even maybe just a little opportunity to sleep in. So, thank you for all that you do. >> Thank you. >> That's exactly what we want. We just want to sleep. >> Miss Quan. >> Uh, yes. So, I want to give some updates on a division. Many of what I was going to say was also um already talked about.
178Um, of course we're all looking forward to the graduation ceremonies coming up um and celebrating over 4,400 graduates coming out of AUHSD along with over 2,000 students who are going to be participating in graduation walks um across our elementary campuses. These walks are especially meaningful because many of our seniors will get to um return to the elementary schools that they once attended creating a full circle moment for our community to celebrate our seniors and their journey. Um also want to recognize we talked a lot about many of the scholarships that um our students have been uh beneficiaries of. Uh we have over 50 unique types of scholarships across all of our campuses that have been available to our students. These partnerships are with organizations such as ASA, APGA, PTA, even RSVP, our own students. Many
179of our staff members fund their own scholarship programs um to provide those opportunities to our students. our partners with the TGR Foundation, RO and many more including some very near and dear to us on the dis such as the Sharon Frerieded Memorial Scholarship and the Chris O'Neal memorial scholarship. So this reflects the generosity and care that our community continues to show for our students ensuring that the support is well beyond um after they leave AUHSD. Um, so while we are sad to see that our seniors will be leaving AUHSD, this is also the season for all of our non seniors for data confirmation. So tomorrow is when data confirmation will be launched. Uh, thank you to Eric Greenwood and uh, Dr. Adam Hernandez in uh, supporting this work. Data confirmation is when our families officially
180let us know that they'll be returning to our school sites. Um, by doing this, we can adequately staff our schools and prepare for our students so that when they show up in August, um, we will be ready for them. So, when that comes out tomorrow, we're hoping that our our families, uh, complete their data confirmation. And lastly, you heard about our summer programming. Uh, thank you to Amanda Bean for coordinating that work. We have nearly 9,000 students who will be participating in summer learning um such as credit recovery, ESY with special education, CVA acceleration, AIM internships, the film academy, summer language academy, mindset, summer arts academy. Um and new to this year is a enrichment program at all of our junior high schools called unlimited readers. um reflecting just some of the things that our
181uh staff members continue to um provide year round uh for our students. So, while it's summer break, many of our um staff members are choosing to spend their their break time to continue to serve our community. >> Thank you, Mr. Uh Dr. Nian. >> Yes, just want to take this time to acknowledge all the classified school employee. So it's the uh May 17th through the 23rd is uh the classified school employee week. So from all the um food services staff that make um the you know amazing breakfast and lunch to feed in from the start of day to all the drivers to all the schoolside personnel, the health technicians, all the attendance clerks and everybody at the school site as well as the district office. Um thank you for all you do every single day
182for our amazing students. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Uh, moving on to items of business. We'll take um 11.1 public hearing statutory school fees pursuant to education code section 17620 level one fees. And this is an information item. So I will open the public hearing. Seeing none, I will close the public hearing. 11.2 to resolution number 2025 increasing san stat san stat san stat san stat san stat san stat san stat san stat san stat san stat sanctuary school fees and adopting the school fee justification study >> so moved >> second >> thank you um and this is a roll call vote any uh comments or questions seeing none and this is a roll call vote uh trusty O'Neal >> I trusty mccauz >> hi >> trusty Hosshi >> I trusty
183ranjo >> I >> and I vote I it's 50 11.3 3 resolution number 2025 enhancing supports and resources for LGBTQ plus students. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any comments or questions? Seeing none, this is a roll call vote. Trusty O'Neal. >> I. >> Trusty Mcllis. >> Hi. >> Trustee Hosshi. >> I. >> Trusty Randall Tjo. >> I vote I. >> And I vote I. That's 50. >> 11.4. Resolution number 2025, Jewish American Heritage Month. >> So moved. >> Second. Any comments or questions? Seeing none, this is a roll call vote. Trusty O'Neal. >> Hi. >> Trusty Mcalis. Hi. >> Trusty Hosshi. >> I. >> Trusty Randall Tjo. >> I. >> And I vote I. That's 50. 11.5 resolution number 2025. Classified school employee week May 17 through 23, 2026. >> So moved. >> Second.
184>> Any comments or questions? Seeing none, this is a roll call vote. Trustee O'Neal. >> Hi. >> Trustee Mccalis. >> Hi. Trusty Hosshi >> I. >> Trustee Randall Tjo >> I >> and I vote I. It's a 5 Z. >> 11.6 resolution number 2025 National Speech Language Hearing Month. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any comments or questions? Seeing none, this is a roll call vote. Trusty O'Neal. >> I. >> Trusty Males. I. >> Trusty Hosshi. I. >> Trusty Rando. >> I. And I vote I. That's 50 11.7 revised board policies multiple policies first reading and this is an information item >> a question on this um >> yes >> if uh do we do we need to vote on these now or can we wait a month for these are these urgent for the
185business of the organization can we wait Okay. >> Yeah. Be brought back next month. >> Next month. So, next month will be second reading. >> Second reading. >> Mhm. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Uh 11.8 award of bid. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any comments or questions? Seeing none. All in favor of vote. I >> I. It's 50 11.9 award of bidified petroleum gas on-site fueling services. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any comments or questions? Seeing none. All in favor of vote. I >> I. It's 5-0. 11.10 award request for proposal RFP student engagement systems and services. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Thank you. any comments or questions? >> Um, I had a question um about the how did how did the process go to um what was the process in coming
186up with Minga because I know we already have Minga. We have uh some other systems but um can we talk about the process in which we >> decided this I'll ask um Eric Greenwood if he can come up and talk about the process but I can share a little bit of the context in which we are looking at u Minga. So 5 years ago, we actually um invested in a a different student engagement program that was um spearheaded through our ASB directors to track um events participation. Um many of our schools uh used that platform. Um but many of the other features for during the day behaviors um were part of that platform. Um, so for the last five years, we've had different schools use different platforms that could help manage some behaviors like tardies,
187um, bathroom passes, hall passes. What helps with that is, um, the digital bathroom passes or hall passes allows us to identify when students are out of the classroom and prevent certain students from being out of the classroom at the same time. So what the digital hall pass does isn't that students will be carrying around their their digital hall pass. It's that every classroom or every building at a school has a digital kiosk in which students can key in and key out. So we can also see how long a student is out um using the restroom andor how long it takes for a student to go up to the counseling office once they leave leave a school. Um that then is also paired with our new EMT uh system that we started last year that helps
188us identify certain thresholds in which we've identified staff members at the school site to intervene once we see um certain behaviors. So, if students are um going to the restroom quite often, especially in a single day, we've assigned either a teacher, a counselor, a social worker, a wellness coach um to intervene with that student. That's what we can do with Minga. Um we haven't done that part of the EMT process yet. Right now, we have that EMT process set up with attendance, uh suspensions, and grades. Um and so we can expand that EMT system now once we have more more data that is um early indicators so that it doesn't reach a suspension. >> Sorry Amywan just real quick uh but how many uh school sites use this already >> abouts? So Minga in particular,
189so every school site had access to a platform, but Minga in particular, Anaheim High School has piloted that the Minga platform for over a year and Savannah High School um piloted that platform um last year >> and this will make it throughout the district, all of our sites. >> So now that we um we're proposing, we worked with all of our sites to um ask about our appetite to use the exact same platform. So not only that we can collect data districtwide, we can also share best practices across campuses um and have the same capability to ex execute those best practices. >> Okay. >> And Eric, did we look at various other apps? >> We did see best. >> Yes, sir. We came to the board earlier this year um to request to use a
190request for proposal process. So public contract code 20118.2. uh we brought an item um to request to use that uh that process and then Miss Raphael and I um worked on developing the um the the request propo for proposal document um we got feedback from teachers and um there was a couple of assistant principles in developing the technical specs um and then we prioritized what the district needs um through that same group of teachers. ers and administrators. Um so then we we posted the document. Um Miss Raphael and I um facilitated the selection committee which was um comprised of teachers and site administrators and we served just as a facilitation role >> and um our our committee voted um for Minga >> as the the the new platform. >> It had most of the options
191that people were looking for. Um yes and um there were things like uh that resonated with me uh it connects directly with our student information system. So the the features around um reducing truencies tardies um chronic absenteeism were able to feed data back to Aries where the current platform that we have does not have an integration. >> Will our families have access to that data? Um there is a communication piece um within Minga where um Minga would would share the um the positive behavior and rewards of the students um to the families >> and is Minga open to like having discussions? I mean, can we can they create some things that would be I know that there was some concern I heard some concern about um some schools already having a system in place and
192they were hoping that >> and they like some of the systems >> and they like that system. And then now I agree. Um we serve on the discipline committee and we see the importance of having systemness in our district but um but also too some things are working at some school sites and I'm wondering if they were open to that discussion. If we articulate them, they may be open. But honestly, in in my experience, when you have a a company that has I think they have thousands of schools um that they serve, the the change management process is is really difficult to um to get features um changed based on a single district. So, we would need to have the lens of if this is a change um kind of stepping out of outside of
193AUHSD and looking at would this help their customer base by and large and usually if if that's the in the affirmative, they're much more open to um to to change at that point. >> Gotcha. And um I just want to say that I'm I really um what I understand is that this is open for um letting parents know about tardies and absences and that kind of thing, but I I hope that we're really going to train and that it's not for you, Eric, but that we're really going to train um or or have um the teachers do more positive outreach with this system. So two of the t key differences of Minga and the current program that we have is Minga not only integrates directly into our student information system but it also communicates to
194parents in real time. So our current system would give us the data and then we took that and used a different communication system. But the moment something is tracked that text message goes directly to the parent um the moment it's tracked. There's no intermediary that's uh required. >> Um also want to clarify that the platform is just a tool. The the the the systemness that the district is trying to strive for districtwide are the practices that help >> us the the tool will help us give feedback for. Um so another key difference in the context in which we're adopting Minga right now is developing our PBIS system on the positive side of it. So, we're working to um write the the formula of what is when we want to uh deliver a praise point and
195also the rewards that students receive after they receive certain number of praise points. Um and so that's a a system that we're developing districtwide that Minga will help us um collect the data on. >> How does it how do you use it for family engagement activities? like how would you it says it right there that >> so it c it can be used um similar the way we use it for students the digital badging is um helps make it easier to um help identify those who are in attendance uh instead of having a sign-in sheet it can be scanned kiosk style um so that the burden is not on the family to report um what they've attended to >> awesome >> thank Eric, >> thank you, Eric. Thank you, Miss Quan. Um, all in favor,
196uh, all in favor. >> I, >> thank you. It's 5 Z. Thank you for your work on both of you on that. 11.11 award request for proposal RFP healthcare billing services. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any comments or questions? >> Uh, bravo. >> Yes, absolutely. >> Thank you for working. >> Bravo. I I I um I know this is um something we we kind of just started and um you know the numbers uh speak for themselves. So uh in the last two years I I think this is a fabulous um fabulous thing that we haven't tapped into before and um bravo to our team who are providing these um these numbers. >> Awesome. All in favor vote I >> I >> 50. 11.12 award of request proposal for program and project management services RFP
197number 2026-13. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any comments or questions? Seeing none, all in favor I. >> I. I. It's 50 11.13 ratification lease leaseback agreement air masters air conditioning Savannah High School gym HVAC. >> So moved >> second. >> Any comments or questions? Seeing none, all in favor I >> I 50. >> 11.14 Assignment of agreement Kelly Crate Company. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any comments or questions? Seeing none, all in favor I >> I. It's 50. 11.15 piggyback bid bids purchased through public corporation or agency Cypress High School Theater seating replacement. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any comments or questions? Seeing none, all in favor I. >> It's 50. >> 11.16 school sponsored student organization. >> So moved. >> Second. Any comments or questions on the one organization? Seeing none,
198all in favor vote I. I. >> It's 50. >> 11.14 revised board policy 71105 high school graduation requirement second reading. >> So move. >> Second. Uh any comments or questions? >> Do we anticipate any um issues moving forward? um with this um new requirement. I mean it's it's a time away time >> financial literacy. Yes. >> So the personal finance course um so we uh Diana Fujimoto and her team has been working um over the last couple years in working with our teachers to write the course. um we have a plan to have the course replace one of our current courses right now um and still offering uh the econ course and so I I believe that we are very confident that we'll be able to have a smooth transition to make sure that our
199students um they are not burdened by having an additional uh graduation requirement and instead have a really great opportunity um to have personal finance. >> Good. M. So you said eourse >> economics. Sorry. >> I was going to say that we couldn't do that. Uh we couldn't offer that virtual because it's just a it's just a quarter, right? >> Uh it's a so the the course the personal finance course is a semester long requirement. Um and so it would uh replace nicely in our system um the economics course. and our obligation is to continue to offer economics for our students who want to continue their their studies in that field. >> Thank you, Diana. >> Thank you. >> All in favor? I >> It's 5-0. >> 11.18 comprehensive school safety plans. >> So moved. >>
200Second. >> Any comments or questions? >> Seeing none, all in favor I. >> I. It's 50 11.19 agreement Illuminated Collective LLC. >> So moved. >> Second. Any comments or questions? >> Seeing none. All in favor vote I >> I. It's 5 >> 11.20 Agreement on the Fly Productions LLC. >> So moved. Second. >> Any comments or questions? >> Uh, thank you for answering my question on this one. Uh, the safety aspect on this. Yes. >> Yes. Thank you. Any other comments, questions? Saying none. All in favor of I. >> I. It's 50. >> 11.21. Agreement. MBN creative. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any comments or questions? >> Seeing none, all in favor I. >> I. That's 50 11.22 contract Mon Monetary County Office of Education. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any comments or
201questions? Seeing none, all in favor of I. >> I. That's 5-0. 11.23 agreement project youth OC. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any comments or questions? >> Yeah, I had a quick question. So is this provided at school sites or do they go to a particular location >> miss? >> Uh they are referred by the school site and then services will be provided at the school sites. >> Okay. Because this this is kind of a a pretty big um it's like they have to go for a number of weeks and two times a week. Is that what the program is? I I will invite up >> Mr. Hernandez if you could please >> I mean I'm concerned because if the kids have to go somewhere and they need trans transportation or something like >> right
202no this the support will be done at the site. >> Okay. >> Yeah. The the project youth is based out of Santa Ana but they're coming to our schools. Got >> yeah that's the best approach for our overtime supports. >> And are we going to have this at how many school sites? >> All schools will be invited to look at their system. Um there's a there's a maximum number of students that we can support at one time, but we'll go through a rotation. I mean, we're hoping that we can have all schools um receive the supports. You know, it's a it's a one-year um contract to see where this can go, but you know, they serve over 1500 students a year um across Orange County, which is amazing. Our very tier three students that are
203trying to get back on track. Um so, we're hopeful that every school can take advantage Yes. >> Any other questions? Seeing none. Thank you, Mr. RS. Um, all in favor, please. I >> Oh, yeah. I >> It's a 50- Z. Thank you. >> 11.24 Agreement. Wilson Lee. >> So, move. >> Second. >> Any comments or questions? Seeing none, all in favor I. >> I. >> That's 50. >> 11.25. Agreement. Oliver Cortez Velasquez. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Yep. Any comments or questions? Uh very excited for this partnership and this uh uh mural project at Second Marger High School. Seeing no other uh all in favor? >> I. >> That's a 5-0 11.26 agreement educators cooperative. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any comments or questions? >> Seeing none, all in favor I. >> I.
204It's 50. >> 11.27 27 agreement CEO Leadership Alliance. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any comments or questions? Seeing none, all in favor I. >> It's 5-0. 11.28 public hearing disclosure of collective bargaining agreement with APGA. And I will open the public hearing. Seeing no commenters, I will close the public hearing. 11.29 29 adoption of the 2025 through 2026 collective bargaining agreement with APGA. >> So moved. >> Second. Any comments or questions? Seeing none, all in favor I. >> I. I. >> That's 5. 11.30 public hearing disclosure of collective bargaining agreement with MMA. And I will open the public hearing. Seeing no comments, I will close the public hearing. 11.31 adoption on the 2025 through 2026 collective bargaining agreement with MMA. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any comments or questions? >> Seeing none. All
205in favor I. >> I. >> And there's 5 Z. 11.32 agreement San Diego State University Clinical Practice. >> So move. >> Second. >> Any comments or questions? Seeing none. All in favor? I. >> I. I. >> It's 50. 11.33 employment agreements for superintendent, assistant superintendents, and district council. >> So moved. >> Second. Um any comments or questions? >> Seeing none, all in favor I >> I. It's 5. >> 12.0 consent calendar. Anyone wishing to pull items? >> Yeah, please pull uh 12 10 11 and 12. >> Mhm. 10 >> 122 >> motion for the balance >> second >> all in favor >> I'll do in order uh 12.2 >> 12.2 So second >> uh comments or questions? >> Yes. I just wanted to know the timeline and locations. Is there a set a schedule for
206for the distribution of the furniture? I know that some of the school sites haven't even from the last measure. Um so I want to know is do we have a timeline to know when some of >> Yes. >> Patty can you come to the mic? Sorry. Thank you. >> Yes, as uh I as I explained on the Friday letter uh or uh the report to the board, um we yes, we do have a line item um for uh 21st century classroom classroom furniture uh to be funded through measure K. uh that line item appears or that scope of work appears on our first uh bond series which is series A and uh the way we approached it is um unlike uh measure H where we did 50% of all the classrooms we are planning on
207furnishing uh the all the schools um at a rate of maybe four to five classrooms um per school. Uh the reason is um we have we know that we're uh we have classrooms we have decline in enrollment. So we it's a it's a way to really figure out uh the the classrooms that could receive you know that could receive f uh furniture um while not just looking at it as a blank statement you know 50% when we know that there's classrooms that you know are used for other purposes. So um we we know that measure the series A is a fi it's 5 years long right that's how long the duration of that series so the project has not started uh it could be started maybe in year two year three uh it takes some
208time to uh plan it um with measure age there was like uh some type of um a process of um like a selection process or or basically uh teachers applying for the the furniture. So that was um that work was done in conjunction with uh it was basically um at that time it was Manuel Cologne and um and then Brad Manami. So we had there was a committee that was formed. So um we probably want to do the same uh in the future. It's just that we haven't started yet, but we know that we will in maybe a year or so. Are you looking at spaces that the school the whole school uses like a library and things like >> uh right now we have it as um just classrooms but um if there are
209savings we would probably look at at spaces like that or we might just go ahead and cons maybe do special accommod um uh we might I don't want to say trade but maybe look if there's no need for additional furniture in classroom rooms. We might want to allocate those dollars to other types of spaces like libraries. >> Now, uh I want to say that those schools that are receiving larger projects or will be undergoing uh larger modernizations, we plan on obviously approaching the uh the furniture or what we call FFN um at a larger scale. Right. So if we are um obviously you're talking about student if the student population is larger or >> no let's say if our projects are larger such as let's say Walker you know you're going to have a full
210modernization new construction or you know Western is also uh we're looking at a new building there we're not going to be bringing old furniture into new construction right so it's that's treated a little differently sim similar to what we did at Dale that pretty much that school received the whole school new furniture. But that's kind of how we're approaching the the project. And you know, if there are savings, if there's a need, you know, just oneoffs, then we would be looking at that. >> Any other comments or questions? No. Thank you, Patty. Um, all in favor? >> I a 5-0. >> Uh, we'll take 12.10 through 12.12 together. >> So move. >> Second. Uh any comments or questions? All in favor? >> I I na >> I you that was a >> you that was
211a yes right that was I absent >> I >> that's a 401. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Uh moving on to 13 advanced planning. Uh 13.1 future meeting dates. The next meeting of the board of trustees will be held on Thursday, June 4, 2025 at 6 pm. 13.2 suggested agenda items. I did have uh two items um that I would like to bring forward to future uh board meetings. Uh the first one would be discussing entering into a community workforce agreement with the Los Angeles Orange County's Building and Construction Trades Council, including exploring opportunities to expand our student apprenticeship pathways, career readiness in the skilled trades, and promote local hiring goals. >> I would support that. >> So what is it that you wanted? >> Um a community exploring a community workforce agreement with the Los
212Angeles uh Orange County building and construction >> into it or you want to bring something forward? bring something forward >> without how are we going to look into it before we bring it forward >> look into it and bring it forward in a future meeting I believe we've done this in the past um so looking into prior work and how we can continue and explore um not just the agreement but also look at opportunities to expand our student apprenticeship pathways um so I think Amir said uh second um so thank you appreciate that um and then the second item uh is discussing establishing ing a AUHSD hall of fame to recognize and celebrate individuals who have made a lasting impact on AUHSD schools and the broader community. I know some of our sites have individual
213hall of fames like Nam High School has one. Cypress just celebrated their inaugural hall of fame, but looking at a district-wide hall of fame. >> Interesting. >> Are you looking at like a committee to evaluate this or >> we can discuss having a committee to look into >> see the process and how it would work and >> how it works. Yes, I know. uh parameters >> parameters. I know uh Senate Unified has a districtwide hall of fame. Um so might be good to look into other school districts. Um >> yeah, so trustee Jessica Ger and I uh board president, we talked about this. So what we're working on is developing some parameters, categories, all those things to bring to the board at a future board meeting for you guys and to look at and to
214discuss. So not just starting from scratch, but we'll have something that you can look at. Um, so we're I'm working with John Batista and we're hopefully uh probably won't be June, but sometime after that we'll be able to have a draft for you to look at. >> Cool. >> Any other items? Seeing none, u motion for >> just a minute. There's one more item that the the board president's always supposed to take at this point in time. You know what that is? >> Oh, yes. We are moving into summer. Uh thank you Mr. O'Neal for reminding me. Uh moving into summer summer wear is now appropriate uh giving the June July month. Yes. >> Thank you Mr. Very important item to discuss. >> Okay with that uh open to >> so moved. Second. All in
215favor? >> I >> we adjourned at 9:30 p.m. Thank you everyone. I know it.