001for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [Music] As a member of the class of 2025, the memories I made in high school will truly last the lifetime. So, as the year comes to a close, I would like to invite everyone to take a moment to reflect on the year or last four years to things we've overcome, the celebrations, the hard work and dedication of the student, staff, and parents, the friendships made, and the caring connections. Thank you. Thank you, Erin. Next, we have close session report by the clerk. Thank you. 4.1, no approval action. 4.2 2, the board of trustees unanimously approved the settlement agreement in OAH case number 2025020511 resolving all due process issues by conducting an assessment and providing interim services compensatory education and reimbursements.
002Excuse me. 4.3 The board of trustees unanimously approved the settlement agreement in OAH case number 2025020497 resolving all due process issues by conducting an assessment and providing interim services compensatory education and reimbursements 4.4 No approval action 4.5 no approval action 4.6 Six. The board of trustees unanimously voted to dismiss employee HR-2024-25-52. And that concludes the close session report. Uh thank you, Madame Clerk. Moving on to item uh six, recognitions. We're going to start with uh Assemblywoman Sharon Corksova, woman of the year distinction award. So why don't the board come up to the center Mike? ready. Okay. Uh, Sunday woman Sharon Corksova's woman of distinction award is why we're standing here this evening. Uh, Sunday woman Sharon Corks Silva and the board of trustees would like to recognize Andrea Rodriguez for being named one of the
003recipient of the women of distinction award. [Applause] Andrea currently serves as the community schools coordinator at Anaheim High School, having previously served at Lara High School, where she was named classified employee of the year. Her work is a testament to her impact on student success and continues to be a champion for education and community empowerment. And this evening, representing Sharon Quirks office is Anthony Monroy. [Applause] Thank you. Thank you. Why don't you go to the mic so people can enjoy? Well, on behalf of Assembly, I just want to congratulate Rodriguez, one of our two proudly selected Anaheim of the year from our district. [Applause] But she's so happy. [Applause] Thank you guys. I really appreciate it. But just working in this district in our school with our leadership and our department. I really appreciate you
004all the work you do is amazing in our community. [Applause] 6.2 donations. The board of trustees would like to recognize Miss Diana Alzaga and her family for the heartfelt and ongoing support of the Gilbert High School parenting program. Would you come forward? In 2016, Miss Alazag Alzaga's daughter, Brienne Alzaga, participated in the Gilbert parenting program. Tragically, Brienne has since passed away, and Mrs. Alexaga and her husband, Paul, have lovingly taking on the role of raising their granddaughter, Isabella. Deeply touched by the positive impact the program had on their daughter, the Alazaga family has continued to honor Brienne's memory by generously supporting what is now known as the Rising Sunshine program. Their contributions include both monetary and inkind donations over the past two years. In a beautiful extension of this legacy, 9-year-old Isabella has also joined
005in the effort with the help of her Girl Scout troop. She recently raised and donated $440 to support our rising sunshine scholars. The family has also founded a nonprofit organization, Amir's Closet, which collects baby clothes, diapers, furniture, and toys to benefit families in our program. We are truly grateful for the Alazaga family's compassion, generosity, and commitment to making a lasting difference in their in the lives of others. Congratulations and thank you. [Applause] Next is 6.3 CIF Southern Section Northern Division Championship boys wrestling champion, Cypress High School. Vince Parington Pardington is a senior at Cypress High School. He is a four-time league champion, three-time Empire League champion, and one-time Crest View League champion. Vince was a CIF Southern Section Northern Division Champion 2025 at 144 pounds. He was also the CIF Southern Section Masters Champion 2025
006at 144 pounds. Additionally, he was a three-time Masters participant, two-time state participant, and 2025 CIF State Wrestling Meet semi uh quarter quarterfinalist. All this while maintain a 3.57 GPA. [Applause] Vince has obtained an athletic scholarship to Vanguard University where he intends to continue wrestling. Congratulations, Vince. [Applause] 6.4 four, student representative to the board of trustees. On behalf of the board of trustees, we would like to thank Aaron Beck for her service as student representative to the board during the 2425 year. Congratulations, Aaron. [Applause] Um, good evening everybody. I am very grateful for the opportunity to have served the district and the student voice looking over every change brought to each school. Um, I'm planning to go to UCSD pursuing psychology. And my name is Aaron Beck, your student representative to the board of [Applause] trustees.
0076.5, excuse me, 24 25 AUD student ambassadors. The board of trustees honors the district student ambassadors for their service and important contribution to the district during the 2425 year. I'm glad to see they're following directions without me saying a word. Great. 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. So, so students are going to when I call their name, they're going to come up to the podium and state which college they will be attending and then come over here and we'll give you some certificates. So, first we have Maya Isabella Gelverson from Anaheim High [Applause] School. Thank you. Good evening everyone. It is an honor to be
008before you today. This year, I have enacted a schoolwide social contract focusing on improving the student safety at Anaheim High School. I will be pursuing my education at UC Berkeley where I will be studying abroad in London and majoring in political science. My name is Maya Galvazan and I'm the student ambassador of Anaheim High School. [Applause] Good evening everyone. Firstly, I want to say a how app okay sorry how much I appreciate being the student ambassador for Cambridge virtual academy for two years and the growth that came with it. I am honored to have contributed to our community and the CVA spirit and I am honored to have and proud of what we have accomplished and I'm excited for what's next. I'm going to go to Cypress Community College pursuing biology. My name is Elelliana
009Garcia and I am Cambridge Virtual Academy student in a box. [Applause] Good evening. I'm so grateful for the opportunity that has been given to me to be a part of this program and to be able to help my community. In the future, I plan to attend the University of California, San Diego for political science. My name is Jackson Houston and I'm the cyber student ambassador. [Applause] Good evening everyone. This year I had the amazing opportunity to work with the student ambassadors and an amazing group of adviserss along with raising student voices at Catella High School. I will continue my journey at UC Santa Barbara pursuing engineering and my name is Evan Aglar Ramos. I'm the student ambassador of Catella High School. Thank you. [Applause] Okay, it's good. I Good evening. Good evening. If I am
010deeply grateful for the opportunity that the student that the student ambassador program has given me and I am beyond honored to have been serving Magnolia High School for the for this past year. In this past year, I have learned how to understand my community and how to deepen my knowledge and enrich it and to help students and our teachers on campus. I'm going to be I will be attending Cal State Fullerton in the fall, majoring in child and adolescent studies with my goal being being to become an elementary school teacher. My name is Ailen Ramirez Ree, Magnolia High School student ambassador. Hello and good evening. Um, this year I have set the ground running for scholarships at RS under RSVP for yearly seniors and will be continuing my education at the University of Southern California
011pursuing legal studies. My name is Yurelli Martinez and I have been Oxford Academy student ambassador. [Applause] Good evening everyone. I just want to share how grateful I am for this opportunity who I was once feeling uncertain about how I am as a leader. But because of this program, I was able to grow and represent my peers with the passion for wanting to represent leadership. I am now going to be pursuing a major of cognitive and behavioral neuroscience at UC San Diego for premed. My name is Kina Ping and I am Savannah student ambassador. [Applause] Good evening. Um, this year I focus a lot on the merger between Western and Orange View. Um, I'm honored to have been a part of the redesign team and put in my student voice for the new changes. Um, through
012RSVP, I've informed all of our student body about the upcoming changes coming next year. Um, next year I'll be pursuing engineering at the uh, College of Capai Pomona. Um, my name is Muhammad Kowalde and I am Western's High's student ambassador. [Applause] Right. I love it. I love it. Good evening everybody. as one of the ambassador advisors with amazing colleagues, Miss Brown, Miss Lee, and Dr. Nadine. It has been a pleasure to work with this group of students. We look forward to continuing this program and raising student voice. And thank you for uh empowering our students and putting them at the table. Thank you. [Applause] Thank you. Next is 6.6 National Education Association NEA California Teacher of the Year, Katrina [Applause] Joy. Mrs. Katrina Joy has been a vital part of the district's community for over
013two decades. Currently serving as a community school lead teacher lead at Magnolia High School. Her extensive experience, passion, and effort has enabled her to effectively connect school and community resources, fostering support for holistic well-being of students, staff, families, and the wider community. Notably during the CO 19 pandemic, her passion led to establish a nonprofit organization, the Sentinel Assistance Funding Essentials, or SAFE, to assist Magnolia High School students and their families. As one of 15 community school teacher leads hired through the California Community School Partnership Program Grant, Mr. Joy quickly demonstrated leadership, helping foster highquality instruction and relevant teacher practices both at her school and across the district. A recent example of her impact is the senior project pitches at Magnolia High School where students trained in Google project management presented innovative solutions inspired by community
014schools, street data, showcasing Mrs. Joyy's collaborative leadership recognizing a need for support within the Anaheim Secondary Teachers Association or ASA. Miss Joy has been has also stepped up to advocate for her colleagues, leading the initiative to create a new director of member well-being uh position within the association. a humble leader in accepting her award back in the annual excellence of education awards gala hosted in Washington DC in in February. Katrina recognized all the work and dedication by both her fellow NEA members and district staff involved in transforming our school community through the community schools approach. Congratulations [Applause] 6.7 Anaheim Union High School District District Teachers of the Year. The board of trustees would like to recognize the Anaheim uh Union High School District 2425 teachers of the year. Each school site selected a teacher of
015the year and submitted him or her for consideration for the AODD teacher of the year awards. A committee then had the very difficult challenge of reviewing the nomination letters for each outstanding teacher and selecting district teachers of the year who exemplify the best of the best. These teachers will now be considered for the Orange County Teacher of the Year recognition program. Finalists will be honored at an award ceremony in November. The first one is Joseph Ihara, Western High School. Joseph Joseph uh teaches world language, Japanese. He's been in the district for 27 years and some special contributions. Joseph Aara creates a strong sense of community. He builds rich cultural connections and deepens student engagement. Beyond the classroom, Joe has coached the basketball team for over a decade, dedicating countless hours to nurturing his players as
016respectful young men and leaders on campus. His innovation, creativity, and organizational skills shine through his work in designing immersive experiences for visiting international students and supporting large groups of international visitors, over 150 students at a time. Collaborating with teachers across the the disciplines, Joe ensures these students gain a deep understanding of our five C's and cultural practices. Joe's vision, dedication, and ability to bring people together are nothing short of extraordinary. He goes above and beyond in every aspect of his work, leaving a lasting impact on students, colleagues, and the entire school community. Thank you, Joe. [Applause] Next we have Sean Fleshman, Orange View Junior High. [Applause] Sean subject is US history and he's been in the district for 27 years. Also special contributions. Shawn's passion for education shines through his dynamic and student- centered teaching
017methods. As a history teacher, he designs lessons that are not only import knowledge but also encourage critical thinking and civic engagement. By connecting historical events to contemporary issues, he helps students understand the relevance of past in shaping their present and future. Shawn is a pioneer in bringing new programs and opportunities to the campus. He was instrumental in launching Orange View's first ever community schools program, a transformative initiative that has strengthened the connection between our school and the surrounding community. In his first year as a community schools teacher lead, Shawn helped implement a health grant that promoted vaccinations of all kinds to members of our community. He embodies the qualities of an exceptional leader, teacher, and community advocate. His tireless efforts to inspire students, support his colleagues, and enhance the or view community. Congratulations [Applause] That
018concludes our recognitions. We Jeff Cornelius who was previously recognized at our last board meeting. He's he's the third person. So, thank you one and all. You can all stay if you would like to for the rest of the meeting. It's been a great year for you. I'm very grateful to have a lot of reading. I'll just I'll just say PTA. Okay, the crowd has thinned out just a little bit, so we'll move on. Uh, reports. We have student representative report. Erin. Okay, my final report. [Music] Um, starting off with Anaheim High School. Anaheim High School's capstone conversations were a roaring success. The graduating class of 2025 participated in their final presentations to a variety of panelists, including administrators, teachers, parents, and board of trustee members. Also, their final class competition was filled with summer fun.
019All grade levels participated in a variety of summer themed games during lunch for a chance to win more points for their class. Now moving on to CVA. CVA wanted to highlight one of their amazing staffs, Mr. Okala, being recognized as a classified staff of the year. Congratulations and thank you, Mr. Aala, for all the hard work that you do. Now, let's move on to Cypress. Cypress High School recently held the Every 15 minutes program, which aims to educate students about the dangers and consequences of drunk driving. Their senior class was also engaged in capstone projects designed to showcase their skills in the five Cs. These projects serve as a culumination of their academic achievements at Cypress High School. The Cypress Centurions are eagerly looking forward to a series of memorable senior events and are ready
020to celebrate their unity achievements and the exciting milestones ahead. Now, let's move on to Kennedy. Kennedy would love to congratulate Miss Foy for receiving the distinguished honor of Constitutional Rights Foundation of Orange County's mock trial teacher of the year. Miss Foy has developed the Kennedy mock trial team into a strong, versatile group of competitive students. They are extremely lucky to have her prepare and guide their mocktra students to success. Thank you, Miss Foy, and you are so so appreciated. Now, let's look at Catella. Catella's boys varsity varsity volleyball made it to quarterfinals. Their varsity softball had their senior night yesterday and won their game. Along South, their baseball varsity team had their senior night and won their game against Anaheim. Congratulations to those teams and their hard work. Their highlight was also prom at the
021Turn It Bros Prominade where many students had positive experiences even with unexpected rain. Thank you to the staff and students who made it to prom. Now, let's look at Laurera. Laura High School hosted a vibrant community garage sale and pop-up market organized by the family and community center. The event brought together families, students, and community members in a festive atmosphere filled with music, food, and opportunities to support local vendors. Attendees enjoyed a lively experience that celebrated the diversity and entrepreneurial spirit of the Lera community. Events like these help strengthen the connection between school and families, building a sense of unity and collaboration that defines what it means to be a Saxon. Now, moving on from Magnolia. As the school year begins to close, the highlight of Magnolia High School is the unwaving spirit of their
022ASB. For the rest of the school year, ASB has a multitude of activities lined up for both students and staff to end the year off strong. For teacher appreciation week, their ASB members have been bringing snacks to every classroom on campus to recognize the hard work their teachers put in. This week was also senior spirit week to have one last for all before they turned that tassel. Now moving on to Oxford. Oxford ASB hosted a senior citizen tea party for the members of Cyprus. Engaging and discussing various topics over a cup of tea. Both the students and senior citizens enjoyed their time together playing games while also providing and listening to advice for the future. Oxford really practices their 5C's and this highlight for their month shows that. Now for Savannah Savannah High School brought
023the heat on April 25th with this annual staff versus students basketball game held in the gym at 6 p.m. with energy high and school spirit even higher. Students faced off against some of their favorite teachers in a fun and competitive showdown. Members of the boys basketball team represented the student side, bringing skill and excitement to the court. Clubs added to the festivives festivities by selling delicious food, making it a full community event. They also had their survivors play in which they honored the lives of those affected by the Holocaust. Now, lastly for Western, Western had their Japanese tea ceremony where Western's Japanese program led by Mr. Ihara held an authentic Japanese tea ceremony teaching Western how to properly mix up. Western High School truly had so many unique events throughout May. Thank you. [Applause] Thank
024you, Erin. Appreciate your every meeting where you put together a nice report like this. So, thank you again. Next, we have uh student speakers. We have one student speaker for this evening. Um, actually it's two together at one time. Leslie Song and Ashley [Applause] Kim. Um, good evening. Hello. My name is Ashley Kim and I'm here speaking on behalf of the ethnic studies program at Cypress High School. Firstly, I want to thank the board of trustees for allowing students the opportunity to experience their own culture and their curriculums and also learn about their identities and intersectionalities. I want to thank Mr. Hosshi for coming into our classroom in Miss Ryza's class to share more about his experience and his parents' experience in the terment camps during the executive order of 1966. I want to share
025that the ethnic studies really allows students to not only explore their own identities but also um share like demonstrate solidarity with their community members and also learn more about themselves in that process. Thank [Applause] you. Hello, my name is Leslie Song and I'm a junior at Cypress High School. I'm also here to uh represent the ethnic studies task force and I would like to give um a great thanks to the board to listen to our input and I believe that ethnic studies is really important for our academic curriculum as it allows um students to build empathy and understanding of different perspectives. This is different from our traditional standard of um teaching and education which I believe has created more students to be open-minded and understand how different perspectives of our cultures and backgrounds are truly
026important. So I hope that more people can continue to empower these students into learning the importance of ethnic studies. Thank you. [Applause] Thank you ladies. Always a pleasure to hear students make a presentation. Next, we recognize our associations in the audience. We have Lisa E from [Applause] CTA, Jeff Morgan from ASA, Lacy Monger from APGA, our counseling staff, Jennifer Sasai, Alta representative, and I think that's all from that. We also have Juan Alver from Anaheim Elementary School District as a board member. Did I miss anybody? No. Good. Next, we'll have reports of associations. So, Mr. Aa want to come forward. Mr. Morgan. Mr. Morgan's turn. Well, it wasn't Mrs. Asta. I had a picture of a sash right across. I don't know. Well, good evening. Uh, happy May and almost happy summer. Um, board president
027O'Neal, um, board of trustees, superintendent Matsuda, Executive Cabinet, colleagues and community. I want to start off tonight by just acknowledging the 1,150 Anaheim Union teachers and ASA members that work tirelessly every day on behalf of their students in their classrooms. Uh putting in long hours and many volunteer hours to provide the best possible education for their students. Uh it's definitely a commitment of love on the when you're a teacher in the classroom every day you're on that daily cycle of you know lesson planning, teaching and grading which was not my favorite the grading part. So I don't miss that part of the classroom. Uh but I do miss all the other parts. Um so I just want to share on behalf of the association our just sincere appreciation to all our teachers out there. I
028also want to share our appreciation to the board of trustees for the April uh meeting where they adopted the resolution to support the we can't wait campaign. I think that all of us together can go much further down that road and making sure that we can protect public education and provide the resources and the environment that's best for our students and communities. So we sincere appreciation for that and the only school board that I'm know so far that has endorsed the weekend campaign in the state of California. So thank you. I do want to share a little bit about Becky Pringle's visit who was the president of NEA uh last month during our learning and leading day. I know I saw uh trustees Hosshi Rand Tjo and Guerrero there. Had a chance to meet her
029and experience what we do in Anaheim Union with community schools. Uh we had the pleasure of taking her out to dinner that evening and she was just blown away by what we're able to do here in Anaheim. um she's going to share our story not only on the national stage but the international stage and she just was thrilled with her visit to Alawera High School to be able to see everything that was going on there as well as she got a special visit to the MAC u and to meet our NEA California teacher of the year as well uh Katrina and spent some time there as well. So, I wanted to extend her uh sincere appreciation for the invite and uh the time that she spent. And she really did have to make room in
030her schedule. I mean, right after dinner, she went directly to the airport and had to fly right back to Washington DC. And then she I think she was off to Europe after that. So, as you can imagine, the uh president of the 3 million member national union, she's a very busy person. Um, I do want to acknowledge on behalf of ASTA, our bargaining team and the leaders of our bargaining team has worked very hard over the last month and a half uh to put together a proposal and so we look forward uh to many many conversations in the coming months around our proposal uh so we can continue to go down that road together. So May is the time for capstone for promotions and graduations and performances and celebrations. It's the fun stuff that allows
031us to see our students shine and the fruits of all of our hard work. So, I just want to wish everybody a happy two last weeks of the school year, right, as we wind down and and enjoy all the fun these fun times and just recognize all the hard work that's been done throughout the year and wish everyone a happy summer. It's something as a teacher, sorry, that I we get to enjoy every year that feeling that school's out. So, I wouldn't want any other career. All right. Thank you very much. Lacy Munger. Lacy. There she is. Okay. Good evening, AHSD Board of Trustees, President O'Neal, Superintendent Matsuda, Executive Cabinet, and community members. And like Mr. Mr. Morgan is dead. Counselors can see the light because we are in May. And while we're in the
032midst of preparing to promote our eighth graders to high school, graduating seniors to their post-secary paths, and simultaneously registering students for summer school through Apex CVA, access and dual enrollment. Many of our counselors will work summer school, making sure students who are remediating courses stay on pace and enter the 2526 school year on track for graduation and college ready. Tonight, I want to spotlight how our AOHST counselors continue to support the whole student, ensuring equity and student well-being. Each of you has a copy of our quarter 3 counseling report, which I encourage you to read fully at your convenience. But for now, I'd like to walk you through a few key highlights that show what happens when counselors are empowered to work systemically. Um, to begin with, one of our biggest systemwide successes was our
033financial aid completion, which you've heard for like the last four months as I've been up here. But at this point, districtwide, our FAFSA, California Dream Act completion stands at 73%. well above the state and county averages. As you can see on the report, the success didn't happen overnight. It's the result of early intentional outreach, strong follow-up systems, family engagement, and our community partnerships. And it's not just about um checking a box for us, but it's also about ensuring access. Our student groups, as you can see, are completing at high rates, and half of the groups are meeting or exceeding the state average. These groups include our English learners, our students with disabilities, our foster youth, first generation and low-income students, and students who initially opted out until a counselor re-engaged them in the process. And
034while we as a system look at the satellite data, it's personal for our students, and for many of our students, it's a turning point with a lifelong impact. And as one Anaheim High School senior said, "After my counselor encouraged me to complete the FAPSA, I changed my mind and decided to enroll in Fullerton College." If you turn to t page two of the report, so just turn it over, you'll see how our counselors are supporting mental and behavioral health in alignment with AB2508, which now recognizes school counselors in the mental and behavioral health area. This school year, counselors have submitted 6,438 medical billable entries, which is a 156% increase from last year. These billable services reflect direct one-on-one counseling services and small groupoup sessions related to mental health given by a school counselor. One standout
035example doing the work is Ball Junior High School who after running targeted small groups showed through post surveys given to students that there was a 50% increase in students who can name a stress management strategy that worked. 45% increase of students reported feeling less less anxious about life stressors. And while this is only one example of the power of school-based mental health intervention, it's also a clear reminder that we are not just academic counselors, but we are whole student counselors. Additionally, counselors are leading across all three tiers of student support. In tier one, our teams have delivered 3,457 classroom lessons on essential skills such as communication, motivation, time management, and college planning. In tier 2, we go a little bit smaller and we have over 31,000 small group and or one-on-one interventions in the academic,
036college, career, and social emotional domains for our students. And when tier one and tier two are exhausted, meaning we have we have done our resources, counselors have submitted 657 referrals to school social workers or outside agencies. So yes, once again, I bring you the data that clearly shows the impact of AHSD school counselors. We work within the system, but we also work smarter and more strategically with a focus on equity, access, and student centered solutions. And in doing so, we are actively improving our system. Which brings me to a final and encouraging point for this time. During this year's LCAP process, it was exciting to see school counselors recognized as a district-wide need for multiple focus groups. Our stakeholders are seeing counselors as a critical part of the solution. Two separate LCAP focus groups went
037so far as to recommend. The district will hire additional counselors to provide services in academic progress, college and career guidance, and targeted support for social emotional learning. Another group said a or recommends AUHSD will increase increase the number of school counselors across sites to ensure equitable personalized academic, career, and social emotional guidance. That level of recognition reflects the trust we've built and the transformation that's underway within our group. APJ's goal this year was to show you the data, the stories, and the systems that prove school counselors support the whole student while advancing the mission and the vision of AUHSD. And we intend to continue to show you our contributions as we go into the 2526 school year. Thank you. [Applause] Looks like Jennifer Cessay is in the queue. I am. Good evening, President O'Neal, Board
038of Trustees, Superintendent Matsuda, Executive Cabinet, students, families, and school community joining us in person and online. As we celebrate teacher appreciation week, we extend our deepest gratitude to our dedicated student teachers, staff, and faculty for their unwavering support and guidance of our students. It is through their intentional efforts to craft meaningful and engaging learning experiences that we witness the incredible accomplishments of our students. As the school year draws to a close, our campuses are filled with energy and excitement. From student activities to senior celebrations to graduations and preparations for summer school, our schools are closing this year with pride and purpose. A heartfelt thank you to all of our school sites for their continued commitment. Oxford Academy would like to congratulate Abigail Hong for earning recognition in the national PTA Reflections Art Contest. A tremendous
039accomplishment. Additionally, Oxford proudly celebrates its baseball and boys volleyball teams for being crowned 605 league champions. On Saturday, May 3rd, Orange View hosted its farewell fiesta, a welcoming former students, families, current and retired staff, and administration as they honored the school's legacy and looked forward to its future at the Western High School campus. Alumni, warriors, and Panthers gathered to open a time capsule from 1997, uncovering a trove of memories from students of that era. Although the 1984 time council remains elusive, the search continues with enthusiasm. Special thanks to board of trustees Mr. Ron Hosshi and executive director Robert Salvivar for their support as well as all the the principles dating back to 2006 who attended the memorable event. Loera is in full senior season mode with students showcasing their growth through capstone presentations at the
040Saxon Summit. The school community was recently celebrated milestones, a memorable prom, department awards, and senior awards ceremonies. Excitement now builds for the grand finale graduation on May 23rd. Savannah recently welcomed visitors from Hungary and France, providing enriching cultural and educational exchange. Both the guests and hosts reflected on the experience, often beginning with nerves, but ending with friendship and mutual appreciation. These international visits continue to foster global understanding and are valuable opportunities to we hope to see expanded across our schools. Catella proudly spotlights its innovative game design pathway, a new unique program that begins at South Junior High and extends through Catella, Fullerton College, and UC Irvine. Combining computer science, digital arts, storytelling, and esports, this pathway offers students hands-on experience with tools like Unity, Unreal Engine, and Blender. Catella students can earn dual enrollment credits,
041gain unity certification, engage engage in game-based English courses while participating in competitive esports. This pathway exemplifies AUHSD's commitment to empowering students with real world skills and preparing them for success in digital and creative industries. At Western High School, in partnership with Chalk Hospital, their dedicated social work team, Western is proud to announce the launch of the student wellness center, a safe and supportive space where students can take time to decompress and recharge with the guidance of school counselors and trained wellness peer mentors. Students selected as wellness peer mentors will also have the opportunity to enroll in a dual enrollment course with Cypress College, gaining valuable experience and college credit. The PAIO are stepping up to support mental health and build stronger, healthier school community. Lexington celebrates the well-rounded achievements of its students in academics, athletics,
042and the arts. Over 160 students joined the Millionword Club, a testament to their dedication to literacy. Their fourth quarter sports teams concluded their seasons with strong performances. While students also shined in the arts through vibrant showcases, choir and guitar concerts, dramatic performances, and their annual band concert on the green. As we approach the close to the academic school year, we reflect with gratitude on our incredible students, families, and community. Thank you for your continued partnership and support. Do we have a representative from PTA in the audience? Why don't you come forward? Good evening, esteemed board, members, cabinets, and student representative. My name is Daniel Martinez, and I am the Anaheim Secondary Council chair reflections coordinator. And that's why I was here. I wanted to speak on behalf of our program, our arts program, the reflections
043program, which is a national arts recognition and achievement program that started in 1969. Um, we wanted to speak because of Abigail Hong from Oxford Academy. She got the award for outstanding interpretation in her in her grade level which is middle school from 6th to 8th. This program it has u many aspects to it. We have dance choreography, film production, literature, music composition, photography and visual arts. And this year we had 11 of the 18 schools participate. And then we gave our winners to fourth district because it goes from unit to district to state and then to nationals. And I wanted to just um congratulate Abigail. I wanted to read what she wrote because this is what she got her outstanding interpretation. Our theme for this year was called accepting imperfections and this is what she
044wrote. I was inspired to create this piece after looking at the evolution of man painting. It showed how the humanity of species changed over time. I though why not make an illustration about how I changed over the past year. If you look at the girl, so I couldn't make a copy because it was but this is the painting that one. So she has a child all um here wrapped up and she's evolving. Okay. So she wrote um if you look at the girl from the left perfection has tied her up restricting her of making any mistakes. At the end of her journey the girl realizes that imperfe imperfection makes you happy in life which causes the rope of perfection to fall. I think our um students in this in this district have so many opportunities
045and so we are very honored that she you know made nationals. At the same time I wanted to extend gratitude on behalf of our board because you sponsored five of our um board members to go to national convention which just happened this past weekend. So thank you very much board and that's it. Thank you. Thank you. The student Abigail is here. Good evening everyone. My name is Abigail Hong and I'm a current seventh grade student at Oxford Academy. I want to share some thoughts that I had on this piece that I didn't include in my artist statement. First, I realized this was the first piece I made about myself. A lot of competitions I've participated in have included various topics, but this was the first piece I made that truly represented me as a person
046and my journey. I also want to mention how this illustration connects imperfection with motivation. Many people connect perfection as a way to motivate themselves to do better. How? However, imperfection shows and shines your perfections. By by reflecting on your imperfections, you can become a better person through reflection. And that's how I think my piece has really shown my journey. [Applause] [Music] Yeah. Any questions? We had one student speaker that came in a little late, so we'll recognize her now. Ameliano Gil. Good evening, good afternoon. Uh uh sorry, Anaheim Union High School District board parents here. My name is Aiano Gil. I am a sophomore at Laura High School and um I'm here on behalf of one of my teachers um dismissals from Laura. Before I begin, I want to extend a question to parents and
047board here. Um by a show of hands, do you guys have a teacher that was memorable to you memorable to you at all during school? Board members. Yes. That's great to hear. That's exactly why I'm here. [Music] Um, I'm here today to hopefully change your minds about the dismissal of one of my teachers, Mrs. Stephanie Farfan. Throughout my high school career and my junior high school career, I've had my fair share of teachers who have made me dislike school, who have not who have made me not have a motivation to go in there every day and put all of it into my work. teachers who don't care enough about their students, teachers who don't want to be teaching, or teachers who are often lost or not paying attention to the work. Miss Farfan has been
048everything but that. In the past couple months I have been with her. Miss Farfan, in the short time that I've had her, has been one of the most outstanding and understanding teachers that I've had, not only in my high school career, but in my entire school career. And I've only had one other notable teacher that has made that difference in my life. From the moment I entered the class, I could tell it was a completely calm and trustworthy environment. Something I wish that I could have said about every single class before mine. But unfortunately, that is not how it is. It didn't take long for me to notice it difference from a lot of my other classes. While in my chemistry class, my teacher could have just been sitting down waiting for kids to complete
049work just to go on their phones. Miss Farfan's class was not like that. From the very first day that I was transferred to her classroom, I noticed there was a lot more care in the way that she taught her students. She could tell immediately that I did not have motivation and I am ashamed to admit that I obviously did not. Miss Farfan did not have any prejudice against me and did not sorry and did not have anything against me for not being motivated. She tried to see my way in every single day I enter that classroom. Miss Faren does an amazing job of not only showing that she cares, but that she's there for us for our work. And this is this extends to every single day when she sorry I'm a little nervous. Um
050every day I enter that classroom I get help with the work more than I can say in a lot of my other classes. Whenever I'm confused, whenever I'm lost in the work, she has empathy towards me and a lot of other students, not just in my class. She's a freshman and sophomore class, and I've heard from a lot of my other peers how much of an impact she's made on them as well. For some, this might be the only positive role model in their life that they have, which is why it's so important that I think she should continue teaching. For a lot of my peers that I've talked to, this is the only person that they can turn to when they have difficulties. There I know kids who have difficult home situations who come
051to school just for a chance to have a good day because of Miss Farfan. And I'm not speaking from speculation because I was one of those students as well. Like I said, I was transferred to Miss Farfan's class um during second semester. During first semester, I was in a math class that did not make me want to go to school. I felt constantly patronized and I felt as my teacher was against me and made me lose all hope for my achievement in that class. I barely scraped by and while I know I could have put most of it in, I also understand that part of it was because I was in an environment that promoted uh somewhere where I felt safe. That all changed when I was switched to Miss Farfet's classroom. For a good
052week, it was the same problem. I did not feel motivated at all. But Miss Farfan tried to see how I was feeling instead of patronizing me. And with time, there was progress. I now maintain a steady A+ in that classroom. I am excelling in that classroom and I can confidently say that I understand the material that we're doing. And I would not be in this place if it were not for an amazing teacher like Miss Farfan. There's one thing she said to me that I think about a lot when I'm having a rough day. It was a particularly rough time for me during that week. And you could have never told because Miss Farfan just lights every student's day up when you get in her classroom. She told me, "I'm really glad you were added
053to this classroom." Something that might have seemed like an off-hand comment meant the entire world to me. It's a comment I think about like I said a lot when I am in a difficult place in school because it made me feel like I was wanted in the classroom that I was in. And this extends to a lot of other students that I've seen in that classroom. They say stunning things about Miss Faran that she's made them feel the passion to go back to school. And I can say that about myself as well. I mean before that I didn't even want to do the things I love most. I'm a band student lawyer and even I was starting to lose my passion for music and seeing that I was wanted in that environment it changed everything
054for me. So I asked the board to please reconsider Miss Farfan's dismissal from Laura High School. She's a crucial part of a lot of students livelihood and removing her would be in my eyes a poor decision. For all the teachers who don't care like Miss Fan does, I ask you to not get rid of the one who does. Thank you. Thank you, [Applause] Mio. Next are presentations. Uh community schools. Dr. Frerieded. Yes. So, it is my honor and privilege to introduce our director of community schools in family and community engagement, Mr. Carlos Hernandez, who is going to lead us with his team of meetup of our community members on the great work being done to support our community school approach. So, Mr. Hernandez. All right. Thank you, Dr. Freed. Uh, good evening board, uh, cabinet
055students, families, staff, uh, community members here in the audience and watching at home. Hi, Mom. Um, we thank you, uh, for this opportunity this evening to, uh, celebrate. We're celebrating a lot of lot of things today. It's awesome to see all of the the community school uh members, staff uh being celebrated and recognized. We're going to take you on on about a 10-minute journey uh through our community schools uh approach. We will focus on how our holistic approach, which is important, is making progress towards the vision, which is transforming uh this amazing community of Anaheim Union High School District is for us. Um, so this is I'm going to skip through that overview because we're going to hit it along the way. Um, this is our community schools approach here in Anaheim Union. It is
056a holistic approach and as you zoom in and you read what what the community defined as our community schools, it is about our community career preparedness systems framework. It is about our capstones and the things that we are hearing from our students. It's about our collaborative leadership systems that we have. It's about how we reflect through learning walks in other ways. It's about how we invest in students like work-based learning, uh, AIM partnerships, internships, and it's about the collective leadership that you will hear from today, our partners in our community. We received over $26 million, um, in community school funding from the California Community School Partnership Program um, grant from the state of California. This was three years ago uh, or almost four years ago. We have 15 schools up on the slides, 13 of
057which are in their third year of the community school grant. Two of them are in their second year of their community school grant. Um before I go on, this is really important as you will see a little bit of a journey as we celebrate our community school steering committee members and I give big shout out to them. You're going to hear from representatives, student, parents, partners, staff members, uh, teachers, and, uh, folks from here at the district office and and site leadership. Um, today's presentation is going to take you on five different, um, things that we'll focus on. One is how are we sharing all of the assets and needs that we captured through our data? How are we centering the classroom, the teaching and learning in the community schools approach? How are we enhancing
058partnerships uh, services? And how are we making an impact? collectively across the schools and the last is how do we sustain this after the grant because this is a grant so how do we sustain this Kenny Perez our community school manager will kick us off here thank you Carlos good evening my name is Kenny Perez Carlos manager for community schools proudly serving our community a cornerstone of a community school's framework in AUHSD is unwavering commitment to understanding the strengths and needs in our community through a comprehensive and inclusive assets and needs process As depicted in our as its cycle, this work is not a one-time event. It is an ongoing journey. This year learned this year alone, more than 18,000 students and families have contributed to this community through uh to this process by sharing
059their experience through surveys, community voice circles, and empathy interviews. These authentic contributions are not viewed in isolation. and instead we layer this community voice with existing existing district data to develop a more holistic and accurate understanding of what our students and families truly need and what assets they already possess. This rich integrated data enables us to respond with intention and equity ensuring our strategies are not only informed by deeply rooted and with the experiences serve including those who have been historically underserved or disengaged. Ultimately, this allows us to remove barriers and create opportunities for every student to thrive. In this incl this inclusive mindset doesn't end with data collection. We are embedding the principles of the assets and needs process in the everyday fabric of our schools. One powerful example is the integration of community
060voice circles into our parent learning walks. These walks already offer parents valuable tools to support their children's learning. By incorporating voice circles, we deepen the experience, creating space for parents to reflect, share their perspectives, and engage in a dialogue with one another and with school staff. Beyond these structured settings, community voice circles also serve as spaces for healing and connection. They offer a flexible and responsive tool for listening no matter the context, ensuring that every member of the school community has a place to be heard, supported, and seen. Did I uh Oh, here we go. To further strengthen transparency and accountability, we've developed a user-friendly assets needs dashboard. This tool makes the results of our survey accessible to everyone. Community members can visit AUHSD community schools website to explore data, filter it by school site,
061and examine trends among specific student populations. This open access is more than just a transparency tool. It is a catalyst for collaboration. It allows us to work sidebyside with families, educators, and community partners to identify needs, elevate strengths, and align partnerships, services, and initiatives in ways that are both datadriven and community centered. By grounding our decisions in this shared data, we can more effectively direct resources where they will have the greatest impact. This is how we ensure that every initiative is not only evidence-based, but also equity focused. The dashboard was intentionally designed to be visually engaging and easy to navigate so that every so that anyone from students to parents can explore and make sense of the data with confidence. The dashboard also allows us to elevate key themes emerge from our student responses. When
062asked what supports them most at school, students consistently pointed to caring, helpful teachers and a supportive, welcoming school climate. These themes speak directly to the importance of fostering belonging and safety in our classrooms. Students also highlighted the importance of access to academic programs, learning resources, and support systems along with something as fundamental as food services, which they told us plays a critical role in helping them stay focused and ready to learn. The dashboard enables us to analyze the trends and translate them into meaningful and strategic action. However, this impact extends beyond services and programs. It touches the classroom experience itself. To illustrate how this data informs and enriches teaching and learning, I'm proud to introduce one of our community school teacher leads, Jason Coller. All right. Good evening everyone. My name is Jason Coller. I'm
063a community schools teacher lead at South Junior High. And I'm going to stick to a script for once. I'm just kidding. Um, as Kenny mentioned, we are taking a lot of data and especially the street data from community voice circles and empathy interviews into how we approach our lesson design and development of PTAs. Having a better understanding of our students needs, their assets, passions, and aspirations along with our three instructional drivers of the CPSF, which are technical skills, 5C's, and the 21st century skills, youth, voice, and purpose. Uh, we are able to link classroom instruction to the broader community. Our teachers are working hard to provide instruction that is engaging, that is grounded in civic engagement, and addresses real world issues. As we deepen our understanding of what teaching and learning should look like in
064a community school, the community schools teams have identified eight promising practice practices of the centering community- based learning capacity building strategy. And that's what you see on the screen right here. Um, while you read these or view these, one concrete example of how, you know, our district-wide one concrete example of how we're embedding these into instruction is our district-wide Minecraft experience. And this experience was funded solely through the community schools grant. So through the community schools partnership program, we were able to partner with uh Minecraft Education directly and have our whole school district built out, right? And I know uh our ask the president Jeff Morgan mentioned that Becky Pringle is taking us on the national and international stage. Well, so is this because this is available to everybody around the world. So back to
065the script. Sorry. Um, so the AUHSD reinventing communities experience invites students to engage in a transformative journey where they explore and redesign their communities through the lens of sustainability and climate action. Using Minecraft education, students here in the AUHSD and around the world are introduced to the community schools approach and embark on a creative and collaborative adventure visiting key landmarks within the Anaheim Union High School District and working with non-playable characters or NPCs to understand local challenges challenges. Um, the goal is to design solutions that address real world issues such as renewable energy, food security, water conservation, and community health. Students will build sustainable environments, innovative solutions, and contribute to a future where communities are more resilient, equitable, and environmentally friendly. This immersive experience empowers students to become active change makers, creating a better tomorrow,
066while learning valuable skills in problem solving, collaboration, and community building. So think of this experience as a soapbox speech but delivered and created in an innovative way uh that capitalizes on students funds of knowledge and students at the end of it students submit a screencast recording of their creation narrating the video walking the vid u the viewer through their thought process and how their build creates a more healthy and sustainable community. Um I had one student uh Manny and if he's watching hi Manny told him about this uh he created a really cool like garden in his community. So basically in this world you can access any region of the AUHSD on the district map and he happens to go to south. So he accessed the south Catella region and the community assets in this
067area are the Ponderosa Family Resource Center as well as Little People's Park and so what he built was a massive garden because he believed in you know we need a community garden and what that board says is because it's one thing to build something in Minecraft but you have to tie in the uh learning to like a written component as well in my class. So and he wrote the build around here is a community garden. The purpose and importance of the garden is to connect the community together and to provide local produce to the community to foster healthy eating habits. This connects to my vision of a thriving community because the garden focuses on physical health for everybody. This addresses the unique strengths in the garden because it can help reduce the cost of good
068healthy food. A garden helps reduce the distance food travels so it reduces emissions from transportation and improves local air qualities. Seventh grader. So, with that, u um I do invite everybody in here and everybody watching. On March 19th, student work from across the district will be showcased and reviewed May May 19th, sorry. Yeah, we're in we're May uh showcased and reviewed at the city of Anaheim's inaugural esports event by an esteemed panel of judges consisting of three city council members, the lifeboat team, who the community schools district steering committee partnered with to build out this world, uh as well as a teacher leader. Um while there will be a rewards and a prize and presenting but you know given to our students who uh who participate in this challenge, the real prize is presenting to
069an authentic audience that could lead to real achievable change within their community. So I look forward to hearing our students reflect on the experiences following this event May 19th. And now I'm going to introduce Crystal Miranda, community school coordinator. Good evening. My name is Crystal Miranda. I am the community school coordinator for independent studies and ILC's. For the past three years, it has been my privilege to participate in the evolution of how our district connects with and supports our students, their families, staff, and surrounding communities. As system thinkers and creators, community school coordinators gather satellite and street data to gain a deeper understanding of the communities we serve and bring their strengths and needs to the forefront of the conversations that are being had with school leadership teams. Thank you, Carlos. Community members, parents, and
070students to create equitable, effective, and sustainable systems of support in and outside of the classrooms. Just yesterday, the community schools district committee reviewed a proposal brought forth by three junior high schools who had each successfully piloted a reading program at their respective sites. These reading programs were a result of the ongoing assets and needs assessment process. Each was uniquely designed in accordance with their site strengths in mind and the information gathered through conversations facilitated by our community school coordinators with staff, students, and parents. The conversations grew to include community partners, curriculum specialists, and district leaders, all offering support and guidance. This summer, Brookerst, Orange View, and Sycamore Junior Highs will launch the reading support initiative, Level Up, a joint effort to address students struggle with grade level assignments due to challenges in reading comprehension, decoding,
071and fluency. They will be partnering with Second Harvest Food Bank and Hope Builders to create a sustainable reading support system that will exponentially benefit all our junior highs moving forward. Level Up is just one example of many that highlights how the community schools approach better equips us to recognize challenges as they emerge and provide the capacity to respond swiftly with tailored support and resources from new and existing community partners. We have seen an incredible surge of on-site support systems over the past three years, including dental, vision, and health clinics, community pantries that serve not only students and families, but the community at large, resource fairs, mental health support, the list goes on. Building upon the meaningful work our faces have done by focusing on the school as a whole, and establishing posit positive relationships with
072our parents, families often look to their school site for tier one support. This provides a foundation of trust, ensuring that the tier 2 and three supports community school coordinators help establish are being actively utilized by our students and families across the district. Our community school coordinators have their ears to the ground and are intentional when creating, managing, and leveraging uh relationships with community partners, creating systemic solutions to trending issues and acting as a catalyst for high impact change. To further in to further illustrate the strength and impact of our community partnerships, Marissa Bermudees from OKO will share some insights into the collaborative work that has been happening. Good evening. Thank you. Um like Crystal mentioned, my name is Marita Bmudees. I am the community organizer for Orange County Congregation Community Organization. Um where I lead
073the education work locally and statewide. I'm also a parent, so I'm proud of that as well. um and very um honored to do the work that we do here um in partnership with Anaheim Union sitting on the on the steering committee. Um and I just want to give a quick example of the work that we've been doing collectively which is um supporting um most recently in the LCAP process. Um this is the second year that we've engaged um with the district to partner up to really uplift and give a space for families and students to come together and be able to know what the LCAP is, right? the local control accountability plan and see how their participation is meaningful and how it can um impact the um the recommendations that are given to you as
074the board. So um we did have a debrief meeting after every single um LCAP meeting as well as we participated in the onboarding um um workshop for parents. And so, um, I'll be happy to share at our next board meeting, um, some of the results of that before we s, um, after we shared to our team here with, um, um, um, Robert and Sema, um, who with our partnership, it was really great, um, offering the space and just working in together. And um some of the results were um you know parents felt more engaged, felt more heard and um as um Blanca Alaskano shared at the LCAP um final meeting um you know one of the biggest things was interpretation and this year everybody really felt that they were really supported by that part. So
075I'm just really thankful for our partnership. We are one of the five partners um on the um steering committee and we look forward to keep on um working together. Thank you. Thank you, Mika. So, as Crystal des described the different impacts of the collective work uh through the community school staff members, you have three slides there just to give you some numbers in terms of the impact. Uh I want to get to uh Haley, our student, because the impact really is at the heart of the work for our students and our families that we serve. Um there are again as mentioned these are the the the increase in the impact um that Crystal described in the the work the collective work including the reading program. I'm going to bring up Haley and Jesse our two
076student and parent representatives to talk about the impact as a parent. Jesse Alvarez. Good evening. Uh as as Kenny mentioned and Crystal mentioned, you know, we have the community voice circles um and empathy interviews which has really given space for our parents to come on campus and have meaningful deep um conversations with staff that really leads to change. Um and then also empowerment, right? um the intentionality of reaching out to our families that are usually not as engaged um most on the margins, our most at promised families. Um with that intentionality, it's really brought in a lot of diverse voices uh on campus and then making those connections as well. So making those connections on campus with resources, but also with staff feeling welcome and empowered and being able to see those families now being
077advocates for not just their families, but their community as well. and being able to see them now in more spaces, really advocating and just feeling like they have been given like true uh space to be partners with the district, with the staff, with their um schools. And so that is where we're really seeing the biggest impact. Um and it's and it's beautiful to see our families out there. Um and it's not just the same families right now. we're really seeing um a lot of new faces, a lot of new uh families, and it's just spreading out into the community. Um and so along with that, it's empowering and making huge impacts on our students. So, I want to give space to Haley, one of our exceptional students that serves on our steering committee. [Applause] Good
078evening, members of the board, family, and community members who are here and watching online. My name is Haley Soautello and I am honored to have a minute to share with you all the impact that community is having. I've been involved with community schools for three years now and I can say that the impact of community schools is evident. We make resources available and partner with community members. One example of this is Neutral Ground which has become a trusted presence in our district. We also bring in programs that foster student leadership, civic awareness, and compassion, one of our 5C's. An example of this is the rooted program run by OKAP that fosters civic awareness. As a student, the effects of these programs the effects these programs have throughout schools are transformative and so is community schools.
079It's unique to each school site and each community's needs. As a student, I know that community schools has positively affected my school experience through programs and resources. Thank you. [Applause] Thank you so much, Haley. So uh the impact is large and it is um it is coherent and cohesive and that's what really is what's going to drive the work forward. Um we are starting or ending year three for 13 of our schools and what are we going to do looking forward in terms of this year and beyond. There's three points that we're just going to finish up with in this last minute coherence sustainability and scaling. So one of the things that described uh that was described I mean throughout today just in the celebrations is what are we doing in terms of professional learning
08080 about 80% of what is in the grant talks about capacity building not just with our teachers with our staff with our parents with our students and that is definitely sustainable as you see connecting the dots in the classroom outside of the classroom the English learner roadmap the California standards for the teaching profession that's coming um coming forward you know that we're going to be looking at and of course braiding of all the the s the school plan the language that is in the language in the SPSA it describes the community school work the annual progress report which is what the state is asking about community schools that is being connected to what is happening in the school it's driving the LCAP it's bringing um the work into what is currently systemwide districtwide that's how
081we are looking at braiding uh through um the coherence features sustainability what are we doing to to look at our staff members that are tied to to this grant and those are just a few actually that that's the list of the the staff members there. So how are we going to ensure that this work continues? There's already great work happening across the schools that have staff members connected to um the 5C's as one example different um staff members across the school. So how are we ensuring medical billing was medical billing was described as a by our counselors amazing work that our counselor social workers there uh therapist uh speech plus many different ones and I'm not going to continue the list that medical billing reimbursement is upwards of $4 million that's bringing in revenue. So
082how are we connecting that work? You know that that's already work that is happening across the district that we're already tapping. um our community school coordinators are using their certified uh certificated training that is going to help u re reimburse additional uh dollars to our district. Uh and then and the AIM partnerships finally are scaling. This is important because I think this this calls out the fact that community schools is not just a community school coordinator or community school teacher. It is the coherent way we do business in Anaheim Union, right? Not just the 15 schools. Granted, the staff members are really important, but there's systems that have across the district, across the years, 15, 20 years that we've we've been connecting the work to, right? So, it's not just we're starting in year three
083of the grant. We are connecting the work that has been um you know, presented or present on our schools um for a number of years. Scaling is important and but and I know that that's important to our board, that's important to our westside schools. Um it's important to the work that we are doing. So, we're we're tapping the um current staff members that exist. We do have three in particular, and a shout out to our NEA grant. They have a a a position. Sean Fleshman very soon will be um officially that role. He's going to be connecting to the Westside for supports. Uh there's two positions. ILC coordinator, the communal coordinator in Crystal is going to be tapping to support the Westside schools as well because our ILC's are expanding to the to the westside
084communities. and and finally a community school teacher lead tied to our ILC as well also will be helping support the westside school. So that is critical um because I know that's important to to all of us here and all of us in our community. And with that um that is the work that we are doing a short shorter glimpse almost made the the timeline um uh to to help thrive thriving students and families in our communities here in Anaheim Union. Thank you very much for the time. And I know that the we're here uh and open for questions. Anybody have any questions? Mr. Hernandez, I would just like to thank you for uh considering the Westside Schools and leveraging the work of the community schools. We're looking forward to having and creating resources and working
085with you. Absolutely. Thank you. Thank you, Bon. Anybody else? Yes, MJO. I just want to say thank you for a comprehensive report. Very kind. Thank you very much. Helpful. Thank you. I really appreciated um seeing the data here on the slide about the snapshot by the numbers. um we always talk about what we're doing, but actually seeing the service um u you know the community that we're serving in numbers uh really helps us as a board um you know grasp um the work that's being done. Um, I wanted to ask and um I apologize for for bringing bringing you back up here, Jesse. Could you talk about the a voice circle and what that looks like and um for anyone that hasn't done that and who runs that and Jesse can start? Yeah, I'll start
086and run it. All right. Um, so the community voice circles are run by our coordinators and our teacher leads. Okay. Um, and it's really kind of jumping from the comprehensive needs and assets and taking it deeper. Um, and so it's bringing in uh families or students um into a space um or classrooms. Whole classrooms have also we've also done it with whole classrooms. Um with classrooms it's a lot of uh building up to the voice circle to build trust in the classroom. Um and in the with the parents and the students um you know there there is like a model that our teacher lead or our coordinators she can probably speak more to the technical parts of it you want. Um so community voice circles is really rooted in restorative practices and um what we
087use them for is really to gather a lot more street data in an informal setting that really helps us understand the numbers and really helps us understand the data that we get from things like surveys, the chick survey. Um it a lot of the time the information that we get it brings up a lot more questions and this is just a really beautiful uh community building way for us to answer those questions. So they are often um informal and it's a no pressure uh situation for our parents um and our students and staff as well to be able to come together to be able to build community to share their experiences um and to also offer us the information that we need in order to make impactful decisions as a whole. Um so community voice
088circles are ongoing. they are throughout the year as needed. And um there's there we did train our staff in restorative practices in order for that to give them more capacity um to really make all of the participants comfortable and be able to really um have impactful information come through those uh what we call CBC's. I love it. I I um I think it would be a little awkward at some times to kind of uh talk about um your needs and wants, but I I really love this approach because like you said, you're going deeper and um and building that trust and um you're you're listening as well. So, um I'm I I'd like to participate at one um the parents that are more comfortable, not not the ones that are just doing it, but I'd
089love to to participate and thank you for that work, Jessica. Thank you. Um um I just want thank you all for your presentation and for sharing. Um I just want to uplift the work that each of you have done um from our um community schools team, our teachers, our uh community school coordinators, our students, um our partnerships of OKO. Um all of all of that work these past three years in our community schools. You could definitely see the difference um that and the impact that it's done in our community and in our students. And um I'm eternally grateful for all the work and the improvement right since year one all the way to year three. some of the impact that we made, the partnerships um and you saw it through the data with the new
090Minecraft um initiative and it's just incredibly uh incredibly privileged uh for all of you for doing this work on behalf of our students and community. So, thank you. Yes, thank you. I'll do what Miss Guro just said, but I'm looking forward to the migration from going from east to west cover the whole district and seeing this over the next couple of years, how it how it evolves through that process. So coming back in two years from now if not before. Thank you. Thank you one and all for your presentation. I know that. Okay. Next we have public public comments. First person, Mr. Ron Flores. Hello again. Thank you board for giving me this opportunity. I come to these meetings because I communicate with our alumni. We have 24,000 people that are online. We have 30
091Facebook pages. So what I learned by coming to these meetings, going to LCAP, Capstone, talking to the teachers, talking to the students, it gets communicated to our alumni. and uh my class of 65 and the alumni. We're going to give eight scholarships in a week. That's the kind of uh things happen when you communicate with the community. Couple things that I've learned that are very important. I went to two uh LCAPS and I learned a lot. It kind of educated me on things I didn't know. More importantly, I went to Capstone. Wow. That was overwhelming. Uh, they saw my reaction. They wanted a video. They wanted to interview me. They did. They made a five-minute video. It went online. We had over 600 hits so far. Views. You need to do more of that. I
092mean, in all these meetings and things I've gone to, you have the tools, you have the resources. And I brought this up at the LCAP and in the group I was in in the Buena Park room, group three, we suggested engagement. Unfortunately, it wasn't selected as one of the top three. And I think you you should look at that again. The results of me going to these events and communicating to the community, it's resonating. You need to market your product. You need to think a little bit different of the good stuff you're doing because only the bad stuff is out there. On my radio show, TV show, I talk about it. My TV show goes global international and I talk about the good and the bad. Lastly is the uh the video. I think you
093should make a video and post it everywhere. I also think that the communication works like this. The people from Orange came to our meeting, our alumni meeting, and asked us to bring alumni to the Orange thing. We brought them. They came, including a student from 1959. They couldn't believe that. And it was funny because when I got there, it looked like they were looking for gophers. You ever do that? You dig up the ground there. They couldn't find they couldn't find the thing. And there was piles of dirt everywhere. And I went up to them as I was leaving. I said, "Look, I came here 1962 and they buried it next to the flag pole and they were all over the place and I left because it was raining. I think they found one, but
094not two." Lastly, I'd like to say this, the bell game. The bell game, the battle game is not going to go away. I talked to the principal from West uh Anaheim twice, including tonight, and we're suggesting this until they build up and catch up with us, is we do the girls flag football for the bell game. And I think if you push this, it'll happen because there's people that don't want to do that because they're silly. I would love to see the bell game every year. La Palama or Andel Stadium under the lights like it's important for the girls and it is. Think about that. Thank you all very much. [Applause] Next, Mr. Dan Gleason. Hi. Hey, I just want to say thank you so much for allowing me an opportunity to speak to you
095tonight. Um, I am I'm Dan Gleason. I'm a program director at Waymakers. We're a nonprofit organization that's been working in Orange County since 1972. And the only reason I'm here tonight is to thank you for the strong partnership that Waymakers has had with the Anaheim Union High School District um over many many years. And I I'll tell you most recently during uh we were funded through the Orange County Healthcare Agency to implement drug and alcohol prevention uh to students. And this was about 2019 when COVID hit. We found that a lot of the districts were moving inward and they were reluctant to work with outside organizations and we approached uh Dr. Cruz and other officials here in Anaheim and we were treated very warmly. We developed a partnership and we began implementing a drug and
096alcohol prevention program um in middle and high schools. Uh it was a multi-session evidence-based uh curriculum too good for drugs really really um highly evaluated and successful and also we were implementing uh parent workshops and youthled activities. Um so we've been doing that for five years here. Um we got refunded. We have two more years in our new grant with the opportunity for two extension years. Uh, and this year we've been working in Sycamore, Walker, and Ball Middle School. Um, because of this program, we had the opportunity to leverage that relationship and the work that we're doing in Anaheim to bring in other money into Anaheim. We won a grant award from the Sierra Health Foundation. They had funding from Is that one minute? Yeah. Okay. Thanks. They uh they received money from Prop 64,
097which is the marijuana tax that has to be reinvested in prevention programs. And so we were able to ele uh to implement the elevate youth program. It's its overarching goal is drug and alcohol prevention, but they the it's achieved student reduction in substance use is achieved through leadership development. This is the program that culminated last year with the wellness uh room at Cypress High School. And so this year we've been working in Orange View Middle School and Ball Road. And next year we hope to be in Lara High School, uh Cypress High School and Western High School. And so anyway, I just wanted to come and tell you in person, thank you very much for your support um entering intous with us and we hope that the project is going to live on for many
098years. Thank you. Thank you. Uh next is Mazado. Slali. I said always I always show respect to the tribes that were here before us. You know, as an indigenous p person, that's Native American protocol. I want to thank the uh school board for um the last time we were here, I saw Slali and Virginia Camelo, the one that wrote the letter to remove the name of the school, the colon. she was here in the backgrounds and you guys voted yes to work with the nonprofit 501c3 sacred path and I think it's very important. It's time like I heard some people here earlier that we're being um um we're including other people you know and I think that's important different times now and I actually was so happy to see the two young females that from
099Cypress High School uh how they took ethnic studies and how it's helping them. It reminded me when I came in, I was 13 years old when I came to this school board. Um, and I got to uh fight for um, Chuco history, Chuco studies, and that helped me. And also my grandpa teaching me oral tradition of where we come from as as an indigenous Mexican or a Native American, same people. Uh, the last thing also, um, our petition, we're almost at 13,000. We had a, uh, invitation from a band called Tribe called Red. They're a Native American band from Canada. Uh, very known. It's like techno electric pow music. And uh they actually uh we did a 30-second interview about the colonist and the the the name and the history and the tanga. So it
100was really nice to have them and we were invited. One of my good friends Siri, if you're watching from Laguna Beach, she was really helpful in inviting me and buying me a ticket. Um the last thing was um yes, when uh we get ethnic studies approved hopefully soon at Anaheim High School that they teach to Purina's history. Toyina was a female indigenous person of the Tonga Gabriel tribe. There is a video that's being showed at the LA school board um uh LA schools that the LA school districts approved and Toyina was captured by the uh colonist and uh they tortured her and and sadly um uh someone from the own tribe actually uh said to the priest that they were going to revolt and the reason they were going to revolt against the missions because
101they were um uh the priests the missions were for forcing our ancestors to be slaves to build the missions and whipping us. That's what the colonists would do and that's an example of why the school uh colonist should come down and also the alumni association if you're watching the treasure I don't think you were very respectful appropriate when I went to the meeting uh she said she sees me in the city council meetings and I speak the truth and speak from my heart I was respectful and she was very um attacking me verbally and I was very quiet and I she just right when I sat down the church of the anah association said you can't be here you're not supposed to be here I I know why you're here. I see you. I know
102who you are. You want to take down the name of the colonist, Native Americans, the hell with you, blah blah blah. So I said, "Hey, I'm actually here to become a member. I'm an alumni, class of 98." And she go with an expression and actually have an aic dance group next door at the Anaheim Downtown Community Center. Oh, and I actually know somebody I won't mention his name. He's a high school coach at Anaheim High School that I knew. So she went, "So do I have to leave now?" She says, "No." So I gave her a letter of the tribe. I said, um, I will stay and I wanted to donate money to a family that lives in a in a car that goes to Anaheim High School. So, sadly, that's another example and truth
103of why the name of the school should come down at Anaheim High School. That's it. Thank you so much. Gracias, RT Castillo. Have a great Good evening. Um, yeah, I'd like to mention the these the things that were said tonight was very interesting. Um, I don't know if anybody knew back in the 30s they were deporting most of my families to Mexico born here and Senator Joe Dunn was trying to get it out there to go take it down in Sacramento but um somehow it just got halted and there was so there's a story of our families here that were um not given reparations. So, you know, just want to let people know that's history. And, uh, my family being here. I'm a third generation Anaheim over here at the Holy Cross Cemetery. My grandmother
104and a great uncle's buried there. And, you know, to come here and to the school board, it was for me because the the things that are changing now today weren't like that back in the days. We were going through a lot. And so, I've seen a big change here. I'm so happy. So, I was hearing things that were progressing forward. Uh, it wasn't like that back in my time. Uh, back in 77 all the way through. Um, I was coming here for like 25 years straight and actually elementary school and city council. And, uh, uh, but I was a, uh, early, uh, employee at 13 with the CEDA program they used to have. And, uh, I got in and I went into the parks. I went to Ponderosa Park and uh that would be uh
105district four I believe. Um I was downward in districts. I was in one, two, and three and four. My family's also in six. So I were six generations and so it's like a concern for me to be involved and I was in the parks from uh 13 to 17. um you know I was with the kids and but just to grow up to see the changes I have to say to all immigrants that came I had to go through that and you know not to be negative it's just to be um that I'm visually seeing the things that were going on in this community uh for our education. So that's what got me involved to take kids and speak to principles and coming here to board to uh uh having hearings on young men and
106and finding out that they you know giving them a chance cuz when I used to come here you would hear 30 to 40 kids getting expelled and half of those I would take and uh represent them and when I was representing them they the school decided to keep them in and um you know what they graduated and they became great people so I'mad glad these things are now changing and we're doing all these services that we're having today. So, I really was going to say a lot more different things, but because tonight I think this is important to let you know that thank you very much and getting going moving forward. It's just something that's making me gets my energy up, getting excited. So, thank you again all of you for all the hard work
107you've done and the changes. I mean, so that that much I can only say. Well, thank you very much. [Applause] Victor Ward. Good evening board and superintendent. Uh I was here before I believe um Dr. Nian was presenting the second interim report and I had uh my uh I talked about one of the things that my company does which is the real time video yearbook. Um, but uh I wanted to actually talk about budgets and numbers and as I was thinking about things and I, you know, I could be wrong. I don't I'm not steeped into it as all of you are, but it seems to me that there are only a few ways that a school district and schools can raise money. Um, one is fundraisers and donations, ticket sales. Uh, PTA oftentimes is
108very involved in that. And uh to me the real time yearbook is something that not only satisfies part of that media arts curriculum and and uh need but it also gives schools and districts that additional revenue which is unrestricted. So you're able to take funds from one source, unlock them, and gives the district and schools an opportunity to spend money with uh with you. I won't say lack of oversight, but kind of lack of oversight, and you can spend it the way you want to. The other thing that's interesting is uh on your website, you have an attendance rate tracker. So, I know attendance is always a big deal and things like chronic absenteeism are always a big deal. Uh, I was at a school district um board meeting the other night and they had
109gone down from I think 38%. Everyone was up after CO of course, but they had gone down from 38% to about 22 or 28%. And as one of the board members said, that's still one in five, which is massive when you really think about it. And so what another one of our products does is it is a competition platform and we tie in both CIF and foundations. We tie in the CIF because CIF in order to participate in sports you have to have a certain attendance rate and you have to have a certain GPA. And so to participate in our competition you have to have those. And then on the other end, the way I the reason I say it ties in the foundations is because foundations and endowments give incentives. That's when they give
110cash incentives, merchandise incentives. And so we're trying to combine both of those uh to help inspire and incentivize students to attend uh to lower that chronic absenteeism rate, to increase their attendance, to increase enrollment. And as they go, as they say, you you get more of whatever you reward. And so we want to reward students for attending, for participating in class, and for trying. So I want to cons throw out that throw that out there and hopefully get a chance to speak with someone about maybe working together in the future. Thank you very much. [Applause] Next is uh Marita Berm Bermutas. Sorry. Okay. Sorry. I'm I'm a little under the weather, so I'm trying to hold up to be here. Um, good evening again. Um, everyone. My name is Marita Benedm. I'm a parent of
111a student at Anaheim High School and I'm here to um speak on the agenda item um 11.7 on the school resource office um officer agreement with the city of Cypress. Um I am here to voice my um firm opposition to the proposed agreement with the city of Cypress to place a school resource officer at Cypress Cypress High School campus for the 2526 school year and beyond. and any presence at any re of any school resource officer at any of our schools as I'm not for um supporting them at our schools. Allocating $125,000 of district funds towards the presence of law enforcement in our schools is not only physically irresponsible in my opinion, but it is also under undermines the kind of supportive, inclusive, and safe learning environments our sto students truly need. Numerous students and
112lived experiences have shown that the presence of police on campus disproportionately harms black, brown, and marginalized students contributing to the school to prison pipeline um rather than disrupting rather than disrupting it. We do not need officers. We need opportunity. We should be reimagining school safety through proven restorative practices and investment in mental health, social emotional support, and culturally competent community-based partnerships. Organizations like neutral ground, okapika, and groundswell have already been doing this work, centering um healing, deescalation, and trauma-informed care. These are the types of solutions that uplift and protect all students, not criminal, not criminalizing them. Let's also invest in our counselors and social workers. Let's be clear, safety doesn't come with handcuffs or patrol cars in front of our schools. It comes from centering relationship, resources, and belonging. So, I urge the board um
113today to vote no on this agreement and instead redirect those funds towards evidence-based programs and foster genuine safety, equity, and student well-being. Our kids deserve better. And um I really um don't believe that the solution is having um school resource officers. I have nothing really personally against the officers. I just don't find the the value of having them there. And I wish that money would be redirected with other services. And really um maybe if we could create a committee of how do we can re reimagining the school safety with parents, students, um community partners, school staff on how that would look like and maybe have a presentation on what um alternates can um be positive instead of implementing that much money because it's a lot of money that we spend on an officer with um
114you know at our school. So please consider my comment. Thank you. Next item is superintendent and staff report. I have no report. I have a quick report. I have two things. Um as you heard from a number of our speakers tonight, um we just finished capstone season. So, I'm just incredibly proud of our staff, our site admin and the site leadership teams along with the teachers and all the staff who made our capstone showcases across the district happen. Um, as you heard Abigail speak um when she came up to share her um reflection on the reflections contest with BTA, it just shows the power of reflection. as she was talking about her journey in that piece. That's exactly what the capstone aims to do is create opportunities for students to regularly reflect on their learning
115in classrooms and then at the end culminate the culminating showcase is a reflection on their journey both at the junior high and the senior high. So really proud of the great work at our school and then similarly this past weekend uh Mr. Matsun and I finished co-eing with our partners at Cal State Forton our lead program. For those that don't know, our lead program is our administrative credential program that we do in partnership with Cal State Forton to prepare our teachers and counselors who want to pursue an administrative credential and potentially become an administrator, but the program is more about leadership. Doesn't mean they have to become an administrator. And like our students, we ask our graduates to go through their own capstone showcase. And so to see them reflect on their learning over the
116last year and a half in the lead program was incredible. A lot of emotions with them and their learning. But it is also one of the things that um Mike and I had asked of our lead candidates is to reflect on the experience of going through a capstone like our students like how it was for them and can you make connections in terms of what we're asking our students to do and all of them uh saw the value in that experience and that reflection and in turn we're grateful for the capstone experiences we're doing with our students. So we're trying to build that in all that we do. So I just want to share those updates with you. Good reports. Yes. Um I want to first um thank the community for um applying for to
117be on our citizens bond oversight committee. We do still have one vacancy that we have to fill is the business category. So um per uh a person representing the in the active um business assoc association. So the application is still on the website and we do encourage um everyone to apply. So we're almost there. So thank you so much. No. All right. Okay. Moving on to 11.1 school sponsor student organizations. So move second. Motion second. Any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor say I. I. Opposed. That's 5-0. Um 11.2 2 resolution number 2024/25-B-21 approval of Anaheim excuse me high school district entering election results into the minutes and certifying to the board of supervisors of Orange County all proceedings in the November 5, 2024 general obligation bond election. So moved second this motion a second.
118Any comments? Seeing none. Mrs. Smith I. Mr. Hosshi. Hi. Mr. Aljo I Mero I and I vote I resolution um number this is 11.3 resolution number 2024-25-B22 South Coast Air Quality Management District SQ M I'll start all over SC cqmd lower emission school bus program so moved second motion in a second any discussion questions Seeing none, roll call. Mrs. Smith, I. Mr. Hosshi, I. Mr. Rand Tjo, I. Miss Guero, I. And I vote I. Boy, were my eyes around rolling around. Okay. 11.4. Resolution number 2024-25-E26, Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. So moved. Second. A motion in a second. Any comment? Seeing none, uh, Mrs. Smith, I. Mr. Hosshi I Miss Rand Tjo I Miss Guero I and I vote I next resolution number 2024-25-HR-06 classified school employee week so moved second I should say
119May 18th through the 24th 2025 so I got a motion in a second yes comments Mrs. Smith I Mr. Mr. Hosshi. Hi, Mr. Andrejo. Hi, Mr. Guo. I and I vote I. Next item 11.6 revised board policy of 5405 in parenthesis 5030 uh student wellness first reading. Next item is 11.7 agreement school resource officer city of Cypress. So move. Motion and a second. Any discussion? Uh yes. Can we just uh get a quick brief overview again of what the school resource officer does um and how um we use them? Yeah. So Dr. Hernandez uh our director of student services works closely with the different chiefs uh in this case Cyprus uh to work with the SRO that are at our school sites. They're they're intending to build relations with our students. The idea is we
120want the through the community school approach, right? The law enforcement is seen as a community asset in terms of working with the community. And so the idea is when safe school or safety officers are on the campus, they're really to be working with the students and the staff. Uh they're not there to enforce the rules. That is the site administration and the staff as a whole. But they're there as a p as a optic for safety and also as a way that they work closely with the staff. They are invited to community events. They go to local football the football games and the different events to again build that that community. Um, yes, there are times where there may be situations that they do have to support um because there may be a crime that
121was committed. So, they will work with that, but they often have the relationships which helps work through that process a little bit smoother. Um, but their real charge is to build relationships and work closely with the community. It's it's my understanding, yes, that they're building the capacity. So, they really kind of know they know our staff, they know our students as well, and they build the capacity even with families. Correct. That's the intent. I mean, obviously a school like, in this case, Cypress, you know, there's over 200 students. I don't expect them to know all students, but they're they're present on the campus. They're usually at lunch with students. So, the idea is they're working to build relationship with students and the staff. And yes, they do often attend the coffee with the principal. They
122often can be a part of um different events in the community where they're they're they're a part of the fabric of what's going on within that school. I want to comment that um there was a a really great presentation from our resource officers in um in partnership with the police department at Cyprus uh regarding ebikes and how how quickly those laws are changing and what parents can do and helping us to get a process in place um you know to for the safety of our students. and the presentation was well attended and um I mean we had a lot of great questions and so that was another I think way that we we partner with our resource officers and we did have a a presentation uh with our um our resource officers and um it
123was a while back uh that really demonstrated um really the partnership and that we kind of we kind of hand select these uh officers who actually go into our schools. Yeah, I think each of our police chiefs are well aware of the image that the police have in the communities. So, they're very uh selective in uh the SRO's who represent the police and uh I would say that uh many of the SRO's are from the community. uh they grew up in the community and they do have trust with the community and Dr. Hernandez does meet with specifically the the Anaheim team more often. It's our largest but he meets with them periodically to check in and then bring issues that are brought to our attentions to them and likewise if they hear concerns they bring
124them to us so we can work together to make things better. So they're not there in any form or fashion of administering uh punishment. No, no. And they also um have different laws governing education versus being on the street. Yeah. There's ED code, which is what we follow, and then there's penal code, which is what they follow. And then when we're on campus, we're obviously following ED code. But if a crime is committed, if a weapon's on campus or something of nature, then they would assist with that. Yeah. Yeah. And my experience has been when I've been on campuses and you see an SRO and the students are out of class, they're like a magnet. the students are around this the SRO and the same thing happens when after school when the students are in
125in a strip mall and the SRO is there uh which they quite often are is not on the campus but off the campus afterwards and observing the students again they're like a mag they're around there they want to talk to the SRO so they're building a relationship a good one and u um that is permeated throughout the community in that respect so thank So, we have a motion, a second. All in favor say I. I. I. Opposed. 5 Z. Uh 11.8 Carl Mover infrastructure grant funding. So moved. Second. Motion a second. Discussion. Seeing none. All in favor say I. I. I. Opposed. 50 11.9 agreement OC Petroleum Equipment Inc. So moved. Second. Motion a second. Any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor say I. I. Opposed. 5 Z. Uh 11:10 ratification lease lease back agreement
126Scorpio Enterprises DBA air masters Inc. Excuse Airmasters Air Conditioning Anaheim High School Kitchen HVAC-RFP number 2023-08. So moved. Motion in a second. Any discussion? Seeing none. All in favor say I. I I opposed. 5 0 1111 ratification lease lease back agreement Scorpio Enterprises DBA air masters uh air conditioning Catella High School Kitchen HVAC-RFP- or number 2023-08. So move second. Motion a second. Question. Okay. All in favor say I. I. opposed. I zero. Uh, excuse me. 1112 use of facilities agreement Korean Institute of Southern California. Second. We have a motion and a second. Sound like Was there a Oh, okay. Any questions? No. I just wanted to get some clarification because um, you know, we have um some groups that use our facilities. Like I know we have a very competitive show choir at Cypress High
127School and it says that this group uses it um Saturdays on Saturdays. So I just wanted to get some clarification. Do our our own groups have priority over um people that come in to use our facilities. Correct. Yes. So we always make sure that um when we when we open the calendar that our schools first put in all the events that they have and then anything that's have any other um available time then we would then go ahead and then um rent those facilities out. So um that's why it's very important we tell our our site AMT to make sure um all the events are on the um system and we have a very robust um system that we do use and that um then we're able to track all the events. Okay. And so
128of course I mean our we exist first to serve our students and then if there's any extra uh then we can uh rent it out to community. Just information because they came to me questioning about it. They have about 150 students from all around the area not just Orange County but also LA County and on Saturdays they're promoting their Korean heritage and language etc. So they wanted to use our facilities. So we have I think six classrooms is what we're renting out to them. Yeah. For for a year. Yeah. Yeah. So, all in favor say I. I. Opposed. 5 Z. Um 11, excuse me, 1113 new board policy 7,000 use of artificial intelligence. Second reading. So move. Second. We have a motion and a second as a mo as an action item. Any questions? All
129in favor say I. I. Opposed. 50 11:14 memorandum of understanding redesign institute for superintendence rise. So move second mo motion in a second. Any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor say I. I. I. Opposed? Seeing none. All that's 5. Excuse me. Getting a dry throat. 11:15 memor memorandum of understanding North Orange County Community College District Cyber Patriot and tutoring. So moved. Second. Motion in a second. Any discussion? Seeing none. All thank you for um answering all my questions on this. I appreciate it. All in favor say I. Wait, sorry. Okay. I wanted to find out what is the SWP run five grant the under the budgetations. It's um funding source on page 13 just above where it says 11:116 exhibit P just above that word thank you gotcha thank you all in favor say I
130opposed 5 zero the 1116 agreement arts for change. So moved. Second. Okay. Um any discussion? Seeing none. All in favor say I. I. Opposed. 5-0. 1117 agreement. John Tobay. So move. Second. Any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor say I. I. Opposed. 5-0. 11:118. Declaration of need for fully qualified educators. So moved. Second. Any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor say I. I. Opposed. 5-0. Uh 11/19. Employment agreements for superintendent, assistant superintendent, and district council. So moved. Second. Okay. Any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor say I. I. Opposed. That's 5. Uh consent calendar. Anybody wishing to pull anything? 1211. I'm sorry. What was that? 1211. 1211. Okay. Anybody else? 128 and 129 for me. Anybody motion for the balance? Okay. Second. Okay. Um we move uh 128 and 129. So move. Second. Motion in
131a second. All in favor? Any discussion? All in favor say I. I opposed. Abstain. I 1211. So move. Second. Motion in a second. Discussion. I just wanted to say that um I liked it when we got them like as soon as you got them soon as they were reviewed. Um you can you can send them to us. Um because they're they're comprehensive and they're a little bit lengthy. Um I would I would either like them a week or so before Appreciate it. A little bit sooner. Yes. When Dr. Hernandez and I talked about that read. Yes. Yes. And he's going to work on the checklist too, so it's a little bit easier for you as you go through the safety. Appreciate that. Appreciate that. Appreciate it. Thank you. Okay. Good. All in favor say I.
132I. Opposed. Okay, that takes us back to We're going to get there. [Applause] get to to board of trustees reports. I have nothing to um report other than to say thank you to our superintendent and his staff. You are wonderful people and you have done a wonderful job. And I say this in close session, I say it in open session. You folks work very hard and the general public has no idea how much work that these people put in and they earn every penny. So my gratitude and thank you, Mr. Oshi. Yes. Uh it's capstone season. I went to capstones at Gilbert, Western, Oxford, Catella, Walker, Cypress, and CVA. And it's it was really a joy to see how the schools, you know, uh how school how the kids demonstrate what they've learned um over
133the past four years and so forth. So, I I it was really nice and I learned a lot um about kids, how they turn around. I almost want to record kids when they ask that that um question at the end about what would you tell your freshman self and then just record little responses of that so that our incoming freshmen can see that because a lot of really good life lessons and things that I think would be great takeaways for our incoming students. And the biggest regret was they didn't get involved as freshman and sophomores. So I I just constantly hear that that kind of thing going on. So I was I I hope we can consider that. Uh went to the community schools leading the learning lab with uh trustees Guerrero and and Tjo
134and met education president Becky Pringle and yes and that presentation at Lera and Ball was phenomenal. Open house at Magnolia. um one of our students, Jeannie Beckett from um Oxford Academy. We paid tribute um Mr. Matsuda and Dr. Frerieded were there too and it was just really heartfelt um the students from her cluster home room and then they dedicated a garden to her. Went to the IB film festival at Kennedy High School and looking forward to the film festival um at Catella this um Friday. um CVA uh was part of their W was focus group in the morning and then went to Oxford openhouse and the district PTSA honorary service awards um that evening. Uh attended the city of Buena Park and was really proud of one of our Oxford grads who is now a
135city council member for Buena Park, Lema Hoke. And so we're so proud of her. Um, the ALCAP finals, of course, that last night is always great with that that taco dinner, but I also have to say we had student performers uh there, too. So, that just was like the cherry on top of the the Sunday there. It was so great to see our kids um uh Walker did something um different too with their capstone. They had a festival of learning and I saw so many parents there. um Heroes and Villains a choir show for Oxford Academyy's final show. Um Mr. Matsuda and I um were on a bus and I see Mr. Coller out there too. Um we went to the pilgrimage to Manzanar and um it was a very uh moving trip for me
136since my father was interned in the camps and so forth and it really caused me to dig up and really do investigation about my own story which uh a couple of students from the ethnic studies class shared that I went into their class and gave a presentation about uh my dad's journey through that and so forth. So, I was um um I just really want to give a a shout out to Casey Araniano, the curriculum specialist for ethnic studies, and Jordan Garcia, and then our very own Charles Coup because they put a lot of time in organizing this event for over um a hundred students and staff members um going on three buses. So to load up all those snacks at 5:00 in the morning when we left at 6:00 and and to unload them
137and clean the buses and things, it was pretty phenomenal. Um met with we went um a group of us went and went to the Anaheim mayor state of the city at the Grove um Mayor Ashley Aken and I was joined by um trustees Guerrero and Rando Treyo, Dr. Freed and then the principles Raphael Santiago, Chuck Hernandez, Nancy Cortez, Ruben Galleros, and Mariana Lee. Just to exciting plans for the future of the city of Anaheim. Um, ambassador installation banquet. Miss Rando Treyo and I saw the the ceremonial candle lighting, passing of the torches um of our new ambassadors. Um, let's see. Ribbon cutting at Cypress College for the Boys and Girls Club. there having a um a actually a station there for college um counseling and workforce counseling and development. Um let's see um the Orange
138View thing. I think Mr. Flores had talked about uh us digging up the time capsules and we found one of them. So, but it was amazing. And I met one gentleman, lots of alumni coming back to celebrate. Um, but I met one alumni that drove all the way from Arkansas. Oh my. So I was like, wow. And I have a hard time getting up that morning from, you know, five minutes away. I was like, you drove from Arkansas? Wow. Not that I have nothing to complain about. So um, and then the city of Cypress, um, liaison meeting, um, you know, we met with U. Mayor David Burke and the police chief and uh several of us were there and so it's rich discussion about that. Um oh gosh May 6 just recently two nights ago
139we had our AI cadence parent tell me I'd like to thank uh Mr. Matsuda and Dr. Freed and Tyler Sherman. Uh the room was packed uh with um parents and um a lot of rich questions and I hope that we can have more of those things because I think we learned so much from each other and questions. we got more questions and I thought they were they were really important questions and I think it demonstrates the work that we're doing in our district how we're leading the way with a AI and the tools that we're using. So I'm really I'm really happy with um the work that we're doing. I mean I'm proud about our drivers, our vision uh you know our mission statements because we're we really truly are leading the way. Thank you,
140RJO. Thank you for sharing. I'm glad that I get to go after you because you said a lot of um great things that I don't have to repeat. Thank you. I think I said this last time, but I just wanted to give another shout out to our community advisor um uh committee uh award winners from Selpa, uh Luis Cordova, Melissa Naine, um Marne Nuin, Gail um Ratare, and Lisa Wright. Um and they were uh honored for going uh above and be beyond uh for students with disabilities. um the hope cup um on that Friday. Um Trusty O'Neal and I were um uh gosh, it's just a amazing event getting um um all the bus students uh from across the district over to Hope. It's a celebration. Uh there's music. Uh they have DJ going and
141food services uh serves lunch and there's snacks. And then our um students that are um buddies of our students with disability come um they were doing face painting and then they're assisting the students. They um play soccer. They have little soccer meets out on the field, but there's a lot uh a lot of other things going on. Um I think there's like the on the other side there's um what do you call those blow up things that you obstacle courses? Yes. So, it's a lot of fun the kids have. Um I think our students that volunteer have more fun than the students um that come for the event because they're they're just um cheering them on and having a great time and I love that event. Hope I can always go to that. Um the
142community schools leading and learning visit, I finally got to go to one. I was really really um impressed with the work. Um, you know, you can talk about it, um, see it on paper, but until you experience it, um, it's a really, um, enriching, um, uh, um, feeling to be uh, you kind of they because the people that visit don't know who we are and so to hear the comments that are being said about our our schools, our kids, our teachers, our administrator um, is extremely enamoring. So um and then our NEA uh president Becky Pringle was there um and just she was really um really impressed and also our students led um the groups. So that was really impressive too. It just shows the work that we're doing. Uh you forgot color and light
143student art exhibit. I know there's so many things you went to. Um, but of course that's just always it's always a pleasure to see um uh and and support our students who are um uh gifted in the visual um arts and I applaud all of our teachers who guide our uh talented artists. Um open house um at Gilbert. they did their capstones at their open house which I thought was a really unique um way uh to get um folks to come and do that. Um so this celebration and then the kids got to do it in kind of an informal setting um uh at at the tables there and it was uh really enchanting. Um a lot of them were it's done got it over with. So I was um really excited to do that.
144uh April 18th, Oxford had a signing day for four of their students. Um and um that was the first time I had experienced that. I was glad I got to see that. Um the students had all their tables, all their swag out there and they each had their letters and um they did a countdown and they all signed at once. So it was really really spectacular. um attended the PTSA Secondary Honorary Service Awards, which is always um a wonderful event um to see um teachers, our parents, administrators honored. Um open house at Oxford Academy. Um I was really tired, but I went um kind of strong arm. I have um a speech students at um my school at Franklin and um they did a really great thing and invited incoming seventh grade parents and students
145to come and see what's going on at um the school and I think um if I don't know if any of the other uh junior highs are doing that I think it's fantastic. um they had a a large crowd coming um and folks that I just randomly, you know, said hello to said that they were um incoming seventh grade students and I met my student there. So, I was really glad that I went uh for that reason, but also to see um project-based learning. Uh the students were talking up in the science the science rooms were buzzing. They were actually talking about how uh they um solved their science projects and they talked about how um you know the there was the out of five students there was that one leader that knew oh this
146is the way we got to do this project and they let him do it and it failed and then there was a second person that said oh but you we let them do it and I know this is the way to do it and it failed and so by the third time they said look we don't want to fail this pro this project. So they started collaborating and these were seventh grade students that had come to that conclusion. So there you go. uh attended man the Manzanar pilgrimage which um you know it just um you have no words when you're there and um to see the pilgrimage um people come uh year after year to um really pay homage to um the folks that uh were in termed there and it's a fabulous learning experience
147for our students. So kudos to everybody who put that together. Um, I served as a judge for the pitch contest um, across the way. There was a rivalry between Gilbert and Valencia high schools. Um, and uh, the students um, pitched their their products. Um, they pitched their businesses and um, oh my gosh, it was really difficult. It was probably one of the most difficult things that I've had to do um to actually like choose. Um we really had to get nitpicky uh with with their presentations, but they all knocked it out of the park. These students built up their businesses. They had to market it. Um and uh they had samples. They had to set out a table. Um it was just really uh amazing. um talked about the ambassador installation. Um I also attended
148uh the ground swell gala where um uh Jose Lara from Gilbert was uh one of the recipients, one of three uh recipients for um that amazing event. They had students present their work there um and uh and uh before the the gala which is always um enriching. uh Pageant of Hope. Uh I um haven't been able to go the last couple of years. And um what they do is um they uh they take student art and they recreate it on the stage in ways that you you can't even imagine. And um you have to go. That's all I can tell you. Um, if you think about the, uh, Lagona Arts, um, Pageant of the Masters, it's based on that, um, premise. Uh, but I think our students do a better job and our teachers do
149a better job of that. And then, of course, uh, Tuesday, the AI and E cadence, uh, parent town hall. Uh, I thought that was really good and I I have the same sentiments. Uh, we need to do a few more of them. Um and lastly uh I attended the Affinity uh parent group meeting. Um, I think that, um, we learned a lot and, um, with the with what's going on, uh, in the nation, there are a lot of, um, people that are traumatized and hurt, um, scared. And so, I think, um, that AUHSD having these really important gatherings are, um, are are extremely important and valuable to the community. Thank you. Thank you. Um I also had the opportunity to attend the color color and light student art exhibition. Um and I also joined my
150colleagues for the community schools leading and learning lab site visit and we're honored uh to welcome the NEA president uh Becky Pringle. So thank you for everyone that participated in that and put that together. Um had the opportunity to attend the PTA honorary service awards. Um, uh, President O'Neal and I attended the Embassy of Spain visit at Second Margin High School and Anaheim High School. I just want to thank our DA programs, uh, for being a part of that and showcasing the incredible work that they've done. Um, I attended Supervisor Chavey's children and family health fair and I want to give a shout out to our MAC students uh, for all their support during that event. They actually got to participate in one of the cookoffs with a celebrity chef that was there on campus
151and they used uh, produce uh, from the Mac. So, uh, thank you to them for all their help. also attended the Anaheim state of the city, the ambassador installation banquet, the Anaheim High School DA banquet, the budget committee meeting. Um had the opportunity to attend the band spring concert which is a combination of both Anaheim and Sycamore Junior High School's band which is incredible performance. Also had the opportunity to attend capstone presentations at Anaheim High School, Magnolia High School and Sycamore Junior High School. And then I am currently enrolled in the masters in governance course with the California schoolboard association and one of our courses was school finance. Uh so we uh we had to bring in our um interim budget report. Um and ours was actually one of the wellorganized ones. Uh so I
152want to give a shout out to Dr. Nen and her team. Um all of the charts and like the state forms in the back. Um they highlighted our report. So thank you to you. Um and then also attended the artificial intelligence parent uh town hall. I want to thank uh Tyler Sherman and also echo my colleagues comments about continuing that work and showcasing that to our parents and families. And then I will end our comments uh congratulating the Anaheim High School choir for earning a gold ranking at the World Strides National Choir Festival and for being invited to perform at Carne Carnegie Hall in New York City next year. So thank you. Hey, good. All right, I won't repeat everything that they just said because I was there except a couple things that uh beyond
153that. Uh last night I attended for PTA put on a Kennedy and Walker paint night where they had about 65 people come in and and uh I think it was the the teacher was from Kennedy, the art teacher, and led the all these people in how to paint. So they all had canvases about a 12 x 18 canvas and and step by step by step she was teaching them how to what colors to put here and there. So that was interesting. Um uh instead of going to the A meeting I went to La Palma City Council meeting where they recognized um Kennedy students for all almost well I'll just read basketball cross country football wrestling for their achievements uh throughout the year. So they were they achieved heights that I didn't realize they had achieved
154so many. Then after that then they recognized three employees of the district and they were all doctors. Dr. Nan, Dr. Sasai and Dr. Sadu. They all were recognized for the Asian-American Pacific Islander Month. So that was a nice recognition. And then I attended a couple weekends ago uh JFK scholarship foundation which I'm a part of where we gave away $23,000 in scholarships and totaled over since we've been in existence $276,000 we've given to Kennedy graduating students. So felt pretty good about that. Um that brings my speech to an end. Um, we're Everybody's looking at me like what's next? Well, look at the It's advanced planning number 14. Yes, I have a suggested agenda item. Uh, discussion of service hours. U, is is that for an agenda item or do do you want a a Friday
155report on the wise and wherefors of what we have done in the past and why we're not doing it now or what? I I think that um maybe we could um doesn't have to be agendaized immediately, but I I at some point want to revisit. Um yeah, maybe if we go back through a a Friday update and get a discussion from staff and that might generate something for the agenda then. Gotcha. How's that sound? Gotcha. Okay. All right. Any anybody else? Do you second my motion? Yeah. I I just did. Yeah, it takes two. Okay. Um, that's for advanced planning, future meeting dates. You'll see that there. So, future meeting. So, all the years are popping up. So, you know what happens in about two weeks, less than two weeks. And that's graduations are upon
156us, right? And you know what happens after Janu May 23rd? Everybody's sitting up in the audience saying, "What is he talking about?" It is summer attire. Oh, that's the most important part of the president's job is to announce summer attire. So, after after graduations, we will revert to our summer attire for me. Okay. All right. Mr. Oshi's over here laughing away. All right. Do I have a motion to adjurnn? And happy Mother's Day to all mothers. Oh, yes. Thank you. Yes. Uh, yes. So, move second. Motion and a second. All in favor say I.