001e e e uh we'll reconvene the meeting from our closed session and we'll have the pledge WS in a moment of silence led by our our board just's uh student rep Aaron Beck Aaron please stand put your right hand over your heart ready to begin of the United States of America and to the for it stands one nation under indivisible with liy and justice for [Music] all as a school district our staff and students are a family and we want everyone on our campuses to feel safe and welcome recent events surrounding immigration have left many students on our campuses uneasy regardless of our beliefs around this issue we want to acknowledge those students in difficult situations and the students who are supporting one another today we take a moment of silence to recognize those facing
002uncertainty and the countless individuals fighting for comfort for all As We Stand Together in this moment let us reflect on the strength resilience and the community we have in auhsd May the silence serve as a reminder that no one sh off to face struggles alone and our Collective voices matter thank you thank you eron I will now have the close session rep the closed session report out by our click thank you uh 4.1 no report of action taken regarding public employee performance evaluation superintendent 4.2 the Board of Trustees by a vote of 0 approve the settlement agreements in Orange County Superior Court case numbers 99219 dc- P o- njc 30-20 22- 0129 dc- p- CJC and 30 -2022 -01 28972 3- c-- CJC 4.3 no report action taken regarding negotiations 4.4 no approv action taken
003regarding Personnel 4.5 no report of action taken regarding Personnel 4.6 the Board of Trustees unanimously voted to suspend without pay for 7 Days employee hr-2 24-25 d07 and that concludes the close session report thank you Mr Gro next is uh recognitions we have a couple of um people here this evening to um be recognized for um donations they have made and I'll come over here to the podium first recognition is this on okay the first recognition is for Don cot partnership Incorporated can you please come forward are you here this evening okay we will move to the second one maybe he'll get here in time otherwise we'll we'll get to them later on next one is a farmer and Merchant Bank are they in the audience you founded Long Beach in 1907 by CJ Walker
004farmers and Merchant Bank is among the top 150 banks in the nation specializing in commercial and small business banking business loan programs home loan programs and a robust offering of consumer retail banking products as one of the last family run independent banks in the country F&M provides itself Pride itself on the communities we serve and staying true to our Founders words that safeguarding our clients money is a sacred Trust on behalf of the Board of Trustees we would like to recognize and thank Farmers em mer bank for the generous donation of $10,000 to the aim program accepting the recognition on behalf of Farmers emerchant Bank is Sandra Ellis vice president and Garden Grove branch manager manager thank you so much [Applause] did D Croy partnership people come in nope we'll catch them if you see
005them walk in please let me know okay okay next is um naming a facility and of Al by for alen Espen and the Board of Trustees is requested to approve this request to rename the auditorium at Ball Junior High School after Alden esping Mr esping was a teacher and activities director at Ball Junior High School beginning in 1965 through 1990 he completed his career serving as a teacher and activities director at Lara High School his work was uh recognized throughout the state of California being inducted into the California Association of directors of activities or called Kata hall of Hall of Fame in addition to being recognized as the Orange County teacher of the year in 1980 additionally as a result of the direct impact Mr Al esping had on his students and Community he was
006also given the world Warren E schul award and the Jack Moore award Mr esping service went well beyond the school as he established kada leadership camps and work closely with the local YMCA to host summer camps for local students in Catalina and in San bernido mountains the district's ad hoc committees evaluated the request developed a report and made a recommendation to the board for their consideration so do we have a motion to so moved second do you have any further discussion comments we have one public com okay uh Paul chilinski got to come to the podium and Al's watching so we want to make sure we smile a lot and wave to him because I got I turned him onto YouTube before I ran over here because hi alen he doesn't really like things like
007this but we're doing it anyway good evening and uh thank you School Board superintendent Matt suda and the anim Union High School District School Board and the community in honor it's an honor to speak about um Alden esping who has immeasurable impact on this community to live in Anaheim is to know Alden he is not just a friend he's not just a mentor or a guiding force to so many of us he is the definition of community if you think of Anaheim you think of Alden has work at Ball Junior High uh it started in 1965 and his legacy continues to Echo especially in this very building that many of us are here because of him and all knew him since we were little young teachers I believe so right uh he wanted me to
008say hello to you and hello to you and hello to you and he you know he definitely he wanted me to say hello uh let me ask you um if you're a student or colleague in the building I mean we could stand up right the rain definitely deterred a lot of us but I know that a lot of us are on YouTube watching as we speak Alden ran the student leadership classes until 1996 uh shaping the school's culture and leaving a lasting impact in the lives of thousands of students for many of us our memories of junior high are inseparable from Alden um standing on this uh on this stage with the pom pom in hand relying on all of the energy and enthusiasm even the young man that's at ball junior high today Jeffrey
009Cornelius was once one of his students as was I and I'm at laa high school as the activities director so that is a testament to who Alden is even the AP at Bald High Mr DKI was one of Mr esping um ASB presidents he didn't just teach in the classroom Alden made sure that the entire student body whether at Ball Junior higher lower high school or even through his work with the YMCA was part of something bigger than themselves he knew how to build community year after year all them took a group of boys to a strip uh on a trip to San Francisco fundraising through hard work in the community these trips and countless others allowed us uh to form bonds and to that continue on today I have many friends from the ninth
010grade because of that trip did I go long or something you're okay huh you're okay am I timed oh okay good he took uh he took kids of Catalina Island at Camp um in the mountains uh in the leadership events and all with one goal in mind and that's to build relationships create memories and Foster leadership in his career Alden also became uh a recognizer lead recognized leadership in the Statewide and National organizations as you mentioned at Kata um Kata ambassador he's won national awards State Awards um and the likes he expanded the reach of student activities for this district and we're known nationally um in this District because of what Alden um has started his pioneering leadership with camps leaving his mark across California his recognition such as being inducted in the cata Hall
011of Fame and also being named Orange County teacher of the year which uh uh was welld deserved but the real Legacy it's uh us it's the kids those who um had the privilege to learning from him I'm 60 and I still think of myself as a kid okay all they showed us that activities directors don't just organize events they built Community he is there he's always been there for us even when it wasn't his job he didn't get paid to send us on trips or organized camps he did it because he believed in what we could become teachers build inside the classroom coaches build on the field but activities directors they build the community it's something that has lasted far beyond those spaces a community that continues to thrive today I was at his house
012tonight and he was getting texts from a 64 year-old former student saying thank you for sending me a birthday card he still sends cards and it wasn't just anahe Anaheim alden's influence stretches far and wide every time I run into someone connected to Bald High Lera I see alden's Legacy he and his wife Linda gave us the space to grow connect and support each other and they still do today that's something you can't put a price on and that is why we're here today so to Alden we say thank you the work you have done has not only shaped communities or countless students and entire schools but also communities as a whole you showed us that the Student Activities are more than posters and balloons they're about providing connections purpose and meaning to the entire
013student body the activities directors throughout this District today are testimony to his work and so I urge the school board to approve this small gesture and token of appreciation for a lifetime of dedication to service the an high school district and the entire community on a personal note I live and work through Alden and the influence became my influence and Alden if you're still watching have you not gone to bed yet your impact has reached beyond the classroom the school and the years the rec this recognition is long overdue and we're grateful for your legacy will continue to live on in the space Where it All Began thank you for showing us what true leadership and Community look like and remember once a Saxon always a Saxon thank you for your time thank you thank
014you Paul okay with that said yes well I just wanted to say hi uh Alden and Linda if you're watching um I I've known them for U many years um they were very good to me and um I am also a former ball Blackhawk um parent so um this is going to go a long way to honor um Alden so thank you Alden was a leader for me when I was an activities director at Kennedy and at Oxford and so and um I would see him during the Summers uh in front of uh Duke's Wy key him and Linda were there for months and uh they showed me like uh how to get and stay in Wy ke for cheap because they they had all the connection and if you ever see a duk's commercial
015with Linda and Alden uh trying out the the the hoola pie that that's a real treat to see so because they pick them for the commercial so uh Linda and alen congratulations I I also had the opportunity to meet uh Alden and Linda very briefly at mam kosa which I know they frequently visit and which is owned by another Lura High School alumni so his uh dedication and um to Laura high school and B Junior High Schools well beyond um since retiring for a so I'm very excited that we are doing this today to honor him yes [Music] I have had the pleasure of knowing all for over 20 years now and he's done so much for the district and the community the kids in it so I just thank you very much and it's
016welld deserved what um the recognition this evening do we have any oh let's take a vote first all in favor say I I oppose okay no opposition there do we have any family [Applause] members do we have any uh family members of the audience all thought was a little odd up tonight we have former Pres behind me came they here there a lot of others are coming as well but okay understand okay all right absolutely so thank you very much thank you okay again has the representative from um Don cro come in yet no okay we'll move on to the next item of business which we are would be normally number eight but I'm going to pull forward uh 12.11 which is a resolution and this is resolution number 20 2425 d-119 National athletic training
017month and I'm going to read so move second we have Motion in a second and is that get my glasses out thank you all right that's a little better since 1950 an organization known as the national athletic trainers Association or NAA has advocated for setting a standard for professionalism Education certification research and practice settings Nationwide since its Inception NATA has been a driving force behind the recognition of the athletic training profession March has been ated as National athletic training month certified athletic trainers employed by the district are nationally certified and dedicated to providing professional health care for our student athletes the athletic uh Health Care Services provided by certified athletic trainers include the education prevention recognition evaluation treatment as well as Rehabilitation of athletic injuries and illness the district continues to be recognized as a
018leader in sports related concussion management for high school athletes our athletic trainers work collaboratively with parents School staff and Community Medical providers to promote safe participation for over 23,000 student athletes each year so with that said um we have I think maybe in the audience some uh trainers and I'm going to read their names and if when I read your name if you please stand okay uh Garrett Freight from Anaheim High School Stay Stay standing stay standing that's good you follow directions good Marcy Lloyd Cyprus High School Andrew catella High School Ryan Ramirez aora High School Micah Eula Magnolia High School and Naomi Ru Western High [Applause] School thank you for all that you do for our our students keeping them healthy out there and mending them when they needed to be mended so thank
019you so much for being here so with that said are we ready for a vote okay Mr hosi i m r tro as a um a mother of a uh athletic um ath athletic student um my daughter played softball volleyball and soccer I was so grateful to always have an athletic trainer um when uh you know anything happened um and so really really honor you um this isn't just a resolution for me this is really U meaningful and um I'm so glad that you're all here today that we get to really thank you in person and and all the other athletic trainers that are out there so I Mr I'm sorry I I would also be like to just say thank you I don't think people realize the long hours that you guys have athletic
020schedules are just random all over the place and I just want let you know that we as a board acknowledge you and your work so thank Youk you Miss Guerrero I will also Echo that um thank you so much for everything that you do um I know last night I was at the anim high school basketball game I know Garrett was there to a few of the games actually that happened last night and got to see you in action you don't only just take care of our team I know you also take care of the other team if they get hurt so we appreciate each and every one of you what you do so with that I also vote I oh thank you and I had the pleasure of talking to the trainer at uh
021Kennedy High School at their open house uh last month and uh we had a long conversation about what she does and looking around her room and seeing all the supplies she has so so it was very informative conversation so with that I say I so thank you right thank [Applause] you and you don't have to stay here if you don't want to get a program you you are dismissed has uh don cot Partnerships come in yet not yet okay I'll keep asking uh next we pardon me let you oh okay you all right thank you um we have student board representative report Arin okay first looking at Anaheim visiting from Sycamore and South Junior High School on January 28th they bring middle schools visited Anaheim High School to gain Insight on the various activities and
022student L culture at Anaheim additionally entering CIF Anaheim High School's girls water poolo advances through the rounds to their quarterfinal game against Indio High School we're proud of our student athletes and their dedication to athleticism now moving on to CVA for CVA students continue to be acknowledged. CVA in personal post highlighting their accomplishments throughout their journey of Life additionally CVA had a globaltech exchange which they had the opportunity to present to an extincted group of Educators and Department of Education staff from South Korea Innovation continues to grow and CVA continues to share their Vision strategies and advancements in Virtual learning now let's look at Cyprus for Cyprus the month of January was action-packed they had their winter formal with beautiful ocean themed decorations and their open house where parents had the chance to come to
023the school and get a better idea at the Cypress High School community in addition Cypress had our visioning day which was a great morning collecting feedback from students faculty and parents regarding their priorities and values as a school lastly they had their RSVP Summit 3 which covered the results from the previous two Summits Cyprus successfully accomplished Vape detectors lunchtime snacks and slushies better CNC assignments and more classes while there were countless pending concerns that are still possible to make happen way to go Cyprus now for catella catella High School welcomes South Jr and Sycamore Jr over for Cru to catella they are welcomed by katella's amazing link crew leaders and some ASB members due to weather complications the event took place in their main gym the students saw many amazing performances such as dance team
024cheer choir theater Advan dance Productions Sports and More they had a wonderful time performing for them and informing them about elective Sports and classes they could join at catella now moving on to Kennedy on January 10th they had eighth graders from Walker Junior High School participate in their walk from Walker event they were able to learn more about Kennedy's special programs at Kennedy tour classes and see what clubs they offer the event started in kpac during first period with presentations and performances from admin counseling Kennedy ASB JFK jroc Kennedy singers and more a huge shout out to all the Fighting Irish who supported this event now let's look at Lera for Laura they recently honored Dr John dalm by dedicating the Laura high school wrestling room in his name Dr Dam's impact on the Laura
025Community is immeasurable as a coach he led the wrestling team to 10 League championships and a CIF title instilling a culture of excellence and perseverance as Laura High School's principal he shaped the lives of countless students leaving a lasting Legacy in education his influence continues to inspire both past and present generations of Saxons extends their heartfelt gratitude to the dalan family wrestling alumin current students and the entire Saxon Community for coming together to celebrate this momentous occasion now Magnolia for Magnolia their Sentinels are officially on their way with the girls playing their first CIF game against Valley High School they also had a Marsha Magnolia where Dale Junior High eighth graders explored all that Magnolia has to offer they welcomed these eighth graders with a beautiful assembly and they were able to sign up for
026clubs Sports and electives way to prepare for the future students Magnolia now let's move on to Oxford Oxford Academy's FBLA secured first place in sweep Stakes again continuing the record since 2018 they also had their servathon where many of the clubs participated in the district's annual servathon event participating in Bird housee Painting PB&J making emergency kit establishment and many more now for Savannah Savannah's Roop Medical Academy students had the ch to show off their skills to the superintendent of Roop administrators and csuf through a walkthrough of their class Savannah also hosted its steps to Savannah event where Brooker students were Guided by Savannah's own students allowing them to explore the various programs and clubs offered at Savannah now finally let's look at western western would like to highlight their Japanese student visit where they helped
027them give presentations to the school on Japanese culture they also had their walk to Western where they greeted orange view students and showed all of their extracurricular programs thank you thank you Aon appreciate it nicely done no so next we have uh recognition of uh some associations we have Mr James gan from AA Jennifer sasai from Ala do we have any other no nothing Lacy merer thank you I'm looking right at her Lacy thank you Lacy merer from uh apga and we have Dr liia Holstrom administrator from Roop so thank you for being here Leia so next is a reports from associations Mr Grant do you have a report good evening board uh Mr matsuda and cabinet uh my name is James Goran asked the vice president and I'm here on behalf of Jeff Morgan
028Stern he's on a community schools conference as you know orange and Western will be going through a consolidation process ASA would like to share with you key highlights of our Western orange view consolidation mou proposal that we shared with the district on January 24th I have Sean fleshman from orang View and Wendy kryer from Western High School uh to share uh details hello thank you I cabinet and board student representative hello uh I I've been teaching at Orange for 26 years so uh during this time I built a connection to this community and now I actually find my former students coming up and telling me hey here's my new student of yours my daughter my son so I've been there quite the time and I value this community and I have great hopes for what
029this consolidation can achieve for the students I was glad to see as a Community Schools teacher lead that we involved the parents the students we had the community members coming to help us as we uh have this vision for our redesign I was a parti and the redesigned meetings and partnered with parents to discuss their concerns and share ideas board member hosi as well I would like to acknowledge you and um I was a glad that you're able to represent the board and be a part of this process so thank you um in town hall meetings and and with coffees with the principal and District leadership have made promises to our families and their CH that their children will be provided with IND device in attention smaller learning communities and a strong relationship with teachers
030at these Town Hall meetings I spoke with parents and they express their excitement really uh and their ideas they heard and how their students would benefit from these problems and practices in order to achieve this for our students our mou proposal request smaller size guarantees and a smaller student loads because of the unique circumstances of teaching and supporting such a diverse class of proficiencies learning styles and backgrounds teachers need a manageable and sustainable workload the Innovative components of the redesign require more individual attention to each student to help them achieve their potential we need an intentional commitment to make this a success M ker good evening I've been a part of the Pioneer Family since September of 2000 and my heart lives in this community I can't imagine being a part of any other community
031um this is my family our teachers have been pivotal in this reimagining of our education system and will now be critical in how we Implement these shifts in order to create a dynamic student centered approach that Fosters deeper learning stronger relationships and a more supportive environment for both students and staff we need to ensure that teachers time is protected our proposal asks for designated time for teachers to collaborate in order to support students individual needs discuss effective instruction instuctional approaches and strategies and develop learning plans to support all students we are building an Innovative system for our students and we need time to do that additionally teachers will be shifting our practice to a block schedule and incorporate additional Services teachers need time to develop their skills while effectively supporting student needs no doubt this
032will create a challenge in Staffing but we are requesting to limit the number of new courses assigned to teachers which will provide consistency with our programs and Curriculum by moving teachers into new courses we risk losing our veteran teachers that are trained and experienced in those Services we need to maintain the instruction and guidance provided by our teachers that our students and families rely on so again we appreciate our opportunity to share our proposal with you uh we have a unique opportunity to create a stronger more student- centered learning environment through this consolidation however now is the time to fulfill those promises made to our families it is imperative that teachers be provided with the necessary time support and resources we urge the board to honor these commitments by supporting our proposal and uphold the
033class-size guarantees teacher collaboration time and program consistency we must work together to build a sustainable and Innovative system that truly meets the needs of our students teachers and families we look forward to hearing the district's response thank you so much for your time thank you for your presentation Lacy good evening ahc School Board Mr O'Neal Mr matsuda executive cabinet and community members I'd like to begin by recognizing that last week was National School counseling week a time to celebrate the hard work and dedication of our ahsd school counselors while a single week doesn't Define the impact of their work it is Meaningful to see the profession been acknowledged and appreciated so thank you throughout the district counselors were celebrated and apj would like to expend extend a special thank you to Mr Brian O'Neal for
034joining our all counselor professional development meeting on January 31st to help honor our ahsd counselor of the year Michael Seltzer additionally I'd like to recognize Mr Ron hosi for making time to personally visit counselors in his district area and at the district office to show his appreciation for their commit commitment to our students to all of our counselors thank you for the invaluable role you play in supporting guiding and empowering our students every day each month apga aims to share data with you to illustrate the impact of school counselors that we have on our students and their families however tonight I wanted to take a step back from the numbers and highlight a fundamental truth that counselors are at the heart of Education in ways that extend far beyond data points counselors are academics College
035and Career advisers and social social emotional support providers all at once our value our value lies in executing a comprehensive counseling program that seamlessly integrates these three areas because they are not separate from each other while various groups within the school system May focus on one of these domains counselors are the only professionals on campus who work with all three counselors are the only group on a campus who meet every with every student every year identifying the underlying challenges they may face the 27,000 students in ahsd don't begin their academic Journey until they meet with a school counselor Who develops their educational plan before they ever step into a classroom to meet their teachers a financial aid application for a senior doesn't get completed without a counselor guiding them through their FSA ID and college
036spending options and even though I said I was not going to say anything about data I will put this this point in right now to this day at this time we are at a 30% completion rate with our financial aid application which is above what we were last year at this time so our counselors are working very hard with our seniors to get their financial aid applications completed during these times that can be tumultuous for many of our families lastly a social worker does not meet with a student unless a counselor has first uncovered a need that needs to be met counseling is not just a service it is a foundational pillar of Student Success our work Bridges gaps removes barriers and empowers students to reach their full potential and the only way that happens
037is through a com comprehensive counseling program so would like so what I would like to encourage you to do as apj continues to provide updates and data and you can Vis you continue to visit our school campuses is take some time to really understand how we collect our data and what is is that we are truly trying to show you because the reality is there is no other group on an ahsd campus that meets a student's needs the way a school counselor does thank you for your ongoing support of our ahsd counselors and the critical role they play in shaping our students success thank you thank [Applause] you Dr sesai good evening president O'Neal Board of Trustees superintendent matsuda executive cabinet students parents and Community joining us in person and online the local control accountability
038plan the alcap sees an officially commence districtwide last Thursday our stakeholders are encouraged to participate in this important process ensuring that their voices contribute to shaping the future of our schools open houses are happening throughout the district providing families with the opportunities to learn more about our schools and programs additionally registration for the upcoming school year is in full swing last week laera high school warmly welcomed Ball Junior High's eighth graders for launch to Lera an engaging event designed to introduce students to sax and life the event featured comprehensive campus tours an activity Fair showcasing V various school programs and a lively pep assembly to build excitement for their upcoming High School Journey in athletics laera continues to demonstrate Excellence with the wrestling girls basketball and girls soccer teams all earning spots in the CIF
039playoffs go Saxons on Thursday February 8th the Brookhurst Advance band had the incredible opportunity to visit Disneyland and participate in the Disney soundtrack Workshop during this unique experience students gained insight into the professional recording process learning how musicians prepare the for recording songs used in Beloved Disney films the highlight of the workshop was when students recorded their own soundtrack to accompany a Disney film making it a truly memorable and educational experience Kennedy High School staff development Day on June on January 31st featured an inspiring keynote address by educational technology consultant Ken Shelton today's press professional development sessions focused on the role of artificial intelligence in education emphasizing how AI can amplify student voice personalized learning and Foster inclusive teaching practices Educators engaged in Hands-On activities using AI tools to design learning experiences that reflect students
040lived experiences while preparing them to be ethical and critical users of AI Cypress High School staff development day on January 31st was a visioning day with over 80 students the entire staff parents and Community Partners an assembly of over 300 stakeholders came together to Envision the future of Cypress High School answering questions like what qualities do you envision for a Cypress student walking across the stage at graduation these initiatives highlight our District's ongoing commitment to academic Excellence student engagement and Innovative learning opportunities thank you thank you I haven't been notified but has Don Croy nope not yet okay just checking uh is there a PTA representative in the audience this evening Doris hi come forward good evening just want to say that um we have an upcoming Bingo um the 19th for Founders Day and
041then we have a um March 26th we have a a dinner and April 23rd we have a dinner and also we're planning a fentanyl awareness coming up pretty soon but when will that be have you had it on the calendar yet we don't have it on the calendar yet we're still in planning okay thank you thank you appreciate it okay we'll move on to uh presentations Mr salivar yes thank you president O'Neal it's my pleasure to introduce Dr SEMA sidu our director of Learning and Development who will be providing you with our alcap major update before she begins I'd like to share that Dr sudu has um already been uh working tirelessly in preparation for this year's alcap process which is an opportunity for our community to come together over the course of five elcap
042meetings and review um our District's progress and uh in developing recommendations based on identify needs and metrics um so tonight's midyear update serves as a brief snapshot for our board um on where we currently stand as we begin this annual Journey so without further Ado Dr SEMA s do thank you Mr svar okay I appreciate your support with all things LC cap good evening board president Mr Mr O'Neal Board of Trustees cabinet superintendent matsuda everyone watching and here in person tonight it is my pleasure to provide you with a midyear local control and accountability plan or lcap for short update before I do that I want to first take a moment and acknowledge the work of our board and cabinet for laying the foundation to a robust elcap process where educational Partners voices can be
043elevated I also want to thank Joe Carmona probably drive him crazy for his assistance and support I am truly grateful for his leadership and mentorship through this process and just being new at this and learning first I would like to provide you with some background information section 61 of Senate Bill 114 requires districts to present an update to the current year lcap which includes all available midyear outcome data related to metrics identified in the outc cap and midyear expenditures all also identified in the outc cap the purpose of tonight's presentation is to provide a brief update on metrics and expenditures the lcap is a three-year plan that is updated annually we are beginning a new three-year cycle this year and we have started our elcap educational partner engagement process our District's core values help us
044achieve our vision and Mission and through the elcap process we are able to ensure that we are doing what is best for our students and Families here's a brief budget overview this chart outl outlines our budget items our projected 20242 adopted budget amounts which were presented to the board in June of 2024 next to that we have outlined our actual budget amounts which are based on the first intrum followed by the difference this information is available in the first inome report which was presented at the December 2024 beeting by Dr Nan as you can see there's difference between our actual budget amount and projected adopted budget amount for 2024 2025 the adopted budget is a projection of what we know at that time at the time of the first interim in December we are updating
045the budget with the new assumptions and we are also adjusting the revenue for carryover new grants and new grants that have been awarded the budget assumptions information can also be found in the first interim report which I have here if any anyone would like a copy I know this is not very fun but try to make it fun in ahsd we utilize our local control and accountability plan an educational partner engagement process to develop our goals our actions and measures it serves as a plan for continuous Improvement where we can measure academic performance datas surveys District indicators and gather input from various educational Partners such as our students our staff and our parents because their perspectives and feedback feedback provide valuable insights into the program's Effectiveness now I will highlight data that was not yet
046available during the lcap adoption in June and some real-time data that we have captured for fall in this school year so we're going to start with Goal one our district graduation rate has maintained at over 90% which is above the state average we continue to make progress in graduation rates for our English Learners students with disabilities and Foster youth similarly our a through G rates also above the state average demonstrate a slight increase overall for our socioeconomically disadvantaged students English Learners and we will continue to focus our efforts for our students with disabilities and Foster youth here you can see our standardized test scores now as you know we do not rely solely on standardized test scores to demonstrate the full depth of student learning however it is a state mandate and we acknowledge that
047we will continue to work towards our goals and supporting our students in these areas as well we believe that by analyzing student performance post-graduation outcomes and feedback from our educational Partners we can better assess our programs and highlight our student progress overall okay here is an example of that on this slide from our class of 2024 most re recent graduates 68.1% of graduates enrolled in postsecondary options immediately after graduation 43.4% enrolled in 2-year colleges and 24.6% enrolled in fouryear colleges and universities we are proud to share that our persistence rate and college gpa have significantly and consistently outperformed College averages overall the percentage of students who completed at least one CTE pathway and fulfilled a through G requirements has also increased we will continue to increase our efforts for our specific student groups ahsd is
048also ranked number two in the county for CTE completion and ranked number one in the State uh state for graduates receiving the state seal of Civic engagement which speaks to our mission to graduate socially aware civic-minded students who are life ready we are also seeing progress in meeting our desired outcomes when it comes to serving our plural lingual students so as you can see in 2023 24 the class reclassification rate was 12% and the percent of plural lingual students who scored level four which is the highest on the lpac was at 12.85% also worth noting and celebrating is that ahsd is ranked number two in the county and state seals of B literacy now we're moving on to goal number two in the lcap at ahsd we strive to provide meaningful educational engagement opportunities for
049all parents and families in the fall semester alone we had over 12,000 families served via food and or care packages we had 434 parents total at the Anaheim collaborative family Summit one held at Cal State Fullerton and one was held at Fullerton College in addition Our Community School's model and approach to learning provides opportunities for our students families and staff to connect and work together to expand experiences and address the needs of the whole child as we as a demonstration District we are Mo we are a model to many we have coordinated several leading and learning visits where we have been able to showcase the assets of our students parents and schools our guests have left inspired when they our community school model through the lens of the classroom experience and as evidenced in our
050performance task assessments ptas student engagement in the classroom on campus and student voice thus far we have had 75 different districts and organizations pay us a visit and close to 400 guests lcap goal 3 focuses on providing and nurturing a safe positive and inclusive School culture that is responsive to the assets and needs of all students our attendance rate for the first semester this is a correction is actually 92.7% all Sites have been diligently focusing their efforts on attendance and are working hard at implementing the attendance task force recommendations and you can see the difference between 23 24 and our current year first semester a safe and positive School culture is being supported through ongoing collaboration with the goal of decreasing our suspension rates maintaining our campus safety AIDS and focusing our efforts on school
051safety okay as you can see we are making good progress on meeting and exceeding our desired outcomes in the same way we are utilizing our planned resources and expenditures to support our work we held our first elcap meeting on February 6th with approximately 300 in attendance despite the rain and despite the challenges that some of our families are facing it was a diverse mix of students staff parents and community members and here's a just a little snapshot of some images um I think people overall um enjoyed the first meeting we have our second meeting coming up next Thursday I would like to close with this quote and have you reflect on the current state of public education public education is an investment in our future because it is it is an investment in our students
052thank you for your time thank you Dr s does the board have any questions it's okay thank you for this presentation page talk about two in this number two in this in the county I'm sorry my number two in the county yes um would you mind proc that's a great question I was actually working on that today um so the first meeting is supposed to be really an overview and a kickoff and really with the focus of getting everyone engaged with the lcap process um what should happen there right which is I think what did happen is really try to get people to think about the state of education our district to share and tell our story right and to kind of lay the foundation of the lcap process you know it's important to also
053note with that that some districts only give a survey there's just a survey that's sent out and that's all you get I've been in two different districts and even know what lcap was you know or I just completed the survey so it's really an opportunity at the first meeting to get together to collaborate to engage um you know to enjoy some food right it's like bread breaking um and to get ready for this process to give an overview of the process meeting number two is where we get to focus on the data so in focus groups our parents students staff right everyone's going to come together and review our data this year we're going to do a little bit of an overview of you know how to even how to look at this data what
054are we looking at what is Trend data and then talk about how have we improved what is the data telling us and showing us um what are some things to celebrate so that's really going to be meeting number two meeting number three we're going to look at the actions that are already in our lcap so the LC cap was approved in June so we're going to look at the actions that are in the lcap to see what is already being addressed how it's being addressed and then also come up with some recommendations what do we want to see more of perhaps right and what is working well and then at the final meeting we really need to come together everyone will share their recommendations and then we'll come up with a consensus in terms of
055what to actually um draft I get the pleasure of writing the lcap and so I would love you know this is an opportunity to incorporate our students voices our parents and Families Our Community Partners our staff really their voices and gather their input and recommendations for our 2526 lcap so that is truly the process and I get to draft it present again in June and then uh have ELC cap board approved and um in the past um uh there have been folks that were a little critical of um you know they don't understand how extensive ahsd um uh process has been um but folks have um not knowing that information but uh been a little critical about Gathering like students and parents that have no idea what this is so what have we done to
056uh pre prepare our students um and our um parents and little give them a little bit of Education uh before we take this process because it can be a little intimidating it it is a lot and can and it can be really overwhelming so we met actually with the student ambassadors shout out to the student ambassadors who have done an amazing job with getting students to the lcap but then also we had a student Workshop we also had a parent Workshop which I think you know that's something that I would like to work on next year is getting more parents and student at these workshops because they get a preview of what the lcap process is and especially if it's their first time kind of go over more information give them the background the process
057um expectations their role uh in the lcap process so I'm definitely going to work on that for next year we I'm also working on creating um a video because a lot of people gave me feedback and said they weren't able to make it to the first meeting but they want to make it to the focus group meetings and really be a part of this process so I said well why not make a video to explain what the lcap is lcff and then also send out information on the eight State priorities I talked to some parents afterward um after the first meeting so they'd love to get that information I'm planning on sending it out and then having them sign up for the focus groups and give them more descriptions of the focus groups I was
058a little rushed um at the first meeting so we're going to we're going to work on that and slow it down and then also in terms of the meetings and the structure I'm going to try to scaffold it a little bit more and give them um a little bit more of information even you know terms and definitions and how how are we looking at this data because you know if you're not used to looking at it you're like what am I looking at and what am I looking for um and how can I you know have my voice heard so I think that's what we're trying to work on okay fantastic if I may we also have the um we're fortunate to have a partnership with OKO who also helps to provide workshops for our
059parents additional workshops in between each of our um outc cap meetings yes where there have our parents have the space to ask clarifying questions additional questions regarding the data regarding whatever it is that that they uh were exposed to in the previous alcat meeting so that's just another another layer of support for for our parents as well and maybe they little intimidated at our meeting but at that meeting they can they can be feel a little bit safer exactly it also helps to build their capacity so there's more confidence at the next upcoming meetings to ask additional questions to to be a little more engaged if if need be so they actually asked they didn't ask but basically we're not there we're we're there to make sure you know everything's set up for them they
060meet here at the district office but you don't have District folks there it's it's really OKO and then our our parents that are there that can then debrief and you know have honest conversations and really prepare to participate in the in the meetings fantastic thank you I do want to acknowledge Dr sidu because I was at that student workshop and um and the ambassadors did did a they did a great job at recruiting if you went to the alcap meeting the first one we had great student representation and also I know that that you worked with our faces to get parents there and we had great representation from our parents from PTSA and across the district so um we're we're really getting authentic feedback and it's just not through surveys a lot of a lot
061of people do get their feedback strictly through surveys but we get really we get to hear people and if you go to the second and third meetings you'll see students a lot of students getting up presenting and I think that's kind of like one of the highlights for me so Dr do thank you so much for your hard work because I know to do the presentations for the students and for the parents it takes extra time and I want to thank uh Mrs Vasquez and Mrs Brown too for the ambassadors and and um working with their respective RSVP advisers to get um a lot of students involved student voice is is really important to us absolutely um I want to Echo my colleagues thank you for all your work I was able to attend the
062first elcap uh meeting I know a few of us were there as well um I just wanted to make a plug that we have free bus fry transportation for all of the elcat meetings from our school side so please uh check the schedule online I know is also sent out uh via our Aries or Communications and then free child care during all our meetings and then free I mean translation as well right translation services will be provided even for the small focus group not they're not not small but the focus groups that we have we will have translation and uh we now so again making improvements right we make mistakes we learn we grow so now on the uh communication that we're sending out um we'll make sure we put like you know where the
063bus will actually be because sometimes the route might be a little different and then students you know or parents family members are looking for you know where the buses are so just little things like that so I'm adding that and then we'll resend out the information for sure and make sure everyone attends as many people as possible great thank you so much Dr sidu what languages are we translating so we are required for well uh Spanish but we always have well I don't want to say always we do have Korean um and Vietnamese it it also depends on you know the availability but that's mainly what we have at these meetings thank you yeah thank you and I have to give where's Brian bsky because I think he's next no oh no okay well whenever
064he comes up here my my presentation very plain I'm definitely looking forward to seeing his presentation it's pretty [Laughter] [Applause] cool I think we have a recognition I think um Mr cro has walked in the door so board [Music] yes please come forward Mr C please go over there so we're we're recognizing Donald Croy Partnerships Inc dkp which has provided professional architectural and Engineering Services since 1974 The Firm has specialized in the design and Rehab reil re reabilitation of public work for commercial Municipal and educational facilities in excess of $1 billion in construction costs more than 50 buildings are members of the national register of historic places on behalf of the Board of Trustees we would like to recognize and thank Don cro for the generous donation of $6,000 accepting the recognition on behalf of
065dkp is architect Donald cot AIA principal and president of the firm thank you so much [Applause] sure you know I was really um flattered to be invited to be recognized and it it really is a great um thought and gesture that you've made thanking me for this and I appreciate it I was really moved by the presentation just prior and in a way glad I was late because the the contribution that we all make for public education is the investment in the future that we all imagine it's very real and it's not just this community it's all the communities in which I work and that you see so thank you again very much [Applause] okay Mr salivar Right yes so as um as our board knows our district has long recognized the value of Arts
066education in preparing our students for college uh life and Career Success um so it's no surprise that we have prestigious vapa programs across our district that are year in and year out winning Awards and and different accolades um so what we have today is it's my pleasure now to introduce Brian Mr Brian bsk director of Arts education who will be providing a brief update on the current state and future for Arts education in our district okay and just before he comes up thank you for the introduction but we have a speaker uh for this item and Shannon Zer no you come before good evening board M president cabinet um I just just want to say that I first I have a lot of hats I wear you've seen me before I'm Shannon zemer I'm the
067Arts now ambassador to Orange County from create California but you are my home district and so you are my heart is my mother went to Kennedy High School my son went to Kennedy High School I went to Kennedy High School we have a lot of history in this District my D went to Oxford you know so we don't hold it against her um I actually had Wan hosi as a choir teacher a while ago oh thank no not very long ago we're we're young I would just like to say first I want to thank one of the hats I wear is I have worked as a case manager with social workers and I often send people to the ahsd website as a source of resources for our community and I want to thank our district
068for being so supportive of our community in need but tonight I'm here actually to support um Brian bsky and his strategic Arts plan proposal that going to be presented to you I am so excited about this as you know I've been here many times before you talking about the Arts and the value of the Arts as a career path and as an important aspect of life the skills learn through the Arts prepare you for all sorts of things through life that we don't even realize until we're a little bit older um and I am particularly excited about the Strategic Arts plan because of its comprehensive nature it includes things one of the things I really want to highlight and I I I'm assuming Brian will and I was just going to do it after the
069fact but as I'm here first the student Arts Council I am so excited about this aspect of student voice in our Arts Council around our and around our district I will tell you that I actually work through um with in partnership with Arts Orange County and the Orange County department of education training um parent leaders and working with school districts around the county you're okay I'll just say very quickly I send them here to see a good example of our lcap process so I also want to add that the lcaps in our district are an example for everybody so as my time is up it seems I don't leave you but thank you very much thank you for being such a supportive district for the Arts and I really hope this um support will continue
070and Bravo to Brian for the presentation in advance that you're going to be so impressed [Laughter] with all right all right Mr bsky now you've been put on the spot this better not be terrible we'll grade you well thank you very much for the opportunity um I can I'll go off script for just a minute um talk about the support that we have for Arts education in Anaheim Union um a lot of folks look to what we do here uh as an example um not the work that I'm doing as much as the work that we all do together um to support our students uh that elcap process uh is is no joke uh here in Anaheim Union um sort of legacy of Manuel cologne and the things that that he left behind as well
071in this District um as a parent in another District um it's uh it's a wonderful thing to see students and teachers and community members and parents engaged in the process and truly uh having a voice that matters in the in the the outcome uh the educational outcomes of their students so um uh I'm I'm grateful so uh thanks to the board for their continuing support of Arts education uh we've had at least four major events like in what the last three weeks and there have been multiple board members at every single one of our events uh whether it was honor band or Coral showcase an event yesterday with the Save the Music Foundation uh an event last night down at the at the County uh uh for the Orange County uh music and arts administrators
072Awards uh also shout out congratulations to Joe Carmona our controller received an award received an award last night for his work in supporting Arts education through uh developing the systems and and and structures for how we're able to uh move very very quickly in our adoption of proposition 28 and uh staying true to the bill text and staying true to the guidelines uh that are contained within the Arts music and schools um act that were U passed by prop 28 so uh I'm just I'm I'm grateful to be here uh so much support um from uh teachers and board members MERS superintendent cabinet uh I'm just grateful to be here so um okay into this into this report this is really three reports in one so it's uh I'm going to hit highlights I'm not
073going to get into details if you have questions uh I'll I'm here to answer them so um here we go um this first slide comes from these are some highlights some bullet points that I put in uh from the position statement that was created by our strategic Arts plan revisioning committee uh it was comprised of over uh over 45 students parents teachers administrators District district administrators cabinet members board members uh it was a 360 view on Arts education and um I'm actually going to read the position statement because it says everything about why we do what we do in Arts education and I'm just going to go for it the Arts are not optional they are essential Arts education is a critical component of a well-rounded education equipping students with the creative cognitive and technical
074skills needed to thrive in an Ever evolving world it's not a luxury or an extracurricular add-on it is a fundamental right that Fosters Innovation builds community and prepares students for success in both life and career Arts education integrates all elements of the career preparedness systems framework the cpsf here in ahsd it encompasses encompasses a wide range of Technical and transferable skills it reinforces the 5c's embeds Equitable decision-making and encourages student agency in all four artistic processes that's from our state our our new state framework and uh art standards the four processes that we use in arts education creating presenting responding and connecting that is the essence of what we do in the Arts they Pro Arts courses provide asset-based environments where creativity is hone through self-expression and visual Performing Arts students cultural and life experiences
075are affirmed through the pedagogy through the materials and the performance and the presentation of their experiences in the arts arts Rich environments also support students well-being by promoting social emotional learning self-awareness empathy and resilience the Arts build community collaborative experiences connect students from diverse backgrounds and ability levels fostering a sense of belonging and shared purpose sequential standards-based Arts learning how many times has the board heard me say that over the last five years uh empowers the next generation of designers creators and performers to be stewards of their local and their Global communities the research is clear Arts education drives Student Success schools with robust Arts programs they see lower chronic absenteeism they see higher engagement they see improved academic performance students involved in the Arts are more likely to graduate they're more likely to pursue
076higher education more likely to develop the problem solving adaptability and Leadership skills that are necessary for the modern Workforce Arts education is particularly impactful for English Learners students with disabilities Foster Youth and those from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds helping them also build community resilience confidence and a sense of identity the Arts prepare students for the future California's 650 billion doll creative industry encompasses more than 2.7 million jobs offering real career Pathways for ahsd students Arts education equips students with highly refined technical skills while also developing their ability to self- Advocate collaborate and lead in industries that value innovation and adaptability and moreover creating art is a deeply personal experience students draw upon their understandings and their resources to bring ideas to life the Arts the Arts develop young people's abilities to express their personal vision and
077communicate it to others Arts education in auhsd is more about is more than learning a craft it's about helping students connect with themselves connect with each other and connect their limit Limitless potential we're here to help them discover their unlimited you thank you so that's my position that's our position statement uh it will be in the draft of the student it's in the draft of the uh the Strategic Arts plan uh that you'll look at for adoption uh next at next month's board meeting um and I just I want to jump a little bit into an overview of ahsd Arts programs uh here on the screen there are uh we have over we have 32 Arts focuses Focus areas uh across the dist now you know I'll put up here on the list is you
078know concert bands but we're talking about band One in seventh grade band One in and two in junior high school we're also talking about at the high school level concert band symphonic band win Ensemble that's all contained there in like that one bullet point of concert bands on that line um so these are just the focus areas we have 87 sections being taught across the district 30 different courses at the junior high level 277 sections of 83 different courses at the high school level being taught across the district we have 11,500 students which is a little bit different than the data we had before um we actually thought the number was a little bit different um and as we get I'll talk a little bit in a minute about data but um Eric Greenwood's team
079uh along with Jason Jones and uh Danny Warez uh the work that they have done to help us begin to build an Arts dashboard to be able to track not just grades and not just attendance and all that kind of stuff but looking at real data like you know 10 year 12 year look at enrollment in different curricular areas different Focus areas matriculation rates how many how many folks are actually going from an eighth grade to a ninth grade arts program uh persistence more than you know it's it is so cool to begin to actually look at the things that we have had to dive in and look at kind of weird ways to get to the data uh over the years but um I'm really really excited I'm excited about data it's crazy but
080um I I really am uh because it's given us uh you know we we act on what we believe to be true and we go after and try to find what's true it's so nice to be able to look and just see what is and uh and not have to try to figure out how you're going to get to the answer um so my my thanks to Eric and his team um we have 95 full-time credential Arts teachers we have 200 part-time Arts assistants uh that we have hired uh through classified HR courtesy of the Arts music and schools we'll get to that in a minute um all of these non-arts outcomes that are addressed by Arts education chronic absentee ISM um there's you know there students who are in schools have who are in
081arts in schools that have greater access to the Arts significantly less to likely to be chronically absent Arts are in the Arts incentivize student attendance they incentivize they maximize student engagement we look at suspension rates in California art students were 20% less likely to have an out of school suspension for every single year of Arts studied there's the citation is down there I've actually got one that's got a a QR code but I didn't get it to the in time to when I got it for the board so um but that link does work um so you can you can kind of check some of this stuff out but all of these things are addressed and there's positive outcomes for Arts education multiple research studies um but because I want to keep the board meeting
082moving I'm going to move to the next slide a lot of questions about Arts and Music and schools or prop 28 uh Arts and Music and schools Act is was um a public a 66% yes vote from our uh from the California voters uh the idea is that it is to supplement and not supplant existing funding it is for new Arts experiences or to expand Arts education for uh for the students of California um I love our District's approach to this uh it's been a hard no on supplanting and anybody has an idea of oh well maybe we could move we can we can do this with these funds and we can move oh we're we're not talking about moving around money to be able to pay for something that was already happening before if
083we're paying for it with proposition 28 money this Arts music and schools money it is something that is new it is a new experience it is a new coach it's a new choreographer it's a new uh accompanist it's a new clarinet coach it's a new marching instructor it's somebody to work on drawing and painting ceramics photography that are in the classrooms these are part-time classified employees Arts assistance um yes sir had a quick question Brian um you make a really important point in terms of this distinction between supplanting and supplementing how does our district do in your opinion stack up to other districts in that approach it is a uh I'm very confident that we are upholding the bill text of prop 28 um there have been uh I I am aware of some things
084that are happen that have happened in some other districts uh some of them quite publicly uh recently uh of where some of this funding has been used to uh transfer a teacher from the general fund who was paid they've been there teaching three years for music and well now we have prop 28 so we can pay the we can pay them out of prop 28 and then we can move that general fund over to another teacher um that's a that was a hard no from the beginning uh for for what we do in the district like nobody uh there were questions asked I think of course of like well can we do this and it was the answer was well no we're we're not going to do that it no and supplant means to replace
085and we're not going to replace any of our existing funding whether it's through uh general fund whether it's through lcff whether it's through uh title one two two title four none of that money is we're not doing anything with proposition 28 money that we would have done otherwise or that we were doing before uh and I'm really confident about that uh Joe Carmona again our controller um has been a strict guardian of those things he's given very clear instructions not just to not just to me but to every single site administrator in the district um about what can and cannot be done and the message has been clear so I'm I'm confident uh the money is allocated by site they can pull their funds uh they can't transfer money from one site to another we
086can't use funding that was allocated to one site and say well now we're going to they're not going to use it we're going to push it over there uh they can pull resources though like for example we have one we have a an example where uh two campuses are sharing a teacher uh and that was their part of that teacher is being paid for out of prop 28 from one site the other the the rest of that teacher salary is being paid paid out of prop 28 from the other site and uh we're only interested in you know when we're talking about adding Staffing which is that that next bullet point um that that means folks who are actually working with students folks who are actually like providing education providing Arts instruction um it's a
087minimum of 80% of the funding has to be used for Staffing a maximum of 20% for other expenses um it's a very limited scope of what we're able to spend that on and that's great honestly there's I don't think there's a we're not having a problem spending the money we're not having a problem spending it within the guard reils provided by the Department of Education and the state because as soon as the the voters passed it it became part of the state constitution right the prop the prop it's 1% of the prop 98 minimum funding guarantee the gets 100% of its funding guarantee and then we get another 1% on top of that that is fun that is additional funding for Arts instruction and that's the way that they funded um the Arts music and
088schools act through prop 28 and it wasn't through adding taxes which was beautiful Mr bski I have a quick question when you say it's allocated by site is that the enrollment of the student body and then there's a uh versus you know and then my question is if there weren't programs and we needed to expand that program or create a program that is needed at that school site I mean so I wanted to find out a little bit more about that allocation by site sure it's 70% of the funding uh the way that the funding model is generated 70% of what um is going to ultimately be spent uh goes based strictly on the the student enrollment at the school site um now not the current participation of the students in the Arts no it
089has nothing to do with that it is purely based on the student enrollment at the campus it's not based on Arts enrollment then that's a good question uh then beyond that there the remaining 30% of the funds are allocated based upon um schools that have uh there are Title One schools free and reduced lunch they have they have additional uh needs socioeconomic needs there's a sort of a 30% of the funding is really sort of a an addition uh bonus on top of that that that 70% Baseline funding to help provide students uh funding for those those students at schools that may need additional uh they need add additional support uh traditionally the you know the reason behind that traditionally the the students at schools with low uh families with low socioeconomic status students that
090have um um that have low socioeconomic status tend to have less access access to Arts education throughout their upbringing they tend to have less access to it in in the home they tend to have less access to things like outside lessons and dance classes and those kinds of things and it very very important to try to provide opportunities for students um to have a broad Arts education uh within within their school day and then the remaining funds that are not used on staff can they be used for facilities or for no okay and or for equipment equipment yes the 20% is for other expenses it can go to equipment it also goes to professional learning um it also goes to um anything that is expanding those exper we can we're sending students on field trips
091to see professional production or a a concert of like here's what this would really this this is the the sound we want to get you in your have to have in your head when you're beginning to work on a performance um that's something that we were never able to do before so I'm grateful and we have three years to spend each single Year's allocation I've talked about all of this these are all the things that we've done so the the questions that you have asked have led me through all of these all of these slides we are we' have expanded Staffing we have 200 uh 200 plus 220 something I think um part-time classified employees that uh are their classification is um Arts assistants and and they are in classrooms they are working with kids
092you go to and go to any campus and you will see the teacher and most days you at if if you're there especially if you're there for a couple of periods you're going to see somebody maybe one maybe two maybe three people that are coming in and working and providing some some real detailed level instruction of of what's actually happening in that class you're talking about Claret coaches we're talking about choir directors that have the ability to get out from behind the piano and actually go on the other side of the piano because there's an accompanist there now and they're actually able to teach voice they're actually able to really hear what is happening because they're not there pounding away at the piano which is part of what's happened you know in in choir because
093you have we have uh you know we don't haven't had the funding to have somebody in there to be able to do that all the time and the proof shows up in performances like at the coral showcase those of you that were there you heard the quality of those ensembles it's not even close to what we what we had even just a year ago and it was the same it's the same thing with the honor band you went if you went to the honor band concert you heard things that uh I mean we are we took a huge hit in 2020 in the Performing Arts in terms of student enrollment F you know visual art went way up um students having trouble they didn't really want to take a chance and put themselves out there
094in a Performing Arts kind of a setting all those numbers are not only back well mostly back in some areas uh but the quality uh when you include what's happening with these Arts andru Arts instruction is um it's really tremendous the experience that these kids are getting it's it's uh this was the first time that the honor band and the Honor Choir uh sounded like they did or even better than the the uh before times the pre-co years how we're planning to use it we're filling program gaps improving course access expanding course offerings hiring teachers that's the long that's the long game um it's a challenge to do that because in ahsd we're pretty well built out in arts education we haven't had we didn't cut Arts teachers in 20072 2008 when things got rough
095the board dug in and said no we're not willing to do that uh so we were pretty well built out we do have gaps there are campuses that don't have dance there are campuses that don't have choir there are campuses that don't have theater um there are no campuses that don't have instrumental music there are no campuses that don't have visualart but the other three areas um we need to address we don't necessarily need we're not trying to do everything all at once we're trying to be very strategic and we're doing that in partnership with the site administrators and the vapa department chair and all of the vapa teachers on each campus okay strategic Arts plan part three uh what is it it's a it's a bold Visionary I believe road map um designed to
096transform the lives of our students um through the power of the Arts with this plan we're setting a stage for the future where every students empowered to express themselves creatively at the heart of the plan is a commitment to Equitable access for all students regardless of their background or C circumstances by creating Pathways in visual Performing Arts we're not only preparing students for careers in the creative Industries we're providing them for the foundational skills that can drawn on any in any div any Endeavor there are three Focus areas in this plan content infrastructure and sustainability and we can get into those a little bit but again it's just it's a highlight um of the plan tonight um we're committed to providing transformative experiences which cultivate creativity Foster cultural appreciation and promote student agency while also
097building strong connections with the community and that's what the Strategic Arts plan is all about that's kind of a funny AI graphic of what the Strategic Arts plan looked like in my head the the planning committee the reality is we were over there in the PDC and and uh across the parking lot and we were doing our thing um but uh it really was it was a diverse group um like I said board members we had our County Office of Education Arts coordinator we had a community members some of them here side administrators District administrators students and parents teachers from every single campus every single grade level and every single curricular area contributed to the Strategic Arts plan notably uh I I I want to thank well in in here U anarie Randall tro board
098member um who served on the Strategic Arts revisioning committee uh and also former board member uh Anna piery um who uh attended all of our meetings and made sure to have my ear when uh she wanted to talk about something that uh she thought maybe we could talk about this a little maybe we can look at this a different way Brian maybe we maybe we want to talk it was you know always that that Anna thing um she she she was instrumental in the creation of this plan and so I'm grateful to her and for her guidance in and out of the meetings the introduction of the plan it talks about the why behind it it there's a lot there board policy 7605 on Arts education um which we have a first reading on the
099the board tonight um is included as part part of the plan which is why we moved the Strategic plan to next month so you could have a look at the that board policy first uh Focus area one uh in each Focus area there's three there are three strands Focus area one is content uh this is all about ensuring every student has access to meaningful Arts learning there there's a ton of initiatives in each one of these things the key initiatives aligning curriculum across schools for better Pathways expanding College and Career Connections through Arts pathways that lead to real world opportunities and professional learning for teachers so that they can bring the most engaging and relevant Arts uh experiences to students this ensures that students get their technical skills creativity and self-expression needs met while connecting
100to the Arts uh in their future careers Focus area two is about infrastructure strand one course access strand two is Staffing and scheduling strand three is facilities and Equipment um we're also focused on focused on building all these necessary system systems this includes highlights hiring additional support staff like accompanist choreographers instrumental coaches improving course access so that more students can participate in sequential Arts instruction without scheduling conflicts uh as much as possible uh upgrading Arts facilities and Equipment such as modernizing performance spaces music rooms and visual art studios it's important to note we did talk about uh prop 28 is not facilities money that doesn't mean we don't have plans for what we need in terms of facilities as a district we do have those needs Focus area three sustainability how are we going to
101keep this going we for long-term success we need to sustain and grow our Arts programs this includes empowering student leadership um as Shannon Zer brought up the youth Arts Council which is something that we will launch next year is sort of something that is akin to uh a student ambassadors Group which is focused on Arts advocacy and addressing public policy and the the the decision makers around what art looks like in their Community um so I'm very excited about that um and also through building Community Partnerships through we have Partnerships with organizations like back house dance Chance Theater lagona Art Museum um Save the Music Foundation that was there the Drake gives that was there yesterday uh folks that are supporting our kids that are doing after school programs or supporting through funding or grants
102um we also got another Grant from Mr Holland Opus foundation so um very excited with our Partnerships um and exploring new funding streams as well as leveraging prop 28 funding and other state and federal funding uh so we can enhance the resources we can track progress uh all of this to ensure that ahsd programs remain strong and impactful that's what we're doing current currently we're we're already working on curriculum alignment there's a beautiful uh and the these two slides were out of order in what went to the board sorry I put the future before the current so um but the current and this was another AI graphic and this is like us getting on the already moving train um of the Arts plan so the curriculum uh alignment is already in process uh the instrumental
103music teachers we had a pullout day and met uh and they worked on a 7 through 12 curriculum uh and working on alignment and development so we can have that and scale it out across campuses professional learning for our teachers that's already happening um monthly plc's we're also doing that through them to conferences in every single one of the curricular areas teachers have attended conferences um we have we've hired two Arts curriculum Specialists Scott and Angela are killing it doing work supporting our teachers and being in the classrooms and we're out every single week seeing how they can support they're supporting District events they're leading professional learning they are really providing focused attention to support our teachers um Partnerships data dashboards all of these things that we talked about these are all things that are
104in in play right now future more curriculum alignment outside of that using that as a model courses and programs More arts teachers uh Community involvement uh as we work on building that youth Arts councils adding some additional aim Partners uh we have a couple of those that are waiting to have they're just they they're just waiting for me to to call and set up the meeting I think so I'm I'm really looking forward to to that with major players in the Arts in Orange County and extracurricular programs because not everything is going to be a a ction right off the bat we may need to we may want to Pilot something as an extracurricular to to just gauge student interest for that program to see how that is to check that curriculum as one that
105we want to add for our digital music production pathway that uh I met with a DJ when I was at the N show he actually has a DJ curriculum that he's teaching around the country and would love to come to aohd to help that be a component of what we're doing for digital music um on their dime the dime of a donor so um I'm excited about that too anytime we can get stuff for uh and that's it uh it's it went longer than I thought but I mean we got a we got a lot of questions out of the way F at first right so um uh my again my thanks um and recognition for the systems that exist uh that supported Arts education long before I got here to aohd in 2003 and
106hopefully we can leave it in better shape than than we found it in when it's time for all of us to leave so um thank you very much thank you are there any questions any more no I I do I'm sorry um when you were talking about the um you said 32 Pathways um and then you said there were 30 sections in the junior high and 20 something for the high school we have at the junior high school we have 30 different courses being taught but there's 87 sections okay 87 SE of 30 courses that are taught at the junior high level and then at the high school level there are 83 courses different courses um of that uh and there's 277 sections that's okay in those 83 courses at the high school level okay
107thank you for that um thank you for the presentation thank you for putting this all together um you know I've been asking uh for this so I'm really excited um to see all of this together um and yes there has been um major improvements um the quality of the of the programs in the last couple of years it went to both of the district um the coral and the and the band and um our programs are phenomenal phenomenal um I wanted to know um so now the hard questions if the uh about the 30% um you said you broke down the 70% and the 30% for the 30% the prop 28 funding model yes um for um like Title One um sort of like our lcap funding for our um uh our our students uh
108socioeconomical disadvantage the unduplicated count special needs I'm wondering if um in order uh to create build equity um that's part of your um your plan um would or could um development uh teacher development um uh CL courses be uh uh planned for students with disabilities for professional development absolutely those students um you know they want to be involved they they all want to it's not just one school that we have that did a phenomenal program but we have a lot of our students that really want to be part of and involved and I understand um you know it's hard when you didn't haven't been exposed or you don't have that license to teach um uh the demo that demographic but are we thinking about that funding to help those teachers with that demographic we are
109in fact uh one of the things that um uh is really I think interesting and kind of unique about that plan is that it it actually kind of calls that out um it's it it's it is in there somewhere in one of those strands um where we are intentionally talking about students with all ability levels students with all backgrounds and that we don't use that word lightly um now it does present a challenge sometimes with scheduling it prevents sometimes a challenge with how you build an ensemble rehearsal um but um we are committed to making sure that we have those opportunities for those students uh we just prior to um the the covid closure um we uh had started a partnership with a a an organization called United sound which um provided a it was
110a a band program instrumental music program uh that we piloted at uh very successfully at both Savannah and Kennedy high schools with their band students Uh current Kennedy band and Savannah band students who were um supporting and teaching U students with disabilities supervised by a a a special education teacher and supervised by the band director uh they would actually participate in rehearsals together they learned they learned literature together and those students performed on a Savannah Band concert or a Kennedy band concert um those parents were in the audience um um and it was an incredibly powerful experience as you can imagine uh for them to be have their their student up there and doing something that they honestly didn't think that their student would have the opportunity to do um because there's there's uh there
111are so many different different forces at play there um that is something that we want to bring back I've been talking with some uh some of our our teachers about doing that it is a an extra time commitment to be able to do that uh there is another additional model that U we're looking at that um Huntington Beach Union High School District and Saddleback Valley uh un Unified School District um have started a a unified Arts um program where it's it's not all day it's not every every single day but there are SK structured times where this is hap that kind of instruction and peer leadership um is happening and it's happening in dance and it's happening in vocal music and it's happening in visual art um and they actually um are I think they're
112they're working on like a districtwide um sort of Celebration or Showcase of that and that's something that I would like us to to work toward as well um the the more involvement the the better as far as I'm concerned it Arts is good for everyone sure Scott students now we have okay right thank you Scot I was my next question uh if we if that funding allowed for you know AIDS or or you said tutors that's fantastic yeah it does absolutely and I'm um I'm assuming lessons as well okay yeah actually those are embedded into our existing uh professional learning plan uh for those monthly PLC meetings that we do with the the teachers in every curricular area Okay um and not to put you on the spot but you know how I feel about
113our um you know cultural life experiences uh with uh ethnic uh studies courses so are we trying to we have and we yeah we have embedded ethnic studies courses in uh theater we have ethnic studies theater we also have ethnic studies dance and we Al we also have uh ethnic studies photography a course which was written by our curriculum specialist for U visual art Angela ster um and is a model uh countywide U for how to actually like really do a great job of embedding the ethnic studies um course material and Concepts uh and sort of braiding that with the art standards so um we are I think we're doing a a pretty darn good job of it right now there always always room for growth I'd like to see uh it more in uh
114some of the other curricular areas but um uh we're definitely on our way okay fantastic and um I did have one more question um a lot of students um love to be in on the stage but there are a lot of students that like to be backstage so uh plans for uh backstage crafts backstage or even business uh music business we have those are these are all great questions um the stagecraft class uh at the high school level was actually revived this year um we and I believe it is on the it's in the master schedule students are enrolled there at Cyprus is that right Scott students yeah there's and um the other High School um uh programs that may not have had enough students that were interested in technical theater whether it was lighting
115sound design whatever um to create a separate section of it or you know sets or props or whatever um those students are enrolled in the existing theater courses and um we're provide they're providing instruction we actually have the ability with some of those Arts assistants to come in who's somebody who is a technical theater expert somebody to come in and and work on lighting somebody to come in and work on sound while the teacher is working with the rest of the students on scenes and character development and those kinds of things so um this uh we we have that we're moving that way um especially if we're going to get kids involved in that that creative economy that I was talking about because if you're you're you're a good sound person you're a good lighting
116person um you're a good set design person uh you're working right out of high school you're paying your way through college absolutely um and then in the spirit of our career prepared um uh I'm always looking for that type of um certification so anything that we can do to get students certified you know in high school uh that would be fantastic yeah I think we'll see more of that as we see a little more build out in the technical theater side uh I personally would like because I'm I'm like an audio geek so um I kind of like that stuff thank you mhm just yes thank you thank you for your presentation and your team for all their work um I'm really excited about the youth Arts Council so looking forward to that coming to
117frion I had a few questions uh my first one is for the prop 28 money are we reviewing the programs of our feeder elementary students to see like what's coming up that they're interested in how we could Implement that we are that's a another great question uh we are we have already we've been working with Anaheim elementary and Cypress Elementary um in terms of uh developing pathways and developing K12 um Arts Pathways um the I have a meeting next week with um the folks in the Cilia District who reached out and they are interested in aligning um their what what they're doing with what we're doing um I also have met with the folks in the the Savannah and Magnolia districts um I that's a the in the middle there in the savannah and Magnolia
118districts I I need to get back to that part kind of been working at the uh around the outsides um the since the the bulk of our students have come they come to us from Anaheim elementary um that's kind of a focus for us right now um but I will say also that there are uh a ton of things that we're do we're doing we've been doing uh area concerts in the band and choir side uh for you know where we have the the students from an Anaheim elementary U school or or two or three together that feed into one of our Junior highs um we'll have a concert where we have the high school band the junior high school band that feeds that and an elementary composite band made up of the elementary school
119students that feed into that Junior High um and then they'll fill up a gym and they'll do a concert for everybody and then we'll clear the gym and then we'll bring them those folks back in and we'll do or different folks back in and we'll do one for choir uh that's something that um has been a great model uh for for us I'm really been excited and pleased and grateful for the um the collaborative spirit that the the Arts teachers and administrators in those districts have had with us thank you um and then my second question um you shared about prop tunate um and then you mentioned uh the Drake givs Foundation can you elaborate on what the foundation has given us and the partnership that you and your team brought uh for the Arts
120sure absolutely the Drake gives is a nonprofit funded uh it's a nonprofit organization that's um if if anybody's ever been down to lagona Beach and you've been down to the Drake restaurant um it's uh you know it's up here on the uh on the uh the experiences down there uh in lagona Beach it's an incredible experience um the owner of the Drake is Alec Glasser Alec um is a product of the New York Public School System played saxophone in Queens growing up and was busted to school outside his his home area he he went to a school where he didn't know anybody and music is what kept Him from making bad choices uh when he was in school and he always wanted to give back and now he had the opportunity they found it they
121they they created the Drake restaurant as soon as they created the Drake restaurant they also created the the Drake gives uh 501c3 that is the major funer of the grants that we have received from the Save the Music Foundation they they donate to us through the Save the Music Foundation Save the Music coordinates the the grants uh the Drake gives is actually the funer behind it and they are in eight of our schools in the last two years thank you thank you so much for your presentation I long but uh covered a lot of territory it is very good all right thank you thank you thank [Applause] you okay next uh public comments and we have nobody has turned into anything at the moment uh for general public comments so we'll move on to really
122um item 12.1 School sponsor student organizations so move second motion to Second all in favor say I I I opposed 12.2 resolution number 20 uh 24-25 db-1 emergency resolution for gas line repair at Cypress high school so moved second uh any discussion unfortunately that we have these emergencies that pop up so Mr hosi i m r tro i m gr I and I vote I uh 12.3 resolution number 2024-25 db-12 establish the building fund number 2128 for series 2025 bonds so move second motion to Second any comments seeing none Mr hosi i m r tro I Mr Guerero I and I vote I 12.4 resolution number 2024-25 e-12 Career and Technical education month so moved second we have a motion in a second Miss Randall tro would you want to say something about technical education
123and we have Leia Holstrom Dr Leia hrom from Roop in our audience uh and Scott yes dingz uh we um we uh um by the way Mr R is the president of the r that's why I'm having her talk I don't know why um I I we I've always said um that Roop has been um you know right arm of of our school district because it aligns with our values aligns with what we are uh trying to um do for kids um giving them opportunities you heard me talk a little bit about um you know our students being um given the the opportunity to go to college or opportunity to start a career right after um high school and Roop has been um uh doing both in that area um a a lot of their
124um I think all of their courses are a through G um aligned so that um students don't have to choose um used to to be that you took an Roop course and kind of um you had to uh you know not think about your college and um but uh we've been working in the last uh probably seven years um in aligning our um the Roop courses to um have a through G alignment um and a a lot of the courses are um um are uh what's the word I'm Lear I'm trying to think of it's they're very sophisticated courses now um used to be that people thought that Ro was for um you know those kids but um a lot of the courses are very highly sophisticated technical um biomed and things like that um
125students have been asking for handson Learning and that's the way I see um Ro courses so um I am so happy that Leia is here so happy to be serving on um ahsd board so that I get a chance to serve in another capacity on the Roop board um so we give our students um more and more opportunities to learn and to grow yeah we're we're fortunate to be I think leading the way uh it only took the state about 40 years to swing around from where it used to be Hands-On technical to back where we're now really seeing the light of why we need to be Hands-On technical so thank you so much for being here and representing the Roop so with that said all Mr hosi did we already vote on that one
126no we had no Mr hosi I Mr R tro i m AG Guero I and I vote I so that is 12.5 resolution number 2024-25 e-13 National parent teacher Association founders day so second a motion in a second this is always a special time especially rep recognizing all that has been done over the years the last 100 years now has been was it 1920 something when it when it was founded so uh with that said Mr hosi hi Mr an fro hi and uh as a um PTA former PTA leader um I wouldn't I don't think I'd be able to sit in this seat um had I not had the experience of um learning and growing in the PTA organization um they taught me a lot about um educational um um uh all of the
127financials and all of the part of the advocating for students and so I'm a proud PTA um uh member and um will always be grateful for this organization thank you m m Guero I and I vote I uh 12.6 resolution number 24 uh 2024-25 e-14 Black History Month this is a roll call vote and I'll just say that there is a presentation uh coming up at Kennedy uh Performing Arts Center on call thee 28 is the 28th of the month so everybody that's listening uh come to the presentation it's a a nice evening to uh recognize this event so Mr hosi i m r Trejo I miss Guero I and I vote I resolution number 2024-25 e-15 read Across America 2025 this a roll call vote so moved second thank you Mr hosi I miss
128uh r tjo i m Guerrero I and I vote I resolution number uh 2024-25 e-16 preserve music music in our schools month so mov second we have a motion and a second didn't we just talk about all this Mr bsky just a few minutes ago so yes we shouldn't just get do away with this we don't need this right Mr hosi I Mr Anjo i m Guero I and I vote I uh uh resolution number 2024-25 e-17 Arts Education Month slow moved motion and a second Mr hosi definitely I Mr and tro and I would just like to say um you know in the spirit of thinking about our former trustee um ancy I would like to say I miss Guero I and I vote I resolution number uh 2024-25 e-18 women's history month so
129move second Motion in a second Mr hosi I M Rand tjo i m Guero I and I vote I we had moved uh 12.11 forward so we're now uh 12.12 under Business Services new board policy 1230 School connected organization second reading uh I I'm sorry do we have ation a motion motion motion and a second any discussion yes I had one question can we uh can we provide just a quick summary to the public watching for some of the implementations that we put based on the feedback from our yes definitely we're going to have our controller Joe Kona to come to the podium um and give a short summary um and then once this um is approved by the board we also have training that will be rolling out um at the end of this
130month as well as next month as well and so Joe can talk about those trainings we have one virtual and one one uh in person as well so then people can have the luxury to either do it online or come in person as well so Mr Crona so much good evening board cabinet uh I heard Dr nen say short summary so I will be uh uh modeling for my fellow colleagues Mr bsky um so our uh the this this board policy um is a a long time coming and it is uh for from my perspective it is uh the board's uh public acknowledgment of the tremendous contributions that our community and parents make to various programs around the district uh so this policy will sort of bring those groups that um we've kind of kept
131it arms length to some extent uh rightfully so uh bring them into uh the light so to speak and really legitimize their contributions to our District programs while also ensuring that the board and District uh maintain its fiduciary responsibility um so the policy and the uh manual and accompanying documents uh the booster organizations will be uh required to apply to operate within the district on an annual basis uh there'll be a number of required documents that they'll have to provide to legitimize their status as a booster uh those will be reviewed uh by District staff and then presented to the board for approval um again annually uh and it's both an acknowledgement of the contribution uh and also gives us some ability to um you know regulate any potential uh Bad actors um out there
132in the community who may trying to be Tak advantage of a situation or or uh you know another group of parents so uh this is a I think a really exciting opportunity uh for us to continue to uh broaden and expand what we provide as a district really supported by our our community with um their Blood Sweat and Tears uh in in many cases um and uh us to provide support for the school sites uh to to work collaboratively together uh and have a positive and productive relationship and eliminate any potential issues uh that we know have occurred over the years and this really gives us the ability to manage them effectively uh and to you know continue to uh meet the needs of our students in a positive manner for all involved so there'll
133be an application process there'll be training um as Dr Nan said we have two trainings uh tentatively scheduled pending your your approval this evening um and then I anticipate we'll have a potentially a few more as we get closer to the end of the school year just to ensure any organizations who may not be able to participate initially uh get the opportunity to go through that training submit their application um and be prepared to uh support their programs heading into uh the summer and fall months of the upcoming school year any other questions that I could answer yes um I was a little confused because um in the past um maybe I I remember this different ly uh I thought we were filtering funds through the ASB so we're we're not doing that anymore so
134the there's really two types of organizations that will be Associated there are student organizations and those are the ASB funds right so there are very um particular rules uh for student organizations that are governed by uh fmat um which is our uh Statewide organization uh you obviously see all of those applications to start student organization right so they fall under uh the direct supervision of the district ASB funds are actually considered public funds as part of the district right and so um the students have a very uh integral voice in deciding how those funds are spent booster organizations are organizations for adults the adults run make the decisions do the bul of work yes you might be support supporting a visual performing arts program or an athletic program and you can ask that the students
135help out in those right but they don't have to participate in that and really the bulk of the activity is uh the responsibility of those adults who are part of the organization the adults are the members of the organization whereas the ASB is the students are the members of the organization our ASB um clubs require the supervision of certificated employees right so their teacher or Club advisor uh who works with the students and helps you know plan all of the activities where the boosters that will be totally outside right those are run by those community members or parents who've chosen to uh participate in that organization so Mr Carmona if you have a team that's really small like a water pole team would they they and they they don't have the manpower to do a
136booster club would they they would run their their funds through through ASB then correct correct correct many of our programs are doing that already right they they uh do not have the uh you know ability to have a full-blown booster organization and so they run their fundraising and sort of their additional types of activities through uh ASB and through our school sites and one more question is who is ultimately responsible to make sure that that we're following this Poli policy cuz we've had trainings under like casbo and some other things and um like some some things haven't changed and so like who holds groups accountable is it your office or is it um the administration is it the person that that's assigned to in their Lane to identify and then to address it right so
137uh with the again expected uh passage of this policy aray really gives our site administrators um the authority to um both approve uh and revoke the operation of a potential booster organization right there is a relationship between us and the boosters um so they are a separate legal entity right so ultimately the members of that organization are responsible for the running of that organization however they interact with the campus the students the the staff and so if there's anything that is um detrimental to the program or to the students now this uh policy gives our administrators the right to uh essentially tell them to cease and assist right operating on behalf of the school Our intention is that if someone does you know uh unfortunately make a mistake or do something that we can work
138with them we can correct that and they could be reinstated right and continue to support you know the students in whatever ways possible but this really gives us uh now kind of the ability uh to to do that again if there were to be an accusation of criminal activity that would be a separate thing that we would refer to our local law enforcement but in terms of you know our policies and and sort of you know the the I don't like the way this is going right now we have a a opportunity to really um uh get into that situation and help kind of resolve that and ultimately if need be say like Hey we're gonna you know ask you to cease your operations temporarily right uh but but again I anticipate that you know
139the groups that have been doing this for a long time have the best interest of the schools and students um at heart and so you know I I expect we you know nothing will be without um some work but uh you know the bulk of those organizations are happy to I think have this increased uh ability to really interact with the district in a positive and and clear way so two two questions or or comment maybe um how does the uh how do foundations play um a role in this foundations are separate organizations also um in that sense uh you know this policy speaks to a school connected um organization right so a foundation there might be a foundation for a a a school um um or in you know know we have a district
140Foundation right so again that's a different relationship a different type of organization than uh the these booster organizations well like um like uh Kennedy has like a Scholarship Foundation um and not to call out Kenedy but that just comes to mind um you know that kind of Falls in this as well so when this policy speaks to uh groups who are associated with a particular student group right so there School connected organization right so they are the boosters for the band program or the boosters for the Athletics program right so um a foundation isn't necessarily connected to a school program in that sense right so again they are a charitable organization right but their constitution their mission is distinctly different than what a booster organization would do and um again shout out to PTA a
141lot of these um IDE as were are already founded in that in that organization what about uh PTA does that fall with so so we will also have our ptas come along as part of this training uh you know they're a little bit different because they have a National Organization which provides them a significant amount of um guidance and um advice in terms of how to set their things up they have a structure of folks to kind of go to when they need help um you know where many of our school sites there's a group of active parents and they don't know who to talk to in potential trying to you know get something like this off the ground so we will be inviting those groups to come and participate as part of this training
142as well so that they receive the information or brought along at the you know in the same way as the the rest of these other uh booster organizations okay one more thing sorry um I love the spirit and um which this is um printed and and written um I just had a couple of addition uh could I we pass this tonight and then um add in those um little additions could this be addendums or could this be a living document or so the manual is part of the administrative regulations right so we can make changes to that without having to update the whole board policy okay um we did send a response to your okay suggestion so you look those over but we're definitely going to have time to read that but those were in
143there yeah okay I'm good then thank you I want to thank you Dr nien and you for your work on this it's it's I feel it's been long overdue and but but more so um I just really loved how thorough you guys were and the question and answer portions and the dos and do Nots I think is very clear for um um for our parents and for the parents who support our kids right and this is really to protect the parents as well and so we want to make sure we have a lot of very involved parents very very giving um you know willing to do anything for our children and really really appreciate that um we also have a lot of parents that wanted the training and and asked for um for guidance and
144so we want to make sure that we're providing that um you know as as Joel mentioned we will be providing more training down the road um our external auditor e Bailey the partner um Andrew Park will be coming to do the presentation for us so uh we we just want to make sure that it is something that our our aitor can also provide the guidance for us as well um we do provide additional training for our own staff um from fmat as well as from caspo as well we make sure that they come every year we partner with ocde as well as other District to bring those trainings to our um um athletic directors our ASP advisors assistant principles and principles as well so this is now the next level to provide the parents and
145increasingly more and more districts now are coming through this the same um doing the same kind of process as we're doing um and so a lot of them are coming just due to different things that have come up and so we're continuing to learn from other people as well um but we are maybe one of the few districts that were like kind of trailblazing the front as well and as you know we wanted to protect our parents as well and so as the parents as a parent in this District I think this is also very beneficial for the parents so just want to make sure that the parents understand that piece um just need to have some anybody from their organization to come to one training we're not asking them to come to everything just
146come to one um and then so that at least one person understand in that group and so we we're providing it so the the DAT we're looking at is on Thursday February 27 6: PM a virtual um presentation and then um on Wednesday March 12th it's a in at 6 p.m. in person at the district office right here and so we are providing multiple uh platforms right we want to make sure people have the access to it and then um if we need more down the road we can absolutely do that as well and so we're hoping we get this done sooner so that people can start getting training and start applying for um their application for to be um viable for um the School start school year great thank you long time coming and
147I'm sure it will answer a lot of questions we'll probably raise some questions but I think it'll answer a lot and help out many many many throughout the district and congratulations Joe for your award last night okay so we have a motion in a second all in favor say I I I opposed that's 4 z uh item 1213 ratification lease lease back agreement NP constru Construction Inc cook Auditorium theatrical rigging upgrade RFP number 202 24-14 slow moved second Motion in a second any discussion seeing none all in favor say I I opposed that's 4 z uh item 12 yes yes out there okay item Pro 14 revised board policy 7605 Arts Education First reading yeah you looked at me like what are you doing no okay what did I do okay that's just information item
148only uh item 12:15 adoption Arts music and instrumental materials block grant action item slow moved second Motion in a second any discussion questions seeing n all in favor say I I I opposed that's 4 z uh 1216 memor memorandum of understanding mou West Ed and urban Arts slow moved second Motion in a second any questions yeah I was wondering um like it says there's a sing for the teachers is like what's what teachers how are they selected and like does anybody know on like like the impact on that okay SC got thank you yeah thanks for the question so so we have uh a total of 10 teachers selected um they're Junior High teachers because we were looking these are exploratory computer uh programming lessons using Minecraft so we reached out to pretty much every
149teacher who teaches any sort of computer science related election Ive CT at the junior high level so uh we have almost all of our Junior highs I can't remember the exact list but it but it's several of our Junior eyes and and Oxford Academy as well participating so and then that stien is kind of tiered based on their participations so uh if they participate in the initial study and then there's a follow-up study that goes into next year thank you yeah abely this is exciting uh are we the only District doing this that's a good question I'm not sure I can find out though it seems um pretty Innovative yeah yeah yeah we're excited about it uh and it aligns well with a lot of the the work uh Jason caller South has been doing
150with Minecraft uh education so yeah exciting thank you Scott thank you thank you okay all in favor say I I opposed that's 4 Z Item 127 proposal purchase through public corporation or agency Bard Borderland Inc for line wise slow moved second have a motion of second any questions none seeing none all in favor say I I opposed 4 Z 1218 agreement hydreon Corporation so moved second any discussion seeing none all in favor say I I opposed 4 Z 1219 agreement Elevate learning so moved second motion a second any discussion seeing none all in favor say I I I opposed that's 4 Z 1220 agreement scholar system LLC slow moved second excuse me a motion a second any discussion yes I wanted it it says that the fees are not to exceed 18,000 for two years
151um are we going to get updates on the work that's being done there um yes so so uh Jose Lara will be this is going to take place at Gilbert so he indicated that he would be providing updates to the board and and this is being paid by a two-year $25,000 Grant so thank you that was my question as well yeah okay all in favor say I I opposed 4 z uh 2021 is membership California School uh based Health Alliance so moved second motion second second questions see none all in favor say I I I opposed 4 Z 1222 uh information item only it's a public hearing so we open the public hearing disclosure of 2024-25 collective bargaining agreement with AA anybody wishing to speak seeing none we'll close the public hearing 1223 adoption of
152the 20 2425 collective bargaining agreement with Asa so move second motion a second any discussion see none all in favor say I I I opposed 4 Z thank you uh 1224 initial contract proposal ahsd to ask me that's information only 1225 public hearing initial contract proposal ahsd to ask me open the public hearing anybody wishing to speak seeing none close the public hearing 12:26 initial contract proposal ask me to a ussd information item 1227 public heing initial contract proposal ask me to ahsd open public hearing anybody wishing to speak close the public hearing uh 1228 uh public hearing disclosure of collective bargaining agreement with apga open the public hearing anybody wishing to speak seeing none we close the public hearing 1229 adoption of the 20242 collective bargaining agreement with apga this is an action item
153so mooved second we have a motion a second any discussion see none all in favor say I I I opposed that's 4 Z consent calendar anybody wishing to pull items we're going to pull um 136 uh I I and 137 motion for the balance second motion a second all in favor say I I I opposed okay uh I pull 131 because we have two uh speakers uh first so move okay we second yeah open we have a motion in a second okay now we can have speakers Brian fi please come up to the podium I don't need to speak you do not need to speak thank you Mr fi um uh Logan I don't need to speak oh very good that that makes everything really easy um okay so 131 all in favor say I
154I opposed okay uh 136 I I and 137 still moved second motion a second all in favor say I I opposed abstain I okay that takes care of that we are now back to oh where are we uh uh a Board of Trustees reports cabinet Board of Trustees superintendent office Board of trustee meet where is we didn't have any oh okay that's right we moved thank you for the reminder uh all right Board of Trustees okay Mr hosi you know I get asked this question um when I go out and uh they people the first question they ask me is what do you like about being a board member and I tell them well I get to attend events and I get to meet uh parents and staff and also connect with students so we've
155had a really busy month especially in the Arts um on the 18th of January I got to go to the Pongo celebration uh with Dr Bryant and it was just great um learning about the culture the Tamil language I didn't know there I mean there's so many languages in India and I was just um overwhelmed by the talent of the students and also the great food I got to experience um we had a coffee with the principls at Cypress Elementary District where four of our principles from Kennedy um Lexington Walker and Cypress High School met with the Cypress Elementary School District parents and I thought it was great because they got to find out about the amazing things that our district is doing uh with the cpsf with our five C's and so parents were
156there and it just so happened there were a couple of parents there from the Pongo celebration and they recognized me so they said you were there Saturday and I was yeah so that was great um I went to senior night for Cypress high school basketball went to the budget perspectives Workshop presenting the governor's budget for the 25 26 year and as a board member I feel it's gosh I wanted to hear um boy Nancy uh what you and Joe and your team do gosh I was like a deer in headlights but I was a sponge and just taking all in information cuz I feel like I should know what we're doing um the 22nd Anaheim Public Utilities trusty Guerrero and board president O'Neal joined me at the awards recognition for the sustainability um schools in
157our district so CVA and South were both recognized and students from both those uh programs were there so congratulations I got to go to open house um for Savannah and Kennedy on the 22nd and then Dr sad got to go to her alcap meeting on the 23rd and it was presented so well kids could understand what alcat was all about and uh I think we're going to get more participation and more student voice on the 24th uh was the coral showcase and we had the district honor at the end so I was really it's really excited exciting to hear the progress that these students are making um the 25th Saturday Walker had their junior high showcase and they invited parents to come in from the community to to experience what life at Walker is going
158to be like talked about their dual language their Korean dual language program their Esports program and then their AI pathway um and one of the things that I really liked about their ASB did a like a um um what was it a blessings blessing bags for fire victims that was their servathon project I thought that was great and um so laa High School the 27th um Jessica uh trusty Guerrero joined me for the dedication for the building the wrestling room for John dalm and then um the next night on Tuesday the 28th Anaheim Union High School years of service I really enjoy going to that event just to honor all these people that have had 20 plus year 25 and to also hear uh Brad Jackson's um little quips of what happened during those years
159you know so I look forward to that Cypress High School had their open house and on the 29th the 30th I got to go to the historic Orange County Courthouse for a Riv cutting for the omnivision art across boundaries uh which supervisor um sento was there and it was ribbon cutting ceremony Kennedy Performing Arts the honor band oh my gosh these students sounded like professionals and I was just so amazed um at the level professionalism and the difficulty of the pieces they they played I mean I had had to go over there and look at the score of what the percussion kids were playing because it was so difficult and I'm like how do you do that and um so um I'm going to tell the audience future uh performances um please attend our our
160Arts um people are doing a phenomenal job uh Western High School had their staff development and we talked about the redesign and the envisioning process and then I went over to to Cyprus uh for their staff development and they did a a presentation on the same work and the dashboard for EC Cadence uh City of Westminster um on Saturday February 1st I got to represent our district at the te parade and that was a fun event and um want to thank uh Ricky fam for organizing a group of 60 ahsd students who showcase their talents doing the lion dance and um also providing a drum line uh for performing for 15,000 Spectators um Kennedy High School I went uh um to um the discipline committee and uh Kennedy shared and Walker shared uh what's working
161and some of the things that is working at their school sites in regards to discipline and um Dr freed we went over again the cell phone policy that's going to be implemented shortly Oxford Academy senior night for boys and girls I love seeing how we're doing this across the board with our athletes at senior nights at various School sites but we honor the seniors for their dedication to their Sports and um it's really nice to see the families join them on the court or wherever they they uh assemble but um it's just a great acknowledgement um uh orange view had an honorable a ceremony um and it was great to see Scholars there was so many scholars there and um it's a great job that um the administration does I went to coffee with the
162principal on February 6 and then to the first outc cap meeting um on February 6 Thursday night here at the district office and um thank you Dr s do once again and Mr salivar for your leadership with that coffee with the principles at Western and orange view to give an update on the redesign where we're at talk about block scheduling uh the promising practices and the pathway offerings for the students so it's it's really exciting to see this all come together and um the great things that are going to be happening at Western High School um Kennedy High School and Walker did their show choir showcase they're getting ready for competition so I just want to tell some of our neighboring school districts that have national champions to be careful because um Walker and um
163actually Cyprus Walker and um Kennedy and they're going to be competing very shortly so their competition season is coming up um yesterday I got to go to and join trusty Guerrero at um catella high school I want to thank Chuck Hernandez and his staff for just really being great host and um and like Mr bsky said eight of our schools are getting funding uh for that they are ball Sycamore Orange view dale dale junior high schools and then at Brookhurst they even have launched a mariachi program connecting students to their culture through Music Savannah and catella high schools along with South Junior High received the J dilla music tech grants providing students with access to modern music production and Technology preparing them for careers in the music industry so proud of this partnership with uh
164the Drake um restaurant and so forth and and music saves because our students were so alive and I want to thank orange view Jody Reyes and um and um also jod ritas Jo Rees yeah and for their kids performing yesterday so again thank you our Arts people for your support of those students um and then last night we went and celebrated our very own Joe Carmona last night for being the Arts administrator of the year for Orange County so thank you and uh the other Stu uh the other teachers that were acknowledged were Chris Johnson um and administrators Jose Laura Emy Leon teacher Heather Massie Deanna Miner Mike pulley principal at Savannah Maryann Stewart Taylor Thorne and Heather Sagara so it's been a busy month but I've enjoyed every minute of this and thank you
165so mucho is that [Laughter] all I had to say that no thank you so much um I every time I look on Facebook um you know he's there and you're doing a great job as truste I have to tell you that I'm very proud to serve with you uh I um was fighting that flu thing that everybody uh got so I didn't get to go to a lot of the things I missed um the T parade and the um Black Culture History Parade and so um years of service you know all those things that I I I really look forward to but um I was there in spirit um so uh one thing that I did get to do uh was a surprise uh Robert pce um our um Ro teacher of the year um
166and he's uh going to be uh celebrated at the great um Disney um event that they have at the Disneyland Hotel um so it was really moving to um to go and surprise him at Anaheim High School uh he was right in the middle of cooking doing a cooking lesson and uh we were all we all got hungry because uh they were sizzling uh burgers and so like H can we have lunch afterwards but uh the students were really excited um and we were able to celebrate him and uh he was very moved moved to tears as a matter of fact so that was wonderful uh the district honor ban and District uh Coral showcase um uh as you said um those students were um uh they were led by um you know Professionals in
167the industry and the music was difficult and they only had a couple of rehearsals and they were impeccable um just blew us away um as a musician um you know I I hear a lot um with my ear and um those students were just amazing and I had to go look at the actual score um to to just I was just amazed at um the uh expertise um and the quality um uh performance that our students uh exhibited uh the district Coral showcase um you know as you said our our other students in other school districts um they're going to have a lot of competition with our kids um and just um the joy and their faces um all performing and um very very very moving piece um with our hope school um just I
168can't really I can't really describe um just how moving it was um and it wasn't because it was um in spite of those students disabilities those students were amazing they were excellent in their performance um all of them were attentive and just giving us all of them and um I think uh the whole audience just um really were moved to tear so um I want to thank all of our um uh coral and band teachers for um giving us that opportunity to uh showcase our students in that light um Roop meeting uh last night where we honored um again um Robert police for the um uh educator of the year um uh Dr Leia hollstrom was also honored um administrator of the year and uh Bob um mwami um from s Savannah High School our
169Chef Bob was also Al honored as um a teacher um and uh I think that was that was it for ours um I uh attended my greater um Anaheim Sela um meeting and um I was only uh able to go to one school and that was catella for the Day of Service um and I had intended to try to go to a couple but got stopped at catella because um you know um you know when people are really excited about what they're doing they stop to talk to you and and um so a really cool thing um um to see our our students teaching other students um the cheer um did a day of service and taught um The Littles uh some cheer and dance routines um I got to see um the sprucing up
170of the garden that's over at catella and um a couple of other events were going on on um uh collecting they were collecting um uh toiletries and clothing for um the fire victims I mean it's just an amazing um event Mike that you started for our district so many years ago um our students they're just um it's a spiritual experience I think for a lot of our kids um if they don't have that opportunity to to connect with what they believe in their higher power I think this is really a um a the Day of Service really helps our students connect in their spirit and then in their soul and to give back is just the greatest gift I think that um above and beyond our education their educational experience giving those students that gift
171to give back um is uh I don't have the words but uh thank you for establishing that um I also got to see the flooring going into the kitchen uh gella and got to talk to uh the construction uh workers there just delightful people they really love our district um and they really um really want to do their utmost best for our kids so it was really a cool opportunity to talk to um you know and you heard our our gentleman speaking I mean just um the people that connect with our kids and our um teachers and our administrators and um employees here at ahsd once they get to meet us I think they really fall in love with us um um and I also that day got to go to the uh PTA Reflections
172um Laura was there um over at the um Orange County Department of Ed to see um our students uh art um at um at that really nice venue um they do a great job of displaying that um I am uh looking forward to uh the uh black uh history um event and for some reason they've asked me to speak at it so um I'm happy to do that and I'm uh extremely honored so thank you thank you it has been a busy month um so I was um also able to attend the Anaheim Public Utilities meeting to recognize South Junior High School and Cambridge Virtual Academy for being recognized as sustainable school awardees um I attended the open house at Savannah high school and then was also invited by the Savannah High School Filipino American
173Youth Organization for their new year in the neighborhood event which was a benefit Gala and silent auction to support donations to the LA fire victims and Filipino culture programming so that was a really good event um I also attended the new cumber student event at n High School had the opportunity to meet with our ELD uh students and families and just welcome them to Anaheim and uh answer any questions that they had I joined my colleagues for the dedication of the John dalan wrestling room at Laura high school and to also celebrate our ahd years of service Awards also at Laura high school and then I had the honor of uh being part of the 45th annual OC Black History Parade at the city of Anaheim and you were missed um so I would I
174want to say thank you to catella high school jotc and the students and staff from the black student unions at catella High School Savannah high school and Cypress high school for their participation in the event and also catella High School's boys basketball team was actually uh part of throughout the parade they opened the parade holding uh the main sign and then they were U volunteering throughout the entire parade so I want to thank them uh for being there uh president O'Neal and I attended the immigration know your rights Forum at Savannah high school and I want to thank our community schools team for putting that together um I also attended the elcap meeting this past Thursday and then uh was also part of the Western High School and orange view Junior High School parent meeting
175on the consolidation and redesign process and just want to thank uh principal Crawford and principal Morano for all of their work throughout the process making sure that our parents continue to stay updated um as we move through that process for the upcoming school year I attended the international night uh at Magnolia High School and um so when I first started on the board actually our U former late trusty uh trusty piery told me this was her favorite event one of her one of her favorite events um in the arts program I know she's a very big uh supporter of the Arts and she told me to attend and I it it's one of my favorite events and I've gone every year um so it was a great event um also attended the save the music
176so Showcase Event uh which included Dale Junior High School Orange be junior high school and catella high schools and then last night was the health insurance committee and then I was able to stop by at and I'm high school four of our Sports M were in CI round one it was girls water polo girls soccer boy soccer and boys basketball and all four of them won last night so they're now CSF CIF round two um so looking forward to those games and um hopefully a win so thank you thank you well they've covered all of my 17 items ex except for one nobody said anything about open houses I 10ed three uh that's my report uh Advanced planning future meeting dates are listed any suggested agenda items not uh just to um ask that all
177of those resolutions um you know be posted um wherever wherever they can um I know this is a month where we kind of compact all of those things in there but um you know this board really um uh truly um you know we put we put our money where our mouth is with you know all of these resolutions they're not just pieces of paper um you know we we truly believe in them so um if we could just make sure that these are posted um that would be great and um I forgot to say Happy Valentine's Day thank you oh move to J second Motion in a second I'll