001calling the meeting to order roll call Maria opara present Rick Ry is absent Gary Ry here Amanda buenon here Dennis Bender is absent and so we have a quorum we have three board members per board board by law 9 9250 remuneration reimbursement and other benefits I'm requesting the superintendent bring forward a resolution for ratification to consider at the December 12 2024 board board meeting regarding board compensation due to board member absences this evening Miss White will you lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance you should never look at me like that I pledge aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you very much kie do we have any public comments pertaining to
002closed session we do not thank you close session item number one superintendent evaluation number two people Personnel expulsion cases expulsion number 22425 through expulsion number 52425 stipulate stipulated expulsion number 2 2425 and stipulated uh number 3 2425 revocation of expulsion case expulsion number 22 2324 and annual review continue case AR number 3 2425 conference on litigation government code section 54956.9 subsection a current litigation 11 cases civd s 20 cvsb 211 1303 222 0303 221 8676 231 4073 23 2412 359 2412 687 232 1161 2 44404 4 and CVS 24289 Government code section 5495 4.5 subsection C and 54956.9 subsection D subsection D and subsection e and subsection I anticipated litigation one case 2020 2105 number four Public Employee discipline dismissal release reassignment transfer leave title certificated and classified employees number five Public Employee appointment resignation
003retirement reduction title certificated and classified employees number six conference with labor negotiator agency negotiator Jeremiah Harrison employee organization Apple Valley Unified Teachers Association conference with labor negotiator agency negotiator Christine Dupri employee organization California School Employees Association security matters government code section 54957 consultation with Apple Valley Unified School District chief of police and I ask for a motion to go into close session so move and I'll second all in favor I any opposed we shall return e e e Maria oara I am here brick Ry is absent Gary RC here Amanda Buchanan here Dennis Bender is absent um Camila will you please lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge alance to the flag of the United States of America and to the rep for it stands one nation God indivisible liy and justice for
004here yes good evening everyone and thank you for being here before we get started I would like to say that the board appreciates and supports our educational Partners input at our meetings engagement by members of the public and Civic matters is a Cornerstone of our democracy everyone should have a chance to express their opinions within the guidelines the board has established for its meetings so that we are able to conduct the meeting effectively and efficiently during the meeting there will be time for the public to comment on matter not on the agenda in addition members of the public May comment on specific agenda items after I as your board president ask for public comment on an item until it is your turn to speak or if you are here just to observe the meeting please
005refrain from any behavior that prevents others from participating in the meeting or that disrupts the board's ability to conduct the business of the board once again thank you very much for taking your time to join us this evening and to be a participant in this duty of serving our students and our educational Community before I start I need to welcome our superintendent from uh Snow Line School District thank you wearing [Laughter] his all right uh reports from student Representatives Rio Vista School of Applied learning um speakers are Brooklyn strubing Lucas hamstrom Elina Sushi Camila Rivero Caitlyn wheeler and Austin Manson can you please go and address us thank you [Applause] good evening Apple Valley Unified School District board members Administration and guests my name is Brooklyn stoping and I am the Rio Vista Associated student
006body president with me tonight I have my vice president Lucas hamerson secretary Elana soill Spirit commissioner Camila Rivero Pride commissioner Caitlyn wheeler and our reading commissioner Austin Monson tonight we are going to share with you some of the exciting things happening at Rio Vista but first we have an activity for you my name is luk go my name is Lucas hamstrom I'm the vice president of rioa ASB for the month of November we like to take a moment and think of something we're thankful for each day even when you're having a bad bad morning you can always think of something you're thankful for focusing on the good good in your life can can help you I'm thankful for my family and friends what's something you're thankful for do you want an answer from us share
007with your shoulder partner the person sitting next [Laughter] [Music] you go ahead my name my name is Ilana suel and I am the ASB secretary I am the notetaker attendance manager and the president and vice president's right-hand man did you know that we attend our booster club's monthly meetings ASB tries to collaborate closely with school's booster club to support and enhance Student Activities this partnership allows us to pull resources and Club ideas ensuring that we can provide enriching experiences for students from community events to academic and activities the booster has been instrumental in helping us fund and organize events and we're grateful for the support and com commitment to to our school Community my name is Camila and I am the spirit commissioner last week we celebrated Red Ribbon Week Rio Vista ASB members visited
008many of our classrooms to read a story and do a fun activity we dressed we had dress up days like dress like a celebrity and dress like a villain we had some amazing looking door decorations as well as combining this year's theme and Halloween on October 25th Rio had their annual Fall Festival that brought a ton of people from the community to have a fun night of games ASB members were able to run some of the games and activities my name is Caitlyn wheeler and I'm the pride commissioner we have so many great things happening at Rio Vista this year we have students joining before and after school Eli activities such as yearbook Club Advanced Cricket beginning Cricket tutoring art flag football Esports and running club we have fun providing Friday games at lunches working
009the brownie Point stores and helping out at attendance parties we love to be a big help in to those in need we have recently started our TA jobs and are helping out in different classrooms to show our knowledge and understanding of how Rio Works hello my name is Austin and I am the reading commissioner we have a lot of fun upcoming events at Rio Vista kindness week is up next R Vista loves to create kindness change and do the great kindness challenge we are excited to get back into the class rooms with our Thanksgiving and thankful books kids here at Real Vista love to read and listen to our butts books that are read by the ASB reading committee speaking of reading we just filled out our fancy new book vending machines where students can
010earn coins to buy books here are some coins for you to hand out whenever you're on campus I want two thank you so much as you can see like our shirts say we service with pride lead with confidence and Inspire to impact lives thank you for letting us share some of the wonderful things going on at Rio Vista with you we hope you have a wonderful night [Applause] thank you so much Hi Desert Premier Academy Giana [Applause] Perez oh my goodness okay good evening president okara esteemed board members superintendent Nelson executive cabinet and Apple Valley Unified staff students families and community members I'm Gianna Perez a senior at High Desert Premier Academy last month Mr Smith had another coffee with the principal he says he got some great ideas from the parents who came a
011big thank you to all of them hdpa also hosted their first paint and pizza with the families it turned out great for our first event we painted the night before before Christmas and ate pizza while enjoying the company of staff from the school Mr Nelson Lopez compos shared information to the group about how hdpa is working to become a community school on October 28th our PE class took a trip to Top Golf and each one of us had a blast it was very fun on Monday November 4th a group of our graphic design and communication students went to Universal Studios for a pyro and Technology lesson we learned about how technology and Pyro Technics is used during video production we also were able to experience a behind thes scenes look at Water World and the
012back lot on November 11th is Veterans Day thank you to all those veterans that have served our country and or is serving our country on Friday November 2 2nd is substitute Appreciation Day shout out to all those substitute teachers who take the time to come in and teach when we need them special shout out to miss picket and Mr Coleman for always being there for us National family literacy month is an annual designation observed in November this month get your whole family snuggled up on the couch open up a good book and with this we hope you have an amazing Thanksgiving break and I look forward to seeing all of you next [Applause] month thank you very much appoval High School Eden [Applause] poolo thank you good evening members of the board and attendees I'm
013un poo the Ala Valley High School associate student body line president and I hope you had an amazing fall break tonight I'll be sharing with you what our students staff have been doing this last month as well as our goals for November first I would like to announce that we had an fantastic wasque visit this week where our visiting Community came to review all aspects of our school they confirmed that subal pride is contagious and many wonderful things during the readout the full report will be released in February and second I mentioned in the last meeting that some of our students in ASB had the opportunity to tour for the class of 7374 well recently we received a very complimentary letter from a retired rear Admiral Reserve during her Lum visit to abhs she commented
014that they enjoyed the tour and it was an amazing experience in athletics our sun lils are always Excel as well as we are ending the fall Sports we have been ending the season very successfully some of our cross country Runners have made it to the top 10 in the mrl and will be racing in CIF the tennis and volleyball girls were both selected by their peers to receive the mve river League sportsmanship award the volleyball girls advaned all the way to the quarterfinals of CIF their overall record Being 19 to1 and our tennis girls are proud to be the ml champions in which in fact the last time girlss tennis won League was in 1999 we are very proud of these young ladies and boys as they've been outstanding All Season football won their last
015games one of them being their last home game winning 47 to zero although I'm very sad that the football season is almost over but we were so excited to see them Advance the CIF and we wouldn't have done it without our cheer score Squad bring the school spirit to every game the Sportsman team for keeping our athletes safe and healthy the football and cheer coaches our camp for capturing all the sports highlights and as well as our school programs they have been very successful as well we had five FFA officers attend the National FFA convention in Indianapolis and one of our sundal Lawson seard was one of the four in the nation in the proficiency competition and Sheet production mask Camp Graphics represented avhs C programs at the High Desert education Summit AT BBC and
016recently we had avhs had 56 stud students qualified to attend the state seal of biliteracy last night at Oak Hills these students are on track to graduation from high school with a special seal on their High School diplomas indicating that they're proficient in a second or third language we are very proud of our outstanding students and all they have accomplished in the month of October and even though the fall sports are coming to a close we are very excited to start the winter sports and here are some of the sports starting the season we have boys and girls basketball and we did have boys basketball have their first game today boys girls and soccer wrestling girls and football girls softball sorry and baseball and of course Esports so we wish them luck this season and
017we can't wait to see what exciting news they will bring to our school there are many exciting things happening at Apple Valley high school and I want to thank you all for continued support we couldn't give our students any of these incredible opportunities without you and thank you for your time and I hope you guys have a wonderful and fulfilling Thanksgiving season [Applause] Gran Hills High School Hannah F every time good evening executive cabinet board members and attendees my name is Hannah for and I'm the governing council president at gar Hills High School and I have a lot of wonderful news tonight ASB has been very busy and very busy fundraising and planning events in October we held a Wing Stop and chipotle fundraiser that combined brought in over $300 for our program last week
018we had a spirit week for Halloween and our La yeah our last football game of the year Monday for our spirit week was fall colors Tuesday meme day Wednesday class colors and a Halloween themed rally Thursday Halloween costumes and Friday was blackout for our student section theme the pep Ry went incredible and our students had a lot of fun the decorations were also really good this month ASB has a lot planned we're hosting a door decorating contest as well as one more spirit week before Thanksgiving break to show cougar Pride theater held their second annual Harvest Festival and it had a great turnout theater's also currently getting ready for opening night of Adam's Family the musical that takes place tomorrow at 7.m I recommend you come on and watch they're doing incredible it'll be showing
019at Granite this weekend next weekend 7 P.M on Fridays and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturdays last month theater also competed in their first detas comp of the year out of 55 Schools Granite placed fourth and all of the competitors made it to semi-finals with three of those groups making it to finals with honorable mentions our mock trial team had their first competition last night against Victor Valley high school and we are very happy to announce that we brought home our first one of the Season as one of the team captains I'm extremely proud of this team we have grown so much in the last three years this year the team has a new coach and 18 members for the first time in almost eight years we are extremely thankful to Senor Espin for
020coaching this year because without him we couldn't do it our next competition will be on November 13th at 5: pm. our CTE programs are continuing to prepare for skills USA and our excited for this year's competition our SK students met with industry professionals from Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District yesterday to receive hands-on experience in training for successful careers in environmental monitoring compliance and SCA technology as for athletics boys and girls tennis won lead titles in all the varsity players got League patches girls tennis got second place in league and made to the first round of CIF girls golf girls golf also got second place in league and made to playoffs as well as volleyball who also plays second and made to playoffs our football season also just ended finishing five and four they played
021well and had a great season overall our fall sports did incredible each team also held senior nights to say goodbye to the graduating seniors and wish them luck on their next Endeavors they will all be incredibly missed our winter sports are now getting ready to start next week I hope you all have a great month and a good Thanksgiving break and in honor of Thanksgiving I would like to give all of our school staff District employees teachers and my fellow ASV members a very Happy Thanksgiving and a lot of thanks we thank you for your continued support of Granite Hills and I look forward to sharing more with you next month as always m and gray lead the way thank you so much um board comments Amanda Buchanan so good evening everyone um I did
022want to begin by saying thank you to all the incredible students that are here um great use of Kagan strategies and our Champs over there at RI Vista that presentation um but it's always inspiring to hear directly from our students about your experiences and achievements going on at your schools so last month I had the opportunity to attend the fall joint meeting where the focus was on the future of work and it was a powerful discussion that featured many of our industry Partners um as well as a phenomenal student representative that was from another um school down the hill but it's clear that the collaboration between our schools and local Industries is Paving the way for exciting opportunities for our students congratulations to our district for receiving such a prestigious award in our AVID program
023uh it brings me joy when we can collectively celebrate these accomplishments um I also had the pleasure of attending the final football games of the season for both granite and Apple Valley high school so I was at both of those um both events showcased incredible school spirit and Community Pride additionally I'd like to extend a heartfelt congratulations to the newest doctor in our district Dr agard from Granite Hills High School what an outstanding accomplishment for her and the school um another highlight of the month was the Apple Valley High School wasque visit uh thank you to the staff for inviting me to participate and for your hard work in preparing for this important Milestone I was also honored to attend the Seal of biliteracy awards ceremony last night celebrating those students who had achieved this
024prestigious recognition these students are a testament to the hard work and dedication it takes to achieve fluency in multiple languages a skill that will serve them um later in life well in their Futures I'm always jealous by the way of people that speak more than one language and some of them were listing off like two extra last night it was very impressive I'd also like to recognize our teachers for their unwavering commitment to the community outreach their participation in events like the town's Trunk or Treat create lasting memories for our family and my children for instance always look forward to the books that they receive um I think they even were looking forward to the books more than the candy at the Town trunk Retreat um the line was very long and they were like
025it needs to move the books are going to be gone but they weren't there was tons the teachers were well prepared um and then finally as a small gesture of appreciation I did bring some leftover Halloween candy that I didn't get to hand um so if any of the students and children in the audience um once president Oar excuses you please feel free to come up and grab a candy bar on your way out because if you don't eat it I will and I don't want to eat it um so thank you as always I am proud of the remarkable work happening across our district so have a great Thanksgiving month and that's it for me thank you so much Mr Ry I also want to compliment all our students it's always the highlight of
026our board meetings to to to see you show up and to to let us know what's going on on your campuses so so thank you so much for all the time and energy and and the effort that you put into to serving your campuses it's always a joy to hear from you I was also able to to visit um Rancho verie last month and I was just just really impressed by all the things going on there at that campus I learned about the new reading Intervention Program which has been expanded to the upper grades they have a new reading Resource Center which has valuable resources and and additional intervention strategies and support for students in their reading so um kudos to that I also saw the new Arts attack program and and the campus beautification
027that's involved in that and and all the the skill that the students are exercising in that Mr Shelton has done an outstanding job in their in their campus Garden uh teaching the students about uh plant biology and plant growth and soil characteristics and so on so I was really impressed with with with what's going on there on the garden so thank you very much to Mr CR and all the staff at Ranch over some great things going on there also want to congratulate Mrs Pon and her hardworking staff at the Apple Valley Virtual Academy uh don't know how many people are aware but uh getting close to 200 students are involved in our Virtual Academy and what this does is it supp uh supplies extra support for students who are on an atome independent study
028program and I just want to thank her and her staff for the new parent training workshops that they're involved in the new library resource area that they have there which which is supplying students with um extra courses and extra support that they need and I also had a chance to visit Granite Hills High School last month so I want to congratulate Mr pal and all the the staff there for the work that they're doing uh I was able to uh visit some math classes uh some foreign language classes I was especially thrilled to be able to uh go going back to the age of the dinosaurs remember some of my high school French as we visited some some foreign language classes so it's nice to to to exchange a few pleasantries in French with the
029students there uh every class I visited math classes foreign language classes special ed classes everywhere I visited students were engaged and on task and the teachers were uh in in involved in such Innovative practices was really impressed uh kind of the Highlight for me was to to visit one of the the CTE baking classes and as as Mrs uh Buchanan mentioned you know there's so many students so many more students now involved in our our skills USA competition and so I visited a baking class and the students were working on on cinnamon rolls that day and my only disappointment you didn't get it was that uh we arrived too early in the day and uh the cinnamon rolls were not ready so I I sadly with with great sorrow had to leave that classroom without
030being able to sample the cinnamon rolls but uh I've sampled some of their their products in the past and they always do such outstanding work so just want to say a big thank you to all the students and staff throughout throughout the district who are doing such great things every day please have a wonderful Veterans Day holiday this month thank you very much to our our men and women in uniform and please have a safe and restful Thanksgiving break this this uh this month thank you thank you very much um I guess it's my turn um I'm going to start by saying thank you all for giving us the opportunity to serve you sitting from this end uh it's not always easy to come up with the right words um and to say the way
031it should come out um as you can tell everybody here has an accent but me so um but I'm going to make it work um I had the opportunity to visit two schools um this month no last month um for the Halloween uh parade um I anybody that knows me knows that anytime you put me in front of kids I'm worse than the kids and so I dance so much with those kids I have never enjoyed Michael Jackson songs as much as I did on those days and those kids made me feel so young um so I went to um Mariana school and there was a a Halloween parade and uh every single kid that came through gave me high five so it felt so good and then we went on to go to syar
032rocks to enjoy their um Halloween parade it it was such a joy um just to see the kids and also to see the parents that came out dressed for the occasion and I thought what are you dressed up for this morning um but they wanted to show their kids that they could also enjoy enjoy U the events that we put together in our schools then I had the um the joy of um going as the plus one to the Avid impact um ceremony as you can see this blinking light uh I thought that was an error for them to give it it give it to me because I have a tendency to play with buttons but here it is uh we won that impressive award and um and to see our and to hear our
033name being called in that room felt so good um that something was happening at our schools and um that the county actually recognizes what we do in a small town like Appo Valley uh and then um we went to um um the wor visit last uh Sunday um I have to say because I bleed Orange everywhere I go um not today um but because I bleed orange I was so ecstatic when I saw them and I wanted them to just see the whole picture of the school and I didn't know when to stop and I kept saying ask them this and tell them this let them show you because there was so much about our schools that I think a stranger or a visitor needs to hear about the great things happening at our schools
034and sometimes we don't say enough of it um and then um I went to the Seal of biliteracy yesterday with trustee um bonan and the superintendent and a few of the administrative team to celebrate our kids who speak more than one language and I felt so at home and I told the superintendent I don't speak English I don't speak English um that's because I speak seven languages so they kind kind of come in my head um many people who hear me speak um will will think I should be speaking faster and it is because I am translating the words that come to me in different languages and trying to put them in the right place so that it doesn't come out wrong so I really appreciate those students who uh who've taken the time to
035learn another language on top of what they already have um learning a language is not easy um I I speak those languages I'd never when I didn't go to school for some of them it was through immersion so I don't remember how I got it uh but I have it and sometimes I don't use all of them um but occasionally when that word is said I I think okay I hear what you're saying um uh um but uh I have to say that the veterans uh holiday is coming and Mrs Nelson and I have a special um um relationship with Veterans Day happen happens to be my late mother's birthday and it happens to be her late father's birthday so we kind of share that day um as a Veterans Day uh and we think
036about it and we think about our families that have paid the ultimate price and if you have family that has um paid the ultimate price in the veterans being a veteran of this country please H think about them celebrate them and and thank the people who stood by them um when they went off to war um Thanksgiving is coming uh I wish you all a great Thanksgiving it is not a tradition that I know of I did not grow up with that so I'm always looking for people who are cooking so I can go to their homes and eat you know so I wish you all the very best and thank you so much to um Camille for agreeing to uh lead the uh Pledge of Allegiance I know it's not always easy but when
037I come out of close session I pick a student because we're here to serve a student and I like them to be able to lead the pledge um I really really adore each and every one of you children I don't have any of mine here so you are you all become mine uh and I thank you I thank the staff the administration and um the teachers who continue to support you I thank the parents for giving us the opportunity to serve their children that's about all I got out Mrs Nelson well I you know that I pay attention to what the students say because that's what I'm here for right and I love that Rio Vista made us turn to our friends our shoulder partner and tell them what we were thankful for and for
038those of you that don't know I turned to Kylie and said I'm thankful for you because Kylie is with me every single day she's the executive assistant in the superintendent's office and she gets me to all those appointments at the schools to be with students and in the classrooms and so you guys did a phenomenal job of reminding us to identify those things that we're thankful for um I love that you're out reading to other students I love that you have um a kindness week that you participate in it is near and dear to my heart and I always participate in Rio's kindness week and um go take a string off of one one year gave me the little strings and I had to go and pass them out um elop on your campus after
039school is phenomenal I know that there's some things happening before school as well but I did get an invite a few weeks ago when I was on campus to stop by and have my nails done um because I hear that there's some some nail art going on so um I'm coming I'm gonna come but I think Zoe and Kylie plan to join me so we'll be by um gaan we met a young man during um superintendent advisory at High Desert Premiere that um told us that he was your boyfriend and he claimed he was going to come with you to the board meeting and I told him he needed to so give him a hard time that he's not here sitting next to you because he said he was your support okay I love that
040you that you appreciate that but I wanted you to know that I heard him I knew he said to me he was going to be here to support you but um we appreciated his input during student advisory so you can go back and tell them that um top golf is fantastic and I know I knew that you guys were going and you have um High Desert Premiere has done a great job of connecting students to different opportunities in the community um as well as outside of our community and so I look forward to hearing um the other things that you plan to do um with some of those field trips Eden you're right Sund will pride is contagious the wasque team did say it over and over again um the fact that during your CIF
041report and um talking about football that you recognized all the staff members and all the behind the scenes things that take place um doesn't go unnoticed that's pretty powerful that um you take the time and I think that of all the students you don't just talk about the activities you talk about all the people that make it happen and what you are appreciative of um Hannah um I was able to attend I'm not going to talk about what you talked about um I was able to attend the pep r prior to the football game and so I got to watch all of the stuff that was going on yeah you and Joanna had the mic and we walking I was really there and I absolutely loved it but um what I want to say is
042you had everybody engaged and everything you did had the students responding and participating and that's what that's all about um the other thing that I will say is Mr Nelson knows we are going to on a date to go see um Adam's family and um just the little bit of dancing that went on during the pep rally hooked me I know it's going to be phenomenal uh and I do appreciate that you brought Jilly with you too sorry Jill um You probably don't go by Jilly um but I've known her since first grade Joanna since she was little too second grade yeah um that's how this works in this District um kids stick around and that's what I think about the elementary students that are here eventually you'll be taking the places of these high
043school students and you will be reporting and hopefully we're all here to still hear those things and cheer you on because um that's that's why we have you here to see what is happening in other places too um I can confirm that uh Miss opara did dance through all of the um Halloween events that we went to I by mistake um made a scheduled date with her to go over the agenda setting which is the requirement of the board president I did it on the morning that all the parades were taking place she showed up and wondered why I had been so foolish in my attempt to schedule I told her let's get in the car and you can look at the agenda in the car and we will go to the parades which we
044did um the student advisories have been taking place across the district we've accomplished um uh our beginning with both high schools all three high schools actually and our K through our third through 8th grade fourth through e8th grade advisory which is about 99 um fourth through e8th graders here at the district office and they left with an assignment and I was invited back to Rancho verie this morning to see what they had accomplished um our youth truth survey is something that we value the data from parents staff and students and we want we want to encourage people to participate and be honest in their survey responses and so every group of students has the task of going back and talking to their Administration about how to encourage others to participate and um the ranch of
045verie kids did a presentation to each fourth fifth and sixth grade group and third graders and it was a PowerPoint and they talked about it they it was short but they gave example questions and they had them respond as to how they would respond to their shoulder partner just like you guys did was pretty cool and so um I know those things are happening out on campus and I just want to encourage everybody to give their true feedback so that we can work for change within the district um I attended the California school boards Association um san berino county and Riverside County Joint meeting as well um it was a great presentation on the workforce in the future for our students um also attended sand dabs on October 30th um this is information for the
046board you will be um asked to look at the different areas and what you are looking for advocacy they would like feedback from board members so that we can um start working on an advoc py plan both at the federal and and state level um the abbit impact Awards um the district re received the Abid impact award specifically for a tutoring program that we have in the district um the high desert is isolated those of you that all live here know that we don't have access to a four-year University to pull T tutors from we have Victor Valley College so um we don't typically send our funds to other um vendors to like do the work our after school elop programs are run by our staff and our students from the high school paid um
047student interns to do that and we love that that's the connection that's what the Avid impact award was we struggle to get Avid tutors and so we have an entire group of students that have been trained by Avid here on property to go back out into our schools and train and support students at lower levels and so um it's a promising practice and they wanted to highlight it and so we were very proud that um they recognized um the Avid um tutoring program um seala by literacy is always a highlight for me um we were one of the first districts in the um state to offer the Seal of by literacy many years ago um Erica aprene and um several of the other counselors have been involved Erica in particular has been since the very
048beginning I remember her finding um Physicians and people out of the country that spoke both English and the language that they were trying to assess a student in it has changed dramatically over the last um 15 18 years and so um the process to which students can become um biliterate and receive that seal has has improved so we don't have to like go all over the world to try to find people to test and and um confirm that these kids are biliterate I also wanted um do a shout out to officer Gotti um he's not here but his boss is and um was on my way to Apple Valley High School for the was grade out this week and officer Gotti was on the corner of be Valley and Navajo um outside of his vehicle
049watching students cross and um not even on the corner that the school is on and he's out there just talking to kids and I really appreciate that the building of relationship and him knowing who those students are htpa and Phoenix Academy will begin their training for students of um Champions they will be getting a mentoring program that comes out of their Equity multiplier dollars that they've received and um it'll be adults from both sides both classified and certificated um staff and they'll be trained by Jessica sprick of safe and civil schools um and again miss o par already mentioned met Veterans Day has a um dual meaning in my home and um I'm very appreciative of all of our veterans that are um either in the audience or in our community thank you thank you
050very much thank you so much um the clerk will read out any action no no no before I go there I'm not going there yet uh California School employes Association CA Nicholas Garrett good evening sorry guys um thank you for letting me speak tonight as always no news is good news I really don't have any news I'm just here because our Sunshine proposal is on the agenda and in case anybody has any questions or comments or concerns that that they need me to address I'll be here for that support um I do like to say you students are doing amazing it is like sitting over there listening to everything I'm just like wow that's some great stuff I don't speak but my one language somewhat okay um and just to hear everything and I'm a
051proud father of a senior this year and this this year is flown by and I can't wait to see what she gets to do in her future but you guys are just amazing so thank you all thank you very [Applause] much apple Val unified Teachers Association avut Karen Sabers kind of nervous with Ryan sitting here it is that it is all right good evening superintendent Nelson board members cabinet and audience I hope everyone's doing well this evening on October 26th Auda participated in the town of Apple Valley trunker tree we once again handed out over a thousand pieces of candy and a thousand books to our students it's always such a fun night and thank you to trusty Buchanan Renee Longshore for being there to help us Anita was missed she was out doing what
052she does best in her retirement which is traveling as well as Miss akaara I believe you were traveling at the time as well Europe yeah um we do have the town of Apple Valley Christmas tree lighting on December 3rd from 5: to 7 where we will be handing out gloves beanies and other fun toys to our students so if any of you I mean Dustin it's a long story SE he'll take it seventh grade I think it was seventh grade sixth grade yeah I was with Ryan Reynolds I was too it was [Laughter] good a a little better in my world because I shared with cabinet last time I was at the airport I was approached by two different people one telling me I look like George Bush but the younger one and the second
053one was that I looked like will Ferell and so like people came up so I think Ryan Reynolds in my wife's eyes is a step up so I appreciate that it was good all right I was very impressed with all the classes especially for being the day after Halloween the students were all one task and working hard great job Sandia teachers beginning next week I will be delivering breakfast to all of our members at the different School sites the schedule for the school sites will be sent out to the site reps tomorrow so that the principals will know when myself or another board member will be coming to your school to serve breakfast I'll also be delivering our new shirts to all of our members over the next couple weeks this is a way for
054us to say thank you to all of our members for your support we hope we start seeing a sea of red on Tuesdays as we move into the holiday months we need to take this time to show each other Grace and compassion these months can be stressful and filled with some challenges for our parents students teachers staff and administrators take the time to show those around you kindness and appreciation I also want to take the time to let our veterans know how much they are appreciated and those in active duty I have to say shout out to my nephew he's an Estonian right now on a mission um thank you have a great Veterans Day and a blessed Thanksgiving break and solidarity [Applause] Karen okay uh the clerk will read out any action taken in
055Clos session in closed session the Board of Trustees took action in support of the following recommendation from the superintendent uh item B4 Public Employee dismiss uh discipline dismissal release reassignment transfer leave on a motion by Mr Ary and seconded by uh miss oara the Board of Trustees approved the recommendation of the Skelly officer regarding the five day suspension of employee number 4865 thank you you the board May approve the agenda as is or ADD and or pull items from the consent agenda for discussion and our action I need a motion so a second all in favor I I okay recognition and presentation can I have Amber please come up with me thanks Ryan sorry Ken you've given me such a great opportunity come on here Amber Miss heightman would you like to come up as
056well don't it's okay in late September Miss Heyman principal at Sitting Bull Academy reached out to us and wanted to nominate Amber Russell their attendance clerk for the absd living our values recognition I have known Miss Russell since she began working in in our clerical family working at Sandia initially before taking the position at Sitting Bull Academy as their attendance Clerk and while I have witnessed her living our values of dignity Community authenticity and service every time I have been in her presence on September 26th 2024 I was not at all surprised to find out she had stopped on her way to work when she believed she had witnessed a young lady get struck by a passing vehicle it was a pickup truck and the um mirrors on the side of the truck hit the
057the young lady on the shoulder and the side of the head and um she contacted our school police so Amber pulled over contacted our school Police Department while making sure the young lady was okay the driver felt horrible and stayed with them as well to provide the appropriate information to the police when they arrived a short time after I arrived I to find our Sergeant the driver the young lady and her mother finishing up the report I was aware that the staff that a staff member had also stopped and in my head I thought that was because they had recognized the young lady as a student from sittingbull Academy when I got back to the office I told Kylie that I wanted to find out who the staff member was and that we should recognize
058them before the board a short time later Zoe and Kylie received an email from Miss Hyman nominating Amber for a recognition and and the Mystery staff member had a name Amber did not stop because she recognized the young lady she stopped because it was the right thing to do the young lady was a student within the district but not from Sitting Bull Academy Amber on behalf of the aosd Board of Trustees I am proud to present you with this certificate of recognition for living our values of dignity Community authenticity and service [Applause] to [Applause] ahe R for sure okay discussion information receive Apple Valley UniFi Teachers Association Sunshine proposal for successor agreement with Apple Valley UniFi School District Jeremiah Harrison Director of Human Resources no it's good all right just like that all right good
059evening everyone the successor agreement with avuta is open for negotiations at this point and it's our desire to begin negotiations tomorrow you've received avusd sunshine to avuta dated November 7th 2024 it's our intent to open seven articles for negotiations this year you can see those in front of you that's article one 3 13 15 17 19 and 20 are there any question questions that I could answer I I don't have any question okay thank you thank you receive Apple valy Unified District School District's Sunshine proposal for successor agreement with apple valy unified Teachers Association Jeremiah Harrison again I'm just going to ignore you got too far away you also see avuta Sunshine agreement in front of you or Sunshine proposals in front of you yes can I answer any questions about those no thank we
060have to do it the right way okay receive California school employers Association chapter 828 CSA reopener articles on negotiations with Apple Valley UniFi School District Christine Dupri all right in the agenda you also have a copy of California School Employees Association um reopener for this year it is a reopener for us this year so um total compensation is open as well as the opportunity to open two articles any questions any questions thank you so much okay Kylie do we have any public comments as provided on our public comments card speakers are requested to limit comments to a maximum of three minutes if more than one person wishes to speak on the same topic subsequent speakers should limit their remarks to new information only public comments shall be limited to a maximum of 20 minutes item
061I see the public comments card and I'm not sure I can hold this gentleman uh to the three minutes Mark but I'm goingon to give it a shot Brian Holman first place for oh I'm I didn't notice that again I'm sorry gosh I this isn't this isn't part of my time is it let me take that off I apologize I didn't see that rub it in rub it in yeah good evening my name is not Ryan Reynold it's Ryan man uh you know I'm the snow L Unified School District superintendent first of all I just have to say to uh president okara as well as members RC and and Buchanan and all the administrative staff what a wonderful truly wonderful start to the evening uh you students uh are are honestly why we do the
062work that we do but incredibly impressive and Zoe please vouch for me in that you know you were my shoulder partner uh do you recall what I said that I most appreciated yeah yeah it really was it was avusd it was AV USD and that's really why I'm here this evening uh again snow L Joint Unified School District we are up here in the high desert if you don't know we're 220 square miles much like yourselves out here uh but I'll tell you we are very grateful for all of you and I'll say a fateful day on September 10th was the bridge fire the bridge fire was uh kind of making its way up from Glendora but it exploded on that evening and we were happened to be in a board meeting got a telephone
063call and boy um we had to get going right away Franklin Delo Roosevelt talks about you know in the midst of Crisis we really see character and I'm here to say Apple Valley Unified School District has outstanding character um it was it was a tough time eight eight homes were lost as well as eight out buildings uh in the rightwood and pinion Hills uh area but um that evening the the fire was really ripping across uh rightwood uh we were saved I think by God's hand there it did not wipe out the town but we had the chance of losing some some assets and so we needed to move our buses and all I needed to do was make a call to tr Nelson and and and it was a call late in the evening
064because we had to shut down our volleyball match we were playing Apple Valley Unified High School District unified uh excuse me Apple Valley high school and um Alex pan you know I I know Alex she's your coach did a great job she said let's get going we've got to cut this down we've got to we got to make sure that that sorto high school and all of Snow Line are safe but my call back to tr Nelson thank you TR here it is late in the evening she said you know what Ryan you can move your buses out to our yard Doug Smith your director said no problem right and um and but we decided to not move them there we decided to move them to to Brian over there Brian your place Apple Valley
065high school and you know what was happening home homecoming homecoming was coming up but I'll tell you you said it's not a problem and so with help from Pat you know always Dustin Matt you just got the best team there I'll tell you um you met them out there TR I think Pat you're out there as well and and Dustin was as well and Matt and your husband too right was out there it's a date night it's a date night I know I'm running out of time but I'll just say this real quickly I had to you know I had to stay behind but TR you and your team were outstanding you g you you greeted all of our drivers there we got all of our buses over there Brian thank you because there was
066no there was no timeline on that and you had Homecoming coming up too but you graci graciously gave us your facility and so uh as the days passed we were able to get our assets back meaning the buses more importantly the assets of the people and so um I hope you board members know how much we appreciate first of all you what we saw here this evening is really indicative of your character uh to you know to Dustin Pat and Matt they don't get better you don't get better better um assistant superintendent than them is my belief I've been nine years as a superintendent so I think I have some experience in that regard but um TR we go way way way back she's still very young by the way I want you to know
067but we go way back and uh I don't think there are any better superintendent than TR TR you've done that for me and Us in multiple ways multiple times your your Sidekick there Kylie has been outstanding in terms of supporting APPA Valle in the entire high desert in multiple ways right and it's clear tonight as we heard from these students here how many great outcomes you have occurring here it's incredibly impressive we were together last night at the Seal of bi literacy seeing the scores and scores of Apple Valley Unified High School District students getting those Awards but the TR again to you and your administrative team Kylie Brian Doug Smith who might not be here tonight but we know Doug pretty well right used to be in our district um I would just want
068to say a heartfelt heartfelt heartfelt thanks because we go back to that quote from Frank Melo Roosevelt right through crisis we really see someone's character the character of Apple Valley Unified um U Unified School District we saw it here today you were you are valuing your values and I just have to say to the administrative team especially you TR it's the best of humanity coming from you thank you from the bottom of my heart I am greatly appreciative snow line is greatly appreciative and uh we just can't thank you enough because really at that moment in time and deep into the night those are scary times and you stepped up like you always do and I'm incredibly grateful uh thank you so so very much and so with that I'll get off the microphone I've
069been way too long I'll make sure I pick up my my my ribbon here by the way uh if you're wondering I just have to say somehow some way snowline won the animal showing contest last year I I don't know how that happened I don't know I think maybe I was the one who won I don't know for sure after defeating patch fler who's won the last two years prior to that but we've got it right now but all that is to say honesty H kiding aside uh this is a wonderful school district and I saw it here tonight again and I've known it forever TR thanks for your great support greatly appreciate it thanks Ryan and we will be sporting there's a rule that whoever takes the blue the other district has to wear
070their school yeah but we will be wearing them to a board meeting as the snow line team had to do a few times um and we will be coming back together May 30th to um compete again and get that blue ribbon back thanks Ryan thank you so much thank you it's always a pleasure um to hear that thank you after the fact um because we are quick to beg and slow to than think so I am I'm so grateful that you took your time with managing a whole district and coming here to spend the evening uh and to show gratitude um even though we when it was done it wasn't so that we can get gratitude we did it because you were our neighbor um but the most important thing that I have to say
071is um I can't wait for me because because we're coming back and we're wrestling that pig and we're getting it thank you again we hope it's a pig it's been a sheep and a cow and to start working out you guys C thank you so much at this time I'm going to release the kids because I know you have homework and dinner and all of that thank you so much for coming and oh don't forget the candy thank you oh that is so good [Music] thank you're welcome Miss Miss honestly so appreciate you soate I I so much so much did you finish they didn't finish it who is there is that good did you speak to can you send Chief to go check yeah go ahead should I continue if we could pause and
072maybe take a like a five minute break um for a quick recess if that's okay with the board thank you e e e okay we're back in session um board comments Amanda Buchanan no comment Gary Ry no comment mariaa no comments TR Nelson uh public hearing conduct a public hearing on Appo valy UniFi Teachers Association initial bargaining proposal to Appo Valley UniFi School District are there any questions or comments from members of the board regarding the Apple Valley Unified teachers Association initial bargaining proposal to Apple Valley Unified School District and now I now open the public hearing regarding the Apple Valley Unified Teachers Association initial bargaining proposal to Apple Valley UniFi School District the time opened is 8:26 it's now 8:27 board president hearing no further public comment I now close the public hearing for
073the Apple Valley Unified Teachers Association initial bargaining proposal to Appo valy UniFi School District the time closes 8:27 PM number two conduct a public hearing on Apple Valley Unified School District's initial bargaining proposal to Apple Valley Unified Teachers Association are there any questions or comments from members of the board regarding the Apple Valley Unified District's initial bargaining proposal to Apple Valley Unified Teachers Association is 8:27 I now opened a public hearing regarding the Apple Valley UniFi teachers School District's initial bargaining proposal to Apple Valley Unified Teachers Association hearing no further comment I now close the public hearing for the Apple Valley Unified School District's initial bargaining proposal to Apple Valley Unified Teachers Association time close is 828 number three conduct a public hearing on California School Employees Association chapter 828 reopener articles for negotiations with
074Apple Valley Unified School District are there any questions or comments from members of the board regarding the California School Employees Association chapter 828 reopener articles on negotiations with apple valy UniFi School District I like that we're opening it at 8:28 no I'm opening it at 8:29 is it is is 8:29 by my clock I now open the so do you have any comment any questions you just had to mess with me okay I can do it Bender time can give you Bender time or my time so we we'll wait okay hearing no further public comment I now close the public hearing for the California School Employees Association chapter 828 reopener articles for negotiations with Appo Val UniFi School District the time is 8:30 okay it is recommended that the Board of Trustees discuss and take
075action on the following items approve the initial Sunshine proposal for the district on contract reopener for a successor agreement between the Apple Valley UniFi school district and the Apple Valley UniFi Teachers Association avut I need a motion so moved any discussion all in favor I I any oppose approve the certificated and classified Personnel actions as listed so moved second any discussion all in favor I approve the recommendation for requested leaves as noted so Mo I'll second any discussion all in favor I approve the course of study adoptions for Middle School World languages French 1 a French 1B Spanish 1 a and Spanish 1B I need a motion move a second any discussion mrar would you like Mr um Scher to explain why we are adding this to the middle school they should have added in
076elementary school if you ask me but yeah please can you explain yes thank you I'll I'm gonna keep from touching this mic because it sounds like it's making some noise so yeah this is um to just sort of memorialize the idea that students who do um take the sequence of courses 1 a in seventh grade 1 B eighth grade of either French or Spanish as it's offered currently would then go straight to the second year in high school not having to repeat any of that content and just kind of makes that pathway more clear it's going really well uh we' like to see this expand and and uh philosophically don't disagree with your thought that um kind of in the vein of the talk of CA by literacy right that um increasing the language skill
077in students is a is a good effort and it's going well and so this just allows us to make sure that these courses and this quences memorialized properly we already voted on it right approve entering into I believe we just need the vote we have a motion in a second we just didn't take the vote yet okay I need a moot um all in favor I any opposed okay number five I approve entering into an agreement with public agency Retirement services to design an an administer a supplementary early retirement program for eligible District employees provided there is sufficient employee participation and demonstrated fiscal savings to the district I need a motion I move second any discussion all in favor I any opposed approve the recommendation of the administrative hearing chairperson effective immediately expulsion case number
0782 2024 20 2025 I need a motion so moved second all all in favor any discussion all in favor I exposion case number three 2024 2025 I need a motion so move second any discussion all in favor I any opposed expulsion case number 4 2024 2025 and a motion so moved all second any discussion all in favor I I exposion case number five 2024 2025 I need a motion so move a second any discussion all in favor I I expulsion case stipulation number 2 20242 I need a motion so moved second all in favor I I exposion case um number three step number three 20242 I need a motion so good I second any discussion all in favor I expulsion case 22 23 2024 that's the one we are pulling back right uh I need
079a motion so move no second any discussion all in favor I I annual review AR3 2024 2025 I need a motion so move I'll second any discussion all in favor I item uh consent item J it is recommended that the Board of Trustees consider approving a number of agenda items as a consent list consent items are routine in nature and item number one through 45 I need a motion so move second all in favor I future items does any member of the board have any future items they would like to see I know we've had discussion about Community Schools and we've had it mentioned a couple times um but it hasn't ever really been presented to us exactly what it's going to look like could we maybe get an informational uh presentation I see why
080not we need to know before we okay Community School the next board meeting any other thing you need to bring forward before I go forward uh the next board meeting Thursday December 12th at um 5:00 p.m at um this building this room actually we're probably going to be in the multi-purpose room will'll be recognizing um Mr bender and um Mr RC at that Bo meeting so is a multi-purpose room yeah okay there being no further business to come before the Board of Trustees it is recommended that the meeting be adjourned I need a motion so moved second all in favor I meeting is over can I get the paper to sign