001thank you all right we'll bring the meeting to order roll call Maria Gary president Amanda present Rick here Pledge of Allegiance Rick can you lead us in the pledge you bet uh please join me in the French door flag I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you thank you have any public comments we have no public comments pertaining to closed session all right all right for closed session this is what we're going to be covering tonight pupil Personnel expulsion case number 1322-23 through expulsion number 17 2223 stipulation number 4223 revoke of expulsion case number 11 22 23 vacate expulsion case stip number 3 2223 an annual review AR number 13
00222-23 through AR number 14 22-23 whatever that means to you the government code section 549-56.9 current litigation eight cases civds 1907-172 civds 201183 civds cibds 202-3366 cibsb211303 civsb 220-8019 civsb22203 civsb 2218676 government code section 54954.5 and 549-56.9 and anticipate one anticipated litigation case public employees disciplinary dismissal release reassignment transfer leave title certificated and classified number four public employees appointment resignation retirement reduction title certificated and classified number five conference with the labor negotiator agency negotiator Dustin Conrad employee organization Apple Valley you know I Teachers Association conference with labor negotiator agency negotiator Gustin Conrad employee organization California School Employees Association conference with labor negotiator agency negotiator Renee Nelson employee organization unrepresented conference with real property negotiator government code 549-56.8 negotiation parties Matthew Schulenburg and Apple Valley Unified superintendent evaluation um I'm going to ask for a motion
003to go into closed session on that Mr Bender if I could uh we have a lot of people here in the audience were they here to speak to us because I hate that uh come have them come back here at seven o'clock Rick several of them are here for a presentation that will take place on the agenda after seven o'clock and the other group has part of them have already left to come back at seven o'clock for the for a public comment that is a group that is coming together okay I just didn't uh we could maybe take something out of order if we had to at seven o'clock it's not for another yeah they said that they because of the presentation they were here to support adult education and that they will come back
004there they just didn't want to be rude and come into the room and leave so they decided to wait for the start they're a good group of people is is why they sat down okay great as long as they understand them so yeah I make a motion that we go to close all right second all right all in favor all right thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you very much foreign thank you bring the
005meeting to order and uh we could have a moment of silence we'd like to pause in a moment of silence remember avusd family member Rose Santiago and retired family member Margaret Peggy Williams okay we have a lot of students here tonight I know you were scared and so are your parents Sycamore Rocks Mackenzie Perry and Camellia Chevella you got the main stage up there thank you they're excited arts program we have completed music lessons Dance Art clubs we recently had our school play performance of The Little Mermaid on March 16th and 17th everyone had a great time watching the production our students and staff did a really great job bringing the story to life we also have had lots of family nights at Sycamore Rocks this year these included are Burger books and board games
006night Halloween event and holiday fun night we have had a great turnout at these events and have enjoyed having the student council help run things this year at Sycamore student council has planned multiple Spirit weeks to increase school spirit and celebrate holidays our most recent one was our spring spirit week which was the week before spring break we love seeing everyone get creative with their outfits intervention is alive and well as Sycamore Rocks these include guided reading groups guided reading OG phonics intervention groups l-l-i-n-e-l support groups we ensure that students are getting the help that they need to be successful in their learning a few weeks ago we had a really great science science assembly presented by the gillettes the students really enjoyed and even got to participate in a stem night at avci we
007have had the opportunity to participate in various after-school clubs this year to name a few Art Club Spanish club Esports broadcasting crazy AIDS math club and cross country our very own Cricket Club wanted to show you their hard work by making you these cups one last thing we would really like to thank all of our teachers and staff at sycamorex they truly make our school special thank you for allowing us to speak about about exciting how exciting Sycamore Rocks is and have a great night very good next from Vanguard prep Hayley snowberger and Miranda shitik foreign good evening board members and Mrs Nelson I am Brendan chittick the ASP president at Vanguard Preparatory and I'm Haley snowberger the ASB Vice President we are Beyond excited to have the opportunity to speak with you this evening
008this year has been phenomenal and we can't wait to share all the great things that we've done this year as a leadership class we have worked hard to come up with amazing ideas to share with all the students at Vanguard Preparatory and I think we both can agree that this was a success our goal has been to create opportunities to involve as many students as possible in our activities students who wouldn't normally participate in on-campus activities but involved and chose to participate in events in August we hosted our first dance of the Year back to the 80s with the big turnout of over 300 students Falcons were able to dance play games visit the face paint lounge and Kona Ice Truck everyone had a great time one of the things we like to focus on
009over at Vanguard is soar store as part of our core Behavior values that we focus on daily soar stands for self-control on task oyster Spectrum responsible it's what makes us Falcons students at Vanguard live the soar expectations we demonstrate soar expectations and everything we do not only by showing positive behavior on campus but also serving within our community we have had so many exciting things happen this year that we can't wait to share with all of you tonight starting with the beginning of the school year we have had so many amazing activities and events that have kept our Vanguard Falcons motivated and excited to come to school starting off with our Red Ribbon Week we graded our Falcons to some great activities to show them why it's important to stay jug free turkey one way
010we've been making students feel welcome is Friday lunchtime activities our Student Activities commissioner and her team work very hard every week in order to create amazing activities for all of the Middle School to enjoy one way we be sure Falcon pride is having spirit days we have had spirit days like sports Spirit day decades day which got a lot of participation many other great spirit days are in the works we are proud to say that kindness Club has been a great opportunity for students who have a hard time finding a safe place we really feel that students who sign up will have an inclusive and positive experience we have had started our collecting our stock our stock collecting our stocks for our year lease Oktoberfest Where We Gather many pairs to donate to locals women's
011shelter at the end of October we hosted our first ever Pirates of the Caribbean movie night and fall art contest to finish off the month of October this year we have had our first winter formal in a few years this has been an amazing experience for students to participate in a formal way that has gotten students in the school spirit something that we haven't done in a long time is our 4.0 party that we called glochella so that students could show off their four-point glow this is a Renaissance rally where students participate in a in middle school activities including a talent show it is something that I was personally very happy about because me and Brendan got to participate in a Spice Girls dance these activities make an impact on all of our students and
012help them push through and do great in school we are hoping to keep this up and we have many more activities in the works we are very much appreciative of your time this evening and can't wait for the next time Vanguard ASB gets a privilege of speaking with you go Falcons thank you next the high desert premiere Angelique [Applause] good evening president Bender board members and cabinet the years coming to an end and graduation is right around the corner before I tell you about what High Desert Premiere Academy has planned for the final months I wanted to give a few shout outs to one Mrs Garcia our vice president for always showing how much compassion she has for the students on campus she constantly reminds students to stay on track always has a warm welcoming
013smile and she always makes sure that Mr Smith is in check so and to miss Quezada our business math teacher I was always rambling about how hard her class was and how much work she gave but I actually have been using a lot of her skills she taught me outside of school so I guess you get a pass but I don't know and I thank you guys for all that you do and last month High Desert Premier Academy participated in the Constitutional assessment on March 16th five of our hours participated and we are so proud of the students who passed these students will be recognized during their graduation ceremony High Desert Premier Academy will also be hosting a portfolio presentations for the state seal of Civic engagement another amazing event that happened last month was
014when the dentist from the big smiles program visited our campus and helped over 20 families get free dental care I really appreciated this visit and I thought it was so kind for those people to come out and see our students because everybody know how expensive Insurance be and don't nobody want to pay that this month we had the opportunity to celebrate our librarian para Educators Administrative Professionals the best staff ever they made me say that and our assistant principal for their National appreciation days our high desert Premier Academy family works so hard to help us and they are appreciated this month our MS program and 11th grade students are in the process of taking our state tests so far most of our students have taken the math courses I took mine on Monday and I
015didn't know Jack's quack on that test but all I can do is try my best and to the parents that have teenagers testing please don't pressure them too much tests are very stressful and maybe you know you could take them out for some ice cream or something to just let them know that you're proud of them for trying and this year has been full of exciting and new opportunities for our nation we have gone on field trips created clubs started Esports and are in the process of planning our own dance and it's the first night graduation and I heard there's gonna be fireworks so don't miss it and this year has been such a success and so fulfilling I'm so glad I was a part of this school to see all the new and great
016things we've accomplished and we couldn't have done it without you guys thank you all for your time and support and I look forward to seeing you all again next month [Applause] Apple Grand Hills High School Ashley Guzman [Applause] good evening board members superintendent Nelson and attendees as a representative of Granite Hills High School I would like to say that we hope you all had a wonderful spring break with roughly seven weeks to go for the end of this 2022-2023 school year there's so much to do and so little time to do it seniors are equal parts busy excited and I'm definitely stressed with with all of the last remaining two months of school has to offer but first a quick recap on events since we have last met we'd like to thank all of the
017board members who visit our campus last month Mr RC stopped by for a tour of classrooms and programs and left impressed with our medical pathway and all of the Practical hands-on experience our students are receiving it was a pleasure having him and we hope he comes again as there is always so much to see and So Little Time March was a busy month centered around future cougars we hosted 8th grade field trips from all of our theater schools and gave next year's freshman a glimpse of why it's so great to be at Granite this coincided with a visit from our County Superintendent Mr Ted alejandre who came to tour our amazing AVID program a special thank you to superintendent Nelson and board president Dennis Bender who came to support our school during the county superintendent's
018visit the Showcase of granite's programs culminated with the school awareness night that gave students and parents the opportunity to see more of our programs and meet some of our staff board member Amanda Buchanan um I'm so sorry um show of support by being in attendance was very appreciated and lastly thank you to board member Maria okafera who helped us as we sprinted towards Spring Break by hosting the third annual avusd field day this is one of our most favorite traditions in our campus as we have a fun day of activities and exercise with students with special needs from across all grade spans in our district we'd like to especially thank Mr Mike sluter for organizing this day and thank the district for all the support and special for this special event as well field day
019is personally one of my favorites meeting many new people and even taking notice that it's an opportunity for these students to see past teachers or friends from other schools that they may not get to see often I even get a chance to see a couple of our board members there and support such as superintendent Nelson All In All We have had many visitors come onto our campus last month which felt great being able to welcome everyone and have a great time all together a CTE event highlight from this past month happens to be the Heritage Festival this past weekend I require students travel to San Francisco to compete and win some awards chamber singers won Gold and are encore singers won bronze also one of our seniors Joseph Scott received the master award for outstanding
020soloist we also had two medical students test for their CNA license upcoming events will be that 21 of our students will be competing in the state competition of skillsusa this upcoming week and Granite Hills High School will be hosting the baking competition for High Desert High School commercial baking programs as school comes to a close students are preparing for college and racking up the scholarships Fernando Lopez is the First Student in our school's history to win the Dell scholarship which is a 20 thousand dollar scholarship that comes with a Dell laptop cash for College and Career and networking counseling after college graduation five students were recently awarded the rims Avid scholarships of fifteen hundred dollars and one received the Saint Mary's Medical scholarships for Avid while ziran Pang was one of three students elected for
021the student essay scholarship for the 36th annual multilingual recognition dinner siren's winning essay was was on the gift of language and learning now for a quick athletic shout out softball won the University Prep tournament cheerleading won the Fontana High School Invitational the annual free football clinic is open to all avusd students and football student athlete Byron Rivas signed scholarship to play at University of Saint Mary Caesar Sainz has been selected to all CIF boys division 2 soccer team and Samantha Grantham has been selected to the all CIF girls Division III soccer team an exciting upcoming event hosting by cougar hosted by cougar theater is Disney's High School Musical they will be performing April 14th 15th 21st and the 22nd Fridays at 7 pm and Saturdays at both 2PM and 7 PM we hope to see
022you guys there ASB will be hosting a spring Sports rally this upcoming week and a spirit joined by a Spirit Week all week every 15 minutes simulation and assembly will also be upcoming and the special ed transition Fair will be on the 19th thank you so much for your time today the weather is getting warmer summer is getting closer and I'll see you all next meeting so until then always remember maroon and gray lead the way good job Apple Valley High School Cheyenne Valentine [Applause] good evening to the members of the board in attendees my name is Cheyenne Valentine and I'm the ASB line president at avhs now before I begin I just want to give a shout out to the middle schools and elementary schools that spoke tonight and you guys did so amazing
023per usual uh I'm glad that it's been staying warm even though it was colder earlier this week but hopefully it gets warmer later even though we all had a relaxing and very well needed spring break we're as busy as ever tonight I'll be sharing with you ermerge accomplishments and April goals last month our school had so much support from the community staff and our peers we had our Mr Sandoval event where we had the opportunity to work with the community to get sponsors and have a very successful show it was so much fun to watch there is an amazing turnout and we're so excited that it was just so amazing we also invited current 8th grade students who plan on attending avhs next year onto campus multiple times throughout March there are two days where
024they got an in-depth tour of not just our campus but also their pathway options High School awareness night was just a few days after and this was where they got the chance to see the pathways that they love again as well as even more booths representing different clubs and Sports on campus the students here at evhs also thoroughly enjoyed representing their clubs and show off all their all that they do we finally had enough good weather to hold our annual Color Run and we had such an amazing group of Runner this year even if we all got excuse me even if we all came out cover covered in powdered in all colors of the rainbow we had an amazing time putting on this event for the community to bring us closer together Morp is a
025dance that our Freshman Class ASB puts on from the school and even if it isn't as big as our homecoming or winter formal we had an amazing time and all their freshmen learned some valuable skills that will help them succeed in the future Juniors have started State Testing and AP tests are approaching fast but we know that our hard work will pay off that's not even all the things that we did in March our sports clubs and career Pathways have been hard at work our poxtu club held a spirit week for women's History Month as well as pep rallies every day to represent and support different groups on our campus ceramic students from Mrs Evans class Serena Montoya Morgan Manny and Alexander Garcia were accepted into the 2023 young artist gallery show in San Bernardino
026and we're so proud of them our camp pathway has been working on Folly art and finishing up some documents are students involved in programs such as Mast EMT Camp automotive and other groups have been getting certified to help their future careers our computer science class also completed an account oh my gosh I'm so sorry in a hackathon and they did great mass hold its second blood drive of the year and collected 203 units our construction team recently won this cie foundation's People Choice design build competition are ascendables Actors Guild had their Adams Family play on the 9th 11th and 12th and we hope that you're able to stop by our sports are also doing exceptionally well golf is competing against Hesperia today in hopes of winning League swim has had their third meet tonight with
027two more into League finals in our baseball and softball teams are in the middle of the season but we wish them luck in April our career Pathways will start recruiting for next year by holding interviews and sending out applications as you know every 15 minutes project has such an impact on our community and we've been working hard to keep it secret in order to create the biggest effect however because we've been working so hard I want to share some details if you promise to keep it a secret we've been planning filming working with our community and planning our overnight Retreat later this month we'll release a video as well as hold different events on campus in order to involve our peers and show them what every 15 minutes is all about skillsusa is holding its
028state competition this month and we're wishing all of our students luck we're finally starting some senior activities like prom senior ditch day senior Awards senior Sunset crowd night and finally graduation it's so exciting being part of the activities that I've been waiting to be a part of for four years and I'm so excited to see what our future holds other things going on at avhs in the next few months include field trips Renaissance field day and end-of-year banquets on top of all the fun activities the career center is working hard to help students better prepare for their Futures by creating a job opportunities resumes college applications and scholarships now I know that we have a lot of exciting things going on at evhs right now but we cannot thank you enough for all of your
029support none of this would be possible without you thank you for your time and remember Sandoval pride is contagious [Applause] reports CSEA has no representative here tonight Apple Valley Unified Teachers Association Karen sabers foreign good evening superintendent Nelson board members cabinet and audience it's hard to believe that we're in the final stretch of the school year at the beginning of March 28 teachers and myself attended the good teacher conference in Anaheim they thoroughly enjoyed the conference and cannot wait to attend next year the teachers including Preschool teachers were excited to learn the tips and tricks that they could bring right back to their classrooms and use avuda invited all teachers to an informational Insurance meeting this past Tuesday Cindy Kunkel was able to attend and help present the information as you know we were exploring
030options for new insurance for next year however we've decided to remain with the current trust we are able to use our reserves in the trust in the the bridge program to buy down the rates so that the certificated staff's rates remain the same for the 23-24 school year after next year the trust is dissolving and all bargaining units will be looking for new insurance we hope to do this together I would like to give a shout out and a thank you to Lana and Angelique and payroll for helping the teachers when they have any issues they have also been helping our members with insurance needs as well next Wednesday the 12th a Buddha is participating in the art show at Apple Valley High School we will be there handing out treats and Waters to all
031that attend we look forward to participating in their event and supporting them we are also gearing up for the International Children's Day where we will be handing out books and pencils it was such an a fun event last year and we are looking forward to participating again this year our final event for the month is the community cleanup on Saturday April 22nd we will be cleaning up a portion of Dale Evans Parkway if anyone would like to participate we will be meeting at the old library at 8 am as we move into our final month of school a Buddha will be preparing for teacher appreciation and thanking our members for all they do for their students I hope you all enjoy the weekend and have a wonderful Easter in solidarity Karen I foreign comments superintendent
032Nelson I don't want Mr Bender to see how long my comments are I promise they matter uh since last board meeting some highlights County super uh student advisory panel members um got together in Hesperia and we were able I was a panel member and got to listen to all the presentations from across the high desert um CSUSB Young artist Awards um I know you have a flyer on your table right in front of you regarding the Apple Valley High um art show but this was some of our Apple Valley students as mentioned Cheyenne mentioned that we had some students that participated in the CSU SB um young artist Awards we had an honorable mention by Nadine escalera patiently waiting which was a cat in a painting um and Morgan Maney who did LA Cafe Du
033Soleil which was a ceramic it was amazing I saw it before it even went down because I had gone through the classroom one day and they were working on them uh it was under the category of Ceramics and glass and then we had a third place Serena Montoya fresh air which was a Ceramics and glass entry and a first place to Sarah bonstadt who did a painting called Marigold which was a a ballerina it was a dancer and it was absolutely amazing um field day it was mentioned Granite Hills High School knocks it out of the park but this is a time when every school in the district comes together and we see the unity that can happen when we work together it's heartwarming we had beautiful weather which we had not had for several
034weeks and there were lots of smiles and I agree we should be thanking Mr sluder for the vision Mr Powell for continuing to support it and all the staff behind the scenes and student services and across the district that just come out to make it happen for our families um hackathon was mentioned chopped was maybe not mentioned but I was at um I've been able to make it to each of these hackathon chopped construction trades competition the automotive competition and the welding competition these are putting our kids to um showing their skills that they can take to the workforce pretty cool stuff and our kids do amazing in these competitions then we had spring break and that all happened the week between our board meeting and spring break and then this Tuesday I was um
035asked to come read in Mrs Fuller's preschool classroom it was a book called A Wonderful Life by the same song you can sing the song in your head but the book is beautiful the preschoolers were lovely to be with I don't think I wanted to go back to my office because at one point when they were introducing themselves one little girl told me she loved me and then it became a Love Fest because all 24 of them had to tell me they loved me but I loved them too so it was great um I'll highlight definitely of my week and then svcss had an Arts education initiative performing art showcase at the cougar grade academy participated in Mrs Buchanan and I were able to get down to San Bernardino to see that um Kyla Cadence
036Victoria Abby Cali and Paige performed Ex-Wives from the sixth the sixth the musical based on the wives of Henry the eighth if you haven't seen it it's hilarious um and then Kyla performed a monologue from the drama ruined by Lynn nottage about the plight of women during the Civil War in the Democratic Republic of Congo she did not skip a beat the mic wasn't working Miss Buchanan said to me I think we should yell out maroon and gray lead the way Mrs buchananed into it but I did and I was in the front row so it kind of went through the theater um but she just looked down and smiled and waited and they never even introduced her appropriately so I'm glad that we at least yelled out and were there for support um several
037students received scholarship from the greater High Desert chamber yesterday um Apple Valley was well represented um they they took the mass of the scholarship so Riley Barrington Mackenzie Espinoza Emma Klein Smith all were from Apple Valley High School Samantha grathum and Victoria villagas was from Granite Hills High School and then we all got to hear the state of education from the county superintendent Ted alejandre abhs student Raymond RJ Polito received a football player of the year from assemblyman Tom Lackey several of the board members got to join me that day while he received that and then RJ will be attending the University of Arizona in the fall it was pretty cool for me as as a superintendent to watch him receive that because I've known RJ since he was in preschool so um got to
038watch him grow he was pretty big in preschool too um and both of his parents work for our district so this is exciting for us uh skillsusa begins uh the the state competition begins this weekend um in Ontario uh we'll be going between the district office on Saturday and Ontario to see those uh competitions because we've got some events happening here at the district as well um it's a gas to go to class next weekend um 1600 near perfect attendance is how they ran it this year they haven't done um it's a guest to go to class for quite some time 216 of the students will be receiving golden tickets because they'll come up with a process by which they Whittle that down and then um two students will come away with a truck or
039a Jeep so we've had been represented over time in in this District by winter so always fun to see that Mr Schlosser will be attending my place because I'm at a conference that day so um state seal of by literacy was also mentioned by High Desert Premier Academy and this is our first year having it and the test in portfolio will be defended at the end of April um teams of social study teachers from middle school and high school are the ones that will be there listening to the students defend their portfolios and then a list of student events and family events are on the table in front of you I've asked Zoe to continue to produce something in this manner I hope it works for you principals provide these as opportunities not that you
040have to go but it gives you a variety of them for each month and then next week Kylie will be mailing you about longevity recognitions which begin at the end of April I'm sorry Mr Bender try and run a fast slow you down all right let's go on here out Mr Rick you got anything you want to add sure I uh I always look forward to these these presentations from the schools Sycamore Vanguard High Desert paramet Hills in Apple Valley and you never know what you what you find out uh Cheyenne I think it was great that you uh let the board and the superintendent know that senior ditch day is still uh these we ditched to Lake Dolores which was owned by the Dennis Benders family [Laughter] to all the young young women we've
041got their good presentations you guys do very well so thank you we look forward to uh Xbox see what you guys have to say thank you very much thank you Dennis okay Amanda all right I do want to say thank you for the calendar I can stop stalking everybody's Instagram page as much as I do um I had the opportunity with um Miss sakpara we went to The Adams Family musical at Apple Valley High School it was amazing um I wanted to go back and I kept trying to beg my kids to go with me but they were like we'd have to get out of our jammies and but it was amazing um and as it was mentioned I did make it out to Granite Hills when they were kind of welcoming their their new
042ninth grade class I think it was class of 27 which that's crazy um but then uh once that ended I kind of jetted across town to Vanguard and made it for the second half of the evening of literature which was just phenomenal to watch um the different kids and teachers and staff come together and perform reading the books the storybooks aloud what kind of act it was great um and then in between each one we had plenty of dad jokes uh from Mr admire so those actually I think were my favorite part I stole some and took them home to my kids um and then as was mentioned uh Raymond Polito receiving his award from uh Mr or assemblyman Lackey um I think that was last Friday that was just incredible the football players get
043silent like so fast it was amazing I'm a teacher I was jealous my kids do not um last night down at the California theater um with the the great Academy from Brianna I just they are amazing I'm so glad I I was able to make it down there and watch that um and yeah the granite really especially they just did not get the introduction that they should have um but they definitely commanded a presence on stage and really just took it away it was great and then um it was very obvious that there was quite a large support system like behind us to the left so we could hear them that's supporting yes uh as well I feel bad am I just repeating but the scholarship winners um at the practice actually I guess that
044was two nights ago for the theater last yesterday it's been a busy week um yesterday with the state of education um and then seeing all the scholarship winners um it seems yeah apple definitely Apple Valley is dominating uh across the desert this year so that's fantastic to see I do hope everyone enjoyed a restful Spring Break um yes testing it is prime testing time we are in the home stretch on our way to graduation seniors enjoy this it is Gonna Fall by um and then only other thing I wanted to say was I I was pleased to see um that we are going to be addressing the absenteeism and the truancy with the safe and civil schools PD that will be coming up um Jessica sprick is definitely a fantastic expert in her field all
045right Dennis I'm done okay that's good uh Gary uh just so many Fantastic things going on around the district I had some time to spend the opportunity to spend some time with Mrs Lasko that there at Mariana and just want to commend her and and the staff for the the success of their focus on reading and their their math program as as Mackenzie and Camille mentioned about the interventions and so on a lot of that is going on really district-wide and that's just fantastic to see that the students are getting the support that they need so um congratulations to all of them I want to acknowledge the success of at Marion the success of the book fair one of my former students Jenny Ruiz was uh in charge of that and I was I was
046so jazzed to see her there but when she had to step away from from the library there for a little while when she had to step away they had students lined up outside wanting to get in to buy books and that's a good thing when students are so eager to get books that there's a line uh going out the door or some something good is going on so really want to acknowledge them and also for the success of their family picnic there uh building Community I had the opportunity to spend a little bit of time with Mr Powell at Granite Hills and just just some fantastic things going on there at their High School um they made some fantastic strides in terms of school culture and allowing the students to feel welcome and cared for
047and so on uh I don't know if that one picture is available is that picture not available um yeah no problem oh no problem uh I had the opportunity to visit a number of classrooms but I was I went to one of the CTE classrooms and I want to make sure I get this right it was a system control and design acquisition class and I went in there and and I was I was just totally Blown Away with what these students are doing I took a picture so maybe we'll try and get it out sometime later but it's a picture of the student uh one of the Granite Hills students designed uh this it's basically like a manufacturing um you know job skills type of thing but this student was on their laptop controlling this
048and and they had made this this desktop about about as big as this desk this this machine that was actually making a little um conveyor belt and on the conveyor belt this it got to a certain point and then he had programmed it to have this little cart open and the material you know the product come out like it was basically like like an Amazon you know type of thing that you might see it in Amazon warehouse and I was just sitting there looking at it and looking at all these wires coming out and this just you know one of the students controlling it with uh with his computer boy I was so important I couldn't make out heads or tails of what this student had done but and and some of the other students
049were working on their laptops looking at looking at you know some some layouts of different machinery and so on it looked like they were about to launch somebody to the moon this thing was so complicated but these kids were just right on top of it and so and that's just an example of what our students are doing all the time so uh just just some fantastic things going on there just just super impressed uh went to Rancho Verde and spent some time with Mr kranson and um Wanted to commend the teachers and the staff there for the for the growth and the expansion of their campus-wide reading program again an example of the fact that the students are getting the interventions that they need getting them up to speed and so on I also wanted
050to congratulate their their Visual and Performing Arts program had a chance to visit one of the plays that they were doing and in the midst of the uh the the Western kind of themed play they were doing they did an amazingly spirited spirited anointed presentation of a achy breaky heart and and the the audience was really into that that performance so just just you know the students really learned their lines well and just just performed outstanding so uh great job with them um Mrs White I just really appreciate all the work that you're doing at um Phoenix Academy and again the the reading Intervention Program you know there's there's so much work going on to Target learning loss we hear so much about learning loss from the school closures and so on but but every
051every place that we go students and staff are just working so hard to to get the students back up to speed to where they really need to go so just just really appreciate that I went to city and bold and spent some time with Mrs Heitman and I really want to congratulate the first graders on their outstanding performance of their Play Once Upon a lily pad uh the the students did a great job memorizing their lines of first graders great job the students were dressed up as as a frogs and bugs and turtles they performed some great songs of actually a whole rendition I think the moms and dads in the audience especially enjoyed the song that was titled listen to your parents I I think I think they wanted to say get that on
052rerun I want the just a fantastic job I also visited a number of classrooms I went and talked to one sixth grader and this one sixth grader shared with me her six-year plan of of what she was going to be do be doing for for the rest of her academic career here in Apple Valley and she was sharing with me how she had it all lined up how she was gonna be taken when she gets to the high school she was going to be taking uh AP Chemistry and AP Psychology and so on and and she was she was just regaling me with with all of the details she had it all planned and again that's just an example of how parents and how teachers are just motivating our students to to reach for the
053stars and to attain their goals so so just just um really want to congratulate them and then lastly I want to congratulate the staff there at a Sitting Bull for the success of their after-school program I understand that the cooking class at Sitting Bull is extremely popular apparently they had to had more cooking classes to their curriculum to their program so I just just wanted to mention that if you ever need taste testers in your in your uh taste test your culinary masterpieces I know we have a lot of willing volunteers love to come over and sample some of your masterpieces and so on so again just just wanted to thank the teachers the students the parents for the outstanding work that's going on throughout the district thank you thank you thank you okay now
054part two I'm gonna give my reels uh sure I'm going to start out by thanking Zoe for this calendar it is a lifesaver now we know where to go that's this is exceptionally well well done and to thank the parents who are out here supporting their children and sometimes we we tend to congratulate the kids but we forget who's doing the job in the background thank the teachers who are giving them the push to stand up in front of all these adults and speak um and to also show my gratitude that we have a superintendent who has no problem whatsoever to good read to kindergarteners yeah preschool um I and I'm I'm impressed with the quality of young adults that we provide producing in this District when I say quality I'm not talking about quantity
055I'm talking about quality uh when you see an Apple Valley high school or up Greenwich Hills High School or even high desert Premiere or even the elementary school and they open their mouth you know exactly that they have received some quality stuff that has helped them to become who they are um I I watched the trade competition online I felt like I was a fly on the wall because Kylie sent us the link on the website so we can watch I was impressed to see young women changing tires was impressing them running up and down to make sure what equipment goes on the car and to be able to do it right and there was no talking the judges were going around collecting data and I thought that's impressive I want to take a course
056such as that so that I'll never be afraid to be on the road um the Phoenix Academy I went to I went to Phoenix Academy because sometimes as board members we don't need permission to come to your schools um we just show up and and I have to commend Phoenix Academy because the receptionists at the front desk did exactly what we want them to do she insisted that I show my identification and I am really impressed she kept apologizing because when she figured out I was a trustee she says I'm so sorry I said don't worry you're doing your job I should come with my ID yeah yeah but I just we are not there to test the waters but that one was really impressive for me because as somebody who didn't know that I
057was a product of this District um and had never seen me and had never heard me I couldn't even put the voice together even though the people in the back room could know it's my voice um they let her finish what she had to do and I'm really really impressed I say thank you to all those people that stood in the front desk because they have to filter so much before they let people in to see our children this coming week um tomorrow as an artifact we'll be making some visits to your schools and I hope you don't stop what you're doing just keep doing what you're doing we just there to support you and I thank you so much for letting us serve you that's it okay first of all I just like to
058you're going to get to leave after I'm done talking to him but anyway I want to thank all you parents for bringing your kids here tonight it's a great experience learning to stand up in front of people and and talk it's the number one phobia that adults have is standing up in front of a large group and talking and some people it comes easy but anyway I visited um Granite Hills High School I've taught there for 10 years I taught advanced placement history which is a lot different than a AVID program because a lot of your kids in fact most of your kids are the precursor their parents have also gone to college but Mr Powell led us uh through the program it was in action and Stacy Vega but the idea is that what
059it does is pulling kids in who are seed be students and many of them there's no common and non-denominator of a parent that's gone to college and these kids are hitting home runs I mean they're learning how to become a leader they motivate themselves they got all this stuff going for them and uh the teachers they take control of their own learning and to give you an idea of how well they're doing and this is also a available at Apple Valley High School Phoenix Academy Sitting Bull in Vanguard but last year 213 elective students took avid 96 percent of the students applied to a four-year College 83 percent have been accepted to a four-year college and 100 percent of them graduated from high school folks that's good I mean I if we could do that
060across the United States I wouldn't worry about China but anyway so Mr Powell I want to thank you your campus was very clean all right and you guys did a good job tonight go home study foreign who gave us this yeah you are you're a tall drink of water how tall are you give us this and my daughter's boy thank you foreign ah you do a good job though this is such a lifesaver okay we'll uh we'll roll this ball down the road closed session reports the clerk will read out any action that was taken in closed session Maria in closed session the Board of Trustees took action in support of the full-lane recommendation from the superintendent B6 conference with labor negotiator on a motion by Mr Raleigh seconded by Mr Bender the Board of
061Trustees approved the following approved the memorandum of understanding with the California School Employees Association CSEA Chapter 828 dated March 9 2023 regarding increase in hours effective February 1 2023 on a vote of 5-0 that's it so okay adoption of the agenda the board May approve the agenda as is or add or anything to it may I have a motion slow move second oh second all in favor recognition presentation none at this meeting adult education update Adele McLean's going to come up and give this presentation while she does I'll just mention um that the our adult ed program is part of a Consortium but Apple Valley Unified Adult Ed is the absolute Premier Adult Ed program within the Consortium and she's going to tell you why thank you um good evening uh superintendent Nelson cabinet and
062board members I so appreciate you having me here tonight and your continued support throughout the year the years many of you throughout time have been to my campus and come to our amazing graduation that's sponsored it's a region-wide graduation sponsored by the college and our Consortium lead is here this evening because so they are actually going to host the graduation um I did want to say welcome anytime that you feel that you're in the neighborhood please stop by our school and see what kind of marvelous programs we have we have um going on um I put some outcomes that matter I actually gave you a fact sheet that you can take on the tall one sheet but over the last three years even during the pandemic our numbers have increased for high school diploma and
063for ESL and CCE I've been to high school the phone numbers up there students versus year and graduates per year we expect that number to be our number this year to be even more robust than 108 but we don't have those numbers till the end of the year so I put those out and this year because of our partnership in a pilot with BBC we've been able to provide instruction for over 250 ESL students and and with my limited funding we were only able to serve a little less than 100 so we're very proud to have that and I think it's a great service to the community also with the wisdom and Leadership of this board and also mdep I was able to offer some CTE classes that are already articulated as they are with
064the problems with the high schools these are just for adults but they have an articulation agreement with the college and in the past two and a half years we've produced 53 certificates meaning that each student that graduated with a certificate for my program also got three units of college credit from BBC for their work and I think that's tremendous it's really working towards the path the governor would like to see most of those programs go towards pre-apprenticeship we have two levels of construction graphic design and arguments is EKG 12 deal three of the students that were in that program were actually higher the day they graduated that's great um our Pearson V testing center during during the pandemic you'll think we so provide for people trying to become teachers whether it be the Rica or
065the cset or any of those things so that in mind we tried to open it at least two days a week so that those teachers would have access right here and we pushed out information letting you know that they could get those certificates for free so last year we served 330 people that were trying to get credentials specifically in education and 129 GED tests were given this year we did 147 and this is just up to this point and 409 teaching or you know credential CTE programs so we've actually launched our second level CTE program now this has been a very robust program and actually a couple of a couple of employees in this District actually because they are indeed adults and they've taken some of our programs we had Construction level one which is
066sponsored by Indiana wine and it's with the carpenters union and people that graduate that first class and get a job with the car commissioning and prevailing wage which right now is about 66. the second program was uh remodeling residential Remodeling and they are building a tiny house that will exist on my campus out of the culmination of this year in July and maintenance is working with me to have a little place to set that so we're very proud of that it has working lights as working Plumbing we won't hook it up but it'll it'll be something that will let people know what we're really doing and that's very proud of it we had a graphics design course oh there's another employee kind of Graphics design course um the EKG 12-league course here though I think
067that the graphic design course had someone from Granite Hills High School and then the EKG classes where we had three of the graduates hired at St Mary's Mary's right out of the spot um also we're getting to some of the funner stuff and the conclusion of my thing my presentation the former student and current avusd employee also in this room Miss William was awarded the California Department of Education and access Student Success award this year and there she is helping the student because they would not let me nominate her until she had a job so apusd made this video why did you respond I responded because um I was told that for two years they would be tracking my progress and I knew that if I responded that this would benefit the next student that
068came after me [Music] and there she is helping a student did you see there and what better salesperson than someone who's already gone through the program and and can show overcome when you receive the text email survey for this year I mentioned that Leon Andres pslr forces we have four CTE classes that are free we are in the WASP candidate process and that should be concluded on the 28th of this month the wiola grant that we applied for we got for the next four years we have we are an ajcc official Parliament site which means that for the American jobs and all of our 29 County Partners um we are one of four adult schools in San Bernardino County to be an official connection site so that means that they are getting a signage and
069they are having like a portal for us to be able to refer clients directly to America's job Center's pad the department of rehab and they can also refer clients to us and I'm also proud to say that as of two days ago we have 16 graduates from awsd that [Applause] to trying to get people to jobs and to the college and so everyone that is on my South is cross-trained to help in this process we also have people coming from the outside to give like workshops on how to go to college how to do how to get financial assistance in life in general how to get hired what does that look like some of these people have so many barriers to employment that we need to give them multiple layers of support if we're going
070to get them you know a sustainable job I just put a little fire or a little piece in here we've served over 200 ESL students in 2023 and apple also provides on-site child supervision and the same model that we find there are Partners there but the parents are in the Next Room over so if they need to go to the bathroom or something that's all handled and it'll gives me a place since we have been an amazing computer lab that I wanted to thank adst for because during the pandemic we got some of this you know so many some of the funding was provided so that I could have a state-of-the-art places to teach these adults that are coming in with these incredible barriers so um we don't want them putting food there so we
071have the next room over where they can put food classes like to celebrate different things and bring food these are some words from our students by the way both of these students are from a referral from Department of rehab what is next for you now that you're completing our program well what do I see next for myself is to give back to the community that is my ultimate goal uh throughout my life there's been many of people that's helped me as far as support system and I want to be somebody's support system I want to give back to others what was your experience like here at Apple Valley Adult I thought it was great because uh I only went up to seventh grade I only completed seventh grade so I always wondered what I missed
072not going to high school and by taking this class now I know what I missed and I missed a lot a lot of good stuff a lot of good things this is Michelle Moore oh she's been very helpful when I felt there was a moment where I felt like giving up and it was so hard for me and uh and she wouldn't she wouldn't give up on me and I just kept going and going and so that's all that's my experience so far [Music] what is next for you now that you're completely um D thank you so much for your continued support please come out and see what we have to offer and I hope we see a few of you on the June 9th graduation so and thank you for having me foreign [Music]
073Kylie do we have any public comments uh we do we have five this evening Mr Javier cabinet and board members um I'm here tonight a director of the great Academy to express our deepest appreciation for your ongoing commitment to providing a comprehensive education he especially want to thank you for uh for your support of the Arts which play a crucial role in the intellectual social and emotional development as we continue to strive towards offering more robust Arts programs we would like to express our gratitude for the release of business is in number chronomics Ricardo is one of the most respected names in classical music his visit was a once in a lifetime opportunity for our students during this two-day visit Ricardo reached roughly 500 students across four different School sites costing roughly 16 per student
074is because it was a remarkable experience that helped Inspire our students and Foster their appreciation for Carnival Morales is one of the most sought after clarinetics in the world he has performed in some of the most prestigious concert halls around the globe including Carnegie Hall in New York the Royal Albert Hall in London pellets it has also been featured as a soloist with many renowned orchestras including the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony he has been nominated for a Latin Grammy by providing opportunities for our students to engage with world-class artists such as Ricardo Menards we are not only envisioning their education but also concealing in them a lifelong appreciation for their I am grateful for the financial support that allowed us to bring Ricardo to our district and we are proud to work
075we are proud of the work we are doing to ensure that Arts that the Arts are continuing to be an essential component of our students education as we gathered here tonight let us recognize that music that Arts education is not just a luxury or a pastime it is an essential component of a well-rounded education that Fosters the intellectual social and emotional growth of our students first and foremost Music Arts education politics has been proven to enhance cognitive development research shows that students who engage in arts education perform better in subjects such as math and reading this is because true Arts strength and neural Pathways enhance facial temporal skills and boost memory and attention by investing in arts education we are investing intellectual development of our students secondly Arts education promotes the developing critical social skills
076participation in arts Fosters teamwork communication collaboration as students learn to work together to create harmonious artwork additionally our education teaches students discipline and perseverance they practice and refine their skills over time these invaluable life skills will serve our students well beyond the classroom preparing them for success in various aspects of their lives moreover Arts education contributes to the emotional well-being it offers students a creative outlet for self-expression allowing them to explore and understand their emotions this emotional exploration can lead to improved mental health and resilience helping our students navigate the challenges about the challenges of adolescents and adulthood finally Arts education has the power to bring diverse communities together through the universal language of the Arts students from different backgrounds can find common ground and Foster connections by promoting inclusivity and celebrating cultural diversity Arts
077education can help break down barriers and create a more unified and understanding Society in conclusion Arts education is an indispensable aspect of a comprehensive education that cultivates cognitive social and emotional growth in our students by providing access to Quality Arts education programs we are not only enriching the lives of our students but also building a more inclusive compassionate and culturally Vibrant Community in Apple Valley I urge you as members of the school board to continue to prioritize and support Arts education in our schools with the passage of prop 28 we at the great Academy stand ready to help in any way we can and we look forward to working with all of our amazing staff to proudly prepare our students for their future thank you for your time thank you good evening Apple Valley Unified
078School District board members and superintendent Nelson and guests I'm here today to express my sincere graduate excuse me uh gratitude to the Apollo school board for funding the visit of the world-renowned master clarinets Ricardo Morales to the Granite Hills High School grade academy and instrumental classes Mr malice's visit was an inspiration and a benefit to all the students who attended he shared his passion for music and his expertise in clarinet playing with our students and they were all captivated by his talent and enthusiasm Mr malice's visit also provided our students with the opportunity to learn from one of the best clarinetists in the world he gave them invaluable insight into the Arts of music of clarinet playing he also helped him improve their own playing skills I am confident that Mr Morales visit will have
079a lasting impact on our students they will remember his visit for years to come and they will be inspired by his example to pursue their own dreams of musical Excellence again I would like to thank you for funding his visit it was truly a valuable experience to our students and they will benefit him for years to come thank you for your time good evening [Applause] Corbin is your Corbin Colvin okay Nevaeh okay thank you I apologize it's better than mine some of the people that I look up to are going to be presenting exactly what I'm going to be presenting but from the perspective of a student I think it might be a little bit more not necessarily Dependable but a teacher could stand there and be like oh yeah school is good but when
080a student says it it's kind of like oh well then you're right though so yeah um I've been a long-term student I'm sorry [Music] I've been I have been in abusd for a lot of years now it feels like okay okay I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I've been part of the awsd for a while now and in between that time however I have moved across the country and back and each time for as long as it's been available to me every single year I've taken a artistic class whether it be music theatrical choir uh any kind of visual Performing Arts I've taken and I've thoroughly enjoyed and without the experience and the encouragement and the everything it's it's a lot like I was there to experience meeting Ricardo Morales and I didn't think that
081would ever even happen I didn't think I would ever meet I don't want to say anyone important but anyone um that a lot of people know so that I don't remember a lot but I will remember that for forever that is that's crazy that someone that could do could do something for a living something so much that they'd like that's what I I um an artist myself I like to do 3D modeling I was actually reached out by an Autodesk rep recently to do that with more people and I have been encouraged to by multiple people um to continue doing this and without the funding without the encouragement without everything that we've been receiving from not only you guys and then we as an individual from them this none of this would be really possible
082so I just want to say that I appreciate you guys appreciate you guys and I look forward to continuing my career under awsd I suppose so thank you very much thank you Ken good morning uh good evening board uh good evening uh staff members I am coming with you with an idea that both me and chief Molina have uh passionate about what the recent events in the news of shootings and the craziness that this world is bringing uh we want to introduce pops parents on patrol where since the police is campus police and the police officers are stretched so far and thin allowing parents to be present as representing officers as Observers this would give the the community uh opportunity to feel more safe that their kids are being watched over like an owl without
083being directly involved uh the conflict with that being said if there was for example an incident what the for a parent that is being abrupted or cars like this morning with yokoloma Elementary a police officer was not present so parents are driving about 30 40 miles up and down that street with children in the crosswalk if a police officer vehicle or pops was present they tend to slow down and obey the law a little bit more making it a lot more safer for students the idea behind this is to not only get parents involved in their community and protecting their students but also giving the police officers more time to go and take care of necessary calls with that being said if there was like a shooter or someone speeding we can go and intervene
084and have the school campus but these and the popular authorities to come and affiliate that in a quickly and timely manner instead of instead of being strung out and worn thin it gives them an opportunity to come to an important call such as that and I am asking that you guys take this into consideration we could use some of the old police cruisers as the Pop's vehicles we would be essentially Recycling and reusing what is not needed I thank you guys for your time thank you [Applause] Terry foreign excuse me I'm sorry hi everyone um first I want to apologize for how I looked today I was painting for a set for next week so I apologize but I wanted to be here was important um first of all I want to thank you all
085um the support that we're given at our school is I I can't even I can't even thank you enough um we have some beautiful new equipment that you guys afforded us to have which is as some of you came to see a show I've seen um several of you uh was Came To See Much Ado About Nothing which was our Shakespeare play this year and we got to use our beautiful new projector which is amazing we had a Sunset Beach scene in daytime Beach nighttime Beach that played through the whole show it was beautiful we are so fortunate to work to live and work in a in a place that allows that kind of Hands-On equipment for our students to use what I really wanted to point out was we have um we've been really
086fortunate to have our kids grow up and I've got one of my seniors is here with me fortunate to have my kiddos here too and they came to support [Music] um one of the things that happened at our Tuesday thing at the California theater was we got there and there were there were no mics that worked none they had zero um so I was able to come up the hill grab our portable set that you afforded me take it down there and we set up mics for the show um the situation with uh uh was all solved by my 12th grader right here yeah so pretty good um so Mr Nick saved the day um as he does often on our campus as well um he's he's my uh go-to it guy but he he
087also designed and runs the lights uh designs and runs a sound he knows how to do everything on the stage which we're teaching all the kiddos to do um I just want you to know that it's important to them to be able to do the things that they do and the cool thing was there were Union people there working the lights and sound boards he actually got a card from a guy he's like call me because he was amazing but that's you know that's what we're trying to do we're trying to get them connections and jobs anyway that's all just thank you [Applause] any other comments superintendent Nelson no Rick just briefly um first off for the the education adult education um I I did go last year in June and I was amazed at
088how many students graduated and how enthusiastic the the family members were at that graduation so that was an eye-opener for me so appreciate the presentation the Arts when you articulated up there what the Arts do for students it you know it opens up a whole new uh view in my point for me is how the Arts do affect different cultures bringing children or students together and things so keep up the good work that was really uh I was really impressed with hearing what's occurring there so I never heard of the person for the plays the clarinet but he sounds like he uh his world renowned they're going to share some photos oh okay great yeah that was great keep up the good work okay Amanda I was really sorry I missed the concert because I
089actually played the clarinet all through Middle High School elementary College um but I did have another commitment that night um do we have a Time on June 9th by any chance I only ask because it's my daughter's birthday so I'm gonna try to okay thank you thank you we were just at um an adulthood Consortium medium yesterday and there is still some question about um the gymnasium must have been solved today is that possible so immediately you were um our superintendent of our graduates so the formal invitation will come out yeah thank you very much all right Gary I just want to say thank you for the impromptu concert that I was given in your in your class uh it was amazing to walk to walk around a classroom maybe twice the size of this
090room right here filled with students all with a guitar all playing uh yeah and it was it was just amazing the talent there that that uh that you you are fostering and just watering those seeds so thank you very much for for all the Visual and Performing Arts for what you're doing and and your speech was tremendous it was it was right on thank you for sharing that that's what well I'm going to start with thanking Adele Adele was my I was a teacher when I was the principal so um it's always good to see her Blossom this way uh she was my go-to uh teacher when I was the principal if I needed anything anything at all anything that looked like is out there that is not possible Adele will get in her car
091and make it possible you know so uh thank you so much it's always good to watch you know what you're doing out there and and I will show up invited or not yeah I just I just need to know that you're doing it or somebody is doing it if I know I'll be there and for the great Academy um I actually saw your class and you had the students perform for me and I was really impressed to see those students and they were freshmen the students were the freshmen and they were able to know which note to to play and I did tell you that I want to learn how to play piano um because I think I figured that in old age that might be one thing I can do um you know without
092having too much happening um I you know if the district is investing this much money you need not worry thank you music is has a lot to do with math and all that really helps with uh right this was my brother's uh Band Room he played the alto the tenor and the clarinet he went to uh NAU on a music scholarship he was the first band teacher hired at Apple Valley High School he was drafted went to Nam he came back never did any more music he hired out on the railroad did there what did really well in business in the stock market but uh Nam did a lot of bad things but anyway music is important all right where are we at now here public hearing none at this meeting no special meeting discussion
093session delegate authority to the superintendent to execute and approve the transfer of federal and state educationally related Mental Health Service funds from avusd to the selpa via the administrative unit can I have a motion on that so moved all right any discussion all in favor aye adopt the updated Declaration of Need for fully qualified Educators born to be affected from July 1 to 222 through June 30th 2023 as required by the California Commission of teacher credentialing motion second in any discussion March 17th are they all not fully qualified are you asking about our non-re-election process yeah they were not all fully qualified for fully qualified Educators and we are letting go fully qualify the indicators that's I'm a little confused why do we I can speak to that the the Declaration of need allows us
094to um pursue candidates that might be completing their credential process intern candidates uh so on and so forth occasionally we do come across those that we bring in remember the the need for highly qualified is not necessary that is a defined term not an opinionated term so sometimes people make their way to getting the papers needed to enter our field and yet they get here and realize it's just not for them and so I might on paper be highly qualified and realize that you know the the railroad is a better place for me to work or or so on and so forth so I I mean it does happen um but we we um yeah the the Declaration itself just allows us the ability to hire the teachers that might have intern credentials or uh
095you know obtaining the the exams Adele was speaking to through her um adult program as well so I don't know okay may I have a motion okay all in favor aye okay approve the loss control agreement between Apple Valley Unified School District and Keenan and Associates to be affected from April 6th 2023 through February 26 2024 motion second I'll second any discussion all in favor aye all right approved the certificated and classified Personnel actions as listed second on discussion anyone all in favor aye aye approved recommendations for a requested leave as noted it's motion any discussion all in favor all right approve the recommendation of the administrative hearing share person affected immediately on expulsion case number 13 2022 through 23. I'll just interject here be you are allowed to take action on 13 through 17
096in one motion if you choose to but also there's an amendment to eat number 11 which comes later and I have that Amendment okay so we can go ahead and vote number six thirteen through seventeen all right all in favor aye and then which one do we have to book separately right here our expulsion case number 11. no action will be taken on this case right now Expo no motion no second that's right expulsion number three 2022-23 all in favor I mean emotion second all in favor aye annual review 2023-23 all in favor no motion first second all second all in favor aye annual review number 14 2022-23 motion second oh second all in favor aye adopt resolution number 2223-11 authorizing the insurance uh issuance Insurance of the 2023 2024 Tax and Revenue anticipation notes
097for the Apple Valley Unified School District and requesting the border of Supervisors of San Bernardino County to issue said notes may I have a motion second all right this is something we have to do with them all in favor aye consent agenda we can evoke consent we can improve these all-in-one motion if there's any questions speak now okay we'll pull item number 21 we're going to vote on the other one and then we'll come back to it I would like to pull item number 19 to get clarification of the text okay 19 and 21 have both been pulled can we have a vote on the remainders of motion items one to 18 20 22 to 20 to 45. okay a second on that I'll second that all right all in favor aye okay let's go
098back and um let's take you Gary on number 19. on number 19 regarding the approval of the recommended Literature list for the Apple Valley School District part of the text states that the committee is composed of a group of teachers who put together this this review list and in my conversations with the superintendent I have been I have a concern that parents and the community should also have input on this and in my conversations with the superintendent I've been told that the books on this list have previously been approved by by parents and the community and so on so the text indicates or implies to me that only teachers put together this list but actually it was previously approved by parents and the community which which meets my concern so I would just like the
099the text clear clarified on that item we will and um board policy 6161.11 actually addresses supplementally supplementary materials and indicates that those will go through the same process that any curriculum adoptions go through so um just for the Public's knowledge on this piece we have had core lit pieces in this district for you as I entered the district in 2003 those lists were never put together other than by grade level through curriculum committees I'm sitting looking at the the curriculum groups at the back that worked on these um some of the books were in place when I began teaching in nineteen 91 21 1991. and uh so I just want you to we did realize that the um statement of the public review process was not included in that and so um I said to
100Mr RC absolutely let's pull it let's talk about it so that everybody knows um in the last 10 years in ed services everything has gone through the public review process any new books coming forward will have a curriculum committee um that will actually sit down they will review those and then they will move them forward based on grade level for um review of the community and be posted as all other textbooks would be posted thank you very good as a matter of fact when I was the president yes oh yeah yeah as a matter of fact when I came to the district um some of the books that are on there my kids actually experienced the text because my my kids went through this school this district from uh kindergarten we did not have preschool
101from kindergarten to 12th grade so I do remember some of those books coming home and I do remember the suffering my son had for one of those books because he just arrived from um from overseas and English as we speak here is not the English that they spoke there this was the British English and they were reading something that was a little different and my poor son struggled with dma sahensha and so when I saw the book I just cracked up laughing I called my son after I looked through it to say guess what that book is still in the books so yes this has always been the case it's just this is the first time that we are seeing the folk the total compilation of all the books okay thank you it's going to
102be a list of each security I can address that this list has already been reviewed by that's all been reviewed by parents future books you will absolutely have the opportunity to look at and as we add that and it's not only just teachers the whole Community can look at them yeah okay all right now and and I pulled item number 21 because I wanted clarification on the California Community Schools partnership program yes um because we don't have I I don't know if any of you have full clarification of what that entails and why we need a consultant for for this so I wanted to have clarification going moving yeah we have been approved for the planning Grant only the planning Grant and we have applied for it um Our intention is to potentially apply in
103the future for the full grant for several of our schools in the district this is a grant that supports us to provide services to our students that are outside of education meaning Dental Services Counseling Services all of the wraparound services that families actually leave a school to go find and sometimes can't receive them and so the Community Schools Grant is a new Grant um the planning Grant we're in we are in the second round of the planning Grant maybe third round and now we can we can apply moving forward for the full implementation Grant the reason we have requested a consultant is because we would like to go through processes by which we can identify what our program is going to look like with input from the community community facilitated by somebody that isn't within
104our district as a district member so did we put out an RFP to get a consultant with this not in this case because he's an expert in this field we're focused on trauma-informed instruction things that students need outside of school which we want to support which is the mental health capacity and he's a leading expert in that rfps usually have to go out to alert when it's a large fund that we are going to spend in this case if you want to direct us to go to an RFP we can do so it'll just slow the process down any more questions okay then we have a motion to approve 19 and 21. second I'll second it all right all in favor all right staff report for not doing that no closed session of second order
105I think that's about it well then what I need is a motion to adjourn ing all right second one second all right we're out of here thanks for coming right I have science stuff