001okay all right good evening everyone uh we'll open this um Apple Valley Unified School District regular meeting at five o'clock on December 8th 2022 and um with that I'll do uh I'll do roll call uh Dennis Bender here Christopher Nunez here Maria okpara here and Rick Rowley I'm here and I believe Wilson is on this way did you come through the door anybody's coming through the door no that's just the the police all right all right uh Dennis could lead us in the pledge sure will ready for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you Kayla we have any public comments pertaining to closed session we do not okay thank you so uh before we go into closed session I'd like to read the items that we
002will be discussing in closed session item one pupil Personnel expulsion cases exp 822 23. stip 12223 and annual reviews AR 322 23 and AR number four 22 23. item two conferenced on litigation government code section [Music] 549-56.9 subsection a current litigation seven cases civds excuse me one nine zero seven one seven two two zero one one one eight three two zero two two nine five six two two or correction 202-3366 in Civ sb211303 two two zero eight zero one nine two two zero seven three zero zero government code section 54954.5 subsection C 54956.9 subsection D and E1 anticipated litigation for cases 2021 correction 2020 21 05 2021 slash 2021-22 13 and finally 2022 2303 item three Public Employee discipline dismissal release reassignment transfer leave title certificated and classified employees item four public employees appointment resignation
003retirement reduction title certificated and classified employees item five conference with labor negotiator agency negotiator Dustin Conrad employee organization Apple Valley Unified teachers Association item six conference negotiator agency negotiator Dustin Conrad employee organization California School Employees Association item seven conference with real property negotiator government code 549 five six point eight in negotiation parties will be Matthew schulenberg Apple Valley Unified School District and with that we'll have a motion to go into close second all in favor aye any opposed hearing none that would be the order so at um 503 we will be going in a closed session and we will come back into public session um no earlier than 7 pm 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
004you 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 okay all right well everyone welcome to the regular meeting for the Apple Valley School District Board of Trustees meeting and today is December 8th and it is 7 pm so I just called the meeting to order so the first thing up is going to be Yucca Loma I'm going to call out each individual student who's going to speak you guys are all ready with your mics up there so first up and in this in this order you guys can start heading up Armani Williams Isabel Rojas Zoe Padilla mahela Hussain is a husing and Elijah Hernandez floor so you guys are up and okay the
005floor is yours good evening board members superintendent Nelson and assistant superintendents my name is Isabel and these are my fellow council members we are student council representatives for yakaloma elementary we are honored and excited to share with you tonight all the wonderful and amazing things happening on our campus foreign [Music] in the air as we were welcomed back by the teachers staff and administrators our population has grown from 620 students to 690 students this year Mr Clark loves that we are growing because he stays more kids get to experience the great things happening at yokoloma the beginning of the school year um started with Liberty donating ten thousand dollars to our sustainable prom project this included a refurbishment of the pond Roma Garden decomposed ground around the pond the pond houses koi fish and the
006food poo frogs the pond is connected to Aroma Garden so the plants are watered from the pond water during spring will start our next phage with phase which is to hop the pollen water UK a vegetable garden when it warms up again teacher will be able to take classes out there for lunch reading and habitat studies or Kinder had their teddy bear picnic and parade where they walked around the campus show off their fairy Teddy they were really cute and felt like celebrities as the other Christians stood on the ramps waiting to them as they passed by oh God next we would like to share with you all the clubs students have opportunities to participate in we had football in which 63rd through 6th graders learned the rules and some skills of the game at
007the end of this session Mr Bradley Mr Forbes and Mr Vig put on flag football scrimmage for parents to watch oh Mr Lopez our music teacher had the band kids out there playing songs there in the game it was a great time soccer session is still going and we'll have a game sometime in December before break additionally we had a hiking Club where we got to go on Journeys with 80 other students along with many teachers and staff members we hiked around Bell Mountain Horseman Center and up Bell Mountain our big hike was to Cougar Crest in Big Bear Mr Conrad and Mr slasher even came to help and support and help us on the hike foreign we also have kindergarten stem clubs Art Club Sarah makes clubs crafting clubs robotics Esports puzzle clubs Pep
008Squad and reading club that is still in session our after school program is still going strong we look forward to the next half of the school year as we will bring back our father-daughter dance mother Sundance and hopefully a few family movie Nights we welcome all of you to visit yakaloma to see all the great things happening on our campus if you come on Friday you will get to hear Mr Clark tell a few dad jokes he's getting better and playing music trivia for our staff over the intercom thank you for your time and attention and most importantly you did a great day [Applause] well thank you ladies and gentlemen you did very well I think we got a couple of really great public speakers in the wings there so keep it up good job
009up next is Marina um Marianna Academy Kaylee rice and uh Abigail Wilson foreign gifts I like that thank you good evening Mrs Nelson members of the board faculty family and guests my name is Kaylee rice I am an 8th grade student at Mariana Academy hello my name is Abigail Olson I am a seventh grade student at Mariana Academy we are here this evening to share some exciting things that happened so far during the 2022-2023 school year and to provide a glimpse into the months ahead of Mariana Academy our calendar is packed with learning inside and outside of the classroom let's flash back to August and September of 2022. the start of the school year was an exciting one beginning with our in-person back to school night every family that came to back to school night
010received an avid t-shirt for their student also we officially opened our Makerspace classroom for TK through fourth grade students Mariana held our first book fair of the school year in September it was the most successful book fair ever our Mariana students were able to shop on campus during the day with their teacher and with their parents in the evening it was great to see the parents back on campus Saturday school has also returned with six scheduled throughout the year as well as our after-school clubs returning to our site we have a math club for middle school and an art club for our youngest students also in September second grade went on a field trip to the Apple Valley Center for Innovation it was great to hear them talk about all the exciting things they learned
011sixth grade had a special visit for absd school police with an anti-bullying message as well well word got out about how much fun the second graders had at the Apple Valley for Center for Innovation so in October kindergarten fourth grade got to see what all the excitement was about as they got to visit the center as well the students were all smiles when they came back to Mariana also in October Middle School athletics returned with an amazing volleyball team our school was painted thank you avoc it really needed a makeover there was a Fall Fest Middle School dance we celebrated Red Ribbon Week and we had a costume parade for Halloween phew October was a busy month for us November was also a busy month for Mariana as we wrapped up to the first trimester
012of school students were busy with Thanksgiving projects Middle School went and I'm going to college field trip to UCLA where they got to go watch a UCLA football game and parents were able to join their children for awards assemblies it was so great to see them so far in December Mariana had some amazing steam fair projects that were submitted by several students as this month goes on we are looking forward to seeing winter performances from kindergarten first and second grade classes what a fun and festive way to end theater taking a peek into 2023 we are looking forward to our Middle School volleyball wrapping up in basketball getting underway Mariana's family stem night at the Apple Valley Center of innovation and our Spring Book Fair where students and parents can come browse after school Mariana
013will have more exciting events take place as the year goes on but we are proud to share glimpse of our year so far with you thank you for letting us share this evening we hope you all enjoy a safe and happy winter break thank you ladies good job up next High Desert Premier Academy Angelique Daniel [Applause] good evening board members president Raleigh and cabinet I hope everyone had a safe and Happy Thanksgiving and I'm honored to stand before you all once again to inform you of the accomplishments and upcoming events of high desert Premiere Academy we are pleased to share that we have completed our wasc mid-cycle review we have not received the final results yet however the committee we believe it was a big success the WASP committee chair stated that he thought High
014Desert Premier Academy is a model alternative school amongst other things we hope that the positive statements he shared will come to us soon the visit was a virtual visit and I along with several other peers worked closely with Miss Macy carrying the iPad from class to class to show the hard-working students we have on our campus the team asked us students questions like what are we doing to work towards College what opportunities come with being at our school how our school system different is different from others and even things we'd like to see more of our academic counselor Mr Serrano is currently working with seniors individually to help them fill out their FAFSA and start applications at VVC our goal is to have 100 application completion rate and get these seniors where they need to
015be there are several awareness months celebrated in December and we decided we wanted to focus on read a new book month and Universal human rights month I looked up a couple things and research shows that reading books can boost brain activity help prevent memory loss and people who read regularly have an above average attention span as well we encourage our students to focus on finishing a new book this month our librarian has been giving out free books to students to take home and read at their free time this month will be the 74th anniversary of the universal Declaration of Human Rights it will be celebrated on December 10th here at High Desert Premier Academy we motivate our students to appreciate their opportunities that we are given in our history classes we are focusing on learning
016our rights and how they protect us we want all of our students to be prepared for situations where our rights might be undermined and we hope that teaching our students is subject about their rights will help them protect themselves later in the future okay this month we also started two incentive programs to motivate students to do well in class both with academics and attendance teachers have been giving out owl books to students and Owl cars that can be exchanged for a variety of items in our new Al store we now have new Al merch available in all sizes in different colors and we also have hot chocolate you know everybody you trying to get the hot chocolate and we all want to stay warm in the sweater weather last month English won and English 2
017students had the opportunity to watch literature come to life in a Broadway musical these students went to the Los Angeles Pantages Theater and watched the Broadway show To Kill a Mockingbird sadly I couldn't personally see it but I heard students had a blast watching this up close and personal this month our seniors have the opportunity to go to Disneyland I'm excited to go because I've never been on a field trip to an amusement park and I haven't been to Disneyland in years and I heard they got good churros too so I can't wait I can't wait to go and share with you guys my experience next time thank you all for your time and support and I hope you have an amazing winter break and happy holidays have fun and get some rest thank you
018well thank you we'll be looking forward to uh next month's presentation you're gonna have to keep up in the ante all right Granite Hills Ashley Guzman [Applause] [Music] good evening board members superintendent Nelson and attendees I Ashley Guzman student representative from Granite Hills High School feel appreciated to be here with you all on our last board meeting of 2022. but excited to be entering 2023 with new goals and plans to finish up the school year so far our cougars have kicked off the month of December with several performances from the great Academy we had a winter dance on the first 10 second a holiday recital a couple days back today we had a Holiday Spectacular and next week on the 16th and 17th our theater program will be putting together a home for the holidays
019performance this past weekend our athletics department put together our first holiday career classic and it was a huge success we had many food vendors a classic car show pictures with Santa and we also held a toy drive it ended up raising over a thousand dollars for athletics the toy drive they held filled multiple bins that went straight to Sparks of Love which goes directly to families within the district in order to give them a fun Christmas continuing with Athletics and fall Sports coming to an end winter sports have begun girls and boys basketball are getting on their way with their multiple with their numbers growing on both teams and they are heading in the right direction boys and girls soccer is also getting on their way and heading in the right direction with veteran programs
020on both teams with wrestling about halfway through the season I want to mention that they did well on all their tournaments tonight is actually the first desert skyly contest with Barstow and this Saturday is the annual wrestling invite where they are hosting 12 different schools to come to our school and compete girls water polo is also getting started with their first game starting up next week we are very excited to see how they do this season our student athletes aren't the only ones exceeding they have with having to keep up with sports and their grades all of our students have been preparing for finals ASB has been trying to make these stressful weeks a bit more enjoyable for all with a holiday spirit week where students are dressing up as holidays characters and cozy sweaters
021and my favorite personal favorite pajama day tomorrow our women's empowerment Club has also been fundraising and lifting holiday spirit by selling hot chocolate and cookies ASB has been preparing for a pep rally which has been sadly postponed until January so that teachers can continue to help prepare their students for the upcoming exams with that being said I want to end off with a special message for the parents it isn't an original and you may have heard a similar piece before but it is something important that I did want to spread so dear parents these upcoming exams that are starting soon do not Define your children I know we are all anxious to do well because I am too but please remember that amongst the students there is an artist that doesn't understand math an entrepreneur
022who doesn't care for English a musician who struggles in chemistry and they've and the athlete whose physical fitness is more important to them than physics uh so if your child does get high test scores then congratulate them and show them that you're proud of them but if they don't don't take away their confidence and pride some students may also be very smart when it comes to work but stress during tests don't let a number score Define them tell them that it is okay and just an exam they have bigger things to worry about in life and letting their grade Define them will drain them of their happiness and self-worth let them know you love them and show them that you care they may not have the same plans as you did but they are still
023valued and it is a holiday season after all so spend more time sharing love and being with those you care for take advantage of the upcoming two weeks of break to be joyful and thankful for everything life has given you and even the small things you cannot control including test scores spend as much time together being warm safe and enter the new year with a new set of goals thank you so much for your time today and I hope you have a wonderful night I'll see you all next year [Applause] thank you Ashley good message thank you last but not least is Apple Valley High School Cheyenne Valentine foreign good evening to the members of the board and attendees my name is Cheyenne Valentine the avhs ASB line president now before we start I just
024want to say such a good job to all of the junior high and middle schoolers who gave their speech tonight you guys did such an amazing amazing job and I can't wait to see what things you accomplish in the future um so to start off I would like to discuss some of the events that have taken place since we last met last month we had our Thanksgiving break where all of our students and staff were able to to spend some relaxing time and quality time with their families and friends now don't get me wrong even though we all got to take a break we still got lots done there was the mayor's leader youth sorry the mayor's youth leadership field trip were some junior class ASB representatives were able to learn about the government at
025a local level we also started the transition from our fall Sports to winter sports some of these sports are basketball soccer and wrestling they're all off to an amazing start of their seasons and our stands are continuously filled with Sun Devil Pride we're also in the process of planning some very exciting events such as every 15 minutes and talent show so if I look a little bit Dusty tonight that'd be because we're running our run-throughs and setting up tonight because it's tomorrow um where did I leave off talent show allows our students to take a step out of their comfort zone and perform the act that they put so much effort into their peers we have 11 acts total this year including our four Class Acts these class acts are all run by ASB and
026they compete to win money that they can use for events that they put on later in the year and bragging rights of course the winner out of the other acts will win a trophy and a gift basket we're excited to see all of the amazing skills that students at avhs as well as the support from their peers and Community tomorrow night our senior class will also be having a fundraiser next week which is a drive-in concept where students will be able to watch the Christmas movie Home Alone in the comfort of their own cars and surrounded by their friends Posta also gave back to the community this month by holding a coat drive throughout the month as we're approaching the end of the first semester of the 2022 and 2023 school year we're inspired by
027the progress and connections that we've made so far and are looking forward to the amazing things that are to come as always thank you for all of your support have a good break foreign thank you Cheyenne all right just moving real quickly through here uh before we get to some presentations um reports Union Representatives uh CSEA are you here no we got it not yet um we're gonna actually keep the kids just so that they can see the presentation to a few board members that are exiting so I just wanted to make sure because we usually send them out now so that they get home for school so we're going to hold on to them so that we they're here for the recognition answered you you're fine you're up thank you thank you the kids
028make it so hard to follow them thank you this evening for giving csca an opportunity to speak to you um I'd like to start with thanking you for recognizing the importance of our salary study because of this we are winding up this year with the cumbersome task of a classification and salary study one step closer to completion we will greet 2023 moving forward with implementation negotiations and closing up the successor contract I want to thank all of you board members especially those you who are exiting uh for your time and dedication to this district and the members of our community it is invaluable and I think that many members many people here this evening appreciate that um Mr so I want to thank you for your years of dedication of service and our many heated
029spirited and open-minded conversations I've enjoyed them over the years and I certainly um have valued our friendship that we've developed over the years and I wish you nothing but the best in your next journey and thank you very much um this is my last school board meeting as CSEA president I've been doing this for 23 years I believe and so having said that I would like to introduce you to our president-elect and that is Nicholas Garrett and I'd like to give him an opportunity to speak to you [Applause] thank you Kim and yes it's definitely hard to follow all these well-spoken youngsters because I'm very uh inarticulate this week um I look forward to getting to know all the board members on on a better level and I totally appreciate all the work that the
030cabinet has done I volunteer a ton of my time to the youth in the community I'm a transplant I'm not native to Apple Valley I'm a veteran thanks to Porter when I'm staying so I appreciate all the cabinet time and all the time that you guys put in as board members as volunteers too it is a tough job but I think it's the best thing one can do to improve the community so I look forward to serving chapter 828 with all the tenacity and everything I've learned through my leadership skills in the military and hopefully we can continue to move this District in a positive way thank you foreign [Applause] thank you uh Apple Valley Unified abuta Karen are you here oh look at that come on thank you she got stuck in the back
031okay good evening members of the board superintendent Nelson cabinet and audience it's hard to believe that we are coming up on the end of the first half of this school year although not always seen a Buddha has been able to accomplish a great deal during the first half of the school year we have had success a successful round of negotiations another successful round to soon begin held many successful community events have supported teachers in various ways held sorry handed out scholarships to 10 of last year's graduates will soon be handing out classroom grants to teachers who applied in one have recently supported students by donating to Operation School Bell and most importantly have and will continue to build positive relationships throughout the district in the community we cannot express enough in words how grateful we
032are for the support understanding and patience during this time our most recent Community event was the Christmas tree lighting in Apple Valley it was heartwarming to see children teenagers and yes even adults excited to receive a goody bad filled with Plato cookie cutter avoida goodies and candy cane and yes the adults love the Play-Doh one person told us that she always tells everybody to come to the teacher Booth because they have the best gifts um sorry we absolutely love representing our teachers and showing our community that Apple Valley teachers not only put their heart and soul into the classroom and at school events but also into community events I wish we could record the appreciation that is expressed at the community events for the teachers to hear our second half of this school year will
033be filled with more community events however a Buddha will be focusing more on events and supports for the teachers I need to mention that none of this would be possible without the hard work of our Buddha reps committee chairs and members volunteers and the exec board a Buddha would like to recognize Wilson so and Chris Nunez for their service passion and hard work while serving on the school board board service is one of the toughest roles of all and per you performed it with dedication and tenacity Express especially during our last couple a very unique and challenging school years a Buddha is truly grateful to both of you for the support you have shown to the teachers during serving your time serving on the school board we appreciate all that you have done and hope
034that you continue to experience success to feel fulfilled in all that you do have nothing but the best of luck in your future endeavors and enjoy this life we are given with that being said we have a token of appreciation for you and we would like to present Mr so with a plaque for your 29 years of service to the teachers and the children of our community and for the joy that your support has brought to our schools throughout the year thank you very much okay thank you Karen okay moving right along uh superintendent uh comments yeah a couple things going on in the district that students hit as they were speaking and I just want to touch base on yakaloma's hiking Club I have to tell you that when I was this was proposed
035I had a little bit of anxiety about it because they were going to go climb Bell Mountain and I've climbed Bell Mountain and I wasn't um real cons you know I kept thinking oh my goodness oh my goodness so when they talked about Mr Schlosser and Mr Conrad going and helping them I thought yeah well that's how I ended up at the top of bell Mountain too so um good job and I loved getting updates each time they'd go out for a hike um in Mariana Academy has just done some amazing things I've been out at the school I was there yesterday after school let out but I have to tell you that I engaged with some students here on campus here on this property who were here practicing for volleyball and their advisor wasn't
036here yet but their parents had dropped them off they were all in the the multi-purpose room and I went in and I said you guys all okay and they're like yeah and those students without any person there to watch over them were coordinated organized and so I started stopping by to watch them practice and they were the most encouraging group to each other it was so wonderful to watch and so I follow up with that because I um feel like when Angelique speaks we all want to hear about the merch right um when Angelique spoke last year for the first time she was a little offended that she didn't have a shirt with her School logo on it and we have them now right yes I have one as well so I'm going to come
037check out the merch but I was involved in the mid-cycle um and when they were exiting and they could not say enough for the students at High Desert Premiere and the care that has been given um and we're gonna share some really exciting data down the line not tonight not my job yet to do that that's not fair but um some really good stuff that comes out of high desert premiere uh Granite Hills High School spark of Love support amazing it's all set up in the other room we will be having families that have been nominated to come through and get ready for Christmas um I got to attend a basketball game one night when I was at Granite Hills High School there was a lot of cheering the JV was killing it literally and
038the J and the varsity boys were being told by their coach to calm down because they were expending all their energy that they needed for the game um really fun to watch PJ day I agree um I'm gonna miss it this year at our site we do it on Friday when no students are around so if you have to have any business at the district know that some people will be in PJs there was a rumor that Mr Schulenburg might be but he's telling me that's not accurate so I'm just saying I announced it to the staff because he jokingly said he would so we'll just leave it at that um the other thing the the dear parent letter um amazing I think we all have to step back and remember that this is a
039time for relationships and and reconnecting and um it's not as easy as everybody thinks right yeah Apple Valley High School complementing others that's what these students do in this District dignity amazing so thank you and every 15 minutes I'm excited to watch that as it as it comes along because I know it's a few months out but an amazing process for students to participate in so and I look forward to hearing how the talent show goes we have new signage at ABCI a couple of the students talked about avci the Apple Valley Center for Innovation if you haven't been there this week they have a new sign that represents Apple Valley school district and the Lewis Center with the with um there's some painting that's gone on as well so we're excited about that they're
040about to go under contract after next board meeting to fix the Dome and that will improve that Center and access for students uh for students let's see there is an Esports competition here on Tuesday that will be um lots of competition across the district and I hear that we might have to compete as well so I think I'm practicing this weekend and I'll save the rest for at the end of the board meeting thank you thank you thank you attorney um board member comments Wilson do you have anything you'd like to add yeah thank you trying to put laundry music [Music] .com and uh but anyway uh yeah it's amazing that uh 20 or 30 years gone by and uh but I appreciate that and and then at the same time I you know I'm
041very proud of the fact that my four kids or graduate from airport High School yeah three three doctors in in my my daughters you know and uh and and I'm still supporting I'm still continue to support the Teachers Association I just want to know if it's all because recently we had a rotary cuff for the Teachers Association so I'll continue to support our teachers and our students thank you very much thank you Wilson [Applause] Maria uh well I'll start by thanking all the students for your presentation um it it's always heartwarming to learn about the things happening at your schools and I wish we could I could part out myself so that I can go to every single one of your events but I'm always open um and I will show up sometimes unannounced but
042I do enjoy um what you do on campus because it says a lot not only about your teachers but about your parents because you are a reflection of your parents where I come from we are told any party that you throw if you don't invite children that party will die in natural death so um this is a party school school is always a party we invite the children and we do our best so that it does not have a natural death um I'm also going to take this opportunity to thank Mr so for his years of service um when I met him it used to be a real hard situation where we will argue um and in most cases somebody had to back down and and I'm always the one that backs down because I
043want to be sure that we will still be friends the next time um so it's going to be hard um because I know I'm gonna miss him um when when we sit up here because most of the times when we set up here um he forgets that I am his uh his equal and so he will try to stop me from talking um but I'm gonna miss miss all that uh Mr um uh Nunez um this last few years has been great knowing you and um becoming a part of your um your unit your sphere um I'm going to miss that as well but I'm always a phone call away um this district has been home to me for so many years and I hope it continues to be home to me because you guys
044opened your arms and welcomed me and you've never treated me any different and I admire that thank you so much for another year and we hope that the new board that is coming on board uh will continue the service that you have told us to take care of and that is you you the students thank you again [Applause] thank you Maria Chris okay I know you guys know how short-winded I am so yeah to have had the opportunity to sit in this seat and to serve this community as a trustee of Apple Valley Unified School District school district has been a true honor um I am incredibly proud of this school district 18 months ago um I was appointed to this board and in the most tumultuous throws of a global pandemic and to see
045where we are today is it's amazing um today thanks to the outstanding efforts of our Administration our district Team all of our principals our faculty and teachers and of course all the incredible classified staff who serve our students we are thriving enrollment is up graduation graduation rates are above the state average and students and parents are engaging with the school in new and exciting ways every day it has been a true pleasure to be able to speak with so many people involved with the process of preparing our students to lead seek higher education and prepare for the workforce please remember Apple Valley Unified School District does not just teach kids to read and write that is no longer enough our district must continue to prepare our young people to be Innovative confident and to care
046for one another I would like to say thank you to my amazing wife and my incredible sun chase and for their support and for their sacrifice during this endeavor thank you to all my family and friends who encouraged me thank you to superintendent Mrs Nelson to Mr Schlosser Mr Conrad Mr schulenberg Miss Caudill thank you for leading this District in the direction that it needs to go and finally thank you to the Ford members of the sport to Dennis and Rick Maria and Wilson um for the show of confidence and selecting me to be the appointee in this seat and for the consummate professionalism and teamwork thank you all so much [Applause] thank you Chris Dennis well almost half years gone won't be long to be taking AP tests I would like to commend Wilson
047so for his knowledge and all your experience I enjoyed working with you Chris as a former student you got it all run for some other office next time all right but anyway and you young people that speak you've really improved it's a it's a really a pleasure to watch you all right that's it I'm going to expedite things that's it thank you Dennis and I'll uh I have something to say later when we get to item D so we'll keep moving along here real quick Dennis we have a readout for a closed session real quick in closed session the Board of Trustees took action and supported the following recommendation with the superintendent conference with labor negotiator on a motion by Maria a seconded by Wilson the Board of Trustees approved the following approve the memorandum
048of understanding with the California School Employees Association CSEA number 828 dated November 29th 02022 regarding an increase in hours effective December 2022 pending ratification by CSEA that's it okay oh the vote was 5-0 thank you uh just we need to uh board me approve the agenda uh consent agenda do we have a motion to approve okay we have a motion in the second all in favor aye any opposed hearing then that'll be the order okay we'll get down to recognition presentations uh attorney you're going to recognize outgoing Christopher Nunez Wilson so and then myself as president foreign [Music] so the first person we're going to recognize is um Mr Rick Raleigh so Rick if you would come up here for a minute so annually during our reorganization meeting which will take place on December 15th
049this year um the board elects the president and the clerk to the board and this year Mr Rick Raleigh served as president to the board and actually had to do some really difficult board meetings and often we count numbers of comment cards and things like that but he kept calm cool and collected at every moment and so I just want to say I appreciate having sat next to you during those moments that there was calm and that you always kept moving forward on the on the board so I appreciate it thanks Greg [Applause] I just want to uh you know we did have a contentious year this last this last year with coven and vaccinations and masks and things but I want to give credit really where credit is due and it's to the employees
050of the district because we as a board and the superintendent's office we gave direction that was sometimes very uh contentious for the staff to fulfill because they were getting pressured from different different groups parents students and everybody was did a very good job and that's where credit is due I just all I had to do was run the meetings and keep things on track but it was really the employees and it was my fellow board members that you know kept kept their cool as well I mean we had at one time four to five hundred people show up for a board meeting which was really unheard of until uh you know covet came and then people were realizing that the elected board members school board members were the only really governed fish government officials elected
051officials that they could talk to you know you can't talk to the state you can't talk to your Congressman so you could come to a local board meeting and and voice your concerns or your frustrations so it really goes to to everybody involved and I want to thank Chris for stepping up and getting uh asking for the appointment and Wilson for 30 years that's almost unheard of to be elected to something for 30 years and um but I appreciate it so I'm looking forward to another four years of serving as a board member and working with the district so thank you very much foreign [Applause] I'd like to thank Rick personally for holding us to the line uh with 500 people at these meetings it's the finest example of democracy you've ever seen I mean
052they're yelling they're screaming they got their views but that's what we're here for and um those nut jobs in Sacramento keep throwing more and more stuff at us we just kept working on it so anyway I really appreciate the job you did what do you really think Mr Bender right don't worry I will others that have presented that Mr Nunez stepped up during um what he thought was going to be kind of a neat run at being an appointee um he was gracious enough to take the appointment to learn to go out to school campuses and what I think is is amazing about Chris is he's a graduate of Granite Hills High School moved here in the fourth grade I believe um didn't look like anybody he shared that that you know that was different
053for him um went to Granite Hills High School graduated from granite in fact I'm going to share in a minute that Mr so was on the stage when he graduated um let's just have that realization right now right um he was in Mr Bender's class AP foreign we've discussed that he might have gone over the fence at my house to go into the pool with my neighbor's kids when I wasn't home but we're not really sure about that yeah a long time ago I don't hold that against him and I don't think he did it because my gate would have probably been unlocked let's just go with that anyway Chris represented um as a graduate as a parent as a spouse of a staff member and so he came as not just a Community member
054willing to serve but is all of those other things and every one of these board members give up their time and their energy and stay away from their families at least once a month if not more because they have to prepare for for board meetings and then all the visits that they do at school sites and so I just want to acknowledge what it means to be a board member Amanda you're getting ready Rick you're getting ready we've already talked about this um but the reality is is that it's big it's a lot and we don't get to run a school district without this group of volunteers that get elected by the community and so I just appreciate that this happens and it is the best form of democracy right like and we are in
055areas so these people represent different areas so that's wonderful so Chris I appreciate you so much [Applause] he says he said his thing okay Wilson come on up so so we thought that this meeting would go quick how many times did I say so so far so so okay Mr so was elected to the board in November of 1993. so we're 29 years now I struggle with this because we elect officials in school districts in even years so I said to Kylie please go back and verify that well no because Sherry probably did the data and it's real right so Sherry's in the audience Tom's in the audience um the reality is is that he was elected in November of 1993 and then it got on to an even year cycle so 29 years what's
056that mean 29 years is 348 months it's a it's 10 592 days 254 000 40 hours and we estimate close to 30 000 students that cross the stage at a graduation over the years including Mr Nunez and miss caudell [Music] [Applause] and Zoe you probably as well right I mean there's just so many people out in this audience the students that have been served over the years by Mr so I realized as we were talking you know I know how long Wilson's been on the board but when you start talking about 1993 and I realized that I've taught this is my 31st year and I started in 1991. I'm kind of like that's a long time and he did it as a as a you know Community member elected that's amazing and so as we
057talk about all the things that Wilson has accomplished there's not enough time tonight he was a delegate elect he's been part of sandovs he is part of every facet of San Bernardino County schools and school boards and by the way when you go to California school boards Association like we did this past week Wilson is kind of a little bit of a of a star when you're there and he didn't go with us this time but when you're walking the halls with Wilson so annually everybody knows him everybody and they stop and they talk to him and he remembers who they are and he remembers their story and so we are so fortunate to have you as our family [Applause] I thought I could get through this I couldn't but here's the funny thing we
058always waited for Wilson to tell us about sewers in town and he's already done one of the things that we know he's going to always share with us he talked about his baby daughters who all are very successful and his son and there is not a meeting in my 19 years that Wilson didn't share about his children yeah no I'm very grateful that my four children all attended Apple High School yeah yes I'm proud of my three daughters I got that doctorate you know and uh in fact the baby dolla was a Wonder rumor she was my dentist she discovered an injury occur 60 years ago when I was just entering High School I got knocked a soccer match in at the jobunga fracture she's the ones hey you're gonna fracture on the Java that's
059reason why this whole past year I went to Indiana to have surgery done over there and she she recruited a very top-notch periodontist which is a surgeon our Indiana dental school and she's the one that did the surgery so I'm very grateful I'm I'm glad I serve on the airport School Board uh you know so here for that many years yet I'm not going away I'm still here I'm still supporting the community that's I want people in the community to know forever I will continue to support and as as I said earlier Mr Hogan and that's the reason that we are still involved fundraising for the through the rotary couple the students in Apple Valley so again thank you everybody for your support thank you thank you foreign [Applause] I just noticed that as Tom
060hogerman's in the audience there I didn't see him when he stood up I'm like oh Sharon Maloney yes well welcome glad you guys could make it thank you Wilson and Luke sure yeah right now if that's okay yeah let's take five minutes and we'll do uh [Music] foreign [Music] okay we'll go back on the record here at 7 56 p.m and we'll move on to public comments Kylie we have any public comments uh we do we have one card tonight and that would be Amanda Buchanan Amanda there she is okay there's coming up people all right good evening superintendent Nelson a steam board members and cabinet I wanted to take this opportunity to publicly thank Mr Wilson uh so for your 29 years of commitment and dedication to public education as well as our community
061um I do not step into this role lightly and I know that I have very big shoes to fill um I wish you all the best and I hope that you have you enjoy all of the time you're going to have now with your children and your grandchildren and I just wanted to say thank you very much [Applause] thank you Amanda I see uh Gary RC is in the audience as well who's newly elected do you want to get up and say anything while you're here now's your chance foreign thank you very much and I'm so happy that that I was able to prepare an extended speech and but uh I I also would just like to say thank you so much to all the board members as well as Mrs Nelson Mr uh slosher
062Mr Conrads who's not with us Mr Schulenburg just appreciate everything you do every single day for students I know the only reason you're here is because the students that you care about kids you care about families you care about this community so very very thankful for that Mr so you you are kind of a a living legend you know in the in the Apple Valley San Bernardino County Educational field so just thank you for your leadership thank you for your dedication I know you've been really tireless in your efforts here on behalf of our students so thank you for your effort um Chris thank you so much for everything that you've done I know that this has been a big commitment for you and you've brought a lot of talent and expertise to the board
063so just thank you very much for your efforts and I know the future is very very bright for you and I just like to thank all the the parents the Apple Valley School the union of Buddha have been such a tremendous help for me I'm very excited I'm very humbled I feel it's a tremendous privilege a tremendous honor and also a tremendous responsibility so I just like to say to the parents that please keep the lines of communication open uh we all of us the board the administration we're all here for you we we care about the not just the students but we care about the parents in this community and for all the principals in the audience and the the administrators the counselors and of course the classified staff it truly is just a
064team effort and I'm I'm very humbled but also very excited to be able to participate a little bit more so thank you very much for your support for your your tips your uh uh kind of helping me along I know I have a lot of questions so I apologize ahead of time for the question many questions that I'm sure I'm going to have but just uh thank you very much and I look forward to just uh helping this this District doing a small little part that I can helping this district and the students Excel even more so thank you very much foreign T bad for winging it for not having prepared so you're going to do just fine up here that old teacher coming up okay we have um no public hearings no special meeting
065at this time so we have discussion item we'll move on to item I one approved Services agreement between Alpha Valley Unified School District and Halos Ed to be effective for annual term time of signing um do we have any just anybody want to just any discussion on that item from the board all right if not then I'll entertain a motion to approve so moved okay I'll second it we have a motion vendor a second so all in favor all right any opposed hearing then that'll be the order and item two approved this certificated classified personal actions as listed um again any any discussion okay entertain a motion to approve so move uh Chris second Maria all in favor aye aye any opposed hearing none will be the order okay so we'll go on to item
066three is approve the recommendation of the administrative hearing chairperson effective immediately and on expulsion case exp 8 202-223 motion still moved second it Chris second Dennis all in favor aye any opposed hearing none that'll be the order expulsion case stip number one 2022-23 motion to approval motion Chris second Maria Wilson motion oh so I'm sorry yeah all in favor all right any opposed hearing then it'll be the order annual review correction excuse me annual review AR number three 2022-23 so moved Chris second second Dennis all in favor all right any opposed bring them it'll be the order annual review AR number four 20223 motion so move second second Chris all in favor aye aye any opposed earring then that'll be the order all right moving down uh to item J consent calendar approved consent list
067is recommended that the Board of Trustees consider approving a number of agenda items as a consent list consent items are routine in nature and can be enacted in one motion without further discussion this procedure conserves meeting time for full discussion of significant issues we have items 1 through 27 so we'll um Wilson Wilson made a motion second by Maria all in favor aye any opposed hearing none that'll be the order and we have no need to go back into closed session and so we'll move on to uh nothing to report superintendent comments what's her name um a couple things we did have steam fairs throughout the district over the course of the last several weeks and the culminating event was this week here at the district office and the kids were amazing they had so
068much fun and I appreciate the two coordinators that Dr and Mrs Gillette for being here organizing and getting everybody um invigorated with Mrs Smith our director and Ed services around Steam which is science technology engineering applied arts and Mathematics um we had we I did mention that we had attended csba and so we were fortunate that Amanda Buchanan and Gary RC attended with us we got to know them and spent some time talking about our district and they got to attend several sessions and learn about being a board member we said that's just the beginning so um welcome we're the school district is in great hands I know that based on just the conversations and um though we have two members that are leaving us we have two new members that are joining us um
069All About Kids and so I really appreciate that we have several music concerts I believe Mrs Buchanan left one a little just to come here and um we will send those out via email to board members if you can catch any of them or any of them during the school day please feel free to do so we're applying for the community school Grant it's a planning Grant it has it takes into account um health and wellness for for students in our community so that they're not having to go other places to get support this first phase will be a planning Grant and then we will phase in schools based on availability and moving forward really a great opportunity and then the final thing is we will be um doing a moment of silence next board
070meeting um this week we lost a student at Sandia sixth grader Riley ingelhorn and um we plan to do that because this is it's it's brand new we wanted to give the family some time and allow them to to tune in but I do appreciate the Sandia family all that they did and continue to do this week to support each other and the students so thank you thank you Trinity Wilson anything else I don't have any contact Maria Chris I have a microphone so I have a Shameless plug to make uh to all of our our seniors and our parents of seniors January 9th the scholarship application through Victor Valley College foundation's annual scholarship Drive opens up and I want to see every single senior in Apple Valley apply again January 9th is the big
071day follow BBC foundation on your favorite platform to find out more thank you Chris Dennis no comment all right since this is my last meeting I have one thing left to say at board well yeah as Board Road present but I uh I know but uh I you know when we were up there taking pictures Kylie came up and she says well what did I do to get in the picture well I want to say what Kylie did so throughout this last year for me um you know these these agendas are are detailed they're correct all the time the minutes are perfect and I've been on a lot of boards and I've read a lot of agendas in the last 20 years and I gotta say that I never find any mistakes on the minutes
072or anything you can quit typing there and listen okay listen so she's just trying to ignore me I know but anyway I'll appreciate what she's done because uh you know she's behind the scenes but you know we deal with trinae but really we deal with Kylie so you know when I want to get a hold of trenet I always call Kylie you know and C tracks are down so you just you know you really did a good you do a good job you really do and I'm not saying that just to be to be nice because I work for lots of different boards and clerks and you are outstanding so keep it up all right thank you plus she's got a really great family I've never seen anybody that's so engaged with their family on
073the weekends I was like do you ever stay home you know so anyway thank you so I think we're close to adjourning here I make a motion we adjourn all right humbug yeah a second okay we're adjourned thank you who won that game