001meeting of the board of trustees uh roll call uh dennis bender here christopher nice here maria okara and wilson soap and rick i'm here dennis lead us in the fish please 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 all right kylie we have any public comments prior to closed session we do not okay thank you all right so we're going to be going into closed session but first i have we have seven items that we're going to be discussing and the first item is conference of litigation government code section 549 56.9 current litigation five cases 1907-172-201183-2022-956-202-3366 three six two one one one three o three in government code section five
002nine five four point five and five four nine five six point nine d subsection 2 and e1 anticipated litigation 12 cases 1218 1907 2020 2105 2020 2107 2021 2206 2021 2208 2021 2209 21 22 10 20 21 22 11 20 21 22 12 and 20 21 22 13. item two will be public employee discipline dismissal release reassignment transfer leave title certificated and classified employees item 3 public employee appointment resignation retirement reduction title certificated and classified employees 4. four conference with labor negotiator agency negotiator dustin conrad employee organization alpha unified teachers association item five conference with labor negotiator agency negotiator dustin conrad employee organization california school employees association item six or number six conference with real property negotiator government code five four five 56.8 negotiation parties matthew schulenberg apple valley unified school and item 7 superintendent
003evaluation uh with that i'll ask for a motion to go into closed session i have a motion by maria a second by dennis all in favor aye any opposed hearing them that'll be the order so we will be in close session and we'll be back at 7 00 pm thank you okay welcome everyone we're going to reopen this apple valley unified school district board of trustees meeting open at 7 pm on may 19th and welcome so before we begin i'd like to just so we have a moment of silence uh we had a barb ideal was a long time teacher in apple valley and retired in 2016 and unfortunately passed away so in honor of her we just would like a quick moment of silence so if you could please join me thank you thank
004you very much all right at this time we move on to our reports from student representatives and first up is high desert premier academy angelique danielle if you'd come please join us up at the podium thank you foreign [Music] we are excited to be here tonight and share some of the amazing activities and accomplishments from this school year and sometimes we are looking forward hppa has made a strong effort to increase attendance and lower suspension we have been successful making a slight danger this weekend participated in the first semester and we have had less than 10 submissions for the whole school year we are also proud to announce that we will have a total of 485 graduates where the 2021 submissions for school year as we end the school year validation is preparing for the
005next 20 [Music] and systems to years all of our colleagues succeed hdpa encourages us to learn through experiences with that being said next school year our hour will be visiting the san diego zoo within general tolerance and participating in two stem field trips one at ifly and one at top off in ontario not only will we have experience off campus but we will have three new additional programs on campus we will have an e-sports team an sel building class and a new wellness center to show how proud our student population is the five desert clear academy and the community and relationship we have on campus mr smith and ms marx here would like you to enjoy this video of the various students on campus and their experiences this week here are some of our highlights
006of this year by high of [Music] we are expecting a lot of graduates at the national community graduation ceremony on may 24th one of the hd navy's biggest ever let's hear some of our students plan for after graduation uh i think i'm probably going to enroll into the bbc for like two years [Music] um [Music] have a great summer and see you next year thank you for the presentation up next is granite hills uh ella hausmann never gonna forget the nerman nervous feelings of in my arms and hands when i come up here good evening board members superintendent nelson and attendees normally i make a report about the monthly activities and events and give you a student perspective on campus life for this speech my last one here i want to make a report about
007my high school experience at granite hills high first coming to granite hills high my freshman year i was not only new to the school but new to the district there was no doubt it was very different from a charter school but it only urged me to further my exploration around campus i tried out for soccer cheer track and made teams you may be thinking what else could i possibly do well the next year i went straight into asb and became sophomore vice president an emcee for the pep rallies and i may or may not have been in the cougar suit a couple of times that year we stayed in spring break all the way to august we never really came back in person until later in my junior year and even then we saw a
008few students who attended at the time we had no idea the kind of impact it would create on us for me during that time i got a job pushed through ap classes became junior president and continued soccer and cheer in the spring as well as athletic training soon enough senior year came right around the corner like racing horses to the finish line at that point i was a senior and still sort of felt like a sophomore but with a deadly case of senioritis going back to school my senior year i admit i kept expectations low because we didn't know if in the next month we would need to shut down once again but we didn't and all we could do was push forward and make things as normal as possible we made it happen with
009a lot of events and activities at school and saw the most participation in years the campus i once saw a tumbleweed pass through became full of posters for events and friends grouping up to attend them i'm now confident in my favorite memory at granite hills high school and that it was leading my seniors through their final cougar chants at the end of the year pep rally it still astonishes me that the class before the pandemic left nothing but cricket noises in the stands of our pep rallies being that the freshman had been louder than us and now as seniors after the epidemic we delivered roaring thunder filling the gym it confirms to me that the challenges we face these previous years did not stop us from making the most of our senior year and that
010the classes ahead will follow our attitudes and strive for even better i am overjoyed to announce the new governing council president next year i am confident to say that she will lead this class with the best in favor and most spirit i can't wait to see what she does please welcome ashley guzman [Applause] good evening board members superintendent nelson and attendees um ella has just introduced me but once again i am ashley guzman your 2022-2023 school year granite hills governing council president i want to start off by mentioning how incredibly proud i am to be here in front of you all as the representative of my school in order to give this speech and although it will be brief i hope it will be sorry i hope it will be inspiring now as i begin
011i would like to thank ella for all she has done as president this past year she has done an amazing job and has given me many great words of advice which i will forever cherish and remember i am aware as i step into this position i am aware of the responsibility it comes with yet i assure you i am ready for it i have begun plenty many events and as and activities for the upcoming school year which i am hoping will bring more spirit from the student body and make our learning place a more enjoyable and welcoming place to be seeing as i have already took part in planning many of our school events and activities in these past three years i am excited that we will have more freedom and how we will be
012able to execute many of our plans that we have in store now that many of the coveted regulations are being lifted i can assure you that this upcoming school year is going to be remarkable i don't want to give too much away so with that being said thank you board members and superintendent nelson and thank you to the all the wonderful attendees that came in order to support and or i have at least listened to me that's all i have for today but always remember maroon and gray leads the way [Applause] all right daniel you're up half belly hi daniel breanna good evening steam board members and superintendent nelson my name is daniel orianna and this is my last report as the 2021-2032 apple valley high school representative it has been an honor updating you
013on activities supporting events and recognitions from our school the last few weeks of may have been spent honoring the hard work our seniors have done these last four years we held their senior awards night may 11th and have also held a special banquet for our cde programs ffa and multiple club organizations tomorrow seniors will say their goodbye to appleby high school during their last school day and bid their final farewell on the graduation ceremony this may this wednesday may 25th i would like to thank each and every one of you for always taking student opinion into consideration and having to make difficult choices regarding our education the school year started with high anxiety and fear of the unknown but thanks to your leadership and the persis perseverance of students parents and teachers alike we were
014able to make the school year as normal as possible from the bottom of my heart i thank you for making sure i had a normal senior year now i would like to introduce the 2022-2023 appleby high school representative i've had the pleasure of seeing this person grow into the confident leader she is today and i'm sure that she will shine as apovali high school's next asb line president please welcome cheyenne valentine good evening board members and attendees i'm next year's asb line president cheyenne valentine and after the last few years of uncertainty uncertainty um i'm very excited to see what next year has in store for our community and for just avhs um i'm very excited to work with every single one of you and see what happens thank you daniel go ahead and stay
015up there ella ella ella i had not head up to the podium one final time actually this means the board has to get up and stand here now so so tonight we're going to start with granite hills high school because alphabetically they're always second and they got to present first tonight so come up here ella so we're going to give a little bit about ella's background she's graduating with a 3.8 gpa ella has spent three years in asb completed the sports therapy pathway at granite hills high school this year she serves as governing council president and made second team all-league in soccer as a member of the sideline cheer team she led students and apple and was the lead athletic trainer in the fall ella will be attending cal state san bernardino and majoring in
016kinesiology with plans of becoming a physical therapist i can't imagine anything better than this person doing physical therapy for somebody in need she will care for them and always has a smile on her face so i told her my most um memorable time this year was showing up at granite during lunchtime she's on the stage doing a rally and she comes off the stage and comes over and gives me a hug and as the superintendent at a high school that doesn't happen unless it's your own kid and by the way my own kid didn't do it until my second kid did so ella i appreciate you we are so excited that you're moving on to um cal state san bernardino which is my alma mater and so you're going to do great things and i
017know this so if you'll shake hands i've got a little something for you [Applause] there's an expectation here class of 2022 class of 2026. you don't make it happen [Applause] come on over daniel so daniel orianna arrived in this country as a teenager attending sitting bull academy in the seventh grade daniel has been a member of asb for all four years at apple valley high school serving as president his senior year asb depend or apple valley high school depended heavily on daniel's about ability to rally the troops when setting up for a mirador of events on campus throughout his year daniel also dedicated his time to improving the campus with various projects as a member of the eco club daniel has also taken 10 ap courses and is most proud of passing ap spanish as
018a freshman and ap spanish literature as a sophomore yeah wow earning fives on each test so we didn't just pass them he passed them with fives which is the top you can get daniel will graduate as a valedictorian next week and will attend ucla in the fall pursuing a degree in physics daniel [Applause] um so daniel may not know this but i've watched him since he was in seventh grade because he's always leading he's always up front not in front like this but he's always in front and as a student um watching his growth from coming to this country to where he is today and getting ready to enter ucla same expectation class of 2022 to the class of 2026 you make them get you done on time okay [Applause] okay i'm gonna have the
019board come back and sit down we'll get through our other things and start a presentation and bring you back up thank you uh daniel there's something missing in the bag because it didn't get delivered so it's supposed it's on track for tomorrow it'll be delivered to the high school all right moving just right along here we just need to finish this little bit of business here and that is reports from um california school employees association csea are you uh in the house okay apple valley unified school district a buddha anybody in the house for a presentation tonight all right okay uh moving on to number five adoption agenda the board may approve there's no readouts for closed sessions so clerk um you're off the hook tonight there you go all right uh item five adoption
020of the agenda the board may approve the agenda as is or add or pull items from consent calendar uh do we have a motion bender second second nunes all in favor any opposed hearing none that'll be the order okay now we move on to the important stuff recognition presentation and um we've already recognized daniel and ella so student recognitions pat schlosser assistant superintendent educational services thank you folks and if the board your rest was short so come on back up here and uh if you we could get you arranged here at the front of the diocese we'll bring students up and students will have you come as we call your name to get a certificate uh shake the hands of the board members and have you go down toward mr schulenburg and we'll get you
021kind of grouped up there in the chunks of the different kinds of awards and allow your parents to get a quick photograph of you arranged here tonight so um yeah something like that will work nicely a lot of handshaking a lot of clapping that's what this night's about these recognitions are for a number of different activities through the year and we know that there's lots of different events that you've already participated in if you're a senior especially things like senior awards and so we're not going to redo all of those same things but there are some certain awards that are particularly significant and we're going to start with those that represent students who excelled at skillsusa it's a competition that allows students to exercise their skill and ability in a variety of career technical areas
022or leadership and so we had students who participated both regionally and then at the state level and at the state level this next group of students placed in the top three top three in the states with the students in the top the very top gold level who will go on to nationals so we're going to start with the bronze medal winners for various activities we're going to bring them up and uh again if they'll go down the line here start here with mr conrad and work your way to the south and so um this uh this is a perfectly appropriate because i'm struggling over my speaking an excellent external speaker bronze nathan morton [Applause] in the area of first aid cpr carson faunville [Applause] health occupations professional portfolio giselle mendoza oh she's here i'm sorry
023about that congratulations thank you medical math giselle day [Applause] nurse assisting abby lewis [Applause] t-shirt design victoria schulenberg [Applause] it's not track but i like it congratulations good job all good all good and a team of uh promotional bulletin board uh participants bronze medal winners faith lester alicia orland and amara vsoniak [Applause] so we'll get a group picture real quick with those bronze if you want to and if they want to stay we'll start lining up the silvers folks want to make your way over for those of you who have children who are seniors it's the last couple times to do this silver medals second in state for the skillsusa creed competition wyatt mejia [Applause] second in state facilithon aiden conrad job skill demonstration silver samantha de la paz [Applause] opening and closing ceremonies a
024large team silver medal second in state to the team of allison de la de la yana andrew de leona melanie alexander wade isabel cornejo madeleine eisenbray orlando perez and simran aluwalia [Applause] thank you congratulations oh yep congratulations congratulate them [Applause] pin design another design contest silver best second in state melissa martinez [Applause] practical nursing christine nguyen [Applause] and medical assisting laura ramos lopez [Applause] those are our silver medal winners second in state bring them come on up and get a photo the next group are gold medal winners top in the state and they will be able to participate in the national competition in atlanta in june students include for the both 2021 and 2022 action skills logan cortes nunez i did audio radio production tiffany ho ching johnson [Applause] and matthew renteria [Applause] for the
025creed competition gold jalen cerna basic health care skills caitlin vargas mechatronics timothy hinckley [Applause] this is part of a team another member mechatronics alan sanchez rodriguez [Applause] medical assisting jessica archuleta [Applause] medical math hayley gray [Applause] nurse assisting panagiata benitados [Applause] pin design piper korea [Applause] restaurant service david applegate [Applause] when we were in a pinch david came and helped us too he's a great help thank you so much for the arts communication cluster a group to put out an amazing display a team of three young women going gold medal winners team of abigail harrison aubry reese and madison wheatcroft carry all three of them cnc milling specialist and this student also earned a four thousand dollar haas scholarship ty claire and i'm not supposed to have favorites in this list but this kid's pretty
026special cnc turning specialist and also a four thousand dollar haa scholarship dominic schlosser [Music] [Applause] folks if you want to get a picture of our gold medal winners let's send these kids off to atlanta with the big support from apple valley um the next group of students also competed in medical related competitions you heard several listed earlier because skillsusa does include medical competitions this particular competition set coming up next next is for the health occupation students of america hosa the 2022 state achievements these students earn special recognition at their state level conference first for the hosa bowl nationals savannah green [Applause] accompanying her will be caitlin vargas [Applause] another team member uma kumar [Applause] and another also going to nationals giselle [Applause] day yeah second place healthy lifestyles also advancing to nationals sahara garibay third
027place healthy lifestyles also going to nationals elena lopez hosa finalist and medical assisting jessica archuleta [Applause] a retiring hosa state officer from the last school year who finished her term of office and we want to recognize that contribution to the state tammy watt [Applause] newly elected hosa state officer beginning her term in the next school year autumn strange and that makes our hosa award winner group if we want to grab a quick photo there [Applause] the next couple of groups are small one student in in several different minor categories that are major in their accomplishment and so we won't have them have to stay and group up we'll have um folks who want to get a picture we'll do that right away up here or you can head down if you want to meet your
028folks down there for a photograph yes a little climate control thank you so much some of these kids are doing some laps so the future farmers of america program another california state student ctso one of our tea our technical organizations for students to demonstrate skill and ability we have a high desert section vice president which is a important office with a lot of responsibility please congratulate alyssa scott [Applause] traditionally we've had science fair winners here we have there's been some changes at the county to the science fair program we still have many students who participated in this particular student participated at the california state level has participated in science fair every year i can remember from when i was with her at vanguard at very early elementary school age she did another wonderful job please
029congratulate alessandria reader [Applause] without you at the county level we had students participate locally in a spelling bee and then move their way up through the region we had one student from apple valley unified school district from sandia school who took third in the county dean anderson [Applause] the rotary conducts a speech contest every year that helps students practice their speech skills but also gives out scholarships this year the rotary four-way speech contest first place win winner kimberly soltero [Applause] music in the parks choir competition outstanding soloist jeremiah sandoval [Applause] from our english language development department students who demonstrated excellence in development of english language and also the gift of multilingualism the students who did the best in their programs chosen by the staff from apa valley high school sabrina stephanie benitez benitez [Applause] from
030high desert premier academy samantha maria barra [Applause] from granite hills high school daniel alejandro garcia perez [Applause] although that senior award night special scholarships were celebrated there are two that are particularly important and special for our system because they are rare and unique the morning sun children's foundation scholarship of twenty thousand dollars awarded to a hard-working student and recipient seth foyles [Applause] likewise we have a recipient of the amazon future engineers scholarship which is a ring a forty thousand dollar scholarship that also results in a paid internship upon graduation um he's an outstanding student who's one of our valedictorians but also a valedictorian at bvc where he's earning his associate's degree at this same time um he's what he's he shares an office with me he's a web intern who uh has helped us build
031our website through this school year just an outstanding young man headed off um to school at princeton himalay gonzalez [Applause] if you thought you were busy we participated in the mountain desert career partnerships group it's a region of nine school districts over 20 schools where students also compete locally in particular areas in one of the areas was a hackathon students were given a task to perform in a computer programming model third place in for again on 20 school area jaden greg [Applause] faith rorbaugh [Applause] jamari williams [Applause] isaiah reveron [Applause] khadija meadow [Applause] nathan morton [Applause] still with hackathon kaylee cromwell [Applause] jacob kleinsmith [Applause] gavin liu [Applause] teresa [Applause] first place alan sanchez rodriguez [Applause] timothy hinckley [Applause] while he's making his way up edwin saylor [Applause] philip hernandez [Applause] and jordan mora [Applause]
032the next group participated in something called chopped it is like it sounds a culinary contest where students are required to prepare a meal the second place team in our region four students uh apple valley high school team kendall everett cody gentile isabella belletti and yvette gonzalez [Applause] thank you digital design they also had to design a t-shirt third place jay sebastian gutierrez [Applause] and second place to fausto gonzalez [Applause] digital design the team that had to design an advertisement third place avery white [Applause] and second place ashland buick video design another four student four student team in this competition jacob kleinsmith samantha lurley israel villegas and elijah garabay the last group of students is our san bernardino county young artists gallery winners in the artists category digital art john carlo hurtado [Applause] for photography kendall
033everett [Applause] also for photography james steingall [Applause] for painting samantha lurley [Applause] also painting naeli linderos [Applause] and painting gabrielle soto [Applause] for ceramics gabriella selner [Applause] lake montoya [Applause] eden pinellas and litzy martinez [Applause] i think i share with all here gathered how joyous it is to be here in this room full of joy and celebration thank you so much for coming and thank you to the board for this event [Applause] him hey students and families if you would stick for just a few more minutes the next part is our retirees and we would love for our students to celebrate the people that have served your kids all these years it would be wonderful thank you [Music] thank you all right the slideshow is ready when you are ladies and gentlemen i i want
034to thank you and i thank the students for that stayed back for this next presentation that we have we'd like to take this time and celebrate the retirees from apple valley unified school district and what a great act to follow in which they each got to see the fruits of their labor and and all they've poured into to their careers and time spent serving our community and serving our students uh now it's time to put them in the spotlight a little bit hear about their next steps um but in our system i do want to address every retiree that we're going to call up here tonight where they're going to give them a little bag and inside that bag we have we have an apple you know this little trophy that we get to them
035but our system we already honor all of our employees uh in five year increments those that are here 5 10 15 20 years get a pin that acknowledges you know how many years they've served the district once they hit that 25th year they get this granite or i'm sorry marble apple they get on 30 years 35 years there's crystal apples there's just this progression of apples that they get as their longevity with our system uh goes on and on we just gave and recognized a lot of awards for students that have skills outside of what most of us would consider to be the typical academia the you know these are students that came up and received awards for the most part today um recognizing their abilities for hands-on and this trophy is is something that
036i personally hold more near and dear to those ones even that you get for 35 and 40 years of service because this is crafted you'll notice the upper part of the trophy they're about they're going to receive resembles i don't know if we are stealing trademark materials but if you look at the yucca loma bridge they have an apple exactly like this at the entry points of the bridge as you go over it and mr casey penfold's welding class are the students that put together this apple for us mr reese in the woodshop class puts the base together for us we work with our industry partners um performance powder coating does the powder coating awards and recognition gives the name plate and it really is kind of an all-encapsulating image or or tangible object or
037fuel trophy that represents who we are as a community and and it's an honor to hand these trophies to our retirees who have given of themselves for many many years many decades and many cases and some almost could you could argue close to half a century so with that i'd like i'll start a slideshow i'll talk through some we have 14 people that we're going to be recognizing some of them have already said the grass is greener and i'm not driving in from texas or kentucky or wherever they've landed at this point but others have sent us information and i'd like to just kind of take this moment to go go through these folks um our very first one mr brian rowell out of our it department in the image we promise not to show
038the risk manager or workman's comp team from sliding down the water slide but thank you we asked each each retiree to give us some of their their memories or most accomplished moments um you can see his plans are going to hang out with grandchildren in tennessee uh and has made a lot of friends he has a comment up here that i didn't ask for him to explain uh but he states that he's had a lot um i should have wore my glasses i had a lot of fun with the friends i've made at av usd i've worked with all the schools and all the sites and made many friends i've even married a couple of them so congratulations [Applause] he performed the marriages oh what did i read it wrong he said i even married
039a couple these are his words not mine my good grief i'm always getting set up oh you performed the marriages i thought you said reformed i'm sorry like ears and eyes i need i need a new set of both i think uh cheryl bailey um not here cheryl uh incredibly proud i love how she emphasizes um spending the time with children as her most significant accomplishment um and she's one that the commute from kentucky back to us to get the trophy just wasn't in the cards but congratulations cheryl hopefully you're watching us online and we will miss you all right next retiree i'm sure he answers this question as much as i do no we're not related but bruce conrad also not here retired mid-year active part of opening two middle schools he does make
040reference uh that you know his funny or most poignant memory was working with virgil barnes tom hogan and how vista compania was a family culture and becoming friends with ken bedell who we will talk about later so congratulations bruce next retiree laurie roberts she i saw something oh come on up lori lori uh i i'm gonna share what you shared and and uh and recognize the pressure that you put on your family first of all we appreciate her willingness to give us a couple weeks to help us start out next year before she officially hangs it up and goes so she's gonna help us launch the next school year but on her slide or her questions her immediate plans after uh retirement are to play with all 12 of her grandchildren but her long-term plans
041are to play with all 24. so i don't know like i don't know if there's to 12 more in the womb i can never say no to that i i don't want to let this opportunity go by when i first came to this town and i had no place to stay lori opened her house and i lived in her house for three weeks i said thank you laura [Applause] congratulations lord next up we have caroline murphy she's hiding she's hiding where is she come on up i i love i love this focus uh her most significant accomplishment there's been a few who've gone this route raising two wonderful daughters who each raised two wonderful children and i assure you that your impact has been on more than just the two children in your house or
042the four grandchildren you have so congratulations well done [Applause] one of the wonderful daughters is here what is the other one oh okay okay all right oh i see there she is next up we have nancy fuller nancy nancy is probably out riding her bike somewhere she loves being outdoors she has shared that she's excited to continue her journeys of marathons and bike riding and heading to colorado to do some dancing and all of the above so i know i had the joy and pleasure of getting to work with her for several years and uh we will definitely miss her but recognize her impact on her community there you go and she's got great neighbors well done miss fuller next next person retiring also one kind of near and dear guy got to get trained
043by her as i took on this current position but vanessa cruz there she is um she does recognize i i have to share this story and those that know cameron will appreciate it um she reckons her funny or most poignant memories is actually working with cameron on a day-to-day basis was pretty funny those of you that knew him will understand what what i'm talking about for those of you that don't know we did have to um send cameron to colorado to work get him kind of out of our area so he'd uh lessen the impact but when i sent him a screenshot of this and gave him this information today i asked my office i said can you predict cameron's response and they're like oh he's gonna say told you i'm great look how great
044i and his response to the text was told you i'm a legend so i mean he you nailed it he's a great guy and we are definitely uh appreciative of value given to us her memories similar to what we had spoken about earlier nothing to do with the job all about the way she was able to bring her children up and the impact they've made on our community and each other and always exemplified just that beautiful family bond and appreciate you and well done [Applause] next up mr greg mcmahon [Music] there he is [Applause] i'll tell you after reading through all the immediate plans there's one person that i wish i would have made a friendship with and that's you greg anytime you need a partner going camping fishing or heading to the sierras just
045give me a call well done congratulations uh we know you're 35 years you got you're the recipient of many of the apples we talked about earlier um finally we have six more i and and i don't want to overlook these are people that never really gave us any information they um they are still worth noting and if any of them are here i'll start ken bedell 22 years of service is he here i know bruce conrad mentioned his friendship as being one of the high points bob morrell 17 years he's also retiring this year phoenix academy math teacher a man that you know gave many many hours i know i spent many or never worked at the same school with him but we often taught math and summer school side by side bill clay uh
046timid gentlemen apparently uh but i mean in all honesty 40 years of dedication to our students and district and i think is known well throughout the community for the impact he's had um in that role linda locke six years um taking granite you know and the role she shared over there with the leadership team um coordinating all the office activities and keeping that school poised and proud of you know probably their mo their one of their most successful accomplishments with their recent wasc accreditation and i know she played a a huge role uh in that as well pamela kenyon uh sitting bull academy is uh celebrating 28 years of her service with us and then connie gilmore 20 years yes connie out of nutrition services she gave us her retirement letter uh just yesterday or
047day before so recent decision and couldn't be with us tonight but again just a big round of applause and those of you those of you who are recognized tonight keep those children in mind that you saw get those rewards those recognitions and know that you were a huge part of that so thank you okay well that was the uh most important part of the evening and uh we appreciate everybody coming uh you you're welcome to stay and listen to the rest of it but it's just uh pretty much not too exciting so uh with that invitation you guys can all leave and we won't uh shame you thank you you might want to stay you can go ella what do you say i'm excited give everybody a couple minutes of course princeton huh man there's
048only five kleenex in that thing good job [Music] thank you stay in touch you guys just stayed for like two days [Music] we came home monday too i'll tell everybody okay so let's get started here's um so uh we're going to move on to discussion item e presentation on future granite hills high school athletic stadium maybe matthew schulenberg thank you mr raleigh give me one moment to connect to the screen i'll have a presentation on the screen for you this evening at the board's request i've given a couple presentations over the last couple months about the apple valley unified facilities uh certain financing mechanisms for those facilities and related facility improvements i was asked at the last board meeting to focus specifically on the possibility for a future athletic stadium at granite hills high school
049as we have acquired the property adjacent to granite hills high school um this particular athletic facility there are some considerations that i offer to the board um of course the stadium with the lighted field you have the option of a natural or an all-weather surface for the playing surface i settled on just some numbers there as an example seating for 5000 on the home side is comparable to newton t bass stadium seating for 1500 on the visitor's side is also comparable for a track there's always a natural which would be commonly known as dirt or an all-weather surface rubberized track surface typically athletic facilities stadiums such as this have something they'll call a field house which will house home and visitor team rooms and locker room facilities a snack bar in restroom facilities for those
050attending the game sufficient parking of course comes along with the athletic stadium or an athletic complex such as this there is of course parking on the west edge of the campus under the solar arrays however i do not believe that would be sufficient for any athletic facility if we were to build one and of course something to consider in the construction of an athletic stadium or something like this that granted is the renovation of the adjacent or the existing athletic fields understanding that a stadium and sufficient parking will not take the entire 40 acres so we have room to do some other things which really are not considered in what i'm going to talk about here in a moment in working these projects we have quite a few different team members that we would have
051to bring together an architects are really the design professionals they design they engineer these facilities they walk us through getting these plans approved by the division of the state architect for fire life safety structural and access compliance project management they respond to requests for information from contractors during the construction process they answer questions regarding design they and they respond throughout to proposed change orders and then they help us with the dsa closeout process we have uh california professional management is a construction management firm that we're currently contracted with on our district-wide hvac refresh project really the services they provide are invaluable as we do not neces we do not technically have a facilities department in apple valley unified so they handle the project management the coordination of all the contractors and we have one job
052site superintendent currently and will soon have two job site superintendents because we will be bidding phase two of our hvac project shortly and they really manage the day-to-day they coordinate those contractors they deal with questions they they make sure the contractors are following the rules on the job site keeping not only the contractors and the workers safe but our students and our staff staff safe around any construction sites there's other potential team members we have to hire an inspector of record commonly known as the ior this is somebody we hire to inspect per the dsa improved plans making sure things are constructed per the plan one of the major responsibilities of the ior is to deal with access compliance and ada path of travel making sure the facilities are accessible to anybody that wants to
053access those facilities there's a lab a record they perform testing they test concrete samples they test soil compaction rates they test bolts to make sure they're strong enough to hold what they were bolting together they they're a very important piece in building to those dsa plants and then of course there's your category contractors the construction companies that actually build whatever we're going to build and in this process through building these large facilities we of course bid these and the contractors we get i put lowest bid i should have put lowest responsive responsible bidder because they have to actually respond and be responsible and be able to prove that they can do this and build these build these types of facilities how much might this cost potential total project costs for an athletic facility at granite
054hills high school may fall somewhere in the range of 15 to 25 million dollars now that is a very big range and that range is based on what options the board would decide to move forward with how much seating all weather surface natural surface all-weather track dirt track how big of a parking lot are we going to build stick built structures for the field house or are they going to be portable buildings that are installed on site lots of different project options which can create these significant variations and one example in terms of field lighting for these athletic stadiums a recent project that i was able to discuss with somebody the field lighting alone was 1.5 million dollars that's just for four towers and some lights and of course the electrical that goes along with
055that so the and the environment we're in right now unfortunately construction is very expensive but contractors are also very busy so there's a lot of factors that can contribute to this cost hence such a large range the next question how do you pay for it if you recall in february i talked about general obligation bonds and in fact uh recently the board approved a resolution and we are moving forward with exploring the feasibility of a general obligation bond on the november 2024 ballot typical uses of course are facility improvements academic and athletic and or to discharge existing cop debt service which the district does currently have a cop a certificate of participation again you'll recognize this slide again from my february presentation and talk briefly about a certificate of participation that is non-voter approved debt
056that is essentially the district puts up a school site as collateral to borrow money and then we use our general fund or an identified revenue stream to make those debt service payments and these again are typically issued for capital improvement projects one of the options absent of a geo bond would be to issue a new cop to finance the construction of an athletic facility at granite hills high school we would borrow i would suggest we borrow against the remainder of our rda revenue stream that revenue stream is currently supporting the debt service on our existing cop but not utilizing the entire revenue stream if you look on the bottom of the slide and mr carty of piper sandler our district financial advisor prepared an illustrative an example again for illustrative purposes only but an example
057if the district were to issue a 20 million dollar certificate of participation the debt service at current rates would be approximately 1.2 million dollars per year for 30 years so it would cost about 36 million dollars to borrow twenty seven hundred thousand of that debt service each year would would take up the remaining rda revenue stream unfortunately we would experience about a half a million dollar per year for thirty 30-year impact to our general fund operating budget in order to make those debt service payments again this was an illustrative this is an example that mr carty prepared if the board chooses to move forward with this type of financing mechanism to facilitate the design and construction of an athletic facility of course these numbers might vary as the economic climate shifts and interest rates change
058and evolve does the board have any questions any questions for matt appreciate it matt um certainly that's that's what i was looking for uh just a little bit more details and um i'll take it uh we'll agenda something later on so put it in your back pocket for now okay not too not too uh not too deep in your pocket though thank you okay thank you yes go ahead wilson microphone yes and then we're going to need to turn our mics on um i was reminded by kylie uh when we start voting here too so i'll just turn them on now yeah the green light needs to be um if i may provide a brief comment i think the board for i need to i i in my life in my career as an engineer
059i also fight for i thought financing in my opinion that we before we go any further we need to perhaps form a citizen advisory committee that's my thinking so that we can get input from the community okay okay thank you all right with that uh we're moving on um kylie do we have any public comments we do okay uh first up uh karen sabers good evening sorry i was late i was finishing up some seniors myself no problem i just want to carry on with the positivity of the night and i wanted to give you an update on a buddha and what we've been doing in the last week and a half we have been going around to the different school sites taking crumble cookies to them for teacher appreciation we did or we were
060able to get a grant in order to do this it has been so uplifting to get out there and not only see the teachers but also the principals they have been so gracious the teachers have been gracious we have a really really good group of teachers in this district um it's been a very positive experience we've gotten feedback um i'd like to read one email to you that we have a receipt we've received several but i'll read this one i am a new teacher at sand date at sandia mariana academies a former administrator and educator i believe the power and importance of the work you do to support our teachers what a wonderful gesture and i was so impressed to meet you thank you for your kind treat and we look forward to working together
061so it's these kind of comments throughout the last week and a half we still have three schools to visit that have uplifted us and shed a positive light on what we do and i'd like to also thank the miss nelson our superintendent the assistant superintendents for their support in uplifting us as well it is very much appreciated as well as the principles it is very much appreciated so thank you karen [Applause] jacob kleinsmith come on up we've seen a lot of jacob lately so all right good evening i would like to start talking about the state seal of civic engagement and start by taking one and passing it down sure so all right um in 2012 the assembly bill 815 established the california state seal by literacy the seal by literacy encouraged students to join
062world language programs and effectively revived them nationwide in california 4 800 students were awarded this honor in 2018-2019 school year another great opportunity has come our way with the establishment of the california state seal of civic engagement through assembly bill 37 the purpose of the state seal of civic engagement is to encourage and create pathways for peoples in elementary and secondary schools to become civically engaged in democratic governmental institutions at the local state and national levels not only do we believe that the state seal of civic engagement would lead to more engagement in civic oriented programs such as asb key club hosa ffa mock trial sun devil high school democrats young americans for freedom etc but it would also encourage students to be more involved in their communities outside of school the best way to
063proudly prepare our students for their futures is to inspire them to maintain the integrity of our society and to seek the change they desire in the world through civic engagement studies show that the earlier person becomes engaged in civics the more likely they are to continue that engagement the fact of the matter is that we the students are the future and as scary as that may seem sound to some what the future looks like will depend on the support from our schools as justice stephen stephen bryers once said america's public schools are the nurseries for democracy thank you don't leave yet [Applause] so i understand that you got a few scholarships and ms nelson told me that you were an outstanding student because we've seen you back and forth and i saw you at another
064awards ceremony we got some scholarships what's your plans i'd like to hear that you got a couple minutes uh well i'll be going to bbc for two years i'll be going to bbc for two years uh then after i'm going to go for a history degree and hopefully in five years become a history teacher well i think the district's pretty proud that they produced a great student like you and i have a feeling you're going to go far in life so and you know to take up a topic like this at your age and so well written and makes such great sense so good luck to you thank you thank you so much [Applause] okay superintendent comments so i'm going to address the state seal of bi-literacy so the board knows that we are actively
065engaged in moving forward with the state seal of bi-literacy or i'm sorry with the state seal of civic engagement we were one of the first in san bernardino county to take on the state seal of bi-literacy we find value in it for our students but it's a lengthy process with an application and several things that we have to do and i believe tonight we have a resolution on the agenda for which is the first step to move forward with this so i really appreciate that um jacob showed up showed the support for this um because he's actually exiting our system but this is about the kids that are coming along next um so i i want to acknowledge that the second thing is for um the board because it does impact them as well um
066this past week well for several months now we've been working on a two-factor authentication not me personally but mr buchanan and his team in it and this is all about um lessening our risk for a data breach and so if you are using google under your awsd account or aries which does not impact any of you there is a two factor authentication so we'll have to support the it department has been doing after school supports and going in and helping and so they're here to help if you're trying to get in and can't and you get some crazy thing that says you need a code because you do so i just wanted to mention that because it went live today district-wide okay and finally i just think that it's always wonderful to celebrate all of
067our students like we did tonight and our staff that is retiring i know we usually separate that but because of um the small number of retirees this year after a large number last year we felt like putting them together with the students was very important so after a difficult year it's great to end this way thank you serenae wilson i comment i um sorry yeah i appreciate the board for having patience with me that i missed a couple of meetings and as i said i was lucky that my youngest daughter dr caso at apple high school quiet in berkeley i went on to indiana purdue dental school and she discovered an injury that i suffered almost 60 years ago she was able to work with her periodontists and their two surgeries and i'm almost there
068experienced thank you for the both of the patients with me thank you wilson maria um i have to say thank you to all the graduating students who are leaving us this year it's been a challenging you you guys had to endure covet and came out on top congratulations to the graduating class and also congratulations to the two school uh presidents who presented to us today and shared with us the wonderful things that they are going to be doing when this is over and for you sir i am particularly interested in in your state seal of civic engagement as you can tell everybody here in this room has an accent but me so and i happen to really find this fascinating because when i arrived in this country i could speak seven languages and to be
069able to speak those languages you get to understand the different differences in cultures and to be respectful of those cultures and and their language choices so i'm kind of looking forward to how this is going to evolve in the district and the joys that children will have when they leave and to be able to embrace the different languages and have a better understanding of why people speak the way they do i still tell people that i i before i say something it sounds almost like i'm very slow in my language and it's because i'm translating it from one language to the others for it to come out as english and it's always a challenge but thank you so much for all of your research and the willingness to even come out and share with us
070today and of course uh congratulations to all the teachers uh who are retiring and quite a few of them have a history with me and i shared one because it was just very impactful for me that somebody would open their door and let me stay in their house rent free for three weeks and i thought that was very pleasant and of course those teachers that we celebrated this last week going from school to school to recognize their years of service i am really really really honored to to be sitting here and and to serve all of you thank you again thank you mariette christopher so tonight i have a quasi-brief message of sincere congratulations and and gratitude uh first off congratulations to all the students who participated and placed in skillsusa chopped our hosa competitions
071our ffa out at the fair coming this week and of course to all of our athletics teams on the outstanding effort in job not only do you make your yourself proud your school proud but you make our entire community proud that we have students who are so engaged uh congratulations again to all of our high school graduates we hope that you go on and you do outstanding things but remember apple valley is your hometown and we need you and we'll put you up and we'll find you jobs so please come back and then thank you to all of our staff this has not been an easy year by any means we know that you have gone well beyond 150 percent effort this year we hope that you are ready for summer and have great plans
072to rejuvenate and to enjoy time with your families and to fill your glass all the way to the tippy top because we're looking forward to having you all back here next year so with that thank you to our board members thank you to everyone i know we still have two more meetings but with it being the end of the school year thank you chris dennis uh congratulations to all those who are honored here tonight as a way to expedite this meeting i have no other comments [Laughter] thanks dennis i just want to mention uh looking forward to the graduation ceremonies coming up and hopefully it won't be windy and cold but usually it is but uh says hot oh it's gonna be hot okay okay we have no public hearings uh no special meetings at
073this time uh we have a discussion item adopt resolution authorizing necessary appropriate action to declare rural status for purposes of exemption from education code 46 148 which is basically start times so so moved second okay we have a motion uh by christopher second by dennis all in favor aye all right any opposition hearing none that'll be the order okay item two as the board takes up agenda item number 1.2 classified personnel actions transportation department shuffle results for action we wish to apologize for the correct for and correct an agenda item clerical error for this reason we provided at the board member seats and have made available at the back of the room the original and corrected page six of the human resource report names of affected employees and the amounts listed under action remain the
074same on both sheets in the original action the columns beneath the heading shuffle 317 2022 and shuffle results 328 2022 were transposed the numbers and those columns have been reversed on the corrected page additionally the original item listed effective date of 2 8 20 20 that has been corrected to an effective date of 328 2022 i move that the board approved the certificate certificated personnel actions as listed and approved classified personnel actions for the transportation department shuffle results page six as corrected can i get a second i do second by maria all in favor opposed hearing then that'll be the order okay adopt resolution two one two two for the state seal of civic engagement so moved forward okay we have a motion by christopher ii by maria all in favor any opposition hearing them
075that'll be the order good job okay jay a consent calendar approved consent list is recommended that the board of trustees consider approving a number of edge in the items on consent list can send them as a routine so we have items one through twenty-eight a motion by maria ii by wilson so all in favor any opposition hearing none that'll be the order all right so we don't have any need for a second closed session um nothing reported no action taken closing items anything for the future hearing none trine you have anything further comments anything further nope all right so we just need to sign some documents we have motion to adjourn so i'll move with adjourn second all right bender is second in the opposition maria ii yeah okay that'll be the order we are
076adjourned all right 8 35. thank you guys you