001Okay, the Zoom meeting is open and the webinar started. >> Thank you. Good evening, Isuza community, students, parents, and staff. Welcome to the board of education meeting. The following are guidelines for public comment. Item 7.1 on the agenda. If you wish to participate in public comment, please make note of the following. The board of education encourages public input. The board members are not permitted to respond to public comment. A member of the staff will contact you if information is needed. Individuals participating in public comment must adhere to the following guidelines. Speaker cards must be turned into the board secretary or raise their hands while in Zoom attendance by 7:10 p.m. or 10 minutes after the meeting begins. No speaker may yield their time to another individual speaker. Speakers must be present when their name is
002called in order to be heard. Maximum speaking time is three minutes. Thank you for your participation. Moving on to item 4.1, pledge of allegiance. Will Marisella Fonka, principal of Magnolia Elementary School, please come to the podium. Good evening, board president Benvitas, board members, cabinet and community. I am Marcela Fana, the proud principal of the Wild Magnolia Mustangs. I am thrilled to share a few highlights tonight that showcase how Magnolia Elementary is helping our students be academically driven, socially connected, and celebrated at every turn. At the heart of our work is academic excellence. Our instructional leadership team works diligently to refine practices to ensure every student masters our core writing standards. Through one-on-one data chats, teachers partner with students to review progress, set goals, and celebrate success, empowering our students to take ownership of their learning.
003But a school, as we know, is only as strong as its community. This year, we proudly launched the Magnolia Parent Booster Club. Their enthusiasm has added a special sparkle to our school and they're already making a difference as they are planning our upcoming light up the night with kindness family dance bringing joy, connection, and just a special glow to our families. Our partnership with think together continues to be a cornerstone of student success. Our site coordinator is a valued partner on our leadership teams, part of school site council, SEESAC, and our PBIS team, ensuring our students have guidance and encouragement throughout the day, spilling over into our afterchool program. At Magnolia, we know that positive behavior and emotional well-being are the foundation of learning. Through our Mustang merit system, students are recognized for making wise
004choices, inspiring others, leading by doing, and developing solutions. They earn access to events like the Mustang Market, glow discos, and cornhole tournaments. Our school social worker also organizes inclusive lunch events and provides needs-based support groups. We make it a point to celebrate our Mustangs out loud. Monthly awards, assemblies, and recognition programs give our students a stage to shine, honoring their academic achievements, strong character, and attendance. We are proud of the balance we've built at Magnolia. strong academics, a connected community and social emotional support, and joyful celebrations. Our wild mustangs thrive because they are empowered, valued, and ready to succeed. And we are grateful for your support as we continue this exciting journey. Now, I would like to introduce Magnolia School Student Council President Caesar, who will lead us in the pledge of allegiance tonight. Please
005stand. Place your right hand over your heart. Ready? Begin. I pledge algiance 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, Caesar. Don't go anywhere. We have certificate for you. Will board member Ariana please read the certificate? >> Yes. Auza Unified School District certificate of recognition is proudly presented to Caesar Messa for leading the pledge of allegiance at the Suza Unified School District meeting today, February 10th, 2026. Signed by Superintendent Mr. Ortega and board president Sandra Benvidas. And we would like to go ahead and give this to you and take a picture. All right. Colleagues, >> colleagues Moving on to item 5.0, report action of close session matters. By a vote of 4.0,
006the board of education approved student discipline case number 25-261-8. Moving on to item 6.1, recognition of Isuza High School robotics team. Mr. Fernandez, I turn it over to you. >> Good evening, board president Benvitas, members of the board of education, cabinet, and attendees. We would like to thank the board of education for taking this time to recognize their expanding CTSO robotics team that had two teams compete in the first Tech Challenge FTC robotics this season. Additionally, we are grateful for the opportunity to recognize ISUSA's distinguished fall sports athletes from the Mont League. I would first like to invite Mr. Hyel Montes to say a little bit about the FTC robotics team this year as well as his robotics team. So, hello there um board members and cabinet. Uh it is my honor to to be
007here representing uh partially representing of course a robotics team. Um it's been a journey of a few years and we've definitely seen some growth. Uh it's a it's part of a CTSo so it it's mainly relying on the on the students being able to contribute and being able to lead and then go to competition. This year they did so well that they decided to expand to do teams for the first time. So I'm very proud of that. Um none of this would be possible of course without your support. So, thank you very much for that. Uh uh the the kids are putting to good use. Uh both both of ourmies are are moving up. Uh we have a distinguished academy and we're about to go with a with hopefully another distinguished academy as well with
008computer science and um and these guys have have played a major role there both with the computer science and engineering teams. So again, thank you for your support and um till next time. Thank you. Don't go anywhere. We have certificates for you. Board member Greer, will you please read the certificate? >> Sure. And so I have uh in presenting to you a certificate uh which reads the ISUsa Unified School District certificate of recognition is proudly presented to Isuza High School Robotics in recognition of outstanding achievement and competitive excellence in the C2 Monrovia League where dedication and teamwork carried the season through three qualifying matches toward the inter league tournament with both AHS robotics teams finishing in the upper half of the league standings. Their performance reflects innovation, perseverance, and a strong pursuit of advancement to
009the Southern California regional playoffs. Uh, dated today and signed by our superintendent and board president. And we would love to invite the whole team up to the front uh to take a photo. Don't Don't go anywhere. We now have board member comments for you. I I'll just say again, got to say it before, but just congratulations guys. Just uh thank you for being another reason that just showcases that here in ISUsa we we do it all. And so thank you for your dedication, for your hard work, and all that you put into things. And congratulations, >> Board Vice President Rodriguez. Yeah, congratulations students. Um, and thank you for your dedication and also your parents and I keep seeing the same faces winning. You must have a lot of awards in your house, you know, you
010know, and and congratulations again. What the good work >> board member Ramos. >> Yes. Uh, Ditto, what they said. Congratulations again and uh it's an honor to be on this board and uh have the opportunity and the privilege to uh recognize and honor you in in this achievement. Thank you >> board member Arianas. >> Um you rock. That's all I can say. And make sure that you add all of your experiences to your resume. You guys are doing a great job. Thank you for representing Asuza Unified. And I just want to say that every time I see, you know, we're we're actually giving our students certificates that I sit up here with pride because we live in the community. We you represent us, right? So when you go out there and you do your sport
011or you do your leadership, whatever the task at hand is, it it really, you know, gives us a sense of pride that you're out there really representing this district, this community. So I'm so proud of you. Congratulations again. Thank you for all your hard work. Much success in the future. Thank you. Moving on to item 6.2, recognition of Isuza High School athletes chosen for Mont View League most valuable players. Mr. Fernandez, I turn it over to you. >> Thank you. Uh to speak about the success of our fall sport Mont View League MVPs, I would like to introduce Albert Sanchez, our athletic director. Good evening, board president Benvitas, uh, Superintendent Ortega, cabinet, and board members. Um, it's always a good good time to come back and boast about the girls, athletes. So, thank you again
012for having us. Um would like to say how proud of the Zuza League MVP girls for volleyball. Um Charlotte Lenda Nega um and league MVP for flag football, Priscilla Liberado. Both student athletes have distinguished themselves on their teams and in the league. They have committed so much time and effort getting better over the years to take pride in their team's accomplishments and their own individual accomplishments. Beyond their MVP recognitions, Charlotte and Priscilla are good students and contribute a great deal uh to the success of Isuza High School overall. Um, I can add that both of them will be um playing in our CIF game on Thursday at at home. So hopefully you can make it out. Uh, we are proud of them and we want to thank them and their coaches, their parents for all
013the hard work that they have done over the years to nurture their passion and talent and to support their teams and build the reputation of Zahigh athletics in in any way they could. So, here she is. Um, Priscilla did not make it. So, this is Charlotte. Um, she's a three sport athlete and again, she'll be uh playing with the girls um this Thursday afternoon at home at 3:00. >> Don't Don't go anywhere. We have certificates to present. Board Clerk Ramos, please read the certificates. >> Yes. The first one uh reads, "Isuza Unified School District Certificate of Recognition is proudly presented to Charlotte Albero. Presented in recognition of earning the Mont View League Most Valuable Player Award for girls volleyball, the league's highest individual honor awarded to the most impactful athlete as voted by league coaches.
014This distinction reflects elite performance, outstanding leadership, and unwavering dedication. on this February 10th, 2026. Signed by our superintendent, Arturga, and our board president, Sandra Benabites. Congratulations. >> The next >> Yeah. >> Auza Unified School District Certificate of Recognition is proudly presented to Priscilla Liberado. presented in recognition of earning the Mont View League most valuable player award for girls flag football. The league's highest individual honor awarded to the most impactful athlete as voted by league coaches. This distinction reflects elite performance, outstanding leadership and unwavering dedication on uh February 10th, 2026 and again signed by our superintendent Artur Ortega and our board president Sandro Benvdas. Congratulations We now have board member comments. Board vice president Rodriguez Pena, >> I want to congratulate you for uh your hard work and dedication again also. And um you should be
015really proud of yourself because I'm sure proud of you and and you know you um can use that on your resume when you go to college if you're still interested in sports, right? Congratulations, Mia. Good job. Board Clerk Greer, I mean board clerk Ramos. >> Again, congratulations uh both to Priscilla and Charlotte. Um you know, keep doing what you're doing and uh wish you the best in the future and hopefully you can take it to the next level when you attend college, play sports there and represent us. Thank you. >> Member Greer. Yeah, I just want to highlight that the fact that this is this is I mean congratulations and and this isn't just MVP at at ISUsa, it's MVP across the the league. And so um we are just celebrating with you and uh
016congratulations >> board member Ariana. >> Your dedication and talent is is basically being displayed. You should be so proud of yourself because you are the one accomplishing this. So, congratulations. >> And I just want to say that congratulations. you know, we're so grateful for your all your hard work and um thank you for being here tonight and and there's nothing that um you know can be said tonight that we we the board here we want success for every student. So we are so appreciative when you go out there and you represent us and we definitely encourage you to keep going and pursue all your goals and dreams especially in the athletic um field if that's something that you're interested in. We're we want we're so proud of you. Thank you for being here tonight. We
017do have pictures that we want to take. Board members, colleagues, Moving on to item 6.3, recognition of Isuza High School athletics chosen on Mont View first team all league. Mr. Fernandez, I turn it over to you. >> Thank you again to speak about the success of our first team Mont View League athletes. I would like to reintroduce our athletic director and coach of flag football, Mr. Albert Sanchez, and Savannah Ruer, our coach of the girls volleyball team. So, the Mountain View League uh first team recognition for several members of the flag football team demonstrate the strength of the Zuza flag football team. Although injuries got in the way of a deep CIF run this season, uh the AHS flag football team played at the highest level consistently against league and non-league opponents and usually found
018a way to win on offense or defense. >> Girls, I'm so sorry. Your team, are they here? >> Yeah, he's talking kidding here. Yes. Thank you. >> No, that's okay. Thank you. I'm proud of my team and these girls are extremely deserving of the honor. Uh we had the MVP and then four first team all leaders. So M's the only one that came tonight was able to make it. So thank you. >> Thank you. We have certificates for you. Um board member Vice Rodriguez Pñena. >> Yes. Um, Isuza Unified School District Certificate of Recognition is proudly to present Ashley Hernandez, presented in recognition of being named Mountain View League First Team All League for Girls Flag Football, an honor reserved for the league's elite performance selected by consensus of league coaches. This distinguished celebration consists
019of excellent exceptional skills and significant contri significant contributions to the team success. Recognizing the recipients as one of the region top competitors dated February 10th, 206 signed by superintendent Ortega and board president Sando Benas. >> We now have board uh member comments. board vice president Rodriguez Pñena. >> Yes. Um, I want to congratulate you students for doing such a great job and you know this seems like a very uh big thing right this certificate the way I'm reading I'm like whoa all this excellence and skills and you know I'm so proud of you students and also I want to um thank you for your dedication your parents and I just got to tell the coaches you know coach Sanchez and R they're on fire I don't know great board clerk Ramos >> yes congratulations And
020uh again, we're all proud of you and uh not only congratulations to the student athletes individually, but also their um and the coaches for all their support and uh the success goes to everybody. So, thank you all for your their support and again to the student athletes for for their their effort and dedication. >> Board member Greer. >> Yeah, I mean I echo all of those thoughts. Just congratulations. We we see you. It's an honor to honor you um and to celebrate you and and all that you continue to do to make us shine and so thank you for all of it and congrats. >> Board member Ariana, >> congratulations. I I I can't say any more than what my colleagues have said, but it does take time and I know as an athlete it
021takes time and discipline. So discipline is what you guys have. Congratulations. >> And I just want to say that um first of all, this is, you know, the second time we see the coach up here, so obviously you're doing a great job. And ladies, there's nothing to be shy about. You know, if anything, you should be shining out there and representing the district, which you are. And u make it make it a point, right? That's what you do when you're out on the field. you're really working hard at it to make it um to make it known that Isuza that you're there to fight for Isuza. So, thank you for all your hard work. Congratulations again. And we have pictures to take in the front with you. So to we now move on to recognizing
022the volleyball team for Isuza High School. >> Thank you. Um AS girls volleyball had a dominant performance in Mont View League going undefeated in league this year which you guys already know if you were here. the girls really came together as a team. Um they found regularly they found ways to be able to communicate to play as one um and to really demonstrate their teamwork. And through that uh we actually were granted three uh nominees for our uh first team. So um these three amazing ladies right here are actually all juniors. So they're definitely setting a solid foundation for building next year's program and continuing this great success. So, thank you for recognizing these amazing athletes that I have. I have a certificate here for you students. Isuzi Unified School District Certificate of Recognition is
023proudly to present to Carmela Cerna. Hope I'm saying that right. um presented is rec in recognition of being named Mountain View League One team all league for girls volleyball and an honor reserved for the league elite performers selected by the consensus of league coaches. This distinguished celebration consists of excellent, exceptional skills and significant cont significant contribution to team success. Recognizing the recipients of one of the region's top competitors today, February 10th, 2026, signed by Superintendent Ortega and board president Sandra Benavas. >> We now have board vice president comments. if you know that volleyball is my game. So, you know what? I'm so proud of you students and I love to see that's one one uh game I always like to see is girls competing and young men in volleyball, right? It's very competitive. I know
024it's a lot of work, but you know what? You girls made it. I'm proud of you girls. >> Word clerk Ramos. >> Yes. Again, proud of you all and congratulations. And for me, volleyball is also my sport being a former girls high school dad. Um, so I'm I'm I'm really proud of the volleyball team and excited that um they continue to excel this sport. Congratulations also to Court Savannah um and and the rest of the staff. So, thank you girls and congratulations. >> Board member Gria. >> Yeah, I just say congratulations uh continuing to just see the incredible excellence of our of our student athletes. what what you are doing and how you are representing us. And seeing as how everyone here says that volleyball is their sport, maybe we can get a a USD
025board versus AHS varsity volleyball game. So, let's let's see if we can get that arranged. >> I'm not that good. >> We'll do it. Well, you said it's your sport. We'll take you have one of the >> I'll bring my granddaughters. They're younger. >> Board member Ariana. you know, as board member Greer is is saying, um, I think that'd be a great idea, you know, um, why not? Because I I'll be honest with you, I'm I'm I'm a little short and I can't reach the You guys would probably win. Um, yeah. >> Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. I might have to bring like a step stool, too. But with all um with all this, I just want to again congratulate you guys um for representing your school and the sport. And when you love the
026sport and you have passion for the sport, it shows on the court. Congratulations. >> And I'd just like to say that I'm not going to take him up on his offer because I'll bring snacks for everyone, okay? I'll make it real easy. So, um, you know, being a person that came from a single parent household, it was really hard to be an an athlete or involved in athletics, but so when I hear, you know, not just you ladies, how proud we are of all of you, but everyone that always comes here throughout the years that I've been on the board, I just really admire that passion because, you know, it's a I loved many sports and and I never really got to that opportunity to play. So, every time there's an award being presented up
027here, I just, you know, I sit up here and I say, "Wow, I'm so proud of them." Because it takes a lot of discipline and a lot of commitment and you really are there to represent the district. So, thank you for that. And congratulations. Don't go anywhere because we have a picture to take. Okay, moving on to item 7.1, public comment on agenda and non-aggenda items. Hope. Do we have any blue cards? No, we have no blue cards. Moving on to item 8.1, comments, reports, and requests. >> Um, if we can ask if there's any um hands raised on Zoom. >> Oh, do we have any le Maddie? Do we have any hands raised on Zoom? >> No hands raised on Zoom. >> Thank you. Moving on to item 8.1, comments, reports, and requests by
028the board of education. Board vice president Rodriguez Pena. >> Yes. Um, good evening everyone. U, I went to Isuza High School. The Dave Lewis Theater comes alive again after six years. The stage is beautiful, the sound was great, and the seats are very comfortable. And um what I really like is I was able to select my own seat prior to going there, you know, and and so I knew exactly where I was going to sit and I didn't have to be rushing. So I do like that system. Whoever thought of that new system, it's great. Um and the name of the play was Almost Maine. The setting was a cold winter night in Maine. Five short stories, all had very lovely messages. All students did a fantastic job. And I would like to thank the
029student actors, backstage crew, also Mr. Brian, uh the theater arts teacher, and principal Fernandez. And um m Mr. Lewis would have been very proud to be sitting right there. Um I went to go middle school. The community school professional development day for classified employees except exceptioning the expected sessions were by grade levels focusing on restorative practice on trauma enforced informed strate strategies for challenging students behavior in a positive school climate. I want to thank Leo and community schools for working together on this great uh professional development day. I went to Isuza High School leadership symposium. I've never went to the leadership symposium. I didn't even know it was happening. I just happened to go to the gym and I seen all these uh students, you know, I went for another reason, but they said something's
030going on at the gym. Okay, I'll just go there, right? So, I saw these students and they were having a lot of fun, you know, playing games and laughing and I was trying to figure out, you know, where who they were and so forth. But anyways, um who they were, it was the um ASB students from Wuza, Bowen Park, Sierra Vista, Dwarte, Ngales High School, all those schools together. They spend it they I hear they do this every year and they go to different schools. They switch different schools. um they spend the day together to develop leadership skills and do activities and school spirit. They were all having such a great time. This is a great opportunity for our students which I didn't like I said I didn't realize it was happening but it was
031they h had the um the gym all decorated for the incoming students from other school sides so they could see our beautiful school. It was very nice. I went to the St. Gabriel High School academic decathlon. Um and that's my alumni. That's my school I graduated from. Uh I I was um honored to be a judge in the speech contest academic decathlon 2026. It's a rigorous rigorous uh scholastic team competition that tests the knowledge and skills of high school students who compete against each other each other school's team for gold, silver, and bronze medal. This was the second year that Isuza High participated. 11 students from Isuza High School competed. I was so proud of the they look so spiffy in their new um jackets because they didn't have jackets last year. That was the
032first time they participated and this this year they had a jacket with the Zuza High School logo on it. So I want to thank Mr. Principal um G Fernandez and also teacher Vicky Davis. I went to a Victor Hodgej community school site visit. um this uh community specialists and leazison from the St. Gabriel Valley parents students actively engaged with the visit visitors Michelle D. that walk through walk them through the community school and what it looks like at Victor Hodgej. Many um every school has a different look because what they work on the climate and what is focusing on that school site. Each school site is different but Victor Hodgej had a great um everything they kind of did was really great that they were very impressed. People from the other districts are very impressed
033asking many great questions. And we also had um students, fifth grade students that did a fantastic job speaking about their role as being peer mediators. And I want to thank Mrs. U D. Rosa and Jenny Weebi and also Dr. Erica Torres, the deputy superintendent of public education. She was also there to visit this and and people did ask many questions and um I was very proud to be there. Thank you, >> Bo Clerk Ramos. I just want to again congratulate um our students and our student athletes for uh the recognition that they received this this evening and congratulations to them their and all the staff that that supported them. Thank you. >> Board member Grier, >> no comments this evening. >> Board member Ariana, >> happy New Year's again. Happy Valentine's and have a great
034rest of your eight days in February. days. >> Moving on to item 9.1, comments and reports. Reports by student board members, superintendent, and cabinet. >> Thank you, board president. Um, I'd like to turn it over to uh Mr. uh Jesse Pena Fernandez uh to give his student board member report from Isuza High School. Good evening board president, board members, superintendent, cabinet, and community. I'd like to first start with congratulating the robotics team, the Mont View League MVPs, and the girls volleyball and flag football. Their work is impressive, and not only managing their schoolwork, but being highly accomplished in their hobbies and extracurricular activities is impressive. Their hard work deserves the recognition they received today. I'm also happy to announce several positive updates of Isuza High. We wrapped up Almost Main uh earlier last month performed
035by the Azuza High Theater Company. Our students did an excellent job and this production marks an important step as the program continues to grow. We're looking forward to their next performance, the musical six, which which will be presented in May. In the family and parent engagement level, we have seen a strong participation in our technology classes for parents. These classes have focused on practical skills such as using Google, working with Google Docs, and drafting emails. We appreciate the support of community schools and parent bridge for helping provide these learning opportunities for our families. Two weeks ago, our career technical education pathways, including computer science, graphic arts and multimedia, medical and health careers, engineering, and automotive, visited Glastale Middle School for their career fair. Our instructors and student representatives were welcomed by student ambassadors and spent
036the morning introducing eighth grade students to the pathway pathways available at Isuza High School. It was a valuable opportunity to connect with future students and highlight our programs. Over the past two weeks, our students have also been actively participating in competitions. Our academic decathlon team competed in interviews, 4-minute prepared speeches, impromptu speeches, and ended the day with a super quiz. Their dedication throughout the year has been impressive and they look forward to recognizing their work at their banquet aboard the Queen Mary later this month. Our Isuza Robotics completed its inner league tournament on February 1st. One team placed 10th overall and another earned second place for the reach award. Their achievement reflect both technical skills and a strong commitment to community outreach. We would like to thank the city of Isuza all in for Isuza
037and Murray Elementary for their partnerships in allowing us to provide these outreach workshops. Last Friday, our medical academy students visited the California Science Center with explored real world applications of science and gained insights as they prepare for upcoming HOSA competitions. Looking ahead next week, our peer mediators mediators and student union members will attend a peer mediation invitational where they'll participate in workshops focused on leadership development. I would also like to acknowledge that on February 3rd, a student organized walkout took place at Isuza High School. A portion of students participated in a demonstration related to current social and political issues. School administration followed procedures and ensured student safety throughout the event. This moment reflects student engagement and awareness within our school community. As a reminder, February 11th will be a minimum day and there will be
038no school on February 16 in observance of President's Day and Washington's birthday. We would also like to invite all fifth through 8th grade students and their families to attend the Aztec Expo on February 25th. 5 at 5:30 p.m. in the Isuza gym. This event offers an opportunity to learn more about the programs and opportunities available at Isuza High School. Lastly, we would like to congratulate our Mont View League Champion boys basketball and girls soccer teams. Both teams are advancing to CIF competition this week with basketball playing on Wednesday and soccer on Thursday. Game updates will be shared through our Isuza High School social media. Thank you and have a good evening. Good night. >> Thank you, Jesse. I'd like to now turn it over to Alina Torres uh to give uh her update for Sierra
039High School. >> Good evening, board members, superintendent Ortega, and cabinet. My name is Alina Torres, and I am excited to represent Sierra High School. I want to start by giving an update on our lunchtime Mario Kart tournament. After almost a week of students competing during lunch, my fellow leadership student Nate Martinez was the ultimate winner. Congratulations, Nate, and thank you to all the students who came out and participated. I also wanted to share that the Real Hundle dual enrollment welding program for both Sierra and Isusa High School students started this month with classes at Sierra on Tuesdays and inerson classes at Rio Hondo's welding lab on Thursdays. This is a great learning experience where students not only get college credits, but explore the field of welding and develop lifelong skills before even graduating high school.
040Our soccer season has been a lot of fun. Maybe not the most successful so far, but we are very proud of the students who came out and displayed great sportsmanship and teamwork. And at the end of the day, everyone has been having a lot of fun. Our last game is this Friday versus North Park. and I wish the best of luck to our team. Right after soccer season, we will be jumping right into basketball. This Friday is also our Valentine spirit day where students are encouraged to wear white, purple, red, or pink. We are also very excited to be partner partnering with Magnolia Elementary with a couple of exciting projects. This is our second year. We are doing a science collaboration with a steam museum event at Sierra and our Sierra Earth and Science students
041will be delivering lessons to Magnolia students. We're also super excited about our audio technology students first official DJ day at Magnolia for their light up the night kindness dance on February 19th. I want to thank Magnolia Elementary for their support and continued collaboration. I also want to announce a new club opportunity starting at Sierra with our lunchtime Sierra spiderweb club on Fridays. The Sierra spiderweb club grew from the student interest, excuse me, the student interest in continuing and sharing their experiences in the Sierra Spider Lab class and introducing others to the opportunities the program has to offer. Lastly, we have our second blood drive tomorrow, February 11th, at Sierra High hosted by the American Red Cross. If you are someone you excuse me, if you are someone you know would like to donate, it goes
042to a good cause and the American Red Cross offers a complimentary shirt, snacks, and a $20 gift card for all those who donate. In addition to the shirt and goodies, if we reach our goal of donations by the end of the year, the American Red Cross also provides scholarship money for our graduating seniors. Please check our social media pages to get the link to schedule your donation appointment. We would like to invite all district board members to come and join us at our blood drive tomorrow. That's all I have for tonight. Thank you and have a great night. >> Right before your volleyball game. >> Thank you, Alina. Um I just want to start off by uh recognizing uh the Isuza High School uh not only the the sports uh but also the robotics. Um
043again it's amazing to see the growth in uh you know going from one team to two teams uh to seeing students taking uh initiative and and and leads in their interests and their desires as as their leadership grows. Uh so just want to thank uh thank Isuza High School, thank the ED services team uh who has done an amazing job. Um the teacher there in Montesa kind of dropped a hint that there might be another NAF Academy coming soon to a theater near us. And so again, just uh what what what you know amazing things uh to be able to uh to be able to to talk about Isuza High School uh in that in that manner. And then for our athletes who are shining um on the court uh and on the field um
044kudos to them. I do want to double down and plug uh we do have a CIF home game. Uh we do have some away, but we have a home game uh this week uh that is at 3 pm on Thursday. Uh and that is um girls soccer. Um, and so, um, just want to plug, uh, that game. And then I just want to, uh, give a shout out to, um, the Isuza Management Association, better known as AMA. Uh, they host an oratory contest on a yearly basis, and, uh, this took place at Sierra High School. Uh, we had six students slated, three from Sierra and three from Isuza to compete that evening. Uh unfortunately uh what's the bug that's going around uh got to two students and so four competed. I just want to give
045a shout out to Dylan Gamas who uh won uh the competition that evening uh from Isuza High School and is now moving on to uh the next level. Uh so thank you to AMA and congratulations uh to Dylan. Thank you. >> Good evening. I would like to start by congratulating Murray Elementary um their staff, their students um and families on a successful family game night that was supported by our elementary math teacher on special assignment, Miss Julie McGow. That's always an event that the students um enjoy showing their families all that they know and our families also get to learn how to better support their children at home um with mathematics. Uh last week I also had the opportunity to visit one of the new classes that was launched this session at Isuza High School.
046Uh the student union which started as a club during reorganization uh and then evolved is now a class. So, I had the opportunity to hear from the students the various projects that they will be embarking on and I look forward to seeing the potential impact that those projects could have on our district and community. >> Good evening. Um only have two updates. One would like to announce that the Paramount parking lot expansion project um officially completed. Um so staff um starting Wednesday um tomorrow will be able to start utilizing um the parking lot as well as the drop off. Um we still are waiting for the seas to cure so some of the temporary fencing will still remain. Um so we're excited about that and we're still waiting to get um the green light from
047the county to do the drop off at um Valley. Um and with that we'll be completed with Valley Magnolia Murray and Paramount. Um and then lastly, just to update um to remind all staff for their W2 that they can download it on the portal, but if they do not have um the ability to download their portal, the hard copy um will be mailed to their home um this month um from LEGO. Thank you. >> And we are happy to report to the board of education that the district will continue participating in the state's summer assistance for classified employee program, more commonly known as the classified summer saver. This bill appropriates $90 million uh for uh allocation statewide to classified employees qualify and elect to participate. Employees who participate can receive up to $1 for each
048$1 the employee uh elects to have withheld from their monthly paycheck up to 10% of their income. Uh to qualify, employees must be employed for 11 months or less uh for the fiscal year and make uh equal to or less than the annual income limit of $62,400. Employees who are interested in participating and qualify must notify the HR office um on or before March 1st. Thank you. Moving on to item 10.1, approval of consent agenda. Can I have a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> Second a motion. >> Any discussion? Seeing none, student board member preference. Colleagues, please place your vote. And the item passes five to zero. Moving on to item 12.1 presentation of 2025 2026 local control and accountability plan LCAP January update. Miss Garcia Medina turn it over to you. Thank you,
049board president uh Benz. Good evening, uh board president Benavid, board members, uh Superintendent Ortega, cabinet, and audience. Um I'm thrilled to be here this evening uh to share with you our midyear progress on our um local control and accountability midyear update. Um it's part of our LCAP plan. It's a requirement. Um this plan is includes our district goals. Uh it includes how the goals will be measured, how much funding will be spent on each of the goals and what specific actions and services are related uh in terms of reaching uh these goals for the district. uh this report which uh you received um is uh the report that is year two of a three-year plan. Um and this is just our update in terms of midyear data. Um you will see in this report that
050we are tracking 51 specific metrics uh across all of our goals uh in order to determine if we're meeting the needs of of our students. Today's presentation is going to give you a very high level overview of our midyear progress. Uh you can take a more comprehensive look at our data uh by looking at this midyear written report uh that is attached to today's board agenda item um and will also be available on the district website for the public to uh review. Um for a more indepth look at this information that's being reported tonight, uh we will have uh an upcoming board study session in April where we're really going to have an opportunity to analyze goal by goal, look at the different metrics um with the help of our ed services directors and um
051we'll be able to dive deeper into this document that that is attached to today's board agenda item. Um, we will be able to look at year-to-year trends um uh over the past three years uh as well as looking at our uh three-year metrics to see how much progress we've made uh in year two. Um we'll be able to look at specific subgroup data when we do the study session uh to help us reflect on that progress and determine what are some potential revisions that might we might um put into action for the 2627 um LCAP cycle. Okay. So looking specifically at goal one, goal one centers around academic growth and achievement for all our students. uh based on progress towards the California state standards. This is central to our LCAP. Uh we want to emphasize
052academic success for all our students. Uh and we're committed to narrowing achievement gaps uh by leveraging datadriven decision making uh providing targeted interventions and also building a culture of collaboration uh amongst our staff and amongst our students. This uh next slide shows you one of the metrics that we use uh to measure academic achievement which is performance on the smarter balanced assessment which is part of the California assessment for student performance and progress also referred to as CASP. Um and here you see this table reflects uh the percentage of students meeting or exceeding standards uh for third through 8th grade and 11th grade in the content areas of English language arts, math and science. Uh based on these results, we do see uh that there's a gap in performance for our subgroups. Uh so we'll
053continue to look at data and analyze data to determine next steps. Um and we also identified that there is a need for us to strengthen math instruction across all grade levels. Uh during our um April study session, we'll be able to take a more comprehensive look at these results uh by specific um schools as well as by um subgroups. Another metric uh that we use to measure academic achievement is measuring third grade reading proficiency since we see that as a critical uh milestone as we transition from learning to read to reading to learn. Uh so currently 36% of our third graders and 35% of our fourth graders are um on or above grade level according to our I Ready diagnostic assessment which we uh gave to students in December. Um and this is midyear data.
054So we'll be able to update this data when they take the third diagnostic uh that which is administered in the spring. We are also tracking um how students are doing as ninth graders and who are on track to graduate uh by measuring the A through C rate. So what we're looking at is we're looking at of the grades that are given to ninth graders, how many of what percentage of those grades are A's, B's, and C's? And you can see here that 70% of those grades that are earned by nth graders uh have been um A through C's. This next slide uh shows you what our focus has been uh for the beginning of this year. Uh we focused on professional learning, course offering and strategic purchases and targeted programming for our students. Um some
055of uh the targeted workshops have been focused specifically to address the needs of our English learner students. Um we have been focused in our professional learning uh on strengthening conceptual math uh for our students as well as foundational literacy skills and really providing um language access across all content areas. Um for course offerings we've um have intervention supports for our students as well as uh credit recovery um options for our for our students. In terms of expenditures, we have a remaining balance of approximately $7 million. Um, and part of these expenditures have been investments in support staff uh to uh support the the work that we've been doing around um academic success for our students. Goal two is committed to providing our English learners with equitable access uh to highquality instruction. Um recognizing that multilingualism
056is an asset. Um we are committed to providing designated and integrated English language development to support language acquisition for our students. uh we want to provide scaffolded instruction to meet the various needs of different levels of uh our students as well as supporting uh by literacy pathways uh for our students. We want to provide um ongoing professional learning on effective EL strategies uh as well as culturally responsive teaching and differentiating uh for our English learners. One of uh the metrics that we look at um is similar to goal one which is uh performance on the standard standardized test espec uh currently we see that 34% of our students met ELA standard districtwide. Uh but when we look at EL students um in the dual language immersion um program the DLI program 21% uh met the
057standard and this is significantly higher than the 5% rate of EEL uh students districtwide. Uh this data does suggest that maintaining a primary language um accelerates uh English language mastery. Uh so we'll continue to commit uh to providing um the opportunity to our English learners to participate in the DLI program. We also uh measure progress towards English language proficiency that's reported on the California school dashboard. Uh currently 39% of our EL students are making progress towards English language proficiency and our current uh reclassification rate is at 7%. Uh students get reclassified throughout the year. So we will continue to update this metric um as students uh show that they are ready for reclassification. Uh and we'll be able to dig into this data uh with more current data at our uh April uh study session.
058for goal two uh expenditures, actions and services. Our uh professional learning is focused on um support for English learners um specifically the Sabbr early academic language uh training which we often refer to as the SEAL training for our our schools. Um we uh will continue to support our dual language immersion program through um expenditures here. Uh we provide supplemental materials and programs that allow us to track and monitor progress uh in real time for our English learners. Um you will notice that expenditures appear lower than uh in goal one. Uh but this is due to the use of one-time funding um first strategy before um spending LCAP funds um to include uh the use of grants uh such as the educator effectiveness grants to uh support our professional learning. Goal three highlights our commitment uh
059to ensure that our students graduate prepare prepared for life after high school. Uh we specifically in this goal want to remove barriers um for students and uh increase access to rigorous uh coursework for our high need students populations. And you'll see uh in the next slide that in goal three we're also measuring academic achievement as well as uh graduation outcomes. And again we're uh basing this on the CASP uh assessment which is the ESPback assessment. Uh but specifically looking at 11th grade performance that shows that 43% of our juniors met or exceeded standards in le in English language arts. uh providing a a strong foundation as they move into their uh senior year. However, we do recognize that there's a math challenge for us um in 11th grade with a 15% uh proficiency in math.
060Um so, we're intensifying our supports uh and our credit recovery efforts uh specifically in mathematics. You'll also see on this slide that we've achieved an 88% district-wide uh graduation rate that is at par with the state of California. Um, and I do want to highlight and recognize uh Sierra High School for reaching an impressive uh 94% graduation rate um for 2025. Um and our three-year graduation target for the ALCAP is to reach a 95% Okay, continuing with graduation outcomes and college and career readiness measures in goal three. Uh we have seen a significant gain in the college and career readiness uh the CCI indicator which is a table on the right hand side uh that's measured on the California school dashboard. Uh this measure shows a 10.2% 2% increase uh for students being classified as
061prepared for college and careers. Uh putting our current rate at 44%. U this is a comprehensive measure that reflects more than just one single test score um such as it could include calf scores uh dual enrollment courses CTE pathways or seal the seal of bi literacy. When looking specifically at CTE completion, uh those are the tables on the left hand side, uh we see that 24% of graduates are completing a full CTE pathway. Um and for A through G completion, we see uh that 34% of our district graduates have met the requirements for a UC or CSU um college or university. Our um three-year target for A3G is to be at 50%. And for CTE is to be at 30%. For goal three expenditures um and actions and services, our uh professional learning has been
062uh focused on providing our our staff with the necessary tools such as AVID or AP training. um training training for tiered support for college readiness uh using the college board suite of assessments. Uh we have multiple uh course offerings uh including medical and engineering pathway courses, AP courses, early college program uh as well as CTE and RO courses um at our secondary sites. Um expenditures for this goal will continue in the spring uh to cover uh costs of uh items such as the AP exam fees uh as well as potential field trips uh to colleges and universities for our students. Goal four is centered around uh forming partnerships over participation. So we aren't looking at just parents to attend events. Uh but we're seeking partnerships with our parents. We want our families uh to be
063empowered as co-educators. Uh we want to focus on two-way communication where we're listening to our families as much as we are informing them. Um we want to create uh with our families a culture of mutual respect. Goal for progress is measured uh by attendance and engagement measures. Uh we hope that by building stronger connections with our families, we will see a positive impact on these measures such as attendance rates. Currently, as of December, our district was at a 93% attendance rate with a three-year target of 96%. Um, chronic absenteeism has been a concern across the state and currently we see a 4% decrease in chronic absenteeism uh when compared to the 2025 California school dashboard. So that is also uh a positive trend for our district. Uh we also take a look at our district
064annual youth truth survey that uh parents, staff, and students participate in. Uh we're looking at positive relationships and decision making uh for goal four. And you can see here that a high majority of our families, 84% districtwide, report experiencing uh positive relationships with their schools. So that's a great percentage to have um and to really uh dive into. Um, we also see that 68% of uh parents district-wide feel involved in decision making at their school sites. Uh, so this is definitely um testament to our efforts to build trust uh with our our families and and to have that open uh two-way communication. Expenditures uh for goal four and actions and services uh include um professional learning to empower our students uh to provide them uh professional learning opportunities. Earlier in the student reports we heard
065some uh parent engagement opportunities that are uh being uh presented at the secondary sites. Uh we want to ensure that parents have the knowledge to navigate the school system um and to also support learning at home. Uh we've also allocated resources and supplies to support these efforts. Um and we've supported that uh program implementation uh by providing community liaison at our school sites um uh engaging in the LCAP uh process through PAC plus through DAC uh as well as through student advisory. Goal five uh shifts our focus uh to ensuring that every campus is safe, welcoming, and a restorative environment for our students. Uh we know that physical security is super important. Uh but this goal focuses more on the social emotional well-being of our students and providing restorative practices that allow our students to
066thrive. Some of the metrics that are used to measure engagement for of our students uh include um suspension rate which is at a 2%. Um our expulsion rate is also at a low rate at 2%. Um and on the right hand side you'll see some more uh district annual youth truth survey data where we're looking at safety perception. Um, and you'll see here that our staff members report the highest level of perceived safety, particularly at the elementary level with an 83%. Um, while the elementary student safety perception is strong at at 63%, we do see this as an opportunity for growth uh for the students at the secondary level. So at middle school and high school their uh average rating is uh between 41 and 46%. In terms of connectedness and belonging a standout uh
067metric is uh staff sense of belonging which has reaches an 89% at the elementary level um and student connectedness ranges from 45 to 54%. So we do see that there's a gap between student and staff perception of safety and belonging. And that helps us define uh what our next steps are in deepening um things like restorative circles uh and peer-led uh climate initiatives um at our school sites for our students. Expenditures and actions and services for uh goal five uh include professional learn learning on trauma informed practices uh PBIS peer mediation training uh restorative practice professional learning. Uh we continue with partnerships with Western Justice Center uh Second Call as well as providing additional support staff like social workers and behavior interventionists, counselors and nurses uh to support um the sense of safety and uh
068restorative climates at our schools. Key takeaways from this midyear report is growth um in our goals specifically uh in our career readiness goal goal three and our school climate goal goal five. Uh the midyear data shows an upward trend. uh we see high family and staff engagement uh scores uh that contribute to our uh restorative and partnership uh based approach uh at our school sites. Uh we have identified targeted next steps which include uh clearing barriers for our student subgroups in academic achievement. Uh and as well as uh deepening restorative practices at the middle school and high school level to bring student safety perceptions in line with our staff data. Uh we also uh identify that there's uh a need for intense an intense focus on math instruction across all grade levels. Um we through
069this process will continue to engage our educational partners through the remainder of this school year. Uh we will continue to gather input from our PAC plus our parent advisory council, our DAC um and our student advisory. Um, additionally, we've just uh completed our 2026 uh youth truth annual survey that will also provide us another resource to look at in terms of um uh what our community is experiencing to help us refine uh these next steps that we will also have the opportunity to look at um at our April uh board study session. Uh so for now we have the midyear report that's available uh and and uh this is just a highle overview of uh our midyear data. I would be happy to um clarify any questions that you may have. >> Um I don't
070have any questions. I just have comments. You know, I I'm proud to say that um your staff and um cabinet superintendent and the board, you know, I think we're doing a great job. You know, I do see a change in a lot of the um goals as they're going. They're looking better and um I mean, I'm very proud of Sierra High School on their graduation rate. the attendance is improving and I can vouch for a gold four because I feel that um parents do feel more included and I want to thank community schools for that because I think since that's been going on you know parents will even run the meeting on their own they don't need an administrator they don't need a um someone that works at the school right as they say and
071they feel very comfortable and I feel that um once they feel welcome and listened to they're more comfortable I still say the school climate it that really gets to me all the time because I'm not sure they're understanding what school climate is. Either going to school, going home, or in school or the weather climate, I don't know. But I always noticed that it's always kind of hard to grasp that that last gold um for that purpose. >> Thank you, board member. >> So, just a a few questions. I understand that we will have some time to dig in and go in depth in um April. Um would it be possible for us to get a general update in one of our upcoming updates? I know that when we have been having as we've been having
072conversations in regards to dual enrollment, we've talked about how there tends to be kind of a lower kind of scoring on the on the early part of the program. I think the slide is seven if if we're able to turn to it. Um, but that as they progress, we we see them, you know, even catch up and exceed the rest of the population. And so, just looking at at uh our ELA kind of scores that that we're seeing uh uh meeting or exceeding standards, I see that we have 21% for our uh dual language immersion >> and that's compared to 34%. I would just be curious to know how that how that might break down across the grades and and and then how does that compare um maybe at least across the state to the
073extent that that data is is available just so we can see is is that happening. I don't know that we've done that I've ever seen like a more longitudinal um uh projection as we've started to see these students enter into the upper grades. So I I would just be curious to um to see that in a future report. Um, and then on slide 10, if I'm looking at the 2025 graduation rate, it says that 94% uh, Sierra, 89% is AHS, but then the the overall AUSD percent is 88%. I'm just curious, is that a could that be an an error or or or h how would our the average seem to be lower than both of the the the two schools? Um which that we can we can get a uh like an update in
074that in the future. You wouldn't have to answer that now. Um, on slide 17, would you be able to speak to I mean, I'm I'm seeing on middle school dropout it says 1%. And I'm just trying to understand does does that mean like as we might think it what that means or is that is that something else? what would what would constitute a middle school dropout rate and be because I would say that 1% is, you know, is is 1% more than uh would be acceptable for us. And so I'm just I'm I'd be curious to know how or why or what that what that means. Uh and then at our when we have the April meeting, would it be possible to be provided with this could also be in a weekly update, but um
075by then would it be possible to have some year to year of our youth truth survey data? Um especially as we're talking about uh some of the school climate and safety um data. Um I see that we're seeing a snapshot of where we are. How long have we been doing youth truth at this at this point? >> This is year four, I believe. >> Year four. Yeah. even and I I'm I would would it be accurate to say that the questions have been identical or or similar? >> Very similar, very slight changes. And the midyear report gives you the baseline and it gives you an additional two years worth of data. So we can see three years um worth of data that's based on this year's LCAP. >> Okay. Um yeah. And so I I
076wonder if it's possible for us to to get some of again to do a doesn't need to be all the time, but but for us to every once in a while, especially as we're starting to have longer term data, for us to zoom out and go as far far back as we can just to see what are those uh what are those trends revealing, especially postcoid. Um I know that's that that some of our data was interesting. We didn't quite know what to make of it, but as we're solidly out of that, um just what is that what does that mean? Um that would be also be helpful to see for an update. Yeah, we can definitely work with our ED services team to um if it's not already in the media report, pull that
077data and and provide some kind of uh graphic for you to take a look at. >> Thank you so much and great great work. Thank you for the Yeah, all the it's it's it's very clear and and great work that that's being laid out. So, appreciate the the whole team you're doing. >> Thank you. >> I don't have any comments. I I I think um the way that you present it's very thorough. It's it's uh pretty much I I see the growth and I just want to thank everybody who's involved because it takes a team and um we have a great team here, Miss Susa. >> Absolutely. Thank you. >> Thank you. I just want to say um thank you for all the hard work. I know when this comes around it's, you know, especially
078in the April um study session. It's it's I mean I'm always looking forward to learning more about, you know, just being able to compare like year-toear. And um one of the things I had a question about. Did you say that the goal is a 95% graduation rate? Is that what you said? Okay. >> Yeah, that's our three-year u metric. >> So, we still have some a way to go, >> right? And and during our April study session, will you be discussing like what steps will be taken to try to achieve that? >> Absolutely. >> Okay. Okay. I think that was it for me. Thank you. Great job everyone. >> Moving on to item 12.2 review of second quarter Williams uniform complaint report 2025 2026. Miss Kamacho, I turn it over to you. We have nothing
079to report for this quarter and I would like to pass it over to my colleague, Miss Jamal. >> Thank you, Nora. Um, so we are currently um working on our Williams um inspection. So we know we have the um inspection report from um last year. So Jesse and Adam are currently working um to ensure that all the prior year and current year deficiencies have been addressed with the goal of us achieving our score of everyone having at least a 90 or greater going forward or at least being good um on the upcoming report. Thank you, Mr. Maul. Okay, moving on to item 33.1, presentation of updated surplus property timeline. Mr. Ortega, I turn it over to you. >> Thank you, board president Benvidas. Uh there are no updates uh on surplus property timeline uh at
080this board meeting. >> Okay, moving on on to item 13.2, Two, approval of resolution 252619, a safe and secure learning environment for all. Can I have a motion to approve? >> Motion to approve. Second. >> Any discussion? Yes. Board Rodriguez. >> Yes. I just want to explain what the um resolution 2526-19. I am proud that we have resolution 2526-19 tonight, a safe and secure learning environment for all. Our responsibility is to ensure that every student in Isuza Unified School District can focus on their education without fear or disruption. This is about maintaining a safe environment where all children have the opportunity to succeed. This resolution shows our commitment to students privacy and safety. We want our families to know that their rights are protected here at Isuza Unified School District. Thank you. >> Any other
081discussion? Seeing none, student board member preference. Colleagues, please place your vote. And the motion passes 5 to zero. Moving on to item 13.3, approval of agreement between Isuza Unified School District and Leadership Associates. Can I have a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> Thank you. Any discussion? Board member preference. Colleagues, please place your vote and the vote. And the motion passes 5 to zero. Moving on to item 14.1, acceptance of 2024 2025 district and measure K audit reports. Miss Jamal, I turn it over to >> Thank you, board president. We will haveation from our LLP. Um we have our auducation. Um you guys have the audit report in front of you. Um they will be referencing and going through Am I good? Can I start? >> Awesome. Uh, good evening everyone. I am Gara, auditor
082for you tonight. And before I start with the result, I would like to thank Daniel and Latasha for all the hard work and support during the audit. We know the year ends in June 25 and we have to submit the audit in December. So the timeline is like really packed but thank you to your team who are always on the talk and uh I am very happy to present the audit report. We are pleased to present the results of this year audit. Uh the financial statement audit is unmodified. If you're uh if you have the printouts you can uh see page number 15. So the financial statement audit says it is unmodified which means a clean opinion. We received an unmodified clean opinion on the financial statement. This is the highest level of assurance an
083auditor can provide and confirm that the financial statement are presented fairly in all material respects. Then we have internal control over financial reporting. No material weakness were identified. No significant deficiencies were reported. uh this also demonstrate that internal process are oper operating effectively and the financial reporting controls are well designed and consistently followed. We ne do not provide an opinion on internal control but we do evaluate the effectiveness and efficiencies for the major federal award program compliance. We received another unmodified opinion. There were no compliance finding reported which confirms that the federal funds are being managed and expended in accordance with the applicable regulations. Then the final item was state program compliance. For state programs, we received a clean opinion with no compliance finding. So the district is consistent with the address to state requirements
084and yes the results were all all positive. if you have any questions or maybe if I was like very quick to present because the results are really really all unmodified no finding. So yes, please let me know if you have any questions. Looks like we have no questions. Thank you so much. And I think Mr. Jamal, were they the ones that provided these? >> They did provide you the candies. >> Thank you for the treats, the candies. We appreciate it. Thank you so much. Thank you. >> Valentine's Day. >> Thank you. >> All righty. >> Thank you. >> And I just like to say, yeah, thank thank you so much. And also, uh, thank you, Mr. Jamal, and your team for for making it an easy presentation for us this evening, uh, with all the
085work that that you you do. >> Thank you. And I just want to take a second to thank ED services and human resources. Um, because it's a collaboration report. Um so um effort we do the work do the numbers but they actually provide us all the feedback the attendance reports the hiring they look at personal records so it is a joint effort for the entire district >> you know I just want to say that since I've been on the board one of the things I've noticed is that we have very tight controls here and I really do appreciate that because coming from a government background you need to have that in order to reach a high level of um you know audit report like we have here tonight and I think it's thank you to
086all the team Miss Jamal and all the cabinet members and those in leadership because it takes it takes a lot of discipline really to and focus really so that we are in compliance with all the state and federal funding and it we're not talking small dollar values. So I appreciate all your hard work and thank you to the auditors for looking at this with also a fine tooth call. So thank you so much. >> Thank you so much. You have a good night. Thank you. Take care. >> Thank you. >> I have a motion to approve. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Seeing none. Student board member preference. >> Yes. >> Please place your vote. And the item passes by Vizero. Moving on to item 14.2, presentation of governor's TK through 12
087budget proposal. Mr. Jam, I turn it over to you. >> Thank you, board president. Um, tonight we're going to give a overview of the governor's um TK12 budget propos I'm sorry, proposal. Um, we're going to reflect on those items that actually impact our district. Um, as a framework, we always use utilize the financials that the board of education approved last December, which is first interim. And so we're using those financials and we're just updating what changes to show what the effect could be if this is actually adopted come July. So we're going to start with what um has not changed. So there's no major changes up um to eliminate anything, but universal meals will be maintained. So that means there will be additional kit funds that we can apply for. Approximately $und00 million is currently
088in the budget. Community school expansion continues to be an ongoing commitment of the governor with committing additional $1 billion dollars of ongoing funds. And then ELOP will be um funding will be stabilized at rate one which will be additional um $2,750 will be continued for each ADA um that actually qualifies for those funds. Here are some changes. Um so right now um we're using the the ghost of Prop 98 passed and that's only because right now we are projected to continue to have deferrals. Um so the governor is committed to fully fund um K12 education but with deferrals which means that we have to manage our cash flow. So we are committed for example to get a million dollars. They may say okay you're going to get a million dollars but we're not going to
089send you the million dollars until XYZ date. So this just means that until this is stabilized the districts has to maintain their cash flow. Luckily we have a strong cash balance with our reserves. Um so this right now does not present a threat. So we will not have to do such things as a trans which is um uh tax um tax repayment note um which you have to pay at a high interest note. So I'm happy to say that even if the deferrals materialize, we knew about this last year. We were able to maintain and we're confident able to maintain in the current year. Next the financial impact. So here um is showing that um the cola is projected to um continue but what is unique is previous at um first interim the cola for
090next year was um projected at 3.02%. Right now it's a decrease going down to 2.41. 41%. Um we also see the COLA and um 2728 and 2829 are also going down um from yes except for 2728 and 2829 will be a slight increase. These are all projections right now over the next three years if this materialized that would be a reduction of about $2 million um that we would have to account for over the next three years if this is adopted. We have always had the uh we call it the revolving cola. It goes up and down from May revised January budget and it's not until July that we actually know what happened, but we actually use these numbers. So we'll have these numbers in our second annual report. Um and if the changes at
091May revised then we'll update our figures again. And this is also showing that the cola will be applied to nutrition services mandated block grant special education and the one that's new for us but it was new last uh January is special education but come July that was the one that he identified that he would not be applying the cola state preschool. So this is showing our LCF projection with the new reduction in cola. So 2526 remains the same that cola has been adopted. Um, so now we have a a reduction of revenue in 2627. Right now, if that materializes, that's about $560,000 that will be reduced from what we thought we were going to receive at first interim. Um, this is showing other state revenue. Um, this is our lottery funds. Um, there is no
092change. It's not subject to um, COLA. Um, but this makes up about 1% of our budget. So this is just showing over the next uh five years um how much we will be receiving projected in state revenue um state lottery funds and this is other state revenues which is the mandated block grant where this is different from lottery. This will receive the cola. So you'll see the amount that we receive from grades K through eight will increase over year to year and that is also true for grades 9 through 12. It would also increase. And so this is the mandate um that we're supposed to receive the funds to fulfill the obligations that we have for all the mandates that are put on us. Um we know that this doesn't even touch the surface. So
093every time a state mandate come out. That's why we always talk about having unfunded mandates. In the state's eye, they're like, "Oh, it's not unfunded because we give you $40.3 for each student." But that doesn't touch the salaries of our staff that has to do all the the testing or the notifications. um when we had to do uh the sanitary napkins inside all the restrooms, we had to pay that at our own um district funds. Okay. Um this is our retirement. Um so the district for every dollar that we pay our classified employees um the district um pays right now 26.81%. That is projected to go down. We thought that was going to go up to 27% next year. Um so next year is projected to go down to 26.40%. Calsters is remaining flat um
094at 19.10% and is projected to remain that to 2930. And here is looking at our NYP. Again, this is the exact same numbers for projected revenue um and expenditures with the exception of the change in cola. Um so it still shows that we'll meet our financial obligation in 2526. Um we said we're going to meet our financial obligation in 2627. At first interim at 2728 that shortfall was projected at 3 million. Um so now with the change in revenue um for all of the different categories this is now changed to 4.5. Again this is all projected. Um we're already putting in the work. We still continue to go line by line. Um we this does not reflect any reduction. This does not reflect any change. This does not reflect any retirements. This is literally just
095using the data that was presented at first interim and just showing the change in effect. If nothing changed, this is where we will be. With that, I would say thank you and open to any questions. Any questions board members? >> No. >> Thank you, Mr. >> Moving on to item. Moving on to item 15.1, approval of resolution 252615 to decrease the number of classified positions due to a lack of work and or lack of funds. Can I have a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Seeing none, student board member preference. >> Yes. >> Colleagues, place your vote, please. And the motion motion passes 5-0. Moving on to item 15.2, approval of resolution 252616, reduction and discontinuence of certificated particular kinds of services. Can I have a motion? Motion to approve. >>
096Second. >> Discussion. Seeing none, board member preference. >> Yes. >> Thank you. Colleagues, place your vote. And the motion passes 50. Moving on to item 15.3, approval of 2027 2028 school attendance calendar. Can I have a motion? >> Motion. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Seeing none, board member preference. Colleagues, colleagues, please place your vote. And the motion passes 5-0. Moving on to item 16.1, adjournment. Can I have a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> No discussion. Board member preference. >> Yes. Please, please, please your votes. That was quick. And the motion passes 5. Good night, everyone. The board meeting is adjourned at 8:40. Thank you.