001okay the live stream is Mom good evening everyone and Welcome to our January 10th 2023 board meeting of the ausd Board of Education thank you all for being here tonight we will begin Open session with our flag salute led by Miss emilena Marquez from Gladstone High School I'm Elena are you here with us on Zoom yes we're ready when you are okay good evening my name is emelina Marquez I am a senior and a battalion sergeant major at Gladstone High School JROTC please rise place your right hand over your heart ready begin 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 for liberty and justice for all you may be seated thank you so much Emily and I we
002appreciate it thank you moving to item 5.0 reported action of closed session matters there is no act there was no action taken by the board during closed session and now moving on to the highlight of our evening recognition and awards uh Mr runkio Dr Beau Board of Education cabinet and guests I have the honor of starting our formal recognition of our classified employees of the year at this Board of Education meeting it is important to note that this is the first in-person recognition of all of our sites and Department classified employees of the year since January 2020. I'm happy that we are back in person for this event and we get to start the of the Years season with our classified employees the selection of site and Department classified employees of the year begins in
003October where sites are asked to begin the selection process from their site classified employees each site and Department was asked to nominate honorees uh by mid-november and on Friday December 9th a panel of representatives from throughout the district interviewed 17 honorees to determine the 2022 2023 classified employee of the year the panel was made up of the following employees CSEA Representatives DCA president Lori Ray Elizabeth Morales and Joanne Klein an aea representative Terry montrez and AMA Representatives Adriana Garcia Medina Adrian Acosta and myself the day was filled with laughter tears and a genuine feeling that we work in a great District without standing and I'll say again absolutely outstanding classified employees today's reception yes a big one of Applause to all our classified employees today's reception and decoration was made possible by the dedicated work
004of our HR employees I particularly want to recognize and thank Joanne Klein and HR General office clerk who led the planning the organizing and selection process and interviews the decorations for tonight's event and venue she looked after every minute detail so that tonight is a special night for all of us especially our honored guests so thank you Joanne before we ask our principals to recognize their honorees I like to invite principal of Sierra High School Kent Stout to welcome you all to Sierra High School and highlight the school's accomplishments Mr Stout good evening Dr Beau Board of Education members cabinet and attendees um I'm Kent Stout and I'm the principal here at Sierra High School and I'd like to take this opportunity to welcome you to our campus and to share a little bit about
005our school here Sierra Sierra is a model continuation high school with approximately 200 students students attend Sierra for credit recovery this past year we've had 25 seniors who recovered enough credit to return to either Gladstone or Azusa High School however not all of them choose to do that because they feel like they're home here and they decide to stay Sierra students attend six classes daily and participate in the same curriculum as the Comprehensive High Schools we offer ROP programs like Child Development for insects health careers and video production this year we have 19 students enrolled in our AP classes we have Mr lamprack teach us our AP government and the discussions you hear in his classroom are definitely invigorating Mr graffari our AP art teacher and his students are completing really impressive portfolios at this
006time we even had like students score the highest like fours and fives on the AP exams for our AP Gov in the past just wanted to throw that out there but students are also can also have the opportunity to enroll in dual dual enrollment program with Citrus College and the students feel that they could really achieve anything here at Sierra um we are all last year as a matter of fact we had over 12 000 we awarded in scholarships to our students finally we're really proud of our co-ed sports teams they participate in the San Gabriel Valley continuation Sports league and our basketball team just finished their season and defeated we have a very incredible caring staff that have been attending training on social emotional learning and this year they've added a flex period which
007is every Wednesday they take on a small group of students during the day to make connections with them and provide extra support we have after school programs where they can or during school where teachers are advisory for different clubs like gardening we have a gaming Club a Spanish club and even after school weight training all these activities help build our students confidence and help to create a comfortable place for them here at Sierra and finally our parent group you can't have a school without a great parent group we have the support of our community liaison with signs and they have weekly meetings on Fridays we have Lego the Los Angeles County Office of Education come in and hold mental health classes for our parents and they really have built a tight close group there it's
008kind of fun to see on our Fridays I'm really proud to say that for the past four years I've had the opportunity to be the Principal here at uh Sierra our school is a place where the staff really work hard and provide the best instruction for our students and students really enjoy coming to school here so with that I want to welcome you to our campus and uh Welcome to our evening thank you thank you Mr Stout I will um just want to outline the the process so we'll be calling our principals up to um and our department leaders to recognize each of our classified employees of the year after the recognition by the administrator is read you'll come over to take a picture uh with our board member and receive a nice gift from
009our csca uh chapter 299 partner so I really want to appreciate that for for being here and recognizing our classified employees of the year so without further Ado congratulations to all of our classified employees of the year I'd like I'd like to now turn it over to our first principle to present Dalton Elementary's principal uh Miss Laura Clark good evening Dr Beau Board of Education members cabinet and attendees I could not be more thrilled to introduce Dalton Elementary School's 2023 classified employee of the year Hilda amerius she is our wonderful and amazing night custodian Hilda began working in Azusa unified in 1997 when she volunteered at Mountain View school when her own children attended there as they moved on to Slauson and Gladstone High she became an official employee as a noon supervisor at Slawson
010after four years of doing that important work she began substituting as a custodian in 2007. her reputation grew across the district as a conscientious and hard-working employee she was loved and appreciated by so many however Dalton school was lucky enough to snap her up as a permanent employee in the beginning of the pandemic and we have been happy ever since Hilda is totally dedicated to making sure that our school is a great place for everyone she not only does the work that's assigned to her she takes an initiative and does jobs above what is expected examples include the beautiful landscaping that she maintains and items like our playground equipment cart that she takes home to repair when I asked Hilda What She Likes about her job she shared that it is everything she also added
011that she loves being with the kids and working with the teachers she just loves her job and it really shows tonight Hilda is joined by her family in celebration of her very well deserved honor she is the proud mother of Jerry Gutierrez and Lisa Gonzalez her son-in-law Raul Gonzalez and is the wife of Antonio Gutierrez I speak for the entire staff of Dalton as I congratulate Hilda for being Dalton's classified employee of the year we love her so much and are so grateful that she's a part of our Dalton team all right good evening Dr Beau and Board of Education members I am Dr Anna Kwa principal of Ellington school tonight I would like to present Ellington's classified employee of the year Mrs Maria Barrios Mrs Barrios was born and raised in Azusa unified California
012uh she went through the ausd school starting off at Paramount Elementary Slauson Middle School and graduated from Gladstone High her three daughters also went through the ausd schools and she is related to as she said a lot of Azusa residents she is also a twin her twin brother Mario Ramos I seen him somewhere around yes works also at is this a unified in the mot Department Maria has been serving Azusa unified for 31 years she started off as a pizza girl as she said in from Foothill Middle School then moved over to Longfellow School where she served in the cafeteria for 18 years from Longfellow she was given an opportunity to move over to Murray Elementary where she served for seven years and then finally moving over to Ellington school where she's been a lead
013cafeteria for five years one of Mrs barrios's favorite things about being in the Nutrition department is being with students and talking with them people who nominated Mrs Barrio stated that Mrs Barrios always has a smile on her face when she's with students she watches uh what she watches out for students with food allergies and Mrs Barrios is patient Works around special functions and encourages students to eat well when Mrs Barrios is not serving in the cafeteria she loves to sew she has sewn many blankets for her family members and when covet hits she sowed masks for all her family and friends we at Ellington are very proud of her and her years of service at Ellington school and Azusa unified congratulations Maria Barrios on being Ellington schools classified employee of the year foreign Board of
014Education members cabinet and members of the audience my name is Jeanette Flores and I am the proud principal of Hodge Elementary and it is with great pleasure that I introduce to you our classified employee of the year Mr Patrick Flynn joining Patrick tonight is his nine-year-old daughter and current Powell student Miss Sophia she's a who's there in the audience probably doesn't want any attention Patrick began his career in Azusa as a subcustodian in the fall of 2015. by 2016 he was hired as the night custodian at Foothill Middle School and he transitioned to hot as head custodian last spring and has been with us since in a short period of time Patrick has made a very big impact all around the Hodge campus and all staff has noticed our school is one of the cleanest
015if not the cleanest School in our district thanks to the hard work of Patrick he takes time while completing his duties on a daily basis but not only does Patrick complete his duties as a sign he is an excellent Communicator collaborator and critical thinking well how do I know this you ask when Patrick notices an area on campus that needs extra attention he is quick to let me know about it but not only does he let me know about it he provides Solutions or we have a conversation that leads to a solution at the end of the day I know our campus is in good hands because of Patrick our teachers and staff have expressed much gratitude for the work Patrick does when something needs to be tended to during the day Patrick is right
016there when there is an accident in one of our Kinder classrooms we call Patrick if our friendly neighborhood coyote is on campus Patrick is your guy Patrick is always just a radio call away to keep our classrooms and school campus looking their very best Patrick it is for all of these reasons that we at Hodge have chosen you to be our classified employee of the year and on behalf of the Hodge community and myself I thank you for your dedication to our school congratulations thank you foreign Board of Education members cabinet and attendees I am Diana Rojas the proud principal of Charles H Lee Elementary School and I along with entirely staff parents and students are honored honored to recognize Mrs Dolores castrejon as our classified employee of the year people Mrs custom or Mrs
017C as we all dearly call her has served the children of Charles H Lee Elementary School for 26 years she's well respected and a beloved member of our school Community she has worked at Lee for so many years and her impact is so great that current parents that attended our school when they were in elementary school are grateful that she's still here to share the same love and care for the for their children as they receive when they were Lee Lions themselves dedication positive attitude patience and caring demeanor are her strongest strengths as well as an RSP instructional Aid and noon supervisor Mrs C has excellent rapport with students she has a very special nurturing and enduring way about her that shines through each and every time that a child walks onto our school campus
018Mrs C at the door of the cafeteria each morning to greet our students they can always expect to be received with a smile a hug or a positive word as they start the school day as an RSP instructional Aid Mrs C motivates students to do their best work by believing in them and reminding them that they are important and should be very proud of who they are besides all that time that Mrs kostbrachon dedicates to our school she also volunteers as a greeter at her church to welcome parishioners and in the past she has also taught Catechism classes for 10 years Mrs Dolores castrejon is most disturbing of this recognition her work ethic and dedications to our students and staff are truly remarkable we are so grateful to have her as an essential part of
019our lead team therefore it is our pleasure to recognize her as least classified employee of the year for 20 20 23. thank you foreign um good evening Dr Beau Board of Education members cabinet and attendees my name is Jenny Lee director of early childhood education and it is my pleasure to represent the Long Fellow staff in recognizing and celebrating Miss latissa Lopez one of our exceptional preschool instructional aides she is our classified employee of the year also joining us in the celebration this evening is our partner Victor Aguilar as well as some members of our school Community Miss Lopez is a prime example of a committed work hard-working and go driven individual her Integrity professionalism and work ethics are evident in her action as well as her interactions with others she always has a positive
020attitude comes to work every morning with a great big smile she is willing to step up to assist in wherever the need may be and there is such a high need when you're working with the little ones those of you who work at Longfellow you know well her dedication to student is unparalleled she is kind compassionate and patient with children which has resulted in high level of Engagement with the students they enjoy being with her in the classroom and on the playground and due to her ability to connect with them and to care for them they adore her Ms Lopez has built an excellent report not only with the children but with parents and with staff it is apparent that Miss Lopez maintains main focus is in ensuring that all children have a safe and
021nurturing learning environment working with three and four-year-olds who often think they are invincible who are ahead time driven by fun and not always say fun rather than caution and reason requires individuals who are quick on their feet Ms Lopez is always watchful she takes initiative and she is super fast she has superpowers and those of us who work with her know and have seen it and so when it comes to ensuring student safety and we are directing them to their learning she's right there when she's not at work Miss Lopez is a wonderful mother to newborn Ezekiel um very like and she herself is a student her passion for working with children is evident as she is working to become a teacher herself congratulations Miss Lopez your commitment to Longfellow does not go unnoticed and
022is much appreciated and we know you make a difference by being the difference thank you good evening Dr Beau and Board of Education members cabinet and attendees I am Marcela fonsica the very proud principal of Magnolia Elementary School unfortunately our esteemed classified employee of the year Mrs Jennifer Risley could not join us tonight but I am happy to accept her certificate on her behalf and speak a few special words about our beloved Mrs Risley Mrs Risley has served as a bilingual instructional aide at Magnolia for many years she has a Generous Heart for our wild community and is a force of positivity in the classroom and on the playground her smile and laugh are contagious and they brighten even the rainiest of days we needed her today she brings such joy and creativity to the
023learning environment and everyone loves her last year she led travel club during lunch and each week she would read a different story from around the world engage children in conversation about text and share artifacts from her own travels to share with the students needless to say travel Club was a soaring success she even organized a bon voyage party at the end of the year to celebrate the students learning Mrs Risley is an amazing amazing educational support colleague and Wild Mustang we are grateful for her and her contributions to Magnolia's school please join me in applauding her as our valued classified employee of the year thank you good evening board president Dr Beau members of the Zeus interfa School Board of Education superintendent Ortega cabinet fellow distinguished award recipients and attendees present this evening my name
024is Adrian Acosta the proud principal of Murray Elementary School and it is my honor to present to you Miss Luz Flores as Murray's classified employee of the year there's a quote that reads the difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra we're at Murray Elementary Luz Flores is our extra loose has been an integral part of the Murray family for the past two years serving as our lead food service worker she along with her team of four responsible for serving Second Chance breakfast and lunch to 463 students each and every day Ruth is a leader of Murray kitchen and clearly takes that moniker to Heart just to watch her in action one feels at ease she is exacting in her work while providing every one of our Mountaineers who enters a kitchen a fresh
025a fresh meal served with respect after first having greeted them all with a genuine smile and a gentle voice loose is definitely an important element of what makes Murray Elementary an attractive place for all of our Mountaineers her colleagues describe Loose as hard-working compassionate a heart for Murray students patience and optimistic she excels at her job by going above and beyond to help our students especially at the beginning of the school year as our Mountaineers struggle to learn the new PIN number Lewis is also able to provide our students with new experiences and brought in their Horizons by serving various unique fruits and vegetables during first recess three days a week provided by a grant Murray has received she is quick to recognize needs before they become issues and her strong organization skills keep things
026running fluidly and efficiently thank you Luz for your integrity and extraordinary passion for Murray students and staff we are honored to have you at Murray each and every day once again please join me in congratulating our Luz Flores Murray Elementary's classified employee of the year thank you foreign Board of Education members my name is Antonio Flores proud principal of Paramount Elementary and it is my honor to present Paramount Elementary's classified employee of the year Miss Amanda Chavez tonight Amanda is joined by her mom Michelle and hopefully at home her son her five-year-old son King and her grandparents are watching Amanda joined our team three years ago and from the get-go Amanda has constantly demonstrated her undeniable gift for supporting students she applied to Azusa unified with the intention of becoming a student support aide because
027as she shared with me and I quote students with special needs require nurturing and understanding and I feel I can make those connections to help them get to get to their goals well Amanda you're being honored tonight because you have the growth that the students that you have worked with within the last three years has been incredible and it is due to your hard work and your ability to quickly adapt to the differing demands and of the needs of your students but not only are you being honored for your hard work with your students but also because of your ability to collaborate with teachers and service providers you always carry yourself in a professional and respectful banner and you Foster collaborative discussions focused for the betterment of your students these aspects of your worth ethic
028create a huge advantage to anyone who has the privilege of working with you now recently Amanda shared another one of her talents and it's probably displayed on her poster with us and it is our ability to sing she's saying the national anthem at our Veterans Day assembly and she recently shared that she performed all over California and Hawaii so as you can see with all these outstanding skills and talents that Amanda has to offer is easy to see why our Paramount staff selected Amanda Chavez as Paramount Elementary's classified employee of the year good evening Dr Beau Board of Education members cabinet and attendees my name is Jennifer wiebe I am the proud principal of Powell School of the Arts it is my great honor tonight to introduce you to Jenny Espinosa Pal's classified employee of
029the year Jenny is the mother of two beautiful children Sophia a seven-year-old pal Panther right over here and Santi Santiago who is four she's joined here tonight by her darling energetic inquisitive dancing and singing daughter Sophia did you all hear that the Mega Millions lottery jackpot hit 1.1 billion I personally am not a gambler and I certainly don't chance it when I'm looking to hire someone to be on our pal team I knew when I hired Miss Espinoza as our bilingual instructional Aid four years ago that it was a sure bet in fact one of our teachers said the following Jenny is helpful hard-working diligent willing kind and has a sweet sense of humor that lightens the weight of our workload you are glad to see her walking into your room for her shift and
030you're sad when she leaves for her next assignment we won the lottery when it when Jenny came to work at Powell indeed we did Jenny was a partner to a teacher who taught a kindergarten first grade combo class the two of them had that class running like a smoothly oiled machine meeting the needs of all the students and inspiring growth and academic success she has worked with our newcomers helping them to feel safe and providing them with the skills they need to adapt to a new language and new culture Jenny expertly runs small groups in a variety of classrooms and every time I've observed her students are engaged learning and clearly feel cared for in her presence Jenny says that one of the things she loves about her job is learning something new each day
031about the children hearing about their experiences giving them positive input and being able to play a role in their learning so I'm sure you can see it's easy to understand why Mrs Espinosa is receiving this honor in fact she's so Stellar that she's been snatched up by Longfellow as a six-hour instructional Aid So Long Fellow I hope you know that you have now won the jackpot at pal we certainly know that we did thank you Jenny for your dedication and your commitment to our students and for being a part of our pal family please join me in honoring Jenny Espinosa Powell's classified employee of the year good evening I'm Dr Bowe Board of Education members cabinet members and attendees my name is oracio Trejo and I'm the proud principal of Valleydale it is valleydale's pleasure
032and honor to present our classified employee of the year Selena Lopez Selena has been with Valleydale for the past three years as a student support aide for one of our students in this role she is always aware of what student that student needs and how to fill that need without creating dependency additionally if she is available Selena checks on other students who may need a reteach builds their confidence or provides guidance when a student makes a wrong choice she is even willing to stay after hours to volunteer in the office or with fundraisers Selena genuinely cares for others and her students know it she knows every student by name even though she is only responsible for one she notices when students don't bring in homework or have supplies and she finds ways to help students
033feel seen and supported by her it is for this reason that I was approached by a group of students on the last day before winter break who argued in favor of keeping Selena in their class for the remainder of the school year instead of transitioning her into her new role as instructional aid for our little ones Selena you make a difference if there is ever a day when you feel less than 100 always remember that you have made a Priceless impact on our Vikings the world is a better place because of you so thank you from the bottom of our Viking hearts and congratulations good evening Dr Beau Board of Education members cabinet and attendees my name is Anthony Contreras and I am the principal of Center Middle School it brings me great pleasure to
034recognize tonight the amazing and wonderful Miss Yolanda alapisco Center Middle School's 2022-23 classified employee of the year although Ms alapisco could not be here this evening I want to share how much she means to Center Yolanda has worked in Azusa unified for 18 years she had positions at both Longfellow and Gladstone high before beginning her tenure as the school secretary at Center Middle School when the nominations came in it was no surprise that Yolanda's name was mentioned she has been a quiet and Stellar fixture in Center's office for 15 years the staff described her as professional quiet quick to complete all tasks always ready with an answer and dependable the front office is the Hub of the school and Ms alapisco is in the center of it all she approaches each task quietly and confidently
035she magically appears to make it all happen at Center and then quietly and quickly Fades to the background although Yolanda does not seek the Limelight please join me in congratulating Center Middle School's classified employee of the year Miss Yolanda alapisco good evening Dr Beau and Board of Education members I'm Miss Fury and I couldn't be prouder to be here with Miss Veronica Perez and her family as we celebrate Foothills classified of the year audience how are you feeling good right you know why Miss Perez in the house that is why and I'll tell you why she as our staff knows it's her presence our staff knows it those of you out there who have worked with her you know it and I guarantee third row right there that whole row her family they know it
036for sure that's right she is our health aide on campus but ugh she's so much more I like our comfort food you know she's she's our Chicken Soup for the Soul and you'll know this as you approach your office no matter what ailment or issue you have you know your day is going to get just a little bit better because you've come to her for help I've had the opportunity to be beside her in moments where I mean care was vital it was you got to take care of this now she's calm she's collected she's professional she's the woman you want for the job when students scrape their knees out there playing soccer hard fought one they come see Veronica because they need some some care when students are having a tough time with their
037ever-changing and growing Middle School bodies they see Veronica and then you know those moments when you just you can't pull it together emotionally you need comfort you need a soft voice medical wisdom or just love and support yeah it's Veronica you want telling you we're so fortunate to have her as part of our office staff she is the love the support 17 years of ausd service to us and for these reasons and so much more we thank you Miss Veronica Perez for being our comfort our care our dirt of warmth our path to Wellness and yeah our chickens so Soup for the Soul thank you so much foreign good evening Dr Beau Board of Education members cabinet and attendees I'm Yvette Walker the principal of Slauson Middle School I am proud this evening to present
038Miss Tiffany Sandoval as slawson's classified employee of the year Tiffany is joined this evening by her mother loose Sandoval and her boyfriend Cesar Gutierrez as well as a few of our Slauson staff Tiffany joined Azusa unified back in 2017 and during her six years at Slawson middle school she has worked above and beyond her duties as an instructional aide she has successfully worked with our 7th and 8th grade students in the classroom throughout the years she is supported with the administration of elpac student registration noon supervision during lunch time and last but not least she is currently subbing as our amazing health aide Tiffany is an intelligent and reflective person who is professional she is receptive to new ideas and techniques that has easily assisted her in taking on the role as our new health
039aide in the front office and executing the daily tasks that are needed when necessary Tiffany arrives early and stays well beyond her professional work day in order to accomplish a task to help students and meet with parents Tiffany is dedicated a dedicated individual and demonstrates an enthusiasm for working with teachers and students she strives to support classroom learning making it exciting and fun for all students while enhancing the lessons that the teachers have executed Tiffany takes pride in her work and is very organized in all that she does she demonstrates a genuine concern for students and goes to the extra step step to make valuable connections with our students at Slawson Tiffany's by bilingual skills have supported her in establishing a good rapport with our community our parents students and staff her communicative skills are
040invaluable Tiffany self-imposed standards of excellence have guided her through a successful career here in Azusa Unified School District and it is a true blessing to have Tiffany as part of the Slauson staff please join me in recognizing and congratulating Tiffany Sandoval as slawson's 2023 classified employee of the year foreign good evening Dr Beau Board of Education members cabinet and attendees my name is Gabriel Fernandez I'm the principal at Azusa High School it is our honor to introduce Naomi Diaz as the Azusa High School classified employee of the year she's here with her husband Javier and a couple of our peeps from Azusa let's go outside as a fan of depest mode we would like to give Naomi a chance to enjoy the silence away from her desk hopefully our words are not meaningless and not
041forgettable so that she feels appreciated on this special night as Azusa High School has begun the work of the merger many classified team members have taken on the task of okabeek new team members and new bosses and adjust into different ways of doing things Naomi has been a pivotal and a role this year as The Keeper of the keys and the strategist of the substitutes who starts the morning every morning with a new puzzle to ensure that Azusa is running smoothly she works diligently with the team of Gia and Joe in the main office to make sure everything is covered when the main office was being renovated this year every morning was a new challenge she did not flinch she did not hesitate to adjust and continue on with their Essentials and the main office
042she is committed to Excellence this is the policy of truth that we enjoy seeing every morning day in and day out Naomi patiently answers the phones and responds to all parent student requests we do not know where she gets the energy to keep up with the day sometimes but she does and she's still smiling and laughing at the end of the day to this we are eternally grateful we are moving in the right direction and the spirit on our team is strong thanks to Naomi and lastly it is her desire to keep learning and getting better as an employee that I've seen in Naomi over the last few months that I truly think is special she spends the time learning from job and she's constantly soaking in her wisdom when the learning spirit flourishes in
043the team at Azusa we know we're on the right path please join us in celebrating here our employee of the year for 22-23 Naomi Diaz forgot to change the font to 64. all right good evening Dr Beau ausd board members cabinet and attendees my name is Sam Perdomo and I am the proud principal at Gladstone High School it gives me great pleasure to present Cecilia Ford as Gladstone High School's classified employee of the year Cecilia has worked at Gladstone High School for the past two years as one of our campus aides in the short time that I have known Cecilia she has impressed me with her worth work ethic socio has worked at Gladstone High School sorry um her work ethic not only does Cecilia make certain that our school is consistently safe but she
044also develops great relationships with our staff students and parents speaking of parents here's a fun fact last year Cecilia was Gladstone High School's parent of the year yep I can was starting to tell you that Cecilia manages both hats very well by doing a phenomenal job during the day and volunteering her time on nights and weekends to assist with band and Leadership activities I have another fun fact for you Cecilia's a former ghs student [Music] I've been told that as a student she was diligent and hardworking which has obviously led to her success as an ausd employee and parent as evidenced by Cecilia standing here next to me Cecilia is joined here tonight by her son Phillip Phillip hi and her mother Patricia hi for Patricia finally Cecilia takes pride in her job and makes
045the staff students and parents feel at ease by making her herself approachable with any concerns or assistance they may need please welcome me again in congratulating Cecilia's great service to our school and community and the last remember we saved the best for last classified employee of the year for Gladstone High School good evening Dr Beau Board of Education members cabinet and attendees tonight I get the honor of introducing Sierra's classified employee of the year at Bertha Chavez as an Azusa resident uh her three children who are here tonight Isaac Melissa and Andre all attended Azusa schools and a fun fact back in 1991 in the Tribune appeared a picture of Bertha registering Melissa on the counter here at Gladstone Street Elementary School now she works behind the counter but yeah so um while her children
046were attending Gladstone Street Elementary Bertha became a parent volunteer for several years she was then hired 23 years ago as an instructional aide in the RSP classroom and then she became a bilingual aide for four years before she transferred to Center Middle School to be their office clerk three years ago we were lucky enough to get her on our Spartan team as our office clerk she has taken on many assignments during the day Bertha is busy handling all the attendance she makes calls to families when students are absent to verify their absences Bertha and I meet weekly with students who are having attendance issues and during those meetings she's always very supportive making sure that students get to school on time she shows compassion for each student and encouraging them to improve their attendance or
047commitment to ensuring students attend school has helped our attendance greatly as a matter of fact this past trimester award at our Awards assembly we had a long line of students with outstanding and perfect attendance it was amazing Bertha does more than just our office clerk position she always makes herself available for Spanish translations with staff members who need support she is often a great listener for parents who call with family issues she takes the time to listen to the parents and she guides them a direction where they get where they can get support or Services they need in addition she helps in the health office when students come in with minor injuries or not feeling well Bertha has demonstrated to our students parents and staff that she's exceptional humble and a caring person Bertha we're
048very proud of you and excited that your Sierra High School's classified employee of the year congratulations foreign good evening Dr Beau Board of Education members cabinet and attendees my name is Paul Hernandez as a former director of Adult Ed and I am very proud to stand here tonight and present Miss Kane unfortunately she's not here in spirit as the 22-23 classified employee of the year Miss Kane is a proud product of Azusa schools and she has been working for Azusa Unified School District for 33 years all at Azusa adult education center she has also served as instructional aide and in currently is serving as our data entry Clerk Julie makes the world go round when it comes to keeping up accountability in terms of our outcomes in relation to our funding as our data entry
049clerk Julie attends ongoing training to keep up with changes in our data accounting systems assessment income in incomes and outgoing students administers the hiset exam and produces data reports to staff to support our plcs Julie's colleagues use these words to describe her kind caring creative positive and a team player and in a time during covid when adulthood was going under massive procedural changes there were two phrases that I could always count on Miss Kane saying the first is let's do it followed shortly there afterwards what's next I cannot thank Miss Kane enough for all the things she did to bring Azusa adult education forward in addition to her work at aec Julie is a dedicated wife mother grandmother crafter who always act is always actively involved in her granddaughter's extracurricular activities it is a great
050honor to be associated with such a dedicated classified employee everyone who works with her would agree that we are fortunate to have Julie on our campus and part of our team please join me and the staff of Azusa adult education center in recognizing Miss Julie Kane as our classified employee of the year foreign you know all right good evening Dr Beau Board of Education members cabinet and attendees my name is Dr christopherley and I am the new director of multilingual and categorical programs it's a long title here in Azusa and it is with great pleasure that I announce Patty loera as ausd's district office classified employee of the year talking about lottery I sure hit the jackpot when I arrived here in Azusa with Patty as my secretary I do want to welcome also her
051husband Sal who's in attendance who's one of our ausd employees and also her three beautiful children one of who is currently a student here at Sierra Patty has served ausd for the last 15 years in several different positions at school sites and now at the district office as my secretary not only is she an employee she's also a product of ausd as is her husband and her three children she is a true professional who embodies the values of the Azusa Unified School District she is professional hard-working supportive a lead learner and very humble all equalities that we seek here in ausd from federal program monitoring to time accounting to stuff we don't understand and I'm still learning Patty does it all Patty is not only respected by the employees at the district office but also
052employees at school sites she views her role as one of support and does whatever it takes to help our secretaries our staff principals directors me as we navigate categorical and multilingual programs personally she is my work partner my amazing teammate and I cannot do my job without her I trust her I respect her and I just want everybody to see how beautiful our Snow White of the district office is please join me in congratulating this wonderful talented woman and ausd employee as our district office classified employee of the year okay good evening Dr Beau Board of Education members cabinet and attendees I'm Stephanie Ortiz coordinator of special education and principal at Magnolia adult transition program I have the honor of recognizing Christian marantis as our matp classified employee of the year he has worked for
053Azusa unified as a student support assistant since 2018 serving at Foothill Middle School Azusa High School and now Christian has joined our staff at matp at the beginning of this school year he's made a genuine impact on our program's Community he's celebrated tonight by his parents Patricia and Felix his younger brother and his fiance Vanessa I want to thank them for being here tonight let me share with you a few of the reasons that our team was so easily able to decide that Mr madanthus is this year's classified employee of the year for matp he leads our students by example he treats everyone he comes across with dignity and respect his approach to working with our students has led him to build a great deal of trust and Rapport which has also supported so much
054student growth his kindness kindness and compassion shines through daily as he jumps in wherever he's needed to ensure that each student's day runs as smoothly as possible his initiative is unmatched if he sees something that needs to be done he's already working on it Mr marantis is always ready to participate in a spirit day and goes above and beyond to the the extra mile to dress up he will do he will do just about anything to see our students smile our teachers share that he jumps in to support lessons and that he's eager to learn about the teach about teaching as a profession he's attending Mount Sac and will be done with his associate's degree this year his goals include having his own classroom in the future as an education specialist for students with moderate
055to severe disabilities finishing school with his doctorate degree and eventually getting his administrative credential and becoming a principal he's out for my job there's no doubt in my mind that he will accomplish these goals for all of those reasons we're so very proud to have Christian morentes as our matp classified employee of the year congratulations thank you come here good evening Dr ball board members superintendent Ortega for legs everyone who's here tonight family friends and colleagues my name is Stella dahura also known as The Proud lunch lady and this is the second lunch lady I'm proud to introduce to you and honor Mrs Yvonne Padilla who is our department secretary Yvonne has worked for Azusa Unified School District for over 20 years she is also an alumnus of Azusa USD and the backbone of nutrition
056services Yvonne is very private so it was really difficult to get information about her and I've worked with her for over 13 years but it's still difficult we have slowly discovered some of the things that mean so much to her her dedication and love for her family especially her three children Jerry Janelle and Janine who are here tonight and her lovely grandbabies these are her number one priorities her love for her friends and Community is evident Yvonne knows everyone in Azusa you can testify that by seeing her friends back there there's quite a bit of him back there in addition to her Pleasant and optimistic attitude if one offers excellent customer service to the parents and stakeholders that call or walk into our office daily she's a dedicated employee who rarely misses work over the
057past year she has taken the initiative to check our department absences before she arrives to work so that we are able to appropriately staff our kitchen the department was undergoing a leadership transition this past summer Yvonne not only held the fort down but went above and beyond to ensure School reopening went smoothly as I developed monthly menus I frequently seek Yvonne's input because she knows and understands the test palettes of our students she politely tells me and I quote Stella up students won't like that I think you shouldn't put it on the menu Yvonne Keeps Us organized we rely on Yvonne's experience and knowledge of our department district and Community to accomplish our Department's Vision to feed every student Yvonne for all you do we are so thankful for you thank you for all your
058years of service and being the backbone of our department we are so blessed and excited to honor you as our department classified employee of the year um wow that has been very very special thank you all the to the honorees and all our administrators who spoke so eloquently another big round of applause now I have the distinct honor of announcing our 2022 2023 District classified employee of the year he is a homegrown Champion for a Souza who attended Azusa schools and continues to serve the district as both an employee and a proud Community member I am proud to announce that our district classified employee of the year is none other than Bobby Pinto you're going to say a few words about Mr Pinto is uh Mr Brian Allen good evening Dr Beau uh members of
059the board and cabinet family friends enemies everybody in between um you want to start out really quick just going over a couple things about Bobby uh he's 54 years old um but he's been working for the district for 28 years he was born in valleydale's nurse's office so he's been here a while um he went to Valleydale then Slauson and then Gladstone High School so that was his uh routine there um but he's actually born in the City of Arlington Virginia I didn't know that so that was that was an interesting fact so me and Bobby sat down and I asked them so you know why do you like working here and his simple answer was I love it and um I want to share with you four things that I've seen since I've been
060here of how he's demonstrated that love and the first thing is um uh there's a saying that says a good name is rather to be chosen than great riches and loving favor rather than silver and gold and Bobby shared with me personally just in private that um he has been offered management positions at other districts from other uh people that he's known in through the years and he's decided to stay here uh and I believe that's really because he does love it and he does uh want to stay here and and and and create a name uh but the second thing is um principles all the time request Bobby can you send Bobby to come do this can you send Bobby to come do that and I'm like no we have a work order system
061everybody needs to spread out the spare spread to love and so uh so that's the second thing is um Bobby lights up the room um some of you know that uh they say laughter doeth good lack of medicine um and if that's true Bobby is a doctor and uh and and yeah he doesn't get paid like one but he's a doctor right so um but but then the last thing and I haven't shared this with Bobby so this is something that he hasn't heard before but before I came to work here um I worked in another school district and I asked one of our vendors you know how you do before you go to another place where you're going to be employed you hey what's that place like really like um and so I asked
062one of our vendors that did do some work here and um he said oh yeah Azusa unified yeah yeah we just did some some air filter on it over there and there's this guy over there though man he's gonna be your right hand man he's gonna really help you out I'm trying to remember his name he said beans beans and then he goes he goes Pinto and and uh and yeah that's not right yeah that's wrong uh so so then so so then I get so I go okay he's gonna be a right-hand man he's really going to help you out he has a really great attitude he does whatever you want him to do and I know everybody's shaking their head you all know you know Bobby that's why you all recommend him because
063he's going to brighten your day he's going to give you a laugh amen and and he and and sometimes I have to calm him down because you can't get serious with this dude but but but but we really love him um mmot um if I could carbon copy him I would I would do that um but I just wanted to say congratulations Bobby appreciate you and uh I'll let him know and now I like to welcome Miss uh Shawna uh curlegon uh from School's First Credit Union to present Mr Pinto with an award okay I practiced this so good evening Dr Beau Board of Education members cabinet and attendees um now I know why it wasn't held in the boardroom wow love and support and this is so beautiful to see um so again I
064am Shauna with School's First Federal Credit Union congratulations Bob so it on behalf of schools first it is my absolute honor and pleasure to provide you with a small token of our appreciation now I have good news and bad news Bobby okay so this this is a School's First ceramic uh candy jar bad news there's no candy inside good news you can buy all the candy you want because there's a hundred dollar Target gift card [Music] let's see we also usually have uh Melissa um alcantad from Foothill Credit Union who cannot be here in person to give Mr Pinto an award uh but she does send her sincere regrets uh Bobby that she couldn't be here but you also have a 100 gift card that she'll be presenting you um in the coming days on
065behalf of Foothill Credit Union so congratulations for that too now before we go any further Mr Pinto would you like to say a few words good evening Dr Beau and members of the board cabinet my family and friends foreign I'm humbled here I'm humbled to be standing here in front of you all tonight as a 2022-2023 classified employee of the year I worked for the district for many many years in the MLG Department during this time I have met some wonderful people I've learned a lot and was able to grow in my profession with the help and guidance of my supervisors peers and Friends it it is because of all of you of them that I stand here today and want to thank all of you for coming out tonight to celebrate not only me
066but all of my co-workers who are equally worthy of this honor I appreciate you thank you and now Dr Beau I like to turn it over to you in the Board of Education thank you so much Mr Pinto I don't know you but after this I feel like I know you um congratulations for all of your dedication over the past decades for your inspiration for your leadership um and just for all your enthusiasm that we can feel here tonight um and to all of the awardees tonight thank you so much for all that you do we know that schools don't run without all of its staff and the specialist classified staff so to each and every one of you and to especially you Mr Pinto congratulations thank you so um good evening everyone welcome back
067after your um New Year's I hope you all had a great time with your families and uh first of all I would like to congratulate all the classified employee of the year nominees I want to thank you all for your hard work and your dedication to all the students and this is a unified school district we cannot have a great School District with all you employees I see many of you out working and and I was classified employee myself for 40 years so just imagine a day when no classified employee went to work what would happen right so thank you very much and to Bobby Pinto well well deserved when I first came to Azusa Unified School District in 2011 Bobby was always so helpful and when I see him he's he's always very happy
068and I'm I'm not even sure what job he has because he's everywhere he's doing everything and I don't know he was nice to me because I was a new board member but he's always sure to say hello to me you know whenever wherever he's at whatever he's doing and I love his energy and his great smile and and it's very well deserved and I want to congratulate you Bobby right on good evening everyone and happy New Year I'm a new board member but um this this is a great opportunity for me because not only do I know the Azusa Community but I've learned so much about each and every one of you and especially the staff and all the classified and all the people that were recognized and um it's so beautiful to be sitting
069here and to be able to hear all these stories of success and the passion that you have for your job and the children and that gives me just you know a glimmer of hope that you know I I want to serve just as hard and work as hard as you have so congratulations to all of you congratulations Bobby if I need something done at home I'm going to sure be sure to call you Paul butman thank you so much and and thank thank you foreign yeah and I I as as well just just want to say what a great way to kick off the new year uh by celebrating all of you uh this this evening and so just want to say special thank you to all of our classified employees um also congratulations to
070our classified employees of the year who are honored tonight and especially congratulations to you as well Bobby uh have not had the pleasure of of really getting to know you but from from the sound of things it seems like I may need to reach out and connect maybe grab lunch or something uh but but just uh congratulations to you and thank you for all that you do for the Azusa Unified School District and now if I could have the Board of Education come to the front uh Bobby we have a plaque and a couple certificates for you and we would like you to take a picture with our Board of Education all the members of the Board of Education okay thank you family the pinto family if they want to go up one more big
071round of applause thank you and as our Board of Education members go back this concludes our classified employee of the year reception thank you all for being here thank you all for participating have a good rest of your evening more thank you okay yeah so who Natalie is in okay okay so should I call her first or okay let's do a five minute recess okay do we need to announce that or just have fun board members we're going to take a five minute recess and we'll come back at uh we're gonna come back at 8 30. foreign okay thank you foreign thank you come on thank you foreign yes thank you board of education for uh posting our classified employee of the year I know we have members that are still celebrating I do want
072to honor our time together and continue with the meeting we're now moving on to item 7.0 items from before or public comment on agenda or non-agenda items uh hope are there any members of the public who have submitted blue cards yeah okay and Lika do we have anyone online who wishes to make public comment virtually we have no hands raised online all right thank you uh now moving on to item 8.0 comments reports uh by the Board of Education uh board member Rodriguez opinion would you like to begin yes hello good evening everyone um I just want to welcome everyone back from the new year and I hope you all had a happy holidays and I just want to report that I did go to um primant Elementary to the winter wonderland sing-along their staff
073had us a price performance and also today I just met Amanda Chavez that did the national anthem and she was an employee also and it was beautiful I went to Paul Elementary School of the Arts for their winter program students sang and played and had a play also um One play that they had which is really cute was Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer you had to see that one it was really cute but the decorations were beautiful I went to Valleydale Elementary winter performance students saying our favorite Christmas carols Longfellow I went to Longfellow preschool with I was sent as helper some of the children were happy to see us not all of them because they're very small and they saw Santa and they start to cry but a lot of them you
074know they did enjoy us being there and I just want to talk about the community meeting we had a great turnout it was hosted and collaboration with the city of Azusa mayor Gonzalez and council members and staff this is the Unified School District this is unified school board members and staff Azusa Police Department chief Rocky San Dima Sheriff Sergeant Ash representative some Silva um supervisor Hilda Solis and I want to thank them all for their partnership the conversation was pertaining to recent violent in our community I would like to continue this dialogue with parents students and staff regarding Solutions programs funding that can be helpful so we can feel safe within our community and also our schools thank you thank you board members Pena board member Benavides good evening everyone and happy New Year uh
075felices I wanted just to share a little bit about the community public safety meeting I also attended on December 21st and I just thought it was a great opportunity to collaborate with our different organizations our Sheriff's Department our city council and the County Board of Supervisors Representatives that were there I think that we need to continue to focus on our Public Safety within our school for the safety of our students and our community residents as well so I'm just grateful to see that the collaboration in that room that day and that we are all working together and we hope to continue to work together to address the many concerns of our residents and those concerns that were voiced that evening thank you thank you board member Greer good evening everyone and once again I do
076want to wish everyone a Happy New Year and also wish all of the the students and staff and and just parents who are going to be readjusting to first day back next year um just a a happy first day of this next semester um I do also want to communicate my appreciation for just the first first of all the partnership and collaboration of the different community and and um just governmental agencies and working to address some of the challenges that we've had as a community I was grateful to to be able to get together in in a room and discuss some of those things I was also great for that win uh having the opportunity for the district to to answer the question what what will the district do in response to some of the
077just unfortunate things that we've seen I'm grateful that we've been able to not only speak about things that we are looking to implement but but communicate things that that we have had in place and that we will continue to have in place and even look to and enhance and so look forward to continuing that work here in the district and also continuing that work with our partners as well I in addition to this I do want to communicate um that that there are a few dates that I already know now looking at our Board calendar and I wish I would have communicated this at our meeting uh last month when we discussed the board calendar but there are three dates on the calendar that I know that I will be most likely unable to to
078attend and so the next it's actually the next two board meetings one of them is a governance meeting and so I'm wanting to communicate that out to uh to the community and also to my colleagues um in case there are any ways that there are there's room for any any adjustments I'm open to that but I also understand I'm communicating this late in the the game and so if if it needs to move forward and proceed without me I I also understand that as well um and that will be for the next two uh meetings and then another one is is August 7th is another date that I know that I will be unable to attend and again apologize for that uh as some kind of know and understand um there was a time not
079that long ago when I didn't anticipate myself sitting here um at this seat at this time and uh things kind of shifted and and and adjusted and um and I had some things scheduled during that during the interim so I apologize to my colleagues um and I apologize to the community thank you Adrian and those are all my comments for this evening thank you Mr gear thank you for the uh the update and the transparency um I I'd like to make a request on behalf of the board if we could also post the December 21st City School District Forum video on the district website I think a lot of our community members go to the district website as a source of primary information I know it's posted on the city website um could be a
080little bit tricky to find um and I think if we posted it primarily on the district website um people would find it to be a good resource President Bill could I could I interject just for one second and wearing a different hat as the host of the the event that evening so just to communicate um also unfortunately that evening there was a technical uh difficulty um where the audio was recorded but the video was particularly evening so the audio has been sent over to the city and so if anything is posted that's what they have but the uh but the the video portion of the meeting actually was was not captured it is the audio clear um the audio should there should be no problem very clear I did hear it it was very clear
081yes right um I appreciate that and then it so then if we could add some text so when members of the public families go to the link they realize that it's not a glitch but there it is an audio only and then um just briefly uh today being the 10th of January this is the last meeting before our Lunar New Year on uh Sunday January 22nd so for all of you that may be celebrating the Lunar New Year we're exiting year of the tiger and moving into year of the rabbit so I wanted to give that some recognition for our community as well now moving to item 9.0 comments and reports by student board members superintendent and cabinet um Mr Ortega would you like to begin uh sure thank you um just want to um
082like everyone else Express uh Happy New Year and um and they uh welcome back it has been um nice uh to be back uh our students get to start tomorrow uh by being uh stop being back and being able to uh jump into some of the professional learning that's happening at our school district it has been awesome and then just lastly just want to celebrate uh all of our classified employees of the year um they are a critical and important uh part of what we do in the district and so just want them to know that their service does not go unnoticed thank you I too would like to just wish everybody a Happy New Year and welcome back um to this second semester our staff has been back for the last couple of days
083um with professional learning and PLC um and we also are looking forward to having our students back again tomorrow and I too would like to congratulate all of our classified employees they are vital people in our organization and we appreciate all of the hard work that they do thank you thank you and I would like to follow and suit um to say Happy New Year and welcome back to everyone um as well as congratulate all of our classified staff those who are nominated but as um acknowledge all of our classified staff for their hard work and dedication day in day out um I want to announce that we are continuing our efforts with our camera installation um we have completed majority of our schools now we're going to move over to our secondary schools also
084our asphalt project continues but due to the rain we are behind schedule um so we'll be updating all our sites with a new proposed schedule for those that have to take a pause due to the weather thank you and I too would like to follow the echo of happy New Years and welcoming our students uh back to school tomorrow um I also want to thank all of our classified employees for their hard work and dedication to our community and to our schools each and every day thank you so much now we'll continue with reports from our student board members Ms Dominguez um okay hello everybody but first before I start I wanted to apologize for not being able to make it in person for the past last two meetings but going off of that the
085Gladstone High School admin students and staff would like to thank director Jenny Lee and the long fellow teachers students and parents for a successful preschool winter celebration which was held on Monday December 19 2022. in the glassland high school gymnast Museum the Glassman high school students enjoyed partnering with the preschool students as they opened gifts did arts and crafts and sat with Santa beginning Tuesday January 24th glassland high school will be offering two-hour Google parent Workshops the topics include included are interested computers how to use internet to communicate with teachers and school Personnel introduction to parent portals Google Docs Google Slides writing and formatting letters and creating presentations the workshops will run weekly and then on March 28 2023 Glassman High School athletics continues with its winter competitions this week the glassland high school wrestling
086team has a match at Duarte on Wednesday the Gladstone High School boys soccer team and the boys and girls basketball teams play away on Thursday at Duarte the girls soccer team will play at home on Thursday versus Duarte thank you so much Miss De La Cruz good evening everyone this is a hype would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year the Aztecs are excited to get back in the classroom and back in action and leave with winter sports we would like to congratulate all the hard-working classified employees of the year we are appreciative of everything they do to support all the students families and schools and azusa's Unified School District Azusa High School ended the first semester by saluting student Excellence with our first in-person student of the month celebration on December 21st teachers
087nominated students for a multitude of great reasons parents were in attendance to hear the kind words being said about their children on that same day Azusa High School recognized the 42 English Learners who reclassified with a taco luncheon in celebration of student achievement we are incredibly proud of the students and families in addition we would like to invite families to our IB night on January 18th at 6 30 PM in the Azusa High School library Azusa High School will also be having its 8th grade Expo on January 25th at 6 PM in the Azusa gym we look forward to seeing everyone there lastly our students are looking forward to dancing the night away at the winter formal at Hurst Ranch on January 27th at 7 pm thank you have a great day thank you and
088Miss Pineda Lika is Daphne with us no she does not appear to be online at this moment okay thank you then we'll move on to item 10.1 approval of the consent calendar May I have a motion make a motion to approve 10.1 through 10.9 second moved and seconded uh is there any discussion we'll call for a vote and the item pass oh and the motion carries moving to item 12.1 uh Miss Camacho thank you good evening Dr Beau Board of Education superintendent and cabinet this evening we will be sharing um with you um the dashboard indicators as reported by the California Department of Ed for Azusa unified I'd like to begin by introducing our director of Educational Services Miss Adriana Garcia Medina thank you next slide please the California dashboard reports on both state and
089local measures which are based on the eight State priori priority areas of the local control and funding formula which is also known as lcff and the purpose of the California dashboard is to help parents and Educators identify strengths and areas of needs for our district and this dashboard is available to the public online the dashboard uses 11 indicators to measure performance and the state measures are indicated in Orange on this diagram they are academic performance in English language arts and math and they show how well our students are progressing in meeting the academic standards it also measures chronic absenteeism College and Career English learner progress graduation rate and suspension rate the district also collects data on what we call local measures and these are shown in yellow on this diagram and they include accessed to
090courses basic conditions implementation of academic standards parent involvement and family engagement School climate surveys school safety and connectedness to school which is tied to school climate uh teacher assignments safe and clean buildings instructional materials for our students and this is tied to the basic conditions indicator on the diagram prior to the pandemic districts and schools and students groups received performance colors on the dashboard where blue indicated the highest performance and red indicated the lowest performance colors were determined based on a combination of what they call status and change the status represents the current Year's performance and the change represented the current Sears performance compared with the prior year performance however due to assembly Bill 130 the California Department of Education can only display the current Year's data for 2022 so this is the status which
091means and if we can show the next slide that there's going to be a change in the way they're reporting for the 2022 dashboard performance on state measured will be based only on this current Year's uh results and the color dials have been replaced with uh five status levels that range from very high to very low and they're very similar to the cell phone bar diagram that you see when we look at our cell phones these five status levels uh are in the area of are in the area of academic achievement English learner progress and graduation rate so for these indicators we want to see higher levels in each of these categories so just for Clarity on that that that is a change just for this year and so next year where we should expect
092it to revert back to how right right because we only have we the last time we had assessment results was in 2019. so in 2022 we can compare 2021 so when we have two years of data we'll be able to see if we've grown from one year to the next thank you absolutely okay um this the unlike other indicators the indicator for chronic absenteeism and suspension rate we want to have lower status results uh that is what's preferred so to reflect this difference uh the labels for the self cell phone bar graphic were reversed to indicate the goal of lower rates so we want to see low status for chronic absenteeism and for suspension rate the 22 2022 dashboard is available online for the community to access and our goal is to support our educational
093partners and our staff to use the data from the 2022 dashboard to make decisions and we're going to be using dashboard resources to help support the use of the dashboard and to grow our knowledge around the dashboard we also have a link under our quick links on our webpage that gives parents access to the California dashboard and we also have a page that has been added to our Educational Services Department page on the website and now we'll have an opportunity to look at Azusa unified's performance level indicator so this uh this landing page takes you to a big picture overview of the performance levels for as you said unified in all of the areas as well as the local indicators and we'll move into looking at how Azusa unified fared in comparison with the state
094of California so the first measure we'll look at is chronic absenteeism so our rating for chronic absenteeism was rated at very high which relating back to what what um we learned about how those indicators are measured determines that our chronic absenteeism rate was very high which was in correlation with the state of California so how excuse me so how did you do they determine that kind of tie you know a certain percent or do they um your percentage of students who are chronically absent meaning 15 or more absences so I don't know how they scaled it across the state um I can dig deeper into that but what they looked at and obviously what we know is that when we looked across the state of California many districts were rated very high with chronic absenteeism
095these measures reflect what was reported last year so the 21-22 school year and we also know that we were in that first year of the pandemic there was the the rules around quarantine and in order to keep students safe students were out of school for more prolonged periods of time than had been right in the past and our suspension rate we were rated at medium again we were in uh correlated with the state of California our English learner progress English learner progress is measured as to our students who are English Learners making appropriate progress um on their state measure which is Alpac um in meeting their goals for English language acquisition so they determined that like on how many reclassifications we have or um so reclassification actually doesn't come in to the English learner progress
096indicator what it looks at is the students who take the lpac so there are levels so what they look at is all of the students who are taking the Alpac annually are they growing because we look at language acquisition across a five to seven year span so the goal is that students are incrementally growing their English to reclassify at the end of that that five year period so we are in in the medium so our English Learners um have been making progress thank you our graduation rate again was medium and again in correlation with the state of California our indicator for English language arts was rated as at low as was the state of California we also know that communities who have high socioeconomically disadvantaged communities as well as higher rates of English language Learners
097were adversely affected by the pandemic we also know that many communities with similar demographics to ours experienced those same kinds of adverse effects and we have been looking at how to close these gaps by accelerating learning a lot of the tutoring opportunities utilizing a lot of the extra funds that we have been receiving the yes or dollars and really looking at how are we using our summer learning providing time during the intercession so students have more opportunities um to be engaged in learning so we have really been focused on how do we continue to close those gaps for our students in the ed services department as well as partnering with site administrators looking at their individual schools and what are the areas of growth that they need to focus on as well and again in
098mathematics we were rated at low along with the state of California and again similarly really digging deep and looking at what is the work that needs to happen to close that gap for our students we know that they were affected but how do we mediate for them so that they can continue to grow along with with their peers so um we also want to share that we do have an opportunity next month during our study session to dig deeper into some of this data and kind of dig into to some more of the nuances but we wanted to give you kind of a big picture global view of of the dashboard and what has been reported by the Department of Education on the website I have a question how does this compare to you um
099prior years before the pandemic so prior prior to the pandemic we were actually on a very strong upward trajectory um our indicators um were growing every year so for example when we think about that color rating um our suspension rates were in blue which is the highest rating many of our elementary schools were looking at um kind of the yellow which would be a medium to a green rate and some of the academic indicators chronic absenteeism was actually very low for us our apps our ratings for absenteeism were very low which is a good thing so prior to the pandemic we were really on a nice track to move upward um and then this is kind of where we're at and we just have to get back on that track and move back up to
100that trajectory and I can add um because when when we look at this there's contextual nuances as well and so when we think about prior uh one of the things that we were seeing as we were outpacing the state in terms of achievement and some of these indicators um and so although you see that we are with the state so we're not below the state um I mean we've had conversations like okay that's here but to to Norma's Point how how do we we know that no matter how we cut a slice it or diced it um the pandemic had different effects on different uh people and so uh that's families that's staff and definitely students as well and so again although we see it and we say okay well at least we're we're still
101keeping up with the state how do we get back to what we were being able to accomplish before and we know that uh the things that the ed services team is doing in terms of investing in our students uh investing in these extra learning opportunities the professional learning uh to kind of get try to get back to uh to that trajectory I have another question board is looking at the overall schools right the the whole Azusa Unified School District do they ever I don't know how detailed it is do they ever look at it as with respect to grade levels and do they ever break it down and do an analysis and do a breakdown that way so for the dashboard with the dashboard what we looked at was the district as a whole and
102so the academic indicators are looking at only the grade levels who take the state exam which would be third grade through eighth grade and 11th grade students so that academic indicator only shows you how that group of students performed on the state exam in English language arts and Mathematics some of the other measures represent more Global graduation rate obviously is just reported for the high schools so each area kind of looks at different aspects you can also look at the dashboard by school and then you can see how the schools performed um individually it doesn't quite get down to the grade level Nuance that report comes to the school and then individual families get their student reports and how their students performed so that's the um the dashboard just kind of indicates and and and
103and shows kind of a global view of districts and schools and also just for added Clarity and and transparency this is the 2022 dashboard so this is reflecting the 2122 school year correct any further comment by the board thank you so much for the presentation thank you moving to item 12.2 approval of the high-speed rail and Fresno State field trip is there a motion so moved second moved and second any discussion hearing none let's take a vote not drinking oh thank you it's not showing up for me we'll uh take a hand about Mr Greer I'm a yes the motion passes thank you and moving on to item 13.1 approval of the agreement between ausd and randman university is their motion a move that we approve and a second second any discussion can you explain
104um this one right here Mr taga please where's Brandon University yes uh Bremen University is one of the um higher education uh partners that we have we partner with different universities to help our teachers and in this case our administrator cleared their um their credentials so that they could move along to a clear uh credential so this is in order for us for the university in the district to continue with the partnership we we do need the board to take action on this item thank you any further discussion seeing none will move to a vote and the motion passes moving to item 13.3 resolution 22 23 16 for certificated employees move information whether we approved 13.3.2 you mean I'm sorry let me back up uh item 13.2 resolution 22 23 15 adult education non-management certificated
105employees with the same seniority date is there a motion move they'll be approved 13.2 second moved and seconded any discussion seeing none will move to a vote and the motion passes now 13.3 approval of resolution 22 2316 certificated employees may I have a motion make a motion to approve 13.3 second moved and seconded any discussion seeing none will move to a vote and the motion passes moving to items of 14 point 1 through 14.4 these are information items regarding policies and bylaws Dr Bill yes um we have 13.4 maybe I need to clean glasses thank you moving to item 13.4 um approval to establish a campus security position and job description is there a motion move that we approve in a second moved and seconded any discussion I remember like um an explanation please yes
106of course and thank you for for the question or the request for information this is a new position that we will be bringing online to the uh District uh currently we have campus Aid positions and whenever the Board of Education um I'm sorry whenever the district is bringing forward a new position it does require the board to take action to approve the position uh this position um has been a discussion for for multiple months um and as we look at our school reorganization process um in combining uh the the two Comprehensive High Schools having one Middle School um in listening to our labor Partners into Community we thought it'd be important for us to add this new position of campus security uh I want to note that this position will not be uh eliminating our
107current campus Aid positions rather we will be be looking for in the area of attrition so as different campus Aid incumbents either resign retire the new positions will be filled with this campus security position and also on this campus security they do know you take course that is at our adult school I don't know I'll answer the first part of the question yes the um the position to be a campus safety or campus security we're choosing the campus security title uh that position pursue an education code does require a special kind of security training as to your question regarding does our adult school offer that course um at this where I stand right now I do not think we offer but I know it's been in discussion to be adding a camp to be adding
108a security course to our offerings of Adult School classes Mr ogil just for uh Clarity um although this is something that will be quote unquote phased in or through attrition uh because of the increase uh that we will be uh providing uh glaswell Middle School Sierra High School and Azusa High School we will find ourselves in a situation where immediately next year if this gets approved we will see campus security already in place that is correct yes thank you for pointing that out and then although I cannot verify that the that the course that is being offered right now is the the correct one I that I do not know but I do know that the campus I'm sorry that the security class at the adult school has launched fantastic thank you and it's only
109Capital Security is only for high school no this position uh will be at both our um high school and our Middle School oh okay great thank you thank you is there any further discussion seeing no further discussion we'll move to a vote and the motion passes now board members are we ready for the 14th section oh are you sure that's why I'm asking um I'm really cold that's I think that's what it is um moving to items uh 14.1 through 14.4 these are items related to policies and bylaws first readings of board policies and administrative regulations are there any questions or requests for information by the board seeing none thank you and now moving to item 15.1 adjournment may have a motion move to adjourn second moved and second in we'll take a vote hope
110my uh my screen is not coming up let's do a handful all right we'll take a hand vote board members Pena yes board member Benavides board member Greer yes and I vote Yes our meeting is adjourned at 9 13 pm thank you very much