001[Music] Yeah. Monday. >> Monday. >> Yeah. Said he was in pain yesterday. >> Last Monday. >> Okay. You guys good? All right. Uh it's uh 401 and we'll call the meeting to order. I'll go ahead and meet everybody today. >> 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. >> Uh roll call. Uh let us know we have uh four trustees present. Miss Given, Mr. Yeas, Mr. Rehea and myself, Mr. Held. Uh, next we'll go on to business from the floor. The board meeting is a business meeting of the board held in a public forum to comply with the Brown Act. It is not a town hall meeting with the board.
002This is a time for citizens to present problems or questions they feel the board should discuss. Individuals are encouraged to address the full board, not individual board members. The law prohibits the board from taking action on items not on the agenda. Request a speak card should be filled out in advance and presented to the superintendent's executive assistant. Instructions for submitting remote public comments can be found on our website busd12.com under the tab board of trustees. The board has a policy limiting any speaker to not more than three minutes. The board limits the total time for public input on each item or topic to 15 minutes or five individual requests to speak. The president may review the submitted request to speak or take a poll of speakers for or against a particular issue and may ask
003that additional persons speak only if they have something new to add. Citizens who have comments on or against a particular issue may be asked to provide a written statement for the record or to sign in agreement with the written comments of another citizen. All names will be memorialized in minutes. With board consent, the president may increase or decrease the time allowed for public presentation depending on the topic and number of persons wishing to be heard. For the record, please state your name >> at this time. >> All right. And it is 403 and we'll adjourn to close session. [Music] All right. >> All right, everybody. It's uh 50:08 and we'll call the meeting back to order. Uh the board did not take any actions in close session and at this time we'll move on to
004presentations and recognitions. First or >> Okay. Uh first we'll start with a STEM student presentation. We face this way. >> All right, everybody. So uh hello I'm of all the principal at Barcel STEM Academy and tonight we have our our web group here to uh present to you all. Uh at this point I'm going to pass over to our web advisor uh Miss Danielle King uh to give you guys a little bit more information. >> So this is a good portion of our web class. We have 35 web leaders. Um they're not all in my classroom. They're also involved in yearbook and they're involved in AVID. I love these students to the moon and back. I'm gonna cry. They have been so inspirational and such I'm not making you cry. I'm sorry. They've been such
005great mentors and and leaders for our fifth graders and I appreciate them. I'm going to miss them dearly. We still have a half a year, more than half the year. So, I'm going to turn it over to them because they have a great presentation. >> Hi, my name is Ariana Webb mean where everyone belongs. I was selected into this program because I'm energetic, I'm kind, and I'm not afraid to show who I really am. >> Hi, I'm Ray Ray Kashala and U web students are selected based on a series of questions to see how we would respond to different situations as well as our personalities and how we would mentor the fifth graders. Um, hello. My name is Andrea RmIrez and during the summer we had an orientation where we welcomed the fifth graders with
006fun activities and we got to dress them up and cough things at home. >> Hi, I'm Callie and the fifth grade dance was fun for everyone who attended. Everyone got ice cream sandwiches and gloves. We danced, sing, and it was a fun time overall. Hi, my name is Mila and while doing the academic follow-ups, we help the students understand the culture of our school. We give them different strategies and ideas to succeed in our school. We show them how to work with other people, not only their friends or family. >> Hi, my name is Gentle and um all our web kids are in charge of all the activities at at family nights. Um, our kids have fun and parents love our creativity. And our next family night will be robotics night on November 19th. And
007anybody's welcome. It's a free night and you guys are invited to. >> Thank you. >> Um, hi, I'm Sophia and us web leaders decided to help fifth graders academically. So, we started tutoring them. We helped them with math and reading. We tutor the fifth graders twice a week. We started tutoring them so they can do their best in school. >> Hi, I'm Jennica Cortez and what I'm looking forward to this year in web is helping people feel welcome at Bar STEM Academy. I also want fifth graders to have fun this year since it's their first year middle school. >> Hi guys, my name is Regal Lope and what I'm looking forward to this year is to make sure that everyone feels comfortable and is able to be themselves. I'm also um want fifth graders to
008have an exciting and amazing uh first year of middle school. Hi, I'm Arya Held and I've been writing letters to my web students monthly. Um I did this so that way that my students would talk to me more because some of them didn't. Um and it worked. They talk to me all the time now. Um I don't know if it's because they like me or for the candy that they get, but who really cares. Um, I I'm glad that they feel like they could talk to me and one of their letters even said that they wanted to be like just like me when they grow up and that made me super happy. >> I'm Jonas and some impacts that I saw from from my web students is that um one of them were really shy
009and once I became their web leader, they broke out their shell and started talking to more people and even their parents thanked me for my dedication, hard work to help them. >> And that's our presentation. Thank you so much for listening. >> Good job. >> Squat down in front of the table. >> Can we have the board stand? >> You want them to squeeze closer together? >> Yes. Okay, squeeze closer together. Some of you get in the front. >> You can do your Indian style in the front. Couple people up here. >> Crisscross applesauce. >> Come on. >> Hey, scoot in. So, one of you come in. Squeeze in. Squeeze in. Squeeze. >> All right. at all. >> Ready? One, two, three. >> We got a bunch back here. Let me get in the way.
010>> One, two, three. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. We don't have to just She wants to. >> All right. [Music] >> All right. Uh, next we have the Barstow ease text. >> YEAH. We're getting >> How's it going? >> Oh, hello. >> How you guys doing? >> Hello there. >> Go around, sir. >> All right, give me five, >> guys. Hello. >> Thank you. >> Hello. >> Let's go. >> Hello. Hi. [Laughter] >> We practiced this a long time. So, yeah. >> I say, >> well, good evening. We are the East Texas Barsto High School. My name is Bailey Depapa and I'm here with >> I'm Benjamin Benell >> and today we are here to talk about what esports is as a whole. So esports is Barso High School's competitive video game team
011pretty much. We are a CIF recognized program and we actually compete against other schools in um competitions just for help me out. Just for fun. Just for fun. Yeah. That's fine. I'm sorry. Got awake. >> Um, we also go to in-person live tournaments as well and compete against several different schools from across San Bernardino County. And speaking of San Bernardino, we are the largest esports program of with a team of over or around 75 members in the entirety of San Bernardino County. >> That's Do you have anything you would like to say? Um, >> anything I missed? >> I think like a big reason that our team has been able to be so big is esports is an all like all year round event. So for us, it's a bit easier and more flexible for
012anybody to join really. And so it makes makes for an environment where it's like, you know, you do it you do it for a semester, you go down, you do your sport for a semester. >> Yeah. And not only is it an environment where people can just come and join whenever they have the time, it is such a welcoming environment as well as it seems like everybody on that team just has each other's back. It doesn't matter if you're one of our Smash team players, if you're one of our Mario Kart, everyone on that team has some kind of connection to each other and it's just one big happy family pretty much. And with all of that being said, I would like to introduce our build texts, our Minecraft team. >> Hello guys. >> LET'S
013GO BUILD TEXTS. >> Hello everybody. My name is Nico. Nico Zamora. I'm the team captain of the East Tech Buildex. Uh I helped lead our team to uh one win. We have two thanks to my other team captain. Hi, my name is Hana Hill and I'm the like sub team captain for our team Silly City. >> Yes. >> Oh, also I'm Jacob. Uh I'm like his little guy that helps him out with his team. Yeah. >> Um I'm on the team of Alison. >> All right. We want to thank you everybody for your time. Uh we wanted to talk about how we led us to a win. We were on international we were on a national podcast. I don't know if any of you guys watched it for NASF. Uh, basically we just talked about
014what we did and all about buildtech eex or NASF in general is all about learning and we learned through Minecraft. We learned how farming works. We learned how architecture works. We learn just everything you can really from Minecraft and all that there is to. And they thought that we learned so much that we deserved a win. So, I want to thank my team for helping me get a win. And um there's not really that much all to it. We built, we learned, and we submitted. And we have our the rest of our season coming up for Farmcraft. And that's when like the really big wins come in where we can earn maybe money or a really big trophy, we could say. But uh yeah, there's not a lot to Minecraft. But I love my I
015love my team. I want to love all you guys for letting me speak about them. >> Cool. Thank you. questions for me or my team? >> Oh, wait. >> Before we begin with questions, we do have a video that we would like to upload just showing off a little bit more about what esports is all about. >> I know asking questions. [Music] esports. What is this esports program? Who are the kids that are in it? And why has it become so popular amongst youth? That's a question we asked ourselves at Marshall High School. And here is what our esports program looks like. Our esports program started three years ago. with 13 kids and a couple of switches. Over the last two years, it has grown to a program that has a fullervice esports lab, 78
016students for the 2526 school year. We play many different games, Super Smash Brothers, Mario Kart, Marvel Rivals, Minecraft, Rocket League, and Madden football. and we are one of the most competitive and successful esports programs in San Bernardino County. We also have shoutcasters, students who engage in digital literacy and media projects to announce and show all the great things that are happening with our esports. >> Are you ready for tomorrow? It's the fall brawl. >> During the last calendar year, our esports program won all the high desert competitions. were number one in the high desert league, got number one at the county event for Mario Kart, and third for Super Smash Brothers. And our esports program also donated to the community of Barstow by participating in our Christmas Cops and Kids toy drive and hosting our
017second annual Game forgood tournament. a tournament that was able to give over $300 to foster care youth in Barstow. >> Hello people of the world. My name is Tristan Dwit and I am here with >> Hi everyone. I'm Jessica Buchet. I am the administrator that oversees esports for Sanino County Superintendent of Schools. >> Yes. And I'd just like to ask you a couple questions today. You know, uh for starters, what does esports mean to you for the San Marino County? For me personally, I've seen esports be very impactful for students within San Bernardino County. I've seen it be something that is able to help them connect to school, build community, find something that they really enjoy doing on campus and be able to feel like they have found peers also that enjoy similar things to
018them. at esports. To me, it just means that it is something that reaches students where they are. [Music] What do you feel when people say, you know, esports could be just a waste of time or it's like there's no point of having it? What do you What do you feel? How what do you have to say to that? That can be a common misconception that esports is something where oh so students are getting more screen time or okay it's just an excuse for them to use technology more than they're already using it. But what esports is is it's something that students enjoy. We are as educators working with students from Gen Z, Gen Alpha. you guys are technology natives and so using esports as a way to meet you guys in your digital space and
019being able to build community with it and for us to be able as educators us to be able to come in and be able to use esports to say hey let's do all the things that we would do in a physical sport with esports. So like the team building, the character character building, socialization, there's so many things that are positives with esports that it's more than just screen time. It's more than just playing video games and it's something that's very impactful to students that enjoy it. So I wanted to also let you know as Sanino County Superintendent of Schools, we have the four pillars of an impactful esports program. And funny enough, playing the actual game isn't one of those pillars, but you did bring up, you know, hey, this can be an escape. This
020can be something that we enjoy doing. This could be something that's like good for our wellness and mental health. Um, so one of those pillars is social emotional learning. Um, along with the other pillars that we have, which is school connectedness, family and community engagement, and college and career readiness. So, there are a lot of benefits. you brought up, you know, the the wellness part of it, but also being able to see that esports is an ecosystem. So, it's not just playing video games that there are there are jobs and there are avenues that can be explored where if someone likes video games, you can start seeing, oh, I like video games. The ecosystem also shows there's ways to have entrepreneurialship or business or technology or marketing. And so, it can be a way to
021really expose you to future careers as well. >> Of course. Of course. It's like you know the shout casting. >> Absolutely. Yes. And Barstow East Texas has amazing shoutoutcasters. Yes. You guys represent and among other things as well. So Sanino County Superintendent of Schools is very proud of Barstow East Tags, the esports program that coach Senucci has built and the way that he's given opportunities to students to do more than just play video games, but to be able to connect to school, build those relationships, have opportunities, showcase talent. Um, so yes, you guys are a great example of an impactful esport. We hope you enjoyed a little bit of a preview of our esports program and we hope to see you at the next match. Game on [Music] [Laughter] >> right now with that all
022being said and done, does anyone have any questions about our program? I was just wondering whenever you guys do play in the actual matches, do are you all together, meaning you and then whoever the other school is, or is it just online? So then you're at like our school and then they're at their school. >> It's all done online. We go through a program called Play Versus, which is the website where all the communication between teams is facilitated and it's all done over online. The only things that we do in person are the big old tournaments. >> Oh, okay. I was just wonder you're like, you know, watching each other and everybody's, you know, >> cool. Thank you. >> How does a student join? >> It's very easy. Usually at either the start of the
023year, your Mr. Snei will start putting out posters going, "Hey, this is join the Barto High School ease texts." And it's usually just a form, a couple of little just hey press release, all of that. We don't necessarily do tryyouts for the team. No, >> it's pretty much free for anyone. >> All right, thank you. >> Oh, welcome. >> Are you limited to a certain number of students or going to be big? >> That's smart for him. I don't think so. [Laughter] >> I'll field this question, Dr. Um, we've been consistently growing since we started three years ago. Um, Ben, how many people was it when we first started? >> Well, the video said 13, so >> I would go with that number. >> Yeah, >> one kid didn't show up all the time, so
024you know, I mean, makes sense. Um, but we've slowly been growing over the last three years. So, we went from about 13 to 16 students to about 50 last year. This year we're at 78. Um, we had to cut it off just because we do have um some restrictions with the size of the lounge that we have. We have a huge room, but um you know, you don't want to get too many kids in there. Um but we are projected to go anywhere from 100 to 125 in our five-year growth model that we have for it. >> Wow. >> God willing. >> Oh, that's not wood. Okay. No. >> Any other questions? Who's a Pac-Man champion? I would probably >> surprise you know it >> I want to say Brad. >> No. Actually, huh. >>
025People still playing that like arcade. There it goes. >> But for all of us who are a little bit more seasoned, he's talking about the Atari in the back. >> And yes, we play on it. >> How many do you see people playing on it consistently? >> Uh that's neither here nor there. There's lots uh lots of people. Any other questions? Anyone? >> Yes, Mr. Zavala. >> No. answer them all. >> Listen, I needed someone from the pack line of questioning. >> Sorry, sir. >> Yes, sir. >> How do you guys choose what uh what video games you're going to play? Is it just like a interest of the students? >> That's a great question. We started off with two games because we had to make sure that we could manage that. Play Versus is
026our online hosting. We also had to make sure that our tech could manage that. And so in the first year we stuck with two games. We've had a tremendous amount of support from our tech team at the high school at the district office. We've had uh a lot of help just making sure that we were able to host get onto different servers and do it from our uh you know from our tech group. Uh the district has made sure that we have a good amount of bandwidth to be able to go from four and then this year we're at seven games. So we continually grow. the people who host the games are NASA and so they have an entire catalog that we choose from. So we've just kind of been slowly introducing more games that
027students um you know students can be competitive in and play. We've also been mixing that with games that have an engineering coding uh educational focus and that's why the build techs up there and their international interview was such a big deal because they didn't just go on and build a dirt house in Minecraft. they went on and put together an entire equipment and uh you know other list together for everything that they build and they did a really good job with that. So slowly but surely kind of poking out those host games and finding out which ones our kids want. >> All righty. >> Well, we appreciate your guys' time tonight. We're going to come back and high five everybody or Okay, makes sense. >> And then we're going to do a group picture apparently
028over here. No, we'll do it right in front and then we'll have the board stand up. They can get in front of the >> That's a better idea. Okay, let's go with that one. Yeah. >> So much for your time. >> Thank you. >> We'll do the picture before the high five. Yeah. >> You know, we can do a big Joe East on three. We got this. Yeah. >> I'll be back. I'm like 6'2. Not to brag. I'll >> be over here too >> because I'm pretty tall myself. >> Yeah. I'm going to loosen the board. >> Here we go. Ready? One, two, three. >> Got it. >> That was a lot. That was a good chunk. >> Are we doing e stacks on three with four? You guys going to get in with us
029here? >> Let's go. Let's go. >> Who's Bailey? I feel like you're the most qualified for this >> given your band stuff. >> How loud do you want me to get? >> Uh, let's go. Moderate. >> Moderate. Okay. >> Yeah. >> Ready? >> Yeah. >> East text on me. EAST TEXT ON THREE. NOT THAT WE WANTED TO GET HIM TO WATCH. >> There's a baseball game on the little >> guys. We got to come back this way. [Laughter] Don't be. >> You know what? It was a good call at the end. You're waiting so Thanks for all your help. Appreciate you so much. >> Thank you so much. I like your sticker. >> You like it? >> Good seeing you. >> Seeing you. >> Thank you so much. Great work, sir. Thank you. Appreciate it.
030>> We're going to stop making it ruckus and go this way now. >> Come here. On the other side. You know that. >> Okay. Uh, next we have the employees of the month for September. >> Yes. Gosh. Mr. Zala, Mr. Senucci. Hard to follow. Let me tell you why. You're going to put us to the test. I'm not sure I'm as funny as Mr. Zenucci is, but we'll try though. >> All right. Employees of the month for the month of September. Our first employee being recognized is Jessica Garave. Thank you. Congratulations. >> Thank you very much. Please stand right here. >> So, in recognition of your extraordinary dedication and service to the staff and students of Bar Unified School District, we are proud to honor you as the elementary classified staff member employee of the
031month for the month of September 2025. Certificate, your binder. You have a $25 gift card to Chili's >> and your office plaque. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> All right. Thank you. Good job. >> All right. Our next employee is Tyler Ree. Dominguez. >> Oh, Mr. Dominguez. Yes. Okay. You're sitting next to charact. In recognition of your extraordinary dedication and service to the staff and students of Bars Unified School District, we are proud to honor you as the elementary certificated staff member employee of the month for the month of September 2025. Congratulations. Thank you. >> All right. >> Got it. >> Thank you. >> Our next employee is Angela Robles. Congratulations. Oh, he's Molden. All right. In recognition of your extraordinary dedication and service to the staff and students of Bar Unified
032School District, we are proud to honor you as the secondary classified staff member employee of the month for the month of September 2025. Congratulations. We give that to you and you have your own. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> All right. Thank you. Congratulations. Good job. >> Congratulations. Thank you. >> Our next employee being recognized is Danielle Delaney. Congratulations. In recognition of your extraordinary dedication and service to the staff and students of Bar Unified School District, we are proud to honor you as the secondary certificated staff member employee of the month for the month of September 2025. Congratulations >> with the earbud. >> Our next employee is Alexandria Lera. Congratulations. >> In recognition of your extraordinary dedication and service to the staff and students of Bars Unified School District, we are proud to honor
033you as the classified substitute staff member employee of the month. Mr. Futieres, you want to join us? >> Yes. >> Congratulations. >> Yeah. How are you? >> Thank you. >> Our next employee is Maria Padilla. >> Yes. Righty. In recognition of your extraordinary dedication and service to the staff and students of Barcel Unified School District, we are proud to honor you as the certificated substitute staff member employee of the month for the month of September 2025. Congratulations. Dippies $25. Nice. >> Nice, Riley. [Music] All right, our next employee is Ruth Sandival. >> Congratulations. >> All right, >> Dr. Williams. In recognition of your extraordinary dedication and service to the staff and students of Bars Unified School District, we are proud to honor you as the district classified staff member employee of the month for the
034month of September 2025. >> Get IHOP for $25. And we have your desk. All >> right. [Laughter] Okay. And our next employee is Joseé Rubio. In recognition of your extraordinary dedication and service to the staff and students of Barcel Unified School District, we are proud to honor you as the management team staff member employee of the month for the month of September 2025. >> Congratulations. >> Then you get over there. Got it. >> Congratulations, Jose. >> And this one's very special to me. I've been working with this lady for the for the going on six years that I've been with the district. and very happy to call up Miss Diane Korn. You're welcome. So, in recognition of your extraordinary dedication and service to the staff and students of Barcel Unified School District, we are proud
035to honor you as the superintendent's choice staff member employee of the month for the month of September 2025. I don't know how many interims and how many directors have you and I gone through with FM? >> A lot. And this lady, this lady has held down the fort through all of them. So, good job. Congratulations. All right, those are yours. Fine. You bet. I have $25 gifts. >> Oh, see >> we're done. He's here. Okay. >> Congratulations. >> All right, that's it. Congratulations to all of our employees. Oh, sorry. >> Huh? >> Mr. Mayor. All right. >> She left you all alone, Kenny. >> Yes. >> All right. >> Uh, next we're going to move on to business from the floor. The board meeting is a business meeting of the board held in a public
036forum to comply with the Brown Act. It is not a town hall meeting with the board. This is a time for citizens to present problems or questions they feel the board should discuss. Individuals are encouraged to address the full board, not individual board members. The law prohibits the board from taking action on items not on the agenda. Request to speak cards should be filled out in advance and presented to the superintendent's executive assistant. Instructions for submitting remote public comments can be found on our website busdk12.com under the tab board of trustees. The board has a policy limiting any speaker to not more than three minutes. The board limits the total time for public input on each item or topic to 15 minutes or five individual requests to speak. The president may review the submitted request
037to speak or take a poll of speakers for or against a particular issue and may ask that additional persons speak only if they have something new to add. Citizens who have comments on or against a particular issue may be asked to provide a written statement for the record or to sign in agreement with the written comments of another citizen. All names will be memorialized in minutes. With board consent, the president may increase or decrease the time allowed for public presentation depending on the topic and number of persons wishing to be heard. For the record, please state your name. >> And our first request to speak is Mr. James Frasier. He's not speaking on an agenda item. He's here to speak about school harassment, three issues with the principal at Cameron Elementary. start. >> Yes. >>
038Okay. Basically, I'm here um as my two boys here were they were attacked at school. Um my son went to use the restroom and uh two kids jumped him in the restroom and attacking him uh trying to steal his shoes and um nothing was done at Cameron Elementary. The very next morning, I dropped my son off. I didn't even make it home yet, and he was attacked by the same kids. Nothing was done. I went to the school district and I asked them to remove the child or the children. That happened to one child. Um, fast forward to October 22nd. Um, my son was walking the campus and another kid told him, "Watch what's going to happen to you after school." And uh he was hit in the face with a frock his big and
039busted his lip up top and the bottom blood all over the concrete in front of my house. I have went to the district numerous times. I have reached out to many of people and nobody's helped me besides John Tex and I've reached out to him on Facebook and he contacted me within minutes. I've had the police contact me because Mr. Leslie and Miss Abbos at uh Cameron Elementary called the police on me every single time I've asked for incident reports. Wasn't able to receive the incident reports, but they're mandated reporters. They don't call on the kids who are attacking my kids. But here I come to get help from my kids and they're quick to call the police. You understand what I'm saying? Nothing is being done. Um and I just would, you know, like
040to put that out there. I've put my story on Facebook cuz a lot of people who reached out to me and told me a lot of things are going on to their kids and I'm a single parent. I came here for a better living. I'm from Orange County. I'm just trying to make a have a better life for my kids. It's cheaper here and this is what I can afford so I'm here. That's all I have to say. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Our next speaker, Amanda Sable. uh organizations Cameron uh ASV invitation to events store decoration judging on October 30 at 12:00 p.m. Family night family night on October 29 5 to 6 p.m. Costume parade on October 31 at 8:45 a.m. Lunch on the lawn starting at 11 on October 31st
041with games to play. Might need an email Miss Alb. >> Yes, that's what I was just going to say. Though I was going to say everything that Missing just said. Um, and we would like to invite all of the district officials and board members on um, Thursday. Um, I know our kids were just here and they spoke to you about what we have going on at the last meeting, but since then they decided they wanted to adore decoration contest. So, we have a couple grade or a couple classrooms from each grade level that are participating. We would love it if you were able to come and do some judging with us to give us your input. Um, we have different prizes. We have ice cream sandwiches, we have donuts, we have candy, a bunch of
042different things for the kids for putting in their best effort. Um, and then like Miss Swearen said, we have tomorrow night, we have our haunted house. ASB has a haunted house on the stage. It's a fairy tale forest. Um, we're also going to have fall snacks. We'll have popcorn, we'll have caramel apple cups, and we'll have hot chocolate on sale. Um, Friday, we have our costume parade and we have our lunch on the lawn with ASB. We'll have games set up for everyone to play. So, you are all invited. Um, and I'll send that in an email to Christina and then she can send it out for me. >> Thank you, >> John Williams. John Williams. Um, first of all, you know, you guys should be proud of what what's going on with Stringham Park.
043Tony came to me, I mean, order measles came to me and said, "Hey, let's get these bathrooms cleaned up." 15 years, those bathrooms are complete destruction. Can't use them. Couldn't sit on them. Embarrassing. And uh, I want to thank you for pushing that. It wasn't for you, we'd still have those bathrooms. No one ever cared about it. So, we got together and uh we we got those fixed. Um it's pretty amazing what we can do when we come together. Um I know you guys are upset of me with Facebook and hell half the city is. But I got to tell you guys, hearing that father breaking down in tears is just one of many, many problems. I've I've sent a lot of uh things to the board president, Mr. Williams. they they've seen the things
044that are going on. It's difficult for you guys because you're such a large group. You got so many different things going on. You got state law that affects you guys in certain ways. There's a whole problem with what's going on with our society. It's not always your fault. I make it seem like it sometimes and I apologize for for doing that. My intention is not to make you look bad. My intentions is to make parents feel safe with their children. The reason I'm in your business is because people are sending me these things. Ask yourself the question, why are they not coming to you? Why are they not trusting you? So when someone comes to me as a resident and asks for help, no matter where it's at, I'm not going to say no. So
045let's get out there. Let's answer these people's questions. Let's bring some trust back to you guys, to the city, because we're just as guilty as you. They don't trust us either. And at the end of the day, let's make a better place for our students and for our residents. And if we work together, I think we can do that instead of going after each other. So, I'm going to do my best to calm down from some of these things. But I got two of them. I sent you today, right, Darren? Did you see them? I sent two today. do bad ones. And so those are the things we got to do. So I don't mean disrespect. I I shouldn't probably be in your business, but the residents are bringing me into it. And again, your
046staff, your teachers, or what they're saying and how they feel, it's a problem. It's not just your students. It's the entire district. So I get those all the time. I'm telling you, it is it is it's keeping me up. I promise you that. But with that said, let's get together. I invite the board. We're going to bring uh some some communications back from the city, back to you guys to tell you where our future's going and where we're going uh with with the city of Bartow and what we're going to bring to uh to all of us. Appreciate it. >> Thank you, >> Sandy Pñena Bert. Uh school activity package all about waste and recycling. Hi, thank you so much for having us here today. My name is Sandy Bña with Protech Whites and I'm
047here to talk to you guys today about our school activity packet all about waste and recycling which you guys should have right in front of you. So, no peeking just yet. So, you guys can follow along. You guys can follow along with me. >> Oh, I know. It's super cute. Super cute. Um uh it focuses on our most recent regulation, Senate Bill 1383, U which I'm sure you guys are familiar with. It has a 75% um diversion goal for organic waste by the end of 2025. So now, if you guys would like to open it along with me here at the top, that very first tab you guys open, we took our very best shot and we created a mock lesson plan for all of the teachers to use. Um just a little bit of
048guidance on how the items in the packet can be used. If you guys flip on the left hand side here, we have a digital QR code which leads to our website, our kids corner where all of the material can be found online if the teachers found that they um needed more of them. The first item in the packet right in that first tab is what I think is the very best one. It's our barrels of fun book. We basically created characters out of your three barrels that you have now trash recycling in your uh new organics container for about 2 years here now. And basically they're having a conversation with each other explaining what happens to each of the commodities inside that barrel once they go to their processing center. Whether it be the landfill,
049whether it be the recycling center, or whether it be the compost facility. And then we can move on to the activity sheets that we have. We have everything from crossword puzzles to coloring sheets to counting exercises, which is perfect here for our grade levels. And last but not least, we have posters that can be placed in hightra areas like cafeterias or classrooms. We would like to thank the um superintendent's office for working with us. We really appreciate your time for seeing us. And I'm happy to say that we will be providing a packet at no additional charge to all elementary schools for prek through 2 grade. We want to make sure that today's young recyclers are tomorrow's leaders of sustainability. All right. Thanks. Thank you guys. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Hello. >> That's
050all. And next we have staff reports uh outreach liaison report. So >> I believe that's going to go to uh Ruth Sandival. >> Good evening members of the board. I'm Ruth Sandival, a community outreach leazison who serves McKini Vento and foster students as and the families of our district. As of October 23rd, we have 403 students identified as experiencing unstable housing under the Mckin Vento the Mckin Vento Act and 84 students in foster care. We remain committed to creating opportunities for every student to experience stability, building meaningful connections, and access the resources necessary for academic and emotional success. Last school year, we were fortunate to receive a grant that allowed us to purchase a district van dedicated exclusively to serving our McKini Vinto and foster youth families. This made a tremendous difference by allowing me
051to conduct home visits, especially for families without reliable transportation. With this vehicle, I'm now able to deliver school supplies, backpacks, and essential paperwork, helping families stay connected and engaged. We know that unstable housing and foster care can bring immense stress and barriers. So, as a district, we are committed to meeting families where they're at and providing meaningful support. This year, we also launched our food pack program with Mojave Valley United Way. With the food pack program, we are supplying weekend food bags to the students and families in need. We are thankful that the school district can be a place for different resources in our community to reach students and families. We want to continue expanding the food pack program with United with United Way and making the most of the already strong impact it is
052having. Recently, we also hosted our first lunch with the liaison which was a great success with strong participation and positive feedback. I also was invited to Skylands fall festival on October 15th and attended Desert Sanctuary's block party alongside with Justinia, our special education and bore liaison. It was an excellent excellent opportunity to connect with families and community partners. Looking ahead on December 5th, we will partner with CATH help to host a parent session titled Real Talk. It takes a village to raise a child. This event will open to will be open to all BUD parents and aims to foster a sense of belonging, community, and open dialogue with our families. We strive to remove barriers, strengthen connections, and ensure every McKini Vento and foster youth student has the opportunity to succeed. Thank you for your
053continued support and dedication to our most vulnerable learners. >> All right. >> Uh, next we have the psychologist report. >> Yes. And I see four of them at the back. >> All right. Hello. All right. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Vanessa Pierce. I'm one of the eight school psychologists for the district, and we are so honored to be here with you guys tonight. So, thank you so much for having us. Um, tonight we're just going to give an overview of special education and how we help students get access to services and kind of overview of our department. Next slide. >> All right. So, our department overall people services, we support and collaborate with lots of different departments throughout the district. We work with central enrollment, child welfare and attendance. Um, we help
054with alternative education programs like home hospital and independent study programs, medical billings, um, help get access to social emotional mental health services, all of the different things. So, we collaborate a lot with different departments. All right. >> All right. There you go. Um, so we have a large uh staff and department. Um, people services is led by our fabulous director, Dr. Heather Reid. Um, we also have there she is. We also have our director of child welfare and attendance, Miss Carolyn Norman. Um we have eight psychologists as you can see and we also have lots of other administrative staff that we work with speech language pathologists um you know the wonderful liaison that Ruth talked about. um we kind of all collaborate to help get all the access to the needs of our students. And
055our mission um for our department is to collaborate with different departments, families, school sites, parents um to make sure that every student receives the best possible education that they can and ensuring that um every student is treated fairly, equitably, and uh in a safe learning environment that's conducive to their learning. And overall, special education is um spec like specially designed instruction um that helps students with disabilities to meet their unique needs um based on whatever that is. So we want to make sure that they're getting access to the general education curriculum um and that can be through IEPs, individualized educational goals, accommodations, programs, and supports. Um for the next slide, I'm going to turn it over to Miss Sabio so she can take us through your population. >> All right. So hi, I'm Jasmine Sios.
056Um, so what does special education look like in Barstow? So total Barstow has an enrollment of 6,318 students and of those students, 1,27 of them have an IEP or are being assessed for eligibility. So that makes it almost 17.84% of our population. Um, in addition to the IEPs, we do have 157 students uh that receive services through a 504 plan. Um so when we look at that in comparison to special education across California um we have seen an increase over the years of our special education population. Back in 2014 it was at about 10% of our population. Now coming 10 years later we're at about 14% across the state. So our percentage of about 17.8% is higher than that. But overall across the state of California, we have seen that steady um increase in our
057students. So how does one get an IEP? So um they must first be assessed to um and found eligible for special education determining whether they have one of the 13 special education criteria. Um and they also must need that specialized support that Miss Pierce was talking about. Um so us as school psychologists and our speech pathologists assess for special uh for special needs within our students if they are um suspected of having a disability. Um the team also can include support staff such as nurses um our general education teachers, special education teachers. Um we all contribute to those uh evaluations and assessments. Um so the length of an assessment can vary. So for each student it can take typically 11 to 27 hours to complete it from start to finish. So this consists of interviews,
058observations, direct testing, reviewing data, background information. So there's a lot that goes into making sure we're understanding the student as a whole um in a comprehensive way to make sure we can develop an appropriate plan if they need it. Um, so when we assess for one of those 13 areas, it can include any of these categories. So whether that be a learning disability, speech impairment, health impairment, autism, intellectual disability. So as you can see, the list goes on to also our more severe needs, which can be vision or hearing impairment, deaf blindness, multiple disabilities, or a traumatic brain injury. >> And I'll pass it on. >> I'm Mrs. O'Hashi. from another one of our school psychologists. Um, looking at the different programs that are offered within the Barstow Unified School District. This just kind of
059outlines the programs we have available at all of our different sites. Um, we offer speech and language services to all schools. RSP is available at pretty much every site with the exception of the junior high and the high school looking a little bit different. um they have four content classes. So instead of being pulled out for a portion of the day, they go to a specific class where they receive that accommodated or altered curriculum for reading, math, science, and history. Um when it comes to the self-contained mild to moderate classes, we offer those at Barstow Intermediate, Lenwood, and Skyline North. We also offer moderate to severe programs in district. Um and those are housed at Barstow High School, Barsto Junior High School, and at Cameron Elementary. And then we also have a moderate to severe
060um autism program at Crestline for elementary level. Um in addition to the continuum of services that we offer in-house, we also have access to programs that are housed at county level. So we have different behavior programs through success. We have additional moderate to severe autism programs for students with more significant disabilities. We have the severe to profound um populations communication classrooms for our kids that have significant like hearing impairments. Um and then we also have the moderate to severe preschool programs um that we offer for our students. Uh there's also non-public schools, residential treatment um centers, and we do offer services for students aging from 3 to 21 and 11 months. Um so 3 to 22 essentially is the age population that we work with. Um, when we have special education, typically they have some
061kind of specialized instruction or speech and language services, but in addition, they can receive any of these designated supports and services based on their individual needs. So these could be things like occupational therapy, physical therapy, adaptive physical education, um assisted technology, augmentative communication, aiological services, counseling, um behavior intervention services, one-on-one aids, visual impairment services, deaf and heart of hearing service services, and orientation and mobility services. So just depending on that student's unique needs and what they need in order to meet their individualized goals. When it comes to our current special education assessment data, so looking at last year's assessments, we had 405 requests for initial assessment all of last school year. Um, at the time of the presentation, we had 194 requests. We are now at 205 requests. Um, and we're in October. So, uh,
062definitely looking at an increase in our requests for initial assessments, uh, revaluations. Um once a student is eligible for services, we are required to reassess their eligibility every three years. So it's not just one and done. We go back in every three years and redo all of the assessments um to see if they continue to require those supports and continue to qualify for services. Um right now we're at 346 trienals due this school year um versus 275 trienals that were due last year. for students who have transferred into district. Um we had 61 transferins with the evaluations due last year. We're already at 61 transfer in evaluations due this school year. Um part of what we do is we also review placement in programs. So the school sites send us a lovely packet of data
063and we kind of review that and see whether or not the student would benefit from an alternative program. We had 27 requests last school year and we are already at 27 requests to look at different placement this school year. And we are also conducting assessments for one-on-one aids. Um last school year we had five requests and we're already at 11 requests this school year. So we're definitely seeing an increase in those requests for testing. >> Hi, I'm Marilyn Arnellis. I'm also one of the school psychologists. Um so how do we support our schools? Well, um we provide the following for special education and section 504. So, we have a lot of meetings. Um we have SSD meetings, 504 um meetings, IEP meetings. We review data. We um we complete sorry complete evaluations. We provide support
064to teachers through collaborations. Uh we support with um developing behavior plans. Um we provide training to sites on processes. We create processes and procedures. Um we maintain a Google drive with profical procedures. Um we attend more meetings for tier one. Um to develop universal practices and support student outcomes. We also conduct manifestation determinations um just like Miss Ohashi mentioned, we also do the 101 um support aids. sorry, the 1018 aids. Um, and we also do change of placement data. So, how do we support our families? Um, we attend again meetings um upon request. So, we help parents advocate for their students. We provide answers on why their students may be struggling. Um, we provide recommendations for parents to strengthen students areas of difficulties and we provide trainings to parents. additional supports that we provide. Um
065we attend SAR so that's for um attend attendance um policy compliance and supports develop processes and procedures to increase consistency across the district. Um we help in the development of processes prior to a special education assessment develop resources so that all schools have access to information and tools. We collaborate across departments um collaborate with county level staff um conduct assessments for students placed in non-public schools um to ensure compliance provide trainings to staff and provide office hours to provide um continued support. Um so what is currently happening in special education? Um so currently the people service department is digit digitizing paper records and processes. We're revamping the SST and the MTSS um process, conducting district-based one-on-one aid assessments. We're participating in special education compliance and system improvement process, developing staff trainings, reviewing again the Google
066Drive and providing updates, increasing resources available within the Google Drive and conducting assessments. So for future initiatives, um the people's service team is continuously in the process of improving um supports for our schools. So we're we're providing more trainings to parents and our staff, continuing to improve the Google resource drive, and continuing to transform processes to a digital format. >> Thank you. >> Any questions? I'm like afraid to ask. >> Thank you. >> Good job. >> My cut. I can't lose another family. My husband will be mad. >> All right. Uh, next is the interd district transfer report. Uh, 2425. and she miss Dr. >> Good evening members of the board. Um I'm here to present the interd district transfer report for the 2425 school year. So in looking at the report it shows how
067many students went out of district. They applied for an interd district transfer to go from Barstow to another district um in the high desert. And the report also states how many students we received from other districts transferring from other districts to attend Barstow. So in looking at the report, whenever we have students attending other schools and other districts, that's ADA attendance that we lose. Um, so looking at last year, we had an average of about 1982 200 students, which is an average of about $7,965 per student per year of ADA loss. Um, in looking at how many students we received from other districts attending our district, we had 11 students. So, we did receive some money as an increase, the 91,000. And so minus that plus what minus what we lost, our total ADA loss
068for the 2425 school year was $1,287 22.70. Um and then in looking at the different reasons why parents would request an interd district transfer, there are different needs. So they can request an interd district transfer based on meeting child care needs of the student meeting the child's special mental or physical health needs completing a school year when parents or guardians have moved. They can requested to allow students to remain with a class graduating that year. And um they can allow seniors to attend the same school they attended as juniors. So they can graduate as seniors with the same students. and parents and guardians um also request when they're employed within another district. So if we're looking at the reasons why the most popular reasons why students in Barstow are wanting to attend um other districts,
069we are mainly seeing that if you look at like Silver Valley Unified School District has a lot of students that is mostly due to students working up at Fort Irwin. I mean parents of the students working at Fort Irwin. So, the parents are requesting that their child attend a Fort Irwin school where they work. Um, some of them are saying that health reasons, child care reasons, if they work in Apple Valley, they want their child to attend Apple Valley and because they want their child care to be in Apple Valley. So, those are the main reasons we have seen that that increase. Um I know in looking at previous years uh we had less students over the past like five years but when we had Barcelo Digital Academy independent study program uh we didn't have
070a lot of students transferring out so they were staying in plus the pandemic. So when the pandemic ended we had more students requesting interd district transfers. So that's for the 2425 school year and we will bring the report back to you at the end of this school year for 2526. Do you have any questions? [Music] >> Thank you. >> Well, if at any time you do, just let me know. Right. >> Thank you. >> All right. Uh, next we have the monthly cash report, October 2025. >> Mr. Been. >> Good evening, members of the board. The district's cast position remains strong and continues to reflect sound financial management practices. As of October 20th, 2025, the district has 63,984,558.98 as noted in the county treasury report. Overall, the district maintains adequate liquidity to meet all short-term
071obligations, which reflects continued fiscal stability as we approach the midpoint of the fiscal year. In conclusion, the acceptance of the monthly cash report has no fiscal impact as it is presented to the board forformational purposes only. >> Thank you. [Music] >> Uh next we have the vandalism report first quarter. >> This is also Mr. Beaton. >> Yes. Um thank you once again. I am pleased to provide an add an update on facility maintenance and safety as it relates to incidents of vandalism during the first quarter of the school year. Our goal remains to ensure that all students, staff, and visitors enjoy a safe, welcoming environment. While we observed a slight increase in the repair costs this quarter, I am encouraged by how effectively our teams have addressed these challenges and maintain the high standards of
072ours facilities. During the first quarter, we recorded 19 incidents of vandalism. Total repair costs were $11,650.94, representing a modest increase compared to the same period last year. >> Josh, I think you have the enrollment reported. >> Um, it is important to note that this slight increase is primarily due to a single incident that accounted for approximately 75% of this quarter's costs. This incident involves stolen wiring from the HVAC at Cameron requiring significant cost to labor and materials to restore affected systems. Uh while such instances are unfortunate, they also highlight the resilience and efficiency of our maintenance teams and responding promptly and minimizing disruption to the learning environment. Uh most incidents were minor and quickly resolved causing m minimal impact. The majority occurred in common areas with higher student traffic. The single significant incident underscores the
073effectiveness of our rapid response protocols which allowed us to restore full functionality efficient. Uh looking ahead, our main remaining prepared to respond quickly to any incident. The fact that a single incident caused the majority of the cost also means that the underlying rate of vandalism remains low, which is an encouraging indicator of over overall school climate and student responsibility. In summary, while we experienced a slight increase in cost this quarter due to an isolated incident, these costs reflect our swift response and ongoing dedication to the maintaining of safe facilities and our support to a safe, positive learning environment. I'm confident that with the continued part partnership of our staff, students, and our committee, we will we maintain the integrity and welcoming environment Boston's respect for our short shared spaces at Barcel Unified School District. >>
074Thank you for your continued support. We know what that HVAC and that one incident. It was that on our new HVAC. >> Yes. Once we Yes. >> I think they saw us um going in and you know and so Viviano actually put a welded a gate and it's not going to happen again. So he's he's secured the electrical panel and we'll have to find another way. That one's taken care of. Any other questions? Anybody? >> Thank you. >> Uh, next we have the corrected copy for the enrollment report month two. >> Awesome. Mr. Beon, >> may you Josh? Um, so the district continues to show positive growth and stability. Um this month the total district enrollment stands at 6,192 students representing a 1% increase of 58 students compared to the same period last year. We
075go to page two all the way down please. So if you can see um our total district for the same period was 6,134 and right now we're standing at 6,1992. I understand that uh people uh people services had a different number. So we um depending on which enrollment we're talking about u kind of >> 6,38 can shift that number uh depending on which actual enrollment you take and at what time it's taken. So that's where the differences occur. Um, so consistent growth across elementary grades indicates continued community confidence in our early education programs. When compared to last year, the middle and high school enrollment has softened slightly but remains stable, reflecting a strong student retention. Uh, the 1% increase in enrollment is a meaningful indicator district's health as this growth supports a strong foundation for
076current and future academic programs. >> Thank you. Thank you. Question. Anybody? Good. Thank you. And next we have the superintendent report. >> Yes. Thank you. Good afternoon board members, staff, and guests. I'd like to send our deepest condolences to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, family, and friends of Deputy Andrew Nunees. Deputy Nunees tragically lost his life in the line of duty on October 27, 2025. The sheriff's department posted on social media that Deputy Nunees served with unwavering commitment, courage, and deep compassion for the community he vowed to protect. His bravery and sacrifice reflects a life dedicated to safeguarding others, even at the greatest cost. Such devotion will remain forever etched in our hearts. This social media post made by the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, although informing the community of a tragic event, is
077an example of social media used as a tool to accurately describe an event to the people within the county of San Bernardino. The Sheriff's Department leverages their social media platform to build a positive digital community. Content posted by the sheriff's department initiates constructive conversations, celebrates the achievements of others, and promotes kindness and empathy over criticism and conflict. At a time of great loss, the sheriff's department continues to maintain bravery over bitterness. Be on the lookout for Red Ribbons. Say that several times fast. I'm going to give it a shot. Red Ribbon Week takes place each year from October 23 through October 31. Red Ribbon Week is an alcohol, tobacco, smoking, and other drug and violence prevention awareness campaign observed annually in October. It began as a tribute to the fallen DEA special agent, Enrique Camarina,
078in 1985. Here is a huge shout out to the members of the management team who met yesterday for our second quarterly meeting of the school year. Thank you to Molly Gisham for joining us and providing clarity and courage towards meeting the moment. Molly continued our professional growth by introducing the team to meet your support system which included belonging. Who are the people currently holding you steady? Perspective. Who are the people who help you to see what you missed? Wisdom. Who are the people who show up when you need them when you need them the most? And growth. Where in your life or leadership are you feeling your growth potential or limitations? On Monday, I met with the leadership members of CSEA and BEA. Also for our second quarterly meeting, our teams shared information on current
079BUSD progress toward academic success for our students. concerns were raised and further work will be conducted to continue working on improving the good work our classified and certificate of staff do every day. Next Tuesday and next Thursday the BUSD board of trustees will hold two additional meetings. On Tuesday, November 4, the board will hold a board work study session continue to continue work on mutual supports and strategies with the local nonprofits to provide key information and ongoing collaboration with the community, school district, and community college. On Thursday, November 6, the board will meet to continue their work on board governance with a focus on completing the board's governance handbook. I appreciate the board's tireless dedication and commitment to students and staff as we all identify new light bulb moments during travel on our academic and
080professional journeys with BUSD. >> Thank you. >> All right. Next, we have the order reports. Miss Gibbons. >> Hi. I don't have any reports, but hi to everyone. Hi, Miss Mahan. Hi. Um, I don't really have any updates. I'm happy to see everyone and thank you for the presentations. They were all wonderful. Even their reports that we heard today were very thorough and informative. So, thank you. That's all. >> Thank you, Miss Reese's. >> Yes. >> I just want to thank the web the STEM candidate coming over. It was a good little presentation and the gamers from the Barstow High School. You know, uh I don't know much about games. That Pac-Man was the last thing I ever played. You know, wasn't good at that either. I want to reach out and say uh to
081Mr. Williams uh go ahead and uh recoup. I text him yesterday. He said he was in a lot of pain and uh that's kind of missed his questions too, you know. Um and also uh I'm I'm really big on recycling. I I really, you know, uh I really enjoy it. I uh I this is awesome. I you know this is Could I have another extra one of these to give my neighbors? >> I don't think they know how to recycle. >> And one one more. >> Hey Vinnie, what's score? >> Two on top five. ah Dodger score >> and um I don't have much to say except uh you know uh we're we're a small community we need to stay together we need to help each other out you know all the entities and stuff
082you know this uh going back and forth and stuff you know everybody says oh the community first community first is it really are we really thinking about the community first or we thinking about our own egos and stuff you know and I'm big on helping kids and protecting kids and for people to insinuate that the school board up here is not uh on top of trying to take care and protect kids, you know, uh just blowing smoke up somebody's dress because we're we take it very seriously here, you know, and uh uh I'm not a social media guy, you know, I'm more of a face to face guy. Uh that's what I enjoy. Uh this social media stuff's all new to me. I get uh stuff on my phone what somebody text and whatever they
083did and stuff, you know. And uh that's fine, you know. They they they got their rights. I have my rights, too, you know. Like I said, I I enjoy somebody coming telling, "Hey, Mr. Eless, you're messing up." I I can handle that because you know what? I'm going to do my first amendment rights. tell you exactly what I think of you too. Uh, you know, and, uh, basically that's all I have. And, uh, we have a big game, I guess, uh, Friday night to clench the, uh, the league championship for football. I think we're going to do it. And, uh, we got a big offensive line, big defensive line. You know, they're about eight of them going to graduate this year. Uh, you know, uh, I always said that, uh, you know, what makes a
084good coach, great players. You know, we'll find out next year if it we can replace those big old guys. Have you ever been to the games? That's biggest line we've ever had, Barstow, since I've been watching football, 1964. And, uh, we'll see what happens next year. But, uh, I wish them all the luck this Friday night. I hope they beat the heck out of Granite Hills. I don't care too much for them. Thank you for coming. Thank you, Mr. Frey. >> Well, I had the opportunity to uh well, first of all, I want to thank our presenters and uh our uh employees of the month. Uh I think a lot of you just do a great job and it's great to honor you uh at the at these board meetings. Uh I had the opportunity,
085Tony, you mentioned the year 1964. um had the opportunity to attend a a reunion, a class reunion this past weekend and u so you can imagine uh the age group we're talking about, right? Uh old guys like me and uh uh it was a great opportunity to uh get together with old friends and meet some new friends. And one of the things that impressed me about this group of of uh old riffians was