0015:30. Let's call the meeting to order. Um, we had a close session. Um, and there's nothing to report from the close session. >> We did not pay a >> We did. You didn't pay attention. >> Call a vote. >> I voted. >> All right. Motion to approve now that Steve's whining. Okay. All right. So, I make the motion. >> I'll second. >> All in favor? >> I. None opposed. >> Okay. >> We have to do six. >> All right. Um, can we have everyone rise for a moment of silence and please right hand over your heart? Ready? Begin. >> I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Right. There's item seven. There's no action
002taken from the uh post session except for giving uh superintendent direction. Uh, no public hearing cards. I assume you're not here to make public comments, right? >> So, item nine, the consent calendar. Can I get a motion for consent? >> Second. >> All in favor? None opposed? No items removed. Manny, employment. Employee announcements. >> Yes, sir. Okay. Okay, we have quite a few classified. I don't think they're here, but we'll still go through them real quick. We have um for classified, we have two cafeteria workers for Baldwin Lane Elementary, Sheila Adams and Jennifer Krueger. Um cafeteria worker floater Helen attend sorry working for cafeteria and then Baldwin Lane attendance clerk Buucy. Uh she's she's also a Baker High School graduate has students in the district and we are excited to have her joining the Bald
003Lane team. instructional aid Haley Boltz. Haley began her career at Baldwin Lane Elementary School as a new duty aid and is happy to work closely with students as an instructional aid and in special education aid at Big High School. Rebecca Degree Rebecca has been a certificated substitute for many years. We are excited she's joining our classified contract staff. Uh TK aid at Baldwin Lane. Liz, you're going to be better at this pronouncing. N G E N Y E that's >> N C E N >> is it >> it's not that spelling but >> yeah we we could get it okay and she's the TK a and one one severe special education aids Brian Adams which is not the Brian Adams that worked here before it's different Brian Adams not the teacher Brian Adams >> or
004the pop starware um has worked in a small group home setting and has been a par professional for many years. He is passionate about special education and will be a wonderful addition to our team at Northshore. Uh Janette Reeves worked as a pres in a preschool setting for many years. She is pursuing her degree in special education and hopes to be a special education teacher one day. We are thrilled that she's joining the modesty team at NS. And our last one, of course, our certificated staff member coming in just before school started, so she had to get going pretty quick when numbers started to go up. Bald Lane Elementary School elementary teacher Megan Sullivan, who is here with us today. Congratulations. Megan has been a dedicated substitute teacher for Fair Valley Unified School District for
005the past two years. She holds both single subject and multiple subject teaching credentials and is currently pursuing her master's degree in education. Her approach is strongly student focused. She is hands-on and highly adaptable. Always working to beat individuals of students. Megan's adaptability, enthusiasm, and commitment to education are evident in everything she does. She has done a great job. I know the Bald Lane staff is really excited to have her. They've been wanting her, I think, for a little while now to for her to be a permanent member. So, we are really lucky to have her. Um, could you please go ahead and introduce who's with you, Megan? >> Oh, hi. I'm uh Megan Sullivan. This is my husband, Sean Sullivan. Um, this is my oldest, Ellen. She is in first grade at Baldwin L, so
006we hang out a lot. >> Um, and then this is my youngest, Margaret Maggie, also known as Maggie Sman. Um, she is right now at Anderson Preschool, so next year she'll be great. >> Next year she'll do TK. >> Oh, she'll be Kinder. >> She just turned four. >> Oh, she missed that. >> She's Well, she she can. She's just >> She's young. >> She's my baby. Totally get that. Well, we're lucky to have you and they have been How long have you lived in Big R now? >> Uh four years. I've been here uh I we live over by the high school in Balma. Um and she we moved up here officially um >> June of 21 when she was 2 weeks old. >> Wow. >> So I stayed home I part of I
007got to stay home with them for two years and um so I'm ready to I have four years off of teaching. So it's amazing what four years off will give you motivation. >> It's exciting. >> Really excited to have >> And you'll be teaching trying to remember what grade one >> right now? First grade. >> First grade. >> So I'm teaching a lot of friends. >> My favorite so far. I love it. >> What's your single subject then? >> Uh foundational math. >> Oh, cool. >> So um down the hill I taught seventh and eighth grade math and science. >> Okay. >> So do you have >> I don't like those people. >> No, he taught seventh and eighth grade. S terrible. Do you have the supplementary credential that goes up to nth grade or
008do you have your full math credential? >> Uh just the foundational. So um one day I'll myster I just have to take the sub test sub test three sub test >> and then I >> All right. Well, we're excited to have you. Thank you for coming in and getting everything set up so quickly. Uh getting your classroom ready and all set to go. Thank you. And we're really lucky to have you. I know Bing is really excited. [Music] there. >> All right. >> Unless you've been dying to hear the rest of the board. [Music] All right, Mr. Marquez, it's still you with Superintendent. >> Super. Okay. Um, had a great start. I wanted to thank um Well, besides the one day off, let's not let's not go there yet. Let's talk about positive. Um, we
009had a good, you know, with our with our new teacher orientation that we haven't done. With our new teacher orientation, Brian, how many people did we have for new teacher? >> We had 16 people. 16 new teachers and we it was really a good energy in the room. Um Brian did a great job getting everybody in the way making it feel welcome. I got to talk to them for a minute. We took them up like we do tradition that started. We took them up to the sky and sky chair and everything. Had a great time. It's really a good interactive group. A lot of bigger high school graduates, a lot of new people, a lot of good energy. It was just a fun It honestly was a fun day for to interact with everyone and
010it turned out really really nice. So that was that was awesome. I was able to get to the back to school. I know some of you were able to do that as well to get to not back to school but to the web day for Victory Middle School. I was able to be there and talk to the parents and be able to be um Dr. Francisco Hypeman a little bit because wanted to introduce her as she did her thing with parents just so that they had an opportunity to know that we will have full faith in Dr. Francisco and put her in that position. And then we were I was able to also be at the freshman orientation which was good too because you know introducing Chris Casino introducing a new assistant principal to a
011high school especially our high school is in a small town is important and he made some good impressions even during I got a text some you know when he was speaking for his moment that we're getting some good feedback on him um really good feedback so that was good and then you know I know all of you or most of you were at the welcome back breakfast good energy there staff came back really pleased I got a lot of good comments con even the day after we were still getting texts the day after that as far as just feeling good about them starting. We were able to visit you and as I said in my notes you're able to visit all the sites and go to the rooms and even teachers coming out after thanking
012the presenters and me and thanking everyone for giving them a good start giving them inspiration. It's a matter of like you know Dr. Folks and I were talking about okay now how do we keep that going? How do we keep the whole going? How do we keep them interested and keep them motivated? You know, it's a hard job when you get into the dog days of May and everything else. It's it becomes challenging. So, keeping that motivation is extremely important. But, it was a really really good start. Wanted to thank everyone that helped put that together. Christian for his balloons, mad balloon skills. Um, thank you very much, Christian. Uh, we were calling that stuff across the street at 9:00 at night the night before just to get all that stuff set up. So, I
013want to thank her. Uh, the entire cabinet was there with me at 8:30 at night getting everything set up. So, it worked out well. I think that Rita was very appreciative of the fact that we did not have her do the breakfast because normally her staff isn't even there. So, she was actually appreciative that she didn't have it was it's a little bit of a stress on nutrition services. They love doing the end of year one and serving the staff at the end of the year, but the beginning of the year is a little bit stressful when you're trying to get the year going to have to uh plan a large event like that. So, Rita was actually appreciative that her staff was able to go and enjoy and not have to serve. >> It's
014my understanding it was kind of a wash for cost. Yes, it was about the same for cost. Uh um destination big did a great job. Gave us a good deal on the room. They were really helpful. They were there with us. So everything worked out really good. We're hoping to continue that. Um one of Ricky said had a good comment for me and she said she was this was awesome mama. She goes, "Good luck now." And I said, "What do you mean?" She goes, "Now you're going to have to try to top this next year." >> It's all right. Jack will be our inspirational speaker the next year. >> Tickets. >> Yeah. Exactly. Um but otherwise um everything has been everything's great and enrollment and just real quick we're sitting just when she did our
015estimations estimated us right around 2160 and same there we're sitting right around right now as of today we're sitt after we lost some students we're sitting at 2180 so we're still above projected enrollment uh we might lose a couple but it's always a little bit of a wash in and out this time sometimes also people show up we did have because of starting on Friday we had some absences on Friday and that's why we really didn't look it as strong until what we wanted to look at Monday. So, we had to look at it Tuesday. Um, but looking at Tuesday and then even more today, looking at it a lot closer. We're sitting pretty tight right now at 2180. We're just excited to be at or above projected enrollment. So, we're not dropping in enrollment.
016It's still staying pretty solid. >> It didn't lump somewhere. Are there any class size problems? >> We have a couple class size issues. Uh, Northshore has a large fifth grade class because it wasn't enough to add a teacher, but it wasn't it. It's right now they only have two teachers in fifth grade and those numbers are sitting right around 33 34 right around 34 students. And in those pies shaped classrooms, that's a lot. It is a lot in those classrooms. So, that's a that's those are some high numbers there. The middle school sitting pretty tight because we we we had one position, one FTE that we reduced there. So, they're sitting tight at their numbers. Um, Baldwin's got a couple areas that they're sitting tight, but nothing. But that's why we had to add Megan
017just to even things out a little bit. Um, but right now we're feeling like we're pretty solid. There's a couple areas we're continuing to watch the fourth and fifth grade at Northshore. And the other thing Leanne and I are doing as well, we went on a tour of, we were trying to get to all the schools, but of course there was an issue this morning. We're trying to get all the schools to look at all the special education because that's an area right now that we need to be concerned about because of the growth of special education and not because we're overqualifying or anything because we're getting a lot of kids in but we got 10 students on IEPs that came in over the summer >> closer to 20 you >> yeah but it also
018it's a lot and we're looking we toured we went to bigger middle school in North Shore a day right now we're not looking at adding any teachers but We may have to add support staff, but we really want to wait couple more weeks and look at it to make sure it all levels out, everyone stays where they're supposed to to look at look at it closer quickly and mainly the elementary. Oh, no. We have been we have a little bit of issue at middle too. Um, as far as maybe if we need to get more support staff in there for pushing services, things like that. We want to make sure we're solid there. But we are monitoring that closely. We tell let the teachers know and I think they felt comfortable by the fact that
019they and I are going in there taking a look making sure they're comfortable looking at the or putting eyes on it because even when you look at a classroom that's like the mod severe class um Katie Williams class over at Northshore yes mod severe you're only going to have 15 kids in the class but their equipment their one-on-one aids all of a sudden that fills up a room real fast so we have to be cautious of that but honestly everything looked good when we'll visit the rest of them this week uh the two schools this week to making sure we're offering support looking at the what they have and how it's going because sometimes the level of severity of a special education student can really change the dynamics of the class as well not just
020the amount of so we're trying to keep an eye on that too that >> and the attendance rate too because we're >> ADA >> yeah that's the specifically for special ed that's one of our significant problem areas >> yes it's making sure they're showing up on a regular bas Yeah, because it can sound like they're high, but when you have two kids absent a day, do we really need to add something sometimes because sometimes there are medical issues that come along with that? There's a lot of difference. So, yeah, that's something to consider as well. And we are pushing for a greater ADA because we're still sitting at the 91. We'd like to be a lot better with that. >> Do we know what percent of our population is in special ed? >> We are
021probably close to 17% >> last numbers. We were estimating 17. We're probably going to be higher than that. >> The standard back in the day was like 10%. Is it still that or is it across >> No. Um, as of a few years ago, it was nationwide 12%, but it's just jumped 5%. >> He hasn't been in the classroom for how long now? But yeah, back when you got cuz I remember 10% was a big deal. Then 12%. Oh my god. >> Then 13 14. Oh god, what are we doing? Then hit and we were panicking. >> And like when we finished the school year, we're sitting about 15. But with all the new enrollment, now we're at 17. Do we know what the encroachment is on the budget? >> Just say I wish the
022EOT funding we got was for >> Yeah. The hard part comes with with the one-on-one aids. That's where it gets to and the oneonone aids. There's so much. >> Also, the increase in the number of months severe students and the services that that they require to access their education um is a big deal. And then finding credential mods of your teachers. We we flew a position all summer about one non candidate. >> Have have the qualifications for special ed changed over the last few years or they is it stay static? >> You mean the assess the assessment protocols that they're given have not changed? >> Is it a state protocol or is it a national protocol? It's a national though when we went to the the training they said that the autism though has opened
023it up a lot though as far as how they >> the growth in autism and ADHD health impairment have been significant. >> That's why I'm asking just reading an article how if you look at the increase in uh uh children diagnosed with autism it correlates with when they change the DSM and the definition of what autism is. So they would change it to include and include and include. So ours probably hasn't changed, but because they already come in with that diagnosis, which is more frequent now than it used to be because they changed the criteria for >> Isn't that the statement? >> Correct. But there's a difference between a medical diagnosis and a school uh how they qualify. >> So they can have a medical diagnosis, but unless it impacts their access to the general
024education, >> they may or may not qualify even with a diagnosis. So we could like support by putting them on a 504 plan or something like that, but even if they come with a medical diagnosis of something, they still have to go through the process of being assessed to see if they qualify. Um, and on the other side, sometimes we have kids that qualify under oatism because they have autistic like behaviors yet they have no medical diagnosis. So what we do is not a medical diagnosis. >> It's just how it impacts their access to, >> right? But the increase of numbers um I know you're saying like the changing of DSM the other is the rate of kids with moderate to severe disabilities is significantly increased the the disabilities more sever. >> Okay. And then
025last thing, Northshore and Baldwin Lane have their back to school night tomorrow night. We're just I'm going to run to try to do both. Le and I are going to be switching in tonight uh to She's going to start at Bald. outside no switch to make sure we make it as but obviously board members are welcome. Please if you ask that right now where you might be going just so that's where you know if you're in the middle of Northshore anyway I was trying to go to North as well >> okay otherwise that's it >> all right Next is Dr. Smart. Do you have anything? >> I think we're off to a good year. >> No, no, I was just going to say that the welcome back practice was great. And I told that that
026morning that this was just outstanding. It was really nice having it at a different site. Um there was so much energy in the room. The guest speaker was amazing. Um it it was it was a great kickoff. The best I can ever ever remember. So thank you for that. >> Yeah. Along those lines, it's it's rare that you see someone that is that effective but effective with everyone. Like I went in the back to talk to Evan who's a friend of mine and came out half hour later and she's still there talking with the entire M guys engaged and that to engage you know maintenance and operations and be so meaningful to them as well as the teachers as well as like I mentioned you know the people who were doing the catering they were
027you know reacting to it as well and going uhhuh uhhuh you know really uh identifying with what she was saying it was it was pretty pretty powerful. I also want to point out that I got to talk to her later at length and she for some reason repeatedly mentioned how impressed she was with Christian >> and figured that out. >> Yeah. I'm dead Christian. I'm dead serious. >> She talked. Did you pay her? >> Cuz seriously, she was so impressed by you. She explained how stressed she was. Like she doesn't look stressed, but she explained how stressed she was at the and coming in with the books and how do we hand these out? you're like, "Don't worry," or something like that. Like, "I've watched Oprah before." And how how you engaged people with the
028books, like handing them out, and she's like, "This is great." And she just loved your energy, loved how you came in and just put her at ease saying, "I'll take care of that." So, I just wanted to >> tell you that for some reason, she wouldn't let it go and kept I said, "Can we talk about all about you?" >> So, good job. That was awesome. Oh, her and B him and Berto is who she really connected with. She got to talk to Berto for a while, but she did for some reason she made a connection with the M guys, which I thought was very cool. I think it's a good point to say that the classified staff really felt connected with it as well. >> And you know, Rita and her team, it was
029really it's a good point to make that yeah, it was it wasn't just teachers and she was with me and her and I had the meeting. She was she was who am I talking to? And I said, everybody, not just teachers, you're talking to all my staff. And so she makes she was funny. She makes notes of that. Dr. folks in the bar were talking about. There's so many things that she mentioned without notes, people's names, everything. She's a good presenter. You know, she did good. >> I had a classified person say, and I quote, "I can't believe we were able to get someone that great up here." >> They were really impressed. >> Um, I wanted to put a plug in for video that Dr. folks curated with AI, but it's on the new
030fields, uh the community fields. If if everyone can share it, uh it'll get the word out because, um there's going to be a need of labor and and resources to help uh make that happen. Um and it's a really good video that explains what's going on. So, uh please share it with everyone. Um >> I had a meeting with soccer and it was really helpful when I had a meeting. >> Oh, yeah. Does parks and wreck know? >> I don't know what parks and wreck know what their knowledge is on this. >> I haven't I don't know anybody in parks and anymore. >> I think they should like director over there. >> Were you at North when Oscar was >> Oscar? Come on. >> But he's got students in the school. So >> does if
031you don't want to share the video >> it's on it's on the foundation website. >> It's on the foundation website. >> But it'd be nice if like with these back to school nights if it were playing on a loop or something. >> I'm serious. >> No, you're right though because I think parents need to be aware of it. Every parent who has a kid ever in any type of youth sports has understood what the battle over field it is for this valley. So to I I agree with you in the fact the more support put this my son was in football and it was always a fight. >> It was always fight >> and we get put in the middle of it because often times it's our gyms and our fields. I remember Reese Truckerfield
032told me there is he knows he was in charge of all of the athletic facilities, the civic ones from parks and recck districts for all of San Bernardino County. And he said there is no other district that relies on their school district the way Big Bear does for fields and courts because that doesn't exist. That's a that's a Big Bear thing that we've been able to provide that service and we still don't have enough. So I think that's going to be huge to have these new fields. >> Is it the last one you sent us to the board? Yes. Okay. >> Yes. The one that's posted on the website is the last one. >> Last one. Okay. >> Which asks for help and money at the end. >> Yes. Okay. >> And we shouldn't be
033ashamed of that. >> I'm not ashamed at all. >> We actually got a $100 donation through the website. >> That was nice. >> Keep it coming. >> All right. Uh the last thing I wanted to talk about is CT. I'm excited that with the changes we have with uh new teachers, some some rockstar teachers that we've had, um I I saw both of them at the um the uh >> freshman orientation and they were excited about getting started and I saw um Mr. Leong there as well and he was moving stuff and excited about his new role there. So, and with the the um fresh fresh off the boat uh vice principal or assistant principal at the high school now being the principal there, uh he's I'm excited for for good things to happen. So,
034it's going to be good. >> Our presenter from the background has also plans to speak directly to us. >> Yeah. >> Oh, that's awesome. >> They have their they have their program and so you should she's going to go ahead and work with Chris and be able to do one day or two day program. We have CSI money. There's money there for them for that kind of stuff. >> That's awesome. >> And that's their jam, man. Working with those kids population. >> That's cool. >> All right. Uh 13, ratification of high school curriculum adopt. >> So move. >> All in favor? >> I oppose. Um B public hearing public comment annual declaration of need for fully qualified educators for 2526 school year. >> It's the next one. >> It's just a public hearing. >> Close
035public hearing. Uh C is the annual declaration of need for fully qualified educators for 2526 school year. Can I get a motion to approve? >> I'll make that motion. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> opposed. Item 14, ratify administrative management salary schedule. >> So move second. >> All in favor? >> No, we should just note that there's no big races here. We're just just codifying what we did a long time ago just with this group. That's going to come up again and again. >> Yeah. The next >> two. All in favor? >> I oppose. All right. uh ratify the certificated salary schedules 15A second. >> All in favor? >> And opposed. All right. B public hearing comment on ratification of variable term waiver for 2526 school year. Right. We'll close the public comment.
036Uh ratification of variable term waiver for 2526 school year. Can I get a motion to approve? Second. >> All in favor? >> I opposed. >> Suggestions for future meeting agendas. >> Yeah. I do have a concern that I would like to I think we need to address. >> It bothered me a lot that we had to close the schools because the power went out. >> Yes. >> Okay. We got all this solar power. >> Okay. But we still had to close the schools when the power went out. And so that was just a surprise for me. I just hated to lose the I know everybody in the room did but >> second day of school >> 50%. >> Okay. >> So I I've thought a lot about that even if >> we were to have
037power whether it be um generation systems or battery backup from our solar. The problem is if kids aren't able to get ready for school because it's dark at home. What are we going to have for attendance? I I I totally disagree. If you live in a big tree, you got to be ready for for power outages, >> flashlights. You can't >> You're asking for maybe 50% attendance that day. >> Oh, I' I'd be shocked. Is that >> I'd be shocked if it's that high? >> 50% just the power out. >> And that's that's just that's a risk cuz that's a conversation Jess and I have is Yeah. We risk who's going to actually show up. So, we put it into play and then we can't file the J13 J13 at that point because we put
038it into play and our 88 tanks that day. That's the risk we take. I I thought about this a lot when we had to close uh Falls because uh Edison had to cut the power there due to fire risk. So, I thought, okay, we get power generation, but then the kids aren't able to prepare to come to school and they're more >> attendance really low. >> It would have been if but we closed. know that I mean that's >> I know parents and how they act. >> I was a parent too. I would have got my >> times changed Steve. >> Okay. Well, it's just I expect this is a this is a future agenda discussing this but I mean >> yeah I expect this to continue. This is not this is not >> I
039think that's something to address as well Dr. Fols because we're in a different world now. I guess like he just said times have changed and with the fires and all these things that have happened it's going to continue and it's a matter of how we address it but what we get out of it what we let's say hypothetically put generators in or something or try to prepare parents ahead of time to say hey if power is out we prepared to have school the problem is food if we're prepared to cook food nutrition services too has to be able to have food on the ready that doesn't need to be warmed >> that's not true We have power generation >> if but power generation though for what we might get out of it according to how
040many how much is we're talking a minimum of five >> get that more days in the school year >> what's that >> add more days to the school year with more snow days >> that's the inconvenience that I think is going to happen statewide >> because the expense of trying to fix that problem at this point in time of having to put solar in and batteries in and what if it's a cloudy day or a rainy day where you are where that happens Well, >> you have to have batteries. I mean, it's an expensive thing, but again, it's one of these things we've been warned about for decades now that there's going to be these added expenses due to fires and >> events, and it's here now. >> So, >> I mean, so the only
041answer then is we have to have more schooling >> or or it's a great future agenda item. >> Okay.