BUSD Board Meeting 3/6/2025

001e so exciting to see you it is 6 o'clock I'm going to call this meeting to order and it's so exciting to see you all thanks for being here um we are coming to um we have nothing to report on closed session so this meeting is recorded for live streaming And archiving on the district YouTube channel at youtube.com uh bisha Unified School District for your convenience um I'm looking to see who I can ask to give the pledge to start our pledge do I want to please de can you get can you give me your name please okay kette thank you Al to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with and girl thank you kette um do we are on

002item seven um approval of the agenda can I have first I move that we approve the agenda is written I'll second thank you so there are some seats available if you could please find a seat all right please find a seat there are seats available and there's overflow in the gym and there's overflow in the gym if you prefer that oh there's still some seats available we'd love to have you stay in all right so we are to um item number eight and it is my pleasure to invite Dr Wright to introduce our fantastic debate team take um oh I'm so sorry I'm so sorry we had a first for by Mark melli a second by Sher and all those in favor for um approval of the agenda hi thank you and so Dr Wright

003good evening uh at this time I would like to introduce Briana Klein Schmid our principal of bonisha high school who's going to introduce our Debaters good evening um it's a very special event anytime I get to come and uh help celebrate our students and their programs and so tonight I'm honored to introduce um some of uh our Debaters from our award-winning debate program as well as their coaches uh Michelle Gaines and Tim Knox who has previously was a debater at bisha high school and has stuck around to help us coach and then also kette Calderon and Daniel [Applause] dado hi good to be here I'm keeping my um jacking on his team spirit uh Michelle Gaines I former teacher at bisha high school and I started the debate team seven years ago I guess going

004on eight years and it it was inspired by a class speech and debate class and it was supposed to end as a class and after uh after I speak you're going to meet the young man who decided no it's not going to end as a class we're going to have a team he had wanted a team for a long time uh Mr Knox and and so he kind of pastored me until I I said it's too much time too much time and he goes let's just go to the meeting and just see so we went to see this awesome Bay Area Debate um competitive Network and thought Oh this is pretty special we're we're in a special Network I we're in a special group and you just get sucked in with all these awesome people

005and young people that hundreds that show up to these tournaments so why shouldn't bonisha be and I started getting like okay well we can be you know just as good as they can so the the team happened and we ended up forging a DVC connection ja Valley college has a champion debate uh coach a champion debate team and we were sort of funneling some of our students going they're going I got to go to DVC this year go to join the team and we ended up with some really prizewinning um students and you probably seen in our newspaper articles and um so we ended up with this DBC connection and they it became we became a conduit for that school and three especially three um notable students from our our school just Keen braen Braden

006BBY and ji Yad competed there and really distinguished themselves um Tristan became we like this fact Tristan became the best parliamentary debater in the country College parliamentary debater in the country after winning two um the two tournaments that the colleges gave two and fouryear colleges she wanted two years at DVC got herself a full ride to Berkeley and uh I'm sure by virtue partly of the off you know by she was a champion debator they and then she won it two more years and her coach at DBC has a whole if you want I can send to you um he has uh video online for a podcast arguing that Tristan Keane is the best parliamentary debater in the history of college parliamentary debate and she came from our school not from one of those not

007from one of the Silicon Valley Schools I mean I knew we could compete with the best of them and then so Tristan works with us still she graduated and when she said when she graduated we she sented this card and she said you and Timmy Knox changed the trajectory trajectory of my life and I think that's true of many Debaters that come through our program yesterday I was at the middle school now we have a middle school debate team and we had a mother that was very determined to have a middle school team and so one of our teachers one of our Debaters Olivia Bieber she couldn't be here tonight because she's um working she's in drama and she she coaches it and I went yesterday assisting here's 21 kids just excited eager just you

008know no debate I said middle school are you sure not a problem not not one kind of behavior problem and excited yester they had their first debate next week we're going to bring four of our debators there to to do a scrimmage so I was thinking about what every educator what every parent what every uh every educator every teacher wants you see those kids when you're teaching and they're in between classes and they're just kind of trying to figure out how not to go to class and kind of just you know you see them when you're on campus right and you just see others with a spring in their step a sprink you know like the sparkle in their eye and that's what we all want right and I I've had the privilege of seeing

009that um with our team every year it's a it's a great activity and it you know Sports does that art does that I know that but we don't have that many academic things on our campus in our district that that do does that right um we are also going to the the elementary school so we have uh Mrs Hughes who does the debate at the elementary school level our kids are going to go there so what I wanted when I started to to raise money was for the team was uh when I went to the community was we want a program not just a team and we're getting a program and it takes a lot of time it takes a lot of effort and what I would ask you um I'm G to let Timmy

010I didn't realize Tim was here going to be here tonight he came probably B now from Sacramento uh talk about our debate ERS that will be speaking but what I would ask now that I have you all here for the district is to Value this enough to embedd it somehow in our in our district so that when a person like me who does really retire not sort of pretends to retire and keeps running the team but you know really goes down there I'm going to be you know eventually wither down San Diego right got grandkids more coming the that it doesn't die because it will will die and not just have you know just the volunteer help I a high school speech and debate class um a we had a freshman speech class that was

011a wonderful thing uh budgeting some money maybe for a middle school stien I know it's a time of cutbacks but uh we're trying to find in all these different schools we meet at these tournaments how do you keep yours going we keep asking each other one woman said they give me eight hours a week B bow great team person left had the great team another woman came along is resurrecting it they give her eight hours a week of money whatever there's stiens I get a small stien one of our teams get uh one of our coaches gets one but just if it if you value it it's just like when you're looking for um different programs to bring to the district we bring in Consultants we bring in curricula we want it to be kids

012to something for the kids can really just get that sparkle in their eye and care about current events because they're going to go and they're going to go debate and they're going to do I don't have to tell you that what the the skills what those skills mean for the rest of their lives so um and I'm happy to work with whoever is willing to kind of work with us and I'm sure Tim will too he kind of he goes back and forth Sacramento a lot and still has not abandoned the team that he loves so um and we are going to go back we're going to go back to National this year which is actually here nearby so uh and you'll meet those two Debaters now thank you and you have been supportive and

013our certainly our town has been supportive and our principal has been supportive and uh we thank you for that and we just like to make it something that's not going to die that's my hope [Applause] thanks hello everyone how are you all doing glad to hear and I I just want to start off you know Michelle thanked many of you all but I don't think Michelle gets enough thanks she often Praises me and says oh if it weren't for you the team would have never been established or this that and the other but it's her who's here day in and day out running the operation well I'm up in Sacramento and that's been mened a few times so I'll to say I do work for our local state senator Christopher cabaldon and I've worked in

014the legislature for the last four years and that's why I'm frequently in between um and oh sorry um yes and so um I would like to tell you a little bit about the two students who are going to be speaking first is cozette um I'll tell you a story about when she first joined the team um and this may embarrass her and even more so uh I'd love it even more if that were to occur because her very first tournament and we compete in a style of debate called parliamentary where there's only it's two on two they get 20 minutes of preparation before each debate there's a different topic every single round so they have to be prepared to discuss international relations and domestic economic policy and any given thing that the debate tournament decides

015to give them um and cozette in her first tournament uh this was well over a year ago her partner drops out last minute her partner's sick she can't attend and so we asked the tournament well is it okay if kette word a Maverick which means to compete by herself against teams the two uh and we we described that to kette and she's she's game she's absolutely excited this is her first tournament she is not prepared uh has very little experience at this time absolutely none and she goes in and wins all four rounds back to back to back to back like cozette her partner Daniel exudes Excellence at this last weekend's tournament while he was waiting the results of the judges who deliberate and decide who wins round I told him regardless of what the

016judges decision he executes the lessons that Michelle I and our other coaches teach them uh to a te and so with that I'd like for both and Daniel to come up here and speak and for you all to hear a little bit from them I guess it's never a good sign when the only one that hasn't in something but I'll being in speech and debate I'll try when I was coming up here and I was told to talk I think especially in debate it's very easy to get pessimistic about our schools when we compete we usually don't go against public schools mostly private very well-funded private schools and we see these kids kids with these coaches and a lot of times they don't even write the arguments they read they actually pay people to write

017the arguments so it gets us in a position where it's like wow we it's a very weird Underdog Story but then I actually got to thinking about how much like this town has actually given me like obviously Miss Grub's fifth grade teacher I remember back when we used to sit in that classroom we would have us do this every time we agree and then you would encourage us to argue and encourage us to debate and I know my parents weren't exactly proud that I was learning how to debate against them but looking back now like think that's why I got into it and I think it's one of those things where we can look at all these other schools look at the money look at the prestige look at these brick Ivy schools that we

018see but then it's a weird feeling looking back at our town and seeing all the things I've been given and all the things that my parents my teachers and even people I don't see on a regular basis I've given to me Miss gain kind of fell into my life very accidentally my brother joined the debate team on a whim and then being a brother encouraged me to join so then my motivation was beat my brother and then he went on to get 17th in the country and I was like well that's not going to happen but then we got 13 13th 13th in country so we did pretty good but even then miss gains with I imagine very little pay very little real motivation to do what she does helped us every day of the

019week for many months on end working with us every day teaching us editorial papers how to write an argument how to be persuasive so even if we don't have the brick and IV schools we don't have the incredible amounts of money some of these teams have I think what we have in a lot of ways is so much better we see these coaches work very impersonally they work in these high like they come from Berkeley they come from Stanford they do what they do not many of these teams have them as gains not many of these teams have a town like this that actually comes in that loves and cares what they do and actually want to do it other than the money that's behind it so that's my main point tonight just to thank

020you all for all we've been given all the things that this town has been able to give us going growing up and hopefully with Nationals in a month hopefully you can give something back when get that trophy so thank you all hello and good evening so in today's landscape debate has gained a very poor reputation in my opinion and it's mainly because politicians always yell over one another and what should be healthy political discourse turns into yelling matches but that is not the sport that I engage in I engage in parliamentary debate which is all about being cordial to your opponents and it is vital that we keep it that way but the way that we do that is to encourage kids to understand the importance of public speaking and parliamentary debate and I hope

021that this school school board will see the importance of debate but not just because Daniel and I have made bisha High be ranked number 13th in the nation but because there are simply valuable skills that the Next Generation can gain from this sport so hello you know my name is kette ceron but a little bit about myself is that I'm a senior at bisha high school so this is my last year here and I am the captain of the speech and debate team and my journey began about 2 years ago and as it's coming to an end I've began to reflect on my journey and one of the most important lessons that I've learned is that the losses completely outweigh any of the wins and it's not for the cliche reasons that people are probably

022thinking about about like oh never let yourself get down just because it's one loss no it's because I've learned that my selfworth is way more than a stupid plastic trophy I could ever win and as though although the winds are very nice I've learned that the losses have helped me for deep and valuable relationships and such a mindset is one I wish to keep with me as I go on to college without debate I would have never been able to form such deep connections I've have and I would have never been able to gain the self-confidence that I currently do so as my debate partner and I go on to Nationals I want to thank you all for your continued support because it has allowed us to become who we are but more so I

023know that we will make you all proud and I cannot wait to give back to this town so thank you very [Applause] much I just want to really thank you and the debate team is gains Daniel cette you do make us proud thank you so now we go to a a b which is employee of the years Dr Jennings this is the tallest Podium I have ever been at I look very short so um good evening president grubs uh board trustees Dr Wright and the bud Community I am honored to be here this evening to present to the board for recognition some of our exceptional classified and certificated Educators uh before I begin I want to thank our labor union Partners BTA president Arianne Whiting and csca president Cindy crane for their assistance with the

024selection of the educators of the year for the bisha Unified School District the contributions made by our classified and certificated employees is invaluable and we appreciate president's Whiting and crane for their leadership of these essential employee groups bisha UniFi is fortunate to have an abundance of exceptional Educators who work diligently each day to serve the students and families in our district tonight as I call up each Honore you will hear a uh what was shared by their colleagues um in their Nom in the nomination process you will hear a theme of dedication positivity and Care the honores tonight are the heartbeat of our district so we will present the classified and certificated educators of the year in the following order we're going to do the district office and site leaders of the Year first then

025we'll do bonisha High School Liberty High School bonisha Middle Joe Henderson Robert simple Matthew Turner and conclude with Mary farmer um once your family member or colleagues has received their award um we asked that if you can transition to the Overflow in the Liberty gem so that if uh others want to come into the space while they're a family member or colleague is receiving the award so now let's get to the main event here um on this item and first up is Stephanie Rice Stephanie Rice sir come on in you can stop Stephanie Stephan oh Stephanie Rice served as the Director of educational services and here's what uh someone had to say about Stephanie Stephanie has a unique ability to keep the big picture in mind and attend to the smallest of details Stephanie is

026instrumental in bringing together ed services student services special education and our pre uh prek and Child Development units as one unified system of support she Sim seamlessly Blends and braids the work together by making sure that all voices are heard and vering herself in the programs offered so she is knowledgeable and able to support the work from all angles she's always professional and willing to assist others congratulations Stephanie [Applause] next up we have the principal of vanisha high school Brian kleinet yeah you can stand wherever you yeah that's good I was going to put a little X down but I didn't do that so um when people think of bonisha high school they think of Banna kleinet as the principal of the high school for the past nine years Briana puts her heart and soul

027into the school students and staff parents family and community members she enthusiastically attends nearly every school event away game performance with a smile on her face her leadership has resulted in multiple honors being awarded to the high school and for that we are grateful thank you and congratulations [Applause] Briana congratulations principal kleinet [Applause] next up we have oh principal K's going to stay up here um as Oh and next up we have a English teacher from bonisha high school John Baker come on [Applause] out okay John's excellent teaching and collaborative leadership as a department chair for the English language arts department has guided the department through years of positive change and outstanding student outcomes John is thoughtful and outstand John is oh sorry John is thoughtful reflective listens to understand asks great questions and applies

028patience when working towards change he has high expectations for all students and does an ex excellent job of preparing them for College and Career Pursuits congratulations John [Applause] okay thank you John congratulations and principal Klein twi's going to stay up here because our next winner is or Honore is Jane ugla I say right our Denisha High School's registar Jean was hired in 2015 and has been a a crucial member of the counseling and administrative team during her time at bisha high school each year she continues to grow in her knowledge and expertise in her role Jane is always welcoming to new families students and staff while juggling the many important responsibilities of a high school registar she manages Student Records transcripts and course schedules Master schedules and hundreds of other things asked of her every

029day congratulations Jane [Applause] congratulations Jane next up we have Liberty High School we're GNA have uh go ahead um and we have Anita carom who is our Liberty High School office manager and principal Lewis has joined her thank you Mr Lewis can you hand her the certificate thank thank you um Anita is indispensable member of the school community at Liberty High School expertly managing her clerical responsibilities while playing a vital role in ensuring the smooth and safe daily operations of Liberty campus her efficiency and deep knowledge of school processes and policies are matched by her ability to build positive and trusting relationships with staff students and families congratulations Anita [Applause] and I'm gonna have principal leou stay up here do you want to and so congratulations Anita we have the Liberty High School teacher of

030um of the Year Juan Lobo Restrepo um he could not make it tonight but we are want to still honor him and I want to say a few lovely words um regarding um uh onean Juan exemplifies the spirit of Liberty High School he is an extraordinary educator with teaching deeply with his teaching deeply rooted in social justice and a commitment to empowering at promise youth Wan's compassionate approach is perfectly balanced with an insistence on accountability encouraging his students to rise to their full potential his ability to build strong positive relationships with students creates a safe and inspiring learning environment where every voice voice is heard so thank you to Juan next up we have principal ol olivaria is coming now oh sorry vice principal sorry I promoted you see there you go um principal Nelson

031is not able to be here tonight but um uh vice principal Aliva is here tonight and we have um we're honoring um uh Gan Kumar tonight thank you so much for coming um we're gonna go ahead and give him a certificate Gan serves as the daytime custodian at bonisha middle school he stands out through his exceptional dedication and work ethic and positive attitude he consistently goes above and beyond to ensure that every classroom and space on campus is well-maintained and ready for students and staff Kumar's willingness to step up whenever needed and his friendly upbeat demeanor make him an invaluable part of the school community congratulations [Applause] Kumar okay congratulations Kumar and uh if you can just stay just for a second um Megan Nelson is the educator the certificated educator of the year for

032Panisha Middle School she also um had a um was not able to make it tonight so um but we still want to honor um honor her she um Miss Nelson is an exceptional educator who sets herself apart through her unwavering dedication to her students and her holistic approach to teaching she looks beyond academics to understand what is happening in her students lives ensuring that her teaching meets their individual needs this approach not only Fosters academic success but also builds self-confidence and in her student students colleagues describe her as inspiring with one stating that they feel honored to learn from her in the classroom so congratulations to [Applause] Megan and now we're moving on to Joe Henderson come on out we have principal balante um who is here with our wonderful certificated educator of the Year

033from Joe Henderson Tiffany Anderson [Applause] Tiffany is an amazing educator and advocate for her students she has a positive attitude in all that she does and goes above and beyond as a teammate and a coworker she is described by her colleagues as an educator who exceeds expectations in everything she does and is a quiet Giver always giving a hand where it's needed without needing a big thank you so congratulations to um Tiffany so we're going to take a [Applause] picture if you could stay up here principal balante next up is Sarah Thompson our special education aid from Joe Henderson Sarah shows tremendous flexibility and professionalism in her work she smoothly transitioned into our the Intensive academics classroom this year and her students love to work with her in the words of her colleagues Sarah is

034amazing and positive and a joy to work with we appreciate Sarah for the care and effort she brings forth in her work and her willingness to help in any way that she can congratulations [Applause] Sarah congratulations Sarah thank you principal Volante okay uh next up we have Robert simple Elementary School principal Moore and Jessica oh God she told me how Kiara kiaro [Applause] okay Jessica is not only an outstanding educator but also a deeply compassionate and inspiring individual who goes above above and beyond for her students and colleagues Jessica has an exceptional ability to make learning fun and engaging her classroom is a place where curiosity is encouraged and every lesson is an opportunity for for growth Jessica is more than just a teacher she's a mentor a role model and a genuine Force for

035good in our school Community congratulations Jessica [Applause] [Laughter] congratulations next up from Robert simple is their classified educator of the year and we have Lisa wool Lisa is known for her tireless work ethic selflessness and unwavering commitment to supporting students and staff she's always thinking of more efficient ways to streamline processes make things easier for others and improve our school's operations Lisa is a true example of what it means to be dedicated selfless and committed to the success of others congratulations Lisa it's well [Applause] deserved [Applause] congratulations next up we have principal Slater and Connie Reid Come On In [Applause] congratulations Connie is an exceptional except exceptional member of the Matthew Turner Elementary Community known for her kindness dedication and ability to build strong relationships with students staff and families every morning she greets students

036and families at the gate with warmth and encouragement setting a positive tone for the day regardless of the weather Connie's dedication adaptability and caring nature have made her an invaluable asset to the school community and she is truly deserving of this recognition congratulations Connie [Applause] okay um our next person that we are honoring is Jeffrey bue he is he is not here today he has had some very exciting news and addition new addition to his family so he is um with his new um son so we are excited for him and um giving him a little shout out if he's watching he's not able to attend but I want to say some lovely things about Jeffrey um Jeffrey was also selected as the districtwide certificated educator of the year for bonisha so we want to

037um give him a little extra extra um praise so uh Jeffrey has been an invaluable member of the bisha Unified School District for six years and a career educator for 19 years excelling as both a resource specialist and a general education teacher he embodies dedication creativity compassion and Excellence working tily to meet the diverse needs of our students during the last two years Jeffrey spearheaded our new language arts program Open Court working on the district team he has been instrumental in the piloting of this new curriculum supporting second and third grade teachers throughout our district Jeffrey has also provided individualized mentorship to new and es and teachers ensuring they feel supported and confident in implementing this program Jeffrey is a truly a Stell educator a joy to work alongside and is truly and is highly

038respected by staff parents and students like a students alike Cong congratulations to Jeffrey thank [Applause] you next up is Mary Farm and we H and our child development unit we have our wonderful preschool teacher [Applause] Betty we are excited to recognize one of our tremendously um talented Preschool teachers um Betty became a lead preschool teacher a few years ago um at I'm sorry at Mary farmer and brings an extreme sense of peace to her classroom she presents herself in a calm manner to her students showing them patience warmth and individualized support she takes pride in her classroom and loves to show off her students work and she takes pride in making sure that they're prepared and ready to enter Elementary School congratulations Betty well deserved [Applause] [Music] next up is principal Fleming and Mary farmer

039come on in did I get we have hell Burkin um Hal berkin stands out as as a dedicated and thoughtful educator who brings a unique blend of professionalism creativity and compassion to his role as a fifth grade teacher his thoughtfulness and effort in planning with students in mind is evident in everything he does he ensured that his lessons are engaging relevant and inclusive of his students with diverse needs and for that we want to say congratulations to your well-deserved award Hal [Applause] okay we save the best for last um we have um I'm so happy to introduce our classified educator of the year for bonisha [Music] unified Michelle [Applause] Wade Michelle is distinguished by her unwavering dedication and ability to ability to positively impact everyone she interacts with her colleagues consistently praise her positive attitude

040and tireless work ethic as one staff member shared she has taken over the office manager position seeming seemingly without a hitch she works so hard is receptive and kind when speaking with teachers and helps with whatever is needed another one remarked Michelle takes care of everything and never complains her attitude is so positive and she is so helpful nothing falls through the cracks with Michelle congratulations Michelle [Applause] congratulations and just a a couple of little notes we have this wonderful recognition by the board um for our wonderful certificated and classified educators of the year we also do a night of the Stars where we um do a more form like a formal with dinner and dancing and and um even more Awards so we w we invite everyone to come on May 9th the invitations

041will be going out in a couple of weeks to reserve a spot um for the night of the stars and so we're looking forward to that event and really celebrating all of our Wonder wonderful Educators one more time so thank [Applause] you thank you so much and I want to I as representing the board would like to really extend our congratulations to all of our um wonderful uh honores so thank you and we come to uh item nine a students student report uh Victoria Blackman good evening president grub superintendent Dr Wright fellow cheses and cabinet members celebrating women's history month we have the League of Women Voters coming to give a presentation about the importance of voting and empowering young people to be part of our democracy we are also planning to visit Rosary the

042Riveter Museum in Point Richmond there we will learn more about the contribution made by those that work in the home front and the roles played in the success of our military finally we are planning to attend the women and construction event in Fairfield this Hands-On event is open to everyone we we have several learning through inches field trips planned in the next couple of weeks we are going to visit Sacramento Job Corp Marine Mammal Center and release our salmon hatchings into the Sacramento River with UC Davis researchers in two weeks students along with Mr Nelson Rick small and other mentors will be going skiing and snowboarding at Palisades Tahoe we are we are partnering with the nonprofit organization ski duck this organization is dedicated to enriching the lives of app promised youth by teaching and

043sharing the joys of skiing and snowboarding they provide free days skiing and snowboarding including free lift tickets rentals and lessons I will be going lastly we would like to invite you all to Liberty spring openhouse it will be this Thursday April 3 oh wa next Thursday April 3rd at 5:30 we're going to showcase our our school and all the great opportunities that Liberty has to offer more information can be found on our website I personally invited miss Lynn from BHS the One sensors teacher on behalf of Liberty High School thank [Applause] you thank you Victoria and then we have next we have uh Bella what's your last name Bella Canon Canon I couldn't read it sorry it's okay sorry from BHS I apologize I had my report printed I don't know where it went so

044I would be reading it off of my phone okay uh hello president grubs and fellow council members within the last weeks banisha High School business class opened their first P opened up their paw shop for the first time this year and they will be operating Tuesdays and Thursdays at lunch they will also be going to different various sporting events such as baseball games and they will be selling there as well the senior bullettin was posted allowing seniors to get caught up on upcoming events and find things such as new scholarships and look at the new senior bundle the senior bundle includes things such as a prom ticket senior ditch day the senior t-shirt and more and it gives senior a chance to buy them all at once with a reduced price which is pretty nice

045and then last week the black student union hosted a spirit week and it went very well students had fun dressing up for 2000's day and wearing your fa wear your favorite shoes day to name a few many access events happened including learning about going into the trades and then then improv also had a show last Friday over the weekend debaters kette calron and Daniel Delgado made it to Nationals and I also on the debate team won the Lions Club spe second speech contest thank you this week the was committee came and visited our school I believe either today or yesterday was the last day they walked around and interacted with students to learn more about our school leadership hosted a movie at lunch to kick off uh women's History Month showing hidden f figures this

046Friday improv has another show at do youonce Miho high school and they're going to be doing a cage match I don't know exactly what that entails but I am excited to see it today leadership students went on a field trip to see this year's prom venue which is the Asian Art Museum I was included in it we are all very excited for it this week is the last week for AP exam registration so students are all getting that done March Madness has started signups for the upcoming basketball tournament at lunch students can create their own teams and go up against one another and even play against teachers if teachers want to create a staff team and then ASB elections have started and candidates have to fill out a packet for their first part of the

047election and submit it at the end of this week in the upcoming weeks the schools around bonisha Unified School District are participating in the first great note exchange this event is hosted by leadership students including myself Abigail Maldonado and Janessa Lee classes across different schools will be writing kind notes to one another and they will be dispersed amongst the all of the different schools schools will not be receiving their own notes and they will be getting notes from all of the other schools the notes we're very excited for it the notes at the high school will be posted up in the main office hopefully either hanging or on a tree that we create in the upcoming weeks on behalf of bisha high school thank you than you thank you Isabella no she was taking notes

048today yeah I was taking not oh okay oh sorry so ladies if you would like to go on about your evening you are certainly welcome to do so thank you so much for being here and Reporting out we appreciate you next we come to um our to item number nine reports um and we have Dr Wright up next good evening wow did you really say that you dress up for 2000's day ah man I gotta say tonight's been a great night uh the energy in the room is great uh being able to honor our employees of the year and also our Debaters I mean what an outstanding job that they've done and moving that program and hearing that it's expanding to the middle school is really exciting so I think we're going to be a

049force to be reckoned with for years to come um bisha high school has been a celebration pretty much all night too because they also finished their was visit and was is Western Association of schools and colleges uh if you're not familiar with that it's the accreditation so they come to your school site and they take a deep dive into your programs and they write a report and they give some recommendations for improvement and the the the key to success for was is that you're doing was all the time so once you get your report and you get your recommendations you're constantly constantly working on it and improving your programs and if you're doing that you're typically successful as you're moving forward and um it was evident that banisha high school has done an outstanding job

050of that because as we met with the was committee um I think it was on Tuesday we met with them Tuesday Morning um they have great things to say about the program they're excited about the leadership they're excited about the teaching and instruction our facilities and uh it was great to hear that that feedback uh at the end of the visit they usually write a draft report before they leave and it's pretty involved and they give some recommendations and they also give some rankings so um we had an opportunity to look at it briefly and I think we have effective highly effective and effective in all areas so we're looking forward to an outstanding final report that we'll get probably uh early summer but congratulations to bonisha High School Briana Klein Schmid Iona Morgan and

051team uh another fantastic job um March is a month of recognition so um on Friday March 7th is National employee recognition day gives us an opportunity to thank our employees for their contributions to our organization historically in bisha we usually combine it with the teacher um celebration in May so we'll celebrate our employees in May but we just wanted to just reach out to our employees and just thank for your your hard work it's also de de developmental disabilities awareness month this month dedicates time to increasing awareness and understanding of people living with developmental disabilities gives us an opportunity to promote inclusion and acceptance and the rights of those living with disabilities so this will lead to Greater understanding for all people worldwide as March 31th March 31st is international transgender of visibility uh International

052transgender day of visibility it's celebrated to bring awareness to transgender people and their identities as well as recognize those who have um fought uh for their rights for transgender people uh National Irish American Heritage Month March is National Irish American Heritage Month it celebrates the Irish American Heritage and culture and pays tribute to the contributions of Irish immigrants and their descendants living in the United States I also want to bring attention it's Ramadan um uh the month of March uh for most Muslim communities uh Ramadan uh students may be fasting during the school day or may need time to exercise prayer uh usually around midday around 1 p.m. um we just need to be mindful so if they're in physical education there may be energy levels may be low and may need to have some

053accommodations and even lunchtime they may need a sack lunch to take home uh because they can eat when the Sun goes down to be mindful and I will end with uh women's History Month uh month of March established in 1987 women's History Month recognizes all women for their valuable contributions to history and society and tonight will honor Eleanor Roosevelt who is an advocate for human rights serving as the first chairperson of the United Nations Human Rights Commission she played a key role in drafting a universal Declaration of Human Rights which was adopted in 1948 Elanor Roosevelt once said no one can make you feel inferior without your consent and that's all I have this evening thank you Dr Wright now we come to board reports does anyone have anything to report out me to start

054please okay um well on Saturday I was one of the judges um for the annual fourth district California lion students speakers Club contest um and Bella I'm so happy to see you you here this evening um who's a senior um she Advanced to the next round and her eyes are on the prize to Ure a scholarships worth $20,000 so that's really exciting so many thanks to the bonisha Lions Club and the forth District student speakers foundation for organizing and supporting high school students and for advocating the importance of public speaking and best of luck to you Bella um then I this week I had the opportunity to visit and tour Robert simple and farmer so I just want to give a shout out to um the office staff and the principles for hosting me it

055was a really really great time and uh trusty hirs and I um attended the annual band concerts for elementary middle school and high school musicians kudos to all the students and job well done to our band teachers one cool fact that I wanted to um share with the group is that um bonisha High School band I'll read this was selected to receive a commiss IED piece written for them to be World premiered at the Pacific Basin music festival in Hawaii later this month the students met with composer Dr Brett abagana in November Dr abagana took student suggestions and some suggestions from Miss crismond and had the piece ready by December the piece is called taking a turn and includes many ideas that the students came up with and even includes every senior Student's name written

056in code in the music those are my those are my reports other reports I just um really quick I just want to say that I um agree and I'm so happy that we're getting a the middle school debate team because they're great and Michelle has done such amazing work uh with them and I'm so happy it's gone into the middle school um and secondly might notice I'm wearing a Dr Seuss shirt because because this week was Dr Seuss's birthday also known as Theodore gel and he would have been or he died in 1991 at 87 years old and he was such a bright light for young children uh confusing sometimes his stories but just an amazing author and had ideas that were sorry um incredible and um you still see the books on shelves and

057everybody really enjoys reading them so I just wanted to shout out to Doc to theater Geisel Dr Seuss thanks and I just have a couple things um I also attended the was visit with the district uh staff on Tuesday and learned a lot about um I was very impressed with the the depth of the questions um they they asked a lot lot of really tough questions and I thought the district did a great job answering them I saw the two of the was reps at the music in our schools and said hi so maybe that helped in our report um yeah I did yeah I did and um the other thing I wanted to mention along same lines as band I attended my first drum line competition this weekend and wow our Middle School drum

058line was the only Middle School to uh participate in this competition they did phenomenally and it was so cool to see the high school came and um clapped for all the middle school kids when they were done and it was just really great to see that um it's not intergenerational but what what do you call it yeah yeah camaraderie between the older kids and the younger kids and and um you know we talk about making our our district the best district and that it's not all about just our hard scores and I think that's so true with our our band with our debate our drama all of these different elements it's very cool so thank you go back to was real just for a quick second I just want to just say because I I

059had an opportunity to serve on was committees and I just want to just they're volunteer committee so if any of you ever um feel the need to want to be on a was committee and visit Schools they're always looking for volunteers I will say that you learn a lot and you're able to steal ideas and take them back to your to your site so there's always an opportunity for that if that's something that interests you so okay so um last week we have our LMI meetings once a week I'm sorry once a month and um that's our label ma Labor Management Group and we it's really an interesting group it's a um an opportunity for for people to um engage uh with um one another both District representatives and our labor groups and um I

060really appreciate being on there we talked about the um professional development and how to different differentiate the um presentations and workshops to make it more pertinent to staff we talk about current enrollment Trends and we also talked about the challenge of um the short-term independent studies and so we're really hoping to tighten some of those things up so um it makes uh makes it easier to um on our teachers to to constantly be putting those um those short-term independent studies uh uh contracts out so thank you and now we come to item 10 so I have to read this all function of the board meetings including public comments will take place in person members of the public May address the board at a regular meeting on any item within the board's jurisdiction speaker cards are

061available at the entrance table please note the item you wish to speak about and submit a card to the board secretary the board president will call all the Open Session General comments government code section 54.3 during Public public comment item number 10 comments related to specific agenda items will be heard during these discussions please be sure to note the specific item number on the on your speaker card comments are limited to no more than three minutes per speaker or the board May limit the total time to 20 minutes per item with the timer being displayed on the monitors by law no action may be taken on any item raised during the public comment period and matters may be referred to staff replacement on a future agenda of the governing board please be reminded to keep

062your comments respectful as students may be watching the board meeting thank you and we have one speaker tonight and that is Lisa delorus good evening I understand the difficult decisions you have had to make due to the one-time funds ending we knew it was coming I know the cut had to be made and the teachers will do what we've always done we will educate our students to the best of our abilities in the 36 years that I have been in this District I have watched the demands of the teachers increase the curriculum and standards are more rigorous the classroom behaviors are tougher to deal with we have a wider Gap in the ability levels and we have to learn new curriculum often all of this falls on the teachers we have seen a reduction in

063teachers and support staff over the last many years these are the people that directly work with students yet the number of people working at the district office has grown I am disappointed that more Cuts were not made at the administrative level in the last six years the perent percentage of the budget being spent on Administration has grown more significantly than that of the teachers this graph here shows that over the last six years the lcff funding has gone up approximately 21% the money spent on teachers salaries has gone up 25% but the money spent on administrative salaries has gone up 34% I've added services and operations to the graph because it has gone had the most significant increase growth significant growth at 100% And I'm not sure why this graph here blue one you have

064shows that the with the new with the new cuts the money spent on teacher salaries will go down significantly more than that of the administration I know the workload of the Administration has increased but so has the workload of the teachers the pie charts show the approximate percentages of the budget spent on teacher salaries administrator salaries and services and operations for six years ago excuse me for six years ago currently and a projection for next year with the cuts the teach the teacher section of the P for next year will be less than that of the pie six years ago yet the administrator section will be larger in Prior years when things got really tough bonisha UniFi put the burden on the district office while they cut programs and made changes that affected the teachers

065in the classrooms the cuts made at the district level were massive I'm disappointed that the District administration feels they need need more support than our students thank you thank you now we come to item 11 approval of the consent consent calendar um do I have a motion to app I move that we approve the consent calendar is written I I wanted to before we well before we go on a second I wanted to have a little bit more discussion on G which was the facility fee schedule and I understand there's a motion I just was hoping we could get some clarification on on aspects of it um do so Dr Wright I was I was wondering because I know we approved um a facility fee schedule not too long ago and I did look at

066them and I was just curious if you could kind of explain how this one is different yeah good evening so we approved the revised facility calendar I think it was May 2024 um this one differs excuse me there's been a a couple of addition some line items that were added to this particular um schedule uh if you look at this you're going to notice that there's a tennis court line added which wasn't there previously I don't know how our our maintenance and operations Department um um charged for those they did but there was just no line item for it so we want to make sure it was transparent and on a document and then also a parking lot as well sometimes uh user groups are renting Park uh want to rent the parking lot to

067do blood drives or clothing drives and there was nothing on there to identify the price so they just kind of figured it out so we wanted to make sure that that was uh indicated on this document also um you'll see that uh on a document from May 2024 uh Stadium lighting was identified on there at $50 an hour hour uh what we did on this document is we we um we left the language open for we would give a quote based upon what you're renting versus just a flat rate of $50 an hour so it gives us a little bit of flexibility and user group's flexibility to have some discussion on how much lighting is used for that particular rental so we wanted to create some flexibility there um also we had services on this

068document so you'll we had custodial servic at $50 an hour we also had campus supervision services at $50 an hour on this document we removed that from this document because it really didn't belong here this is a facility rental schedule not about Services the services will come with the contract so we just put a note that you know Services May apply um if if if necessary and typically when you rent a facility custodial uh Services is uh something that that is uh goes along with the rental $50 an hour but is it be on a separate rental agreement okay and and I know it seems like well just facility phase what you know why am I asking the reason I'm asking is I've I've had a lot of questions from the community about it and

069our community um users like teams and um you know different different clubs different user groups and so this um this change has been a big one for them and I think probably was part of it was the timing and when they set yearly fees so now you know now we know but I was also wondering you know how we set so that they can understand how do we set these hourly rates um I've had some some people say to me that they're way higher than other places and and our teams can't afford to use our fields and you know I I um I don't want you know our I want to make sure that it's cost neutral to the district because we don't we we don't have the we're we're not yeah we we have

070to operate at at a cost neutral um on a cost neutral basis so I'm not asking that the district eat money I'm I'm just hoping to get some clarity as to what the rate why the rates are set where they are and what they cover yeah and if we remember our conversation back to May back to May 2024 uh I'm just going to I've met with a lot of user groups in in the community as well and the thing that comes up is a stadium so I'm just going to use that example um prior to May 2024 we rented our Stadium out to the public for $40 per day um well that's a field I'm sorry let me see yeah it was $40 per day with lighting it was $70 per day and to put

071that in perspective valo charges $25 an hour and they have been since 2022 and we had not increased our rates for were I I I don't we couldn't even go back to how far it was for decades um so we had to make the adjustments so for us to go from $70 per day with lights to $150 per hour it seems like a huge increase which it is but we're still right around market value valo charges $25 an hour and um Napa charges $150 an hour so we're on par with Napa Fairfield is slightly less than that um it took a little bit of digging because I was trying to figure out because I kept hearing like our our rates are higher our rates are higher they're tripled they're they're quadrupled and I was trying

072to figure out the why so here's the why so I had to do a little bit of digging and it was for it was the thought behind it was for a good reason and I'm going to I going to try to explain that so people understand what what what happened when you're in a facility we're going to stick with the stadium we're going to stick with the the weekend because we don't charge custodial rates or additional rates during their normal work hour so let's just say it's a Saturday we rent the facility and we have a flag football game that user group is required to rent a hire a custodian because the custodian is responsible for unlocking Facility Cleaning the facility locking the facility um maintaining it and making sure that they're available shouldn't emergency

073happen if an earthquake happens they know exactly what they do they know how to shut off the gas valves they know how to respond in those situations so having a custodian on site after hours it's it's not it's it's a must and that's typical in any District um that I've worked in at with rents facilities now often times that custodian is tasked or asked to do things outside of their job duties they're tapped on a shoulder to say hey can you do this for us can you do that for us it's outside of the realm of their work and they're really not supposed to do that per contract they're not um but sometimes they were tasked with doing that as a fix for that and also let me before I get into that I'm just

074going to stick with bonisha high school there's been reports or there's been concerns over the years people are bringing their dogs and their pet pets on the weekends into the facility which is a hazard right um people are the crowd control parents are arguing at it intense soccer match so for the thought behind it was I understand why but there was a discussion to you know what when we rent our facilities on a weekend in addition to custodial Services we really should have a campus supervisor there to help manage and maintain that event and make sure that our facilities are safe completely makes sense and also to alleviate the custodian from having to do work outside of their job description understand that 100% but when you look at that that's another $50 an hour on

075top of that so if you have a soccer tournament and it's A8 hour day you're adding $50 an hour for the custodian you're adding $50 an hour for the campus supervisor those rates go up substantially particularly when it was $70 a day now it's $150 an hour you can see why there's a substantial um amount of more money that you're having to to pay to to to rent the facility now having a campus supervisor isn't isn't a typical service that um a school district would provide for um for for events and you know I've had some um discussions with our uh Insurance Group to kind of get their perspective I need to dig a little bit deeper because I want to know if it's a liability for us if it's an outside user group that's

076renting our facilities and two parents engage in a fight and our campus supervisor intervenes and breaks it up are we as a district then liable for an event that not even District so there's some concerns there um and also we need to have some conversations and some discussion to figure out how we're going to address user groups who have large Gatherings so if you have a track meet and 2,000 people show up and all we have there is a custodian who's responsible for unlocking locking and cleaning the facilities that's also a liability there too so we have to figure out that middle ground on how we're going to manage that piece I think in most cases it's we probably need some language that states that if for a large event you may be required to

077hire additional custodians and you're responsible for your security so those are some conversations that we're going to have but for the purposes of what we bring forward tonight we're bringing forward a facility fee schedule so we want to make sure that we're able to get this secured and we have to have some additional conversations about the management of um user groups using our facilities to make sure that that um we're protecting the district and the liabilities from liability you I have just um some followup just in terms of on that note in particular that um I think that this deserves a bigger conversation um at a later time and really thinking through um you know we're in a town like bonisha when our schools provide excellent education but also provide resources and facilities for our

078town and so I think that we have to really think that through in terms of how can we support our community um so it goes beyond just a fee schedule I think we should really think about how can we support and how can we provide contracts to our bisha organizations you know this really helps sort of of that funnel through when we think about there's not any real sports teams in middle school so a lot of people are playing Recreational Sports um and this gives our you know funnel through to high school um so I would really like to see um us as a district take a step back and think about you know how can we think about the the bigger picture of what we're providing benisha um and also think through you know

079ensure we're giving priority and cost Effectiveness to the the Bish to our bishal organizations consider our parent teacher affiliation groups in terms of the use and you know perhaps not paying to to utilize the the cost of our facilities I understand custodian I understand people being there but you know to charge our nonprofits that are then giving money back to the school um I think we should have that that dialogue and talk that through I'd really like to see what the cost analysis is like when we say of course we want to be cost neutral you know what are those fees that we're paying per hour for I'm just going to make this up sort of like you like the NPR at Mary farmer you know how much are are we spending as a facility

080or as a district for someone to utilize that room versus what we're charging um and then in particular just thinking that through with our um organizations that serve our children or serve our students I should say I want to clarify one one comment was the in terms like of our uh nonprofits like our ptgs PTO we don't charge them to use our facilities we only they only are charged to use our facilities if they're using it outside of normal custodial hours so if they come on a weekend or a Saturday but if they're if they come during the the week and there's a custodian on duty they're not they're not being charged for facility space I completely agree with the holistic approach that that you're uh presenting but I do think it's and I I

081think we we spoke about this at a previous board meeting it's a bigger conversation and I'm just going to stick with Fields because Fields is the Hot Topic in bonisha uh the city it's really a city planning issue but you know they're are partners and we service the same folks they're landlocked and they don't have any fields we have some Fields then and we're happy to be part of the solution but we have to work together because the school district can't solve this issue by ourselves this is going to take complete cor um collaboration with all groups and I think I mentioned in a previous District it was a city that U orchestrated uh each each season it was the city groups all the little leagues the school district everybody came to the meeting and

082there was a big uh a big schedule and a big chart and everybody knew who needed what and when they needed and how we can work together to make sure that we met everybody's needs something like that has to happen in bisha because what's going to happen and which we haven't really put out there yet is that we have two fields that are going to we're going to put shovels in the ground this summer baseball field and a softball field and those are going to be some lengthy projects to put Turf on those fields and put lights up there which may move into their seasons and when that happens the the high school sports are going to be displaced which means they're probably going to get priority to the community fields which means some of

083those Community user groups may be displaced so this is a bigger conversation you're right and yes I completely agree that we should prioritize uh bonisha sports or bonisha activities um versus outside I don't know of any outside but I I I didn't I didn't look into it either but um yeah it's a bigger conversation and we do need to organize and figure out how we're going to schedule and try to accommodate as many groups as possible uh but in terms of the facility fee schedule uh what we bring forward we feel that uh um we're we're competitive with our neighboring groups and if you want to and I think trusty HS your first question was how did we come up with these numbers the first schedule we pulled was valos um they're our closest neighbors

084and I'm going to say that looking at their we we wanted to make sure that we were under them because I I felt their their rat was like wow you know it's $25 is a lot you know going from $70 a day so we we looked at Napa and then we also looked at Fairfield and we looked at a couple others but the three ones that we looked that is Napa Fairfield and valo and the stadiums are consistent at $50 an hour uh Fairfield maybe a little less Val's a little bit more and if you look at other uh facilities some folks are all over the place so we also had to look at our starting place and where we were prior to March uh 2020 I'm sorry May 2024 uh with our rentals and

085and make some adjustments we do have to also remember that um we're not making a profit off of any of this we're losing money um but we also have to figure out how much are we willing to subsidize because it hits our general fund and and we got to understand understand that and I I'm going to thank the the governing board that passed measure s because when that happened and they put in a turf field at the stadium they made a a commitment to put away money for that Turf replacement and we're coming up on 10 years and that's going to happen but what we haven't discussed is an ongoing maintenance of that Turf that costs money the lights so the lights right now the reason why we wanted some negotiation and not just say

086$50 an hour is because there's a program that we're we're probably going to uh bring forward and purchase it's about a th bucks and it gives us the opportunity to do a study on how much the lighting is going to cost when you run a facility but we want to do that over a year so we can hit All Season fall winter and spring and I think it's important that we start this process this upcoming year because we're going to add two additional field with lights and we're going to need to know the cost of those fields and how much it is to operate the lights um and you know uh we're not making money deferred maintenance and it just goes into to to repairs so um we're happy to to look into and do

087any studies that we need to and give you the data that you feel like you need um but right now we feel like we've done our due diligence and researching surrounding districts and uh we think that this is fair in terms of the outside user groups we've already uh this week we've we're no longer assigning the campus supervisor to those rentals so they the fol FKS that have uh contracts they'll see a red a much reduced rate but we are going to go to the table next week and try to figure out okay um how are we going to manage our facilities like what is going to be that threshold when we're going to have our user groups go out and either show up with your Security contact bisha police department and just have some

088guidelines and there's some other districts that have some manuals that we can use as a base so we're not starting from scratch but I just wanted to let you know that that part is already in motion um we are we're talking about doing the the survey of especially the lights the stadium lights or the the expensive ones and um and then move forward yeah we want to support our user groups 100% that's great I I also would like to um you know suggest that eventually we think about a policy a board policy towards our facilities and our facilities use um and as we think about you know the the conversation of creating a foundation um or talking about a partial tax I think we need to be really transparent with our community about this is

089a Hot Topic um and so I really think that we need to make sure that we're we're having that bigger conversation so for the reason that you said I feel comfortable with the fee schedule but I do want to say I want to bring this back and you know perhaps this is to the facility steering committee that that's where the conversation starts and starts to build out from there um but I think that this should come back to the board in a bigger and broader picture of what we're doing as a district yeah we'll be happy to come back and do a presentation with some data thank you we um we have a motion on the table did we have a second do we have a second I'll second so and then we have um

090I'm going to go ahead and do the consent calendar without F since that's going to be a separate roll call it's yeah I'm talking about the resolution to have to have a separate rooll call yes so all those in favor I any opposed no thank you and then um hold on I don't think she's done I'm sorry for the the resolution 24 2528 we have the same motions that we're going to be using and all those in favor can I can I just is is this the transportation it's SF it's F okay Declaration of obsolete for venisha high school okay thank you can I just ask another procedural question is um 11h within the consent calendar it is it is can discuss that one I I would does anybody mind but what I I'm confused

091on um the transportation plan I um at 323,000 $323,900 transportation for 25 students so there are two Transportation plans there this is required by state law we get an add-on to our lcf FF and then there was part of state law that um 60% of Transportation costs that the district's incurred in a prior year become Revenue in a a two years out if it's greater than that lcff add-on and so what this is looking at is expenditures for the 2425 plan it's looking at expenditures from 2223 and then we have to by April 1st have a 2526 plan in place um we're we're making sure we're compliant with the 2425 you should have seen that one last year but we're bringing it forward to make sure we're compliant what's before you um is that one

092and the 2526 that is looking at the 23 24 expenditures and then that tells us how the revenue generation will be so it doesn't affect the add-on to lcff it's whether or not um the 60% of our expenditures goes higher than that Revenue we already get we get a little bit additional to offset our transportation program so that's the plan um and we it's the the language in it was um was established in 2122 um it doesn't change at the top the only thing we update each year is is the cost um for expenditures that is that have happened and so the question was how many students does this serve um special EDS specifically is 24 students and that's where those Transportation costs come in the other items um that serve our students has to

093do with free bus passes so the expenditure side that you're seeing is directly connected to our required um IEP driven special ed transportation so forgive me but I'm look so I'm looking at this and 2324 um was 323,000 plus plus or minus um as the add-on to the lcff is that correct we're projecting that next year that's what it'll be yes so help me understand and why we have expenditures and other fin financing uses for classified salaries employee benefits books and supplies services and other operating expenditures capital outlay and other outgo in a transportation bill so these are the required um object code categories you must include in your transportation plan if we had a transportation department we would have staff if we owned buses if we owned vans that we drove ourselves we contract

094out for all of our transportation so that's why in this plan you don't see direct staff that um transport our students because we contract with a contractor to do that so you only see it under that line that says the 5,000 through 5999 because we have contracts only so we have a contract or 323,000 to transport 24 students that's the expenditures that are attributable to nine months last year that is correct is there a way that we can are we addressing that in terms of this year or next year or the coming years we've been we've been having this discussion for some time now and uh I think if you're on the board a couple of years ago we were exploring the purchase of Vans and hiring um classified our part-time classified staff members to

095transport students um we're engaging in that conversation again um and our hope is that we can reduce that cost significantly and there's some other there's some other um strategies that we have where we think that we may be able to have some cost Savings in that area um for next school year but we cannot adjust the 2425 that contract's in place we're actually supposed to that's the current year that we're in um you're supposed to bid transportation each year so we have to bid transportation for 2526 to have a plan um whether it's that we're able to purchase Vans and employ our own staff or we have to continue with an outside vendor we are looking at different ways um can school buses um move around town in bisha yes they absolutely can we do

096see them for the private schools moving students around right now what we have are minivans that one to two students ride in and any and that's the bid that had gone forward and that's the transportation that's been in place for 2324 and 2425 and if we oops I'm sorry if we if we have if we buy the Vans and we have employees that are currently employed do an extra bit in the morning in the afternoon um some of these students require special care and so how do I mean are they going to need training in those particular you know instances um how do we plan on handling that because you can't just take any employee to do that it has to be spec you know somebody that works with kids like that and understands yes

097so we sent out a survey know about a month ago um to kind of gauge interest with some of our classified staff members to see if anyone would be interested and what we're finding are some of our um par Educators um who work with students with disabilities have expressed interest so um that's a possibility um definitely training is going to be required um if we do decide to go this route and the district will still be bidding transportation that involves wheelchair buses can you tell me again where that 60% reimbursement comes from uh it it's part of of State Legislature that went into effect so that the only thing the districts were receiving when the state moved to the local control funding formula was a uh 1213 set amount that is an add-on so that's

098that hund it well it it can move based on whether or not they add Cola to it or not but it was a set amount so it has gone up slightly um and it it didn't matter whether you um continued to have transportation or not if you had it at that time you continued to get it um and then they they looked at ways to provide more funding towards transportation and so that's where the 60% of what you report um if there's sufficient funds within the state budget you could get up to that 60% so that's why you'll see for the 2425 plan we didn't 60% of our expenditures is less than what we're already getting so we're not getting an out on over and above in the current fiscal year but we're projecting in

09925 26 that we would get the extra 45,000 because our 23 24 reported expenditures to the state were much larger um 23 24 is when the transportation um company changed within the district it had been a different company and different setup in 2223 and so that's why you see the large jump um in expenditures and if you remember I'm sorry I just didn't see the name of uh who's providing the name of the company providing Services currently is First Student First Student and we use um minivans not school buses you know we do have minivans are they not appropriate for those students we do have some and um I think we would have to evaluate wait the those particular Vans to see if they're still or if they needed some upgrades and we have this

100agenda for our cabinet meeting actually on Monday uh Steve Phillips our director of special education has been doing a lot of work on this and has brought forward some proposals he's been working with the um leasing companies for the um for the vehicles um so we're going to have some further discussions see if this is a viable option I think if you remember back to I think it was 23 24 when we made the change we made the change because the company that we were using um they were less expensive but they would not allow us to um they would not give us access to the fingerprinting or nor allow their employees to fingerprint with us so we weren't getting notifications so that's why we couldn't go with this company and we had to we

101had to shift and pivot Midstream and we went with this new company so and since then we've been exploring some options on how we can reduce these costs um and there's some strategies that we can can Implement to think we can get it down so I'd like I'd like to um to ask that this comes back to us to the next on the next board meeting I think it's in the beginning of April I'd like an update on on the agenda please absolutely none of the funds we don't get any funds from the federal it's only uh California right right do not receive federal funds for transportation okay and then with the lcff transportation ad on if we do our own thing do we get to keep that lcff for something else like it continues

102to come through as Transportation a transportation add-on because no matter what if we do our we have our own transportation department or we contract out we have transportation expenses okay but you didn't spend that amount of money I don't think would you spend 323,000 inhouse do you think with gas and insurance that is one of the things we have to look at because it would be it would be staff it would be salaries additional benefits um the insurance we have to have you have to have a mechanic um okay but we would be running it ourselves with our thank you you know I I appreciate you Trudy and you're so transparent with the numbers I've never seen this before so um evidently none of us have seen it before so I I want to thank

103you for bringing it forward um also um when it comes back in April if you could give us a line by line as you always do I'd appreciate that as well thank you so next we have oh is there anything else so it's clear that it passed right now because it had already been voted on and okay I just want to make sure it's clear all right and then we just wanted to do the um resolution resolution we have the motion by Mark Meli and the second by Sher Sada and all those in favor I any opposed no thank you and we come to uh item number 12 presentations and I'm very happy to see the Kyle Highland Foundation um here to present tonight thank you so much for being here um well hello everyone

104good evening and thank you so much for having me inviting me to present tonight Dr Wright and staff president president grubs and Board of Trustees so my name is Barbara derazi and I am the President and executive director of the Kyle Highland foundation for teen support and um I would like to present to you a little bit tonight about some proposed programs and a potential partnership we have um that we'd like to have with the Venicia Unified School District so first of all just a little bit of a brief history so the Kyle Highland Foundation we were founded in 2015 um and our mission is to provide charitable and educational support to Youth by offering mental health programs and other services and to maintain a center where teens can be provided emotional support through mu

105mentoring counseling music and art and the Highland teen center of bisha was established in January of 2015 and we're located right across the street from the high school bisha high at 11:35 Church Street and um wanted to talk to you a little bit about uh why we would like to partner with the district so um the Kyle Highland Foundation was um very fortunate to receive state funding um in it and there's a mistake on this slide it was actually in the 20212 2 budget um we received $5 million and as it reads it's $5 million to the city of bisha for the Kyle Highland Foundation the city of bisha is our Fiscal Agent for this funding and after many delays in the approval of the grant agreement KF received the first advance or first bit

106of money in January of 2024 and um as things go right now all of our funds must be spent by March of 2026 although we have applied for an extension to August 2028 and um we budgeted $1.7 million on programs um we have reserved 2.6 million for a new facility for a teen and uh teen Wellness Center in bisha and 68 million on um city of benisha Consulting fees um so I'm sorry this is so small but um so uh just a little bit oh okay great so um uh our existing programs we have at the Highland teen center of Venicia and we're basically a dropin center and for any of you who have not been to our Center we would love to have you come and go for a tour sometime so um as

107I said we're located right across the street from the high school we're open to bisha Residents or bosd students in grades 8 to 12 um we're basic basally in a four bedroom two bath house we have recreational activities um movies video games table games a music room and an art room with a full array of art supplies uh we also um have a few things that we do at the teen center we had a teen Forum program which is basically a mentoring program that we offer as well as educational workshops where we partner with organizations um such as slano pride and slano County mental health salanta County Office of Ed they'll come and do um workshops for us for the kids um usually on Friday afternoons um and something new that we um just started

108this past school year is we offer free therapy for bisha youth age 12 to 19 um we're actually renting um space uh at the high school um for our after school um Therapy Program um we're in the wellness center there um and so I'm sure the facility fees increase will impact us a bit bit but I think we can afford it um and um we do that about three days a week and we also offer services at the Highland teen center free therapy on the weekends um and finally some ways we have some current programs where we are um actually partnering with the school district so um I'm not sure of how many many of you are aware of this I know that Sher is um because she's been to some of those events we

109have a teen and Community awareness program we started doing this in 2020 we have four campaigns that we do a year we have one on suicide prevention one on um bullying and cyber bullying mental wellness and S and um teen Dating Violence um we have oncampus events that we offer usually at the middle school um venisha High um Liberty High as well um and um the the events are just designed to spread awareness and I have a picture here of our last event that we did at the middle school this was for teen Dating Violence it's called These Hands don't hurt and um we have all these orange paper hands that we cut out on our Cricut Cutter and we asked the kids to sign the hands and make the pledge to commit to a

110love without violence so we gave out about 300 hands at the middle school so that was very successful um and we do other things we do like chalk for life we do chalk about mental health and um we have a bullying event where we have the kids make a pledge for that as well um we also offer um a uh scholarship it's called The Rise KF scholarship program and um this is a program um that we we partnered with actually with sher's zed help start this and we've been doing this since 2020 awarding scholarships to B BHS and Liberty students who have overcome hardships in their life and we give out typically two to four Scholars scholarships per year and here's a photo of the three kids in the center that um won the scholarship

111last year um and this are these are the current programs that um we actually are offering um and working with the valo City Unified School District on um we have a behavioral health program um that we do with them um and the scope of services include individual group and or family therapy that's offered by um our licensed associate mft under supervision of our licensed mft clinical supervisor we've been doing this since August of 2024 and um our therapist um Works four days a week and has a case load of about 16 clients per week um we also um have peer mentoring that's offered by uh two peer mentors in the wellness centers in valo and we've been doing that since May of 2024 we have one at each site and they work three to four

112days per week and we are currently at Jesse bethl and valo high schools for these um programs um and I did I'm not sure if you were able yeah um we have some letters of support that were written by um bleo unified about our programs that we've been doing there so um you know I invite you to read those and let's see what's next so we have um what we proposed to do with bisha um we' love to do is we love to do something similar as to what we've been doing in bleo we proposed to partner with um Venicia unified to provide services at Venicia Middle School the high school Andor Liberty High um counseling individual group Andor family therapy um that would be provided with our by our khf therapists which again would

113be a licensed mft orw associate um we also would love to be able to um provide additional support for students in the wellness centers by um bringing in khf P mentors to work alongside the existing staff um that we have um the wonderful staff that we already have um at at the secondary level in the wellness centers um and these peer mentors would be undergraduates with a degree in a relevant field um or students that are currently attending Community College um and the staff rotation we plan on rotating staff to make sure that there would be coverage during the most busy times especially like say for instance at the high school during the access period um and an alternative um I don't know how feasible this is but um if we were the district got

114to the point where they couldn't really afford um to staff the wellness centers there's also a possibility I don't know if we could work it out but if your staff would like to come to work for the Kyle Highland Foundation they could work in the in the wellness center um supporting the students um the way our Grant Works we're not in a position to just give the district money we have to actually have the staff working for us so that we can show that we are reach our our metrics we have to be able to report out on that um so uh another thing um and we've talked about this before is the possibility of uh having uh the KF pay for speakers for assemblies I know that um that's a possibility perhaps at the

115middle school but maybe not at the high school I don't know I think we don't have assemblies at the high school anymore um but another potential program um these are all things that are in our uh description of our programming for understate funding so it could be covered under State funding um would be an alcohol and other drug program at um the secondary level um if needed um utilizing one um alcohol and another drug partner basically a counselor um we'd also um have been uh in conversations with the BMS uh PTO um they're considering starting up a basically kind of an after school program at the middle school where kids that want to be involved in clubs would be able to come and and spend some time maybe once a week for one particular Club

116I don't know how many how many kids and how many clubs but we had offered um to be able to potentially help with supervision there with our appear mentors um that might not be necessary you might have staff that would step up to do that but um I don't know if that would be something you'd have to pay for so that could be another way we could help um and finally um the last program would be a vocational program at the bisha high school during access period um so this basically you know I I think that you guys have decided Ed at the last meeting I think there was a decision made not to fill the college and career counselor position um and so that position basically has been eliminated so we were hoping that

117maybe we could help out with with uh especially a vocational program for students providing uh career Pathways and a life skills program uh taste skill development transitional age youth um assist with job placement and internships support for continued excess success including career counseling um assisting with problem solving uh including Transportation clothing communication Etc um as well as explore trade Pathways um [Music] and finally um so if we were to come to an agreement if you wanted uh to take us up on part or part of this or any of this or all of this the next steps would be to draft and sign a memorandum of understanding for collaboration between the district and the khf this is what we have in valo um and we would need to agree on a potential start date um

118and give KF time to hire staff and onboard that staff and one thing that um I know has been discussed as a potential obstacle to bringing in the KF into work with students is the fact that there's a um a policy I think the a district policy that requires uh outside organizations to have parental consent to be able to work directly with students um and I know that there have been some exceptions to this so I'm hoping that uh perhaps exceptions can be made for the KF um I had um the pleasure of watching um Dr Wright and uh Dr beon uh speak at the city council meeting I was I was at home watching on TV and um I heard about the steam wheel program that you have at the elementary schools and the

119fact that you have uh some outside organizations that are working with those students and I I'm not sure if there's to my it's my understanding that parental consent is not necessarily required for that so that might be an exception as well as in the wellness centers themselves during access period there are um outside organizations um that come in and work directly with students and there is no um parental consent required for that so um I know we've made exceptions so I think if we really try to find ways to think outside the block box that maybe we could maybe we could make this happen so um thank you for your time and um are there any questions I just want to commend you and George uh for doing this and having this program it is

120an amazing program for students that need a little extra something and um I've attended events like Barbara had shared and I think if you haven't gone there go there and and be be a little part of it it's it's a it's wonderful so thank you I like the the little rooms music's playing painters it's a really great uh space space thank you yeah I just want to add my thank you as well I sometimes pick up my son right across from your location on Church Street and I see the kids flowing in to the Highland Center and it's great to see that they like they want to be there they want to go and they gather after school and having that location is is awesome so thank you for providing this to us thank you

121thank you so much and I want to thank you for offering uh your services to to our school district it's certainly needed especially in our financial situation and so I I do hope that there's a conversation that goes on thank you and we'll see what happens sounds good thank you so much I just want to say one more thing I did know everything my fellow trustees said I also just want to really thank you for being an advocate for mental health and safe spaces for our students I think that's important conversations to keep having um so thank you and I see you in audience frequently so thank you very much for participating and listening and being part of this okay thank you so much and thank you for all that you do thank you so

122now we come to um 12b the most centilating reading you'll ever do to the um the California School Board Association board policy updates and Dr to write right reading that whole packet uh tonight we bring forward uh the first reading of uh CBA policy updates for December 2024 uh the committee um we had a meeting scheduled but I went home ill that day but we did have an opportunity to review the policies and have some dialogue and ask some questions um regarding them we will bring them back for Action at our next uh board meeting I think there was a question or highlight on uh policy 3515 I think uh was the sex offender notification and that particular notification it's if the uh bonisha police department or law enforcement are um notified or they feel

123the need to share information with us regarding any sex offenders in the community or the area they would need a contact person and right now it's the superintendent which is me or the director of student services which is uh Dr John OIC um and then that's where that dialogue or conversation takes place uh if hasn't happened yet and um should it happen then we would rely on our law enforcement Partners to guide us with the communication and disclosure of any of that information we would not act without working closely with bonisha Police Department as we do with everything else thank you so can I ask questions yes okay um um so in referring to that policy the 3515 um I just want to provide my feedback in terms of the language that's being used that

124refers to providing notice to the principle I just want to say what when it comes to our policies that we Implement that we're really focusing on like the superintendent office or the district office and not putting the burden and the re I don't know if the UL responsibility I don't know if that's the right verbiage but is put on our principles yeah we can revise that language a bit I think that it was reflecting the penal code and didn't happen to me in this District but when I worked in another District that notification typically is going to go to the site so if you're going to want to go to a graduation or you're going to want to attend an event at the school site and a condition of that person's released more than likely

125they're going they're they're directed to contact the school principal and I think that's why the language reads that way in practice um our our site principal is going to call the district office to have some dialogue and that decision is made usually here and and relay but I understand that uh when you have policy you don't write it for what's happening today you got to write it for what's going to happen 25 years from now so we can revise that policy just the language a bit so that it reflects um accurate yeah a collaboration and collaboration between the two and yeah so we can do that we we'll and we'll bring that forward for the next meeting and then I have further feedback for policy 1250 sort of in that respect too of thinking um

126you know how some of these suggest suggestions read that the onus falls on the principle um and I also want to take a step back and think about putting that onus on the district off office um in terms of our visitors and our Outsiders I know that we're already doing that with ensuring that all of our volunteers are getting fingerprinted and going through um due process in terms of being cleared volunteers um but in our and in our so in our policy I want to reflect that accuracy that this is being done through the district office that it's not the onus is not on the principle or the sites to do that okay well we'll take another look at it and bring it back at our next meeting I do want to share that um

127some exciting news today I know that we're in an early stages um at the school sites where visitors check on campus they use the um I don't know the official name of the system that we use but at any we uh with our camera systems that we just recently purchased through our um facility Bond uh we are looking at updating um that particular signin which will give us live upto-date information on sex offender registry like if you're checking into the school site criminal background checks and also anyone that's on a government watch list so we'll keep you apprised of of that information as it progresses wonderful is are there any other comments I hope that that doesn't change the process that we're doing though we're still going to like clear our volunteers right and do

128all this is okay okay I just want to make sure like this just an added thing no that's for the School site so if Damon Wright comes to the school site and I go to check in and there's something that needs to be disclosed it's going to we're going to have live upto-date information immediately at that school site so we can decide or not to allow that person on the campus great thanks okay so now we come to our action items uh oops I just lost it consideration and approval of the 2025 California School Board Association delegate Assembly election vote so I'm uh Dr Wright I was supposed to be on there were I was and I sent in my statement and I got a call back and um I called them back and but

129I but we never connected so oh thank you I would have to oh thank you thank you but so anyway I'm not sure how this works you know the board's asked to vote for no more than two candidates every two years did you have an opportunity to review the packet and probably just have some discussion at the Das and see if we can come to consensus consensus on who we're going to move forward I really like for with Jack I know him he's really solid Jack Flynn would be the guy I'd want to vote for I agree Jack uh Jack really reaches out and he's very involved and his energy is great absolutely I agree with Jack as well yeah same here and I really appreciate that he um sits on a school board so

130I think that's aely I'm a fan of Jack also Everyone likes Jack we we all like Jack a lot of opportunity to talk to him so I believe the packet said you could vote for two people so are you guys just voting for Jack you could you could do whatever you want I'm voting for Jack because he's a one you know two I want to do two who else do you want I don't no I don't want you can only vote you can vote no more than two no more than two people but can you give Jack two votes okay just Jack never mind you know I'm not familiar with uh Glenn or Helen so let's just ja okay so we'll just vote for one okay have a motion you mark you were the motion

131right who was the second all second thank you okay so all those in favor for Jack Flynn hi hi any opposed thank you and we come to 13B uh the review and approval of the second interm financial report Miss Judy barington is everything okay good evening governing board and Dr Wright um I come before you tonight to present the 2425 second interim report and the multi-year reports for 2526 and 2627 in our annual budget cycle you you can see we're um making our way around the circle we're almost there um it's a it's a cyclical process you adopted the budget prior to July 1 you got an update in August based on what the state did um on audited actuals from the prior year came to you got a first uh interim report in December

132which was as of October 31st got a little bit of an update on what the governor has U proposed in his budget for next year and then we're here in March with the second inter report um which is the district's financial position as of January 31st um the board must certify the report uh there are two reports required each year the first and second interim um there is a third interim but you only have to do it if you're a district that's qualified so we don't have a third in in this District um you we do have a update when the 25 26 budget comes to you there will be an update on our expected um estimated actuals um and then we must give it to the County Office of Education for review and they

133will send the board a letter um letting the board know how they feel about the report that's come forward uh so at this time the district is certifying as positive what that means is we can make our financial obligations in the current plus two subsequent years um it indicates that we have sufficient uh reserves to um pay all of our vendors as well of as all of our staff so kind of an overview I wanted to start with the district enrollment and Ada Trends because it's updated from first interim because we've had more conversations about our projected enrollment for uh next year and the out years uh we are continuing to project conservatively with a decline in enrollment dropping down next year to uh 4,294 as a projections this will be updated as actual enrollment

134occurs um open enrollment or it's not open enrollment District enrollment for next year is ongoing right now um so we have seen enrollment coming in um not to the point where we can adjust our TK or k numbers yet um but we do thank all the families that have already registered their kids for next year um and if you haven't please do so it really does help us with um Staffing and ensuring we have all the classrooms ready um but what is on here is the historic um we have data all the way back to 145 here where we had um a much higher enrollment and then projected out to 2728 um the enrollment is the blue bar the 88 percentage um what that we're actually funded on is the red bar we have been

135hovering around um 95% at our first attendance submission which was through December January and February we have seen our Ada drop into the 92 993 um so it's kind of unknown if we'll stay at the 95 for the year because we need the rest of the months but we're not funded on December we're funded on what we submit on April 15th so um March and April if those attendance numbers go back up that should help the overall average and hopefully keep us up there uh the out years is just under 95% 94% is to be conservative because we we've yet to hit the 95 and stay at the 95 so 94 is a little um where I'm more comfortable with saying our Ada will be and um the green line is the the percentage line

136and I kind of adjusted it from what you saw before because it made it look like our the green line was above all the bars and it really should have been lower to make it kind of more accurate with where we have been so our revenues as of second interim they continue to have the um Cola in them while although we did not receive um the 1.07% cola due to our declining enrollment in our Ada that is the factor that's used for projections uh we have enrollment certified this year it went down by one um but when it was finally certified we're at 4346 uh that's not the enrollment as of today our enrollment is already lower it was at 4,330 the other day so it does fluctuate but that be that 4,000 346 becomes

137our historical number it's always the first Wednesday in October um our funded uh Ada at this point based on that um first attendance reporting we um are projecting to be funded um at 95.15% Ada because this year we moved into the current year funding because last year's was lower um and the three years prior was lower so for uh our major funding source we moved into current year um if for any reason we fell below that then it would re-evaluate if it's the prior year or the three-year average um I did include here what the district estimate is and then the non-public school and our students in County operated programs I just split them out because sometimes um I'm asked well that number looks greater than what I thought you said our district would be

138so those two numbers combined is what funds us and as I said we moved into the current year funding and our unduplicated uh pupil percentage did drop some when we were finally certified um but it still is at over 26% this graphic here it represents both the unrestricted and the restricted revenues and you can see a majority of our revenues are the local control funding formula that's the funding that's based on our average daily attendance and that's the the revenues are being projected at the 95.15% um unrestricted state revenue um because that's kind of hard to know that's our Lottery and the mandated block grant that's a block grant the state gives us for doing all the things they mandate us to do but don't actually pay us to do it roughly offsets very little

139of it and then on the local unrestricted side um that's that dollar amount that's 6 um 96,00 represents interest um our funds earned in the county treasur um leases that we have so the the cell towers um The Mills Elementary site um and then if um any of our sites are used for mental purposes and then some e-rate dollars we get um the restricted side those are the programs that are very prescriptive and have to be used on exactly what um is said this is just a graphic for you of how our lcff is um made up of there's a base Grant um grade span adjustment that's the K3 and the 912 the supplement Grant which every District gets 20% um I took out the graphic part that shows concentration we do not qualify for

140it our unduplicated count is um much lower than the required 55% and then those add-ons at the top the very top one you'll recognize that's that Transportation one we were talking about the one in the middle is a historic 12113 award level for Target instruction and then right below that is the TK the transitional kindergarten add-on um that's $3,400 uh TK Ada that they give us because the Staffing is uh 12 to one right now so what's changed from first interim as far as our revenues um you can see um these are both unrestricted and restricted combined so in the lcff uh we adjusted for the p18 and then we had some prior year Corrections that come through uh the state recertifies um for three years running so you get some prior year Corrections each

141time some of that sometimes has to do with property tax and then uh rebasing based on the Statewide Ada the federal side um it's the solar tax offset um supposed to be 50,000 but it didn't come in quite at 50,000 and that is um offsetting the solar we have for the loan we have to put in the Solar so I had to adjust that down um the other state revenues the adjustments also on the restricted side that has to do with our sped preschool went up slightly our elop The Early Learning opportunities program um there was a slight adjustment there a $200 adjustment we didn't receive more money like some districts did uh prop 28 which is based on 1% that the voters put in for specific Arts music CTE and then we did get

142the um literacy professional development grant that was in the state budget which um business services and Ed services will be working together to spend that Grant and then local other local revenues uh we've had some adjustments to our Lea medical billing so that that's billing for Direct Services um you get it about two years after it happens after you do a report that shows you're actually entitled to get what you already did two years ago and then there was some adjustments to our AB 602 which is our state special ed um and that has to do with uh Cola going into effect and Ada uh districtwide Sela wide which is all of our counties in salano except valo and then some donations have adjusted on the expenditure side the um adjustments that went into um

143building the expenditure side is reconciliation of our vacancies through March so we don't keep budgeted what has already happened but isn't impacting so we don't keep budget for the months prior to March because it didn't occur the expenditure so it drops down into the ending balance the reserves uh we reviewed the supplies services and contracts budgeted for the remainder of the year a CPI was adjusted downward so kind of looking at that against our utilities and our services and then we must have 3% routine restricted maintenance so our total expenditures both restricted and unrestricted 3% must be contributed over to our restricted routine maintenance account for routine maintenance of our buildings so not anything new those are under the bond this is to maintain what we currently have for these Graphics I split it out

144between unrestricted and restricted so this is the unre this is a picture um of our unrestricted expenditures as well as the numbers in the bottom leftand corner as you can see on the unrestricted side a majority of our expenditures are salary and benefits of our staff with the remaining portions within um books and supplies MO mostly supplies services and other operating capital outlay and other outgo on the services and operating on the unrestricted side that's not just contracts it's kind of a misleading term there what that includes on the unrestricted side is the utilities for our entire District the insurance the district must carry both property and liability um there are a few contracts and those specifically had to do with the Strategic plan um um ensuring that our health equipment our AED units are

145accurate um the uh Federal program monitoring we just went through we had a contract that assisted us to make sure we were compliant we have required uh Affordable Care Act ACA reporting for medical so we do have a firm American Fidelity that ensures that we're accurately reporting that that's that extra tax document you get your 1095 that shows you whether or not you had medical and then we do we have some translation services we had wasque we just went through that falls in that category as well as a small contract for our eate consultant that assists Us in applying to have reduced costs for internet and being able to put in technology to serve our students also in that category that's is our cop ear that serve all of our sites the internet phone postage

146our legal fees we have inherent legal fees for a number of reasons and then uh required software to run the financial program to run the student database and some other things so that's really what that category is I know it doesn't really the name is services and other operating so I kind of wanted to share with you what is made up in there on the restricted side it's it's the same setup showing what percentage is uh salary and benefits as well as the other categories um on the restricted side often times these are one time except if it's special ed and the routine restricted maintenance which funds our M office Department to maintain our buildings and for that services and other operating since we talked about it on the unrestricted side on the restricted side

147that's primarily contracts for special ed um that are needed as well as the Early Learning opportunities program the elop and the child Care Program because those are restricted programs that are over there and then some of the onetime grants that have some contracts going through other out goes a large number 655,000 that's our payments for our students that are in non-public schools as well as the debt payment we have on the loan we took out to put solar in the district many many years ago okay so combined this is what the graphic looks like just so you can see um where our expenditures fall and what's different first interim compared to Second interim for salary and benefits position control adjustments have been made shared that earlier that vacancies through March have dropped out um for

148books and supplies adjustments have been made for expected per purchases and that's really on the the restricted side there's been no cuts to our our school sites for their supply it's really making sure that on the unrestricted side or sorry on the restricted side if it's not going to be spent it's not shown as spent it's falling out to the restricted reserves uh in services and other uh that's again contracts on the restricted side adjusted for what's really occurring and capital outlay is um a small difference and there uh was some C equipment that was purchased that was over the threshold so it falls into this category it's a compressor for one of our classes so all of these things do have an impact on our required contributions um in special ed um you don't

149get to say this often and I hope it holds true our special ed contribution right now looks like it will be down from what we had at first in room and that's because we got some additional prior year monies back from the county office for uh special ed um and our AB 602 the state special ed money actually increased slightly when it was certified at P1 there's no change to the routine restricted maintenance uh we continue to put the 3% 3% over to maintain our buildings um solar you saw that adjustment um because we didn't get the tax offset we have to contribute from the general fund and then in the title programs there was um a slight adjustment um to make it more accurate to the to the salary and benefits that are in

150there what the actual contribution needed was so the the components of our ending fund balance for 2425 you can see the restricted the unrestricted and combined um positive note at at first inim it looked like we would have deficit spending of around 3 million that looks like it's projecting down lower to just over 2 .4 million and that has to do with the adjustments that you saw in the expenditure slides and the adjustments to our Revenue so the projecting ending fund balance for 2425 is 11.05% and you can see the the components that make that up in the lower box there's our uh nonspendable so we have a multi-year uh contract that we have to uh prepay each year so that's 62,000 of that 72,000 the other part is our Revol in cash that we

151have to have on hand for emergencies and then the commitments by the board the assignment category um funds mult in the multi-year the out years to keep us at our reserves where there to be and then the reserve for economic and certainty that's the 3% we're required by the state to have our reserves must have 3% and then we have board policy for one month of payroll which goes between four and 5% depending upon our payroll so at all times times we must have 8% in the reserves and then our strategic plan speaks to 15% so we're currently at the end of 2425 looking like it'll be 11.05% the general fund isn't the only fund we have we have many others we have uh ASB which is really just a reporting out of our secondary

152funds um that they have um fund 11 is adult education and you can see that all the uh other funds are positive which is important because if they weren't um the general fund would also have to ensure that they were so this is this is a good thing that we have all of our other funds that are self- sustaining um our cafeteria fund um can have six months of reserves it's a little bit over that but we have a state approved spend down plan and a lot of that has to do with universal meals um as we keep hearing more and more about what if the federal government doesn't fund their part it's not a bad thing we have a reserve here because that allows us to continue our program without needing a general fund

153contribution and a general fund contribution was typical prior to the covid days um the others have to do with our bond and uh projects and then the last line that says Foundation private purpose trust fund there are two scholarship funds that um have been with the district for many years years that the district cannot touch the funds but they there are scholarships per the language given out every year to seniors with requirements to never spend the principal so you will always see an ending balance here the scholarships can only come from the interest AR so in addition to the current year have to give you an update on our multi-year projections and so the assumptions that were used um you can see the the typical ones in the box but I also include Ed that

154the board adopted Staffing reductions and those were built into the multi-year moving forward and there's the cola for next year is currently projected at 2.43% so that's built in that could change it may revise in the budget adoption and then 2627 was adjusted um upwards by the the state projections so that is built in and also subject to change and we've already talked about our enrollment and our expected Ada the others are pretty um standard with purs always increasing um stirs is currently staying at the 19.1% uh the biggest thing that affects um our multi-year has to do with our Revenue source which is our local control funding formula and these are the assumptions just kind of spelled out a little bit more we already talked about the cola you can see what the cola

155would do in our funding per pupil uh what we think think our funded Ada will be you see in 2425 that was current year but that's already lower than prior year next year were being projected to be held harmless at prior year for the funded because with declining and rollment um and projected 88 coming at 94% the state would hold us harmless at that funded level and then moving into 26 27 we actually fall into the three-year average um because because um if declining enrollment holds true our Ada is lower so you can see it affects our pupil count because that's a three-year average also if you have fewer students you're likely to have uh fewer unduplicated students also it may or may not happen but we don't want to over project that um and

156that drives our supplemental funding so you can see the net effect on the local control funding formula what might happen if all of these projections hold through hold true and that's truly what they are is ejections not forecasts and that's always important to remember because they will change every time the state changes something so on the unrestricted side this is a summary what of what would happen in the multi-year if everything held true what you can see is um the 2526 and 2627 what we brought forward to you was a right sizing of the district to uh reduce deficit spending and as of right now this is what it is projected at it's also important to note that in these projections um it does not have to do anything to do with negotiations cannot predetermine

157what may or may not happen at the table so that is not built in you can see what it does to the reserves um we'll go through that on the next slide this is the unrestricted it will continue to have deficit spending and that has to do with the fact that we receive Revenue in one year and have a multi-year plan so it's expected that you would have deficit spend spending for one-time programs not for special ed not for routine restricted maintenance those are contributions that come over from the general fund so combined you can see what our uh ending balances uh look to be um in the multi-year projections and then I'll go to the next slide that has the components and what it looks like our reserves will be based on the decisions

158taken by the board and utilizing the assumptions and projections we know at this time for our revenues and our expenditures so we are still working towards um make ensuring we have the 3% reserve the one month of payroll and then um speaking to our strategic plan going towards 15% some additional considerations and financial stability indicators that we need to continue to look at is our enrollment where our Ada actually comes in do we do we stay at that 94 to 95% what's our staffing look like do we stay out of deficit spending move into it how are we accounting for it and then the very important topic of our onetime funds that do end in June of 26 and we've already kind of discussed our Reserve levels and then our contributions are always something that

159we're taking a look at um because that is what uh takes funding from the unrestricted side to fund the restricted side for programs that aren't fully funded based on the revenues that c so we are uh in the middle of budget development for next year uh we'll provide you enrollment updates as we are able uh the governor will do his May revise I think we go May 21st or 22nd to hear what that is when he does release it and then in June there's a uh public hearing and then a few days later you approve the budget so that we are timely for the start of July 1 and we start the whole cycle over again do you have any questions for anything I didn't cover um thank you for all the detail first of

160all um but second of all what's really worrying me is the federal uh money that we're supposed to get of one and a half basically one and a half million what are we going to do do we have a plan in place for how we're going to tackle that so at this time titles are funded as is the special LED Ida that's the federal dollars we get in the general fund um you know I did speak to it in the cafeteria fund our food and nutrition fund that if we were to not receive those because that is not something that has been spoken to we do have the Reserves for that um at this time if we did not receive those federal funds um for special ed it would increase the contribution for the title

161program funding um you have to have funding to have the Staffing and so Staffing is contingent on on funding so we would have to address that I'm still worried soly so but but thank you um question about the solar yes um when was that put in and when are we done with our loan and do we recognize any money from that so um I will have to get back to you on when it was installed oh yeah that's okay I don't expect that it may that that the one thing I did not look up today that's okay that's okay um we do have the loan out to 2046 2047 it's it's a 30-year loan it's a grab loan and that's why we get a tax offset for it um and we do have guarantees from

162the consultant and company that put in the Solar for a 5year period that we're supposed to at least generate and break Break Even which um at this time I mean utility costs are increasing so they're they're not responsible for that but it's supposed to at least be generating what they said to the board it would before we entered into the contract okay but we can bring back additional data to to show you um we can't really get out I I don't know I don't know if if we would want to get out of it maybe it's a good idea to have um I don't know we actually can and Rox San our bond director shared with us that there's actually new legislation that depending upon um what you build on a site um so like

163the additional classrooms and modernization at Mary farmer could actually require us to put in additional panels if because we already have the panels we'd have you have to generate so much and solar has become a standard we have to participate in generating electricity do we have have to have the I mean are all schools required to have the solar is it new construction now all new construction we have it so we we I have solar I'm not knocking solar I'm just looking at the money yes oh yeah no I just see it in there and I just wonder okay any other questions um is there a motion to approve the second interim financial report I move that we approve the 2425 second inim report I'll now second all those in favor I I any oppos

164and that brings us to the end of our meeting the next meeting will be Thursday April 10th 2025 it's been really an interesting night thank you to everyone for being here see you on the 10th adjourned