BUSD - Board Meeting - 5/14/26

001test. want to. kind of enjoying quiet actually. It's really peaceful. >> It's very pleasant. Very nice. All right. Good evening and welcome to the regularly scheduled uh meeting of the Bonsel Unified School District Board of Trustees. Uh the May edition, also known as Mayber. So much excitement going on. Uh we will start with a roll call. >> Isaam here. >> Eric Dig here. >> Rachel Dumbowski here. Roger Merchant here, Michael Gatis here, >> and Lissa Anderson here. We are all accounted for. If we could stand for the pledge of allegiance. >> And if we could have our student board representative lead us in the pledgece to the flag of the United States of America and to the stands, one nation for all. Prior to convening here for open session, the board met for both a

002facilities workshop at 3:30 and then um in close session we discussed the uh appointment employment evaluation of performance discipline transfer dismissal of employees government code 54957. discussed our position regarding collective bargaining with the Bonsel Teachers Association and the California School Employees Association chapter 703 in order to direct the superintendent as the chief negotiator in a matter of BTA and CSEA contracts. Uh we had uh discussion about public employee performance evaluation. Uh that's the superintendent and let me get the readout language regarding our legal matter that the board has taken legal action has taken action in close session regarding a settlement agreement claim number 25-06285. The agreement resolves a pending matter involving the district. The settlement was approved in it by a 50- vote of the governing board. The superintendent is authorized to execute all necessary

003documents related to the agreement. And with that, we will look to uh move to approve the current agenda with a uh an amendment. Uh we will be change taking item number 7.7 and putting it into the um action items. With that, is there a motion to approve the current agenda? >> Motion to approve. Second. >> All in favor? I. >> Motion carries unanimously. Bringing us to the minutes of the regular meeting of April 9th. Is there a motion to approve? >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously bringing us to our s our reports starting with our superintendent Dr. Heather Gully. Good evening, esteemed board members. Mrs. McCannernney, welcome to the May board meeting. I can't believe it's already May. There's a quotation up here. You know,

004I like my quotations. This says, "Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." And I begin with that because I think as I move through my report tonight, you'll see that the idea of gratitude is really at the heart of everything that we're recognizing. So tonight we're focusing on appreciation. It's appropriate for May. And that means appreciation for our staff, for our families, for our students, for our community partners who alongside us help to make sure that we guide our students to grow and thrive. This image on the opening slide, many of you will recognize. This is from our recent Purple Star Awards ceremony. And I think it's just such a meaningful example of what makes this community so special. That evening brought together our schools, our

005military families, Camp Pendleton leadership, local dignitaries, community members, student performers. We even had the first Marine Division band, which was really exciting. All to celebrate our military connected students, and all five of our schools receiving the purple uh star recognition once again. And we know that events like that don't just happen. They don't happen just because of one person. They happen because a lot of people come together with a shared commitment to students and families and it really was a beautiful reflection of service, innovation, collaboration, integrity, everything that you see there for our values. This is my 31st May as an educator and every year it's always an especially meaningful time in schools. There's a lot of celebration. There are performances. There are milestones. There are traditions. Lots of reflection. And across Bonsel Unified, we

006see incredible examples of that kind of creativity and partnership, service, support for students. And I'm just going to highlight a few of those here for you tonight before we move into some wonderful recognitions. And of course, we want to first before we celebrate more, we want to ground ourselves in why we do this work. Isla, this is your last board meeting. I know. Can you please read for us the vision and mission for Bonsel Unified? >> Our Bonso Unified School District vision is that all students in Bonsel Unified School District engage in rigorous and relevant learning experiences that inspire them to be productive community members and future ready lifelong learners. Our mission is that we empower all students to thrive in a positive, safe, and supportive environment through highquality education focused on the whole learner.

007Beautiful. You're getting really good at that, right? These are not simply words on a slide. And that's really important. They are reflected in classrooms, performances, events, field trips, family partnerships, daily interactions across the district. Everything that we highlight comes back to this. It comes back to meaningful learning experiences and making sure that our students feel supported, challenged, connected, and inspired. That starts, of course, with our staff. So, throughout the month of May, we celebrate and recognize incredible people across our organization who make Bonso Unified a special place. You'll hear about some of those individuals tonight um from Mr. Williams. But before we get there, I want to sincerely thank every single employee in our district. We've got teachers, classified staff, administrators, transportation team, maintenance and grounds crew, food service staff, office teams, instructional aids, counselors,

008custodians, and support staff. Every single role matters, and every person contributes to the success and well-being of our schools. These are just a few images from some of the awesome celebrations that happened across the district. And I hope our principles maybe will highlight a few more tonight. We have such an amazing PTA group across the district, parent groups, our education foundation and community members, and they work together with our site administration to have all kinds of awesome celebrations. I mean, coffee bars and donuts and chalk and you name it, so many different things. So, we're deeply grateful for all they do. I know that I told you a couple months ago that we were informed about this recognition, but we finally got to go celebrate at the honoring our own. And we need to recognize

009once again the 2026 confidential administrative staff of the year from the San Diego County School Board Association and AXA. And that is Mrs. Gina McCannernney. I just have to shout you out as many times as we can um because we were so incredibly proud and you represent the very best of Bonsel Unified and it was such an honor to stand up on that stage and to recognize you. So, thank you. And now I want to of course recognize one of the many things that makes our schools really really special is the way our staff creates authentic and memorable learning experiences for our students. Really things that they will remember for the rest of their lives. This is at Bonsel West. They do a living museum and every year I get to meet really amazing historical

010figures. I mean this year I met Elizabeth Blackwell and Lucille Ball and Albert Einstein. I think I met Ple and Jane Goodall. I mean there were so many wonderful different figures that they had researched and they bring them to life through performances and presentations of their research. Uh really exciting and of course it builds confidence. It builds communication skills and creativity and curiosity and these are all things that we know they will remember forever. Our students are also going to remember the annual Tomlinson games every year. This is also such a beautiful example of a meaningful tradition in our district. I don't know if you all get the village news, but you should check it out this past week. There was a really wonderful spread about the Tomlinson games that Joe Naman wrote and it

011highlights the origin of where it came from, highlights all of the students who participated and how they did. And it really is just so great to see students out there competing. But what I loved is that regardless of what school they were from is across our district, they were all cheering for each other and they were so excited when when they saw the success. Um, it's just a tremendous amount of planning and heart. There's Cindy Tomlinson down there at the right, Domuaniano, and our PE staff, our teachers at at all of the schools. They they really do a lot to make sure that our students can participate in this. It's awesome. Our students are at sixth grade camp. This is Bonsel West students. I think Bonsel I mean Sullivan is also Yeah. So, this is

012another example. This is something our kids are going to remember for a long time. Not all schools do sixth grade camp anymore. These are experiences that are part an important part of their educational journey. And if you think about camp and the opportunities they get to build confidence, they're strengthening friendships. They're developing independence. They are creating lasting memories together outside of the traditional classroom environment, which is awesome. So, I want to thank the teachers and the administrators and the staff members and the parent volunteers that make events like this even possible because it's not easy to to support that community events that our staff is so excited to participate in. We were proud to participate again in Koopa Days in Paula and this is a wonderful celebration of culture and community and tradition. We know

013it's really important for students not just to see their identities and their cultures and their histories honored and celebrated, but they saw their staff members and people that they love at their schools there to celebrate them. And of course, you see Trusty Ortega, he's he's there giving the waters out to the dancers and the singers because it gets warm and it's tiring when they're doing that for a really long time. But we're grateful for our partnership with Paula and we appreciate the opportunity to participate in things like this. It strengthens those connections. And I'm going to announce just a few things that are coming up, more opportunities because you'll hear more from our principles later about some of the awesome things that are happening in our schools. But I wanted to make sure everyone knew

014that the third annual Bonso Athletics Golf Classic is happening this Saturday. tea times 100 pm. I'm going to golf for the second time in my life and I'm gonna cross my fingers and hope that I do okay. But there is also um other ways to to support. All of the proceeds go to Bonszo athletics. So I wanted to make sure everyone knew that that was coming. We also have a couple other you know in addition to the many promotions and the graduation ceremony and the senior awards night and all of the things coming up. We have other large celebrations that I want on your radar. Um, Vivian Banks is celebrating an important milestone of 30 years and that's three decades of serving students and families. And this celebration coming up on May 20th is from

0154:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Vivian Banks. And they're going to have quite a program. So, I wanted to make sure that that was on your radar and it's um over there in Paula at the Vivian Banks Charter School. We also have Bonso West Multicultural Night coming up. This is something that I know Bonso West is very, very proud of. Yet another example of our staff and students and families coming together to celebrate diversity and richness of our community. And we also have a pickle ball charity tournament coming up for Vivian Banks that I know I've seen in the newsletters. Wanted to make sure it was on your your radar, but it's a charity tournament that's happening on May 31st at 800 a.m. Super fun. If you like pickle ball, please check that out. And like

016I said, in a few weeks, our students are going to participate in a lot of other endofyear really important milestones. We're excited for that. It's it's brings such a mixture of emotions as I'm looking at our student board rep here. Lot of mixture of emotions, but we're excited for for those to occur coming up soon. Okay. So, now it is my pleasure to start um a couple of recognitions that we're going to do. And I'm going to start with a community partner recognition. And is Patty Miriam here? Can you please come up here, Patty Miriam? She really likes it when I uh put her up right here as public figure right in front of everybody. It's your favorite thing. >> Yes. Watch your step. And please come right up here next to me. >> I

017have some things that I want to share. You don't? I don't. >> Okay. Sorry. I tried and it's not very good at all. >> Yeah. Well, it's it's achievable. Just don't play with your teenage sons. Okay. So, it is my pleasure to recognize an extraordinary community partner in Bonsa Women's Club. And Patty Miriam is the president here of um Bonso Women's Club. And this is an organization whose generosity, service, and dedication really have made a lasting difference. They continue to make a lasting difference in Bonso Unified and across our entire community. Here are just a couple of fun pictures for you to see. Really, for decades, Bonso Women's Club has embodied what it means to serve others. Their members consistently step forward to support students, families, staff, and community programs. They they do this with

018kindness, with compassion, a true spirit of giving. I've been to their meetings before. It's it's really something you have to witness to see the power of this group together that meet here in this room and their commitment to education and to Bonso Unified is remarkable every year. And I just want to highlight a few things that they do. They provide generous scholarships. So next week we have a scholarship night uh senior schol senior awards night and they provide scholarships every year for our seniors which helps them as they take that next step towards career college future opportunities at Bonsel High School. They also recognize every month the seniors who are who are the students of the month. So you see a picture there in the middle. Every month they come and for the seniors they

019bring a gift card and they just recognize their accomplishments. And those acts of encouragement may seem, you know, somewhat simple, but they're not. This is something that sends a powerful message about the fact that their community sees them. They see them and they recognize them for what they're doing. They believe in them and they're investing in their future. They've also been super supportive of our teachers. And just recently, we were informed that Bonsil Women's Club again is donating in this uh for this year $6,400 so that every single teacher in our district can get $50 to spend at their discretion for their classroom to support what it is that they need in their classroom, which that alone just can we have a huge round of applause for that? I was there with Mrs. Olivia Haro

020to um receive the the check. And I I did mention to them it may seem like $50. Like our teachers spend a lot of their own money to create beautiful environments. And every time someone recognizes that and shares something like that, it really matters. They they feel appreciated and they know that you see what they do. And of course, I want to recognize the support. Um, this is now our fourth annual Stages of Inspiration BUSD Bonsel Women's Club Art Show. This started four years ago with Patty coming into my office and saying, "I have an idea. I really would love We've got amazing artists in Bonso Women's Club and I would really love to have a partnership where we can highlight their work and we can also highlight students work." And every year it's grown

021and it has changed. It has evolved. This year uh just like last year we had a jured committee where students actually evaluated the artwork and we also had community choice awards and those we have them prepared ready to give to the students. We've got to figure out the best venue for getting the students here so that we can award that. And what will the community choice award winners receive? >> Well, they're receiving lovely certificates and small prize and co-chairs and really the chairs. >> So, Miss um our our president uh Lissa Anderson is also in Bonsa Women's Club and co-chair or chair of the art show committee. It is a tremendous amount of of work behind the scenes to pull that off and we're very very grateful because the smiles on their faces and the

022recognition of their work is amazing. So, we will be um pulling together the 13 students who are receiving the community choice award and we will be presenting that to them. Um and so I just want to say that on behalf of Bonso Unified, we are so grateful for your partnership and everything you do. We look forward to a very long amazing partnership with you. Thank you for for all that you do to support our students and our schools. >> I will take back all that gratitude to our Please wonderful. Okay, I have one more recognition that I will do before I turn this over to Mr. Williams. This is really tough for me. Isa has been such an amazing student board member. Can you please come on up here? I I pulled together some words

023and I was thinking of, oh my goodness, her positivity, her professionalism, her willingness to share an authentic voice, her ability to somehow multitask and be our student board member. Let's see if I can get some of these right. She's also our validictorian for the high school. Crazy. She's a Bonsel High School Academy ambassador. She is right. I know. And she is there's there's more. Um ASB and also along with ASB, you also is it medical club, medical club, interact club, you support with community engagement initiative, speech and debate, mock trial. I don't know if there's anything that Bonsel High School offers that she doesn't participate in. and track. Okay. Well, I will say um every year we have the pleasure of having a student board member represent Bonsel High School and every year it's a

024wonderful experience for us. I can truly say that we are going to miss you so much. Um your your humility, but your willingness to just Oh, she's also on the Superintendent Student Advisory Council. That's the one I was forgetting. I'm like, I know there's another one. She really shares her voice so beautifully. Um, we're so excited for whatever the future is going to bring for you and we we demand that you come back and you share with us everything that you're doing. Okay. You're going to make that definitely a thing. And um, did you decide what you're doing next year? What is it? >> UC Riverside. And what do you want to in biology? Okay. So, congratulations on all of your accomplishments. You are amazing. I'm going to see you at all the events in

025the next couple of weeks, but this is your last official board meeting. And so, we've got some things here for you. We have a certificate for student board member. And we have some beautiful flowers. And these are for you. And some Bonsil swag. And this is for you. >> I'm gonna hold it for you in the picture. And then I'm going to walk this up there. And we're gonna we're gonna take a picture. And then later And now we're going to move to some other wonderful recognitions from Mr. Alan Williams. Thank you so much, Dr. Good evening, governing board president Anderson um and uh our student representative. You have been a very very fine representative for the student body of Bonso High School in the entirety of Bonso Unified School District. Thank you so much

026for your service. You're going to hear that a lot in your life. I I'm anticipating. Well, tonight we are um uh we are celebrating our site teachers of the year and our district teacher of the year. This is such a pleasure to do. We have so many hardworking teachers throughout our district and each year we select uh I should say the staff selects one teacher of the year from each one of our sites. and and we just wanted to bring these uh folks in for one more celebration just to express our deepest gratitude and so that you the governing board could hear more about them. And so we're very excited uh to first bring up from Bonso High School Margaret Arm. Margaret, if you could join me. And I wanted to share just a bit

027about Margaret and what she does at BHS. So, Miss Margaret Armo leaves a lasting impact on our students and the entire Bonso High School community. She brings together remarkable passion, deep expertise, and genuine care in everything that she does. One of the clearest examples of her excellence is her leadership of our mock trial team. This year, under Miss Armo's guidance, Bonso High School earned more awards than any other school in the competition that they participated in. That's a round of applause. We go against some very big uh schools with very competitive teams and to win the number of awards and be recognized is is truly significant. That success reflects not only our students talent but also Margaret's extraordinary dedication. The countless hours she spends coaching, preparing, and encouraging every team member. Through mock trial, she

028helps students develop critical thinking, public speaking skills, and a real understanding of the legal system. In the classroom, Miss Armo teaches Foundations of Law, a rigorous course articulated with the college that allows students to earn college credit while still in high school. She continuously seeks ways to expand opportunities and create meaningful experience that prepares students for life beyond graduation. What makes Miss Armo truly exceptional is her versatility. She teaches both English and social studies, skillfully connecting literacy, history, law, and civic engagement. Her lessons challenge students to think critically, communicate effectively, and become informed, thoughtful citizens. That's very important for her. Miss Armo also serves as a powerful mentor to our seniors, helping them build the confidence and skills they need to succeed in college and their future careers. Her dedication, leadership, and unwavering commitment to

029students make her richly deserving of this honor. BHS is incredibly proud to name Margaret Armo as their Bonso High School teacher of the year for 2026. Congratulations. Thank you so much. Thank you, Miss Armio. So, unless he snuck in, um Sergio Guzman, are you here? Okay, so >> that's right. He is at sixth grade camp. I knew that. But I do want to read um uh the narrative about Mr. Guzman. Um, it is my great honor to recognize this year's Bonsel West Teacher of the Year, Mr. Goo, Mr. Sergio Cesar Guzman. Mr. Guzman exemplifies what it means to be truly an exceptional educator. He builds strong, meaningful relationships with his students and consistently goes well beyond the call of duty. Oftentimes, one of the first to arrive and one of the last to leave. He

030is always willing to give his time and energy to support our students. whether he is advising BW News, Bonso West News for those of you um who needed that, guiding student council, organizing the variety show, mixing music for performances, running lunchtime sports programs, or serving as the energetic DJ for the running club. I didn't know they had one for the running club, but I guess they do. And Friday assemblies, Mr. Guzman brings enthusiasm and school spirit to everything he does. He creates a positive, exciting environment that students look forward to every day. And he runs a really tight ship when it comes to physical education. I've never seen sixth graders sweat so much. Um, every time I'm there and I see him in PE, it's really encouraging. In the classroom, Mr. Guzman inspires his sixth

031grade students to excel both academically and personally. He nurtures confidence, creativity, and leadership while building a strong sense of community. Mr. Mr. Guzman is also an outstanding teammate and colleague who supports his fellow educators and contributes generously to our school community. He doesn't just teach. He pours his heart into this profession because he deeply cares about his students in our school. And for that reason, he's at sixth grade camp right now instead of standing next to me. But we're very appreciative of what he does at Bonso West Elementary School. Congratulations, Mr. Guzman. Big round of applause. All right, at this time I'd like to bring up Monica Zamora. If you could join me. Such a fine group of educators and uh Monica certainly deserving of this um award for Bonso Elementary School. Miss Monica Zamora

032is a teacher who embodies everything that makes B bees a caring and inspiring place to learn. She consistently goes above and beyond for her students and colleagues, not because it is required, but because it is who she is. With creativity and enthusiasm, Miss Samora makes learning engaging and fun while maintaining a warm, positive, and supportive presence that lifts up everyone around her. She has created a classroom environment where every student feels seen, valued, and believed in. Academically, Mrs. Zamora is deeply committed to student growth and success. She knows her students as individual learners, differentiates instruction to meet their needs, uses data to guide her teaching, and maintains high expectations while providing the support necessary for students to build confidence and academic independence. This year, Mrs. Zamora demonstrated an extraordinary strength, compassion, and professionalism while navigating

033the heartbreaking loss of Raiden, one of her precious students. She showed up for her students each day with grace and resilience, placing their emotional needs above her own during an incredible difficult time. She showed um some amazing resilience. And um I just know too that the family um was so so um uh supported as well. Uh and they they spoke with Mrs. Zamora um about the loss of their precious child. Well, I want to finish with Monica exemplifies the very best of our profession. Kindness, dedication, and unwavering commitment to children. She is truly deserving of recognition as one of our outstanding teachers of the year. Congratulations, Monica. >> Oh, and we have a special visitor tonight. He just flew in from Hawaii. Her her son and daughter. >> Thank you so much for being here.

034Thank you. All right. Now, we'd like to call up Kelly Lions. If you could join me. Well, Vivian Banks Charter School is proud to recognize Miss Kelly Lions as our 2026 teacher of the year. Miss Lions has done an outstanding job of building a strong, nurturing foundation for our youngest learners. Under her care and guidance, her students have made remarkable progress this year. Many who began the year academically behind have shown significant growth and have made impressive gains through her intentional instruction and early intervention and unwavering daily support. What makes Miss Lions truly special is her genuine care, dedication, and deep commitment to every child and family she serves. She creates a safe, nurturing, and engaging learning environment where all students feel valued, included, and supported. Her calm, patient, and focused approach, especially with our

035youngest learners, has made a lasting impact. Her work at Vivian Banks is already changing lives throughout the Paula community by expanding access to highquality early learning and giving students a stronger start toward future academic success. Beyond her classroom, Miss Lions is deeply invested into the entire school community. She serves as a teacher mentor, helped create our pep club, and currently serves as a charter council secretary. She is consistently present at school events, volunteers readily, and build strong, respectful relationships with all families. It is with great pride that we name Kelly Lions as Vivian Banks Charter School's teacher of the year. Congratulations, All right. Now, we'd like to call up Mrs. Jenna Murphy from Sullivan Middle School. From the moment you walk into Mrs. Murphy's classroom, you can feel the difference she makes. There's a sense

036of warmth, purpose, and belonging. Her students know they are safe, supported, and expected to do their very best. Because Jenna believes in them, they are willing to take risk, work hard, and growth both both academically and personally. What stands out most is her her unwavering commitment to every student. She is thoughtful in her planning, intentional in meeting diverse learning needs, and constantly reflects on how she can improve. She does this not because she is asked, but because she genuinely genuinely wants the very best for her students. Jenna's leadership extends far beyond her classroom. She serves as our English language arts department lead, supports her colleagues, and has served on both the school site council and leadership team. She also took the initiative to start our GSA GSA club, creating a safe and inclusive space for

037students. What is most admired about Jenna is her remarkable ability to build confidence in young people. She helps students see strengths in themselves that they may not yet recognize. That gift changes lives. Jenna Murphy represents the very best of Sullivan Middle School. Her passion, leadership and heart inspire all of us and she is richly deserving of this honor. Congratulations, Jenna. Now, um I also want to announce that Miss Jenna Murphy is also our Bonsel Unified uh school district's teacher of the year. And we're going to take a quick snapshot right here and then we're going to have you sit down. What I love about teaching are my students. They're the reason why I became a teacher. I started as a middle school teacher because I just love this age group. They're going through such a

038huge transition, finding who they are. It's an honor to be part of that process. When I go into Mrs. Murphy's classroom, I see a welcoming environment. She really fosters and develops that relationship with the students, really making them feel that they can succeed. Just main idea, detail notes, nothing too complicated. I love when I see my students making strides in their writing progress. They come into seventh grade, they're, you know, just starting out, finding out how to form their ideas together, and then as we develop through the year, it's so exciting to see their sentences become longer, their ideas become more sophisticated. It's just so rewarding. I'm not the strongest writer. All throughout elementary school was my least favorite subject. And then in Miss Murphy's class, I've gotten a lot better at writing essays and

039now I'm a lot more confident in that. I've grown as a writer a a ton because of her. I've used to be like kind of stale on my writing, but after just hearing books, hearing examples of just writing in general, it really comes out well. She has helped me a lot with putting my words on paper and argumentative and narrative writing. I was not good at it and I'm understand how to do it now. >> Miss Murphy is definitely kind. She especially is very loving to all of us. >> In the incredibly formative middle school years, an exceptional teacher can make an extraordinary difference. And Jenna Murphy embodies the kind of impact that that outstanding educator can make. She helps students feel that they truly belong. She builds confidence so that they believe in themselves

040and inspires them to achieve at high levels. We are so proud that she is our Bonso Unified School District teacher of the year. My family is so important to me and I'm so blessed to have a supportive husband. I also have two beautiful boys. My children are things that keep me going at home. They are blessings to me, but also I love seeing who they are becoming throughout their own school years. It's such a special place at Sullivan, and I'm truly so blessed to be a teacher here. The staff is my family. They are the ones who have made me the teacher I am today. They constantly inspire me with the work that they do. And they don't even make it seem like work. It's it's like fun. It's where we want to be every

041day. So, Jenna and all the teachers of the year, we're so appreciative for everything that you do in our district. You are really the heart and soul of of who we are and what you do in the classroom makes the greatest difference. So, thank you so much. We'd like to get one more group picture. you can sit right there and we'd like some folks um Dr. Gy please our cabinet if you would get behind the teacher of the year principles if we could all get over there and take one photo. Very good. Yes. One more round of applause for our teachers of the year. I just want to say again, you are amazing representatives of what we see across the entire district and we appreciate you and I know that our board would love to

042get some pictures and I'm sure your families would love to get some pictures too. So, President Anderson, if you want to perhaps do a little recess. It's 6:49 and uh is 6 minutes sufficient or do we need more? Let's do six minutes. So, we'll resume at 655. picture over here. Congratulations. We'd like to get one group picture right over here on this side. Congratulations. All right. How you doing? >> From Hawaii. You're from Hawaii? >> Yeah, I'm just flew in this morning. >> I was supposed to come this weekend. I'm not aware 90 minutes. 6 minutes, 11 minutes. You know, really close. >> Okay, that brings us now to our group reports. Do we have any of our PTAs from any of our sites? Fantastic Sullivan. So that is PTO right >> everyone. My name

043is >> Oh, good thing I'm kind of loud. Um I'm um as I was saying to everyone, um my name is Daisy Pñena. I'm here to represent um Sullivan Middle School. I'm currently the president. Um, I just wanted to give you guys a brief update of what we've been up to at Svin Middle School. Um, this past month or this current month, we've been appreciating our staff and teachers. So, go Wildcats. Um, we did um we did a little something from them every day of the week last week. So, you know, uh, a little treat every day and then we are so grateful for all of their hard work. uh we know that they always go above and beyond and so for us it was easy to do. Um we also gathered parent volunteers to

044support the book fair. So that was a little bit challenging due to the fact that both things were going on at once but it was it was it was not a big challenge but it was it it was fun to be there and see the kids how how excited they were to to have the book fair on campus. So this upcoming month of June, we're working towards supporting our students after weeks of testing. Uh so we're planning a little fun event. Um it's it's another we've we've done this before the previous school year. Uh it's the yearbook signing event where kids get donuts. We have a little bit of music and then we also um give them papers so they could sign or put in sign their yearbooks just to reminisce in this in this

045um last school year. So that's pretty much it. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much for appreciating our teachers and organizing all of that. Uh and I understand we have someone from DAC here today. Good. Good evening. Um, good evening board of trustees. My name is Anelica Martin and I am a mother of students at Abonso High School and Bonso Elementary. >> Um, elementary high school. We are your DAG representatives. We would like to give you an update on what has been happening in our committee this year. participate. That was all. The district English learner advisory committee dact continues to meet regularly to support the academic success well-being of our English learners and our families. During recent meetings, members engage in meaningful discussions focused on students progress, strategies for improvement and the critical importance

046of cons consistent school attendance. Foreign speech. Foreign speech. DAC members review data and share observations regarding the progress of English learning. learners across grade levels. Parents and staff discuss factors that support language developments, including target instructions, access to academic vocabulary, and opportunities for meaningful practice in speaking, reading, and writing. The committee emphasized the importance of continued communications between schools and families so that parents understand their children's progress and how to support learning at home. Suggestions for improvement, including providing additional resources for families, workshops on supporting literacy, and clear explanations of assessment results. The committee highlight highlighted that daily attendance is essential for English learners as consistent ex exposure to instructions in language reach environments accelerates learning. DAC encourage schools to continue promoting attendance through family education reminders and supporting interventions. DACA appreciates the district committee

047English learners and look forward to continue collaboration ensure all students thrive academically and socially. Thank you. Thank you so much. And are there any other uh parent representatives from PTAs or ping or anything like that? Okay, then that brings us to our labor reports. I don't think I see anyone unless Oh, okay. Miss Haro, thank you for representing the Bonsel Teachers Association. >> I'm back with another hat. All right. Um, it's been a while since I've been up here. Good evening, board members and superintendent, staff, families, and community members. As you review the budget this evening and make decisions on what reductions need to be made, I want to remind you of a few things. one, we always end up just fine. And hot off the press, cola may revise is now 4.31. Okay, that's

048great news. That's like double. Um, and two, I want to remind that all of you and you that every budget decision made in this district should begin with one question. What is best for our students? Our students are the reason we are here. their education, safety, and well-being and future must remain at the center of every conversation and every financial decision. Our educators already give far beyond what is written in their contracts. Every day, educators spend their own money on classroom supplies, snacks, hygiene items, books, incentives, the list goes on, and basic necessities to ensure students feel supported and ready to learn. While we do this because we care deeply about our students, it should not be the expectation that teachers carry the burden of filling in gaps created by budget decisions. We also cannot

049continue solving financial problems by overcrowding classrooms, creating combo classes, starting the year with class sizes at their max and cutting essential services. Pat's classes reduce individual attention students receive, increase behavioral and academic challenges, and make it harder for teachers to meet the diverse needs of every learner. Cutting support staff and services may appear to save money in the short term, but in the long term, cost to students and families is far greater. The easiest solution is not always the right solution. When services are cut and classrooms are stretched to their limits, the people who suffer most are our students and their families. They lose opportunities, support systems, and the quality education they deserve. And many people come here because of that of a bonsel education, which is amazing. We urge this board to make thoughtful

050decisions that prioritize students over convenience and long-term investment over short-term fixes. Our district should be a place where students are fully supported, families feel valued, and educators have everything they need to do the job that the community expects them to do. We stand ready to work collaboratively toward solutions that protect student learning, maintain meaningful services, and support the professionals who serve this district every single day. Thank you. >> Thank you. Do we have anyone here from CSEA? Okay, that brings us then to our management reports. Who uh is up first? Is this Principal Forney? It sure is. It's great day to be a boner. Always. I can't believe it's May. Um good evening board, Dr. and Gina. Um, I can't believe this is my last board report of the year. So, um, we will just

051get started. As you can see up there at the top, we honored and celebrated Monica Zamora as our teacher of the year. You can see her daughter right there. It's her daughter and their friends, but she's also holding her phone because u Monica's husband and son uh live in Hawaii. They're working in Hawaii right now. So, we had them on FaceTime as we surprised her in her classroom. So, it was so exciting to see her here tonight and that her son surprised her. Okay. Um, we celebrated staff appreciation week and um, our PTA and our whole school community went above and beyond to honor and appreciate our entire staff. Christian, can you push play? I would probably mess it up. So, I hope this works. I I tried it. Our PTA made a um little

052video of the week to meories. And this is when the future gets so easy to see. This is when tonight we become a masterpiece. This is when memories memories. Breath in my life. It's a feeling I remember for the rest of my life. So I sit back and watch the sun paint us go for a moment. We feel like we rule the world. We are free. Can you feel it too? It's nights like these that only prove. And this is when the moment turns to me. This is the future. So you see this. >> Thank you. So, our thank you um our PTA on Monday, Mike's Flowers in Falbrrook donated 900 flowers to our school so that every student that walked in the door um was able to get a flower to take to their

053teacher. The PTA had little mason jars for them to make their bouquets. You could see they made thank you cards. Every morning the PTA played name that tune at our morning announcements. or PTA president would get on and play a song and then it would be the fifth caller or the 10th caller that called into the office and they would get a gift card somewhere. Monday was a a coffee and snack bar. Tuesday was Cinco de Mayo, so it was taco Tuesday. Um Wednesday u Miss Chamberlain and I provided a lunch for the staff. Thursday was uh popcorn day, popcorn bar, and Friday was an Italian day. Um, so they just really went above and beyond to spoil our staff and make them and we have a big staff. We have over a hundred people

054and um, they really made them feel special. So, we're really grateful to our PTA um, the and the whole community for for making our staff feel appreciated. Um, this morning I spent the day at Bistown. If you recall last year, I did a big presentation on BisTown because I was so blown away by it. I told um, Mrs. Lawson, please make sure that you give your students a survey again because those answers were hysterical um about their about their experience. They were honest and so we had a large group of parent volunteers um and this is just some of our pictures. I last year when I went to Bistown, I caught their work in progress and the tail end of it. This year I was there for the beginning um which was really neat and

055I sent Dr. golly some videos um if she wants to share them sometime with you all. Um but there's a mayor and um there is a judge and the judge has to swear the mayor in and then the mayor has to swear in all the CEOs and it's just it's run like companies and the parents were all very um blown away by how well-run Bistown is. So, thank you um to the district and the board for approving um the support for our students to go and um be little entrepreneurs and learn how to run businesses and cash paychecks and decide what they wanted to spend their money on for the day. Okay. Um lots of events as always at um BES over the last few months. We had our annual daddyaughter dance. There's a couple

056pictures there. And then our motherson movie night. They saw Mario Kart. Um we bought out all of the four movie theaters, maybe five. All the movie theaters at the movie at at the um the main movie theater down there in the village. Um the the parents and the kids all got matching sweatshirts and enjoyed movies, popcorn, soda. Um up there at that top middle picture, we had our uh volunteer breakfast. This is I think three or four years running now that we um the staff hosts a breakfast for our volunteers to thank them for all they do. And obviously those aren't our only volunteers, but those are the ones that made it to our breakfast that day. Um we had our back to or I'm sorry, our open house, our two nights of open house

057um with a week-long book fair. Our book fair brought in $20,820 worth of sales. Um, but we had our chicks that were born in our kindergarten and TK classes and so we had families that adopted those chicks and took them home. Down there in the righth hand corner is just one picture from one of the openhouse nights. Um, all the uh desks had students that were dressed up in their clothes and then it was an all about me book. That's actually Mrs. Chic's class and they did their um big uh trip to Mars show a couple weeks ago. I think that's what it's called. What's it called? >> Vacation to Mars. Right now we are in the season of plays and performances and we have a lot coming up. So, um seems like something every

058week. We have a hoown coming up here soon. So, just a lot of fun. Uh we as as Dr. talked about we did our uh we had hosted Tom Lency games as well as our track and field day always very popular and as Dr. shared it was great to see all the schools there together cheering one another on. It was a wonderful event. Um we started CASP testing and we had a prep rally. Um, teachers dressed up in some inflatable costumes, including Miss Haro there in the flamingo. Um, and they had a race and, uh, Miss Pedo and Beth Tet, our PTA president, worked together and made a lot of fun signs that are student centered, um, lingo that were posted all over the school to help pump them up and and support them um,

059as they are working through CASP testing. We are getting close to being done. We're getting there. Um so our students are working really hard and doing well with that. Um our amazing counselor, u Miss Megan Hound, I put her Instagram down there because um if you would follow her and see all the wonderful things she's doing, our attendance has really gone up this year and I'll show you that in a minute. Um, I think a lot of it has to do with Miss Megan and just um her desire to make sure that all students are seen and that they feel like they belong. So, in April um was autism awareness month. And if you see that little eye picture, AI picture down there, that's Clyde. Um he along with his mom um made a video

060about what it's like to be a child living with autism. We had another student and his mom make a video. It's all on Instagram. um and they just were very honest and open about um what it is like to be a child living with autism and what it's like to be a parent of a child with autism. Um and so then also right now she is um honoring mental health awareness month. So there's a calendar of events there that's in our Bonsal Bear News of things for students to do. This week she's done a lot. She did a um a little scavenger hunt. You can see she had all these little things like I believe in myself and you can see them up there taped all over the school and kids got their scavenger hunt

061paper and they had to run all around school and try and find those. She had a dance party yesterday. She had a bubble blowing party and she's just um letting kids know that it's okay um to to be different and to have struggles and um just honoring those. So, we're very grateful for her. I only I see there's only five bullet points up there, but there are so many things going on. I just put up the main things there. Um, as Dr. shared and as many of you were at, we had Lucy Neville um, who was a third grade student at our school whose both parents are in the military and, um, not only did she speak at our Purple Star event, but she also, um, a couple Fridays ago at our leader and me

062uh, celebration, she delivered her speech to our third through fifth grade students. And we also honored all of our students who have parents in the military with a little purple wrist brand band for being a military child. Down there in the right hand corner, um, our students get bonsel bear bucks throughout the year for doing good deeds. Um, teachers give them out for various things and then they can spend them in our paw shop where there's little toys and fidgets and things they can buy. But this year we added that you could save a hundred of them and have pizza with the principal. So, these were the first three students who were so excited and giggling and ran up to Miss Tisha in the office with each with a hundred bear bucks in their hand

063and said, "We're here to have pizza with Mrs. Forney." So, um they got special little bags and I might have snuck ice cream in for them as well. Um but we had fun. They asked me all about me. Do you know about my kids and do I have dogs and what do I like to do in my spare time? And it was just really cute to sit down with them. Um, a little bit of data there. Our attendance rate, our ADA for this year has gone up about 1% from last year. So, our average daily attendance. And, um, I we just had our school site council meeting on Monday where um I reviewed our SIPA and passed our SIPA with our school site council. Um, but excited to report that last year we had 17.2%

0642% of our students were um chronically absent and this year we're at 12%. Um so a lot of that has to do with our entire staff, our teachers, our support staff, everybody who makes all of our students feel welcome and supported each day. Um every month at our leader and me assemblies, we recognize the top three classrooms with the highest attendance. And last year when we would do it, I'd say we were around 92% attendance when we would honor the classrooms. This year we're between 97 and 98% per month when we are honoring um those classrooms with the highest attendance in our school. So we will continue to do what we're doing and make it even greater as we move into next year. Thank you. >> Thank you, Principal Forney and Principal James Sullivan Middle

065School. Good evening everyone. Okay, good evening, President Anderson, board members, superintendent, and Mrs. McCannernney, and members of our Bonso Unified School District community. As we approach the end of another remarkable school year, it is an honor to reflect on the incredible accomplishments of our students, staff, and families at both Sullivan and Bonsel High School. This year has been definitely defined by growth, resilience, and continued commitment to providing exceptional learning opportunities for every student. Across both campuses, we have seen our students excel academically, athletically, artistically, and in service to their community. From strong classroom instruction and innovative programs to outstanding performances in music, visual arts, athletics, and student leadership, our students have demonstrated what is possible when high expectations are paired with meaningful support and a strong sense of belonging. We've continued to expand opportunities that

066prepare students for success beyond graduation, including our academy pathways, early college offerings, intervention supports, and efforts to strengthen student voice and connection. At the same time, we've remained focused on creating school environments where every student feels safe, valued, and inspired to achieve their full potential. None of this would be possible without the dedication of our teachers, classified staff, counselors, administrators, and well as the unwavering partnership of our families and community organizations, and you will see that in the following slides. Their collective efforts have made this truly an exceptional year for both Sullivan and Bonsel High School. Tonight, I'm excited to share a few highlights that capture the outstanding work taking place at both schools and the many accomplishments of our students and staff throughout the school year. What I'd like to highlight first is our

067Legion launch. This year marked the first Legion launch, a new tradition event created to welcome our eighth grade students from Sullivan Middle School to Bonsel High School. We used to host the launch during registration, but we've offered it now during the school year to give every eighth grader the opportunity to visit BHS and prepare to begin their journey as future future Legionnaires. During the visit, students toured the high school campus, met teachers, student leaders, and explored the wide range of opportunities available to them in our in including our academy pathways, athletics club, visual and performing arts and early college opportunities. They also learned about the academic expectations and support systems in place to ensure that every student is successful and connected. The success of our first Legion launch highlighted the strong partnership between Sullivan and

068Middle and Bonsel High School and our shared commitment to supporting students through every stage of their educational journey. We're excited to make this the annual tradition that helps students build confidence, strengthen connections, and look forward to all that awaits them at Bonsel High School. You can see they had a really good time. They did all the activities at the bottom, but even some of them covering their faces at the top because they're eighth grade, but that's okay. And then we do have we do have our teacher of the year, of course, that was, you know, waving and and highlighting um different aspects of our campus. All right, our next slide. As always, our music in the parks. Sullivan Middle School students truly shined at the music in the parks, showcasing their incredible talent, dedication, and

069hard work. Our guitar program had an outstanding showing with period 7 earning a superior rating and period 4 earning an excellent rating. A testament to the growth and commitment of our student musicians. Our show choir programs were equally impressive with both beginning show choir and advanced show choir earning superior ratings demonstrating the strong performances and exceptional preparation. In addition to our advanced show choir brought home the overall junior highstakes award. An incredible honor that highlights their excellence among compet competing schools. We were also proud to celebrate Whan McMillan. I think I I don't know if I have a picture of him up there. I think in the very top um he won the overall junior high accompanist and with an outstanding individual achievement that reflects both talent and his dedication. They had a really good

070time. This was over at uh Knots and the kids performed in the morning, went to Knots. Some of them got sick and they still showed up for the picture. So, it was great. It was a great opportunity. Right. Okay. Um, as everybody's been talking about the celebrations of that we've been doing all week of our our staff, um, and we truly have, you know, amazing staff through Bonsel Unified, but specifically, I'm going to highlight Bonsel High School and Sullivan Middle, but the, um, during our teacher and staff appreciation week, our incredible staff at Sullivan Middle School was celebrated in a truly special way. Throughout the week, our amazing PTO, as you heard from earlier tonight, spoiled our teachers and staff with delicious food and snacks throughout the week. Mrs. Lopez's husband even got up early

071on a Monday morning, which at secondary that can be rough to do, maybe for everyone, but um made breakfast burritos for us and brought them in. Um, their generosity and support made the week memorable and reminded our staff how deeply appreciated they are by our school community. In addition to celebrating our entire staff, Miss Suos and I were also touched by the kindness, surprised that they recognized the assistant principal and principal day. We're very grateful for the thoughtful gestures and feeling incredibly fortunate to work alongside such dedicated educators, supportive families, and a PTO that constantly goes above and beyond for us. I do have to say, Miss Suos played a trick on me. Came in and said, "We have an emergency. We got to go." Brought me outside. All the kids were lined up all

072the way around the building and had pom poms and cheered me on. I was taken back. So, it was very sweet. I was trying not to cry the whole time. It was great. But I thought there was something terribly wrong. So I ran outside like, "Oh my goodness, what's happening?" But yeah, so I told her, "Wait till next year. I'm gonna make it the greatest," right? For her. Um but so at the very end, you could see, you would think it was at the end of the year or um but it really doesn't seem that way on the the top. We have so many things that are going on. Um, and I I asked the staff, I'm like, I'm not sure we could cram one more thing in, but we're having so much fun towards

073the end of the year. So, you can see all the events that we have, especially for our eighth grade. Um, we're excited about a reclassification celebration happening, a Rawhead Ranch dance for our eighth grade, our popular, very popular students and staff softball game that we have. And then that evening, they got to go home, take a shower hopefully, and then they have the Rawhead Ranch dance. At that evening, we have our eighth grade awards that Monday, yearbook signing parties. as you heard PTO talking. And then we have our sixth grade Greek games. They're also going to mulligans. I forgot to put up there. And then our eighth grade promotion that week. Um, and then I took this this amazing picture. Thank you so much, Mrs. Lopez. Um, for all the work, hard work that the

074PTO and everybody brought to us. Again, we were so fortunate to have that support from our families. Okay. Bonso High School. So, this is their senior picture. It turned out so good. Um, and they're like, "Do you want to be in it?" And I said, "Nobody wants the principal in there. They can they can just highlight themselves, right?" Um, so for Bonsel High School, we had the guitar. As you could see up in the very corner, this was the first time that we've offered guitar at the high school and they went to perform. So, our high school guitar took superior at the Music in the Parks competition. And you can see there's only just a few up there and they did such an outstanding job. Um we're very proud of their achievement and their our

075talented musicians this past or a couple weekends ago at musics in the park. Our the guitar program earned a superior the highest dedicate distinction award at the event recognizing their exceptional performance, dedication and musicship. This accomplishment is a direct reflection of the hard work, commitment and perseverance of all of our students along with the incredible leadership of Mrs. Pakor. Countless hours of practice, preparation, and attention to detail went into this performance, and it truly showed on stage. She stays after. She's has them in there at lunch. They even won the biggest stuffed animals. We didn't know how we were getting them home. I offered my car. Um I think they shoved them in their car and Mrs. Pakor's car. So, they were able to bring it home after knots and after their performance, which was

076great. Um, performing at this level requires not only technical skill but also confidence, collaboration, and passion. Qualities that our students demonstrated beautifully. We're incredibly proud of the way that our musicians present represented at Bonso High School with their professionalism and pride. Their success is a testament to the strength of our arts program and the supportive community that surrounds them. If you can see the pictures that we have at the bottom, we have our medical careers um or our medical club. Um the students uh they paid money to have water balloons thrown at them. So that's why they're all in their outfits and completely wet. Um but all of the clubs were raising money. So they did a fundraiser. Um and then we we even had a dunk tank which we only had the staff or

077that was in the dunk tank. So nobody else was in there. But Bonsel High School had incredibly successful club carnival fundraiser bringing energy and excitement and school spirit to campus. Students had a great time exploring the wide variety of clubs available, learning more about the ways to get involved in supporting their peers through fundraising efforts. The event was filled with enthusiasm as students connected with different organizations, discovered new interest, and contributed to causes that make our campus community so vibrant. From start to finish, it was a fun-filled day that highlighted the importance of student involvement and the positive impact of our clubs. Thank you to all the students and adviserss who helped make this event such a success. We're proud of our strong sense of community here at Bonszo High School. And I also put

078up here that we're finished highlight there. Um our AP tests are done as of today. Um our AP Spanish actually had to use a CD player which we had to find one. Um but we did I actually had one and I brought one in. So um but the AP test is finished as of today. And then our cast testing, we're getting really close to finishing, almost done. So, you can see the two the two guys there in the corner are very excited that their AP classes are done and the testing is finished. Okay, you can see some famous faces up here, right? Thank you to our district leadership and our community members for helping support our student portfolios. Um, they posed very nicely for this. So, I do appreciate and our staff and students do

079appreciate for you coming up and and helping uh with our portfolios. Each student compiled a portfolio highlighting academic achievements, projects, and career exploration experiences along with their personal reflections. Through these presentations, students demonstrated not only what they've learned, but also how they've developed important skills such as critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and goal setting. The portfolio exhibition is an important part of the Bonsel High School community to deeper learning and college and career readiness. It encourages students to take ownership of their education and make meaningful connections between their classroom experiences and future aspirations. We're incredibly proud of the confidence, preparation, and professionalism our students display as they shared their stories and celebrated their accomplishments. Again, you'll recognize some of the faces and I want would like to thank our district leadership and community members for taking

080the time to visit and listen to our students as they prevented presented their portfolios. Also, our sports, our spring athlete season at Bonso High School was filled with outstanding performances and our school pride. Our student athletes in baseball, softball, track and field, and boys volleyball represented our school with tremendous effort and sportsmanship throughout the season. Our baseball and softball teams competed with determination and continued to build strong programs grounded in teamwork and perseverance. The track and field team showcased impressive individual and team performances with athletes setting personal records and demonstrating their commitment to excellence. A special congratulation goes out to our boys volleyball team for an exceptional season that culminated in a trip to the CIF San Diego section semifinals. Their hard work, resilience, and teamwork were on full display as they advanced deep into

081the playoffs and made our entire school community proud. You can see in the picture, they're very proud. We are very grateful to our coaches, families, and supporters who dedicated countless hours to athletic programs, especially this s Saturday. So, thank you ahead of time for helping to support our athletic programs. And most importantly, we congratulate all of our student athletes for their commitment and leadership of Bonsel High School both on and off the court. Okay. And then for our community, uh again, we've we've talked about the art show, but I love this picture at the top because I took a a wide lens view. There were so many people um at our art show and it was uh well attended. A lot of families were there. But we were proud to partner with the Bonso Women's

082Club to pre present the fourth annual student art show, a wonderful celebration of creativity and artistic expression across our district. The special event showcased outstanding artwork from students at every grade level, highlighting the incredible talent and imagination and hard work of our young artists. This evening was made even more memorable by our student performances that added music and energy to this event. We'd like to extend our sincere gratitude to our Bonso Women's Club for their continued partnership and support of the arts education. Their dedication helps make this event possible and provides an inspiring opportunity for our students to shine. If you look at the bottom two pictures, um we did had some of our staff um and uh present or I should say um show up and they were at this was a couple weeks

083ago. Uh students and families had the opportunity to participate in the annual Koopa Day celebration hosted by the Paula Band of Mission Indians and Paula. The Koopa Days is a vibrant community event that honors the history and traditions and culture of PA people through traditional bird singing and dancing and cultural demonstration, games, food and activities for all ages. I know we have Mr. A who's always down there and we have Mr. Rodarte who showed up as well but just presenting and then they also made um a big banner of the mural that we had that we had presented in our booth. Okay. I would like to thank we've got our senior awards ceremony uh next Tuesday, but I wanted to highlight and thank our scholarship sponsors. I've listed them up there. This is one of

084our um biggest years scholarships for Bonso High School students and a total of 19,400 of just what our community is giving away um to all of our students. We have many awards that we're giving away, many opportunities and college money for our students. I know they're so excited and we're making it an Oscar themed event. So, it's going to be so much fun and it's we couldn't do this without our amazing sponsors. So, we're very thrilled and excited and the students I know are going to be very thrilled and excited um to receive the amounts of money that um we're able to present them with. So, thank you to our community um for the outstanding donations that we've received this year. And I just wanted to list because I'm always curious. I know when I,

085you know, hear about our students. These are just some so far. Uh, where are seniors going? So, if you take a look at the list, they're going to a various places. Um, and pretty excited as they venture out. And we don't have a very large class. So, the fact that we have so many students, um, I think we have about 67 students. So, the fact that they're going everywhere is pretty amazing. So very proud of our seniors. Congratulations. And this is truly a testament to our teachers, um to our support staff and our community that we've really supported and lifted up our seniors. And this is the result of what we've done in partnership to really um move them forward and send them off into the world. So, we're excited about the things that they're

086going to do and all the stories that we hear and they come back and they're going to be guest speakers for us, right? Um, so as we move forward, uh, again, we I did not tell Mr. Leo to to to barbecue. This was during the staff celebration, but that's what he wanted to do because that's what his love is. Um, but yeah, he made barbecue. We had Ping uh for the high school that um did a barbecue for us on Wednesday and then provided snacks for the week. So, we are truly grateful for our Bing um community and our parents that supported our um staff appreciation week. Um and then if you look, we've got some staff down at the bottom as well. Um I did put a picture of coach A or Mr. A

087and then I did um Mr. Robinson at the top because they've been presenting at what we call a SoCal link which is uh an opportunity for regional professional learning event that's hosted by the learner collaborative and it's at the University of California in San Diego. It brought together educators and school leaders from across Southern California. And I'm proud of the work that they've been doing because they've been talking about not just Bonso Unified, but at the secondary of how we're supporting native learners and then what we're doing with ourmies and pathways. And they've been able to share that with other districts in Southern California. So, they're actually presenting next Thursday. They've invited us to go. They've created a video which I will share um with Dr. Golly and she can share it with the board.

088that they've worked really hard and have it presented and attended these um these SoCal links for this whole school year. Really doing a great job representing us. As you can see, our activities again, you wouldn't think it was at the end of the school year with all the events that we do have going on. Um but towards the end, some of the highlights that we have, we have our senior sunset which is happening on the 1 and that's going to kind of end the year for our seniors. And then we also have graduation which is happening on Friday at from 6:00 to 8. That's Bonsel High School. >> Thank you, Principal James. Uh that brings us to our board member reports and we'll start with our last report from our student board representative. >> Good

089evening everyone. So as it was just staff and teacher appreciation week, I want to give my appreciation and gratitude towards our teachers and staff who are so hardworking and they are the ones working with us and supporting us every single day. Um, I'm and Miss Army specifically is such a caring and understanding teacher. I'm really glad I was able to have her as my English teacher in 10th grade and now have her in my last year as my AP government and economics teacher. Um, and I also had her as my teacher coach in mock trial. Of course, she's very busy and um I'm very encouraged by the scope of different courses that she teaches and the credentials that she has. Um I've also had the pleasure of seeing Miss Lions in action. Um the TK

090students and kindergarten students that she has are so well behaved and really respect her and are always engaged in her classroom. and I'm really just saw how much um she cares about them and how they respond so well to that care. Um and then again um in regard to sports, I know Miss James already covered it, but baseball won their last game of their regular season um yesterday and they find out about playoffs soon. So this weekend they'll find out if they made it. So, we're hoping that we they did. Volleyball had their senior night game a like two weeks ago. A few weeks ago. Yeah. And it was really great because um a lot of people like teachers and students came out and supported our seniors and half our team is seniors. So, it

091was really special seeing them being honored and um a lot of them had played since the boys volleyball team was started, too. So, that was amazing. Um and then softball just had their senior night on Tuesday. Um they've had a great season as well and then track season is over. It was really fun. I'm very glad that I did track my freshman year and I ended it off doing it it on my senior year as well. So, I thought that was nice wrap up and we're looking forward to honoring our spring sports athletes and their hard work during our last pep rally um where we'll also be announcing our academy winners. So, this we have the whole competition going where which academy gets the most points. I think right now law and leadership is winning

092which is a little upsetting but that's okay. They did great. And in regard to themies, this was something new we had this year and I really think it was an amazing thing that we integrated into our um education into the high school because it fostered a s an increased sense of school spirit with our competitions. But it also added to our academics because we had field trips where the students were able to see the real world real world application of what they were learning in the classes um that they're taking and further understand the options and explore their interests that they have. Um, so it was really beneficial and I am looking forward to seeing it be integrated more in the future because it was just the first year. Um, and then I think it

093relates relating um to symposium because Mr. Van is also involved with themies. He leads our and Mr. Hinchiff as well of course he leads our academy ambassadors in what we do and our planning and our meetings. Um and he's in he was in charge of symposium this year and it really transformed under his leadership with the assignments that he gave us making resumeumés making portfolios that we then not only you know making them but presenting them and practicing those communication skills and um really you know practicing being able to sell ourselves because that's you know what you have to do in interviews and such. um they he had them fill out W4 forms. I mean, and it's just really preparing our students for the future because such um exposure to, you know, forms that they'll

094be filling out in the future is really important to just the familiarity of it. Um and then AP testing has also come to an end. and I took the AP Spanish test earlier today and um we were joking around saying um it feels very old-fashioned because it's the last year that it's on paper. So, we had a little speaker and a CD player. So, um but um um it was really inspiring to see the amount of preparation and work our students were putting in the late nights staying up studying. And so we really hope that it was all in good effort and they passed their tests. Um, and the students are now looking as the course is now over, they're looking forward to their muchdeserved break for the rest of the year. It's like work

095time now, partying, you know, celebrating with snacks and such. Um, and then in regards to clubs, Red Cross had their third and final blood drive for the year on the first of this month. Um, and then theater had their spring production earlier on in the month as well. It was the first and second of the month. It was called 13 Reasons You Should Not Be a Pirate. and the theater company members and the audience members, you know, the people who attended really enjoyed the play and thought it was definitely a co comedy and thought it was really funny. Um, and then of course our seniors, um, as our high school chapter comes to an end, we're definitely reminiscing on our past four years, but we're really excited to see um, you know, what the future

096entails and holds for us. Um, as Miss James showed, we're figuring out our next steps for the future, committing to a variety of different universities or colleges. Um, you know, Palomar, Cal State San Marcos, UCSB, UCR, just to name a few, as there's a lot of different places that we're going. Um, so some of the events we had, we had SOA Senior, which you saw on Miss James' slides. It was a little cold that day, so I felt bad, but it was really fun because the students, you know, um were able to throw water balloons and teachers hosed our seniors down. Um and then we have we also had prom which was full of lots of pictures and we just danced the night away. It was really fun. Um then we have our upcoming senior

097awards night next Tuesday where um our seniors will be awarded scholarships, awards and recognitions. We're really appreciative of the local scholarships that um we're able to apply to. They are, you know, anything we receive is such a great support and further encourages us to um do the best that we can. We have grad night at Universal, which will be a very long time because we get there at like 12 and then we're there till like 2:00 a.m. the next day. So, we'll be very tired, but you know, that just means we'll have even more fun. And then our um events on the last week of school, we have we're going to have a water day, a movie center day, and a gratitude center day where we sign yearbooks and write our thank you notes to

098all our teachers and staff and you know fellow students. Um and of course graduation which is definitely going to be a very emotional day but an extremely special one. Um, and of course, finally, I want to thank everyone, um, the Bonso Unified School District for having me as the representative for this year and my fellow board members. Um, you guys have all been so supportive and I'm really grateful that this opportunity is provided to um, enable a student to share their perspective on everything going on. Though this time has felt short, I've truly learned so much about what goes on behind the scenes in running a school district. Um the late nights, the respectful agree disagreements, and um the amount of communication and collaboration needed across everyone in the district. Um, I've really seen how

099you all care deeply about our students and I really hope that you all continue to do your best and take every voice into consideration. I really enjoyed my time here and I hope that we all have a great rest of the year and a very relaxing summer. Thank you. >> Thank you. Trusty Ortega. >> It's hard to follow that um because I got to say that our our student rep here has been exceptional uh an exceptional representative of the students and uh she exemplifies our high school district values and spirit. So great job. I had an opportunity to go to the portfolio exhibition makeups and um it was pretty interesting to see that process uh with the the students actually talking about their thing. You could see where some students um they all had a

100formula to go by but some of them were actually really really comfortable with that formula and some of them were actually making that formula theirs. It was uh you could see the development that some of the students had as I went through the different tables and stuff uh that uh they were able to uh really express themselves well very well and uh I also was at the uh purple star award uh event and uh I thought that was pretty exciting. We went um well I guess we all were right. So um but I thought it was really exciting. And I know a lot of us have military connections and stuff and I know out there in Paula we have a lot of people um my grandfather was in the military. Uh a lot of my

101uncles and and uh family were in the military and and our community itself a lot of them have been in the military. So, um, but you know, on the reservation though, it it affects us a little bit differently because a lot of times people when they're relocated, the students don't usually go. They usually stay with somebody else in the community in the environment, whereas uh in other parts, it affects them with the entire family up and leaves. So, that's not always the case. I do have some that had um a brother or son that stayed there in Palao while another child was born in Texas because of the the family had uh had moved and the one child stayed and was raised by an aunt and I mean it's just uh some of the incredible

102stories with the military families and u to see this uh event where it shows how much the district supports uh this uh this particular group is uh incredible and uh the fact that they're getting recogition for it. So, I think it's pretty awesome that our our district is in that position. Um, Koopa Days, wanted to do a shout out to Mr. Hinchliff and Mr. A and of course Mr. Rodarti. Mr. Rodarti got there. Uh, they were all there. They all did great jobs. Uh, Mr. Roarti was there and I remember he's he was talking to some of the people saying he was there like almost all day and he was going to leave at 4 and I they go, "Hey, Mr. Mr. Roardi is going to be leaving pretty soon." I go, "Oh, I'm going

103to go by and say say hi. I hadn't had a chance to talk to him yet. So, I pulled up a chair and I sat with him. Next thing you know, it's 4:30 and we're still sitting there. And I go, "Hey, you were leaving, right?" And he goes, "Oh, that's okay." But I go, "Well, just because I'm on the board doesn't mean you have to stay here. If it's your time to go, go ahead and go. Just remind me because I'm here. I'm going to stay here. I'm here for the whole night." So, um, uh, but yeah, I'm not sure if he was doing that just because he enjoyed the situation or if he because on the school board he thought he had to, but um, but he was really cool though. He was really

104cool about everything and and talking with some of the students as they were coming by and stuff like that, seeing everybody talk to them and was pretty awesome. Um, did I read that right? Mr. Hitch is going to be throwing out the first ball for the Padre game. >> Yes. >> Very interest. Very cool. Uh, I think I'm busy that night, but I wish I could be there for that. Can he throw a ball, do you know? Can he throw a ball? >> Um, Biztown. Um, I had to comment on Bistown. I've been to that a couple of times, not recently, but uh, I'm actually pleased it's still going on. I thought it stopped for a moment. I think it might have stopped during COVID or something, but um that that that's an incredible situation

105for putting our students in to see how the whole system works together, you know. Uh basically it's economics at its best. Um, a lot of times you read about it, you know, and and you take classes on economics and, you know, you do different things, but when you actually see the whole process, uh, working together, um, sometimes you don't really understand how it how it all works together, you know, and, um, I think that's an incredible program. So, I'm glad the students had a chance to go there. Um, I will be attending Falberg uh or not Fber Valley's was it Vivian Bank Charter School 30th anniversary. I think that's could be pretty cool. Um, a lot of the people that they said they're bringing up from the past to be there. I know all those

106people. You know, I've been a part of that part of the program for the community for a long time. And uh um yeah, it's just hard to imagine it's 30 years already. And uh you know, then I realized, you know, hey, I am in my 60s now. So yeah, it has been 30 years. Um it's a it's hopefully it's an incredible event and I'm looking forward to it. And um I go I don't think I'm going to be there for the next 30-year event, though. But maybe they'll do one every 10 years from now on. And um about our um teacher of the years uh Monica Zamora, the one that was there through um you know sometimes I I know we talked about some having some of our favorite teachers. Uh it's been brought up

107some by by some of our board members and um there's always those teachers that are there for a certain part of your life, whatever. and she was there for a a part that was very a a very where she was there through adversity through some of the students um and uh for their family as well. And and that's something that you know when somebody stands there and stays there. That's where you make the district sort of part of a family because they're there for you when you need them most. It's very easy for her to say that she was affected by it and didn't want to deal with anybody uh and that would have been acceptable, but uh to be able to push that to the side and still be there for the families and

108and for the students and stuff is um is pretty incredible. And uh you know, I think a lot of our teachers would do that, but you kind of you kind of hope that they never find themselves in that position, but you know, our teachers are pretty awesome and they would do that if they had to. Uh it's just when you see that when you see some a teacher do it, it's uh it just kind of exemplifies everything that our our our teaching staff is is all about, you know, that they're there for the the the families and stuff. And um I thought that was a pretty pretty cool little story there. And and congratulations to all of our teacher teachers of the year and stuff like that. It's pretty awesome. And uh that's all I

109got for this for this one. And uh again, great job. Great job. It's been an honor. Thank you, Mr. Ortega. Dr. Dun Dumbrski. >> Hi. Really? I feel like I got to set up straight. Um, so I first wanted to start off by saying thank you, Isa, for serving in such a wonderful uh role for for a student representative for the board. Um, and congratulations to you for graduating and going on to your next endeavor at UC Riverside. Uh I did have a chance to speak with uh Isla and her classmates uh a couple weeks ago about you know all the seniors basically and um because I am a professor at CSU San Marcos and I did design our first year uh class our first year you know undergraduate class so I know a little

110thing about starting a college um and so we talked a lot we had just kind of an open discussion um and I actually shared my um start at college which I shared with them that I was on academic probation my first semester of college um at University of Michigan and I was validictorian in all of this. I went to a small rural public school in Michigan. And so, you know, it's not always easy as it seems. And I was trying to kind of relay to the seniors that, you know, if you need to reduce your class credits or you need to get out of the harder classes or take one hard class at a time, like if you struggle in math, don't take, you know, math and then a hard science at the same time.

111You know, renegotiate that with your adviserss. Um, and that just letting them know that there's a ton of resources on there's a lot of CSUs I saw on that list. I mean, I know the CSU system has a lot of resources at their disposal. I'm sure the UC schools do as well. Um, but just to utilize those resources that are available to you on campuses. And then some of the students that were actually going into a trade or going into some other, you know, um, workforce or workforce development or training, I also encourage them to kind of, you know, seek out resources and get internships or job shadow people that you're interested in, you know, collaborating with and kind of test driving um, that future, you know, workforce opportunity. So, congratulations to the seniors and

112to everyone, you know, all the students that are graduating. Um, and I know it's probably going to be bittersweet, you know, when when you get to that day, that graduation day. Um, but I know y'all will will have a, you know, great time moving forward. Um, and then secondly, I just wanted to highlight, uh, I did attend the Tomlinson games. My sixth grader was participating in it. Um, so it was his last one. I was trying not to cry. I had my sunglasses on in that picture that Dr. Glly had on because I was getting a little teareyed. um at the event and he is currently at camp with Mr. Guzman um and Miss Milton and they're really from the pictures it seems like they're having a really good time. We're not allowed to talk

113to them. They have no cell service or no cell phones or anything allowed out there. Um but it seems like they're having a really great time and I do want to just echo how amazing our teachers are. um in particular, you know, my son uh really struggled with literacy from, you know, since COVID because he was in kindergarten when COVID happened. And he I have just show I've just seen from his time being at Bonsa West how much he has grown in that area because he got all the extra supports and because especially this year with Mr. Guzman, you know, teaching that subject with him and he's really been made leaps and bounds in his writing. I read his autobiography a couple weekends ago, you know, doing my correcting and editing for him and trying

114to tell him like, "These are the corrections you need to make." Um, so he did so, but it was funny in every single paragraph he was talking about his teachers at Bonsel West and how great they were and how they helped him. And you know, every teacher was like the best teacher in this subject and it was it was really sweet. And so, um, I just do want to echo that, you know, it the teachers make this school. They really do and the staff. I mean, we can't do it without staff and we can't do it without the teachers. So, um, I know that, you know, they're super important and we're super grateful for for all the work that they do. Um, and um, so I'm looking forward to, you know, attending the sixth grade

115promotion that will be happening uh, in a couple weeks. I cannot believe I'm going to have a middle schooler. Uh, it feels very surreal. Um, and you know, just, you know, congratulations to everyone that's kind of moving on and promoting and to to the seniors kind of graduating next next month. So, thank you. No report tonight. Lissa, can we just turn this over? >> Okay. Thank you. Thank you. >> Um I'd like to begin. I think first I'd like to talk to about Isla for a minute. I mean um I think one thing that if I had to make Well, the first thing I would say about Isa, she's like, "Where's Waldo?" Right? Um kind of like Lissa here. You know, whenever you see a picture, you're like, you know she's going to be in

116it if it has something to do with the school. Like where is she at? You know, I know she's there somewhere. just like Lissa's always there. Um, but I think the thing that I think the thing that stands out to me the most about Isla is that, you know, sometimes kids join clubs and join things to pad their resumes to, you know, they do it for to do it, but they don't really, their heart's not in it. But Isa's heart is in every single thing she does. Every single one of these clubs, she's very passionate about everything she particip I sense it and I'm like, "Wow, she's really into this and it it's really important to her." she's not just going through the motions. So I I I think that's a very special attribute of

117somebody and I I I I that I respect that quite a bit. And so I I hope you continue that when you go to college and and your involvement and your your just your genuiness. I think that it really comes through and and I I want to wish you all the luck, you know, at your next endeavor and you will be missed here. Um the next thing I'd like to talk about is Lucille Ball. Did you guys all notice that the little girl was Lucille Ball? That's pretty cool, isn't it? I mean, that that's one of those names you just don't hear about. It's almost like Carol Bernett's gonna be up there next, right? But, um, I I think that was that was neat and and I almost wish I had been there so that

118I could have talked to her about that. Um, because it's such a it's such a unique thing. It's almost anacronistic now to be her. But, um, you know, I just think that that was kind of a special little event. I really liked uh everything that I saw there. Uh, the other thing I wanted to talk about was multicultural night over at Bonso West. I don't know if any of you have been there before, but it's a very special night. Um, it is a really neat thing to see. They have all these little tables set up and they have, you know, all the the the the students put their culture up there. They have, you know, some sample foods. They have, you know, some art. They have all different kinds of things and they do like

119dancing and they do things for their for their various cultures. So if you have not seen it, it is worth a drive over to check it out because it is kind of I I wish every school would do it. I mean to be honest with you because I think it is such a special night. So to honor the different cultures that uh make us one. Um the other thing I want to mention is um you know Biztown you it reminds me of um girls and boys state. I don't know if you guys are familiar with girls and boy state, but the American Legion um every year chooses from schools like one they a representative that goes up to um Sacramento and they participate in a week-long event called Girls State and there's another one called

120Boys State. I think it's called Boys and Girls State now. Girls day and boys and girls day. Um, it's an it's a very big honor to do. And so I would like to see if we could investigate to see how how we could maybe get some sponsorship to get some of our students up there in the future because it's kind it kind of reminds me of Bistown. It's they they form a little government up there with a fictitious state. You know, they elect they have elections, they do all kinds of things. So I would I would really like to to see that if possible. And I think um the last thing I want to do is um I want to if I if I could talk to the seniors, the one thing that I would

121tell seniors right now is to be like Rocky. And what I mean by that is if you guys have you guys all seen Rocky, did you see Rocky 2? Because most people see Rocky one but not Rocky 2. Well, anyway, to make make a long story short, in Rocky one, the heavyweight champion of the world needs an opponent and he picks a random guy just because he likes his name, the Italian Stallion. So he ends up fighting in this and he thinks it's going to be just a show and he's going to beat this guy and this guy who is basically comes from nowhere takes him all the way to the very end, right? Like this the heavyweight champion like just beats him down really bad like but he just keeps coming at him. And

122so at when the bell finally rings at the end of the match, they're both standing but the champion wins by decision. In Rocky 2, he's he's he's upset because some people think, "Oh, well, that guy should have beat you." So, he's talking to his manager and he says, "Well, I think we should fight him again." And the manager says, "No." He says, "What do you mean? You don't think I can win?" He goes, he the manager said, "I saw you beat that guy like a man should never be beaten." And he kept coming at you. And so, the reason I say that is because in life, you're going to get hit. You're going to get knocked down. Things aren't going to go your way, right? But you have to be like Rocky. You have to

123keep coming because any anybody who succeeds, no matter what they do in life, whether they're an actor, an athlete, you go to college, you're a business owner, no matter what it is, obstacles are going to come at you. Just like Rocky gets punched, you're going to get punched. But Rocky didn't stop. And that's as a senior and as it just in life, you have to be like Rocky. You have to say, "Okay, this is going to this is this is this happens." But you get up and you keep going. And eventually Rocky won. Rocky too. So anyway, that would be the message I would give them. So, and all of you by the way. So, aside from that, that's all I got. >> I'm tempted not to give a report only because it's already 8:10

124and uh we still have a action-packed agenda ahead. Uh but as evidenced as uh by all the reports uh the whirlwind that is Mayber is a fabulous reminder of just how much talent, growth, pride and possibility exist across Bonso Unified School District. And I do want to take a moment to express deep appreciation to all the incredible people who help us shine across academics, um athletics, the arts, and agriculture. So, thank you to all of our teachers, classified staff, administrators, coaches, C counselors, support teams, board members, families, community partners, and of course, our board rep uh who show up with extraordinary care, heart, and dedication for our students across our 88 square miles from Pala to Pendleton. And um the work here matters more than words can fully capture. The encouragement, the patience, the creativity,

125the steady comm commitment that are poured into our students each and every day are the foundation of this district and our community. And thank you all for continuing to help our students flourish. It's truly bonsel good. And as our administrator of the year, Miss Gina McCannernney, uh said recently, uh there is no I in team, but there's an all in bonsel. So, it truly takes a village. And here's to closing out the year strong. So, >> did you say that? >> She did. >> Well, I like it. And that brings us to our consent agenda. And in our consent agenda, we're going to pull out item number seven so that all of us can vote on the consent agenda. Um with that >> motion to approve. >> Thank you. >> Second. >> All in favor?

126>> I. >> Motion carries unanimously bringing us to our information items. So, we have a micro schools presentation. Uh, and that is going to be Oh, look at look how much vim and vigor as you as you come up to the microphone. >> Okay, wonderful. Do you want to do that first or do you want to do that? >> Are we doing the the vivor is evaporating as as as they sculpt to the side. >> They're they're both wonderful and it was nice to hear from our principles this evening. Um, as you know, um, we've got some fantastic principles here tonight. And, uh, at Sullivan Middle School, um, Principal James also, uh, shares that administrative team with Tiffany Suedos, but at the high school, we currently don't have an assistant principal. So, this evening, I'm

127really pleased to announce the newest addition of Bonso High School and the administrative team. Cassiopia Guthrie, if you could join me at the podium. Uh, Miss Cassiopia Guthrie will serve as the assistant principal at Bonso High School beginning July 1. So, we may not get her on the very first day, but I understand she's going to um introduce herself to staff and principal James. But, I do want to share a little bit about her with you. And, um, I hope you'll agree, and I think you will, she's going to be a fantastic addition. Miss Guthrie brings nearly two decades of experience across K12 education, educational leadership, curriculum development, higher education, and in community engagement to this role. In her current placement as a distinguished teacher and residents at and dual enrollment coordinator at California State

128University, San Marcos, Miss Guthrie supports educator preparation, universities school partnerships, and future teacher development. In this position, she has taught classes across graduate and credential programs, supervised teacher candidates, and led large-scale events, including the Future Educator Summit, a one-day conference that brought 400 area high school students to the university to learn about pathways in education. Prior to serving at Cal State University San Marcos, Miss Guthrie held district TOSA roles for curriculum and educational technology and coordinated district-wide professional learning and instructional initiatives. Miss Guthri's classroom and sitebased experience includes working as a secondary English language arts, social science, journalism, EL, ASB, and instrumental music teacher. That's quite a few teaching roles that she's had and she's good at them all. In addition to her site and district-based accomplishments, Miss Guthrie has presented extensively at conferences throughout

129California on instruction, educational innovation, and student engagement. She believes strongly in the power of relationships and supporting students and staff in fostering collaborative school communities. Miss Guthrie will also soon be Dr. Guthrie. She is currently completing her doctorate in educational leadership through the joint doctoral program at UC San Diego in Cal State University San Marcos where she where her research focuses on school climate leadership and educator experiences in today's evolving educational landscape. And finally, Miss Guthrie is married and has two children who are 16 and 13 who are both multiport athletes. When she has free time, she enjoys attending the theater as a professional arts reviewer. Yes, you can find her online and listening to her husband announce SDSU sports events and hiking Tory Pines. It's a beautiful area. We're so pleased to have you.

130And I'd like to give you the mic just to say hello to the board. >> Thank you so much. Thank you, Mr. Williams. Thank you. Thank you so much. And it's so wonderful to meet you all. Thank you, President Anderson, esteemed board trustees, superintendent goaly, and of course the greater Bonszel community. I am so delighted to join this community in this role, and I am truly honored that you entrust me with this responsibility as well. I think this is going to be a tremendous opportunity for me to really work in tandem with Mrs. James, and I am very, very much looking forward to this. Thank you again for your time. Welcome. You're back with as much vim and vigor I can tell. I love the smiles. Um thank you for allowing our uh latest administrator

131to be introduced officially since she was approved during that consent agenda and uh we are now very excited uh baited breath for the uh microschools presentation. >> Absolutely. Well, thank you again. Um, good evening to our board of trustees, superintendent, Miss Gina, and community. Um, Miss Mrs. Haru and I are here on behalf of a team um to present a project we've been working on since January. Um, it's don't worry, we didn't spell steam wrong. We'll get there. So, um, I do want to thank, uh, Mr. Hinchcliff uh Hinchliff who is a big um part of helping us um as a high school teacher giving us his time and supporting um our elementary school. Miss Sinclair who's taking on a fourth grade teacher taking on the endeavor of our micro school u Miss Caramo and

132Mrs. Haro for working on this project and creating something really innovative. Okay. So the power of small southern California micro school network launched um January 15 2026 was our first meeting where we all got together um and we kind of didn't really know what we were walking into and we walked in with one idea and we left with a completely different idea. There were many iterations throughout um throughout the last few months but we're really excited to share with you what we came up with. So in partnership with learner centered collaborative who we've been working with for a few years now um a micro school its working definition is small agile learning community within a school that tests refine and spark new approaches to learner centered education. So um this is the mission of our

133project. Our team has met uh five times, four times um with learner centered and one time with just our team um on its own to really hone in and um refine our final project that we presented a couple weeks ago. Um we presented our idea to Silicon Valley Schools in hopes that they will partner with us to make um this idea a reality. Um again using our uh framework for the future, our vision and our mission. Um what we have come up with really aligns with uh our vision, our mission brings our learner profile to life. Um our learning model and our true north outcomes to life. So our learning model um what we will present to you tonight, this learning will be personalized. It will be authentic. It will be competency based. And it

134will be equitable and inclusive. And we're excited to introduce this model designed and created um to create innovative student- centered learning experiences within our district. Our steam micro school which stands for science, technology, engineering, arts, agriculture and math can support our student engagement, our academic achievement and the future ready learning while remained ground remaining grounded in California standards and district priorities. Our goal is to provide students with meaningful hands-on learning experiences that prepare them not only for academic success, but also for success in college, career, and community life. So, the vision is a school within a school. A steam micro school embedded within our elementary school creates a personalized future ready learning environment. It's going to be starting in fourth grade in a fourth grade class and it will combine the strengths of a small

135learning community with the opportunities of innovative interdisciplinary learning. The microschool model allows students to learn in a highly personalized environment where relationships, collaboration, and student voice are prioritized. At the same time, students will continue to benefit from the resources, services, and support already available within our elementary school. The focus is on creating big opportunities through strong relationships, student centered learning, flexible and responsive instruction, real world ac real world application of academic standards. The model is designed to foster belonging, engagement, and a deeper learning experience for our students. Today, students are entering a world that's rapidly changing. Success in the future require requires more than mastering content standards alone. Students need durable, transferable skills that allow them to adapt, collaborate, problem solve, and communicate effectively. Our steam model intentionally develops these skills through daily instruction, and

136progress based experiences. The learner skills we aim to cultivate come from our learner profile of an empathetic collaborator, engagement in the community, critical thinking, effectively communicating, problem solving, resilience, and adaptability. The learning model is rooted in interdisciplinary steam instruction and projectbased learning. Students engage in authentic learning experiences where they will apply academic content to meaningful real world challenges. Instead of learning subjects in isolation, students will make connections across science, technology, engineering, arts, agriculture, and math. The instruction is designed to be inquirydriven, hands-on, collaborative, standardsbased, and relevant to students lives and communities. Project-based learning encourages students to ask questions, investigate solutions, and create projects or presentations that demonstrate understanding. This model promotes deeper engagement because students understand the purpose behind their learning and see how academic concepts apply beyond just the classroom. So here is an

137example of a day in the life of a Bonszal fourth grader. This is a sample schedule which demonstrates how academic standards and the steam integration work together throughout the day. They'll begin with community building and social emotional learning, creating a strong classroom culture that supports student wellness, communication skills, and goal setting. Their math instruction will include direct standardsbased instruction, number talks, guided small groups, and mathematical discourse. They'll move into applied math and steam learning while they use math concepts in real world cont world contexts through projects and problem solving. ELA instruction will remain rigorous and aligned to foundational literacy skills, comprehension, closed reading, and writing instruction. Students also engage in literacy rich research that is inquiry based and connected to their work projects. This is then the second um half of the day. They'll p

138they'll participate in extended project work, collaboration and design thinking, presentation and creation time and reflection and revision. A really important component of this model is dedicated intervention time and enrichment time. This will ensure that students receive targeted support or extension opportunities based on the formative assessment data gathered by their teacher. Mrs. Har, so one thing really fast to go back to that schedule. We had to present this to some high schoolers and we got feedback from the schedule and the high schoolers said, "You know what? I don't know why teachers do math after recess. it should really be first thing in the morning. And we're like, "Oh, okay." They're like, "We're just a little more awake and can really understand it better." So, we switched it based off their feedback. Um, so standards still matter.

139Obviously, we need to teach the, you know, students standards. So, um, even though it's standards aligned, students will still have, um, sorry, I lost because I was doing two things. Here we go. So, it's still firmly grounded in the academic standards. Um, but it the projects will enhance their learning because it'll be more hands-on and it'll deepen their learning because they'll be more involved and um a part of what they're doing. Academic rigor remains a priority while increasing engagement and relevance in the classroom. Our goal is to increase engagement not only in that fourth grade class but as they continue on because nowadays kids are there's everything around them. We need to we need to grab their attention. If they're involved in their learning, they will be engaged. Student agency and voice and choice. Does

140this sound like our learner profile or like the learning model? Because this is exactly what it is. When students have a voice and a choice in what they're deciding to research or be a part of, the engagement goes up, learning goes up, and we see amazing results. So, students are really given opportunities to make meaningful choices in their learning. Some examples include choosing the project topics, the rules, setting personal learning goals, reflecting on progress, and participating in student led conferences. When students have voice and choice, they become more invested in their learning process and develop stronger self-management and leadership skills. Collaboration culture learning together. Collaboration is intentionally embedded throughout the learning experience. Students learn how to work effectively in teams. These collaborate um collaborative experiences mirror real world environments where communication and teamwork are essential.

141The teacher role will shift from instructor to facilitator where the teachers guide, coach, and support rather than stand in the front of the room and teach. This allows teachers to respond more flexibly to student needs while fostering independence and critical thinking. Teachers will still remain instructional experts while empowering students to take more an act more active role in their learning. Flexible environment a space that inspires. So a physical learning environment is intentionally designed to support collaboration, creativity and innovation. The environment supports different learning styles and allows students to move between independent work, small groupoup collaboration, hands-on exploration, presentations. Creating engaging learning spaces can positively impact student motivation, creativity, and participation. Here's a sample project when we were discussing this um and coming up with it using our farm that we currently have on our campus.

142uh design a sustainable school garden where the students will then integrate science, math, ELA, and engineering and then create a prototype and then present it to an authentic audience. Those are our chickens. Community connection. A big part of this micro school is connecting our students with the community and partnering with them so that they can see what they're doing is actually impacting and can impact the community they live in. Um these connections help students see relevance in their learning while strengthening relationships between the schools and the community. Community involvement also creates opportunities for mentorship, authentic feedback, and expanded learning experiences. and then measuring success. So, moving away from the standardized every Friday spelling, math, reading test. Of course, we still need that information. Maybe not spelling, but the other stuff um because we need to

143see how they're doing in their in their academics. But moving it towards um beyond the standards. So student success including multiple measures, providing a more comprehensive picture of the student and their growth and allowing the students to demonstrate learning in multiple ways, not just on a piece of paper, but maybe they can present it. Maybe they want to show you in a portfolio. Um, as long as they're able to show that they know the content in a way that they are excited about, that's what we want to see with our students. This approach values both academic mastery and the development of a critical thinker and their skills. Lastly, the big impact that will happen in the small change is we'll have engaged learners. We'll have competent problem solvers, future ready students, and it'll empower our

144students to become more engaged learners and future ready. And then we've got this cute little video that we had our students make. And I do I just press What do I press? Oh, no. No. I don't know. It's supposed to press. Oh, okay. Well, that is our micro school. It was very cute. The fourth grade I'll just describe it. The fourth graders each gave a word um that they want school to be like um innovative engineering problem. Uh they said teamwork, they said collaboration, one said no more worksheets. Um it was very cute and at the end they all just said future ready and it was so it was cute. Uh so our next step is we are waiting to hear from the silicone schools to see if they will give us some money to

145get this started. Our goal is to create a steam room um like a maker space where our students can then go and be innovative and change the world. Thank you for that cool presentation. And that brings us to It's not budget time yet. It's uh facilities time, isn't it? Miss Caroline Brown. Facilities. Okay. Hey, good evening um board superintendent and Gina. Um I'm here to give you the board report for the facilities update. A lot of it will be what we talked about in our study session. We wanted to make it so that it was in the open session as well. And um at the end of the presentation, I will report out on the motion that was uh passed in the in the study session. So tonight we are pressing it the wrong way.

146I got it. Okay. Second try. Uh we'll talk about the um trustee areas and the results that happened between in in the trustee meetings um areas B and C. talk about the feedback that was similar across the trustee areas as well as the survey that was closed a couple of weeks ago. Um the results from the um January to April and then we'll get into our gate number one which is making a decision around the TK6 grade level configuration alignment. talk a little bit about staffing adjustments, maybe some budget estimates and a potential timeline. And the first trustee uh area report is area B. It occurred on April 23rd. And um the same questions, the same five were asked at each of the studies of the uh tra town halls. And the first one was

147overall impression. what is it that the strengths of the district and what are some of the opportunities or challenges or suggestions for um change. So the strengths are around the um strong um Bonsel Elementary considered an excellent and the heart of the district. Um they like the structured lunchtimes and well organized uh and keeping the grade level separate and the Bonsel um connections are highly valued especially in the farm and the uh the that was standout feature. Um Bonsel High School the sports were appreciated softball and other co-ed activities. Um they like the staggered pickup and drop off times of the middle and high and the school spirit is very strong. Some of the opportunities and challenges were to increase the competitive sports offerings at the high school, increase the extracurricular activities, um talk about

148co-ed sports like flag football or um lacrosse, field hockey, uh comments around bullying uh concerns and early intervention. uh the aging facilities came up and the uh full extended care program um was highlighted and then the community believes that the 712 um TK6 arrangement can fix um some problems in the district. The next board was on safety and access. Um you can read those bullets there. Um ongoing student interaction uh at a colloccated campus was emphasized again with the bullying. Um the and they need to consider evacuation routes and fire and release protocols. And then priorities for the future um outdoor activities, alleviate crowding, eliminate portables, gymnasium, lots of things around um archite um athletics and uh to separate the secondary grade levels. And there was a mention of a dual English Spanish track. And

149then funding um taxes comment around taxes going up can be hard to support. Um but if the bond was to go on the ballot to have a detailed project list that people can support and get their head around um and potentially vote for and then bring back other fundraising activities such as the legacy barn bash and Lion's Gate estate. Um and then the partnership suggestions were very similar to those found in the other um town halls uh water park pool community something that is with a partner on Gird Road performing arts uh sports as well as a bior university of California Irvine that suggested we reach out to um that entity. And then the next one was area C. And so the overall impression, the strengths, the leadership, the communication, um, and then the engagement

150at Sullivan Middle and opportunities for improvement. Athletic facilities need more information about facilities planning, consistent communication, um, accessible formats, greater transparency. And then suggestion is a dual wanting to know more information about the dual enrollment program and suggesting coffee with the superintendent on a on a regular basis. And then priorities for the future very similar across most of the town halls. um portable classroom replacement, expand athletics, consider enrollment boundaries to balance elementarymentaries and traffic and transportation, including uh transportation for u uh athletics and then safety and access neighborhood impact. Um there were some concerns around traffic congestion and then um respondents noted parking pressure and wondered if the developers were paying their fair share uh to um mitigate the impacts of additional housing um funding. They were interested uh in exploring a future bond now

151that housing development the new housing developments will become occupied and perhaps the tax base will change. um interest in emphasizing connections to the school between school investment and property values and a recommendation to reach out to the 55 plus communities. Um public private partnerships very similar across the other um town halls uh Palomar um higher education trade programs expanded high school pathways uh workforce housing considered um athletics agriculture etc. So, um, area B and C, was there any comments from those two trustees that wanted to add anything for your, um, evening? And then the summary um we heard consistently from all town halls that um the families expressed strong strong support for the elementary and there's broad community interest in replacing age portables, modernizing facilities, improving athletics and outdoor um taking into account traffic and

152congestion concerns and a clear grade level uh organization and campus identities. And then the secondary campus concerns were around um the shared campus configuration and the importance of developmentally appropriate education um and a colloccate the colllocated campus and there needs to be a clear long-term facility strategy for the middle high and then communication and transparency continue the outreach transparent communication clear funding strategies and future planning decisions. And then we had a um we have the survey results from January to April. Um this was the question on TK6 alignment and if people were interested in supporting it. Um we had 199 strongly or somewhat support and then 82 somewhat oppose. N was the 327 total respondents. And then there's percentages there on the right. And then we I took a look at each of the categories

153and the comments around support, neutral, somewhat oppose, and strongly oppose and supported them with the um the comments that were typed in based on um the ones we collected. In the upper right hand corner you'll see total respondents and then out of each total respondent what number of uh entries were for anybody with a comment. And so basically the strongly opposed and the somewhat opposed to the TK6 configuration if you deep dive into the comments it was more around we like the TK6 but we're not too too um excited about the 712. And so there was a lot of more conversation in those comments around the shared campus. And then this is the respondents profile. So in the support there were district employees, uh, parents, community members, parents, guardians, students. The others I did look

154up. We had a couple of employees that put other and we had um a grandparent and we had a sibling of a student. Um and then neutral is um outlined there and then in the opposed the number of parents, district employees etc that checked those results. And then the summary um align the elementary uh reduce pressure on secondary and improve long-term facilities planning. The nuance is communities concerned is less about the TK6 and more about the 712 environment. And the families want developmentally appropriate school experience, strong school identity, clear transitions, safe and organized campus, and expanded education. And there's an opportunity for discussion if you'd like to do that. And if there's any other discussion items and then Dr. would you like to go through this section or would you like me to clip along?

155Clip along. Okay. Um, so we we the direction the decision before the board is to whether or not staff should continue going down the path of making the TK6 alignment districtwide. And so we've shared these slides before where we we show our problem. We've got different um configurations districtwide and then the decision needs to be made now so that we can close our gate number one and start on our gate numbers two, three and four to continue our effort in upgrading the facilities districtwide. And then recommended uh we have the grade level configuration is to make bees TK6. Um, families will see an age appropriate sixth grade experience, dedicated academic program, special offerings, and structured transition pathways to middle school. Uh, bees classroom expansion, we're talking about adding five classrooms for instruction and one for

156specialty. And then in the effort to u have equity across the elementary schools, we're going to look at engaging an architect to take a look at the Bonsel L and West to make sure we have equity districtwide across all TK6 grade levels. We do have a uh modification that we need to make it to the child nutrition services kitchen at Bonsel Elementary to take the service windows to the exterior so that we can reclaim use of the MPR during the lunch schedule. Um and then we will move over to Sullivan Middle and Bonsel High and remove the oldest portables that were vacated and then ch start planning process for updating Sullivan Middle and Bonsel High. And then funding strategies, we would access um state funding by releasing some of our local dollars, applying for state

157reimbursement, and then getting reimbursed three to five years later. Um, Bonsel Elementary is up for 25-y year modernization on the permanent building in 2032 and the portables up in 2029. Bonsel West is up in 20 was up this year and so we can start do the application process there and their portables are up for the 20-year mod on two uh 2034. And then Sullivan Middle has been u built over time. So their permanent buildings are qualified for state funding between 2020 and 2024. And their permanent buildings were qualified some in 2011 all the way and um I'm sorry the permanence are 2020 to 2024. The portables are 2021 to 2037 depending on when they were put in. So we have some um opportunity to go for some state dollars for some of these projects. Um

158to align the um to do the modernization and and um modification project. We would engage an architect to develop the plans simultaneously to ensure equity across both sites. And we would like to have make sure both sites receive some kind of stream STEM steam with an A extra um suite uh in the modernized uh program and then uh we would maximize the state funding and then child nutrition services uh modify the child nutrition to release the MPR dur throughout the day. Uh we also want to make a spot over in the TKK for dining so that they um can have uh be closer to the food. We'll take the food to them instead of them walking the food back and forth. Um and then lunch service would be scheduled at a more appropriate time of

159the day. Right now I think they're running lunches from 10 to 1:30. So we would maybe reduce the number of windows of of service time there. And then Sullivan Middle and Bonsel High evaluate the oldest um portables coordinate with the architect assessment and future site work. That's on the agenda later today. So if we get that approved, we will start working with the industry specialists and the site layouts and get the um facilities assessments done to figure out what it is we have, where it is, and what a good plan might be for a further separated 7,812. Um and then we would have clear alignment across the district. And then the path forward, this is the timeline coming up. So we'd have to it's a aggressive timeline but a doable timeline. Um we need to

160confirm uh enrollment classroom counts, make sure that it's feasible that we can modify the site and engage architectural firms and a SQA consultant. We need to um have meetings, scoping meetings with the site and provide direction to the architects and then they'll do their work, get the engineers to do their work and then and then get it into DSA. Um the SQA consultant would be used to do a notice of exemption or other SQA required documentation and then um the plan in the winter fall fall winter of 2627 we bring back the plans to the board get some approval on what we're doing and then procure the buildings and then and procure the contractor and then um do some construction hopefully over the summer of spring summer of 2027. Um, this is our funding strategy.

161We've kind of touched on that a little bit. We do have some capital funds available to start our process and then we would apply for um for state funding. And then um Mr. Williams, did you want to talk on the staffing picture? >> Okay, good. And then the next slide is our our estimated budget. This is all estimated based on a best guess scenario as to what work we need to do. And um and then the next one was the schedule. And our touch points with the board are the ones that are outlined in the darker orange. And that takes us through close out and um notice of completion in November of 27th. Uh and then uh just a brief um closing. We have the um uh it's a sound recommendation to align the elementary

162schools education benefit. We talked about the facilities benefit. We talked about it's more than just a grade level move. And then the timing is now so that we can um close gate one and get on to gates two, three, four, and five in a longer range facilities master plan. and then um we will take care of doing the planning for the enrollment and getting the data to make sure that it's feasible and then we have discussion and closing and I would say here that the direction the district received in the budget in the board workshop approved by three board members opposed by one and one member absent um move forward with the TK6 alignment and engage in architectural firm to initiate bees and Bonso West modifications modernization planning and develop modular scope and child nutrition

163options. I get that right? And that's Sorry, I was um and looking at a plan for Bonsel High School and Sullivan and we also have some land that's adjacent. Would they be also looking at that as a possibility? In other words, okay, here's what you have and you were able to acquire certain areas of property that you were able would be able to do this. >> Yeah. So, I we're planning a meeting next Friday with the firm if if it is approved this evening. Um I think what we're going to do is have a kickoff meeting and provide them with all the historical documents of what we've done at that site already. I know that um Baker Newiki had put together some sort of thing uh with the land adjacent that we could provide to

164them that maybe they could see a creative way of doing something or you have them just work within the boundaries of the of the land that we own um or combinate, you know, combination thereof. But yeah, I would expect that we would be sharing with them everything, every iteration of things that we've done and what we've talked about and let them go away and come back with some suggestions. >> Great. Thank you. Uh >> so at this time before uh we close the discussion um because as you just mentioned we had a 311 vote. Uh what I'd like to potentially revisit unless there's any concerns from any anybody on the board. We had a motion uh by trustee Merch and a second by trust uh Trusty Dumbrossski uh as related to what you already identified.

165Um, but I was hoping that maybe we can just take a a vote officially in public so that all five of us can have our voices officially recorded. Is that possible? Is that okay? >> We actually already have a vote and a motion. >> We do, but in order to include all five voices, we need to officially revote again. Um, so we have a motion and a second on the table and just in public form. So, um, all all those in favor say I. >> I. I. >> Uh, those opposed. I or nay. >> So, uh, thank you. >> I do I do think that was out of order because there was no motion made at this point. >> Uh, well, I was reflecting the the motion and the second that we had from the

166study session bringing it forward, but just uh including so that we had all five of us on record. >> Okay. >> I I think we're okay. Do I need to do something different? >> You can always approve it again. I I I this is it's it's 8:54 p.m. I I I think we're good. So that way we have we have all five um officially reflected on the record. >> We could go for two out of three. >> Awesome. Thank you everybody. Um that brings us to our action items for the evening. Uh the first action item I is uh 9.1 and this is the adoption of resolution 26-05-04 recognizing classified employees week. >> Motion approved. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously bringing us to action item 9.2. This

167is adoption of resolution 26-05-05 recognizing teachers appreciate teachers appreciation. Motion to approve. >> I'll second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously, bringing us to action item 9.3. Um, this is resolution number 26-05-03. Uh, it's the approval of the amended and restated joint exercise of powers agreement related to the Bonsil Unified School District, Rainbow Municipal Water District Joint Powers Financing Authority. uh and there is a about four paragraphs worth of text. There's no specific financial impact. Uh the main consideration point that uh requires a little bit of discussion here is that uh with um when we came uh our last board meeting, we designated one board member along with uh Dr. to represent the school district. uh Rainbow um has designated two board members rather than a board member and their uh

168general manager and they also had a um alternate. So um what's being brought back to our board is to make sure that everyone is apprised that before any CFDs are formed beyond the havens which is the currently the one that where the this joint powers of author um uh uh joint powers financing authority will u come into play uh that any additional CFDs will come to the board for um acknowledgement before moving forward and then also for uh the opportunity for for us to add an alternate to the um equation as well. >> So, what do you want to do? >> Approve. >> Oh, well, before a motion to approve that, I mean, we we >> have an alternate >> an al to name an alternate. >> Okay. Since I'm I can't be the alternate.

169>> I can be an alternate unless somebody else wants to. >> Um so, we have a volunteer in um Trusty Gatis to to be an alternate. Uh is uh there a second? >> Second. All in favor? I >> motion carries. And then as it relates to the actual uh resolution, is there a motion for the resolution with trustee Gatis now um acting as alternate? Thank you for volunteering. >> Motion approved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries. Thank you. Bringing us to uh now we have a public hearing uh regarding the approval of the developer fee justification study and adoption of resolution 26-05-06 levying statutory fees level one uh new residential and non-residential development pursuant to education code 17260. >> Good evening. We have with us uh Fonso Inohos who is

170um an associate consultant at key analytics. Uh this is a firm that the district contracted with to um prepare the developer fee justification study and he has a presentation for us. >> Thank you. >> I'm going to pass it please. Welcome. >> Thank you. Good evening everybody. My name is Alonso and today I'll be giving a brief presentation regarding the developer fees. Um this is a report that is required to justify statutory school fees across the district. So developer fees are collected at the time a building permit is signed off by a school district. They are the most fundamental method for collecting funds for school facilities to offset the impact of new development since they are paid directly by the developer or the person uh building the home. There is currently three types of developer

171fees. There is uh statutory or level one fees. Uh these were authorized by the state in 1986 and they may be adjusted by the state allocation board every other year. So they were most recently updated in January of 2026. and these must be justified and adopted by the board to allow for collection. Uh the other fees are known as alternative fees or level two and level three fees. These were authorized by the passage of Senate Bill 50 in November of 1998. Uh for a district to collect these fees, they must be uh considered eligible. So they have to meet certain requirements as well as the calculations for this fee are slightly different from the level one fees. So they they're a little bit more restricted. So the report that we have brought justifies the collection

172of level one fees. Um these are uh an amount per square foot. Uh they are set by the state allocation board. These are on residential and commercial and industrial developments as well as any additions that are over 500 square feet. Um they are adjusted every two years, every even year. So, most recently in January 2026 and currently the maximum uh level one fee that may be collected is $5.38 for residential and 87 cents for commercial and industrial development. Um, in order for a district to collect level one fees, they must uh be they must approve a fee justification report, which is a report that creates a nexus between new development and the impact that they have on the district. Um the impact calculated in the report must be greater than or equal to the maximum

173level one fees authorized by the state. Um and if if the report is approved, they do go into effect 60 days after adoption. So this is a brief overview of the calculations that are ongoing in the report. Uh for the step one, we uh start with development projections. We we uh the district recently contracted a demographic uh consultant and they provided um development projections in the amount of 923 additional residential units that are expected to be constructed within the district's boundaries. Um we then produce a student generation rate which is the propensity of a unit to produce a student. And this is done district-wide. It's a simple calculation that is the total amount of students within the district divided by the total amount of units within the district. Um and then we move on to

174identify the school facility uh improvements needed. These were outlined in the district's most recently approved facilities master plan. Um you utilizing the costs in this report, we produced a total impact from the new development which is then divided by the um the total amount of square footage projected which gets you a uh impact per square foot. So in the report the impact uh calculated was $759. Since this is greater than the uh maximum level one fee of $5.38, the district is then justified to collect the full amount. Um this would only um produce uh 70% of the total needed to offset the impact of new residential development. Therefore, the remaining approximately 29% would have to be collected via other funding sources including state funds, state funds which are scarce as well as at the local

175level general obligation bonds and uh mitigation agreements with individual developers. Um and if the report is approved tonight, they would go into effect like mentioned 60 days after. So they would be effective July 14th, 2026. And that concludes the presentation. Is there any questions? >> I actually have a question. Uh, you mentioned the quoteunquote simple calculation of taking the number of students divided by the number of housing units to come up with a calculation for um >> the uh generation rate. >> Correct. I would argue that um the type of housing that's being built right now is not necessarily consistent with the type of housing that's pre-existent in our area and could potentially actually generate additional students which would actually um you know impact the district even more. Um so I I I know this

176is a standard calculation and it has nothing to do with the quality of work that your organization has done. is just more of a internal observation of the um you know the type of housing patterns that we currently have and are projected to have and so I just wanted to call that to attention. >> Yep. Thank you very much. Appreciate that. >> Thank you. You mentioned level two level three fees >> correct. >> How far are we? You did some kind of calculation there and we were >> we did not do a a check but we can definitely do that. It I I should have checked. I mean that's a good question >> because when we What would be the like >> the requirements? Off the top of my head, the requirements is the district

177must have 20% of its teaching stations in relocatable classrooms. They must have put on the ballot in the past four years and received at least 50% and one vote of a general obligation bond. Um, they also must have a certain percentage of bonding capacity. Uh, they must be above a certain uh percentage of bonding capacity. And then they must have, I believe it's 30% of students in multi-year um multi-year track record, which I don't think it's something that normally like districts nowadays. >> You say they meet all those? >> No. Uh two out of the four requirements. >> We definitely have like what 44% of our our classrooms are portable. >> Okay. So that would take care of one. And then also it has to be like the level two and level three fees are

178usually for districts that are rapidly uh increasing enrollment. And the only problem with Bonso is that they have pretty steady enrollment. Not necessarily a a a uh upward trajectory, which could happen in the future. But as of right now, I I think that would probably be the if if they do qualif the greatest challenge would be the enrollment that's not necessarily >> what is the percentage of uh increase required in order to qualify? >> No, I'm just saying looking at the like the pattern of the enrollment in the past years. I'm just saying that usually you want to see like a trajectory going upward >> that's pandmic problem. >> So that let's say let's just say we can say hey that that the issues that we've had because everyone experienced extreme uh enrollment decline >>

179and it did start to go back up and it did level up but we you know we do have some more housing. So, if there's only two that need to be >> met, what what Okay, I know I know we meet the the uh you know, at least one of those, I heard, but it seems like it wouldn't be that hard to figure out if we meet the second. And how how much more money would we be getting at level two? So it would that so for level one the maximum is set and the way you can calculate the fee is is a little bit more relaxed but a level two fee you must use like a certain construction cost that's provided by the state and it's a little bit more restricted. You must use

180capacity at the state level which is their loading standards as well as um uh you consider classrooms a little bit differently. So it's a little bit different the way the calculation is done but the limit there is no limit for the level two fee. So it would just be as much as the district can justify. So I don't really know how to tell you it because it has to go through the calculation basically. So I wouldn't be able to give you a dollar amount because it would >> so it could come out. Let's say you came out with the number like you had before $7.38. >> Yeah. Or it could be lower because that is using a different type of cost. We're not using the state's uh costs. >> So if you came in with

181a lower number then we just say >> then you can't justify. Yeah. Correct. So >> then we just go level one. >> Yeah. Just stick to level. How would how would you come in with a lower number? What's that's what I >> just because we're using a construction cost that normally isn't 100% reflective of how much it will cost the district to build. >> Well, why why do they do that? >> It's it's it's just >> I mean, I I'm sorry. That seems like very silly. Okay, we're going to use a number that it makes it impossible for you to qualify for level two by not giving you realistic construction costs. Is that right? >> It's not It's not that it's not impossible because there is some districts that do like qualify and they do

182currently have level two fees. It's just it's designed for districts that are like that really need the money because their enrollment is increasing substantially. That's what it's designed for. So I guess that's the way they do it. But that's up to the state. That's not necessarily what we just do the calculation. That's all. But yeah, that's a great observation. >> I think we're all just feeling as of you know, at least the comments that have come out >> just now that maybe we can get more. >> Yeah. No, I Yeah, of course. Maybe we need more. Maybe we should find more. So, I I I I don't know if it merits um from what you're saying, I I I I'm not quite sure. I uh would be comfortable providing direction per se, but you know,

183you know, if there is a quick calculation kind of litmus test to to do and hey, wait, maybe we should be looking further into whether we can justify additional fee levels. Yeah, probably something we should >> We can definitely do that. That's not a problem. Yeah, it's it's a great check just to see. >> So, this is something it's not going to be expensive to do. It's something you can do >> a check. No, that that wouldn't take too long. I mean, we have a some of the data carries over like enrollment, it carries over to the other report. Some things we'd have to work with the district to update. Like we'd have to get state capacity because the capacity utilized in this report is obtained from the master plan which is not what we

184would be able to use for the level two fee. So we'd have to work with the district a little bit but it's it's not substantially difficult. >> So you would have that information right? I remember seeing that >> state you can put more people >> being eligible. So that would be step one. Yeah, correct. >> Okay. So let's say step one. Let's let's >> we can do that. >> We can figure that one out right now. What were those those four or five things you were saying? >> The four requirements again. Uh so the multi-year track record that one I don't think the district would qualify. So there'd be 20% of the teaching stations must be in relocatables. There's a certain bonding capacity. We have 40 like 44% in portable >> 90% at it. >>

185It's district wide, right? >> District wide. Yes. But I mean, if one school is that high, then I I'm sure that would probably pass. That that would be a check mark. So, I guess it would just be meeting the bonding capacity or the recent in the past capacity. You have to have some bonding capacity left. >> Oh, no. So, you have to be above a certain amount. So, the district must must have issued already. It's I think it's I'm getting tested right now, but it's I think it's like 15% depending on if the the debt was issued with CFD funds or not. and it's 30% if it includes it's like >> well I guess if we if we'd issued bonds right >> then we wouldn't we wouldn't be worried about it we we'd have we'd

186have a bunch of money I mean you know >> but that's what we you see what I'm saying >> if we had a general obligation bond for 50 million then we'd have a bunch of money to spend to make modernize things but >> I know I agree yeah but that that's just what I'm that's the >> requirements so so it would be that if we pass a bond or if we're above a certain >> certain bonding capac like capacity must have issued a a certain amount of of >> I don't think there number is because we we don't have that much. >> Okay. So that bonds that we passed. >> Yeah. Well, I mean we can do a check. I mean that's a that is the easiest check to just see if they're eligible. That

187that is the easiest. So we can definitely do that. >> Okay. >> Didn't you also say there was another number regarding a failed bond attempt that was above? >> No, no, it doesn't have to fail. It had to be in the past four years. The district must have put on the ballot a GO bond that received at least 50 and 50% and one vote. So, it could have been over 55 and and pass, but it just has to be over 50% and one vote. >> Okay. So, that >> we'll do a check though. We'll we'll do that. >> What is this? Is it called Is that >> I'm just I'm just >> Have you read that book? I'm just a messenger. >> Sorry. Read that book and you'll know why I just said that. >>

188So So So basically at this point we need to open an official public hearing as it relates to um approving this developer fee justification study. And so it is now 911 that we're going to open this hearing. Um, are there any additional um questions or uh comments from the public? We're going to close the hearing then and uh is there a motion to approve? >> Motion to approve. >> I'll second. >> All in favor? >> Motion carries. Thank you so much for being here. Appreciate that. >> Thank you, Mr. Alonso. No host. >> And that brings us to action item 9.5. This is the uh presentation of the third interim financial report for Bonso Unified School District. Thank you, Miss Castro. >> And it's and it's gonna this report is going to need to change

189because it's changes that were made earlier today, >> right? >> Yeah. So, hang it quick and short. >> It's going to quick and short for sure because it's going to change. >> This feels very light and fast. >> Yes. Yes. >> Like, you saw you saw my report, right? I said you could beat it. I'm ready to do the same thing. >> This is just uh to meet the requirement basically because we have to >> move forward with this. Well, good again. Um I don't know if the presentation is ready but um so you're very um fully aware about the third interim report. uh we are set a requirement by education code 4213031 due to the um we were qualified in second interim report and that's why we are here we are required to present

190or to submit a year end report and it's also called um third interim report then I'm just going to highlight really quick some major changes since second interim report that it was approved by the board in March um board meeting. We have an increase in contracted services related to special ed education services and also transportation also related to special education. It's important to mention that um our rate for uh the special ed population is about 22% I believe at the state level is between 12 and 13%. We have a high rate on special education students and I know the staff and the administration is working to proper identification and um early intervention to prevent uh this number growing. Then we also have in this current fiscal year um we already reflected in the budget the

191retroactive salary increase that was agreed on the agreement. that was approved by the board that includes 1% on schedule and 1% off a schedule for BTA um union. This represents approximately $682,000. This including restricted and restricted the net um and restricted impact is $576,000 for that um agreement over the three years. Then we also have um we have already the presentation of the assistant principal. So when we had the resignation and it was originally not planned to be filled the position we do the reduce for the half year of the salary of the year on the current year. Then we had to put it back on the multi-year projection now that the position is going to be filled. That's represent about $64,000 more in the following two years. uh 27 26 27 and 2728. Then

192also we have um a small well is is a decrease on ADA from P1 um to P2 including BBM banks uh the total ADA uh went down from 2085 to 2084.02 this is including a ADA that's like a close to 15 um ADA u that decrease and that's included in the projection as well. This is just a really simple uh chart. So you see uh the three years is a multi-year projection of the revenues. So I just want to explain really quick why we see a decrease on the 26 27 year. So the major um decrease amount is related to state funding that is one-time funding. We do see a reflection on increase of for uh $375,000 for LCFF funding which is the the major source of revenue that is related to ADA. But the

193state funding is uh about 1 um 3 million. This is related to the one-time funding that we were talking about. Is this related to the dis um discretionary block grant we received this year that amount is about $619,000 and then we already projected to be uh expend expended for the following year. So it's a reduction on that. And also Calshape this year we're finalizing the edgeback um filtration cleaning and uh evaluation and assessments. So that's $199,000 less. That's why you see the reduction. It seems like a significant but in reality it's not. It's just because the proportions of the numbers. So it's from the 37.5 went down to 36.5. And that's that's the difference for those um the majority for those programs that I mentioned. And on 2728 we do see a slight increase from

19436.5 to 36.7. million. We have an increase in LCFF. Uh the projection includes a 3.06 cola for that year. We hopefully we have a um an increase beyond that. Um we do have other um adjustments right there to the state and local uh revenue due to those programs that expire. Then the next one is just for the expenditures. So we also see the reduction on the current year already reflects we already talk about the increase the salary increases the following year is reflecting the reduction of 1% of the schedule because it's only one time for BTA and also includes the reductions that the board approved for some positions temporary positions for certificated and some FTEES for classified that's why that's a huge reduction right there on the 2728. um we have a less slightly increase

195and I just want to make make clear that over the years we do have the stepping column um that is impacting salaries as well and that's represent about between 1.5 1.7% at least every year depending you know who is in and what um step in in the salary schedule but that's also incorporated in the multi-year projection so that impacts tax and then even though we do some reductions eventually it's picking up again and this is what is happening fiscal year >> benefits or um uh retirement stuff that we we uh contribute to. Does does it includes increases that might that we think are going to happen in the next two years. >> That's correct. >> Includes that. Okay. >> Yes. Includes that. >> Thank you. >> Yes. Um statuto benefits but also health and welfare

196benefits projected. Yes. >> Um okay. This is just great. So this is just the ending fund balance the projection how is uh according to the to the numbers that were um this report is to through all the transactions reflected to April 30th every you know after that things are going to change especially with today the release of the m revision but this is information that I wanted to go through and as at the moment that was information that had we had available in the preparation of this report so um for the current year the estim Estimated ending balance is 6.5 million 27 26 27 3.3 but for the third year out we are on the negatives for $123,000 or.123 million. Um and that's why it's uh precisely we didn't make the reserve but we put

197it put us in a little bit higher uh negative amount due to the the increases to the expenses that I explained before at the beginning of the presentation. So here's just a summary um cap to capture everything that we already talked about to the total revenues. So you can see them alongside yearbyear and the expenditures as well and then in balance that we just saw in the chart um but now we just s in a in um side uh um side by side. Then you see the total um reserve that uh we are ending or projecting to be ending for the current year is 9.9 99 9.99% and for the following year 5.29 and then we are not meeting the reserve 36 minus.36%. The 3% required reserve is stated right there 1.24 to 4 million

198for the current year. And it goes it goes um those are the required reserve. But the last row is telling you how much we are over or under um for this of this reserve. So we're meeting the current year meeting the reserve and we're over 2.8 million for the following year. We're meeting the reserve and now we're over $98,000 for the third year. We're now meeting the reserve and we're short that amount. So we were sure the ending balance was like um um minus $123,000 plus the required reserve the 3% that is 1.2 million that give you give you the minus 1.3 million. So that's why we need to come out with a reduction. So the next steps is precisely that as part of the package for the current term report um the board needs

199to approve a resolution um stating in recognizing the needs of the reduction for 2728 for that amount amount 1.3 million. The administration will continue to monitor staffing, enrollment, and all the expenditure trends to make sure that we are uh we balance um and will be most likely further recommendations to the board and organization or adjustments and operational um efficiencies and other expenditure controls. Now there's um important to mention that you already heard about Olivia mentioned already about the May revision. So I have just a little bit information over here. This going to put us in a different position and we hope that everything passes uh the when the state budget is enacted and we can u move forward with this. We're going to be waiting for the budget adoption that is happening next month. the

200common um message that is prepared by a collaboration of different entities like FIGMAT and school service in California and some other um collaborators. They put the the this guide to help you to um or give you what numbers to use and the projections uh and we're going to be waiting for that for uh the budget adoption. The governor's made revision brought the super colola 4.31%. This is um an increase right now I think the production was uh increased from two 2.41 to 2.87 and the differences that bring us to the super cola to 4.31 for our district when I plug the numbers it represents approximately $380,000 per year. So it's something that is definitely is going to help us with the deficit. Then we also we have this uh grant if you remember the one

201that we um would receive about 165,000 $655,000. Now they are uh giving an additional 2 billion uh dollars for that grant. So it's and this is very flexible that we can accommodate and helps the general fund as well. We also have and I cannot see well because my glasses. Yeah, I can see. I'm sorry. I guess that page I don't have it here, but it says Oh, the special education. Yes, a special education. That was very uh great to hear from them that they finally heard the the community, finally hear the school districts, parents and all those that um advocate in favor of the students because the this mandates you we're not able to um have the funds sufficient to cover the needs for the students. So they're setting aside 2.4 billion uh is it

202represents a 43% increase over the last year in funding. So this is great. also um hopefully you know what moves forward 100%. And then we have some other um grants that are also giving additional funding more restricted literacy and math instruction and the teacher um professional development that definitely will be um welcome and help our budget and that will conclude the presentation. Thank you. >> So all that money comes to us that solves all our problem guys. >> 2.2 2 billion there. 2.4 billion never done. >> That would be great to have. >> We could build a new school. Everything will be great. Thank you so much, Miss Castro. Appreciate you. >> Uh, with that, is there a motion to approve? >> Motion to approve. >> I'll second. >> All in favor? >> I. >>

203Motion carries unanimously bringing us to action item 9.6. This is resolution number 26-05-07 to identify the amount of budget reductions needed in 2627 and 2728. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I think we're missing the vote. Thank you. Uh all uh that motion passes unanimously bringing us to action item 9.7. This is resolution number 26-05-01 authorizing transfers of 2526 district budgetary funds between expenditure classification after June 30th 2026. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I I >> motion carries unanimously to action item 9.8. This is resolution number 26-05-02 for the fiscal year 2627 temporary interfund transfers of special or restricted funds. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously bringing us to action item 9.9. This is

204a professional services agreement with um architectural um OBR architecture a Lionus company for architectural services required for Sullivan Middle School/Bonsel High School campus. >> Motion to approve. >> I'll second it. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously. Bringing us to action item 9.10. This is uh to enter into a professional services agreement with MGT impact solutions LLC for annual forecasting services for the 2627 year. >> I got a question of this. You know, it seems like we we have this done and I guess they use that to justify the numbers to justify the um increase on the per square foot cost. Um what is this something when do we stop doing this? Because I mean it seems like we're trying to get numbers and the numbers they give us, they go, "Oh,

205you're going to have over 3,000 kids. Now you're going to have 2,800. Now you're going to have 2500. So, we would use the um enrollment projection data to do inform our decisions going forward. Um I think they they've been helping us with moving taking totals of students and moving them around and and um and taking the projections. I think we need to probably as we're moving closer and closer to these developments coming in that we need to have good accurate numbers on the developments. Um but at some point we could maybe take a break and do it every two years or every three years or something like that. >> I would definitely tie it to the cycle of the developer fee justification >> but >> right so that we have it done so we have

206the number >> when we need it. But yeah, and we did have um we they did offer a three-year contract, but when Laura and I talked, we said, "Let's just do one year at a time and see how it goes." >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously, bringing us to action item 9.11. This is the lease agreement between Bonsel Unified School District and Class Leasing LLC for the lease of two modular classroom buildings for Bonsil Elementary School. >> What should you approve? >> Wait, I have a question about this. So, the these because of what we just decided. >> Yeah. >> Um would these be included in the removal or Yeah, >> eventually. Okay. Yes, those are those are two that we currently lease. And while

207we would need them now, that would be part of the phase out when we talked about a net gain of one classroom. These are two of the five portables that are currently at bees. >> So we're we're leasing them now and now we have to release them. Correct. >> Is that what you're saying? >> For two years. >> So two years. >> So what condition are these things? >> The ones here are not too bad, right? >> I mean, are we releasing some stuff that's not good? They're old. >> So, can I ask a silly question? So, let's say we we thought that these these were not in good shape anymore. um who's number one, who's responsible for getting rid of them if we're leasing them? And then number two, um is the lease that

208we would have for a new one the same is the lease that we're going to get for these? >> Does that make sense? >> No, I didn't get the question. >> Okay. So, we're we're we have these on on on our campus right now, correct? >> And we're leasing them, but they're in okay shape. So, my question is number one is let's say we said no. Who's responsible for coming and taking those away? And then number two, let's say we said no and we just said, "Okay, we want to lease new ones." Would the lease be different for the new ones than it is for the old ones? >> I would it be more >> or would the lease have to be for more years? >> So, when you did your lease originally, there was

209a dollar amount for dismantle. They they have a dollar amount for installation, they have a dollar amount for setup, and they have a dollar amount for removal. So, you've already agreed to a dollar amount. So, when you call them, that's how much it's going to cost to take them away. If you were to remove them and purchase new one or lease new ones, they we would have to get a bid from multiple companies and see what the latest and greatest leasing arrangements are. >> I guess that's my big question is is the amount that we're going to release them for the same or equal to what we would if we were going to get new ones? Does that make Not because it was locked in when you did the original lease and then Yeah. It's

210the same, right? Your Yeah. So they you carry that dollar amount with them until you remove them and get a new set and then you have a new cont. >> So it's the same lease amount that we had at the at the inception >> when you agreed upon Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> back in 2002. So >> but then you renovated. >> But you understand my question. If we're going to if we're going to renew a lease, I mean, and we're going to pay that we would pay the same for new ones, then why would we get keep the old ones? That's that's my whole point, >> right? Understood. >> And so, this two years will not will be okay with our timeline. >> Yes. Because these aren't located at the area that we've

211identified that we'd like the architects to look at. Um this is an area that they could remain there even during a design and construction and then be removed later. >> Okay. >> Where actually where those are located and where the other three are located as well. >> Okay. >> I was under the impression the the architect was going to look at the entire property to see what need to be done. >> That's at Sullivan and Bonsel High School. Absolutely. She's asking about the two that um here at Bonsel Elementary which are different ones. responsible. >> Okay. >> Motion to approve. >> I'll second it. >> I >> All in favor? >> I >> Let's look at you all vote even before I ask. It looks like we already >> approve that unanimously. I was going

212to say it's 9:34 and it's good think I have my thing of my caffeine here so I can continue to keep going. All right. The uh 9.12 agenda item. This is the ratification of agreement in response to RFP0616-26C1 for network electronics -ate services with datel systems incorporated. This is a bring back >> and since one was you you had two bids that came back and one you figured was effectively nonresponsive. We're since we put it out to bid and we have we have paperwork that says we put it out to bid and we tried and we got two bids, >> we're okay. >> Yes, 100%. We have all the proper documentation in place. >> Okay. >> 100% not not issue. >> Okay. >> And that's on your computer. >> It is under my in the

213server. In the computer 100%. >> You can't she can't leave >> ever. >> It's in the server. So, uh, more than one people has access to it. >> More than one person. >> Motion to approve. I'll second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously, bringing us to action item 9.13. This is the approval of the fourth amendment to the memorandum of understanding between the Bonsil Education Foundation and the Bonsel Unified School District regarding the restoration of the old Bonsel Schoolhouse. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? I I >> motion carries unanimously bringing us to the memorandum of agreement between San Diego County Superintendent of Schools and Bons Unified School District for the 2526 ASUS program. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >>

214Motion carries unanimously bringing us to action item 9.15 and server. It's taking its time here. Uh this is digital data sharing agreement between curriculum associates and Bonso Unified School District. >> Motion to approve. >> I'll second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously bringing us to action item uh 9.16. This is a ratification of a grant agreement with Silicon Schools to support BUSD's participation in the LCC micro school network. This is uh the money that funded the uh presentation we got earlier today. This is what we hope we get, right? They haven't got yet. >> No, this amount we did receive and this amount is being used um for professional development this summer and and hopefully um there's a chance that we may get more, but this we've already received. >> Motion

215to approve. >> Second. >> Whoever that is being recorded by, we had two seconds there. >> Oh, well, give it give it to whoever else. >> Dr. That was the fastest two seconds I've ever seen. All in favor? >> Motion carries unanimously bringing us to a um uh action item 9.17. This is red herring agreement with BUSD for fishing simulation services. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously bringing us to action item 9.18. >> I do have a question on this one. So go ahead. for 91 18. >> Yeah. >> Okay. This is the approval of the master contracts between Bonso Unified School District and New Haven Youth and Family Services, TIE Children's Workshop, and YA Healthcare, Inc. for the 2526 school year. >> I feel

216like I'm being a dead horse here, but there's no not to exceed number on this. It's a blank check. So this you're saying there are there are set fees and so if we send a student to this school that is a fee per the for the entire year. >> Yeah. Based on the IEP. So it'll be also his speech services will be added, his behavior intervention will be added. So, it's like when we send a kid to a SULPA school, it's like $28,000 for the school or something like that. >> So, would it be accurate that it's a set fee that we don't negotiate? So, there's no room for there would would there not be a need to say not to exceed because they would just say if you assign a student to this school,

217this is the amount that you will pay. >> That's correct. >> The fee the fees that I saw were per hour. >> There was rates per hour on there. >> Say that again, sir. the fees that I saw were per hour. There was per hour rates. >> Yeah, I I will take a better look at the contracts as they go in, I guess. Um, so I don't know what how that was prepared for you guys. Um, but their their fees are per year and then they will have, you know, add-on fees based on what the kids IEP says. >> So, it's kind of opened. >> We don't It's kind of open-ended. We don't know what they're going to need. We have an IEP, but they have 30 days to decide whether that IEP is going

218to be what they need at their area. So, it's not completely open-ended, and we get to go to the IEP to decide. Um, >> who who decides? The new school. >> The new school says based on the the environment this student is in, your current IEP does or does not work. So, if they think it does not work, then they'll suggest what they believe the student would need in that environment. We're in attendance at that IEP. So, we would have a voice in that, but ultimately they have the say of whether they're going to accept him or the student, I shouldn't say him, they are going to accept them or not. >> Yeah. I think I think Eric's concern is that you you you know, when we do that, all of a sudden now you

219got like it goes from one thing and all of a sudden, oh, you need these 10 extra things and all of a sudden it becomes a massive bill. Um, so is it something that we can object to if for some reason we say, "Hey, you're overreaching or or >> So when we attend IEP, I mean, and typically speaking, it it's not like what you're describing. It's, "Oh, this student has 30 minutes of speech per week and in this environment, we believe he needs 60 minutes of speech per week." And so we're at the IEP and we ask for the data that proves that that's what they believe he needs. And and if we say no, then we keep, you know, coming back around. But at the same time, if we just say no way, then

220we take the student out and we find a new placement for them. But I've never had that happen um you know, they usually come in with the data they need to say and and most of I'm using speech. Most of the time it's the student needs a onetoone, you know, support person because of the way we operate in our, you know, rule and and this is a pretty serious case. So, we already know he needs that student needs a onetoone. So, I I do agree. I I if there is no pricing on it at all, you don't know if it's 220,000 a year or 30,000 a year. I I do agree that I apologize that I didn't catch that as it went in and I will correct it. But >> is there a way to

221put it not to exceed if we if we don't have that amount so we can add that in? Yes. With the type of services that the student is identified with, you have the hourly amount um hourly um charge for the service. You calculate for the time that you're going to be serving for the fiscal year and you just do an estimate to put the amount right there. Like if for example this this students this contract is for the remainder of this this fiscal year only. So you have 30 days whatever are the days that the student is going to be you calculate based on that >> and if exists and then you bring it back to the board >> um for approval for the exedent amount. So I think that's what they asking for that

222would be great >> that would be great. >> Again I apologize that I didn't have our better oversight of that before it went in. Um so I will >> So are we approving There's a lot of hourly charges on here. Are we approving a total of that? Is that the estimate estimated total we are approving? >> Can I see that? >> Yeah. >> From what I understand, you know, at least in what's being presented in the um that's documented online is that these are the master contracts. They they identify the costs per hour for specific services, but we're not specifying any individual students and or specific program plans associated with with these contracts. It's more of the ability for us to have these three entities available uh as per you know the North Co County

223Consortium for Special Educations uh recommendations so that when a student is identified as requiring services beyond our ability to provide them inhouse that we have three more places that we could potentially outsource them to based on availability and and whatnot. So >> I can understand. >> Yes. Now I understand what you're saying because I didn't see it when you were talking about it. But yes, you've already approved this master contract um at the beginning of the year. You approved the contract and the related fees >> and then there's also a a list on there of approved vendors that you also approved at the beginning of the year. So you approved those vendors, you approved those rates, and you approved that master contract already. Now we're saying, "Okay, we're going to take you up on that.

224we're going to send this student to this already approved vendor at these already approved rates. What I think I hear you saying though is like, okay, I approve these rates. Now I want to know what this student is going to cost me and and that I 100% agree with. But no, you're not paying all those fees or all those rates. That's just the approved rate sheet. >> Okay. >> And I do remember approving this contract before and I made the same exception exception before was that there was no not ceed on there. Um because you know even one of these rates is like $100 an hour which could be like what $4,000 a week. >> So my memory is is that you you have objected to not having a um not to exceeds limit before

225and those are non-public agencies which was they do charge hourly. In these most cases when we're approving a school they charge a per year school school rate like it's 14,500 a year and then you know we go from there. So again it's a different >> for an individual just okay do an estimate you know and say all right don't do so like you have to come back every month >> absolutely 150 bucks. Yeah, absolutely. I understand. >> 20 grand, let's say. >> Or Yeah. And yes, so heard. Thank you. >> Okay. >> And again, from what I'm understanding, this is not for a specific student. This is for um having contracts in place for three separate um institutions the uh New Haven, TIE and YA as available um sources of you know out placement uh

226for services. >> Correct. And I think we got some kind of approval that we could group those three together rather than making three separate contracts. So for E which is um that's not New Haven Children's Workshop >> additional vendors. >> Correct. >> We approved a bunch of vendors and now there's three additional vendors. >> Yes. Yes. >> Or they might be that have updated services and contracts associated with their services and fees. They're they're Laura. They're vendors that that are on the master contract sheet, but we have not used them yet. So now we're going to use them and we're asking you guys to approve that we can use these vendors. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously, bringing us to action on

227item 9.19. This is the first amendment to the agreement for special services with Tar Rosini, a professional corporation. And this is uh for extended um uh well, it's for pass through rates for u the appraisal. Thank you. >> But but we I thought we had an agreement on what the appraisal was going to cost. It was 13 grand. They said, "Okay, we're going to do this, this, and this, and it's going to cost you 13." So that that they told us that's what it's going to cost. And now they're That's not what it's going to cost. I just want to make sure that we have an amount available there to be able to pay the invoices but it's separate. >> Yes. Yes. So because has been over of the original amount not to exceed two

228but this is not rel not not not specifically for the appraisal it's for his services. >> Ask you a question. So when we have them come in here and they sit here and they listen to our meetings for and they're at like the last person on the thing are are we paying them by the hour for that >> for for the >> like when they come to the meetings and and they're they're sitting in the crowd and they go through and listen to our award ceremonies and all this stuff are they're get they're on the clock right >> I think that they're >> so wouldn't it behoove us in the future to move them up as close to the front as we possibly could >> 100% >> instead of letting them sit there into the

229very end. I mean, I've seen that happen multiple times. >> The one that he was here, no, he was already a set amount for the for that. It was not by the hour, >> but this person in the legal representation that we have for facilities, yes, he is by the hour. >> Yeah, absolutely. Let's get these people right at the front and just get them in and get them out. Are we able to uh to uh along that line of thinking um separate our action items to say legal services to have preede our um reports and then have additional action items. I don't know if that's possible but >> yes and we can definitely look at each agenda to see. Typically these are closed session and so they don't come and sit for our meetings

230and they're not charging us for that. Um, but we can definitely be mindful of that. Label it and have them right at the top. Absolutely. If they're ever in a position where we need them to come during the meeting for >> Yeah, because I think the last meeting we had, who was here last meeting? >> Now, is she paid by the hour? >> I just want to make sure because they she was here during the whole meeting and it was like I was thinking the whole time I'm like, boy, I hope she's not getting paid by the hour. >> I think they get paid when bonds are sold. Oh, okay. But I mean, I guess my point is anybody that we have that's like that, we need to create a section that's at the beginning

231so that they don't have to sit here and watch us give awards and all that stuff, you know? >> Yes. Like preceding the reports altogether. >> Now, can we do that in the closed like at the close meeting? >> I mean, you know, like at the beginning of closed meeting kind of thing, you know, >> I think we typically already try to move them at the very beginning of closed session if if we ever have any legal services there for that very reason. So, back to uh >> 9.19. Is there a motion to >> motion to approve? >> I'll second it. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously. Bringing us to action item 9.20. Not to be confused with our last item because we still have to go back and add one

232from the consent agenda. Uh this is the independent contractor agreement between Bonsel Unified and the pizza guy. We approve a lot of these. Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously. Apparently, pizza is a really great thing to include Goffin. And uh the item that we had uh removed from the consent agenda was uh item number seven. So 7.7. This is the approval of the agreement between CSU uh San Marcos and BUSD for the teacher preparation clinical practice. There's actually no financial impact. Uh but since we have staff from CSUS CSUSM, uh we will recuse Dr. Drosski. And is there a uh motion to approve this? >> Motion to approve. >> I'll second. >> All in favor? >> I >> for approving, one abstaining. And that brings us

233to public comment. I believe we do have public comment here today. >> All right. So, public comment. The Bonszel Unified School District Board of Trustees welcomes participation at the district school board meetings. If you wish to address an item on the agenda, you must complete this form and deliver it to the executive assistant prior to the board considering the item. If you wish to address the board considering matters within the board's subject matter jurisdiction that are not on the agenda, you must complete this form and deliver to the executive assistant prior to the public comment section of the agenda. Individual speakers will shall be allowed three minutes to address the board on each agenda or non-aggenda item. The board shall limit the total time for public input on on each item to 20 minutes. Uh

234with board consent, the president may increase or decrease the time allowed for public presentation depending on the topic and the number of persons wishing to be heard. The president may take a poll of speakers for or against a particular issue and may ask that additional speakers speak only if they have something new to add. It is requested that speakers address the board from the podium when addressing the board. And Cara Larusa, you are up. You have stayed here the whole time. So, >> good thing I'm not on the clock, right? Okay. Um, this might take four minutes, but under the circumstances, I think you guys will give me a break here. Um, and um, I've been substitute teaching at Bonso High School since year one. I want to talk about student behavior at BHS, which

235has been challenging over the past few years. behavior problems don't care what side of the tracks a kid grows up on. There were year and sorry I have a slight reading disability. Um there were years the unrul ruling at the high school reached such levels that people refused to substitute teach there. And all this time I thought Fbrook was the high school that we were supposed to be afraid of. I never refused a job but sometimes I didn't want to be there either. Fbombs and the n-word were the norm. Fights, bullying, kids mouththing off. The list goes on. Once a kid, and no, probably not the one you're thinking of, tried to set fire to a chair in my class, but it was a plastic chair, so the joke was on him. And there were

236a few occasions where I felt nervous for myself or even another teacher. And I came to a point where I was finding myself hesitating to recommend BHS as a viable high school to those who asked. And I've always been the high school, one of the biggest cheerleaders of the high school. Campaigned for it, all the bonds and everything else. But let's put all this political correctness aside for a minute, shall we? I enjoy substitute teaching no matter what. But I have seen a genuine shift in students in their behaviors in the past year and a half. It's not exactly leave it to Beaver, but some days the kids come pretty close. I want to say thank you to our principal, Miss James, our core teachers, and the rest of the staff at BHS. And I

237want to talk about the Fab Five C Mr. Costa, Mr. Van Hooser teaching from day one. Mr. Benedict, Miss Army Miho, and Hinchcliffe who joined quite soon thereafter. I commend all our teachers at BHS, but I have never seen anything like how our Fab Five have dug in and really raised our students to a higher level. Kids seem happier. They feel they are seen and even cared about. This is nothing new for the Fab Five. And no, they didn't pay me to say that. and our other teachers and administrators at BHS are also more invested in our students than ever. I know I'm forgetting people and our science and math teachers in their departments are phenomenal this year as well. I could, you know, I could go on, but and I really believe we have

238the best team of pair of professionals, support teachers, and office staff ever. I enjoy filling in for teachers, but this is the first year I have really loved it. this year kids actually say hello to me even yelling hi Miss Larusa across the quad and honestly in all years of teaching at the high school this has never happened. I can count on one hand you know the interactions in past years. I know we have challenges ahead especially financial. Some of the rooms upstairs need new carpet and the list goes on. Raise for substitutes by the way. Um, but all that aside, I'm really proud of Bonsel High School and I urge school board members. I I know a lot of you have been at on campus, but I urge you to spend a few hours

239on our campus and see my beliefs in action. We really have great kids, and this year has been phenomenal. And students feel seen. They feel valued. heard, they feel cared about, they feel safe, and most importantly, it's okay to be different. That is what makes a su a successful high school. So, I just want to say in closing, let's lift our teachers and staff up as they have done for our students. Thank you. Thank you for being here until almost 10 o'clock at night to share that and you were right on. That was just under four minutes. So, uh appreciate your comments. Uh we are now at the future planning section of our meeting and our next regularly scheduled meeting will be right after our uh graduations and promotions and kinderg. Uh So, our next

240regularly scheduled meeting of the governing board of trustees is for Thursday, June 11th, our second Thursday as usual. And close session beginning at 4:30, open session at 6. And that we shall I almost want to wait two minutes just so that we can have an additional number in our minutes, but we will adjourn at 9:58 p.m. Thank you all for for staying so long.