BUSD - Board Meeting - 2/12/26

001Never run around. You know the rules do feel Never going to give you goodbye. We're no strangers What? Test one. Check. Check. Mic one. Good evening and welcome to the regularly scheduled board meeting of the Bonsville Unified School District Board of Trustees for the month of February. Thank you all for being here. We'll start with a roll call. Uh starting with our student board member, >> INOM present. >> Erica here, >> Rachel Dumbrossski, >> Roger Bers here, Michael Gatis here, >> and Lissa Anderson here. If we can all rise for the pledge of allegiance kindly. >> Ready? Begin. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. May be seated. Prior to being

002here in open session, the board met in close session where we considered the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, discipline, transfer, dismissal of employees, government code 54957. We discussed our position regarding the collective bargaining with the Bonsel Teachers Association and the California School Employees Association chapter number 703 in order to direct the superintendent as chief negotiator in the matter of BTA and CSCA contracts and also uh looked at the superintendent evaluation as per public employee performance evaluation government code 54957. With that we are at the approval of the current agenda. Is there a motion? Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously, bringing us to the minutes for the board study session of January 7th as well as the regular meeting of January 15th. Is there a motion to

003approve? >> I had a question. There was we we we in the board the board meeting, we had a vote on the um um survey and it wasn't it didn't show up in the Yes, it was in there. >> I made the motion. Rachel second it >> right. But I didn't see >> the vote and the vote was 4 to one. >> I didn't see it in the minutes. >> That was >> Maybe I missed it in the minutes, but I didn't see it in the >> It would be the board meeting. Remember that >> there was uh information items presentation facilities planning update. Member Ortega motioned and member Dumbrossski seconded that the facility survey is currently constructed and presented to staff on January 12th be prepared for distribution to the wider BSD community. Dr.

004Galy will include links to define terms and provide context as discussed. So it is in there >> with the votes. >> Okay. Yes. >> All right. Great. I'll make a motion to approve the minutes. >> Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> All in favor? I >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously bringing us to our report. So, Dr. Heather as the superintendent, you are to lead the way. >> Thank you so much. Good evening, esteemed board members, Mrs. McCannernney and BD community. I'm thrilled to be welcoming you to our February board meeting. And I'm sure you know that February is globally recognized as the month of love. And I can't think of a better demonstration of love than to see students organizing a record-breaking blood drive at Bonsel High School. If I'm not sure

005if you saw this in any of the announcements, but on January 16th, we had 41 donors give 27 units of blood, which is enough to save, I think, up to 81 lives at local hospitals. This is truly phenomenal. Yes. Amazing. And such a wonderful representation of our values in action. And this weekend as we celebrate love and connection on February 14th, I wanted to highlight another huge celebration. It's very fitting that we get to recognize someone whom we all love and appreciate in Bonsel Unified. I'd like to announce very very special. Oh, look at the suspense. Oh my goodness. What suspense? It's on. Okay, can you just go ahead and advance the slide while we fix this? I am extremely excited to announce our very own Mrs. Gina McCannernney has just been announced as the

006San Diego County School Board Assoc Association confidential administrative staff of the year for 2026. Woohoo. This is a huge honor. We are incredibly proud. Um Gina, yes. Let's have a definitely a picture of Gina. Yes. With this. It's It's larger than her body. I think it's huge. Yes. >> I I think so. Yes. Yes. Oh my goodness. the whole board. So, you're going to need you're going to need the whole board for this one. But there were um a lot of nominations that went in for Gina and there were a lot of people that were nominated and of people that we know in our organization who on a daily basis set the bar and show the values, show the kindness, are always there, have all of the historical knowledge in in the district, I think,

007and and maybe in Fbrick and Bonsel combined. Uh she truly is fantastic. So, I am so thrilled that she's going to be recognized. The recognition will be in April and we'll definitely have lots of great pictures after that event and the board will be given opportunity to attend that as well. But we're very, very excited. Gina, we love you in this month of February. You are so so deserving. So, thank you for all you do. So great. And I'm going to say the accolades continue because last night we had um was that just last night? Okay, we had validictory circle at Bonsel High School. And this group that you see up here are the students from Bonsel High School who have the highest GPA. But what I can say is truly special about these students

008is it's not just their GPA. In a small environment, our students are able to participate in so many different activities and events and clubs and and sports, everything. And these students, the way I saw them shine, but then support each other for shining is just very very special. And they were all so supportive of each other. And our very own Isa Nicknam was named validictorian. 2026 valadictorian. She and the saludiatoran Leo Preston. Clap clap clap. They will both be giving speeches at our graduation event. And both of them are just phenomenal representations of exactly what we want to produce in Bonsil Unified. You really represent us so beautifully. And some of the things that I'm going to announce tonight, I'm going to keep looking at you because if it was something that you were going

009to share in your board report, I'm going to ask that you just kind of go no. Okay? Because some of the things might overlap, okay? Um, but as I just said, Isa, the whole validictorious validictory circle, all those students organizing the blood drive, all of these are wonderful representations of our vision and our mission and our learner profile. So again, it's fitting Isa, would you please read our vision and our mission for us? I can. Okay. Our Bonso Unified vision is that all students in Bonso Unified District engage in rigorous and relevant learning experiences that inspire them to be productive community members and future ready lifelong leaders. And our mission is that we empower all students to thrive in a positive, safe, and supportive environment through high quality education focused on the whole learner. >>

010Thank you. And in that circle to the right there, those are our learner profile outcomes. And that means that is what we hope to foster in our students as skills and attributes by the time they leave us. So what I wanted to do is just highlight a few examples of where we see this learner profile in action. And I'm going to start with engaged community member. And this just happens to be some pictures of of some of the things that have been happening around town recently. I want to thank our board members for all of their activities. Roger, I didn't get that picture of you on that site tour. I couldn't find it, but we have visits to our schools that our board members are doing. There's Trusty Gatis with a kindergartener. Whether they're planning

011art show uh that we have coming up, speaking to our students in our symposium class, facilitating Lion's Club speech contest. We have lots of great models of our from our board members of engaged community members and we appreciate that. We also want our students of course to be problem solvers and I thought this picture was a good example of some of our problem solvers. This is the group of students who are on our superintendent student advisory council. We met in January and brought them together and heard a little bit about what they think is wonderful in Bonsel Unified and what they would like to see for the future. And we need to listen as much as possible to our students because they have great answers and great ideas and they are becoming excellent problem solvers.

012We also have incredibly effective communicators. Is this something you were going to share, Isa? Okay. Then all I'm going to say right now because we'll save it for her board report. I will say that our mock trial team at the high school is a superb example of effective communicators and you will hear more from Isla about their recent incredible accomplishments. We also have across our district resilient learners and um as I walk through classrooms and I see some of the events, there is so much to celebrate, so many ways that our students are in this case over here on the left working through our new math curriculum. Eureka math squared and really working with the math uh mathematical standards for practice and becoming resilient learners in math getting recognized for their achievements and their really

013hard work and efforts if they're engaging in hands-on science experiments. We see students across the district as resilient learners and we value that. We also value empathetic collaborators and I in this picture, this little collage, what I see is joy. I see a lot of joy. I see students who like working together, who understand what it means that we get farther when we collaborate and when we empathize and understand each other. And that's something we value and we grow as well. And of course, critical thinker. And this one is so incredibly important. You know that in today's environment, we need critical thinking more than ever. If you look at World Economic Forum and you find out what are some of the top skills of 2026, critical thinking is going to be one of the highest.

014And what you see here is Mrs. Armyho who is such a fantastic asset in our organization. This is her law and leadership academy at the CSUSM innovation hub. and at this experience and our students in all of ourmies get to go to CSUSM and participate in an innovation hub experience. They attended here and they got to learn about the logistics of starting and running their own business. And during the visit they got to explore what are foundational steps of entrepreneurship and uh idea development. Really wonderful. In the middle you see our BHS battlebots and those are students that are trying to beat each other, have the best uh robot in order to to compete. We see a peer-led reading group off to the right so that stu teachers are able to work with students who

015might need a different type of assistance and students are actually running a reading group um a little station. Trusty Gatis, you saw that when we were over at Bonsil Elementary. And then down on the left, this is our teacher, Mr. Shaw, who is the coach for our esports program. All of these are just examples of our students who are curious, they're engaged, and they are becoming future ready. And we need to celebrate that and we need to make sure we remind ourselves that all of the experiences we are trying to craft for them need to be in line with this vision, this mission, and also these learner profile outcomes. Now, we know we could not do any of that unless we were engaging our families and unless we had the support of our families. Behind

016me, I'm so very excited to see parents who are willing to come to our board members so that their students can shine and share some of their talents. And we see this across the whole district. This is our community engagement initiative team. I want to applaud them again. They've been hosting monthly family literacy and STEM nights and the attendance is skyrocketing and I know it's because they've expanded their team and their team is really reaching out and trying to in include more families and they're enjoying the experiences. But it couldn't happen if we didn't have the amazing families that we have here in Bonsel and we're really grateful. We do have some upcoming engagement opportunities. The next family literacy and STEM night is on Thursday, February 26th. It's right here, but they transform this entire

017environment and use all of the spaces in the community center, and they're bringing in awesome STEM activities uh to this literacy night. We have a multicultural event coming up on February 27th at Bonsel Elementary. And I know the principles who are going to be reporting tonight, uh, principal Calibre and also principal Kamacho will be sharing what's happening at their sites because there is, uh, no shortage of opportunities for families to be involved and for students to be able to shine. So, you're going to get to hear from them. And of course, we have upcoming opportunities for entire community, our families, staff, anyone who's interested to come to town hall meetings so that we can make sure that we are engaging with as many stakeholders as possible. Very exciting. Now, in this month of February, celebrating

018love and connection, I'm really excited that we're going to move directly now to celebrating some people in our organization and in our community who have uh really done exemplary things and we want to make sure that we recognize them tonight. So, I'm going to bring up Mr. Williams. >> All right. Well, good evening. uh President Anderson and board of trustees, Dr. Gy and Miss McCannernney. Tonight, we're really excited to uh celebrate and recognize Lexi and Jesse Mindy of Wave onWave Hair Salon. We'd like to come up to the podium right now for a special community recognition. So, if you folks could come on up and join me. Let's give him a round of applause. And uh yeah, you just face the board there. They they want to see you. And uh so we're so proud

019to partner with them. And let me tell you a little bit about the Etch amendies. Then I'll tell you what they've done for students here in the community. The Etch amendes uh relocated to Bonso community from Bismar, North Dakota. So we're glad they came out to California. Oh, he is. Okay. Point of clarification. I didn't catch that in the interview. So Southern California in Bismar, North Dakota. And um so when they when they did join here about 5 years ago, they came to our community and after opening Wave onway Hair Salon, they were warmly welcomed into the community and they built a business that reflects both professionalism and generosity. While living in Bismar, Lexi worked at a salon that partnered with a local school to provide free back-toschool haircuts for students who otherwise may not

020have had access to them. That experience stayed with her. When Lexi and Jess moved to Bonso, they wanted to bring that same spirit of service to our community, but with a special twist. Their vision was not only to provide students with highquality haircuts, but to give them a salon experience, helping them feel confident and valued as they started the school year. Over the past two years, Waveon-Wave Hair Salon has generously provided these services to students in our district and has even added a third a midyear event to extend their support. Lexi shared that the gratitude from students and families has been overwhelming. And one of the most memorable moments that she shared with me is that the boys when they come into the salon, there's a lot of their employees that join them in providing

021the free haircuts, but the boys will say they'll say, "Here's a chair. It's open." And they'll say, "No, I want to wait for him because Jess is the barber." So, they want the barber haircut with Jess. And uh so they'll they'll wait for it. Um, Lexi and Jess have also invited their entire salon team to volunteer. And so, uh, it just speaks volumes about the workplace culture that they have here in Bonso when employees enthusiastically participate in providing this service to our students. Because of this team effort, every 30 minutes, 10 students leave with a fresh, professional haircut and a boost of confidence. We are so grateful for this partnership. Uh it shows so much generosity and goodwill. We really appreciate you and thank you so much. We have a special award for you and

022we we'd love to have a picture here. One more round of applause for the chime minus. By the way, you can book a haircut or salon employment online through their site. So, it's a great way to support. All right. So, so at this time we want to recognize an employee group and that will be our B USD counselors. So, if I could have Andy, Carrie, and Megan come on up, please. If you could join all three of you join join me at the front. All right. Fantastic. And uh uh the first week of February is designated as counselor appreciation week. And it is fitting that we take this opportunity to recognize the incredible work of our school counselors that they what they do each day in service of students and families in our district. And

023we just didn't bring you up because it's counselor appreciation week. We brought them up because they're outstanding people doing great work at our elementary schools, our middle schools, and our high school in the community. I just gave a plural to our middle school. we just have one, but uh we do have three elementary schools and so they represent those schools and it's a great service um that they share with students. I wanted to read a little bit about each one of them and what they do at their sites. So, I'm going to start with Andy and uh we can bring over their certificates right now and and get them in their hands. Thank you so much. Um, I would like to first recognize Andy Mata and the vital role she plays. Just round of applause.

024We'll take it. And the vital role she plays in supporting students at Bonso West Elementary and Vivian Banks Charter School. Andy aligns her counseling vision with district priorities and implements a comprehensive, purpose-driven program that supports students academically, socially, and emotionally. Her annual plan includes intentional lessons connected to leader and me habits and district learner profiles that you heard about earlier as well as the thoughtful use of data to support attendance behavior and academic success through crisis support individualized office hours and programs such as the reading room project dandelion and the student lighthouse team. Andy creates min meaning meaningful opportunities for student growth and leadership across both campuses. She leads with empathy, positivity, and consistency. And her commitment to fostering safe, welcoming school environments has a lasting impact on students and families throughout the Bonso community.

025Andy, you do such a fantastic job. Thank you so much for your service. and to her colleague Megan Hund. Megan is an exceptional counselor whose leadership and genuine care for students help shape the heart of her school community, Bonso Elementary School. She leads the fifth grade ambassador program with purpose and vision, empowering students to develop confidence, kindness, and responsibility. Through this work, Megan is not only amplifying student voice, but also cultivating future leaders. In addition, she facilit facilitates targeted small groups and lunch bunch, creating safe and supportive spaces where students can grow socially and emotionally. Megan has a remarkable ability to connect with students, meet them where they are, and provide the guidance they need to succeed. Her calm presence, thoughtful problem solving, and proactive approach make her a trusted resource for students, staff, and

026families. and she consistently strengthens the culture and sense of community across her campus. Congratulations, Megan. Well done. And next, I'd like to talk about Carrie Grespring. I would also like to recognize her. She has gone above and beyond this year in supporting both our middle school and our high school communities. She's going to get some more help here real soon, but uh she's done a great job of really taking this situation and making it so so good. So, thank you, Carrie. While continuing to serve Sullivan Middle School, Carrie stepped in to support Bonso High School, demonstrating exceptional flexibility, professionalism, and dedication to student success. She builds strong, meaningful relationships with students, staff, and families. I remember one video we were we were celebrating teachers and counselors where one student said, "She's like my school mom."

027It was the greatest greatest quote. Creating a welcoming environment where students feel seen, heard, and supported whether providing academic guidance, social emotional support, or helping students navigate challenges because they have them in middle school and high school, right? Uh Carrie, not that they don't in elementary, just to be fair. you'll defer, right? Carrie consistently ensures students receive the care and resources they need. Her positive attitude, collaborative spirit, and tireless work ethic have made a significant impact across both campuses. Um, in closing, so congratulations, Carrie. In closing, we are deeply grateful for these folks up here. I think often times when we think of uh certificated employees, we immediately rush to teachers, as we should, but this is such a foundational group that supports our schools in so many ways. We couldn't do it without you.

028We thank you so much. Congratulations. and one more round of applause, please. All right, we've had two special recognitions. This one's equally as special, but we also have a performance associated with it. So, at this time, I'd like to bring up Anna Ramosar and the students from Vivian Banks Charter School, the Capo Singers. We do have some words to share about Miss Anna. So, I'm going to have her join join me at the podium just for a moment because we do want to recognize All right. This this is Miss Anna. Thank you, Tina. We Miss Cali, we'd love you to have you join her at the podium. That would be fantastic. So, uh, Miss Anna has been a cherished part of Vivian Banks Charter School community for several years, sharing her deep knowledge and passion

029for the Capo language with her students. Through her work at the Koopa Cultural Center, she supports not only our children on the Paula Reservation, but also elders in the community, playing an important role in preserving the language and traditions of the Paula Band of Mission Indians. Vivian Banks Charter School students eagerly look forward to Fridays. Right students, you look forward to Fridays. Okay, very good. I'm just checking. I knew it was true. Uh, when Miss Anna, as she's lovingly known, brings the Capo language to life by teaching key words and phrases woven into songs she thoughtfully creates. Her lessons are engaging, meaningful, and deeply rooted in culture, helping students build both language skills and a strong sense of identity and belonging. Thank you, Anna, for all that you do to support our students, preserve culture,

030and inspire future generations. Thank you so much. And now, Miss Anna is going to show us what she do does with these wonderful kids. >> All right. So, thank you very much. I have this gift sign language. Alan said, "I like Start at home. Hello. How are you? Sister. brother. My older Sister I'm going to ask Yesterday. My tomorrow That's what They wanted everybody here. Hurry up. Hallelujah. Mommy mommy. There's another So this is what we saw. Fish run. girl. All right. Hallelujah. So, you know, There's also All right. So, I'd like to know Thank you so much. forever. I love you. Love you. You want a picture? That's right. Sure. >> I just want to let everyone know that this is the part of the agenda where we actually have a little bit of

031a recess. Uh so if anybody wants to take any pictures and whatnot and I understand Anna's distributing treats and if you want to stay for the entire meeting I'm sure we'll be uh appreciating >> but otherwise thank you. Thank you for being here. We'll resume in 5 minutes. It's 6:49. We'll resume at 655. Oh, and turn it. >> I have faith in you. All right, it is 6:55. If we can make our way back to the DAS so that we can resume our governance of the Bonsel Unified School District, that would be fantastic. >> Say all the fun is all the fun is done. And I noticed your You look a little different in the picture that was up there. A different hairstyle. >> Well, you were up there a minute ago. >> Okay, awesome.

032Thank you. Well, it's nice to see all of those who are still interested in uh participating in our meeting. Perhaps we shall still have more fun as this evening unfolds. Uh we are now at the group reports. Uh starting with I don't think I see anybody here representing of our any of our parent groups PTA ping any of that. So uh hopefully uh we'll see more parent representation at another meeting. That brings us to our labor report teachers association. Miss Arianiano. Good good evening everyone. Um I had something I was going to say. I don't remember what it is. So, um I'm very excited to and uh I'm involved in a lot of these future planning things and I'm very excited about what the district is doing for its long-term plans and our mission and

033our vision and all the things that are forward facing. Um but we can't get there without taking care of today as well. Um, I think that's a theme that's facing the board in many ways right now. Um, and I would just hope that you would remember that um, through it all you've had your teachers and they've been outstanding when we didn't even have curriculum for years until about five years ago. We didn't have curriculum. We just made it up and we did pretty well. and all of these programs that you're going to hear about and all of our big victories. You know, it starts with the teachers and um we're here time and time again to support this district and I really hope that the district um will continue to support the teachers in the

034same way. Thank you. Thank you, Miss Ariano. I don't see anyone from uh our CSEA, correct? Okay, that brings us to our management reports. Um, our first school is Bonsel, Mr. Principal Kamacho, come on up. >> It's on. Good evening, Board President Anderson, uh, Superintendent Board, Miss Gina. I'm honored to share some exciting updates from our school as we continue to build a strong foundation for student success and we all know it starts with achievement. So, I'm happy to share with you that we are average daily attendance is at 96.62%. Um, and thanks large to our attendance clerk who is really um hitting the pavement working with teachers to get those um contracts done, independent study contracts and recouping that, making sure our students don't miss lost um academics. So as we dig in from

035our fall to winter I ready reading data reflects strong and consistent growth across the grade level. The percentage of students performing on or above grade level increased from 43% to 64%. While the number of students one grade level below decreased significantly. This shift suggests that core instruction and implement supplemental supports are effectively addressing student needs particularly for students who were approaching grade level proficiency. Additionally, the reduction in students performing two or more grade levels below indicated indicates that targeted interventions are positively impacting our most at risk learners. And our I Ready math scores. Did it switch? There we go. Um data from fall to winter demonstrates meaningful progress as well across the grade level, particularly in reducing the number of students performing significantly below grade level. The percentage of students on or above grade level

036increased from 28 to 45% while the number of students two or more grade levels below decreased substantially. These trends indicate again that targeted intervention and instructional sports are effectively addressing our foundational skill gaps. However, nearly half of students remain one grade level below, signaling a need for continued focus on conceptual understanding and targeted skill development. Overall, the data reflects positive momentum and provides a clear direction for spring instructional planning. We had a lot to celebrate in January. Um, first we started off with our leader and me student of the month award winners. Habit four, think win-win from our seven habits of highly effective people is a mindset for mutual benefit in all interactions. Viewing life as cooperative, not a zero- sum competition where one person's success requires another's failure. It requires balancing courage which is

037assertiveness and consideration, empathy to find solutions that satisfy everyone. Stem stemming from character traits like integrity, maturity and an abundance me mentally mentality believing there's enough for everyone. This habit fosters trust, collaboration, and long-term success by seeking solutions that are beneficial and satisfied satisfying for all parties involved. And there's all the winners for the last month. We continued um to celebrate our scholars in grades third through sixth with our end of the year semester awards. Um this one was meaningful to me. My daughter is in third grade, so she is on this list and I was uh it was kind of weird signing that like award. Um and so I'll share with you what we were celebrating this week. U we put the spotlight on the hard work, dedication, and spirit that our students have

038shown throughout the semester. Whether in the classroom, out on the playground, or going the extra mile in everything they do, our students truly have made us all proud. They were recognized in two areas. The principles award is an award that goes to students who went above and beyond academically, achieving straight A's. That's right, nothing less than excellence. The teacher honor role is where students were um honored for earning A's and B's, proving that hard work and commitment lead to success. Bonsel West enjoyed a wonderful vamp family game night last month as families came together for an evening filled with laughter, friendly competition, and plenty of popcorn. Students and parents played a variety of board games, both school provided favorites, and games brought from home, creating a welcoming space for connection and fun. Beyond the fun,

039board games help build important skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, communication, teamwork, and sportsmanship while also strengthening family bonds, and social connections. A heartfelt thank you to Mrs. Darling for organizing this fantastic event, also with our community engagement initiative team for sponsoring it. It was a huge shout out to I got to give this out to Bonso High School junior Miguel Chavarin for volunteered volunteering the entire night. Our parents were so impressed with how he ensured everyone was having a good time. He went by every single game board to see if they needed anything, if he can join the game, do they need another player? Um, so it was truly a night of giving. And here we have some of the volunteers and Miss Regina on the right. And that's him on the left,

040Chavarin Jr. And there's Mrs. Darling with a signin sheet. Families in action. Lots of smiles, lots of competition. if they're they're kind of like my family. Sometimes arguments start gets a little heated. This little gun. All right. All teachers actively participated in professional development to support the implementation of our newly adopted Eureka Math Squared curriculum and partner with UC Irvine Math Project. In addition, in addition, our support staff also engaged in early literacy training um by our intervention uh for our intervention plan for students who need that extra support. Um so here you have Miss Bonwell, led by our very own Miss Bonwell, whose expertise continues to be an invaluable resource for our school community. Mrs. Bonwell has provided intervention to 71 students, exiting 13 due to positive growth. 20 students have grown a full

041grade level in this half year um from the beginning of the year to midyear. Um we also have um our I Ready score with an I Ready scores. We also have six students who have grown a full category in in the Dibbles assessment. So we can't wait to see what the end of the year uh growth will look like for these scholars. Okay. On the 29th, all fourth grade teachers came to Bonso West uh elementary school alongside the work with UC Irvine Math Project. Teachers worked together to analyze and plan a math lesson from our newly adopted Eureka Math squared curriculum. The lesson was first taught by a UCI instructor while fourth grade teachers observed and provided valuable feedback. Following the lesson, teachers met to review their notes and collaborate on ways to refine and

042strengthen the instruction. The revised lesson was then taught by the fourth grade team to the other fourth grade classroom. Following that lesson, they did debrief and reflect on the day and a lot of learning going on. It was a powerful day of learning, collaboration, and growth benefiting both teachers and students. And we ended our month with our family formal winter dance. It was a total blast. Families danced the night away to great music while enjoying hot chocolate and cookies. The photo booth captured memories that will last a lifetime. A heartfelt thank you to our PTA and amazing volunteers. Their support made this an unforgettable event for everyone. And then uh actually I want to show you this little guy on the left. He bought brought these handmade roses for a bunch of the girls. It

043was the cutest thing ever. Little little uh Jonah Rodriguez there. And then I want to end it with we did celebrate the 100th day of school and teachers and students dressed up. The two on the left are our kinderg kindergarten team, Mr. Blue and M. Stmler. They literally walked so slow all day. I had to ask them the next day and yes, the answer was yes. Are you guys sore? Because it takes a lot of work to like act and walk like like literally walk like they were all the way to and back from lunch. But that's all I have and thank you for sharing this time with me and have a great evening. >> Thank you, Principal Kamacho. Sorry, you're up. Sorry. >> And that brings us to Vivian. Thanks. >> Thank you. >>

044Well, first off, wasn't that beautiful? That was pretty beautiful to watch the kids. I thought only eight kids were showing up, so the fact that 12 kids showed up was pretty special for me. So, good evening board, esteemed board, as well as our audience, Dr. and Miss McCannernney. Um the first slide that we have here um are some highlights that we have had since our last board meeting. Um a lot of fun events since since then. Students were able to purchase hot cocoa before school started the week before Christmas break. As you can see, our students really enjoyed purchasing that hot cup, especially in the morning before running club. In the classroom, teachers were busy planning lessons that tied to the upcoming break. In one class, a teacher had the students use their reading and

045math skills so they could build gingerbread houses. Um that student over there on the right is a student that doesn't typically smile that broadly, but he was pretty darn excited to uh read how to build that and as well build it. Um we had a special visitor from the North Pole. Santa came to visit Vivian Banks Charter School along with his elf. The wonderment and the joy that the students had on their faces when he walked in was phenomenal. Just to see their faces light up. Um squeals were were had from all the students. students were able to select gifts thanks to the very generous donation from the Weir family foundation. All of our students were able to select gifts based on their behavior for that month. So, if they had perfect behavior in that

046month and they were in kindergarten and they got to p or TK, they got to pick their first gift. Um, but every student went home and they were so excited to be able to select their own personal gift. And even the students that were chosen last um still were able to get a gift that they were pretty darn excited about. Um, as you can see, some of those gifts are really, really nice. I was really, really pleased with those. We uh completed our week with our holiday program. Our students all sang two songs each from each classroom to the delight and merrynts in the audience. Um, it always puts you in that re regular holiday spirit when you get to hear the voices of children singing. Um, we completed that day with donated food from

047the Bow family. Actually, the Bow family was here in attendance. Um they one of their children are singing. Um they donated muffins, pastries, and sandwiches for after the event and we completed with our gratefulness with the lunch on the lawn that day. 2026 rang in with a bang. Students got right back to work. We all celebrated our 100th day of school in conjunction with our great kindness challenge week. Great kindness challenge, as you know, is a worldwide event. It was actually started here at Kelly Elementary School in Carlsbad, and we were very happy that we're able to participate this year. We had two assemblies that week courtesy of the EPA. They did a bee kind to pollinators assembly that week um that the kids got very excited about all the different pollinators that we have.

048Um which really tied in with the garden that we have growing. We have full heads of lettuce, full heads of celery. We got amazing vegetables in our garden right now thanks to the EPA and the planting that they did. But besides the be kind assembly, we also had a be kind to regular be kind assembly that was put on by Paula Social Services and to Chile healing hearts. And their message was just to be kind to each other. They also brought a lot of donations for our kids. Our kids are so thankful that they were able to get stress balls, pencils, stickers, um, and really talk a lot about kindness. And we celebrated with a lunch on the lawn at the end of this week as well. And here's some pictures of our great kindness

049challenge. The kids did a kindness banner in our pep club. Um we had the be kind to pollen to pollinators assembly there in the center. There's some lunch on the lawn pictures. And then we all painted rocks at our uh lunch on the lawn. And those rocks are now nestled safely in our garden. We had an author day last week. Kentrell Martin. I don't know if any of you have heard of of him, but he was an amazing presenter. We just happened to have him come for author day. We weren't able to schedule him during ReadAcross America week, but he came last Friday. I have never seen our students pay attention as well as they did to Mr. Martin. They were just aruck. Um, his books, the Shelly Adventure series, are based on a student

050or child who is deaf and so they use American Sign Language. He said at the beginning of his assembly he was going to teach the kids 30 different signs. I thought, "No way. Our kids learn 30 different signs." And they were able to repeat it and they were so excited to communicate um with each other. And then afterwards, he was quite the celebrity. So many kids were taking off their shoes, having them autograph their shoes, autograph their cell phones. It was it was adorable to see how excited they got. They really really enjoyed Mr. Martin. We already have him booked for next year. I'm pleased to share that we also had a math night. This was a very successful event. We had a little bit lower attendance than normal because that was a day that

051um we had didn't have school because of the water issue, but we had a fantastic math night. This was a na a night of free dinner, free fun playing math games, and then our qualifier department came as well as about 10 different high school students that came to help us volunteer. We have been very fortunate. All of our family events that we have every month have been well attended by both the fire department as well as our local high schools. And it's a lot of fun to see the kids engaging. The firemen were actually challenged with some of the math questions and it was cute to see um how excited they got playing with uh Chief Revago's grandson. He's quite a good mathematician actually. All right, ready data. It's a little bit hard to see

052here, so I'm going to go ahead and kind of share a little bit about it. You're going to see a little bit less green than you did on Bonso West. But what I'm excited about is the number of students who have moved in bands from the three grade levels below up to the one grade level below and two grade levels below. So we have had a clear shift. We've had 52% students that were in the three more grade levels below at the beginning of the year. Now it's down to 21%. We moved from 33% at two grade levels below at the beginning of the year down to 23%. And we now have 52% and one grade level below up from 14%. We increased our students on or above grade level to 4% up from zero.

053So what does that mean? 37% of our students improve their overall placement in math. Our median progress towards annual typical growth is 57% showing strong major growth towards the end of the year expectations. 21% of our students have already met or exceeded their typical growth defined as 100% or more progress. and another 16%s are at the 80 to 99% progress which positions several of our students to hit growth targets by the spring. Next, we have our I Ready reading data. So, these are some celebrations that I just kind of shared. For I Ready reading, our middle the data middle of the year data also shows progress and growth. We went from 40% of our students in three grade levels or more below down to 15%. In two grade levels below, we reduce from 24% to

05419%. And we increase the number of students in our band of one grade level below from 28% to 54%. We also increase from 8% of our students on grade level or above to 12%. So what does this mean? It means our interventions are working. 38% of our students improve their overall placement from the beginning of the year. The median progress towards typical growth is 55%. Demonstrating strong major progress towards year-end expectations. 23% of our students have already met or exceeded their typical growth which again is at 100% or more by the middle of the year. One of our interventions that is working really well is Lexia. Lexia is a researchbased program and it's a program that our students attend four days a week with the volunteer teacher. As you can see in this slide right

055here, we began the year with only 9% of our students in grade level material. We're now at 36% of our students in grade level material and 7% above. I think that's pretty amazing. We went from 90% of our students working below grade level material to 56% of our students in below grade level material. You can look at it differently. We went from 10% of our students on grade level up to 44% in one semester. and 89% of our kindergarten students, 75% of our first grade students, 22% of our second grade students, and 17% of our fourth grade students moved to on or above grade level material thus far. While we're not at 100% on grade level yet, and I say yet, we are working in the right direction. Weekly, we have our Lexia superstars honored

056at our weekly assemblies. Tomorrow, we're going to have six students honored. We've already had two students pass the program completely, which means they've gotten to the end of the year fifth grade standards. This has been made possible with all the improvements with our ADA both monthtomonth and since the start of the school year. So, as we know, students can't learn if they're not in school. If you look at the overall data for ADA, you can see that we've steadily improved both year-over-year by month as well as overall altogether. And so, we're at 96.15% of positive daily attendance. Switching over to the virtual academy. This next slide shows the number of classes taken in Bonso Virtual Academy. We currently have 11 students in the program in TK through 8th and 10 in high school. Our students

057have taken 133 classes and passed 130 for a 97% pass rate. We did not we did need to return two students back to in person after the first semester due to struggles with the program. And our sweet ATP students, they hosted a winter dance and they invited students from other local high schools to join them. Our students are gaining great life skills through the food cart, custodial services, and the hands-on skills such as how to apply for a job, create a resume, and do an interview. Our upcoming events are listed next. Next week, we have a week off for President's Week. We have our next upcoming family event on the 23rd of February. This is going to be a game night. We're going to have free dinner courtesy of the Poly Casino and Chairman Smith.

058Fun games, a raffle, and a lot of fun. Our teachers are continuing to receive valuable hands-on PD for the UCI math project. We still have a Dr. Seuss Read Across America Week coming up and over lunch on the lawn the first week of March. Our multicultural night will be on March 19th. We've already received donations of handmade jewelry beaded. It's beautiful. I'm very excited. Um, and our ATP BVA field trip is going to be to the San Diego Wanola Park in March, as well as two field trips planned for our upper grade and lower grades for music with Miss G, Museum of Making Music for younger students and symphony at the ready shell for upper grade students. And of course, we'll have a PD with I Ready on the 27th of March, spring break, and

059the end of the third quarter. Shoo, how did that happen? Goes by so fast. As you can see, our students at Vivian Banks are making great gains and great progress, focusing on the circle of courage, positive traits of developing a sense of belonging, having a sense of generosity, having a sense of independence and mastery. And our students are definitely showing mastery. Thank you for letting me share. Thank you, Principal Calibris. That brings us to our board member reports. And if we can hear from our validictorian at Bonsil High School student board member, Isa Good evening everyone. So I want to start off by saying I saw a lot of familiar faces among the Vivian Bank students and it was so nice seeing them again. It really just brightens your day seeing their faces. And I

060actually had the pleasure of seeing Miss Anna in action during one of the times I was there. And I was able to see just how patient and passionate she is in what she's doing teaching the students. And also the kids just have so much fun learning with her and um getting to know more about the native and local culture which is just great um to see. And then in terms of the high school just starting with extracurricular activities, Mocktra had their fourth and last competition February 7th as Dr. goalie mentioned and um we were actually the smallest participating school but we won the most awards. Yeah. So, um that just shows like the quality and just how well we're performing in what we do. So, even if we're small in number, we're doing a great

061job. And um just to shout out the four people that got awards, it was Aaron Ariano, George Hernandez, Jackson Ramirez, and um me. So um yeah, so that was great. And then speech and debate that same day actually was in um Palma Valley um doing giving speeches at the Lions Club speech contest. So um four of our club members had the pleasure of um being able to go and participate and practice our public speaking. So, it's a great it's just great that we have a local opportunity to um go and share what we think about the topic and which was a really important topic since it's youth mental health and the opinions and thoughts that were shared um were really insightful. So, I'm glad we were able to go. Um and also in terms of

062speech and debate, we have state um qualifications at the the end of this month and the beginning of March. So we're going to participate in those and hopefully we'll be able to compete on the state level. Um then this uh earlier this week on Tuesday what it was the senior night for both boys and girls basketball and they're playing really well. The girls team is doing amazing. They won their league and are going to playoffs. So we're really excited about that. And it's important to note that because in the past they did have some struggles and didn't win the most games. So seeing that improvement um we're really proud of that. And then last night again as Dr. Goyle mentioned we had the validatory circle. Um, it was I was really glad seeing my fellow

063seniors being celebrated and we were just so like proud of each other and celebratory and just saying congrats and hugs and having the parents there as well was great. Um, so I want to give my congratulations to them. Um, yeah, I just I love being a part of the same graduating class and I look forward to giving a speech to them. And I also want to congratulate my fellow Salutoan, Leo Preston. He's amazing. He um he's just so kind and is in Japan right now. So that's really cool. And then ASB, we did an a Valentine's activity today since this year it's on a Saturday and we're planning an event for March with a dunk tank. So that will be very fun and interesting. We're hoping to get some teachers in the dunk tank. Lots

064of students will want to get them um to drop down get them wet. So, uh that um is something we're really looking forward to. And then this month, we've had a lot of field trips to the Cal State San Marcos Innovation Hub. And then the seniors also recently went to Palomar um and were able to see their main campus. So, those field trips are all super fun. Um and then the ambassadors for themies are actually heading to Bonso West Elementary soon to present about themies and we're also going there for the career day to help um support and just talk about the careers that are in line with themies. Um, and then we'll also be helping with eighth grade presentations when we have them at the high school. So, yeah. Um, I hope everyone has

065a great Valentine's Day filled with love, friends, and family, and that everyone also has a great President's Week break. So, thank you. Thank you, Isa. Trusty Ortega. >> Okay. Well, I know everybody knows I wear a lot of hats. You know, I do a lot of different things in the community. Um, I enjoy doing them. I have some time to be able to do it. Uh, some of them actually coincide with my job that I do and other times there's things that I just do as a volunteer and sometimes I get put in charge of something simply because I showed up and I get put in charge of it. So, um, you know, and I think that happens to all of us. But um along with some of those hats um I want to well

066first of all I want to congratulate Gina. She has u helped me a lot along the way. Um I've known her for several years. I knew her husband for you know more years than we care to talk about. Um and um yeah, she's been a great great help to me and you know if anytime I have a question, stuff like that, she helps me along and and um you know usually and always gets my order right for the food too. So if I order something wrong, she fixes it for me. She knows what I want anyway. So anyway, um yeah, congratulations, Gina. Um I'm also president of the Palma Valley Lions Club and along with that we have the Lions Club has a program in California where they have a speakers contest. Uh the speakers

067contest itself itself is near and dear to my heart and I was introduced to it I don't know like 12 years ago when Don Cottonelli was zone chair and he did the speakers contest and um it took me along as a a helper and I loved it. I you know I think it was something we should have kept we should keep going and um I want I don't even know how many students in the area we've had in our speakers contest but we've always had a large group coming from Bonsil and and they've always excelled and done well. Um and this this last subject um youth mental health overcoming barriers to well-being. Uh apparently it was a a very touching subject for a lot of students and it gave me an opportunity to hear from

068the students, you know, because we don't prompt them on what they're going to say. they come in and the students even though several of them came from Bonsel um they didn't have anything like that was connected with what they're talking each one of them had a totally different viewpoint on it and um it gave gave me an opportunity to hear some things of what students have seen what they observed uh what they heard about and you know some students actually were affected by the pro by programs like this and to see these students talk about these situations was actually pretty pretty intense. And um I remember a couple of students actually kind of got lost along the way and I see them look up to Mr. Hinchliff who was there and just kind of gain

069that vote of confidence to keep on going and Mr. Hinchiff is an incredible person too. So um he provides a great opportunity for these students to uh be in the speakers contest. Uh we had students from Valley Center that were there and um it was um a really great really great opportunity to hear what the students have to say about low the current issues and uh I even told the students at the end I said uh you know they brought up a lot of important points and I I'm on the school board at Monslaw. I'm probably going to use a lot of those points and I might even take credit for a lot of them if they work and u they were all okay with that. So, um, but anyway, it was it's an incredible

070program and our students did really well. Um, and you know, our one of the one of the students that was there will be going on to the next contest. Um, but it showed me that this it reminded me of the program that we have here at Bonsel. And this is where I want to address the board. you know, I'm supposed to be addressing the board anyway, but the program we have here at Bonsil when when I went to high school, I did well. I I achieved my a lot of goals. Um, I was successful, but I didn't feel like it was in a safe and loving environment. Our mission statement did not apply to me. It was written on the on the board, but it was didn't apply to me or a lot of my

071friends. When Bonso was talking about separating and becoming its own school, I mentioned it to a lot of our um a lot of my my friends over at uh Impala and a lot of us, you know, we went to Fal Brook. We're warriors, warriors at heart, you know, we've been there and but when we talked about separating from the school, and I'm not trying to talk down on Frook, but one of the things that was mentioned to me was well, they never really wanted us there anyway. We were successful there, but they didn't really want us there. And I think what I see now today with the speakers contest that we just had and with uh a lot of the current programs we have, this copeno program we have going on, you would have never

072seen that at Fber. And I know we talk about sometimes we're trying to compare our high school program to some of the local high schools. A lot of you probably don't realize that we're actually the flagship for a lot of programs. There's a lot of schools that look at us and actually copy a lot of stuff we're doing. They're now doing language programs at Valley Center. They're now doing they have they now have a pow-wow up in Great Oak, which they didn't have before, but we had our PAL days here and it became um I forget what it's called now. uh Southern California indigenous days and um these are programs that started several years ago and now other schools are actually taking that on. And when we go down to San Diego to different conferences,

073they point out some of the things that Bonso High School is doing. We're the flagship for a lot of programs. We're small, but we win awards more so than any other schools. And so I want you guys to realize the the program that you're in charge of that a you know I know we'd like to have it better. We'd like to have it bigger and we'd like to be even more successful. But you got to realize you are very successful. Um there was a story I saw in a movie where a guy would hit the ball. He was a big guy. He would hit the ball and he would only run to first base. Never ran more than that. Always ran to first base. And then one time he hit the ball really good and

074he wanted to try to go for more and he tripped over first base and fell down. Crawled back to first base and got up and everybody was laughing at him and then when he stood up he realized why they were laughing at him. He had hit the ball over the fence. You guys have to realize that you are hitting the ball over the fence right now. And do you want to hit the ball over the fence every every time you're at the bat? Of course. But you got to realize that you're doing a great job. This is a great program here at this school. And I know a lot of people that I grew up with, they didn't have good experiences in high school. And I know there kids are coming here and I seen

075a lot of them here and they're having a great experience in this program. So I'd like you all to get give yourself an applause for everything you're doing. And I see it. I see it. I see the success in our our students. I see the way they feel. I see the way their parents feel. If you remember, I mean, Vivian Banks is a very small school. very if you seen this this remember the support that they got when we were talking about continuing the program last year and the people that came up and fixed the school didn't cost the district anything the community came out and fixed the school fixed the termite problem fixed all the other issues that were addressed upgraded the school pro upgraded the classrooms and didn't charge us anything and then

076when we wanted to give them award they were like they did it just because they wanted to do it they didn't do it for an award and So, um, we have a lot of community support in our community and, um, you know, you guys are hitting the ball out of the park. You're doing a great job. So, thank you. And that's all I have to say for that. >> Thank you, Trusty Ortega. Trusty Dumbrossski. Thank you. Um, I wanted to say congratulations to you, Gina, our administrators, our world. I worked in a lot of different institutions and the ship doesn't run properly without your administrative team. So, thank you and congratulations. Welld deserved. Um, and I also wanted to say um, congratulations to the counselors that were rec recognized earlier. Counselors are an essential component.

077I know, you know, when I was in high school, my counselor was very essential to getting me, you know, to the next level. And so, they deserve congratulations, too. Um last week I had uh the pleasure of going to Bonsel High School um and speaking with the medical um track or academy I think it's called an academy with the medical academy um students and I just shared basically you know my trajectory in my career starting out as I was premed in college thought I was going to be a pediatric oncologist glad I didn't go into that but um then totally shifted and went into public health. And so, um, my job was to really kind of share with them what public health is and that you can help people without necessarily being in medicine and

078being a doctor or a nurse. And you can do, you know, a lot of good things with a lot of people if you work in public health and you're also working on health and medicine. Um, so they were a great audience and really fun to talk to. Um, and I think I'm going back to talk to the law and policy group as well. um because I was a lobbyist previously uh in DC and have had a lot of experience in policy change and um so I'm looking forward again to going back and talking um with the other academy uh there and so um I also brought them Cal State San Marco swag because I am a professor there right now um and so I had to kind of plug uh our new accelerated degree programs

079there which are in public health and wellness coaching Um, so you can kind of go in that mental health and um, social emotional wellness track too. Um, and we have accelerated degree options for that. So I brought them some swag and they really enjoyed that. Um, and um, just to share with them kind of the opportunities that are available to them locally here um, through the various uh, universities. Um, and I'm looking forward to my uh, town hall at the end of the month um, at Bonso West with our parents and community. I've been promoting it as much as I can on our community Facebook pages. Um I'm going to reach out to the HOA in our community and also try to get it in front of them to share with the broader community members.

080Um because it is just not for parents, it's also for our other community members who don't necessarily have children attending uh Bonso schools. Um, and so I I just think it's super important that we hear from as many people as possible because this is really for the future direction of this district and we need to come to a conclusion and create some action around the future of this district because if we don't do something I don't know where there is a future for you know some of the high the high school and the middle school and some of the facilities issues that we do have. So, um, and I'm just I see a lot of opportunity in talking with, you know, at our board study session when we talked with the, um, public private partnership,

081um, consultants, and there is a ton of opportunity, um, with, you know, potentially building a new building or, um, doing some kind of major facilities upgrade. I mean, we need to have a high-tech campus. We need to get our students ready for working with AI in their work in the workforce. I mean, this is coming. It's here. And so we need to prepare our students to be, you know, the best that they can be when they get out in the workforce. Um so um that's really it. And I was super excited to hear about the um wave by wave for wave. Is that the wave for Yes. So fun fact, my dissertation was on community based enterprises. a little theory analysis for you, but I worked with corner stores in Chicago and I really looked

082at how corner store owners encompass a community-based enterprise identity and I was like, "Oh my gosh, they're community-based enterprise like as they were talking up here." Um, and so it totally brought me back to my dissertation and I was just like, that's so amazing. Um, but it reminded me of a a barber shop in Chicago who did a similar thing and offered free haircuts for kids that would come in and read a story to them. And so they would give them free haircuts for reading the story. So I love it. I love the connection with the local businesses because they really are our assets in our communities. And so I work a lot with grocery stores, corner stores, dollar stores, hoping to work more dollar stores in the area here. Um and so just continuing

083that relationship with small business owners, I think is really key, too. So that's all. Thank you. >> Thank you, Dr. Drowski. Mr. customer chat. >> All right. I would like to thank uh Dr. and Allan and Laura and Caroline Brown. Um they came out on Monday and spent a few hours with community members and I really appreciate it because I know after a long day it's it's the last thing you kind of want to do. You want to get home and get dinner and and get going. But really appreciate and I just want to say thank you. Thank you, Trusty Merch. Trusty Gatis. >> Hello. Um, first thing I want to do is, of course, I want to say congratulations to Gina because in all honesty, this is probably one of the most deserved awards

084because everyone always says, "Oh, it's welldeserved." This one really is welld deserved. I mean, I'm serious. This this person holds this district together. I mean, she's got a giant thing of duct tape back there and she does it. And so, you do a great job, Gina. I'm glad you're fine. I love I saw seeing your picture up there so big. I was so I was so proud, you know. So, so that I feel really great for you. Uh the second thing I want to do is all you guys saw picture of me up there and I was leaning over at the kindergarten room and I was helping a kindergartener and it was kind of funny because their little project was they had all these little pictures they cut out and on one side of their

085paper it says words that start with wh and on the other side it said words that do not start with wh. So, I was watching the the little girl that was in front of me and she had a picture of a cat and she started putting on the wh side and I'm like, "Oh, she's wrong." And I just I I what do I do? Do I like tell her she's wrong? I mean, I would feel embarrassed. And then I look across the way and the girl little girl across the way also put it on the wh side and I'm like, and I look over and there's a little boy and he did it, too. And I'm like, "Okay, something's going on here. Why are they all putting a cat on the wh?" Then I noticed

086that there was a little arrow to the whiskers. And so, the point is, I would Yeah, the point is I was wrong, they were right. And so I'm I'm man enough to tell you that. So, um I also want to say congratulations to the mock trial. I think that that was a you know a very huge accomplishment. Um, it is it's it's very intense and it's al but it's also it's it's just a way to experience a real life scenario and to and to do it well against the competition that you're going up against is impressive. And so I just want to say I'm very very happy that we have these these um you know the speech and debate and the mock trial and all of these things that I because you know learning how

087to speak and learning how to um articulate your positions is a skill that you'll take be it's beyond anything. You're going to use it all the time in your life. And so for us to be you know helping these kids you know practice it and and and make it and perfect it is is really good. Um the last thing I want to kind of mention is um kind of on a little serious note. Um you know we have facilities coming up and we have you know discussions over what's going to happen and you know just different possibilities that could occur you know and I so here's what I want to talk about. There's a there's a philosopher named John RS. I don't know if any of you know who John RS is. John RS wrote

088he's a Harvard professor. Um and he well he was a Harvard professor for many years and he wrote a book that is very difficult to read and it is very intense. It probably each page probably takes 10 times as long as a normal page because you got to figure out what he's saying. Uh but he did come up with a thought experiment that was very interesting and his thought experiment was when you are in a position where you make decisions. um he said that you have it's he called it the original position and what's interesting about the original position is that each person who has to make a decision has to put what they call a veil of ignorance on now what that means is is that I let's say I have to pretend that

089I do not know who I am in the community I have to make a decision from a s such an objective standpoint that I don't know where I stand in the community I don't know if I'm rich or poor or if you know I or where I am. And the reason that is is because when you do that, every decision that you make, you have to make with the possibility that you are the person that's going to be most ad adversely affected by your decision. And so when you do that, that makes you really look at what you're deciding and it makes you empathetic to every position because I don't know if I'm the person that could be there because I have a veil of ignorance on I could very well be the person that's

090most adversely affected. And so I guess what I'm saying to everybody is when you make decisions, not only should you keep an open mind, like I said last time, right? And and be willing to to to uh you know to discuss, you know, and um contrary viewpoints and do so with a uh in a manner that is is uh legitimate, right? not necessarily um listening to somebody w with anticipating your response while they're talking but actually listening to what they're saying and and kind of you know kind of uh taking what they're saying and comparing it to what you believe and then from there you can either ratify modify or abandon your own position and that's how people should do it. Now in today's world that doesn't happen. If you watch all of our congressional

091committees and you watch all the stuff going on and say people are talking over everybody, nobody is listening to anybody. Everybody's trying to win. And that's not really the way it's supposed to work, but that's the way it does. So I think my whole point is this. My whole point is that as we get through and we start looking at different possibilities, whether it be building a road, I mean a school on guard road or we need to we need to understand and be empathetic and appreciate everybody's position. And that means even positions that we strongly disagree with and we have to listen to their position and we have to say okay is there anything in their position that we can use. Is there anything there that is is going to help us? Is there

092any way that we can somehow breach make a common ground? Right? Because everybody always wants to win. Each side always wants their side to win. Right? That's what that's what it comes down to. But the in the real world they're just as passionate as we are about our position. So, it's one of those things where that you have two firmly committed groups. And so, the goal is to try to find if there's any middle ground or common ground. And so, what I want to make sure is that we as a board when we go forward, we make sure that we listen to people and we take the other other people's sides. Even if we don't like what we hear, we need to listen to it and we need to see if there's any validity to

093it or if there's any way to do it because like the original position says, you know, we could imagine that we could be that person. So I think I only want to do that say that because as this goes on I just want everyone to remain civilized. I want everyone to to take everybody's opinion uh respectfully and to really think and analyze it because that's the only way we're going to have progress because at the end of the day we might not agree on something but at least we'll have a respect for each other that we well they at least listen to us and we can say well they you know and vice versa but if we don't all we're going to get is adversarial and and that does that's not productive. And so I

094just wanted to that's what I want to do is just make sure everybody keeps that in mind as we go forward. So thank you. >> Thank you Trusty Gatis. Good evening everyone. Uh most everyone in this room uh knows that I'm a passionate advocate for the arts in public education. Uh music, visual art, performance. Uh those are the places where students discover courage, collaboration, discipline, and ultimately their own voices. Um, the arts are where confidence takes root. While many California public schools have had to scale back or eliminate music programs altogether, Bonsel Unified continues to invest in them. That is intentional and it speaks to who we are and what we stand for. I love seeing the arts thrive across BUSD this Valentine's week. Our Sullivan Middle School Show Choir performs with heart and flare,

095including Bright and Early at Rotary today. Uh that level of excellence grows from the dedication of families and the steady leadership of Miss Stacy Pakor who has shaped musical programs at Bonso Unified School District for more than a quarter century. While when our young singers step into the broader community with joy and polish, it reminds people what public education does well. In that same spirit, young voices sharing songs from Paula brighten the opening of our meeting. I want to recognize Anna Ramachoir through the Koopa Cultural Center whose work supports our Vivian Banks learners and sustains the Coupeno language through music. Hearing it here reminds us that education is not just academic. It is cultural comm continuity, stewardship and belonging. We are fortunate to serve families whose roots run deep in this region. As for the

096visual arts, I encourage everyone to review the information sent yesterday about the upcoming Bonsel Women's Club, Bonsel Unified School District Stages of Inspiration Art Contest and show. I look forward to hundreds of 2D, 3D, and photography submissions from students across all five of our schools on display May 6th. Creative courage builds academic fortitude. Now, turning to the broader responsibilities before us. As board members, we steward a district that spans 88 square miles from Pala to Pendleton. That is a varied and geographically complex landscape. Decisions here may decisions made here ripple across every corner of it. Across California, communities like ours navigate housing demand, environmental responsibility, economic development, and emerging industries like cannabis. These conversations spark strong reactions. They influence long-term planning capacity and intersect directly with facilities realities demanding clarity, not reflex. Development in our

097region is not abstract. That the significant land movement that we see along Lilac makes that clear. Growth is visible and it heightens the urgency of establishing a long-term facilities plan and scaffolding it responsibly. Doing so will require creativity, collaboration, and multiple funding pathways, including partnership, and potential bond support from our community. Planning now with clarity positions us to act with confidence rather than constraint. We must approach this moment with a measure twice, cut once mindset. Land use and facilities decisions are generational. The choices that we make today influence patterns long after we leave our seats. I believe in neighborhood elementary schools that honor the needs of the immediate neighbors that they serve. When campuses are thoughtfully embedded with their within their surroundings, families experience the difference in shorter commutes, safer routes, and stronger connections between

098school and home. Later this evening, the board will consider an action item related to coordination with municip Rainbow Municipal Water District. That step strengthens alignment among our infrastructure partners. School facility planning requires intentional scaffolding with fire protection, law enforcement, and utilities so that growth and readiness move forward in step. The Bonso Unified School District exists so that students flourish academically, socially, and as whole human beings. That requires vision and steadiness. It requires examining enrollment patterns honestly, and planning in ways that strengthen continuity as students move from one grad span to the next. Governance calls us to widen the lens, to look beyond immediate pressure to and toward durable solutions, to balance fiscal responsibility with educational integrity, to serve every one of our 88 square miles with equal care. There is a passage in Romans 13

099that says, "Love your neighbor as yourself. Love does no harm to a neighbor." However one interprets that, the principle endures. Decisions made without regard for neighbors rarely stand the test of time. Families want safe routes to school. Longtime residents want rural car character repres respected. Educators want thoughtful planning. New families want opportunity. Across our district, each of these priorities deserves deliberate consideration. Bonsel moves forward best when we keep the long view in focus. When we remember that students are watching not only what we decide, but how we decide it. When we build conscientiously and with the courage to bridge to the future rather than to react to the moment. As we enter the year of the firehorse, a cycle that comes only once every 60 years, we are reminded that some seasons call for boldness

100anchored by discipline, strength guided by purpose, momentum directed with intention. May we carry that spirit into the work ahead. Thank you. >> And that brings us to our consent agenda. Is there a motion to approve? >> Motion to approve. >> Second. All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously. Bringing us to our information items. We have our first information item, which is the annual midyear update to the uh LCAP, the local control accountability plan and uh local control funding formula budget overview for parents and the learning recovery emergency block grant. Thank you so much. So, this is a presentation that I'm going to share with you that was actually prepared by Dr. Pendleton. she was not able to be here tonight so I am presenting this in herstead but in the past I did

101present this same update so hopefully that's uh that's something that will be very comfortable so this is the midyear update for our LCAP and just to give you a little bit of background information and most of the board here has seen a similar presentation before Dr. Dr. Dumbrossski, this will be uh newer for you as well as for our student board rep. But a little bit of background, Senate Bill 114 added a requirement that school districts have to present a report on annual update on our current year LCAP by February 28th at a regularly scheduled board meeting. uh and and at this meeting what we're supposed to do is give you any midyear outcome data that we have related to the metrics identified in the LCAP and also some information about the midyear expenditure and

102implementation data on the things that we've identified. As you know, the LCAP is a state accountability compliance document. It is a strategic planning document. It's very intense. It's very um lengthy and the intent of it really is to focus primarily on students who are lowincome English learners, foster youth. The purpose of obviously is ensuring equity and accountability in education. But that is something that needs to be called out throughout the entire document how we are specifically supporting those students. It's on a three-year cycle. So we have year one was 2425. uh this is year two and then this same LCAP will be carried through year three and the the document is rather extensive as I mentioned. So what Dr. Pendleton did is she linked it for you and I think that this is something that

103I'm not sure if she shared it in advance but this was shared this will be shared out. It has to be available on our website. You have an opportunity to take a look at it. Like I said, it's very lengthy and due to the large number of metrics and actions, what she has done is curated some information from the report just to share with you a little bit about the organization and of the report and also to give a few highlights. And first, one of the um elements is reporting on our uh budget overview for parents. I'm actually going to ask Mrs. Castro to come up and share a little bit about this slide. Thank you Dr. Cully. So you have over here in front of you uh a table that is comparing the total

104LCFF funding uh projected at budget adoption. This was part of the LCAP and and presented in the budget overview for parents. So the total difference between the budget adoption amount and the last board approved budget which is the first internal report presented in December is about $130,000 difference and the difference is represented by um different factors including the decrease in enrollment that you are aware that um it happened. So it was the data was certified on December. So we had the increase on the projection when we the budget was adopted. It's a reminder that the deadlines for certain information to be available, it doesn't match when we have it doesn't align properly when we had to do some reporting. So, you do the report first and then you you confirm other data and you have

105to some do some adjustments. So, that's the difference $130,000 between the two reporting periods. On the positive side, we did an adjustment on the on the enrollment, but consequently, we had to do an adjustment on the 88 as well. But on the positive side is we did see an increase on the adds on. It's an additional funding to TK. The prior rate was $3,48,000 add-ons for ADA on TK. The new rate it comes to 5,545. So that helps to mitigate the deficit or the fiscal impact on the decrease in enrollment in consequence to the ADA projection. In addition to that, we have um still under the same um legality of being funded or whatever year is higher on funding or NADA in this case prior year. That's why the total impact is not as much

106as will be if we don't have these two um other factors impacting the the net of the um difference between the two two years I mean the two reports the total LCFS supplemental because we don't receive concentration we're not there yet uh is about $17,000 we did have a decrease in enrollment in addition to that we did have a decrease and unduplicated pupil counts from 1 uh,122 to 978 and that's also reflected in the overall total LCFA funding uh that is um listed right there. Now these are not the final numbers as you know because we are funded on P2 the second PR principal aortionment report based on ADA and that comes on April. So that's prepared on April. That's when we're going to have the final numbers on the total allocation for the district

107for this funding which is the state um funding and the our major source of revenue to support our operation activities in the district. So >> thank you. >> Back to Dr. Gully. >> Yes. >> Thank you, Mrs. Castro. Okay, so a few um quick reminders. First, the structure of the LCAP. It's important to know that at this point in the school year, some metrics are unknown, some are in progress, and some are known. And so, you will see that indicated throughout the document uh in that in that column. And similarly, LCAP expenditures and implementation, there might be some that haven't been started yet, depending upon when they're scheduled throughout the year. Some might be in progress and some might have already been completed. and an update on LCAP action actions are shared with expenditures through

108the first interim budget update. Okay. Now the goals that we have in the LCAP are primarily they have to be aligned to the eight state priorities and they're in three larger buckets. So the first goal is in that bucket of enabling conditions and that goal is that we will ensure resource stewardship provides for a safe, secure and dynamic environment where all learners belong and thrive. And for each goal, again, these are only snapshots, but for each goal, you will see a section on the metrics, you will see expected annual measurable objectives, and you can also see that there will be a metric, a baseline, and if there's any mid-year outcome data, it's going to be detailed in that column. Now, in this in this screenshot, what Dr. Pendleton wanted to point out just as one

109of the metrics is that there has been remarkable growth in the college and career indicator and that's uh where students are identified as prepared according to metrics that the state uh looks at and we have increased from 21.7% to 64.1% according to their metrics which is a 42point increase that's more than tripling the number of graduates meeting rigorous readiness criter criteria and A3G completion rates rose from 38% to 63% in just two reporting cycles. So that means that when we built this at last year that um we've actually already exceeded our desired outcome of increasing CCI by 10% but we're going to keep going. We also noticed that our student grades this has been consistent. We show improvement from baseline measures while remaining relatively consistent with last year's outcomes. Our overall performance in ELA remained

110fairly stable and the most encouraging indicator I think is that the all students group moved from 0.1 points below standard to 7.4 points above standard and that represents real growth in overall proficiency which is great. Math shows slight upward movement from last year. We know that this is an area where we're um working to improve but we're moving in the right direction. um but still not not quite there. She also wanted to point out that this year we've made a significant and intentional investment in highquality instructional materials. So you see a large amount there in the total funds budgeted and then the mid-year expenditures and some of those that we wanted to highlight. We did have a pretty major investment in new mathematics elementary curriculum and that includes manipulatives that are necessary for that curriculum.

111also professional learning and we have develop we have purchased a new reading screener a universal reading screener elementary handwriting curriculum and a new secondary Spanish curriculum. So those are just some of the highlights there within that particular allocation. Now goal two this is along the um lines of engagement. So the the larger bucket there is engagement. And goal two is that we'll foster a collaborative, trusting, and equitable culture among students, families, and all educational partners through intentional engagement that is creative and meaningful. And for this, a few things to highlight. We have really continued to make strong progress in reducing chronic absenteeism. You heard from some of our principles. This has been an intentional effort. We've moved from 19% to 12.5%. Remember, that's the correct direction. you want to go down in chronic absenteeism. And

112for our socially or socioeconomically disadvantaged students, we moved from what they consider the red category at 26.2% to yellow at 15.4. So that's improving. Bonsel Elementary improved from 28.6 to 18.6, which is a really good improvement. And their SED students declined from 39.2 to 24%. Again, in this area, a decline is good. Um to reach our three-year goal of green at 10%, we're going to continue focused outreach, early intervention, and consistent attendance supports. And there are um similar to goal one, there will be actions and expenditures that will be highlighted here. An example is uh I think some of the actions that are related to our English learner parent supports. Okay. This year, one addition, this is a little bit different. The state has required that we integrate what is called the learning recovery emergency

113block grant funding that we're receiving into the LCAP. So, they want it reported out uh to ensure transparency and alignment. We are in year one of a three-year allocation of this learning recovery emergency block grant. The year one funding allocation is $81,268 and that is supporting uh school psychologist our data platform that we're just uh engaging with and also the elementary student leadership curriculum and that is something that you will see each year for the next two years because it's a three-year block grant that we're receiving. Now our third goal which the larger bucket of this one has to do with learner outcomes. Bonsel Unified will create highquality customized learning and assessment methods that will result in increased academic success and future readiness for every student. So that's our goal related to learner outcomes for

114the LCAP. And our metrics for this goal are varied. You have heard um from some of them. The these are you'll continue to hear our principles share outcomes and data with you through their princip principal reports primarily, but you can go through each of those in depth. and also our uh professional development is a good example of an expenditure and implementation related to this goal. Our professional development investments are aligned to those new instructional materials and they really are focusing more on ongoing coaching. You heard the principles reference the math Irvine project as an example and that's something that we've been receiving a lot of wonderful feedback on from our teachers. They're enjoying the embedded coaching model that that represents and it's supporting implementation of the new Eureka Math Squared curriculum which is very helpful.

115We also have professional development in Jane Schaefer in Orton Gillingham. Uh we need development of our universal reading screener. The CPI which is the crisis prevention institute that's for positive behavior support GLAD strategies responsible AI use. It really does run the gamut. There's quite a bit in that which is why you see a large um allocation and together with our new textbook adoptions these efforts are intended to build teacher capacity and support improved outcomes in math literacy and school climate. So that is the format of the uh LCAP midyear update and this year we again this is a three-year cycle. So what Dr. Pendleton is now preparing is a series of LCAP forums, a launch of a survey where we ask for more information on the goals and the actions and the expenditures. She'll meet

116with DACA, she'll meet with ENLAC, we'll look at uh superintendent's advisory committee, the the student council, etc. to gather more input input from educational partners. That feedback will help inform the revisions and updates, any updates that we may have for next year since that's the third year of the three-year cycle. So, any questions? >> I don't have a question, but I have a comment. That's a lot of acronyms. >> I know. And if there's any that that you need me to spell out, unfortunately, my head is literally filled with them. Yes, I could I could speak to you in so many acronyms. And education, we do that a lot. I apologize. >> I remember when we had our uh California School Boards Association training, there was literally a glossery, I suppose, was this thick of

117just all the alphabet soup as it relates to education. >> Yes, >> that's district English learner advisory committee and native learner advisory committee and local control accountability uh plan. >> Yes. >> It's almost like I know. I know. It's taken me. This is year 31, so I have a lot of a lot of time to practice with them. Okay. All right. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. >> And that brings us to our second information item, which is a presentation. Caroline Brown, uh, you are up for facilities planning update. >> Thank you very much for having me. Um, Gina, those flowers are very much You have a different smell over here just so that you know. >> No, that's fine. They're beautiful and congratulations. Um, so we are here for the um

118update of the facilities planning for this month. Um, I'm going to go over the uh workshop that we did on February 3rd. Uh, talk to you a little bit about some current and future ongoing tasks. And uh we have calendared a b board workshop for March 10th and we'll go over some of the agenda items for for that. And then this is our grounding for our um uh framework of the future. We already talked about that. So we'll just move right on. Um a review of the February 3rd um board study session. We talked about Proposition 39 GEO bonds and we shared a timeline of uh tasks that need to be accomplished for meeting to uh the November 26th election or to the November 28th election. Um we need to uh gather a team of

119consultants. Uh we need to represent uh talk with the San Diego taxpayer association and see what their requirements are. um identify a projects list and some cost estimates which I believe we're going to dive into at the March meeting um and do some education and outreach and then form the command uh campaign committee. Um we do need to get our consultants team together. We already have a municip municipal advisor and we are going to need to engage in bond council as the first two uh fi uh team members that we need to gather before the other ones we need to put together in order to do the full bond effort. Uh we also had Angie come and talk about the 78912 configuration and what some of the challenges might be for a configuration like that.

120um intentional design considerations, some articulation, some coursework, age appropriate socialization areas, etc. Um then we also talked about the RFP that's out on the street for architects right now to give us a uh condition assessment of our West Lilac campus along with some um master planning for the site uh a TK6, a 78, and a 912 uh as an option to add to that contract. um we will be getting uh submissions by February 26 and we'll be back to you uh for authorization to go into a um contract with them. We also summarize the focus group uh goals that we have established the grade level configuration consistency districtwide and in balancing enrollment across the elementary schools. Um we also engaged with a consultant on overview of public private partnerships and how we might be able

121to engage in that particular code that allows us to do colllocation of compatible entities. Um and then the board direction we received at that meeting uh last week was to go ahead and submit the letter of intent to SDCTA signed by Dr. which has been completed. Uh we are going to are to develop clear uh improvement plans including a timeline prior to conducting any computer uh any community survey to assess support and that should say of a potential geo bond. Um and then to develop an education plan and explore all funding and partnership opportunities and to prepare an economic analysis of the variety of the various public private partnerships that might be out there to um create an income stream for the district's facilities program. Um and we also need to determine the county of

122San Diego's development preferences and what the level of support would be for a development in the Bonsel area. and we will be conducting uh comm additional community outreach. Um so I'm going to back on that slide. Just a few other comments. Um just wanted you to know that Oh no, not there. Um so the steps we've completed to date is we've got a lot of meetings under our belt with the Bonsel advisory committee and then the various focus groups we put together. uh we've engaged with an architect for um evaluation of the lilac site and then we've scheduled multiple parent and community forums and trustee town hall meetings that are coming. Um so we have a lot of things that we've done over the last 18 months that are leading us up to making some

123big decisions. So underway um we need to continue gathering. We want to hear from everybody across the 88 square miles of Bonsel School District. We want to explore all funding opportunities including public private partnerships. Um balancing enrollment at the elementary and re-evaluating our district transfer uh trends and policies uh to assess uh current and projected student populations, identify school configuration options, educational specifications, and financial impacts. Um we've uh continuing the outreach. I've actually uh talked with the county of San Diego today about some of their um development priorities for this area as well as some commercial entities. Uh I'm up to nine uh so far this week. Um and then we do need to talk about procuring a bond consultant in the communications and voter survey area. And then I did receive the SDCTA application

124criteria, evaluation criteria this week and that packet will be is very similar but a little bit more condensed. Uh it will be due May 1st of this year. So um as you know since December we've engaged with someone who can help us figure out whether we can do the public private partnership and then we revisited in December the staff revisited the table of configuration options that we originally put together in 2023 and it's gone through a few renditions and versions um through December of 25. So, what we'd like to do in the next couple of weeks is bring that configuration options back to the table and u marry it with um and have the options laid out so that we can have some discussion about what our options are um at the March meeting. And

125then I already mentioned that we received the direction last week to reach out to some firms to see if there was any partnership opportunities um having conversations with lots of people around the community about that and it's being received um positively and kind of oh well let's explore some more. So we've got a couple more meetings um coming up on the books for that. Any discussion items at this point um before we move forward? Okay. Um any additional items that you would like to discuss at the March 10th meeting? Uh if we do the deep dive into configurations, what other kinds of items do you think we would we would like to surface at that meeting? I think from what I've been hearing uh from the board workshop and as we're moving forward that um

126and I agree with uh trustee Merchant um and uh we we've said it before that we need a clear plan to communicate. So we need to have um a high level vision of where the district is looking to go long term and what the steps are that are necessary to achieve that long-term vision. So uh as you talked if you can maybe go back a slide uh to >> did I do that >> under the steps underway? Sorry maybe not that far back. Go down the other way. >> Second to last or something. >> The uh this >> slide uh 10 11. It just went by too fast. 11. No, 10. >> One more. One one more back. >> There we go. Uh I see under there identifying school configuration options, educational specifications, and financial

127impacts. I think that that's the area we're still most vague on in terms on uh on h you know even as at a board level before even presenting it communitywide and I think that that would be very helpful to have more um details. I think if if we if we take time to look at the configuration options with the light of education specifications like what do we want what does a high school need to be? What size does it what do we need to size it as? What relationships do the buildings all have and then be able to take that and plop it basically anywhere. So just so that we can set the education goals and the education program and then we can move into the tougher discussions of where and the financial impacts. Does

128that >> I think that would be great. >> Okay, that's what >> and and I think we al also need to start thinking about as we're developing what does this look like? Um what is the phasing by which this needs to happen? Um as we start looking at where does this need to happen. So, you know, we need to be um mindful that there is a broader lens of detail that needs to happen as it relates to, you know, the financial implications and um just the overarching impact to the 88 square miles at large. >> Yes. Thank you. >> Do we need to take a formal vote for that or is that sufficient? I think that's if we're okay, we'll just proceed with that and if something comes up, we can we can make adjustments.

129>> Great. >> Um, so we have our regular slide of all the engagement that's coming up. Looking forward to being here on February 26 with um Dr. Brent Dumbrski for the Bonsel West. That'll be fun. >> Is that here or is it Bonsel West? >> It'll be at Bonsel West. Okay. Um and then um all the other the other town halls and some uh well some of the other meetings, the coffee with superintendent, the other staff meetings, um other site meetings are going to all be determined after the we get through all of the town halls because we're going to have a quite a good meeting schedule coming forward. And then if you have on your calendar the March 10th um and then this well the other thing we want to discuss with you on

130March 10th is the survey data. We have a couple hundred uh responses right now. We're continuing to disseminate on a on a a broader audience. Um we're analyzing the open-ended questions. There was quite a bit of narrative to go through there. Um, and then we would like to do some preliminary survey results on March 10th, knowing that that's going to be preliminary because we're not done with the town halls yet. Um, and then we'll close that uh survey after the town halls and then that we just talked about that other discussion activity. So, as it relates to the uh survey data, um 244 responses is getting close to that kind of that sweet spot of 300. Uh which, you know, you're looking at a 95% confidence interval generally speaking statistically. >> Uh but that being

131said, you know, it would be nice to make sure that we are garnering as much community voice as possible. To that end, can you uh give a little more detail as to uh what groups we've reached out to um in order to make sure that we're representing the district at large in terms of disseminating that? >> Yes. >> Dr. Golly, do you want to do the work? >> So, so far we have disseminated to staff and to all of our families and on social media and a lot of people are helping to spread that. I know that we're starting to look for other avenues. I shared it for example with Rotary this morning and if we have more ideas for other groups that would be helpful in disseminating. I would love to hear more ideas.

132We also are compiling a list of HOA contacts and we have a good list I think so far and we um we're just trying to double check because some of them I think are a little outdated but we're sending to HOAs and asking them if they could please send to any of their distribution their email distribution lists because it is a challenge to get to people who don't have um people you know students connected to the schools. So trying to go as broad as possible. >> Are those HOAs being cooperative? Uh and can you maybe give me a list of what those HOAs are? >> Awesome. >> What I can do is since we're we have a good start so far, I could share it with with the board and if you have other HOAs

133that you're aware of, definitely please share. >> Well, isn't there also what are those? Is it next door? Isn't that what that that that community that's online where it connects people within a certain geographic area? Um like for example like everybody within a certain radius in my house or does you know you could say oh there's a dog on the street or you know that kind of stuff. I'm sure a lot of people in our community have next door and I think if we could somehow either you know find the people who who have the access to that they could post on their next door and about stuff like that too just to get you know community uh you know awareness up. And to that end, I know that we're talking about putting it on

134um like our I I imagine Bonsel Unified School District Facebook page and whatnot, but there's also um HOAs that have their own groups. If we have access to, you know, because people are already online to be able to click on the survey, that would be great. >> Yes, I already shared to our three Facebook groups, both the town hall and the survey. So, and people are always posting on there about kids on their ebikes. So, hopefully they'll take a minute to look at the survey. And then this was just a list of um what we just talked about. So, we'll just skip over that. We don't need to watch the video again, right? Uh and then in conclusion, we're we're going ahead and putting all of these presentations up on the website so that people

135can read the history. And that's just the history for the last 18 months. There's some of us who've been working on this for a decade or more. >> Thank you. It's a lot of work. >> Dr. Gully wanted to clap. We should clap. We're getting tired. I I it's it's uh facilities is an exhausting topic. Um that brings us to our action items for the evening. Um action item 9.1. This is a resolution 26-02-01 authorizing the execution of the joint exercise of powers agreement for the establishment of the Bonso Unified School District Rainbow Municipal Water District Joint Powers Financing Authority. And I'd like to go ahead and motion to approve this. Sorry. >> Second it. Oh, do we want to do it before we approve it or do we want to do it after we

136approve it? So, or assuming we approve it, after we vote for it. So, the uh do we have any questions that we want to ask of uh of our guests that are in the audience before we vote on this item? >> They they've been waiting a long time. They have come up with come up with a question if you don't have >> we we've got uh C uh is it CEO or um your title? It's Jake Wy, general manager and a board member with Lisa Hoffman. So, thank you so much for being here. So, we have a motion. Is there a second? >> I'll second it. >> All in favor? >> I. >> So, thank you very very much for being here. Um, we're super excited. I absolutely want to bring you both up to

137the podium and if you can just share a little bit more. I know this has been a uh really uh important collaborative discussion that we've been having between our agencies and I'd love for all of us to get on the same page as to what this exactly means. So, >> Okay. That's great. Thank and thank you for having me. Um yeah, first I just want to thank uh yeah, Dr. um your support consultants. I mean, it's really a dynamic team that we've been working with for for quite a while. And u and it's been really a great collaboration. Um I also appreciate the board approving that. I was I was saying for considering it. I was I was assuming, but that's great. Um I I I do I think this is a unique uh partnership.

138Um, I think a lot of people would would look at it as very unique partnership. Um, but we share a lot in common. Um, you talked about a 85 square mile boundary. Is that is that what I heard? >> 88. We're we're 85. Sorry, I mixed them up. Uh, our our geographically we're almost aligned, right? The the the folks that we serve. Um, so I think that in itself, you know, when it comes to development projects and things like that kind of uh puts us in the same boat, right? We're all working on on the same things. Um and I another thing I I think you know you can look at a lot of different ways but we also have tremendous facilities needs uh at the water district both our administrative facilities and and 350

139miles of buried pipeline that needs to be replaced and you know uh 13 pump stations and reservoirs and all those all those kind of things. I think we might be a little bit more under the radar on the facilities needs but but they're certainly still great. Um, and I think the the probably the the biggest thing we share in common, um, I'm the general manager of the water district, but I don't commute here. I'm I live in your school district. I I I'm a rateayer of my own water district. Um, and so I think the biggest thing is I think we all share uh this big overarching goal of serving our community not just well, but extremely well, right, with excellence. And so, um, so I think this kind of all those things have kind

140of made this where we went, this is a unique partnership, but it actually really fits. I I think it really fits. Um, I think as far as just the nuts and bolts of of what we're talking about here, um, I think we've got some really good items in there, having two members of each uh, uh, you know, the district and the school district making up the board, I think it makes sure we're aligned, right? we're aligned on on everything going forward. So, I think that was a really good thing as part of this agreement. Um, and I know we've been through we've all been through kind of these CFD formations and and things where it probably didn't feel quite like a partnership or uh collaborative and and I think this actually forces it, right? Brings

141brings more local control and and kind of brings that. So, um I think that's great. I also love the the schedule flexibility. We're going to schedule monthly meetings, but we could cancel when we don't need them. We're not going to probably meet monthly on on these, but there will be some some activity, I think, especially uh here in the beginning. Um, again, I just want to thank you. Uh, I think this is really the start of something. I think it incrementally starts to address the challenges that we both have and and I think we all want to hit a home run, right? The guy that fell down and you didn't realize he had hit a home run. That's a great story. But I think sometimes we got to load the bases first, right? And I

142and I think that's what we're doing here. So, um, again, thank you. I do have Director Hoffman with me. She, uh, represents division one, which is Bonsel. Um, so I appreciate her coming. She's part of this partnership. We're all part of this partnership. So, um, anyways, thank you. If you have any questions for me, I'm happy to answer them. But, uh, yeah, appreciate appreciate the partnership. >> Are there any questions for >> Well, I wanted to say that I read up on it and I looked into the history and stuff and I was already sold on it by the time he walked in the door here. So, you know, I was just waiting for anybody else if they had any questions. But I think we're all in agreement that this is a nice thing. So

143>> if you >> help me, help you. >> And then he likes my stories. He likes my story, too. So that was going to sell it, too. And and one of the things that comes up um in you know planning and land use discussions you know especially you can see it at the bonsel community sponsor group level is that there has uh historically been a uh discussion in our community in the rural outlying communities of San Diego County in general that a lot of times there's development that comes into our areas without the infrastructure in place to support it. And I see this type of partnership being very instrumental in making sure that we have the infrastructures the infrastructure scaffolding in place to actually you know be working towards having what we need as a

144community internally to support our people that are already here as well as those that are coming rather than trying to react to the development that you know we have to you know make sure that we're accommodating. So, I'm very grateful that there is such wonderful discussion and partnership and I'm looking forward to trying to be a little bit more proactive as a community to to, you know, meet the needs of all of everyone involved. So, >> yeah. Excellent. Well, thank you. >> Thank you. >> And that brings us to action item 9.2. This is the California State Employees Association, the CSEA Bonsel chapter uh number 703, the sunshined articles for 2025 2006 uh negotiations uh with BS Unified School District. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries

145unanimously. Uh and in uh following that uh also with the CSCA this is the uh district sunshine articles uh for 2526 negotiations with CSEA association and the bonsel chapter 703. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously bringing us to action item 9.4. This is the resolution 26-02-02 for classified employees reduction in force for the 2026 27 school year. >> Just a couple things kind of what we talked about was that they that these employees would give priority for full-time within the realm of what the agreements are but that um and that um if they leave at the end of the school year that they they don't have to take the devotion that we will make it they can get unemployment if that they desire and also

146if um we can look to help them navigate the healthcare issue with Cover California. >> Yes, we will do everything we we can with within the law to support um employees um if they do in fact uh leave our um school district. >> Yes. And they have >> Yes. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Is there a motion to approve? >> So move. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously bringing us to action item 9.5. This is the Bonsel Unified School District Comprehensive School Safety Plan, the CSSP for school year 202526. >> Motion to approve. Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously bringing us to action item 9.6. This is the memorandum of understanding between Santa Clara County Office of Education and Bons Unified School District for

147the behavioral health bridge grant. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously. Bringing us to action item 9.7, the 2025 Bonso Unified School District independent auditors report. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously. Action item 9.8. This is theou between B USD and CSEA for special education data and compliance specialist position. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. Motion carries unanimously bringing us to our last action item for today. This is board policy 1313 uh civility. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously bringing us to our public comment portion of our meeting. Miss McCannernney, do we have anybody here to speak on any of

148our topics that are not on the agenda? >> In which case, this brings us to future planning. We've had a rather detailed and extensive calendar that was presented as it relates to facilities. So, there's lots and lots of meetings that people in the community can come and learn more about what we're looking to accomplish as it relates to land use. Other than that, um uh specifically, we have uh Trusty Dumbrossski in area A who will be holding a town hall at Bonsel West Elementary School on Thursday, February 26th at 5:00 pm. Uh there's also uh a special board workshop planned for Tuesday, March 10th at 4 PM in the Bonsel Community Center and that's preceding the Bonsel Community Sponsor Group that same evening if anyone's interested. Um and there is an open seat on that

149board if anyone is interested in that. And the uh next regular meeting of the Bonsil Unified School District governing board of trustees, it will be held on Thursday, March 12th at the Bonsel Community Center, close session 4:30, open session 6 pm. And with that, we are adjourned at 8:32. Thank you. Thank you everybody for being here. Happy Valentine's Day and happy year of the Firehorse.