BUSD - Board Meeting - 9/11/25

001Good evening and welcome to the regularly scheduled September meeting of the Bonsil Unified School District Board of Trustees. We'll start with a roll call starting with our student board rep. If you can just say your name and that you're here. >> Isa and I'm here. >> Erica here. >> Pascal here. >> Roger Merchant here. >> Michael Gav is here. and Lissa Anderson here. We're all here and accounted for. Um, if we could all rise. We have a special uh version of the uh pledge of allegiance today from one of our esteemed guests. [Music] I'm Riley. Today is Thursday, September 11th, and welcome to the Daily Wildcat. Thank you Bonsel Unified School District and board for having us this evening. and I'm also Riley. Let's have a moment of silence for all the heroes and victims

002of September 11th, 2001. Thank you. Through our remembrance, we realize our strength and unity as a nation. >> Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. Right hands over our hearts. 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. You may be seated. >> Thank you. And never forget. >> That was lovely. And we're looking forward to having a recognition of our media class. Uh during our superintendent report uh the board be prior to meeting here in open session met in close session regarding the appointment employment evaluation of performance discipline transfer dismissal of employees government code 54957. discussed our positioning regarding collective bargaining with the Bonsel Teachers Association and the California

003School Employees Association chapter number 703 in order to direct the superintendent as chief negotiator in the matter of BTA and CSEA contracts uh regarding the public employee performance evaluation of the superintendent's evaluation and conference regarding real property negotiators on properties location on the east side of Horse Creek Ranch Road in Fbrook as well as Ocean Breeze Ranch on West Lilac Road in Bonsil. Uh with that we are at uh the approval of the current agenda. Is there a motion to approve? >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously bringing us to the approval of the minutes for both the special meeting of June 20th as well as the regular meeting of August 14th. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion

004carries unanimously. Bringing us to our superintendent reports. And there's that recognition that I just mentioned. And a couple more. [Music] >> Okay. Good evening, Board of Trustees, President Anderson, and Miss McCannernney. I'm thrilled to be here tonight to welcome you to our September board meeting. And before we begin, I want to take a moment. First, I'm really grateful for our SMS Daily Wildcat multimedia team for leading the pledge. I think it was perfect and I'm really appreciative that they did that for us. As you know, today is Patriot Day, September 11th, and this is a day for remembrance. So, I want to stop and and pause here for a minute. I appreciate their moment of silence, but I want to take a little time to think about the lives that were lost. And it's also

005a day of gratitude for the courage of our first responders, our service members, our military, and our everyday heroes. It's also a reminder of how important it is to have our students learn about unity and resilience and service. These are values that continue to shape both of our schools, all of our schools, and our community. And I'm incredibly proud of our sites for the ways that they instill these values in our children. This is this morning at Bonsel West Elementary School. There was a um really meaningful 911 ceremony and Patriot Day recognition assembly and the students were um so incredibly respectful. We were honoring the first responders that are in their families in our staff's families and also our veterans. And it was it was wonderful that um Trusty Anderson or President Anderson and I

006had a chance to be there. And I was really grateful that they allowed me the opportunity. You might notice I'm a little more casual today. I'm wearing a t-shirt, I know, but this is a t-shirt for team Olsen to honor my cousin who uh was one of the 343 firefighters who sacrificed his life on 911, running in when others ran out and doing everything he could to save as many lives as possible. I'm incredibly proud of his memory and every year on 911 I like to do what I can to honor him and other heroes that are amongst us. In the upper right hand corner, that's Jeff Olsen. That was right after he became a firefighter. Lower right hand corner, that's when I went to visit him in July of 2001. And uh visited him

007at Ten House, which was his station right across from the from the Twin Towers. upper leftand corner you can see that his incredible legacy continues. That is his nephew Jeffrey, another Jeffrey who is now an FDNY firefighter. And below that is his nephew Liam, Jeffy's little brother who is also now as of this year a firefighter in in New York. And we're incredibly proud of of them. And we're I can say I'm so so proud to be in a community where we honor and respect our first responders. This is at Vivian Banks. Thank you for Principal Tina Calibes. She brought a 911 ceremony to Viven Banks and with collaboration, I know with the firefighters there and with her whole community and um I know Dr. Pendleton was there and she said it was a wonderful

008event. So I'm appreciative for that. And I know across our sites, we had lots of um opportunities for remembrance. We also had recently, and this was a wonderful collaboration on September 6, just last weekend, we had our first responders appreciation and patriot day bike parade. This is a collaboration with Bonsel Chamber of Commerce and also Bonsel Rotary Club. And I'm very very uh proud of the fact that we can partner in that way. I want to thank our team, Gina McCannernney, Leonor Rodriguez, Manny Rodriguez, um, no, sorry, Manny Ramirez, Jonathan Castanos for all the coordination and setup. Principal Allison Forney who spoke so beautifully that day as well. Alan Williams, Dr. Pendleton, President Anderson, Trusty La Pereirie, thank you for being there and for participating in the event. And thanks to our parents who brought

009their students out and decorated those bikes bikes patriotically and that was wonderful. They rode around the track. Chief Keith McReynolds up there from North County Fire Protection District. And that's Little Miss Bonsel, Addison Durban. Very proud of her. She's been representing us very well in Bonsel. It was a wonderful community event and um I was really happy that we were able to to put that together. Okay. So with that, I'd like to move into um again grounding us in our framework for the future. What you just saw is a testament to the values that we have said in Bonsel Unified. We abide by service, innovation, collaboration, and integrity. And as you know, I'd like to start with our vision and our mission. And we're going to ask um Isa if she can read our vision

010and our mission for us. What's our vision? Our vision is all students in Bonsil Unified School District engage in rigorous and relevant learning experiences that inspire them to be productive community members and future ready lifelong learners. >> Thank you. And what's our mission? And our mission is we empower every student to thrive in a positive, safe, and supportive environment through high quality education focused on the whole learner. >> Excellent. Thank you. I like hearing it from the voice of a student. So, it reminds us of why we're here. Thank you for reading that. And an example, another example of where we saw um just evidence of our community and our teachers in action and our students. Recently, we had our back to school nights. I was so impressed by the wonderful parent involvement. Our classrooms

011at all of our sites were packed. It was so nice to see that our teachers were able to connect with the families and to kind of lay out some expectations and supports for the year. Our students were super excited. Hands up. That's in a creative booming class. And we have staff members who are very excited to bring their own children to our sites because they know the experience they're going to get here, which is great. I also want to highlight that as we're looking at teaching and learning and looking at connecting to what's happening in the classroom, we have scheduled throughout the year site visits with board members and executive cabinet. And I like that that gives us an opportunity to walk through the classes and to see what it is that um our students

012are learning, to see what what it is that our teachers are needing. And with our executive cabinet, it gives us a great opportunity to partner with our principles around our district-wide instructional focus this year of monitoring and adjusting in teaching and learning. I really appreciate that the board members are are signing up to uh to go on those visits with us. And as we visit the classrooms, I'm always reminded of the impact that our teachers have. I love that quotation. My teacher thought I was smarter than I was, so I was. And that really speaks to our theme of belong, believe, achieve. When students know they belong and they believe in themselves, then they can achieve at higher levels. And we see evidence of that every single day. Now with that, speaking of achievement, we

013have um identified some strategic focus areas and identified needs based on the data that we currently have. As I mentioned before, these are strategic focus areas that right now are guideposts. And what we're putting together is a more comprehensive strategic plan called our true no true north 2030 that will um I think clarify more of what the actual outcomes and the metrics that we're going to be progress monitoring for. And I want to call attention to one of them right now because that's what we're going to highlight just a little bit more tonight. And that's modernizing and expanding facilities. You're going to hear more about this a little bit later from Caroline Brown. I'm just going to set just a tiny bit of context because I think context is everything and it's really important. And

014I am going to take the the time to shout out Caroline Brown for all of her support. We have a lot of gratitude for everything you're doing to help us with some of our facilities um explorations. Okay. So, a little bit of context then before Caroline later gives her presentation. As you know, our advisory committee met again on the 26th and then we divide it into focus groups. And I just wanted to share with you something that I shared with the advisory committee and also with the focus groups and also something that I've shared at every site listening session that we've currently hosted. First thing that I shared is we have to acknowledge that the work is very complex and it's complex because it matters. You know how important our schools are to our community

015and it's very deeply personal. If solutions were easy, they'd already exist. So there's definitely complexities there. The strength of the advisory committee is in the diversity of perspectives we bring. And I thank all those that stepped up to also join the focus group so that we could delve into recommendations more fully. And this is something that I will repeat every single time. In the face of conflicting viewpoints, we must navigate with honesty, respect, and a shared commitment to what's best for our students and community. And I have um heard so many respectful, honest, thoughtful conversations. And I'm really appreciative for that. Now, something else that I wanted to highlight because I've been sharing this with our focus groups and with our sites and I want to acknowledge that as we are contemplating changes that need

016to be made to facilities, whatever plan we come up with, we need to recognize that there are certain challenges with our facilities that currently exist with status quo. This is what we are facing. We have some facilities limitations. That means some overcrowding in some areas, aging portables, lack of space for growth. We have a need to balance enrollment and to look at our boundaries so that our elementary sites are not so skewed. We have different grade level groupings at our sites that we need to address. We also need to be constantly looking at equitable access and student experience. So if you have a very large site and then a very small site or if you have sites where perhaps they're impacted and not able to grow as much as we'd like to see in their

017programmatic offerings that is definitely an issue. We also have financial constraints that we're very aware of and we need to be concerned and this is a big concern proximity to student population where our students are coming in where we have need for transportation. These are all areas of challenge right now. And I want to highlight for our focus groups and for all of the conversations that will continue. Einstein said, "No problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it, which means we're exploring as much as we can and we're looking at creative mindsets and trying to do what's best for our students and our community." So, I just wanted to set that context because I think it's important. You'll hear a little bit more from Caroline in just a bit. Okay. Now, I'm

018going to shift gears and we already had a little bit of a taste of Mr. Joe Prel's SMS multimedia class and we're very, very excited to bring some recognitions tonight and we thought it very appropriate to recognize this particular student group. So, I'm going to call up Dr. Pendleton for this recognition. Thank you. >> Good evening, President Anderson. Uh, clerk Gatis. Now I can say distinguished board members, Miss McCannernney, Superintendent Golly, it's my honor tonight to recognize uh Mr. Prexel's multimedia class at Sullivan Middle School. Uh, I have the honor to to call them up tonight to speak on um how we'd like to thank Mr. Prel. You can come on up with the students. [Music] >> Yeah. First of all, I'd like to recognize Mr. Preto for leading u this group of students in

019this innovative uh practice of using social media social platform to express their voice in a positive way and the courage that students have to come to be able to stand up and be do this every day. So thank you so much. Um this group is led by Mr. Preto this this the student multimedia class and celebrate it for its outstanding creativity, dedication in collaboration in creating and producing engaging video communication that highlights the school spirit and student voice. [Applause] Okay, let's see. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Good morning, Wildcats. I'm Haley. It is Wednesday, September 10th. >> And I'm Mason. Please stand for the pledge. Right hands over our hearts. 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,

020with liberty and justice for all. You may be seated. Lunch today is a teriyak pork and rice bowl or chicken or veggie dumplings and rice or a ham and turkey croissant or a forberry parfait. Nutrition is a fresh baked cinnamon roll or an assorted cereal or a yogurt and grahamsticks. >> It's going to be 76° today. Wildats. >> Wildats, our first girls volleyball match of the season is tomorrow at Potter and Fra. >> Varsity is at 400 p.m. and JB's at 5:00 p.m. Be there to support our Wildcats. >> Lunch two triyouts are today for flag football at 3:00 at the upper field. >> Wildcats, attention please. The first dance of the year is next Wednesday from 3 until 4:30 in the NPR. >> It is under the sea dance. Lots of games and activities

021and great food and snacks. $12 online, $15 at the door. Be there. >> Next week is beach spirit week. Monday is twin day. Grab a friend and look the same. >> Look around for flyers for the dance and spirit week. >> And remember, kindness really does matter. >> And always be respectful, responsible, and safe. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] There we go. All right. Okay. Thank you. Thank you for being here. Keep up the great work. Again, thank you, Mr. practal and thank you students because that they can't see them. Thank you students by providing that kind of information on a daily basis. You are really contributing to your community and it matters. I remember in every site we looked forward so much to that kind of daily news and so thank you for doing

022that. You guys are awesome. Keep it up. Okay. Thank you. Clap clap clap. Okay. Next, I'm going to bring up Mr. Williams for a special employee recognition. Sh. We're going to recognize the school library team. That was me having a little fun. Because while libraries are often thought of as a quiet place and quiet spaces, and they sometimes are, our school libraries are so much more than that. They are vibrant, dynamic places full of energy, engagement, and discovery. So before I share more about the incredible work being done, I'd like to invite our amazing library team to come forward. That's Rayanne Dupant from Bonso Elementary School. This is great. Eileen Dupont from Sullivan Middle School and Bonso High School and Anna Bautista Avia from V Vivian Banks Charter School. and Laura Marx from Bonsa West

023Elementary School who was unable to join us this evening. Let's have a round of applause for Laura. I've already apologized to uh Eileen for not having her picture up here, but she's right there so you can see her. And we'll tuck that in later as we get this out to all our staff. So the responsibilities our library team carries are ext extensive and deeply impactful. They manage inventories of textbooks and curriculum materials, provide direction and instruction to students on library procedures and maintain a welcoming, organized and inspiring environment for all who enter. They curate engaging and relevant reading materials, run accelerated reader programs, issue and collect Chromebooks and other devices, and regularly help navigate their school school Google accounts for the kids, including the ever important task of resetting passwords. But their influence goes far

024beyond logistics. During lunchtime, you'll often find them hosting clubs from board games to book clubs to art. These gatherings off are uh offer students a place to build friendships, share interest, and connect through creativity and conversation. They help students explore both the world around them and the world within them through books. Our library team plays an essential role in helping students discover the kinds of stories and information that spark their curiosity and keep them turning pages. Whether it's fiction or non-fiction, adventure or reflection, mystery or memoir, they guide students towards the books that fit their interest and more importantly help them develop a lifelong love of reading. Their presence in our schools and their daily commitment to students reflect our district's deep dedication to cultivating not only strong readers, but thoughtful, informed leaders. Because through

025the power of reading, our students learn to gather information, reflect deeply, challenge their assumptions, and yes, to enjoy a good story just for fun. Thanks to our library team, our schools are not just places of learning. They are places of inspiration. Through your work, you are helping to build a nation of readers, thinkers, and leaders. Thank you so much for your dedication to our libraries and our students. [Applause] I told them that for years that was my favorite place in school, the library, wanted to get through every single book. So, thank you so much for all you do. Okay, we have another special recognition and I'd like to call up I know I saw Claudia Claudia Escobar, please. And Principal Calib, will you come up too, please? Thank you so much. Okay. Tonight it is

026my privilege to recognize our some extraordinary partners in our community. Father Herardo Fernandez who's not here tonight and Claudia Escobar from Mission San Antonio de Paula and they're here u and um Claudia here like I said but not father. I am so pleased to highlight tonight their dedication to supporting our students, our families, and our staff at Vivian Banks and in the Paula community. It has been truly exemplary. I had the privilege of getting to know them the over the last year as we were dealing with some pretty significant facilities challenges and I got to witness firsthand the deep care and the generosity and the commitment that they have for the Paula community as a whole and for making sure that our students and our teachers know that they're supported and valued and cared for.

027It was very evident in everything you did and in every conversation that we had, whether it was through donations that provide opportunities and resources that our students need, our school facilities being maintained, being ready to serve children every day or through the countless ways that they collaborate and walk alongside us. They have consistently demonstrated what true partnership looks like. And what really stands out to me is the way that they give. Not so much what they give, but the way they give. I saw constant humility, generosity, and a heart for service. They embody the values that we hold dear in Bonsel Unified. Service, collaboration, a commitment to our students, and their leadership there at Mission San Antonio is really deeply woven into the fabric of their community. Their example reminds us that strong schools are

028built not only by educators and staff, but also by the support and the partnerships of neighbors who care deeply about the next generation. I'd love it if Principal Calibes would like to share a little bit, too. So, I've been there for a hot second, but since uh I arrived, I was very much welcomed and I get to see father every day with my big Mickey Mouse hands, and he always comes and gives me a high four, which is really fun. Um, but they've been an incredible partner to not just our school, to all the schools in Bonsel. And they had a Corpus Christi event. They donated a significant amount of money. They continue to donate and will continue to donate with new heaters, air conditioning units, so many different things that we just can't even

029count the ways. And both Miss Claudia, we call her church Claudia because there's a church Claudia and there's a social services Claudia. Um, and father have been fantastic and they just they love the kids and they love the community and we love it too. So, it's a very peaceful place. We invite all of you to come out anytime, any day, and it's a beautiful, peaceful place out there, and it it's because of our amazing partnership. So, we're very grateful. >> So, with that, I'm very excited to present you with a certificate for exemplary community partner. I think it's right here. And yes, and it says, "In heartfelt gratitude to Father Herardo Fernandez and Claudia Escobar for their care, generosity, and dedication to our Vivian Banks community. Your partnership continues to uplift and inspire our students

030and staff. [Applause] We should have Okay, thank you so much for those recognitions. And now just a quick save the date. You might hear a little bit more about this from uh BEF. I know it was on a slide that I saw, but coming up on October 25th is our trunk or treat car show. Please put it in your calendars. That is the weekend after Monster Mash. Mr. Gatis, I know that's something that you had asked about before. Okay, so that's a save the date. We'll be sending out a lot of information about that. And with that, I would just like to thank my cabinet for really supporting and helping with a lot of recent meetings with community engagement and collaboration. so much hard work and I'm very very appreciative for them and all they

031do and thank you very much. [Applause] That brings us to our uh partner parent organizations. Is anybody here from any of our PTAs, PTO, Ping, Donsel Education Foundation? Miss Leon, come on up. >> All right. Good evening, President Anderson, Clerk Gatis, esteemed board members, Dr. and Ms. McCannernney. Uh, my name is Jen Le Young, and I will be serving as the BEF president this year, and we we are looking forward to a great year. Thank you. Uh, two of our long-term board members have stepped down from their executive positions. Cassie Costa from secretary and Shauna Jopes from treasurer. And these ladies have served with distinction for over a combined 15 years. And luckily for us, they're going to still stay general board members. And so I'm very happy about that. Our new treasurer is SD

032Baky, former Bees teacher, and she is a dedicated advocate for public education and retired from BES just a few years ago. Uh she now works for her family business and is excited to support students and teachers and staff in the district and we're so happy to have her. We also have two new student board members, one of whom here is here is here tonight, Isabelle Rodriguez. Will you stand? Yes. Thank you so much for welcoming her. Uh they were referred to us in the spring by Miss Barker and after we interviewed both of them, we realized we wanted both of them. Uh Isabelle is going to actually take over the executive secretary position, uh learning lots of new skills, and Kevin will handle some administrative tasks and do some create creation stuff for us on

033Canva. And then they're both going to be doing some public um engagement and speaking opportunities. We're still forging out and fleshing out what their roles will be, but we're so glad that they're with us. And so we want to welcome them to the team. Can we go to the website? Do I do that? Okay, there we are. Um, you may notice that our website looks a little different. It's brand new and we're very excited about it. Uh, it was created by Todd Benton of Benton Webs here in Bonsil. And, uh, Todd and Christine are former B USD parents. Uh, I am learning a lot because I had to input all the data for him while he set it all up. And it's good to kind of kind of get a reminder of all the stuff

034that you do. But we have, if you include SOS campaigns, the six different ones. We have 17 different programs and campaigns that we raise funds for. And this year we will hold three events. The car show, which you did such an excellent job of bringing up. Thank you, Dr. Gully. Hope for the holidays uh toy drive and our golf tournament in the spring. Um, so we're we're super excited about having a new website and it looks great and it behaves better than our last website, but I have to unfortunately tell you some upsetting news as to why we had to switch. Our former website host and financial transaction company Flip Cause stopped paying the money that was donated to us. At first, not in a timely manner and then not at all. and they are

035approximately holding around $14,000. Uh we are pursuing avenues to get it back. We have filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. We have filed a complaint with the state's attorney general. Um and the next step, we hope we don't have to go through there, is to file a complaint with the I can't remember what it's called right now off the top of my head. It was the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but they referred me to this. It's a federal protection company or organization. We are hoping that we don't have to do that or pursue legal recourse. We're and we will keep you posted as to when we hear anything. But yeah, not not exciting, not good news. And it's been a very trying summer dealing with all of that. But back to good news.

036our car show, as you said, trunk or treat October 25th. Uh, some of the registered vehicles will be bringing candy. We encourage people to wear costumes, not just our families. And here on the the homepage of our website, you can register your vehicle, sign up as a vendor, sponsor us, or order a t-shirt. And they are super cute this year. Uh, if we had gotten them in time, I would be wearing one right now. But anyway, yes, please join us. And of course, we'll be having student performances, too, and music, and it'll be just lots of great fun. Okay, now can we go to Yes, our support our students campaign. We've labeled them all out by schools. Um, and some of our schools like Bonsil Elementary and Bonsil West, they have such strong PTAs. We

037just run support our students. Um, but this year we've got all new um, shoot, hold on one second. We created all new flyers for the sites with unique QR codes. So, they'll look something like this. And I have sent them to all the principles for their newsletters. And I will say just today we received a $1,000 donation to Sullivan Middle School >> to our SOS program. So I always like seeing those emails. They're very exciting. Anyway, so you know our our support our students campaign uh raises funds for our teachers to use in their classrooms and our principles get to sign off on yes, that's a good reason and we give them the money. where you reimburse them or purchase the item for them. We also want to talk to you about a new campaign

038called the 30 for30 campaign that Vivian Banks is running through us and we are honored to partner with them. $30 for 30 years and if we go down you can see the different legacy circles or maybe we can't. Um, we would love $30 from everybody or even more money and to raise funds for programs and events and we're very thrilled to partner with Vivian Banks in this campaign. Our next new program is the Dr. Chelin Memorial Scholarship set up by our own Aaron Chelon Barker, our early college and CTE coordinator at Bonsil High School in honor of her late father David. uh her father was a lifelong advocate for service and creativity. He founded New Vision Ministries to deliver eye care to underserved regions and believed deeply in the power of music to connect people.

039Um these scholarships will help first generation college students pursuing degrees in the medical field or the arts. And again, we're honored to partner with Aaron and her family. And then our Bonsil hometown partnership that began in the spring. Um we're excited to announce that we've got two new donations from area businesses from Backdraft and Cortez Mexican Food at both excellent places to eat. So please support them. Our Backdraft funds went to athletics in the spring and at next week's BEF meeting we will be deciding where the Cortez funds will go. This page is not complete yet. There will be another section over each of the um sponsorship areas that gives more details about what the sponsor would would receive, the benefits they would receive. But we're very excited about that, too. Uh regarding the schoolhouse,

040um I wanted to get the stairs the front stairs done this summer and that just did not happen. Uh we have a new contractor though, Appleton Design and Construction, Inc. And um I'm excited to work with Thomas. He's been great so far. So look for news on that very soon. Normally at the end of the year at um November, December, we run our poinsettia sales. We do not believe we will be doing that this year unless somebody steps up to take that over. But we'll see. And our meetings are going to be held on the third Thursday of the month right here in the Bonsil Community Center at 5:00. And if you're interested in supporting our schools, please join us. Thank you. Thank you so much, Miss Le Young, for all your many, many years

041of service. And thank you to the Bonsel Education Foundation for being such a pillar of support for our schools. We really appreciate you. Uh, are there any other parent organizations hiding that I'm not seeing yet? That brings us to our labor reports. Uh, do we have anyone here from CSCA? All right, Miss BTA Siano. I am not feeling well tonight. So, I wrote my words down. That should tell you how I'm feeling. Okay. And I'm not contagious for everyone else coming to the mic. Taking every test. All right. Good evening, Superintendent Goi, esteemed trustees, Miss McCannernney with our sunshine item on tonight's agenda. I wanted to take a moment to remind us of all the remind us all of the team of teachers you have working here in Bonsel. Our educators give their heart, soul,

042and innovative thinking to our students every single day. I believe we truly are the heart of Bonszel, and we appreciate the time and effort that Dr. Gali and the cabinet have been taking and put into informing and listening to our members and other staff about the proposed changes to facilities because any road that ends in success in this endeavor will be paved by the labor of BTA. So it's really important that we take their ideas and listen to their needs. I also want to emphasize that our contract is a minimum basic agreement. It's a floor, not a ceiling. Working strictly to the contract is not how any of our teachers operate here. In fact, that is one of the last and most painful steps on the way to um like a strike or a breakdown.

043And our teachers go far beyond what they're asked or required to do. They do this not because it's written in the contract, but because it is written in their commitment to our students. So tonight, I ask that you recognize the extraordinary work of our Bonszel educators, the labor and creativity and dedication that really makes our district what it is and will most certainly make it what it will become. And I also wanted to give a shout out to Aaron Barker um and our whole high school team. I was there today for club rush taking pictures and it's really a special place and I really feel for the first time since being a part of this district that it's starting to have an identity and we're very excited about our new leadership and um I think

044the future is starting there and the kids are feeling it. So Thank you. I hope you feel better and uh we certainly echo the sentiments that the teachers are very important and looking forward to successful negotiations this year. That brings us to our management reports. Uh do we have an order for principal for Bonsil Elementary? Do I get to use the clicker? Oh, I do. Okay. Good evening um board of trustees, President Anderson, Superintendent and Gina. Um that is thank you to Jen Ariano, a picture of most of our staff, anybody that was on campus. Um she managed to get all of us in there. And so that was our kickoff to the the school year. Um our first day of school um was a busy one. uh 900 students, 900 plus students um and

045parents were allowed to walk their students on campus. So thousands of humans were on our campus and um lots of smiles, a few tears, still working on the tears. Um we have welcomed a lot of TK students this year. We have close to a hundred of them. Um some of them were just three years old when they started with us. Um everybody's four now. So, um we're we're moving on. Um but these were just some pictures from the first day of school. Um teachers welcoming their students with with signs and notes um down there. Oops, didn't mean to do that. Does the little >> Where's the little um >> pointer? >> Oh, there. Okay, this is our kindergarten team, our kindergarten and our TK team. Um, they always spend a lot of time going over

046procedures, um, expectations and it's constant routines. Um, I have to say that walking through kindergarten classrooms this year, first day of school, it was evident the students who had participated in TK, um, they already came in prepared, um, listening, sitting um, in ready to learn. Um, this was a first grade class. Your first day feelings. There were some kids that were sad, most were happy, few scared, nervous, shy. I thought that was a sweet way to allow students to represent how they were feeling. This is Mr. Miller's fifth grade team up there just or students doing some team building, getting to know one another. Um, this is uh Mrs. Cassidy and Mrs. Chavez, their second grade class. Just again going over routines and expectations for the year. I'm going to talk a little bit about

047daily five. Um this is a program. I'll go over it in a minute, but our MTSS TOSA Kelly Pedo um has been working really hard doing what she does best, coaching teachers. Um and this is a program that incorporates um literacy and reading groups into the classroom on a daily basis. and um they build their stamina. So they might start out with in kindergarten. So this is mainly kindergarten through 2 grade. Um we have kindergarteners who started out at perhaps 3 minutes a rotation. Um and as the days go on, they're building their stamina, they call it, and they repeat it and they are building up. We have some grade levels now that some classes are up to 12 and 15 minutes in their rotations. Um, so it's a framework that helps students become strong

048independent readers and writers. So it's not a program. It's just a way of structuring literacy blocks so that each child gets meaningful practice while teachers provide small targeted group instruction or one-on-one instruction if needed. So each day the five um hence daily five uh read to self where students are building that stam stamina and confidence in themselves reading to someone whether they're partnering up with a with another reader in the class or partnering up with their teacher. Um work on writing um there they have you can see right here this writing area. um students moving through practicing writing or working on journals, getting a journal prompt and having a free write. Um word work where they're strengthening their spelling and their phonics. Um or listening to reading. So you can see these students right here.

049Um there are so many great programs um on the internet that uh that are like auding to them. So it's more engaging. Um, so a majority of our K through2 classrooms are working on daily five. Um, and uh, Kelly Pedo is in these classrooms, 30 minute rotations really working on setting the students and the teachers up for success. We have a large number of newer teachers in our lower grades this year. So, this is a fabulous way for them to get some mentoring through her um and get their students engaged in that targeting reading support that they that they need. Few other things going on. Um for quite a few years, our leadership team have been talking about creating a um a dad's group or a male figure group on campus. Um and with the

050support of our MTSS TOSA, we have created the big bears on campus. So um we have just about five members right now but um we were looking for any father figure aunt uncles grandparents um and guardians to come in and and not be a noon duty or not be a figure of um where they might be you know getting in trouble for something at recess but more or less to teach help teach kids how to play sports correctly. You can see this one dad right here um is working playing with kids um basketball. Um they go in the lunchroom and just help students open milk cartons and oh especially our younger ones who can't get their little spork containers open. Um so uh Kelly has them signed up about um one day a week so

051far and they're on there for they're on campus from anywhere from an hour to two hours. Um so we're looking to grow that this year. Um, our fifth grade ambassador group continues to grow. Um, you can see them down here in the left hand side. Uh, first the first couple weeks of school, we had probably 50 to 60 kids a day that were getting walked. And you can see this group down here, a big group of kiddos walking. We still have lots of kids that not because they need to be walked, they just love having a buddy walk them to school or to their class, especially in our TKK area since it's all the way on the other side of the school. Um, just this week we started our Orton Gillingham intervention groups with our

052TK teachers. So, when our TK students leave in the afternoon from their half-day program, um our Orton Gillingham trained um TK teachers are working with students um on their phonics and their letter sounds, letter recognition. Um so, that just got started this week and it's based on the science of reading and it's a fab. We're so grateful for the district for allowing our teachers to be trained um in this intervention. We just finished our um our book fair. Darn it, Rayanne left. Um I think I worked in the book fair. It was super fun. Um but I think we uh sold up to close to $20,000. Um a lot of that goes back to our teachers and back into our library. And something new that we did this year, which I hope we continue, um

053is we uh had book fairies. And this gave um families in our school the opportunity to donate books or donate money. And um with that money, we were able to choose students to come in and they each um we had about 20 students who got about $20 a piece to come in and choose books. Um so that was really really special. It actually brought tears to my eyes see how excited these kids were to be able to come in and and participate in the book fair. Um throughout the year we will be talking about um some test scores and um lots of assessments. Right now at the beginning of the year, every grade level is working through different kinds of assessments. And these assessments don't just give us a snapshot or a picture of where

054our students are at, but they really help our teachers. It drives their instruction. It drives their small group instruction. It drives what students um are chosen to go to intervention groups such as our TK Orton Gillingham um group. So this is last year's I Ready reading scores. Um so the top is the beginning of the school year. Um, and you can see that we had about 20% of our students working three or more grade levels below in reading, 46% working one grade level below, and 34% um, working on grade level or above. And I just did public math. So, um, I hope I did that correctly. And then at the end of the year um we had gone from 20% to 10% of students that were working three or more grade levels below 26% working

055one grade level below or below and 64% 64% yeah right yes um working at or above grade level. So those were our reading scores. Um, so that just goes to show that the work done throughout the year and that's like I said just one snapshot of a score. And then here are our math scores. And I know last year I shared with you that we were focusing on math and really trying to take a deeper dive into um once we got to the midyear and I was studying our our scores kind of looking at where where are um do we have pitfalls? What is each grade level analyzed their data? Um so you can see that we did make some pretty good gains um really good gains in students who were working um started the

056school year students on or above grade level at 18% and ended this school year at 54%. So I'm really excited with our new math curriculum this year our reveal math or not reveal math um our Eureka 2 math um um which was formerly known as um Engaged New York if anybody's familiar with that. I'm really really excited to see um what we do with math this year. It's a really great program. Okay, September is National Attendance Month. So, I partnered with our counselor and um it's I follow all these different principal people on um different social media platforms and somebody had posted um like a race car challenge and so I sent it off to Megan, our counselor, and she created her own um Bear Reaching the Top of the Mountain. So, um, she is

057checking weekly and we are letting the students know where they are at as far as grade levels go and the first grade level to reach the summit will get a recess dance party. So, she Megan is already practicing her dance moves. She is ready. We have a lot coming up. Um, a big change this year for us in our paper picnic is we are doing one a month by grade level. Um, it just got to be it's a beloved event by our our families. Um but it just our this parking lot and our school could not and our McDonald's and Jack in the Box and Subway could not hold um the capacity. So we are tomorrow is our first paper picnic and we're starting with our TKers. So um we're really looking forward to that

058and just a lot going on. We have our jogathon coming up and our theme is jungle this year. So it's a jungle jogathon. Um, and yeah, we have a lot going on and I look forward in November to letting you all know how the rest of September and October went. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. And that brings us to Sullivan Middle School. >> Okay, >> Principal James. >> Yay. Good evening, Board President Anderson, Superintendent Dr. Mrs. McCannernney and our student representative, Miss Isa. So, as I start with Sullivan Middle School, I've got some pictures up here. We're very excited and this represented our first day. Um, we typically do a day of celebration as our first day. So, as our Wildcats enter the campus, um, they start out, nobody knows where they're going

059till they look at their advisory class. So, when they show up in advisory, the teachers welcome them and then we have a day of celebration. so they don't have to bring backpacks. Um, I do have to give kudos to our staff and then especially to Mrs. Suos, our assistant principal, and Miss Gresbrink, our counselor, and even uh Mrs. Fox, our school psychologist, who did a motivational presentation and team building with all of our sixth, seventh, and eighth grade. Um, I'm informed now that we will be hiring somebody to do that next year. So, they did a great job though. Um they were both exhausted but the kids really had a great time. Um so with that and then they the teachers introduce themselves for about 15 minutes do team building activities. This is just one

060example that you see in our um in our science room and then they everybody has one lunch. So the teachers do a little bit of lunch with them. They still get their duty minute 30 free duty minute lunch. Um, but they do enjoy the students go out and just they're able to make new friends, see old friends, um, and really start the year off, right, by a celebration. Okay. Um, in the upper right hand corner is one of my favorite pictures from that day. This is like encompasses all of middle school, right? They're just so excited. Jenga, which we're not sure what's happening with that, right? But, um, our back to school night. So, some of our just amazing things that are happening right now as far as our sports, student voice and creativity, we

061have, like I said, the s first day celebration, our back to school, which we had about 400 parents show, so standing room like it typically is. Um, our eighth grade went to Palomar in Mira Costa. Um, we the colleges now are only letting high school go, but we were so excited and we talked to Palomar. We're like, we come there as high school. So, we were able to get half of our students to Palomar, the other half to Mira Costa just to get them excited about attending high school and the opportunity to um attend Palomar uh when they get to high school. So, we also have a strong start with our volleyball. We had 70 girls um try out and a little bit of tears because we only took we have a JV and varsity

062and it was very tough. Um we do have Miss Grassbrank and our school psychologist, Miss Fox, who's going to be coaching which is amazing. Our cross country team is robust um as ever and they've already started their meets and their flag football. We had quickly um end up getting a coach, but we had some teachers step in to do tryyouts. So, coach A um was helping out with those tryyouts this week. So, the students I believe we had 60 students try out for that as well. So, very excited about our sports programs that are starting. Okay. So some of our data we had star and cast sto scores with this is you can look um we just finished up with our uh language arts and math. So for our math or average scale scores they've

063increased each year. So if you look for 23 24 and 25 um they've gone from 140 all the way up to 162. And you can see the average where we have there for sixth grade. I believe that's for reading. So, our language arts grow growth has been even more notable where we have 10,024. Uh, these are raw scores up to 10,67. So, my takeaway is our middle school students are making steady measurable gains in both math and reading over the last three years. So, those are the results from our recent star scores. Now for our CASPs CAPS CASP scores as you can look at these um these are preliminary but with some of these scores our ling English language arts proficiency um improved overall especially in grade seven. At grade seven it showed the largest

064increase in students meeting or exceeding standards rising from 49 to 62% which is 13% growth. Grades six and eight saw slight declines or modest increases in proficiency with grade six increasing by four I'm sorry decreasing by 4% and grade eight increasing by three. The average scale scores increased across all grades indicating overall improvement in achievement. If you look at our math grade six proficiency stayed pretty flat or just level meeting or exceeding standards at 29%. Grade seven proficiency slightly decreased from 43 to 42, but our eighth grade showed the most notable improvement in math proficiency, rising from 23% to 31% with an 8% increase. Now, this is what we were focusing on last year doing our um intervention classes and pulling students out of part of their PE. They did meet their minutes for the

065state. We're over in minutes in middle school. So we were able to pull sixth grade one day, seventh grade on Tuesday, eighth grade on Wednesday and provide intervention targeted intervention supports. So we can see in eighth grade 8% increase, but really no decrease that we notice. So they're staying steady steady. So we know that this year as we continue to do that and focus on this, we're hoping to see even more gains in that area. As you can see the science, the proficiency of students meeting or exceeding standards increased from 43% to 47%. And the percentage of students not meeting standards had it decreased from 8 to 4. So the average scale scored increased slightly from 411 to 413 reflecting small gains in our science scores. All right, so upcoming we have lunch on the

066lawn. We have our back to school dance, which is always huge and popular, especially the first one because everybody is so excited about being there. So, I'm sure it's going to be jam-packed. It'll be great. Um, we have our cross country meet at Woodland Park. We also have our choir is going to the Padres's game, so I will have amazing pictures from that and some video that I will be showing next time. So, we'll be doing that on the 22nd. I believe we had 300 parents last time and we sold out one whole section. So, we have another section. So, she actually offered Miss Bakor offered two sections this time. So, um I'm anticipating the same thing. We will be celebrating college week at the beginning of October along with spirit week that we have.

067And then we have our multicultural night that we will be sharing both with Bonsel High School and Sullivan. That'll happen on October 22nd. And then sixth grade is getting ready for the Early Civilizations Day, which is always a big hit. Um and again, Mr. Gatis, if you'd like to come, we'll have you. We'd love to have you there. Okay, for Bonso High School. So, I love these pictures. Um, we had our senior sunrise and I thought I would open up our slides. Um, the top left or right hand corner is one of my favorites. um as that's um I know Evan has been a part of a lot of committees that we've been on, but just kind of I think this encompasses just kind of looking out kind of the future of what we see

068and the sun rising on such an amazing year and I'm excited about what our seniors and our 9th through 11th graders had to offer. All right, so we're excited. I know Mrs. Saraniano talked about ourmies um a little bit and what we're doing at the high school truly the focus of what we've been doing and the creation by high school. We do have Miss Erin who's helped as well. Um the students were so excited day one that they got to see who what academy that they belong to. So they were able to submit their interests and with themies we have medical science academy law and leadership computer science and engineering and the arts and media academy. So with all thesemies they unveiled it. I don't want to say it's quite the Harry Potter thing but

069they did unveil. All the students were there super excited um about what was to happen. And then you see us a group of us at the bottom picture. Um, we bravely decided to do trivia and if you got it wrong, you had a water balloon that was smashed over your head. So, um, I got the trivia wrong. It was all good, but it was it was pretty fun. The students enjoyed it, but all the hard work that this team on the bottom right hand corner um, really helped to make this happen along with the students. So, each of themies offers, as you can see, hands-on learning experiences, college credit opportunities, industry engagement, and internships. We're working on more internships this year. And then really uh career aligned coursework which is designed to spark student passion

070and set them on a path for their future and really gather those interests at an early age. So we did academy clash which I know Isla is going to talk a little bit about and they were very excited about the competition and we know a couple teachers the team has created academy badges. So that's also a competition and rewarded for positive things that they're doing on campus and highlights so teachers can um nominate I'm sure their ownmies to win. Uh so also in the forum whatever is in the lead is what color that they've lit up the forum. So if it's green if it's red um that's what the color is going to be for the week. So I'm excited about what this is going to flourish into for the school year. again for some

071of the star scores for our um 9th through 12th grade. And I do have to say we had less students or 12th graders taking this because we're using it. We looked at the why really for intervention and what can we do to help. So we have some 12th graders are not taking math. So we've decided to um everybody took the language arts but the math only the students that are enrolled in a math class took that math as as seniors. So our math average scale scores have remained consistently strong across all grades over the last three years. So holding steady about 1,50 to,60. The language arts scale scores have shown steady improvement rising from,072 to 1,079 last year to currently,087. So we're our high school has ste held strong in math and continues to show

072year-over-year gains in rating achievement. For our overall CASP scores, you can see that the English profic proficiency slightly improved from last year to this year. Again, these are preliminary scores. The average scale score increased from 2577 to 2584. The percentage of students meeting or exceeding scores standards rose from 51% to 52 and the percentage of students not meeting standards remains steady at about 27 to 28%. Our math scores improved but proficiency remained low. So our average scores increased from 25 20 253 to 2526. The percentage of students meeting or exceeding standards improved from 14% to 17 and the percentage of students not meeting standards decreased from 62% to 56%. So while there is progress in math, the majority of students still struggling with only 17% reaching proficiency. So this is an area of improvement and

073we will look to again maybe create some of those intervention pieces working with our students and how can we um weave some of this information into the other areas not just within a math class. So I think themies will help bring that about as well. Our science scores slightly declined in proficiency. average skill scores remaining almost the same and the percentage of students meeting or exceeding standards dropped from 27 to 23. Now, we did work with our science team this past spring and over the summer to really look at the state standards and how we can align them. Obviously, bringing math in there and working it together, but really aligning those um and focusing on some of the standards that we're uh revamping as far as our pacing guides and working with the students. All

074right, some of our recent events and you can see um Isla in the right lefthand corner. Um she has started one of our medical uh careers or I'm sorry a medical club uh for students and we're going to be working with CPR. I told her to um talk a little bit about that. So our back to school night was very successful. We doubled the population that we had from last year. Um I told everyone if we bring food they will come. So we offer tacos and it was it was it was a great event. Um we had our mock trial is off. Our mock trials first um performance I should say first uh event is this coming Saturday and speech and debate I'm sorry speech and debates is coming Saturday. Mach trial has already started

075um and will be working through and practicing for um their big debut in February. Volleyball and cross country are off to a great start. Volleyball is actually um off to a very great start. And again, I don't want to steal Isa's thunder. Club rush, we had 14 clubs, which is one of the bigger ones that we've had most recently, and the students were very excited. They even did a scavenger hunt, which brought all the students to the tables. So, that was a lot of fun today. Um, and then Palomar classes started. We have about 70 se 70 students participating in some form at Palomar. And then lastly, we had soak the staff. You can see at the very bottom, the students had a really good time with this. I'm not quite sure how much money

076we raised. I'll have that for next time. But um they had a really good time. Even some teachers got in on it because there were a few of us that were up there just willing to to fund raise and partake in the fun. Um one of the community opportunities I want to bring is for both Sullivan and Bonsel High School. We've partnered with our sheriff's department at the substation in Fbrook and we're excited to share that they'll be at our campuses really just providing some opportunities and support for our students for our staff. They're going to go in and teach to our um students. They're going to give a PD to our staff. Um their presence on campus will not only enhance safety but also provide our students with opportunities to build positive relationships with

077trusted community leaders. Um, they're actually they were so impressed with the painted rocks that we did our first day of school that they're they're starting their own kindness matters campaign. So, they're going to bring stickers and do like a pop-up tent and be out in the um parking lot to help out. But, they really want to talk to our high school students about the Explorers program because we do have quite a few high school students that were wanting to join the sheriff's department. So, that's another positive opportunity. They told them I'll let them on campus if they promise to play kickball and softball with us and they said they would. So, We're excited about that. All right. So, our upcoming events, we have a speech and debate home opener, volleyball home game, um volleyball, we've

078got a couple games coming up. Picture makeup. We do have a blood drive. Anybody's welcome. Um we have our homecoming that they're very excited about from 7 to 10. That'll happen on October 11th. Again, multicultural night. And you've heard all about the car show. So, we're very excited. This is just a a little bit snapshot of what we've been doing up there. We have much more to come. Thank you. Thank you so much. And that brings us to our board member reports. And we've already heard uh Isla that you've got a few things to tell us. So why don't you kick it off? >> Good evening everyone. So there's been many things going on from the end of August to early September. First, in ASB, we've been busy planning lots of different events like club

079rush, which was today at lunch, like Principal James mentioned, and homecoming for next month, as well as a upcoming pep rally towards the end of this month to celebrate volleyball and cross country. Um, I also wanted to shout out Mr. Robinson, our ASB and 9th grade English teacher, because he's always seeking student input. um taking it into consideration and making improvements where it's needed. So I wanted to recognize how he's always trying to progress um in every aspect. Um so club rush was during lunch today and as principal James mentioned we have 14 clubs and I'm sure that we'll have more come up as well. Um, we tried something new with a scavenger hunt to help try and engage more students. This was actually pretty successful. It caused it motivated students to go up to

080the clubs, ask questions, and really get to know more about what we're offering. Um, speaking of a certain club, speech and debate is having their debate opener this Saturday at Powe High School. We're in need of two judges. So, if you personally would like to come and spend the day there or know anyone that um can, then that would greatly be appreciated because we need judges to be able to participate. Um then we've had two academy clashes. one where the ambassadors and also staff um h were questioned with trivia questions and both principal James and I can share the experience of getting a water balloon popped on our heads. Um but that was really fun. And then we also had a game with a basketball called Steal the Bacon. This was really exciting because we

081had so much participation and the difference in energy that we saw compared to previous pep rallies was really great. So sorry. So themies are really helping connect the students and these clashes or games are fostering teamwork within themies which is really great to see. Lastly, I want to mention girls volleyball because they just won their home game this Monday against High-Tech High School. Um, which is I really wanted to mention because it's still pretty early in the season and it went to five sets. So, they're working hard and overall we're just getting into the routine of being at school and getting used to the new things we have as well as per engaging in what we're already offering. Um, and this is a done with a lot of the help of teachers and staff keeping

082everyone informed and on the same page. So, the students are really feeling all of that support. Yeah. Thank you. >> Thank you, >> Mr. Ortega. >> All right. Thank you. Great report. Um, first thing I want to do is apologize for the glasses. I had an um an eye exam done and apparently I had a reaction to some of the drops. And so there's really nothing wrong with my eyes. I see well and the light doesn't bother me or anything like that, but my eyes are so inflamed. I think they'd be distracting you guys from anything that's going on. Uh I was at home and I was talking with somebody and they were like, "I'm sorry. I can't understand what you're saying. I keep getting distracted by looking at your eyes." And so I had

083to put on my sunglasses. So that's why I'm wearing sunglasses here. And um the ride home should be interesting at nighttime. Um so anyway, I wanted to bring up um all the um all the people that were honored this evening and stuff. Uh uh I know um Dr. pointed out how the library was like important when she was in school and I tell you the library was always important for me not just in school but even after school. Uh when I lived in different areas the the library was was awesome because when I was living in Arizona it was air conditioned in the libraries you know and uh so I knew where all the libraries were in every city that I lived in. And um those are one of those things you can go there

084do research on doing a craft. You can do research on something you want to be doing and um yeah the library was always important to me and and still are today. Um now I think it's called internet but still it's a still a library. Uh but yeah, and uh watching the media news uh broadcast kind of reminds me of course you all know that I work at a radio station and I do news all the time and um we're actually in the process of getting solar panels put in and I've been doing a lot of stuff at work moving things around, organizing stuff. But uh watching those kids do that and I'm like ah someone's going to be taking my job in a few years, you know. So hopefully they will continue on doing that,

085providing information for people and um really um that's an incredible thing to get people introduced to the idea of speaking in front of people or speaking in public. And it's a little bit different when you're on a media type situation because you don't actually see the people you're talking to. Um, I was always known, not just here, but I was always known as someone who could talk a lot. And then when I first started working at the radio station and I'm sitting in a a room by myself, I'm like, uh, it's so strange that nobody's there to listen and they still want me to talk. So, um, anyway, it it is kind of different doing the news that way. It's not it's it's public speaking, but it's kind of different than just regular public speaking.

086And of course, um, uh, thank you to the church and, uh, Mission San Antonio for all that they did for our our district and our schools and our students and also what they continue to do for our community. And, um, I think that was a great shout out we did for them, providing that opportunity for them tonight. So, it's not just me. Everybody seems like they're coming down with something today. Um, and uh, I guess that's kind of all I had right now, though. It seems like there was something else that I wanted to bring up, but I'm sure I'll have time to bring it up at the next meeting, though. So, thank you all. >> Thank you, Eric. >> Mr. Laare. >> Uh, first, uh, I noticed in one of your picture that Mr.

087because the for so the staff was actually wearing some water gear. This is this is a copout and and I'm kind of glad you had a picture at least it was it was not it it was broadcasted out to the world that he actually chickenened out. Uh but I've used that as uh as my uh uh usual PSA. uh we there's a lot of outreach for those facilities and reach out to the community people engagement. Uh we are trying to be bold and it takes courage to be bold. It's difficult to challenge the status quo. Uh you know we hear but that's the way it's always been. Well, we're trying to change that and it doesn't mean we're going to reach out the sky. We're not living in a pipe dream. We're just trying to

088figure out what we can do to to change things for the better and every idea, every comment uh from the neighbors, from the parents, from the teachers uh matters. Uh we listen. Uh we value every year of education. We're not focusing on the high school uh specifically. This is just part of the whole picture. We're not focusing on one kid. We're focusing on all the kids. And we know that there's not an ideal magic solution that's going to fix everything that's going to be done and things like that. What we're trying to find is the best tradeoffs uh between all the variables and all the the issues that we have to face. So I really encourage people to be bold. Uh think out of the box. Uh it doesn't mean it will happen, but at

089least what about the what if? Hey, what if we were doing that? And then you might hear that it's it's not possible or we don't have the money or this or that, but at least you trigger curiosity. You you engage uh and just engagement is better than staying silent and complain if something happens that you don't agree with. So I really challenge people to be bold. I want teacher to be bold in the classrooms with being innovative and leading by example because if you're bold your challenge your teacher your sorry your students will be bold and I'm sure there's no student listening to me talking right now but there's this one right here. So uh challenge yourself uh be curious uh challenge us to be better as well. uh you know the you being curious

090is the engine for society. Parents should be bold uh by their commitments, not just showing up to meetings, but showing up with ideas or or expressing them. And for us, the board uh cabinet, let's be bold. Uh I'm not going to say take risk because we this is not where we are, but let's be inventive. Let's be innovative. Let's be creative. Let's be let's be willing to challenge the status quo that's holding us down and uh you know grounded in realism and pragmatism and what can be done and not just leaving living the dream but uh let's let's push forward uh let's push the envelope let's let's think out loud and out of the box. Thank you. >> Thank you Mr. Merchant. I would like to thank everyone for the wonderful and positive reports of

091all the great things that are happening across our campus. It's wonderful here and I know that we have places to go that we can improve, but it's as long as we recognize where those improvements need to be made, we just need to work together and I look forward to those improvements going forward. Thank you, >> Mr. Catis, >> hello. Um, I I just wanted to talk a little bit about Dr. Golly's story um about her cousin who um gave his life on 911. And you know, I tell you, you know, I the last week, maybe actually the last month, I have just been I don't know, cynical of human human beings. I think everything every I try to stay away from watching news. I I can't stand it. And um and today I even came

092in I was really really you know down from a lot of the things that have happened. But then she told me the story and I know it sounds kind of like an oxymoron for me to say but when I heard the story of of of her it's your cousin correct your cousin who who gave his life for other people it just reminded me that that you know that there is another side right and and I come from a family of firefighters. I think my grand both my grandfathers were chiefs and my uncles were all firemen and so I and they've told me stories about running into buildings and stuff like that. But when you have somebody in your family that gave their life for other people, it is it's really something that you can hold

093your head high on. And I and from what she said, he even did other things than that. It wasn't, you know, he donated bone marrow and he did all kinds of stuff. So there's heroes all around us. So, um, I just think it's great that we can honor them and and remember what they do because there's not a lot of us that would do what they do. I I don't know if I could run and run into one of the Twin Towers. I I don't know if I could do that, you know. But but he did it without question. It was just in his nature and that's what he did. And so I just think today is a great day to remember that because you know I I was I was saying earlier that Franklin

094Roosevelt said that Pearl Harbor was a day that will live in infamy, right? That'll always be remembered, but it's not. People I see people all the time go by December 7th and like just go breezes by. I don't want 911 to be like that. and and so I'm glad that we take the time to honor those people and to keep their memory alive and to hopefully use it as a beacon of hope in an otherwise chaotic world. So that's all I got for today. Thank you, Mr. Gatisd. And thank you everyone for being here. Uh I'd like to echo all the sentiments that have been shared already. Um, I see some yawning and I know we've got quite a few presentations or a couple big presentations that we've got on the second docket. So, I'll

095keep my report short. Uh, wanted to share a quote by Colin Powell. Uh, there are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Um, we've uh we've got so much good going on in Bonso Unified School District. And uh we are as as trustee Gatis mentioned you know the emphasis on the on the positivity is is has been you know is is wonderful. Um we have some mountains to climb. uh and the calendar that has been presented to the board as it relates to the listening sessions and the advisory groups and the focus groups and um the neighborhood outreach and it's very very extensive as it relates to our facilities. Um we've had facilities constraints in our district for a very long time and we are as

096trusty Laari said we need to be bold. it's time to really make some strides and that's happening. And so I'm very very grateful for all the voices in the community that are coming together to make sure that we're aligned on our path to making the best possible infrastructure available to us with the resources that we have currently at this time for our students that we have currently in our district and in the immediate future. Uh accommodating for all the growth that we have. You know, we have over 1136 new homes that are being built right now in our district. um it's a significant amount of homes and families that are going to be coming into Bono Unified. So, we are proactively making sure that we address what we need to do to have those classrooms

097um ready to go to welcome the next generation of leaders for our our society and our country. So, very very grateful for everyone being here. It's not easy uh to uh navigate conversations when people feel as though their uh current situation is being um compromised or you know whether it is or it is not it's in in the mind you know there's there's things that we need to do just to kind of make sure that everyone is at least communicated you know commu has a chance to communicate and that we are communicating and I think um from what I can see that that is happening and I am very grateful for that work in progress and I'm looking forward to seeing how it all unfolds moving forward. So, thank you to everyone for for navigating

098that together and uh with that we are going to take a 5m minute break. It is 7:35 and we will reconvene at 7:40. Thank you. [Applause] All right, welcome back. Uh we've got uh we got still quite a few things to go over on our agenda. It's been a great and productive board meeting so far. Uh we are at item number eight, the consent agenda. Is there a motion to approve? >> A motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Action carries unanimously. Bringing us to our information items. Miss Caroline Brown, come and talk to us about facilities. We haven't heard that word yet today. So, or this week or this month. >> Doesn't sound like it. >> Now, I think it is. Okay, there we go. Yeah, there's a lot

099of moving parts. Thank you for having me. um again put together a brief presentation for you for tonight and then some uh uh authorization to do some things more things and then we'll um close with some discussion and questions. Uh so we'll we've done like you've alluded to already tonight we've had a lot of activity even since August. last time I reported that we had all the activity from January and now um we're going to report back to you what we've done so far in this very fast um early part of this school year. We did the fourth back meeting. We're going to review what we did there. We have focus groups established. So I'll give you an outline there. Um how we're going to be doing prop uh engagement. Um Heather Golly is very

100busy in her engagement. Uh we think she should go on the road with her presentation. Uh we've got some fall um site tours going and uh we need to schedule some board study sessions uh to go in the next couple of months and uh to talk about some topics for some of those board study sessions. Um so continuing to do the group meetings and surveys. Uh the superintendent's going around listening uh sessions this time. This u part of the semester we've got the survey out there. We're going out for a wider audience to try to get the broader community along with more staff, students, and family to participate in that. And we're gathering the information that's listed there when as we're um polling people and what they're thinking about. Um the back meeting was held

101on uh August 26th and we reviewed the rationale of the proposed plan. As you recall, we had a proposed plan uh presented in June with direction from the board to go forth and uh assess the feasibility of it. And then we um use that group to establish focus groups and then our site tours are continuing. We have one set for September 22nd and one set for November 6th. And so the um committee got together in August and and we went through a let's remember what we did last year. So we did the session one was goals, session two was facts and needs, session three was the solution when they came up with a proposed plan and then we did the session four to confirm the approach. Uh we had a short agenda mostly um the

102time was spent with the group uh at tabletop activity remembering last semester. Everybody had a nice summer. coming back uh remembering the why, the positives, and some of the challenges that we're going to face uh with this proposed plan. And then um Dr. gave a brief uh overview of the results of the August survey so far. So, more of those to come as we get more input there. Um, we also shared some first pass at site layouts for the proposed plan and um, so I'll share some of those with you. U, they were met with varying degrees of acceptance and um, comment. Uh and so we're working through those and working with the group to take the first pass, tell us what doesn't work, tell us what might work, you know, and and let us

103know how we can do rev two, three, and four of that. So then we we gave the group the board direction and what the urgency was around planning and figuring out what we're going to do. So the why, here's a summary of the why. I I won't read it. We can u provide this to you uh for your later digesting. Um but the uh comments were around the c the why are we doing it? It's centrally located. It's accessibility. It's um trying to maximize of what we have in assets with our current um funding limitations. Uh it's creating room for growth uh for all the um developments that are coming in. um the programmatic and benefit educational benefits were were talked about and then how we can balance the um enrollment and possibly reduce the

104attrition from the elementary to middle and middle to high uh participation in the district. And then the positives, they they rallied around with the positives. We had their boards out so they could remember what it was they were positive about when they were looking at it. um central location, sharing of facilities and resources, especially with the park across the street. Um accessibility um and and uh another comment about the parks, uh efficiency, use of resources and vertical integration of sort of the curriculum alignment with the um 712 model and then um the growth potential space to accommodate the growing enrollment and to expand programs. And then the challenges are the west lilac and traffic safety significant expenses uh to implement the changes. How are we going to fund it? What's it going to cost? Uh

105site sustainability um or suitability, sorry. And then um community concerns, neighborhoods around around Old River wanted an elementary in their backyard, not a high school. You know, there's some just general resistance to change. Uh and then the enrollment growth. Um there was a comment about the challenges in saying that the um plan doesn't appear to address the long-term population growth and capacity needs. There may be some explaining to do. We have been supplying them with what our projections are. So um we'll have to dive into that one a little bit more. and then the boundaries uh and logistics around the any moving that we're going to be doing and then the complications around redistricting and telling people they're going here now instead of there or um whatever. And so this was the first pass of

106the old river road uh layout and um basically this red line I think you've seen these before, right? I think we saw these in August. Yeah. Okay. So I won't go into that. So this was the um the uh design that we um talked about with the group. The orange areas need to be significantly address remodeled. The blue areas are some restrooms that need to be remodeled. And then some we would have a division between the 78 and the 912. And then this is the West Lilac for short-term modernization. There was a a contemplation of adding the um the drop off up here at elevation and having kids come in at this elevation. And then that would extend the queuing all the way through here and uh add the parking uh that would be required

107for this site because this part the the site here at Old River has a lot more parking than the site at West Lilac. And then if we had more substantial funding, long-term modernization, we would potentially do new classroom buildings um over on the west side. Um the group uh was not too keen on that. It feels like the classrooms are too far away from admin and the health office and things like that. So there'll be some reiterations of of these site plans. There were certainly a first pass without us um with us working over the summer when people weren't around to try to give them something to respond to. So then we divided everybody. The 42 people that appeared at the uh meeting were then divided into the three focus groups. one on the 712

108experience, one on the K TK6 experience and the other on a boundary opportunities to balance enrollment um chaired by various people and the goals for each one. We want to focus on the learning experiences and how we're going to deliver a program if we do do the change of site. And so um some of the listening sessions have happened, some are pending. Um Dr. Gali is going around in September to see all the sites and listen to the teachers. It's not the first meeting they're going to have and it's not the or it's the first meeting they're having, but it's not the last. There'll be more conversations. All staff meeting on October 31st and January 12th. And then the parent and community forums are set uh as September 23rd, November 18th, and January 21. And

109then we have the advisory committee when uh we'll reconvene on November 4th and hear the reports out from each of the um focus groups. And then this is our site tour that we're going to be doing um in uh sorry in September we're doing Lemong Grove and Spencer Valley. In um no November, we're doing Newport Mesa and Fullerton to look at portables, modulars, and permanent construction, steel, wood, concrete, tiltup, masonry, and all kinds of construction methods so that we can come up with some pricing. And then there's a funding uh question, and I know um uh Miss Anderson um asked that we would explore all the funding options that are available. And so I went back out to um look at the modernization and once you have eligibility, there's modernization applications you can do if

110you can bring a district match. And then the new construction eligibility. If we have some growth in the area, we probably have a few seats we can qualify for for new construction, also requiring a district match. And then there's the facilities hardship which is the application process that you go through with the state um allocation board to uh encourage the replacement of the buildings instead of modernizing the buildings. And if the modernization of a building is more than 50% of the replacement cost then you become facilities hardship. That means that um your facility has to cost more to modernize than replace, but you it also has to have serious health and safety concerns. So if you have flooding, roof leaks, mold, um uneven surfaces, various other um things that would qualify you as health and

111safety risk, that helps you with your facility's hardship application. And then on the heels of that, we could go into a financial hardship situation where we can't bring a match. We have facilities hardship. There's a carveout for small school districts in the state program that we could potentially access if we can prove that we are fin in financial hardship. Unfortunately, we're good stewards of the money. So, we could can't check that box that we're over 60% indebtedness. and we um assessed value that we could get a bond for more than 15 million and we have had a successful bond in the last two years. So we don't have any of those check boxes. So the one checkbox we can do is the appeal process where we go to the state allocation board and lobby the

112legislators to grant us financial hardship so that they can then give us aortionments to cover the cost of construction. But the cost of construction with the budget they do is about 50% of what we're going to need. So we're going to have to keep our ask or our project small because they don't fund 100% as a facilities as a financial hardship in the situation like this. I know that was a lot was a little went down the rabbit hole there. Happy to talk about it more. Maybe if we have a uh study session we can go dive deep dive into that. Um and then uh what we want to because of the conversation around trying to maximize funding uh last month we came and asked for permission for us to do an RFP for architectural

113services. So if we go down the path and that's the direction you'd like to go, we need to hire an architectural firm to do industry specialist reports to complete the facility's hardship of application. And so, um, part of that would be to also invite the, uh, representatives from CDE and the, uh, office of public school construction to come and look at Sullivan and see if it qualifies as a facilities hardship location and, uh, and then we would submit the application. We would have to get concurrence from um, the division of state architects in order to package that application. Um, so we'd like to know if you if you would like to go down that path, then we'll need to do an RFP for industry specialist reports. Estimated probably between 80 and $100,000 to do that

114work. Yeah, >> before we commit to this, >> we can do it in any order. So what I would suggest is that we put an RFP out on the road out on the street, maybe leave it out there for four to six weeks and then have CDE and OPSC come down in that four to six weeks and then before you make the commitment to go into contract for that, we would know where they stood on that on that uh safety and health concern. >> Would they still be able to consider this even though there's a plan for us to actually modify the school after the stuff is u being done there? because I know our facilities plan, future planning is to change that school to a different type of school and would they still be

115able to do those modifications? >> We can still do the modifications within the square footage allocation of what we qualified for. So if we say we have 30 classrooms that or 25 classrooms that are considered facility hardship, that's 25 classrooms times 960. That's your square footage. District go forward and you need to replace those buildings. what those buildings look like when you replace them. As long as they're not over the square footage, then you're you're okay. >> Yes. >> Yeah. Good questions, though. So, um if if you're okay with that six week timeline and having them come and we'll be back with you in October, we'll go ahead and just issue an RFP. There's no financial commitment at this time. Well, you've already approved us to go out for an RFP. I just wanted to

116make sure that we came back and said, "This is what we're thinking we want to do with that authorization." And yeah, if you'd like to do a vote, that would be fine. >> Point of order. This is an information item. >> It is an information item. So, I don't think we could actually make a motion on it. >> Oh, here. >> Yeah. >> The RFP How long are >> Okay, very We'll do that. Uh, okay. So then, um, I I think we need to calendarize some board study sessions and, um, I brainstormed a little bit, Dr. and I, about like what maybe those study sessions might need to contain. And so, um, we thought a deeper dive into funding sources, state and local. um some municipal advising, some of Adam's work uh and Rachel's work

117with um how you can finance some things if that's a desire. And then uh the squa process if we ever want to do anything over on GIRD or if we get to a plan where we're going to be making all these shifts and affecting all the schools and how we do SQA and what that looks like, we can have somebody come in and talk about that. And then we can have somebody come in and talk about construction, what's the market, and what are the delivery methods that are options for you? And if there's anything else you had in mind, session, >> I'm thinking probably one per topic. I'm thinking probably the funding and financing would probably could probably be one item. The environmental could be another. And then the construction market delivery methods could be

118a third, maybe three. >> Do we want to just do a doodle and see what people think on dates? We could do that. So, we can do that. So, we'll we'll send out a doodle and see who's available and then get those dates out there. Okay. And then just finally knowing that all of these things and all this u reporting and everything we're doing is is on the website for people to go slice and dice and see what our conversations are. Any questions, comments? Um good. >> There's a lot going on. Thank you. My microphone is off. Do I need to start over again or am I okay? >> Okay, I'll start over. Um, we're going to conduct a public hearing u regarding the certification of sufficiency of instructional materials for uh school year 2526.

119Uh, we're going to open it at 803. Um, EC section 60119 requires that local governing boards hold an annual public hearing and adopt a resolution stating whether each pupil in the LEA has sufficient textbooks or instructional materials in reading, language arts, mathematics, science, and history, social science aligned to content standards and consistent with the content and cycles of the curriculum framework adopted by SBE. Instructional materials for use in grades K through eight have been approved by the state board of education or have otherwise been deter determined to be aligned with the state academic content standards adopted pursuant to education code 6605 or the common core standards adopted pursuant to education code 6605.8. Instructional materials for grades 9 through 12 meet the criteria specified in the law and administrative regulation. Do we have anybody here to

120express public comment as it relates to this item? Okay. In which case, our public hearing shall close at 8:04. Bringing us to our first action item, which is adoption of resolution 25-09-02, uh the certification of sufficiency of instructional materials for school year 2526. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> I >> motion carries unanimously bringing us to our action item uh 10.2. We don't have a presentation on this. This is just on the agenda. So this is the second reading and approval of the facilities enhancement and funding agreement for the Ocean Breeze Ranch project. >> Motion to approve. >> No in tandem. >> I second. >> Okay. Mr. Merchant first and Mr. Laare a second. All in favor? I I >> the >> motion carries unanimously bringing us to action

121item number three the resolution number 25-09-03 gb statement number 101 compens compensated absences >> motion to approve >> second >> all in favor >> I >> motion carries unanimously now that brings us to action item four so Miss Castro is going to give us a presentation as it relates to the unodudited actuals for the school year. >> Thank you. >> They always are. Good evening board of trustees superintendent superintendent and student board member and Gina. It's time for an art and actuals. I I'm very happy because I can see I can see the future with his glasses. I'm borrowing from uh Dr. Pens from Veronica. I lost mine and I was like, I may want to see the screen and I'll try mine. Okay. Anyways, we're gonna start. So, as you remember at the end

122of the month of June, we presented the budget adoption and together simultaneously was presented an estimated actuals report next to it. And that's what we're going to be comparing right now and looking um the numbers that we estimated as um at the end of the June compared to when we actually close um every single category in our books and um what is the ending balance for this fiscal year. So we're going to start with the revenues. >> The first column represent the description of the type of revenue, the source of the revenue. second column the numbers that were presented and were um together with the budget adoption on June and the third column is the another and another actuals what we actually incur in every single um in this in this areas uh collection or

123that we earn the revenue that we're collected eventually but is already recorded our books or recognized so for local um uh LCFF funding we is about $50,000 an increase for an adjustment to prior year adjustment on revenue. And then on the federal revenue, we have um $41,000 decrease. This is related to the program impact aid. This year we receive a little bit less and I'm glad that the program is still going because there was, you know, jeopardizing. it was jeopardized but um we still have that because it's it's a significant um amount that we receive every year but we it was reduced um the collection of this um grant in $41,000. Then for the state revenue uh the difference between the two columns is about $275,000. Part of that is um $69,000 in lottery an

124increase. And then also we had um a significant reduction in ELOP but then at the end of the year we uh verify the numbers because the time the timing doesn't align properly when you're reporting. So sometimes P2 is not certified at the time that you're building the budget and then the numbers change after that. So that's what it happens. We prepare you start estimating and doing all the projections or uh the estimated amounts in May. other districts they start earlier in the year because they need to finish the that they want to finish earlier that the budget but we start in May the certification happen in June at the end of June that's when we already have everything to go for the board so and this is one of the reasons why I'm trying to

125explain um the timing sometime doesn't align so when every single retiring period we had to go and check again is any change on the potential revenue they're going to receive or any and and with this we do see some changes and this is one of them. So it's an increase of $239,000 in the ELOP uh which we're very happy and glad that um we had that available and then uh reduction of $45,000. That's another small uh state revenues. So that's all those adjustments equals to theund $257,000 increase on the state revenue. Then the local revenue uh we have uh interest increase of $99,000 compared to projected amount. So receive more interest that we were expecting. Also we receive $89,000 more in special education funding uh through the SULPA. Um, we have a reduction for about

126$242,000 related to the calchip program. Not that that we're not receiving it that we're not recognizing it on 2425 because they we were we didn't earn it potent uh fully due to that we didn't incorp. So you will see um an item later that we are extending um that's for something else but it's something sim similar for for that grant we had to extend it to this year the agreements to pay to be able to pay because they were not able to finish on on that year. So we only can um recognize on that year whatever we earn and in order to earn the revenue we had to have the expense happen. So um that's part of scholarship $199,000 and the California apprenticeship grant also that um it has an amount right there. So both

127is 24 $242,000. Then we do have um a recognition over here of cash fair market value cash is a requirement that you have to do is $188,000. Um these details are not right there because I didn't want to have all these um it's I think it's it will be very greedy needy or convoluted to to put it all right there but I'm just trying to explain what is the difference between one column and the other one and in every single line what is what programs were affected or what what actually happened there. Bottom line, the total revenue compared the estimated at June and the uh inertton actuals is 30 $350,000 that we receive more that will recognize more with all the nets add and increases. Then for the estim uh expenditures, the first one that

128we have in the line is salaries. So we actually spend more than um projected in salaries. So we have a combination of certificated and classified salaries. Certificate is about $196,000 more and classified $27,000 for the certificated. I'm going to explain the major classification in salaries that um we pay more is counselors $148,000 but because it was a revised or a reduction um that it was done at estimated actuals but we actually needed that uh funding available there and it was through um a program that we do a we did a reduction but we we incurring the expense. So that's what that's the difference between there between those two points. Then we have um and benefits also some adjustments to Kalpers and OPEV. Um there's there's some positions for Kalpers that are not necessarily contributing to

129that. But when we budgeted all the all the salaries we include um the percentage that is related to Kalpers for a caution and protection and for the OPE is um other post-employment benefits typically related to um health and welfare for retirees. So this is the amount that we have a a decrease. So 104 plus 94,000 in other postemployment benefits equals 19 $97,000 which is the difference between those two columns and benefits. Then materials and supplies, we're talking about $191,000 difference between projected and what we actually spend is less and is all the supplies across the district and that's just one small program of one site. We're talking about since uh curriculum to cleaning supplies, office supplies, everything you name it. So, it's not just one line. We're talking about thousands of lines that compound this

130this difference of $191,000. And then when we go to operating expenses and services, we do have a different categories as well right there. But you can see uh this is the biggest one um category that it has a big or main uh difference is about $430,000 between the estimated amount and the naron actuals amount and then I'm going to give you uh some information about that how what is that number meeting. So starting with sub agreements. So it's it's a net of increases and decreases. But I'm going to explain you what is increasing, what what we had more or less expenses. So we had more uh about $133,000 in sub agreements with nonpublic schools or uh nonpublic agencies. $133,000. That's one category. The other category is travel conference. that went a small increase of $22,000.

131We had D and memberships a small decrease $4,000. We have a utilities a savings and utilities for about $72,000 that includes electricity and gas. And then they have another category that it calls professional consultant services. This is the big the biggest one is $396,000. However, out of these 396,000, 129 were moved to the super agreements to uh nonpublic schools uh through uh NOS public schools and nonpublic agencies. So, that's kind of wash off. It's kind of swapping from one category to another, but we still have a difference right there. And this section includes what is legal uh legal settlements, field trips, um some reservations for instructional software, some contracts, nurse contract services that were reduced less than we were expected that we were going to be spending that this year. And that equals all of

132that that I mentioned equals the $430,000 less and expenses in that operating expenses and services. Then we go to the capital outlay. Um you will see just like $12,000 more in the general fund. However, for the entire district using different funds, the total expenses for capital fund for capital outlay is 400 um 5,000 and4 thou $500,000. I'm sorry, I'm getting all mixed up over here with my numbers. So, $500,000 because we're using other funds, not just general fund, but it was recorded in general fund is only $224,000. But then we have fun form 40 that we use also for this purpose. So out of the $500,000 we have 119,000 in land improvements which includes the marquee that it was done the shed structure and the pedestrian ram uh fencing that I was over here. We

133can do that. But for this this particular we have some donations that were and fundraisers that were done for for the marquee and then where some some money set aside. Absolutely we can do that. um for for those projects but for found 40 for projects that are not necessarily increasing capacity or justification of the new students right we can do that but it's now we basically we're going to ended up on that fun on this for this fis for this year 2425 like $100,000 left we've been using it but when we have those donations for that purpose that in and you directed for us to be used it for that we use it. >> So when we get those donations we don't direct them into the um the the facilities funding then even if they're

134a facilities related fund they go into the general fund only. >> That's correct. But it had a destination and it has a code specifically to use for that purpose that they decided to. >> Thank you. >> Okay. And then we have also building building improvements for $322,000 that includes floors replacement, flooring replacement, roofing repairs and different sites. And we have also a transportation building that was purchased and the service kit uh kitchen line at Sullivan Middle School. All this all the capital expenditures by the way that was uh completed with um SH nutrition services funding. So that's also another fund. So it's it's multifunded. The capital the capital expenditures have been multifunded this year. We have also the equipment for $32,000. We use um some city money to purchase this vehicle and partially the athletic

135aortionment that we have because they need we needed to coordinate and they needed more more um transportation available for the programs and that will give you the total of capital expenditures which is $500,000 around that um couple dollar a couple thousand dollars more but it's about that Then we go to the other outgo is right there on the before on the last line. Um it's only $16,000 less than we were projected. And this is related to the tuition or self agreements that we have with other entities. We were projecting 669 and we've spent 653. You will see you'll see right there $63,000 minus and that's related to indirect cost. As you can see, u sorry, I was trying to use the pointer, but I think Oh, there you go. So, in direct cost over here,

136indirect cost over here. So, um $63,000 negative. This is a reduction in expenses because we were able to charge um the maximum percent allowed by the state to the child nutrition pro program for the um administrative costs basically that we do um for that fund. So that reduces also the the expenditures. Um, so the difference between 39.7 and 39.11 is $664,000 less in expenses that we were projected. And then we have also the revenues that we looked prior $353,000 more uh coming or right recognized in the books. Okay. So, moving forward with this, we have the transfers out. We were projecting to transfer out the general fund $48,000. We only had to transfer out $345,000 is representing $63,000 less. and we transferred to fund 9, which is the charter school, $275,000 and to fund 63,

137which is the daycare, $63,000. We did a a contribution also to fund 73 to to provide the scholarships. The last event that we had, that was for $7,000. That's another transfer out. And then we have the contributions. uh what we do with the programs that are not self-sufficient like special ed and the restricted maintenance account that's is not that is not self-sufficient but we are required to contribute 10% of the total expenditures. So we estimated the contributions and special education of 4.8 million and we contribute only 4.4. uh we were uh taking advantage of the grants that are available to cover some special education expenses. That's the reason why uh we have that difference. Uh it's about 400,000 between both. And then um the certain m maintenance account it went up a little bit $13,000.

138It's calculated. We had to contribute and it has to be 3%. If not, if we don't meet the requirement, we don't we don't pass inspection basically or we don't pass the the the system the system won't allow us to move forward basically. Then we were projecting a contribution to ELO as I mentioned before that we when we estimated these numbers we saw a reduction on the on the allocation for ELO but then when we went back again and checked when we're going to close the program we realized that there the P2 were certified and we received more funding so we didn't have to contribute at all to this program. So we're very happy to the contrary we start moving more expenses to it so we can liberate general fund unrestricted this is just a summary

139of all the total the revenues and total expenditures and then so so you can see how the ending fund balance is calculated. So we're estimated at um month of June 9.2 2 million and will this increase in revenue and decrease in expenses. We now uh we're finalizing or closing this year with 10.3 uh million and end in fun balance. So we went from a reserve that it was expected to be 15.4% to 19.3%. And then these are the components of the fund balance. We have r we ended up with $13,000 in revolving cash fund for um emergencies. Uh restricted balance of 2.7 million. Then our reserve that is the 3% that's required for uncertainties 1.1 million and then then assign or the available balance 6.4 million. The total of this in combination equals the 10.3

140million um ending balance. The following is just as some um a display of what is what programs are part of those 2.72 millions on restricted funding or restricted balances. So we have the great effect the great effectiveness Yes, >> we got uh um I I think I mentioned um we do get receive interest and we receive $99,000 in interest more than projected. This is not the total. I can give you the total. Um I can check it just to give you the stock number. >> Yes, we did. We did. We do receive that. So this is what just the difference. Um so it's more than that. A lot more than that. >> Probably more more like a 300,000 >> that will be nice. Okay. So then we go here. Okay. So here are the list

141of the programs that compounded restricted balance of 2.72 million with educated effectiveness with 10.3,000 10,000 53,000 for golden step pathways 319,000 for arts and music instructional materics blog grant and this is going to be the last year I think um that we're planning to because it was yes because it was uh planned for several years and and this is we budget settled entirely for 2526 to be used. Um then we have the older arts program, the Prop 28, $59.7,000 because we had to meet a ratio and um we don't want to be penalized or anything. So we use as much as we can and and then there we can we can carry forward. And then we have dual enrollment opportunities $159,000. This one is a combination of three grants. The $43,000 is the community engagement

142in initiative. We have still a balance of ethnic studies bant block grant and then we have a new um entitlement of pro 98 literacy grant that we received this year. So it's a balance it's a combination of those three programs. And then we have the restricted maintenance account, the one that we contribute from the general fund 3% every year. And then we have the cal shape um 199.6 that we haven't paid our vendor yet because they were not able to perform um before June 30th. So services were not completed. We are going to pay this um this fiscal year and we are now. So the next one is uh just to let you know the balance of the other funds that we have on our books. The 10 10.2 million were for is just for

143general fund. Then we have an ASV $55,000. We have the found 9 $137,000. That means that is restricted not is is specific for for a program for a specific use. It's not like that they have a balance to to spend in anything. Um the shell nutrition services 1.1 million capital facilities 5.8 million. Then we have the found 35. This is reimbur the reimbursement that we received from the state 4.5 million. And then we have the capital projects reserve fund 40. It's only $108,000 left on that one. Um we do have the cap capital project fund the CFDs. It'sund uh $680,000. The child care shows negative um not because on the operations side uh we are able to cover. We contribute like 63 uh,000 this year. The reason why it's negative because it was an added

144adjustment to the pension net pension liability. We're carrying this for years already but it's not in the operational area. It's related to um something else. um self insurance fund found 67 is $5,000 and the the 73 which is the foundation private purpose trust fund. This was used to give the scholarships away is only 1,000 left. So and that will be that will be it. The next the next step is to have the auditors in place to finalize the audit and once they can attest that the everything was in compliance. Uh this statements were become the official statements and the final for the fiscal year. So the audit needs to be completed by December 15. Um and by the same day we need to submit the first inter report as well with um the projections for

145the three years. >> Is there any questions? >> It's a very thorough report. Thank you. And uh with that is there a motion to approve moving forward with presenting this? >> To approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> motion carries. Thank you, Miss Castro. Appreciate all your work on that. Bringing us to action item number five. This is the 202425 GAN limit resolution number 25-09-01. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously. Bringing us to action item six, the district sunshined articles for the 2526 negotiations with the Bonsel Teachers Association. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> motion carries unanimously. Bringing us then to the BTA's articles for 2526. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >>

146Motion carries unanimously. Sorry, my cursor kind of jumped and went from one place to place I didn't think I clicked on. uh bring us to uh item number eight, the uh memorandum of understanding between Bonsel Unified School District and Bonsel Teachers Association for the long-term independent study class size. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> I >> motion carries unanimously bringing us to item nine the umou with CS sun and B USD to provide clinical experience for speech language pathologist M's degree program. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously bringing us to action item 10. The credential teacher to provide instruction in long-term independent study setting. Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously.

147Bringing us to action item 11, the memorandum of understanding with Cal State Teach and BUSD for the student teaching program. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously bringing us to action item 12. theou with boys to mentoring network for mentoring services at Sullivan Middle School as well as Bonsel High School. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I I >> motion carries unanimously bringing us to action item 13, the facility and program reservation agreement with Rawhidede Ranch for the fall 2025 as well as the spring 2026 ranch days. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously. Bringing us to action item 14, theou between the Bonsil Unified School District and the Boys and Girls Club

148of North County. >> Motion to approve. Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously. Bringing us to action item 15, the scope of work between Qualetrics uh CISA 6 and the Bonsel Unified School District. Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I I >> motion carries unanimously bringing us to the action item number 16, the master contract between the Bonsel Unified School District and the Winston School for the 2526 school year. >> A quick question on this one. Um there's no maximum amount that we're going to approve or is it just going to be um just to I mean I know it's necessary want to approve it but um and we're going to approve it but I just like to see that you know if if it does go

149above a certain limit then maybe has to be brought back to us so we could approve the higher amount just so we just So, are we going to try to put a maximum amount on there or just uh leave it for this way for now? >> I think she what she was saying is that these are rates that are negotiated through our SULPA, which is the North Coastal um consortium for Special Education. And so the rates have to be vetted through them and that's why they're presented as this. And I think if they tried to go above that, we would have to go through our Nixie SULPA in order to make any kind of changes. I >> I think what you're saying though is is okay, if the the maximum, okay, we have the rate,

150but if the expenditures right now, let's say 100,000 and all of a sudden, oh my gosh, there's 600,000. Well, we'd like to know where that's going. >> Right. correct that, you know what I mean? So that you don't get surprised and all of a sudden you spend 600,000 something like I >> guess >> like a not to exceed perhaps. >> Yeah. And then if they if you need to go above that, then you come back and say, "Hey, by the way, we had a third Yeah, thank you. I was just concerned about the encumberment. Would that not encumber the money so that we couldn't Well, you tell me. Excuse me. So I was saying until the person puts a requisition in the system is when the encumbrance is going to happen. So either the whoever

151is doing the entry the entry in the system is just putting partial amount like a estimated maybe $50,000. That's what's going to be the incumbrance. Even though if the contract is approved for more is not reserved yet. You know what I mean? Okay. So, would you like me to bring it back or can we approve this and then I go going forward? I would put a maximum amount. >> I'm good with um approving this now and then going, you know, in the future. Let's just make sure that we have an accountability for how much money we're spending on each item because I mean, like I say, it you know, it could be necessary for like six 10 students and all of a sudden, you know, it's we're like, "Hey, where'd this money go?" is is

152there a way to I mean is this imperative it has to be done today or can we do it next? I mean does it make a difference because it would be preferable to have that cap in there instead of just you know blind doing it. >> So we have to well we don't have to but the master contract being approved is is important for us moving forward with the students that are there. Um so that's just approving the master contract. We can approve the amount at the next one if that works. Does that make sense? >> That makes sense. So BA basically this is an outline of the the rates for each of the different kinds of services for the students that are being uh attended to at the Winston School. So, um the contract

153needs to be uh in place as as uh mentioned as it relates to having those students covered under that master contract. But we can still have a uh amendment to or or a addition to this master contract to be brought back to us at the next meeting that actually has that cap as requested. >> Yeah, I saw the wording on there and I I noticed that this had to be done by the end of this month in order for the program to continue. So, like I said, I'm good with uh making the motion to approve it, but just uh if we could look at putting a cap on there just I mean a cap not that we're not going to do it, but just so that we know if it goes above that. So, I

154make a motion to approve this. >> Thank you. It makes sense. Thank you. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Motion carries unanimously. Thank you for the uh clarification dialogue. Bringing us to action item 17, the agreement renewal with First Student, Inc. for special education transportation services. >> Motion to approve. >> I got the same thing on this one here. There's no maximum on here. Um could we again I'll second the motion but uh in the future could we look at this and put a cap on there so that we notify you. >> Second. >> So we have a motion and a second. All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously. Bringing us to action item 18. This is the independent contractor agreement between Bonsley Unified School District and Kai Turley for musical consulting

155services. This the drum line. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously, bringing us to our last action item for the evening, action item 19. And my network went out, but I happen to remember that it's the pizza guy. So, is there a motion to approve the pizza guy? >> Motion to approve. >> I second. >> All in favor? >> I. Motion carries unanimously bringing us to public comment. We do have a public commenter. Um and Mr. Gatis would will provide some construct for that. >> Public comment. The Bonso Unified School District Board of Trustees welcomes participation at the district school board meetings. If you wish to address an item on the agenda, you must complete this form and deliver it to the executive assistant prior to

156the board considering the item. If you wish to address the board considering matters within the board's subject matter jurisdiction that are not on the agenda, you must complete this form and deliver it to the executive assistant prior to the public comment section of the agenda. Individual speakers will be allowed three minutes to address the board on each agenda or non-aggenda item. The board shall limit the time for public input on each item to 20 minutes. With board consent, the president may increase or decrease the time allowed for public presentation depending on the topic and the number of persons wishing to be heard. The president may take a poll of speakers for or against a particular issue and may ask that additional persons speak only if they have something new to add. It is requested that

157speakers address the board from the podium when addressing the board. And you must be Amanda. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> All right. Good evening. My name is Amanda and I've been wanting to come before this board for a very long time, but I was compelled to speak tonight after the strategic focus areas and identified needs around special education were presented last month. I was disappointed to see disproportionality in special education framed as a problem with numbers simply because a significant portion of our students have individuals individualized education programs or IEPs. The real disproportionality in this district is not how many students are identified. It's in the gap between the number of students who need support, the staffing, services, and resources provided. Families would not be forced into the litigation you see month after month in

158close session if students were receiving appropriate services and were safe in their classrooms. High rates of litigation are because of a mismatch between need and the limited capacity this district has chosen to provide. But this is not only a question of capacity. Too often, the services are simply not provided, even when they are written into IEPs. that failure is what drives families into litigation. If many of your students require specialized instruction, that reflects the reality of this community, not an error in identification. The real question shouldn't be how to reduce IEPs, but how to resource school so every student identified receives what the law guarantees, their IEPs to be followed in a free and appropriate public education or FAPE. And if the district believes that the amount comes from errors in assessment, then the same

159logic must apply the other way. Errors and delays can just as easily mean too few children are identified. Either way, this points to a broken system of evaluation and services, not a problem with students. I also want to point out the special education department update in tonight's board meeting packet is three sentences long. For a student population, the district itself is claiming too large. The board deserves more than a three sentence update. Families deserve more than a three sentence update. These surface level reports don't tell you what is really happening in classrooms or what families are experiencing. That's why I'm urging you to actively provide stronger oversight. Consider forming a board level special education committee. Visit the special day classrooms, the severe classrooms during your site visits. Engage directly with families and the prepar professionals

160in the classrooms. Compare your staffing and services with other districts in our special education local plan area or SULPA. As one of you said last month, you want the districts to move forward with honesty and transparency. That transparency requires looking deeper than surface numbers and short reports. Dr. also presented last month that one of the goals is to standardize the change of placement process and provide least restrictive environment guidance to support legally defensible data different place datadriven placement decisions. I respect the effort to make decisions consistent, but I want to point out legally defensible is not the same as educationally effective. A placement can be defensible on paper and still fail to fail a child in practice, especially when IEPs go unfollowed. I urge you to look beyond whether programs are defensible in court, and

161ask whether they are effective for children. Finally, I ask this board to direct staff to consistently share resources, including Nixie workshops and parent trainings with families. The district already receives this information, but it is not reaching parents. For families who are already geographically isolated and far from surface services, simply forwarding what you already know about would go a long way toward reducing inequities. Thank you. That brings us to the planning portion of our meeting. Uh, our next regularly scheduled meeting of the Bonso Unified School District Governing Board of Trustees is scheduled for Thursday, October 9th, here at the Bonsel Community Center, unless otherwise officially noticed. Close session at 4:30, open session at 6 p.m. And with that, we shall adjourn today's meeting at 8:45 p.m. Thank you all for being here.