BUSD - Board Meeting - 6/18/25

001Good evening and welcome to the regularly scheduled board meeting of the Bonso Unified School District Board of Trustees June session. We'll start with a roll call at the uh other side of the table. Mr. Ortega, Eric Ortega here, Pascal here, Roger Merch here, and Lissa Anderson here. Uh Michael Gatis was uh way laid on some travel plans. He may or may not be able to join us. uh uh later on as we go through the meeting. Uh if we can all stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance 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. Prior to convening here this evening, the board met in close session where we

002uh considered the appointment employment evaluation of a performance discipline transfer dismissal of employees government code 54957 discuss its position regarding collective bargaining with the Bonsel teachers association the California school employees association chapter 703 in order to direct the superintendent as chief negoti negotiator in the matters of BTA and CSCA contracts. uh had conference with legal counsel regarding potential litigation into matters. Uh consideration of student expulsion uh per Cal Ed code 48918 and conference with real property negotiators with the property location being on the east side of Horse Creek Ranch Road in Fbrook. And that takes us to the uh current agenda. Is there a motion to approve? Motion to approve. Second. All in favor? I. Motion carries unanimously bringing us to the minutes of the regular meeting of May 8th. Is there a motion to

003approve? Motion to approve. Second. All in favor? I. Motion carries. Bringing us to our reports. Uh typically we have uh our some of our teacher sites but um our our site administrators the uh it's summer so uh we have uh uh extensive reports that were included in our um agendas online. Is there anybody here from the BTA? I'm sorry, Anna. Come on up. Good evening, trustees, Superintendent and Miss McCannernney. Um, well, we made it through another school year. That's exciting. Um, things are going to be rough next year with the budget and everything. Uh, we all know that. Everybody knows that. Um but I just urge the board to remember um that the teachers are the heart of this school district and through many versions of boards and administrators we remain and we are the

004gold um along with the other staff members and uh budgets are just prioritizing. So, have a great summer. We will get through this together and the teachers will support the district as always in their future plans, but we hope that you will consider how valuable our support is. Thank you. Thank you. Is there anybody here representing CSEA today? Okay. any parent organizations. Okay. Which then that brings us to our superintendent report. Miss Gully, Dr. Gully. [Music] Good evening board. It is amazing actually that we're here at the June board meeting already. This is the culmination of our academic year. And I think this picture is pretty perfect because if you take a look at that picture, our graduation at the high school is really, I think, kind of the grand finale. And it's a grand

005finale because it underscores that graduation is is basically the the end of an academic symphony. And we did a really excellent job, I think, with our students and making sure that that academic symphony was wonderful. Every single note of hard work and growth leads to an unforgettable moment. And if you see the fist pumping, I think this picture really does represent that this is uh a grand finale. And with that, I think it's fitting also that we contemplate our theme of belong, believe, and achieve because as students walk across that stage, and this is my 30th year in education, 30 graduations that I've been able to see, it's it's a pretty powerful moment. We're releasing them into the world. And as we release them into the world, ideally, they're going to go forth and they're

006going to prosper. And we need to make sure that they're ready. So as we think about whether or not we have worked to belong, believe and achieve here in Bonsel Unified, it's really important of course that we ground our work in our framework for the future. And if we think about this past year and the the entire efforts of this of this whole year as we close out, I want to contemplate again what have we done to make sure that our students are engaging in rigorous and relevant learning experiences that inspire them to be productive community members and future ready lifelong learners. We have to ask ourselves that what have we done? Have we empowered our students to thrive in a positive, safe and supportive environment through highquality education focused on the whole learner? If

007you think about uh John Dwey, he said we do not learn from experience, we learn from reflecting on experience. So it is incumbent upon us to reflect and to think about our entire experience. What have we done? So I wanted to kind of encapsulate um some of the greatest hits. It is not possible for us to actually recap everything but there are some things that I think we should highlight and we should think about so that we can um again discuss whether or not we we're moving towards that vision. So one of the first that I want to talk about is building for tomorrow through community partnership. I am very proud of the work that we've done with the advisory committee. I think that it has really brought together staff, families, students, community members to

008really collaboratively plan our future school site configurations and facilities upgrades. I'm going to share a little bit more about that later. I know that we had a board study session last week. I want to recap a little bit about of that because not everybody was there and didn't participate but I really think that their work has done a lot to exemplify the values that we have here as a district and that those of course are service, innovation, collaboration and integrity. I also want to highlight community partnerships. This was a massive highlight. We had the the serve your city campaign with North Coast Church and with um you know we did our Sullivan Middle School projects and also the Bonszel farm and last month we highlighted North Coast Church and that's really important. But as we're

009reflecting throughout the year and thinking about all the work that has happened, we need to make sure that we are expressing a lot of gratitude for the other people that have made sure that these things are possible. So I actually want to start tonight with an important recognition. We have a lot of staff members who behind the scenes are kind of those staff members that are the unsung heroes. We have a lot of staff members that are so incredibly dedicated. They put so much into the heart of this district. And I want to highlight a few of them here tonight. Not all of them are here tonight and I didn't capture everybody's photo, but I was able to pull together as many as I could. But these are people again who serve as I said

010as the heart of our operations. They basically do whatever it takes to support our schools, oftentimes without recognition, but always with an unbelievable commitment to service. And for those who are here, I'm going to actually shout out everybody's name. And if you are here tonight, and I know I saw a handful of them, which is great. I'd like you to join me up here at the podium because I want to share a bit about what your dedication has meant to this district. And I'm going to ask, and I'll call out all their names. If you're here, please come stand next to me. Haley Burknes, Audrey Greenwood, John Norton, I saw you. Carlos Rodriguez, I saw you. Alexis Chapman, Laura Castro, right here. Come on up. Manny Ramirez, Angie James, Linda Pipe, thank you. Leo Herrera,

011uh, Caesar, I saw you. Come on up here. Tiffany Swettos, Miguel Coruransza, Jonathan Castanos, and Shane Canerini. And I'm just going to share a little bit about this incredible group and they are a representation of how many amazing people we have in this organization. Oh, good. Hello. Hello. Okay. Um, again, they contribute their time, their energy, their heart, and they put so much time into the serve your city projects. It was great to recognize North Coast Church. It is absolutely amazing that they came here and they volunteered so much time and so many resources. And none of that would have been possible if this group didn't spend hour after hour, long days. I know lots of work behind the scenes to make sure that those those projects were successful. You took on every single task

012with humility, professionalism, and a genuine desire to make a difference. And what impresses me the most about this project, which is an example of what they do, it's it's really exemplified by the work they do every single day. What impresses me about them is they don't just complete a job. It's not about a job. You help transform spaces that reflect the pride we have in our schools and in our community. And they do that every day. And even someone who is retiring from our organization, I have to shout out, is coming back. Can I state it as our Sullivan Middle School PTO president and that Yes. I know that that is a huge round of applause, please. Right. You demonstrate so much deep care for our students, for our campuses, for the community that we

013serve. You model what it t what it means to really take ownership, to serve with heart, to lift up others through your actions, to help me try to eat healthy. Thank you so much. He brings me peppers. Your contributions may not always make headlines, but they are absolutely essential to the fabric of who we are as a district. So, it's my great pleasure to recognize you here tonight. We have certificates for every single one of you. Are they right here? That's probably what you handed me. I'm going to give to everybody who is here and I'll make sure that those who aren't here um I would like to play this little clip for them and make sure that they receive the certificate because it's a lot of work to make something like this happen and

014without the dedication at the sites it just wouldn't. So we're truly truly grateful. So let me hand some certificates. John, I saw you. wonderful. So, I would just love everybody to join us in a big round of applause for this. Can we get a quick picture right over here? Is that a better [Applause] Okay. Always nice to start with the recognitions, right? I would also like to share another highlight, greatest hit, and I used a little music theme. I thought Sharon Robinson might appreciate that. Um, but I also want to recognize that we had uh a lot of excellence that was not just recognized internally, but also recognized at other levels this year. As you know, Greg Hinchliff, not just the district teacher of the year, but one of five San Diego County Office teachers

015of the year, which was massive, great recognition, and he's so deserving. We had an achieve award presented to our high school for their pathways project and early college program. We had a panel of our students and staff who represented us at the equity is love in action conference which was wonderful. We had recognitions also throughout the district. Down at the bottom there you see the art show. That was um a wonderful way that we recognize. And that's not the only way that we recognize. We've been doing a lot of that at all of our sites, trying to make sure that we highlight what is really really going well. And there's another special recognition that I'm not sure everybody is aware of yet. So, I'm actually going to ask uh Miss or Dr. Veronica Pendleton to

016come on up and share another recognition that is fairly recent. So, good good evening. Um, at this year's 2025 expanded learning celebration that was hosted by the San Diego County Office of Education and the Children's Initiative, our very own John Norton was honored with the prestigious leader and learning award. Here it is. In rec this award was in recognition for his unwavering commitment to the expanded learning programs over the past three years. This award celebrates dedicated professionals who exemplify excellence, innovation, and dedication in providing highquality programs that support students and families beyond the traditional school day. [Applause] Yes. Okay. In addition to this county recognition, John was also individually honored for enhancing quality programs through goal setting, highlighting the efforts to align ELOP initiatives with the California quality standards for expanded learning and dri uh

017continuous improvement. And so these honors really exemplify the collaborative vision and dedication John demonstrates through his leadership and dedication to our community. And for that, we thank you. And we're proud to celebrate these achievements as a testament of John North's commitment to quality access and enriching experiences for all of our students. Thank you, John. [Applause] So congratulations. Um absolutely wonderful to receive those recognitions. More recognitions I want to of course highlight our purple star recognition across all schools. It's just a reminder of how we support our milit military connected families, students um and staff. Actually, it's a district-wide recognition and it it definitely demonstrates um us as an educational community for all families who serve our nation. We're very proud of that. And I also want to highlight uh the arts and culture flourishing districtwide.

018We have seen um such wonderful performances around the district and they are coming from every site and also districtwide. Vibrant folklorico performances, inspiring music concerts. I want to call out a few of the um recognitions that we receive. Our Sullivan Middle School music program shined at the Music in the Parks Festival in Hollywood with both guitar ensembles earning superior ratings and all three show choirs placing in their divisions, including a first place finalist. Amazing. We have school plays across all of our sites. We have a wonderful theater program. We have dedicated music teachers at all of our elementary sites, which I think is an important investment and demonstrates how we value the arts. And I also wanted to share um another recognition and I'm going to actually ask Mr. Alan Williams to come up and

019share this recognition because we are fortunate to have community that supports the arts. We've recognized Bonsa Women's Club before for their incredible support of the arts and I'm going to have Mr. Williams share a few more. Good evening, President Anderson, board of trustees, Dr. Golly, Gina McCannernney, it's a real pleasure to be here before you this evening. Um, we want to recognize Fbrook Music Society and I'd like to call to the podium uh Fbrick Music Society scholarship director Sharon Rogers and the secretary oh forgive me Robinson Robinson and the secretary of Fbrook Music Society Connie uh KP. So, welcome to you both. Both Sharon and Connie wear a number of different hats for the society and Connie is part of the scholarship committee amongst many other things that she does as well. So we're very

020pleased that both of you are joining us tonight. I wanted to start with our recognition of the Fbrick Music Society by sharing with the governing board their unique history and vision for Fbrook and the surrounding unincorporate or unincorporated communities like Bonso. Thank you very much. The grassroots organization began in in order to bring symphony concerts to Fbrick. The pioneers of Fbrick Music Society worked the phones and solicited contributions to get things started and their mission quickly evolved into also supporting music musical education endeavors designed to cultivate and an appreciation of and love for classical music and to help develop and shape young musicians. and they are doing that this very day. Um, by the way, they are still taking donations. So, you can click on their web page and with a few clicks away, you

021can also contribute. So, you may want to consider that. In their nearly 50year history, they have done incredible work and the folks of our region are so appreciative of the music they've brought throughout our community. This year, the society provided the community with $4,000 worth of scholarships to musicians in any genre. And we were so pleased that the scholarship opportunity was presented to students at Bonso High School. And they had to do some leg work to make that happen. And we're so appreciative that they did. our own student board representative, Nania Sua, was awarded $2,000 a $2,000 scholarship that will be helping her pay for her education at Colombia University. So, we're so pleased what they've started so many years ago and what they continue to do and we want to express our deepest level

022of appreciation and gratitude for the work that you're doing throughout the community and with us here at Bonesville Unified School District. We thank you so much. Thank you. [Applause] Okay. [Applause] All right. Now, we'd we'd like to recognize another community partner. Um, they were uh very instrumental in supporting our art show that was uh the BUSD and Bonza Women's Club art show. And I'd like to call to the podium Cindy Gibson Floyd who takes on much of the design work in public relations for Nessie Ber. So if you would join me, Cindy, thank you for being with us tonight. Cindy also works alongside our son who is the restaurant manager at Nessie Burgers. First, I want to say thank you for Nessie Ber's significant contributions to our school district. For over 30 years, Nessie Burgers

023has served up great burgers and fries at the interstate uh intersection of Interstate 15 and Highway 76. As you may have guessed, maybe also from their their logo there. Uh the founder was from Scotland and Nessie is the nickname for the legendary um some say real Lochness Monster. And no matter your your opinion, um, we all can conclude that Nessie was or is very hungry for American burgers and fries. Jokes aside, I wanted to read you a portion of the mission of Nessie Burgers. We believe in giving back to the community that has supported us from the start. We are proud to have strong ties to local organizations focused on education, sports, and enhancing the quality of life for everyone in our area. Whether it's supporting school programs, youth sports leagues, or initiatives that improve

024the lives of our neighbors, we're dedicated to making a positive impact. At Nessie Bers, we're more than just a restaurant. We're part of the fabric of our community and we're committed to making it even better. I think sometimes we we see these things on websites and um we ask our question is this real? And I can tell you I've been in Bonso Unified now for three years and it goes well on before this. It is very real. Nessie Burgers serves a great product, but they're also very interested in our community. They've sponsored uh time and again our car shows, our art shows, and a myriad of other things. they've been there. When we reach out, Nessie Burgers always responds and it's really a pleasure um just to see you living out the mission and I

025know you've been an instrumental part of that. So um we want to say thank you and for your partnership. It's very meaningful and um and and satisfying for us and we thank you so much. Okay, let me Absolutely. [Applause] Again, we are very fortunate to have community partners like that and we see them step up time and time again and as Mr. Williams so eloquently stated, they are very interested in the success of our community as a whole and we are very appreciative. Some other highlights that I would like to share. Obviously, the early college program as we've seen throughout the year continues to grow. We are very proud of the work of the team to build themies at of at of Bonsel High School. And as you can see there and we've heard that

026presented earlier in the year. We have four newmies that are launching medical law and leadership engineering and computer science and arts and media. And these are really designed to ensure that our students are prepared for college and career and life beyond high school. It offers a personalized experience that's going to blend academic coursework with college credit opportunities. We're really excited to see where that goes next year. And um I want to shout out the team, especially Aaron Barker, Eddie Van Hooser, Greg Hinchliff, and actually all the staff at at Bonsel High School. They have done a tremendous job of collaborating and pulling together to create something that's going to be, I think, really special for our students. And that launches next year. Very proud of that. We just found out also that we have two

027additional grants coming in. Uh, I know that we keep seeing these come in and we keep applying for them. We're getting another round of the middle college early college grant and also dual enrollment grant and we just received notification in the last two days about those. Very proud. We're also very proud of the continuation of our Bonsel Forward initiative. Another program that could not happen without the support of our staff and the support of our community because it truly is a partnership. This comprehensive program, as you know, connects students interests with real world opportunities and pathways they might never have imagined. So, we're proud that that is continuing and we're going to see it hopefully grow even more. Another point of pride is the continuation of the work with our framework for the future. This

028is a staff doing a learning walk and then also looking at how we can further implement our learner profile. I was really excited to see this year at the awards ceremonies both at the senior awards night and also the Sullivan Middle School 8th grade awards they incorporated awards for each of our learner profile outcomes and that was really wonderful to see. So students were recognized for being an exemplary critical thinker and a resilient learner etc. So that was wonderful and um you've already seen a lot of our strengthening community connections. I want to shout out the community engagement initiative team, the CI team. They have done a lot of work this year to try to increase more community engagement. And this is just a highlight here. For example, a literacy night on the left and

029then on my right, our reclassification ceremony where we uh we made sure that we recognize those students who are bilingual now, who are superheroes because they have another language. Um it was wonderful. and we have a lot of other assemblies and and recognition events and parent engagement opportunities that the CI team has participated in. We're grateful for them and for the work that they continue. I've already talked a little bit about college success through dual enrollment and early college excellence. I want to shout out that I think over 40 Bonsel High School students participated in Palomar College's commencement ceremony prior actually to uh their graduation ceremony at Bonsel High School. and some of them participated even though they're underassmen. That is a huge um advantage for our students which is wonderful. They earned certificates in

030child development and also graphic design and that early college program that they're participating in is I think really helping also a lot of our first generation college students and um they're getting an invaluable head start. So we're grateful for the team and seeing the success and you can see them with their stoalls. They're very proud. And of course, the main event, the grand finale of our academic symphony. Look at those faces. Celebrating our our graduating class of 2025. It was a wonderful celebration. We had students who were career technical education completers. You already saw early college program scholars. We have first generation college students, scholarship recipients. Uh we have a student who received a full ride scholarship to UC Berkeley. That's incredible. and our seniors are receiving acceptances to some of the top universities and

031we're going to see that continue to grow. Very very proud of that and the legacy that they are leaving behind. So little quotation here because as our students leave after graduation it feels kind of like an ending. We also know it's a beginning and we know that as TS TS Elliott stated what we call the beginning is often the end and to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. So as we're reflecting on this year, we have to think about it's the end now. Where are we starting from? So I want to highlight a couple things that we're forecasting for next year. Okay. One of them is working more on the blueprint for our framework for the future. As Ducker said, the best way to predict the

032future is to create it. It's obviously important in a next natural step in our journey that we flesh out more of our shared strategic plan. You're going to hear the LCAP presented tonight from Dr. Pendleton and also Mrs. Castro and that is a very lengthy excellent plan for accountability. A strategic plan makes it just a little bit more accessible and clear and plans it out in more of a 3 to five year continuum like a blueprint would do guiding the construction of a strong purposefully designed structure. And that is what we anticipate looking into next year. We want to make sure that it's a collective effort co-created with voices of our staff, students, families reflecting the collaborative spirit that defines us. So that's an important effort. And of course, I want to just highlight the

033work of our facilities planning that is ongoing. Not everybody was at the board study session last week. And I just want to recap that this is going to be a major effort and it's going to be imperative that we have our entire team pulling together to collaborate on how we can make our vision a reality. Okay. So just to recap some of the agenda from our board study session, we reviewed the work of our advisory committee meeting. Uh actually the whole course of our meetings. We debriefed goals, facts, needs, solutions. We presented the consensus that was reached by the advisory committee and we started to discuss what next year needs to look like. We also explored funds available current project costs. We're just getting to that student yield and updated student plot etc. This is

034what, as you know, the Bonsel advisory committee was contemplating different configurations that they evaluated, looking at the layout of our entire district and trying to decide what would be the best path moving forward to meet the needs of students across the entire district. Looking at the layout of our whole district, looking at our school sites, looking at the configurations that that we currently have. These were three configurations that they contemplated. There was an excellent solutions exercise with teams working together to explore those different configurations and evaluating sites that we currently have for high schools for example looking at the assets looking at everything that we um have in front of us and there was a unanimous selection that was presented to the board. I will say that's going to be complex but also I think

035very exciting and there's going to be a lot of work that we need to do to pull together our entire team as I said to collaborate on what this can look like. We have here um just a few sample just a sample of some of the things that are to come. We've already started some school site tours. We're looking in the 2525 school year to reconvene the back in August and November. schedule board study sessions, have some subgroups that are going to look really carefully at different important aspects of this plan, procuring architects and builders so that we can plan out scope, cost, schedule, etc. Develop master plan for each school site and consider whether or not we're looking at a potential bond in the future. Our plans are to, like I said, not move

036forward without the voice of our constituents. So that is a commitment that we are making. Um we started just we wanted to see a couple school sites just so you know last couple actually just yesterday we visited a few um in Chula Vista, San Diego and in Lakeside just to see some of the different types of constructions that are out there so we can start to compare. But there's going to be a lot of work that we need to do. Here's just a taste of some of the communication. We have work to do prior to our welcome back in August so that we can present, plan, rough timeline and start our um community engagement. We have other opportunities here for community engagement. As you can see, all of that is going to be some work

037that we have to pull together. All right. And as you know, all of our work is very transparent on the website. There are slide decks for everything that we've done so far and we will continue to make sure that we're making an effort to make it really really um easy to find and accessible. Okay, so with that, I know there's a lot of information. Um I want to just give a shout out and a thank you to the team that you see over here. Our district leadership has worked very very hard this year in a time of transition and in a time of lots of uncertainties and other things and they've really been um impressive and I just want to say thank you to them. Thank you so much for the work that you've done.

038Um our site leadership, our staff, everybody has been incredibly supportive and I also want to share my gratitude to the board because we see as was evidenced even in the board study session last week, your passion is real. Your dedication is real. you are in it for the right reasons and that's not always the case and I'm just really grateful and honored to be able to serve alongside you. So, I just want to say thank you and I'm really excited for next year. Thank you, Dr. And that brings us to our board member reports and then we'll have a short intermission if there's any guests here that would like to use that time to sneak out of the building, so to speak. So, board member reports starting with Mr. Artega. It's always me that starts

039it off. Um, well, I want to start off by saying, uh, I like the fact that we're honoring the people that do the work, the the the work for the grounds and everything that makes everything come together. And I I don't think a lot of people realize how much when you have an an event like a graduation on how many people have to stay over and make sure all the chairs get put away and everything and you know you sit there, you get done, you walk off to the nice parking lot and you drive off and you don't even think much about it, but there's still people that work there so that the next day when people come to school or the next day when something happens, the grounds are clear and clean and um

040yeah, they just don't get that appreciation all the And I I take note of that kind of stuff when I see it. Uh when I walk into a clean campus, you know, um and you know, that's not the teachers, it's not the staff, that's not the management, that's the workers that are actually picking the papers up off the ground. And uh I would say in probably in some cases a few students might help out, but mostly some of the students are actually the ones dropping the papers. I'm sure the staff doesn't do that. And so yeah, I really appreciate that. And yeah, there's so many things that are going on. I wish I could comment on everything that's going on throughout the school year, but there's just so many things. It's um it would it

041would take forever, you know, and it would take a whole year basically to talk about everything that's going on. Um um and our area. I'd like to do a quick shout out to our firefighters that helped to fight these fires that we faced recently. We had a fire out there in Paula just a couple of weeks ago or a week ago and and then we had one right here in town that they attacked real quick and um had the threat of a lot of things going on. But you saw that they knocked it down really fast and um you know I think they all deserve a big shout out too because those guys there even though the fire was barely a mile from the station um those weren't the only ones fighting it. They called

042in other people to help out and they all work together and you know they went out there. They go into an environment when everybody else is told to leave that environment and they're the ones that stay in there and make sure that nobody nobody else's property or or get anybody else gets hurt. So uh want to say a thank a shout out to them as well. And uh um also our staff over at Vivian Banks. I see them here. So thank you guys for coming down. Appreciate it. and and uh a shout out to you guys for having you know sticking out sticking with us throughout the entire year and I see a lot of good things going to be happening out to Vivian Banks with Mrs. Calabesi's help I'm sure. Um and I think

043that's all I want to say right now. Save my comments for some other items that are later on in the event. Thank you, Mr. Artega. [Applause] Hello. Uh I'd like to go back on the community uh that we honor that always talk about. Um we can see in the news every day how we build walls around us. Uh how we're getting more, you know, uh polarized and and isolated both worldwide and even within our own borders. And this meeting just shows that community can be successful if people commit to it. So it's very easy to put your head in the sand and and ignore what's around around you. And it's more difficult to build this critical thinking and make an opinion that's based on fact and education and not just on what's the loudest voice

044in the room. So, uh, I appreciate everybody that makes the commitment to to raise their head up. Uh, it's really important and we're not going to be successful uh if we don't do even more. Uh, we have huge plans, huge grand visions. Uh, we're going to try to change things for the better. Uh, it's going to ruffle some feather. It's not going to be easy and some people might disagree with what we're trying to do. Uh I engage those people to not stay on the sideline but commit to help the community build something better. If you feel that what we're doing is wrong, propose something. It's too easy to just stay on the sideline and throw stone at people who are trying to do something. It doesn't mean we have all the answers. It doesn't

045mean we're going to be right all the time. it but we are trying to do something and it's way easier to get up in the morning if we try to do something that if we just try to maintain a status quo that's that leads to nowhere. So, uh, I want everybody to make sure that as we as we make big decision that are consequential, uh, that we keep focus on the fact that we all trying to push the district forward and make it better for our kids. We're not trying to push an agenda. We're not trying to push a a personal situation. We are really committed to try to f to with what we have, not what we wish we would have, but with what we have to try to make the best out of

046it. And so really keep that in mind. And I personally welcome constructive criticism. Uh if you feel that we do wrong, if you feel that we should have other direction, participate in those committees, get involved. uh so that way your voice can be heard and I really hope that people don't get scared of change. Uh in our in our situation change is not good and if we are not changing we are regressing and we don't want to go there. So thank you Mr. Mchap. I would like to thank Caroline Brown for putting together a wonderful day yesterday. It was it was extremely well organized. She had architects, she had builders there and so we could ask a lot of questions and so I'm I'm Thank you for putting that together. I know that takes a

047lot of time and effort and um I look forward to going being there on next Tuesday. So thank you. Thank you. So public education when done well is a powerful force. It opens doors. It expands horizons. And it sets students on strong, meaningful paths towards their futures. And when students feel seen, supported, and valued, they're more likely to invest in themselves and their learning. And that makes all the difference. Uh, as we close out a successful school year, I want to extend my deepest gratitude to our district office team, our dedicated teachers and staff, our valued community partners, and our my fellow board trustees. Uh, the collective efforts have helped our students thrive academically, artistically, athletically, and in agricultural education, and reflecting the well-rounded culture of our schools. Wishing everyone a safe, restful, and joyful

048summer whether you're traveling or far away far away or enjoying the paradise that is Bonsel and I look forward to our continuous improvement together in Bonsel Unified School District next year and beyond. And with that, it is 6:53. We're going to take a very brief intermission. We do have 20 odd items on the action agenda, but we'll re reconvene in 5 minutes. It's 653 right now. 658 we'll reconvene. So, here's the section. [Music] Don't pay attention to me. Sounds good. Thank you. Ideally, but you're you're welcome to turn it in right now, too. Thank you. All right. It is 7 o'clock. If we can have everyone back at the dis so we can get into the meat and potatoes of our meeting. That would be fantastic. Thank you. For those of you that don't know

049what a DAS is, it's up here. All right. So, we are now at uh agenda item number eight, which is the consent agenda. Uh actually before we even get to the consent agenda, uh what I'd like to do is since I was hoping that our clerk, um Michael would be here, uh I I don't know if he's going to make it and we do have two public hearings uh you know with the information items with the LCAP and the budget as well as uh some items that may uh and public comment. So Mr. Merchant, uh if you can and you can take the clerk's line. That was the clerk. I'm going to appoint Mr. Rad is our clerk for public comment for the information items as well as uh general public comment at the end

050of the meeting. Thank you. And that brings us to our consent agenda. Is there a motion to approve the consent agenda? Motion to approve. Second. All in favor? I. Motion carries unanimously. Bringing us to our information items. So the first information item we have right now is the public hearing and presentation of the 2025 2026 uh B USD local control and accountability plan plan uh which Dr. Golly brought up in her superintendence report. Uh it's also known as the LCAP. Uh Dr. Pendleton, we look forward to providing that presentation to us today. Good evening, President Anderson, uh board of trustees, Dr. and our Bonsel community. uh joining us tonight, Laura and I uh will be presenting the public hearing for the 202526 local accountability uh accountability plan. And so um just before we start and

051I know Dr. Golly uh went over this slide in her her superintendence report, but I want to circle back to this as I be before I start the presentation to really ground um our work in the LCAP because really um what I wanted to share I I don't have this kind of in my notes but I did want to share that u part of my interview process for this district was Dr. Gali did ask me to get into the LCAP and one of the things having written it in my prior district, one of the things was was truly evident to me from an outside perspective is reading it and knowing that this LCAP was really grounded in the vision and the mission of this district which is not the case in every district and it

052was um really oriented in the service, the innovation, the collaboration and the integrity which is the the really the lens from which all the actions and services in this in the LCAP for Bonsel Unified side that was really underpinning everything that was written. So it was very uh easy to see that vertical alignment and that through line really um through the document. So um all that to say is that um so as we begin tonight I thought it would be vital for to ground ourselves in these foundational elements and reviewing the mission and the vision and the framework for the future along with the learner profile and it's really um the true our true north in this district. uh they reflect our collective purpose and continue to serve as a lens through which we now

053shape uh the decisions, the local priorities and the goals outlined in the LCAP that I'll be presenting tonight. So, um I'd like to first start off in defining what an LCAP is. And it is a three-year plan uh that describes goals, actions, and services and expenditures to support positive student outcomes. Its primary its primaril primaril excuse me its primary purpose is to address both the state and local priorities. The state uh the LCAP provides a critical opportunity for our local educational agencies or alas or our district to share our unique story of how what and why specific programs and services are selected to meet our local needs. So the overarching question guiding our LCAP and indeed our resource allocations is this. How is our district using budgetary resources to respond to student and community needs

054and address performance gaps? And this is especially critical for foster youth English learners and our students identified as lowincome students. given our present performance across state priorities in the California dashboard indicators. Just to provide a little bit of background, u the LCAP is a three-year plan and we are currently in the second iteration of its third year cycle of the 30-year cycle. It specifically addresses the needs of what we call unduplicated students, which includes lowincome students, English learners, and foster youth. These students uh currently make up about 50% of our district's unduplicated count. And then throughout our LCAP, we detail how our budget aligns with our goals and outlines how we serve these unduplicated students who receive additional funding to support increased and improved services as part of a commitment to equity and our state

055requirements. So the LCAP does have fundamental requirements. Uh it the the requirements include services that target a major u majority student student subgroups including ethnic and uh racial and ethnic student groups, low-income students, English learners, students with disabilities, our foster youth, our home and our homeless youth. It must uh include three required components which are our goals, our actions and our expenditures. And furthermore, the LCAP must address all eight prior state priorities which are the basic services, implementation of standards, access to courses, student achievement, uh other state outcomes, parental engagement, student engagement, as well as our school climate. So just to share a little bit uh the alcap document has really three different functions. It is our district strategic plan to address our student groups as mentioned. It is also our community engagement tool and

056it is also an accountabil an accountability framework that has our accountability to the f federal at the federal level and at the state level. And so um as you've heard me mention before included in the eight state priorities is one of the which is one of the requirements of the LCAP. These eight state uh priorities are broadly categorized into three areas. Conditions of learning which is basic services, standard implementation and course access. Engagement would be a second part which involves parent involvement, student engagement and school culture. And thirdly, uh academic achievement and other student outcomes. So um educational partners is a critical part of this process. Uh and the voices of our community matters as you've heard tonight over and over. Our methods for engaging uh our educational partners for this process included student parent

057and staff surveys, student forums, uh collaboration with our local and bargaining units, the district leadership team, the design team, the engagement through groups like English language advisory committee, school site councils at each of our sites, parent teacher associations, parent teacher association, PTAs, district uh and English language advisory committees and the native learner advisory committees and these are some of the flyers from these events this year. So for the 2024 20 uh425 which is a continuum because that really should actually say 246 yeah 26 uh overview the goals haven't changed in this document. They will continue to be the same through the third the iteration of the third the three years of the of the three-year cycle and is structured around these three core goals aligning with the categories of the eight state priorities which are

058the enabling conditions engagement and learner outcomes. So the LCAP is a lengthy document and I know you have an you had an opportunity to review it but I wanted to provide um everyone with an overview of how it's really how it's organized. Goal one focuses on enabling conditions and its focus is to ensure resource stewardship provides that our resource stewardship provides for a safe, secure and dynamic environment where all student well where all learners feel like they belong and can thrive. This goal addresses uh the state prior priorities encompassing the conditions for learning as you can see there with the first arrow. While the metrics are desired outcomes are not detailed in this specific reput uh presentation's overview. The actions supporting this goal include um annual educational partner surveys, our textbook adoptions, uh recruitment and

059retention of effective staff, adequate resources for safe and clean facilities as well as our bonsole initiative, our CTE program, uh the implementation of state standards, the progress monitoring and data analysis systems that support those uh data points. points, technology, and our comprehensive school safety plans. Goal two uh centers on engagement and it focuses its focus is to foster a collaborative, trusting and equitable culture among students and families and all education educational partners through the intentional engagement that is creative and meaningful. The goal addresses state priorities relating related to engagement as you can see on this slide. And the actions that support this goal include our English language learner uh parent support, our English language language learner reclassification event, our parent uh educational partner engagement, the attendance and uh our efforts to improve chronic absenteeism and

060attendance in our district. our communication uh efforts through our website, social media, other outreaches, increased systems of support, physical education and athletic programs, comprehensive art programs, future ready and high school graduation supports, counseling and social emotional services. our equ our focus on um equity and inclusion, student health services and transportation services. So finally, goal three is focus on learner outcomes or in as stated here pupil outcomes. The aim here is for our district to create high quality customized learning and assessment methods that will result in increased academic success and future readiness for every student. The goal directly addresses state priorities encompassing uh pupil outcomes or learner outcomes. Uh actions in goal three include our learning walks across the district and at site levels, our literacy achievement efforts, math achievement efforts, professional de devel development opportunities.

061Um, also for our special education professionals in the district, our writing program, district-wide writing program, uh, updating our library books, our summer school uh, school year kickoff events, English language supports, summer learning, extended learning opportunities, early college and future readiness, and student led conferences, reflected portfolios, and exhibition of learning. And with that, I would like to call my co-presenter to share the expenditures. Oh my goodness. You can go back. Okay. wanted to find out the highlight the the pointer. Oh, there you go. Okay. Um, well, hi everyone. So, uh, like almost every report comes with numbers as well. Oh, this one. Okay, perfect. Okay, there you go. So I was as I was was commenting that almost every single report comes with some numbers attached to it. We're going to see right here. We're going

062to start with the first uh row over here. So this is the total LCFF funding base is not complete the LCF funding that we receive but the base that needs to be utilized and included on the LCAP 23.9 million. And then out of that 2.2 millions represents the amount received for unduplicated pupils. that we need to uh set aside uh and put in actions to contribute for the needs of these students. That uh number represents 949.3%. This is the number that we need to come up with those actions that support those students. Then if we have anything from prior year that we were not able to meet uh we had to add it over here but we were able to meet uh last year on your in our projections. So the total is still remains

063a 9.493%. 493%. Now on the second row we'll I will point over here. This is the total funds that are part of the LCAP 8.9 million. This is not the total amount of the budget but it's part is the total amount on the LCAP. Then this is splitted how much is in personnel 6 mill 6.0 million non-personnel expenditures 2.8 million. Now this total also is telling you this how is uh the source of the funds on how you're going we're going to support it. Part of that is the LCF funding 4.6 million. Then we have other set funds 2.2 million local funds 1.6 and the total is uh of federal funds $38,000. If you add all of this, it should give you the total funds that are part of the uh LCAP plan this year

064coming up. That's that the um bottom the total uh representation of the numbers on the bottom is um is basically resuming or highlighting also the 2.2 million that we talk about over here. Thank you. That concludes our um presentation for the LCAP. And this is kind of an opportunity to have any questions. I had one question for clarification. You said uh 50% unduplicated students. Is that 50% of the LCAP is unduplicated students or 50% of our enrollment is unduplicated? um that represents 50% of our district enrollment. Okay. Thank you. Are there any uh public comment on the LCAP? Actually, not specific comments, but uh can you explain who consumes that document? we build that document who reads it and what are the consequences of uh that that can arrive with it if we I mean

065not filing it obviously it's a legal requirement but the uh who consumes it and what feedback do we get okay so I can I can answer that so our first in uh agency that we have to collaborate with is the San Diego County Office of Ed and they have a strict rubric for which they evaluate each portion of our LCAP incling ing the budget, the budget overview for parents in every action and service because there are guidelines that we have to abide by. Um, and so they review it and they give us feedback. Um, from that feedback, we make minor corrections or whatever corrections they ask us to make in order for it to be compliant. Once um, our June 30th, we have till June 30th to board approve it. Once we do our board

066approval, which would be the end of the month, we then send it back to the county. They then take it and review it for uh as uh review it for compliance and then they send it up to the state and then we're now required to post it both on our website and it'll also be posted I believe at the San Diego County Office of Ed's website. But as I shared that its function is our accountability. So, it's an account uh consistent accountability to the county of river of excuse me to the county of San Diego and um what we spend our monies for and also the metrics because every action is tied to a metric of state level or a local level and we have to show in our analysis of each of the goals

067that we are actually moving the metric along. We might not make be making the leaps of our three-year goal, but we're making improvement. And that's what they want to see because they want to see that our money is put that we're using our funding to really um improve and increase services for these um uh for English learners, our foster youth, and our students of uh who are low income. Any other questions? Thank you, Dr. Benson. Uh, at this time I just want to reiterate that this is a public hearing. Uh, per education code sections 42127A1 and 52062B1, two separate governing board public meetings held at least one day apart are required for the school district to solicit recommendations from members of the public regarding the actions and expenditures in the local control and accountability plan

068LCAP. In addition, the LCAP public hearing must occur at the same meeting uh at as the budget hearing and the LCAP adoption must occur at the same time at the same meeting as the budget adoption. The public hearing requires 72 hours of public notice and both the 202526 budget and LCAP must be adopted on or before July 1st, 2025. So, we are going to officially open the hearing at 7:20. Uh are there any uh public comment on the on the LCAP? No slips were received. So, Commander Joe raised his hand. Do I didn't put a comment on like, but didn't follow the rules. It's okay if you'd like to say something briefly. Yeah, just just briefly is how's it looking on federal funding? I know that uh you you have to figure that in and

069that's all you can do. And it may come or it may not, right? That's all we can do and and hope and pray that we get our 6% or whatever that Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Commander Joe. [Applause] So, the hearing was open at 7:20. We had one public comment and we will uh now close the public hearing as well. And then we do have our special meeting uh for both the LCAP and the budget uh for the board to actually vote on those items. And that will be on the 26th. and we'll talk about that in future planning when we get to that at the end of the meeting. All right, that takes us to the second of our two information items, which is the public hearing and presentation of the proposed 2526 budget.

070Miss Laura, I wish Okay, thank you. Okay, good evening again. I'm here to present the 2526 proposed budget for Bones Unified um school district. I can believe we're already at on on this year 25 26 around the corner. Okay, we're going to start with some assumptions of factors to take in consideration. So the cost of living adjustment has um a slightly decrease for 25263 decrease from 243 to 230%. Then fiscal year 2627 has a decrease of 050% from 352 to 3.02%. Uh and then we have the projection for 2728 that is projected to be at 3.42%. Calsters remains uh steady stable 19 uh 10%. And then Kalpers over here on the 2526 uh we actually um budgeted uh salaries with 27.4% as the projected uh salaries work done for the budget was pretty much done

071a May revision. However, we do understand that the um suggested number for this year should be reduced by 60%. Which is going to uh be a positive impact in our budget. We're going to do the revision as we have as the budget is enacted and um we do our 45 revision that will be have a positive impact on our numbers. Uh for the following year it's 26.9% and then it keeps u rising um 2728 we had 27.8%. That's for Kalpers classify um benefits. Then we have the enrollment uh is increasing it's projected to be increased and it's a conservative approach over here. I'm just uh increasing at 1% is um I understand that demograph is projected with a high higher numbers but for purposes we as a conservative mode we use 1% from one year

072to another. So 2,228 for the 2526 and then you add a 1% give it 2,250 and and on. Then the applicator pupil we um projected flat uh 1,122 and the ADA is increasing um respectively as enrollment is increasing 1% over the years. question. You went from 2121 to 2172. What What number are you looking at? I'm sorry. 219. So, it may be a little bit It's 23. 29 you said you add 1% to that it should be 217 closer to give me just one second and it may be um that is an an um an agenda but I I was pretty sure that I was doing just 1% but I'll tell you right now how much is that projected oh my eyes Sorry. 1.72.79. Yeah, it's 98% is 1%. It is. It is 1%. 1%.

073Yeah. The difference. Yeah. The increase over the other one. Yeah, that's what I have over here on my calculation. 218%. another but you you apply the 1% over the total amount of this right * 1% I think it doesn't [Music] 150. Yes, you are you are correct on the last on the last number, not on the on the last one. I think it was increased at two uh close to 2% on that one. Um 2.29. Yes. On the last year on this one, but uh that definitely can be adjusted. Um my understanding was it was 1% uh that that I was projecting it flat. I need to see the calculator why um it's showing uh that number different and I definitely can be a correction. It's not on the actual 2526. It's just on the

074projection um calculation. So I'll take a look on that. Thank you for pointing it out. 27.4%. So let's just look at somebody's portion. was $1,000. So, we're put in $274,000. We're putting that percent for every salary that we pay to those classified employees. Okay. And that 27.4% covers the pension. It covers medical. No. So, it doesn't cover. That's not medical. Just the pension. It's just the pension. That's correct. Yes. Yes, that is correct. Uh, health and welfare is a separate item. Yep. Okay. One more question. How does district. What the percentage for the cost and purse? What percentage are you talking? The unduplicated the unduplicated is is just for our district. Uh it's dependent on the population the student population that is attending to our district boundaries and that would not include banks that would

075be separate. That does include uh Vivian banks. In the next slide we have the numbers of VM banks. Can I just clarify? Are you questioning whether or not our unduplicated count is similar to other areas in San Diego? So, if we're at about 50%, no, we're lower in our unduplicated count than many areas. And that's something that we could provide pretty easily. We could get a list of neighboring districts and show our unduplicated count versus theirs. administration would be under the 19% that we put in. Yes. Uh for certificated personnel. Okay. I'm classified. Gotcha. There are certificated. Yes. Okay. Thank you. So uh here is the assumptions of the enrollment the estimated enrollment for BBM banks we're projecting a little uh decrease on it u due to the pattern that it has followed uh for

076the last years. So these are the projections for 25 26 61 students 26 27 60 and 27 2 59 it was just red by by one and then um the ADA we're projecting a deficit as well right there the unduplicated un unduplicated pupils um I think is something that we need to take a look uh closer because the entire population I believe must fall in that category or at least um a higher % than 53 students. So it's something that we need to look with our data uh especially with the forms that are completed or not. I understand and I don't know um if we heard in the past that they prefer paper than electronic version and that may be one of the reasons why we are not able to collect much more information or

077more documentation supporting that uh the pupil count of bags is higher than than that number. Right. It's is high ADA and they have been working on the ADA lately and having improved the ADA u compared to prior years. Okay. And then we have over here this is a comparison between the last um report that was presented to the board and approved by the board on um on the current year the second interim report and the stimulated actuals which is the one that is presented today um alongside with the budget. So we have a difference a reduction a decrease in revenues for $133,000. So we can see it right there and it's a combination of several things. Um we have prior use prior use adjustment on LCF funding and other local revenues um increases such medical

078CYBI it stands for California youth behavioral health initiative and some other donations accounts. So that's the net of that $133,000. The expenditures are are projected to be reduced also for 746,000 when we compare estimated actual versus the second inter report. There's some adjustments and reductions that were done to certificated salaries um including um balancing some sped positions and other CTE programs um salaries for the remainder of the year remainder of the year. And then I would like to point out over here. Oh my gosh. Let me see. Can see well there you go. Okay. So then we have the transfers out over here that we are projecting an increase of $25,000 more than transfers out. This as you remember we always talk about moving um uh supporting other funds like uh VBM banks and this

079case we're also supporting um the fund 63 which is uh the daycare and also we have another contribution that we did from uh the bones of initiative grant that it was sitting on our uh general fund to the 73 in order to pay out the scholarship that were just um just happened recently. Those were $7,000. So a total of that equals of $48,000. We do have um a new situation over here with fund 63 that uh now this program is under the ELOP umbrella and needs to is subject now to those requirements including uh teacher ratio requirements and that brought to they need to bring more staffing and that brings more expenses to the program and this is one of the reasons why is increasing the contribution and we'll see a more in the following

080year. However, I want to point it out the administration and the coordinator are exploring the ways to make this um program self sustainable. So, we're working on it. Okay. How much is 400,000? uh BBM banks is 240 uh 294 for this year for it's estimated to be that amount for 2425 when we close the books this is amount that is estimated out of this 294 the rest is fun 63 107 and seven for fun 73 question it that you can claim as a success for the We spend we spend less money from the midterm. We spend more. No, we spent less money the expenditure less than what? Oh, on the you mean comparing comparing a second report that yes the prediction is is can you can you can you explain what what you didn't spend

081on that you were planning to Yes, the $746,000 this this amount that you're looking over here of the expenditures I was uh mentioning and I didn't finish all the sentences but part of that is $272,000 related to certificated salaries some of them is uh reduction position positions combination some restructuration that happened there and also balancing some sped uh positions and other CTA program salaries that were um projected to be spent this year that are moving to following year. There also we have a reduction in classified for $18,000 and NESA combination of increases and decreases. We have an increase of $33,000 for health and welfare and this can be adjusted any time depends when you have higher people that are enroll of the B of the pro of the health benefits. Then we have a reduction

082of $127,000 for materials and supplies including curriculum. So we were estimating a higher amount of that but we were able to save some money there. So and I'm uh we also have a projected reduction in contracted services. This include so many so many things. uh it can be uh part of the utilities, it can be part of uh specialized contracts but and and for that one we actually had to increase one section but maybe decreasing another one. So it's it's a it's a net of all of those increases and increases. We have also reduction of capital expenditures um that were projected to happen this year but are not going to occur until next fiscal year like like the completion of the project for the playground structure. That's one of them. And then we have uh

083set aside also some funding for uh the farm that didn't occur. Some job or work was done but not to the extent that was uh budgeted for. So that's the total of 746. Thank you. The reason I ask is that it's very easy to spend more money. It's always so Okay, thank you. Okay, so um over here we see a difference a small decrease on the reserve. We estimated at 54 55 51% and we estimate at 50.3%. Um even though we have an increase on the ending balance, the reason is because this new ending balance that is higher than this one for f 5 587. Part of this the uh the increase is related to um restricted funding but the unrestricted funded funding is decreasing a little bit more. Oh, that 21% is decreasing because

084remember the ending fund balance includes restricted and unrestricted but restrictor sources cannot be part um or accounted for the reserve. Okay. Okay. So then we have over here a summary of a lot or a significant number of accounts that are resuming total revenues and expenditures for the budget for this uh coming year. The you can see the first column is totally unrestricted. The second column is restricted and the total column is a combination of both. The first number over here as a combination give us this as a beginning balance 9.2 million. Then as a combination of both restricted and unrestricted you a 4.06 uh million as a new balance or balance at the end of June 30 to 26. Now um you can see how much is restricted and unrestricted over here right you can

085see the revenues. Okay. Then we have our expenditures here. The comparison one one thing that I would like to point out over here is decrease and increase and operating um expenditures. We have over here higher revenues than the expenditures. We have a positive. We have an increase right here. Right? This is on unrestricted. However, the nonrestricted we do have a higher decrease because our revenues are less there are in expenditures on the restricted side. Part of it is those grants that were the revenue recognized in prior years that we're just carrying the expenditures to finish up those grants. But big part of that is the special ed um program contribution that we do. So before we get to the the contributions we see a positive um balance over here but now we had to contribute.

086This is the reduction that we contribute. Not all of it not all of this is part of the sped. Not all of all of this is part of the sped but 5.6 million is a sped and 1.75 is um restricted maintenance account. So when we see that we had to contribute. So obviously you have a negative um a reduction over here because we had to come up with that portion to cover the negative balances over here. Otherwise we will be negatives but we would not pass the budget. We had to contribute here. So in in unrestricted and out of restricted unrestricted then we have our ending balance when you have your beginning balance you add your revenues you subtract to your expenditures and then you have your transfer out. These are the same um the

087same transfer that we do uh or we're projected for the current year to fund 9 part of it and to fund 63 and this year they're higher on 63 than actually fund uh nine because there were some adjustment that were done to the budget and some reductions and coordinations but they still have a a big um transferred out as I mentioned before administration is working in making sure that they care program under the ELO of works efficiently and then we're uh self sustainable. Okay. So this bring us to the total um ending balance but because the reserve is only counting on and restricted balances the reserve goes down to 5.25%. for the projection of next fiscal year. Okay. Then over here we have the same ending balance that we have over here at the bottom

088here. The combination of both restricted unrestricted we have it over here. But these are our components of the ending fund balance. We have 20,000 that is for uh reoving cash fund that used for um emergencies. We have the restricted balance. We have economic uncertaintities and then we have our unrestricted fund balance left for that year. Now out of this uh 1.9 million that is restricted balance these are the programs that are part of that balance. So we have Golden State pathways um dual enrollment opportunities uh community engagement initiative is predicted to have the balance at the end of the fis fiscal year. Everything can change. This is just approaching as as us um when we were putting the budget together. But over the year uh it's a moving target. Everything changes. But for now, this

089is how we can see how the those grants are going to end with those balances. And then we have a routine reset account. As you remember, we are required to put 3% of the total expenditures towards this account um every every year uh to support the the maintenance of their facilities. They also be in compliance with the WM inspection and everything else. Then so small amount of 645 um dollars for other local grants. The total is 1 91 million. Then we have here a multi-year projection chart doesn't have a specific numbers there but just wanted to to see the comparison. So the dark darker blue which is this tiny one is the beginning balance. Then the next bar is the revenues. Remember all these are projections. Um these are the projected expenditures and then the

090reserve. So over here on this year we we see that the reserve is still about zero. But over here on the following years we see this decline and this higher decline. Now we're we're going to look at the numbers. We're already looking through the fiscal year 2526. We're so all these numbers already and these are the projected for the following two years. taking in consideration the factors and the information that we have um as moment of preparing the budget to meet the deadline before the state enacted their budget and before other things occur. So those bars that you see on the reserve, this is the amount that represents on the negative side. Because of this, we are going to we're also submitting a resolution um that is a required document for the uh county to

091approve. uh the the board will be um implementing a reduction by reductions for certain amount to meet the shortfall for the following two years. And this is a requirement we understand and we know that some changes are happening once the budget is enacted. We're going to there's a big possibility to have uh funding that we can allocate and accommodate. Also, we when we do the closing of the books, if there's any restrictive funding that we can utilize for eligible expenditures that are on the unrestrictive side, we put them towards that and that can liberate some uh some funding that bring us a little bit higher um ending balance. But we need to wait until those things are uh there to do so we can do the projection. So we had to redo everything again and

092start all over to calculate the numbers. So we don't administration has already met and um identify some potential reductions. Uh once we have the information after the budget uh is adopted by the state, once we close the books, we're going to be in a better position. How much is the actual need to be uh reduced? and we already have some uh items on the list and as first internal report that will be presented as needed and uh with all the details. So, so factors to take in consideration. Um, we already mentioned some color adjustments for uh the 2526 uh and the 26 27 fiscal year. Also, we have um a state a state one-time funding has been exhausted. That has been also an impact on our budget. We have some programs that are no longer

093uh available including the learning recovery emergency block grant. We have the educator effectiveness arts, music and supplies block grant. Those are the major ones that they're exhausted and they were very helpful in in our in our expenditures. when the budget is adopted from the state, hopefully we can get back some some of the things that were uh taken away before. So, and then we have uh expect costs to continue to rise and funding sources are not in increasing enough to cover those those expenses. So this is a mandate that we have to deal with and the expenses are we see a number growing on the special education program but we don't see growing as much the revenues that we receive for those students. So it's kind of unbalanced there and that's what we are basically

094facing. This is our major um let's say struggle on the funding because on the other side without including that contribution basically we're we're on the positive side. We need to figure it out how to generate more revenue for those students. Then uh we have the transfers out to uh out of general fund to support other funds are increasing as well. I already touched u basis on that. And then the enrollment in ADA, this is something that is on a positive side are projected to increase uh at least for the um B USD as as a district. So next steps we have as I mentioned the 40 40 day budget revision. We have an intern actuals um typically at the mid of September and first intern report at mid December and then the plan admin administration

095or the administration plan in order to address the situation. We have talked about this in the past also to maximize restricted funding to the extent possible in order to help with the deficit. Um also to continue aggressively pursue a grants. Um we just received another notification uh for another grant. I think it was the the contract. Uh this grant was not even included in the budget because nothing was uh materialized or formalized yet. But we see coming all those new grants that can help definitely help with our expenditures. Then um we plan to continue with a district-wide attendance campaign as we did it last year and hopefully we can explore also the possibility of the attendance recovery uh program. Maybe that is suitable for the district if we can remove um any ADA if it's

096something that will benefit um bottom line. And then um also we will have as the submission for the approval all those um productions that the administration had already identified as a possible as needed when the time comes for internal report questions I don't know is there any questions no questions um I do have another sheet over there that is not over here on the on the presentation but you have it with you. This is it's kind of interesting because the amount that we have over the ex the required um reserve is some minimum but we still have to complete this form and say that what is assigned for basically so according to education call for 2127 requires a statement of reason that sub substantiates the need for assign or and an assigned ending fund balances

097in excess of the minimum reserve standard for our district is 3%. So the excess of that is $910,000. The reason why uh we stay over here is just to to basically cover the deficit spending especially for the contributions that we do to special education program and it's something that needs to be um disclosed and that's uh what I'm sharing with you guys at this time. Thank you. Thank you. Question. Okay. Thank you. Uh so at this time it is 7:52. Uh as similar to uh what we need to do with the LCAP, we need to do with the budget is open a public hearing. Uh school districts are required to file their adopted budget with the county superintendent of schools before July 1st, 2025. The adopted budget is in the district's is the district's estimate

098of expenditures and revenues for the 2526 school year. Since the state has not yet finalized negotiations to enact the budget, the district's proposed budget is based on the governor's may revision. This budget includes projections of revenues from various sources such as local property taxes, state allocations of federal grants, as well as planned expenditures for personnel, instructional programs, maintenance, and other operational needs. The current economic environment poses several challenges uh that may impact the budget. And although the district does not experiencing declining enrollment and operational costs do not exceed projected revenues, Bonso Unified Schools District's budget and multi-year projections indicate that the district will not meet the minimum required reserve for fiscal year 2627 and fiscal year 2728. The administration is working diligently on budget solutions to address the and mitigate the costs associated with the

099special education program, daycare, and the Vivian Banks charter school. And with that, the hearing is open at 7:53. Is there any public comment as it relates to the budget? No. And in which case the public uh uh hearing Commander Joe, if you'd like to say state something could, and I apologize for not putting down uh the reserves or the multi-year projections reserves of of 5.25, 25 what normally is is good because I know when you you give these it always holy smokes then we're going to a minus 1.98 then we're going to a minus 7.43 43 and every year go oh my god what's going to happen but somehow we're able to able to get through so what is a good reserve it should be 10% 15% 20% what what 20% the the so I

100yeah I was going to say the the oh I'm sorry okay all right so so so ask that later yeah gotcha is uh and then the other thing that that's happening with the ICE raids is just to be aware and I'm sure that you're much aware that that what happens is many of the parents are starting to keep the students home and not send them to school because of the ICE raids that are that that are going on. So, this is just something that's going to going to possibly project uh our attendance. So, uh just just just be prepared possibly for that. But maybe the administration is going to change on that and say nope schools hopefully schools are off off limits. We we can cut a whole bunch of other things but we cannot

101cut education. Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and Madame Cury will be very unhappy if we can cut the military, we cut the police, we cut the fire, if we reduce the fires, if we reduce crime and reduce wars and we put that money. Any other public comment on the budget? in which case we will close the public hearing at 7:55. And that brings us to our action items uh agenda items 10 10.1 the resolution 25-06-01 authorizing ELOP closures due to emergency circumstances. Motion to approve. I second. All in favor? I. Motion carries unanimously. Bringing us to action item 10.2 2 the resolution regarding the education protection account plan for 2526. Motion to approve. Second. All in favor? I. Motion carries unanimously. Green us to action item 10.3 resolution 25-06-04 to identify the amount of budget reductions needed

102in 2627 and 2728. Motion to approve and that's like a little over $2 million. Okay. And so we wouldn't have those available for something, you know, we're just talking about 26 27. Would we start on those reductions for the upcoming year? Okay. Okay. Motion to approve. Second. All in favor. Motion carries unanimously. Bringing us to action item 10.4. Uh this is the public hearing uh and determination for the charter renewal for Vivian Banks Charter School. And so we have two speakers um for that. So then I'm going to read the the portion. Uh do we have a presentation on this? I think we have two now. [Music] Okay. All right. I could have read it wrong. All right. So I just say let let me let me open the public hearing with the description first

103and then I'll turn it over to speakers. So there is not a presentation on this. So on March 9th, 2025, Vivian Banks petitioned the Bonso Unified School District to renew its charter. The current charter expires on June 30th, 2025. If approved, Vivian Banks charter school would be eligible for a 5-year charter term from July 1st, 2025 through June 30th, 2030. In compliance with education code EC section 4760B, the Bonsel Unified School District Board of Education held a public hearing on May 8th, 2025 to consider the level of support for the charter petition by district teachers, other district employees, and parents and guardians. The board is required to hold a second public hearing and either approve or deny the renewal of the charter within 90 days of receipt of the petition. At the hearing in which

104the governing board votes on the renewal of the charter, the charter petitioners must be provided with equal time and procedures as district staff to address the board on the proposed recommendation and findings of the on the petition. District staff reviewed the submitted petition. Artifacts from Vivian Bank's most recent charter term and publicly available student outcome data. Findings from that process were compiled into a staff renewal report which was published on the district website and shared with the school leadership on June 3rd, 2025, at least 15 days before the second public hearing. Following a comprehensive review, staff concluded that the charter school qualifies for renewal under state law. The proposed renewal term is July 1st, 2025 through June 30th, 2030. And the recommendation from the superintendent and director of educational services is to recommend the approval

105of the petition for renewal for Vivian Banks charter school with specific conditions. That's resolution option B as detailed in the staff renewal report. So we will open up the public hearing at 8:00 p.m. And we do have public comment. And if the clerk could call up the speakers, that would be great. Sure. The Bonsel Unified uh school district board of trustees welcomes participation at the district school board meetings. If you wish to address an item on the agenda, you must complete this form and deliver it to the executive assistant prior to the board considering the item. If you wish to address the board considering matters within the board subject matter jurisdiction that are not on the agenda, you must complete this form and deliver to the executive assistance prior to the public comment section of

106the agenda. Individual speakers shall be allowed three minutes to address the board on each agenda or non-aggenda item. The board shall limit the total time for public input on 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 the additional person speak only if they have something new to add. It is requested that speakers address the board from the podium when addressing the board. First speaker is Terresa Via. [Applause] Good evening. Uh my name is Teresa Via. I'm a a Paula band member. I'm also a community member of Paula. I've had um children that

107have gone to Vivian Banks Charter School. Uh I have cousins, nephews, nieces that go continue to go there. Um so I I'm here to speak on u behalf of our chairman who was not able to attend and on behalf of the Paula Band of Mission Indians. Uh we are urging that the board consider renewing the lease as it's vital to our community and to our students and our families. Um, we are asking that you do renew it for another five years. Vivian Banks school started in 1996 when Bonsel uh approved to offer the charter school out there. We would like that to continue. It also honors one of our u Paula band members who's now deceased that sat on this board for 46 years from to 1990. and our Vivian Bakes Charter School was named

108after her. Her husband was also a bus driver for many years. I don't remember how long, but for for the um Bal Brook School District as well. Um, Vivian Banks is vital to our community as it is a school that incorporates local culture into the curriculum while still emphasizing standardbased education to students grades TK through uh, fifth grade. Our community also incorporates our language program where they have our language instructors go to Bonso school or to Vivian Banks charter school directly and help educate the teachers on teaching the culture and the language to our students and all students that are there. Um Vivian Bakes has dedicated teachers and staff that provide quality education and support to all of the students and the supporting families. Even though the student enrollment at times goes lower, it's because

109of the uncert uncertainty that the Bonsled School District puts on our community and our students and our families that they panic as soon as they start hearing that Bonsel School is considering shutting them down. they start looking for other resources to go to have their students go to school because they don't want it to be where they can't end up in a school district because they have to do the inner district transfers and all of that stuff. And if the Bonso school district would just continue to support our Vivian Banks charter school out there, our parents wouldn't have to be worrying about that. that our school attendance has been on high levels before and um you know they've uh created incentive programs for the students. It's a very beneficial tool for the ASUS program that's

110out there. Um I was working uh for a while with um Laura uh regarding um putting a mobile home out there. I don't know what's happening with that. that was supposed to be put on the property to help service the ASUS program as well. Um, and you know, our our ASUS program struggles too because they get budgeted amounts for the student through their grants and then the funds aren't there for them to use because they're being used elsewhere. And our students are just as important as the students here. our our student teacher ratio is 15 to one usually. But if our students have to all come down here to school, that's going to increase that ratio here where there's going to be more students in a classroom and they're not going to get that personalization

111that they're getting in the small classrooms that they're having out there. And I realize there's a lot of um issues with the classroom building itself due to being um you know the church through the dasis but from what I understand the dasis is willing to fix whatever needs to be done so that the school can maintain being open and I just strongly urge um we've had numerous people that have come and spoke before the board that support it because they've attended there they get that one-on-one personalness. Um, our tribe supports Bonsil School District financially, you know, um, and not just that way, just in general, we're always supporting Bonsil Union School District. And we're asking that you do the same thing for our community. Support our community by allowing the Bonsil U Vivian Banks Charter

112School to remain open. And I just thank you for your time. Our second speaker is Leonor Garcia. [Applause] So, I just prepared a quick something. Um, if you'll allow me to read from my phone. Good evening, members of the board, parents, teachers, and community friends. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to speak. My name is Lenor Garcia and I am a parent of a current student and four that have promoted from Vivian Banks. I'm here because Vivian Banks is more than a building. It is a place of hope, transformation, history, and belonging for our children. Our charter school offers equal opportunity for all students regardless of background, zip code, or income. Here, a child from any walk of life can discover their potential and grow. When our school remains open and supported, we say

113loud and clear, every child matters and every child can succeed. We have a nurturing and supportive community. Lawson student enrollment is not a Vivian Banks issue. It is a district issue. Vivian Banks is a safe haven, a school filled with teachers who know each child by name and families who rally around one another. It's a place where differences are celebrated, where students learn empathy, cooperation, and how to be responsible citizens. These lifelong values begin right here in our classrooms. Investing in the future is of the utmost importance. This is more than a right now. It's about what tomorrow brings. When we fund our school, we're investing in doctors, artists, scientists, and community leaders of tomorrow. We're building a stronger, more vibrant community. Research has shown that every dollar we invest in early education returns multiple

114dollars in future societal benefits, higher graduation rates, lower crime, a more skilled workforce. Charter schools like Vivian Banks serve as laboratories for the practices, best practices in education. When our school succeeds, we show the rest of the district and our state what works. This gives every public school a chance to learn, adapt, and grow stronger. In closing, keeping Vivian Banks Charter School open and wellunded is not just a local decision. It's a declaration of our values. We are saying we care about excellence. We care about equity. We care about every single child in our community. We care about shaping responsible, thoughtful, and engaged citizens. Thank you for your time, your compassion, and your trust in our school. Let's ensure that Vivian Banks continues to light the way for our children and our future. Thank you.

115Thank you. [Applause] Madame President, I'd like to say something as well. Um, I know um we look at the Vivian Banks as a small school in our community, but it actually benefits our the community out there and um you know, of course, everybody knows I'm attached to this community. I was on the the charter council there. I was part of the PTO that was there. Um my my my children went through there, my grandchildren are going went through there and they're also actually in this program too. And I wanted to uh make sure that uh we realize that when we look at our Bonso Unified School's mission statement, it says we empower every student to thrive in a positive, safe, and supportive environment through highquality education focused on the whole learner. And I know I

116think that happens out at Vivian Banks, but u I know a lot of times the the money comes up as an issue and I'd hate to think that we have to change that mission statement ad unless it costs too much to do that. So [Applause] any other comments, questions? I just take some questions for you just in general. Uh this is for Laura. um you know because I I hear different stuff for Bos Elementary School about how much do we spend per per student there is it around a little over 12,000 and Vivian Banks is more like $22,000 a kid. This is where we central I think that's it. All right. Okay. All right. And then I have some questions. Is is in the in the in the document um um the the the kids

117are performing poorly scholastically. Um and uh we've then put together a little plan. So, how they're going to do better in English and language, how they're going to do better in math. Um, so is Mrs. Calib, is she responsible? Because I I always like to have one person responsible. I know that we're all responsible, okay? Whether it's parents, board members, but generally there's one person that says, "All right, I'm going to get this done." Is that the principal? All right, perfect. That's what I wanted right here. Okay. Second. Second is I and maybe I missed it in there was um how often would you be reporting to the board on how we're doing on on coming? You know, I mean, I understand you can't call every week and go, "Hey, how we doing?" That's not

118going to work. But is it after testing, you know, in the fall? Is it in is it twice a year? So that as we have changes that okay you're coming in and said okay part part of the agreement is you come in and say okay how are we doing and do we need to adjust the plan how do we do better right it's not we're not looking to blame anybody we're looking how do we do better absolutely yes the attendance rates and the test scores on I ready of the students this past year they outperformed students who are from the exact same zip code but attending Bonso Elementary School. So the students I think you have to look at achievement in different ways. Different students are going to perform differently based on their background. Right?

119If you have a student perhaps that has some trauma, they're going to be performing differently on a standardized test. I think you have to look at growth and you have to look at overall attendance. And I believe it was 95%. Correct me if I'm wrong, Mr. Costa. a little bit under almost 95%. And so that's an incredible attendance rate for students who had been struggling with that. So there's a lot of plans in place. There is a very very dedicated staff out there who's amazing. The services that are available through the tribe. I've met with the housing agency. I've met with the learning center. I've met with the Koopa Cultural Center. I've met with chairman. I've met with Mr. Chris Neho. Mr. Otga was there as well. We have amazing plans to bring even more

120culturally relevant education to the students and really truly make this a flagship school. Other schools are going to be a little bit jealous of Vivian Banks chair. I'm I'm being serious. I'm not when you say who's responsible, I'll 150% be responsible. I'll happily I'll happily report as often as you'd like me to just to share that. There's already been so many things that have happened. I think I've been there for a week in person and already we've got fresh paint on our walls. We have a mural planned. We've got plans and those are just some of the things. We've already got um the EPA coming out. They're starting on Friday to do hands-on lessons. We've got four food demonstrations that are already scheduled for next year. I've got sponsorship for assemblies. And um there's there's

121things already happening. So, and that's a week. So, if you'd like me to report next week, I'd be happy to do that, too. Can I can I add also Yeah. Can I add also that um sort put together with collaboration I know you say who's the one person responsible but really we're all responsible and we will and we will be um supportive but they've worked together. I know Dr. Pendleton and Principal Calibes were working together to prepare an intervention plan for ELA and for math so that we can have something that's really actionable. And I think that that's a a really good direction and will probably make it easier for her to be able to come and report. And I know that built into the charter there should be an annual review, but there's also

122the opportunity that we give every other month for our principles to share the progress and that can be something that uh we can try to highlight. I just wanted to add that. Yeah, there's a lot of other things that have happened that I've just forgotten because I wasn't expecting to speak but Right. No, and I don't wouldn't want to be necessarily overbearing like, you know, hey, you know, every 10 minutes calling you up and you're like, I can't get anything done. But I would like whether it's twice a year or whatever it is that makes sense that you can do some measurement and say, okay, great. This is how we're coming along. Um because I I think the kids deserve better. And I would say motion to approve item B. Is that what I would

123say? It would be I would Oh, you asked questions before. Yeah. uh you you mentioned enrollment and link to the insensity of the school. One way to solve the insidity of the school is to make sure we have enrollment. Right now the the question is that you know we have difficult decision to make because money is dwindling out. If we have more enrollment then the the the LC cap and the way the schools is being funded change the nature of the funding and instead of running at the deficit where the old district has to has to sub subsidize Vivian banks then Vivian banks has enough enrollment to to to self sustain and so I'm curious to see in the budget production enrollment goes down uh we lose lose one student a year. So the situation

124gets more dramatic than it is today. Do we have plans to try to increase enrollment at Vivian Bank? So that way we can have projection where the budget says we're not going to dwindle students, we're going to actually increase it. And so so that way it gives us it gives us pause into just thinking at the dollar value of a pupil in Devian banks compared to the other. It says well they have they have plans and at least they have initiative and I'm not you know I mentioned in in in in my little D tribe earlier I'm not I'm I want us to try something if we if we if we keep the status quo then we it's it's going nowhere. So what initiatives do we have as a community or as a staff or

125whatever to increase enrollment if we have 70 student at Vivian banks the financial numbers associated to Vivian banks is different. So you know if what what do what do we plan to do what do you plan to do to increase enrollment so that way we have a self- sustaining villian banks economy. The goal is to double enrollment. So, I spoke with the founding principal, Barbara Roar, last week. Um, and she always hovered between 120 and 150 students. Um, a lot of that had to do with the culturally relevant education that the students were receiving. So there is already that plan in place with the Koopa Cultural Center, with um the elders and things like that to try to get elder reading in the schools, beating in the schools, skirt making, all these different types of

126um cultural events that the kids are proud of and excited for brings them ownership to the school, right? So trying to tie our running program into running from village to village and having those mileage. So there's a lot of ways that we can really celebrate what makes Vivian Banks a special place, right? Once you start doing that, you do build enrollment because people get excited. We added TK last week. So we have one student. I know it's it's there's one TKER that wouldn't have been going to school at Vivian Banks. It's now going to Vivian Banks. So a lot of these different types of things. There's been such an outpouring of support, like I said, from social services. they are ready to write grants for us. You might be actually giving me a call Friday

127to say, "Hey, we're going to help fund furniture in your school." So, there's there's a lot of different corporate sponsors. We're going to hopefully be launching our big fundraiser. We were waiting for tonight um to celebrate the 30 for30, which is $30 for every year that Vivian Banks has been open. And really get the community involved. Sounds like a big ask, but if we get 40,000 people to donate $30, I can get 1.2 2 million. So, and y'all may think I'm crazy. I am not crazy because I plan to send this out to everybody and they tell 10 friends and they tell 10 friends and they tell 10 friends. You can donate more than $30 if you want. I know I did. I already donated a hundred. But I'm just saying there's when there's a

128will, there's a way. And there is so much passion and so much of a legacy out of Vivian Banks that I've learned so much about the culture just in the one week that I've been interacting with all these different agencies and they are dying to support us. They are so excited. I was asked today, what do you need? Well, I've got needs. They've got spending problems. They have extra money. I can help them with that. So, and that's it's it's been an incredible outpouring of support and just just to see what's already happened in that short period of time. So, I have a question. Um was brought up that uh you know previous enrollment was over well over a hundred. What was the uh the TK through five population when enrollment was over a 100

129and is that still um is it commenurate to what the kind of that population for that age range is currently? The reason why this school was founded from my understanding was to increase enrollment. The enrollment and attendance rates at the Bonso schools were very low at the time because families were having a difficult time getting their kids to Bonso schools. It's about 11 miles one way, which doesn't sound like a lot mileage-wise, but it's about 20 minutes, right? I've been driving that road. So, it's about 20 minutes one way from Bonso L out to Vivian Banks charter. And so, it was started for that reason. And so, I believe it is. Our kids are going to all tribes. Our kids are going to Tmacula schools. Our kids aren't necessarily going to Bonsel Elementary School. They're

130leaving our district. We want to keep the students in our district. The amount of people who have attended Vivian Banks charter before it was Vivian Banks charter when it was a Catholic school is tremendous. You've got grandparents, you've got aunts, you've got uncles, chairman went there. It is a legacy school. And it's a legacy school because of the location, the historical location of the school. And so people are excited about that school. Everyone you talk to says they loved going to that school. Even kids that have left and gone to Bonso L, the reason they've left and gone to Bonso L is because they're looking for family events. They're looking for the, you know, the fall festivals and all those different things that are typically run by a PTA. There's not an active PTA, but

131we're hoping to change that and have a Vivian Banks club, a parent club that they can help plan some of these different events, but that's very overwhelming for a parent to go, "Oh, yeah, I'll plan that event." So, there's already a schedule of planned events for next year. That's what we're getting the corporate sponsorships with. We've got the first two sponsored already and we got another thousand donation for an assembly. So, those are just me asking people that I know. So, imagine what happens when we ask people that want to donate. There's a lot of dollars out there, believe it or not, and people just need a place to put it because they want to get those tax write offs. I will happily be anybody's tax write off for Vivian Bank's charter. So, that there's

132a lot of plans in place and there's a lot of will um amongst the staff. So, There's another factor too that we're not taking into consideration either is uh there's a large Hispanic community in our in Paula and I was actually part of the Bonsel Ford initiative. I got a chance to get there and I sat at the table with a young man named Carlos and um Carlos was getting ready to go up there and getting an award. Um I had to leave. I had some uh family things to take care of, so I did have to leave. But that weekend, we had Corpus Christie Fiesta down there in Paula. And when I was sitting there setting up to do the broadcast, to do the MCing for Corpus Christie, here comes this little boy and

133stuff. And he he goes, "Hi, how you doing?" I'm like, "I know you. Where do I know you from?" And I go, "Carlos." And he goes, "Yeah." He goes, and he thanked me for being down there with him. And he's a student from Vivian Banks. And he's he's what got one of those award Fono Ford initiative awards. and he was already talking to me about how he's planning what he's planning to do with the next award he gets. And um so we do have a Hispanic community out there too that also benefits from a lot of our programs that are at Vivian Banks. And um we have the folklorical program there which addresses our Hispanic community. And and the reason I want to bring up the Hispanic community, they're the ones that aren't going to

134go anywhere else if and they'll have difficulty getting to school. Um, and that's a challenge we'll put on them. They don't have really, a lot of them don't have really the option. A lot of them still walk to school. Um, they don't have the option to say, "Okay, um, this doesn't have what I want. I'm going to go somewhere else." So, um, you know, that school being open is still a community school that was provided. And, you know, I want to make a point, too, that this was a school that was created by the district. It wasn't created by the community Paula. the it was accepted and happily accepted by the community in Paula, but it was actually warranted by the district at the time to help increase enrollment. And so, um, somewhere along the

135line that kind of lost its way and I think a lot of that is like they say the every every few years somebody talks about bringing bringing it up, about shutting it down and stuff. And I think that scares a lot of parents and they don't want their kids to be in that transitionary state all the time. So, um, they tend to react, be proactive, and and do something about it when they can, but we have a bunch of our our community that doesn't have the ability to do that. And they're the ones that are always stressed out about what what's going to be happening with their school. Just keeping that into consideration that it's not just Native American students we're talking about. I'll go back to what I said initially, focus on enrollment, and

136we never have those conversation again. It's it's it's easy and and that's that's that goes back to you know everybody has to do it it's it its duty uh if the community rise up and increase enrollment we never have the conversation can we afford it because it it would be self- sustainable. So it's it's a give situation in that case. It's just pragmatism, right? Uh increase enrollment and all those all those every five years renewal become a formality versus being a question that we have to ask ourel if we can afford it. And so I think it's really you know you mentioned all this community love and the engagement for the school. Well, I I would like to see it in the numbers and next year when we saw the when we see those numbers

137when it was saying 60 for next year, prove those numbers wrong. That's that's your challenge. Our challenge here is to figure out what we need to do with the money and how we can allocate them. The challenge of the PAL community is put more put more kids in that school so that way you you eliminate all those doubts and all those questions and all those five years renewal. So, it's really it's really where where where everything lies. Uh, and it's really on on the community to rise up to the challenge and say, "Yes, we want that school and we're going to do what it takes for the parents to not go to Tmacula or wherever else or valley center, whatever, but to to come to that school." That's really that's really what to me. Well,

138uh, Trusty Pascal, I with all due respect, um, even when the school had high enrollment, they were always talking about Shandal because we always have smaller classroom size over there, and it's always more expensive to teach a student out there than it is out here. Even when it was at 120 student enrollment, that's uh, it's been an issue that I've been I've been working with for well, ever since I've been a part of this organization, which is uh, going on seven years on the board. Um, my my son 26 right now. He was going to Vivian Banks there and that subject came up even then. So, um it's always an option because it it is more expensive to teach a student out there because the classroom sizes don't allow it which is why it's a

139charter school. The classroom size don't allow it to have 40 students per teacher or even 30 30 students per teacher. Um, so, um, that's something that we've we've always faced and I I like to say some of the parents are proactive and they get their their students out of the school and they'll put them in Bonsil because that's what they figure they're going to end up doing eventually. But we have some students and you got to remember there's no bus that takes them there. They have to actually drive their kids to school. um when the some of the students that are at Vivian Banks and you know they don't have the means to get to Bonsil so they're they're still fighting for that school to stay open but that's uh it's it's always been a

140challenge and uh it's getting it's getting a little bit worse right now but um I think there's a lot of effort to work to help improve the school and and get more students in there and I I think um we definitely should be given that opportunity to have the staff here do what they got to do to teach those students out there. I saw some hands in the audience. We're we're over 20 minutes for this topic. Is there something new and substantive to add to the conversation? She did not pull her out. She was home and then I put her back. But I will tell you as a whole for my child big difference I will not send my children down will Okay, at this time I think that we Commander Joe. Thank you. I'm

141sorry for not signing up. Three bullets. Three bullets. Number one, I I've been attending these meetings uh off and on for about 30 years. So what I sense here is number one super super super job by this hard charger right back here with the glasses. [Applause] Number two, I sense from everybody, the whole team, super passion, lot of lot of passion. And then thirdly, and lastly, if we can because I know you have so much extra time that that what you would do is volunteer. It have to be a volunteer thing because all the other principles don't don't do that. But that you actually at least on a trial basis for the first six months that every month that there's a meeting that you come in and give your good presentation and that way it

142will make them feel maybe a little bit better and me a little bit better because then I know a little bit better. And then y'all donate $30. [Applause] All right. Uh this will we we will close the hearing and move on towards a vote. Is there a motion to approve the petition for renewal for Vivian Banks Charter School with specific conditions in resolution option B as detailed in the staff renewal report? Motion to approve. The second. All in favor? [Music] [Applause] Banks team. Way to go. A big picture from the great photographer. All right. Excited to see the future of Vivian Banks and looking forward to to the reports uh as as we move forward into the next school year. Thank you all for your your passion and your purpose in keeping it open and

143and and looking forward to hearing some great success stories. Well said. Well said. That brings us to action item 10.5 and this is the uh school plans for student achievement the SIPA. Is there a motion to approve? Motion to approve. Second. All in favor? I I I. Motion carries unanimously. And that brings us to action item 10.6. This is the um memorandum of understanding between the Bonsel Teachers Association and the Bonsel Unified School District teacher induction program as it relates to uh article 9. Motion to approve. Second. All in favor? I. Motion carries unanimously. That brings us to action item 10.7. This is the memorandum of understanding between the Bonsel Teachers Association and Bonsel Unified School District Elementary School preparation and this is for the 150 minutes of prep time and uh some of the

144flexibility around scheduling. Motion to approve. Second. All in favor? I. Motion carries unanimously. Bringing us to the uh memorandum of understanding between the Bonsel Teachers Association and Bonsel Unified School District for the Bonsel Teachers Association President's Release Grant. Motion to approve. Second. All in favor? I. Motion carries unanimously. brings us to action item 10.9. The memorandum of understanding between Bonso Unified School District and CSDA to increase health technicians work year by one day and restructure the work days. Motion to approve. Second. All in favor? I. Motion carries unanimously. Bringing us to action item 10.10, the management stipen for fulfilling the executive director of student services position. Motion to approve. Second. All in favor? I. Motion carries unanimously. Bringing us to action item 10.11. The memorandum of understanding between Bonso Unified School District and Fbrook Union

145High School District for Ivy High School, a continuation school. Motion to approve. Second. All in favor? I. Action carries unanimously. Bringing us to action item 10.12. the memorandum of understanding between Alliant University and BUSD for student or intern credential teacher intern counselors and school psychologist. Motion to approve. Second. All in favor? I. Motion carries unanimously. Bringing us to action item 10.13. Uh there's a presentation on this one. Correct. For the uh Eureka math uh for elementary school. I'll bring it up. Good evening again, uh, President Anderson, board of trustees, Dr. Golly, and the remaining Bonso unified community behind me. Thank you. Uh, this presentation really, uh, outlines a timeline of our, uh, elementary map pilot and the adoption process, which culminated in the selection of the district's elementary curriculum. So, uh, I wanted to start

146with an overview of the math pilot and the adoption timeline. And this slide outlines the times the the times from the beginning stages of the adoption process to uh leading to the final stages of the curriculum selection and some just some key uh activities for the spring of two that started back in the spring of 2024 which included teachers uh expressing an interest to participate in the pilot. um the pilot the the actual items the team selected that were state board of education approved programs and then the pilot receive the pilot team receiving the training within the the three curriculums that they were going to uh um pilot this this last academic year. And so the timeline outlines from April to May of 2024 the first round of the pilot where they used illustrious math

147curriculum. And then we had followed by the second round of piloting from August 24th to October 24th. Um they the team piloted the Eureka math squared. And then lastly, the third round was um really taking a look at what they were currently using was which uh which which was the board approved bridge curriculum revealed math from October 24th to December uh 24 and it dropped off of my should say December 2024. So um fast forward April 20 uh 2025, we brought the team back together. We discussed the pros and cons of the curriculum. they dwindled it down to two and um in our discussions the team came to a consensus of which was going to be their selected curriculum for the remaining what's it what what are we remaining math cycles excuse me and so

148brings us to June where we would bring it to the board in a presentation form and then the summer and the fall where we order the materials distribute the materials and then also schedule a professional development for teachers before they start the start of the next school year. So this is just kind of the steps um that involved the adoption process with step one uh really looking at the various curriculums we could have chose from and chosen from and that step was completed followed by se selection of one of the from one of the curriculums to pilot and that was completed along with the stipulation of our required 30-day public display period which started in May 16 where parents had the opportunity to uh view the curriculum through the virtual platform on our district website

149that has also been completed. And then brings us to step four today uh after this presentation uh the recommendation of the board to approve uh the the math adoption selected by the pilot team. And then that would follow up with possibly on Friday start our purchasing uh the purchase process for our curriculum um with that would allow us to have that delivery uh ahead of expected to arrive the first week of August ahead of the 202526 school year. And lastly, um already in the works for setting up our professional development to to occur, um days prior from students arriving to our district for the 20 25 26 school year. And so these were the the three math programs that we uh piloted. So um just to go into a deeper dive here um so during

150the pilot our teachers evaluated at least three primary math programs illustrative math Eureka's math square and the bridge math program of reveal math so re uh that they were teachers were already utilizing so the three curriculum selected to the to pilot were aligned just wanted to mention this uh to our new state math framework work as well as it adopted state standards. So the selection consensus was reached following a rigorous evaluation process where teachers directly piloted specific lessons by grade levels um that they agreed upon and then they assessed the different curricula the curricula uh teachers participated in three distinct pilot rounds as I shared and based on their firsthand experience evaluation form the evaluations u from these pilots the pilot team made their selection In April of 2025, the selection aimed to identify our

151K5 math that that we'd be using that would best support students and teachers moving forward. And with the Eureka math, we have um it was unanimously selected by our teachers K through five who participated in the pilot. And so I just wanted to share this uh preview, the digital preview that was uh available through our district website. The 30-day digital preview offered a a view of the program which specifically designed uh to sit in the dynamic middle of the three aspects of rigor. And so it's conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and the application of math that align with our new math state framework. Some um testimonials include that Eureka Math enhances learning through clear, concise content that fosters deep lasting math knowledges and it cultivates a culture cultivates competent learners, excuse me, and empowers both teachers

152and students to rise to the every challenges and reaches their full potential. Um as well as that it is designed with teachers in mind empowering them to elevate student engagement in the classroom by the use of manipulatives and scaffolding the abstract learning into very concrete learning using the variety of dis uh manipulatives as they scaffold through the applications. And so by offering a strategic blend of instructional methods, uh explicit instruction, uh problem based learning and adaptive tools, teachers can meet students where they are fostering enduring knowledge. And I'm going to share this from from uh what I know about the new framework is that it needs to be uh grounded in these three aspects of rigor in order for kids to carry it on to the next level. And this curriculum offers the best opportunity

153for teachers to anchor the skills and the knowledge in the progressive math concepts as they go from kinder to to fifth grade. So I'm very impressed with this this curriculum. And so just some highlights I wanted to share uh for both students and teachers through the curriculum is this concept uh of the big idea. The curriculum provides a coherent story from kinder to algebra, allowing students to leverage connections between these big ideas at each level and building that conceptional understanding from one grade level to the next. It also allows um next in terms of uh equity and engagement. The curriculum also focuses on honoring all students as valuable contributors to the math class. This helps shape students sense of themselves and as capable learners through the differentiated learning opportunities provided within the lessons. Data science

154is another aspect integrated throughout the lessons using real data sets. Why is this important? Because believe it or not in the state testing they're going to encounter various data sets which they call reallyia with that that has kids thinking about the data and multiple sets of data in order to complete or uh complete a a problem or to be able to engage in those performance tasks. So this is very important because the test can't be the first time that they see this dynamics of interpreting data. So the curriculum allows the teacher to introduce the students to various forms of data sets and um extract meaning to address real world real pro real world problems. And uh lastly uh finally the multilingual support uh that are you math offers and the language supports the mathematical uh

155language routines that are consistently uh supporting language learners and a specific focus on real uh reliability to meet language objectives. And I I have to say this, and this connects back to that 50% unduplicated count that we talked about, language uh our students who come in with uh uh uh specific needs as a lowincome language learners or or our foster youth tend to be language minority students. And so when we look at this language support, it just doesn't apply to what we would traditionally think as English learners. This uh multilingual support applies to all students who are uh who are language who need language support based on where they're at. So language minority students is what we like to call them. And that crosses all ethnic lines and uh language lines. So it's not just

156specific for kids who are e learners. It could be our English only kids as well. The next piece I'd like to highlight is uh is looking at the curriculum design which is pretty impressive. The different variety of digital resources, the materials that include lesson slides already that pre-made assessments uh student lessons inter that interact uh interactives and new data literacy activities such as the data investigations and those data tables that I was sharing earlier. More of the highlights are the in-depth supports um that provide through professional learning and family resources that can continue the learning at home. And I thought this was wonderful because it's not isolating the instruction at home at in the classroom. It also extends it into the home um through various real life applications like creating a grocery list or a

157budget um creating a a a Christmas list but really u marketing out and seeing where you can find the best deals to also price your gifts. It's these creative activities that kids can really relate to but things that they cannot do at home as an extension of the learning from school. And uh and then the other uh thing I'd like to the other piece I'd like to share is it provides um hands-on learning kesthetic learning and is building into every module within manipulative kits. Additionally, TK core text supports early literacy during instruction. And for printed materials, we also have the advantage of having the the teach books that provide embedded supports, assessments, and differentiation. So students learn and apply uh workbooks, offer problem sets, and that extra family support that are take-home items. Now, um

158I'd like to share that these are some quotes that are actually pilot team shared about their experiences um that from their firsthand uh experiences with piloting the program. The one teacher noted that the program was very engaging. Each lesson had games, chats, kinesesthetic movement, manipulative use, etc. And other appreciated that the lessons provided s significant review before redu introducing a new concept and the level of math talk was appreciated. A kinder teacher shared um that much more developmentally appropriate with hands-on learning opportunities in the curriculum does not have um our kindergarten students utilizing too many worksheets. This is what I love. They get to draw and move manipulatives as they're learning and they get to work with their peers to support their learning. So, I thought it was great to put some of these things

159on here. I'm not going to read them all, but to share that firsthand experience for those of those teachers who actually use the curriculum during these lessons. And that concludes uh uh thank you for your time and attention today. So, we're just open for questions if you have any for I I have some questions actually. Uh thank you for the presentation and uh it looks like uh we've got some really great feedback from our teachers as it relates to our LCAP. I saw at least one teacher feedback that addresses the request uh within our document for more rigorous uh academic challenges with less reliance on worksheets which is great to see. What I'm not quite sure I'm fully seeing though at least in the presentation is the differentiated learning especially for our advanced students. Can

160you speak a little bit how this math curriculum would apply for in in that situation? I uh thank you for that question. So the math curriculum what it's done is scaffold uh small group instruction to teach to the students who are behind the students who are at level and the students who are advanced. So it we really need to um in our training one of the aspects that we are asking is that we start looking at the differentiated teaching within the small group instruction because there's a certain leveling that that you teach to the whole class but then when you do the application of the lesson where kids get to practice what they've learned there's differentiation in the practice and the application of those skills and it the book the excuse me the curricula offers

161differentiation activities for where your students are at and a lot of the grouping will be help will the helpful grouping will come from our I reading diagnostic that we'll take at the beginning of the year that we'll be able to group our kids in specific areas and then this the gap a skill the skills gap analysis uh report will also give us the specific students in mathematics that are missing certain skills so we can fill in the gaps as we're moving moving them down that that trajectory of math mathematic learning Great. Conceptually, it sounds like a nice way of being able to um offer support services for those that are requiring, you know, to get to standard as well as the potential to address, you know, the learning curiosity of those who are, you know,

162exceeding the standard. So, yes, look forward to hearing how well it does once. I actually have a almost the reverse question is that uh math is really a foundational uh uh resource and if you start falling behind it becomes difficult to catch up. Uh do we do we intend to have more metrics than the high ready assessment to figure out to try to identify those kids that falls behind so that way we can have intervention or or things the like that we that we allow the group to to catch up uh because otherwise if you start losing one kid in second grade uh his math pass forward is probably dead from there on. So, do do we have intent uh any intentionality on on on trying to make sure that we don't leave kids that

163are that are struggling, you know, and and just abandon them. Yes. And so, as I um shared the I Ready Diagnostic are it's the I Ready program is not only a diagnostic, but it's also an individualized intervention pathway. Once the students take the diagnostic, it actually creates an individualized pathway for that student based on the gaps that the the diagnostic read. That's one piece because the kids can work um on lessons individualized lessons to a week and um to meet their stretch their stretch goals at the end of the year. So we there's um the other piece is that those reports are also used by the instruction the instructor in the classroom to be able to identify which students as your preerequisite skill report is that's what it's called. You can run that and you're

164able to see when I hit this lesson which groups of kids are not have not mastered the prerequisite skills in order them to be prepared to do the lesson. So many times teachers have to um do front-loading with a group of students before you even get to that lesson. And I know in our classrooms we in our TK classrooms we have uh extra support. We also have MTSS TOSAs at the elementary sites that help with these efforts um in supporting and coaching teachers and modeling lessons on how this is done. But the idea is to identify students earlier who are two or three grade levels behind in order to close that um prerequisite skills in order for us to then be able to set them down and uh provide them with the lesson and then

165ensure that you know we've given them the best opportunity to uh understand the knowledge and the skills presented in that particular standard. Thank you. It's it's an ongoing effort. I think that our goal is always to uh close the achievement gap in math and we're not unique. It's not you in a unique situation here in Bonso. We know that u the state of California mathematics has um lagged behind from ELA in a majority of our districts. And I think a part of it is that the mathematical framework will help us close that achievement gap because we're now teaching math in a different way. and the standards came before the framework, but now with the framework and the standards now uh actually linked together, we'll have a better opportunity as as educators to close that achievement

166gap in math. Any other questions for Go ahead. My question is, are we going to provide all of our educators as I am? So to answer your question, we already have a preliminary uh professional development schedule for the first couple of days of school. But we've also are intending to create a pool of teachers at each grade level at each site to be the the department lead and have extra training provided for those people so that they could support. So like a teacher of teachers to be able to support teachers as they navigate their way through the curriculum because we know that that first year of implementation is is challenging because everything's new. And so it's going to be uh our focus to be able to train uh individual teachers and provide them with additional

167training and ongoing training so that they could be then become the teacher the trainer of trainers. Now as far as your question about the consumables, we've get mixed reviews. Some teachers love the consumables and some teachers hate the consumables. So, I think we're taking this first year to be able to identify what grade levels the consumables are the uh what grade levels want those consumables so that we are um fiscally responsible with our purchases and not overpurchase or underpurchase based on the needs of our our school district. And lastly, the manipulatives. This is um when we ask to be fiscally responsible, the manipulatives were not ordered as part of this adoption. We know that a lot of the manipulatives are things that the teachers already have in their classrooms. So, what we want to do

168at the beginning of the year is have each grade level take inventory of their manipulatives and order only what they need so that we are not flooding the classrooms with extra items. We want to be fiscally responsible when we adopt it, create um go move forward with this adoption. Really just give teachers what they need and not overspend. When you say consumables, are you talking like workbooks? Yes. manipulatives. Manipul manipulatives are like 10 uh a block 10 square where kids can count by tens and then they can count by fives and singles. Uh rakin reds, those little beads, it's like a little triangle with beads with different beads, 10 counts of 10 in different colors. Um tiles, when we teach fractions, we could teach them in tiles. So kids are actually touching things and moving

169things around so they can visually see what what it looks like a fraction looks like. Makes sense. Yeah. Okay. Any further questions or is there a motion to approve? Motion to approve. Second. All in favor? I I like I think I like this program. Thank you. Okay, that sounds better than common core for sure. All right, that brings us to action item 10.14. the uh actually before we do that uh Miss Castro I understand that you wanted to clarify I was going to put you at the very very end of the action items unless you wanted to interject it now as it related to answering a budget question. Yes. I guess it's just for my sanity right so it was related to a question about the ADA that uh the board mech asked. So it

170was actually a typo right there because the projection was actually a 1% and the calculator is showing that the 2072 that it was reflected as as a projected idea for 27u uh 28. It's actually for 2829. So this is what happened when you uh without your glasses you're putting the numbers right there. So the prediction is done correct and it was a 1% just a typo on the presentation and I apologize my Got it. I bet. Thank you. Thank you for that clarification. Now, that brings us to action item 10.14. This is the adoption and purchase of Spanish um MAPUIS MAPASS curriculum for Sullivan Middle School and Bonsel High School to um synchronize. I have a question first. Um this this would be only for kids taking electives, Spanish electives. Yes sir. Is there any

171plan intention to to actually push foreign language on middle schoolers or things like that as a I would say as a mandate. And uh the reason I'm saying that is that uh when I went to school in France way past uh long time ago let's say uh middle school you start middle school. So, sixth grade you have to take a foreign language. Uh, you have choice usually between German, uh, English or Spanish. You start uh, eighth grade, yeah, eighth grade, you have to take a second one. So, when you uh, middle school is four years and high school three years in France. But when you're done with middle schools, you've experienced two different language. It doesn't mean you're going to pursue or continue, but at least you've been exposed. And especially I think in California

172and Southern California, I think having every student being exposed to Spanish and having every student being uh understanding what it takes to learn a foreign language would them would make them way more empathetic to uh to to people who are not native speakers. And I don't I don't know, this is definitely not a state mandate, but I was wondering if especially in light of having those type of programs uh that facilitate on boarding if that might be something we might want to consider in the future. So what we are right now in our current in our current uh system, our eighth graders are have the ability to take uh Spanish one and eighth grade. I love this. It's not a mandate. It's one of their choice electives. But I love this because then they go

173into ninth grade, whether they're English speaking or Spanish speaking, and now have the opportunity to go all the way up to AP language. What we're looking at and we're envisioning and what we want to plan for is create a Spanish uh track where kids have the opportunity to take lit, AP Lit. And so our numbers are growing, but when our eighth grade numbers grow with curriculum with appropriate um uh a vertically aligned curriculum. Our expectation is that it's not we're not just buying curriculum for Balo High school. It's we're buying Spanish one through AP Lit, right? AP Lang right now. And we're with hopes that we would add AP Lang. And so to your point is that our our vision is that when students learn a foreign language, they also now become multiculturally empathetic and

174um sensitive, but they get better at English. They get better at English. So we know that this is this is one area we want to strengthen our academic programming at both the middle and the high school. But yeah, I would agree. I know many years ago when I was at uh part of Vivian Banks, I was on the charter council, um there was some studies that were done showing that students that when they're exposed to a second language at an early age, they actually developed better skills in English because English is a very complicated language. It's kind of like a very, you know, it's it's a mishmash of several languages. And so, um, when you look at other languages on the the stability that some languages have, it kind of makes you, it helps you

175understand English a little bit better. That was the the study that was done. I actually thought about uh trying to incorporate Latin into um the program over there. And the reason that was because when I went to school there, it was a Catholic school and we studied, we had Latin, you know, touched, we touched on Latin. Um, it didn't, you know, obviously it was difficult to go with the teachers. The teachers didn't want to start teaching Latin, so it didn't happen. But I know now they're actually being exposed to the capo language. Yes. And u um I don't know how that's actually affecting their language skills, but they, you know, you have uh English learners that are also learning capo as well. Um and um so I understand that you know introducing language even at

176a younger age is is beneficial. It seems like when you're already at uh 8th grade it some people said you're already hardwired and it's harder for you to learn a new language but at a younger age it's a little bit easier. Um but I don't know. Uh I'll leave that up to you to understand how that works. But uh I like the program. I think it's going to do well. Thank you. two sentence to dispel two myth. English is actually a very easy language. Uh compared to you know I speak German, I speak French, I speak English. English is so simple. Uh I you know uh so so but you know uh and the last statement is when you speak to someone who's who has a broken English it means is fluent in another language

177that you are not. So they're just saying that. Thank you. Thank you. And motion to approve. Second. Second. All in favor? I motion carries unanimously. Thank you Dr. Pedleton. Bringing us to action item 10.15, the adoption and purchase of MCL class for Bonso Unified School District. Motion to approve. Second. All in favor? I. Motion carries unanimously. Bringing us to action item 1016. This is your approval uh to renew annual instructional software, non-instructional software membership, and operational contracts. and it breaks down to about $637,000 across different uh different uh instructional non-instructional memberships and operational pieces. And uh in homage to my uh fellow trustee Mr. Gatis who's not here today. Just want to make sure that we have uh officially uh done our due diligence that we're utilizing all of these different uh technologies and that

178we have uh cold the fat from additional licenses and whatnot that we are not utilizing. I can speak to this because um before we put the purchase orders, I actually contacted the vendors and asked how many license were purchased and how what was the use of the license and so a lot of these licenses were reduced based on the usage rate. So we like I said we approached this from a fiscally responsible lens and we did reduce as much as we could where we could. Do you have that number by any chance like what percentage we we brought it down from? Just curious. I didn't I do not but I I can go back and look at my gonna say if you have it handy somewhere I just be curious you know be exciting to

179see that we save some money somewhere at this fantastic. So is there a motion to approve? Motion to approve. Second. All in favor? I. Motion carries. Bringing us to action item 10.17. This is the agreement between the Lewis Education Concepts uh and BUSD for professional learning services. Motion to approve. Second. All in favor? I motion carries unanimously. Bringing us to action item 10.18. This is the B USD uh ELOP uh program uh plan guys. So the it's the aiding us in um the uh program that supports the whole child and the soc social and emotional learning development. Motion to second. All in favor? I. Motion carries unanimously. Bless you. Um again, uh brings us to actually on 10.19. This is the education science outreach program contract for uh the school year 2526 and it has

180a whole uh has about six different options and this is through the San Diego County Office of Education. So programs that we'd be able to tap into. Motion to approve. Second. All in favor? I. Motion carries unanimously bringing us to action item 10.20. This is out ofstate travel conference to ACT. That's the association for career and technical education uh career tech vision 2025 conference and this is for our counselor at the high school to uh motion to approve. Second. All in favor? Motion carries. Bringing us to action item 10-21, uh, independent contract agreement with consulting and inspection services. Motion to approve. Second. All in favor? I. Motion carries unanimously, bringing us to action item 10-22. This is the lease agreement between Bonso Unified School District and class leasing for the lease of three modular classroom

181buildings at Bonsel High School with a lease sum of $97,000. Motion to approve. Second. All in favor? I. Motion carries unanimously, bringing us to action item 10-23. This is the renewal of the 5-year cooperative service agreement with uh is this Cintas or Chintas? Which one? All right. For the supply and maintenance of uniforms. Motion to approve. Second. All in favor? I. Motion carries unanimously, bringing us to action item 10-24. This is the public works contract with Zoran Construction Group for the Sullivan Middle School kitchen improvement to the tune of just under 35,000. Motion to approve. Second. All in favor? I. Motion carries unanimously bringing us to the quote Q-148466-1 for EMS Link LLC for nutrition and point of service software. Motion to approve. Second. All in favor? I. Motion carries unanimously. Bringing us to action

182item 10-26, our last action item of the evening. the contract agreement with PJ Oceanside East for fresh ready to service pizza delivery. Motion to approve. Second. All in favor? I. That passes unanimously, bringing us to agenda item 11, public comment. Do we have additional public comment bei besides the public hearing? Commander Joe Byer. Commander Joe, come on up for a public comment. Thank you. Sorry about the not signing up for the others. Don't I was not good on the agenda. Okay. Got uh four bullets. Quickly, quickly, quickly. Uh the quotes by uh Dr. Gy from John Dwey were very good. TS Elliott and she got Peter Ducker in there. Fantastic. And she always emphasizes four things. Number one, service. Number two, innovation. Number three, collaboration. Number four, integrity. And then also the new big three

183of create, achieve, and inspire. So keep that keep that fire going. It's looking good. Number two of four items. Suspensions in the UT San Diego OS, which is Oceanside High School. My wife taught there for almost 40 years. And by the way, watch out for manipulatives. because 30 years ago manipulatives is it and then the issues you brought up about the support and all was big is a big problem but manipulatives uh at least my my wife had a had a big issue with it. Oh this this is going to change everything and uh anyway. Okay. So the suspensions at Oceanside High School three years ago their suspension rate at the high school with the Pirates was 323. That's three years ago. Now it's from down to 57. And the article is here in the

184UT San Diego. So I'll end up giving this I know to to Dr. Golly and she'll go ahead and digest it along with all their 50,000 other things that she's got going on. But it's kind of interesting. In other words, it's it's not using the stick so much, using the carrot more. But whether that works or not, but those statistics are pretty impressive when you go from 323 suspensions a a year ago, three years ago, and now you're down to 57 uh this year or last year. Number three bullet item of four. The Bonsza Women's Club off to the races fundraiser. Superintendent and Bonsel Unified School District Board President Lissa Anderson. just keep that sort of thing that that sort of thing going on because I end up seeing that and I look down into

185here. Golly Moses, there's the board. Hey, there's there's Dr. Golly. And other people are just like me. Just like me. They see that you're involved in the community. That's the way you got to sell it to get the bond measures passed. You got to you got to go to the to the Rotary Club. You got to got to do the Bonso Woman's Club and all that. And others before you haven't done that. They haven't done that. And I don't know how you all find the time, but just keep it up because it it it's making a big difference. It pays dividends. You know, the the the Rainbow Municipal Water District uh board uh individual uh you you the board president and all you you you know those people and hopefully they're influential because we need

186money. We need money. Money is difficult. If we don't have money, we don't have a lot of things. President Trump knows that. That's why he's withholding funds from from Colombia. Holding funds from uh and by the way, congratulations where uh the validictorian got into Colombia and she was on the board. Just quickly, last thing, uh number number four, Bonso High School and Sullivan Middle School graduation. Just a class class act on on into here. A whole section in the paper that the the D this young lady right here was was was in it. You were all in it. And just a fantastic job. Especially impressive was that you had the class of Sullivan and Bonsel High School and you listed the colleges and universities where they got in as a as a goal. Not everybody's

187going to do that, but still it was very very impressive. So keep up the good work and uh sorry I went over. Thank you, Commander Joe. You woke us up a little bit. You know, it's past my bedtime personally. the uh as it relates to future meetings, just want to clarify a couple of things. Uh we have a board workshop on Friday uh for uh the superintendent review uh starting at 3:45 and that's a special close session. We also have a special board meeting next Thursday uh June 26th at 6 p.m. It says in the uh online agenda that this is at the Bonsel Community Center, but we had previously discussed it being virtual. So let's clarify. Okay. So ver virt. So it'll be a zoom meeting then. Okay. Great. Thank you. So we will

188have that meeting that's to formally uh have the vote for the LCAP and the budget items that we had our public hearings for today. And then beyond that uh we will open the next school year with our official regular meeting of the question on that one meeting. Is that also going to include the lease at Vivian Banks? Yes. Okay. So there's going to probably be a couple of extra items beyond just the LCAP in the budget as well. Yes. Okay. And uh whether or not uh we have a a close session preceding that is still TBD. So keep it open on your calendar for a 4:30 close session start time, but we may or may not have that. Okay. And then the uh next regularly scheduled meeting uh July is dark after I think four

189plus uh meetings uh in the last couple weeks of June for us. Uh we'll be uh taking a little bit of a break in the month of July and uh reconvening on Wednesday, August 13th here at the Bonsel Community Center. Uh same time, 4:30 uh close session, 6 p.m. open. And with that, we shall adjourn at 9:16. Thank you very much and have an amazing summer. I'm not