001[Music] good evening and welcome to the regular board meeting of the Carpenteria Unified School District board uh we are beginning tonight uh let's see here it is August 27th uh 5:30 p.m and we are going to begin with a roll call please all right Aon here Sally here Jamie here and I am here and Erin Eric's not here Eric's not here Eric bridgeford is absent today okay um if everybody could please rise for the flag salute ready begin 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 okay we got some sensitive mics tonight I think our volume might need to get turned down in here a little bit it's very loud yeah I
002don't know if we can turn the in interior volume down it's really a lot higher than normal okay you right there yes so open that up and it should be the top master should say master on it you can turn that down I come out there okay how about that that's maybe a little bit more down a little bit more how about now I okay interesting we're just gonna I'm just going to just leave it as it is and I'll just we'll sit back a little okay yep oh there we go that's better that's more like it thank thank you okay thank you for waiting through those technical issues um B2 we have our approval of the minutes from the regular meeting of August 13th 2024 do we have any questions from the board on
003the minutes from August 13th 2024 no questions okay um so the way we operate our meetings is uh when it's time for public comment we will let you know you just have to step up to the podium um and line up uh in order as you as you get there and you are welcome to make your public comment so at this time if you'd like to make public comment for approval of the minutes from August 13th please step up to the podium and do so now and please remember to turn on the mic so the green light is showing thank you okay I'll begin uh as you know I serve as the employee union president as usual my comments are made on behalf of District faculty and support staff who elected myself and the members
004of the employee union leadership team to share their interests their experiences their questions and their concerns uh let the minutes show that at the August 13th board meeting Union leadership commented on the district's obligation to implement a workplace violence prevention plan uh as per California Senate Bill 553 the component parts of this safety plan were required to be in place by July 1 2024 uh and uh in one week that will be two months after the state's deadline for full implementation let the minutes show that the California Senate Bill 553 requires the district to implement the following safety practices management will work and allow authorized employee representatives to identify evaluate and determine corrective measures to prevent workplace violence management will participate in monthly meetings with authorized employee Representatives that would be myself and the team
005I work with management will discuss evaluate and correct workplace related concerns and Hazards management will work with and allow authorized employee representatives to design and Implement training let the minutes show that none of these management obligations occurred during the Hasty development of the district's plan or since it has or since it was uh I'm sorry since it was hastily approved uh in June but superintendent rby said uh that it had happened and even included these obligations in the district's workplace violence prevention plan recognizing that it was a responsibility as if putting this into writing satisfies the district's obligations so yet another District plan which is completely untethered to the reality of what's happening on the ground let the minutes show that the CD has has had approximately a year to prepare to meet their safety
006obligations let the minutes show that they didn't even begin to resolve the obligation until just 3 weeks before the July 1st deadline let the minutes show that although the district both introduced and approved this safety plan without any serious board inquiry or conversation the majority of promises and obligations contained in the plan remain unsupported by the actual physical conditions on District school sites and Facilities let the minutes show that elected employee Representatives reaffirm our commitment and in to com to collaborate and inform the district safety protocols with the experience and insights of District personnel as we attempted to do at the last board meeting the board meeting before that and each of the board meetings and actually bargaining sessions throughout the 23 24 school year um but we're clearly talking to an administrative wall at
007this point and the school board seems as your is upk you if anybody else would like to speak on the approval of the minutes of the meeting from August 13th please step up to the podium now okay seeing none uh may I get a motion to approve I'll move to approve I'll second any discussion from the board okay all in favor I I I okay we're moving on to B3 approval of the agenda and consent agenda any questions from the board okay um we are now going to take public comment on approval of the agenda and consent agenda please feel free to step up to the podium at this time all righty so not so it's not to rain on your parade this evening we'll ignore the district's consistent misuse of the consent agenda to
008advance public Business Without transparency which is and remains a clear Brown act violation um we ask that you please support items six s and nine Extended Learning enhancements go a long way to supporting students and families swimming is a life skill and one of our one our elementary and secondary students need to learn and the district is required to directly support students with Orthopedic impairments items number two three and four because so many sped Personnel have left the district in the last eight months that is special education Personnel in the last 8 months cusd must still and again pay extraordinary amounts of money to backfill sped services that the district can no longer provide with the current staff and faculty in our in our midst the anticipated cost of these expensive contractors will range from
009$842,000 to 1,137 ,000 how many full-time sped teachers could cusd have purchased with 1,137 th000 instead of driving talented sped teachers and staff away why is cusd more comfortable hiring contractors to do the work yes we paid about the same in the year 23 24 but last year we had to bring on a new sped director in September who then fled the district in March as did no less than 12 special education teachers and many special education instructional AIDs that this year's costs are predicted to be similar to last year's cost is a big red flag to the community that even District leadership anticipates continued administrative dysfunction in the sped program heck we have already had our first sped teacher resign on the second day of school and these are quotes from that sped teacher
010I that's being Miss Garcia did not feel supported I have been a special education teacher for 30 years and the way this District runs their special education program is the worst I have experienced item 16 once again the district seeks approval for the regular payroll for total certificated and classified employees as teachers and support staff however the district again fails to include payroll costs for administrative Personnel why is that why is the district failing to include or itemize the following Miss rig's over $210,000 salary or School site principles and maintenance directors approximately $140,000 salaries or District VPS who are receiving over $130,000 each while for example CMS is on its fourth VP in five years do these figures include Miss Thomas's $100,000 than your time is up thank you if anybody else would like to
011comment on the approval of the agenda and consent agenda now is the time to step up to the podium okay seeing none may I get a motion to approve I move to approve the agenda and the consent agenda all second uh discussion um I just would like to point out that uh a lot of these are not well several that were actually spoken about um one is to help train staff on how to use uh AAC devices so that's specialized training that needs to come from a specialist um we have physical therapy that is needed for a student that needs physical therapy that's not what we as a district do on our own we are teachers not physical therapists so we are hiring that out to a professional and we are uh we are changing
012out our a ba uh company because this is what we were directed by our our staff that this is a better we need a better uh company to work with I'm just want to yes the clarification is none of these contracts reflect any hiring of special ed teachers these are special education Specialists that um all districts are seeking their services and it's very common that districts contract for physical therapy and for ABA Psychological Services okay thank you yep um okay uh roll roll call yeah Aon I Sally I Jamie I I'm I wonderful okay moving on to D public interest reports and presentations we have carpentera high school's FFA Future Farmers of America here tonight we have uh principal herard Coro and our FFA teacher Emily Garcia along with students so please Mr Coro good
013evening um I would like to take this opportunity to um thank Miss Garcia for doing an awesome job over the summer uh she handled the job very well and with the support of our a Boosters and students the program was very successful in the summer and that's what why we're here tonight we want to make sure that you learn the community learns about a wonderful program we have at Carpenter high school our FFA uh Future Farmers of America that I think Mr schaer was one uh I was one at at the high school and it is a great program it provides a lot of leadership skills it provides uh opportunity for students to become very knowledgeable of the talents that they have and you'll hear them today some of them would probably would have told
014you when they were freshmen that they would never be able to come to a Podium like this and do a presentation and I'm always very proud of how our students grow over the four years and how successful they become as they become leaders on campus you'll have you have one of our students who will be the student representative at this board in a couple of weeks uh you have students that are involved not just in FFA but in sports and many programs at Carpenter high school so I really want to take this opportunity to uh Rec recognize The Talented 10 young men and women that are behind me uh who will be showcasing with you tonight what they did in the summer what uh what they learned and how FFA has made them the person
015that they are today but that is not for me to tell you more uh I would like to invite miss Emily Garcia our FFA advisor and agriculture teacher at Carpenter high school hi um obviously I'm Emily Garcia um with me today I brought my minus one he's sick but my officer team for this year and I brought a couple students who actually raised animals along with some actually all my officers this year um so first and foremost I do want to recognize all of my officers if you don't mind we'll go in order from y on your up um hello my name is Yan Garcia and I'm the chapter president of the carpenter FFA this year and I'm also the Ventura section vice president and over the summer I raised a goat for the Ventura
016County Fair and I also raised ducks to celex hi uh my name is Angel panada I the chapter vice president um and I am the also the south coast region treasur uh this summer I did not have the chance to raise an animal uh but I did get to see all these students grow and um a lot of these students went to their third year and second year into raising animals and I saw each of them grow throughout the summer hi my name is Penny rot and I am the current chapter secretary and I also raised a goat this summer uh for the fair and I also raise uh breeding goats and breeding bunnies hi I'm Taylor Trembley and I'm this year's treasure and over the summer I raised it goat and I won grand
017champion she won Supreme grand champion and FFA showman and master showman don't short yourself hello my name is leani bar and I am this year's 2024 2025 um chapter reporter and I this is my second year raising a market pck for the vent County Affair hi my name is Miguel and I am your 2024 2025 chapter parliamentarian um this was my second year raising a market Pig unfortunately this year my pig did not make weights but me and Garcia are trying to figure out like what to do with her so far but yeah hello my name is Addison Hardy I am the 2024 2025 chapter history historian I'm also the um Venta section reporter um and this was my first ever year raising a market L for the Venta County Fair and I sold her
018at auction I also wanted to talk about Jacob MOA who's not here today he unfortunately is sick he's our chapter Sentinel um and this was his second year raising a goat and he sold at the Venta County Fair on top of that though I do want to show other students who are not just fully involved on my officer team I do have another three you guys can all come up at the same time if you want um and they've either our second years or first year razors but they can introduce themselves to you guys hi my name is Lynette Lopez um this is my second year raising a market Pig at the Ventura County Fair and I plan on raising another one hello my name is is this was my first time first year raising
019a goat for the Venta County Fair hello can you guys hear me oh hello to you guys all my name is Daniel Gutierrez and the past summer it was my second year raising a market Pig for the ventur county fair um I did take 29 students this year to the Ventura County Fair we did not beat our record last year I think we had a 42 that we took in but this year I was a oneman team so I'll take it um though in terms of the fair we did have the 29 we did have within the 11 divisions that we did compete in with market and Showmanship we did make the final cut for 10 of the 11 which is a huge accomplishment for me um again we had Miss Taylor and she told
020me she wants to sweep the fair this year so we did and she's coming back for next year um on top of that though just a little rundown of what I hope you guys to see this year um I do want to show a lot of Industry I want to do a lot of Industry involved ment and exposure this year within my classes and for my students um like Mr Coro said I mean these students don't know their talents until they can push their talents so that's kind of what I plan on doing this year I hope and I hope I can achieve it um though I have honestly some of the best kids that I can ask for so we'll get there thank you thank you so much uh do we have any questions
021or comments from the board for our FFA well group I would just like to encourage you I mean I'm super proud of how you all did this summer and how you and and all the sectional officers we have here but but take advantage of everything the FFA offers as far as programming because it was I attribute a lot of My Success to FFA and and the the guidance that I got from from my adviser Mr Johnson who who was there for a long long time um you know they it as you all know FFA is like it turns into a big family it's a big support system you guys are all encouraging each other and even if you don't go into agriculture it's a fantastic base take advantage of the public speaking because that's a
022super important thing that you can apply to anything the financial part of it the recordkeeping that's going to you're going to be able to apply that to anything you do in life and and the responsibility that you get from not just the animal projects but any those SAE projects and the life skills that you're going to get with the you know the plumbing and the welding and the electrical um those are all going to serve you all you're going to be miles ahead of of of your peers when you go off to college or into your careers so it's a really great program as you know and and I would keep trying to recruit more kids go talk to the middle schoolers and get them um not just the eighth graders that are coming up
023but the but the seventh sixth and seventh graders and and and we'll continue to build the program and it'll be the best one in the in the South Coast continue to be the best program in the South Coast so super proud of you guys yeah well I I would just like to to tell the students that I'm very proud of Miss Garcia she was a student of mine when I was the principal at Kino so I've seen her since she was in kindergarten and she and I were having a conversation a couple weeks ago and she was telling me all about the program and what she's been doing this summer so congratulations Emily thank you FFA we really appreciate you coming here this evening and taking some time to share with us and uh Miss
024Garcia we are absolutely impressed with what you did this summer so um we're here to support you all of you you um and uh yeah feel free to reach out to any of us um whether it's FFA directly related some of us are a little stronger in that than others um or public speaking or whatever it may be we're we're here to help you all and support you so thank you um okay we now have public comment for uh on our FFA presentation this evening so please step up to the podium now if you'd like to make public comment thank you thank you and um like we did last week elected employee leadership and the teachers and support staff we represent want to commend the success and diligence of both our FFA students and Miss
025Garcia um Emily uh even with teacher resignations over the summer the program remains robust in the hands of Miss Garcia and we are well aware that the current condition of FFA didn't just fall from the sky um ffa's success has been a combination of collective energy grit and commitment by both teachers and all these kids all these students in many ways these FFA students and their teacher have provided the community with a truly shining example of what is possible they should know that their participation serves as a beacon that draws their peers it draws District families it draws donors and future students like my own uh daughters that have been looking at FFA and visited FFA over the years that are really like the idea of doing that uh and uh it's just this enormously
026robust program each of you deserve to take pride in what you've accomplished and uh as you do uh in the community uh with I'm sorry um as do those in the community with uh who provide voluntary service to the support and to support the program like for example Ramone Flores and ARA Kinton uh Mr schaer for example um you not only should take pride in your participation uh it's clear that you do take pride in your participation and thanks for giving us all a truly genuine example of Excellence um there's simply not enough of that going around and um we really appre appreciate it so thank you bra any further public comment on our FFA presentation this evening okay thank you all so much you're welcome to stay or you can take off if you
027have something homework Sports okay well there you go y thank you okay we are now going to move on to our superintendent report thank you uh tonight I'd like to uh Begin by recognizing our cusd employees students and families for a very smooth opening for the 2425 school year last Thursday we were ready to greet 1,937 students our CHS held ninth grade student orientation with the warrior crew last Tuesday August 20th and CMS held their grade six student orientation on Wednesday August 21st both of our elementary schools held meet and greet with popsicles last Wednesday afternoon our enrollment summary indicates that we have 1,937 students which is 26 more than last year at this time measure you that's our biggest news The canalino Learning Center project continued with waterproofing of the building Foundation soil export
028backfill and paction were also completed at the foundation perimeter but the Highlight is the modular building which composed of five huge units with a huge crane uh they were set today it was very exciting started at 6 o'clock this morning yes so very exciting so now they'll Weld and they will complete the exterior flashing and um continue with the project site work so it's very exciting the Aliso TK kindergarten classroom build building project remains in the construction documents phase of services and we're working with local the local permitting process at this time thanks thank you any questions from the board on the superintendent report okay public comment on the superintendent report please step up to the podium now uh thank you regarding Miss Rigby's appreciation uh appreciation for CD employees students and families who supported
029a smooth opening are certainly deserved uh many served in important roles that influenced to what went right and Union leadership appreciates those employees students and families as well um it's certainly appropriate to celebrate successes where they exist um but we shouldn't stop there it's also important to identify opportunities for improvement and stay laser focused on how we can do just that improve over time to that end Union leadership received reports from select District school sites in regard to the app of the most some of the most basic instructional supplies required to deliver quality lessons and coursework at the start of the year for example um an adequate number of functioning copiers or paper literally just paper it um two School sites and other routine Supply orders uh while District administration spent a fair amount of
030time this summer interestingly collecting and throwing away personal items that they felt serve no purpose in the classroom um they seem to miss at the priority focus of on the most important details of their role is to support those who work directly with students and families every day in and out of the teaching and learning environments maybe next year or even before the end of this one District administration can focus on how to deliver those critical resources that faculty and support staff request at the beginning of the summer that um some of them just arriving this week of course um some school sites did much better than others uh CHS and Aliso serve as shining examples of what went well um but maintenance calino and the middle schools administrators seemed awfully distracted with the demonstration
031of their Authority and who is in charge instead of actually using their authority to support the mission regarding enrollment Union leadership is pleased to recognize that in some areas the long trend of declining enrollment under miss ry's leadership may be stemmed if the district's enrollment projections are correct cusd has begun the 2425 school year with 26 more students than last year that reflects a 1.3% increase in student enrollment examining uh declining enrollment closer we're compelled to mention that after miss purso leadership at canalino Elementary the school has experienced a fifth straight year of declining enrollment the union has already shared concerns tied to the programmatic changes in management style Miss purson has in continues to pursue um administrative actions that directly correlate with that 5-year uh declining enrollment Trend now that principal pursu has been
032pulled from canalino and transferred to CMS we ask District leadership to more closely monit monitor her ability to maintain the student population currently at the middle school the high school's ability to provide more robust programs and course offerings uh both athletic and academic is somewhat contingent on keeping those Middle School families in the system and lastly we inquire upon why or when the CD will survey the community to better understand why so many children who live in the district's boundaries are not enrolled in the district it would be well to better it would do us well to better understand the decisions of our neighbors and peers than you your time is up if anybody else would like to make a comment on the superintendent report please feel free to step up to the podium at
033this time hello Carpenter resident for many many many many many years uh I listen to your uh superintendent boort um and uh I think that uh I didn't hear your goals for this academic years what changes are you making to uh improve uh GPA in general uh about about new programs for special at students Hispanic students for example and uh that's my concern like uh it's the beginning of the year and it's it's all right to uh look for goals set up goals and uh achiev them throughout the Academic Year for example uh yes it was great that that we have 26 more students that's okay uh what about throughout the years I think that 50% of uh academic of uh high school graduate uh graduates they were saying that on surveys that they were
034not ready for college it's on the videos uh whenever it say something it's based on what you have said in the past what you're saying now and the videos that they're right there so I think that uh it's a good time to uh set up goals for every students regardless of uh ethnic backgrounds regardless of financial status everyone everyone and uh that's a good point to start with thank you thank you um I'll just just uh mentioned that um things like the lcap and and all that is the review of the annual goals we actually have our superintendent annual goals coming up um that October in October that we're going over so um that is an annual um thing that we do uh so there we go any further public comment on the super attendance
035report okay moving on to public comment for items not on tonight's agenda if you'd like to speak to something that is not addressed within tonight's agenda now is the time to step up and to the podium and make comment thank you so much thank you an update on the collective bargaining process uh after the 2023 24 negotiation cycle began in April of last year several challenges ensued uh the and if this sounds familiar it's because not not much has changed since the last time I spoke um The District's unilaterally the district unilaterally canceled 11 of the first 14 bargaining sessions then in January the district reorganized its bargaining team offering availability only during limited non- business hours refusing to schedule meetings during the workday until March of 2024 Miss Rigby refusal to update the certificated
036and classified contracts uh with the agreements reached between her arrival in 200 17 through 2023 further delayed the agreement and throughout the first 12 months of the bargaining cycle the district not only rejected each and every one of the over 100 proposed employee contract improvements including every proposed safety Improvement C USD also refused to provide any explanation for their rejections until May of 2024 well over a year after the process began the district's response to Legal Information request was lethargic incomplete and or non-existent debt times further complicating our ability to reach agreements based on realistic and accurate data seems like the district was gunning for impass to be honest um employee leaders declared impass in June though when it was abundantly clear that the district was not taking either the process or employees contract proposal
037seriously and after clarifying what had occurred the California public employment Relations Board confirmed our impass request within days meanwhile during the same period of time District leadership approved not one but two salary increas es for themselves amounting to 10 to 12% while offering district teachers and support staff 2% in that same period of time throughout the summer Union leadership offered a offered and scheduled dates for the required impass mediation sessions hoping to resolve impass before students and families returned to school just last week unfortunately the district canell scheduled meetings and then alleged even in the summer that cusd had no space or room available to meet with employee union lead leaders and the state mediator get that no space on any District campus five School sites three facilities All Summer Long employee leadership then confirmed
038it is available um for meeting dates off uh offered by the mediator on September 17th or 19th but the district has not responded to employees on that topic since late July it appears the district is determined to use the potential for disruption to the daily schedule of our district families as well as disruption to the teaching and learning environment as a bargaining chip going forward that's unfortunate hoping to avoid such disruption we ask District employees and community members to support all efforts to better inform District leadership about how that would work and about how resolving employees needs will help to ensure the mental physical and emotional wellbe of the district students and District families this school year thank you any further public comment for items not on this evening's agenda please step up to the
039podium thank you hi I'm a parent at canalino and carpent Middle School um Miss puron had sent a message saying you guys are voting on the cell phone dist uh cell phone the cell phone policy um so I wanted to come tonight um cell phones play an essential role and student safety although phones will be in the office for emergency situations sorry that is on the agenda tonight this is for public comment for items that are not on the agenda so wait until that it's it's literally the next item we're almost there thank you are are you looking for public comment for items not on the agenda okay well here we go thank you I I think you just turned the microphone off is the light on yeah Hab there we go okay y sorry
040about that that's okay talk to the council members and the and the mayor last night and uh this is what I told him and this basically applies to board members as well uh we know that right now there's four of you but there's five and we got the superintendent we know how you how you think because we show up at board meetings but people out there need to know about are you how you think about situations for example uh talk to uh families English or or non- English uh speaking go with an interpreter I volunteer uh to go with you any time any day and talk to them what are your concerns about education about any problems that may affect your child's education for example uh do you have a housing problem meaning where do
041you live I mean people are they living with you what that your problems that your GPA is not as it should be talk to them that's the way you can know exactly what students at what families are going through sending emails or not Liv in your comfort zone does not help have to leave your comfort zone meaning if you happen to run into a parent who don't speak English believe me there's a lot there's a lot of them find out find out how what they're going through do have a budget problem do they you know what I mean your time is up that's what I meant thank you any further oh we got one more here good evening Julie sigwart uh former parent that went through my son went through all the grades I wanted
042to talk about um prior to M Rigby being the superintendent we had a couple superintendent and one of the things that they did is that they had a monthly meeting for uh parents and other stakeholders and there would be some teachers some parents and we would all get together in the in the district office and we would talk about the things that were important to us and that was really helpful and you know that level of communication with the superintendent was you know really amazing and I would suggest that we do that again if you're open to it um I have a lot of concerns about you know going into this year I heard that there is another special ed teacher who just resigned and we've had a huge amount of churn by the way
043Jamie my offer to write letters for a special ed still on you know still out there you know I still want to help wherever I can you know the thing is is that we need to approach these problems you know as a group you know you need to be welcoming our feedback and you know let us help because right now we're headed I mean the way that things are headed now it's it's a bad scene you know I hope that special ed can improve you know I don't I don't know what is going to happen there you know we have four different lawsuits for the molestation cases we have the lawsuits going on with Jay hotner and you know there's potentially other things that are happening you know perb and so forth and I'm really
044very concerned about you know what's going to happen with the budget this year you know thank you uh Jason CF for meeting with me you know I just met with him to give him sort of like an overview of you know these things I'm telling you right now my concerns about the budget you know where I see things just going south because it could go really bad if everything you know uh with the lawsuits you're kicking the can down the road as much as you can I get that but you know if things don't go your way how many times can you appeal things so anyway that's that's my two cents and uh you know I am I do want more communication with the district you know we've had it before and it would be
045good if we returned it again thank you thank you um so I just want to clarify I believe what seet was referring to was the parent advisory committee meetings um that does still happen correct yes yeah we meet every month yes that's why I thought so okay um okay seeing any no further public comment we are now going to move on to E1 board policies okay uh board policy and exhibit 6163 point4 student use of Technology update second reading the board is asked to approve the second reading of the updated bpn 6163 point4 student use of Technology while current cusd board policy 6163 point4 student use of technology and exhibit restricts the use of cell phones in classrooms the district leadership team is recommending further specific restrictions Governor Newsome proposed a Statewide limitation or ban
046on cell phones in assembly Bill 272 however there has been no further action due to mixed support the recommendation is to approve the following change replace number one and number two in current board policy 61 63.4 student use of technology and exhibit uh paging and signaling equipment devices including cell phones pagers camera phones smartphones SmartWatches and personal digital assistance TK through 5 students are not permitted to possess cell phones pagers SmartWatches or electronic signaling devices on campus grades 6 through 8 students are only permitted to possess cell phon SmartWatches or electronic signaling devices on campus when any such device remains off and stored in a locker backpack purse pocket or other place where it is not visible on campus during school hours or activities grades 9 through 12 students are only permitted to use cell
047phones SmartWatches pagers or electronic signaling devices on campus before and after school and during nutrition and lunch breaks no secondary student shall be prevented from using his or her cell phone if medically necessary or in case of an emergency except where that use inhibits the ability of the School Employees to effectively communicate instructions for the safety of students do we have any questions from the board public comment on E1 cell phones play an essential role in student safety although phones will be in the office for emergency situations how can 439 students be able to access the phone at once in an emergency situation having the ability to quickly contact family members or access Emergency Services is vital Banning cell phones from school grounds could leave students without critical means of communication during school times potentially
048compromising their safety an outright ban on cell phone use is overly controlling disregards the ability of the students to manage their devices responsibly it also oversteps parental rights by removing a tool that parents may consider essential for their child's safety and communication instead of taking such a drastic step we would we should focus on Guiding responsible usage schools have the opportunity to develop clear policies and educational programs that teach students how to use their devices appropriately for example the Santa Barbara school district has implemented a cell phone Hotel I just brought a picture just so you can see it goes in every classroom um this method minimizes classroom distractions while still allowing phones to be accessible when needed their code of conduct also includes clear guidelines on when and how phones can be used emphasizing
049respect and responsibility maintaining cell phones on school property is crucial for safety and respects the role of parents in their child's lives effective Solutions should address these concerns without resorting to overly restrictive measures that overset the parents rights thank you and I'm sorry your name again I'm a parent at c um Middle School okay um parent um sorry say that Daria Daria I just didn't know how to address you sorry okay hi Daria um I just want to say so students at middle school I just want to be clear are still allowed to have the devices on campus they aren't left in the office noed away back in your backpack or your pocket even locker and turned off it's um not permitted to possess is at the elementary school level um and that is in
050line with um with well let me start with the hotels from the presentation and what I've heard from uh Mr Coro and others is a lot of students started bringing essentially a fake phone and putting it in the hotel and then keeping their real phone and actually still using that so the district has had phone policies um but I I just want to I appreciate you coming and and talking but there have been a lot of steps before this um so I just I I I'd be happy to talk with you more um but so it's My worry is like um the teachers can record like if a teacher records a teacher recorded my son um without his permission and then he went to record her and she said that he was harassing her so
051it's just they don't have any protection for themselves that's my concern but a staff can and I don't think that's fair students don't have that same right I'm I'm not is discuss okay oh I have it doesn't go anywhere she's useless okay so um I just wanted to address what I had heard a couple of the issues um I understand what you're saying I'm hearing you um and I appreciate you coming and commenting this evening thank you any further public comment on E1 yes thank you um first special thanks again to State leadership for doing what district leaders in our district like yourselves refused to do for several years even after being advised upon what seemed so obvious to teachers and support staff working directly with students now that you are provided the political cover
052for um from those much braver than yourselves Union leadership is pleased that you will take a step closer to being being on the right side of this cell phone issue and that alas you are actively working to minimize the variety of detrimental impacts mental social and emotional of unfettered cell phone usage on our district campuses by students for years employee leaders not just myself but many others have been seeking Common Sense policies like those being considered now we've done so in hopes of better supporting the academic and social atmosphere on our district campuses as well as the well-being of our students and again faculty and support staff saw the impact of the CD's extremely loose cell phone and Tech policies many years ago we saw how the district recorded rules in any one of the
053conflicting discipline policies that existed but then openly refused to enforce the rules rules in the cusd board policy unenforced rules in each of the school sites discipline policies unenforced rules and policies recorded in the cusd student parent handbooks unenforced and when teachers support staff and their representatives brought these concerns forward Ward we were first dismissed and occasionally mocked when that didn't silence our concerns we were directed to look the other way we were specifically directed at times to ignore these issues at the risk of discipline and when that didn't silence the voices and concerns and documentation being provided to District leadership Miss rgy and select District administrators some who are not with us anymore uh chose instead to retaliate against those people and attack them with illegal disciplin action which you're now dealing with why
054don't uh we don't share this to say we told you so we share it because you owe many employees an extended apology and because the district is still pursuing some of those legal actions illegal actions by the way declared by the court based on the very misinterpretations that it baked into its illegal disciplinary attacks against employee leaders who dared to speak out a tax that the district is still pursuing at the cost of a half million ion dollar since January and several million dollar in the Years preceding January and how many more million dollars of taxpayer money will be wasted before it's all over all that in mind please understand that although employees are excited about the potential return to sanity that may come with a cell phone prohibitions like the ones in this policy
055it may take a while for employees to trust what you are sharing this evening add that the district has not discussed one time with employee leadership not one time its thoughts specifically on this topic Union leadership will do all it can to encourage employees to trust and the policies to prove any further public comment on E1 hello again um I just wanted to say thank you for this uh um these new rules I think that this is really going to make a big difference when my son was in school School the uh cell phones have been a big issue for a long time and uh I think it will go a long way to restore the classroom atmosphere to where teachers are you know more of the sole person controlling the room uh you know
056there's things in addition to just having a cell phone you know there's these things like oh you have to have the most newest cell phone it leads to sort of like you know uh teasing and you know people not being nice to each other and you know as long as they're able to have cell phones at all in the classrooms there will be kids you know on them so I really really am I'm very supportive of this and thankful of you know this new rule and I hope that you know you're able to uh you know enforce it and you know create a nicer atmosphere for the kids to be able to learn and you know hopefully this will go somewhere or you know a ways to helping raise our test scores and you know
057get our Focus back on education thank you thank you okay not seeing any further public comment uh may I get a motion to approve uh board policy polic and exhibit 6163 point4 student use of Technology update I will move to approve uh board policy 61 63.4 um second reading I second that all in favor I I okay moving on to F1 uh board policy Title 9 special packet updates by csba and I'm going to once again uh go over the title here um in April of 24 the US Department of Education released revised regulations which support the implementation of Title 9 a federal law prohibiting sex discrimination and publicly funded education programs and activities csba released a special update packet to ensure compliance with these important revised regulations the following board policies administrative regulations and
058Exhibits are part of that package we will be updating all the different BPS ARs and E included in these csba revised regulations F1 board policy 0410 non-discrimination in District programs and activities second reading the board is asked to approve the second reading of the updated BP 0410 non-discrimination in District programs and activities the update reflects new Personnel added to this BP and updates may be made by California School Board Association this policy shall apply to all acts related to a school activity or School attendance and to all acts of the governing board and the superintendent in enacting policies and procedures that govern the district any questions from the board um and I'm just going to State again as I did at the be uh at the first reading um where it specifies new Personnel several
059times in these this is because there were specific staff Personnel that were noted in these policies and we have had change in staff and so this is to reflect that not that there's a new class of personnel or anything like that this is literally people's specific names that are being changed yes thank you okay public comment on F1 all righty um thank you again for um moving the policies to the board meeting giving people time to look at it and then um think about the policy and then have a second opportunity to come here in front of the public and comment on uh these policies and what the uh district is doing uh the policy itself looks solid um the change certainly to Mr CF and um other names on policies Mak sense as well
060um but we would like to remind the school board certainly the superintendent and our administrators that unlike previous cell phone policies or dress code policies or drug and substance abuse policies or policies pertaining to receiving donations from drug and substance producers locally um student discipline policies the uniform complaint policy ar1 1213 um policies where um employees can register complaints and they're supposed to be a system followed when that happens um Union leadership asked that the CD be considerably more diligent about how it implements these policies and enforces these policies and actually doesn't just write them on paper like many other policies that you do stick them in a vault somewhere and then ignore them okay please thank you any further public comment on F1 bp410 okay seeing none may I get a motion to approve
061the second reading I'll move to approve as presented any discussion no all in favor I I okay F2 board policy and administrative regulation 131 12.3 uniform complaint procedures second reading board has asked to approve the second reading of the updated bpn AR 13.3 pardon me uniform complaint procedures the update reflects new Personnel added to this bpn AR and updates made by the California School Board Association the governing board recognizes that the district has the primary responsibility to ensure compliance with applicable state and federal laws and regulations governing educational programs the board encourages the early resolution of complaints whenever possible to resolve complaints which may require a more formal process the board adopts the uniform system of complaint processes specified in five CCR 4600 through 4670 and the accompanying administrative regulation any questions from the board
062no public comment on F2 please come up now all righty so not to beat a dead horse but um the adherence to the policies that govern the boundaries between what the district can do what students and families can do what employees can do what the community and Community involvement is permitted um this is critical to the way a school district is run so we're going to reiterate again to make sure it's heard um we know that you know sometimes we see on your laptops or on your cell phones not paying a lot of attention to what we're saying here so um again unlike cell phone policy unlike dress code policies that go un enforced unlike some of the drug and substance policies that go un enforced unlike the receiving of donations board policies that cover
063the receiving of donations from drug and substance producers unlike student discipline policies at times certainly unlike the complaint procedure policies entitled to District employees and parents unlike many of the safety policies unlike the workplace violence prevention plan policy that we spoke spoke to earlier in the meeting today Union leadership asked that the CD be considerably more diligent with the implementation and the Fidelity and the diligence to what that policy actually says and that it doesn't just get written down on paper where we wave it around at a board meeting and celebrate and act like we're getting a lot done and then we file it in a vault somewhere and it never gets looked at again okay we remind you and the community that earlier this meeting at the approval of minutes we clearly spoke to
064how this happens and we encourage you to go back and listen to that because that same process that the district engages in routinely under Miss rgy and under your leadership happens on policy after policy after policy in this District thank you further public comment on F2 seeing none may I get a motion to approve I'll move to approve I'll second discussion all in favor I I okay F3 board policy BP and administrative regulation AR 4030 nondiscrimination and employment second reading the board has asked to approve the second reading of the updated bpn AR 4030 non-discrimination and employment the update reflects new Personnel added to this bpn and updates made by the California School Board Association the governing board is determined to provide safe a safe positive environment where all District employees are assured of full
065and equal employment access and opportunities protection from harassment and intimidation and freedom from any fear of reprisal or retribution for asserting their emplo employment rights in accordance with law for purposes of this policy employees include job applicants interns volunteers and persons who contracted with the district to provide services as applicable any questions from the board okay public comment on F three right thank you um so like unenforced cell phone policies dress code policies board policies covering the reception of donations from drug and substance producers some of them your very friends and family um complaint policies safety policies the workplace violence prevention plan um this specific policy is one that the district routinely violates you have multiple outstanding legal actions right now with employees that have been tortured by your abuse of this policy it's costing
066the district millions and again it is time to focus on implementing these policies with Fidelity with diligence with e an ethical approach and we beg that of you again thank you any further public comment on F3 n not seeing any may I get a motion to approve I move to approve board policy BP and administrative regulation a430 second any discussion all in favor I F4 board policy BP and administrative regulation AR 4119 point11 sex discrimination and sex based harassment update second reading the board is asked to approve the second reading of the updated BP and AR R 41911 sex discrimination and sex-based harassment the update reflects new Personnel added to this regulation and updates made by the California School Board Association the following policy shall apply to All District employees interns volunteers contractors job applicants
067and other persons within an employment relationship with the district the governing board is committed to providing a safe work environment that is free of discrimination harassment and intimidation the board prohibits sex discrimination including sex based harassment as defined in the accompanying administrative regulation in District programs and activities by and against District employees any questions from the board okay public comment on [Music] F4 okay thank you again so um it is fascinating to hear that the board has committed to this policy because um in the last few years alone uh when employees have brought forward concerns on these topics they have been um they have been dismissed they have been subjected to um to um Pro procedures and um and processes that did not at all reflect the policy itself and um and it's time for
068a change again on this topic um if you indeed are committed to this policy we ask that you familiarize yourself with it a little more and then you hold administrators like Miss Rigby more accountable to making sure that these policies are indeed followed and not just recorded waved around at board meetings and then tucked away in a bureau or a file somewhere to be ignored thank you any further public comment on F4 yeah I just have a question um I haven't been able to you know look at the attachments and so forth so forgive me if I you know don't if I'm asking a silly question how uh how um the the attachments I assume that those were the policy itself uh what were what were the three attachments the the one is the new
069policy okay um one is one is just the board um is the csua C our board policy is exists now okay and then the third one is um the you know the agenda item on the the the the topic of uh basically the agenda item as it's as it's laid out on this written agenda okay my question then to the board and to the superintendent is how how do you see this um this policy being um enacted and enforced with an existing policy it's just being updated it's an existing policy these are all these are all existing policies they just they're just coming into alignment with Title Nine okay these are all basically Title 9 related policies that that are being updated to reflect the current state of of the law got it thank you
070so much yep thank you okay okay not seeing approve okay great motion to approve and I'll second uh we got Aaron on the second I think um for the record uh discussion okay all in favor I F5 administrative regulation and exhibit 411 19.12 Title 9 sex discrimination and sex-based harassment complaint procedures update second reading the board is asked to approve the second reading of the update dated Arn 41192 Title 9 sex discrimination and sex-based harassment complaint procedures the update reflects new Personnel added to this exhibit and updates made by the California School Board Association the complaint procedures described in this administrative regulation shall be used to address any complaint governed by Title 9 of the education Amendments of 1972 alleging that a district employee while in an education program or activity was subjected to conduct
071on or after August 1st 2024 including but not limited to conduct that is under the authority of the district that constitutes sex discrimination including sex-based harassment for conduct that occurred prior to the state the district should utilize its policies in place at that time the alleged the alleged sex discrimination including sex-based harassment occurred so long as they are in accordance with the applicable statutes and regulations questions from the board okay public comment on F5 right thank you so um yes Mr schaer as Mr schaer said um these are existing policies which is exactly why they should have long ago been implemented with diligence Fidelity and determination um that they existed before does not answer the question that Miss sigwart politely asked and then politely um demerged her when she went back to her seat without
072demanding an answer she asked what are you doing to ensure that these policies are enforced and your response was these are existing policies that is a nonresponse we get a lot of those from you so I'll ask her question again try to do that politely what are you doing to ensure that these policies are being properly enforced any further public comment Ro carpent just a quick uh update or statement back in 2018 we had a committee that updated all of these sex discrimination policies they were amended the existing policies and new policies were approved back in 2008 and 18 and uh so there's a record that uh there were uh amend you you were there and Marin uh K was there three was months of reviewing all policies and uh upd them so this was
073done back in 2019 and uh for enforcement again for enforcement thank you okay thank you for your comments not seeing any further public comment may I please get a motion to approve F5 AR r e 411 19.12 second reading I'll move to approve a second okay um let's here and I'm just going to point out that within for example the update uh to the previous one um and it this goes through and is in all of these um there are lines like the superintendent or design shall take all actions necessary to ensure prevention investigation and correction including but not limited to providing training to employees in accordance with law uh publicizing and disseminating the district's policy to employees and others Whom It May apply um taking timely and appropriate corrective action so there are action
074steps within the policies themselves um that was questioned and yes these policies are updated every so many years this time it was because there was a change to the title 9 law so that is why we are doing this which is what I had read at the beginning um so policies often get updated because laws change um okay all in favor I hi moving on to F6 board policy and administrative regulation 51453 non-discrimination harassment update second reading the board is asked to approve the second reading of the updated 51453 non-discrimination harassment the update reflects new Personnel added to this bpn AR and updates made by the California School Board Association this policy shall apply to all acts constituting unlawful discrimination or harassment related to school activity or to School attendance occurring within a school district
075to acts which occur off- campus or outside of school related or School sponsored activities but which may have an impact or create a hostile environment at school and to all acts of the governing board and the superintendent in enacting policies and procedures that govern the district any questions from the board on F6 okay public comment on F6 BP 51 45.3 so um on this policy as with the others uh I'd like to take the opportunity to remind the board that District board members have the opportunity to politely respond to public comments if they see fit um and if they do not wish to engage directly with the public speakers nothing prevents the board from engaging in a discussion on the basis of the questions that it receives for example you were asked what is it
076you're doing to enforce and ensure that these policies are properly enforced you might say to yourself you know U that really is out of our sphere of influence that's on the shoulders of Miss Rigby um and you know that may be true however nothing prevents you from then asking Miss R questions uniquely you have Miss RI sitting at the board DS with you which is rare usually a superintendent sits off to the side but you have Miss Rigby with you and so you know wherever she was in the room to be honest you could be asking her questions to seek the clarity that the public is requesting uh nothing's preventing you from that so your silence is an answer okay thank you okay any further public comment on F6 resent okay so uh all of
077these rules regulations updates comes to the this there's five board members one superintendent who is who well Diana back then 17 she said several times I have I was there I have five supervisors five buses why is that because five board members elected uh Diana Rick be a superintendent so the superintendent reports to the board hold on hold on hold on hold hold on hold on yeah is it for this specific policy what we're talking about I just I need to bring us back because yeah well that this is all about this is about this specific policy yeah this policy and all all of the agenda this is your public comment right now is to be directed specifically to F6 non-discrimination and harassment update corre so I just want to make sure that that's what
078we're talking about right now okay thank you you have to do it together the five of you knowing that you elected the superintendent so the superintendent should report to you not the you got the wrong concept it's you got the other you you have it the other way around that is then then should report to you because I don't know what you're talking about right now but it's not pertinent to this agenda item no no no well the I know what I'm talking about no no maybe you do but it's not pertinent to this agenda of course it is of course this policy and all of the other ones uh have to deal with who is who regarding power and this is what I mean you the board should be on top should be okay
079you the bus of superintendent riby that's not what this policy you superintendent the four actually you did yes of course I'm talking the general sense sorry I'm just your comment needs to be about this specific item and it's not well it's about who is who that's not what this item is about thank you thank you okay any further comment on F6 not seeing any may I get a motion to approve F6 board policy and administrative regulation 51 45.3 non-discrimination and harassment update second reading I'll move to approve I'll second discussion okay all in favor I I F7 board policy and administrative regulation 51457 sex discrimination and sex-based harassment update second reading the board is asked to approve the second reading of the updated 51457 SE discrimination and sex-based harassment the update reflects new Personnel added
080to this bpn AR and updates made by the California School Board Association the governing board is committed to maintaining a welcoming safe and supportive School environment that is free from discrimination and harassment the board prohibits at school or at school sponsored or School related activities sex discrimination and sex-based harassment as defined in the accompany administrative regulation targeted at any student based on the students's actual or perceived sex sex stereotypes sex characteristics sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression pregnancy childbirth termination of pregnancy or lactation including related medical conditions or recovery and parental marital and family status any questions from the board on F7 BP AR 51457 update second reading okay I just like to remind our our guests and the our public members here that public comment is to be directed at the specific agenda
081item at this time so any public comment for F7 uh now is your time thank you thank you as usual we will continue to direct these towards the specific policies but that they apply to the other to that the comments apply to the other policies does not discredit or uh make it possible for the the school board to shut people down from speaking because the comments they make about one policy apply to others um Mr Delgato was speaking to the policy and he was also speaking to the application to the other policies nonetheless on this policy here you mentioned a very important Point um you mentioned the concept of um people not being uh harassed and people being supported in regard to lactation um the district is required you should read this specific section in
082your own policy and then read it in federal laws well the district is required to provide a place where lactating mothers can um can take care of that while they're at work they're required to provide time for that uh we have had several instances where mothers returning from leave have been extremely challenged to find where is that place on campus it's supposed to be posted it's supposed to be clear that's not happening yet another example of the district having policies and some some of these policies are great policies by the way we applaud your policies and writing but we do not applaud your implementation that lacks diligence and Fidelity so once again please look into that and ask yourselves and answer the question how are you making sure that these policies are enforced you're the
083highest level of oversight in this District yet none of you could answer that question thank you any further public comment okay seeing none may I get a motion to approve F7 board policy and administrative regulation 51457 second reading I'll move to approve I'll second any discussion from the board okay all in favor I I I f8 administrative regulation and exhibit 5145 71 Title 9 sex discrimination and sex-based harassment complaint procedures update second reading the board of was asked to approve the second reading of the updated AR and e 51457 1 Title 9 sex discrimination and sex based harassment complaint procedures the update reflects new Personnel added to this Arne and updates made by the California School Board Association the complaint procedures described in this administrative regulation shall be used to address any complaint governed by
084title n of the educational Amendments of 1972 alleging that a District student while in an educ education program or activity was subjected to conduct on or after August 1 2024 including but not limited to conduct that is under the authority of the district that constitutes sex discrimination including sex-based harassment for conduct that occurred prior to the state the district should utilize its policies in place at the time that the alleged sex discrimination including sex-based harassment occurred so long as they are in accordance with the applicable statutes and regulations questions from the board okay public comment on f8 okay so um Union leadership is compelled to use this last opportunity to again clarify that the district really is doing a very poor job enforcing and implementing these policies um and that it does so um with
085as it does with many other policies that the district has you've heard this from us on many occasions you've heard this from us because it is what's happening there are a variety of policies and plans and procedures and protocols that sound great on paper yet there is no Fidelity and diligence to those policies plans and procedures I assure you no one is more tired of hearing my voice up at this this Podium than I am okay I get it and I and our Union leadership team would not be here speaking to you about this had the district not been doing such a miserable job resolving these issues so again we come forward and we ask you can you do a better job with the unenforced cell phone policies can you do a better job with
086the unenforced dress code policies can you do a better job with the unenforced board policies on donations from drug and substance producers can you do a better job on the enforcement of complaint procedure policies or safety policies or the workplace violence prevention plan that's a result of the Senate Bill 553 can you do a better job on the lactation policies okay if you think that your job as board members is to come up here and smile and read things that you're given by the superintendent without looking into them without discussing them without asking questions you fundamentally misunderstand your role as board members and so I'm here I I I assure you I appreciate that people take these roles and are willing to sacrifice and serve in these roles but you have to step up to
087these roles it is not a popularity contest in the community it is not simply uh um as Mr Schaefer once said a kumaya moment every day or every time that we meet in these meetings we're here to get things done and we're here to get things done in an educated and informed fashion and we encourage you again to have Fidelity to these policies thank you the irony is thick tonight yeah yeah okay uh May any further public comment on f8 okay seeing none may get a motion to approve f8 administrative regulation and exhibit 5145 71 second reading I'll move to approve I'll second discussion okay all in favor I I moving on G uh business operations and Facilities we have warrants G1 the board is asked to approve the warrants for the period of June
08821st 2024 through August 8th 2024 in the amount of 3 million2 I'm sorry 3,291 sorry I was just um there's a typo on the printed version here is all um the date on the printed version is wrong um I can read the dollar amount uh so on the printed version it says it says June 21st however um online it says uh August 9th no because we've approved warrants at the last meeting yeah it should be S so 7:21 this is what was handed out tonight so I just need to know the correct um and if I look online at the it looks at the documents looks as if the 815 8815 8:15 through through the uh and it may be that 89 is just2 the cut off from when the previous one was um so
089I'm going [Music] to uh let's see here hang on let me go back to this okay um I would like to yeah okay so uh G1 warrants uh the board has asked to approve the warrants for the period of 6 2124 through 8824 in the amount of 3,291 , 73738 warrants are issued once a week on Thursdays the report format shows check number check date pay brief account description payment comment and check amount um I if the board will allow me to make a motion uh I actually would like to make a motion to amend um this to reflect uh the period period date uh change as reflected online to 89 2024 can I get a we're not approving the warrants in this motion this is just through the through the 22nd of August so
0908924 through 8222 24 that is my motion just to amend this item I'll second that okay any discussion on that okay um Sor the am also is correct the oh even the amount is off okay sorry I didn't even get that far okay on the paper okay so I need to make okay so my amendment should be to the item not to the approval um I move that we amend G1 to reflect the warrants for the period of 89 2024 through 822 2024 and the amount of $251,900 I'll second that okay any discussion no okay all in favor I I thank you now moving back uh to G1 uh the board has asked to approve the warrants for the period of 89224 through 822 2024 in the amount of $21,600 99 warrants are issued once
091a week on Thursdays the report format shows check number check date pay brief account description payment comment and check amount questions from the board okay public comment on G1 as amended okay so uh Union leadership appreciates you recognizing the confusion um we had some questions ourselves so thank you um we're interested in knowing whether any of the further expenditures associated with the law firm 3F will show up on the amended version in any way um and when will the amended version be released or has it been released a little confused it's online it's the published version is correct it's just the the handout that we got was was incorrect the attachments online reclaim sure I reclaim the minut corre the only issue online everything is correct the only issue is the printed document the printed
092agenda for tonight within the description of the agenda item those three things were off other than that the attachment of the warrants the amount that the attachment of the warrants is is is correct what was what was provided to the public that does not change whatsoever the dates reflect and that's what caught my eye because that's not matching the dollar amount or anything that I had gone over okay so I want to be very clear nothing about the actual warrants changed what was online and what the public was able to access was correct it's just what was printed tonight on these yellow agendas are what we corrected okay thank you for explaining um if I may have back my time yes you may yes your three minutes yeah thank you so um the reason why
093uh we are so concerned about this um uh concept of missing costs that are going to the law firm 3F is that um as of this time uh the superintendent's um special offering that she brought with her um has earned uh last week it earned another $63,000 in fees um in in early August and um this evening the warrant was silent on how much the district has spent in the last two weeks uh but this is for certain that they are hard at work um cooking up more charges as they prepare for the lawsuit against the state hoping that they can sway or confuse or trick the judge into reversing the unanimous decision awarded to Union leadership last winter uh that same decision that um part of that being informed that illegal um practice by
094the district that was part of that being informed formed by the cell phone issue that we brought up earlier that you all brought up and we commented to earlier uh unfortunately C isn't moving fast on this because they know that in part the process in this case is the punishment um few believe that District leadership with these legal bills that were seen on these warrants and this warrant specifically um actually expects to win these cases or these appeals but the longer the district delays the longer it enjoys the benefits of the pressure that they pursue and the disruption that they accomplish uh after investing approximately a half a million dollars in just the last five months to add to the already several millions of dollars spent in the previous 12 months um you can expect
095to see more of the same expenditures on the next warrant um and as long as CD misappropriates these tax dollars to defend itself against its own failed performance here is where these taxpayer dollars are not invested and I'll remind you again we as we have in last meetings the district will not invest these millions of taxpayer dollars towards class size reductions which are one of the most reliable ways to ensure student participation and engagement the district will not invest these millions of taxpayer dollars towards more robust Transportation aimed at increasing enrollment decreasing tardies and absences and even expanding our regional Sports programs to include the Middle School the district will not invest these millions of dollars towards reopening kitchens at all district school sites where fresh meals are both cooked and served daily versus just
096served the district will not invest these millions of taxpayer dollars towards improving the condition that might stem The Exodus of Highly qualified talent in our special education program uh leaving leaving the district right such as increasing classroom support in the form of more instructional AIDS or lowering case numbers for special education teachers or for better supporting behaviorally challenged students migrant ed students or English language newcomers the district will not invest these millions of taxpayer dollars towards improving the economic stability of District employees which in turn will help them better focus on their jobs and even provide theary services they do thank you your time is up any further public comment on G1 the warrants this evening okay not seeing any may I get a motion to approve I move to approve the uh warrant as
097amended I second okay any discussion okay uh all in favor I I okay moving on uh to two G2 uh gifts grants donations donation from Rotary Club of carpentera to unified carpentera Unified School District music program the board is asked to accept the following donations from Rotary Club of carpentera from the proceeds of the annual rotary Talent showcase to Carpenter Unified School District music program CMS new exploratory music class and marching band uh we have um as listed here it says various musical instruments valued at $8,750 as well as instructional Publications valued at $760 and I would just like to point out um as I pull it up what these these items are specifically because that deserves being stated and celebrated um we are looking at 20 debe drums 24 recorders 22 nylon string guitars
09810 headsets for piano instruction various instrument wall hooks one Bongo Conga combo drum set one set of Windchimes with a stand one set of Temple blocks with stand one set of Tony mallets and a performance Podium also included with the donation are remaining items that complete a previous donation for the CM M merching BAND one tuba harness one set of bass drum mallets and one set of snare drumsticks um and within their letter they say we recognize the personal social and educational benefits the study of Music can provide students research shows that students who are fortunate fortunate enough to engage in music exhibit the following benefits improve competency in Reading in math enhanced communication and social skills greater self-discipline in patience and many other critical life skills um and this also States the instructional Publications
099which include um instructional booklets on drum Guitar ukulele kids piano and essential mus musicianship a comprehensive Coral method um so we I just felt it was really important to State all that in this encompasses um because I'm very excited for it yeah so most definitely uh any questions from the board it's great we thank the noon time rotary for those donations public comment on G2 I'm super excited to hear about this donation music has been uh very important in my son's life and uh it I know that one of his teachers uh when we would go to concerts uh this is at the community college he would thank the parents for you know allowing your kids to have this gift of music music uh it it helps in mathematical skill you know it teaches you
100know meter and beat and time and there's a lot which it helps with mathematical development it also helps uh with you know General uh being able to socialize with people and we have so many you know so fewer opportunities with the whole online life that we lead nowadays and to have kids interacting with each other and with teachers and learning how to be humans and you know putting themselves out there you know this is a great skill and a great gift that you are giving to the kids of the district and I thank the Rotary Club for that amazing donation and super happy to see all the percussion and you know that's just going to make a real big difference in a lot of lives I'm thrilled to see it thank you thank you all
101righty so cause leadership and the employees we represent want to thank those and community members who provide grants and gifts to the CD without any unethical and unprofessional strings attached and this is an example of that um this time another generous donation from Rotary Club of Carpenteria over $99,000 in musical instruments as you said drums recorders head headsets Bongos Windchimes Temple blocks timony mallets and other items to help support a robust music program in the district which in turn supports well-rounded and robustly educated children like Miss sigwart was speaking to um these gifts with the monies these gifts along with the monies the considerable monies from the state that uh were recently provided in the last few years are going to a long way to a last rebuilding the music program that we once knew
102in this District um kids and families and employees are jazzed and we hope that you will continue to stay focused on this and keep it happening thank you okay not seeing any further public comment well please I'm not sure what all right thank you I'm roado uh Carpenter resident and uh have three daughters they all uh attended car high school that three of them enjoyed music they played different instrument and they haven't forgotten and that's 12 years of musical experience for them Andrea Anna and Monica and believe me that was their favorite class they were just waiting uh for football games for example uh theater uh place they they just enjoy them and believe me that time will will come when they'll show their support thank you so much thank you okay may I get
103a motion to approve G2 I move to approve with great gratitude makes a difference in lives of children I'll second okay any discussion oh it's just great that rotary can continues to support our our music programs and I think um it's big reason why the program has grown so much over the last couple of years and absolutely I think it's it's it's it's abundantly clear that's you know one of the biggest reasons is that their continued support and donations uh of not just the instruments but the support at their at their talent showcase and coming in helping you know per form yeah I'm I'm I'm really excited for this so this is going to make a huge difference um at multiple sites and and across the district so uh all in favor I fabulous G3
104resolution 24930 emergency resolution for districtwide backflow preventer installation from &m Mechanical Inc the board is asked to approve resolution 249 9:30 emergency resolution of the Board of Education of carpentera Unified School District County of Santa Barbara State of California authorizing Award of contract without bidding the carpentera Valley water district informed the district that the school sit's water connections require an air gap or reduced pressure principal assembly to be installed at their water meter in June the district obtained proposals from this for this work from Mall an em Core Company and Eminem mechan after reviewing the proposals the district proceeded with the lowest proposal which was from &m mechanical the installation of these RP connections or backflow installations require the water to be turned off at the school site so it was imperative that this work
105was performed prior to the beginning of school the cost of $4,475 will be paid with RR ma funds any questions from the board uh I don't know who who to direct this to but the um ask me yeah so we just to be clear we had backflow preventers on there we just had to update them to the current standard is that yes in the third week of June the water district informed us that by by July 31st we had to do an update so this is a requirement are those the ones that were in the street that you would see out in front of canalino they were they' be right off the water yes right off the water they have to be between anywhere we draw water and the connection to the to the main
106uh Municipal line um just surprising that they wouldn't have allowed us to Stage them you know to to to do them over a period of time what's surprising is the letter was dated April and we only received it June 22nd yeah and then it had to be done by July 31st okay public comment on G3 Al righty um so thank you for putting this agenda item and on the agenda and also clarifying A little bit that's helpful um uh so at the last board meeting on this in regard to this company and the work that they do which is being um somewhat replicated here um the union asked a very specific question during the consent agenda period uh and uh it involved the kind of work again that is on this very um on this
107very agenda item um we asked if someone could explain why cusd continues to award contracts to Eminem mechanical which is a plumbing contractor for services that are out of the scope of their license such as carpentry jobs uh building walls installing subf Flo Etc we ask that you seek um some background on that from Mr petite and maybe even Mr Schaefer um how that would be the best use of public monies uh this item specifically is exactly what we would anticipate from um a school district that is seeking bids from licensed qualified um contractors um this one here is has to do with things that fall clearly under the scope of the licenses that Eminem mechanical possesses so we just want to make it clear we have no beef with Eminem mechanical but we do
108have concerns about when the district employs contractors that are not working under the scope of their license and especially when there may be relationships that go beyond um uh Beyond uh your um you know or the district's professional responsibilities okay thank you I just have a quick question it says that this is going to be paid with rrma funds and I was wondering what the rrma stood for and uh if that's like uh specific to you know um repairs or if this is something that could be done under measure you so this can this is not appropriate for measure you okay um this is routine maintenance which is I apologize for all the r but if you wouldn't mind I restricted thank you routine restricted maintenance account perfect thank you yes thank you okay um
109may I get a motion to approve G3 I'll move to approve G3 as presented it's a resolution I'll second yeah yep and a roll call oh sorry discussion okay roll call uh Aon I Sally i j I am I okay thank you and I apologize but I need to ask for a quick five minute break [Music] he [Music] oh [Music] okay thank you we are back and we are moving on to H personnel Personnel summary the board has asked to approve the following recommended Personnel items assignments of 13 Personnel resignations of four Personnel retirement of one Personnel change in assignment two personnel and coaching assignments 18 Personnel any questions from the board on our Personnel summary this evening okay uh public comment on H1 Personnel summary please step to the podium now and you don't
110need to wait after the next person if there's another commenter please step right up all righty so of the 13 positions filled um yourselves in the community should take note that four of those positions are special education teachers and three of those positions are special education instructional assistance which Mees more than 50% of the recent hires that fall into the special education department where all the openings are while being told by our esteemed superintendent attendant that there's nothing to see here and we have no problem in the special education ranks okay another thing you should notice on this is the resignation of Miss Garcia um there is a uh let's see we have two special education AIDS and we have one teacher although the district conveniently it seems did not mention that Miss Garcia was
111a special education teacher and that's what we'd like to focus on here for a minute uh because that's an important detail as mentioned earlier in the meeting we've already had our first special education teacher resignation on the second day of school because quote Miss Garcia said I did not feel supported I have been a special education teacher for 30 years and the way this District runs the special education program is one of the worst I have experienced Union leadership appreciates the cander Miss Garcia 30-year sped veteran teacher shared in her letter to The District administration and we wonder if the school board was made aware of this letter which was sent directly to miss Rigby and sped director Haynes to be candid the sped program at cusd under Miss R supervision has been fairly dysfunctional
112and it only took this veteran sped teacher about one full week to recognize that dysfunction the danger it presented to her professional reputation as well as the students in their families last year CS cusd had to bring on a new sped director in September who bailed in March as did 12 special education teachers and many instructional AIDS superintendent raby's response to missar was TR at best Miss Rigby responded quote hi Jennifer I've received your email and resignation I'm sorry that our district was not a match for you Diane Rigby this response contained no effort to better understand what Miss Garcia's reluctant decision or the many details that she shared in her letter nor did Miss R's response inquire upon the impact on the students or how Miss Garcia's concerns might be improved and the superintendent
113didn't inquire further upon this resignation because Miss Rigby is and has been well aware of the dysfunctional conditions that she supervises and at times it even seems to promote and superintendent rby is well aware of the impact on the students and the sped families as well just as she was when she was awarded a unique Honor by a federal judge when she was the first school official Nationwide to be held personally liable under the Civil Rights Act for violating the rights of special needs families so as we watch Miss rig further deconstruct the cusd sped program and what appears to be and it just appears this way we sure hope it isn't but it appears to be payback for your extraordinary frustration with special do we have any further public comment on the Personnel summary
114this evening roio carpent uh resident have mentioned in the past that uh special education families special education students are the most vulnerable on any school yes or no they are so we should take care of them in the most unique way have to think inside the box out of the box any way possible any way possible to improve their education improve their skills and make them say reliable and comparable with special education teachers thank you thank you okay um may I get a motion to approve the Personnel summary I move to approve the Personnel summary a second okay discussion all in favor I I board announcements welcome back yeah it's it's uh it's it's you know uh first year I haven't had someone in the district in about years um 17 years and so it's
115a little sad in that regard but um it it's really great to see all the kids uh smiling faces around town and the exuberance that um you know you go to the camp I've been to a couple campuses this week and and last week and I I I just uh it's great to see how excited kids are to get back to school so um and then also to hear about those that are off in college it's uh and their experiences so it's it's uh really what we're all here for right yeah any anybody else I told Mr Cornelio earlier that if I didn't know better I would think there was nobody over at the high school because everything was running so smoothly good job yeah um I am I love summer because I love having
116the freedom to grab my kids and go do something in the middle of the week when you know you have I have a little downtime at work but there's something to be said for the structure um of a school day the I call it their school stomach um and which is very different than the summer stomach um and uh and and anyways it's just it it's it's a new year and uh I want to thank the city of carpentera actually for running a a little campaign reminding residents to be careful on the streets in the morning on their commute and on the way home for our kids um and and I feel like as a town we've been doing pretty well uh I haven't heard I I I feel like our crossing guard uh that
117I see each day canalino um last year she was doing a lot of fish shaking at cars that were not being responsive and I haven't seen nearly I don't think I've seen any of that so far we're what 4 days in so um thank you to Carpenteria and our drivers for keeping an eye out for our kids um and their safety uh just this last weekend um I had brought it up at the previous meeting we had our fish for life um event uh up in Santa Barbara and um and it was again just really magical it's a free day um out on boats uh fishing for the day for special needs families um and it it is genuinely magical and it is uh something that I look to build um and and stay involved
118in in coming years um we did have uh families from Carpenteria from our school district um as well as uh staff who came to the first event and um and we have a waiting list for next year when we do start these events again and I'm I'm just I'm really excited to see uh more opportunities open up for inclusion and um an opportunity for our special needs families um here in carpentera but also in the general area Tri Counties so um I it was an honor to be a part of it and and and to work with these families uh also sports are back um so really excited to get to some of the games at the high school um and uh volleyball going water polo uh cross country football um tennis thank you I'm
119no I'm like what what am I forgetting is golf now no golf is later I'm trying what is there anything else football volleyball tennis okay yeah uh go go go watch watch sports support the Warriors um support the kids out there playing when we have our first home games um and uh yeah just excited to get to get back in the swing of things so thank you sorry can I um I would just like to welcome once again the rotary sponsored moning rotary sponsored for an exchange student from Brazil um he is a delightful young man and I believe he's signed up to play Vol uh basketball um he's very he's really excited to be here and he's staying with the swash Nicks so they just took Cody up to um Chico State and now
120acquired another child which is great so welcome Andre Okay um moving on to Board calendar anything of note on the any changes okay um future agenda items we have our solar update for the high school the solar project uh superintendent annual goals the 2324 un audited actuals and a staffing update coming up does the board have any items any other items they want to see added right now okay public comment on K future agenda items thank you again there's two uh agenda items I'd like to see added for the future one is a policy on how the items in tonight's uh F 1-8 will be implemented you know strict you know because you know I've seen things like in the past like the dress code policy gets enforced in different ways between different teachers so
121you know I'd like to see how we're going to implement all of these policies because the I thanks Mr hotner he gave me some of the um the documents that outline the procedures and there are a number of places where it says the district or you know you will put together Implement a plan and so I want to know what those plans are and then the other thing I'd like to see added for future agenda items is an audit on the whole special ed um program and uh focus on you know what we doing there what we have done wrong how we got here the future challenges I know that I've talked to Jamie Diamond about you know how the costs are just going up and up and up and up and up and how
122you know we're getting more students and so it would be great if we could you know really dissect that program and take a look at it because you know there's there's a lot that isn't great there and it would be great if we can you know work to make it better and uh you know I once again I think more brains you know more people approaching it you know maybe we can all come up with some solutions together and you know make it work and you know really shine a spotlight on what's going on there and fix it thank you thank you okay oh looks like we have more all right so given that the district and its employees are currently at impass in the bargaining process and that Union leadership wants to do whatever
123is reasonably possible to avoid A disruption to the academic environment we again encourage a focus on the methods and actions that may help the parties get to an agreement we request that cusd includes on an upcoming board agenda and and soon please an exploration into how contingency formulas can be used to resolve uncertainty around employee compensation at the last meeting we asked the new assistant superintendent Mr CF to explain to the board and the community how contingency formulas work and how they can be used to improve Labor Relations budgeting and fiscal solvency Mr CF we didn't hear from you on that but we hope we do District leadership is well aware that for the last several bargaining Cycles the 2324 cycle being no different the union has proposed using contingency formulas to resolve perhaps the
124most challenging single area of contract bargaining not the most challenging all the time but often one of the most challenging compensation and benefits a contingency formula would allow District leaders and employees as represented by their elected union leaders an opportunity to depersonalize the conversation by using a fairly impersonal formula that ties actual District revenues which are anticipated to arrive in the future to employee compensation this concept is really pretty simple for example a data point is established such as a routine labor cost coming in maybe that's 85% or 84 or 87 of the total District's expenditures that an agreement is hammered out based on the availability of the actual funds that exist in the future versus having to guess and the uncertainty and anxiety that guessing creates for both parties for example the partners could
125agree to apply all or a portion say 85% of the actual future revenues towards employee compensation and benefits in a given year out not only could a contingency formula resolve our compensation disagreements in years out it could also create a bargaining atmosphere where the district and employees are on the same side of these challenging Financial conversations rowing in the same direction which you've heard me say before sharing our fiscal opportunities evenly and enduring our fiscal fiscal challenges together as well imagine Administration and employees on the same team think of all the benefits the largest chunk of fiscal uncertainty removed the district's ability to budget more accurately into the future achieved all the time an enormous expenditure of money to C usd's La Legal firm reappropriated to focus on other critically pressing matters less confrontation more
126teamwork and again everyone rowing in the same direction we're confused why we didn't hear back from anybody on that we're confused why you haven't put it on a board agenda and we ask again do we want to resolve the conflict or not your time is up we certainly do thank you your time is up okay thank you uh roio delado carpent resident I mention Carpenter resident because I'm a Community member meaning that each meeting I show up to express my voice my concerns and uh to uh two things one is that there's three of us over here at every board meeting nobody else nobody else so if it was for us you wouldn't be yes by yourselves isn't that right look at what the city does they use zoom Julie probably three months ago or
127so suggested that the board should use the zoom device as well that way people can communicate from the outside that's time I couldn't show up so my voice wasn't heard cuz there's no zoom and believe me that's commun that's Community communication I think that we need that another future agenda item probably two months ago or so I said well why don't you put it on the agenda the brown act let's discuss that you have read that haven't you it's the rules and regulations of school districts board members city government we need to understand that what's there and interpret it the same way because the the way I feel it is that you may say yes it's within the brown act and I may say no it's not or vice versa so uh superintendent Ruby you
128have the power just right now to uh uh address stuff put it let's put it on on the agenda right now now brown brown KN discussion you can do it you can so I think that we should all benefit because even yesterday at city council Brown KN show up over here we need that thank you um I will say we did respond to the brown act question in that we said we are going to be including that in our um uh board retreat uh when we get that scheduled um we were waiting for the election to see if we had you know who would be coming on and uh but also Brown Act is uh there's a course that all board members go through um at the beginning of their term and um so um
129I don't yeah that'll be getting cover we I'll be getting an update and a refresher on Brown act [Music] um okay all right um and with that we are adjourned [Music]