001foreign ER at 609. the board met in closed session and no action was taken I do have a couple announcements before we start can you hear me back there okay before we start our meeting um trustee Lee is joining us remotely this evening utilizing the option ab2449 under just cause relating to child care or caregiving need to pop a child parent grandparent grandchild sibling spouse or domestic partner under the requirements of ab2449 I do need to ask press delete do you have anyone over the age of 18 present with you for no individuals 18 years of age are older present in the room at the remote location with me and it is my intention to participate in today's meeting through both audio and visual technology thank you for your statement I'm just a reminder to
002the board members that people are having a problem hearing us so just speaking to your mics and then another little announcement due to the two-minute delay and to ensure that all board members have the opportunity to speak I will make a practice to recognize each board member individually when it comes to time for comment or discussion on an agenda item this will also help trustee Lee who has experienced the two-minute delay virtually at this moment we'll jump into sorry I'm not experiencing a delay thank you for your comment flexible and I have not requested any accommodation for any delay as you stated I thank you on flake salute in recognition of free speech we welcome all and would like to note that saying the Pledge of Allegiance is not a requirement if you do not
003say the Pledge you are most welcome here as an equal participant of the business of this board please stand for the flag 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 thank you adoption of the agenda do I have a motion to approve the adoption of the agenda also move thank you Mr Bruno do I have a second thank you trustee Anderson Roll Call vote trustee Valley apologies uh maybe it was a delay but I'd like to pull um item number one from the consent agenda item number one okay okay any other items that anybody wishes to pull okay can do I have a motion to approve the agenda as amended I will
004so move thank you do I have a second I'll second thank you real call vote trustee Ballard aye uh representative hi thank you Riley trustee Lee I trustee ballen Bruno hi the Anderson I and chair votes I will now go to consent agenda number right now we'll go to organizational reports hi hello good evening uh today it was my pleasure to chair the site rep meeting that we had um here at the center High campus we discussed all the exciting events going on around the district from the Sacramento Library visiting Dudley campus FBI fundraisers at Spinelli for St baldrick's PBIS challenges at multiple School sites a special ed field trip to a special ed field day trip to Natomas High School a touch of understanding a bite of reality all of the spring Sports and
005so many more invents that include all students on our beautiful campuses here around the district I have nothing else to report thank you very much any questions no questions do you have a report from Miss Naisha Harris oh yeah Miss Harris did let me know she did not have a report tonight so I'm happy to do her report for her she does not have a report thank you very much committee updates now we'll hear from Mr Mike Jordan peripheralum instruction and special education director nice shirt thank you good evening uh so just in a couple of things real quick we did meet all the administrators and reviewed all of our I ready data uh last week we got together as a group they went through uh disaggregating their data for their specific site and then
006looking at developing their plans and then we shared those plans together between the school sites to kind of glean ideas off of each other and they'll be implementing those plans at their school sites uh this week um the second thing I'd like to talk about that the state over the last few years an assembly bill went through to look at an alternative pathway for special ed students to earn a standard diploma so we are looking at that there were some changes on that from the CDE last week however we met as a group at the center high school today looking at uh an alternative path that we could have not only for our students who we would say are in the SDC type situation before our students in with the intellectual disabilities so they have
007a pathway that leads to a diploma so in the coming months I'm going to be bringing a uh a policy to you and hopefully you will see that the value as we do that that this is great for kids and we'll be looking at another pathway that leads to a standard performance amazing thank you is there any questions thank you Mr Jordan I appreciate it facilities update by Mr Putnam good evening everyone uh since the weather has slowed down things have gotten a little bit easier for us getting storm damage caught up we're doing that we're working on some upgrades to the baseball stadium the backstop redoing a lot of work there tackling other stuff for the spring Sports coming up moving along nicely with our Rex Fortune build and our CTE project and uh
008just looking forward to some good weather to help move things along and that is all we have for right now very nice thank you Mr Putnam thank you thank you thank you comments from audience regarding items not on the agenda and right now I will ask for Laura Everett hi Laura I don't think you're next time thank you all right well hello first of all I'd like to thank the board for the opportunity to speak to you all tonight I'm coming on behalf of the Jessup University student government Association I would like to inform you that we are going to be sponsoring a local high school leadership conference on Friday April 14 2023 from 1 pm to 4 pm this is going to be workshop and lecture based it'll be covering the topics of leadership
009principles effective communication team building and small group dynamics our keynote speakers will include the chair of our Public Policy Department Pete constant senior and our Student Government Association student body president Peter constant Jr it's going to provide a great opportunity for Learning and networking with other local high school leaders we would like to invite all students from McClellan and Center high schools to come if you guys would like to come you can go ahead and email SGA jessup.edu I do have some flyers am I allowed to give these to you guys absolutely okay yeah and I'd go um go ahead and ask me any questions you'd like I'd love to answer any to the best of my abilities and if you guys want to reach out with any other questions afterwards again our email is
010SGA jessup.edu is that on the documentation you'll be handing out it is yes okay and April 14th right April 14th so it's going to be a Friday from 1 pm to 4 P.M make sure I get one of those for sure then I can also get it to our two high schools so thank you for being here thank you very much thank you very much Kat Brooks from okl PTA somebody right now hello thanks for letting me um allow me to speak um my name is our PTA and we are having our pasta night and bingo fundraiser at Oak Hill Elementary cafeteria on Friday March 3rd and we invite the community and the board members to please come the link for our tickets is on our Facebook page and we would love for the community
011to come and we thank our Oak Hill Center um it's not okay sorry Center High School seniors for volunteering you guys do a great job thank you Kat uh yes what um I'm sorry uh the third what time it's going to be six o'clock to eight o'clock and tickets on your Facebook page yes we just posted them tonight so we're ready to go awesome Yep and we're going to it's going to be co-sponsored by the antelope Lions Club very nice thank you thank you any questions for Miss Brook thank you moving right along consent agenda do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda as amended so moved thank you do I have a second I'll second thank you Mr Bruno do you have a roll call vote Mr ballen aye uh advisory vote
012Mr Riley Mason hi trustee Lee hi trustee bat Bruno hi Krusty Anderson aye chair votes hi Miss Pope can I interrupt just I know we just approved some appointments and different things related to Personnel but I did want to take a quick note we did just approve the resignation which is actually the retirement of Mr David Grimes Mr David Grimes has been with the district over 30 years uh some of you in the audience may not realize there was a school that I was actually called Center Elementary Mr Grimes taught at Center Elementary was a teacher at Oak Hill vice principal at Oak Hill principal at Oak Hill and ended up being director of HR and we wish him great happiness and joy as he moves into this next phase of his life [Applause] we
013thank you for everything you've done and we you're a great time we're all jealous that's okay congratulations Mr Grimes you will be missed okay continuing on to consent agenda number one do I have a motion to bring it to the floor for discussion okay thank you trustee Lee do I have a second I'll second the motion do I have a roll call okay trustee Lee you have the floor um yes there were several Corrections that need to be made um and this has been an ongoing problem uh with accuracy of our meeting uh minutes um and it's just been persistent um this wanting this to present a certain Narrative of what took place and an inaccurate and incomplete Narrative of what took place um I just want to note several changes that need to be
014made and that I'm requesting be made uh to our agenda notes are our meeting notes from the uh January 18 2023 meeting so first the header on every page is incorrect uh it should State there that uh the date is one slash 18 forward slash 2022 2023 it says now that it was 2022 so that's one thing um where was that she corrected it okay um it's in the packet it's incorrect um and then uh moving on to the actual uh notations of what took place um I just have several highlights uh the first is on page three um where summaries are provided of the public comments from the audience regarding items not on the agenda um first and foremost um only one person's comments are detailed in in detail Angelina Hughes um and then
015the other public comment that was extensive from a Community member regarding her concerns about Dudley Elementary and the administration Administration there are not accurately captured it just says an anonymous person shared her concerns in regards to her child in our school district and not nearly as much detail that was given by that speaker is recorded in our meeting notes so someone might have a perspective that only one person made substantive comments so that's one thing that I will ask that not only can my constituents and members of the public but our board secretary go back and review the recording of the meeting and accurately capture those comments that were made by the second speaker and give it the same respect that was given to the first Speaker who said opinions that aligned with the board
016majority and that's why they were captured so effusively um the next one excuse me point of order I think it's really improper to be casting aspersions about the motivations behind this assuming that there was ill intent rather than simply an attempt to summarize that may not agree with the wording that you would like to see um frankly that's just in poor taste attacking somebody yeah thank you for your opinion um the next correction excuse me excuse me he stated a validation and I would like to approve that validation so thank you very much for staying stating that point of order he stated he stayed at a point of order he did and he stated the validation and I approved the validation as president when somebody brings up a point of order there's a validation and
017the president approves and I just approved it so you can continue thank you thanks so much uh the second thing is business item a and the reporting on that item uh once again it is not purely uh capturing everything that was stated um it's inaccurate and it presents a Mis um it misrepresents what actually took place specifically mm cave and the statements that that parent made and I encourage people again to go back and watch the recording um she stated what problem does this board have with a statement of inclusion and she stated her perception that this was a statement of inclusion and not a disclaimer and that's not captured here in in the online public comments once again and then also regarding Item B um discussion regarding signage displayed on the board's table that
018same public commenters comments are again misrepresented in the meeting notes because Mr ballen did answer this parent and or this commenter and he stated that this was in relation to my statement of um seated in solidarity in that he had brought this item to the board due to that so the notes need to reflect what actually happened and what folks actually said um the final one is item c um once again where my statements were not captured it just says trustee Lee was given the opportunity to explain her actions I didn't just merely refer the public to my November 2022 statement I elaborated at Lynn about the bullying that I've experienced from this board about all of the things that have happened to me in this board and in this body and that's not captured
019here and I would like for it to be captured in the note because these are records of what took place and the record needs to be stated and it needs to be full and it needs to fully represent what folks said and I also note um the comments that are attributed to TJ student at CHS are not accurate and the video will show that and finally kamiyah Jackson the student she stated that she thought this was a waste of time because she wanted to hear more about HBC use and that she felt that while people are entitled to their opinions the students were disrespectful towards the trustee member so that's not reflected here and I would really like to see this updated and to accurately reflect what actually took place may I Mrs Pope are
020you done trustee please yes the minutes is not meant to be verbatim for anybody all it is is a a highlight of what took place during the meeting it's not a total verbatim of anybody thank you trustee Anderson trustee Bruno I was actually going to make a very similar comment if you notice um in regards to business Item B it says there was board discussion the minutes are designed to be a brief summary of what happened it is not intended to be the official record in fact the videos would be the official record it's not intended to be a transcript that being said I don't necessarily have a problem with the suggestions being made except that I would disagree with the statement that this is supposed to capture everything that happened it's supposed to be
021a brief summary and so thank you Mr Brown thank you I think it's very unfair that she attacked Carol Carol's doing the best she can do anything for me there was no attack on Carol I concur with trustee Bruno and Anderson the uh having attended more meetings than I care to even count uh minutes are nothing more than a snapshot of what took place during that particular meeting the amount of amount of detail is is subject to the organization and personally I think the current minutes accurately reflects the the meaning of which transpired thank you student representative Mr Mason do you have a comment um I agree with Lee I think at least on the packet I have it does seem some are more detailed than others just consistency consistency um I do have a
022question thank you Mr Riley um trustee Lee did you happen to communicate with a superintendent secretary Mrs hunt in regards to these Corrections you know that's been an ongoing issue too um including this agenda for for today um as it was put out it was put out less than 24 hours before it was made public uh so there wasn't time to communicate anything including Corrections that needed to be made to various agenda items and the ways that they're titled which are again biased misrepresentations um and there wasn't that time provided and I've noted that both times under your leadership trustee uh Pope or president Pope um the agenda has not come out in a timely manner and we simply haven't had time to be able to comment on it before it goes public and that's
023something that's been very concerning for me as well this one went out to us less than 24 hours before it was published uh onto the um the Board website point of clarification on this agenda was posted Thursday afternoon at approximately what time Carol is sent to the board so so the the agenda is legally required to be posted 72 hours prior to the meeting the agenda was posted Friday right before most recently the board has asked hey can we see the draft prior to there's no legal obligation to do that right this would be the appropriate forum for someone to bring up concerns as as it's being brought up if there's concerns about labeling we we don't send it out it is done in public we cannot do behind the scenes agendas the president works
024with the staff to create the agenda um there was no Miss intent or mal intent with it right um so Mrs hunt does send the board Wednesdays or Thursdays prior to the Distribution on Friday for review and that was done correct on Friday we get the backup scenario please don't interrupt I'm sorry sorry at 120 so at that time you could have contacted Mrs hunt though I don't know if she could have changed it at that time because it was already posted on Friday correct what I was I'm sorry um there has in the in the past because this has been an ongoing issue of some of us feeling surprised by items that come up on on on our agendas we have began the practice under president Bruno of this going out of our agendas
025going out for all of us to take a look at along with the meeting notes well before it was going to be um published and so at this time for this agenda it went out Thursday I think in the afternoon and then it was published Friday uh so there wasn't that time that we've had in the past under other presidents leadership and that's been our practice for over a year of getting it out earlier so that we could all take a look and provide input and so that it was more inclusive of all of us um yes I don't understand I'd like to ask for a bit of clarification when I was President wasn't the the draft sent out on Thursday also the draft we try to send it out Wednesday afternoon at the end
026okay but it did sometimes go into Thursday morning okay so there's no change but I also would like to state that um this was only ever intended to be kind of giving us a heads up not um something that we would then provide feedback on and go back and forth and and make changes to it frankly as latest that is in the process of building the agenda it would be an unrealistic burden to ask Carol to rewrite the whole thing at that point and that was never the intent okay we're going to close discussion do I have a motion to approve business item eight uh meeting minutes for January 18th 2023 do I have a motion to prove motion to approve with the suggested Corrections I would like to make a friendly amendment to that
027motion I would like to motion that we asked for the corrections to be made and have it brought back at next month's meeting I'll second that motion um do we have a roll call vote trusty Ballard aye um advisory vote and we're doing uh Bruno's is that yes yes that's no thank you okay um trustee Lee hi thank you um trustee Bruno aye trustee Anderson aye chair votes I and just to clarify we will revise the minutes and have them brought back at the max board meeting okay Carol okay business item a flag salute disclaimer do I have a motion to bring it to the floor for discussion point of um clarification uh Madam president this uh topic is named in a misleading way um and I'd like to the clarification about what we're talking
028about trusty Lee excuse me I'm sorry I'm still making my points excuse me we need to bring it to the floor for discussion before we talk about the disclaimer but I'm talking about the naming of this item in the inappropriateness of it uh trustee Pope and we don't have a flat salute disclaimer we have a flat salute inclusion statement and this point was made by me and others at our previous meeting and so it's very offensive to once again see it called the straw man argument that Mr ballen has set up the flag salute disclaimer it's not a disclaimer it's an inclusion statement and it always has been so we need to call it what it is do I have a motion to the floor to bring the flag salute disclaimer to the board for
029discussion so moved thank you do I have a second I will second it thank you um in regards to the naming of the flag salute disclaimer we use that terminology last month and there was no objection to it um so in fact there was I objected to it last week so did members of the public about the naming of the item that was not brought up last month I I did so and mention it and I clarified to Mr ballen that it was not a disclaimer as he was presenting it as a straw man argument that he's presented About It by naming a disclaimer and saying a salute doesn't need a disclaimer it actually is quite offensive because it's not a disclaimer it's an inclusion statement and it's about being inclusive of all of our
030members of our community that's what it always has been it never has been a disclaimer well we'll look it up okay um we talked in length about this item last month and I hope if anybody has anything new to add they can add it at this time trustee Anderson you brought this to the floor would you like to add anything new I don't have anything new um I just feel very strongly that it's insulting I also need to get public comments on is there any public comment on this item I apologize thank you I'm Mr ballen do you have a any new comments on this item um well the only comment I have is based on this conversation this evening I'm sorry is the conversation this evening um just moments ago um as you stated
031president Pope uh this was called as as it was presented to me many many times as a disclaimer um so I I stand on that because that's that's what was presented to me when I campaigned to the people that expressed um their opinion as to this particular practice and I if you want to call on an exclusion I I don't see where that where that's stated anywhere so I I would have to stand by the fact that this is a disclaimer that people do not have to abide by standing and and saluting and pledging okay thank you student representative Mr Mason do you have any comments um I just feel we should keep the statement that the kids or the public doesn't want to stand they have First Amendment to do so okay trustee Lee
032do you have any new comments on this item uh my new comments uh remain the same as what I what I stated previously that this is not a disclaimer it is an inclusion statement and um I strongly urge my colleagues to not walk back inclusion um this was a small step that we all made towards greater inclusion in the in this body and the fact that it's um being brought up uh you know twice now that we shouldn't have a statement of inclusion uh around this item is is deeply concerning to me um and uh I hope that uh we'll we'll be aware of that of the fact that it is not a disclaimer about the flag salute it's simply a inclusion statement uh welcoming all to participate in the business of this board in
033on equal footing or just a point of clarification business item a flake salute disclaimer is actually an actionider action item to determine if the disclaimer is going to be stated and placed on the agenda or removed so to clarify it's either going to be on the agenda one number two would be on the agenda and read as and then three were removed that is what this item is going to be is the action of this item do I have a motion to approve this item I haven't had a chance to speak yet oh yes Mr Bruno I'm sorry that's okay um first of all personally it's a statement under the flag salute business item well not the flight item on the agenda um whether we call it a disclaimer inclusion statement or any other name
034matters not a lot to me personally however now that I have a better understanding of Mr ballen uh I'm sorry trustee ballon trustee Anderson's point of view on this that I gained the last meeting I've put a lot of thought into this and um different or presidents have different styles and when I was board president I would read when we were doing the comments from the audience I read that little paragraph that was included there and I read this statement and that that was just my personal style um some of it is that I'm uncomfortable speaking publicly and that gave me some comfort um I do definitely believe that we need to have this printed in the agenda um last month trustee Anderson stated that before we started doing this um students almost always stood
035for the Pledge of Allegiance and now they aren't uh standing as often and to me that indicates that maybe they weren't comfortable remain seated previously and this gives them the Comfort to do that um that being said I I personally think it's a good thing to read it but just like earlier tonight president pope did not read the description of people's rights under um comments from the audience I think we could leap up to the president whether to read it or not depending on their personal style but I definitely believe that we should keep it in printed on the agendas so is that your motion um that's just my opinion um you know what let's make an emotion why not okay can you clarify the motion uh the motion is that we will keep it
036in writing in the agenda but leave it up to the discretion of the president whether they read it or not just as we do with the comments from the audience very good do you have a second I'll second that motion let's do a roll call vote Krusty ballon advisory vote hi thank you trustee Lane this is a tough one I just don't see the problem with someone stating um making a statement of inclusion and why that's so problematic but I'll go ahead and say I okay I would like to offer a second which is I would like to to motion that we leave the written statement on the agenda but not say it every time we have a meeting that's exactly what trustee wrote it is but he left it up to the president and
037I think it should be a policy or a standard I don't think the President should have anything any say I think it should be just routine otherwise you get into politics with who's president or I would suggest a political issue there is emotion on the floor and it's been voted by a couple members I think you need to finish that and then if you want I I think it would be hard to go back Midstream and switch the motion so I'd like to cast my vote and I will vote I okay they don't know three to two motion path you passed or did it did yes so so just clarify that means you voted I ever did I okay thank you okay business Item B proposed reoccurring governance calendar do I have a motion to
038bring this to the floor for a discussion I'll make that motion thank you very much do I have a second all second so thank you trustee label take trustee Leah's a second um and I will start conversation and discussion with this item since I did bring it to the floor I'm looking to develop a more efficient and focused system for agenda development in order to keep our board members on track and in line with the established priorities a comprehensive Board calendar is a great tool to achieve this goal to create an effective Board calendar we should start with identifying the reoccurring items that need to be addressed throughout the year once we have these items established we can start adding other agenda items that align with the board priorities and goals in addition to using
039the board calendar to stay on track it is also important to communicate with our superintendent's office and cabinet to make sure that their time is being used effectively by identifying which topics they will be presenting at that month and make sure that additional agenda items align with those topics we can ensure that everyone's time is being used effectively overall creating a comprehensive Board calendar is a great way to stay focused on our board priorities and to ensure that our meetings are efficient and effective by using this tool we can keep everyone on track and make sure that our board is making progress towards its goals now including to the board packet there's a backup of a draft that Mr Lair and the cabinet along with Mrs hunt provided for us so if you had a
040chance to to Gander at that Mr Lair did you have anything additional to say no just just that these are items that routinely do come up and then we have some proposed ones over the last couple years with Panorama our iready getting those on the calendar so then staff is aware and we can prepare to have those but otherwise most of these items on here typically they have to come up at that time lcap comes up at that time but having in one document and then the idea would be is if I'm a Community member I could go to this and then we can start linking the documents to this so once the board covers I'm gonna pick on lcap once we cover lcap we then can do a link to our lcaps so it's
041one nice place under the board website page that then could could be linked out if there are any supporting materials uh Miss Coronado goes over different times you'll see first interim we can link that to that document so it's just one place that would try to contain and if I I don't know if this is exactly perfect there might be things we realize oh we need to add more or or less but it's the starting point and we can change it every year if we need right um the reason why I also thought this was important is there was one month I think it was October that myself asked Mr Jordan to present um the in the pre or in the next month and then another trustee wanted Mr Jordan to give another report and
042those are very detailed reports that took a lot of time and I thought well we should just figure out when these are occurring and just create this calendar so we don't have to ask and and have them prepare on such short notice again time efficiency and effectiveness any comments Mr Valen do you have any additional comments oh sorry public comment on this side there's none dude I have no comment thank you uh advisory do you have a comment no comment thank you Mr Bruno I would just like to comment that I think this is a wonderful idea and I wish we had thought of it sooner thank you good job okay thank you do I have a motion to bring this item to the no do I have a motion to approve this item thank
043you Mrs Anderson do you have a second I'll second thank you roll call vote trustee ballen aye advisory vote Mr Mason aye trustee Anderson or trustee Lee I'm sorry can I uh ask for a point of information um does this still make space for members of the public or other items that aren't outlined in that calendar to be brought forth to the board in a timely manner or will this make it less um easy for a member of the public stay to place an item on the on on on an upcoming agenda um every opportunity to add something to the agenda my whole design thank you Mr Bruno aye thank you trustee and chair votes I thank you motion passes this is item C 2023 csba delegate Assembly Election sub region 6B do I have
044a motion to bring this to the floor for discussion also move thank you do I have a second I'll second thank you Mr Bruno um Mr Lair do you have anything to say on this uh I I would suggest on this if if the board does not have any delegates that they would wish to nominate I know before we had trustee Kelly was a member and was I would that let it fall to the floor and just table the item um unless there's someone that someone you guys want to vote for then we can record that but these do come up with csba every once in a while and if um the board so wishes we could absolutely take your vote we'll submit it for you but my thought would be is unless you know
045the folks I don't know if you want to vote blindly does anybody have any nominations no so I would suggest tabling this item okay the item is tabled we will continue now to board item e-board policy 7310 naming of facilities we were on D resolution number 13 2022 resolution to initiate provisional appointment process to fill trustee position due to vacancy do I have a motion to bring it to the floor for discussion so moved do I have a second oh second thank you um Mr Larry did you want to see something uh just just that uh trustee Lee has resigned from her position effective February 28th uh we were notified on February 1st uh the county uh superintendent of schools received that resignation uh this is the first process because of the timing it would
046fall into a provisional appointment to fulfill the remainder of the term and so this would just kick off that process by saying yes we're going to do this and then additionally we would ask for two of you to be on a member once the window is open for candidates two of you to meet with me uh to certify that the individuals meet the requirements we do not review the Apple applications we just make sure they're they're complete and eligible and then that comes back for a full board consideration at that later time two board members or two public members two two board members would be present so the first item would be seeking uh approval of the resolution and then secondly it would be the um two members I will say one of the things
047we are working on is is getting this broader and wider I think uh we've had to do a few of these in the past we're trying to extend that window for application there is strict timelines but if we can open that window up and then also we're working with our our marketing and PR consultant to help us get the word out as broadly as we can to hopefully seek more individuals to to come before and and see if they would want to take part in this so a couple different strategies we're going to use will be not only to do our own student body or student population but also uh broader than that into our own Community thank you um will the paperwork be online that they can submit or do they have stopped by
048the office to pick up the paper we would make sure we could get it either way I think having it as convenient as possible and easily accessible so you can pick it up we can email it to people or or we could set it up so it could be downloaded I could just work with Eugene and Tech or Lauren back there probably help me too awesome okay um Mr Bellin do you have any do you want to go over the requirements so people know I don't have a right in front of me but it there would be the requirements you need to leave live within the district you would also need to be uh basically you need to be able to vote within the district would be the registered voter within the district 18 not
049convicted felons yeah Mr Bowen do you have any comments or discussion the only thing is uh reference uh the marketing um perhaps uh dedicate a page on this District site outlying um the minimum qualification or the qualifications I should say and how they may go about applying thank you for Mason do you have any comments no comment thank you um trustee Lee do you have a comment on this item yes I do especially since it concerns my resignation and I hope that as I make my comment I'm given the same respect that other board members were given in our January meeting uh particularly when um trustee ballen spoke over seven minutes on one of the agenda topics that were related to me directly so I would like to share the reasons for my resignation so
050that my constituents and the public know I ask that this be included in the board packet and superintendent Lair declined to include it as an informational item so I would like to share that now because the public has a right to know and they have a right to hear why a board member has resigned excuse me trustee lead this is not actually in regards to your resignation this topic is to be approved for the vacancy and to fill the vacancy only and I and I'm providing information because my resignation was mentioned in the resolution is the first paragraph of it so I would like an opportunity to share my reasons for my resignation since it was declined to include my letter in the board packet and there's also a QR code here that folks can
051click into and download it but it is directly related to it this this vacancy is open because of my resignation and my constituents and members of the public deserve to know why I am resigning from this board and why there is now a opening on this board I agree with you I have a point of order that I'd like to bring up um I have read the letter of resignation and it contains unsubstantiated accusations about people it does not follow the district's uniform complaint process to uh Levy uh complaints against staff members and uh frankly I consider it to be slanderous and since it was printed libless and this is really not the appropriate place for such accusations not only that but the last two people who resigned because they moved didn't read their letters
052in front of the public so why are you special um just a second I'm very special and I'll save my comments for my board report where I will read my letter of resignation because the Publishers we are at a point of order right now and so um listening to Mr Bruno's comment I did not think about the Williams complaint so I have to approve your point of order based on that information um and also maybe the policy regarding board conduct additionally if uh this were to be included in a in a board report later I would make the same objection there and I would oppose that objection because it's not related to a Williams complaint it is my letter of resignation so that my constituents know why I've resigned and and the conditions of that
053resignation it's important for people to know what has taken place here we have enough for public comments as well I just want to point out if it did not contain allegations against other board members from your perspective that's your opinion so Everyone's entitled to an opinion so you can't you can't just say your opinion and say that that's why isn't that exactly what you're doing but I'm not trying to limit your freedom of speech you're trying to limit mine freedom and I think has limits including slams stop stop trusty pill stop what I would suggest is we have an item in front of us yes we do please I have two things that we need one would be the resolution for approval yes we do and second I would like if I could have two
054members of the board be willing to be on a committee with me to look at the applications upon receipt yes that is the action that will be taken is there any public comment on this item we will go to um we're just going to go for a vote do I have a motion to approve resolution business Item B resolution number 13 slash 2022-23 resolution to initiate provisional appointment process to fill a trustee position due to vacancy Mr ballen I'll I'll second the motion thank you trustee ballen I've I motioned first Carol all right um advisory vote hi Christy Lee I trustee Bruno aye trustee Anderson aye and chair votes I business item D I'm Sorry Miss Pope yes I'm sorry oh yes to volunteers they would be willing to it'll be in Midnight volunteer okay
055uh Mrs Anderson said she would volunteer and um as board president I would unless unless one of you two would like to um I I unfortunately have too many time commitments at the moment so I will pass you know just to clarify just so we know all it is is receiving them making sure they're complete if there's no other information the board will get all the same information on each each proposed candidate so it's really just certifying to bring back support policy I have no objection to uh volunteering if you would like okay if anyone lets you rap you should at the experienced very good it's not like we're rejecting anybody that's borrowed item e board policy number 73 10 naming up facilities do I have a motion to bring this to the floor for
056a discussion I will make such a motion thank you do I have a second I'll second thank you um trustee Bruno you brought this to the floor so I have long discussed that I am generally speaking uncomfortable with naming facilities after individuals because sometimes information later comes out about that individual or they are not seen in the same light as they once were however our current board policy really gives us very few options as far as name um another nearby School District recently approved a modification to their board policy and so I brought that forward so that we could look at that and this is a version of the policy that would give us more options as far as naming the facility and I do have more comments to make but I'm just going to
057get this going very good um Mr ballen do you have any comments is there any public comments on this item there is no public comment trustee ballen well as I had previously um requested for discussion the naming of the new CTE buildings um I have I have no objections to discussion of this Quest um as long as is my belief that falls in line with uh the direction of of this District both past and current um and to ensure that uh that is not too so restrictive that you know that we can't allow for some of the things that we've done in the past that is deemed to be honorable very well um student representative no comment thank you trustee Lee do you have any comments no comment thank you ma'am um Mrs Anderson do
058you have any comments um apparently we're not going to get into naming the buildings tonight no that's not on the agenda yet yeah but I would like to at least preserve the idea of being able to name them after people who have served this District um well okay there are several that have passed on that should be recognized I think okay I do not have a comment Mr Bruno go ahead so just to clarify the new policy would allow us as presented here would allow us to name it after individuals who have been deceased for one year or more and there's some further details about that geographical area Landmark cultural relevance or historical event Flora and Fauna of significant importance to the region and has some other criteria there however one change that I would
059like to make from this um unfortunately um it it was recently announced that Dr Rex Fortune after whom our new elementary school is named recently passed away and in the sac B article it mentioned how happy he was seeing the school being named after him to honor the contributions he made to this District um therefore I would actually like to change the part to actually just remove the part where it says who have been deceased for one year or more that's a great idea because frankly I think being able to have done that for him was a good thing and so I wanted to present this as the other District approved it and then proposed to change uh but we could make to it that I think fits our district better so that that is
060the the uh the change that I would like to see made to the policy that was presented in the packet is I would like to remove the criteria that the individual must have been deceased for one year or more yeah yes Mrs Anderson I was thinking that as if say you wanted to name something after Bill Gates and you waited till he was gone before you did it he wouldn't know that that was being done he wouldn't get the personal satisfaction of it and he wouldn't be able to leave you a whole bunch of money to set his scholarships you know I mean if you really have to stop and think about those things in this day and age that if he knew that he had a school named after him you don't think that
061he would take care of the students that were going to benefit from that school of course he would he he donates to education constantly but those are the things you're kind of cutting out if you wait until after that person is gone because they never know what happened that's my thought so yes comments on this item we didn't ask for public comments again yeah I did for the naming of facility yes yes oh I did I guess I missed it I didn't hear it yes yes um was there any other comments yeah I actually have some I have some questions because um there there are parts of both that I like and there are parts of that our current policy uh 7310 and the one uh that from my understanding um says it came from
062the Sacramento City Unified School District so what is the what what is the proposed process for which we would approve a new policy uh as it relates to language the policy this is what this is this is the actual proposed language yeah we're right now it says the Sacramento City Unified School District yeah this is first reading this is an example so what Mr Bruno said is he would like to take this policy and tweak it to our own so we would change of course the naming and then eliminate the item in regards to the um the portion of being deceased for one year and that's what we're doing now that's the process we talk about the policy this is basically the first reading so of course we're not going to use Sac City Unified
063it would be Center Joint Unified let's see the one thing I'm I have not had it I've read them both and I've looked at them and I didn't know what the process was going to be so I didn't prepare for to present uh I know there's some there's some differences and as I stated earlier there's some things I like in one and don't like in the other and vice versa but as an example in the Sacramento version there is no um Then I then I can then I that I'm seeing here uh as an example um there were some other things but um in our current policy we have markers uh for and plaques for and benches and dedicure and dedicatory items uh uh for students faculty staff board members Etc so um that I
064don't see that that language in there and I I think that to me should be in there because I like that and I think it's important so that we have a policy that is it does not have any vagueness in it and as and that is specific um so I would like to see that language in there so you're talking about the first paragraph um talking about the first paragraph exactly under comparative commemorative markers and structures um so uh Trust Depot yes sir my intention and I'll I'll admit that I did not make this very clear would be that um the slightly edited version of the Sacramento City Unified policy would replace only the first portion of our um above the commemorative markers so yes I my intention was not to remove that and I
065did not make that very clear and I apologize for that but this was only to address the naming of the facility so one of the things I I would suggest because if we are going to make a a change on a first reading only I think it needs to be Crystal Clear what I think I'm hearing right now is not no no Clarity I agree I would suggest is that um maybe trusty Bruno if you would mind taking what you're recommending we can help you craft into one policy that then the board could come back and consider sorry something's going on TV Lauren sorry um we could then consider as a whole document instead of sitting here trying to parse it I think people would feel better Community would feel better if they saw exactly
066what it was that we were approving versus trying to piecemeal it sometimes it's easier if you could say oh we accept this as it is but I I think there's some lack of clarity around it so I I would recommend that we have one document that the board could look at and consider it sounds like you're on a similar page or wavelength so it should be pretty pretty straightforward I I would agree with that um if I may suggest for those that wish to do so take it one step further and any person such as myself who who would like to you know put together what they feel it would be the appropriate policy and submit it and then it can be you know it could be incorporated into that into that draft and I
067would say too if if let and just hypothetically Mr balance submits something and Mr Bruno you submit something you we can bring back options and look at those and then you could swap things I just with with the way the previous policy was and stuff I just think it'd be for for clarity purposes it could be a good option so that works for me so what I what I would what I'm hearing then is I will put a placeholder to bring this item back I I would look for some crafted suggested language from maybe one maybe two of you we can include those as options in the packet and if if one of those or a combination is meet the board's approval you could approve it at that point that makes sense so do we
068approve the first reading or if there is no I would not just table I would just I would let it go with the idea that you need to bring this item back okay for further clarification and discussion okay so we'll table this item and tell next board meeting that's good sound good okay very good well there's there's one issue that's associated with that now and it goes back to the last meeting where I brought up uh uh any sir any ceremony any commendative uh action that's going to be taken as it relates to the new CTE building so now we're this is February so now we're going to push this out to March and then it's going to be April and May and we may we may not have the time to have a discussion
069let alone an action item around the naming of the CTE buildings which is why I asked at the last meaning if we could do this consec concurrently so that um you know we can have it fall online and I think that's what we discussed with the new policy so that we can if we choose to name and what we wouldn't choose to name after uh the new buildings can be done so in a timely manner so the board currently has a policy in place so there is no reason that you we this does not need to be delayed I I would suggest and we've had conversations that was that's contrary to trustee Bruno asked well I'm just but if if an item was proposed brought forward for the naming of the facility we do have
070a current policy in place that we could follow that you could follow and then you guys could make amendments to that I don't I I think our current policy would allow for the naming of all of facilities of individuals I think the both policies would get at that in my in my mind um so it kind of addresses both both items my feeling on this is where we are in the discussion on this one this would include everything that our current policy does plus more so um the original copy that I submitted did not include everything so but the changes we discussed would so I would be okay with doing it concurrently from this point because I think we're close enough that okay okay that we could fair enough okay um at this moment I
071would like to take a 10 minute recess if we would please um just 10 minutes and I would like to speak to Mr Lair we call back to order at 7 27. thank you do I have a motion to bring item business item F first reading of policies regulations and Exhibits to the floor for discussion I will make that solution thank you trustee Lee thank you um Mr President can um I would lie to pull one so would this be the appropriate time yes I would like to pull uh board policy uh campus campus security Lauren can you hear me okay I just um I would is it the board policy the regulation no just well just the board policy because I believe um unless we want to pull the associated regulator I I don't
072think we could pull the associated regulation because that's not not us that's that's the uh that's the uh County right I think there's two things there's the board policy which outlines kind of the general overview and then admin regs is the same so those are those are our policies okay cannot change you're right we cannot change the regulations associated with it but as far as our ad so there's um you know uh in fact I I've not had a chance to review all the material but within the agenda I'm not sure if it's a misprint or as as an example um 2022 um is stipulated to both as an assembly Bill and a Senate bill I think it's uh I I don't believe that would that having the same numerical assembly bill number associated at
073this within the same time frame I I I've never seen that happen I I do legislation at times so I'd like to review the the these laws as a as it relates to um some of the the things that I've been talking about and learned recently at the security security Symposium that we attended the district attended in uh end of December I believe it was in San Mateo okay so you want to pull policy just I think just for the board policy 3515 is adequate okay um can we do that Scott can we pull it and bring it back yeah it's just for clarification so when you see the 2022 after that's just the year that that Paul that Senate bill or that assembly bill came forward so it's like a senate field 906-2022 oh
074okay it's referencing the year of it but but here here is what I would suggest sorry I was researching that at the same time is if if this is just the first reading if if the board wants to make uh any adjustments we could certainly do that so it would give you a whole other month and then what I would ask is just for our purposes if you would get any recommendations to us and then we can flag this policy when we come back I can separate it out of the batch so that way when you look at it you'll recognize it's not just in there and you guys could have a approve the rest if that's your your choice and then you can look at that just like you would with the um consent
075the well no just like you would with the um naming positions okay okay is there any others are there a point of clarification are we discussing the first readings of all the policies yet or where are we at um in this in business item now yes we are we're just going actually we're we're bringing it to the floor bringing it to the floor we're not discussing it just yet okay yes because because uh trustee Lee said that uh she wanted to bring it to the floor uh trustee ballen said that he would like to make essentially a friendly amendment to that by pulling 35-15 and then we never did we ever get a second on bringing well I can go ahead I can go ahead I can go ahead and withdraw no no you're good
076you're good we had a second not to hit quite all right but transfer done this item and I see none and yes we are in discussion now miss trustee Lee okay um I didn't know if the other um policy was we were finished with that one but I I have um some questions and comments about multiple items that are on this agenda um board policy 41 18 41 19.1 and so forth 42 18 in administrative regulation 41 18. I'm just curious about who is placing this on our agenda I understand that Kennedy versus bremenson school district is something it was a Supreme Court decision that was highly celebrated by the far right conservative Christians in our nation but it wasn't something that was celebrated by everyone especially those of us who work towards greater inclusion
077especially around religion um and and dominance of certain religions and and the establishment pause and respect for that um so I'm just curious why that Court decision is mentioned so many times in each of those items when it has nothing to do with the proposed um uh updates to the policy um we're not talking about our hiring practices we're talking about freedom of speech in these proposed updates there are already freedom of speech policies and I just wonder and I have deep concern uh that perhaps you know um I hope this isn't the case but the reason why Kennedy versus Bremerton School District has mentioned so many times uh maybe that someone has designs to bring prayer into the school board meetings are something of that nature um and I'm just deeply concerned about that
078I don't understand why that Supreme Court decision is referenced so many times and what is the intention of that yeah so uh the the batch of policies comes from the csba the language that is used from there they perform uh sample policies for boards to consider when new laws new regulations new mandates come out this is just referencing that Court decision that then would um make that recommendation to us as a board so this recommendation this wording came from California School Board Association the same group that continually provides our our policy maintenance program so just to expand on that um my take on this is mentioning that Court decision is similar to mentioning the new laws in other uh policies it just gives the basis for why the revision is being suggested because of a
079change in the legal climate just not I'm not I guess maybe the question is how is it different how are these suggested updates any different than the protections on freedom of speech and press that are currently in place and and how is uh the Kennedy versus Bremerton School District decision being conflated with these other issues that we're updating our policy to State I I truly don't understand that maintenance so I could I can get a reference from from legal and okay so do you have marked all the items that she was well the policies that she had was referring to each policy that referenced in the synopsis there that referenced in the Bremerton case so we can reference this to see why we can reach the csba first and then block the legal counsel as
080well okay thank you trustee Lee is there any other discussion Mr Bruno do you have any discussion no no um Mr Mason do you have any discussion on no okay I do not have any discussion so I'm asking to approve the consented or excuse me uh business item F first reading policies procedures and Exhibits eliminating and pulling the item Mr ballen had policy 3515 and the ones that Dr Lee has requested to pull I don't have all of them we need to make sure that we reference those and pull them into the final thing so so they would be pulled for separate explanation okay and then we we would then give more explanation and then we can bring back with either this the next batch or or however okay so do I have a motion
081to approve as amended um just to clarify when you say to approve that's just the first reading and it is not actually changing the policy at this time correct okay thank you I'll make the motion thank you do I have a second oh second thank you roll call vote Mr ballen aye advisory vote uh thank you trustee Lee hi thank you Mr ballen or Mr Bruno aye and chair votesai and Mrs Anderson was absent at that time we were just going over the policies we will now move to as I find my place business item G resolution number 15 2022-23 resolution for emergency Declaration of approval of contract award without competitive bidding do I have a motion to bring this to the floor for discussion ISO move thank you do I have a second I'll
082second thank you uh Mr Lair would you like to give a discussion so we typically do not use this or request this emergency declaration this uh has come into play in my time maybe twice what it does is allows for some of the competitive bidding regulations to be waived because of the sense of emergency uh we did it one time when our gymnasium was flooded it's a classroom space this would be worked to to address the theater flooding our our intent would be to get that up and running we have a play coming up we have ceremonies that are are in that facility and so at this time we would seek the board's approval to grant that emergency Authority so we can move forward with with getting a Contractor on board it would save us
083almost two months of time so we can then do that again this is not something we typically ask secondarily to that we this is all in in coordination with our insurance carrier who is also um will be paying the bills so they understand what we're doing and have worked with the company we will be looking for very good um Mr Bellin do you have any discussion uh public comments I do not have a comment on this item thank you no comment Mr no comment student representative Jesse do you have any comment no comment thank you Mr Bruno um actually I would like to clarify a couple uh points here first of all um because this is something covered by insurance whether we were able to find a lower estimate or not um would not affect
084the amount that we as a district pay is that correct that is correct we have our deductible and that would be the the amount that we pay okay and um the insurance carriers schools Insurance Authority they're comfortable going with this we've coordinated with them and they actually have them work with the the provider that we're looking to seek approval in the next item um and so yes okay and if we didn't uh approve this how long would that um what would be your estimate of how long that would delay the process it would be six to eight weeks just from the from the bidding process and then depending on how our board meetings fall it could push it to a further time thank you that's all okay Mrs Anderson do you have any discussion on
085this item I do not thank you um do I have a motion to approve business item G resolution number 15 20 22 23. I so move thank you do I have a second I will second thank you roll call vote Mr ballen aye advisory vote Mr Mason aye trustee Lee all right thank you trustee Bruno aye trustee Anderson aye chair of outside business item G agreement between Center Joint Unified School District and restoration management company do I have a motion to bring it to the floor for discussion I'll move thank you do I have a second oh second thank you um Mr Lair I I kind of took the Thunder out of my second one but this this is the company we would recommend that we would utilize we've consulted with our consultant CPM we've
086looked at um talked to our insurance carrier and we feel this would be the best approach they also did the remediation so they're very familiar with the work that needs to be done so for we'll be in good shape with them thank you Mr ballen do you have any discussion I do not student representative Mr Mason do you have any discussion um I just had a question are we just replacing it or are we improving what we existed we had in insurance will allow us to to put it back to the same step same state so obviously I think it's almost 15 maybe 20 years old so obviously things will be newer uh so newer but not we're not improving it because it's not allowed through the insurance is there any public comment I hear
087no public comment thank you trustee Lee do you have any discussion no comment thank you Mr Bruno no comment okay Mrs Anderson and I have no comment do I have a motion to approve business item h uh also move thank you do I have a second oh second thank you roll call vote Mr ballen aye um advisory about Mr Mason aye trustee Lee fine thank you trustee Bruno aye trustee Anderson aye chair of outside student board reports I'm Riley Mason so in the past month Mr Mason thank you in the past month we've had a lot going on uh we had our girls and boys basketball senior night as well as our wrestling our dance team um and then our girls and boys soccer senior night um and then we're introducing speaking of sports we're
088introducing a brand new team we have boys uh volleyball coming to the spring coached by Miss cadero um on the second we had our Lunar New Year celebration as we welcome in the year of the rabbit uh boys soccer went to playoffs uh yesterday won in a close game in overtime uh and the next gay game is tomorrow at Weston Ranch this week we have our spirit week Tuesday we had wear red or pink for Valentine's Day as well as heart health awareness today we had dresses of your type tomorrow we have zoom IRL and then Friday we have where white or glow in the dark clothes for our glow in blacklight rally we have next Monday off as the rest of the district does um on the 23rd we have our CHS talent show
089hosted by the class of 25. on the 1st of March our prom tickets go on sale the tickets are seventy dollars from the first through the third after that from the 6th to the 21st they're going to be 75 uh and then last chick Last Chance tickets will be 85 from the 22nd to the 24th as well as guest passes no matter what time you buy will be eighty dollars uh seniors your FAFSA ends the 2nd of March on the sixth we have our second student Senate meeting on the 8th we have our Multicultural and elective Fair night um then on the 9th and 10th we have Breaking Down the Walls then the 16th we have our annual blood drive the very next day we have our spring drama production and then on the 24th
090uh our sale for prom tickets and um we're right on the Multicultural night yeah so uh we've been talking for a while in student government now to change our elective fare from just an elective fair to diversifying what we have there so uh we're gonna have our Asian Club we're gonna have our Hispanic youth leadership club and then we're hoping to have our BSU backup and running so they can also awesome and what date is that that is the eight um six thank you awesome thanks Bradley um superintendent and board report Mr ballen thank you president oh so uh this last month uh it's the first month I've had the opportunity to fill my duties as a governing board member during this time I was since I took office and during this time I was
091able to observe and learn a lot about the district so um on January 31st I had the opportunity to attend North Country student house reveal with superintendent layer and president Pope what a grand concept I applaud principal severt and her staff for introducing this unique learning and Leadership concept for the North Country students on February 1st I attended with superintendent Lair the Sacramento County School boards association dinner meeting at the Sacramento County Office of Education it was a nice event very informative and I would have to say that what I got most out of it was the featured speakers topic where is education in California headed in where what was presented was the education of the whole student I'm pleased to say that from what I observed thus far in our district and my role
092as board member uh this concept follows this Mantra very closely on Friday February 3rd I I toured both Dudley and North Country Elementary schools with superintendent Lair and trustee Anderson I very much like the classroom wall frog mural painted by the students and enjoyed visiting a number of classes Dudley which is an older School brought back memories of my elementary school days and I found the video production Studio an amazing place I look forward to the launch of their program to expose students to this wonderful technical environment both are outstanding schools that are committed to the students of their Community thanks to both principals holmsley and servette for their generous provision of time to show us around on Wednesday February 8th I attended the Aspire Solaire petition for land transfer request Hearing in Placer County
093held at the Roseville Joint Unified High School this school district office with superintendent Lair and board president Pope I do plan to attend the Sacramento County hearing that is set for February 25th being held in Center's boardroom at 10 A.M on Friday the 10th I had the honor uh of February 10th I had the honor of attending Wilson Riles Junior High School role honor roll breakfast I'd like to thank principal Kent and assistant principal Gian Cheney I hope I pronounced that right for their invitation to participate in this event I was quite astonished at the high rate of the number of students that achieved this goal amazing kudos to all that received such high marks to gain this recognition as well as all the teachers and staff that helped them to get there and I
094had some statistics I forgot what it was but I think it's out of 600 students 240 achieve that goal that's that's that's amazing so my my hats off to teachers and staff there um as my part of my campaign Plex to ensure the safety and security of all our students I've requested us from superintendent Lair to have me invited to all future technology committee meetings and safety committee meetings in doing so I look forward to learning how we keep our students safe and secure and perhaps I can make an occasional recommendation that will strengthen our District's security posture uh this next month I intend to tour Center High School in Oak Hill and be briefed by by The District's technology executive staff to learn of our districts technology Network and information technology security so in
095our January board meeting I proposed an agenda item pertaining to signage on the board's table I also want to make sure that it's known and understood and any person that personally places any signage in or around their immediate space at the board's table then any message they are attempting to convey is not necessarily representative of the whole board and is only that person's View and or opinion of what is presented on the signage that they place in or around themselves also in our January board meeting I proposed an agenda item pertaining to what some people deem to be inappropriate and inflammatory Language by board member during a school board meeting this was brought to my attention by Civil War of our constituents whereupon I listened to the board meeting recordings on YouTube for which I
096was advised they were concerned with and I too feel that the presentation probably should have been uh presented differently as such I sit here this evening in support of those who are concerned with this language that was used and how it could be misinterpreted by students as well as parents of our district speech and comments presented this by this board has meaning and those that listen and pay attention can misconstrue what is said if the words are not chosen carefully many of our students pay attention to what we say and how we say it so when a board member makes what is perceived as an inappropriate and inflammatory remark they can be Amplified and magnified even more so we the board have the responsibility to ensure that we send an example to our students as
097such language can be taken out of context additionally we have the responsibility to be considerate of all and come by any language that encourages Behavior to not follow the rules as this is an unacceptable Communications any language designed to motivate or persuade students not to follow the rules has no place in our schools nor in our board's conversations and I sit here today with those in the community that feel the same to send the message that this board should not accept such behavior and I urge my fellow board members to connect themselves accordingly and support this as well to governing board member Lee I am sorry that I will not have the opportunity to work with you this term the number of items that you have brought forth I too believe in very strongly at
098the top of that list is bullying which has absolutely no place in our schools you can be assured that I will do what is ever necessary to ensure such behavior is addressed accordingly and whenever remediation is needed will be applied to be sure that it does not happen again I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors and I as a member of this community appreciate the contributions you have made to this District in your time here uh in conclusion uh I have to report it on something uh again as I did last month I found quite surprising and saddening and this too I will focus on during my tenure as a board member I came to find out that there are far more homeless and homeless unaccompanied students that are attend our
099schools than I would have ever thought for those students keep your chins up and keep learning the more you learn the better the outcome will be and ultimately you will prevail I pledge that I will ensure that all that can be done for those these students will be done so they may have a bright future from their education at Center Joint Unified School District in my next month is my intention to tour Center High Wilson Rawls and McClellan as well as have a briefing by staff on the district's technical infrastructure and Technologies again and as I will always State at each board meeting I participate in I want all that of those that watch this board meeting live or recording please know that you are more than welcome to come here and attend this meeting
100in person and I know all the rest of the board would agree as well your presence here would be greatly appreciated by the board School staff and students and any input you choose to give would be helpful and beneficial to our district also please know that we would appreciate any comments on the district's social media platforms as well such as YouTube Facebook Etc remember it is you the parents and guardians of our students that have the strongest voice in how your children are educated this completes my report for February 2023 thank you very much thank you Mr Ballard the board report night I do okay um and um I really just want to start off my report by recognizing and calling into this space that February is Black History Month I'm not going to read
101my letter of resignation to the board you see the QR code behind me you can visit tinyurl.com forward slash Lee resign cjusd it is public and it should be public and the public should hold our board accountable for meeting its priorities and student achievement is the number one purported priority of this board so I'm hoping that my resignation will allow people to start to focus on that instead of me in honor of black history month every year that I've been a governing board member in this District I've pointed out that February is Black History Month I have yet to to receive any invitation regarding black history month or even to see information about it and there is a lack of Education around black history in this district and there's an extremely monocultural approach to education
102here and it's been something that I've mentioned many times and it's something that my constituents have also come to this board and commented on even if their comments don't end up in the meeting minutes the recordings the proof is in the pudding I want to thank the members of the committee of the not the committee but of the community who suggested to me to begin recording and making backup recordings of all of our meetings and for assisting me with that often since November 20 uh 2020 when I was elected I've been able to document and maintain backup recordings just in case they disappear or you know have a data retention requirements of every single reading that we've had in all of the things that have happened in them um so I just want to thank
103folks and for the people who have reached out to me with heartbreak and dismay and disappointment about my resignation I've even had the question you've been the only advocate for underrepresented and minoritized students uh there what's going to happen when you're not there who will speak for them um and that's a tough question to have to build from faults and I've had some really heart-to-heart conversations with many of my constituents I believe I was the only board member who held open Office hours where community members come and speak with me every single month for an hour and then just people seeing me around have mentioned you know that they are disappointed and I am so sorry uh to all of those people who feel like there's going to be a concern moving forward around the
104topic of cultural inclusion you see my shirt it says make racism wrong again that is my statement and it's something I'm committed to it's also on my hat um and I think that that's something that everyone should be committed to and shouldn't have a problem with some folks do though um but I just really want to tell people sometimes when you're fighting a battle for vulnerable populations and marginalized populations you reach a point where you can no longer make positive uh change especially once when monoculturalism is so deeply entrenched in a culture and at that point as a leader and as an educational leader my background is in education and that's what my doctorate is in educational leadership um it becomes important to weigh you know what's what is being affected and what is not
105being effective and for me I feel like I've done just about everything that I can in this capacity but please know I'm not abandoning you to the students who feel disappointed I'm not abandoning you either I'm simply repositioning myself this will not be the last you hear of me I will continue to do what I promise my constituents would do when I was elected and duly elected in 2020 uh and that was to promote student achievement in this District the burgeoning student achievement to try to do something about it to look at the monoculturalism and try to do something about it and to really try to advance a more holistic education and inclusive environment for everyone you will still see me doing that just not as a governing board member I don't feel I have
106enough levity in that capacity but as a member of the public you have a lot of levity to hold your school boards accountable and to make them focus on their priorities and there's a lot of tools at your disposal as a member of the public and I intend to utilize all of those tools so you most definitely won't this won't be the last that you all hear from me my constituents I will continue to fight for the marginalized students and for cultural inclusion for ending racism and homophobia and forgetting our board and superintendent to act on those items so you will hear from me I am still active I've always lived here I continue to live here and you'll see my presence incoming actions and events and things that I'll be doing to ensure accountability
107for our marginalized student populations and Center Joint Unified School District so thank you for the opportunity thank you for your comment trustee Mr Bruno uh first of all I'd just like to say wow quite the turnout tonight I think this is the most people we've had at a board meeting since I've been on the board and I'm sure the fact that this is the last board meeting before your hours are due is purely coincidental but it's great to see all of you here thank you guys for coming it's something I've been uh I've been thinking about a lot recently is the concept of teamwork and frankly as an individual board member there's absolutely nothing that I can accomplish it's only by working together as a team that we can get things done and I want
108to ask us all to refocus on our teamwork and strive to get better each and every meeting I you know I think we've made some progress and I think we have progress left to be made and I look forward to doing that work um the other thing I would like to say um it can be difficult being in this seat when things are said that are not accurate because I don't necessarily have a place to respond or the information in front of me in the moment to refute it um I just ask all of you don't take things at face value whether it's here or elsewhere look into things further do the research confirm on your own whether or not something is accurate thank you that's all thank you Mr Bruno Mrs Anderson I also
109was able to tour Oak Hill in North Country with Mr ballen and Mr Lehr and I have to tell you those classrooms were wonderful they had lots of African-American information up um I don't know where Dr Lee says that we don't recognize them Mrs Anderson that's trying not to make those classrooms no it's not um news board members names and attack board members in your public statement oh well um I don't know where that information came from but that's not what I witnessed in the classrooms and that's not what I see as a board member uh perhaps if other board members were actually out at the sites and actually saw what was going on they would have different feelings I praise our teachers for actually going out there and providing that information and putting the
110information up in their classrooms because I do see it out I attended the honor roll breakfast it was a wonderful event um we have I I think all of us as board members have told the public at meetings and at other times that we're always available our emails are on the website our phone numbers are available if they call District office we're always available they can talk to us anytime they want to so I don't know what office hours are all about but they can call us anytime day or night um next month I'll be attending the same tours as Mr ballen I think we're on the same schedule now for that and I'm looking forward to that I'm also looking forward to the completion of Rex Fortune Elementary School I don't know if all
111the students know it unfortunately we lost Rick's Fortune recently some of you may remember him afternoon I don't know how long's he been gone from the district Twitter hasn't been that long well I guess you wouldn't remember any of your parents probably would but anyway um unfortunately he didn't make it to the Grand Opening but um that's sad but he was a great superintendent we had him for a long time and that's all I have very well thank you very much um I did tour Center High School with Mr Lara Mr barassi and Mr Farrell we did observe the water damage that was in the theater and that was devastating to see um thank goodness for the restoration project that's coming so we can get that fix for our students we also visited the CTE
112buildings and they are coming along fabulously so that's um that's really cool we also stopped into the geography geometry and construction class and visited with Mr clatt so that was nice I also toured the North Country House reveal and if you want to see some excitement those kids were excited so I want to congratulate Missy Burton Mr Mr Farrell um for doing a great job students were having so much fun the board members and some of their attendants got to do some confetti so that was all fun the library at North Country this month is centered around black history month so I would like to thank um Mrs battle who is the librarian at North Country um so great job also on the 31st I did attend the safety meeting with our safety yeah with
113our safety group so that was nice and a lot of collaboration on the 3rd of February I did attend the Center High School first lunar Lunar New Year celebration and they did an amazing job they had amazing food and great tables activity tables I'm looking forward to the second Lunar New Year celebration I did tour Dudley Elementary and one thing about touring elementary schools is the administration receives so much love from their students from high fives to fist bumps to hugs to just you know hey Mr homesley hi Mrs Warner um it was just really fun to see and there was so much positivity we observed Mr homsley was busy in a meeting so Mr and I Lara and I did visit and watch the lunch recess and you could just see all the kids
114and I believe it was first and sixth right for second and second and six third and six together and they were actually engaged together having activities and it was really cool to see um Mr laryn and I and Mr homsley and Miss Warner also visited Marcy Phillips classroom she's an ell teacher and what a great representation of the many cultures in our community um it's just another way of we support each other is great um and every classroom we visited all the students were engaged and they were learning and it was positive and the curriculum activities in many classrooms were all centered around black history a month so I want to thank you for doing that for our district uh the facilities meeting this more this month was at Rex Fortune Elementary so we did
115a quick tour of that um I did attend the ASB student meeting and um I tell you those students are concise uh 20-minute meetings they did a great job Mr President and um it was just very good and very organized so great job future board members I see I also attended the land transfer hearing with Mr Lair Mr ballen um September 10th was the honor roll breakfast like 630 students they have approximately 630 students and 240 right that attended the breakfast so congratulations Ryle student March 6th is the annual Saint baldrick's event at Spinelli from 10 to 1 30 and I encourage anybody that would want to attend I've attended everyone and um it's just very moving so I would like I'll be going to that one again Mr Lair did share with us the
116Royal Siva Club they've been busy in their Studio producing their daily bulletins which is shared throughout the school February 3rd their teacher feature was Mrs Kennedy and some fun facts about Mrs Kennedy she graduated from UC Chico her favorite color is black she enjoys archery which which is cool it's surprising but she enjoys archery and I have to ask her about this but a race car driver inspired her to teach that's interesting um The Daily Bulletin also had a segment on Black History Month and introducing Bessie Coleman who was the first African-American to have international pilot's license so thank you Royal students for doing that and great job students and Mrs topper I do want to share with you and I'm going to read an email that was shared with me the email is written
117by Oak Hills vice principal Mrs Oliver and she writes I wanted to send a shout out to a shout out and a thank you to our amazing Transportation Department for going above and beyond to support the needs of our families bright and early this morning we have a fourth grade student who was overflowed from Spinelli in January they had never used the bus so they had no because they were unsure of the pickup time the family arrived at Oak Hill at 7 15 to discover that they missed the bus we were preparing to give them a ride to Spinelli but unsure of booster seats and the logistics when the transportation department went out of their way to save the day a bus driver was in the nearby vicinity and they made a special trip to
118transport the student to school the mother the student's mother was beyond appreciative thank you all so very much we appreciate our Center Joint Unified School team and I want to thank Mrs Oliver for sharing this email for everybody and thank you transportation department thank you transportation department it's just another way that we support ourselves and we work together as a team um that is my board report so for advanced planning our future our next board meeting is on March 15th I'm right here in the annex at six o'clock oh Mr Lair is here you guys are superintendent has made the meeting would you like to share your board report so I I would like to add a few things you did most of you uh in your reports covered items that I participated in so
119I'll keep mine a little bit brief but two two things maybe three maybe four uh one was Miss Pope you mentioned uh transportation in that email another uh story of Staff coming together we had a parent that called us after hours uh panicked that their child had left their cell phone on a bus and the individual sitting to my right went up on the transportation after hours got the cell phone and personally drove the cell phone out to the very tip top of our district to give it to that family so I want to acknowledge Carol's effort uh Carol Hunt's efforts in that and then also slip in it was her birthday on Sunday so happy birthday [Music] thank you I I also think that we work in a we all work in a very
120difficult uh profession whether you're a transportation whether you're a food service whether you're a teacher whether you're a superintendent whether you're a board member whether you're a principal whatever and I think it's important that we acknowledge and thank everyone for the work because these items that you're doing and talking about are only made happen or only made happen by the work that everyone in this District does for the benefit of a lot of the people in this room so we think I thank everyone for their role and contribution in that the one that stood out to me was today I was in a meeting in a room that is co-shared with a one of our social workers social worker was out today uh the person had to put a note on the door because there
121were many so many kids I lost count that were coming in to meet with the social worker and so to me what that just reminded me what a great job our our counselors our social workers are doing for for the students of our district um and then I got to to finish out my afternoon today before coming to the meeting here where uh went on a tour I invited myself with principal Farrell for Rex Fortune uh was able to tour with the four newest teachers of Rex Fortune Elementary they were able to go in and see it under construction so Mr Farrell thank you for making that happen sorry I crashed it Miss hunt and I uh she hadn't seen it since it had gone up but it was just a really a great experience
122and to see the excitement of our our teachers and as the staff starts to build that school up there it's a great experience so with that I think y'all cover the rest of my report thank you thank you Mr layer I won't miss you next month I promise um Advanced planning March 15th right here in the boardroom at the annex at six o'clock suggested business name business items I do have naming of the CTE buildings that was talked about last month so we'll continue that as a suggested item is there any others about um bringing the names back for um board position are we going to be at that point how long are we going to keep it open no so we don't the the posting would go out it'll go out March 1st through
123I think it was the 17th we're trying to have a bigger window so it'll go up to the board meeting and then April will be where the candidates will be in degree why do we wait so long we're trying to keep a window open so it gives more people an opportunity instead of having a smaller window I wanted to make sure we opened it up so more people might have an opportunity and so I have a couple things we have to take care of and then we'll post it we want to get word out about it too so April is within the timeline so the person would be um named hopefully at that thank you Miss um Mr superintendent Lair for your commitment to attempting to reach a more diverse population and to really publicize
124the vacancy um so that more people may have the opportunity um to actually apply and perhaps we can get some representatives of the diverse members of the community there sitting on that board that would be amazing you're welcome is there any other suggested business items okay the board will not continue closed session and we adjourn the meeting at 8 15. you're good