001Good evening. The board of trustees meeting for May 20 May 12th, 2026 is called to order at 5:30 p.m. Please let the record reflect that trustee Keron, trust trustee uh Harmon Singh and trustee uh Jasper are not sad are not present. Uh what are the wishes of the board on the agenda? Thank you. I have a motion by trustee Singh. I have a second by trustee uh sellers sellers. Okay. Actually, we have a request to table under information or under action. >> Is this approve the harvest elementary roof repair? >> Yes, ma'am. Okay. Correct. Okay, we'll just leave the agenda. We'll just we'll just make that announcement during um the action item. Okay, I have a motion by Trusty Singh. I have a second by Vice President Sers. All in favor of approving the agenda,
002please say I. Any oppose? Nay. Any abstensions? Motion carries. And then please let the record reflect that trustee uh Sadu has joined us at 5:32. Um at this time we'll take any comments from the public on any of the close session items. So this is an opportunity for any member of the public to address the board on any close session items. The number to call if you do not wish to provide one a comment uh in in the room is 559-276 3150. Board President, 30 seconds have passed and there's no callers at this time. >> Okay. Hearing no comments from the public, we will now adjourn into close session and return to open session as soon as we conclude closed. Thank you everyone. Hey. Come on, Yes. Yeah. Keep down. Donkey. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat.
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004oh. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Come here. Yes. Yeah. Hey, hey, hey. Thank you. You around. Hey Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. N. Heat. Hey, Oh, oh, oh. Hey, Heat. Heat. N. Oh, hey. Hey, Oh, heat. Hey. Hey. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey. Hello. Hey. Heat. Heat. Yes. Yeah. What's up? Good evening. The board reconvenes to open session. Items to report from close session. Uh Trusty Kuron joined us at 5:37 p.m. Uh Trustee Harmon Singh joined us at 5:39 p.m. The board approved the certificated personnel report by a motion by Trusty Sedu, a second by Trustee Keron. Motion carried unanimously. Um, classified personnel report was also approved uni unanimously. A motion by trustee Kirk and a second by trustee Harmon Singh. Um, additional items to report. The board took action
005to accept uh the late claim on GHC0088738. A motion was made by Trustee Kirk and a second was made um by me. And then the board took action to deny the claim GHC 0088738. A motion was made by Trusty Kirk. I seconded that motion. We had six yes votes and we had Vice President Sers abstain from that action. Okay, that concludes our reportable action from close session. Uh we will now move on to our pledge of allegiance. If we can have vice president Sers please lead. Thank you. Uh we move on to our community engagement information. Uh we will invite our interpreter translators and begin with Mr. Lazo. >> Good evening. If you wish to address the board, please call 559-276-3150 or fill out a request form provided on the table near the entrance and
006submitted to the clerk of the board prior to the meeting. If you wish to speak on an item on the agenda, please do so when that item is called. If you wish to speak on an item not on the agenda, you may speak during the public comment section of the agenda. The district welcomes other language speakers to the board meetings. Anyone planning to attend an an interpreter for a language other than Spanish should call 559-274-4700 extension 10150 by noon on the Friday preceding the board meeting or at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting so arrangements can be made for an interpreter. Thank you. >> Thank you. Fore meeting. for translator. Thank you. We move on to our presentations. Uh we will first hear from our school activities uh presentations. Justin Garza High School
007preval. Did I say that? Probably new Paul. Good evening members of the board, administrators, staff, students, and community members. My name is Provin, and I'm honored to serve as a ASB president at Justin Garza High School. As we head towards the end of the school year, I'm excited to share some of the amazing accomplishments, events, and moments that have brought our school committee together over the past few months. First, we incredibly proud of our theater program for receiving a Rita Award nomination. This recognition reflects the hard work, talent, and dedication of our students and advisers who continue to elevate the arts at Justin Garza. Their passion and creativity have made a lasting impact on our campus culture, and we are so excited to see our program continue to grow and gain recognition. Another memorable event
008this spring was our Garza Palooa, which took place right before spring break. Students had the opportunity to relax, connect with friends, and celebrate the end of the quarter with activities like slime making, popcorn, music, and games. Events like these are important because they help strengthen school spirit and create positive experiences for the students outside the classroom. We also recently hosted our open house where families had the opportunity to visit classrooms, celebrate student achievement, and connect with teachers and programs across campus. During this time, we also highlighted our scholastic awards and recognized students for their academic excellence and dedication. It was inspiring. It was inspiring to see so many students being celebrated for their hard work and accomplishments. In addition, our prom this year was a huge success. Students had an unforgettable night filled with music,
009dancing, and memories that will last a lifetime. A great deal of planning and effort went into prom went into prom, making it special. And it was amazing to see our students come together and enjoy such an important milestone in their high school experience. Looking ahead, this Thursday we'll be hosting our validictorian dinner and senior awards recognition where we will honor some of the outstanding students in the class of 2026 for the academic achievements, leadership, and contributions to our school community. We're excited to celebrate the dedication and perseverance of our seniors as they prepare for graduation and the next chapter of their lives. We are also excited for for our spring rally coming up next Friday featuring a Monsters Inc. inspired theme. Our students and leadership teams have been working hard to create an energetic and
010engaging rally that celebrates school spirit, creativity, and student involvement. We are looking forward to bringing our student body together once again as we finish the school year strong with fun performances, exciting games, and plenty of school pride. Overall, this semester has been filled with growth, achievement, and unforgettable moments for our students and staff at Justin Garza High School. On behalf of ASV, I want to thank our teachers, administrators, families, and community members for continuously supporting our teachers and students, sorry, and helping create opportunities for them to succeed both inside and outside the classroom. Thank you. >> Thank you. And before you leave, you also received a scholarship earlier. Yes, I did. >> Do we have any other students? I don't see all the faces. I don't see anyone else I recognize. >> Okay. Will you
011just tell us which scholarship you received and then where you plan to go to college? >> I received the Karen Davis Memorial Scholarship and I'll be attending UC Berkeley this fall. >> Yes. So, congratulations. >> Thank you. >> Next, we will hear from a representative from class, Ross Shabir. and then pronounce that correctly because I'm sure I got it wrong. >> Uh, Chver. >> Chver. Got it. >> And you can move the mic up. >> Sorry. >> Yeah. No, no, no. Just for your comfort. >> Good evening, Board President Coreo, Superintendent, Dr. Marshall, and governing board members. My name is Ross Chver and I'm a 12th grade student at class and looking forward to meeting my graduation requirements within the next week. I began attending class at the beginning of my junior year in August
0122024. Following my admission to class, I have excelled in ways that seemed possible previously. I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to attend such a wonderful school. Additionally, I thank you all for the opportunity to present tonight. Our students enrolled in both our tenative school and adult school have been progressing well, highlighted by robust enrollment in both schools with 294 students enrolled in our alternative school and 535 students enrolled in our adult school. After the conclusion of the third quarter for our alternative school, all students and families received our third quarter progress reports, which includes specific information regarding all the courses we took during the third quarter, and the grades and number of credits each course receives. At class, we recently celebrated African-American History Month in February, Women's History Month in March, and Asian-American/Pacific Islander
013Month during April. The staff created informative and inspirational bulletin boards highlighting the valuable and significant societal contributions made by individuals representative of these three ethnic origins and demographics who have elevated our society and culture through their extraordinary achievements and accomplishments. Many of our alternative school students recently in attended an educational field trip to Gazebo Gardens where they were introduced to and learned about various plants and trees. Several other students recently attended a student incentive field trip to a Fresno Grizzlies baseball game at Chukchansy Park. All of our high school students continue to have the opportunity to attend Saturday Live, having increased after spring break from being offered in the first and third Saturday of every month every Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday Live serves an additional opportunity for us to come in
014and receive additional support from teachers, take unit assessments, complete instructional units. Through May 9th, attendance at Saturday Live has been growing with an average of 18 students attending to improve their academic standing. The previous Saturday, we had 28 students attend. Our students are being routinely awarded for maintaining good attendance and for completing all their assigned work. This was recently highlighted by our third quarter student academic awards. Over 100 students were recognized for their achievement with the presentation of a certificate along with popcorn and treats in the principal's office. Our third nurse assistant training program cohort of the year graduated and participated in their pinning ceremony on April 24th. The large majority of our NATP graduates have taken and passed their state certification exam, both written and skill assessments and are now employed as certified nurse
015assistants. We are in the middle of our fourth and final cohort of the 2025 2026 school year. Central Adult School recently offered a brand new forklift certification training course during spring break at Central High School where 13 students enter earned their forerating certification. Since this inaugural course, we are realizing there is a strong demand within our community for additional resources which we plan to offer again during the 2026 2027 school year. The students in our adult transition program are connections continue to make great strides towards gaining independence and learning to navigate society as a young adult by participating in valuable work experience via community- based instruction three to four times each week. An example of our continued community and business partnerships are the Fresno Chaffy Zoo, Round Table Pizza, the Valley Animal Center, and the
016Student Dining Hall of Fresno State University. We have just recently ga garnered three new business partnerships with Poppy's Mexican Grill, Me and Eds, and Lotus Gardens Nursery. With the spring summit of testing session, our alternative school students are in the midst of taking our CAA SP state assessments, while our adult school students are preparing to take their fourth quarter state assessments next week. Throughout the entire week, all of our amazing teachers and staff are being recognized and treated extra special for staff appreciation highlighted by a catered lunch for all of them tomorrow. Like myself, dozens of students who attend class are excited and preparing to graduate on June 10th in the ceremony. Lastly, over 100 of our alternative school students and several connection students are looking forward to attending our summer programs. Thank you and
017good evening. >> Thank you. and congratulations on staying on track to reach your graduation requirements. Let's give both of our students and graduating seniors a big round of applause. Thank you. And we look forward to seeing you during graduation, which the graduation dates are on your trusty calendar. Take a look at them. Make sure you add them to your personal calendar. It's a a great time to celebrate uh our graduating students. And with that, we move on to our employee recognition. I'll turn it over to Dr. Childs. >> Yes. Good evening, President Kadillo, members of the board, and superintendent Dr. Marshall. Our first employee recognition that we would like to introduce and present tonight is Melissa Wright Via Lobos, who is the director of climate, culture, and social emotional learning. Good evening, members of the
018board, President Coreo, and Superintendent Marshall. I'm deeply honored to serve as the director of educational climate, culture, and social emotional learning for Central Unified. My journey to this position has been dedicated to one goal, ensuring that every student has the learning environment and social emotional support they need to thrive. I've seen this work from every angle, starting in the classroom as a teacher, moving into sightbased leadership, and most recently serving as a tier one climate and culture specialist at the district level. Furthermore, my work on the California Department of Education's SEAL advisory team has allowed me to assist in shaping guidelines and indicators at the state level. These experiences have collectively prepared me to understand both the highlevel state and district strategy and the daily classroom reality of this work. My immediate focus is on
019building scalable systems and protocols that move this essential climate and culture work across every school in our district. By creating a proactive dataininformed culture, we can ensure that every student is supported early and effectively. This systemwide approach will ensure that general education support is so robust that we maximize success for all students within their primary learning environments. In this new role, I am committed to ensuring our climate culture and seal efforts aren't just initiatives but the very heartbeat of our schools. I look forward to partnering with our educators, families, students, and interest holders to create environments where every student is safe, seen, and supported. Thank you for your trust, and I'm ready to get to work. Thank you. >> Thank you. I would now like to call up Director Hinkle as she presents the Captain
020Implementation Award. >> Good evening, Board President Couo, Trustees, and Superintendent Dr. Marshall. The California Autism Professional Training and Information Network or CAPT is a statewide cross agency network focused on implementing evidence-based practices or EBPs for individuals with autism through the dedication of Fresno County Superintendent of Schools, Representatives Heidi Baldwin and Melissa Rose. Riverbluff has significantly enhanced its EBP implementation. We are proud to recognize Noami Almeida, our school psychologist who's unable to be here tonight. Sarah Sanders, our speech language pathologist, and Stacy Stanger, our TK SDC teacher, for their exceptional fidelity in implementing visual Q strategies for autism. Their deep commitment to studying and applying these evidence-based practices is highly commendable, directly contributing to student success and improved outcomes at Riverbluff. To honor their dedication, these team members will be celebrated at the annual captain summit
021next fall, recognized among 450 plus captain cadre committee members from across California for their outstanding efforts. Thank you Sarah, Stacy, and Noamy. So, we welcome you to come shake our hands if you'd like >> and to take a photo with us also if you'd like. Thank you. And as the board is seated, our final employee recognition will be um presented by area administrator Mark Fowler. >> All right. Good evening, Board President Curio, Superintendent Dr. Marshall, and trustees. Tonight, it is my honor to introduce and celebrate Shauna Soua for recently being elected to the California Association of Directors of Activities. This appointment reflects both professional excellence and a strong commitment to student activities, leadership development, and the advancement of a positive school culture. We are recognizing Shauna tonight to acknowledge her service that provides meaningful opportunities
022that highlight the importance of professional leadership, volunteerism, and the advancement of student activities in our district. Congratulations, Shauna. Thank you and congratulations to all that we recognized today. We move on with our employee association highlights. We first invite Laura Bolton, Central Unified Teachers Association President. Good evening. All right. So, um it's awards season and scholarship season, so I've got things like that to share with you. Um so, I can finally tell you the um the name of the person who won a $1,000 um grant from California Casualty. Um they it it's William Thomas at um Glacier Point. Um he won that $1,000 u or yeah, for um his tennis team. So, it'll go towards the tennis team at Glacier Point. Um also from Glacier Point, um the um the track team had a fantastic um
023valley meet um uh result. Kimmani Davis came in third in the 100 me um 100 meter dash uh in the at the Valley meet. Swan Lawrence um is um the valley champion. Um won the 100 meter and the 200 meter and broke um Olympian Jenna Pandini's record time in the 100 meter. Um, and both qualified for the Nike Outdoor Nationals um, for the 100 meter. Um, Madison finally got a marquee. They're very excited. I think they're about the last one to get a marquee actually. So, it's good. Um, Riverbluff shared um that their pyramid band performance with um Rio Vista and East um was wonderful and they wanted to give kudos to all who performed in that um in that performance. And then um I also want to share that um CUDA has um scholarships
024that we give out. Um we donate um to the transition scholarship for our um functional life skills students that are adult um transition students heading into the work world the community. Um that scholarship has been around since 2012 and um and we're proud to be able to participate in it. Whatever funds they they gather, they divide up by the students um that that they're offering it to. So they've got I believe four students this year that will divvy up the pot. Um and then um Michaela Gonzalez uh at East, Kaden Plan at Central High School, and Elijah Maldonado at Garza all received um the Cuda scholarship um for $750. Um also, um Central High School has uh this wonderful document for me. They're keeping track of all the positives, so I'm going to just give
025you a couple of of really key ones. um their Grizzly Theater Company um opened their inaugural musical, High School Musical. Um they had a crew of 30 students plus their two teachers, Courtney Grim and Scott Seagull. Um Ag has continued to to absolutely slay. Um all the same kiddos that we've been um acknowledging, but I do want to um point out um that they also work on bringing up the next generation of kiddos into Agg. So, um the A department hosted an eighth grade ice cream social for their incoming freshmen who've enrolled in a class um to get them um started with a program and see what what is available to them. Um and then RO um all their programs competed at the Career Skills Challenge at Fresno City College and um received many honors
026and medals. Um ROP criminology earned second place in the crime scene investigation. Um, and their sports teams, which again kind of new for them. Um, swim and dive. Um, Leo Hernandez broke the Central High School record with 11 dives. And, um, the rest of their teams are doing really well as well. Um, their classified employee of the year, two years in a row, um, has come from from Central High School. So, they're pretty proud of that. Um, and then, um, they held their annual career day. Um and they uh they made sure that all students had the opportunity to attend. This is the first time that that's happened. Um let's see. And then finally, band and winter guard. Um successful spring season achieving um higher points than before in all their other competitions, but they
027came in second and third place silver and bronze. Um, in addition, the the Central High School band um will um increase from 28 in their first year to 30 years. 30 30 in um years past. I'm reading that wrong. I'm sorry. Apologies. I I definitely didn't do well with that one. Okay. And last one. Last one. This is a really important one and it's in bold with stars. 28 of their senior class of 2026 will receive their AA degree and eight students will receive their Gatsy, which is the completion of all general education coursework. That's amazing. Thank you. >> Thank you. Oh, I see her now. Next, we invite um the president for the California School Employees Association, Angie Agiri. Make sure the mic is on. The light needs to be green. Perfect. >> Thank
028you. I always forget that. Uh, good evening, Dr. Marshall board members. I'd like to recognize the following bus drivers who qualified for the state rodeo in Bakersfield on March 24th. Ricky Woods, Brian Rodriguez, Tony Heros, Robert Munoz, Maria Munoz, Larry Cervantes, Sophia Cario, Vera Rios, Gamina Ortega, and Carrie Linder. These divers worked hard uh to earn their place at the state competition and helped raise funds for the event by creating and selling baskets. In addition, our chapter donated $1,200 to assist in the cost of the rooms, gas, and food expenses. Uh since these employees are representing the district and using district buses while attending this event, I would like the district to consider helping fund a portion of the expenses in the future years as a way to show support uh for our employees represent
029the district at the state level. Uh we are very proud of our drivers. A lot of them go every year and they fund raise every year and we donate as much as we can to help them so they don't come out of pocket. So I just want to wish them the best of luck. Thank you. >> Thank you. We move on to our superintendent board communications. We'll first hear from Dr. Marshall, our superintendent. >> Got you. Thank you. Uh I can echo Lori, you kind of stole my thunder a little bit as far as a lot of the accolades and we are going to have some of the athletes from uh Central High School to come back next month. Uh because there's lot a lot of accolades there. Uh it's uh this is the time
030of the year a lot of culminating activities and ceremonies. Um I had a chance to attend the uh Central High School A Boosters um event this p on Saturday. Very interesting experience as far as bidding on items and stuff and people take it very seriously, you know, but I but that that um as far as the fan that I won, I mean it's in my backyard, so that's good. Uh as far as some student accolades, as far as our elementary students, they went to the f they were at the Fresno County Science Olympiad and they brought home over 70 medals. Two of our uh students at Justin Garca High School were nominated for the Rita Rita Moreno Theater Musical Awards on May 18th in San Jose. So our students are doing great things. Uh some
031staff accolades, uh Dr. Lopez, we got a notification from Rotary Foundation that she's a fellow uh for the uh what's that? Paul um what's his name? >> So it's one of the highest distinctions for community. Can I just say something about that? >> These awards are given to us but in leadership roles we know that it's not us alone. So I just want to say thank you to the staff that work under my departments and for the staff that I've worked with over the years. I've known Rotary since Fresno Unified for all their work because they know that it takes a village and I just want to say thank you to them. >> Thank you. All right. And then also a lot of us attended the um foundation for central school scholarship award ceremony and
032it was nice to see so many of our students out you know being recognized uh and staff members for their accomplishments and I also learned I think we had talked about this a little at the last meeting that our district received the district star award. So I'll let you kind of talk about that briefly. Good evening. We have a synergistic who has been working with our school district for last couple of years regarding uh energy usage management and planning. President Coreo, uh members of the board, uh >> make sure the mic is on. There should be a green light. >> I think it's on. I'm just not speaking into it very apologize. Uh thank you for giving us the opportunity to to be before you. I think one of my colleagues had an opportunity to
033be before you here a couple of weeks ago, shared with you the fact that uh Central Unified School District is a best-inclass school district as it relates to its uh focus on energy conservation, its focus on fiscal responsibility, its focus on environmental responsibility. what we did not get an opportunity to do much of uh when uh she was here last week speaking to that and awarding a scholarship that was associated with that best-in-class uh recognition was what that was uh associated with. You have in front of you a document that speaks to some of the things specifically that your district has done that has qualified you as a best-in-class organization. And think about this, you know, if if you can focus with me on this just a little bit. The district chose to partner with
034our company uh back in 2021. The idea being that we were going to help you conserve energy. We were going to help you conserve water. You were motivated by stewardship. Stewardship of our environment, stewardship of of uh your district's finances. What you ended up doing was reducing your energy consumption by over 20%. Your energy consumption per square foot by over 20%. That's translated over the last nearly five years into about $4 million you did not have to send to utility companies. That also translated into an environmental impact equivalent of somewhere around 24 million miles driven. the the carbon emissions associated with uh driving a car 24 million miles. My point in all of this is well just ask yourself for just a moment what if every school district in this state was was doing what
035you've done. You have set such an example and I do not want anyone to here to to misunderstand that or take that for granted because it did not happen you know just by chance. It happened because there was a focused effort to partner and and do the right things and these are the results from those. Now I also want to recognize you uh for something more than just synergistics. uh statement that you are best in class. Uh we also want to present uh this evening uh recognition uh that I would call sort of independent validation of what you've done. Uh it's one thing for Synergistic, the company that's partnered with you for the last nearly 5 years to say all these great things. It's another thing for you to hear it from your federal government,
036more specifically the Environmental Protection Agency. I think somebody has a a clicker that we can advance this slide. have a short video I'd like for you to see. Congratulations to Central Unified School District on 3 years of Energy Star building certifications. In 2025, Central USD earned 12 Energy Star certifications and is one of only 12 districts in California to receive this recognition. Over 80% of Central USD's eligible buildings now carry the Energy Star designation. On average, Energy Star certified buildings use 35% less energy, cause 35% fewer greenhouse gas emissions, and are less expensive to operate than their peers. All without sacrifices in performance or comfort. To earn Energy Star certification, buildings are verified to perform in the top 25% nationwide for energy efficiency and meet strict ventilation standards. Biola Persing Elementary, Central East High School,
037Central Elementary, Central High School, Hanfantilly Elementary, Hernand Barstow Elementary, John Steinbeck Elementary, Madison Elementary, Norman Liddell Elementary, Pathway Community Day School, and Persing Continuation High School, Rio Vista Middle School, River Bluff Elementary. >> On behalf of everyone at Synergistic, thank you for allowing us to serve you. We want to continue to serve you for many years to come. And part of what we've left with you is is a proposal that goes to a a potential extension of our contract. But most importantly, when you look at that, understand that we as a company also understand what's going on in school districts across our country today. Uh we want to be we want to continue to be a part of the solution. Uh, and once again, thank you very much for allowing us to do that and
038congratulations on not just being recognized as bestin-class, but being res recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency as Energy Star certified. >> Thank you. Award like to the superintendent and the board president. >> Thank you very much. Do you guys want to >> Yeah. You have three minutes left on your presentation. >> I'm almost done. All right. As far as uh you have uh two more points that I want to make real quick. Uh I'm going to be doing give submitting to you into the community two items. one as far as I do like on my entry plan when I came in I I like to do a self-evaluation on things that I felt that I was able to do accomplish and then what's left some things that I missed out on. And then the next
039document that this is more of a community district-wide type um communication. I want to look, you know, if you look at what are the critical issues in public schools in California and I'm framing that from the perspective of our readiness as a school district for those items. There are five of them, you know, in terms of when and I so when I list them here, it's all based on the, you know, the state of California as a whole. And then I'm going to frame it from where we stand as a district in terms of our um situation. One, as far as uh the fiscal situation. Second, uh governance and restructuring. If you're as you're aware there's some uh at the state level there's a a move of a foot to change that structure as far
040as the in public instruction superintendent going to a different type model. Uh another topic student achievement and academic recovery as far as um more of an emphasis on results uh new policies in classroom environment. I mean the two things that stand out the most are as far as one thing we've been dealing with as a district as far as the upcoming cell phone policy and then artificial intelligence. How are we how are we ready for that? And then the last topic as far as our our readiness in terms of our workforce challenges because uh public education a lot of people not going into that industry in in this current time. So basically I'm just going to give a kind of just what I see as a status report for the district kind of where we
041are and get feedback. So that's my report. Thank you. >> Thank you Dr. Marshall. We move on to our student board report. Do you either student trustee wish to speak? Go ahead. Hello everyone. Um, I'm just gonna say some stuff that because I was gone three weeks. I'm just going to summarize some stuff. Um, Friday and Saturday we went on a theater lab Garza East and um, West. We all went and it was a two-day thing and it was really fun. We It was the first time doing it, so I feel really honored to be able to go. We met some amazing people including Audrey McDonald. If you guys don't know her, she's won six Tony Awards. So, I'm really um happy that I got to meet her. I also had a wonderful experience working
042in High School Musical Ensemble. So, I was really happy for that. Next, I'm going to have Amira summarize some feedback about the phone policy. >> Um uh is that all you have to say? >> Okay. I was just going to state with a little recap of what's going on at East. Uh recently we do have a phone petition uh going around schools. There's been a lot of students and staff upset with the new decision. I'm also going to go into other issues going around campus with uh attention to our computer science program. We have a lot of students upset by the news shutting of the shutting down of Mr. McDall's class. We want to bring attention to um the fact that he's brought great opportunities and supported many kids' careers and just offered a lot
043of support. and we urge you guys to reconsider. Thank you. >> Thank you both. Uh then we'll turn to board reports. Before I turn the floor over, um I do just want to share with everyone that we did host the or the foundation hosted the 10 years of scholarship giving uh last week and both uh trustee Harmon Singh and Vice President Sers and I were there um to just witness the the growth uh of this program. What started as giving uh a handful of scholarships in memory of um Janessa RmIrez has now become uh an opportunity to award a number of our students. And I'm just amazed by the growth that our executive director uh has really developed uh with the foundation but also uh the gifts that our community has given and your commitment
044from those who have served as our teachers and principles and and have been a part of our Centry Unified community. Thank you very much for continuing to support uh our students. And then um the scholarship has officially the scholarship portion of it has officially uh determined that they will award nine uh scholarships in memory of Janessa Ramirez. Uh and so that'll continue moving forward. And so again, just thank you very much and congratulations to all of our students who received those scholarships. And with that, yes, let's give those students a big round of applause. Thank you. if anyone missed it and you'd like to see our students, I do still have a program so I'm happy to share that. Uh and then uh Trustee Sadu and I'll go around if anyone else wishes to speak.
045>> Yes, I just wanted to uh share really quickly that every year uh the American Nurses Association celebrates nurses week. Um so today's the last day of uh the the week for 2026. So, I just wanted to give a shout out to all my fellow nurses, LVN, CNAs, all healthcare heroes really, uh, for always working the front lines. And then a special shout out to my most favorite nurse, my mom. Uh, the most hardworking nurse I know. Is there any other board member wishing to speak? Okay, hearing nothing further, we'll move on to our comments from the public. Uh so this item is for any comments on any non-aggenda items. We've allocated a maximum of 20 minutes uh for people from the public to speak and address the board uh with a maximum of three
046minutes which will be adjusted depending on how many speakers we have. Uh do we have a count on the number of speakers for tonight? >> President Korea we have I think about 11 speakers. Okay. Do we have any phone? How many do we have? Do we know? Two. Okay. Um, so let's uh allow two minutes for each individual to speak. I know that exceeds our 20 minutes, but that will hopefully give um sufficient time for you to provide your comment. >> Okay. Um, thank you. Our first comment is coming from uh Scott Donahe. And Mr. Don, will you wait just a few seconds while we technical difficulties? Thank you. >> Thank you for your patience. You may begin when you're ready. Bonire. Good evening. My name is Mr. Scott Donnag, French instructor at Central East
047High School. as a teacher of 28 years, all of which has been within Central Unified. I look across and I see a lot of former students, parents of former students, a lot of you that uh know who I am. You know, I have a vast knowledge of the district and I have a passion for teaching which is contagious. My lot my knowledge of the administration support staff and teaching staff is extensive as I have taught at Central High, Central East, Justin Garza High, and even Rio Vista Junior High. So when I tell you that the loss of Mr. allow Mcdow from our school will be detrimental to the academic and mental health of our campus. I do not speak in hyperbole. My understanding of Mr. McDow as a colleague and as an individual goes beyond
048service level. From code club events on large scale and shared projects, he and I even faced down a tornado forming just miles from the school together in a classroom with two dozen frightened students. This experience revealed a caring man who used humor and levity to calm those students that afternoon. I cannot even begin to explain to you the awe inspiring curriculum and content that he employs which deeply and positively affects his students and our school at large in so many ways and you will hear from a lot of those students today. I also wonder has the person or persons wanting to make this change even stepped into the space that he has created for his students? Have you even toured and seen what the students have created there? I stand in solidarity with these students
049behind me and Mr. McDow to simply say that we do not support this change. It is unwarranted, uninformed, and just wrong. If your goal is to save money, send out a survey to the staff. We will tell you where the waste is anonymously. His technology courses, which include computer science, which implements a 3D design components, dual enrollment for cyber security program, and esports club and competitive gaming team, which is CIF recognized, is amazing. So, I had more to say, but in conclusion, all of you have the power to save this man's job and programs here at Central East High School. Please use that power. Thank you. Our next comment comes from Lyall McDow. Members of the board, families, students in attendance, and those joining us online. I thank you for your time tonight. My name
050is Lyall Mcdell. I teach computer science at Central East High School. There's these are a few facts of the programs we're proposing to cut and the voices the students who negatively ne negatively be affected by these changes. Computer science is a part of our daily lives. We can see it apparently here tonight. We live the way we live, the way we interact, the way we learn. Students must have fundamental skills and fundamental knowledge of computer science technology to succeed in both college and career. It can be argued that we should have more computer science classes instead of instead of and graduation be part of a graduation requirement rather than cutting the only option students currently have. The central computer science program consists of five courses. These are the only courses courses taught by computer science
051on this campus. We cover the spectrum of such things as fundamental computer skills, online application, relevant topics such as social media, artificial intelligence, 3D printing, and graphic design. We've recently established relationship with Fresno City College and created a dual enrollment cyber security computer science certificate program where students can learn college credits attending Central East High School. Cutting the computer science course of the high school would put our students at a disadvantage. Every industry learning institution career path requires basic computer skills and experience. We as education institution should be building and not dismantling our technology computer science courses to ensure that we prepare our students for techdriven economy. The 3D printing club consists of 25 active members. Our students have designed, printed and created, market and sold their own items. The computer science and 3D design
052club has collaborated with the family science club, the French club, life skills class, drama department, music department, football program, basketball uh team, tennis team, golf team, soccer team, leadership, and the school at large. We have created awards, signs, trophies, and many other items for the central community and beyond. The community, the computer science program consists of high rigger course and new college and career pathway. In a world where all students must have must use technology, we as a district are rolling out a 1:1 Chromebook next year. and is more relevant now than ever to >> Thank you, Mr. McDall. >> Our next comment is from Theo Ecman. Um, good evening. Is this on? Um I'm here to show my support for Mattal's computer science class. Um I just have a few points to talk about.
053Um firstly is Ma Mal's class has majorly helped me with my future career. Um at the beginning of my school year in Central East High School, um I had no clue what career I wanted for my future. It's just hope I figure out in the future. But with in during his class, we have gone over all the different careers you can have in computer science and now have an idea for what job I want and what to focus on in the future. Um, next I wanted to learn things like coding for a very long time, but I just had no clue where to start and McDall's class gave an amazing um place to start learning these things. And now I've continued learning them some by myself at home. Um, and the main last thing I
054have to talk about is um, there's no other class like it at school. So if computer science is shut down and other students want to learn, there's just no other opportunity here. There's no chance for them. Um, if I delayed having computer science, like I wanted to take something the first year and then have it another year, I just wouldn't be able to have this opportunity and I would have missed it. And I think that's it. Thank you. Our next comment comes from Julian Reyes. >> Wait, is this on? Okay, >> good evening members of the board. I just want to talk about the current situation happening at Central East High School, which is the computer science program shutting down. And I want to talk about how that would heavily affect our school as a
055whole. Because computer science is like a really um like it's a course that is involved with a lot of majors, especially in college like electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, software engineering, computer engineering, things like that. And I just want to mention how um taking McDow's classes also helped me with my major because I took AP Compsite last year and it definitely helped me a lot into getting ahead in my degree or my major into electrical engineering. And I also want to mention how um getting getting rid of McDow from Central East High School and shutting down the computer science program also shuts down a lot of other programs like dual enrollment that would help kids get ahead in college and get to know what they want to do with that um with the knowledge that they
056learn from computer science into from being able to learn from those classes that they take into researching more into degrees and majors that they want to learn later on in the future and thinking, "Oh, I think I know what I want to take." And another thing I also want to mention is Mr. McDall is a really helpful and happy person. And last year I had a really bad experience at home. Personally, I won't say here, but um I didn't really want to share with any of my other teachers, but he was there for me and he definitely helped me like stay positive in school because um what what I had last year really affected my life heavily and Mr. Mr. McDow was definitely there to help me have like a voice in that class cuz
057I didn't really want to mention like my personal issues going on at home. Thank you. Thank you. Our next comment is from Christine Ledgerwood Flores. Thank you. I came here tonight with the hopes to yield my aotted time to one of these students to support them in their civic action to find that this was no longer an option. It is my understanding that this is due to one group who abuse this privilege. That's really unfortunate. As I feel these students in this room should not be punished for the actions of others. I am requesting that the board reconsider um the ability to yield time with guidelines um to avoid further issues but to allow the opportunity for future students and community members. Thank you. >> Thank you. Our next comment is from David uh Odmat.
058>> Sure. Our next comment is from Devia uh P. I'm sorry. I'm not trying to pronounce the final name. >> Uh Devin Fallony, >> I apologize. >> Um Devon PCO by the way, sir. >> Thank you. >> Hello board members of our central unified. I am here to um point out um our concerns about you your decision cutting our program from Central East. McD McDow's program not only um it's not only the only um other class we teach about computer science in our um district but uh apologies may maybe start I'm sorry his computer program Okay, Mr. McDall's computer program is the only class in our district to teach computer science. This is a critical um a critical skill we will really need in the far future such as graphic design, AI, electronics and whatnot.
059Cyber security as well. the these are these are positions that are constantly evolving to the point where they're more they're more accepting than the amount of uh jobs accepting people behind cash registers. But my point is this is a this is a really really critical skill we need in for our students. Your job as the board is to ensure our students are ready for college. not only college but for the competitive um uh job market we have here in our country but >> I believe I'm done. >> Thank you. Our next comment is from Dev Patel. Good evening board. Thank you for your time. My name is Dev Patel and I'm a junior at Central High School. Since my first hour of code in elementary school, I have known that code is going to be
060an important and pivotal part of my life. No and no person has been as pivotal to this journey as Mr. McDow has been. his class and his clubs have taught me skills that are necessary not only beyond high school and college but also in the job market. You know, whether it be teamwork, uh, design, networking, his classes and clubs have taught me all of that. And I find it heartbreaking that you guys have allowed it to be taken away from students at Central East. Um, we've talked about the class a lot, but I want to address the Bengal 3D Printing Club. I am a co-founder of this club. I've watched it start from just spreadsheets and order forms for 3D printers and filaments to a club that as you guys can see in the back,
061we have produced stuff and sold I think what almost four or five figures worth of profit and have almost I think 20 $30,000 worth of gear and equipment. And to see that all go and see the kids don't get to have the opportunity to learn stuff like that is heartbreaking. I ask you board to please reconsider to please help save not only computer science but 3D printing as well because without that kids won't be able to learn the skills that they need not only to succeed but not only to succeed past high school and college but also in the job market. I have personally like I I don't can't stress this enough. I have found a team. I have found some of my closest friends. I have an ally and a mentor that I can
062lean on anytime I need. Like one of uh like a previous student said, "Mr. McDow has not been just an amazing teacher, but an amazing mentor and person to all of his students and all of his club members over the last two or three years I've known him and over the last six years he's been teaching here. Lord, I please ask you to reconsider and to please help save computer science, Bengal 3D printing, and esports. Thank you for your time." >> Thank you. Uh our next comment comes from Michaela Bradshaw. Good evening. I am Mika Ella Bradshaw and I am a current student of Mr. McDow's. He has built three programs up from the bottom and he is still running them. And to see that all go is really heartbreaking because not only do they
063stand on their own, but they also collaborate with a lot of other clubs and other programs in the school. Um, it's really it really makes me sad that you guys would consider taking him away from Central East. Um, on the first day of school, he told us that we were people before students and that he would be there for us whenever we needed anything. And I think in high school that's something that's a that's someone you really need to to have around. When on the surveys, the panorama surveys when you get asked what teacher makes you feel comfort like do you have any teachers that make you feel comfortable? He is the teacher and we need him. And I've been I've I've been to Rio Vista. I was a Rio Vista student. I have siblings
064at Rio Vista and my mom works at Rio Vista. what he he's his goals and his program would not last there. They're not they don't have the like they don't have the mental preparedness for what he wants to implement in the students lives. He wants to make sure that that we are ready for college and ready for life and ready for a career. And when I was in middle school, I wasn't worried about that because I still had four years of high school. So, it it wouldn't have stuck with me. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Our next comment comes from Angel Blanchett. Good evening, board. My name is Angel Blanchett and I am a student of Mr. McDow's. I have been in his class for the last four years. Not all four years,
065but I've been in his class two of those four years. I have helped him with the 3D printing club. I have seen the members of the esports club. They practice a lot. They do a lot of things on their own time. From what I know that uh Mr. McDow has put his own money on the line with the 3D printing club to be able to help the students. He wants to make sure that the students have good opportunities. What I know that about Mr. McDow is that he risks a lot for his job for his for his students because he puts his students first before anything else. I know this because he has helped me a lot mentally and physically. He has helped me both in class and outside of class. Mr. McDow is an
066amazing teacher and a person. One last final thing is that about computer science. I knew I wanted to code since I went to to Hippity Middle School. And my old principal right here, most amazing principal I've had. Um, ever since Tibity Middle School, I knew I wanted to code a lot. And Mr. McDow has helped me learn coding more. But it's not just coding that he has helped me learn about. He has also taught me about the dangers of the internet, more risk about the internet, things that we shouldn't do on the internet. He has taught us a lot on the internet and computer science. So, it's really heartbreaking that the board has decided to get rid of computer science because he he's really passionate about this and I doubt that the kids at Rio
067Vista would even bat an eye towards it. Thank you. >> Thank you. Our next comment is from Micah Leon. Hello, my name is Michael Leon. From what I seen from Mr. Mcdow with his computer science along with esports, 3D printing club and so on including esports. McDow has changed many lives and he has inspired many students with working together with creativity and along with um along with uh people like Devon has uh built uh this um club from the ground up and has changed many lives to work as a family. Keeping this program will force this kind of stuff to live on, continuing to inspire future generations that will come along the line. Miss McDonald is a great man who cares a lot for his students and he and he deserves to continue to do
068what he does best. Thank you. >> Thank you. Uh last card I have is from David Odormat. probably one of the oldest people in the room besides a couple of you. >> Can you move? Can you lift the re? >> There we go. Thank you. As again, I'm probably one of the oldest people in this room with a few exceptions. I started off when computers were the size of this room. If I had had a chance to have had learning before I joined the workforce in the military, I was in the army. uh I would have had a a much better life in the force. I worked after I got out. I've worked with CNC's. I've worked with CADs. I've worked with all kinds of other computer aated things that I've had to learn from
069scratch. It's okay to cry, kid. But I know of at least two students who came to this school specifically for this class. My grandson is one of them. And I stand here for him. And I stand here for all the rest of us who wished we could have had a layup. Thank you and thank you for your service. >> Thank you. Do we have any other student or anyone else in the room that wishes to speak at this time? Okay. >> If you've already spoken, you're only limited to uh one comment. Yes. Okay. We will now move to uh any telephonic comments. >> Good evening, Chu. You have three minutes to address the board. Please make sure to turn down the volume on your listening device so we can hear you loud and clear. Again,
070you have three minutes and your time. Two minutes and your time starts now. >> Okay. Good evening, members of the board. Thank you for your time. My name is Truure. I was the former president of Mr. McDow's computer science club, a valadictorian and recipient of the scholar of excellence award at Central East High School. I was also recognized for completing Mr. McDow's computer science pathway at Central East. I'm speaking today because I am deeply concerned by the possibility of the only computer science pathway at Central East High School being shut down. This decision is not small or insignificant, but a decision that removes the only opportunity for students to explore the field of computer science. During my time as president, many students joined with little knowledge of computer science and came out with confidence, leadership
071skills, and the drive to pursue computer science. We developed video games, collaborated as part of teams, met important deadlines, and most importantly, it was the only place where students can share their passion for computer science. This is why I find this decision more frustrating. Considering that McDow holds the only computer science course on campus, shutting it down will effectively suppress the demographic of students who show ambition towards the field of computer science and strips away their opportunities to work on those skills. By going through this decision, it takes access away from every student and tells them that their passion is not valued. As a living example of what this program can do, this decision pains me this fee. Having opportunities to build confidence, direction, and software development skills in organizations like McDall's should not end
072where I left off. Many students have given their sweat and time to ensure McDow's clubs are active, opportunity rich, and most importantly, supportive to any outcasts who enjoys computer science. I respectfully but strongly ask the board to reconsider this decision. Do not take away a pathway that has already changed students lives. Do not show ignorance towards students ambitions and do not close the door on future students who deserve the same chance I had. Thank you for your time. >> Okay, hearing no further comments. I I just want to tell everyone that because the item is not agendaized, the board can't respond or have any discussion uh on this item and the the subject matter that you all are raising. But please know and I am certain that my colleagues and I are all listening and
073hearing your concerns. So thank you again for your public comments. Uh with that we move on to our consent agenda. What are the wishes of the board on the consent agenda? >> Motion to approve. >> Thank you. I have a motion by trusty Kurfon to approve the consent agenda. Is there a second? Second. >> I have a second by trustees seduce. Student trustees. How do you vote? I >> I board members. All in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any oppose? Nay. Any abstensions? Motion carries unanimously. We move on to our action items. Our first item is student discipline cases. What are the wishes of the board on this item? >> Motion to accept the uh district's recommendations. >> Okay. I have a motion by Vice President Sers to accept the recommendation uh in
074case number 2526 015. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Okay, I heard a second from Trustee Kirk first. Student trustees, how do you vote? I >> uh board members, all in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any oppose? I will register uh a no vote. Uh any abstensions? Motion carries. Uh six uh board members, two student trustees in favor, and I uh with a no vote. Item number two, accept gifts to the district. Uh, Assistant Superintendent Ekba. >> Okay. Good evening. We have three gifts today. Uh, tonight, Central High School received a donation of 500 from Vinco Food LC for the academic award ceremony. The second one is El Capitan Middle School received a donation of $1,000 from Ashwood Construction for the prep and cheer team. And the third one is Justin Gar
075High School received a donation of $6,4949 from Gordon Park McCormick Barcel law firm for the mock trial tournament. Administration is recommending the board accept gifts to the district. >> Thank you. And a special thank you to all of those that are giving these gifts in support of our students. With that, is there a motion to accept the gifts? >> I move to accept the gifts. >> Second. >> Thank you. I have a motion by Trustee Kirk. I have a second by trustee sadu to accept the gifts. Uh student trustees, how do you vote? >> I. >> Okay. Uh board members, all in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any oppose? Any abstensions? Uh please let the record reflect that we have um trustee Keron absent. And then one of our student trustees remind me
076her last name. Alzani. Trusty Alzani absent. Uh we move on to approve 2627 student and family services contracts. Assistant Superintendent Dr. Lopez. >> Good evening board of trustees um board president Garillo and superintendent Dr. Marshall. Uh the contracts being submitted renew support services for student and family services for the upcoming academic year starting with our summer programs. Uh I did provide the data the return on investment and I do want to let you know that there is a couple of the programs that we are evaluating currently. One of them being school status and I did discuss this in one of our board preps that this is an auto renewal language. So we have one more year with them. However, after discussing with them uh our concerns, they provided access to additional parts of the platform
077that we didn't have access to. And this year we've been evaluating the use of those additional services to see the effectiveness. I provide uh provided chronic absenteeism rate and decline for that specific um school status um program that we're using. Uh the other programs that we're evaluating are second step and even though you don't see Navigate 360 that is the SEO curriculum for the secondary that's also being evaluated. However, I was waiting for the hiring of the director role so we can evaluate that together for our district. The other programs are showing a pretty good outcome. one of them with Mo uh Laura Moyian. Please know this is just to close off the year through the summer. We are not intending on continuing because now if you notice the return on investment, we've created trainer
078of trainers out of this uh group of individuals that will continue training the rest of our district in restorative practices and that was the whole reason behind the grant using the grant to support and building that in our district. Um the other program CYS provides mental health services for our students that are uh level tier three considered tier three or plus. Uh these services have been used to meet some of the gaps in our district. We currently only have one LMFT and a social worker for the whole district. So they provide those services throughout the district for remaining sites especially Persing Pathway as well. I am happy to answer any questions you may have regarding any of the contracts. >> Thank you. Are there any questions? Student trustees, board members, trustee Kirk. >> Thank you,
079Dr. Lopez. We'll be getting um like a summary evaluation over the summer at a workshop about how these uh were effective over this academic year. >> So, we I provide a pro it's a workshop actually at the beginning of the year for you guys regarding return on investment on some of these uh that are included in this presentation. Any other questions or comments from the board? What are the wishes of the board on this item? >> Motion to approve. >> Thank you. I have a motion by Vice President Sers. Is there a second? I will second that. Although, if our student trustee wanted to second, I'll withdraw. Okay. I have a motion by Vice President Sers. I made a second to approve the 2627 student and family service contracts which are listed on this item.
080Student trustees, how do you vote? >> I. Board members, all in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any oppose? Any abstensions? Motion carries unanimously. Item number four, approve resolution number 2526-55 authorizing annual inter fund transfer for deferred maintenance purposes. This item is returning from our previous agenda uh from uh information. Are there any question? Is there anything else? Okay. Tad. Okay. Hearing that there's nothing to add to this item. Are there any questions or comments from the board? Student trustees. Okay. Board members. What are the wishes of the board on this resolution? >> Thank you. I have a motion by Trusty Kirk to adopt resolution 2526-55 authorizing annual inner fund transfer for deferred maintenance purposes. Is there a second? >> Second. >> I have a second by trustee Sadu. Student trustees, how do you
081vote? >> I. Board members, all in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any oppose? Any abstensions? Motion carries unanimously. We move on to item number five. Approve uh emerges additional cost contract. Uh, Assistant Superintendent McLennon. >> So, this uh contract covers a lot of our onetoone instructional aids for special education. When we started doing the transition with the instructional aids, we placed a hiring freeze so that we didn't bring in new employees that would then get bumped by the aids that were going to be shuffling to different positions um because of the aid reduction. So we for our onetoone aids we were using temps through the emerges contract. So that was an unexpected added expense. So we need to increase the contract that was planned for this year to that would finish out the
082school year. Okay. Any questions or comments from the board? >> Trusty Kurfon. >> Thank you, President Creo. So, the just for the finishing this school year, it's costing us 930,000. >> No, that would be the total contract. It was 825 projected and then there's an increase. >> The original contract was approved for 825. This would take the contract to 930. >> So, increase cost of 100,000 roughly. Uh yes. >> And I'm just wondering how much money were we projected to save by the uh uh cutting of the of the positions. >> I leave that to him. Uh or Dr. >> We are still doing the calculations because we have to find out for each employee what's the cost plus the health cost there. So we still but we can get you a figure. >> Was
083it significantly higher than $100,000? Okay, thank you. >> Absolutely. Yeah, >> the original estimates on the the shifting with the aids was about 5 million total. It was about 14 million overall cost with 5 million approximately in savings. >> All right. Thank you. >> Dr. Marshall, did you want to add anything? >> Basically, with your with the reduction of emerges for ne future years, whatever we paid toward that would be le obviously less. >> Okay, great. Thank you. >> Okay. And so this item is just to approve the increase. >> It's just to approve the increase, the the change in the contract to get us through the school year. >> Okay. Any other questions or comments from the board? >> Motion to approve. >> Thank you. >> I'll second. >> I have a motion by
084trustee by Vice President Sers and a second by trustee Harmon Singh to approve the emergous additional cost. Uh student trustees, how do you vote? I >> I board members. All in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any oppose? Any abstensions? Motion carries unanimously. Thank you. Sellers. Item number six, approve annual declaration of need for fully qualified educa uh educators for the 2627 school year. Uh again, this item is returning from our previous agenda from information to action. Are there any questions or comments from the board on this item? Okay. Student trustee. Uh, sorry. Uh, do I have a motion to approve the annual declaration of need for fully qualified educators for the 2627 school year? >> Motion to approve. >> Okay. I have a motion by trustee Sadu. Is there a second? Second. I
085have a second by trustee Alzani. Did I say that right? >> Uh, student trustees, how do you vote? I >> I >> uh board members, all in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any oppose? Any abstensions? Motion carries unanimously. We move on to item number seven, adopt resolution number 2526-60 authorizing the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds for the 24 for the 2024 election series B in the principal amount of not to exceed 36 million. This item is returning to the board from previous information item. Are there any questions or comments from the board? What are the wishes of the board on this item? >> Motion to adopt the resolution. >> Thank you. I have a motion by Trusty Kirk to adopt uh the resolution 2526-60 authorizing the issuance and sale of general
086obligation funds from the 2024 election series B in the principal amount of not to exceed 36 million. Is there a second? >> Second. >> I heard trustee SDU first. Sorry, you're a little bit further. Uh, student trustees, how do you vote? >> I. Board members, all in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any oppose? Any abstensions? Motion carries. And I know this will result in tax savings, which is why you all were in a hurry to to approve this item. Uh, item number eight, adopt resolution 2526-61, authorizing the issuance and sale of 2026 refunding general obligation funds in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed 64 million. This is also returning. >> Yep, this is returning. This is the refinance. >> Yes. Um, so this is returning from our previous uh information item.
087Are there any questions or comments from the board? >> What are the wishes of the board on the second >> motion to approve? >> I heard you that time. Uh, I have a motion by trusty Kuron. Is there a second? >> Second. >> I have a second by trusty Sue. Student trustees, how do you vote? >> I. Board members, all in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any oppose? Nay. Any abstensions? Motion carries unanimously. Uh we move on to item number nine. Approve out ofstate travel for 2026 uh STN Expo school bus inspection training. Director Both. >> Good evening. Board President CO, Superintendent Dr. Marshall, and trustees. Uh all out of state travel for reimbursement will be claimed shall be approved in advanced by the Central Unified School District Board of Trustees. Uh the
088transportation department has an opportunity to go to the go to the STN expo that's held in Reno, Nevada uh in on July 9th through July 13th of this year. Uh our shop supervisor and mechanic would be attending and they would be getting um training on the school national school bus inspection training and uh electrical circuit training. Uh the cost of this uh conference is $4,114. administration is recommending the board approve this out of state travel for the 2026 STN conference after answer any questions the board may have. >> Thank you. Are there any questions or comments from the board? This is an annual conference that they attend. >> Um yeah, we haven't gone for we didn't go last year and actually don't think we went the year before. >> Okay. I vaguely remember previously. >>
089Yeah, I went to it um probably four years ago. Um, and then it's really good for our mechanics and our shop supervisor. It's a lot more hands-on training for them. >> Okay. Thank you. Um, what are the wishes of the board on this item? A >> motion to approve. Thank you. >> Sure. If you want. Is there a second? Thank you. I have a motion by Trusty Kirk. I have a second by Trusty Harmon Singh to approve the central Oop, wrong one. to approve the out ofstate travel for the 2026 school bus inspection training. Student trustee, how do you vote? >> I. Board members, uh, all in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any oppose? Nay. Any abstensions? Motion carries unanimously. Thank you. Uh, thank you. We move on to item number 10. Approve
090Central High School jump pit. Director Both. >> Good evening again. So, on January 13, 2026, the board approved the 2026 2027 deferred maintenance plan. Currently at Central High School, uh the Kaufman Stadium has a long jump pit that is in the grass area where football and soccer are also played. Uh the long jump pit will interfere with football and soccer and needs to be moved out of the grass area for the safety of the athletes. Uh this project will be placed on the deferred maintenance plan for 2026 2027. KA has provided a proposal to move the jump pit with their uh CAMASS California multiple war schedule number four-20-78--000089C. The cost of this project will be $252,590.96 and will be paid out of the deferred maintenance fund. Administration is recommending the board approve this project after
091I answer any questions the board may have. >> Thank you. Are there any questions from the board? Vice President Sers. Thank you. Uh the uh the location, is it interfering with the other activities or uh sports just based on having too many individuals in that area or is it actually physically >> physically um the layout for soccer the the the long jump pit is actually in the in in the play. >> Um so we need to move it out and they're trying to use that stadium more for their high school and we're trying to make those improvements. So that's also part of it. >> Thank you. And then I believe we're bringing this item as action instead of information and then action. That way we don't um delay completing it. Is there any is there
092going to be any interruption with any practice or preparation or then when the season actually begins? Uh >> no, we should have everything replaced before the track season begins. But even with those practices that they do during the school year before, well, we should be done before that. The goal is to have it done during summer break. >> Okay. Thank you. Did you have a question? Uh, no. Director Both just answered my question. >> Okay. Thank you. Uh, I'll make a motion to approve. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Thank you. Uh, I've made a motion to approve the Central High School jump pit. And there is a second by Trusty Kon. All in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any oppose? Any abstensions? Motion carries. Uh, we move on to item number
09311. Approve Measure C grant award for purchase of bus of buses. Uh, director Both. >> Good evening again. Uh the district has been awarded a grant through measure C administered by uh Fresno County Transportation Authority for the replacement of four buses. Uh Central Unified has been awarded the grant under the measure C extension uh school bus replacement program contract number in the amount of 1,322,249.68 to purchase four new school buses. Uh the buses will be procured procured from a TOZ bus sales utilizing piggyback bid number 2963 through Clovis Unified. The total purchase cost is the $1,322,24968 which will be initially funded by the general fund but then these costs will be fully reimbursed through the grant. Uh recommend uh administration is recommending the board approve the uh measure C grant award and the purchase of
094the new buses after answer any questions the board may have. This item is also coming to us as action since we are going to be getting reimbursed and essentially we're accepting money from a grant. Um Trusty Kurfon. >> Uh thank you President Creo. So I noticed that these buses are diesel. Yes. >> Is there most of the recent buses we've purchased have all been electric or CNG? Uh any reason we're taking that step backwards? >> So the uh we we most of our purchases for buses have been through grants. So, we did a big purchase of electric buses, but that was through specifically an electric uh grant. Uh we did purchase um actually believe two buses earlier this year also um but those were diesel. Uh this grant allows us to get um diesel buses
095which for us in the in the acreage that we serve is still beneficial for us versus electric where we're limited to you about 75 miles and we can't use these buses for field trips or anything like that. Um the main reason also is we have a fleet and the total makeup of our fleet, these four buses will allow us to take four of our older buses and move them down to spares. Uh and those are the four buses that we we submit for the ground. >> I just want to be cognizant because we do have, you know, certain statewide uh regulations that are requiring us to transition to a fully, you know, non-diesel fleet. >> Yes, we we are still well within those regulations. >> Thank you. Did I hear you correctly? We are not
096augmenting the number of buses. We are replacing Yeah. existing buses. Okay. >> The measure C grant is to crush the four buses. So, we will have to demolish them. >> Existing or we don't have any in hidden anywhere? >> No. Uh we we've gone through those over the years, but these are four spares. So, like I said, it'll we'll get to cycle some of our older buses and those will go to our spares and we'll have some new buses um hopefully around October next year or sorry, this year, next school year. >> What are the wishes of the board on this item? >> Motion to approve. >> Thank you. I have a motion by Vice President Sers to approve measure C grant award for purchase of buses. Is there a second? >> Second. >> I
097heard a second by trustee Sedu. All in favor, please say I. I. >> Any oppose? Nay. Any abstensions? Okay. Motion carries unanimously. >> We move on to item number 12. Approve replacement of HVAC units at new pathway site. Director Ba. >> Good evening again. >> Hello. Um as we plan for the 2026 2027 school year and the u shift of pathway to the old wack uh school site uh maintenance has been uh evaluating the HVAC systems at the site. There are four older units on the admin building that would uh we are recommending to be replaced. Uh pathway would re receive four new HVAC units uh with heat pumps on the administration building. Uh the existing units are past their life expectancy and currently use the propane tank that's on site. So this swap will
098allow us to get rid of the propane tank that's on site which is only serving those four HVAC units. Uh the cost of the HVAC replacement is approximately $58,428 and this will be paid out of the general fund but it is still part of the budget that we originally brought to the board earlier this school year. The administration is recommending the board approve the replacement of the HVAC units after I answer any questions the board may have. >> Thank you. Are there any questions? Vice President Sers for comments. >> Uh just quick question. This will replace the need for the propane tank for all the units. There's nothing else. >> The other uh buildings are B units. They're portables. So they're electric. They don't take the um Okay. Yeah. The propane. Yeah. >> All right.
099Thank you. Mhm. >> And you said this is only going to cost 58,000. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Any other questions or comments? >> Motion to approve. >> Thank you. I will second that. And let's get it done before they realize that they gave us the wrong number for this. Just kidding. We'll take it. If >> if measure C passes, it'll actually increase the the amount that we have for this. >> Yeah. Oh, it it increases. I thought it was going to be coming from that budget. >> Can you use your mic though? >> What he's talking about is coming from the existing budget, but with the uh item on uh the safer safer roads, better I'm getting that wrong. Better roads, safer streets. I should have it, but it it'll actually increase the amount school
100districts have for such budgeting. >> Got it. Okay. Thank you. I thought you were just about to say that the 58,000 was wrong. >> No, it's correct. >> Um Okay. We have a motion by Vice President Sers. I've made a second to approve this item. All in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any oppose? Any absentions? Motion carries. Thank you. And then item 13 is being tabled to a future uh agenda. Uh we move on to uh information items. Our first information item is receive information regarding updated facility needs assessment report under the facilities master plan. Director Rodriguez. >> Thank you, board president. uh board of trustees and and superintendent Dr. Marshall. Tonight uh we're providing uh anformational update on the district's long range uh facilities master plan uh developed in alignment with prop
101uh the proposition uh 2 requirements. As you may recall, the district engaged with Teter Architects to complete a comprehensive uh assessment of every uh school site. Uh this this item is uh information only at this time and I would like to invite u uh our consultant uh from Teter Architects uh to walk the board uh through the current status of the facilities master plan, Mr. Robert uh Thornton. >> Thank you very much, John. It's a pleasure being here with you this evening. I always enjoy board meetings and get to see so many uh wonderful things happening in your district. very pleased to provide this update regarding the facility master plan. I be have a slide presentation. Perfect. Go. Um, as I mentioned, I'm pleased to be here to provide this update regarding our facility master
102plan process. Uh, the master plan kind of has four major steps to it. Uh, data collection, the site assessment, uh, then you go through a project prioritization process, and then a community and a board review, and a finalization of the master plan. We're fully into the data collection and the site assessment process, and that's what I'm going to be giving more updates about today. if I'm able to use the the clicker. There we go. Um, so the first major step of collecting and visiting all the sites was completed. Uh, I was kind of actually very glad that we did this earlier in the year and that we're not starting it right now with 100 plus temperatures. Uh we did most of this during the spring which we had actually a rather nice spring. We visited
10322 school sites. Um each one of those visits included uh visiting with some of the site leadership, the maintenance staff, uh walking each one of the school sites and getting a understanding of what their uh needs are, their capacity, their utilization, and really developing a a background information of what each individual school site needs regarding the facility master plan. At the same time as we were visiting these school sites, John and his team were helping us collect the vast amount of data that we need as underlying information for facility master plan. Uh this information, some of it is related to the school sites, record drawings, uh information about fit reports and maintenance records on those school sites. Others are more district-wide information, enrollment, demographic projections, looking at funding, financing, uh, new construction, modernization, construction eligibility
104with the state, pulling in all this background information into the process. Most of that information has been collected. We're still uh finalizing some of it, but most of it has already been collected. Um, as we go and did each one of these site visits at each school site, like I mentioned before, we visited each site. Part of that process was an assessment status of looking at the conditions of the buildings and safety and access and code compliance and all these aspects. The other part was from that information we start developing a list of what are those needs at each one of these school sites and what how do these translate into potential facility projects that are going to have uh a meaningful impact upon the students, teachers, and communities that are at each school site.
105I'd like to go into just a little bit more um detail for your information about that facility review process. As I mentioned, uh each campus we visited uh we visited our neighbor down the street, Teague. And I wanted to just kind of walk you through a little bit about Teague just as a sample. Um we have done this to all the school sites, but I didn't want to take the time to go through all 22 sites with you this morning. uh you'll be able to get a full report of course on all of this information. But uh as we do these uh reviews of each individual school site and as our sample one here for Teague, the type of information that we look for as we're doing these is current enrollment and grade configuration. Really
106understanding how that campus functions. uh looking at all the classrooms, special education needs, um looking at the site, fencing, roofing, all of those kinds of building systems. And as we went through that process at Teague, we were able to identify maybe. Thank you. Seems to have a life of its own. kind of going back and forth there. Okay. So, at Teague, we went through and we evaluated uh that site. It's one of our older campuses. And so, as we went through, we evaluated, we noticed that the fire alarm panel needs to be updated. Uh there's fencing concerns on the campus. Um, as we looked at some of the electrical equipment, uh, there's some primary and secondary, uh, feeds that need to be updated. Um, asphalt that needs to be reworked. Variety of needs throughout the
107entire campus without going through the the full list. Next slide. Uh, we also noticed that some of the uh, playground areas could use upgrading to better fall protection surfaces. Um and some bigger things like the possibility of being able to expand parking areas for future TK center and ADA path uh abilities. Besides these site needs, we also looked at the individual building needs. Next slide. Thank you. Um when we did these building assessments, we we walk each individual building on the campus and we look at what the needs are on each individual building and talking to the staff. Uh next slide. So at Tatig Elementary School, we noticed there's some significant needs. The administration office needs new roofing, HVAC, they have older windows, door hardware, a lot of finishes need to be replaced. Um the
108NPR had similar kinds of needs. The classrooms uh needed uh roof updates, HVAC units, uh electrical upgrades, accessibility upgrades, uh quite a bit of needs. Um, and once again, this is just at Teague Elementary School. Um, there are very similar needs at many of your other older campuses. Of course, some of your newer campuses are in great condition. And, uh, one thing we did notice throughout going through this process is the pride and care though that's being taken care of each one of the campuses. Despite the age of the campus, the staff really do care about these facilities. Next slide. And then that that kind of finishes up the Teague uh sample elementary school. Just a couple more slides here. So this is the overall schedule that we have uh for our master plan process.
109As I mentioned, we've completed the uh assessments. We're uh collecting all the uh information. We're now getting ready to start the steering committee process where we bring together our uh steering committee of district staff and we uh review with them the variety of needs of all the elementary schools, middle uh middle schools and high schools uh and look at uh the prioritization of what those needs are based upon the district's funding financial opportunities eligibility to come up with an approach for the facility master plan. Once that prioritization occurs, then we'll be going out to the community for some confirmation of that direction and then developing um for the board a review process of of that draft facility master plan. Uh do you have any questions for me? >> Any questions or comments? Vice President Sers.
110uh mentioned a full report. Any idea time frame when that might become available? >> So um we do a site assessment report which uh documents the existing facilities that we've reviewed and looked at. Uh that report's probably going to be available in about a month. Uh the entire uh draft facility master plan in its entirety according to our schedule there that would be developed in October. >> All right. Thank you. >> You're welcome. Thank you for your time. >> Hold on. Yes. And did anyone else have any comments or questions? >> Go ahead, Dr. Marshall. Oh, did you have a comment? Okay. >> Question. >> Okay. Will the full reports include like maps with drawings and everything? >> Yeah. We'll we'll have we're architects. We like to do our diagram. So, each one of the
111campuses will have an existing map that uh shows it and shows the needs that we've identified for for those maps. Yeah. I'll be real quick one point um I want to make that at the onset I want to thank the board for approving this because to have access to a lot of the funding that's out there as far as a lot of the grants the competitive grants that are out there we have to have a master facilities plan in place so this is starting the process so now we can get in line to access some of those monies >> yeah that's you're completely right Dr. Marshall, that's very much a required step in the process and the master plan process that we're going through. We're making sure that we're checking all the boxes that the
112state has for that facility master plan requirement. Some of the boxes, in my opinion, maybe don't make that much sense, but the state says they want it. So, we're making sure it's in there for them. Uh, also in this process, we're making note of other opportunities. We were just talking to uh John and his team about uh CTE grants, some other funding that's available for uh facilities for specialized programs. And so we're trying to make the district aware of whatever opportunities out there because, you know, every district needs to be able to get um as many opportunities as possible to improve their facilities for the the students and community. Um, I have a couple of of questions and I'm hoping that as you guys are talking about some of the CTE grants that there's some
113conversation with our education side so that we great if we can qualify for the money but problematic if we don't have the students or the time for our students to be able to participate in those programs. Um, as as we're going through this process and by we I mean you all. How do we distinguish between is there a a distinction between items that would fall under like deferred maintenance versus what gets included in this facilities plan? Because as you were talking about some of the things that you noticed at Teague, to me, some of those sound like there should be regular maintenance or some of the deferred maintenance components, but I'm just kind of wondering if you just high level like how do we distinguish that or is this one of those boxes that the
114state requires us to include a full review of all of our campuses and all of the needs uh at each of the campuses? That's a really good question. Um, you're right. A lot of those things within that list could be considered as deferred maintenance items. Uh, as we go through this master plan process, we we create a comprehensive list, but one of the requirements of the master plan is that the district provide their five-year deferred maintenance plan also. So, we're able to look at those two side by side and be like, "Okay, deferred maintenance can take care of this piece here. The the facility master plan will identify this project." Um, and there's sometimes where um and we'll work with the district on this. Each district does things a little bit uniquely. Sometimes we may
115identify a project that's like at Teague, we need to modernize this campus. And part of that modernization will include roofing, flooring, and HVAC replacements, which a lot of times are traditionally deferred maintenance projects. Sometimes it's just a shift of money from deferred maintenance to facility master plan projects because there is a greater efficiency and effectiveness of going in and doing a campuswide modernization. Instead of doing four individual deferred maintenance projects, you do one larger project and you'll get more bang for your buck. >> Yeah. >> And so we'll look at those opportunities as we get here and decide whether Yeah, that should be deferred maintenance. Oh, can we swing that into a larger modernization project that maybe takes some money from master planning and some money from deferred maintenance to make it a reality? >>
116Excellent question, President Curio. >> Thank you. I would agree with you. Uh so the next step here would be the project prioritization >> which is where the rubber meets the road. That's the challenging piece. And and so what I want to be clear about because trustee Nandep Singh and I are were probably I don't remember if uh vice president Sers and Trusty Kuron were part of this process but um I want to make sure that it once we're we're at that point that those are recommendations that are being made but ultimately we as the board are going to prioritize and decide what projects uh of course based on funding and the recommendations that are being provided. But given that we both have served for close to seven and a half years now, um we love
117to take responsibility for everyone else's decisions, we acknowledge that that's the role that we play. Um but in in something so significant and given the growth that our district is experiencing. uh and it's more so to to everyone else in the room, but just so that you also hear this, it's it's really critical uh that as we're having those conversations with our community as they're making recommendations and providing their wish list of the projects and and some of the additional things that they would like at uh at the campuses uh that we acknowledge that those decisions and the prioritization needs to be made by this board so that when we are being held responsible for the lack of uh allocating certain funding or the inequities that get alleged, we can own that uh because we've
118made those decisions, not because they've been forced on us um by uh other folks not sitting in our seats. So, >> thank you. >> That that's super important. Can I >> talk about that just a little bit? Um, you know, I've done a variety of master plans for districts here within the Central Valley predominantly and when we have good clear direction from the board like that to guide the steering committee, it is so much better off. Um because there's nothing worse than feeling like oh you know we're making appropriate decisions and then it comes to the decision-making body and they're like hold it this isn't what we signed on for which just wastes everybody's time >> right >> so as we start that steering committee process um we haven't finalized the people are on that
119committee but I always start that process by saying okay you know this isn't our individual master plan this is a district master plan what are the districts goals. And so I think that'll be an a a great opportunity for uh either a written statement or for you coming into that meeting and saying, "Hey, this is what we're trying to accomplish here." And I always uh welcome the opportunity of having uh board members attend. Obviously, not too many of them because it it creates Brown Act uh challenges, but have board members attend uh steering committees and also to do board workshops as far as updates as to how the process is going to make sure that when we get to the end of this facility master plan process, it's something the committee's uh supportive of because
120I think that's also important, but that obviously as a board you guys are on board with the direction. >> Thank you. We appreciate that. Um, and so then one final question. I just want to confirm that at least our assistant superintendent and and perhaps our directors like Director Both and Director Rodriguez and our our ED um side of this, you all are are having conversations so that there's some alignment between what is a deferred maintenance plan look like uh and then what we need to great that we can go after these grants, but does it support our educational plans and goals? Okay, I'm seeing everyone nod their head. So for everyone else that can't see them, they are confirming that these conversations do happen. >> So Ed services has been in some initial conversations regarding
121CTE restructuring, what that might look like, what other grants we would be able to use for matching funds and and you'll see an item on the agenda tonight that addresses that. We've also been talking about some preschool grants and some preschool uh classrooms that are appropriate with restrooms and those kind of things and some of our locations where that's not necessarily in play right now. >> Okay. And as I mentioned the steering committee hasn't been finalized as far as I know but in the ideal world that steering committee you have representation from maintenance transportation educational services etc etc so that you know all of them together and some representatives of site staff are the ones bringing together that direction. >> Okay. And I will just make sure that I work with the superintendent to ensure
122that we as a board are kept in the loop and understand and and perhaps we have a discussion about that steering committee and and who's serving and that at a minimum we have a representative from the board that can keep coming back and reporting to us. So thank you for for the presentation and the information. We appreciate it. >> Can I can I add something real quick? Mr. Robert Thornton is also working at the pool facilities uh for the central high school. Y >> so I mean did you want to add something for that too? >> Um I'm glad to. Uh we had our first meeting um with um several people from uh Central High School and uh swim coaches and athletic directors and such. It was a a good first uh meeting getting a
123better understanding of what the pool facility needs were for the the high school. Um our consultant aquatic design group who's working with us on this uh approach uh they've taken that information of what we determined in that meeting. um in my experience is a very uh appropriate and consistent type of pool is what you would expect to see within an appropriate high school within the Central Valley. So they didn't get going off in some strange area and it's not too small or anything. It it was a a good programming uh session. Our consultant is developing uh uh cost and size information and then we'll be going to the next step of figuring out uh where can we propose this facility to be on the high school and come up with a variety of options and
124uh we're moving away on the process. >> When do we expect to have a report on the phys the physibility report on that? >> I think that's probably a couple of months away. >> Okay. >> Thank you very much. I appreciate that. >> You're welcome. I'm glad to be here. Thank you for your time. >> Thanks. >> Um, okay. Our second information item, receive information regarding 2627 contracts to support academic achievement. Assistant Superintendent Mlennon. >> Good evening. We are bringing to you a batch. We have two batches of contracts that are basic essentially contracts for the full year from educational services. This is the first one. um as a little bit of a a foundation. So last year um educational services which also um processes contracts for um some technology tools, some uh testing and
125assessment tools and those kind of things um spent 6 uh million 98,000 in contracts. This year that was dropped to 5.5 million. Next year we are anticipating 4 million. So we are working on reducing the contracts that we have and building internal capacity as we go through. Um my projection would be the following year. I'm looking at reducing another million because several of these contracts um provide coaching services to train our internal coaches and trainer of trainer models so that we have our own trainer as opposed to relying on the company to continue training um continuous teachers that come into our district for some of these programs. uh when I bring these back for approval and actually before that I will um go ahead and submit to you some return on investment forms. Um we're
126working right now with West Ed on all of these. We've identified the metrics to measure them. Those were not consistently in place previously, but all of these will have a return on investment form and they will have at least two interim um checks during the school year and then a final check at the end of each year and then a two-year decision um max for the programs. as far as um starting to show effectiveness. >> Uh thank you, Assistant Superintendent Mlennon. And and just for everyone else, one of the things that this board has been very clear about um in addition to making sure that we are owning the decisions we actually uh are making is that we are very intentional about the contracts. Um especially as we're seeing the need to reduce our workforce
127uh that we are are cognizant of the impact and that as we continue to either expand or continue the the terms of some of the contracts that they are in fact supporting our students um ultimately even if that's through providing professional development for our our employees at every level. Um, so that's something that the community can expect that we're constantly going to be asking what is the return of of investment, which is not only the end consequence to our students, how is this improving our students, but ultimately how is this uh better helping our teachers and our classified professionals and everyone else in between. Um, that is uh critical to ensuring that our students are prepared to enter our our community and accomplish whatever their goals may be. >> A couple quick notes. Sorry. Um,
128two of these will be picked up by a literacy grant that we just uh received. So, we'll be changing some of the funding sources on these as well. And just a little bit of perspective, of the four million in contracts that are remaining, uh, 43% of those are for core curriculum. So, they're just our ongoing science or ongoing uh, language arts books like some of the subscriptions for the consumables and things for that. >> Thank you. Questions from the board. Trusty Kirk. Thank you. Question about the flet services. Is that a new one that we're with or is that one we've continued with? >> It's an existing one. So, it's our library inventory system and our cataloging system in the libraries. It's a kind of one of those backbone systems that runs uh tracks all
129of that and tracks like our Chromebook checkouts and our all of those things that kids check out and and get like put on bills when you don't return and those kind of things. Any other questions or comments from the board? And this is for information item. So that's not coming back to the board. >> It would come back next time as an approval item. >> Okay. So the this will come back to the May 26th. >> Yes, this will come back and then another batch will come the last batch of um any large contracts. We're still waiting for a couple including uh the ratification of the math adoption contract that we've been negotiating. >> Right. >> We'll come as information again for the next one. So there'll be two rounds of this. >> Thank you.
130Um item number four, receive information regarding growth of educational services department assistant director of career technical education assistant. Thank you. Just kidding. Sorry. Um that was number three. Yes. receive information regarding 2526 program self-evaluation for the California state preschool program. I was looking at the wrong item when I was asking about information and when it was coming back. Thank you. >> So this is an annual self eval evaluation that we complete as a compliance um for our preschool program and I believe the the uh results are attached. >> Any questions from the board? Okay. Now we're moving to item number three. Receive information regarding 2526 program self value. No, see now I'm wrong. Number four, receive information regarding growth of education service department assistant director of career technical education assistant superintendent Mc Bennon. Okay. Yes.
131Sorry. So you're going to speak on this item. You have a public comment. Yeah. >> So we will take the presentation first and then we will take your public comment. Thank you. >> As we continue to move forward to build um strong CTE pathways that align with um industry sector jobs and um have some of the quality indicators uh that are required for highquality CTE pathways. Um we are looking at several uh restraints. So, one of those restraints is we're not maximizing our current grants right now because we don't have the work to put into building those partnerships with our industry partners so that students can have internships and those kind of placements. Um, that is a feet on the ground, a lot of handshaking, um, creating advisory boards and holding those advisory boards continuously
132as you go through, working with those um, companies to allow our teachers to do what's what are called externships. So a teacher can voluntarily go work in a manufacturing with one of our partners to keep their skills current, get the new technology and get on the new machines and all that, then come back basically and tell us what we need to have in our classrooms and make sure those kids are ready to walk into those jobs and then the kids can walk into those jobs and that teacher has that relationship. Um, but right now we're very restrained because our CTE program kind of sits on the corner of of someone's desk who has a a larger job. Um, we also are not able to do the application process right now for Prop 2, Prop 1D,
133um, and maximize our Perkins and CTEIG grants because of the work involved in doing that right now. So, this position would be 60% funded from our CTEIG grant and 40% funded from our LCFF um, supplemental and concentration. It's already an action in our LCAP. Um, and we've already been working with fiscal to account for that 40% that would be out of non-grant funds. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Now, we will take your public comment. >> And you'll have two minutes to address the board. >> Thank you. Thank you, President Curio, and um, Superintendent Dr. Marshall and trustees. I'm here representing FCSS Fresno ROP. uh Fresno ROP we uh we represent 23 school districts, 34 high schools that we support all CT ROP. I've had the privilege to work with Central Unifi the last two years
134and I've seen a tremendous growth the last two years with all our CT and ROP programs. You heard a lot of them today getting highlighted uh students with, you know, getting recognized. So, uh this position excites us in our office at Fresno RO. Uh we see a lot of districts your size that have this position in place and um they're they've been growing and they've been doing amazing things. Uh grants, I heard the word grants multiple times today. Uh so many opportunities out there that we're seeing that that Central Unified right now is not putting in for uh K12 strong workforce, uh Golden Gate Pathway. There's a lot of grants out there, a lot of funding opportunities that I think this position here will help get you to that level. Our kids here at Central
135Unified, our teachers, they're amazing. They're do great things, but one of the messages I've been hearing the last couple years is we need someone, someone that we can call and say, "Come out to our classrooms." Um, Mr. Fowler has been doing amazing the last couple years, but he does wear a lot of hats. Um, CH Central, Central High, uh, Justin Garza have great coordinators, but they also are counselors. They're also trying to handle the CCI. There's a lot of elements to CTE that we need someone at the top at Central and Fresno RO supports this. We're very excited to see this on the agenda. Uh I I do think that um you guys have a team here that has thought this through and CEK, she mentioned CEK, you guys are part of the Fresno RO
136consortium with CEK and Central Unified is has a very healthy budget with CEK. you guys should receive more money than any district from our office when it comes to CEK grants and that's sustainable. So, just wanted to be here today. We're I mean it's been a long day. Mr. Fowler knows we're going to come out and support this. We're very excited for this and I think that um this is going to benefit all students directly and we just want to be make sure you guys know you have our support and Fresno ROP is going to continue to work with you guys. So, thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Questions or comments from the board? Trusty Kirk, >> thank you very much. Uh, just a couple of questions. So, we talk about our CTE
137growth and those are our programs or is that including our dual enrollment programs with our uh, community college partners? >> So, technically CTE can include both. So, when you do the pathway, you're trying to do one that projects into the the community college or into the university. So, a lot of times your capstone course may be a dual enrollment course. That's the last completer course. Um, other times it's an RO course or another course that provides the internship opportunity. So you can, but it has to be articulated within that pathway. >> Okay. My second question is uh what does this position do to um grow student participation in our CTE and RO programs that we can get more students involved in this as we pull another administrator in? Um how is that going to increase
138student participation? So, do we have a pathway for that is my question. >> Yeah. So, one of the things that attracts in a high quality pathway is the um internships at the end of it. So, um and one of the places that I've come from and in some of the districts that I've worked with before, when you're looking at junior senior years, you're looking at paid internships for a lot of your students based on their skills that they've been able to show in the pathway. Um and that really starts getting to ultimately be job offers before they've even graduated. And so for example at Duncan Polytech when we built the the diesel mechanic program there with the community members support that saw a shortage in the area and it was a desperate need right um
139they started uh offering internships to our students both unpaid at junior year and then paid at senior year and then at least six to 10 students now out of that program a year have a job exiting high school. um they can also continue and go on to the community college and advance those skills and then even go into some college programs as far as management and in the transportation industry and things from that. So success breeds success and so really strong pathways that are fully articulated and expanded so that they have the full breath to prepare kids for careers draws kids into those programs. >> Thank you. I have one more question. Um so we talk about internships. Does that fit inside of our students day or these are after school opportunities? >> They can
140they can be both. Um I've seen both things where sometimes students are employed and they have transportation or we can arrange some bus transfers and some things like that for them. So depending on what the offer is from the industry and what the industry partner is able to offer that that's kind of where it starts because you're working with an industry partner if it has an existing business and so you're working with that. The other thing I've seen is that block scheduling at the end of the day because often a capstone is a two- period course your senior year then that it's built into that. I did also want to note trusty Kirk one of the key things is to to this person's job and to working with this person is going to be designing
141the right number of pathways for our enrollment at each school. So typically what you do is you will have a very strong let's say diesel mechanic pathway because I already used that that's only going to be at one school site. you're going to invest a lot of equipment. You're going to get that person working heavily with that industry. They're going to be placing that another school site would have a different program and then the students would be able to do an interd district transfer theoretically if they were very interested in one of those programs. So, that's one of the things that can really help uh your CTE programs um manage their enrollment as well because you can't offer it at all because there aren't enough students that are just interested in that career and do
142a really strong program. So that'll be one of the things that we'll be looking at. That's student surveys. That's again industry um patterns for employment. >> Vice President Sers and then Trusty Kuron. >> Um when we approve this position, I'm quite confident we will based on I know how important it is. How soon will this position start? >> Dr. childs. >> Uh once it is once it's approved, we'll get it posted ASAP and we'll start collecting any applicants that are interested in the position and start the process. Um I mean the sooner it's approved, the sooner we could get going on that. >> Okay. So possibly have somebody in position summer and not wait until next school year. >> Yes. >> My goal my goal is summer. >> Okay. I also want to note really
143quickly and when we were talking about the contracts and reducing that was very strategic as well. I know that we don't have a lot of money. I also know that we give up a lot of money in grants because we we don't have the capacity to sustain the work to maintain them. So that's as we go through when we're talking about elective programs, the more that we can have grant funded for our elective programs, the less in the general fund. And so that's part of the long-term objective of this um and part of the balancing act of of this position. And so I don't bring any of these positions frivolously just just so you know it's it's very it's a difficult thing to bring to you. >> Thank you. >> Uh thank you President Krill.
144This is not a question more of a comment. Uh well I'm sure we'll approve this position and I believe that it may be needed for support for our CTE pathways. I'm a little skeptical that this will actually lead to an increase in enrollment in CTE pathways because I believe that the number one barrier for students participation in CTE right now is our schedule with the only six periods. The issue with that is that students, some students that may want to participate in a CT pathway have to choose between a CT pathway or an upper division elective like Spanish 3, maybe zoologology or so an uh an elective outside of that like theater, like computer science. Uh these issues make it difficult. Students have to choose which leads to a decrease in enrollment for these electives
145and pathways. Uh I think this is part of a larger discussion we need to have with regards to uh expanding the schedule. Uh I think that will help support our CT pathways to uh assist with this new assistant director position. Thank you. >> Do you want to be the last one to speak because I had a few comments. >> No, you can go first. You can go first. >> Um I I'm going to support this position. I know that this is something that our district has never had a formal position in the past and I I don't remember his name but I see his face every every time I think yes every time I think of CT yeah um Paul Burrell right uh that did a lot of this work and presented to the board
146in the past about the the great work but I share similar concerns. I think the concern is not so much of whether this person is going to be able to organize and and and listen to the students as to what programs they want. But I think as a district as a whole, we need to figure out how do we create time for those students to be able to participate in those programs because all the money in the world, if students don't have enough room in in their schedule, they can't participate. Which is then why we hear about the reduction in certain programs and the students who are being directly impacted. We heard from over six or seven students, over 10 community members talking about what's happening to the uh information systems, computer system programs. So
147that's my concern. I just want to make sure that we have an overall plan so that we can support this person in actually creating those opportunities and our students can actually participate uh and have the ability to make that option to to choose that option. Um, trustee Nandep Singh >> I I think the only clarification I wanted to understand. So this would be under the uh director of special programs is is that where this this position would fall. >> So this would be under uh curriculum and instruction because these are courses as we're doing it. Um, so but they're under my office essentially as we go through. And so I'm probably going to be taking a very big hands-on piece because this is a large part of my background and I want to make sure
148that we look at some things like uh the link learning alliance and some things about quality pathway design and assessment. >> And who would the assistant director directly report to? Who would be the over? >> The director would be uh Cindy Gundon's curriculum and instruction. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Any other questions or comments? >> Trusty Kirk, >> just one more comment just as I'm I have I have lots of notes that I will be sharing uh questions that I'll have going forward. But just as a final comment, I I I ask that we be cognizant of the pathways that we put and where we put them so that we're not um unintentionally expressing explic implicit bias as to what students at what schools get what programs like who gets a trade program and who
149gets a a law program. So, please be cognizant of our student population and that we are not um placing limitations on our students by the programs that we offer them. >> Thank you. Do we want to bring this back under consent or do we want a action item? Okay, this will come back under action. Item number five, receive information regarding growth and expansion of special education department. Assistant Superintendent Mlennon, over the past several years, we have seen a a huge growth in special education services and the number of students being identified in our district for special education. We are currently at one in seven students. However, our support team for special education has not increased and so we're having problems with monitoring and compliance right now. Um, again, when I shared with you that I
150don't bring these positions to you lightly, we have dissolved two of our own positions, even though they were needed because this is needed more to help cover the costs of many of these that I'm bringing to you. So, we are also requesting as we go forward, we'll be requesting to dissolve the position of assistant director to try to pay for the program supervisors salaries that are in here. Um and we are requesting that in my office um in ED services that one of our executive assistants be dissolved so that the compliance person which is a clarifi uh classified position can be hired because we need somebody monitoring deadlines reporting to the state and all of those things because of the compliance issues we're facing right now. Our legal costs to handle um CDE concerns and
151those kind of things that are coming down are off the charts. Um, so while I cannot give you a figure of amount that this would save, we are looking at adding an alternative dispute resolution component to our special education department to handle complaints and concerns early and uh really address monitoring and compliance issues with these positions. Thank you. Any questions or comments from the board? Okay. Um just a couple of of points I would like us to try and track and just to see um what the impact of of this position overall is. I'm sure that we someone at your table can calculate what our legal fees uh have been and then we can just monitor to see whether there's an impact or even if it's not just monetary but overall the effectiveness and and
152how we're better supporting compliance with um any of the legal requirements. The job description for the special education compliance technician um still has a question mark next to the number of days. If we can fix that before we have it approved under action, >> we'll do. We Oops. We fixed it um since then, but it wasn't fixed on the copy that was uh posted. >> Okay, we'll have this return under action. Okay, action it is. Um number six, receive information regarding health and welfare benefit plan rates for fiscal year 2627. and assistant superintendent Ekba. >> Uh the district health benefit plan committee after reviewing the data and plan recommends 4 and a.5% of increase to the district plan rates for the fiscal year 2627. The proposed increase brings the district total contribution from 33 million
153$37,616 from fiscal year 2526 to an estimated 33482,376 for fiscal year 2627. That's an increase in $400,44,0759. administration recommends this item be placed on May 26 May 26, 2026 board agenda for action. >> Any questions or comments from the board? We don't actually have an option uh on this item as to whether to to actually approve or deny. Do we? >> You have an option. >> What are the consequences of our decision to deny? >> Well, paying any increase then the staff pays for it. >> We pick up the thing. So we don't have any I guess my question is a better question is do we have a contractual obligation um to cover these increases or is this something that the >> it's a recommendation from the uh the health benefit plan committee >> okay
154which and does everyone on the board know that that we have a committee the district has a committee and remind me the name the health >> so we we have uh Doug Richardson our consultant if you want to give a quick summary of how the committee works lit up. Board members, Dr. Marshall, we do have an insurance committee. We meet once a month and it's made up of each bargaining unit and management. So, that's where we discuss the the the benefit plan. So there is contract language about how the program is to be funded in the CVA. >> Okay. Yeah, I know there's contract language. I guess my question is does is this recommendation in compliance with that language or the recommendation that after the the committee has had the discussion and I don't think
155by any I'm not saying I'm not going to support this or that the board is not going to support this. I'm just curious and I just want to understand given that that this is another increase and we can probably continue to expect increases in our health benefit plans uh as we go forward. So, I just want to better understand what the circumstances are. >> Well, the only there's two choices. The rates would be raised or the benefits would be would be reduced. >> Any objection to having this return under consent? Thank you. Item number seven, receive information regarding legal services for 2627. Assistant Superintendent Eko. >> Yes, this is a renewal service for all the legal services that the district uh uses. So, administration is recommending the item be placed on May 2026 board agenda
156for action. >> Thank you. Any questions or comments from the board? I have a couple. So, they're all except for the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools. Thank you, Fresno County of Superintendent of Schools for not increasing your rates. Um, they're all increasing their rates. Did we attempt to negotiate keeping them the same or reducing the rates? >> You know, we sent an email, but who's going to argue with the lawyer? >> I mean, I'm sure that you can hire other lawyers from the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools. Well, sometimes you need a good lawyer to fight it. >> But we at least asked. >> Yes. Okay. Yes. >> I can go back and ask the second time that hey, this is the board wanted to ask a second time. I can do that, too. >>
157Is there any objection from the board? I mean, I I I would like us to we've been spending a lot of money on legal fees and I know everything is going up everywhere, but um I think just to be good stewards and under and acknowledging >> we have a lot of needs in our district. >> Um and I think that the other option is seeing that there is a significant increase in a lot of these. I mean, $20 an hour, it it adds up when they bill every 15 minutes. um that we as administration are are more cognizant of how we're using those resources. I know you need them, so I'm not going to be one to say don't call legal counsel, but just that we're more strategic about how we're using um our our
158attorneys. Vice President Sers and then Trustee Nandep Singh. >> I I know you said we've asked to kind of negotiate the rates. Have we also shopped around to see if other firms are uh taking very specialized firms and these are ones that pretty much almost all school district use. I've used it in all the four or five school district I've worked. These are all the common. They're the strongest one there. So I I'll check but these are the ones I've been using for last 20 years. So >> thank you >> because the lawyers keep on changing. They go from the one from but they're the same thing. So the only one that we added this year or not not there we don't use a whole lot is loan Smith but they come in handy when
159it comes to construction uh items but we don't use them we use them very often very seldom >> go ahead. Yeah, I I would only uh add uh you know be before this item returns again, uh assistant superintendent Nick, uh could could we potentially see the uh numbers for the legal fees paid for the 2024 2025 school year? >> We we can send we can do that. We already have it. I think Dr. Marshall has it. We did it for last three years. >> Perfect. >> And the current year we kind of broke down to what is student services, what's investigation. We we have a broke down for this current year, but the last two years he we I emailed to Dr. Marshall. He has it. So, he'll send it to you. >> And I
160guess I did have a question because just having attended CSBA and the number of flyers I have received from um firms, I absolutely know this is not the this is not the number. There there's a there's a lot more. Some may be larger, some may be smaller, but uh it'd be interesting for us to actually relook at for instance our RFP or like our bid processing. Um because there may be smaller firms that are not as well established or other firms that we just haven't considered that that may it may be advisable for us to at least uh think about. >> So so we can add more firms to it. It's just we're not limited to this. So I can I can go get more proposal more firms add to this. I I I I
161think I think it it may behoove us to uh >> to not that I have any issue with any any of these, but it just just in terms of fiscal responsibility to make sure we're looking at all of our options. And like I said, I I just know from CSBA, there are a large number of of firms operating in this space. These are just the most well-known, but these are not the only players. >> And since I know a thing or two, I would agree with that statement. Um, when was the last time we did an RFP, request for proposal for legal services? >> I think it was like um >> 2019 2020. >> Yeah, something like that. >> That sounds about right. >> I think I might have asked and requested it then. Um,
162I think it's probably time we do the same >> because I agree a lot of these these are the dominating firms and and they have some specialties, but there may be others that that we can consult with. And again, just to be more strategic about how we're we're um spending our our money. We're not questioning just our health cost for all of our our contracts. Um okay, we'll have this return under action. Uh we've requested that additional information um just to be able to compare and then if we need more time to put out the R the RFP, then >> let us know and we can move this. Okay. >> Uh thank you. We move on to item number eight. receive information regarding the purchase of portable classroom buildings at Justin Garza High School. My
163favorite subject. Assistant Superintendent Ekba. >> All right. This is an item to purchase eight portables and use them as needed due to program or enrollment growth. Uh the funds going to be used are developer fee. So we not going to use any general fund. So um staff administration recommend that this item place on May 2026 board agenda item for action. Thank you. Any questions or comments from the board? So, we're currently using portables. We're using these portables. So, we would just be purchasing them now. >> Yes, we the the lease ends in May 31st. We are using it right now in Justin Gara while the Wapa Center gets built. So after May 31st, either we lease it again for next couple of years, which is going to be about like 380,000, or we just buy
164it and keep it and use it when needed. >> Are we getting any credit um for any money that like I I'm thinking like when you lease a car, like then they offer it to you for a reduced value at the end of that contract. Is there any benefit here other than it sounds like ultimately we'll end up saving money because we'll need these portables. So is there any discount or reduction for for purchasing them now for having rent leased them for however long we've leased now. >> It's difficult to say because you know they give us two proposal. >> Okay. >> Either you lease it for next 3 years for 340,000 or you buy it. Yeah. So, so those are two only options we have. So, but I thought maybe we buy it and
165using the developer fee and just once the VA buildings just keep it somewhere and use it like in emergency that we need this that we have something to go with. >> Okay. Trusty Kirk. >> Thank you. What is the lifespan on these modules? >> Too long. A >> good question. I'll see Mr. Rodriguez has a response to that. What the lifespan? >> 25 years. I think >> it's supposed to be 25 years, but we have a lot older ones throughout the district. >> Sorry. I understand this is not a local issue. It's one that maybe I'll event one day I will lobby to have our legislature change how we use portables. But any other questions or comments on this? Okay. Um, any objection to having this return under consent other than my objection? Okay. We'll
166bring this back under consent. Item number seven, receive information regarding change order number one for construction materials testing and inspection services for the athletic complex increment 3 at Justin Garza High School. Director Rodriguez. >> Thank you, board president, board of trustees, and superintendent Dr. Marshall. for your information tonight as the district has received a change order uh to extend the materials testing and laboratory uh services required under the California building code for the Justin Garza High School athletic complex foots project. So during construction uh the project team encountered unforeseen conditions that required additional testing beyond the original scope. specifically while importing soil from the Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control Basin CD, unsuitable soil conditions were discovered that were not included in the initial estimate. So to maintain the project schedule, the district requested the testing laboratory
167to perform additional so soil analysis at the basin uh which resulted in added service hours and associated costs. This change order provides the necessary authorization for the continued materials testing and inspection services required to complete the project. Administration is recommending that this item uh be placed on the May 26 uh 20 20 May 26, 2026 uh board agenda for for action. And I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have on this item. >> Thank you. Any questions or comments on this item? So this is testing our soil >> uh testing service lab services, >> right? But I I think I was confused because your initial report was saying when we brought in the so dirt or >> into the basin, >> yes, >> there were issues that were discovered. So is is the
168problem with the soil that we brought in or the soil that was already there? because I thought we had already spent quite a bit of money testing that soil. >> It was the soil it was the soil at the flood control basin. So after about 8 ft they encountered some sandy conditions. >> Okay. >> Uh that were a red flag for us because the trucks are starting to roll. Uh so the inspector put a halt on that had that tested. Uh once it was confirmed that it was unsuitable for building putting buildings on top of it, uh we had to go back to Fresno Met and say, "Hey, we need to kind of shift the basin over to get suitable soil." So they had to do another soil analysis at Basin CD, which is approximately
169like a half mile down from Justin Garza to the southwest. >> Okay. Maybe it's my ignorance on understanding how how this works, but so just dumb it down for me. >> Sure. >> What soil are we testing? >> You are testing the the the soil at the at the basin that was coming that was being imported to your ponding basin that you're covering up. >> Okay, that's what I understood. So, why are we responsible for testing that? I mean, again, this is this probably is a dumb question. Why are we responsible for paying for that additional testing if we're I'm assuming purchasing the soil from somewhere else and they're supposed to certify that we can use it? Don't they do any testing? >> Am I misunderstanding how this all works? Okay. >> No, you're you're
170on the you're on So, we had that tested for DTSC right prior to bringing it in. >> It met the requirements. Mhm. >> Uh but as we kept digging down because we had to dig dig our capacity out uh because it was you were doing two things. You were actually importing soil over to uh to cover the basin, but you also had to dig out your capacity at that flood control that that basin. You you couldn't go anywhere else. That's where all your water your storm water from the site is going to. >> Right. >> So it's two two things here. So yeah, we're we're we're we are responsible. We actually had to put a fence out there because we had to uh expand the basin out there at at and I think I brought
171that actually I know I brought that to the board in late 2025. >> Okay. Okay. Any other questions from anyone? Okay. Any objection to having this return under consent? consent. It is uh item number 10, receive information regarding district fuel bid 2617700. Uh director Roth, >> good evening again, board members. On uh April 24th, 2026, the district posted bid 26017700 for district-wide fuel services. This is our diesel and gas fuel for our buses, wife fleet, and equipment. Uh bids were open on Monday, May 11th at 11:00 a.m. Um and staff is currently evaluating the bids. Uh the cost of the fuel expenses will be brought at the next board meeting and administration is recommending this item be placed on the May 26, 2026 board uh agenda after I answer any questions the board may have.
172>> Okay. Any questions from the board? T Vice President Sers? with the uh inflated prices of diesel right now. Um how long does this lock us into buying it at that price rate when it finally does come back down? >> No. So what it does is it well it does give everybody an opportunity to give us one price. Uh it's often opus rack rate which is what the gas stations buy the fuel for. So it's a lower price. Uh basically what we are going out to bid for is that price plus a discount. So what we get locked into is a discount off of that price. >> Okay? >> So that price will fluctuate throughout the year. Uh but what we will get is a discount off of that which is um in the past
173years we piggyback off of Clovis Unifi's bid and so that discount was anywhere from if I remember like 4 cents per gallon. >> Thank you. >> Any other comments or questions? Okay. This will come back uh under action because we'll have the bids and >> yes, >> that's required. Okay. Uh number 11 and our final information item, receive information regarding charter services bid 2627700. Director Both, >> good evening again. Uh so on April 24th, 2026, the district posted bid 26027700 for charter bus services. Uh this bid is to service the district sites with alternative services for long-d distanceance travel. Uh bids will be open on Monday, May 18th, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. and this item will return uh after the bid opening for approval. Uh the cost will be brought at that board meeting. Administration
174is recommending this item be placed on the May 26th, 2026 board agenda uh for action after answering any questions the board may have. >> Thank you. Any questions from the board? This item will return under action. Thank you. That'll conclude our information items. uh advanced planning. There is a calendar. Um we also need a special meeting. Can we all look at our calendars and can we be available Tuesday, May uh May 19th, um 6:30. Okay, I'm seeing heads nod for a quorum. I hope that works for you guys. I'm sorry to all our administrators. No one can get sick. No one can have anything else come up. So, Tuesday 6:30. >> None of us were on a cruise ship recently. >> I hope not. If you did, why are you here? Uh additional information and
175closing comments. Uh we've we have this item in the event that there are requests for additional information um for future agenda items. Are there any? Okay. Not hearing any. And if you think of any, you can send them to me or Dr. Marshall and we will get them agendaized uh as soon as we can. Uh our next meeting is we'll have a special board meeting next Tuesday, May 19th at 6:30. And then our next regular meeting is Tuesday, May 26, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. for close session. Uh, and our open session will begin right after here in room 13. We don't need to adjourn into close. What are the wishes of the board on adjournment? Thank you. I have a motion by trustee Kirk, second by trustee uh Nandep Singh. All in favor, please say
176I. Any oppose? Any abstensions? Motion carries. Uh, we adjourn at 9:49. Thank you, everyone.