Central Unified Board of Trustees Meeting April 28th , 2026

001The regular meeting of the Board of Trustees for April 28th, 2026 is called to order at 5:30 p.m. Please let the record reflect that all trustees are present uh for the meeting. Uh next item is adoption of the agenda. I do have a couple of revisions. Um I'd like to entertain a motion to remove item three under presentations, employee recognition, table that to May due to the availability of the speaker. Under action items, to move the cell phone policy to be our first item, so number seven to number one. Then we would take accept gifts to the district, hold public hearing, and I've received a request to move the uh resolution number 25-26-58 opposing the Southeast development area plan to number four. Thank you. So, I had a motion by Trustee uh Nandeep Singh. I

002had a second by by Trustee Vice President Sellers. All in favor, please say I. Any opposed? Any abstentions? Uh the agenda is approved as amended. Next, we will take any comments from the public on any of the closed session items. Any member of the public wishing to address the board in person, please come forward. Any member listening or watching remotely, the number to call is 559-276-3150. President Kremer, thank you. 30 seconds have passed and we have no comments at this time. Thank you. Hearing no comments, we will adjourn to closed session. As a reminder, we will return to open session and begin open session as soon as we conclude closed. Thank you. >> [music] >> Yes. >> Hey. Hey. >> [music] >> Yes. >> [music] >> Hey. Hey. >> [music] [music] >> Yes. >> Hey.

003Hey. >> [music] [music] >> Yes. >> [music] >> Hey. Hey. >> [music] [music] >> Yes. >> [whistles] >> Hey. Hey. >> Testing. The board reconvenes from closed session. Items to report. Reportable action from closed session. The board took action unanimously to approve the certificated personnel report. A motion was made by Vice President Sellers, a second by Trustee Kirk. The board also approved unanimously the classified personnel report. Bless you. By a motion by Trustee Kirk, a second by Trustee Harman-Singh. Additional reportable action. The board took action to terminate a certificated employee. Motion made by Vice President Sellers, a second by Trustee Sidhu. The action was unanimous. The board took action to approve settlement agreement for case number CSSA 82526.02 unanimously. A motion was made by Trustee Kerfan and a second by Trustee Kirk. The board took

004action to approve the settlement agreement in case number CSSA 2526.07 A motion by Trustee Kirk, a second by Vice President Sellers. The action was taken unanimously. The board also took action to deny claim number GHC0095990 70. A motion was made by Trustee Kirk, a second was made by Trustee Kerfan. The board also took action to deny claim number GHCC0094979. I made the motion. A second was made by Vice President Sellers. The vote was 5-0 with Trustee Nabeel Apologies, Trustee Kerfan abstaining. Trustee Sidhu absent from the vote. And finally, the board took action to approve a settlement agreement uh between the district uh and uh the parent with the last name Thomas. Uh the motion was made by Vice President Sellers, a second by Trustee Kerfan. The action uh carried 6-0 with Trustee Sidhu absent. And

005with that, we move on to our pledge of allegiance. Vice President Sellers, if you can please lead us. Thank you. We move on to our community engagement information. We invite our interpreters, translators as they join the podium. Uh just a notice to the community either in person or watching. Uh we did amend the agenda. Uh item two under presentations, employee recognition has been tabled to our next board meeting. Under action items, we will first hear approval of the revised board policy on the on the mobile communication devices. And then we have moved item 10, adopt resolution number 2526-58 opposing the Southeast Development Area Plan to item number four. The floor is yours. 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

006the entrance and submit it 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 and needing 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 to both of our interpreter translators. We move on to presentations. Student recognition, Dr. Lopez. Good evening, Board of Trustees, President Carrillo and Dr. Marshall,

007our Superintendent. Tonight, we will have the Central East High School Punjabi Club member Gursagar Singh provide an overview of Vaisakhi. Good evening, respective members of the board and everyone present here. I'm proud to represent my school, Central Unified, as we wish a very happy Vaisakhi and happy Sikh Day to all Central Unified families and Fresno community. Vaisakhi is a very important day for Sikhs as it marks the formation of Sikh identity in 1699 by Guru Gobind Singh Ji. It's celebrated every April by Sikhs all around the world. On this day, Sikhs visit Gurudwaras to pray, sing shabad kirtan, and share langar, a free meal for all, symbolizing equality and unity. Many also take part in nagar kirtans or Sikh parades. Vaisakhi reminds us to be brave, kind, and to stand up for justice. It is

008also a harvest festival that celebrates gratitude, community, and pride in our identity. Vaisakhi is not just a celebration. It is a call to live with courage, equality, and pride in who we are. Thank you. Next up speaking will be our teacher and Punjabi Club advisor, Ms. Harminder Goraya. Gursagar Singh. Good evening to all of you and Sat Sri Akal and a happy Sikh Day and happy Vaisakhi to you all as Gursagar Singh has said that it's not just a religious festival is more cultural festival to to represent that our culture. Two of my students Muskan Saini and Prabhjot Kaur are going to present our folk dance Bhangra. So please welcome them. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you to our students and our teachers as well for that wonderful presentation. We move on to employee association

009highlights. We'll first hear from CUTA president Laura Bolton. Our apologies, we do have one more presentation. >> Oh, I apologize. Go ahead. >> We would like to present to you tonight that CAD interns who are here to present on an item for mental health awareness month. Apologies, you are on the agenda. I just didn't read it. Good evening everyone. My name is Japleen Diloh and I'm one of this year's CAD interns. The CAD initiative is a peer led substance use harm reduction and mental health education internship. Today we'll be sharing about an event that we recently hosted. I'll be joined I was joined in this event by my colleagues Ashley and Joel Paul who unfortunately couldn't be here with us today, Harman Dhaliwal, Harsimran Grewal and Vani Gambhir. This event was held on March 10th

010at Justin Garza and we focused on a lot of our our aims as CAD which are opioid use harm reduction and mental health education. In order to talk about our aims, we had a number of activities at our town hall event. We had quite a few guest organizations that were there to table with us. We had a few guest speakers and we also had an education that we prepared that provided insight on opioids, mental health and some ways that we are able to help our peers and those around us. Our attendees which included both our peers at Garza and the broader central community as well as from Fresno more generally gained insight into the efforts that a lot of people in our community are making to help keep us safe. Our audience also included a

011lot of members from the community at large. Hello everyone. I'm Harman Dhaliwal. Today I want to highlight a crucial element that made our recent town hall a success, our day of preparation. This vital setup was made possible through through the amazing efforts of the SHSS club also known as Sikh Honors and Service Society. These students partnered with our custodians dedicating their time and energy to ensure everything was in place. They helped set up tables for organizations, assisted with serving food and managed attendee check-in creating a welcoming and organized environment for everyone. We also extend our sincere gratitude to the district. Your support was key in achieving a smooth setup of the campus mall and providing essential tables and chairs. We're incredibly grateful to our students and the district for making our town hall a success.

012We had tabling orgs at our town hall as well. This includes the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Youth Leadership Institute, Jagatara Movement, Westcare, Friday Night Lights, NAMI, Fresno County Superintendent of Schools and Cultiva La Salud. NAMI and Friday Night Lights also known as FNL are clubs that are on campus as well. From mental health awareness to educational resources, each table offered very crucial information for our students. This interaction encouraged students to explore opportunities for personal growth, seek assistance when needed and become more informed and involved with members of both the school and water a wider community. Hi everyone. I'm Vani. So we had videos for you guys but unfortunately they're not working so we will email this to you. So before the evening got started, we had a lot of volunteers from SHSS Sikh Honor

013Service Society as well as PBA Punjabi Red Athletes. They were setting up like Harman had mentioned before. They were helping with chairs, they helped with tables for the organizations and handing out food. Some even helped with our sign-in tables. This actually helped us interns a lot because we got to focus on hosting the event and focusing on our presentation. So before the presentation started, guests started rolling in and we had samosas there for them and a lot of them actually asked me where we got them from. And that was very fun to tell them. So that leads to our next slide. So we had At the end Sorry, our donors. At the end of our town hall, there were a there was a raffle held. People who completed their bingo card by interacting with organizations

014tabling were able to enter for our raffle. We had some donations that were made from Starbucks, Kimauriya, Uplift Blue Events and Jagatara Movement and then Shaun Panjab provided our samosas for the guests. We gave our donors gift bags to show our appreciation. Thank you. I'm Harsimran Grewal and at our town hall we had two amazing guest speakers Jasmine Jasmine Rakkar who shared vital campus counseling resources for students and senior deputy DA Ken Reynolds who provided a legal perspective on keeping our youth safe. He also explained how the Fresno Department is fighting against the opioid crisis. On the top left picture is of our 100 plus community members, seniors, adults and youth. Also many organizations that my fellow fellow intern had mentioned previously are all sitting together and learning vital information. On type top right picture

015of On type on top right picture is a picture of our intern Harman Dhaliwal. She's discussing about the demographics that show how much of Fresno is being affected by opioids. She also discusses the changes of death rates due to opioid overdose and how it increases from 2018 to 2024. On the bottom left image you can see our fellow fellow Komalpreet Kaur welcoming our community members to our town hall event. And finally on the bottom right you can see the youth of our community coming together and learning about opioid prevention and understanding how it affects the effects of it. Thank you. On this slide as well we had some more videos that unfortunately were not able to play. But the video on the left was a short excerpt from our guest speaker Jasmine Rakkar who spoke

016about how she works with adolescents who are struggling with substance use through her organization Prodigy Healthcare. And on the right we have a short excerpt of our intern Harman Dhaliwal in our presentation talking about opioid use statistics here in Fresno County. Thank you so much for giving us a chance to share here today and we're very grateful to all of our school admin at Garza as well as district admin for being extremely helpful and collaborative to us in planning this event. And we hope that in years in the future we're able to plan many more events like this that can help us contributing to make our central community a safer and healthier place for every student. Thank you. Thank you for all your advocacy. We appreciate that. And now we move on to our employee

017association highlights. Yes, no one's telling me otherwise. We'll first hear from Central Unified Teachers Association our CUTA president Laura Bolton. Good evening everybody. I just have a really quick uh message to to share. Just that, um, we are really looking forward to, um, the second part of our District Safe Schools Advisory Committee meeting this, uh, Thursday. Um, we we had, um, one part of it last week and we're going to reconvene, um, this Thursday. We've collected an extensive list of safety concerns ranging from fencing issues and staff who don't have important keys to student fights and gang activity. So, we're really looking forward to coming together, um, in this committee to share concerns, brainstorm, and hopefully come up with ways that we can address these concerns. Thank you. Thank you. Do we have Oh, I

018do see her. CSCA President, California School Employees Association, Angie Aguirre. Okay. Nothing to report. Thank you. We move on to our Superintendent Board Communications. We'll first hear from Dr. Marshall, our Superintendent. All right. Uh, tonight, uh, I have a short report. I want to start with, um, first, some highlights. Al La Dale Elementary School, we had the opportunity to attend, uh, the Blue Ribbon School celebration in Anaheim. That was a great event, and kudos to our state for recognizing, uh, our schools that attained this honor. We also got information about the Central High School wrestling program. They I got an extensive list that I shared, uh, for a statewide competition. And what's significant is that it's that this is the first year that now they're operating as a comprehensive high school. And if you they

019just have having milestone after milestone. So, we're going to have them back next month. Uh, you look at, um, we got the homeless prevention grant. That's through the partnership with our foundation for Central Schools. And then you see a picture. I've been going out to the different, uh, secondary sites. Uh, that's a picture with me from with some students from, uh, Glacier Point. Uh, our students are very they they, you know, they're young in years, but lots of wisdom. So, it's great to hear like some of the feedback and at all of our sites, they're very appreciative of what the district offers to our students. Uh, a few pictures. You see the, uh, the from last, uh, board meeting. Uh, you see a picture of the mentoring program that's going on at Central East. Uh,

020we have lots of our, um, administrators that are involved in our Region 9 ACSA. Uh, our own Jeff Garrett is the, uh, president. Am I correct? Uh, about about our local chapter. And then, uh, Dr. Lopez is also on that board, and, uh, they had an a celebration last night, an award ceremony. And speaking of award ceremonies, we had our own Employee of the Year celebration. That was a great event, and we're looking forward to working more to take a team to the next level. So, we're looking forward to that. On the final page, uh, some more highlights. All right, at Herndon and Barstow, uh, a Hawk system was installed. I was there for the press conference. It was really nice to see. They did a demonstration. You see our students all crossing. And then

021I want to close with some, uh, facility work that's been happening throughout the year. You can see the first picture is from, um, River Bluff. It's for a classroom that was renovated there. Uh, there's a sign There's a paint job over at, uh, Pearson. And then the one that I'm most proud of, you have the marquee at Madison. And, uh, there you can see where it started, and you see the finished product. All right. Looking ahead to, um, next future months or future weeks, uh, we're going to continue our budget workshops, uh, 101 series. And what's going to be the next talking point is the May revise that's about to come out when the governor presents his revised budget. So, we're going to kind of What does that mean for Central Unified? So, we'll do

022that. Uh, our negotiations with labor partners, that's that process has been going well. We hope to continue that. On May 5th, we have a board of, uh, education workshop that's scheduled on the books. We'll talk about that. And then, uh, my lastly, we have a on May 6th, the, uh, scholarship awards. So, that's my report. Thank you. We move on to our Finance and Facilities and Safety Board Subcommittee report. Sure. Uh, just just for our our community, a number of, uh, our our own, uh, folks here in Central Unified, uh, messaged me, especially a number of our, uh, our community members that are Armenian. So, I just wanted to, uh, really sort of take a pause to say, you know, here at Central Unified, we remember the Mets Egeren. Um, and and for us to

023just take a pause. Over 111 years ago, over 1 and 1/2 million Armenian souls were systematically murdered, uh, by at that time the Ottoman government. The Armenian people survived, thrived, and found homes, especially here in Central Unified. Uh, we have a stadium named after, um, uh, former, Supervisor Collegian. We even have an elementary school named after the the great William Saroyan. So, this this specific community has always been, uh, just like the Armenian community has been such a just a vital part of this particular community. And I just wanted to ask if we could take 30 seconds just to pause and remember the Armenian Genocide. Thank you. Uh, the Finance and Facilities and Safety Board, uh, Subcommittee report. Who is the chair? Okay. Trustee Kerpan. Thank you, President Corrao. Um, I was nominated again to

024continue as the chair of the Facilities, Finance, and Safety Subcommittee. So, thank you for the vote of confidence. Uh, just a few, uh, highlights from that meeting. Uh, we have several openings for safety liaisons, and at the time of that meeting, I think we had about 38 applicants. So, it's a very competitive, but rewarding position. Um, so, we're looking forward to all the great steps moving forward in that, uh, safety department. And then regarding water testing at Central High, I believe they were still testing for some metals like lead and copper since the fountains have been inactive for over a decade now. Uh, we're told the testing should be completed by end of May, and case that way any repair potential needed repairs could be made. Uh, change orders have been submitted to the State

025Water Board for reimbursement, and the district should be ready to announce if the water is safe to drink by the end of the school year, as I'm told. Uh, and in Safe Routes to School, we have like, uh, Superintendent Dr. Marshall said, we have the new Hawk Crossing at Herndon and Barstow. I was able to attend that press conference with, uh, Trustee Singh and, uh, Trustee, uh, Singh as well. Uh, so, it was And then also, thank you to our partners at the county and the City of Fresno, Supervisors Pacheco and Councilmember Carbajal for working together and making this happen for our students. Uh, another Safe Routes to School that is in the works is the, uh, McKinley Avenue Complete Street Project. Uh, the City of Fresno has it out to bid. This will include,

026uh, curb and gutter improvements as well as a sidewalk installation. So, our students won't have to walk to school in the dirt or mud. That's been something the community has been bringing to us for our attention for many years now. Um, Facilities informed us that the City of Fresno, uh, should have that construction beginning this summer. And lastly, uh, Madison Elementary is scheduled to begin construction on an updated preschool playground in June. Thank you. We will now hear, uh, or give them an opportunity to hear from our student trustee, Halazouni. Hello, everyone. I just wanted to say that we just kicked off Culture Week at Central East, and it's been going great. And I wanted to say great job to our FCCLA team at East for going to state. Yeah, that's all I got. Also,

027congrats to Central High's performance on High School Musical. Fantastic. Thank you. Uh, and finally, we'll hear from any board member wishing to provide a report. I'll start. Okay. Anyone on this side? Trustee Kerpan. Thank you, President Corrao. Uh, while it's not on the agenda, you know, again, thank you, President, uh, sorry, thank you, Trustee Singh, for, uh, bringing up the Armenian Genocide. It's, you know, obviously very important to our community here in Fresno. And at Central Unified, we were the first district to name in Fresno to name one of our schools after someone of Armenian descent. Uh, I also want to acknowledge that tomorrow is Denim Day, um, in acknowledgement, uh, and support for victims of sexual assault. So, please, uh, wear your denim tomorrow. Thank you. Hearing no further reports, we move on to

028comments from the public. This is an opportunity for any member of the public to address the board on any item not on the agenda. We will take comments from those that are in person, and then we will conclude with comments, uh, telephonically. So, at this time, do we have any comments from the public on any non-agendized items? We do. Our first comment comes from Carrie DeBose. And each individual will have 3 minutes to address the board. Please make sure we press the green button so the light's on. Good evening, President Corrao, uh, Dr. Marshall, and members of the board. I'm Carrie DeBose with Synergistic, and in 2021, Synergistic began an energy program at Central Unified. And a dedicated partnership over the past 5 years has created healthier, more energy efficient buildings, earning the district a

029best-in-class award. Best-in-class is a greatest achievement award that's reserved for model energy conservation programs, and the recognition focuses on the organization's low energy use index rating, high achievement in environmental conservation, above-average savings, and a superior level of support for the energy program from the board, administration, building staff, and students. And your district is receiving a best-in-class award for achievements in several categories. These include an 18% reduction in energy use, $3.6 million in total cost savings over 5 years, and an environmental impact of a CO2 reduction that's equivalent to 23,849,394 miles not driven by the average vehicle. And not only that, but Central Unified also has 18 buildings receiving ENERGY STAR recognition, and we'll be back next month to recognize the district and each individual building who's receiving ENERGY STAR recognition. We want to recognize Central

030Unified for serving as a model of energy stewardship to other districts around the country, and we want to thank the maintenance and operations team, our program liaison Amir Iqbal, the energy specialist Joseph Kim, and students, teachers, and staff for all of their efforts. And lastly, in an honor of your achievements and ongoing commitment to the stewardship, I also present the district Synergistics Best-in-Class Energy Program Award symbolized by a banner that we have back here, and we will be also, along with the banner, awarding the district a $5,000 check from the Synergistic Community Scholarship. Thank you. >> [applause] >> Well, congratulations us. Thank you. Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you for that. Clearly, it's been a very productive partnership. We're happy to have you. Our next comment is from Lupe Flores, or sorry, Trustee Lupe Flores. Good

031evening, President Dr. Marshall and Board of Trustees. Good evening, guests. I My name is Lupe Flores, and um I'm here to introduce myself as a candidate for Fresno County Board of Supervisors District 1, which will be replacing uh Brian Pacheco if elected. And I'm currently married to John. I have four adult children and blessed with eight grandchildren. I have lived all my life in Mendota, California, west of um Central Unified, and I'm [clears throat] a graduate of Tranquillity High School, and also received my AA Associate Arts degree from West Hills College. Everything has been done in the Westside. And uh I also uh like you to know that I'm on my 21st year as a Board of Trustee in Mendota Unified School District, and I am prepared to run for the Board of Supervisors District

0321. I have recently retired after 35 years of state service with the Employment Development Department as an employment program representative back in the day when we used to uh have claims filed in person, as well as uh mail out checks like a credit card with and send those off in the mail to the unemployed. And most recently, my career at the State of California Labor Commissioner's Office, where I was an investigator for 20 years, and then I retired as a senior deputy labor commissioner, equivalent to a supervisor. I have learned many things combined with both uh public service in my job, uh where we educated employers and workers of workers' rights and the demands made for uh businesses in our communities with state labor law compliance, as well as uh federal law and workers' rights,

033and we worked with Jacar here with with their program when I was at the Labor Commissioner's Office, informing the workers and outreach of their worker rights, and also my duties as a trustee, you know them very well cuz we perform the same duties, set policy, handle our budget, make decisions, what's best for our students and our communities. I am very happy to have your support. If you um kindly review my website floresforsupervisors.com, I will leave you a flyer and >> That's all the time we have. President Correa, I have no other cards at this time. Thank you. Do we have any callers? We don't have any callers at this time. >> Okay. Hearing no further comments from the public, we move on to our consent agenda. Uh before I entertain a motion, items to highlight.

034Um if approved, we would be adopting uh resolution number 2526-41 declaring May 4th through the 8th as 2026 Educator Appreciation Week. Resolution number 2526-42 declaring May 17th through the 23rd as Classified School Employee Week, and resolution number 2526-54 in recognition the designating May 2026 as National Physical Education and Sports Week. With that, what are the wishes of the board on the consent agenda? I'll motion to approve. Thank you. I have a motion by Trustee Kirk to approve the consent agenda. I have a second by Trustee Sidhu. All in favor, please say I. I. >> Any opposed? Any abstentions? I'm sorry. Assistant Trustee, how do you vote? I. Thank you. Motion carries unanimously. Apologies. Uh we move on to action items. Our first action item is accept gifts to the district. I'm sorry. No, we changed

035it. Our first item is approve revised board policy 5131.8, mobile communication devices. Dr. Lopez. Good evening again. We were going to have one of our CAT CAT interns speak on this. So, uh during uh between the March 24th board meeting and now, we've met uh with our CAT interns uh to create an SOP, as well as our safety committee. So, I wanted them to tell you a little bit of what we did. So, we've been working with Dr. Lopez and helping provide her with some of our input as students on the mobile communication devices policy. Um we're really glad we've had the opportunity to do that, and we're really thankful to Miss um Dr. Lopez for giving us that opportunity. Um we've worked with her on on creating that policy, and we've learned a lot

036about how board policies are made. Um and we've like just worked with her to create that using our input as students who are um some of us going to be affected by that policy next year. So, I would like to say thank you to our CAT interns, as well as Dojot, who has been instrumental in uh creating and starting this SOP. Having said that, I am here tonight um to bring back board policy 31 um Oh gosh, the number is wrong. 5131.8. >> Thank you. 5131.8 as being brought back for action to ensure we update it to reflect the new law, AB 3216, which requires our district to adopt a policy that limits or prohibits student use of smartphones while at school sites or under the supervision and control of district employees. As we have

037discussed this board policy, I want us to remember that the policy was intended to limit the use of cell phones because of the impact they have on mental health. So, uh as a reminder, the policy was created uh against smartphones in reality because of the access to YouTube, the access to social media accounts, and the impact that that has on kids, the research behind that. Uh what we've noticed also through the Senate bill is we realize there's a lot of research on districts and schools and countries, actually, that have implemented a full ban on cell phones and the increase in academics, as well as a decrease in um behaviors at schools, but also uh have reported to feel happier and more of a positive school climate, as well. Um during the March 24th board meeting,

038I presented the board policy along with feedback gathered through surveys from both community parents, staff, and students. Since then, I have met with the CAT interns to draft the SOPs that were emailed to you. They're just in a draft form, so I didn't want them attached to anywhere. Uh they're literally our first draft. We met with the safety committee to look at that SOP and what it could look like. Um they provided a lot of feedback. That feedback was adapted a second SOP that was sent to you, as well. Um and as of now, we are looking as a district to adopt our our recommendation is to adopt the board policy with option two starting next year. And the idea behind that is we feel like putting our students through two years of changes of

039policies is not fair to our community and our students. We also realize that as staff, when you look at the feedback, sometimes we get caught up on the option they selected. What we also want us to focus on when I made the presentation, we have a lot of questions that were geared towards mental health. So, I think you noticed that in safety. And those answers, the narratives from the public, the narratives from our parents, the narratives from our students, all signaled that cell phones are currently being used in a negative way. The narrative everything that was written from students was around bullying, around safety concerns, around the video recordings, the social media posts that are being made. The same thing from our parents. So, they didn't quite align to the option that was selected. And

040the reason why we do that is because sometimes when we ask, do we want to limit the use, we sometimes go towards the negative. So, what we noticed in the feedback is the identified the lack of you being able to have access to their students if needed. So, that was one of the highest-ranked responses in the narratives. Our parents are worried, how am I going to get a hold of my kid if I there's any emergency, if I need to get a hold of them. Uh for our students, something they mentioned a lot is the lack of activities during lunch. How are they going to be entertained? But in addition, they said access to supports. They use QR codes at schools. So, what we decided as a team is how about we create a structure

041that implements new systems in place in our schools to access supports when needed, and we implement and purchase items such as the magnetic devices that that can open the the bags if we decide to go with pouches, um when the student has an emergency and needs to get a hold of a parent. So, we can create then an SOP, a standard operating procedure that targets the the demands that were brought back by students and parents, rather than choose an option based on on the option selected when the narratives don't match. The feedback didn't match, and the Senate bill is not meant to target just getting rid of cell phones for the sake of just getting rid of cell phones. It was meant to address mental health. So, having said that, we are recommending option two

042to be selected as part of this board policy. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have. Thank you, Dr. Lopez. Do we have any comments from the public? We don't have any comments out to the public right now. Okay. Hearing no comments from the public, I will now open it up to our board. Student trustee, do you have any comments or questions? So, are we planning to adopt option two? The recommendation is that we adopt the board policy with option two included. Um I had a question since we showed it on March 24th that on the survey most people chose option one, how come we chose to go with option two? The narrative even though the option was like So, when we create surveys, we don't just do it to say this is what

043we're going to adopt. What we want is feedback in reality. So, if they select option one, what I looked at what then what was that narrative feedback? What did they tell me in the 2,000 responses from students and in the 1,000 responses from parents and community? That was a lot of survey feedback. And what we realized is that even though they selected this option, the other survey feedback around safety, they said cell phones are used for this negative like highly at 50 some percent, 40 some percent, uh they're used for these purposes. Then the narrative feedback stated they we would like to limit the cell phones. We would like no recording at all all day long. We would like no access to social media. So, all the responses were leaning towards more restrictions. And the

044question is then if we are selecting option one, which in reality is the policy we have right now. The policy we have right now states you just don't have to use them during instructional time. And it's clearly not working. The feedback is really leaning on the more negative side as to how phones are being used. Uh I was going to say something about option one because I think the reason why it's not working is teachers aren't enforcing it like they're supposed to. Um for example, my second period teacher, she's very adamant about her policy. We're all really focused in class, and we kind of use it as kind of a reward system. Students are more likely to get their work done, and I just feel like it'll be really hard to kind of reverse from

045where we are now to completely being off our phones because I've talked to teachers around campus about it, and a lot of them have gave me that feedback where they think we should be able to have our free time with our phones because it's just a lot of teachers, honestly, they don't use the lock box, and I think if we got check-ins more often, they'd be more adamant on using them, and I think we should have been able to get realistic feedback with like option one being implemented to already, and I think we should have had the op like I don't know how to say it, the experience even of how option one would have really been like cuz we never really got that truly like implemented. So, I think it was kind of on

046a lot of the schools' fault because students they don't It's kind of like I don't know how to explain it, but when you do a big change like that, they're more likely to not um follow, and I think if we start off small, it'll be easier for kids to adapt to it. And I hear you. Listen, I went to school when we had no cell phones. >> [laughter] >> And now I have a cell phone, and let me tell you, we rely a lot on it. So, I I I understand your concerns. What I can tell you is that the current feedback we received is based on our current policy, and our current policy states you're not allowed to use it during instructional time. So, it is option one. Uh the other thing I can

047tell you is having been a teacher before, working with our union partners, their concern is they're here to teach. And if you think about high school, right? We have an hour of instruction that is so sacred, right? So, if we invest most of our time trying to catch kids using their devices, that is also pulling them away from instruction, which isn't very helpful. And the addition to this policy as well is that now our superintendent and our board get to create a system. So, our superintendent, meaning the teams that we've been gathering to collect feedback and create an SOP, a standard operating procedure, get to dictate a new system to ensure that it's being limited, which is either the pouches or lock boxes or any other system that has not been included in prior policy.

048So, now it actually demands an actual structure to ensure that we are curbing the use of the cell phones for the reason stated earlier, right? The research behind the mental health piece. Anything further, student trustee? Okay. Thank you for your feedback and your questions. Um I I'm also in support of of administration's recommendation. I've been reading a lot about um I had a cell phone uh in in elementary school, junior high maybe. Um but the more I read about the impact that it's really having on the mental health of our students and the the component where we're then put in a position of having to discipline them, having to make decisions on expelling them, uh or the suspension expulsions because of the recordings that are being done, and and just even that impact that it

049has not only at the discipline level, but then having to retrain our students and move away from how those videos are being used, um and and to address the concern of how do we enforce it? How do we make sure that that it's being done equitably because our teachers are there to teach. We're going to get pushed back, and and that's probably what you're experiencing. It's they don't want to waste their time telling a student that the now they're going to be potentially kicked out of the classroom because they're being disruptive by using the cell phone. So, it is a more harsher approach, but I think once we experience the period of withdraw, hopefully our students will do better, and they will be able to focus on their learning, and we can better improve what

050we immediately see as our test scores, but really ultimately better prepare them for their next journey after high school and and after their their education with our district. So, I'm also in support of number two. So, thank you for that recommendation. Any comments or questions from the board? Trustee Curfew. Thank you, President Curiel. Um I understand what this will look like from the student perspective. We're the fun police, and we are taking away their phones, you know, it's no very They can say, "Oh, the man is controlling it." But unfortunately, like this is what every we've seen. The data shows that this will improve students' mental health and also their education. Every I've tried to find evidence that it doesn't help. It does. Every single school district that has done this has reported an increase

051in their student test scores. That even Dallas Independent School District in Texas, they saw a 24% increase in library books being checked out because the kids are bored and at lunch, and they're going to go to the library, and they're going to find a great book, um which, you know, is a great improvement for students. And I know from my personal experience, I was in school around when smartphones became the big thing, and I remember within a couple months of getting my first phone, my parents yelled at me because, "Why do you suddenly have 20,000 texts in a month? Look at our phone bill." Uh and of Of my student my fell my friends in growing up, they noticed you know there was bullying, there was you know sexual harassment, cyberbullying, all kind pressures from

052social media about their appearance, all kinds of things that negatively affect their mental health that have only exacerbated. And now we also have the issue of AI prevalence in the classrooms. So, uh I don't like being the fun police, but unfortunately this is what is best for our students. And I think after we go through the growing pains, they will find that it is an improvement for them as well. Vice President Sellers. Thank you. Uh just to clarify, this is tonight what we are approving is simply a board policy, nothing else. Uh equipment and anything along those lines. That is correct. I attached quotes just because I know those that was a request, but it's only visible to you for you because I the one of the asks from the last board meeting was cost

053more or less. That doesn't mean that is the agency that we're going with. Right now, we are getting more quotes and this would essentially be a bidding process because of the amount of money. Okay. Um how long have we been working on this board policy and researching what other school districts are doing? This is the second year. So, we started last year and Jeff Macy and our supervisor Cassie Smith uh started meeting with districts. I believe it was Clovis, Madera, and Bullard High. Like just get feedback. Feedback around what to do, what not to do. Uh so, how was it rolled out? So, Madera was the major one that had the best roll out. So, that is the process that we started with meetings with cabinet, getting feedback from Madera, constant collaboration with Madera Unified,

054started looking at what systems they had in place. Some of the schools, as you know, some of the high school started with the boxes to see the feeling around it. Uh we started creating a presentation and the surveys last year with understanding that we were going to start the implementation of the surveys at the opening of the school year. And we were supposed to attempt to do this at a middle school and a high school, but we lost our supervisor of and direct that would oversee the department. So, at that point I took it on that component. Uh with planning with Madera, creating a possible board policy, put it in the agenda back in November for our board subcommittee, got feedback, uh started doing the town halls. Not well attended, but four were hosted. The

055survey was pushed out through Parent Square, had multiple uh surveys pushed out uh to ensure we gathered as much input as possible, which we think that's why people didn't go because we would send the invitations to the town hall with a survey link. So, they would just complete the survey. Uh I attended some of the DELAC meetings for the presidents that sit in their committee the ELAC committees. Um I was able to I believe attended the PAC meeting at Justin Garces, received feedback from them. So, we've been receiving feedback along the way until we took it again to the subcommittee for uh for you guys to review in January, February. So, now we're at the point that we need a vote because the SOP, as you can see there's two of them right now. I

056need to know what direction I'm leaning more towards. Okay. Um I didn't get a chance to review this since the last time it was presented. Have we amended this at all to include other smart devices like watches, uh glasses, and the other technology that's So, because the policy strictly focuses on mobile communication devices, the SOP will focus on all the other ones. So, we heard that feedback. We got that feedback especially from our union partners as well and how they're being used in the classrooms. And our student has actually brought it up as we started drafting the SOP. So, we are including it as part of the restriction. We have policies in place already around technology use policies. So, I think reminding everyone that you may have it in your backpack, but you can't take

057it out. It can be confiscated. We can choose to give them pouches for those too. But then that will be a lot of focus on all the different items if we're creating a structure around walking into campus and showing that they're putting their cell phone on the pouch as they're entering. We don't want to have them do cell phone, glasses, and everything else, right? Uh the watches are one of the options that we don't have to mandate because they're not recording. So, the specific purpose of the policy was created around smartphones because of the impact on mental health due to YouTube, due to access to social media, you name it. Uh you can't do those kinds of things with watches. So, that is one thing we're still exploring. We're not done with the SOP yet.

058Okay. Um I think there are some that are on the market right now that you can do that and that's going to be the wave of the future. So, we might as well get ahead of that. Yeah. >> Yeah. Um How soon do we anticipate having an AR or an SOP that outlines how we are going to enforce this? So, I met with the safety committee. Thank you for attending. Um we are going to meet again, but the focus is going to be different this time. So, at that meeting I'm intending to set up another safety committee meeting just on the mobile communication device uh policy. I have an admin group that we started gathering uh and we are going to meet on Friday so I can receive also input from admin around the SOP

059draft that we have. That's going to help revamp the SOP. Once that's revamped, I'm taking it back to the safety committee that I just mentioned. Uh and I want it take it back to the behavior task force as well because they have a say in that, too. Okay. So, I think let me interpret really quickly. The plan would be that we have an SOP or an Are we going to use the SOP in replacement of the AR or are we also creating an AR? We are not creating an AR because we felt like ARs as you examine the ARs, they're not very detailed. They're not meant to be very detailed. They just restate the board or the assembly bills right in the policy. >> Sorry to interrupt you. The SOP would be done before the

060next academic year. And definitely comment it then, right? My intention is to have it done by end of May because at that point we need to ensure that we do PD around it. We plan for the July Institute with leaders on how we're going to push it out and support them with that. Okay. I think that's my biggest concern is that we have a I don't want to say foolproof because things always come up, but that we have a real plan of how we are going to enforce this. Um You know, if a student shows up with a cell phone or some other device, what happens? Are they getting a warning? How many warnings? How is it documented? Do I get a warning from my first period teacher, then my second period, and so on

061every throughout the day? At what point is it confiscated? Who's confiscating it? Where it's going? All those things I would like to see that outlined. And then communicated to students, parents, staff members so that everybody is on the same page across the board, all campuses since we are going to be implementing this based on your recommendation that there's no uh trial phase or slow implementation. It's just beginning next school year, here's the policy across the board for everybody. Um How how are we going to communicate that? And what are we going to do to evaluate the effectiveness and how it's being implemented across the board because you know, as I've heard from my own kids, my friends that are educators, our student trustee, some teachers, some administrators do things differently and I don't want to

062implement or have a policy that we cannot enforce. Mhm. So, a lot of what you're describing was already kind of implemented into the current um draft of the SOP and we do have a BP around it already, 5144 around discipline. So, we are using that as a guideline cuz it even talks about steps and restorative practices that need to be taken for these kinds of K violations. That's what they would be fall under. But I am also going to work with Macy Young as well as the new director coming in to create a guideline for discipline. So, that'll help with the more um the the idea that we all are implementing it the same way across. Okay. Um the other piece that I want to discuss is the fact that every school has the right

063I think you were in the committee when they mentioned like we need to give some autonomy in regards to how they will address um not this discipline. We do want to create a guideline for discipline, but more around the the supports for kids. Like for example, some individuals decide to do use the bait process to provide um some interventions to the students, right? Uh others may choose like you know what, we already have this additional personnel. We want to use them this way. So, that's why I want to hear from leaders. I don't want to create a a guideline that fits for all if they have different structures in place already that they're using. Well, my concerns with that is that if we've been looking at this for 2 years now, we should have had

064that already kind of outlined. And second, if we have criteria that clearly outlines discipline and how we should be enforcing the current policy, it doesn't seem to be working. I agree. How are we going to make sure that we are implementing it across the board equitably and effectively? And that is when we come back to our school partners. >> This I I do not I do not want to approve something where we are going to invest a lot of taxpayer money and 2 years from now we're scrapping it because it didn't work based on how we implemented it. So, um I'm hopeful that we can have that SOP by the end of the school year so we can communicate that to everyone. Yeah, definitely. >> Thank you. Well, and I think what I would propose

065and I'm I would gather that most of you, if not all of you, would agree is that once that once that SOP is done, it comes back for presentation to the board. And whether we do that during a special meeting or a workshop or another regular agenda-ized meeting, but so that we fully understand and the expectation is that then our administrators are enforcing what we've decided because we have rules that say that. We once we adopt a BP, our administrators are responsible and in particular our one employee that we can hold accountable is responsible for making sure that that's being implemented appropriately and making sure that my concern would be a the disciplinary aspect of it. There's I'm I'm fine with delegating and providing some authority at the at the site level, but I do

066not want to have to suspend or expel a student over a cell phone policy. That defeats the whole purpose. But I'm I'm just sharing my opinion. I know that there's other board members that want to speak. >> just answer to that. So, for example, the recess policy, you can't take away recess for breaks and lunches. We've implemented that, right? So, we did it through July Institute. We ensured they understood the new policy that came into play. So, we plan to do the same. So, once we create the SOP, we're going to use July Institute to ensure all our leaders have this SOP and ask them how we can support with that. The other piece I can tell you is that this is going to go in the packet, the opening of your packet where all

067our parents have to register sign so they understand the policy. Any further questions? We might want to advertise this a whole lot more than just sticking it in a packet. >> for sure. Yeah. Uh, Trustee Nandip Singh. So, thank you, Dr. Lopez, for the presentation. I think I want to talk about a few points and then kind of add to it. To student Trustee Alazani's point of view, honestly, much appreciated. I know you shared you were at Bullard High School so you saw some of the the issues in terms of implementation. I think that's why the critical piece for us is making sure that it's not just at the school at the teacher level, that it is something that we're doing district-wide and and and we're not allowing that sort of room for that level

068of difference. I am the data is so crystal clear. But I also want to slightly push on our district. We are so late on this. This is required by law in July 2026. So, we are way late. This isn't like an experimentation. This is like we are late on this. In addition to a board workshop, I think it's vital for us to actually go visit a school district and and and maybe for that's like a field trip for you know, for our staff and and for board members that want to avail themselves to a district, not a not a Madera who just did this like last year, but there are school districts that have done this actually prior to COVID. Like in the Bay Area, San Mateo Unified did this in 2019. A lot of

069affluent districts started doing this way earlier. So, so like Roseville, Rocklin, like in the in in the greater Sacramento area. I would highly recommend maybe some of us go see because they have to everything that Trustee Solorzano is is bringing up, they have dealt with these issues because they've they've implemented for last 7-8 years. So, I wish I had higher trust in our school district to be able to create this from scratch. I I don't, but I think there's a lot for us to learn from from other school districts, from uh, some of their missteps. But but to our community, this is an absolutely vital and important step that we're taking. Um, the the data is absolutely clear. Trustee Carfagno alluded to some of it, but I also want to also warn a little bit

070the our our community as well. The first year of implementation, they did actually see suspensions and other discipline issues go up in the first year. Because that was a huge change. It was a huge change in the behaviors of the students and what they were expected. By years two and three, it dramatically decreased. So, I I want to inspire our our staff, encourage our students, and talk to our community directly that it's not going to be linear. But but for us to do what's right for our students, what do what's right for our community, and ultimately do what's right for our children, I think this is an extremely important step. But in in in addition to potentially a special meeting or or a workshop, and time is at the essence cuz this is required by

071July 2026. And before the end of the school year, I would highly highly suggest that we we organize something to include more community members. And as we're talking about rollout, to do this in a in a phased approach. So, so that students are kind of more and more prepared as as this is occurring. Thank you. Any other comments or questions? All right. Um, I'll move to approve Board Policy 5131.8 with option two. Thank you. I've made a motion. I have a second by Trustee Nandip Singh. Student Trustee, how do you vote? I oppose. Okay. So, I have a no vote by our student trustee. Board members, all in favor, please say I. I. Any opposed? Any abstentions? Motion carries. We move on to accept gifts to the district. Assistant Superintendent Iqbal. Good evening. We have

072three gifts for Central Elementary School. The first one is $1,000 from Central Youth Cal Ripken League for the athletic department. The second one is $500 from Central PTA kindergarten field trip. And third one is $428 from Kona Ice for Associated Student Body Fund. Central High School received a donation $250 from Maria Munoz and Miguel Gomez for the badminton club. Justin Garza High School received two donations. The first one is $323.58 from Gordon Park for the Mock Trial Club. And then the second one is $275 from Cultural Art Rotary Foundation for serving at their fundraiser event. And finally, River Bluff Elementary received a donation of $1,746.18 from Crew Magic LLC for the bounce house reward event. Administration is recommending the board accept gifts to the district. Thank you. I will rely on our board clerk and

073staff to let me know if there's any comments from the public on any of these items. Uh, what are the any questions or comments from the board? From our student trustee? Okay. Motion to approve. >> Thank you. I have a motion by Trustee Kirk. And I have a second by Trustee uh, Nandip Singh. Is your mic working? Are you turning it on? Hello. Oh. Thank you. Uh, student trustee, how do you vote? I. Remaining board, all in favor, please say I. >> I. Any opposed? Any abstentions? Motion carries with Trustee Harman Singh absent. Our next item is hold a public hearing and approve quarterly Williams Uniform Complaint Procedure. Director Oh. Uh, good evening, Trustees and Dr. Marshall. On March 24th, the board received information regarding the Williams Uniform Complaint Procedure. As a reminder, the Williams

074Uniform Complaint Procedure allows students, parents, and community members to report concerns relating to instructional materials, facilities, and teacher assignments. I'm here to report that the data has been gathered for this quarter and knows all sites reported no Williams complaints. We respectfully request a public hearing and approval of the Williams Uniform Complaint Procedures. Thank you. And with that, the public hearing is now open for the quarterly Williams Uniform Hearing none, the hearing is now closed. We will move on to approval of the quarterly Williams Uniform Complaint Procedure report. Is there a motion to approve? Motion to approve. Okay. I have a motion by Trustee Kirk. I have a second by Vice President Sellers. Student Trustee, how do you vote? I. Board members, all in favor, please say I. >> I. Any opposed? Any abstentions? Motion carries

075with Trustee Harman Singh absent. We move on to item number three. No. I'm off. So, we now move on cuz we're taking them out of order. Right? Okay. So, we now take item adopt resolution number 2526-58 opposing the Southeast Development Area Plan for consideration. So, there was a request to add this resolution to today's agenda given the impact that a decision in approving the development plan would would reassign and reallocate right, I'm presenting the item. Reassign and reallocate services and benefits. And so, before we take any public comment, uh, Trustee Sidhu, is there anything else you'd like to add on this resolution? Yes. Uh, so uh, just wanted to introduce this to uh, formally on the board. So, as I travel, you know, around Central Unified and even outside of Central Unified, the opposition to

076SEDA is deafening. Like it's like people think I have any sway or power and they come to me and tell me to do something about about it. But to what we can do as a board we will and this is the first step. So, the idea here is I'm talking to Fresno residents. Everybody who lives in Fresno knows about the SEDA issue. It's been at the forefront for the past year year or two. Um this plan directly impacts the families of Central Unified simply because it redirects cuz there's a limited amount of funds at the end of the day. There's a limited amount of taxpayer money. There's a limited amount of benefits that we as a community get we as Fresno get and this plan puts Central Unified again at the back burner for a

077different plan proposed in a different part not even in our town outside of our town outside of our city. So, that's the kind of the voice I've been been getting around the community and the community basically tell tells me it feels like you know Fresno is Lucy and then Central Unified is Charlie Brown and we get the the football pulled away from us at the very you know right there. So, this is our first step. I just want to read off a little few of the bullet points that we're going to if approved by the board today what we're what we're stating. Um so, for we're going to formally oppose the Southeast Development Area Plan as it currently is proposed on the grounds that it conflicts with the district's mission to serve grow and sustain

078the communities of west of Highway 99. It affirms that communities west of Highway 99 the heart of Central Unified service area continue to lack the roads utilities parks and transit access that families and students deserve that these deficiencies represent decades of unfulfilled public commitment and directing taxpayer resources towards peripheral expansion before addressing these foundational gaps is a misplacement of public priorities. It calls on the city of Fresno to develop and commit to a concrete funded infrastructure investment plan for communities west of Highway 99 prior to directing any public resources towards peripheral expansion and to prioritize infill development and housing strategies that strengthen existing neighborhoods before approving large-scale peripheral expansion plans such as SEDA. Affirming that families Central Unified serves have waited long enough and that equitable growth must begin where the need is greatest not

079where the land is cheapest. It directs the superintendent or designate to transmit this resolution to the Fresno City Council the mayor relevant city planning departments and other appropriate public agencies and to actively participate in the public process surrounding SEDA. >> [clears throat] >> Reaffirms that the district's unwavering commitment to neighborhood schools equitable access to quality education and ensure that land use and development decisions made by other public agencies do not undermine the students the families and communities Central Unified was built to serve. And with that I'll pass the mic on. Thank you. We'll take any public comment on this item. Thank you President Curiel. First comment comes from April Henry. Good evening Board President Trustee Superintendent and District Leadership. My name is April Henry and I'm here today as both a community partner and a

080resident of West Fresno what many of us know the area often called forgotten Fresno. Board members I want to speak plainly. You have an item agenda opposing SEDA in front of you that may feel like a decision about whether to take a stance. But what's in really in front of you is whether you will stand up for the students and families or stay silent while decisions are made that will deeply impact them and our entire community. We've already seen what could happen in our neighboring district Fresno Unified. They're facing the potential closure of up to 11 schools tied to the impacts of this proposed expansion. That's not hypothetical. That's real. That's classrooms teachers entire school communities at risk. At the same time we're talking about 9,000 acre development larger than the size of Clovis being

081built while our city is already financially stretched completely bonded out and already struggling to maintain the infrastructure we have today. In an audit that my organization HCCD completed we have 30 miles of missing sidewalks and we were denied a micro transit grant that would have helped our students due to the lack of infrastructure in place. My current project a grant adds 2 miles and five hawks for our students but that is literally a drop in the bucket. So, the question becomes at what cost and to whom? Because we know how this story goes. Growth happens somewhere else investment follows somewhere else and the neighborhoods west of 99 are asked to wait many years for any changes again. We fought hard for the West Area Neighborhood Specific Plan so that our community would not be left

082behind that it wouldn't just sit on a shelf again as new growth pulls resources away from the areas that need them most. And now we're here again at another defining moment. So, I want to be very clear. If you choose to oppose SEDA as it stands you are standing up for your students your schools and the long-term stability of this district and community. If you choose to stay neutral or say nothing at all that also is going to speak volumes. Silence in this moment is not neutral. It's a decision. A decision that says the potential loss of schools the strain on our already poor infrastructure and the continued disinvestment in this community is acceptable. I don't believe that that reflects any of your values as I know many of you. This is not about politics.

083This is about planning responsibly protecting public education and ensuring that growth does not come at the expense Thank thank you Mrs. Henry. Our next comment comes from Keith Bergthold. Good evening President Trustees. Very grateful to be in front of you this evening. My name is Keith Bergthold and with the Greenfield Coalition we actually initiated the opposition to SEDA over 3 years ago. We've done a number of studies of urban decay fiscal capacity and a number of analyses that we'd like the city of Fresno to share with you but they won't and they won't share them with us. We really think this is a fiscal disaster. This is a zero-sum game in terms of current fiscal conditions in the state and the city and everything that April said is something for you to consider and we

084hope that you will we love your resolution and we think you should should send a message to the city of Fresno that your interest in serving your area west of 99 is just as important as them serving an area that has no city residents east of Temperance. None. You have 42,000 residents that you're serving or 55,000 total west of 99. So, we really want to encourage you and thank you for taking this action. This is the message that school districts around this whole region need to tell the county and others how do we pay for this? How do we make sure we have the services and meet the needs of the existing residents now. Thanks. Thank you. Our next comment comes from Ardy Padilla. Good evening President Curiel and Dr. Marshall and hardworking board. Um

085yeah, I'm a Central alumni so we're talking about my neighborhood too. I live in the the Madison neighborhood um and ditto to what April and Keith said this is also if this passed SEDA passed this will also impact transportation. It'll impact health. It'll impact economic vitality um economic upward mobility. Um so, it really is a catastrophe if this passes not not and not just for the Central District Fresno Unified um Washington Unified that in West Fresno. So, um really thankful that you guys are considering this and I really urge you to pass that resolution. Thank you. Thank you. Our next comment comes from Mayor Maria Pacheco. Hello. Good evening. I am Maria Pacheco. I'm the mayor for the city of Kerman. I'm also running for your District 1 Supervisor. And so, I have taken great

086interest in this specific subject and I want you to know that I have been echoing the voice of the community in many different platforms and and and places to oppose SEDA. And so, I'm very proud of this board for bringing this forward and bringing this resolution. And so, I just want to be here tonight support you in this and hope that you do pass this resolution and I just want to let you know that I will take this resolution with me and continue to reiterate it in lots of different places in the area and every opportunity that I have to speak on it. And so, I'm very proud and thankful that you're taking this stance tonight and I look forward to echoing this in the future. Thank you. Thank you. Our next comment comes from

087Daniel Branick. Uh good evening board members Daniel Branick. Well, I'm a Steinbeck Elementary School with Evan Robles back there in Central High. I was in Sacramento this morning at 5:30 so forgive me if I sound delirious or unprofound. I was surprised to see this here and that's why I'm down here. I'm glad to see it. In case it needs to be said like why does a school district have any business talking about stuff about land use stuff that I nerd out about. And some of the other people in this room, if you know, if you work, you represent, you see the connection between Lanius and how a district runs and whether it's, you know, on the back of community support and spite of like the foregone you know, the forgotten commitments to things like infrastructure,

088to things like a healthy environment, a complete community. Um you know, environment matters, getting to and from school, health at school, health and vitality away from school, that what parents and staff carry around when their communities like aren't holding up their end of the bargain. And SEDA for Central represents a divestment and abandonment of community commitments that's going to make this district harder to run. And it's happening in a really deeply unfair way. It's not through big general plan public process. It's cronyism, backroom deals with a handful of people, you know, who are the regular players in town. Um you know, SEDA being bad itself in a nutshell, you might already know some of this stuff. It's an illusory vision of something I was just driving through the half-built part of Elk Grove that was

089done by the same planners who did SEDA. And they and they'll tell you that they didn't realize their vision. And that's who wrote SEDA back in you know, the first decade of the 2000s. It serves no existing residents. It's not driven by community vision. The biggest thing is it's a multi-billion dollar price tag. It's going to bankrupt the city. Um extra frustrating, city hasn't shown its work on it. It's a lot of trust has broke. They have a crazy double standard for the west area, but that's another story for another day. There's not enough money for both and here. So, that's why we need to stand up for this. I you know, every community, every existing community in Fresno, but especially Central. So, if you have kids in the district or you work here, if

090you're just like me and like root for the outcomes of you know, people who walked in the same shoes that I did. You know, people I care a lot about. Uh that this is the move to make. I'm really glad that y'all are here doing this and that's I think about all the time I have. Thank you. Thank you. Our next comment comes from Matthew Gilliam. Hello, good evening trustees. I'm a man of a few words here, so I'm just going to be really quickly. First and foremost, thank you all for showing the courageousness that it's going to that it takes to present a resolution like this and pass it because I'm raising my son in I grew up in District 2, City of Fresno. So, I'm raising my my son in the City of

091Fresno and it's a shame that our school district hasn't shown the same courageousness that you guys have because it is it's it's showing in our school system and it's showing in my son's daily education, right? Um so, thank you first and foremost and also thank you to the Greenfield Coalition and folks like April Henry and other community members that have been doing the hard work getting us to come out to city council meetings for the West Area Specific Plan as well as to learn more about this and oppose this. So, thank you very much again and I too will continue to speak out against SEDA and stand alongside with you guys. Thank you. President Correa, no other comments at this time. Thank you. Do we have any callers? We have one caller at this time.

092Thank you. I have uh Gabriel Suarez. Gabriel Suarez, you are on with the board. You have 3 minutes to make your public comment. Hi, it's nice to see that Central Unified is actually doing something for once in a lot of years. Um but this just makes a good soundbite for the election campaign season. What I really like to address is the elephant in the room. Central Unified already created its own SEDA by pandering to developers like Granville Homes who who built near Justin Garza High. And um sorry. Um with the new district redrawing of the boundaries, the old and outdated schools were neglected like El Capitan Central High. The most outdated high school in Fresno that has a champion water polo team, but it's the only high school in Fresno with no pool. Not only

093do you need to pass this SEDA opposition resolution, but you need to address the inequity that you created, Mr. Singh. And by redrawing the district boundaries to appease the developers. And if you really cared about doing something meaningful then you would do something to address the inequity that you created because you're trying to pull the wool over people's eyes and make it seem like you oppose SEDA when you created one in your own district and you're not willing to do a thing about it. You don't say one word ever, but then you go off and talk about equity when you like to promote it. >> if we can pause the time. Your comment does need to be limited to the item that the board is considering, which is opposing the resolution opposing the Southeast Development

094Area Plan. So, I would ask that you limit your comments. If they're not going to be further related to the resolution, we will conclude your time to speak. You have a minute and 37 seconds left. Mr. Suarez? It looks like Mr. Suarez is no longer on the line. Okay, thank you. We do have one more public one more comment through the Okay, thank you. And as a reminder to all speakers during this public comment, the comments are limited to the item that the board is considering, which is the resolution adopting resolution number 2526-58 opposing the Southeast Development Area Plan. Okay, I have Crystal Cabrera on the phone. Crystal, you have 3 minutes with the board and your time starts now. Thank you. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak tonight and I want

095to speak to urge the board to adopt this resolution formally opposing SEDA. Um I would like to echo what Gabriel just said about how important it is that the district not only take a stand against SEDA, a formal stand against it, but also implement more equitable policies within our own district. As you all are aware and as our community is aware, our lines were recently redrawn and they were redrawn with the input with heavy input of wealthy developers and what that's creating in our own district is an inequity where resources are being pulled from the southern part of the district and the the budget is not being balanced so that the schools on the southern side of the district are being invested in or even the southern side of the district being invested in in

096the same way as the schools in the northern side of the district are being invested in. And so, I urge you board to start um to start to start studying more equitable policies and start implementing more equitable policies and to make that a number one priority because the kids on the southern side of the district are really suffering as a result of the lack of the resources. One thing in particular that I know that is happening is that the Central West High School, the art teacher is being let go and that's really >> your comments need to be limited to the item that the board is considering, which is the resolution. So Right. You have a minute and 31 seconds. Do you have any further comments related to the resolution? Yes, I do. That's an

097important part of the resolution and why are we adopting a resolution opposing SEDA when we need to we need to implement those policies here in our own district. That's my point is that not only do we need to formally adopt this resolution opposing SEDA, but we need to adopt those policies here in Central Unified like this teacher that's being let go at Central West. Mr. Cabrera, this is the final reminder to limit your comments to the resolution. If you'd like to speak on any item that is not on the agenda, the appropriate time to address the board is during comments from the public uh a non-agendized items. It's an issue of equity for kids on the south side of the district and lack of resources on the south side of the district because of divest

098disin not investing on the south side. And why are we not investing on the south side? Because the developers have controlled this district and urged the members of the board to invest on the north side where the new houses are, where the wealthier families are. That's exactly what I'm talking about. We need to have different policies where we are investing equally, especially for the kids that need it more on the south side of the district. So, not only am I asking you to do to adopt this resolution formally opposing SEDA today, but to actually implement equitable policies here in Central Unified. If you don't actually implement policies here in Central Unified, then adopting this resolution is meaningless. Thank you. President Correa, I have one more caller on the line. I have Gurdeep Singh Gill. Mr.

099Singh Gill, you have 3 minutes with the board and your time starts now. Yes, um good uh should say good night or good evening to our wonderful uh superintendent, our wonderful board. Jasenia, thank you. Um I'm actually My name is Gurdeep Singh Shergill. I'm a community member. I'm a homeowner. I'm an investor. I'm a parent. And I'm also an educator in Central Unified School District. Um I must say that it takes a lot of courage uh to bring something, you know, especially adopting a resolution opposing the uh opposing SEDA. It takes a lot. There's a lot of political agenda going on, you know, with that. Uh personally, I'm not uh against any developments. I'm a very pro-development because that's how tax dollars come in when there are roofs. That's, you know, that's how we get

100a lot of money um in school districts. But the thing is, you know, city needs to complete west of 99 first, the 93722, 93723. Uh please look at our roadways, uh Polk Avenue, uh Shields Avenue, Cornelia Avenue, where thousands of our parents, teachers, students, community members, even our board members, and superintendent, where we all drive. Um look at all those uh the roadways. Everything needs to be fixed. So, this uh you know, before city works on SEDA, which they should, you know, in the upcoming 20, 30, 40 years, they need to uh you know, fix west of 99 and all the promises that were made to west of 99, especially the Central Unified School District communities, all the 60, 70, 000 uh families. So, it takes a lot of courage, I must say. Um uh

101like I said, there's a lot of political things going on uh in City of Fresno. Uh so, good job to Central Unified School District, our superintendent, our wonderful board for standing up. And you are standing up for Central. You are standing up for the people uh you represent. And I hope today uh this board will do the right thing by opposing SEDA. And uh and and you know, just just standing up for your people. And and I think and also keeping City of Fresno our our our elected officials accountable. Uh so, once again, thank you. And uh keep up the good work. We appreciate all the community members, parents, teachers, students, our board, our superintendent, and everyone else. Blessings to you all. Thank you. Sat Sri Akal. Sat Nam Waheguru. Thank you. President Correo, I

102have no more callers online. Thank you. Any comments or questions from the board? Okay. Trustee Kirk and then Trustee Nandip Singh. I better go before you. You probably have better comments than I do. >> [laughter] >> Uh as you all know, I don't speak up often on any things unless I have questions. Uh but this is something that I have been following as a lifelong resident of West Fresno. And I have seen uh the west side of the 99. Um like Mr. Padilla who spoke, I represent the Madison area to our callers. I represent district um area six, our largest portion of the south area. Um while we are unincorporated largely for Madison and Houghton-Kearney, I do see the impact this has on our entire district. I do not support SEDA. I do not believe

103that this is the right move for the City of Fresno, for the County of Fresno. I am happy to vote in support of this resolution, and I want that to be heard by the residents um of our district. I do not support SEDA. I will be voting in support of this resolution. Thank you. Trustee Nandip Singh. Trustee Harman Singh. Uh so, I first of all want to thank all of our uh members of the public that came out. Uh a lot of familiar faces who have done a lot of work in the west side, west of 99. Uh and it so it brings my heart joy to see you all out here. Um I just wanted to share on the back of these name cards, it it says a statement for for for to remind

104the the board of what our job is. Um and so, it says, "We, the elected trustees of the C of the Central Unified School District, as entrusted public stewards, will work collabora- collaboratively to And I'm just going to read the first bullet point. Serve in the best interest of our students and community." And so, for me, I I believe that's exactly what this resolution asks us to do. Um Central Unified exists to serve the students on the west side, Central Fresno, you know, uh mainly on the west side though, west of the 99. Um and this is a community that's waited far too long uh to access basic infrastructure that they deserve. Uh from reliable roads to uh you know, utilities, parks, sidewalks, trees, um and and transit access. Uh SEDA isn't in our district

105boundaries, but this vote is absolutely about our district. Um when a city chooses to build new infrastructure on an undeveloped uh peripheral peripheral land, uh it it it's it's it's that's a statement to the to the existing residents uh that, "Hey, we we will not invest where you are. We will invest in a in a community that doesn't even exist yet." And and so, for me, um I I think we have an obligation to respond to the statement of priorities that are being shown to us. Uh and and that smart equitable growth uh means investing in the communities that are already here uh before we expand elsewhere. And this isn't saying that we shouldn't expand elsewhere, but this is saying that where we are first, uh we should have completed neighborhoods. Um And and this

106resolution puts that principle on the record. And I'm I'm I'm happy today to to be voting in support of it. Trustee Nandip Singh, do you want to be the last to speak? Okay. He wants to be last. Okay. >> Trustee Kirk, fun. Thank you, President Correo. And thank you to the community members who have spoken. I want to share that I am not by any means a NIMBY. We are in a housing crisis in Fresno. We're in a housing crisis in California. And we're seeing declining enrollment in many school districts because we're in a housing crisis. So, I'm not opposed to development. I definitely want to see more housing and more development in the City of Fresno. My issue is that SEDA as currently proposed, the funding isn't just not there. It's going to negatively

107affect the City of Fresno's general fund. The infrastructure underground is not there as regards to sewer and water. The places where it is already there is on the west side within Central Unified. We are primed for that same kind of development and growth because what we have already is a community-led plan, the West Area Specific Plan, that we've been working on for nearly a decade now, I believe. Uh and the City of Fresno just approved in this past fall. So, we have the opportunity to do that same growth, fill Fresno's housing needs here on the west side, smartly filling in the holes that have been left behind through leapfrog development. Uh I support this resolution because we need to see this kind of community-led development in Fresno. Does any other board member wish to speak?

108You have the final word. Thank you. So, first off, I want to obviously thank our community for showing up, those that participated. Uh and of course, uh trustees uh Sidhu and President Correo for drafting this resolution and and and and bringing this up for for board tonight. And of course, Superintendent uh Marshall, who's always given his sage advice on on such matters. For me, it's very easy. The question at tonight at the heart of tonight's vote is who who matters. Our families built this district. They trust us with their most precious gift, their children. They show up. They sacrifice. They believe in. And for decades, they were handed promises instead of pavement. They got endless speeches instead of sidewalks. And we continue to just get studies instead of actual solutions. Central Unified is more than

109a school district. We are where all the communities here come together. We're where their children's grow, their dreams take shape, and their futures are built. And it's precisely because we know these families, we see them every single day, that we have both the responsibility and the moral authority to speak up when they're being left behind. That struggle takes a big step forward tonight. People ask why a school board is weighing in. And the answer is simple, because nobody else is going to say it this loud. We are the ones who see your children every morning. We are the ones uh who know what these neighborhoods need and what they have already been denied. And we refuse to be the institution that stayed quiet while it happened again. History is going to record what was decided

110here. And history will record that Central Unified stood up for you, for your children, and for the community that deserves so much more than it's ever been given. That's who we are as a community. And tonight, we're going to stand up for that commitment. Thank you. Thank you. And with that, while it's uh procedurally not appropriate, I will ask the board that we yield the motion to be made by Trustee Sidhu. So, uh may I have a motion to adopt resolution number 2526-58 opposing the Southeast Development Area Plan? Uh I would like to make a motion to uh adopt the resolution 2526-58 uh to oppose the SEDA plan. Thank you. I have a motion by trustee Sidhu. Is there a second? >> Thank you. I have a second by trustee Harman Singh. All in favor,

111please say I. I. Any opposed? Any abstentions? Motion carries. >> [applause] >> And just as a reminder as a trustee Sidhu read, this does not only uh document the action and the position that we're taking as a board, but it does provide direction to our superintendent or a district designee um to affirmatively oppose and communicate our opposition to the appropriate leaders. So, thank you. Um with that, we move on to our agenda items. Item number three, adopt resolution number 2526-57 authorizing transfer of funds for grandfathered retiree health benefits. Assistant Superintendent Ekpo. Good evening. This is a grandfathered retiree health benefits that is connected to a lifetime benefits that were offered twice by the district. First in 2005 and second time in 2011. Administration's recommending the board adopt the resolution. Thank you. Any questions or comments?

112We have no comments at this time. Thank you. Any questions or comments from the board? What are the wishes of the board? Motion to approve. Second. >> Thank you. I have a motion by trustee Kirk. I have a second by vice president Sellers. All in favor, please say I. I. Any opposed? Any abstentions? Motion carries unanimously. We move on to item number four, approve tentative agreement between Central Unified School District and California School Employees Association chapter 474. Dr. Childs. Yes, uh thank you uh President Cadillo. Uh so, good evening to board. Um a tentative agreement has been reached between Central Unified School District and CSEA chapter 474 regarding the 24-25 contract re-openers for the existing collective bargaining agreement effective June I'm sorry, July 1st to June 30th of 2026. This tentative agreement has also been

113ratified by members of the California School Employees Association chapter 474. I do know that we have uh President Aguirre in the building. We want to thank her for all the negotiations that was very productive that we feel that we have reached a side that benefits both our members and the district. Um it has also been ratified and some of the highlights is a 1.5% effective increase in salary for the 24-25 school year retroactive to July 1st, 2024. Release time for the CSEA chapter president, a summer assistance program available to our classified employees. Um sponsoring construction trade certificate of achievement through Fresno City College. Residency program for aides to earn special education teaching credentials through Fresno County Superintendent of Schools. CSEA conference fund for professional development and increase amounts for degree credits. Administration is recommending approval

114of the tentative agreement between Central Unified School District and California School Employees Association chapter 474. Thank you. Any questions or comments? No comments at this time. Thank you. Questions or comments from the board? What are the wishes of the board? Trustee Correa, with great thanks to our uh to our CSEA partners and in honor of their honoring week in May, I motion to approve. Thank you, trustee Kirk. I have a motion by trustee Kirk. Is there a second? >> Second. I have a second by trustee Nandeep Singh. Uh and this is to approve the tentative agreement between Central Unified School Districts and California School Employees Association chapter 474. All in favor, please say I. I. Any opposed? Any abstentions? Motion carries with trustee Sidhu absent. We move on to item number five, approve third-year option

115agreement to perform independent audit services for fiscal year 26-27. Assistant Superintendent Ekpo. All right, the district has a two-year agreement with LPS, our independent auditors, with an option to extend for third year, which is about 64,000 2,000 more from last year increase. So, administration's recommending the board approve the third-year option agreement to perform independent audit for fiscal year 26-27. Thank you. Any comments from the public? We have no comments at this time. Thank you. And so then after the conclusion of this contract year, we will go out and request um I am assuming put out an RFP. Okay. Thank you. Any questions or comments from the board? Okay. Is there a motion to approve the third-year option agreement to perform independent audit services for fiscal year 26-27 by Lingle Peterson and Shroom? So moved. Thank

116you. I have a motion by vice president Sellers. Is there a second? I will second that. All in favor, please say I. I. Any opposed? Any abstentions? Motion carries 6-0 with trustee Kirk absent. Item number five uh nope. Item number six, adopt resolution number 2526-56 regarding preschool TK kindergarten grant. Director Both. Uh good evening, Board President Correa, Superintendent Dr. Marshall, and board members. Tonight, administration is bringing a resolution forward that will allow the district to apply for the California preschool transitional kindergarten and full-day kindergarten facilities grant program. This grant provides districts an opportunity to receive funds to retrofit classrooms that are being used for preschool, transitional kindergarten, and kindergarten or to build new facilities for preschool, transitional kindergarten, and kindergarten. This grant does not provide 100% funding and the district would need to contribute matching

117funds. The funding breakdown for full-day kindergarten new construction is a 50/50 split. Uh full-day kindergarten where we retrofit existing classrooms is a 60/40 with the state picking up 60% and uh transitional kindergarten and preschool new construction and retrofit at 75% for the state and 25% for the district. Our resolution does cover every elementary, but we are focusing on our top sites that have the most TK and kinder students. Uh we will not be including Hearnden, Barstow, McKinley in our our initial application since uh those sites are being uh will be addressed during the modernization and have funding covered by the bond that was recently passed. Uh we are not at this time focusing on preschool as a also as a requirement for the preschool grant would also that would also be that we offer full-day

118preschool, which we do not have at this time. Uh the project would return after we are awarded any funds and the project has bid out. Administration is recommending that the board adopt resolution 2526-56 preschool TK kindergarten grant. I'll be happy to answer any questions the board may have. Thank you. Any comments from the public? No comments from the public at this time. Comments or questions from the board? Um I do have a question. So, when will we hear back uh on on the grant? Uh right now they're telling us around uh I believe like end of September, beginning of October. Okay. So, can we make sure that we get an information item once we do hear back and then a more well, not a more, an actual refined list of the campuses that we're looking

119at. I know you mentioned why we list all of them and I also understand why. Um and where we're going to prioritize, but I would just like the board to be aware of what's happening and then also how much we're going to be contributing because would that be coming from the general fund? It would be a general fund contribution um and at that time do we do get awarded, we'll we can look to see how we'll >> Yeah. So, we want to make sure that we also get a a budget maybe at a minimum an information item once we receive the grant. We may need to plan for a workshop to have a more in-depth conversation about the funding aspect of it. >> I think this is just to get in line. >> Yeah. I

120understand. Yeah. But I just wanted to make sure that for the record, you all know what our expectations are moving forward, which I not hearing any opposition from the board. Do you have a question? Okay. Okay. I anticipated that. I have a quick question. Uh trustee Kirk, go on. Thank you, President Correa. Uh so, I understand that, you know, expanding early childhood education is so critical for the development of the child. Um if the grant is approved and we have the funding, do we know what kind of capacity for how many more students will be able to provide preschool for? Um so, the the grant's not really for providing additional services. It's to Improve. create space for those kids that we're already serving. So, we're using our current enrollment. That's the information that the grant

121is asking for. Um I guess as a byproduct, we're going to if we create additional classrooms that are being used for TK kindergarten currently and retrofit them so they meet all of title five requirements, then yeah, those spaces would then for growth. Yeah. So, like some of our schools have two uh TK kindergarten classrooms on their campus. But through the process of this grant, we would be possibly adding two more. So, then that would be the growth of the two additional classrooms. So, are we retrofitting or are we expanding? >> Uh the grant we're going to be doing for retrofit. Okay. So, not projected to have increased enrollment for TK. I mean, our numbers have been increasing every year, but it's so since this grant is we're not going to be able to get it

122till October and then we're not going to be able to probably start on that project till late 2026, beginning of 2027. I don't want to use this grant as a um a vessel to try to predict where the growth is going to be and then provide that growth beforehand. This is really kind of on the back end where we're playing catch-up still with this grant. Okay. Thank you. Any other questions or comments from the board? I'll move to approve the resolution 2526-56 regarding preschool TK kindergarten grant. Is there a second? Thank you. I have a second by trustee Kirk. All in favor, please say I. I. Any opposed? Any abstentions? Motion carries 7-0. Our next action item is item number eight, approve adoption of instructional materials for K-12 mathematics. Thank you for patiently waiting. Good

123evening, board president Carillo, board members, and superintendent Dr. Marshall. My name is Greg Cheperian, assistant director in curriculum and instruction, and I'm here tonight as a proud member of the math adoption team to share with you our recommendation of Imagine I Am California for instructional materials for K-12 mathematics. I'll begin with an overview of our process and finish with our reasons why. The California math framework was adopted by the State Board of Education in 2023. Publishers redesigned their programs to align to the revised framework, submitted them for review, and the State Board of Education adopted those programs that were recommended by the review panel in November 2025. An updated framework initiates the adoption process to ensure alignment of materials with guidelines. So, with these updates occurring, it was time for our district to adopt new

124state-approved instructional materials for K-12 math. The entire process was a collaboration of teachers and administrators, and this began in October with the recruitment and formation of the team or or a professional consultation committee or PCC, as it's referred to in the CUSD CBA. Teachers were emailed directly the flyer you see here, which outlined that teachers at every K-12 grade and site were actively invited to have a wide range of teacher voices. This included special education, English learner, and all TED teachers along with instructional coaches. After follow-up efforts with uh for additional recruitment, the final team was set with 35 teachers that included the range of those groups, as well as 13 administrators, seven from sites and six from the district office, again representing general education, special education, and English learners. Central Unified had its PCC

125adoption team, and we're ready to get to work. This slide highlights key events over time. After the team was formed and collaboratively established its goals, in October, we began learning about the shifts we could expect in the new math materials based on the revised framework. This time, which stretched into November, was well spent because it was critical in helping the PCC have an informed lens in order to make wise decisions. The PCC also solicited interest holder input, which I'll give more detail to in the next slide, and we established our district our four district priorities for new math materials, which are standards and framework alignment, student-centered instruction, conceptual depth and connections, and equity and assessment. In November, the PCC used specific criteria to narrow the list of state-approved programs, which is 38 in K-8 and

1269 in 9-12 for integrated math, to allow for a deeper investigation of materials. For example, EdReports is a well-respected independent nonprofit that thoroughly reviews and scores instructional materials to support districts like us. The PCC used EdReports data as one of its measures to narrow to a smaller subset of programs. December and January were busy months as we did preliminary investigations into this narrow list of programs still being considered, which was initially 10 K-8 and 7 9-12 programs. From there, a subcommittee of PCC members attended the FCSS curriculum fair, where each publisher did a presentation about their program. Following the fair, we further narrowed to 7 K-8 and 4 9-12 programs, did an even deeper dive during winter break with the lens of the four district priorities, and returned in January to select the programs to

127pilot for in our PCC classrooms. Accelerate Learning, STEM Scopes Math California, and Imagine I Am California for K-8, and McGraw Hill California Reveal Math, and Imagine I Am California for 9-12. Piloting occurred in February and March. This means that PCC teachers replaced their current math program with the new program being considered to gain insight into its effectiveness. Following training provided by each publisher, PCC teachers in K-8 piloted STEM Scopes in February and Imagine I Am in March, and PCC teachers in 9-12 piloted California Reveal Math in February and Imagine I Am in March. This allowed for a comparison of programs, and both teacher and student feedback was captured following each pilot. This two-month window was also a time the broader community could view the pilot programs and provide input, and I'll provide more details about

128this on the next slide. After returning from spring break, the PCC convened to do what it set out to factor in all the available information it had, consider the four district priorities we had established, and make a recommendation to you as to which program would best accomplish this. There were many ways interest holders, teachers, students, families, and administrators were involved to gain their insights and support the team and its decision. In October, a community survey about math was provided using Parsec Education, which translates questions and allows for responses in text, audio, or video. 931 individuals responded, and the overarching message was interest in a math program with instructional quality, alignment, and diverse learner support. This was affirming to the PCC and its priorities. February and March was another key opportunity for interest holders to be

129involved, this time with viewing the pilot programs and providing input. This included all families, all students, all teachers, and all administrators. Programs were on display for two months at the district office in room 14. I know you saw this well in your closed sessions in that room. And this availability was communicated with five Parent Square messages to families and employees, five Parent Square messages with math morsels for families, a trilingual flyer at every site, and an open house was held on March 2nd. A third avenue for involvement is the math morsels. The PCC understood the value in learning about the shifts we could expect in new math materials, and spreading this to others was deemed a key next step. This led to condensing the learning to bite-size chunks, hence the morsels, and designing these short

130videos for different audiences, one set for educators and another for families. Families already received all five through Parent Square, and they can be found on the district YouTube channel, and educators are in the process of viewing and discussing these in staff and math department meetings before year end. A student set is still to come to help them understand what to expect in August, which is exciting math learning experiences that will be increasingly engaging and meaningful. Thank you for your attention with all this information, and I lay this out to emphasize that this team has been incredibly intentional and thorough to arrive at its recommendation. The PCC recommendation to the board is for Imagine I Am California. 3/4 of the PCC K-8 vote was for Imagine I Am, and 2/3 of the PCC 9-12 vote was

131for Imagine I Am. What does this mean? First, the PCC had a supermajority in each span, which we were striving for to not be closely divided. Second, this creates for the first time in Central a K-12 math program. I can't emphasize that enough. And it is exciting. Students across every grade, including key transitions from elementary to middle and middle to high school, will not be adjusting to a new instructional design, and teachers will benefit immensely over time as students coming in will already have the foundation of the design and features such as math language routines, assessments, warm-ups, and cool-downs. As a district, we have been striving for greater coherence across our classrooms, and having a K-12 math program is a tremendous step in this direction. So, why Imagine I Am? What made it stand out?

132First, it's a student-centered, problem-based program that encourages conceptual understanding, flexible thinking, collaboration, and academic discourse. These are core principles of effective math teaching practices outlined by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics or NCTM. It has strong alignment to the California math framework and common core standards. Framework features such as an asset-based approach to instruction and active engagement through investigation and connections are pillars of the program. It has regularly embedded student language supports, such as math language routines, which are grounded in English language development standards, and language development work from Stanford. Its emphasis on visuals, hands-on, and real-world makes learning math meaningful. These features are also core principles of NCTM's effective math teaching practices. It has teacher and student user-friendly materials, which I want to emphasize are in print and digital. This is not an

133all-digital program. I can't emphasize that enough. It is not an all-digital program. Students have work text consumables for them to actively engage in with every lesson and are not bound to their screen. Imagine has outlined a robust, multi-year professional development plan that is differentiated for elementary and secondary, and for administrators and coaches. Finally, it's not just our PCC that sees strengths. EdReports, the independent non-profit I spoke of earlier, reviewed their national versions. Imagine I am earned 100% in EdReports' three categories of focus and coherence, rigor and mathematical practices, and teacher and student supports. Imagine I am is highly respected. To close, I want to thank the 35 teachers and 12 other administrators on the PCC. One of our goals was to participate in a process that was collaborative, comprehensive, and transparent. I confidently say today

134that we accomplished that, and I'm so proud of the tremendous work we did to bring us here today. In October, we looked far ahead at today, this important date, and again, I'm here this evening on behalf of the team and the team's recommendation. Thank you for your attention with this item, which is administration's recommendation that the board approve adoption of Imagine I am California as instructional materials for K-12 mathematics. Any comments from the public? No comments at this time. Any comments from the board? Okay. I'm going to save myself some time, and you can go last. Uh Vice President Sellers? Uh thank you. Uh if this is approved tonight, are we actually approving a contract or just approving the district to begin negotiating with the IM? We've begun the nego- Am I still on you?

135Pin me myself. We've already begun in terms of um procuring the quote that we're going to need, and it's certainly in negotiation as far as pricing. Um so, that process has gotten started. What's going to be critical is your board approval of that adoption in order for that to be official, and once that's official, we'll again continue to proceed with um the the quote component of it, but what's also critical is the professional development. Teachers are very eager to get started sooner than later. Um I provided a feedback form couple months ago Excuse me, couple months ago just to get a sense of where teachers would prefer to do training, and I've since followed up with something more specific, and on both of those, overwhelmingly, May, early June is a time frame that teachers want

136to get theirselves started with training. I'm working diligently to do that, and so um the board moving forward with this today would really allow those wheels to be in motion. Okay. Um yeah. So, essentially, what we're asking for, to just clarify, is we're asking for approval not to exceed 4.5 million, which, unfortunately, is what an adoption costs now. It was 2 and 1/2, 3 million 11 years ago when we did the last math adoption, but obviously, you know, gas prices, paper prices, it's all going crazy. Um so, we are asking for approval not to exceed. We're still in negotiations. We want it lower than that, just so we know. Um and we're also looking at the service components to make sure that those are strengthened as well um with this new adoption. Okay. Let me

137Sorry, let me interject, but the current documents or the item before the board doesn't include the not to exceed 4.5 million. So, it would just be adoption of the materials because it sounds like it's going to be more than $50,000 for these materials, the contract would come back for either ratification uh or approval by the board as an action item. Yes, thank you. You're welcome. Um other question. If if this is actually approved, uh what what's the rollout plan or implementation? Is this across all grade levels beginning next year This would be Yeah, great question. So, um TK, if you're wondering, why is TK not on there? TK does not have common core standards, and thus that's why there's not materials in adoption at the state level with TK. So, this would be kindergarten through

138what is our integrated math 3 course through high school. So, it would be a full rollout beginning next year across all of those grade levels. Um as I spoke, the professional development, the support is critically important. So, that's where um working right now in order to provide teacher uh professional development that begins sooner than later with this, which will also be going ongoing. That professional development with them will also incorporate not just kind of the the workshop opportunity, but also classroom embedded opportunities to be in classrooms working alongside their professionals um to implement lessons, learn from those lessons, uh collaborate with each other in our PLC teams. Uh so, a really robust opportunity in that way, um as well as administrator uh professional development. Again, if administrators need to understand just as much as teachers

139um what the materials they're asking for and the shifts that we're looking at, and so that's a key component, and then also instructional coaches because they're going to be critical in working with our teachers in the implementation of the materials. Paired with that is also just the multi-year aspect of it. We know that a one-and-done in a year is never going to be enough, and so knowing that we're going to continue to work beyond just this year, as well as making sure, as we've already started with the plan they provided, the onboarding of new teachers. We're going to have new people coming on board and want to make sure they get professional development as well. Okay. Uh my my last question, um anytime you implement anything new, there's always that learning curve. Are we anticipating

140a decline in student achievement or uh immediate growth? I I'm just curious cuz I know that's one of the things that this board is actually looking at is student achievement uh improving. Uh should we be anticipating growth right away next year or I'm going to borrow from something that Trustee Singh said earlier, change is not linear. And so, implementing new materials is going to be an adjustment for teachers, for students, for administrators. Um what to expect in terms of growth from there, I think we have to get started, and part of that is just baseline data that we establish next year, and then after that first year of implementation, which is always that first year of just where are we and where are we going to begin with this, we measure the growth from there.

141So, to I to say whether I can expect there to be growth or not, um I I don't know that I could put a number or something specific along those lines, but I do say this, that the materials we're looking at, long-term, and the the the instructional practices it's putting in place, the coherence across grade levels, I would strongly anticipate there to be strong student growth over time. I was just curious for hypothetically a junior or a senior next year that this is something they've never seen and learned in this manner. Is it going to be setting them up for success or failure right away? I I think in the long run, and even in the short term with them, it's going to be success in the sense that it's going to put them in

142an opportunity where they're going to be in a more collaborative classroom, a classroom that's going to be more meaningful and engaging in some of that content. Again, it's going to be a struggle in the sense that it's different, but you know, as I've heard someone else say to me that I work with closely, if nothing changes, nothing changes. So, if we don't move forward and put in motion something that is going to drive us in the right directions that we need to go, then we're going to be pretty stagnant moving forward in what we're expecting of our outcomes as well. Thank you. Trustee Kerpan. Thank you, President Creo. Great presentation presentation, Mr. Cheperian. I have a couple questions. Uh who is our current vendor for our math curriculum? So, for elementary, it is Savvas. For

143middle school, it's Carnegie, and for high school, it's Discovery Education. Okay, so this will probably limit the number of different contracts we have and make it It'll make it one. Make it one. This will be it. Now, we didn't go in necessarily um it had to be one, but the outcomes of the K8 and the 9-12 allowed it to be one all the way across. Uh can you elaborate as to what are the strengths that this curriculum has over what we currently have? vendor? Yeah, great question. I I think I mean, not to just go back to what I provided there, but the the student-centered um student engagement aspect of learning is at the heart of this material um drives forward with, and that just currently isn't the case in the materials that we have.

144A big component of that is because of that framework shift. That framework shift really speaks to more of a learning experience that's rounded in that sort of way, and so that's where the alignment of these materials are really geared to provide to provide that sort of learning opportunity. Okay, thank you. And then my last question is, does the vendor have this curriculum for elementary in other languages? Yes, they do have it in Spanish. Okay, thank you. Um no further questions. Any other questions from the board? Trustee City? Um so, uh I did some research um and there is a lot of like pros. I do see the pros, but the cons I've been reading is um that the program itself can be a little wordy and the gaps usually show up in teacher implementation and

145teacher adjustment. So, is there training provided by IM to get our teachers up to par with the program? Yeah, we will we are already working closely with our team to organize and provide that professional development. Again, their professional development is also differentiated for elementary and secondary knowing that the instructional needs are different for elementary teachers than they would be for middle school and high school and so that already is in motion as far as planning these components out because I completely agree with what you're saying. It's one thing to adopt a wonderful program, but it's in the implementation of it that's going to make all the difference in the world. And so that's where in part of this process with the PCC as we were getting closer to making a decision, there was the outreach

146that was made to all the publishers being considered to say, "What is your plan for professional development? How do you want to support us through all of this?" And that's one of the pieces that was presented at our meeting because that's an important factor to consider in terms of how are you going to support us? And I can certainly say that Imagine was one amongst the group that really put together a well-thought-out multi-year multi-pronged approach to professional development. And the only last comment and only other thing I want to bring up which is like I guess a pro that I'm wondering if we would get the benefit of is that I saw it does bilingual support. It has like Spanish the language. We do have availability of those features as well. Okay. Okay, cool. Trustee

147Hermansingh. Have we looked at what other school districts with higher percentage in like you know their math their math percentiles what what that what programs they use? It's a great question. What's unique here is because these are all new programs, there isn't like another district that's already been using this program in order to compare this with them. So, we are amongst others that are in this group that are adopting a program like this that's a refresh that's a new component to it. But I do know that I can speak to Imagine is grounded the IM stands for Illustrative Mathematics which is a open source resource that they have three partners they've partnered with to create product for districts to be able to adopt and that is a program that does have a track record of

148success that they've communicated as well. Thank you. I just have a couple of comments. I don't have any questions cuz you all have asked great questions. Our students can't really afford to see a decline in in the math our our scores overall need to grow. So, I hope that we will invest the time and money that we need to ensure that our teachers can teach and implement the material and also that they do so in a manner that confirms their belief that all of our students can learn because we've done the TNTP study now back in 2019 21 some sometime ago which didn't reflect very well with some of our classroom survey. So, just making sure that we are implementing this in a manner that is focused on on making sure our students are getting

149the best education that they can and we don't set them back. Trustee Singh. Yeah, thank you so much Assistant Director Chepadian for for the presentation. I can hear the excitement in your voice and obviously the yeah, I know it's it's it's clear and obviously the input you received from 35 people you I think you had shared that that were part of this committee. I think you know President Carrillo touched upon where we have made significant growth at least to catch up to our pre-pandemic levels in ELA. We still lag in in math and math is obviously critical for everything we do. I think my most specific question I think others touched on some some great topics. If you could talk to me a little bit about sort of eighth grade math and algebra one in

150terms of like how this program approaches that because studies have all shown in terms of the the best indicator for collegiate completion so not just going to college but actually finishing college is is how you perform in eighth grade math and that has been a breaking sort of pipeline that we're we're trying to overcome here in Central. So, if you could talk to me a little bit about that. I'm trying to think what specifics I could provide. I I go back to the continuity of a platform that students will have by eighth grade for our youngest students in kindergarten will have gone through all the way through eighth grade as a transition point in going to high school and them having been learning through a program that again has an instructional approach and this goes

151back to what board President Carrillo was talking about a very what's referred to open low floor high ceiling open entry point inviting opportunity for students in mathematics because I know that we have students in eighth grade who have years of struggle. And so that's where a program like this I'm confident is going to provide them more of an avenue to find success to have a voice in mathematics. And the more we can provide those opportunities, the more it's going to speak to that growth going into the math one component. Around that though as well as we're putting together our educational services plan in terms of our instructional coaches and other support avenues that already in my draft is one of the really critical areas is understanding that the bridge as I mentioned going from elementary

152to middle and middle from high school is key. And so we've got to be very intentional in terms of what's taking place with our eighth grade students. I know that's an area that we're looking at as far as having kind of a measure that we look at very closely over the course of the year so we can be proactive as soon as possible. If we're seeing areas where we're not seeing the growth that we need to see that we intervene and we provide what we need to because again I know that that transition students are off track in math one the the likelihood of them getting back on track is very very difficult. So, I think that's one thing. I go back again to the idea that having this program and the real emphasis that

153we will have with it next year in terms of use of these core materials is going to provide that common experience for students across all of our classrooms in order for them to have a shared experience as they should. It should not matter which classroom you're into another in terms of what you're learning, what your teachers teaching, what standards are most important, what instructional instructional practices are being used. So, application of this program I feel very strongly is going to help to support that. I'm excited to to to hear in your voice and and see it. I know years ago I I visited Laura Bolton and and I think Ben Avila Charter Parlie. But they were taking PD so seriously that I remember joining on a Saturday morning to do. I I hope that that's

154the sort of sort of rigor and the type of professional development we're going to be providing for all of our teachers. I know how important this is and I'm so driven to make sure that we get off to the very best of starts. >> I I hear your conviction and I'm I'm I'm rooting for you. I'm rooting for our family. >> And the team. I want to emphasize this this was such an important team process that we went through and I wanted to make sure that came through loud and clear. Thank you. Thank you. What are the wishes of the board? Motion to approve. Second. Thank you. I have a motion by Trustee Curfan. I have a second by Trustee Nandeep Singh to approve adoption of the instructional materials for K through 12 mathematics. All

155in favor, please say I. Any opposed? Any abstentions? Motion carries. Thank you very much. And our final action item approve Apple device refresh for 2026 Director Robles. Good evening. Today I have for you the admin Apple device refresh. The district is in need of purchasing Mac computers for the administrative staff and for some growth positions. Mac computers have been the main device used by administrators and teachers for the last seven years or so. Mac computers integrate very well into our classroom environment that we've kind of standardized on and many of these devices have reached their usable life and should be replaced with new devices. The expected life of a new Mac computer is at least five years and with every device we purchase, we also purchase a warranty and Jamf licensing for management purposes. The

156estimated cost of this is really cost of this is going to be $306,939.16 out of the technology services budget. We'll be utilizing a Downey USD piggyback contract and administration is recommending the board approve this device refresh 2026. Thank you. Any comments from the public? No comments at this time. Comments from the board? Trustee Sidhu. Just a quick question. Just out of curiosity of the last five years, how many times do we exercise the warranty to replace an Apple device? Quite often I would say. I don't know that exact number off the top of my head, but we are consistently processing repairs every month. Okay. Any questions or comments from the board? Trustee Curfan. Any particular reason why we going with Mac instead of PC or Windows? We standardized on it a few years ago. Our

157classrooms all use Apple TVs. We use Apple TVs in our conference rooms. Over the last 10 years or so, software companies have grown to adopt the Mac ecosystem as well. The average lifespan of a comparing say a Dell laptop that we need to buy versus a Mac computer, the Mac computer is has much better long-term performance and life and support from Apple as well. So, it's been it's been really good um to serve a lot of areas. All right. Thank you. Yeah, and I believe I don't know if you were involved in the transition, but it was in the last 8 years and if I remember correctly, we had teachers involved. They came out to the meetings and like confirmed we support moving to Mac. So, it was like a big deal. I'm also biased.

158I love Macs. I that's my Apple product, but um it was something that the teachers came back and and was adopted. So, my question is um has it been 5 years since we had the adoption? Cuz I know that's what you said the lifespan is, but we always push things. >> the administrative staff are on two different cycles. >> Okay. Uh administrative computers were last purchased I want to say around 2020, maybe 2019. Okay. Thank you very much. Any other questions, comments, Trustee Kerpan? >> Uh there are no other comments. Um I I'm share the complete opposite point of view as you President Correo, so I will reluctantly motion to approve the item. I will second. All in favor, please say I. I. Any opposed? Any abstentions? Motion carries. Thank you very much. >> Thank

159you. Uh we move on to our information items. Thank you to our guests for patiently waiting. Receive information regarding potential Measure X issuance and bond refinancing opportunity. Assistant Superintendent Ekbal. All right. This is uh this item has two parts. The first part is we want to refinance 2016 GO bond. This will save the taxpayer about $5 million. And the second part is we need access to the Measure X funding which was passed in 2024. We have Mark Farrell, our consultant, if he consults and answers any questions. With that said, administration is recommending the item be placed on May 12th board agenda for action. Thank you. Is there anything you want to add before I open the floor to questions or comments? Um no. Happy to happy to answer questions. >> Any questions or comments from

160the board? Someone have a question? >> [laughter] >> To Vice President Sellers. This will save taxpayers money. Yes. Um Thank you, Mark. There are two different series of bonds that we're looking at refinancing. One uh 2016 refunding bonds. Those have already been refinanced. The district already saved community uh money there. And then the series B bonds from the 2016 election. So, um yes, these will be seen as savings on taxpayers' property tax bills uh over the next 10 to yeah, 10 to 15 years. What is the criteria for evaluating? Cuz I know the second part of this is um accessing more of the bond money. So, how will refinancing impact our ability to obtain more of the bond money? Um good question. And so, this will help. So, refinancing uh the bonds will lower the

161tax rates. And if you remember with Measure X uh when Measure X was uh brought to the community, uh it promised to extend the current tax rate. The existing tax rate at the time was about $215 and change. And so, refinancing the bonds will lower the tax rates allowing it you know, allowing the district to issue a little bit more or make it easier to issue uh the next series of Measure X bonds. And we're talking about issuing 76 million of the remaining 72 million of Measure X. Thank you. Any other questions, Trustee Kerpan? Uh I couldn't quite hear you. Uh can you remind us how much money we're saving for the taxpayers with this? Uh as of April 15th, it was about 3.8 million. 3.8 million. Thank you. Okay, this item is just for

162information. It'll return to our May 12th, 2026 board agenda meeting for action. Uh can this go under consent or do we It needs to be an action item. >> to be an action item. Okay. You don't have to come back next meeting though. If anyone has any other questions, please make sure we submit them with sufficient time so we save you the trip. Thank you so much for coming down. We appreciate it. >> Um this will return under action item number two. Receive information regarding resolution number 2526-55 authorizing annual interfund for deferred maintenance purposes. Assistant Superintendent Ekbal. Yeah. So, we need this resolution to make sure that the funds that we transferred to the deferred maintenance stays there because otherwise the $4 million we transferred will come back to general fund in June 30th. So,

163this is just to make the transfer uh permanent. Okay. Thank you. Any questions or comments from the board? Um are we not able to put this in like a separate fund and and designate that money for deferred maintenance? >> This is a separate fund. There's >> have to annually do the transfer? >> That's why I said up to $4 million. I have to say up to $4 million because if I just say $4 million, if I don't transfer, then it becomes a state audit. So, that's why I say up to $4 million. >> Got it. Understood. >> we come at a point that we only can transfer $2 million, then we're okay. But I have to I have to bring this every year. Okay. Thank you. Um does this need to be approved under action

164or is consent fine? >> Action, please. Thank you. This will return under action item number three. Receive information on 2627 student and family services contract. Dr. Lopez. Hello again. Uh these items usually come to you every year under wellness contracts, but the item title changed to student and family services contracts. Uh these contracts are being submitted to renew support services for students and families or under our department. Uh I'm happy to answer any question. A summary was provided for each of the items. Are there any questions or comments? Trustee Kirk and then Trustee Kerpan. Thank you so much, Dr. Lopez. You know I try and wrap my head around all of these contracts. Um so, I see the information for the contracts. What I don't see really is um Please tell me if I'm mistaken.

165Any type of evaluation on how these contracts have been serving our students since there's so many of them all at once? So, it Did we have an opportunity to get um where these contracts stand and how effective they've been in the sites that they're being used on? Yes, and we do collect that data. I can send that to you guys before I bring it back for action. >> I would like to see We have usage report for Care Solace. Uh it's used throughout our district so our teachers, our students, our families can call from home and access a therapist on on a phone uh as well as they help provide them with access to a therapist during the day. And we have all the usage data for that as well as the students referred for

166CYS. You name it. So, I can provide that to you before I bring it back for action. That'd be great. Trustee Kerpan. Thank you, President Correo. And thank you, Trustee Kirk, for stealing one of my questions. Uh so, for one of these contracts we have with um uh Campos and Associates, I thought we had already approved that contract for this year. So, that was to pay her pay her for what she's done this last year because it went over 45. So, it was coming to you for this academic year. This one is for the next academic year. Okay. Thank you. And then uh yeah, before we approve it uh next meeting, I'm definitely going to be looking for how we are evaluating since I see in that contract language that we have no control over

167uh eval performance like directing them, it says on number five. So, I just want to make sure that we're definitely able to evaluate them at the end to see if they're being effective Yes. What number five are you referring to? Uh 2026 CCA contract template. It's likely to make the distinction between who the employer and who the supervisor is. So, we don't have the right to evaluate their individual employees, but we do have the right to evaluate the programs. Okay, see. I Thank you. I'm not a contract lawyer. I was I wasn't sure. >> No worries. direct them during the contract. So, I want to make sure we're evaluating. Yeah, and this is for Corrine Campos and Associates? Yes. So, we do Yes, and I can provide that again. It's basically the same evaluation we

168discussed around parent engagement, the the number of grants that they're going to help us write as they did this year already with three grants. So, we're evaluating them in regards to um what we wrote in the grant for community schools. Okay. Excellent. Thank you. Trustee Nandeep Singh. Yes, thank you, Dr. Lopez. Um I think uh yeah, obviously you want to see the evaluation prior to the next board meeting. I think uh to Trustee Kirk's question, um I I want to just kind of share this with the community, but this is something that the board is just much more interested in. Um part of our ongoing evaluation of the superintendent includes that any contract over $50,000 will be evaluated for its return on investment. That's a promise we want to make to the community year over

169year. So, that's if anything is not um moving the needle, if we can't tie those to student incomes sorry, student outcomes, then then that is um something that in 1 year the the board would have to review whether to continue or to um no longer no longer contract. So, it is something that I think is extremely important. Glad they're bringing it up and looking forward to the information to be provided. Of course. One evaluation I can tell you is school status. We had opted to go with another option because of the need to I I expressed this in the board prep. Uh however, due to contract language, we have to do one more year with them and look at other options. So, yes. Okay. Great. And I think just as long as you include that

170that that point that we're contractually obligated to continue that contract, but it hasn't been effective and it's not meeting our needs, so we are going to be transitioning to another provider. Okay. And and also if you could just kind of reflect those I know previous trustee really talked about whenever we're doing uh Sole source. Sole sources. So. Yeah, those were attached I believe for these items. Yeah. They they they are. Okay, good. I think if you just highlight them Yeah. it would be helpful. Okay, sounds good. But it but it is in the title and on in the supporting documents. >> Yes. Uh-huh. Um we'll have this return under action. Thank you. And then our final item for tonight, receive information on annual declaration of need for fully qualified educators for the 2026-2027 school year.

171Assistant Superintendent Dr. Childs. Yes, so the declaration of need for fully qualified educators is an annual document required by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing CTC and California Code of Regulations 826 prior to placing any person on an emergency permit and limited assignment permit. So really what it does is it makes sure that we are actually doing our due diligence to staff our teaching staff with highly qualified teachers and we actually do have a board policy that dictates that we must first seek out highly qualified teachers who are fully credentialed rather than going into the PIP step or intern type basis. Um the fiscal implications of this declaration would be the salary and benefits of the teachers that we hire. Um administration is recommending that this item be placed as an action item for the

172May 12th board meeting. Thank you. Any objection to having this return under consent? Okay. >> to be action. >> Oh, it needs to be action. Okay, just kidding. It'll be action. Um okay, advanced planning the calendar the 12-month calendar is attached. Any additional information and closing comments from the board? Okay, hearing none. Our next uh board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 12th, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. for closed session and uh open session immediately after. Um we do have What? Yeah. Yes. Um we have uh a holding for May 5th for a special meeting or a workshop we'll follow up um to confirm whether we need to have that. And then we do need to adjourn to closed session and then we will return and reconvene, but you all don't need to wait for us.

173I second um real quick uh I had requested information on the VAPA building. Um So uh I've been waiting for two meetings now. Okay. Yeah. What was The update on the VAPA on the VAPA building. Um yeah. Thank you. Oh, okay. So maybe the board just hasn't received it. The subcommittee received an update, so it probably just needs to make it to the rest of the board. Thank you. Um okay, we're adjourning to closed session. Thank you.