001Thank you. Welcome to the regular meeting of the board of trustees. Today is September 9th, 2025. The time is now 5:31 p.m. As we call to the meeting to order, let the attendance show we are only missing Trusty Chavez at this time. She will be joining us shortly. Do I have a motion to adopt the agenda? >> So moved. Second. >> We have a motion by trustee Kon, a second by trustee Sidu. All in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Those opposed, nay. Those abstaining. Motion carries 6. We now invite any comments uh from the public on any close session items. Thank you. And with that, we will reconvene back in open session at 7 p.m. Thank you. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Yes. [Music] Hey, [Music] hey, hey. [Music] Thank you. [Music] Hey. [Music] Fine.
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004Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey. [Music] Heat. Heat. N. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat up [Music] here. [Music] [Applause] Heat. Hey, Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Hey, hey. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Hey, [Music] oh w oh. Oh, [Applause] [Music] hey. [Music] Hey, [Music] Heat. Heat. N. [Music] Oh. [Music] Oh. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] [Applause] Hallelujah. [Music] Oh, hey. [Music] Good evening, Central Unified community. Welcome to our regular meeting of the board of trustees. The time is 700 p.m. The date is September 9th, 2025. Uh our quick two items to report out from close session. Uh, Trusty Chavez joined us at 5:34 p.m. On uh item E1, we had a motion by Trusty Curio, second by Trustee Sers, item pass 70. On item E2, our classified
005personnel report, uh we had a motion by Trusty Kon, a second by Trusty Sellers, item pass 70. Next, um we are going to invite our student uh trustees and a very proud moment for us to join us in the front as I administer the oath of office. [Applause] a little bit history. This was an initiative by the students of our high schools to uh talk to their peers, collect enough signatures, and to make sure that we have an opportunity to increase student voice. And with that, we have our two new uh student trustees. So, I'll ask uh uh Grierop, I'll have you come first. Raise your right hand. >> Sure. Thank you. I'll I'll read the uh following. Please repeat after me. I group >> I group >> do solemnly swear >> that I will
006support and defend >> the Constitution of the United States >> and the Constitution of the State of California >> and the Constitution of the State of California >> against all enemies foreign and domestic >> against all enemies foreign and domestic. that I will bear truth true sorry that I will bear true faith and allegiance >> that I will bear true faith and allegiance >> in the Constitution of the United States >> and the Constitution of the State of California >> in the Constitution of the State of California >> that I take this obligation freely >> without any mental reservation >> or purpose of evasion >> and that I will >> well and faithfully >> destroy charge the duties >> discharge the duties >> upon which I'm about to enter. >> upon which I am about
007to enter. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> Jesus uh I'm going to ask you to raise your right hand. I, Jesus Felix, >> I, Jesus Felix, >> do solemnly swear >> that I will support and defend >> the Constitution of the United States >> and the Constitution of the State of California >> and the Constitution of the State of California >> against all enemies, foreign and domestic >> against all enemies, foreign and domestic. that I will bear true faith and allegiance >> that will bear that I will bear true faith and allegiance >> in the Constitution of the United States >> the Constitution of the United States >> and the Constitution of the State of California >> and the Constitution of the State of the California. that I take this obligation freely >> that I
008will take this obligation freely >> without any mental reservation >> without any mental observation >> reservation >> or purpose of evasion >> of purpose >> of evasion >> and that I will >> well and faithfully >> discharge discharge the duties >> discharge the duties >> upon which I'm about to enter >> upon which I I am about to enter. >> Thank you. Congratulations. Welcome aboard, gentlemen. >> Oh, we're going to have you sign your oath. [Applause] Thank you. And with that, I'll ask Vice President Korea to lead us in the pledge of allegiance. >> Please stand. >> Ready. Salute. We next invite Senor uh William Lazo for our community engagement information. >> 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
009the 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. Next we invite Fore meeting agenda section. board meeting. The meeting extension. We next turn to our presentations with our first being our school activities
010presentations. We're going to invite up our student body president of Central High School, Karai Page. [Applause] Good evening, president, board member, superintendent, and the rest of the board. Um, my name is Corey Paige. I'm a senior at Central High this year, and I'm also this year's ASB president, and I thank you all so much for being here. Your president's support truly matter to CHS, and I'm honored to share a little bit about who we are, where we've been, and where we are going. At CHS, our culture has always been rooted in grizzly pride. Even back when we were joined with East Campus, that pride was strong and visible. Now, as our own comprehensive school, that same spirit continues to shine. What makes CHS so special is how inclusive and united our community is. Every student
011has a place here, and that's what keeps our culture strong. This year, our students have already shown incredible school spirit through rally, spirit day, and athletic events. Our clubs and sports teams continue to grow after a very successful club day, giving students more opportunities to get involved, and our alumni remain connected, supporting our traditions and reminding us that CHS spirit is something that lasts well beyond graduation. Of course, none of this is new. Central High has been carrying the legacy of spirit for over 100 years, and for the first time in 30 years, we get to represent that spirit as our own campus. We've grown from a student body of about 600 to nearly 900 students today. With that growth, our traditions have only become stronger. Generations of students, staff, and alumni have built a
012lasting legacy, and it's their dedication that shaped Central High into a thriving campus it is today. For me personally, Central High has been more than just a school. It was a personality shaper as well as an eye openener. I had been playing soccer since I was four, and I used to dream of going pro. But during my sophomore year, I had an ACL injury and it ended up um putting me out for two seasons. Sitting out for two years was one of the hardest challenges I faced. It forced me to re-evaluate who I was beyond sports. That time changed me. It gave me space to re rediscover my strengths and leadership and school spirit. Now, as a senior, I serve as ASB president, BSU um president, and a youth senator for Fresno and um BSU,
013BSCU. I have a 4.6 6 GPA and I'm also on track to graduate with my AA from Fresno City College and earned my certified nurses assistant license at 18. Central High Central High School, excuse me, gave me opportunities and ideas I never imagined. And with the support of my family, new friends and staff, I've grown in ways I will always be grateful for. But looking ahead, we have some exciting events coming up. Homecoming this year is themed blast from the past, where students can celebrate traditions while making new memories together. It's especially meaningful for us seniors as we look back on our first childhood memories and make our final ones here. And we're introducing something brand new this year, our first winter formal at a barn venue near Woodward Park. Usually we'll have it somewhere
014like local, but this year we decided to switch it up just to start a new tradition sitting um considering we're making history every day as our first year as our own comprehensive campus. It's a chance to start something new and create another unforgettable experience for our students. And speaking of homecoming, it is starting next week and we'd love for you to stop by campus, take a tour, or experience some of the spirit firsthand. Be sure to join us at the homecoming game this um next Friday where our alumni shirts will be sold as well as our new and soda stand, Grizz Swig, where soda was taken to the next level. I want to share a new favorite tradition with you. Um I'm going to call Oh, actually I'm not. But it's a new chant that
015we came up with. So, when I say Grizzly Nation, I want you guys to all say claws up if you wouldn't mind. Okay, is everybody ready? All right, Grizzly Nation up. >> That's exactly what I'm talking about. Thank you. That chat never fails to bring out the energy on campus. Thank you for taking the time to learn more about our school, our students, and all the opportunities here at West. I'm so grateful for all the support of our staff, families, and especially our board members who make it possible for students to grow, lead, and succeed. Your involvement and encouragement means so much. And together, we'll continue building a strong, spirited, and inclusive community. And of course, none of our rallies are complete without a t-shirt time. Normally, we'd be tossing out shirts into the crowd,
016but tonight, each of you will be receiving one directly. It's our way of sharing a piece of that same spirit with you. I have an assortment of sizes in case you want a specific fit. Thank you so much for your time. >> Thank you, Karai, for that wonderful presentation and thanks to the whole team for the shirts. >> Yeah, you could leave. You could leave them. Yeah. >> Yeah. Thank you so much. >> Appreciate it. Thank you. Next, we invite up uh Sakura Remundo, our student body representative from Persing Pathway. [Applause] Good evening, President Singh, board of trustees, and superintendent Marshall. My name is Sakura Remundo. I'm the president of the Fresno Persing FFA chapter and ASB. And our school year is off to a great start. The first sports of the year that are
017being played are football and volleyball, which are both co-ed teams, and football is having their first game next week. Our FFA chapter went to CLC, a leadership conference at Riverdale, where we learned to build and strengthen leadership. Our officer retreat was also during the summer where we planned for the year events and uh competitions and did some team building exercises. Mr. Fuentes, our academic prep teacher, is the facilit facilitator for our Fresno City College classes. And this is our second year for dual enrollment where students have the opportunity to get college credits that will follow them when they get to Reedley or Fresno City, wherever they want to go. We are teaching our Amech for the first time and we hope to see it again from amec 2 next year. And as well a facilities
018is working on a display for the Fresno fair. On 9:16 Tuesday next week, our dodgeball team is excited to have a second win at the fireball dodgeball tournament. But we are mostly looking forward to the back to school night two days from today on Thursday. Thank you. [Applause] >> Thank you for that update, Sakura. We turn to our student recognition uh to uh assistant superintendent Dr. Lopez. And thank you to all the family that have joined us. >> Good evening, board president Singh, Vice President Garo, Board of Trustees, Superintendent Dr. Marshall, and families watching from home. Today, we celebrate pro uh proclaiming September 15th through October 15th as National Latinx Heritage Month. It is an honor to celebrate our Latinx culture and celebrate the diverse Latino community that is represented in our district. As a
019Mexican immigrant myself, who is part of our cabinet, it fills my heart that our team and board honors the diversity in our in our district. We will start this celebration by introducing student Elan Perez from Central East High School. He will be showcasing his art which represents his Salvadorian and watermelon heritage. [Music] Joseph. [Music] Guatemala. [Music] Good evening, members of the board. My name is Alan and I'm here representing my country, Guatemala, as you could see my flag. And with my art, I represent the beautiful and touristic places from Guatemala. Um like um a volcano, um a famous lake and different structures and monuments. also the town of Antigua and a beautiful river. And if you have this this opportunity, don't miss it to visit this beautiful nation. >> Gracias. >> Thank you. So, as
020you can see, he has done that on his own from home, not in an art class. So, he's very artistic and he keeps other art pieces at home as well. We now invite up Camila Almarez and Albert Adrenas if he hasn't come up. So Camila Almarez is a club president for for folklorico at Justin Garza and Albert Arenas uh is a vice president. They are here to dance a special cultural dance from the Nayad coast representative of the Mexican culture. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Yeah. Thank you, Dr. Lopez, and huge thank you to our students and our families that support them. We next invite her up for our employee association highlights, our CUTA president, Laura Bolton. Good evening everyone. Um okay so these are um again positives that I collected
021um from my site reps um our site reps. Uh these came from a variety of of sites and of course this isn't everything that is wonderful that's going on on our school sites. Um but these are the ones that were shared. So, Steinbeck wanted to let you know that um that they have got their art teacher in place and started um and that they have begun um some of the fun Friday activities that they started last year um such as cooking classes both for lower grades and for upper grades and art um class for lower grades and upper grades as part of their their end of the week um activities. Um HK had a good turnout for their pastries with par with grandparents. Um JSK um has filled its brand new hallways with student art
022projects honoring uh their school's namesake and human rights activist Jazwan Singh Kalra. Um through their lessons, students explored Mr. Kra's life and the character traits that inspire inspired their royal rs. Um then brought their learning to life with beautiful artwork celebrating his legacy. It's been inspiring to see um their once blank walls transform into vibrant displays of student creativity making their school feel more and more like home. Biola had a power outage and they wanted to let everyone know that it was handled really well by their administration for both students and staff. Um Teague had pastries with parents on Friday, September 5th, and they had over 200 parents in attendance. um one of their biggest um uh like attendants for that event yet. Um and they also wanted to report that their new principal, Mrs.
023Marby, continues to do a fabulous job. And then Central East um is having homecoming this week. They've got dressup days um each day this week and they're having a big rally on Friday and they always announce the homecoming court at halftime um of the football game. Um I want to add that um there's been a lot of uh turmoil happening um with the VAPA department and uh it has been handled really really well by our district. They've been really really collaborative um and uh our VAPA department um teachers are um incredible people. They have rallied together to um to talk with one another, to support one another, and um have pulled together uh a team of people to represent each part of our VAPA program to help support the district and um and and bring
024uh what needs to come for VAPA um to all the sites. So, um I'm excited to see how how some of that rolls out. um it it it's looking really positive coming from something very negative to something very positive. So uh I just wanted to share that with you. So thank you very much. Thank you. We next invite Angie Giri, our CSEA president. Thank you. Then we turn for our superintendent board communications. Uh first is superintendent Dr. Marshall. >> Okay. Well, here's my first report for September. Uh we got a new picture. Uh I love uh school pictures. So, let's start with the uh September shoutouts. Uh you can see that several of our sites received uh the PBIS awards at different levels, bronze, silver, gold awardees, and platinum. Very impressive number given the size
025of this district. Uh an educational highlight. Uh you see that our class program, they welcome the digital literacy program. uh this weekend. They just sent me this picture this past Saturday. So, I thought I would share that. So, we have good stuff happening even on the weekend to give you a status on my entry plan. Uh as far as the data analysis, I think right now we're focusing on the financials we had. Tonight, uh Mr. Diggball is going to be presenting united actuals. That's where you look at what you plan to spend versus what you actually spend. So, that's a very important document. and then looking at our different facilities as far as coming up with a plan to have a very comprehensive approach to give all our sites some love. So, I've been working
026on that uh meetings with uh key uh community partners or district partners, uh city officials. I've been having a great time meeting a lot of our classified employee groups. Uh went to visit uh maintenance, uh the transportations department, and then I have a visit with grounds coming up. Uh, one initiative that I'm working on is in every site every month. That's what I'm going to try to do. I was able to do it all by the last uh, board meeting. So, I want to try to visit every school every month. And, uh, through the different meets that are being set up, I think that I can meet that goal. As far as the communication with the media, uh, we've been putting stories out there to kind of highlight the great things that happened here. You
027know, that, you know, you don't hear positive stories unless we put it out there. And so we'll be doing a lot more of that. In fact, there was a good story about us on um CBS 47 yesterday. I I got to see that. It was real nice. Uh as far as with the board, uh we're doing our second my second series of onetoone meetings with the trustees. That's that's in progress. In addition to uh workshops held on key topics. As a reminder, like I talked about, in about a month or so, I'm going to give you a summary document that kind of outlines all my findings and next steps. And then hopefully what comes out of that too is a long range plan that goes about five years as far as taking us from good
028to great and it'd be part of my valuation too. So a couple of miscellaneous points. A lot of our SK kids have been invited to the uh Sanwaqen Black Expo and then we have the Jakar Movement uh vibe check conference and so we're really pushing those events because it's good for our kids to get those type of opportunities. A few reminders. Uh September 11 is Patriot Day. On September 13th, there's a special training for administrators. I look forward to that. And then the uh Fresno Fright Nights ribbon cutting. That's for the board. We all invited on uh September 27 at 5:00 p.m. All right. And that's my report. >> Thank you, Dr. Marshall. Any communications from any other board members at this time? >> Thank you. Then with that we will take uh comments from
029the public on any items not on the agenda. >> Uh thank you President Singh. Our first comment is from Shereice Butler Winston >> and you'll have three minutes once you start. Make sure the light is green and you start. >> Thank you. >> Hi. Thank you board members. My name is Sherice Butler Winston and I'm reaching out to share some concerns taking place at Riverbluff Elementary. Two weeks ago, I was informed that my enrolled kindergarten student Evan would not be attending Riverbluff instead. Instead, he'd be transferred to Soyan due to the school being impacted. However, we live across the street from the school. We hear the school the school bells from our backyard and during certain breaks, we actually hear announcements. The overflow changes um have created uncertainty. Here are my concerns. If my son
030were to be transferred to Soryan and enrollment decreased at Riverbluff, he'd be expected to return to school. As a school psychologist, I know at a basic level students thrive on consistency. My kindergarten student was enrolled and attended Riverbluff until last Wednesday when I placed them in private school. Separation of families create challenges and difficulties, not just for a family like mine, but others who have been impacted. I now have two children enrolled in Central Unified, but one who is not. Quality of education is important. Riverbluff is an amazing school with highly qualified teachers who continually improve student outcomes. Although Suyan in the district is a good school, we did not relocate our family from Clovis 10 years ago to be attending Soyan. As someone who's been through Central Unified School System and at one point
031worked for the district, I'm struggling to understand how Riverbluff is not being equipped with additional teachers at the kindergarten level. Currently, Riverbluff has two teachers at the kindergarten level or each grade level has three. I'm struggling to understand how Riverbluff is expected to be equipped to meet the growing needs of not just the school, but the community as well. At this moment, I'd like to know if you're aware of the situation and how do you plan to remedy the situation. Thank you. >> Thank you. Our next comment is from Diljot Singh Ry. Good evening board trustees. Um I'm Dilj Singh Ry. Uh first of all, I would like to take a moment to congratulate our student trustees on their wonderful big win at becoming student trustees. Um I just wanted to really take a moment
032to provide some context behind how we were actually able to get to this moment today. So, actually during my junior year, I came across a student in the sick honors and service society club. And this student really stuck out to me. I was like, "This person is so engaged within the community, within the members of the club." And I went up to him and I said, "What's your name?" And he says, "Gertop." He actually said, "Ger tap." And I said, "Don't ever say that ever again." I said, "Say Gerpertop." Um and and then he was like, "Yeah, you know, I'm a part of the club." And I said, "We would like you to be in our leadership team as well as the cultural ambassadors club." So I invited him. We had like a panel of
033um interview members which were students and the club adviserss. Uh and he was brought on board and then ever since then we started the mission of getting a student board member within the district. So that was my junior year and he was a freshman at that time and this was during that during the spring semester. So a lot of things happened and then my senior year came along and we started during the fall semester. We gathered 612 signatures exactly. And we were out there every break and lunch period which was 10 minutes during break and then 45 minutes during lunch. We got clipboards. We put QR codes on the clipboards and we went up to every single student to get those signatures. This was very hard for us. Um we couldn't necessarily post them on
034walls. Uh our administration wasn't allowing allowing that and then we were like, you know what, it's fine. We'll go up to all the students and get those signatures, which we did. So that's the context. I'd like to take a moment to thank you board of trustees and our district administration especially Dr. Marshall in his new role and um my school administration for for their guidance as well. So thank you so much congratulations once again and hope everything goes well. All right thank you and congratulations. Uh, President Singh, I have no other comment cards at this time. >> And then board president, board president, there's no callers at this time. >> Thank you. Then we next move on to the consent agenda. >> All right, Trusty Kon. >> Uh, President Singh, I'd like to pull item
035eight for discussion. >> Uh, item number eight. >> Yeah, the consent agenda. So then um for the for the consent agenda, we are uh well we would be talking about items 1 through 7. And I and before I take a motion on set item, I just want to uh highlight that this board will be adopting a resolution to proclaim September 17, 2025 as observance of Constitution and Citizenship Day, as well as adopt a resolution proclaiming September 15th through October 15, 2025 as National Latinx Heritage Month. I'll move to approve items 1 through seven on our consent agenda. >> Second. >> I have a motion by Trusty Creo. I heard Trusty Chavez. Um uh on on set item. Uh those in favor, please say I. >> I. Those opposed, nay. Those abstaining. Motion carries 70. In
036the in the future, and I'm going to be getting used to this, too. um uh student trustees, I will be giving you all first opportunity to share to share your opinions and that'll and I apologize for that will be the case on this partic particular uh one that we'll be discussing. Um so I apologize I'm going to be getting used to a little bit making sure that you all get first opportunity to share >> and their vote. who will take their vote first before >> um taking the the general vote and then just as a reminder to both of our trustees, you have the authority to make a motion and to second a motion. >> So next we turn to um item M8. Uh Trusty Kon. >> Uh thank you, President Singh. Uh, I appreciate
037the district's uh, inclusion of this item because it includes several contracts that are under the $50,000 limit, but still for the purpose of transparency, it's beneficial for us to see these. Um, I have a question. Uh, I couldn't quite understand the uh, the droplet contract. U, do we have someone that can explain what we are paying for with this contract? >> I can. Good evening. The droplet contract what it is it's a software we used uh to all the school district to request for paper requests what what kind of papers do they need. So that kind of is just faster way to get uh uh process all the requests from all the school districts all the school sites. So what it does is uh every every school site gets a a request form how much
038paper do they need for that school year and then once we gather that we we order it from u central >> okay so it's to help >> it's a software it's a software to um do request for papers >> better okay okay just like printer paper >> yes printer paper >> okay got it and then I have a few other questions because I see we're bringing back our uh our community schools discussion um so for this uh I think $45,000 contract. Are we replacing the admin employee position that was vacant as of the summer? >> No. Uh this well, yes, we are replacing it. However, that was included in the board presentation when I did the community school presentation last year. Part of the budget is for this person that is assisting us uh first
039year of community schools and that is Karen Compos. So, so is this person supposed to be doing um the job that we had of this previous admin role or is this separate? >> Currently, she is assisting with that. However, she's also ensuring that we have all the community connections that we're building right now with our coordinators. So, she's ensuring that we have those connections with community partners >> and um is there a plan to continue this contract for the next semester or is this because we're going it seems like a semester without having this role fulfilled. So we're trying to um so we are recruiting. However, that contract is part of the grant for the five years. We can evaluate later. Uh we are going to start a committee where we make decisions about funding.
040So we can definitely make changes as as we don't see the need for that position right now. >> And have has the district signed anou with the uh with CUDA on community schools? >> We that is not something we discussed at the board meeting. I'm sorry. >> Okay. Um, do we know when the steering committee for the community school implementation will meet? >> Yes, we have a presentation that I need to go over with um, our union partners. >> Okay. I'm looking forward to seeing that meet. Um, and then will this contractor be writing and implementing the community school budgets for the sites? >> Yes, they actually assisted in submitting all the budgets so we can close last year. So, she's the one that supported with all of that. So the steering committee is not
041gonna be part of the decision making on implementing these budgets. >> No. >> So I I do want to make sure Trusty Kurfon, so our item is just to approve or not approve these particular like contracts. I I know we're asking for additional information, but maybe the uh grid is probably the more proper that though. >> President saying this item is related to our uh community schools. It's going to be there are a lot of different um parts of this contract that include how we're going to be implementing and making decision-m and I do want to ask these questions because I worry that we could be doing a lot better with our implementation and planning of community schools >> and including various stakeholders in the community. So far it's been mostly an admin process and
042my understanding of community schools is that it is a bottom up approach including community including teachers including students. absolutely agree with you but the item on hand is only with regards to these couple of contracts. So I think there may be a broader conversation that either either this board in terms of an anformational item that we could have to make sure that we we are pro we are providing that that that information in terms of best practices in terms of like >> close with this I just hope that this is not coming from one voice. I would invite you to attend any of our meetings that are held at the T community resource center. Uh and I also would um welcome the opportunity to provide you that information through our grid as well. >> No,
043it's not coming from any one voice, but community schools are important to me and important to a lot of the people that I spoke with um over this past uh my term as a trustee. Um so I do am following this closely. Uh when there is a meeting, I would be happy to attend um as long as it's on my calendar. Thank you. With that, I will motion to approve. Be before I'll take a motion, I do want to give an opportunity for our student trust trustees to ask any questions that that they may have. >> Do you have any >> questions on on on on this contract item currently labeled M8 at this time? >> I do not have any questions. >> Thank Thank you, Trusty Chavez. I don't have trouble. Okay. Ask for
044some opinion here. So, trusty Curio um Trusty Singh. Uh okay. I have a question. It's kind of related to what Trusty Kon was asking. Um these are all kind of grouped together for us to either approve. Is it possible for us to pull one of them from that batch or do we just have to not approve it? like what do we do in that situation? >> So, we're ratifying these contracts are already in place and we're just affirming their approval. >> Um, you can pull the contract, but I mean procedurally it's I'm going to put it simply, it's going to be a waste of time because it's already they're already working on this contract. Services are already being provided. It's just coming back to reaffirm the approval by the board. >> Right. So I think
045where I'm where I'm coming in with the question is we're talking about implementation of a certain program and we're talking about a certain time span and so um would this part I'm going to go to the community schools because obviously I'm really interested in that one as well. Um when it's up in December will this come back to us again for ratification? So, so as I understand this um Trusty Chavez and uh in term this is sort of a new item in ter of of us as a board ratifying contracts that are actually below the threshold that is currently sort of in place. So so this is actually almost an additional item increasing transparency both to our community and that Dr. Marshall has sort of put in place for us to see this >> in
046all times previous we wouldn't actually have seen this this list if at a later point and I know a few of you have individually talked to me there may be an interest to lower the threshold then that would be a conversation we would first have to have as a board >> um if if that's something that we're interested in. So so this is just an an additional item that normally we would not necessarily see. Oh yeah. So I'm I would just like to know if I do have questions, can I request information at the end of the meeting for additional information? >> Absolutely. >> That would be the appropriate time. >> Absolutely. >> Yes. >> Absolutely. >> Yeah. >> So So if there are no other questions at this time on this item, I will
047first uh turn to the student trustees. Um sorry, am I not doing that correctly to get their vote first? >> No. Well, you need a motion in a second because you asked the motion to be >> withdrawn. So, so I So, now I ask for a motion on this on this uh item. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> We have a motion by trusty Kon, a second by trustee Sellers. Thank you. So, first I turn to our student trustees. Uh do you vote to support, deny, or abstain? So, so trustees student trustees Felix and Gallal are in support. >> And now I turn to the rest of the board. Those in support, please say I. >> I. >> Those opposed, nay. Those abstaining. Motion carries 70 and in addition two with the supports of
048trustees student trustees Felix and Gutteral. Thank you. We next move on to our action items for this evening. Item N1, accept gifts to the district. Assistant Superintendent Nick Ball. >> Good evening. Justin Garza received three donation for the first annual Justin Garza memorial walk and run from Jose Josephine Garza $200 donated $200. Regina Garza donated $100 and Luis Aguar donated $100. Administration is recommending the board accept the gifts to the district. Thank you, Assistant Superintendent Paul. Questions? Uh, student trustees, uh, Felix and Gwell. >> No questions. >> Thank you. Trustees from the rest of the board for comments. Do I have a motion on tonight? Oh, question by trusty sellers. >> I was going to motion to accept the >> We have a motion by trustee sellers. >> Second. Second by our trusty Sedu. So
049our uh student trustees Felix and uh how do you like how would you like to vote on this item? >> I as well. All right. So we have uh and then for the rest of board please say I or if you approve I >> I nay or abstain. Motion carries 70 with also Felix and Gutteral approving as well. Thank you. We move on to item number two, approved 2024 2025 an audited actuals report. Assistant superintendent. Uh today I'll talk about the anodity actual for fiscal year 2425. Uh before I share the revenue expenditure, I would like to briefly go over the fiscal reporting cycle. In any fiscal year, there are four reports that the board of trustees have to approved. We have the annual budget first interm second interm and another actual. Um one of
050the common ideas about the annual budget the first interm is it gets updated uh twice once in December and then in March based on information but the unodudited actual is an event that's an actual expenditure that took place in fiscal year 2425 until June 30th. So with that let's look at the expenditure revenue expenditure. In this slide we show the unrestricted revenue. On the first column you have the source of revenues. The second column is estimated and then the third column is the actual. Again this is the unrestricted revenue. That's why you see the federal revenue is all zero. If you look at the last one the local revenue there's a difference of 4.1 million. The reason is we did get a bus grant and a calship grant. Bus bus grant was about 3 million.
051The calship was about 1.1. We haven't got the money. We have given the reimbursement. We have processed everything. The grant has been accepted but we haven't got a check yet. So that's why it's negative. In the next slide is the understory expenditure. Again it's the same format. We have the column one are sources of expenditure. Second column is the estimated actual. Third is what we spend. Now if you look at the salary and benefit there is a difference 5 million that's vacancies that we haven't uh uh fulfilled. The second third is books. We have uh transferred some of the costs to restricted sites so that we can use the restrict money. And with the operating and capital outlay is we have projects that are still going on. The key is at June 30th is our
052line. So if a project is going on to July 1st, the cost is going to show up in the next year. That's why you see the negative. This slide is again restricted revenue. Again, if you look at it, LCF revenue is zero. You see the federal fund, state and local. If you see the difference, one of the thing is deferred revenue. What happens in federal and state? We don't get all the money on June 30th. Sometimes we get it later. So that's why you see the deferred maintenance, deferred fund revenue being going for the next year. Again, uh this is the restricted expenditure. Again, you have the salary benefits, books and supplies, operating expenditure, capital outlay. Again, some of the projects keep on going the next year mean July 1st. That's why you see some
053of the negatives. This slide uh this is a shows the total expenditure for unrestricted and restricted expenditures. One thing you're going to see that if we combined the salary benefit then for the total expenditure the salary benefit is 77%. But if you separate out for unrestricted and restricted then you see that on the unrestricted side the salary and benefit is about 85% and for the restricted side is about 60%. This slide is again u revenue for both unrestricted and restrict revenue. As you can see, 71% of the district revenue is generated through our average daily attendance. The reason this is important is I want to share a quick uh fact is last year fiscal year 2425 the district attendance was 91%. That means if we increase the attendance by 1% that's about a million dollar.
054And I remember that board member Sidu talked about this asking about this increase. So technically this year if we can increase our revenue the only way is to increase the attendance. So in essence if we can focus on increasing the attendance we have a chance of getting more revenue. So for recap, the honored actual is expenditure as of June 30th. The next important report is going to be the first interm in December where we're going to update the numbers and and and provide new updated budgets. And finally, the district is committed towards fiscal solveny, but at the same time, we're going to focus on student student learning, student outcome, and student achievement. Thank you. Any questions? >> Thank you. We first turn to uh student trustees Felix and Dwell. Any questions with regards to the
055budget? >> No questions. >> My question would be what exactly would be the difference between restricted and unrestricted? >> Yeah. Okay. >> So unrestricted is general fund. We can use it for anything technically but restricted funds they have restrictions. For example, title one you cannot just use it for salary. You have to use it for certain things. Federal government has certain boundaries and limits or things that what we have to use for so that's the big difference is restricted means restricted you have to follow certain guidance and compliance. >> Questions from the board. Jesse Sers. >> Uh, looking at the numbers, I added them real real quickly. It's about a $22.8 million carryover unspent. Is that correct? So, you add both the restricted and unrestricted. >> They're not carryovers because we are spending still expending.
056>> Yeah. Some of the money is allocated to projects as right carrying over to the >> Yeah. Because again, we are spending money on July 2nd, 3rd. That's not going to show up here. >> Is any of that money reflected in this year's reserve balance? >> No, that's what we're going to do when we do the first interim. Okay. When we do the first interim, we'll see where everything lies. >> All right. Thank you, >> Trusty Korea. So these numbers still include all of the federal funding that was initially frozen and so we're not taking any considerations yet as to what that impact may be come next >> academic. So we we don't know that. So we will as we get more news or more information we'll update it with the budgets. um in the
057future it would be helpful is even given the uncertainty just to know how much of that money uh or I guess how what portion of our money uh is is federal >> funding and and we could risk not receiving um next round. >> So I'll present that in the the first interim I'll bring that back. >> Thank you. Trust Trusty Crick. Oh, sorry. >> I was going to motion to approve. Okay. >> One last question. Sorry. >> Sorry. Trusty C. >> Um, do we have any So, I don't think I saw Is there any CO funds, any CO fund, any CO related money still being uh accounted for in any of our unodituded actual? >> No. Yeah. Done. So, we have no funds. >> Thank you. Now I'm done. Do >> I have a motion
058on that item? >> Sorry. Was it motion by trusty gutter? >> I have a second. >> Second by trustee Kirk. So I'll probably just do a roll call vote. Um in the future I may ask Anita, but I'll just uh do that for the time being. Trusty Gaval. Trusty Felix. >> Hi, >> Trusty Chavez. Hi, >> Trusty Sidu. >> Hi, >> Trusty Curio. >> Hi, >> Trusty Kirk. >> Hi, >> Trusty Sers. >> I, >> Trusty Kurf, >> I. >> And myself is I. Uh, motion carries 70 and 20 from our student trustees. Thank you. We move on to item number three. Adopt resolution 252605 to establish appropriations. Gan limit, assistant superintendent Nick Ball. >> All right. So, GAN limit was first established in 1979. It is a limit based on inflation and population adjustment.
059The GAN limit was designed to restrict the growth of government spending at both state level and local including uh school district to prevent expenditure from growing faster than the economy and population. So yes uh our expenditure is within the gant limit. So administration is recommending the board adopt the resolution to establish the appropriate gant limit. Questions from our student trustees. Not at this time. Questions from the board. >> Do I have a motion? >> Approve. >> Motion by Trusty Creo. Second by Trusty Sidu. Again, I'll do a roll call vote. Trusty Gable. >> Hi. >> Trusty Felix. >> Hi. >> Trusty Chavez. >> I. >> Trusty Sidu. >> Hi. >> Trusty Curio. >> Hi. >> Trusty Kirk. >> Hi. >> Trusty Sers. I >> trusty kurf >> nay. >> And myself I will vote I.
060So motion carries 61 uh with trusty KFON voting against and our TR two trustee uh uh student trustees voting in support. We move on to item number four. Approve bid rejection of cafeteria HVAC install at Roosevelt Elementary School. Director Bach. Good evening, board president Singh and board members. Uh tonight this item is returning from the previous board meeting. Uh this is to reject the bid for the cafeteria HVAC install at Roosevelt Elementary. Um just a little bit more information from the previous meeting. Um we did this bid under the Cupa limits which is 75,000 to 220,000. Uh the bids all returned over the $220,000 limit and that is why this item is returning to you guys for rejection. um because it's over the bid limits. Um if you have any additional questions, happy to answer.
061At this time, administration is recommending the board approve this bid rejection of the install after answer any questions the board may have. >> Thank you, Director Bot. First, uh questions from our student trustees. >> No questions. >> Thank you, trustees. Questions from our board or comments? Trusty Sellers, >> I appreciate the fact that we're attempting to save money. Um, just last meeting I asked a inquiry whether we had a plan of how we're going to continue providing um air conditioning in the time being. >> Yeah. So, we still have the rental 20 ton uh it's either 20 or 25 ton HVAC unit at Roosevelt and it will stay there until we get this unit up and running. >> Thank you. If no other questions, I have a motion on set item. >> Second. >> Motion
062by Trusty Kirk. I heard uh Trustee Keron. Again, I'll do a roll call vote. Uh Trusty Gutter, >> I >> trusty Felix. >> Hi, >> Trusty Chavez. >> Hi, >> Trusty Siddu. >> Hi, >> Trusty Curio. >> Hi, >> Trusty Kirk. >> Hi, >> Trusty Sers. >> Hi, >> Trusty Kon. >> Hi. >> And myself vote I. So motion carries 70 and 20 from our student trustee members. We move on to item number five. Approve Mong and Punjabi secondary courses. Assistant Superintendent McClennon. >> Good evening. We have some courses on our books that in going back we were not able to find the formal board approval of those courses. They have been taught in our in our district but this is a cleanup item. This would be Mong 1, two and three and Punjabi one
063um Punjabi native one and Punjabi 2 and three. >> Thank you. Questions from our student trustees? >> No questions at the >> No questions or comments from the board. Trusty Kon. >> Thank you, President Singh. Um, so, um, says Superintendent Mclennon, so how long have we been offering these courses or are they brand new? >> They are not brand new. From what I can tell, in 2017, an information item was brought to the board seeking um, advice on basically moving forward with starting to create these courses. That is the last piece that I can find in board um, documentation. >> So, sometime between 2017 and 2024, they were brought to the district. It appears that they started being taught approximately 2018. >> Okay, thank you. Um, and then the rationale includes grades 7 through 12,
064but these are all high school level. Is there ever is there any interest in providing these courses with if we have capacity at the middle school level such as we do with Spanish? So that's exactly the reason they were listed as potential 712 because we do always have the option of teaching the level one courses at the middle school and we've tried to incorporate that as part of you know the core offerings. It would of course as you mentioned depend on enrollment interest and the ability to find credentialed teachers. >> Okay. Thank you. No further questions. I think the only thing I would add uh assistant superintendent Clinton if we could create some opportunity for uh parents to and and students to provide that voice. I I have definitely heard uh a lot of parents
065in the past express interest especially to have the course offered at at in 8th grade. >> Yes. Thank you. >> Thank you. Uh with that I call for then uh or sorry do I have a motion on the set item? >> So moved. >> Motion by trustee sellers with a second by trusty su. >> Yes. Trusty Gutterball. >> Hi. >> Trusty Felix. >> Hi. >> Trusty Chavez. >> Hi. >> Trusty Sudu. >> Trusty Curio. >> Hi. >> Trusty Kirk. >> Hi. >> Trusty Sers. >> I. >> Trusty Kon. >> I. And >> myself I vote I. So motion carries 70 and two from our student trustees. Thank you. We move on this evening to our information items with our first item being to receive information regarding the use of Collegiian Stadium by the Western Brand
066Band Association. Director Rodriguez. Thank you, uh, board president, board of trustees, and, uh, the student, uh, board of trustees. Welcome. And superintendent, Dr. Marshall. Uh, tonight you are receiving information regarding a facilities, uh, usage request that my department received for the use of Darren Collegian Stadium by the Western Band Association. Pursuant to administrative regulation and board policy 13:30, the Darren Collegiian Stadium facility use requests for outside or entities are required to go uh to the board for approval. This year, our students from Central East and Justin Garza High School will be competing for championships with other school districts. Justin Garza High School uh is a member of the Western Band Association. And in attendance this evening is Mr. Kevin Tinkle, uh the band duh director at Justin Garza High School that has been assisting uh
067the association with this request and he would like to say a few words about his program. >> Good evening, Lord. How are we doing? Good, thank you. Uh just so um in a short amount of time uh in four years, our program at Justin Garza High School has earned uh several accolades and awards locally and statewide. Um we've won uh regional uh we've won uh regional championships in the marching band uh western band association twice. We performed in our in our third year of existence. We performed um at the California We were invited and performed at the California Music Educator Allstate Concert Band Festival in Southern California. We were one of five groups in the state. Um one of three in the valley. It was Buchanan, Clovis North, and us. Um, and last year we
068were actually invited to play at Carnegie Hall. Um, so that's four years of work and it's been fantastic. But, uh, really hosting championships last year, because we did this last year, uh, was really a banner moment in our short history as a, uh, fantastic way to build into a true team, um, with our booster organization, students, alumni, families, and our community. Um it showed us that this program could be uh it sorry it showed us what this program could be if given such an opportunity. Uh we were recognized by the western man Association as a group that was on the rise and we are now such a better and more mature space as a program because of the opportunity. Um championships is in Fresno uh is it's a three-year commitment. This is the second of
069the three years. Um, and hosting this for the entirety of that run is the anticipation and the hope. Um, and it's really the next step for a program like us that's definitely on the rise. So, I just wanted to kind of give you and we have a shameless plug. Uh, we have our uh winter concert. I know it's still hot, but it's we have a winter concert December 11th. Um, you guys can please come. We uh we sound pretty awesome. So, uh, please come and check it out. Um, I think that's it. if you have any questions for me or about the Western Band Association, that kind of stuff, I can kind of speak on behalf of them to a certain degree. >> And with that, administration is recommending uh that this item be placed
070on the September 23rd, 2025 board agenda for approval. And we'll be happy to answer any questions you have. >> Thank you. Student trustees, any questions on set item? >> Questions? No questions. Best of luck to our >> questions or comments from the board. Trusty Korea and then Trusty Kon >> I assume but I don't want to. Um there's no conflict with anything else happening by any of our programs. Like I know we're participating um but I I believe part of the requirement not only because the turf is so expensive and the maintenance of that stadium is expensive um but we just want to have some oversight and make sure that our programs have priority so there's no conflict. Right. >> There is no conflict. Yeah. everyone, the site, uh the athletic director, they all sign
071off before, uh we give the final approval. >> Okay. And I believe um they've been using the stadium more than just last year, right? Doesn't it go back maybe two or three years? >> So, uh long time ago, like 2014, they did it years and years ago. But then a few years, probably 2016, 17 there was it was a different organization, but that stadium was used as well. But I remember 13 or 14 they had championships there as well. >> Okay. Thank you, >> Trusty Kon. >> Um, out of curiosity, how many uh different uh school high school bands will be uh performing at this uh conference at Cleveland Stadium? >> So, as of this moment, I can't tell you exact numbers. Probably between 20 and 20 23 and 26 around there. And it's it's
072the small band championships. It's not the it's uh it's 1 2 and 3A which is 0 to 60 bands >> 60 to 80 and then 80 to 100 bands. So and there's a significant amount of uh 1A bands. There's not as many two and 3A bands. So it's probably about 23 to 26 bands total. And the uh the interesting thing about it is that they're not there all day. So it's a c it's a cycled thing. So it's like 1 A does their thing, they leave, 2 A arrives and does their thing, and 3A arrives and does their thing. So yeah. >> Okay. Thank you, >> Trusty Sers. >> I know the uh use of the stadium requires board approval. Um this is more a question in regards to the fee structure. Do we have
073different rates for nonprofit organizations versus for-profit? Yes, it's outlined on E1330 >> and they are receiving the nonprofit rate. >> They they are >> okay. And the final question looking at it says uh utilizing the soccer complex parking lot. Just the parking lot, not the complex. >> Correct. Yeah. So again, it's it's a cycled kind of day. So we have them kind of placed in different spots and different times. So yeah, it's they and yeah, there the soccer field is not being used because it's brand new and also because uh it's um it's going to be too loud. That's really close to the stadium. So there would be, you know, if they're warming up or playing their instruments, the stadium's going to hear it. So it's just basically parking and that's it. Yeah. >> Thank
074you. >> No other comments. I I just want to say uh thank you, Mr. Tinkle. always hear wonderful things about your instruction from so many of our different students and and our award-winning program. Thank you for everything you do with our band and bringing this opportunity. If there's no other questions, I'll have this return under consent at the next meeting. Thank you. Thank you. We turn to item number two. Receive information regarding a public hearing in resolution 2526-07 regarding instructional materials for Williams compliance. Director English. >> Good evening board president singing Chan, Superintendent Dr. Marshall, and members of the board. Tonight I'm bringing forward an information item that's related to the annual Williams settlement requirements. Just a reminder, the Williams lawsuit settlement of 2004 established that the state of California has an obligation that all
075public school students have qualified teachers, safe and functional school facilities, and adequate textbooks. The settlement also created accountability measures requiring each school district to hold a public hearing and adopt a resolution certifying textbook sufficiency. Our textbook management system, Destiny, provides reports to confirm that each student has a checked out text. Administration is recommending that this item be placed on the September 23rd, 2025 board agenda for a public hearing and the adoption of resolution number 25- uh 25/26-07 declaring textbook sufficiency. >> Questions from our student trustees? >> No questions. No questions. >> Questions or comments from the board? And we will this item will return as for a public hearing uh at our next board meeting. Thank you. Item number three, receive information regarding migrant education programs after school services. Director Griggsby Chamberlain. >> Good evening,
076President Seeing board members and superintendent Marshall. for your information. Tonight, I'm presenting the contract for Moreno Institute to provide afterchool academic support for migrant students during the 2526 school year. I also want to take this opportunity to let our board know that the details regarding the wrap-up of the 2425 migrant program um will be included in this week's Friday report. And of course, if you have any additional questions, we're happy to follow up with details as requested. >> Questions from our student trustees? No questions. >> No questions. >> Questions or comments from our board members? >> If not, we'll have this return under commit. Oh, sorry. Trusty Kirk, >> thank you so much. Just as I'm looking at this, is there I want to make sure it's not on here. Is there an estimation about
077how many students could be served by this program? >> Up to 79. >> I'm sorry. Sorry, did I miss? >> It may not be in the contract, but we'll we'll include it. I'll include a handout that Mrs. Escondon has put together in the Friday report. >> Thank you so much. >> If no other questions, uh we'll have this return for um action. I just want to get a little bit more information from our migrant parents at our at our next board meeting. Thank Thank you. We return to item we move on to item number four. received information regarding change orders for athletic complex increment number two projects at Justin Garza High School. Director Rodriguez. >> Thank you board president, board of trustees, and superintendent Dr. Marshall. For your information tonight, our change orders uh for
078the multi-prime bid packages and the the attached itemized summary list for the Justin Garza High School Athletic Complex increment number two for your review. The board recalls increment 2 was uh all of the press boxes, uh bleachers, scoreboards, batters eye, flag poles, all of the buildings, all of the block buildings, including the concess concession stands, uh restrooms, the maintenance yards, and the perimeter uh per perimeter fencing. And I would like to briefly explain the construction delivery method we are currently using on these projects and how change orders are structured. We're currently using multi-prime delivery method uh which breaks the construction project into multiple contracts. Uh instead of having a single uh general contractor such as one general prime contractor who would manage everything and would be used in a design bid build delivery method. Uh
079the school district uh contracts directly with several specialized trade contractors and that's what we have tonight. Uh the school district for example separate contracts for plumbing, electrical, HVAC and so on. This means that the district is in charge of the project and coordinates the contractors either directly or through a construction management firm. In a nutshell, general contractors, the method is one contract, one point of responsibility, and all the change orders would be in one document. Where in our case, this is a multi-prime method, several contracts, more control, but more coordination, and all of the change orders are several documents, and that's what we here have here tonight. So staff has reviewed the district's uh w with the district's construction manager and recommends that this item return to the board on September 23rd, 2025 uh board
080agenda for action. And I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have on this item. >> Thank you. Questions from our student trustees? >> No questions. No questions. >> Questions or comments from the board? Trusty Sers and then Trusty Curio. Looking over the uh summary here. Uh some of these say discrepancies in drawings. These drawings done by the same architect that drew up the school and the other. >> Yeah, it yeah bounces back to the to the design professional. >> Okay. >> Uh if I recall, I know these plans were here in place before I even got on the board. These are fairly old. Is that right? They've been through we've had some revisions and especially for some code changes. Uh so those those did change but not not by much. >> Okay. Um
081I know the plans and everything have been approved by DSA. Do do we ever take the opportunity to go back to the architect and ask them to review the plans uh prior to doing any construction >> so they can identify any of the discrepancies. So what we've done is what we have learned here like on past projects we actually ask them to actually look at these especially what was really big on our radar is the the health department right the requirements for the health department are huge and so we asked them to please look at those let's let's address those first uh before we even move on. So sometimes they catch a lot of that stuff and sometimes they, you know, they miss it and we try to pick up a lot of that during
082constructibility review. Uh so we catch quite a bit of them, but there's some that slip through the through the cracks or it depends what type of uh person from the health department we get. You know, there's certain people that we have relationships with and some people are new. So it's kind of, you know, they all have their ways of uh looking at things. Okay. I I was just asking some of these I see is u grade discrepancies in mo strips and would that be a health department issue? >> No. So that's that's the civil drawing. So you now you have your ADA uh issues that come into play. Uh so those grades need to be addressed. So when we're out there and we're staking it, uh you have maybe a concrete uh mo strip that's
083going on for a fence and then they see a discrepancy between that mo strip and maybe that curb there and we need to adjust it. So then that's a change if it needs to come down a foot or up a foot. Those those type of things we we try to catch them but >> Okay. Um, my last question, knowing that we still have projects moving forward with similar plans, just want to confirm that we are reviewing those as well, trying to avoid these. >> Absolutely. Absolutely. Yes. I mean, uh, you know, they're they're we we I think we've done a pretty good job because our change orders have been always below the statute of 10% below that. So, um, it's just looks like a lot, but it's because we have multiple contracts and it's really
084it gets it looks so much, but if it was one contractor, it would only be one document. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome, Trusty Ka. >> First, I want to add that when we say these uh plans are old, they're like five, six years. They're not older than that. There were revisions made by the architect because there were significant concerns with the athletic uh complex. So, they're not as old as the plans that were drawn for Garza High School, which were like 20 or 30 years old. Actually, probably closer to 30. >> Yeah, Garza was a little different because it was the initial drawings were modeled after Central East High School. Those got scrapped. So, uh they they came up with the new design. Uh we're under the 2016 code. So we're going all the
085way back to 2016. So these the the athletic uh complex is the 2016 code. So that tells me that the the drawings are a little older. >> Okay. If we go back, there were revisions done. I'll go back to the board meetings. >> Yes. >> Um to the this complex. So that's concerning if we still I mean I I understand if there were in any case I just wanted to point out that there were ch more recent changes in the last like five years that I'm certain about for this athletic complex if these plans because these plans were older uh there were some concerns that weren't addressed. >> So yeah this is what I was saying about code revision. So every code cycle they have to get addressed and if they're more than four years
086old they need to go back to DSA. >> So just so we're we keep in mind when we're talking about how old they are. It's not the 30-year-old plans that build Garza by the last 10 years. Um the the summary has some columns on the right and it identifies the architect, the district and the agency. Who is the agency that it's referring to? So this would be like the health department, the city of Fresno, uh any outside uh jurisdiction that has uh some type of governance over our projects. >> Okay. Thank you. >> If no other questions at this time, we'll have this return under consent. >> Thank you. Move on to item number five. Receive information regarding change order for athletic complex increment number three project at Justin Garza High School. Director Rodriguez, >>
087thank you again uh for your information tonight or the change orders for multi-prime bid packages uh and the attachment in my summary uh list for the Justin Garza Athletic Complex increment 3 uh project for your review. So, the increment three uh is the basin infill that's on off of Grantland. Uh that concession stands uh football courts, uh toilet restrooms, ticket booth, miscellaneous bleacher seating, uh athletic lighting, and perimeter fencing around for this particular project. And the increase is due to uh the project is the impacts implemented after this project was originally bid. uh staff has reviewed with the district's construction manager and recommends that this item returned to the board on September uh 23rd, 2025 uh board agenda for action. And I will be happy to answer any questions you may have on this particular
088project. >> Questions from our student trustees? >> No questions. >> Questions or comments from the board? Trusty Creo, >> where are we with completing this project? >> I'm sorry, I didn't catch that. >> Where are we with with completing the increment three? >> So, increment three is due to be completed uh in late spring of 2026. >> Okay. Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> No other questions or concerns. We'll have this returned under consent as well. >> Thank you. We next turn to uh advanced planning. >> Yeah, a couple of things. We have a board uh subcommittee meeting coming up and also in October there'll be a special uh board work study. >> Thank you. Uh any additional information or closing comments from the board? Trusty Curio. So I know that uh when the migrant
089ed contract was presented there was a comment that we would get a report um in our Friday report. I had previously and some of us had previously requested uh an agenda item as information just to know um what is the overall progress of of the program. um in past years and at least I think in the last two years, I know I've received um information from our county partners that we weren't spending all of our money that we were receiving from for migrant ed. So, I just want to make sure that we are spending the money. So, if we can get a report of where we are from a budget standpoint, um that would be helpful. Thanks, >> Trusty Chavez. >> Okay, I got several things. Um, so we approved a few things tonight that
090I want to make sure that I follow up to request information about. Number one, um, on item number five, the approval of the California Education Partners collaboration, I myself personally, and I know there are several other trustees concern about us um, engaging in these kinds of external contracts with partners. So, I want to start off on the right foot with us really gathering information from the onset of how are we going to be tracking this data and having a meaningful ongoing check-in of how was the progress of this so we don't lose sight of it until the next time it comes up here in front of us. So if uh if we could please track that as well as revisiting um some of the concerns that myself and trustee Keron had mentioned about the ratification
091of contracts specifically cing compost and community schools. Um I was very vocal when we voted for that contract that I felt pressured and pushed and I didn't appreciate that we were in that position with a community school situation. Um, I still have concerns about us using such a pricey external partner to not only write our reports, to create the collaborations and establish the partnerships, but additionally to be managing the budget reports. Wildly concerning. Maybe I misunderstood that. Okay, if I did, I stand corrected. But if we could please keep a close eye on that because we are paying an exorbitant amount of money to an external consultant for that particular service and I just I want to see what is our progress where where's the status of that project and what are the deliverables that
092have been given to us so far so we can have a benchmark of where we're starting this year and as we progress. So that was number two and then I had number three. Um, I want to revisit a conversation that I had with a student leader and I want to thank that student leader for reminding me. Um, it was in May of 2024 of 2025 just at the end of last school year. We had public comment from a parent regarding their student who had a validictorian issue and the requirements for the validictorian was called into question uh specifically around um some of the elective courses. Uh, and I want for us to get the specifics about our validictorian requirements because there were questions surrounding that. And I want for that to be not only clarified
093at the onset of the year so that our students who are striving for that um, particular accomplishment have clear understanding of what the expectation is at the end of the year, but I'd like for us to not only get clear about what is that requirement and are we posting that publicly for our students to be aware of. So, um, I was asked as a trustee by a student leader to make sure that I address that to revisit that with the board. >> All three noted and we'll follow up. Thank you. Trusty Su. >> Uh, I just had a concern from quite a few uh communities. Um, uh is regarding the school uh shooting threats uh in Fresno Unified and how Central Unified is preparing and what of our what are our protocols and what are
094we doing. Um, so uh I know Dr. Marshall's already kind of addressed uh this earlier, but just um in matter of trans transparency, I just want to bring it up here and then we can discuss it. >> And with that, we want to uh uh remind the community our next meeting uh will be our next regular meeting will be here on Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. for close session, 7 p.m. for public session. Central Unified School District District Office room number 13. And with that, uh, we are going to head back to close session and then we'll reconvene before we adjourn. Thank you.