Central Unified Board Of Trustees Meeting June 10th, 2025

001[Music] Yes. I'm [Music] Hey. Hey. Hey. [Music] Thank you. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Hey, heat. Hey, heat. Heat. [Music] Hey, Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Good evening. Welcome to the regular meeting of the board of trustees. Today is uh June 10th, 2025. The time is 6:00 p. p.m. on the dot. Let the attendance show. All are in attendance. Do I have a motion to adopt the agenda? So moved. We have We have a motion by Trusty Korea. We have a second by Trustee Sellers. Those in favor, please say I. I. Those opposed, nay. Those abstaining. Motion carries. 70. Next, we invite uh comments from the public on any closed session items. President Singh, I have none at this time. Uh, PIO Burrows about 15 seconds. Board President, 30 seconds have passed and there's

002no callers at this time. Thank you. And with that, we'll adjourn to uh close session and reconvene at 7 p.m. back for open. Thank you. [Music] Heat. Heat. N. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Hey, hey. [Music] Boom. Heat. [Music] Hey, [Music] oh [Music] Oh, [Music] hey. [Music] Hey, Oh, [Music] I'm [Music] oh. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Hey. [Music] Hey. Hey. [Music] Yes. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Boom. Keep [Music] down. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Hey, [Music] hey, hey. Heat. Heat. N. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. N. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Hey, hey, Oh, hey. [Music] Hey, hey, [Music] Oh, oh. [Music] Hey, [Music] hey, hey. [Music] Hey, [Music] oh [Music] Oh, [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Down. [Music] Down. [Music]

003Okay, [Music] down. [Music] Yes. [Music] Thank you. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. N. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Hey, hey, hey. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Hey, [Music] oh [Music] Oh, [Music] oh, hey. [Music] Hey, Oh. [Music] Oh. [Music] Oh. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Hey. [Music] Yes. [Music] Hey, [Music] hey, hey. [Music] You [Music] don't know [Music] Thank you. [Music] Thank you. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Hey, heat. Hey, heat. [Music] It's our meeting. Good evening, uh, Central Unified Community. Welcome to the regular meeting of the board of trustees. Today is June 10th, 2025. The time is 700 p.m. Um, we have a few items that we can report out. On item E2, we had a motion by

004trustee Sidu, a second by trustee Sellers. The item passed 70. On item E3, we had a motion by Trusty Sellers, a second by Trusty Sidu, item pass 70. As well as on item E8, uh, OAH, case number 202504280H. We had a motion by Trusty Korea, a second by Trusty Sellers, item pass 70. And while we're in an evening of celebration in many different ways, on item E4, which is our uh public employee appointment, the board would love to uh share that we have now appointed Dr. Mark Marshall as the next superintendent of Central Unified School District. The item was motioned by Trusty Sers, a second by Trusty Keron. The item pass 70. And we are excited to have you, Dr. Marshall. [Applause] test. Perfect. Well, first I want to say to the board, thank you

005for this opportunity. Uh you will not be disappointed. I'll tell you that up front. I'm really looking forward to um working with you and accomplishing great things in Central Unified. Uh, I'm going to be moving to the community very soon. In fact, I found a house about 3 minutes from here. So, uh, thank you to Dr. O'Brien for your assistance during this time. You've been as far as a transition. I've really appreciate it. And I'm looking forward to moving and getting to meet all of you. I met some people tonight, but my framework is to listen and learn coming in. I'm new to the conversation, so I need to listen to you and hear about the great things that happen here in Central Unified. So again, I'm very uh excited. It's becoming real at this,

006you know, at this point and we're going to do some great things together. Thank you. [Applause] And with that, I'll ask Vice President Curio to lead us in the pledge of allegiance. Please stand. Ready. Salute. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible liberty and justice for all. Thank you trusty creo vice president creo. May I next ask for community engagement information if we can ask Lazo to come up and share with us. Good evening. If you wish to address the board, please call 5592763150 or fill out a request form provided on the table near the entrance and submit it to the clerk of the board prior to the meeting. If you wish to speak on an item on the

007agenda, please do so when that item is called. If you wish to speak 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, may I ask to share with us in Punjabi? Fore section. Spanish translator. Dr. Tanwad. Next, in a in a quite a bit of uh celebrations and presentations, may I ask uh our assistant superintendent, our interim assistant superintendent of HR, Kjith Gorman, to share with us some employee recognitions.

008Good evening board president Singh, superintendent O'Brien, trustees, staff and members of the community. Um, my name is Kjit Man and uh, I have the pleasure of introducing two really great group of employees today. Um we're celebrating our colleagues that are just entering the profession and we're celebrating our colleagues that are also leaving the profession after serving noly for many many years in the district. Um at this time I'd like to invite um my colleague Alicio Cooar who's been with the district for a while to introduce all these incoming class bench of uh players and the outgoing bench of players. Thank you. Okay. Okay. All right. Good evening, board of trustees, colleagues, family, and friends. Tonight, Central Unified recognizes the following individuals who have been nominated by their colleagues for their outstanding work this year in

009Central Unified School District. This year's certificated substitute of the year, nominated by Andrea Donagy, is Estabbon Liza. Thank you and congratulations. [Applause] This year's mentor teacher of the year nominated by Kushmi Dothur is Gay Atmajian. Thank you and congratulations. This year's recipient of the classified rookie of the year, nominated by Daniel Froga, is Dean Ree, Mechanic 2, Transportation Department. Thank you and congratulations. And this year's certificated rookie of the year nominated by Aaron Klein, Carrie Conor, Holly Meager, Matthew Casado, Daniel Bueno, and Matthew Beijian is English teacher from Justin Garza High School, Marshall Davis. Thank you and congratulations for all of your hard work and efforts. Next, we would like to recognize exemplary Central Unified employee. Oh, you're gonna take a group picture. Okay. Sorry. Thank you. There you go. All right. Okay. Next, we

010would like to recognize exemplary Central Unified employees who are retiring from the district and have collectively given 990 years of service to Central Unified. Let's give them a big round of applause. Now, these individuals have made a positive impact on our students, schools, and community. So, please allow me to honor our retirees this evening with a few kind words about the remarkable body of work. Starting off with George Fukio from Biola. Position is a teacher, grade six, years of service 23. [Applause] Next is Deborah. Debadetto site Steinbeck position teacher grade three years of service 28. Next is Colleen Campos, site Riverbluff, position teacher, grade two, years of service 22. Okay, next is Sarah Yoast. Site Central Online Homeschool position teacher years of service 10. Next is Kathy Summer. Site Riverbluff position teacher grade six years

011of service 25. [Applause] Next is Colette Bulier, site Central Online Home School position principal. We do not, I apologize, have the years of service on this one, but 32. So, thank you so much. All right. Our next is Grace Schwam site district office position HR technician DOCWA years of service 30. [Applause] Next is Isabelle Cantou site transportation position bus driver years of service 21. Next is Amanda Rivera, site transportation, also position bus driver and years of service 28. Next is Terry Chamberlain site Justin Garza High School position library media tech and years of service 24. Next is Lisa Leon, site transportation position bus driver, years of service 21 Next is Rebecca Venoni, site transportation position bus driver, years of service 23. Next is Tama Reer, site transportation position bus driver, years of service 25. Next

012is Clauddio Rodriguez. Site Teague position clerical one two years of service 25. [Applause] Next is Janine Casashia Warland site district office position director elementary curriculum. And I will pause because this one is 41 years of service. [Applause] Next is Jody. Velasquez site Madison position site director learning partners and years of service 29. Next is Sandra Martinez site McKinley position teacher kindergarten and years of service 36. [Applause] Next is Laura Nord Green, Site Food Services, position cook two, years of service 18. Next is Deborah Pukallian. Site Madison position teacher grade two and years of service 34. It's baklian. So I apologize. Thank you. Next is Tom Marshall, Central High School position. Teacher leadership years of service 18 [Applause] [Music] Awesome. [Laughter] [Applause] Next is Sean Walker, site, position, journeyman, trades worker, years of service 25. [Applause]

013Next is Yur Yang, site MOT, position custodian, years of service 13. Next is Joel Russo. Site Central East High School position teacher of math and years of service 21. [Applause] Next is Anna Morrison Rivas site H. Hearnden Barstow position teacher grade five years of service 30. Actually, I went out teaching sixth grade this year. Okay. [Applause] Next is Rodney Fonts, site Central East High School, teacher of STC, years of service 19. Next is Kristen Reagan site liddell. position teacher intervention and years of service 35. Next is Cheryl Brown. Site Soyan position teacher grade two years of service 29. [Applause] Next is Jeffrey May. Site Hearnden Barstow position teacher grade four years of service 28. [Applause] Next is Jeff Bront site H. Hearnden Barstow position teacher opportunity years of service seven4 with a combination we apologize

014of 34 years. So we had seven here in ours. Next is Dana Hunter. Site Central East High School position teacher of chemistry. Years of service 32. [Applause] Next is Anna Rubio, position teacher, kindergarten, years of service 28. [Applause] Next is Jeff Bell. Site Central Elementary teacher grade three years of service 20. Next is Sonia Ellis site Soyan position speech and language pathologist years of service 10. Next is Patricia Ferinelli. Site Soyan position teacher SAI Elementary Grade 2 years of service 17. [Applause] Next is Cheryl Rendan site food service position cook three years of service 27. [Applause] Next is Steven Holddridge. Site Central High School position teacher vocational ed years of service 11. Next is Tamara Boatright site district office assistant superintendent ed services years of service 33. Next is Art Williams, site Persian continuation position

015counselor, years of service 25. Next is Glattis Connley site Roosevelt position principal secretary years of service 30. Next is Deborah Manata, site Central East High School position finance clerk, years of service 30. And lastly, Lordes Gomez, site food services position cook, years of service nine. Congratulations to our retirees. You've been an inspiration to our students and staff and we truly mean it. And we thank you for all the years of service you provided for Central Unified School District and its students. We wish you all the best in your retirement endeavors. And we thank you for your contributions and your years of service to Central Unified School District. Thank you again to all our retirees, our our rookies, our substitute, our mentors, and and um just all the people have uh made such a huge contribution

016to this school year and beyond. Next we invite for our employee association highlights uh Laura Bolton, our CUTA president. I don't see her this evening, nor do I see our CSEA president, Angie Agiri. So, we thank them both. But we move on to then superintendent and board communications, Dr. O'Brien. Well, thank thank you board president Singh. I just want to mention how great it is at this time of the year to be able to attend the central unified graduations. We were able to initiate the celebrations yesterday over at class with our class students over at the pack at Central East High School and uh followed by a wonderful um event at Kleian Stadium where we had many many I think almost 400 uh Central East High School students graduate. Um, I want to extend a

017special thank you to Trusty Sellers and the fire department because they uh were able to help us through a a situation regarding our fireworks and we were able to have a wonderful fireworks display. So, thank you Trusty Sers for uh your um help with that. And then we will be tomorrow night uh enjoying the uh celebrations for our central online high school and our Justin Garza High School. and then on Thursday night, Persing High School and finally Central High School. So, uh it's just a wonderful season. Last night was a little special because the uh Central East High School students, they were the last class of the Central East Grizzlies. So, next year they'll have enjoy a new uh uh brand and and we wish them all success. Um I wanted to mention a couple

018of awards that the district was selected for. First of all, the Central Valley Regional Technical Assistance Center is proud to announce that the Central Unified School District is being recognized for our work in implementing the community schools pillar called expanded learning time and opportunities. At the Empire Summit during the Central Valley networking session and there were only four districts were selected. We want to thank uh Christina Rodriguez and April Lee for working alongside our staff to create enriching learning experiences for our students. As I mentioned, only four uh programs or school districts in the valley were selected. We'd also like to thank our special education department, our teachers, our staff, our adaptive PE teachers for wrapping up the year with an incredible field day for our students with disabilities. This was all made possible due

019to the collaboration between our adaptive PE department and the Special Olympics. Our students and f families enjoyed an incredible day filled with movement, fun, and obstacle courses. I wanted to uh mention that uh I wrapped up my last visit to uh every school in the district during the course of my time here which is coming to an end here shortly and it was very important to me to visit every school in the district because I think it's important as a superintendent or even an interim superintendent to um have those conversations with principles and area admin uh administrators and uh for most of those visits I was joined by a board member uh who was a able to uh attend who was whose schedule could uh facilitate that visit. It was a great opportunity to see

020the wonderful things that are going around on around this district and I I really want to reiterate that you know um I was the superintendent of Clovis Unified School District and enjoys a very very uh wonderful reputation as a district with very high standards and I just wanted to make sure that you all know that as I've been going around the school district I see some extraordinary uh teaching going on in our classrooms. Uh some great support systems from our principles and uh and from other individuals uh at at our school sites. And I just really felt that was important that you should all know that uh somebody who's coming from Clovis uh uh really appreciates and uh values the work that's going on the district. And I'm very excited for Dr. Marshall as he

021comes on board because he too will get to witness uh the great things that are going on Central Unified and I just wanted to make sure that I had that chance to say it to you. During my time visiting schools, I also had a great opportunity to talk to custodial staff, talk to our uh food child nutrition and food services staff, um talk with our uh office staff, our clerical staff, uh reading lab teachers, intervention counselors, uh thinkery counselors, and I just want to say that um such a team we have here in Central Unified. I always say everybody is an educator because every interaction with a bus driver, a custodian, uh our front office folks, every interaction is an opportunity for a member of our educational team to make a lasting impact in the

022in the life of a child. And you know, I just saw such pride. Everybody takes their role very seriously. And as we all know, you don't have to have a credential to be a great educator. So I just want to compliment our entire educational team. It was a real honor to have had that opportunity to go to every school in Central Unified. And then finally, I wanted to invite representatives from Congressman Costa's office to the microphone along with our Central East High School senior Samuel Ruiz MSAS who graduated last night at Colleium Stadium. And they're going to be giving Samuel they're going to be recognizing Samuel. So like to call him to the podium. [Applause] All right. Good evening everyone. My name is Boaz Kajjabi. My honor to be here on behalf of Congressman Jim

023Costa representing California's 21st Congressional District and its constituents including the wondrous Central Unified School District. Firstly, I'd like to say thank you to Mr. Jonathan Burroughs um for having me here today along with our board of trustees and uh Dr. O'Brien who was actually my superintendent um back at Clovis West High School. So pleasure and um today it's really my special privilege to recognize the academic achievement or should I say achievements of this young man right here Samuel Samuel Ruiz MSUS class of Central East High School president and validictorian in honor of his outstanding scholastic achievements and record setting acceptance to 15 universities. Please, a round of applause. And to you, we just wanted to let you know that um regardless of where you decide to continue your academic journey, because I'm sure it will

024be a wondrous adventure for you, um that you'll always have the support um in the foundation of your peers and your teachers and of course your parents here in Fresno and the greater Central Valley. You truly are the pride of the community. So, will you please accept this certificate of congressional recognition and congratulations? And I do have one final item that is close to the hearts of our trustees. I'm proud to share the results of Central Unified School District's very first student board trustee election. I know I know it's there's a lot of uh celebrations tonight. This historic moment was made possible by the many students who petitioned this board to include student trustees and gathered the requisite number of student signatures and to those students who stepped up to run and every student who

025cast a vote. Your engagement reflects the leadership and civic responsibility we strive to cultivate in all of our students. I'm excited to announce that the top two vote getters in this year's election were Gurartap Singh Guru. Oh, Greywall, please. You got that one right. Guruab Singh Gwal. Thank you. I can never say but I'll challenge you sometime to a Gaelic name. H and Jesus Felix. Congratulations to both of these outstanding student leaders for earning the confidence of their peers. You will be the student trustees who set the tone for the future of student voices in our district. Congratulations. [Applause] I don't know if I see Jesus Gertab. You want to just share anything briefly? Hello everyone. To those who don't know me, I am Gab Greywalt and I just want to thank everybody in this

026room real quick for everything you've done to support the students and student voice, Mr. Burroughs, uh, superintendent, board of trustees, district staff, admin, and especially the students who supported me. And even if you didn't vote for me, I'm still going to be representing you. And I want to thank you for being students. And I want to show appreciation to everybody in this room. Thank you. Welcome to the team. Next, we turn to any uh board communications that they'd like to report. Trustee Korea, just following the announcement of the election of our trustees, our student trustees. I just want to thank this board for having the courage uh to really move that forward. Um and and to our students who took the initiative, uh I'm really proud that we're finally going to have a student trustee

027that's going to be speaking on behalf of our students. I've been on the board for six years. Uh and it took you all taking that action. Thank you very much for that, Trusty Kirk. we will be sharing microphones. I can use my teacher. Uh so just along with Dr. Such a pleasure graduation classification. Brian says represent [Applause] Thank you, Trusty Kirk. To you, uh, Trusty Siddhu. Yes. Uh, I just wanted to share that I had the opportunity to visit Teague Elementary's open house. Um, and I just wanted to share, uh, the exciting news that the new principal was also there who's going to be starting in August. I got to meet her and she's very excited. She's already a part of the community. Um, and then I also wanted to publicly apologize for not uh

028being there yesterday. I had a prior commitment promised to be a groomsman. Um, so I wanted to apologize to the class of 2025 Central East and class and I do wish them success um in their future careers and uh their education and I will always be supporting them. Thank you Trusty Kon. Thank you, President Singh. A bit of a longer one. Uh congratulations again to our student trustees on your election win and welcome to the team. Uh and thank you again to the retirees tonight. Uh your service is why former students come back and raise their children to graduate from Central Unified. Uh last Friday I drove to Los Banos uh or as I say there Losanis with uh Trustee Sellers. We met with over 50 teachers, administrators, community members, even the mayor um who

029assured us that Dr. Marshall is an excellent student student centered and systemsminded superintendent. Uh this was a competitive process and I want to thank um all the applicants who applied to be our our superintendent. This was a very competitive process and we had applicants not just from the central valley from but from all around California and even several other states. Making this decision would not be possible without our community. Uh, I read every survey result and community session uh, comment um, from those who have constructive feedback and those who just want to cuss us out. Uh, on May 29th, I joined Superintendent O'Brien to visit class in Roosevelt. Uh, very impressive work that Principal Robinson and Woodard are doing and their teams. Um, and I know many in the Roosevelt area are uh, following their

030students moving to Kalera Elementary in the fall. So, it's going to be a very big change on site, but I'm confident in Principal Hamlin's leadership. Uh, also attended the pinning ceremony uh on last week with the uh nursing students at Central High. Congratulations to the graduates and to Mr. Holddridge. Uh, you leave big shoes to fill on Thursday also with trustees Chavez and uh um uh Kirk at the uh mural unveiling at Teague Elementary. uh very beautiful work and this was couldn't be possible without the work that the uh literary cultural arts club in the after school program is doing um and the teachers there you guys are doing great community oriented work uh and it's just all very very exciting stuff you guys are doing there it's a very close-knit community in uh also

031attended site visit at Madison Elementary and Central High alma mater uh Madison is a distinguished school for good reason one teacher at Madison Madison. Uh she showed me her state test course that just came in. 80% proficient in math in one classroom. [Applause] Very impressive work. Uh and then of course Central High, I could talk for days about how great Central High is, but we don't have much time. uh finally attended the multicultural celebration on Friday with uh trustee Curio uh where about 400 English learner students K through 12 in central were reclassified and will graduate with a bilingual seal of literacy. Just a great community uh event. Highly encourage you all to attend uh next year. And uh again, congratulations to the class of 2025 at our six high schools. Trusty Chavez. Uh, I

032just wanted to publicly just say, um, myself and along with Trustee Kirk, we actually attended the Pride parade this past Saturday just as bystanders, not actually representing the district because it wasn't an official appearance, but I just want to make sure that people know that um, for next year, I really want to plan ahead and I want for us to have a float and a presence in the Pride Parade next year. So, I hope to work alongside our new student um trustees and with our campuses and to really show that we are here to support and we are a safe space. So, thank you. I just want to make uh one quick uh comment of uh shout out and appreciation especially towards the end of the year becomes very sort of uh rapid especially to

033make sure that all of our seniors are ready for graduation. We obviously um appreciated one that graduated last night. I see some of the audience that are going to be graduating tomorrow. But I also really want to appreciate the counselors, the teachers that really those that are just right there on the edge, the intervention specialists that really kind of provide that total wraparound support to just get those across the finish line, especially as as the year comes to an end. From the bottom of my heart, I really appreciate what the extra time and effort you you take for our students, for our community, and just to um just show how how much you care to make sure that this these students are poised for success in in all aspects of their life. So, I just

034really want to thank each each and every one of you for for that. I think uh we may have uh one more employee recognition before we um move on to our consent agenda. Well, at this time, h I would like to call up Ji Batina. She is our new director of curriculum and instruction. Uh members of the board, you uh approved her contract a few weeks ago and uh she is excited to join our team and to introduce herselves herself to you. Thank you. Is this on? Okay. First, I want to thank you. I'm grateful for this opportunity. I'm so excited. I was excited before, but coming to this board meeting, I don't know if they're all like this, but wow. One encouraging thing is how long people stay at this district, which is a

035very good sign. And the other is just from that vantage point at the corner of the room, I'm watching how warm and close-knit this community is. I'm so happy to be here. So, thank you. [Applause] I'll just say Dr. Btheina, can I have you come? We're just gonna um just quickly shake your hand and and welcome you to the district. [Applause] and with that we now invite uh comments from the public. Presidenc I have uh Robert Mitchell MD and just press the button so we can hear you and you'll have three minutes once you begin. Okay, clock's running now. Uh but I did just want to say uh for some of the trustees that are new, um I am a proud Madison Warrior and a Central High grad uh captain of the basketball team. All

036right. And um the uh senior uh won the senior leadership award. Uh but what I'm here for uh today is hopefully a reset. For those of you uh that are new, I've been up here before uh speaking about mentoring kids who need it. And it took me 10 years 10 years to get someone to listen and say, "Well, you know what? That's not a bad idea. Kids need mentoring. Just recently took some kids to San Francisco, Google, Wales, uh, US. Credential was there for kids to meet, connect with people, lifong relationships. This, um, I guess it's the football field, colleague. Well, that's who one of my mentors was when I was going attempting to go to medical school. I could still reach back out to Darren and say, "Hey, you know, I need this letter.

037I need that letter. I know a I've been in I was in school for a very long time. I know a little bit about what separates students from reaching the pinnacle and mediocrity. I'm looking for a reset. There's no reason why last year no one called me back when I had people set up to meet with these students at Central East. This is volunteering 10 years out of my time coming driving back and forth from Fresno State. The first semester went well. The resource center at Fresno State that I took the kids to, they said, "Dr. Mitchell, this is the first time we ever had any high school students in here. Central East students. Wow. Are they coming back? I said, "Yes." No, they weren't coming back. I know what stats look like. Okay. I'm

038here in the community. Okay. Um I know what's needed. Okay. How do we reset? How do we acknowledge that mentoring is important especially for students that don't have the infrastructure, the family support that just need a little oomph, okay, a little connection, an environment that when the students left with me from San Franc San Francisco on the bus ride back, the Cword was used over and over. I have some more confidence now. I have some more confidence. Dr. Mitchell, the the biggest thing that hurts me was that there was a student at Central said, "Can you connect me with a dentist? I want to be a dentist." I did that. And to never be able to go back to that young student makes me feel like I'm not a man of my word. Thank you,

039Mr. Mitchell. Your time is up. [Applause] President Singh, I have no other comment cards at this time. Thank you, Pio Burus. Thank you. Then with that, we turn to our consent agenda. Do I have a motion? Uh, President Singh, I'd like to pull item number eight, ratify contracts. Have a quick question on it. Sure. Do I have a motion on the consent agenda items 1 through seven and nine? So moved. We have a motion by trustee Korea. Second by trustee Kirk. Those in favor, please say I. I. Those opposed, nay. Those abstaining. Motion carries. 70. We move on to consent agenda item number L8. Yes. Uh, President Singh, I just have a question on the uh, final site contract if we could get some clarification on that contract. You want to pose a specific question

040or um, yeah, I just I see that we have this contract for five years and I'm not entirely sure which service we're getting. So, so I can I can speak to the final site that's actually um so we're in the process of phasing out from our current web um host which is Edlio to switching over and phasing into something that is a little bit a lot more user friendly um based off of the multiple um uh input sessions that we've had. Uh so we are switching from Edlio to Final Site. Okay, thank you. That's That's all I need. Then with that, I'll motion to approve. We have a motion by Trustee Keron on item L8, a second by Trustee Kirk. Those in favor, please say I. I. Those opposed, nay. Those abstaining. Motion carries. 70.

041We move on this evening to action items, beginning with our student discipline cases. Do I have a motion? Motion to approve. We have a motion by Trustee Kerfon to uh to uh approve the um the recommendations. Second. Second by Trusty Chavez. Those in favor, please say I. I. Those opposed, nay. Those abstaining. Motion carries 70. We move on to item number two. uh approve superintendent employment agreement effective July 1st, 2025 and present report on superintendent salary and benefits as required by government code section 54953 C3. So we now move to approve the employment agreement with doc with superintendent Dr. Mark Marshall for a three-year term beginning July 1st, 2025 with an annual compensation of $270,000, continuing education for 6,000, and a relocation reimbursement not to exceed $10,000. We invite any comments from the public or

042discussion from the board. If not, then I move to approve the employment contract. Is there a second? Second. All right. So uh we have a motion by myself, a second by trustee Sidu. Those in favor, please say I. I. Those opposed, nay. Those abstaining. Motion carries. 70. Thank you. We move on to item number three to hold the public hearing on the 2025 2026 local control and accountability plan or the LCAP. Director Griggsby. Okay, there we go. Good evening board members and Dr. O'Brien. Tonight, it's my pleasure to bring to you the proposed 2526 LCAP for public hearing in conjunction with our annual budget approval. This plan is the result of a comprehensive needs assessment, educational partner input, and continuing collaboration with our colleagues at FCSS. We are asking to move forward with scheduling this

043plan for approval at the June 24th board meeting after completing the hearing process tonight and answering any questions you might have. We now will open up public hearing. We'll go ahead and close public hearing. Do I have a motion on this item? We have a motion by Trusty Kirk. It's not moved to approve. It's consent or um moving to approval next meeting. Uh I see after the public hearing and after the budget. Thank you. You're welcome. So then we move So we'll go we've closed public uh hearing and it'll return to us uh next meeting. We move on to item number four. Hold public hearing on the 2025 2026 proposed budget. Assistant Superintendent Bal. Good evening. Uh I'm going to present the budget today. All right. Before I start the budget presentation, I want to

044briefly go over the formal budget cycle. It starts with the annual budget which is approved before July 1st. The next budget document is the first interim which is snapshot between July 1st and October 31st. And then the second interm is a snapshot between November 1st and January 31st. And finally the fiscal year ends with unodudited actual which shows the actual expenditure. In addition to the budget report the district has to inform the county what certification is the board approving. So for the annual budget, the district will be reporting a positive certification which means the district is able to pay its bill for fiscal year 2526 and the two subsequent year which is fiscal year 2627 and fiscal year 2728. This is a slide a quick summary of all the annual budget data points. The district

045will be submitting an adopted budget as a positive certification. The district enrollment is projected to be 16,74. The average daily attendance, that's the ADA, is projected to be 92% 92.25%. And then the unduplicated pupil percentage is 8156. Those are groups of students which identify EL and foster carees. All right. This is a summary of the unrestricted general fund for fiscal year 2526. The beginning balance as of July 1, 2025 is 57.5 million. We have a LCFF revenue of 230 million. We have other state revenue of 6.5 million. other local revenue of 4.6 other adjustment of 1.1 million contribution 27.9 million and expenditure of 221 million. So we have an ending balance of 51.9 million. So we start with 57 and beginning balance and we end with 51 50.9 million. So out of the 50.9 million

046we have a board approved of 5% reserve that's 16.5 million and the other leftover or total reserve is 34.37 million. This slide shows the distribution of the unrestricted expenditure in the general fund. So we have a certificate salary of 99.7 million, classified salary of 36.7 million, employee benefits of 53.9 million, books and supplies of 8.6 million, services and other operating expenditure of 18.88 million, capital outlay of 2 million and then other outgo 1.2 million which comes to 20 221 million. This slide shows the distribution of expenditure in the restricted side. I would like to remind that any expenditure in the restricted fund has to meet certain criteria and requirements. So again for the restricted expenditure the salary certified salary is 22.5 million. Classified salary is 13.9 million. Employee benefits is 22.2 million. Uh books and

047supply 11.6. Six service and other expenditure 20.2 capital outlay 4.4 million and other outgo 12.4 million which comes to 107.4 million. Since we are stating positive certification it is important to look at our NYP which stands for multi-year projection. Before presenting the MYP I would like to share some of the assumptions. uh the district is projecting a flat enrollment and ADA which means we want to be careful with our revenue so that it's not over projected for the coming year multi projection includes the cost of living cola which is as per department finance and CDE the an anticipated slight increase in SCF funding in the following year because we have some cola so that's the increase a little bit the NYP include step and column salary sters and purse and health and welfare purse to

048gradually increase from 26.8% to 26.9 by 20 2026 2027 stirs will remain the same. NY also NYP also includes a long-term obligation coop which is as as we all know that the district has taken a new loan to pay the VAPA building. Vapa stands for visual and art performing art building. This slide shows a five-year projection. We'll start with fiscal year 2526. Again, uh the beginning balance is 57.5 million. We have the revenues. Then we have the expenditure of 22 221 million and the ending balance is 50.9 billion. Again the reserve is 5% which is 16.5 million and then the rest is 34.43 million. Now the next year which is fiscal year 26 27 we have a beginning balance of 50.9 million again we have all our revenues and expenditure and then ending balance of

04944.1 million again this reserve is 16.3 million and then rest is 27.8 8 million the balance for fiscal year 2728. Again we have a beginning balance of 44.1 million. We have our revenues. We have our expenditure and the ending balance of 32.5 million. Again the 5% is 16.8 million and the rest is 15.6 million. Then in fiscal year 28 29 we have an starting balance of 32.5 million. We have the revenues, we have the expenditure and we have an ending balance of 22.9 million. Again the 5% is 17.4 million and the rem remaining balance is 4.8 million. Again on the fifth year we have a beginning balance of 22.9 million and then ending balance of 15.2 million. If you look carefully, if we don't even meet the 5% reserve, that means we don't have enough

050money for the reserve. If we think about the reserve, which is 17.7 million, we are short by 2.5 million. So that's our five-year projection. Okay. So finally uh central infight is currently able to meet our final obligation which means we look at the one year and the two subsequent year district will monitor and enroll enrollment ADA. We're going to really look into the enrollment and special ADA we at 92.2% we want to increase that because every percent means about $600 to $700,000. Uh then special education transportation and health and benefits will continues to increase each year. And then last month Dr. O'Brien and myself were able to listen to the state budget as related to education. There are two important things. The state economy and the revenue is very uncertain for now and for the

051future. And the second one is more critical to address the ongoing expenditure. The state is using onetime revenue reserve sorry onetime reserve which will become zero at the end of the year. So they are using one-time reserve to address ongoing expenditure. So that's critical because we don't know what's the unknown is going to be next year. So as a district we have to plan properly and analyze all our expenditure for the next fiscal year. So thank you and uh staff is ready to answer any question. Thank you assistant superintendent Paul. Questions from the board. Oh, so we actually, you're right, we are opening it for a public hearing at this time. President, there are no callers at this time. Then we'll go ahead and close public hearing. Now we open it up for questions from

052the board. Trusty Creo. So, I understand that that our multi-year projection is only required to go out for three years. We're seeing the five years. What are we doing proactively to make sure that we have enough money and are meeting our reserves because that's a a board provided requirement and in our policy which means we need to comply with that. Right? I think we have to look at three things. Uh the first thing is we are at 92.23 average attendance. So we have to find a way to increase that that will give some revenue and second thing we have to look at our expenditure especially our staffing and see where we can make adjustments. So we have to be careful. So those two things should be able to help us. Again we have to start

053doing that. So when we have the new superintendent we'll talk about a plan and then kind of move forward see what we can happen. It's not going to happen overnight, but if we start planning slowly, I believe within a year or two, we should be able to manage our funds. But again, we have to see where we stand. So, um the other request I have is and I don't know that you know this now, how much of any of these funds are federal funds? The one I'm talking about is mostly general fund. That's our fund. That's that's what we look at because we looking at the worst case scenario because federal fund we can't use for salary. So, other stuff. So, it's mostly general fund. Okay. Um, for the next board meeting, because that's when

054we're going to be approving, will you let us know how much money is federal funds? I remember from our last quarter um review of the budget. It's not very much, but it's something. And so, I think it's something that we also just need to be aware of since we can count on potentially not having that money. Thank you, Trusty Sudu. Yes. Um I just um have a quick question if you have an answer to um what would be our ADA target in order to best supplement? I know 100% is the goal, but like um what would be a good target for us to achieve in the next two years? So, so I think the better question is what does 1% mean? Okay. So, every 1% could is about like 66 600 or $700,000. That's what

055so if we 3% 1% whatever it is every 1% is about $600 to $700,000 that should that's how I look at it. Okay. So thank you uh Trustee Sers Chavez Keron and I think uh Dr. O'Brien has a quick answer for Trusty Couo in terms of the federal funds. Uh Trusty Couo we have $15.2 2 million we're receiving in federal funds. And I'd also like to add to what Mr. Kbal mentioned about steps that we're going to be taking uh in order to uh alleviate our budget and improve our bottom line. One of those will be that our new superintendent intends uh establishing uh a five-year strategic plan that will include the items that Mr. Ball iterated the uh the increase of uh uh ADA by by really exploring absentee rates and also by uh

056evaluating staffing throughout our district which we think there's opportunities there to help our budget. Right. And and we're going to also look at Dr. O'Brien is going to introduce the APU. So that's going to be something we're going to look at. That formula staffing formula will greatly help our district with uh monitoring our staffing. Trusty Sellers with the uh enrollment projected to be a little over 16,000. I'm just curious what is our current this this year? We just increased it by 20 kids. So that's all we did. So it's flat staying consist. Yeah, we keeping flat because again you increase it there's a revenue and the revenue doesn't pan out then we have a bigger problem. Thank you Trusty Chavez. Okay. So, um I I want to say this on the dis publicly just because

057I think it's good for the public to understand. So, um this type of this time of year obviously for anybody who does projections for the new fiscal year, this is when we're kind of sweating bullets in a way because you know the May revise always comes through and you know we never can anticipate how that's going to go. So, can you just let us know kind of where we fell and do we know how that's positioned us for next year and was it kind of what we expected? I I think the key is like I was saying the state is using one-time reserve for the ongoing expenditure. That's not a that's not a good strategy and their reserve is going to run out to zero by December. So, if they run out of money that's

058mean the effect is going to come to us. So for now the projection is what we hear from the state and and that's the that's the critical part is that and the second part is uh due to the fire the fire in LA county all their revenues has been postponed that means that's the county that's going to be doing the revenue or taxes until October or January and that's about like 20% of our revenue that taxes that come from so we don't know what's going to happen to that. So those are big big things that we have to kind of keep an eye on. And I'll um add to what Mr. Bal says uh Trusty Chavez. So as you know the uh Prop 98 guarantee in California guarantees 40% of the state's budget will be

059dedicated to K12 TK12 education. Um and given that they have deferred some of the tax uh deadlines for uh our you know our fans down in Southern California who are dealing with the you know aftermath of the fires and it accounts for about 20% of the tax base etc. Um we have to remind ourselves that 40% of revenues if the revenues go down then we're getting 40% of a lower number and uh given the situation in south southern part of the state but also the fact that some uh there's been quite a bit of immigration from the state that they're anticipating re revenues in general will be down and so that that impacts our 40% share of you know because of the proponent on TA guarantee and just to finish up my thought so thank

060you for that Dr. So I feel like as we report this stuff and here on the dis and for the community we speak in you know budget speak and so I'm going to put it in the most simplified terms that I can have we seen concrete cuts yet like have you have you heard like we're getting this percent okay we haven't we're just anticipating that there could be the state is only saying that uncertain that's the word they're using uncertain But the bigger concern to me is the state is using onetime reserve to pay ongoing expenditure. So we don't know what that's going to look like, but it's a concern. So we just have to keep an Well, I think it's good for the public to understand. We have to be cautious with the way

061that we're moving forward. So while the state is spending their reserves down to literally zero, we here in school districts are required to have at least a 3% and our board policy is a 5% reserve. Trusty Kon, thank you. President Singh, so do does Central Unified have a dedicated grants writer um to apply for grants from the state and the federal government so that we can get our share of uh funds know that we're that they're allocating. We we have some grants we wrote. I mean uh Miss um Maline, Dr. I think we all kind of participate in that. So I we tend to look at grants that apply to my departments but educational services has applied for quite a few grants as well. Thank you. And with that uh assistant super Paul we will

062have this return at the next meeting on June 24th. Thank you. We move to item number five. Approve approve reallocation of funding for emergency solutions grants. Assistant Superintendent Lopez. Good evening, board president, seeing interim superintendent Dr. O'Brien and board of trustees. Um, Central Unified received a HUD grant from the city of Fresno this year, uh, which have has allowed us to spend funds and providing services to our families around shelter as well as emergency shelter, hotel vouchers, uh, and, uh, payment of utility bills, uh, utility assistance. However, what we've noticed is we've depleted the motel the hotel voucher part of that grant. And since we already received another grant to help us with the utility assistance, what we have in front of you tonight is um the movement of funds into the hotel voucher line.

063So, this will require us to take this back to the city um council for approval and we would first need approval from our board to do that. Questions from the board? Trusty K fun. Thank you. President Singh. Uh so Dr. Lopez, are we giving back any funds? No. So uh we need to it's almost like a budget transfer that we're requesting between two lines. Uh because we just received the $70,000 that I presented to you this last time to pay for utility assistance. We want to transfer the funds from utility assistance from this grant into motel vouchers because we've we are noticing emergency shelter is one of the areas where we've depleted already. uh we are going to keep some of it in uh the rental assistance because we've noticed we've used that a bit

064as well uh and the staffing to make that happen during the summer sessions. Thank you. Trusty Chavez, I have a question about hotel vouchers. I I don't want to be too opinionated about it, but um question about uh the amount of families families we're servicing with those vouchers. Are we um limiting the amount of stay for the vouchers? Like what are what are we doing with that? So, our director of student services, Macy Young, does an amazing job of collaborating with outside entities that provide um longer stays in housing. So, what we do is our families are placed in uh a hotel uh that we have here in within our district boundary. and uh Maisy Young works on a solution for the family like a longer stay location and once that happens then the trans

065the family transitions from the hotel to that um more more permanent kind of state. That's why I was asking because are we depleting funds because it's hard to know when do you cut off, right? Like if you if a family doesn't have a place to move and you put them in emergency motel, how do you know like when do we have to throw our hands up and say we can't help anymore? So, and in all honesty, the majority of our families have made it into a longer stay kind of option. Oh, that's good. Uh we currently, I believe, only have one family that we have in in a hotel. Okay. But we're working on a longer solution. Right. And I think I'd just be curious and and this particular grant because I I think I've

066said this previously on the dis that I know how hard this money is to come by and I congratulate you for finding it because I know it's hard to get. Um but I really would like to at at the very least get some progress reports periodically of like how many families are we serving? What's the um amount of the length of stay in motel? just so we can look at what are we doing with that as far as are we seeing any outcomes with that. Um because this this particular area is is my area of expertise and I and I know how challenging it is. So I want to be there to be support to you and just to look at how these funds can potentially not only be maximized for this funding source but

067to could lead us to additional funding opportunities which I'm sure you're already thinking about but you know an extra set of eyes doesn't hurt. So, if we could have a progress report, then I would really appreciate that. I do have an Excel sheet that I can share with you guys. I just got to blank out the names of the families. I can provide that to you. That would be great. Um, and also please know that this is not the only support that they receive from us. So, uh, we work with Serena Dohi to ensure that they're provided with food, uh, um, clothing as you heard in the last presentation. But yes, we can we can provide this for you. Thank you so much. Appreciate it, Trusty Keran. Thank you, President Singh. Brief comment. Um, I

068know that the uh it's I think it's great that we still are working to use these funds because as we all know, I mean, it's very difficult to thrive in school if you uh are don't know where you're going to be sleeping at night. And I also know that um fighting homelessness is a priority for the city council. So, thank you to the Fresno City Council for approving these funds and we hope that they will uh approve this uh item uh amendment. There are no further questions. I'd like to motion approve. We have a motion by Trusty Kuron. Second. We have a second by Trustee Sellers. Those in favor, please say I. I. Those opposed, nay. Those abstaining. Motion carries. 70. We move on to item number six. Adopt publicly available pay schedules, government code

069section 570.5. Interim superintendent Dr. O'Brien. Well, in the absence of our HR interim superintendent, I said I would take this item. Um, this is uh an annual item that comes to the board. Just uh iterating the salary schedules that we have here in Central Unified and making sure that they're accurate and uh up to date. Questions or comments from the board? If none, do I have a motion to approve? We have a motion by Trusty Sers. Second. Second by trustee Keron. Those in favor please say I. I. Those opposed, nay. Those abstaining. Motion carries. 70. Move on to item number seven. Approve 2025 2026 deferred maintenance plan. Director Bach. Good evening board president Singh, interim superintendent O'Brien and board members. Uh this item returns from the last board meeting. Uh we reviewed the deferred maintenance

070uh plan for the next three years and the reference sheets. Um, administration is recommending the board approve this item after I answer any questions the board may have. The item returns. Any questions or comments from the board? If none, do I have a motion? We have a motion by Trustee Kirk. Second. Second by Trusty Chavez. Those in favor, please say I. I. Those opposed, nay. Those abstaining. Motion carries 6. Thank you. We move on to item number eight. Adopt resolution 2425-58 in support of applications for eligibility determination and funding designation of authorized district representatives. Assistant superintendent Nick Ball. Sorry, my mic is not working. Okay. So, this is a returning item. It is a resolution that allows myself America Bal to sign documents on behalf of the district on any state facility program. Administration is

071recommending the board to adopt resolution 2425-58 in support of the application for eligibility determination and funding designation of authorized district representative. Any questions or comments on this item from the board? Trusty CO. Is this a resolution that we have to sign annually? Not annually, but since we are going to be looking for those dollars matching dollar state dollar, this will help us. So, it's for new projects. Yes. new projects. Yeah. Because I think it's been a few years since we last signed. Okay. Yeah. Have a motion. I'll move to adopt resolution number 2425-58. We have a motion by trusty CO. Second by Trusty Sers. Those in favor, please say I. I. Those opposed, nay. Those abstaining. Motion carries. 6. We move on to item number nine. holds public hearing and adopt resolution 2425-57 dedication of

072easement to PG& for the development of safe routes to school for McKinley Elementary School APM 3112-180-53T portion Director Rodriguez. Thank you uh board president, board of trustees and interim superintendent uh Dr. O'Brien. Tonight, this item returns to you for your consideration and adoption of board resolution 24-2557 and the request to hold a public hearing on this item uh for the city of Fresno safe routes to school project near McKinley Elementary School. Uh the easements are necessary in order to construct sidewalks along McKinley Avenue. At this time, administration uh requests that the board of trustees open this forum uh to hold the public hearing on the question of making the conveyance of easements to PG&E. And after the hearing, consider and adopt resolution to approve the easements. Thank you. And with that, we'll open public hearing.

073Board President, there are no callers at this time. Trusty clerk No comments here either. So that we will close public hearing and uh open any questions or comments from the board. Barring none. Do I have a motion to adopt the resolution? So moved. We have a motion by trustee sellers. Second. Second by trustee Kurond. Those in favor, please say I. I. I. Those opposed, nay. Those abstaining. Motion carries. 70. We move on to item number 10. Adopt resolution 2425-60, education protection account for 2025 2026 school 2026. Assistant superintendent Nick Paul. Okay. Uh this is a resolution that's brought to the board every year. It states that the district EPA funding EPA stands for education protect protection account will be allocated to nonadministrative certificated salary and benefits. So administration is recommending the board adopt a resolution

074uh 2425-60 education protection account for 25 fiscal year 2526 questions or comments from the board on this item. Do I have a motion to adopt the resolution? Trusty sellers. Motion to adopt the resolution. We have motion by trustee SERS. Second by trustee Sudu. Those in favor please uh please say I. I. Those opposed nay. Those abstaining. Motion carries. 70. Next item number 11. Approve resolution 2425-61 regarding soul source procurement type sonetrol contract. Director Bach. Good evening again board members and interim superintendent O'Brien. Um on September 12th, 2023, the board approved a two-year contract with Sonetrol. That contract will expire on August 10th, 2025. Administration is recommending a 5-year contract with an price increase of 4.5%. Uh the increase will be a one-time uh increase and will lock us in on that pricing for the 5

075years. Uh in addition to the contract, attached is the sole source letter and soul source resolution number 2425-61. This will allow the district to do business with Sonetrol without having to go to bid for monitoring services. The cost of the contract will be $176,618.64 and will be funded through general fund. Administration is recommending the board approve the resolution regarding the sole source and the contract with Sonatrol after answer any questions the board may have. Thank you, Director Bot. Any questions or comments from the board? Trusty Chavez, I'm always going to ask questions about Soul Source. Um, so what makes their audio equipment proprietary? Um, so they are the only provider to provide the internal monitoring through a microphone system. So they're proprietary in that factor. Okay. And it says that it monitors it can allow

076like in inform us if a crime is in progress. Like it has all of the the benefits. So how long have we been using them prior to this? I don't actually have the beginning date. I've been here for about 11 years and they've been here since I've been there. Okay. So, I mean, has there been any questions about we needed to do better or we, you know, could find another vendor? So, currently we have actually one other vendor that serves a couple schools in our our district. We had more. We've been switching everything over to Sonetrol. Um, Sonetrol has a really good track record because of their monitoring services and what they provide. PD actually responds faster to Sonetrol compared to other providers just because they have a good reputation. Um, me personally, um, I

077have been out probably about seven times in the middle of the night when they, you know, saw a troll armed services have worked and called caught somebody and I've had to show up and be the responsible party for the district. Okay. Thank you. No other questions. Do I have a motion on this item? We have a motion by Trusty Kirk. Second. Second by Trusty Chavez. Those in favor, please say I. I. Those opposed, nay. Those abstaining. Motion carries. 70. Thank you. Thank you. We move on this evening to our information items. The first item is to receive information regarding the 2025 2026 district title one parent engagement policy. Director Griggsby. Hello again. As noted on the agenda, ESSA regulation and legislation and board policy 6020 require the district to have a parent engagement policy. This

078policy is developed in collaboration with the district title one parent advisory committee, district English learner advisory committee, and the migrant parent advisory committee and is subject to review andor revision annually. After any questions you might have, we are recommending you place this on the board agenda for June 24th for approval. Trusty Cou, how do we ensure that this policy is being followed? Um, and and I'll review more thoroughly and have additional questions during our next board meeting. But one of the concerns and the reason for my questions is some of the feedback I've been hearing from our parents is that they're not necessarily being allowed to actually engage in in full discussion that they're being limited um in addition to other behavior. So I'm curious what what do we do and by we you all

079to ensure that our employees who are supposed to be supporting these meetings and facilitating the meetings are in fact complying with this policy. Um that's a good question. Um we conduct trainings before every um categorical committee is convened. So for DAC, migrant pack and our title one pack committees at the district level and then the school site version of it, the school site council, the ELAC. Um there is no school site version of the migrant but but we do trainings with each one of those elected committee members prior to the meeting and we discuss following the essence of Robert's rules of order. It's not like we're doing parliamentary procedure, but we do um train them on um the kind of the basic broad strokes of Robert's rules of order just to ensure equity, um courtesy,

080con uh respect, consistency of um equal opportunity to speak during the meetings. And then everything else from then on is after the chairpersons and the members are elected for those committees, it's run by the committee. So, it's usually by consensus of the committee. very rarely do we actually have to vote on things or it comes down to any kind of contentious um interactions. And so um items like public comment, we do follow the Green Act for our agendas and posting and all those things. So public comment is subject to the setting of the agenda of those committee members. We don't tell them how long they can speak or when they can speak. It's it's on the agenda that we review with the executive committee of each one of those different advisory committees. Okay. Yeah. And

081I think the feedback has been particular particularly around Robert's rules of order. And so thank you for sharing that information. So one of the components of this policy is that we receive feedback from our parents as well. So how are we ensuring that we're reviewing this policy with our parents and that they are providing feedback um and that they fully understand. Similar to the board, it's quasi Robert's rules of order, but they don't dictate necessarily that we have to follow them strictly. You mean in the policy or the Robert's rules of order? Both. I mean, I I'll go through and review to make sure whether I couldn't quickly find whether it even um identifies. No, you'll you'll probably find more of a a closer alignment to that language in the bylaws for each committee. And

082each committee makes their own bylaws. We have a template, a boilerplate template that comes from CDE, but they are allowed a lot of flexibility in their bylaws. So each elac, DAC, um, schoolside council all have their own version of their bylaws. So they decide um whether they're going to use Robert rules of orders or not or whether they're going the only thing they don't can't decide is whether or not if their school site council elac or they can't decide on whether or not to follow the green act. That's it. But other than that, they can. And so that would be in their bylaws, not necessarily the parent involvement policy, but um the parent um engagement policy is reviewed at least once a year and sometimes two or three times depending on if we have a

083quorum, if the members ask, can I take this back to my school site and get more input from my ELAC or my school site council. So I generally take it to the very first quarter meeting and then throughout the school year we have an ongoing conversation and then we we bring it to again consensus by the end of the school year if there's any um advocacy for making any changes. There was a lot if you remember two years ago when we came back from the pandemic we updated it extensively. Not so much this year. We didn't really make any major edits other than some minor grammatical corrections. So, one of the things I would request that as this item returns to the board, um that we receive some information or some report of when this

084was presented, if it's the agenda that gets attached since I am familiar with the green act, um we we should have copies of that just to provide verification um that this in fact is occurring. Otherwise, we trust you. We just want to verify uh that that in fact is taking place. Then when when some of us are getting feedback from our parents that we can redirect them. Um we translate this to other languages. Okay. And our bylaws for these committees are also available in other languages other than English. Yep. Uh English, Spanish and Punjabi at the minimum. If we see significant populations at other school sites, we will um refer it out for like Arabic. We've had some never done Russian or Armenian, but we have done Arabic. Yeah. Thank you. Dr. O'Brien has a

085quick comment and then Trusty Chavez. Okay. Thank you. Thank you very much. Um it is my belief that uh partnering with our parents in education is very very critical because our parents are our extension outside of the school day and we are their extension during the school day. Um, so I think you know having the parent engagement policy and the process is extremely important, probably one of the most important things that we do. And uh, I've often used the phrase never make the rule more important than the child or the adult. Um, and so I did speak with a parent recently about their concerns about, you know, just our process. I understand what we're saying, Miss Rickby, about we do need to have processes in place so that you know with the time constrictions that

086may be in place and that everybody feels that they have an opportunity to speak and and it is important that all of our parents feel heard and so um I do think that uh it does warrant just a reflection on our part that uh to make sure that uh if there are parents who feel that the current system uh is uh not providing them with adequate opportunities to speak or to feel heard that we evaluate that and um I think we it's healthy for any organization to evaluate everything as we go along and I think great things can be achieved when we sit down we talk to each other and we listen and so this seems to me to be an opportunity to do that and it is on my list of things to discuss

087with Dr. Marshall as we kind of complete this transition between me being here as an interim and him coming in because I know he too shares the belief that our parents are our partners in this whole field of education. I I want to thank you for everything you're doing but I think that all of us need to probably come to the table and sit down and just chat about it and and uh engage in conversations with the parents that uh have come to us who feel that it's something we should look at. happy to do so. Trusty Chavez. So, we've met. Yeah. So, and um I No, just so everybody knows, we're on the I'm on the student wellness um committee and obviously we work together on that. So, I was really pleased to hear

088about all the ways that we are trying to support our English language learners and our vulnerable populations. Um but my question is around I guess professional development. Um, so I'm gonna say something that um, you know, I'm hoping that it kind of can resonate. So I'm fifth generation in this country, okay? So my parents um, speak English and they were very engaged in my educational process growing up. Um, however, both of my parents were monilingual Spanish speakers when they got to school, and neither one had parents that read or write or or could read or write. My grandparents couldn't speak English. So, within my culture, and I can only speak about my culture, I can't speak about other cultures. Um, parents have limited capacity in order for them to be able to engage in these

089various committees, right? Um, and I think I believe that our district is well-intentioned in trying to engage those families. But my question is around how we're supporting our professionals and the professional development that we are providing specifically. I keep looking at Aaron English. I think she might telepathically feel me communicating with her maybe. I don't know. I'm curious about our DEI and if there has been some training provided um regarding the professionals that are engaging with these parents because there are so many cultural components that come into this and how people hear things, how they perceive things. It may not be what we are communicating or maybe it is either way but I think there's always room for professional development because we do have such a diverse district and we do serve so many different

090cultures and have parents that come from various backgrounds of assimilation acculturation you know language speaking skills all the things. So my question to you is do we do we provide professional development to the people that are actually trying to to engage these parents or and what does that look like? Thank you for that question. And Aaron, um, again, I'm I'm feeling her channeling me, too. But yes, we have a year-long, actually, we're at almost year two of working with professional learning and cultural, uh, awareness and responsiveness and culturally responsive teaching practices with our leadership, um, via our administrative meetings here at the DO with the idea that they then go back to their school sites and replicate that training with their staff members on their Wednesday inservice days, as well as Mrs. English going to

091school sites and doing a little bit more in-depth at as um at their school site. So, so the answer is yes and yes, but it's always a work in progress, right? We can always do better, be better, um find new ways to think, engage, and reach out. Um and it's not just getting folks involved. It's truly outreach, like the hand coming out. And if it's not out far enough, it goes further, right? to make sure that they're coming in because parent voice is and I tell all of our parent committees this and any parent I get a chance to talk to. We can't do this job without them. They are the first best expert on their own child and their own family and what's going on. And without that authentic engagement and their voice and

092their willingness and confidence to share that voice, we can't do the best job possible with their kid to help their kid get to where they need to be. and we can't help them feel like they're truly authentically part of the conversation at our school sites. So, I appreciate we you and I had a good conversation about that earlier and and it continues. It is an ongoing conversation. I want to acknowledge that I have heard from various and I can only speak to my Spanish Spanish speaking population. I'm not bilingual which is a very huge pain point for me. Um uh but what I will say is that for those people who are monilingual, I have heard um and I think there is an assumption that I am bilingual, but I'm not. Um I wish I

093was, but um that they aren't feeling as though they can communicate. I don't know where the mis the disconnect is. Um if there's some sort of um maybe there's a language barrier, I'm not quite sure, but I have heard feedback. So I think we just need to keep our eyes on it. Absolutely. And that I think, you know, parents and and I'm just saying there's been a couple that have come through and have just said that they're very concerned about their child education, but they don't feel as though their concerns are being heard. Um, so what that means, I'm not entirely sure because it was very vague, but I I want to give you that feedback and just acknowledge that, you know, there might be some growth for professional development or maybe these are just

094things for us to consider moving forward. I'm not sure. Absolutely. Absolutely. I appreciate it. Thank you. And with that, uh, this item will return under action, uh, at our next board meeting. We move on to item number two, receive information regarding 2024 2025 program self-evaluation for California State Preschool Program. We'll have uh, area administrator Pennington. Good evening, board president Singh, interim superintendent Dr. O'Brien, and members of the board. Uh the preschool program self-evaluation provides a tool to monitor the effectiveness of our preschool programs and identify areas for improvement based on the findings from the self-evaluation um program goals. We'll focus on concepts of print funological awareness number sense for math and the inquiry process. Uh this item is for information only tonight. uh documentation is attached and I am happy to answer any questions on

095this item. Questions or comments from the board? Trusty Sersp apologize is the first time seeing this. So uh when it comes to evaluating ourselves are do we have standardbased uh goals that we're trying to reach and that's how we're evaluating or is it more subjective um how do you feel you're doing type of uh no it's actually based on a tool. So they go through each of the elements in the tool and then they um read what the expectation is for that and then they'll they'll look at where they fall in that and then based on that they will um set you know either growth goals or you know identify that they're they are meeting that goal. Then the uh the growth goals are those set by the the tool or is that uh through

096administration working with uh specific groups? um they do a self-evaluation. So they are um reflecting on their own procedures because if you look through it there's different areas that they look at um and as far as a self-evaluation goes. Um it could be something related to um how students are are brought into the program or it could be you know different elements and then each one of those elements they look at what is considered to be you know as far as self-reflection that they're meeting that that standard or not. And then based on that they set goals for the following year for growth. Thank you. No other questions. Would we like this to return under consent? And this was for information only. Oh, you're I I think I'm going to follow up with Trustee Sers

097and explain that uh in more detail because I can just tell that there's more that might help him understand this how this tool works and the and the attachment has a lot of information in it as well. Okay. Thank you. I'll follow up with you. We move on then. So this was uh absolutely this was just information only. So we move on to item number three. to receive information regarding the consolidated application for categorical funding. Director Griggsby. Hello again to the right page here. Uh tonight for information, we bring the 2025 spring consolidated application. As noted on the agenda, CDE uses web- based application systems, also known as CARS, which identifies categorical or federal fun federally funded programs that our district is eligible to receive for the next fiscal year. After answering any questions you

098might have, we recommend this item move forward to the next meeting for approval. Questions or comments on this item? Like none at this time. We'll have it returned under consent. Thank you. Item number four, receive information regarding the 2025 2026 contracts to support academic achievement. And we have uh area administrator Fowler. Good evening, President Singh, interimm superintendent O'Brien, and members of the board. Uh tonight, I have two contracts uh to present to you for information. Uh the first is our Americanore contract. Uh this is a renewal of our current contract to provide reading and literacy t uh tutoring for our elementary students. Uh the second contract is for Edge Climber. Uh this is a renewal again of a current contract. Uh this uh product provides data that's used to track student academic progress and attendance.

099Uh administration is recommending these items be placed on the June 24th board agenda for action. And I am happy to answer any questions that you may have. Trusty Creo. We've we've asked this before um before your tenure with the district. Are is there any way and are we doing anything to track the effectiveness of the Americanore? We we are actually has um and I went to my first uh presentation actually on uh Friday of last week. Americanore came and presented Steinbeck as one of my schools. Uh we had a county supervisor out um to look at the program and Americaore is fantastic at real time data analytics and feedback. So we actually get weekly analytics of students who enter Americanore for reading and literacy tutoring from week to week. Um and then they actually consult

100with our reading lab teachers and they come up with plans. And so Americanore's data is really clean, really fast and really accurate. So do we have access to that? Um I I said I suppose it is it accessible to us readily accessible. It is. So, is it reasonable to request that we get some sort of report by the next meeting? Absolutely. I don't think, and you correct me if I'm misremembering, in the six years I've been on this board, I don't know that we've ever received any data about the effectiveness or what they're doing. And and we know they do great work. We believe you. We would just like to see it. Yeah, I saw it actually on Friday. So, so we can collect that data. We can put that together um and share that

101with you. We currently have nine sites who utilize Americanore with a total of 21 tutors. Um and so we'll collect that information and we can bring it back and and show you what Americanore does. Okay, that would be fantastic. And so then is there any um correlation between the educore or is that a separate system? They are separate. Americanore is the the tutoring services that we utilize. Educ is a data software um that's currently called schoolzilla. Um and so um it's a Renaissance purchased them both realized they had the same product and repackaged it um as educ. Okay. Thank you. I think Dr. Brian had a quick comment and then trusty Kon. Yeah, I would like to comment about the importance of uh evaluating data having the data. So I'm glad that you were able

102to see that over at Steinbeck. Um and I think that you know uh in the next uh student achievement board workshop that including some of these uh of the data from these various contracts that we are you know approving as a district might there might be a good place in such a workshop to um present on such things. uh because uh they're very relevant at that point when you're talking about student achievement and how they fit in with the overall, you know, map of uh services that we provide for our kids. Thank you. Sorry, very quickly to that. As that information gets prepared, can you all make sure that you're identifying some of these contracts because that would be helpful. I know I can keep a mental track and keep my own tracking, but I

103think it would help be helpful for some of our new trustees. uh and as there is change uh in our district and amongst our board just to be able to know okay this is what Americanore is doing this is where the data is coming from uh to ensure that moving forward you know we're evaluating the effectiveness of these contracts to the goals that we want to improve student achievement uh and reduce that uh that gap that currently exists. Thank you. Yeah, I'm hearing that we have actually provided that in the past and that our director of curriculum for ELA will put together a report for us for the 24th. Trusty Kurfan and then Trusty Siddhu. Thank you, President Singh. I'm going to give an anecdote uh although I do want to see that data about

104Americanore but I over this semester I've visited uh did 16 site visits of central unified and a like uh uh air administrator Fowler mentioned a lot of our reading labs are using the Americanore they're using these tutors and the work that they're doing in these reading labs is supplementing what they're learning in their classroom they're using the phonics training they're using the science of reading and these are people that are dedicated to service and that they are also going to, you know, some of them may find that they have a passion for education and then they may one day become teachers in the district um or others. But I think the Americanore is a pretty great program. I just looking for that data that's going to reaffirm what I already know. Yeah, absolutely. Trusty Sidu,

105uh I just had a quick question. um for both of these contracts um is there an increase of cost or is it the cost remaining the same? My understanding of both costs are about the same um as they were last year funded out of the same um Americanore is out of title one um and then educ. Okay. I think related to that though uh area administrator Fowler I think um have we I know there's been a judicial pause on cuts to Americanors uh at least at this time but uh should the federal administration cut it my assumption would be that we would not be a our contracts alone would not be able to sustain it because don't they usually receive also federal so we looked into that before we brought it um and so what

106they assured us is they've secured the grants enough to get us through this next 25 26 school year so they can ensure our contracts. Thank you. With that, we'll have this return under consent. Thank you. Thank you. Actually, may we have a return under action so we can get that data that we're talking about? Yeah, no problem. Thank you. Thank you. We move on to item number five. Receive information regarding physical education equipment. Air administrator of Garrett. All right. Good evening, President Singh, members of the board and interim superintendent Dr. O'Brien. In support of our wellness policy, which you may remember was uh recently approved um by our board back in April, um I am bringing for information a contract with Gopher Sports. Physical activity is an important contributor uh to our student wellness and

107our elementary physical education programs are a core component of each site's instructional program. The contract provides a baseline of elementary PE equipment to all 15 uh elementary schools for grades TK through six and adaptive PE. This purchase aligns to the units of instruction taught by our elementary PE staff and ensures that all sites have the equipment needed to provide our students access to a consistent set of physical education experiences throughout the course of a school year. Administration is recommending this item be placed on the June 24th agenda for action and I'm happy to answer any questions. Trusty Korea. So are we are we purchasing or are we leasing? We are purchasing and then we're responsible then for maintaining the equipment. When was the last time that we purchased equipment? Because I don't know that I

108remember at least not in this last six years. No, you are correct. Um, we have not purchased from my recollection uh when I was at uh Central Elementary as well going back that far that we've purchased in a in a bulk format for all of our elementary PE programs. Uh we've done a lot of work with our uh PE teachers this year uh in our PLC's of working to start the process of aligning the units of study some consistency across all of our sites. So if students move between schools or whatever that may be, they're getting that same experience and access to that same uh physical education uh instruction, those same units uh of instruction. So to do that, part of the process was to create a baseline of equipment that supports those units that

109are aligned. They still have the autonomy to make things unique and fun to their site, but to try to establish some consistency for a soccer unit, a basketball unit, um some obstacle course units, uh things that also meet transitional kindergarten and kindergarten with spatial awareness and and those types of skills as well. So to start that, we wanted to provide that baseline of equipment that supports all of that work. Awesome. Thank you. No other questions? We'll have this returned under consent. Thank you. Thank you. We move on to item number six. Receive information regarding California teaching fellows foundation contract. Area administrator Pennington. Good evening. Once again, uh, board president Singh, interim superintendent O'Brien, and members of the board. Um, tonight we have 12 schools that have teaching fellow contracts for the 2025 2026 school year.

110Um, teaching fellows are utilized in classrooms during the school day to provide increased opportunity for individualized and small groupoup instruction for students. Um, some sites choose to use site allocations to employ teaching fellows for this purpose and administration is recommending this item be placed on the June 24th board agenda for action. Um, documentation is attached and I'm happy to answer any questions. Jesse Creo. So, similar to the Americanore, I know this is the teaching fellows is something at least since I've been on the board um we've been a contracting for. Do we track the effectiveness um if there's a way to do that and do we have that data available? So, as far as teaching fellows, each site um uses their funds to um bring on teaching fellows. different than Americanore because Americanore has um

111an identified they work they're an outside organization that specifically um has a program in place where they um do an assessment pre assessment after and there's a specific programs that they're trained in. Um when we talk about teaching fellows, teaching fellows are um students are students college students who we bring on board. um they are they do receive training through teaching fellows um in academics and different areas. Um but then when we're they're brought on board um each site has different needs. So some of them may be working to support classrooms um with mathematics. Some of them may be going into support with smaller groups for language arts. So it's a little it's different as far as tracking that progress. Um, one of the things, um, as a principal, I had teaching fellows always and,

112uh, I would go in and monitor the work they were doing along with the work that was happening in a classroom. And really what we look at is our overall data in those classrooms. And each principal does that, making sure that that we are seeing that growth and that they're being used to support students with instruction. And so it's it's a little different. And as you see growth at different sites like Madison, you know, that's one of the pieces that they put into place there. So it's a little it's a little different. So I think perhaps what would be helpful would be when our principles are doing their school presentations if they are using um teaching fellows for them to highlight that and and how that is helping them because I imagine what I'm going

113to say place simply from at least my perspective as as a board member is how is there some oversight and verification that there are just not babysitters or more bodies in the classroom. room and that there is an effective use for them. Absolutely. So that would just be helpful to know since I'm not going to be going to classrooms and saying where are the teacher the the fellows? Let me see how effective. There's got to be some other way for us to measure and there's a reason that our school sites are asking for them. So I think perhaps that would be an appropriate place for them to report to us and and tell us their effectiveness. Absolutely. I think that's a great idea and that's that's definitely an opportunity to share about how um how

114they use teaching fellows at their sites. They can talk about the growth that they've seen at their school sites based on the use of the teaching fellows. Absolutely. Okay. Thank you, Trusty Chavez Sadu and then Kirk. So my question is around just the contract itself. Um so I I appreciate the historical reference of uh Trusty Curio acknowledging they've been around for such a long time. this is big financial impact like this is a pretty major investment and I I'm familiar with teaching fellows so like I do know their mission and stuff but I guess what I'm questioning here is um do we have a sole source for them like have we ever put a narrative to why we're using this particular entity because they could be uniquely qualified but I would like to have that

115in writing just so you know not every year we're just extending and we're making this investment And kind of going back to what trustee was saying, it may be worthwhile and they may be a completely qualified organization, but I think we just maybe I would like to see us tighten up some of that contractual language and some of those so that as we're moving forward, I mean there could be a competitor that could come available or another organization that could be similar. I mean it's just like any other business, you know, there could be something else out there. So, um, have we ever done a soul source for them language? I can get back to you on that one. I'm not sure. I know that I've since, you know, my 20 years is I have

116not seen a lot another entity that provides what they provide, but I don't know whether we have a social. Okay. Thank you. Uh, my question was uh very similar to hers. Um, are there any um similar contractors that provide similar um that you would know of? Cuz um I don't know if it's similar. I'll have to get back to you. I had a few Fresno State students reach out that they do a program that they come to elementary schools and do. I'm I've already texted them as we were having this conversation. Um so I'm just wondering if you know of any I do not know of any. Like I said, Americanore is different because it it it is a specific program that's implemented at the site, whereas teaching fellows h have a lot more freedom

117and flexibility for the site to use them to support students within the classrooms. The teachers are able to to um have them meet the needs of students based on what's happening in the classroom. So, it's a little different. Um I'm not aware of anything, but definitely we can look into that. Trusty Kirk, do I work now? There we go. Thank you. I have just a clarifying question. I've noticed um and the contractor obligations that the afterchool programming is not checked, but the morning programming is. And so I was wondering is that after school component covered in the comprehensive program support or are we not doing the afterchool support anymore? That's that's a great question. So there are two types of teaching fellows. We do have um teaching fellows also work in our afterchool programs and

118so those are separate from these contracts which are the these these teaching fellows would work during the day with students. Dr. O'Brien was going to make a comment then trusty keron I just want to make a comment about teaching fellows. I'm pretty sure I'm correct in saying this that one of the advantages uh of teaching fellows and of course this would be assuming that you know their services are of benefit to our students though is that it's a partnership with Fresno State and um you know building that pipeline of teachers uh in our community by partnering with them giving them opportunities to learn about how to uh hone in their craft but also help us as as a district. So, am I correct in saying that? That's always been my understanding. Well, one of the

119thing, one of the parts of teaching fellows is that they have college students. These are all college students that are coming in and working. And I will tell you, as a principal, I was always paying attention and talking to the students about, you know, what they wanted to do in their future. Would they be interested in teaching someday? And so yeah, definitely it's something that um as the students come in and work with students, they start to realize that it could be something that they want to do in the future. It gives us access at trustees do to uh college students who are you know in a short while going to be uh looking for employment and an opportunity for us to mentor them to contribute to that whole educational capacity in our community but

120also to scope out and find uh uh future teachers for Central Unified. I just wanted to confirm the students I reached out to say teaching fellows. Okay. Trusty Kurfon and then Trusty Sers. Thank you to President Singh and like um others uh who have worked with teaching fellows before mentioned it is a great pipeline and a partnership with Fres Fresno uh Fresno State. I know many people including those that are very close to me. I've have family members that have been in teaching fellows, co-workers, colleagues, friends. Um it's a great program. It gives those who are looking to pursue a career in education the experience in college to be relevant to what they're studying. But also, we're not unique in having teaching fellows. Fresno Unified uses teaching fellows. Selma Unified, Fowler Unified, does Clovis Unified

121have them? Clovis Unified as well. So, a lot of other school districts, our neighbors are also using teaching fails because we all understand that building this uh solid educational program at Fresno State is going to help our entire region, not just our students in Central Unified. Trusty Sers, make sure I heard it right. Uh each site uses their site's funds to uh partner or participate with teaching fellows. Is that correct? Exactly. They work with their school site councils and um their ELAC and they look at the needs of their school site and then they will um teaching fellows. It's one of those um contracts that they look at in order to provide support to our students. Do all of our campuses currently partner with teaching fellows? No, we have 12 campuses right now, but all

122of our campuses have afterchool program teaching fellows. So, that is something that is part of our after school program. I'm I'm just curious if the district if we have the ability to augment or supplement each site's budgets that if they're feeling that their money is prioritized elsewhere, but they would like to have teaching fellows, do we have the opportunity to support their needs? What what I would say is some sites choose their to use their funds in different ways. Sometimes they'll have a um like a long-term substitute teacher that they use in a similar way um and some some sites choose to use teaching fellows. Different sites use their funds in different ways to support the needs of the student. And so I would say it's not always a matter of funding. It's just a

123matter of what they do at their site to to support students. Okay. And uh I I guess my next question is kind of building on that. If um I'm going to say third graders, for example, at one site overall the campus determines, yeah, we don't want to invest in this. This isn't a priority or high enough on our priority list, but third grade is the one that's really pushing saying, "Hey, we could really use this extra assistance right now." Do we have that ability to kind of uh interject and assist? Um and I think that's if you want. Yeah, I let me answer to that. Um so you know one of the things that we do is we certain decisions we hold on tight to at the district level. Um but other decisions and it's

124very important that we maintain some autonomy at our school sites because um you know every principal understands the unique nuances and culture of their school and what the needs are. I think it's really important that we um allocate site loc allocations of f funding to our school sites which they you know their school site councils and various groups actually at the school site make decisions along with the principal and the teachers and the parents and it gives them that buy into what is going to most effectively uh contribute to educating their children and so some school sites trust ours might have access to other programs so they have to make those decisions not to not to duplicate services if if if it's not warranted. And one of the things that I think we found in

125education is that when you allow principles that autonomy that but you equally hold them accountable. So, uh, we're at the district level holding our principles and our teachers accountable for those, um, educational outcomes, which for us are realized through the results on the state tests that, um, whatever, uh, they utilize to augment and uh, help be um, the educational methods of their school be more efficient and effective, then um, actually I think it might respectfully a mistake of us to come in and say you need to use this or you need to use that. I think that that's the beauty of uh encouraging principles to use innovative ideas and it also gives our parents a chance to have that buy in and when you have buyin great things can happen. for when we come from

126top down and uh dictate what they use very often. Uh the outcome could be that a school site could say well we would have liked to use this but you made us go in this direction. So that autonomy is a big part of of the school allocations. I I guess I should have worded that better that it wasn't necessarily a direction from the district saying you shall do this but the opportunity to provide additional support if it was being requested. and and I totally agree with that. If if we felt the school really needed additional support, I think of course we would need to do that. So I agree with you. Thank you, Trusty Korea. I I just want to make a brief comment because we've had these discussions before and we've had an administration

127that believed in in equality versus equity. And that's one of the distinctions is we're not here to dictate we must have teaching fellows at every campus. But I do think that there's a sense of need for this oversight and an opportunity for our teachers to use the systems in place to use the PLC's to have these conversations with our principles to say here is where we need support. Right? We have some teachers on our board but I don't teach. I'm not going to dictate and tell someone. But I want to know how is this effective because when our community is asking when our teachers are asking well this campus has teaching fellows I don't why don't we then we can respond and say well these are the needs of of the school site so I

128just want us to keep that in mind as we are making some of these highle decisions there are situations where it's appropriate for us to ensure that there is access to the funding um but we want to focus on on an equitable contribution and and division of of these funds so that the schools are making those decisions. We're not picking on you. We just want to make sure you understand. Thank you. Question. And with that, we'll have it return under consent. Thank you. We move on to item number seven. Receive information regarding Prop 28, Arts and Music in Schools, AMS Funding Guarantee and Accountability Act. Retire soon to be retirees director Orland Warland. Not quite yet. Still lots of work to do. Good evening board and interim superintendent Dr. O'Brien. Tonight we bring forward the

129202526 annual report for Proposition 28 which is called also our arts and music in schools funding. As some of you may recall, Proposition 28 was approved by voters in November 2022. The funds that schools receive are based on tax revenue from the prior school or the prior year and allocated annually by CDE to each site individually. Also in included in the factor of the funds that schools get is that the um the allocations are based on their enrollment that prior year as well. The allocation for 202526 is $2,685,87. That's slightly less if you look at the bigger picture. It's still to me it's kind of a kick behind your knees is a little over 82,000 from this year's allocation to next year's. And again, it's because it's based on tax revenue. I consider these funds

130fluid and I I look at that when I look at at plans that are written by sites and uh try to be very prudent in how we use our funds. 80% of those funds must go towards salaries and 20% for supporting those programs. So when we think about that and we look at salaries, there has been a um kind of a a bit of a sticky wicket if you will as far as what funds or what um positions we have been able to fund this year. We have been able to fund eight of the 10 that um certificated positions going forward. We have two that are open that we're looking for people, but everybody in the state of California is looking for qualified teachers. It's when we get to classifies that it's a bit stickier.

131When you look at the ED code for Prop 28, you'll notice that there is language in there about what constitutes a full-time position and what constitutes a part-time position. And a part-time position is considered something that is of shorter duration, but can be extended, but usually is not brought back. And here's where it gets sticky. In the Central Valley, we have one organization or company that provides lighting and sound for theater productions and for dance productions. One vendor one. That's who we want to hire. So, when you think about that, where do they fall? You will also find that with your costumemers. I mean, we're just the Central Valley. And we're really lucky because that one vendor is in the Central Valley and has been wooed by uh Los Angeles Unified, by companies back east

132just for the quality of productions they provide. But that's true of your customers, your your music technicians. We're a small population of people, a handful of people doing the very same thing. Um the annual report that you received tonight is a synopsis of the um plans for from each of our sites. And so it's it's uh there is a limit of characters as you know when you write for grants or you write um uh reports you have a limited characters that you can have. And so I kept it to uh at that limit or below. But many of our sites have rolled over their plans from last year because they wanted to make sure that they have an opportunity to hopefully fund and those and make those hires for classified as CDE looks into ways

133to assist districts. Um there are some changes which are are delightful. I don't know if you recall, well you probably do because you had to review those 40some job descriptions, right? So there have been some changes as sites funding have either fluctuated up or down, but there are more cultural dance opportunities in plans, music technicians, um costumemers for not just dance, but also theater. So thank you very much for approving those job descriptions because it's nice to see them thinking a little bit differently and outside the box. Their plans are also more detailed this year as you had asked and so we have more details in there and again it is writer style some highly detailed and some you know they're more succinct but that's fine. Um this report or this yes this report does

134require board approval and once approved it will be translated into Spanish and Punjabi posted on our website and submitted to CDE. administration is recommending that that this item be placed on the June 24th, 2024 or 2025 board agenda for action. I am happy to answer any questions you may have. Trusty Kirk was it? Okay, sorry. Trusty Ko first. Um, quick question just to refresh my recollection. These are funds we use to supplement, not supplant. So these are new positions than what we existing had. Absolutely. And thanks for calling that out supplement. You have good memory. Thank you. Thank you. Mine is uh just for clarification and we're looking under additional uh seasonal visual performing arts practitioners. Uh it does say including areas but not limited to and then it calls out specific areas. So I

135see guitar listed. So I'm wondering about other string instruments. is are those the not limited to? Um we we didn't bring forward any strings practitioners, but you can slide it under the guitar practitioner because it is a stringed instrument, but we don't uh it isn't specified. So, but I think that job description can be used for that. When you when you fly it, then you just put strings or violins or orchestra. Okay. Thank you. Uhhuh. Thank you. No other questions. We'll have this returned under consent. Thank you. Thank you. We move on to item number eight. Receive information regarding student and family services program manager job description. Assistant superintendent Dr. Lopez. Good evening again. Our expanded learning uh department uh has examined our workflow and as we've done that we also examine positions that had

136transferred into our department from campus connect. As you can recall, after examining the workflow, looking at the regional approach, uh the expanded opportunities we provided this year, as well as the expansion of our program, um we're up to 3,400 students now. We've also examined the calls coming into our department from parents during the afterchool hours for after school programs. So after doing so, we decided to revamp the job description for the campus connect manager and make it align to the expanded learning program. We examined the job descriptions from Fresno County Superintendent of Schools for the expanded learning opportunities manager positions since we are looking at take um being able to apply for those grants ourselves and potential expansion of taking some of the 21st century ASUS grants. Um so we are presenting to you tonight

137the new job description that is being proposed by our department with uh the growth of two managers so they can serve as a regional uh manager for each of the regions starting next year. Uh this would be an approximate 256,000 267 for the two additional positions and it would be covered by the expanded learning opportunities program. administration is recommending that the item be placed in the June 24th board agenda for action. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have. Trusty Kon, thank you. President Singh, I'm looking at the job description on this item and it says that it would require a uh bachelor's degree from a credit university um or and or four years of responsibility in admin. Um why would we not have the um that be an and and not just the

138or? Because when when we examine those roles right now through Fresno County Superintendent of Schools, we have individuals that have been working for years or plus managing our sites um and they're able to do so very effectively. So, we feel like if they got the college education that has trained them to be able to manage uh positions and being able to provide appropriate customer service to our families, um then that would be something that we would appreciate. But the experience also is some it's an asset that we look at. But this is 256,000 for two people. So then right so that is the current uh pay for the community school manager. So we're not changing we can't decrease our pay. So we h we are opening two additional positions that fit the criteria. Right. I'm

139not advocating for cutting salaries or you know cutting staff. But if this is you know a very large because this is a over this is a six figure salary job. Sounds like I feel like we should have, you know, a level of experience required that requires both. So, it isn't a six-f figureure. Um, that includes statutory cost benefits. Um, so it is in the range of depending on we always project 5 years. That doesn't mean that we're going to get somebody with 5 years experience. Um, however, um, it ranges I believe from between 60ome,000 to 80,000 at the top. Okay, I see. Thank you. Mhm. If you can just get that uh salary number for us next time, that'd be great. And you also mentioned community schools. So, how does this job description tie in

140to our community schools grant and programming? So, one of the pillars, which is the one we're being recognized for, uh at the county level, uh is the expanded learning opportunities pillar. So the training that we're providing to our coordinators is in the committees that we will be holding at the site to make decisions on how we use funding uh with community school grant funding as well as the expanded learning grant funding is that in those committees we have both the coordinator and the expanded learning um lead for each site sit in those committees so they can collaborate on how to best provide services for families. Are we funding these uh two new positions through our community schools grant? No, we are funding them through the expanded learning grant. Okay. And and Okay, that those are

141all my questions for now. Thank you, Trusty Korea. Interestingly, I was actually going to say that should just be an or, but um I I appreciate that the feedback. Uh I'm assuming and I hope we did an analysis as to whether uh a valid driver's license is actually required in compliance with SPS 1100. Yes. And I made sure we did. Um these individuals run around the whole district and they will be providing services to a whole region. So if an incident, god forbid, happened at a site, we have to be able to run to that site and provide services to the lead. Okay. Thank you. If no other questions, we'll have it return under consent. Thank you. We move on to item number nine. Receive information regarding health and welfare benefit plan rates for the

1422025 to 2026 fiscal year. Assistant Superintendent Nick Ball. My mic is working. All right. This states for fiscal year the health and welfare benefits welfare benefits will increase by 3%. Please remember that the district has to bear 90% of the increase which is about 911,000. Please keep in mind that this is the part of total compensation that has three parts. The first part is the salary. The second part is stirs and pur and the third part which is this is the health and welfare benefit. Administration recommend that this item be placed on June 24 25 board agenda for action. Any other questions or comments from the board on this item? If not, we'll have a return under consent. Thank you. We move on to item number 10. Receive information regarding the sale and disposal of

143surplus obsolete district property. Assistant Superintendent Ball. Okay. attaches the list of item that will be surplus by the district which means the items are unacceptable for use by the district. Administration is recommending this item be placed on June 24th 25 agenda board agenda for action. So just correction for item number nine. It has to return under Oh, sorry. For this one, uh questions or comments from the board on this item. Um I'm just going to ask questions just to get knowledge. Um so like it says cafeteria tables, the condition is good, but we're getting rid of them. Usually what we do is we try to sell them in an auction. We have a live auction. So you know that's the first part. So if it doesn't get sell then we get rid of it but

144usually we try the live auction and then is there like so because the condition is good is there a reason we're trying to get rid of it's probably really old. Okay. Okay. Then we'll have this return under action. Thank you. We move on to item number 11. Receive information regarding citizen bond oversight committee application. Director Rodriguez. Thank you. to uh board president, board of trustees and interim superintendent Dr. O'Brien. For your information tonight, we have a bond oversight committee membership nominations to fill vacancies that currently exist on our uh exist on our committee. We would be eager to work with participating members appointed by this board. Administration's recommending that the board appoint two members to fill these posts. One vacancy currently exists uh for an individual active in a senior citizens organization. in your attachments.

145There are two applicants that would like to be considered for appointment and the the other vacancy currently exists uh for an individual active in a parent teacher organization. Uh also in your attachment there are there is one applicant that would like to be considered by uh for appointment by this board to fulfill uh that position. Uh, and administration is recommending that this item return to the board on June 24th, 2025 for action. And I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have on this item. Trusty Creo, I know I've asked this before. How do we verify for at least the the representation that they're involved? they're active members um in a sense in a citizen whatever the the qualification is. How do we verify that that is in fact true? Uh we make phone

146calls actually to the applicant and also to their references. Okay. Thank you. No other question. We'll have this return under consent. I think it'll be it needs to come back under action because we need to determine who we will appoint for the citizen senior citizens organization representative. Good reminder. Thank you. We move to item number 12. Receive information regarding construction management services contract addendum four for athletic complex increments two and three at Justin Garza High School. Director Rodriguez. Thank you again board president, board of trustees, and interim superintendent Dr. O'Brien. Uh this item comes uh to you as an information item which is the fourth addendum uh to the current construction management contract with Mark Wilson Construction. Uh the amendment will allow construction management services for increment number three for the aquatic athletic complex. Uh

147if the board recalls increment three, uh the project will consist of uh the basin uh ponding basin infill, concession stands, footsaw courts, toilet rooms, uh ticket booth, a miscellaneous uh bleacher seating, uh some sports lighting, and perimeter fencing and some landscaping. Uh administration is recommending that this item returned to the board on June 24, 2025 for action. and I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have on this item. Trusty Creo. So, this is just for construction services. Do we anticipate that we're going to have enough money for that footsaw? Because that was an action that the board affirmatively took, I want to say probably two years ago now, year and a half. You're correct. Are are are we going to have enough money? We'll have enough. Yes. You're going to make it work.

148We're going to make it work. Thank you. You're welcome. No other question. We'll have this return under consent. We move on. Number 13. Receive information regarding contract amendment number three for preliminary environmental assessment pea services for Dakota Hayes school site. Director Rodriguez. Thank you again, board president and members of the board and interim superintendent uh Dr. O'Brien. This item comes to the board as an information item for amendment number three to the existing contract with Padre Associates, a consulting firm in connection with the Dakota Hayes property. Uh the scope of work increase uh was based on the uh California Department of Toxic Substance Control uh what we call DTSC. uh the DTSC's review of the findings of the completed soil sampling on the property. Because the review is phased and the site conditions are determined

149by DTSC uh during the review process, the true cost of clearing uh for a new school site may not be known until later on in the process. Uh this is particularly true for a large site with a complex history and for a site where remediation would be required such as ours. This is uh 32 acres uh of land. Uh we are now in the final stages of that process. Amendment number three allows for the planning and coordination of the planned removal operation. So in the very near future, I will bring forward an item to the board uh for a bid schedule and award for a contractor to remove soil from the property. But until then, administration is recommending that this item returned to uh to the board for action on June 24, 2025. And I'll

150be happy to answer any questions you may have on this item. questions or comments from the board? Trusty Kirk, thank you so much. Just a quick question. I know as we get out here in the in the more rural part of our area, is there anything on this land now? Are they is that being used for almonds or any other kind of holding crop as we look to clear the area out? about two parcels were uh were uh were former vineyards. Uh and one parcel was where they had residents uh two residents uh residential uh homes there. They're no longer there anymore. U and the rest is just vacant vacant property. So it's it's I believe five parcels that make up the 32 acres. You're welcome. So, do we anticipate this is going to be

151the last uh of of an increase for this? Because this is also we bought this property two years, three years. Yeah. Uh I think I think you're right. About three years. Yeah. Yeah. And that was one of the concerns that during the 60-day I think we'd shorten it to 30 days and I because I was asking about that and I we were concerned, right? I was not the only one concerned about what we would find underneath that soil uh because there used to be houses on there. So, is this going to be enough or do we anticipate additional costs? So, DTSC had had required some additional testing and I think that was addendum number two when I came to the board. Uh so, we did the uh additional testing. Uh we uh we went ahead

152and and and did the additional testing. So it came out to around 350 cubic yards of soil that needs to be exported out of that site. Okay. So to your question, uh the the only time I'll come back is uh when I have the contractor chosen to remove that soil. Okay. So there's still more to this except it'll be a separate contract. It'll be a separate contract that'll bring This is just for the management and the uh oversight for uh hazardous waste. Okay, Trusty Sellers, this isn't necessarily specific to this, but the the whole process in general, is there a specific time frame that this will be good valid for that depending on how long it takes us to design a new school and actually start construction on that. Once we get the DTSC approval,

153we're we're done. That's how most of the sites uh what will happen after this was is a a SQL study, an environmental study. So, okay. And I'll bring that to the board. Thank you. No other question. We'll have this return under consent. Thank you. We move on to item number 14. receive information regarding construction management services contract amendment two for Joansson College elementary school formerly known as Shields and Broly Elementary School. Director Rodriguez. Thank you again board president, board of trustees and interim superintendent Dr. O'Brien. This item comes to you as an information item uh which is the second addendum uh to the current construction management contract with Kitel CM. Uh the amendment will allow extended uh construction management services for Johnwat St. Calra Elementary School administration's recommended this item returned to the board on

154June 24th, 2025 for action. I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have on this item. Trusty Kond. Thank you, President Singh. Uh, Director Rodriguez, the um the contract expired in March, correct? With uh Kitchell, correct? So why why is it coming to us now several months later for out of contract? Because we were still negotiating the cost. I see. So the costs were a little higher than what they what I'm bringing to the board. So it was a series of many discussions back and forth. Uh so uh we we came to a an agreement on a cost and that's what I'm here to present to you tonight. And so why was the contract originally planned for March if not if it's opening in um September? So August. That was because of the series

155of of uh project delays that were not uh it was the unforeseen circumstances uh caused by utility companies uh municipalities that had jurisdiction over our project and u we we just didn't see see this uh these circumstances. We couldn't we couldn't forecast those circumstances. As a matter of fact, we on April 4th uh we we just received uh electric services and then on May the 30th um just a few about 10 days ago, we received the gas for the site. those uh utilities are so vital to a to a a school site that we can't acclimate the building to do any kind of finishes, carpet, painting, tack board, any of those items. Okay. I I recall at a previous board meeting when there was an issue of potential delays with utility services. Once that was

156brought to us, we were able to contact the utility services and get those resolved uh near uh pretty quickly. So if we ever have issues, delays like this again, please let the board know and we will, you know, help uh smooth things further things along then and I thank you for that and I thank you for the contact. No other questions. We'll have this return under consent. Thank you. We move on to item number 15. Receive information regarding 2025 2026 annual contract renewals for maintenance operations and transportation. Director Bach. Good evening again board members and interim superend superintendent Dr. O'Brien. Uh tonight we're bringing forward some contracts uh for the basic operation of our districts that are run through the MOT departments, our maintenance operations and transportation. Um one is RV Jensen which provides our

157fuel, gas and diesel for our district. Um staff is recommending that we use the Clovis Unified contract number 2934 and piggyback off of that contract for DH gas and diesel services. Eagle Shield Pest Control provides our monthly pest control services for insects and bugs at all district sites. Filter Provides our HVAC filters for our district sites for our quarterly changes. Westside Water maintains our well systems at Central High School, Roosevelt Elementary, Madison Elementary, and Hton Kernney Elementary. Um this also they provide our monthly and um testing and reports to the state. Uh and Centas provides our microfiber and dust mops for daily cleaning at all district sites. It is a rental service where they drop off the towels and dust mops and then are picked up weekly, laundered and returned. RV Jensen. Uh we are

158approximating our fuel cost to be $1 million for the upcoming school year and will be paid out through multiple funding sources. Um we have multiple departments that use our fuel, so there could be a multitude of funds used. Eagle Shield Pest Control will be $66,816 and would be paid out of the general fund. Filter Pro, the cost of the filters for the entire year will be $68,997.54 and will be paid out of the general fund. Westside Water uh for the four sites will be $95,686 and will be paid out of general fund. and Centas contract will be $50,845.70 for the microfiber towels and $38,3341 for the dust mops, which will also be paid out of the general fund. Administration is recommending this item be placed on the June 24th, 2025 board uh meeting for action

159after answering any questions the board may have. Thank you, Trusty Kirk and then Trusty Kir. Thank you very much. Um my question is about the Westside water contract. I know that we received communication not long ago about concern with the water um at some of those school sites specifically those that are So is this part of addressing that or is that something separate? Um it's part of it as they will be handling a lot of the testing notification to the state water division and they're our partner through this process as we get that mitigated. Jesse Kon, thank you president Singh. So aside from the piggyback contract, are any of these uh contracts did they go out to bid? Uh no, they all fall under the bid threshold threshold is 50,000, right? Uh the 50,000 is

160for board approval. Um the the bid threshold for goods and services is 118,000 roughly. I see. Okay. Thank you. And just one clarification for Trusty Kirk. Uh yeah, the the wells, we only have wells at those four sites that we use for drinking. So that's the only ones that they're part of. And without no other question, we'll have it return under consent. Uh last item uh for information, receive information regarding purchase of HVAC uh equipment for Central High School kitchen. Director Bach. Good evening again, board members and interim superintendent Dr. O'Brien. Uh the child nutrition department received funding through CDE in a form of a kitchen infrastructure and training funds. Uh with these funds, the child nutritions department can make certain upgrades to their facilities. One of those being adding HVAC. Uh Kaya has propo

161has provided a proposal for HVAC equipment using their CAMASS contract, their California multiple award schedule, contract number 4-20-78-000089C. Uh the district will go out to bid for labor at a later date. Uh the cost of this contract and the equipment will be $13,000 and will be funded through the kitchen infrastructure and training funds. administration is recommending this item be placed on the June 24th, 2025 board meeting after I answer any questions the board may have. Trusty Creo, I was just about to say 100,000 for a new HVAC seems really cheap, but it's doesn't include the labor then. Correct. Okay, that makes sense. Thank you. No other questions. We'll have it returned under consent. Thank you. Thank you, Dr. Bach. We now uh turn to advanced planning. Jesse Kirk. Thank you, President Singh. I would like

162to raise up to the top of the list an update on our ethnic studies curriculum development. Um I'd like an update on that as soon as possible. So just as a reminder, the advanced planning is just the calendar. The appropriate item to request items or information would be P additional information and closing comments. Just just for everyone's FYI. Thank you, Trusty Korea. And again, we will see hopefully everyone at the uh additional graduations both uh tomorrow night at uh uh at Garza in the evening and is it is it uh central online at 5:30 at the pack and then uh on Thursday we have uh our alternative schools as as uh pathway and persing and then central high in the evening and then of course on uh June 2th six. We have our ribbon cutting

163at just once in Colorado Elementary. Uh and with that, we turn to additional information. We got one from Dr. uh from uh Trusty Kirk. I saw Trusty Kon's hand as well. Uh thank you, President Singh. I'm just interested in what our uh work uh moving forward uh for the rest of the year will be with the alumni uh subcommittee. Um seeing as we have opportunities to grow that, especially now with our new um superintendent, Dr. Marshall. Thank you. And without a reminder that our next uh meeting of the board of trustees will be held here on Tuesday, June 24th, 2025 at 6 p.m. for close session, 7 p.m. for public session here in district office room 13. And with that, we will adjourn back to close session. Thank you.