001Call this meeting to order at 5:15. Today is Tuesday, May 13th, open session. Do we have anybody that would like to address public? We'll go ahead and go into close session. Oh, good evening. Sorry, it's been a it's been a rough three weeks. So, um let's go ahead and do the pledge of allegiance and for us I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all this. First of all, I want to thank you all for being here today. I know it's a very, very busy time of year with the end of the year activities, uh, games. We have all kinds of things going on today. So, once again, thank you for being here. So, item five, communication recognition.
002Let's go ahead and go. Let's recognize our student board member representatives. We have Well, good evening everyone. It's a real honor to recognize some very committed student leaders that have served over the course of a year sharing and involving us as a community, as a a board, and as a district and all the great things going on at their school sites and also being involved as leaders at their school sites with uh other um friends and other students. Um our schools are incredible. But when you go on to campuses and you just feel the energy and the teamwork of our students, it's hard to beat our district when it comes to that. Um, even when I'm having a a weird day in a bunch of meetings and I just pop into a school for 10
003minutes, you just feel the difference and the energy and it really picks you up the good spirit and and all the energy. So, we're very proud of all of our students and it's led by our student leaders. So, thank you for all of your service to your student um enrollment, all the students that work with you every day, your teachers, and all of us. Um, want to congratulate and thank Benjamin Gonzalez, our Southwest student representative. And Benjamin was also a recipient of a new of a scholarship two days ago or a couple days ago. So he's on his way getting prepared for the next step in his leadership. And then we have um Kaani Cea. Kaani has given us and provided us with all the details in every way. sports throughout the classrooms and back
004again at Central uh Union High School District. Thank you so much for all you've done for our students and our and our school community. And I was a little bit surprised that we didn't have Robert uh for the report. So, I guess I'm going to be Robert to read. But more importantly, we're missing Robert for his plaque from Desert Oasis, who's um really grown outside his outside of his comfort zone and really has have given us detailed reports about all the things that happen at Desert Oasis, which is way more than most people expect when you hear, oh, it's a small continuation. It's not. It's a full speed ahead school with all kinds of activities and all kinds of opportunities for our students. So, I want to thank Robert, Mr. Diaz and the whole staff
005for making Desert Oasis what it is currently at our district. We're going to take a picture with the board. I think you recognized for Yes, I thought I saw that. Congratulations. [Applause] And then when you leave, you know, come back every Okay. Now we have Mr. Craig Lion with our CT first certificate holder and IBC dual enrollment auto program. Uh good evening. It uh gives uh me great pleasure to uh come up tonight. There's a couple of uh recognitions that we're going to have tonight, but this is kind of one of the special ones. Uh we have France Nunes. Uh come on up friends. Um France is is being recognized. Uh we are very lucky to have a dual enrollment program with our uh automotive uh um industry out at IVC and they come in
006and France is being uh recognized as the first IVC dual enrollment auto certificate completer. So, he's completed all the courses that he had to through the auto courses and now becomes he gets his certificate and he's here at Central not even got out to IVC yet to we want to congratulate him. Let's get a picture in there. Such anatomy. [Applause] We also have uh is uh Sarah Vera here. Sarah, come on up here. Sarah is also one of our outstanding students uh within our CTE program. Uh and this is a recognition to her and it says this recognition is given to Sarah Veretta for your innovative our innovation and perseverance in developing a business plan for your board game. One of the exciting things about Sarah is is that she created a board game entitled
007the high school board game. And this uh we actually this last faculty meeting uh she brought it out and allowed uh our teachers to participate in C. But this is an individual that took an idea and then used the high school experience. And obviously I think the goal to win the game is is whoever has the most happiness at the end of it. And there's all kinds of the the pieces that that from from the cards to this to that, whether it's relationships, whether it's grades, whether you're doing things, rolling dice to see if you if you pass the class or not. It's such an exciting game and she's the one that created it. So, we just want to recognize her for creating this board game and all the outstanding things that she's done at
008Central. So, thank you. Y You're here with your mom, right? She's like, I'll tell you. I'll share. I actually I met her I met her mom at the SBDC. So, small small business development center. And we actually have the director here today for the SBDC. It's been really inspirational. hear their stories of a mom and a daughter working together to build their business and I think they have like a manufacturing meeting today. Like what the heck? I think that's crazy. I think that's wonderful. And so congratulations. You got a whole room of people cheering you on. Trust me. So keep it up. Don't forget us. And also if I may, um I'm not going to tell you how old I am, but she you have this kid pretty adult talking to us adults and message.
009I feel like I'm the daughter and she's a mom because her message on that game happiness instead of money and and for us adults to understand what they go through as a high school, the mentality, the their mental health, everything, their feelings, their turmoil because not only do they have to deal with growing up and becoming responsible, but to decide is it money that I want at the end of the game or is it happiness? And for her to say, we're happiness. Thank you so so much. [Applause] She's going to be one of the only happy. I love that. Now we have recognition of student contribution to district social media pages. We have Dr. Farcus and Mr. Rodriguez. Good evening. I'm Fernanda Lynch, the public information officer. Um, I'll step in since I'm here to
010say thank you to these students who stepped up in a big way. I don't know why I get all emotional. It is. It's a big thing. I was out on maternity leave and these students really stepped up in a big way. So, thank you. Um, a lot of their skills, you know, we were able to work with because of your incredible teachers. You guys are already learning all that stuff in school and it's amazing everything that you guys already do. Um, so to bring that and continue highlighting all the incredible things that are happening in our district and the schools, there's a lot happening. so much that honestly I can't be everywhere all the time. So counting on students that are responsible and you know have these these skills um it's incredible. So thank you
011from the bottom of my heart and for the purpose of the district as well. Um so with that um I'm not sure if we have the list of the students but if not if we can have them all come up. Come up and receive a very special phone stand with the um We laugh because it looks a little bit like it's not that awesome, but it's incredible. I snuck another one for home. Very hard to get and it's a chance to show off to your friends for your extra work, especially helping a brand new baby attached to his mom. Yes. Yes. Come on up. Um all of our hardworking students from Southwest and Central that helped us keep this thing going with our incredible social media, all the positive things going on in our district.
012Yes. Let's go. Come on up. Come on up. And then I'll leave this to take the pictures of you guys. So, it's photography students um um that helped with all of this. Again, highlighting um creating content, attending school board meetings. Uh so, all those different skills that I'm sure they'll take out of school and be here. So, thank you to your teachers as well for for helping with that. And then I'll come back and take a picture. Thank you. No, the kids show some love together. You didn't want to come up or what? Thank you very much. [Applause] Okay. Desert Oasis High School Model School recognition. Mr. Diaz. Is he in the back over there? There he is. We have a picture. It's right there. Look, we have a full on picture with the plaque
013and the flag. All right, fair enough. No one No one sent me instructions of uh what to bring today. I just I told him when we're on the Midway aircraft carrier and Look, it's right there. Right there. There it is. Oh, that's congratulations to all of the staff and support and the students that work so hard at Desert Oasis every day, a model continuation school recognized um at the state level and also we had the opportunity to go on to the Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum and at the very top right before the rain started we finished and it was awesome. We had staff with us even though it was spring break and school was recognized that earned the award. And Desert Oasis not only earned the continuation school and got the plaque and the flag
014to hang, but also right when we got back, we found the news out the news that Desert Oasis is being approved for a six-year accreditation, which is the top notch you can get for accreditation for schools and colleges. So, congratulations on sixyear wasp and the model continuation award. You know, and the coolest thing about all this that it happened during spring break, but the coolest thing is that staff members on their own time, there was a couple of them that said, "We want to be there. We want to go there." So, taking their own vacation to go and be there. That was that was really really cool to see. Right. And so, usually it doesn't happen during spring break, but we've gone to this conference before, right? But it was so exciting to have staff
015members there actually be part of it. And it was just in me and Dr. Park is there by herself, right? So you just bring the flag next time so the flag not prepared for class. [Applause] Okay. Told you we had a lot of recognitions to take care of today. So, we're on to number six. Recognition of retired certificated classified staff members. This is always special to me because these are the employees that have been in the district for years and I know that when I was on that list in 2020 it was like wow time goes by so fast. I think we can recall that and Miss Elld from the district. So I'm I'm proud to call the principles up. We'll go ahead and take care of that. So we'll go ahead and start with
016Mr. Derma Southwest High School. board members. Well, we have two retirees from Southwest High School. Uh, first of all, we have Carlos Ekia. So, Mr. Ekia data hire was 823 2005. He's currently teaching our integrated science classes. Uh, he's been 20 years in the district. He's also served as department chair. uh his hobbies are reading and what he's going to miss most about his job is the daily interactions with um with his peers and also with his students. He has retirement plans. Yes, he going to spend time with family and I find most interesting, he's planning to spend a long period of time in Europe. So, congratulations, Mr. [Applause] Ek. Our second retiree is Mr. Bradley Thorp. Mr. Thorp was hired in 2011. He's our music appreciation teacher at Southwest High School. He's been at
017our district for 14 years. He's been theater manager, theater technology teacher, theater technology club supervisor and beginning band teacher. He his family information is his wife Julie who's also retired music teacher. Uh his daughter Danielle who's a middle school social science teacher. His Eric his son-in-law which is a bank auditor and TJ is his son elementary science teacher. charity. His daughter is also elementary school teacher and Cody is a military training specialist, his son-in-law. His hobbies are holiday decorating. If you ever been past his house, you'd understand why. Baseball, and I did not know this about him, but scuba diving. What will he miss most about his job? Will be his students and retirement plans. He's moving to Savannah, Georgia with his wife for the next adventure and travel from there. Wow. And something interesting
018about him, if you don't know, Mr. Thorp is a former Marine. He has performed in concerts in six continents in 48 or 50 states as a member of various United States Marine Corps band. So let's give him a hand, Mr. Thor. Wow. Thank you, Mr. Durham. Okay. Now we have Mr. Lion, Central Union High School principal. Uh we uh are have three uh teachers that are retiring this year. Um I know we had an opportunity want to thank the uh uh the union. Uh we had a great uh retirement dinner the other night and we're able to recognize them there too. But we have uh Maline Multz which is a science teacher. Uh she had been in our district for 18 years. Uh she's the adviser of the green team. Um she loves to travel,
019hike, uh cooking, and one of the things she says she's going to miss is just her colleagues in the science and math department at Central uh and her students. Uh and then she hopes to to, you know, kind of expend more time with her husband uh and travel and hike and do some more cooking. And just something interesting about her, she's indicated that she uh immigrated with her family from the Philippines to the US. uh since her mother got her master's degree from Boston University. She grew up and spent her first 30 years in the Boston area, worked uh worked national and international on environmental education in the university profession, engineering and medical uh facilities, but her grandfather farmed in Niand since the 1930s and she spent her summer here as a child. She said
020that was always great. they leave her and send her to El Central in the summertime instead of the best time of the year during the winter. But she came out here and in 1999 moved to the Imperial Valley and began doing environmental education programs at IVROP and teaching at IBC. And she was drawn to the Imperial Valley because of the incredible amount of envir environmental resources and issues in the area and the tre tremendous need to educate this community about those resources. And when she uh she says, "When I moved here 25 years ago, I thought I'd be here for two years," which a lot of people do that. Uh but fate would be I met my husband here and found amazing teaching opportunities and I discovered her calling here. So we want to congratulate
021Maline Moltz. And we also have Dan Meyers who is a math teacher and he has been in our district for 29 years. Uh he also was the assistant wrestling coach. Uh some of the family information is that he says he has his beautiful wife, Bridget, and three uh kids, Todd, Tori, and Tanner, who all graduated from Central Union High School. His hobbies are playing the violin. He says, even though he hasn't done that in a while, uh but he did say that now that he's retired, he hopes to uh take that back up and begin uh playing the violin a little bit more and continuing to read. And what he's going to miss most about is his lunchtime with his fellow teachers. Uh also indicated that when I came here to teach, I thought I
022would be here only a short while because of the scorching heat out here. But after the first two years, I decided I would stay uh put because I really like the people I worked with. That to me was the most important thing to consider and I could always escape from the heat for uh for a short period of time with a short drive over the hill. So congratulations, Mr. Meyers. Uh we also have uh Christina Plankarte. She is a Spanish teacher and had been in our district for 17 years. Uh she just indicates that she has two daughter two daughters who had graduated from Central and both live in San Diego. Her hobbies include she loves to read, travel, and spend time with family. and what she's going to miss uh most about the job
023is I will miss teaching uh my students and my awesome working with my awesome colleagues her plans after retirement she says I plan to continue to travel this summer she plans to visit Pakistan and I uh may move to San Diego to be closer to her daughters uh something interesting about her is that she walked uh 491 miles last summer in the Camino de Santiago and that she worked at San Diego high school for 19 years before coming down into our district. That's a she spent a lot of time in education and she just says that she uh I'm very grateful to this district and I feel blessed to have been given the opportunity to work such a great school. So we want to congratulate Christina Plankart. [Applause] Thank you Mr. Lion. Okay, now we
024have uh Mr. Diaz gets to come up again. His retiring staff. All right. We're we're honoring uh Miss Walup Walcava. I'm not sure if she's here, but yeah, you know, thank thank all of you guys uh that put the the retirement party together because uh just talked to Mr. Vaba. She's she's full of life. I mean, you should have seen her on the dance floor. just dancing away, right? And I think she's already thinking retirement, right? Uh in talking to her, uh she loves traveling. Uh she's been to many different places. I think that's the one thing that we share in common. Um she immediately is going to move to play. She already has a property down there. She's a split time from here and there. So like, hey, why don't you invite us, right?
025But uh she spent 25 years uh 24 years uh with our district. uh 14 at Southwest and 10 at PR Phoenix Rising. And she was really the glue of Phoenix Rising. She was the queen of Phoenix Rising. Uh very patient with our students uh uh very caring uh very full of life to explain to our students to come to Phoenix Rising and and teach them the way and get them back on track. Right. So she did she did it all. I mean, from uh from just the the hour. I mean, she she was there sometimes till 4:30, you know, when she didn't have to, but it was that extra planning that she took to make sure that our kids had everything that they needed. Right. So, things that she said she might miss is working
026with her colleagues um on those collaborative Wednesdays. Uh she also mentioned I think she's friends with Miss Blanca because she also said that she's going to travel to Pakistan. So, I think they're going together. Not sure. There's something going on over there right now. So I think you might want to wait a little bit before you go to Pakistan but but yeah Mr. Wava uh Senator the best on a retirement and and congratulations. [Applause] Thank you Mr. Diaz. Now we have uh Miss Martinez Monica and on our next short modified Wednesday, we're having all of our staff in the Southwest Gymnasium to recognize the um outstanding achievements of our staff, outstanding um attendance, outstanding um employees of the year, and then also our retirees. So, if they're shy or tired tonight, we're going to recognize
027them again gymnasium in a week and a half. Good evening, everyone. Uh tonight, we would like to the upcoming retirement of a dedicated member of our district family, Caesar Castro. After an impressive 28 and a half years of service, Caesar will be starting on a new project. Hired in September of 1996 as our district's very first full-time computer network engineer, Caesar has been instrumental in building and maintaining the technological background that supports our students and staff. In a recent conversation, Caesar told me that when he first was hired, his first project was create email accounts for staff. Demonstrating his forward thinking approach, he significantly enhanced learning environments um a few years ago by upgrading internet connectivity in every classroom districtwide. More recently, his leadership on the Wi-Fi wireless coverage expansion project brought essential connectivity to
028previously underserved external areas of our schools. The IT team has described him as a workaholic. determined, responsible, committed, respectful, distinguished, persevering, and passionate. Qualities that speak volumes about his dedication to our district. A proud member of our district community with his three children all having attended Central. Caesar's commitment extends beyond his professional role. His passions include music, traveling, reading, and naturally technology. Looking ahead, Caesar's plans to enjoy more with his wife, travel, and even learn to play the accordion. We also learned some interesting facts about Caesar. He likes camping, reading, and is known as the best karaoke singer in his family. So, if we need entertainment, we know who to contact. While he can't be with us tonight, he shared that he will miss the challenges of his work, collaborating with the IT team, supporting
029our educational community, and the many friendships he has made. Caesar would like to express his sincere gratitude to the board of trustees, district staff, both classified and certificated personnel, and the district leadership team for their confidence, help, and support throughout his many years of service. We want to formally recognize his remarkable contributions and wish him a happy and fulfilling retirement. Thank you, Caesar, for your 28 and a half years of dedication to our students, staff, and our district. Thank you, Monica. Okay, now we have Mr. Stern. Thank you. Tonight we have a couple of guys that are retiring and uh first one I get to speak about is Todd Machado. And after 30 years of dedicated service to Central Union High School District, which began in September of 1995, Todd Machado is retired, leaving behind
030a legacy of mentorship, hard work, campus beautifification, and community spirit. In addition to serving as the lead grounds keeper for the district, Todd served as the weightlifting coach for the Central Union High School football team under coach Joe Apadaka and currently assists the Southwest High School Key Club. Todd is the proud husband of Claire Machado, a teacher at Southwest High School and father of Sophia Machado, a graduating senior at Southwest West High School. Excuse me. Todd's north star has always been the students. at the forefront of every project and task he undertook throughout the district. What he says he'll miss most is watching students grow into successful young adults, especially through hands-on projects like planting trees made possible by tree grants he helped secure. Teaching students how to install irrigation systems at the Imperial Valley
031Food Bank and on campus, and guiding students in their studentled initiatives to beautify school grounds. What brought him the greatest satisfaction was seeing the pride and sense of ownership students took in their own efforts. He also cherishes the camaraderie he shared with past and present colleagues and crossing paths with his crossing paths with his wife and daughter on campus always brightens his day. I almost goofed that one up. When when asked about one of his fondest memories and accomplishments, he points to being responsible for transforming Southwest High School from an arid landscape of tumble weeds without irrigation into a sports complex it is today. Along with all the landscape improvements he implemented at Central Union High School. What some might not know about Todd is he is a four-time Broly cattle call chili cookoff champion.
032competed in bodybuilding, bench presses or bench pressed twice his body weight, 350 pounds at at the weight of 175 pounds himself. Served in the United States Army. Thank you very much for your service. Hitchhiked coast to coast during his military service. That must have been a while ago. We wouldn't do that again today. Um and rode his Harley-Davidson Road King cross country with his wife along the Oregon trail to Sturgeis, South Dakota, and the Louiswis and Clark Trail following the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean. In retirement, Todd plans to continue giving back to his community through philanthropic work with the Gil and Ray Perez Family Foundation, supporting youth education and veterans, and most of all, spending time with his family and helping care for his parents. Todd will continue to enjoy his hobbies which
033include yoga, weightlifting, riding his shovelhead Harley-Davidson which he built himself, stargazing with his mega telescope, gardening of course, grilling, reading novels, and attending heavy metal concerts like Metallica, Iron Maiden, and anything loud and heavy. So on July 22nd, 2025, it will be shovels down and namaste for Todd Machado. And with that, I I'd like to say I I have only been here a very short time and it has been truly an honor to to get to know Todd. There there are folks that um you say nobody is irreplaceable and I do believe that is true, but there are some that come closer to others and I do believe Todd is is one of those. He has done amazing work here. years and I've got to learn a little bit about it uh over the last
034few months. Um but I would like to ask just just for a second if Craig Lion could come up. He he has worked with him much longer and and share a couple. So um this is one of those um I'm going to lose it a little bit. I just want to personally thank Todd. Um, you know, being in this district, uh, I I I've been in the district 30 years, and Todd and I started about the same time. And to have somebody like Todd and the amount of dedication and hours and time that he's put in, uh, he just needs to be recognized for that. He um he he's he's an individual that that I would go to and we'd have long conversations about this that and the other and and it just it people
035like that don't come around very often. So we want to thank Todd for everything he's done. I personally want to thank Todd because as an athletic director, principal, so on, if I ever needed anything, all I had to do is call Todd and Todd was going to answer and Todd was going to come there. And so we turned off water at, you know, three o'clock in the morning or fixed something. It was like, Todd, I got this going on. Todd's I'll take care of it. And I always knew that he was going to take care of it. So we just want to thank you, Todd, for everything you've done. And I wish you the best of luck. And uh, you know, we'll see you in a few four, five, six years when I get the
036chance to do this. But congratulations. You know, when I was athletic director at Central, there were several times when I had to call Todd when the sprinklers got the valves got stuck and the track is is flooded and we have 17 teams coming from out of town and Todd was always there just on speed dial. He was always there. No way. half of my life at this district and it's been wonderful everything. I've met my wife through the school indirectly because my mother-in-law used to work right here as a secretary and introduced me to my wife. So, this district has given me so much. I will always be grateful and thankful. I I've loved working here. It's been a honor. Pleasure. Thank you. You know, one time there was a a car accident on the
037corner of Brighton and Imperial Avenue. That's a very busy section. And a a baby was thrown out of the vehicle and ended up on the fence right by Central Union High School. And Todd went over the fence and started performing life-saving procedures for this young lady. So, thank you. Thank you for that. You can We'll find our spot. We find our spot. Don't worry. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You make it special. Come on, Craigger. Come on, Claire. knows which side she needs to be photog. [Applause] We're going to post it. Jeff. Jeff. No, Mr. Body. Sure. Please. Yeah. Go ahead. We do. We have one more that is that is us in June. And I don't see him in the room tonight, but I' I'd love to um say a little something um about Mr. Jeff
038body. And he is uh he has been here I believe it's 20 years. And uh um I' I've only been here a few months and I've never seen him in pants. And and one day one day I drove by and I thought he had pants on. I had to get out just to go see him. No, he had these things that he strapped around his legs to protect his legs when he was weed eating. But uh um he he definitely marches to a beat of his own drum and I would have it no other way. He he gets stuff done. He takes so much pride in what he does out there and um I'm I'm I'm sad to see him go as well, but he he he will be missed and I want to I
039want to congratulate him on on a well-deserved retirement. Thank you very much. Okay, we're going to take a a short break here to Do you want to honor some of the retirees that are here and the other recognitions and then we'll come back with the board reports. Okay, about five minutes. number seven, governing board report. We'll go ahead and start with Trusty Elling. Nice to see all of you here. This last month has been amazing. All the schools participating in so many things. recently the awards at the high schools. We have so many wonderful students that are being recognized and the number of scholarships. I don't know if this is just changing as the years go on, but you've been really recognized with many different organizations, many different scholarships, and I was just really proud
040to see all of you being recognized like that. So, and also I attended Southwest had an attendance assembly recognizing the students and their in their attendance. Um, earlier in the month I went to an educators for empowerment um workshop and teachers from all of our school were represented there at the conference. Um, the IBROP did their 27th recognition of CTE students. Oh, it was amazing. and all of our schools were represented, highly represented, sometimes repeatedly represented for recognition for all their good work in their CTE classes. Um, our district was very well represented there and I thank you to all the teachers as well as the students and all your work you've done to be there. Um, there was also an amazing weekend at Southwest. There was an oral health where the where young people,
041kindergarteners could go and be examined and get them ahead for the year. And along with that, I really want to congratulate our principles for being there and allowing the school to be used for so many extra activities. Um, nonprofits making, you know, fundraisers. So, thank you principles for being at attendance at your schools on weekends and evenings for letting the whole community use these wonderful facilities that we have. Um, and then at Central Union High School, they had a mental health day. And at the same time, the students from the barber and beauty shop were doing um haircuts and other things for the for the students getting ready for prom. That was an amazing thing to see, too. Just the schools together working together and being a help to each other. That was really wonderful.
042And again, the awards ceremonies have been fantastic. So, keep up all the good work. Thank you to staff and students for all that you're doing. Thank you. Okay, Trustee Espinosa. Good evening. Thank you everyone for being here tonight. Glad to see you all here. I am really proud to report that I had the best cup of coffee last Friday. I don't know if you all were there or folks were there. I had a great cup of coffee at Cafe 56. Those students, Miss Hill, thank you for all of what you just showed me out there and reminding me that there are internships for those students. So if there are any coffee shops or other shops that can or restaurants that take on internships for students, I know those opportunities are there for them and they
043look for them. So with that in mind, I will also keep out on the lookout for them because in my world I will hear things now and then. So you all hear those internship opportunities, send them that way. Uh I also want to share that I was very fortunate to attend yesterday's scholarship ceremony at Central Mr. Lion. It was really cool and fun. I had heard there was over I think 5 names that had been recognized yesterday. And so I thought that was super incredible and thank you for the staff that helped put that together and the scholarships. I know Miss Kani I think received three. She confirmed with me and I was kept clapping and I would see her go and come back and all the other students who applied and received those scholarships.
044Thank you for applying for those because a lot of the times um scholarships there's this there's this word that folks use and I I say it's the investment in the student. it is your investment that someone else is making a company, an organization. They're setting up a scholarship for you all to apply. And so that's them seeing their investment in you all. So I thank you for applying for those scholarships and spread the word. Spread the word because we need more folks to apply for those and thanking Miss Marilyn Bert for reading a lot of those scholarships as well. She definitely picked up um she taught me some things and I really appreciate that and she taught me efficiency. So I totally love that. Uh and uh congratulations to Benjamin. I know he received some
045scholarships, but I had mentioned it earlier. He's being recognized by Puerto R. And so it's really exciting to see. Fortunately, I'm going to be out of town, so I'm not going to be able to make it. But I've been told I will get many photos and then even update what happens. So I'm excited to see that. And uh I just really want to say I'm also grateful I mentioned earlier, but to the Central Education Foundation, I've had this opportunity these last few months to serve on that board and learn uh what what happens out there and different types of aquest. And so I appreciate education foundation serving both the elementary and the high schools. It's it's a great foundation. I'm really proud to be part of it and I'm grateful to the folks that serve
046on it. You all might not see them time to time or you may see them in the community, but they show up and they contribute and they provide their insight. So, I thank them for that. And uh thank thank you for all the folks who dedicated the time for the retirement. I was trying to write down all the numbers and I kept looking at the screen trying to write them down. I couldn't add them up in time, but hopefully someone else did. I think that was a lot of institutional knowledge that we were really blessed with. So, thank you for providing that for us and leaving that with the students who all impacted and the colleagues and men. So, thank you. That's it. My report. Thank you. Uh Trusty Taris. Hi, good afternoon everybody. I
047attended many events at um all sites. Um I attended the uh the career fair at Southwest where my son had the opportunity to be one of the speakers which he also was from the uh pathways. So he buil he he'll be graduating in June 4th as a registered nurse now. And then um I I attended the retirement party which it was a beautiful event. I got to see how well the staff that are retiring and the other ones that attended get along so good. not like sometimes you don't see that how they get along now than before. I was amazed. It was beautiful. And then um thank you to Mr. for inviting us. And then also um the I attended the AXA dinner in San Diego and I found out we were going to Mr.
048BCO had applied for a scholarship for the uh for doing a scholarship for the adult program. So, we'll be getting something from over there. So, thank you. Keep up the good work, everybody in north staff. Thank you. Uh, Trusty Mora, keeping it short. No, I'm just kidding. Um, I did also attend a lot of events with Miss Debbie and Sandy and Elizabeth and Miss Tavares. It's always a pleasure having all these events to me. It's telling us how good our um sites are doing are not the sites but the actual students to see how involved I I did attend the the scholarships at Southwest. Um, I apologize for not attending last night, but I had to drive my family to the airport. I could have been in Turkey right now, but I chose to be
049here tonight. And um, there's so many things I want to and I and you'll see the pictures there where we work together with maintenance and and the superintendent on the drinking fountains. Beautiful drinking fountains if you've seen them there. Uh Jeff gave us a um a tour of Central and then I gave myself a tour at Southwest just looking for the drinking fountains and it's only because of our kids. You know our kids matter their priority and and again all these events and I don't want to go through them because the list is long as you can see but uh thank you for the retirement dinner. I got to be at the CIF boys volleyball game the other night. I don't know where they're at right now, but it was to me two games that
050I've seen with the boys and it's amazing. I had heard that the boys volleyball could be played with their feet which I said they're lying and because I had I didn't see that at Southwest game but at CIF I said oh the kid they lost the ball and it here comes a feet poof and he gets the ball across like did he just use his his foot to put the ball across the court and lo and behold he was excellent on using that he must be a soccer player too right oh is See, I didn't know that. But to me, I keep hearing from my family. It's like, "You retired. Can you stay home? Can you bring us lunch to school? Can you go pick us up?" It's like, "Well, I have to be at
051Southwest or I have to be at Central or I have to be at Desert Oasis." I'm everywhere. Everywhere. And I love it. I love it. That's my 30 minute socializing every day that I need as a retiree. So, I expect more invitations. Keep me young and keep me rolling, please. And thank you. Um, we're waiting for the end of the school year. Looking forward to it, but um I love your little faces out there. Kids, don't be nervous. Okay. Thank you. Oh, yes. I have beans bringing beans on Friday if anybody wants to join us on eating some beans with chisso and a ton of we're cheese addictive. We're just cheese aaholics. Um you know the bacon stuff and join us. Thank you. We're here. We're bringing it here at Desert Oasis. I think they're
052we're going to feed how many kids where how many kids? See, and that's what beans are for. It helps you with the mental Yes. So, come and join us. Have some beans, some bean burritos. There you go. Thank you so much. Thank you, Miss Mora. Once again, thank you for being here. I know this is a very busy time with all the school activities going on. We appreciate you taking the time to be here. Also, please let me offer a late happy mother's day to all the grandmothers and the nannas and anybody else that has a special impact on our students. A happy Mother's Day. Um, I'd like to apologize for not being here last month, but Trusty Espinosa did an excellent job and the trustees are there and supporting everything went well. Um, good
053luck to all the seniors as graduation is just around the corner. Don't forget about us. Always come back and let us know what you're doing. Um, and to the rest of the students as we approach the end of the year with finals and all the events that we are taking place right now. Uh, remember to hug your mom and Mother's Day, make Mother's Day every day. Um, she might get on you for not doing your homework. It's because I just lost my mom. I did. But, uh, remember she always wants best for you, but you need to remember to do what's best for her. Okay. Thank you. Enough. No more. Craig started it. So, um, let's go ahead and do more board reports. Let's go ahead and start with Benjamin. So to start off my
054report, hello, my name is Benjamin. I am Southwest High School school board representative. Um and this month uh well last month and this month as as it um starts to close off. Um we've had a lot of activities and we're going to have a lot of fun activities to close off the year. Um, so we recognized Miss Ginto, Southwest High School's French teacher, was ASB's recognized was ASB's recognized teacher of the month in April. Yared Cabayo was recognized as April's ASB recognized student. Miss Baras was recognized as April ASB's recognized classified staff. She's um u the new the new one of the newer secretaries um for our principal. And then we had GMO Duran was recognized as April's ASB's recognized artist. And from May 5th to May 9th, we had our senior spirit week. So
055we celebrated, you know, the fact that senior year is coming to a close and it was a lot of fun. May 6th, as a lot of the uh board member trustees mentioned, we had our senior awards night and throughout that week, we also celebrated teacher appreciation week. So it was teacher appreciation week from May 5th to May 9th. So the ASB as a whole, we wrote letters to our teachers just thanking them for the fact that they've been teaching um us and um in fact we did like an apple cutout for them recognizing how many years uh they they've taught and stuff like that. Um and then May 13th, which is today, um I actually just before this schoolboard meeting, I came down from Southwest High School because we had our Eagle Jump Start event.
056It's an event dedicated to um you know bringing in freshmen and letting them know um what's going to happen their freshman year. Um we also have an end of the year spirit week scheduled for May 19th through the 23rd and we will be having an end of the year assembly on May 30th. Um this end of the year assembly I think it's really special because we're going to start a new tradition. Um so we're going to recognize a teacher of the year for every class. So, freshman class, sophomore, juniors, seniors, and it's something that we want to start as a tradition um to recognize the fact that, you know, these teachers put in a lot of work for us um and we want to recognize them for that hard work. Um May 27th, seniors will
057be having their grad night and June 4th will be senior graduation. Um, concerning sports, several swim athletes succeeded at IVL's and Mauri Variel broke an IVL record with a time of 25.19 for the 50-yard freestyle um swim event and Danielle Austerman was also awarded the title of I of IVL's female swimmer of the year. Uh concerning HOSA, the final blood drive was held on May 8th, 2025, and they had a successful partnership uh this school year collecting about 171 donations with the potential of impacting 513 patients. So about 513 people um will be using the blood that Southwest High School donated. Um due to uh these efforts, three chapter members of HOSA were awarded San Diego Bloodbank Scholarship of $500 and HOSA will end the year celebrating on May 15th featuring a popsicle social. So
058HOSA will be having a popsicle social on May 15th. Uh green cords were also awarded to students who demonstrated uh exceptional leadership in mental health uh promotion at Southwest High School during senior awards and chapter officers were selected from 20 for the 2526 uh school year and the team looks forward to continue hosta future health professionals. Um act uh active minds at Southwest High School has been established. It's a new club. Um, and the Coalition for Student Wellness is going to cease because this one is going to work in partnership um, kind of like at the national level. So, it's essentially just a renaming uh, of a previous club. Uh, culinary uh, went to the FCCLA SLC uh, competition on April 26 to the 29th in Riverside and all eight of the students earned a
059silver or bronze recognition. Ana Areola placed ninth out of 70 competitors and due to their um efforts and their success um students in fact earned $500 scholarships um as a result of the competition. Savva Dance held their spring show, A Good Day to Dream, from May 9th to the May to May 10th. And Sava Theater will be having their Willy Wonka and the College Tour show from May 16th to the 17th. Um, Sava will also be having a showcase on May 29th in the Jimmy Canyon Theater just displaying all the things that Sava does. Um, this kind of veers off of my report. Um, but I just wanted to thank um, the school board for everything that they do for their students. I think, you know, in my four years of being in high school,
060it's been a wonderful experience and it's thanks to you ladies. So, I want to thank you all for the effort that you put into your community and the work that you do. That concludes my final um school board report. Yes. Um so that we actually announced them on the last schoolboard meeting. Um you weren't there. No, it's okay. Um it's her name's Zoe Baxter. She's very bright, intelligent, smart young woman. Um, she's actually working the Eagle Jump Start event right now. That's why she couldn't make it today. Um, but I feel confident she will do great in in the position. Good evening board members, Superintendent Farcus, and community members. My name is Kani Sisa, and I am your 2024 2025 student board representative for Century Union High School. for ASB and club activities. On April
0618th, ASB wished our assistant principles a happy national assistant principles week with posters and recognition. Our Spart dramas Alice and Wonderland shows were on April 9th and 10th. April 14th to 16th was our stress less week where we had activities and snacks during lunch to help our Spartans during these stressful times. On April 14th, ASB and Link Crew held a frost fest for our freshmen to connect more with campus. On April 16th, AVID held their annual lip sync battle. On April 23rd, we wished a happy administered professional day to all our amazing admin. On April 30th, Central seniors went to Pine Valley for senior picnic. And our counselors held their Spartan Jump Start for incoming freshman parents. On April 30th was Meet Me at the Salon where Desert Oasis CT Barber and Beauty Pathway gave
062out free haircuts to central students. And I want to give a congratulations to our CHS construction team. They did a great job representing Sparta in the 2025 Chief Construction Competition. I want to give another congratulations to our international culture club for their successful soret. Thank you to Mrs. Krist for her time and effort devoted to this event. April 28th to May 2nd, our ASB band and cheer visited fear schools to help motivate them for state testing. On May 1st, we wished Mr. line a happy principal's day with the poster and recognition. On May 3rd, our Spartans danced the night away at prom. And I want to give a congratulations to our CHS migrant debate team for taking third place at the 11th annual state speech and debate tournament. In honor of May mental health awareness
063month, a week of mental health oriented activities was held for students to participate. On May 6th, we celebrated all our teachers for teacher appreciation day with posters for every single teacher on campus. On May 9th, our Spartans were black in support of standing against the dangers of drunk driving and underage drinking. The theme was back out, don't black out. On May 12th, Central held its senior awards night to recognize seniors who earned academic honors, completed CT pathways, attained the California Seal by literacy, were awarded a scholarship or other awards for their hard work and achievements. In the upcoming school year, a new leadership opportunities have arisen. So, it's attendance ambassadors and they're going to promote that attending school every day is crucial for success. So, for sports achievements, our swim team went on to challenge
064CIFS on April 8th. April 10th was our swim team senior night meet against Klexico. Our boys swim team also won the IVL's 2025 championship for the fifth time. Our Central boys golf team also won against Palo Verde. And I want to give a congratulations to our boys and girls track team for breaking the IVL or school records this track season. Another congratulations to our track team for winning IVL's. On May 8th, our boys volleyball team played against High-Tech High in the quarterfinals and travel to Monte Visa tonight in the semifinals. Our cheer and soccer teams were recognized today by the Imperial County Board of Supervisors. And tonight is also our baseball team senior night at 7. So, future events include continued AP testing. From May 14th to the 16th, we are going to be having
065autism awareness activities. On May 17th is a this Saturday, which is a class fundraiser car wash. It's $10 up front and the location is in front of CIF. So, I invite you all to join in support of our, you know, our classes to fundra for their senior events. On May 22nd is senior sunset. On May 23rd, senior grades are due. On May 23rd is also our hello goodbye assembly. On May 27th is senior lunch on the lawn. May 28th to the 29th is grad night. And finally, on June 4th is graduation. I would also like to introduce y'all to incoming schoolboard representative, Alin Alvarado. She would do an amazing job being your new school board representative. [Applause] I would also like to thank you all for, you know, giving me this opportunity and allowing me
066to be more in touch with my community and being able to represent all the students at Central and be able to give them, you know, a voice. Now, for the final time, I thank you for your time tonight and remind everyone to follow Central's ASB on our social media accounts, CHS Updates on Instagram, Spartans for Life on YouTube, and CH Spartans on Tik Tok. Thank you. Thank you, Kani. Thank you. A lot going on. Uh, Desert Oasis, Mr. Montoya is not here today or do you have his report? Yes, this month Mr. Mononttoya is not with us, but he has a report. So, I am filling in for Mr. Robert Mononttoya and he says a lot of great things are happening at Desert Oasis High and Phoenix Rising, such as counselors held the course request
067presentation with Phoenix Rising students. We had the staff versus students volleyball game. Don't have a result on that. He didn't put who won. Must have been the staff. counselors held their junior financial aid presentation to get them prepared for their senior year. We had our April spirit week during the week of April 14th through the 17th. It was focus on self-awareness. April 17th, we had our stress awareness resource fair where several agencies attended to inform students, inner care, sure helpline, right track, Imperial County Behavioral Health Services and other programs. The IBC counselors met with seniors for advising and course recommendations. Counselors invited the Navy to present to the students and shared their experiences in the Navy along with possible careers in the Navy. Our school, Desert Oasis High School, received the model Continuation High School
068award. Our superintendent, principal, counselor, and CT of barber and beauty teacher were present to accept the award in San Diego on the Midway ship. We celebrated our teachers for teacher appreciation week. Lots of activities throughout the week. Ending the week with grilling tacos for teachers. On Friday, May 9th, we had 95% plus participation on state exams. And because of it, our principal is doing tacos for testing this Friday, May 16th. I'm going to add this. Trustee B Mora has committed to beans. counselors collaborated with IVROP Project Connect to provide a presentation on May 13th to all juniors and seniors in regard to their work readiness program. Uh to celebrate mental health awareness month, we held a SEAL painting party for students is up there. It looks awesome. Students were able to enjoy a relaxing event
069and follow the steps of the artist to create their own painted waterfalls. IVR rising stars were able to meet with our foster youth and McKenna Vento students and invite them to the San Diego State Youth Summit field trip. To continue mental health awareness month, we will be having a mental health fair on May 16th. Counselors will assist juniors to create their FSA FSA ID account to begin their financial aid process for college. In collaboration with ICE, counselors will be hosting higher ed for juniors on May 22nd. And ARC this month is excited to announce that they will be taking cap and gown graduation pictures on Thursday, May 15th. Free for all 2025 graduates from Desert Oasis High School. Thank you for your time. I hope to see you at Desert Oasis and Phoenix Rising. Thank
070you. Okay. Uh, item number 11, CUSD student club report. Do we have any student clubs? Come on up. Hold on. Let me get my phone ready. So hello, good evening members and everybody else in attendance. We are skills USA from Central High School. This is our yearbook for the year. This is our advisor, Mr. Rodriguez. Our treasur and I am your president. So what exactly is Skills USA? Skills USA is a CTSO. So FFA and DECA. Uh a CTSO is a career technical student organization. And what it does, it enhances student learning through contextual instruction, leadership, and personal development. And it's demonstrated through applied So what Skills USA is are our mission and our essential elements. We focus on personal skills, technical skills, and workplace skills. So that's the Skills USA triangle. So this is
071our timeline for our first year starting it here at Central. In October, we established a club. Uh originally I came up with the plan of starting a club and Mr. Rodriguez here. He wanted to go a little bit further. So, we wanted to compete and he came came to me uh with the idea of skills and I didn't know what skills was. Uh and so we recruited uh these are all of our members, most of our members and 12 of us competed in uh hybrid hybrid um competitions through digital uh cinema production, video production, photography, advertising and facilit. And in December um we got our prompts and we competed throughout December and January. And then in February um there was a national or there was a door competition and we won in the nation. So
072all throughout all the states we won a prize of $250. Um and in April we were allowed or yeah we were allowed to attend the state the state um competition in Ontario. It's a leadership convention and also Yeah. Uh okay. Uh so when we were over there or actually yeah when we were over there we were acknowledged for reaching level two and throughout throughout the year uh we worked on different activities uh that led us to get level two. So we uh we created uh banners as you can see on the first image. Um, so that's our technical skills. So in and out of the classroom, we would take pictures and work with different instructors and students to create banners for our flag post. And then we had a CTE camp uh which helped us
073build uh personal skills, so communication. It was open uh for sixth to through eighth grade students and that happened on a Saturday. And then our workplace skills was our future school visits. And then on our right on the right is us receiving our award with the state um director and this the state president for Skills USA. All right. Uh I would like to thank the board uh administration, Mr. Rodriguez, Imperial Valley Education Foundation, a P and Imperial prneurs. But I would really like to thank uh Mr. Rodriguez for giving us the opportunity to to, you know, continue continue everything. You know, Mr. Rodriguez is a great teacher. I'm really nervous. Sorry. But yeah, I really appreciate Mr. Rodriguez. I'm really going to miss him. Okay, so uh we're going to hand out slips, invitations to
074our national signing day. uh to Dr. Farcus and the board. Um it's going to be on a Thursday uh May 22nd at 9:00 am in the NPR. Uh it's to promote or to highlight students that are uh pursuing higher education. So all of our um seniors are intending to go to college basically. Thank you. Thank you so much. Okay, let's go on to item number 12, superintendence report. Dr. Fuses as you move on to your next chapter of recommendation or anything tonight instead of sitting in the chair and doing a kind of a global report of the things we're doing. I wanted to focus in on anytime we have u change it's very difficult when time and everyone's busy to do a very good job of explaining the why of change. So things go and
075things move fast. Um to get more people understanding why a change is needed or a slight adjustment's needed um it's difficult. So we want to try to get better at that. And tonight I just want to clarify a little bit of what we're trying to do in the world of our CTE education at our district. And I'm saying this as sincerely as possible to hear it. When I speak of our district, we've got all kinds of awesome things going on. I probably shouldn't say this in the microphone, but the first thing I go to is the incredible CTE programs that our district offers. It's really you have to look really far to find something that's comparable. So, we're really proud and we should be of our CTE programs. So, instead of me with the short
076report, I'm going to give you a medium report. We're just going to buzz through some um some detailed slides on what we're doing in the world of CTE progress. The first slide, and there's only a few, but this is the what what CTE adjustments are being made in our multiple pathways across our district. Our schools are working to ensure all of our students have at least an opportunity reached out to invited to participate in a CTE pathway. And that a pathway usually consists of two consist consecutive courses. The last course is called the capstone and that's your final course before you're a pathway completer. the schools will be reaching out to um even more than they have in the past. And there's been some real success with reaching out to students. And I don't want
077to use the word recruiting because that's sometimes in in sports and everything. It's kind of a bad word, but really to recruit and pull in those students. I just use the word shy. Bringing them and attaching them to our CTE pathways where they get that hands-on learning. Um, and it's appropriate CTE placements because we're not going to ever force someone into a class that they wouldn't want to take. Um, when there's other options, of course. Uh, the primary goal by far is back to that word inclusion. and inclusion meaning. Can we get more and can we get all of our students to have opportunities to have access to our career um classes that are going to lead them to say, "Wow, I think I want to go follow this profession in college and beyond or
078go directly to the workforce in this career field." Much different than what I when I was in high school where it was basically military or college. Um, so again, a shining star on the district already with that. Why are these CT adjustments being made? So, what we're trying to do obviously is attach all of our students the opportunities like we talked about. That's first, no matter what. Number two is we're trying to make adjustments. It's not a state forced adjustment. It's a central union high school district adjustment. And the state holds the districts accountable for what they're doing in their pathways. and beyond with what's called the dashboard. This is an example in a second here of a metric that's hard to see anywhere you're sitting. I apologize. Um the goal is to increase our
079comp uh completion rates in our district while exposing more students to those hands-on learning and fulfilling career prepared metrics which are the things we're seeing here. This slide again is too small and I tried to large but you know how that goes with the slides. Um the group that we're looking at here total group is our seniors from previous year and that is one over 1,000 seniors in our two in our three schools I should say. So if we look real close at the bottom and this isn't a key um slide compared to the next one but it says the percentage of students from that cohort of over a thousand seniors in our district. How many completed one pathway? That's the two courses regardless of what pathway it is. And then it goes into the
080right, which we're going to delve into in a second, the percentage of those groups, those student subgroups like our English learners and our students with disabilities and our foster youth um and our long-term English learners. So, those aren't as high when it comes to completion rates. the dashboard I referred to. Here's an example of what those subgroups we just talked about. Long-term, homeless, students with disability, and our English learners. You can see some of those subgroups are in the yellow, meaning we're there's some connection, but it's not green or blue because there's only a certain percent that are considered um uh career prepared through this through these metrics. So our goal through our LCAP and it's already been established and stakeholder driven is to improve on these metrics starting with what's most important having the
081student in the class and then all this uh well I don't want to be disrespectful like call it mumbo jumbo but this these metrics follow. So is it studentbased these metrics will naturally follow. So what we're trying to do is simple. We're trying to follow our LCAP goals. LCAP goal three and LCAP goal one. And those are simply, if you just didn't read every word, simply to attach the offerings to those subgroups that are students that maybe need a little push, maybe need a little bit of motivation and confidence to get them into those groups and to those pathways. So that LCAP goal one and three. And then that's still not clear enough. Just like any kind of communication, how do we um handle the logistics of this? Because all of our schools are run
082by hardworking people, but every human communicates with different people at different times. So, how do we keep our messages as clear as we can so it doesn't get a misunderstanding or someone feels like they're being, you know, overlooked? And that's not what we want in our district. The pathway courses that I've just spoken about are not electives. They fall into A through G, meaning our biomed, our a FFA courses, those all qualify under the D category for college readiness courses A through G. Graphic arts falls under art, not an elective. And the computer class falls under math. You get math C credit. Um, the FFA diploma takes four years to attain. And I put that up there because in no way are we going to disrupt what it takes for our students to earn the
083A FFA diploma. That's a little bit of a um a different uh measurement and that's four years. So I put that there not to forget to say there's nothing that's going to affect our students that are trying to attain that prestigious diploma. Uh one pathway, this is the key, one pathway qualifies for dashboard completion rates. A second will be a duplicate. So if Dave Farc is completes one pathway, I'm counted accounted for, which is awesome because I loved every minute of the pathway. But if I went into another pathway because I'm interested and hopefully there's space available and I get in it. Even if I do an A+ job, I still won't help the dashboard because I'm just another Dave times two, right? So I completed two, but the measurement is only the first time
084I completed. there's no second chance to to up it, right? Um calculated and communicated implementation is always tricky. That's what we're trying to do. One example at the grassroots to get this thing squared away is ensuring our 11th graders coming into next school year are starting in the concentrator courses. That means success and then their senior year the complete um the completer courses, right? they complete and then we recycle. We we bring in the new group, right? So, f focusing on those 11th graders next year is how we avoid inconsistencies or spaces that could have been filled because we made too many adjustments. So, we want to be clear, probably clearer than this presentation by now, but clear on how we um communicate with our counselors, with our school admin, even with our teachers uh
085when it comes to our egg path or our CTE pathways. How do we connect as many juniors as possible so that they could become completers? Now, what if I already said I even though Dave loves CTE, he's already in a pathway, pathway number two, I'm not going to count when I complete, but I love my pathway and I'd love to complete it, right? I've already attained an A in my concentrator first year. So, the plan would be to find a way space available to continue that pathway and not say you've already taken one year, that's good enough. No, we want you to complete it if you've already started it. This is kind of a work in progress uh like most things are when you try to make changes. So, continuing the pathways based on our
086space available and not starting up a new pathway until what? Until we bring in those first starters as juniors and then say, "Okay, it's the end of the first couple days of school. We still have this many seats available. let's go through our counseling department and grab on to the rest of them that wanted to because we don't want to have a half a room of students. So that's where the duplication is okay. Um and then staffing and facilities. These um these um pathways are run with funding, different kinds of funding. Um staffing I learned in this superintendent role is interesting because you can't just go pick up like all respect to substitutes. We need everyone we can get. But it's not the same where you just can hire somebody that could be credentialed to
087be a substitute teacher. You have to find somebody that has that work experience in that field and they're willing to decide, I'm not working in the field anymore. I'm going to be working at a high school, which most of our teachers love. But you kind of have to, it's one of those uh umh comments about cart before the horse. You might have to start with the teacher of interest. It's kind of like what we did with our barber and beauty. We had a barber uh incredible instructor that has his own barber academy and he was willing to start with us as a teacher instead of the opposite. You have a position you know you want but then who applies? It's it's a tricky balance. So we try our best and then the facilities is another
088tough one. We've done a great job of adjusting um um enhancing but there's only so much space at our schools and you know how long it takes to make buildings and everything like that. So, that's a little bit more of the details of what's behind the scenes with trying to figure these things out. I think that's the end of the slides. I thought I had one more wrap-up, but I guess I didn't. So, hopefully that wasn't too lengthy. I will turn even though it's a report, I will turn to the board for any kind of clarifications because there's always something that slips through when we when we try to talk through stuff. I had a question. Yes, ma'am. Well, then again, are you going to be forcing students that don't want to if they're ELD
089students or special ed students and if they don't want to go into a pathway, are you going to force them to a pathway? What was that slide? I think slide two I said we're going to try to direct but no one's going to get grabbed by the ear because now personally I went to the counselor. Yeah. And I asked about my son's classes. Correct. They said no. Take two egg and I guess is four. So he's not allowed to take the medical terminology classes, the med classes. So they're telling him, you're taking art and weight training, right? Weight training. He's going to be burned out. When he's in football, he's going to have weight training, basketball, weight training. So then art a mechanics will cover art. But why would he start his med classes in
090junior year when it's also they start sophomore year? Well, junior year is the adjustment to get this thing, especially in some pathways and and at our Southwest school especially getting them um making that adjustment so that we can have completers from the juniors. If a pathway starts the sophomore year, it would be very similar, but it would be for for someone that hasn't started that pathway. Do we have enough space? And if the answer is yes, then heck yeah, we're going to get them into the pathway. So it's really about how do we approach the students you just explained if they don't want to we don't force them but we want to encourage because they might be shy or there might not be I don't know how to qualify or maybe I need to talk
091more with my counselor but for students that are a based that finished their pathways or going for that diploma and there's space available then we don't want to have an empty chair we would rather have a student in that. So as far as u anybody being forced like that's the least of our problems. We're more concerned with making sure we have a equitable approach to who we can u guide as young people into these pathways and then also not saying you already started a pathway get out. That's not what we're trying to do or there's seats available. Why wouldn't we want a student to have an egg experience and a bio med experience as well? So My understanding this is just now happening. This is we are trying to work towards next year so we
092don't have another year of data that shows not so great. Right? So that's what we're trying to do. We're not trying to completely reinvent the wheel and just have chaos or misunderstandings on that. We're trying but we also know kind of like getting on an airplane. We want to get the A boarding group in first because they haven't had a chance to be on the airplane yet. I just made that up. That's right now how to establish this. We're working on the logistics and the communication and um we um we met with teachers and and I think we're making progress on those kind of questions. Y it's a work in progress. It's important work. Yes. Important work. And it's nice to be held accountable on metrics, but it's also nice to be accountable when you
093walk around like we talked about at the school and you go into the classrooms and you see, you know, everybody having opportunities and never walking into the half half full classroom that doesn't make sense. It's like this is pretty awesome. Why is it half full? We don't want to have to ask that question. So, we're trying to clean up as a team and we have multiple counselors and it's taken a little bit of time, but I think we're on the cusp of something that isn't going to be that drastic, but it also is going to be very important and and powerful. Any questions? Mr. Tarz, did you have any? No, I'm fine. Okay. All right, everyone. That ends my report. Next time I'll stay in the chair and I'll keep it a little shorter. But
094I appreciate you listening to something important and I think the more we talk through and stay on the main reasons, the better it is for uh implementation. Okay, President. Thank you, Dr. Farcus. Okay, now item number 13, special ed program showcase. Mr. Okmpo, it's all yours. So good evening board members staff and parents and anybody. Um it's going to be an overview of our special education our data services and our goals. presentation. Um, mine is going to be not short, but I think it's going to be medium because I think I have a little bit more slides. Um, and I also have two of my colleagues who are going to be also presenting a little bit what we're doing, you know, in our programs. Um, introductions to special education are. So, our district is dedicated
095to supporting all students through equitable access to education, special education services, and ensure that students with diverse learning need to receive the instruction, support, and opportunities necessary for academic and social success. Um, that is our goal, you know, you know, as a district and as a a department because we're not a department. We're a service, you know, because first, our students are genet students, you know. I think that it's kind of been, you know, over and over that many times, you know, they think that special education is kind of like its own entity, but in reality, we are a a service. We're not a department. Um, so just to clarify that. So the total uh population for special education currently in our districts is 559 students. Uh at Southwest, we have 251, which is 45%,
096Central has 280 students, which is 50% of our population. has 17 which is three Mount Solo has 16 which is 3%. So that represents 14% of our total district enrollment you know in special education the main uh disability categories that we have there I highlighted you know the main ones where we have the most it's other health impaired which is 20% which is 112 students districtwide when we're talking about other health impaired we're talking about students who have as an example you know that's the majority where we have most of our students in that disability. Um then we have specific learning disabilities which is 49% which is 272 students and then this one is the one that has been um increasing you know every year autism we're at 18% American students and as you can
097see there's others there um we have more this year because as you guys know um well our board and We just had a new program transferred. Um, our moderate, you know, severe students are now part of our district. So, there's more disabilities in in our categories as a district, you know, because of our ESN students. So, what are the programs that we have currently? You know, we have inclass support, you know, uh, this year we started with co-eing um, at both schools at Central and at Southwest with co- teaching in algebra one. We do offer also pushing which means that our instructional aids do go into the some of the you know regular classes to support our students in the classes. Um we do have you know several you know programs. We have our mild
098moderate courses uh which is our basic and essential classes. These are for our you know what used to be called RSP or SDC. And then we do do have a tips class uh which is for our students who are fully mainstream in gen ed you know you know we have a support class for them. And then we have what we call ESN you know, we don't call them anymore to severe. I mean, they still use it, but it's more it's it's labeled ESN, which is extensive support needs. I mean, that is the official name of it. So, um so we have those classes. Um what we have currently, you know, to support all of these students, you know, we do have, you know, um support staff, you know, in our mate, we have 17 teachers.
099Our superior teachers, we have five, you know, across the district and behavioral assistance. These are the ones that came to us this year. We have 16 of those in both schools. Uh we do have also 26 instructional assistants. Um we have five schools school psychologists, one district nurse, uh two health technicians, and an office work. Our district initiatives and goals to increase our LE which is our least restricted environment where all mild moderate students will be 80% in general education classes with support from staff you know which is our cushion increasing our co-eing sections um and we want to continue to support our co-eing teams with PD and common release time to do brief and prep we will be adding this this coming year uh co teaching sections in English 10 11 and geometry we
100currently like I said before We have co teaching this year in algebra one. Uh we also want to continue to support our son students to be more inclusive in other classes such as art, music or any other course in which the students can flourish with support. Uh this year we added unifi for our ESN students uh to continue to support this course. You know we want our students um you know and our PE teachers you know to be supported. Um unified is to be a gened class because we have general education students you know supporting you know our students. So it is that is our genet you know class for our students there. So we have an opportunity to have other unified courses in other areas for our ESN students. I mean like we could
101have a a u unified art music you know where we have genetic kit you know students helping and supporting you know our students. Uh that's one of the things that you know we started the last And I'm going to give credit to people who need to give credit. Mrs. Abaka back there, even though you know sometimes she doesn't get enough credit and I'm gonna give her credit. I don't give her enough credit, but you know, she's been a u I would say probably a a a light handle at Centraling the ESM program because she's really supported, you know, those students back there um and try to get the genet teachers like in music, in art, um and some of the math classes, you know, take some of the students in there. So, I mean, I
102just gonna want to recognize you that Alicia. So, thank you. I mean, that we're we want to replicate that at Southwest, too. So, our next, you know, also we're also doing peers and I'm going to have Dr. Va and Naomi Martinez, these are two of our school psychologist at Central do a little brief presentation um of what they're doing with peers. It is a program especially, you know, who have autism, who have challenging issues such as, you know, social skills. Um, but I'm not going to take their credit because they've been doing this this whole year. Yeah. So, um, while she's working on that, we'll go ahead and get started. Um, so I'm Dr. Rivera. psychologist at Central High School and psychologist and I have been working together as coaches for our peers group. Um
103it's a program developed by UCLA and it's specifically designed to help students um neurodyiverent students um develop social skills, communication skills, conflict resolution skills. a very highly effective program that's research based. And so, um, we have actually worked in collaboration with some of our other staff members and colleagues, um, to, um, have both a pull out type of, um, model for our students where they come to us once a week for 30 minutes and we do our lessons. And then we also have staff that's doing push in with our classes and some of our other special education classes. They go in and they Um, so we're trying to offer it in multiple ways. Um, and so we just kind of wanted to talk to you a little bit about what that's about because we've been
104seeing really great things happen with our students are loving it. Um, [Music] so a little bit of the skills that we help our students with. um youth. Uh they all have different skills and so we adapt each lesson to their needs and um abilities. And some of the skills that we teach or we talk about is social communication, social awareness, understanding social cues, social engagement, um peer entry attempts, so social um coition and friendship quality. And so one of the things that we see a lot with our students with ADHD is a lot of peer rejection and that can really interfere with mental health success and things like that. So some of the things that um our students are more at risk for are one being depression um anxiety loneliness substance abuse poor academic performance
105withdraw from school and then also suicidal ideation And we also highlight the importance of friendships because friends are very important in our lives, right? Since we're very young, we depend a lot on these people that we call friends and we talk to them about um how friendships predict later adjustment in life as adults. Um friendships can buffer the impact of stressful life events. Um it correlates positively with self-esteem. It helps you feel better about yourself and it helps um also gain more independence as you grow older in life. Um and it correlates negatively with depression and anxiety. My colleague mentioned it helps with these feelings of internalizing emotions. And I've actually read that students on the spectrum are pretty, you know, alarming. Um, so our students do have, you know, those risk factors, um, such
106as having difficulties with navigating social interactions that can make them more likely to be bullied, um, having fewer friendships and then lesser support in general. Um, but know that friendship is a protective factor. That's one of the highest um the most strongest protective factors having so we mentioned neurodyiversity earlier in our presentation. So what this means is that we all have different ways of thinking and different ways of learning and we adapt our lessons to the way that our students learn and we don't treat it as a class. So we have a student that was engaging a lot of behaviors, walking around, walking to the trash can type of behaviors. Um, but we we learned that giving him a coloring page, you know, allowed him to stay on task. He's very task oriented. So, um,
107students color and they're we realize that they're still paying attention. And we're over here with our presentation, they seem like they're maybe they're not paying attention, but when we ask them the questions, they they know the answers. and we um we have discussions with them and they're um also coloring at the same time and um again we don't treat it as a class. We allow for that neurodyiversity to be um highlighted and also respected in our Exactly. And so um we do follow certain steps. So we use ecologically valid social skills such as highlighting socially helpful behavior and risky behavior. We talk about the different steps on how to handle friendships and also how to manage conflict and rejection. They're broken down into very concrete parts and we make sure that everyone knows that this
108is this program is a choice, right? So we're not forcing anything on anyone. Um, and we want them to we want their we also talk to the students about how to initiate friendships, how to initiate conversations. Um, and these are some of the topics that we cover. Um, finding and choosing friends, um, conversational skills like having a cover story or when you're about to start a conversation with someone. Um, those conversations. You don't just walk away from the person where you say, "Bye. See you tomorrow." Um, appropriate use of humor. Um, good sportsmanship or when you're playing a game and you might lose, how to handle that. And also get togethers, get togethers that they might have with families or outside of school. And they really um build their own friendships in our group now
109where they'll ask each other about, you know, things that they shared in group or they'll ask they know hardship, they'll ask how do you feel today or how do you feel about what happened? So, it's really nice to see that that they're building those connections. And lastly, um it really focuses also on managing conflict and rejection. Um so, this ranges from handling disagreements to what happens if I have a bad reputation? How do I how can I salvage that again? Right? And there's a series of steps that that you follow. I use this all the time, not just with my students, but you know, with them, too. It's like these are really good skills actually that can actually benefit from. Um, so talking about handling direct bullying such as teasing, physical bullying and cyber bullying
110is a big indirect form of bullying that we also talk about. Um, and then rumors and so um this is all done by our um teaching and then also we have And then there also role play videos and we do interactions with students try to practice some of these skills with it as well. Um so it's it's been an awesome program and we look forward to continuing it in our district and expanding even more. Um so does anybody have any questions? So it's available to all grade levels. Yes. Yes. Right now it's for students that have an IP that are in special education, but we've talked about possibly opening that up a bit more to our students as well for next year. So to end my presentation, so every child has a different learning style
111and pace. is unique and not only capable of learning but also people succeeding. Inclusion is not bringing people into what already exists. It is making a new space a better space for everyone. So thank you for my presentation. Any questions? Yeah, Mr. Okmpo, can you send us that link so maybe we could Yeah. Yeah. Well, it was working fine, but I don't know. I think when it transitioned from Google Slide to it kind of broke, but yeah. Okay, I can send. All right. Thank you. So, I wanted to know by the time this next school year, when is that the new teachers are going to get um do they receive the kids IEPs from the theater school you're talking about or from where? Like the new ninth graders are going to 10th. When do their
112new teachers get those IEPs so they could work with the students? So, usually we try to, you know, start explaining the month, you know, towards, you know, um the end of the school year or we start doing it like in July. So, we have their cases. So when they start they already know who who's going to be their students. And can you send the teachers also all the staffs reminders these kids have an ID to get respected? Okay. Okay. Thank you. So uh any other questions now to wrap up you know it's not a presentation but it's an invitation um because we want to continue to support our students. This is an invitation for a talent show, a prom, and a graduation. The first one has the wrong date because they had to reschedule it
113because of ICO, you know, remoding the parking lot, but it is a it's May 19th at 9:00 at IBC. Thank you. So, our ESM students, they're going to be participating the the class from Central in a talent show. CC um dancing and singing. The second one is that um we're having a countywide prom for our ESN students. It's going to be held in Klexico at the high school. Um so our students are are going to be attending that and not only our seniors but all students. Um it's from 10 to 1 o'clock on May 22nd and uh and the graduation for our ESN students. And the reason we're having it in the library uh because our students in ESN they are very sensitive to sometimes to a lot of noise if we have it let's
114say in the theater or out in the field. Um so we're trying to keep it you know small. Uh it's going to be in the library. We're going to decorate those you know the collaboration room in the back you know for our families. So, I'm hope you guys can attend. You know, we've already invited Dr. Park and, you know, and other members, you know, there at this school on that one. It's May 29th at 2 2 p.m. in the library of Southwest. This one on May 22nd in Colleexico. It's in Kico. That's their prom, but where? It's at the Klexico High School in the gym. In the gym. And this one says, this one, it says secret. He says they didn't update the the flyer, but it it is on May 19th at 9:00 at
115IBC. May 19. Yeah. They had to cancel it and then change, you know, venues because of the parking lot at IC at 9:00 a.m. Yeah. At IBCC, which is on water, I want to say right next to the elementary. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Okay, let's go to public comment session. At this time, the board of trustees will hear comments, presentations, or requests on matters listed on this agenda. The board will not respond to any public comments directly. Speakers are requested to give their Oh, I'm sorry, Jeff. I'm sorry I skipped over you and you've been standing there the whole time saying let's go Sandy. So I apologize. Public comment will have to wait maybe another 10 minutes. All right. Sorry. Sorry Marcy. Iologize for what we'll architect update project delivery timeline.
116So I will have Mr. Jimmy Sanders up and so we're glad to report that we officially were approved by DSA or stamped out as they say April 30th we have our DSA approval letter. So that's one of the pros to the delivery method that we're proposing is that during the process for us to come back with a guaranteed maximum price changes by this partner contractor part of our team we're able to get those changes approved on the fly construction team so any other additional changes that are recommended by the contractctor be able to do those processes. Um, so I'm trying to be talking about our into a little bit more into detail and also our schedule of courseification process every provide best value procedures and guidelines for our projected best value contract negotiation. So, okay.
117So, you'll see a couple key dates there. April 24. So we advertise on the local newspaper also on the district website. Um also we have a couple key dates on there. We had a nonmandatory meeting. basically myself, Marcy, Jeff and our project team condesc Everything was at the local newspaper website. We had participants participate also more selection with that being said. 23 questions. Any general contractors question members along with questions. June 10 for us to review. When that selection gets done, we're at district on June 12 and qualified contractor. It was actually very nice to see all the people that participated. But we also We're looking forward to your patience and it's a lot but it's very interesting and it's nice I'm excited to bring this project. Thank you. [Applause] No, you got the purple
118speedo, right? I will not commit to anything like that. My wife I think I think Cammy would love it. Who knows? Okay, just checking. All right, thank you. Okay, now we're ready for public comment. I apologize for that. So, at this time, the board of trustees will hear comments, presentations, and requests on matters listed on this agenda. The board will not respond to any public comments directly. Speakers are requested to give their names and addresses. Time limit for speakers, three minutes. The board shall limit the total time for public input on each item to 20 minutes. The board reserves the right to limit presentations and this meeting is being recorded. So, Trustee Espinosa, do we have anybody for public comments on the agenda? Yes, ma'am. We have Sarah commenting on agenda item number four. Okay.
119Thank you. Is that green line? Yeah. All your business. Let me know. to to speak on my game. Um I wanted to share my story. Um the backstory of of the high school, the game, and how I was able to get here. Um, so I have my boards up here. Um, so starting off with the idea, I started I came up with this game in the summer of 2024, uh, when I was just 16 years old. I, um, we I had I always loved playing board games with my family and with my friends. And one game in specific that we would always play a lot was the game of life, if anyone's heard of that game. And so I always remember liking that game. It started from college, however, and then up to retirement. And
120I always felt like there's other stages of life that there is in and we need to to recognize, you know, there's other stages in life that there's also that are important also. And I think the developmental stage in high school is was really important to focus on. And um that's why I decided to make high school the game because I wanted to make something that was relatable and fun and that spoke on really the the the purpose of my game. So, um I created so I I once I had this idea right I started making the game. So I came up with the actual um this the actual game aspect the um within two days and then um um two months of summer vacation, I was able to design everything. I came up with a
121board design I drew digitally and then I also designed the cards with with my friends and um I had some friends help me write some of the cards and I just I I spent a lot of time on this and it was really um fun to make this and then um and again this game I just made this for fun. That's another never expected this to become a thing. So, I um manufactured one and then start. So, then I I found the manufacturer and then um I got it made I got my game and then I started to play with my friends and they all really loved it and I was really happy. So then um I brought it one day to school because we had no day um no homework left. It was finals
122day. So I brought it to school and happens to be that there were some school officials there and they were visiting by and they saw the game and they started asking me questions about it and then I I was caught off guard because I didn't I wasn't thinking that I was going to get attention for something like this and then um next thing goes to the other end their support ends up becoming something real and I end up and and at this point I've been able to create a business off of this and I've been able to actually publish game. Um, I I first went to a lawyer and I got the my game trademarked and I was able to um and we've been working with um the Small Business Development Center, SBDC um to
123create my my business and have and it's all filed and everything. And um at this point I've been working also with um with Shopify and I've been selling through there and I've been um and so far I have sold 50 copies um within just three months of business and 20 of those meanings to Central Union High School. And I really appreciate all this um attention that I that has received and really um it's all goes down to the purpose of the game. the purpose of the game. So in the game PE students go through different parts of high school and whether that be decision making or relationships and classes and it all comes down to what the currency is which I which I remember with the game of life it was it's money and what
124I wanted to focus on was changing that to happiness and I changed that to happiness because I felt like the real succeed in life is not through um it's not through through money. It's through happiness and through the happier you are in life is the more you succeed in life. And that's when I um what my purpose of my game is to focus on the mental health on of of students is is important. And so I really um wanted to focus on that. And so the game of the game at the end is the person who graduates with the most happiness. with the most happiness tokens. There's like little tokens that um that come and play. And so the point of the game basically is in the end is to to be the happiest and
125to be make good decisions. And I think that this is really important to help um both um like students, parents, educators, really everyone to to learn more about what the high school experience is now and what students are going through and facing and all in in a very fun way where students enjoy it as well. And um and I've gotten a lot of positive feedback and I'm really happy that I've been able to share this with so many people and I can and I hope to continue to share this and spread this message to um in this game to as many people as possible, as many um students and parents and especially schools as possible. [Applause] At this time, the board of trustees will hear comments, presentations, or requests on matters not listed on this
126agenda or other topics that are not on the agenda but are within the board's jurisdiction. The board will not public comments directly. Speakers are requested to give their names and addresses. Time limit for speakers uh is three minutes. The board shall limit the total time for public input on each item to 10 minutes. The board reserves the right to limit presentations. This meeting is being recorded. Trust I don't have any written papers for non-aggenda items. Okay, we'll go ahead to consent agenda items. Um, approval of the agenda. Um, before we do that, um, Trustee Ell asked that we pull um consent item number seven for further review and to bring back to the June 10th board me board meeting. Uh, and that is the approval of designation of the CIF representative to link. So, we're
127going to go ahead and pull item seven and then um we'll go ahead and ask for approval of the agenda. Do I have a motion to approve the agenda as presented? Pulling item number seven. I'll make the motion to approve the agenda. Okay. Do we have a second? A second. Um all in favor? Any opposed? Miss Ella, would you like to say something about that? Yeah. Um, I'm asking that we table that because there's lots more information about the CIF membership and there's some issues. Actually, there's been a federal case against CIF in California and there's um just there's some legal issues. I really feel like we need going on and what's going to be happening before we make a decision concerning this CI. Okay. And I just want to assure people that we do
128have the timeline. There is a timeline on it to the 27th. We're not trying to put the district at risk, but we definitely want to make a decision that we know is is right and correct. So, we're just going to take time to investigate. Thank you. So, we're going to go on down to That was the agenda. Now, superintendent recommends approval of all consent agend agenda items as presented number seven. Okay. Do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda items as presented? I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda items as presented. Okay. Do we have a second? All in favor? Any opposed? Okay. Action item, approval of personnel report. The board is requested to approve the May 2025 personnel report as presented. Do I have a motion to approve the personnel
129report? I'll make a motion to approve the personnel report for May 2025. Okay. Do I have a second? A second. Okay. All in favor? I. Any opposed? Number two, approval of revised job description and title for information technology offer officer formerly computer network engineer. Um, and before um I'd like to ask uh Dr. for some um modifications to that position for that would be necessary for the change. Yes, our modifications are based on the uh job descriptions needed for this position of a global approach. As you know from our hat demonstration here, we have aquatic center, we have new buildings and every time that happens, we have to infrastructure set up. So this position similar to what Caesar did so in in great ways for our district has to be expansive. It has to be
130cyber security based. It has to be facility based. So revising and modernizing the job description to really fit what we're looking for. questions. Okay. The board has requested to approve attached job description title change for the position of computer network engineer and information technology officer to be approved management conf. So do I have a motion to make that approval? I'll make the motion. Have a second. Second. All in favor? I. Any opposed? Okay. Item read, item number three, the second reading of proposed revisions to board policies as presented. Um uh Trustee Elllet has asked for us to uh the second reading with the except to approve the second reading with the exception of AR 5141-6 and she'd like further review on that. Okay, you got it. So, uh, we'll go ahead and, um, make a
131recommendation to, uh, approve the second reading, uh, provisions to the board policies with the exception of AR5141-6. And that is for further review. Do I have a motion? Make a motion. I'll second. Um, all those in favor? I I any opposed. Okay. Uh number four, adoption of resolution 051325-24 proclaiming the month of May as mental health matters month. Superintendent uh recommends that the board of trustees adopt resolution 051325-24 proclaiming the month of May as mental health matters month. Do I have a motion? I'll make a motion. And a second. Second. And this is a roll call vote. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Thank you. Number five, adoption of resolution 051325-25 declaring May 1st as principal's day. Superintendent recommends that the board of trustees adopt resolution number 051325-25 declaring May 1st, 2025 as principal's day. Do
132I have a motion to approve that? I move that we make the adoption of declaring principles day. Do we have a second? A second. And this is a roll call vote. Yes. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Congratulations, principal at Desert. Um, adoption of resolution 051325-26 declaring May 6th, 2025 as National Teachers Appreciation Day and May 14th, 20 as California Day of the Teacher. Superintendent recommends that the board of trustees adopt resolution 051325-26 declaring May 6 as National Teacher Appreciation Day and May 14th, 2025 as California Day of the Teacher. Do I have a motion to approve that? I'll make the motion. I'll second. Once again, it is a roll call vote. Yes. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. On number seven, adoption of resolution 051325-25 declaring May 7th, it's my husband's birthday, as National School Nurse
133Day. Superintendent recommends that the board of trustees adopt resolution number 051325-27 declaring May 7th, 2025 as National School Nurse Day. Do I have a motion? I'll make the motion and a second. A second. Roll call vote. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Item number eight, adoption resolution 051325-28 proclaiming the week of May 18th through May 24th, 25 as classif classified school employees week. Superintendent recommends that the board of trustees adopt resolution 051325-28 proclaiming the week of May 18th through the 24th as classified school employees week. Do we have a motion? Motion. I'll second. I knew you. And it is a roll call vote. Yes. Yes. Thank you. Item nine, adoption of resolution 051325-29 proclaiming the month of May 2025 as AsianAmerican and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The superintendent recommends that the board of
134trustees adopt adopt resolution number 051325-29 proclaiming the month of May 2025 as Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Do I have a motion? I'll make a motion. We have a second. A second. A roll call vote. Yes. Yes. Thank you. Item number 10, public hearing regarding the district intent to close Mount Signal Virtual Academy located at 1010001 Brighton Avenue, Trainer 25 El Central California. Uh redistribute students currently attending Mount Sigma Virtual Academy to other school sites, specifically Central Union High School and Southwest High School. It's a project. So I need to open up public comment on that. Okay, we'll close the public comment and Dr. Farcus, can you give a little more information on this? I sure can, Madam President. Um that goes back to the why and the what kind of questions and what
135we're trying to accomplish is to and signal is a official school obviously successful and also accredited. So there's a process when you are um I guess the word would be I use dissolving but what we're really doing is re um transferring uh our students to back to their home schools which would be central and southwest dissolving the Mount Signal as a school but still offering the exact same services based out of those two high schools with the same exact staff when it comes to the teachers and also offering counseling and other support through the school itself. This connects our students even more to their school if they were to be interested in staying after school for a club that might meet one day a week or hopefully if they're interested in coming back to school
136on a regular basis the following year having that onramp transition. We met with the entire staff at Mount Signal. Um they were wonderful and understanding and through any challenges and questions and then um reassured everyone that their positions in our district including our classified positions so no one's losing any um of their of their assign their position there will be one assignment change for classified but still maintaining the employment um and then yes on Monday we met with the uh parents and students that wanted to come to the district office and talk through the process uh that went really well I did appcate attendance. We had uh about 12 people and we reassured them that there's really not going to be a lot of adjustments other than you'll be a Spartan or an Eagle and
137then you would still be in the program if you would desired because you have been a Mount Signal student already. Um this process is how you go about when you have a school for whatever reason is closing and you have to reassure various stakeholders including staff and parents what you're going to do as an assurance and the assurance is that we're going to have long-term independent study at our two comprehensive high schools and so the other two schools or three will absorb the staff that's already not correct. We're going to the counseling team would then enter one of the two sites and become a counselor there. But then our signal students that go to those sites for independent study would still have that counselor attached by alphabet. Adoption uh resolution of board of trustees of
138Central Union High School District approving the closure of Mount Signal Virtual Academy, finding the closure of Mount Signal Virtual Academy exempt from the California Environmental Act Quality Act, and approving the filing and recording of a notice of exemption. Resolution number 051325-30 approving the closure of Mount Signal Virtual Academy. finding the closure of Mount Signal Virtual Academy exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act and approving the filing and recording of a notice of exemption. So, the superintendent recommends approval of resolution 051325-30, approving the closure of Mount Signal Virtual Academy and finding the closure of Mount Signal Virtual Academy exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act, and approving the filing and recording of a not as presented. Do I have a motion to approve? I move. So move. I'll second. And this is a roll call vote.
139Yes. Thank you. Okay. On to item 11. ECSA and CSEA comments. Do we have uh anybody here from ESCA? Okay, how about from CSCA? Okay, at this time we will go back to close session. Okay, reporting back from close session and there were no action taken. Thank you. This meeting is adjourned at 10:19 p.m. Thank you.