001All right. Good evening. It is September 18th and it is 6:32 I think 6:36 and we'll go ahead and return from close session. All board members are present. And I also like to weather welcome Heather Rosselli as our student rep. And we'll get to her in just a few minutes. uh report of action taken on closed session items. There was nothing to report and that'll take us to the pledge of allegiance. Dr. Kim, >> thank you, President Peterson. It is great seeing everyone tonight and it's great back being in session. Uh, as we have become accustomed to, we have Glenn Oak Elementary providing their night to shine. And they're going to start first with uh, Miss Sharon Greavves introducing the uh, pledge of allegiance uh, student representative. Miss Greavves. >> Good evening everyone. I see
002it really is Glenn Oak night here at the board. We're excited to see Miss Reli here, a former Glenn Oak student. And now I'd like to um thank you for having me tonight to present our students and our community partners. So, good evening uh board president Mr. Peterson, Vice President Dr. Aguilar, and all of our trustees. To all those in attendance, thank you for welcoming us from Glenn Oak to share about our students and our community partners. Our flag salute tonight will be led by Miss Leah Alvarado. Come on up, Leah. Let me share a little about Leah. Today we're proud to have Leah, a fifth grader from Mrs. Shedletki and Mrs. Wiseman's class leading us in the flag salute. Leah is a truly dedicated student and she shows us all what it means to
003set goals and work hard to achieve them. Each trimester, I have the honor of welcoming Leah to the podium to receive multiple awards for her hard work and her dedication as a scholar. As a sister and mentor, Leah is remarkable. According to her family, she's patient and kind and enjoys coaching and supporting her younger sister Lena with math, spelling, reading, and dance. Leah has learned to balance her love of academics for a with a passion for dance, a skill that requires incredible discipline. She puts in great effort year round, showcasing her talent every summer at the Bonita Center for the Arts. Leah is skilled at both jazz and hiphop. And I'm wondering, do you think Blank, look out at this crowd, you think you got something to teach us? No. Speaking for myself, I think
004I'd take a lot more than one night to teach. Um, her kindness and helping others and her love of learning have inspired Leah to set her greatest and highest goal yet. One day, Leah wants to become like her amazing mother, a teacher. A goal that we uh are excited to applaud and encourage you, Leah, to pursue. We have no doubt that with your determination, you will achieve that and so much more. So, without further ado, please welcome Leah Alvarado. [Applause] Good. Good evening everyone. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. >> Put your right hands over your heart. Ready? Begin. I pledge aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Will you
005may please take your seats. >> Well done. >> Okay, Leah and family. Leah and family, come on up. This is your opportunity. The board has something to present you with and we'd love a photo op. Congratulations. Thank you. [Applause] Miss Greaves, if you can continue on with your superstar student and then your partner in education, please. >> Very good. Tonight, we honor a student who exemplifies the power of transformation. Please join me in welcoming Israel Viegas. Israel. Israel when he was younger faced some challenges and he recognizes that he was spending time with friends who were making some not the best choices. But with immense courage and support from his parents, Israel decided to alter his path. Quite a mature step for a young scholar. Israel's parents helped guided guide him with a mix of
006earned rewards and clear consequences. And Israel credits them for helping him turn things around. He now says, "I like hanging with my friends. We really care about other people." And I can tell you that we've seen the change. Recently, during a basketball game, Israel took a position of courage and leadership. When a student fell to the ground, some students kept playing. But when the ball came to Israel, he stopped cold. He pointed everyone to the student on the ground and the crowd shifted to a posture of help and caring. The student was assisted and was able to recover. The game resumed. Not many students have the boldness to challenge others to stop and do the right thing. But that's Israel. Israel's growth has been remarkable. His mother notes that he's matured significantly and a major
007part of his journey has been his involvement in sports. He's become an all-star baseball player and a select player in soccer, showing a new focus and determination. At home, he's a caring and supportive older brother, acting as a nurturing role model for his two younger sisters. his family and all of us at Glenn Oak are incredibly proud of the person of character that Israel Viegas has become. We are honored to recognize Israel tonight as our star student. [Applause] What do you got here? [Music] Congratulations. [Applause] >> Congratulations. Okay, we are on to our community partners. >> I'm so excited tonight to introduce you to two amazing crossing guards who are the first and last friendly faces many of our students see each day. They are truly Glenn Oak's community partners. I'm going to start with
008Michelle Fiser. Michelle, will you come on up? Michelle has a fascinating career journey. From a time at Hughes Aerospace to her work at Barnes & Noble. In every role, Michelle has looked for opportunities to learn, grow, and mentor others, which makes her perfectly suited to guide the next generation as our crossing guard. But Relle's dedication goes far beyond directing traffic. During a recent accident near the school, Michelle calmly worked with police and fire to ensure that students crossed safely. She kept them calm and out of harm's way. She even has taken it upon herself to learn Spanish so she can connect more deeply with our students and their families. A true example of someone going the extra mile. And Michelle, I may be soliciting your help because my Spanish is mo. Um, Michelle's generosity doesn't
009stop at the crossrock. She regularly collects and donates items for students in need. At a recent bingo game, she pledged to donate half of her winnings to buy school supplies for kids and inspired others to join her in giving. Relle is pushing her senior crowd from bingo to backpacks. Last year, I witnessed a moment that perfectly captured Relle's impact. One of our really challenging students was at Relle's crosswalk. And that morning, I witnessed as that student made a connection with Relle. They were laughing together. They were smiling. And I saw that genuine connection, that genuine care that changes lives. At that moment, I realized Michelle is one of those adults who can truly reach students and model what kindness, respect, and caring look like in action. Michelle says, "I see potential in every single scholar,
010and we see the difference you make every day." And just a little secret, if you ever try to rush across our crosswalk, don't bother. Relle has an uncanny ability to make even the fastest runners slow down and make a connection with her. She offers that smile before they move on. Thank you, Michelle. It is an honor to recognize you as Glenn Oak's community partner. We're so fortunate to have you as a part of our community and a role model for all of us. Thank you. [Applause] Yes, we have. I have one more. Today we're honored to recognize someone who makes a difference for our Eagles. our crossing guard, Mario Caldera. Come on up, Mario. [Applause] Mario's story is one of service, heart, and community. Before joining us, Mario worked as a parallegal in Woodland Hills.
011The work was meaningful, but not always fulfilling. There was a lot of arguing, I hear, and stressful situations. Mario began to feel a pull towards something different, something more to connected to people and the joy he finds outside. Around the same time, he returned to the area to care for his now 95year-old mother, 95year-old mother, a decision that says a lot about the kind of person that Mario is. When he saw a job posting for Crossing Guard, he thought about his love for kids, his love for community, and like the Nike ad says, he thought, "Just do it." Since then, Mario has been a friendly, welcoming face, greeting students and families early in the morning and at the end of the day. He loves being outside, interacting with people, and encouraging our students as they
012begin their day. Mario even reminds kids that they get to choose to have a good day. His positive energy is contagious. But Mario's connection to our school goes beyond the crosswalk. He visits classrooms every year talking about what it means to be a community helper. Um, Mrs. Canning always remarks about how much students enjoy meeting him and learning about who he is and why he does what he does. Outside of school, Mario and his partner of 21 25 years, Irma, enjoy salsa dancing, a passion that keeps them active and having fun, and ready to be out there on the crosswalk. Mario says he was inspired by neighbors in his own childhood who cared for him, looked out for others, and now he strives to be that same kind of role model for our Eagles. Mario
013often says that we are his third family and we think it's safe to say the feeling is very much mutual. We are grateful for the safety, joy, and community spirit that Mario brings every day and shares with our Eagle families and our entire community. So, Mario Caldera, >> thank you. Okay, that's going to take us to our student representative report. And we'd like to welcome Heather Oselli from Charter Oak High School. And we also have Kimria Williams from Arrow, but she's not here today because she's ill. But Heather, will you start off by telling us a little bit about yourself, please? Hello. My name is Heather Rosselli and I have been a part of the Charter Oak Unified School District for 13 years and have been a student at Charter Oak High School for all
014four years. During my time, I have served in ASB for four years, and I'm serving my second term as a school's financial director. Along with being a part of ASB, I'm a two sport athlete for Flag Football, where I serve as a varsity floater and JB captain, along with being a varsity golfer for three consecutive years. Along with these external feats, on campus, I serve as a vice president for Gateway to College, an active member of Key Club, and the assistant photographer for the choir department. I pride myself most in academics where I've taken a total of seven IB and AP courses all while maintaining a 4.0 GPA. I'm so grateful for this opportunity and I look forward to seeing what the year will hold. Thank you. [Applause] >> Okay, Heather, now you're up for
015your report. >> All right. >> Thank you. This year at Charter Oak, >> this year at Charter Oak, it's been an exciting and energetic start to the school year. We've launched this year with the rooted to rise theme where the focus on helping students grow, get rooted, and rise both academically and through extracurricular opportunities. We kick things off with our back to school luau held on the day before school. It was our best turnout yet and a great way to build community engagement. One of the most memorable moments for our school this year was our football team's game at the Sofi Stadium against Upland High School. It was an unforgettable experience. The school organized Rooter buses to transport our band, athletes, and over 100 students to cheer on our Chargers. The support was incredible and
016the energy was electric. We followed that with an amazing tailgate event at our first home game where the Chargers pulled off a thrilling 34 to 33 win in the final minute with a touchdown by CJ Alcron, Senior. We also just wrapped up our spirit week for the rally which included one of the best night rallies we've ever had and we announced our homecoming court there. We're especially proud to recognize senior Nash Flores who is named a semi- finalist in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship program. Less than 1% of high school seniors nationwide are in this distinction and Nash qualified for this because he perfect in the arts. Senior Micah Kawasaki earned third place in the Pomona Valley Art Association's Young Artist Show with her beautiful painting displayed in Claremont at the Huge Center. Our theater
017department is a hard at work preparing for their upcoming production of Irving Belling's Holiday Inn, the musical, and we're excited to see it come to life on stage. Along with that, we have our choir department performing tonight at the middle school for their fall showcase and they will be performing in the candlelight ceremony at Disneyland later this year. And finally, this week we're celebrating college week where we've had college presentations, IB and AP information sessions, and a special visit from Senator Susan Rubio, who spoke with our senior government and economics classes earlier today. And we want to thank you all for the support for the students and programs. And we're off to a strong start and excited for everything this year has in store. >> All right, thank you, Heather, and welcome. That'll take us
018to our RO report. Mr. Rose. [Music] >> Oh, I'm sorry. Do you got >> Do you got the other report? >> Yeah. >> All right. Yeah. >> Okay. >> All right. Glenn is off to a stellar start. Teachers and the care team are making a huge difference by connecting with students every morning. It's truly amazing to see how Glenn staff prioritizes the well-being of every student. The care team greets students with a warm welcome as they enter campus and Glenoke educators continue that warmth with a greeting at the classroom door. This focus on caring for the child first and then the school the scholar within is what makes every eagle feel welcome and cared for. Care team members visit classrooms every day to offer support. Mr. Ryz, community schools program specialist and Mrs. Ashford counselor
019offers students breaks, social and emotional tools and resources and counseling services. Glennok's behavior intervention specialist, Miss Ako, is in classrooms providing support, encouragement, and help with student engagement throughout the day. You've heard it said, "Students don't care how much you know until they know how much you care." Glenn's entire team is dedicated to showing students just how much we care. Mastering math is also a type top priority at Glennoke. Educators are focused on providing high-quality math instruction and resources to help every student succeed. Glenn recently dedicated a professional development minimum day to studying Common Core and I Ready sources. This training led by two of Glenn's teachers providing staff with new tools and strategies to meet the diverse needs of their students. By using I Ready Diagnostics, students are also setting their own reading and
020math goals with fun incentives for reaching those goals, including the cherished extra recess for students who reach their weekly math goals. Glenok is on target to make great gains in math this year and we're excited to watch our students learn, grow, and succeed. >> Thank you, Heather. All right, Mr. Rose. RO report. >> Thank you, Mr. President. First of all, I want to thank board the board for um supporting funding for the RO program at the last board meeting to support the RO. there appreciated your support 100% support for our program RP. Um at the last board meeting we talked about an audience report that show the budget how we doing the next two or three years. The RP budget is different than our budget by the way through through um um what do you
021what do you you call that through the fees and grants and that that will allow us to continue to provide classes for students who apply there. It was really good report. It looks good. And the report al um I also want to say that that last board meeting they were talking about different program and different high school and the variety of programs provided to the student there program and walnut chart oak bow. I mean, they're a fantastic program. They're very active in teacher enthusiastic, and I'm telling the board that um they're they're ready to move on to the next school year. Looking forward to that. And and the next meeting will be in the middle of October. That you Peterson. >> Thank you, Mr. Rose. Uh takes us to item nine, superintendent report. Dr. Kim,
022>> thank you, President Peterson. Uh board of trustees, it's great uh seeing you all again this evening. Uh for my report, I'd like to first start off with just uh just sharing good news that's happening in our classrooms. We're a little over one month into the school year, and it really is neat to see uh students uh staff, certificated uh teachers and support staff, classified staff, administrators really expressing the theme that we started off this year, which is uh this is home. That you are you are students that belong here. your staff that are welcome here. You are people that we need here to make sure that we have a vibrant community and you see this in the work that's happening in our classrooms. Uh I've been really impressed by just through site visits the
023meaningful connections that our adults are making in and out of the classroom. I've been impressed by the realworld experiences that our students are being exposed to. Uh Heather pointed out Senator Rubio coming and visiting our schools and our government classes and talking about what government looks like and how students can get involved in their in in their civic um uh expression of their civic responsibility. Uh we've had classroom visits where we've seen real life uh demonstrations of math, probability, and statistics. We've seen classrooms in elementary schools where teachers are explaining different roles that social scientists play, anthropologists and political scientists and and sociologists. And that's just really impressive that these are deep connections to learning that students are making. And the last thing I think I want to point out as it relates to the
024learning is how we are allowing students to express their voice. And again, this is demonstrated in the classroom. This is demonstrated outside the classroom. and just um just making brief commentary with uh President Peterson how impressive students like Heather Heather is. I mean, just being able to articulate uh their learning, their expression, and their their experiences at school. So, just really proud of the work that's happening in our school sites. Uh if I can update also this board on the action plan, the work that's uh in place or in process as it relates to making sure that we are meeting one of the pillars of our success which is fiscal responsibility and I pointed out at our last meeting that we have some work to do that we are in um a budget where we
025have to identify nearly $3 million in reductions over the next couple years. And that is work that we intend on doing. That is work that we're proud of doing that we've done in terms of identifying reductions over the last several years primarily through really utilizing enrollmentbased staffing procedures and formulas. Uh we're allowing things like attrition to take its course in terms of uh really analyzing must we rehire a position if we've had a retirement. Uh operational efficiencies, right? and really living leaner in in these current times. And we're experiencing these times as a reminder because of declining enrollment. We're experiencing these times because we are not receiving the types of state and federal funds that we've received before. And so, we've had to make do with what we have right now. And again, I'm impressed
026with what our staff is able to accomplish with our current funds. I want to report that we are convening a budget advisory committee in the near weeks and we will work with all walks of life from our certificate and classified staff. We'll work with parents, we'll work with students to gather input and feedback so that we can maintain a fiscal stability and provide feedback on the ongoing work ahead. Lastly, if I could just report out, uh the uh Charter Ed Foundation is having a fundraiser. Uh it is also a celebration of Spaghetti Eddies in Glendora. their 40th anniversary. And what that will entail next Monday is a contest uh a very competitive contest between myself and the superintendent of Glendor Unified, Dr. Degrazia. And it's going to be a spaghetti eating contest. And I just
027want to make note to this board and to the public that Dr. Gazia has no chance and uh I'm going to win. So with that, that concludes my report. All right. Thank you, Dr. Kim. Uh that takes us to item 12, presentations. Dr. Kim. >> All right. I'd like to uh have uh our chief business officer, Miss Krill Brford, prepare for what's become um as part of the annual budget cycle, and she'll explain that. Uh the first step is closing out the 2425 books. and so what's referred to as the unodudited actuals and I will turn it over to Miss Brford please. >> Thank you Dr. Kim. Good evening board president Peterson, Vice President Dr. Aguilar, members, staff and community. Tonight I'm pleased to present to you the 2425 unudited actuals report. The presentation and
028recommended approval are an ED code requirement. The unodudited actuals is the reporting of all the financial activities for the fiscal year that seeks to quantify the actual revenues and expenditures. But more importantly, this is used to update the beginning fund balance of the 2526 adopted budget that was previously approved in June of this year. Before I get into the numbers, I really want to extend my appreciation to Nikki, my new fiscal services director. Nikki did a wonderful job of getting all the necessary entries into the financial system to close the books and generate the required report. Okay, so this slide is really just an overview, a graphic of the budget cycle that the district goes through. And so we are currently at the un audited actuals report which is due this month September 15th. Um
029we previously adopted the budget and the LCAP in June of this year and also there is a revised adopted budget within 45 days of the governor's approval of the state budget. This year there weren't any significant changes and therefore we did not need to adjust the budget. Oh, thank you. Okay, so this next slide is an overview of the general fund. This is the unrestricted side of the general fund. And so what we look at, we make a comparison between the estimated actuals which was done in June while we were presenting the adopted budget and we compare that to the unodudited actuals which we just completed. And so we looked at the variance to see how far off we we ended the year. And looking at our revenues, we were estimating approximately 47.3 million and
030we the actuals turn out to be 48.6 which is an increase in revenues of 1.2. 2 million. We also look at our expenditures and we were estimating 51.6 million. We ended up spending 51.2 which means we spent just a little bit lower than we expected. 355,000 lower. This is also good for us. It means that we didn't spend all that we projected to spend. So therefore we show some savings and the variance of change is very small. looking at the restricted side of the books. Again, this is a general fund, but you know, we have a lot of categorical programs. Our special education is also on this side of the books. And so, we estimated 34.9 million. We ended with 34.8. So, just a little bit under what we estimated. Our restricted expenditures was projected
031to be 39.5 million. We ended the year spending 36.4. Again, this is a huge gap of 3.1 million, but it's a restricted side. We have a lot of categorical programs that do allow carryovers and so the variance doesn't really matter on this side of the books because they're allowed to have those carryovers. This slide really shows just a big picture of the fund balances throughout the fiscal year. As you know, we we have different cycles of the budget. We look at the adopted budget, the first interim, second estimated actuals, and now the actuals. And just doing a comparison, we started out with 8.3 million, which was approximately 10% in reserves. At the first interim, we had a very low projection. Again, it's a a picture in time. It's based on the spending. It's based on
032projections. But by the second interim with more adjustments and and more closely looking at the books, we're able to revise that balance to 4.9 million. We estimated 1 4.1 million, but we ended up with 5.7, which is higher than we had estimated. Again, that's good for our fund balance. And so we see that we've ended the books with 6.55%. Clearly, we are spending down our reserves. We started out with 8.3 and now we're at 5.7. This next slide is big picture that shows the multi-year projection. This was presented at the adopted budget and as I stated earlier, the unodudited actuals updates the fund balance at this point in time. And so looking at our beginning fund balance for the 2526 adopted budget, we were estimating 4.1 million as the beginning fund balance. We're now updating
033that with the 5.7 that we ended with the unodited actuals. It's also important to note that we've deficit spent 2.6 million. Those are the actuals. So we've spent 2.6 more in expenditures than our revenues coming in. Looking at our adopted 2526, we've updated that and so we've seen a little bit more in our fund balance after the 3% reserves. We do have some carryovers in our supplemental and concentration fund, which is our LCAP. And we also still set aside that 1.1 million for the 1% negotiated salary increase, which we're currently working to update the books. And after all of that, we do have 1.5 million which will be a part of our fiscal stabilization plan. Our 26 27 year shows that we are deficit spending 1.9. However, the fund balances increased from 4.7 to 6.3,
034but overall we seeing a little over 600,000 as additional revenues or fund balance that we can continue to use to stabilize the budget. Our 2728 also shows a small deficit spending, but it's key to note that in 25 for the 2526, a current year that we are transferring $2.5 million from our special reserve fund fund 17 in order for us to balance the budget. We also built in to our 2627 and 2728 those reductions that Dr. Kim spoke about. Um, we're looking at 1.5 million reductions. it's actually built into the budget and another 1.2 that's built into the 2728 year in order for us to balance the budget. We also have other funds, other operating funds that we need, we do report on and as you can see all funds are showing a positive ending
035fund balance. We have activities in our student activity fund which is our ASB, our adult fund, cafeteria fund, deferred maintenance, our developer fees and our capital projects fund as well as our child development fund. And all funds have a positive ending balance. There aren't any encroachment on the general fund. Again, that's also good for the district. Our next steps will be the first interim report. So since the adopted budget, we have not changed the budget. So we will now start working and reconciling all the expenditures, reconciling revenues and then we'll have a report in December. We'll also have the audited financial report. The auditors will be with us next month to conduct the final audit for the 2425 fiscal year and we will have that report sometime in December or January. That's my report. I'd
036be happy to take your questions. >> Any questions? questions comment that uh thank you for the report and you and your new staff at Crystal >> Nico Mickey okay thank you you two for the job go down this and I thank Dr. for bringing up your report indicating we need to be more proactive in this budget. My final comment is that this board is truly interesting to have all stakeholder involved in this so that we can really work together to balance our budget in the next two three years. This board really emphasized we need involve all stakeholders from the top and bottom that we can work together to solve this problem and we could do it. >> Back to you Peterson. >> Thank you Mr. Rose. Dr. Agler. >> Thank you. Thank you Mrs. Brford
037for the presentation. Um it's always great news when you know the conservative budgeting plays out and we see that in the actuals we have an increase in revenue uh beyond what we projected and even additionally a decrease in expenditures to a certain degree. I was wondering if you could provide some examples of where we saw some of those increases in revenue or decreases in expenditure from the time that we had our last uh interim before uh looking at the actuals. So for the revenues, looking back on the details, I did recognize that we received some additional revenues in our interest earned and some of those are from the categorical programs, but they do put that into the unrestricted. So throughout the year, we weren't capturing it, but it does show up at the end of
038the year because those are from the restricted side of the books. And so because we had quite a bit of categorical programs, we did earn quite a bit of revenues on that interest. >> Okay. >> Um the expenditure is really small. So, it's kind of difficult for me to point out, especially in the unrestricted side, we only underspent by 355,000. So, it could be, you know, expenditures that weren't projected out for the whole year or expenditures that are considered one time. And so, some of those could have been maybe stipens or, you know, small expenditures that didn't come to fruition. It's mainly budgeted, but not necessarily means that you'll spend it all. So at that dollar amount, it could be just small budgets that just happened, you know, throughout the year periodically and it wasn't
039necessarily a full year's budget. >> Great. Thank you. Uh, additionally, we have also on slide six looking at our, you know, currently adopted budget, recently adopted budget for 2526 as well as the next two out years. Um, and with the reductions built in, we do see a trend towards a balanced budget in the sense of getting closer to having more of a a zeroed out net increase decrease year-over-year. Um, obviously that would be the goal is to see that reach that point or potentially even have a structural surplus of some sort, but that would then also require for those reductions to be largely in ongoing areas, right? Right. I mean, they couldn't be reductions in one time, otherwise any other ongoing expenditures would result in returning to a structural deficit. Correct. >> Correct. >> Okay.
040Thank you, >> Miss McGuire. >> Thank you so much for your report. And I just wanted to uh double tap. Uh you said 1.5 million in reductions for next year and then 1.2 million for the following year. So totaling approximately $2.7 million. And that's That's what we need to do to get this outlook. >> Yes. Correct. >> Thank you. >> I just want to say thank you to you and your team for not only giving us the report but being proactive and and getting us to a position that we can deal with. So, thank you very much. >> You're welcome. >> Okay, that'll take us to public comments. And as a reminder, uh, three minutes per 20 minutes per topic. And the first one would be Christian >> Barentos. Banantos. Well, good evening, uh, board
041and board president. Um, I stand in representation of a nonprofit organization named Justice for Youth. And we we exist to mentor at Promise communities and to develop people, scholars, and leaders. And we approach this program on campus um, specifically Arrow High School to re-engage students quickly um, to give back into their academic journey. We provide social and emotional and also academic support to our students. And we want to just simply just express our gratitude for uh you guys allowing us to be on that campus because we know how much the need is and this community and surrounding communities as well. And the reason why we do this is because I was one of those youngsters that had a very hard time in school and graduated with the skin in my teeth. And so we just
042want to say thank you. And we know that this program works because I'm a product of it. And so we just want to say thank you for allowing us to be at Arrol High School as we've seen a dramatic difference in the way that um mentors like David and his student are here and seeing just the whole you know change that is happening specifically at Arrow High School. So thank you. >> Thank you sir. >> And that'll bring us to David Melendez and Dylan Arian. Yes. Hello. The name is David. I'm the mentor at Arrow High School and I just came here to say like to thank you guys for allowing me to stick back into the campus. Uh I was there last year throughout the entire journey. This is one of my students that
043I actually met at Chardo High School and I've been connecting with him even when he transferred to Arrow High School and I just want to say again a huge congrats cuz this is something that I wish I had when I was in high school. Um, I went through a rough time growing up and I never had anybody that I could talk to. Like I'm not sure how it was uh with your guys', but with my family, we never really had discussions like these, topics like these uh regarding, you know, feelings u certain certain topics like responsibility, those type of things. And so to be able to be here and stand here in front of you guys and no less with a student of mine, it just brings, you know, like warmth to my heart. And
044so I I'll let my student right here just introduce him introduce himself real quick. Say a little something. >> I'm Dylan Orion. I went to Charter Oak. I missed a lot of days. And he had helped me. I started going to school more often. He told me that Arrow can help me catch up. I went to Arrow. I started going to school. I I started doing better. Thank you guys. That'll bring us to Mr. Montes. >> I have first >> uh technology, please. Okay. Oopsy daisy. All right. Before I get started, I want to say thank you to Lori Mali, executive assistant to the superintendent of Charter Oak Unified School District. Thank you for all you do. I want to say Carell Bradford. Thanks for all your kindness and great management skills. Chief Business Officer.
045And now I'll get started. Okay. So, um basically, uh what's M call it? We keep having these new positions uh and they keep uh getting uh more money created, you know. So, I just want to mention that to the honorable board members. Um so, let me tell you what I have on technology. Uh first of all, I just want to thank Eric and his team for all they do for the district. Information technology assistant, instructional technology assessment tech, information systems technician, information systems data specialist, information systems technician, network specialist, and information systems technician lead. These staff employees are fighting viruses, bad emails, and just protecting Charter Oak webpage. Let us thank our web masters for letting us know if it's a bad email or just spam or you just been hacked. These technicians have been
046battling broken laptops, laptops that just don't have it in them anymore. These technicians clean up computers, making them safe for the next wave of children and ready to use safely. These technicians jump on a moment's notice to help the teacher out immediately with their computer or Prometheian board. The technology doesn't stop here. It keeps getting updated. Larger larger screens and more demanding workloads for our technicians. After negotiations, if you find extra cash, please give them a one-time bonus. I know what they're worth. Do you know what they're worth? Board members. >> Thank you, sir. You can go ahead and stay up there if you like. >> Second one. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Second one. Uh, honorable board members. Um, first of all, we have two people running the warehouse. I've seen both of these guys
047in action. I've seen them deliver books in the summer, white paper during each year, each pallet to each school site. As the workloads and custodial orders get bigger, these two guys fill orders and keep a good stock when there's money when there's money for them to order. We all know there is a cut off date where you can't order. These two guys unload trucks with large trailers at MO. These two guys deliver trays and food. They keep the cafeterias going and deliver special carts to some schools to keep food warm. Most of all, they keep the mail service moving in our district from inner district service to board members mail. They deliver payroll checks to special orders of furniture which are sometimes not put in together such as cabinets and rolling desk and office chairs
048that need to be put together. I would like to ask the board members to recognize Alex and Steve. If you find extra cash after negotiations, please give these two guys a stipen to keep Charter going. Thank you. >> Thank you, sir. >> All right. uh bring us to Christina Austria. >> Hi, my name is Christina Austria. Thank you for having me here. I'm here to speak on behalf of Lexi Benta. She has had a lot of things happen to her because of the special education department. You didn't include her parents in the educational planning by unilaterally changing her behavior and intervention to planned ignoring. You refused to assess her for autism when requested and also did not give parents prior written notice when you would not assess for autism. This district makes the job of
049being a parent to a special needs child harder than it should be. Thank you very much for listening. >> Thank you. Lisa Brute >> Brit. Okay. >> Good. Good evening. My name is Lisa Britt. I did not appreciate John Raymond calling me and question me about my son acting like I lied about my son graduating high school while being homeschooled. I have his um actual certificate of We had to dig that out of my mom's, you know. So, if anybody wants to see because where Oh, cuz you did ask for that, right? >> No, >> you did. I promise. I promise. Um, we did dig it out because we're really proud cuz I didn't go to school to be a teacher, but we did have to teach him because we wanted him to graduate and
050I had um to remove my son from school to enable him to learn. This school district has a history of failing our children with disabilities that you should know about. I have other family members that were pulled and I have custody right now of my granddaughter. She will be homeschooled. Um I am learning how to teach her right now. She's at preschool um age. But I hope Lexi Benta gets what she needs so she could have a good future and to make it easier for her parents as well. Thank you. >> Thank you, ma'am. >> Iris Ambrego. >> Good evening. I am a social worker and I'm here to support Lexi. I am concerned with le Lexi was was not was moved into a restricted placement that excluded her from general education kids before trying
051more behavioral interventions with her. You gave up and transfer her into C's social emotional class and then to a non-public school where she was assaulted. Worse, once you place her at the nonpublic school, you forgot about her for months. There was no 30-day interimm IEP and no one was even implementing Lexi's Charter Oak IEP. Your special education director called me and was very arrogant to me and also some of other parents. I will tell a parent, if you have a kid with disability, you need to you need an attorney to deal with this. Thank you. Thank you. Teresa Buntain. Hi, I'm Teresa Bunt. I have had several children come through the Charter Oak District. What happened to us and Lexi should not happen to anyone, but here are the cliff notes. Lexi was not given
052adequate behavior interventions. Instead of giving her appropriate behavior services, her team just kept moving her into more restrictive placements, violating the least restrictive environment mandate, requiring kids to be educated with non-disabled peers to the maximum extent possible. The district cut wrap services just when she started making progress. Your special ed director had her going to school for only three hours a day and then took two months to place her into our own self classroom. Why? I also found out from talking to others that they have never been told by a special education director to be careful of using the words like regression. Bullying has no place in special education. [Applause] Michael Bentine. >> Hi, good evening. Thank you for letting me speak. I am Michael Benta, Lexis's father. Um, I'm here just to reiterate the
053issues we've had with the special education department. I have a few children with IEPs and there are multiple other children that the special education department has also failed. My child has lost a lot of her educational pro process progress due to this um charter school district special ed department and something has to be done. We've been in the school district for 30 plus years. Thank you for letting me talk. Tony Wingslow. >> Hi, I'm Tony Whittings Low. You put my boy in the wrong summer school class and he wasted part of his summer. I did not have a good experience with the special education department at Charter Oak. I know from my experiences having a being a parent with a kid with an IEP is harder than it should be. A parent should not need
054an attorney to get an appropriate education at our district. And I'm definitely here for Lexi Pentaging [Applause] board. I'm here for Lexi Bontaine because she was denied an appropriate education for too long. Your special education director called me and questioned me on the phone. Here's how special education department failed her. You did not give her appropriate behavior intervention services. You removed her wraparound services when she began to show progress. You refused to allow her to attend school for a full day and made her parents pick her up at 11:00 a.m. You moved her into even increasingly restrictive placements without access to any general education. Kids without offering her more behavior intervention excluding her. Your team unletterly changed her behavior intervention plan and used plan ignoring which escalated Lexi and caused her to begin to distrust
055teachers. You did this without telling her parents. You moved her into a horrific county placement and instead of convening an IEP in 30 days, which is the law, you waited almost 3 months while she was assaulted and no one carried out her IEP. I could go on, but there is a time limit. Please help our disabled kids. Thank you. [Applause] >> Thank you, Jose Ferrer. Jose. >> How do you say your last name, sir? >> Ferrer. >> Ferrare. Okay. Thank you. >> Good evening. Uh, board. I I am here to support Alexis. Alexi, you are not getting the full story of spe special special education under John Raymond. This child was denied the services she needed for years. You you had her going to school for three hours a day only at one point. It
056took your staff months to get a referral and placement to your own self school. Thank you. >> Thank you. Hi, my name is Ariselli. I have a child with disabilities and I am here to support Lexi. John Raymond called me after I spoke last month and he wanted to know if I had a child in this district. I told him I lived in Whittier. He sounded sarcastic with me when he said, "But you don't have a child in the district." It seemed like he was trying to diminish what I said. His tone was belittling and he did not even try to understand. I wanted him to understand parents of children with disabilities need collaboration. We don't need our schools to give us more obstacles than we already have. We need to work together. He ended
057by sarcastically saying, "If there's anything I can help you with, I will." But he didn't mean it. [Music] >> Thank you. >> He does not want to help. He does. He does want the control. Please help our children with disabilities. Parents don't need more adversities. We need to partner for our children's sake. >> Thank you. [Applause] And then I'll bring us to Mr. Portillo. [Music] My advocacy is about government fairness. As you the administrators see the highlights. This is regards to years ago certificated teachers would not return from lunch and left the two remaining teachers with 70 to1 40 to1 I mean excuse me 140. And nobody wants to admit where they went but it's understood where they went. they went to the high school. So in that letter, these types of activities are the
058things that everyone ignores and doesn't want to talk about. Move down. I believe the situation Julie, a certificated instructor in that program, described of being left alone with 70 students occurs. This is very important. It has not been approved by any means. Julie Bach Harrison who is now a senior administrator of Coina Valley. I believe she's doctorate uh running the education department test. Julie's testimony of the Charter Oak Unified School District Governing Board complained that certificated instructors of Royal Oak Middle School, known as Dawn and Roger, abandon the workplace assignment by not returning from lunch break. This occurred daily, every day between December through November. This occurred for approximately 5 years. The violation. This is a violation of the labor agreement between Charter Oak Unified District and the certificated employees. The documentation of Dawn and
059Roger not returning from the classroom lunch break has not been approved by no means according to administrators. This act of employing an employee abandoning assigned workplace and falsifying payroll are felony counts of conspiracy to make commit grand theft. Felony count felony count of grand theft under California Penal Code 182A1 and Penal Code 487A. I demand the following questions be answered. Did an inquiry exist take place regarding the abandonment of class by these two instructors? If yes, please provide the findings of the investigation. The certificate employees who abandon the workplace that they receive f full pay although not in the classroom. This is wrongful and I gave it only to the administrators because I will continue on this advocacy. Okay, it is a good night. I apologize, but your children are going through. >> Okay, that'll
060take us to item 14, discussion, board policy revisions, and it's a first reading. Uh and as a reminder, first reading provides suggest is to provide suggestions, recommendations for staff as needed. First reading for board policy 3550, food services child nutrition program. Board policy 3551, food service operations cafeteria fund. Board policy 3553, free and reduced price meals. Board policy 3554, other food sales. Board policy 4030 non-discrimination and employment. Board policy 4040 employee use of technology. Board policy 5147.27 food allergies special dietary needs. And board bylaw 9011 dis disclosure of confidential privileged information. Any discussion? >> Oh yeah. Thank you Mr. Rose. Nice save. Well, it's just a >> Yeah, it's just a discussion, but thank you. >> Any any any discussion on it? >> Yes, ma'am. >> I just have a clarifying question. The disclosure of
061confidential and privileged information. Uh do we know what the update is? >> Or can you share? I know you know. >> Yeah. Give give me a moment here. I'll pull it up. Uh just uh general information that just really emphasizes the points around the confidentiality related to close session matters. uh the language just um I think there's structural things and organization that makes it a little bit more seamless to read um as compared to the prior um narrative um format that it had. I think it elicits it more in a uh specific examples. Right? So it also clarifies um uh what is information considered confidential. It clarifies uh the government codes associated to um what is not considered um confidential as well as um components of what would occur if there was a violation of
062uh confidential material. >> Mr. Rose, >> thank you Dr. Kim and staff for bringing this up and looking forward to see more um update with all the other board policy. Thank you. >> All right. Um anything further on this, >> Mr. Thank you. Yeah, I had a few questions. We had several board bylaws um being revised around the areas of food service, free and reduced price meals, other food sales. There seem to be some redundant language between the bylaws. Is that by design? Is that anything that we look at for efficiency or um you know removing any kind of redundant language between the separate bylaws? >> Um Carl, you have an opinion on that one with regards to the um language perhaps some that seem redundant in the uh food services areas. >> And when
063I say redundant also for clarification um I think some paragraphs are nearly verbatim. I mean referencing other bylaws sometimes in that case. So I just was wanting clarification on whether that's necessary or not. >> Right. I am not too clear on the specific ones but maybe there do seem to be crossovers because they have different types of food programs and so maybe that's why you see a like almost like a duplicate that they do cross over. I think it it just depends on where the funding is coming from, whether it's a state or the federal and if it's a breakfast program versus a lunch program. So maybe there is some overlaps between the different programs. >> Um also, so in the new updated bylaws, it refers to students being provided their school meals at no
064cost. Uh which is a result of funding that's received from the state to be able to provide that. Um, so with this type of language being entered into Charter Oak District Board bylaws, in the event that the state did not fund meals, then how does this updated language then apply? >> Well, I would think that CSBA would be able to capture some of that and then recommend an update to the policy at that time. >> So that would require another update at that time if that were to change. >> Correct. And I presume that update would have to occur before implementation essentially, right? Because any standing bylaws we would have to adhere to, >> right? >> Yes. >> Uh and then um I really appreciate a lot of the language that's in these food related
065bylaws. Um they do emphasize the importance of uh nutritionally adequate meals specifically uh ones that include fresh fruits and vegetables uh minimally processed sustainable foods which are locally grown or produced. Um so I kind of just want to say I'm glad to see that being entered into the board bylaw. I think that's important to have that uh specified. Um, I was wondering if the board might also or what the board thinks about maybe including um socially or culturally sensitive food offerings as well where appropriate or you know being able to provide priority to that those types of offerings. >> I think that's something that our food departments always exploring because they want kids to actually explore different cultures. um we are diverse and so the department actually does look at that and they'll do surveys
066with students. They'll actually test out different food types because the director did mention that she was looking to explore different cultures. So that's always something that they have as an option to share out with students. So I think and it may be somewhat a formality of sorts but to really kind of codify that practice um you know not that there is any language of shall or must but as we see already in here to kind of prioritize certain types of offerings such as minimally processed sustainable foods uh being able to also give priority to adding some of that language if that's something we might want to consider doing. >> We can review that as well and determine an appropriate place to input that. I think that's it would essentially codify a practice that we have
067already which again is also a great thing for our community. >> Yeah, that's was brought up at the board study session that she she does that regularly. >> Yeah, >> memorialize that would be good. >> It would be great to yeah include the language agree with Dr. Agular >> and um that's all for me. Thank you, >> Miss Flores. Anything else on that? All right, that'll take us to uh P the PLA project labor agreement. Uh and I will um Mr. President, I I want to I want to correct my error when I said I move the motion. It was always wrong. It was a discussion. >> I apologize for >> jumping in the head. No worries kind of thing. >> I appreciate you looking out for me though. Thank you, sir. No worries. >>
068I apologize. >> It's all good. Dr. Kim. >> All right. Um, we've had a discussion around this topic perhaps about a year, a little over a year ago around project labor agreements. And I think there's an interest from this board to uh re-engage in just a discussion around it. We've invited uh a part uh a partner with the firm or Orbach Huff and Henderson, Mr. Glenn Gold, who's been uh incredibly uh um supportive of educating us and did so last time and uh we invited him back so that he can remind us about what a project labor agreement is, perhaps give some general um lack of better words, pros and cons that's cited in literature uh around uh project labor agreements, and most importantly just answer questions from this board around PLA's and uh uh
069just promote that discussion that we're hoping for. So Mr. please, if you don't mind. >> Thank you very much, Dr. Kim. Good evening, uh, board members. Um, yes, I was here. You probably don't remember, but it was at least a year ago that we uh I did a PowerPoint presentation for you on uh and we discussed project labor agreements, pros and cons. This will be a quick summary of what we discussed then, just simply as a refresher. A project labor agreement is a prehire collective bargaining agreement between the various construction trades who work on district projects and contractors who will be working on district projects um and the district of course. Um the key components of any project labor agreement are all of the workers who are going to work on school district construction projects
070have to be registered with the uh pertinent union hiring hall for their trade. Um number one. Number two, all workers regardless of whether they are union workers or not are going to be hired out of the hiring halls for the respective trades. Number three, um all contractors who work on PLA covered projects, regardless of whether they are signitories to union agreements or not, um are going to be required to pay into um union benefit programs on behalf of their workers. Um so taking that last point um that last point about paying into these programs that's provided I guess some of the controversy if you will surrounding PLA's in that let's say you are a non-union contractor and you have already benefit programs for your employees that require you to contribute to them. Um, and then
071you are also, if you're going to submit a bid on a PLA covered project, also going to be required to pay into union benefit programs on behalf of those workers. Well, now when you are formulating your bid, you have to essentially uh factor in a double payment of benefits into your bid. So in the typical um bidding situation where the lowest responsive responsible bidder is awarded the work, the argument is that that non-UN contractor is at a competitive disadvantage because they have to double pay factoring that in into their bids. So they're less likely to get the work. And then the argument goes, you don't have to have an economics degree to understand that if you are limiting the bidding pool, uh you are driving up the cost of your projects. So the argument is
072that you're going to pay more because of that for those um projects because you will have a smaller bidding pool. So that's that's one of the the big cost arguments that we hear about. Uh the other cost argument is that in order to coordinate all of the the requirements on a PLA, um you need to have the district needs to have additional staff um or additional staff time to monitor that process. And of course all um that time is money. So, those are the arguments that you'll hear about um from the anti-PLA side, if you will, about the concerns with PLA's. What um the people who are in favor of PLA's will tell you is that the district gets a lot of distinct benefits from these agreements. First and foremost, they believe that the work
073performed by union workers is superior to the work that is performed by non-UN workers. That that their training, their apprenticeship programs are superior to the programs uh that non-UN workers are in and therefore the work is superior. Of course, that's an important benefit. Um, another thing that they will say is we can provide as part of these project labor agreements career technical education uh for your district students who are interested in going into the construction trades. We can uh have those students come to job fairs where they can learn about work and job opportunities in the trades. We can uh come and do inservices at your school programs. um and we can even um get them priority entrance into pre-apprenticeship programs once they graduate school. So these are of course significant benefits um of course
074at least for those districts that actually have these CTE programs that's something that they can take advantage of. Um and so and of course that you'll have no uh strikes, lockouts, things like that. you will have union peace as long as you have a PLA in in place. So, that's sort of the basic landscape of the the pros and cons of these agreements. Um, to address that problem that I referenced earlier about non-UN contractors having difficulty bidding on PLA covered projects, what we typically try to do when negotiating these agreements is to have what we would call a carveout. Meaning typically we'll set a threshold and we'll say all projects that are have a construction cost estimate of a million dollars or less are not going to be covered. How does that help? It helps
075because typically non-UN contractors are working on smaller relatively speaking smaller projects under a million dollars number one. Um so it it allows them to be able gives them the opportunity to work on those projects um where a PLA is not involved. The equity in that as the argument is typically put is those non-UN contractors are also members of your community. They've also had their uh to the if it's uh there's a bond program in place and there usually is there's a bond that is encumbering their property just like anyone else's and that fairness indicate dictates that they should have the opportunity to get um the opportunity to bid on that work um on a fair playing field for them. So that's typically what we'll try to do in that instance. So those that's really the
076overview of the key issues. There's other things of course um if we get down into it and the district wants to continue on this path, you know, we can uh talk about other issues and concerns. But that's the overview for now. I'm happy to entertain any questions that you might have. >> We have any questions, >> Miss Flores? >> I I just have more of a comment. I know we don't have any huge projects coming down the pipeline. Um, but this is something that other districts have done and I think it's important that we can tailor uh project labor agreement to support charter oak high school graduates, veterans, so we could tailor it to help support our community, help support workers in our that live in our community that reside here. So, >> yeah, >>
077that's definitely a benefit. There's one thing I I I I'd like to add just um we do it doesn't have to be part of a PLA, but it's not unusual unusual for us to include in a PLA local hiring goals. Now, you can have mandatory local hire. That's a constitutional issue. But what you can certainly do is have um goals of having, let's say, 30% or 40% of the workers on these projects be hired locally. And local, of course, is usually defined with zip codes that are within the district boundary. And then if contractors fail to meet those goals, there's some requirement that they at least demonstrate due diligence in trying to meet those goals. >> Are these would this agreement be yeartoear or is it one agreement till changes? >> Typically they're they cover
078specific bond programs meaning so so the term of the agreement is dictated by when the last project covered project under the bond is completed. And if we have no bond, >> uh I mean you can have if you have a project labor I mean there are some districts that have PL project labor agreements that are not tied to a specific bond. In those cases, um what they're covering usually is um smaller deferred maintenance projects which are not part of the bond or um but you know quite honestly the structure doesn't there's so much additional administrative overlay with PLA covered projects that if you're going to start taking these or almost always lower valued projects or CUPA projects which are even lower it just doesn't make sense and and I'm negotiating these agreements with the trade
079although typically acknowledged as much when we start talking about carveouts. >> Thank you sir. >> Any further questions? >> Got some questions. >> Okay. >> Thank you. Um so from your your recent comment then typically a PLA may be entered upon for projects that are having a floor of what type of dollar amount? I mean you mentioned carveouts under a million. So, is it fair to say that usually over a million dollar projects? That's typically the range. >> Correct. >> Um, and then what would kind of be a typical timeline at which if a district were entertaining entering into a PLA um about in terms of having a a project that is planned and identified? Usually, when in that process would a PLA negotiation take place? Typically, when we first have our clients mention PLA's
080to us, they're in the bond campaign phase. They've got a bond measure on the ballot that they're preparing for. And that's typically the time when the local trades council will approach board members and say, "Hey, here you're going out for a bond. We'd love to help you. We'll knock on doors, do other things that we can to assist." And and that's usually the time when they'll say, "And it would really be great to get a project labor agreement in place as well." So, we'll start talking about it then. Um, sometimes the agreement is put in place before the bond measure passes, but that's pretty rare. Usually we'll talk, we'll work out maybe even potential terms, but nothing gets inked until the bond measure actually passes. >> Thank you. >> Any further questions, Mr. Rose? >>
081Um, I'm right here. Hi. Uh there any exception to passing labor agreement like small you said you mentioned small business and large business but if there limit let's say the small business have a staff of 25 are they exempted from this labor agreement or that agreement cover all business all contractors? Well, it's covering contractors. Um, and it's it does cover all contractors um who are going to work on the project. Um, what I was talking about was how do you carve out work from the agreement, make an exception for the non some of the non-union contractors to make sure that they still get some of the work out of the bond. Um there's a separate issue which is small business enterprise policies and that might be what you're thinking about because we did discuss that
082last time I was here where smaller businesses get advantages in the bidding process. >> Um but that's a that's a a different matter. It's certainly related to the extent that it's another attempt to try and find some equity for our local people in this case businesses. Um sure absolutely. Any further questions? >> All right, sir. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. >> What we're looking for is some suggestions or recommendations for Dr. Kim, so we can get moving one way or the other suggestions from anyone? I mean from what we're understanding or at least what I'm understanding um you know this seems like you know the the determination of whether there are specific pros and cons is going to be you know kind of unique kind of a case by case basis um on
083particular projects on depending on how those negotiations go. So I mean I think the possibility of a project labor agreement of course therefore should kind of always be on the table if it's determined that there are more pros than there are cons or specific pros that are desired by the district or the board. Um and sounds like in that case it would be something that would occur uh if and when uh a bond were to be campaigned for or awarded or um or I should say voted upon uh and approved. So I think it's something that looks like a future matter but something that should be on the table. >> Yes ma'am. Um, in the meanwhile, I would be interested in hearing more information about um like a local hire policy for our smaller projects
084prior to uh a PLA since uh you know, we need to get that in alignment with the possibility of a bond, >> right? That's what I'm inquiring about. Additional information about that. >> Okay. So if we want to getting the PLA will hold off on right now and work on the local hiring >> till we get a timeline in case we go forward with the bond. So right now it's just premature with it. All right. Thank you. Thank you sir. >> All right. That'll take us to action items. Uh, business services 1 A1 approval of the 2425 un audited actuals. Can I get a motion? >> I'll second. >> I moved it. >> All right. >> Any discussion? >> No. >> I just want to thank Miss Bradford and and Nikki for your work and
085continuing to just be stellar. So, thank you to you and your team. Thank you. And with no further discussion, I'll call for the vote. Mr. Rose. >> Oh, student rep. Thank you. >> I know. >> Your call. >> Okay. Yeah. >> All right. Mr. Rose, >> yes. >> Mrs. Maguire, >> yes. >> Mrs. Flores, >> yes. >> Dr. Aguilar, >> yes. >> I'm also yes. Motion passes 50 with the student rep in affirm. Takes us to item number two, resolution 162425, district appropriation limits for 2526. Can I get a motion? >> I'll make the motion. >> Mr. Rose second. Dr. Agnar first. Mr. Rose second. >> Any discussion? >> No discussion. >> Discussion. No discussion. I'll call for the vote. Heather. >> Mr. Rose, >> yes. >> Mrs. Magcguire, >> yes. >> Mrs. Flores, >>
086yes. >> Dr. Aguar, >> yes. >> I'm also yes. Motion passes 50 with student rep in the affirm. Also takes us to item A3, resolution 172425, designate district authorized agents to the public to the office of public school construction. Can I get a motion? >> So moved. >> Can I get a second? >> I'll second. Any discussion? >> No discussion. I'll call for the vote. Heather, >> yes. >> Mr. Rose, >> yes. >> Mrs. McGuire, >> yes. >> Mrs. Flores, yes. >> Dr. Aguular, >> yes. >> I'm also a yes. Motion passes 50 with a student rep in the affirm. That'll take us to educational B1. It's a public hearing regarding sufficiency of instructional materials. And I'll open the public hearing now. Do we have any cards? No cards. Anyone want to speak on behalf
087of this topic? Seeing none, I'll go ahead and close the public hearing and we'll move on to resolution 132425 and certification regarding sufficiency of instruction materials. Can I get a motion? >> So moved. I got a second. >> I'll second the motion. >> Okay. Any discussion? >> I got a question. Dr. Kim, is this any way associated with the Williams Act? >> I'll let uh Dr. Mustafa answer that question. >> Thank you, Dr. Kim. Uh yes, we do this every year. We bring it to board. Uh we just so happened to be audited this year with two of our elementary schools and both schools were found sufficient in the instructional materials. >> Thank you, >> Miss Magguire. >> Is there a score higher than sufficient? >> Not to my knowledge. >> Very good. Great work,
088guys. >> And I'll go ahead and call for the vote. Heather, >> yes. >> Mr. Rose, >> yes. Miss Magguire, >> yes. >> Mrs. Flores. >> Yes. >> Dr. Aguular. >> Yes. >> I'm also a yes. Motion passes 5-0 with the student rep in the affirmative >> which will take us to human resources. >> Okay. Human resources resolution 122425 week of the school administrator. Can I get a motion? >> I'll make the motion. >> Can I get a second, Mr. Rose? >> I'll second. >> All right. We got you, sir. >> Any discussion? >> Mr. risk. >> Um I know that in the min in the district level higher level um the shortage staff and you guys been sharing that responsibility together. It really helped this district. I mean it went really smooth the first
089few week. Thankful that you Dr. Kim and all your staff there for the job well done making the school transition smooth. Keep up the good work. Any other discussion? No. I'd like to say thank you to our our administrators. Uh I know I see him regularly at the schools after hours doing all the extra work. Uh, I was actually talking to Robin last night about the same thing at the high school. Um, and it they put in so much extra time beyond the typical 7 to5 and it's greatly appreciated. Uh, our kids count on them. We count on them and it's uh, it's good that we're able to recognize them. So, with that, I'll call for the vote. Heather, >> yes. >> Mr. Rose, >> yes. Mrs. McGuire, >> yes. >> Mrs. Flores, yes. >>
090Dr. Aguular, >> yes. >> I'm also a yes. Motion passes. 5 Z. >> Okay, on this one, Heather, you're not voting. >> Actually, never mind. >> Okay, right now we're on a public I was looking at my notes here. Okay, a public hearing on the initial sunshine proposal from COUSD for Charter Oak Educators Association, COEA, for the 2425 school year. Can I get a motion? Actually, it's a public hearing. I'll go ahead and open the public hearing. Any comments, cards, discussion? Oh, with that, I'll go ahead and close the public hearing. And that'll move on to this one. You're not voting on. Okay. Acceptance of sunshine proposal from CUSD for negotiations with Charter Oak Educators Association. Can I get a motion? So moved. >> Can I get a second? >> A second. >> Any discussion?
091>> No discussion. I'll call for the vote. Heather, >> no, you're not voting on this one, am I? Mr. Rose, >> yes. >> Mrs. Maguire, >> yes. >> Mrs. Flores, >> yes. >> Dr. Agler, >> yes. >> I'm also Yes. Motion passes 5-0. That'll take us to item uh C4. Yeah, C4. provisional internship permit authorization. Can I get a motion? >> I'll move. >> Can I get a second? >> A second. >> Any discussion? >> I just want to make a comment that we have two young student teachers at Bedello Elementary, Hannah and Marissa, both of which attended Bedello, so they will hopefully come back to Charter Oak and teach here. But I just want to acknowledge the importance of the internship program. >> Okay. And with that, no further discussion. I'll call for the
092vote. Heather. >> Yes, >> Mr. Mr. Rose, >> yes. >> Miss Magguire, >> yes. >> Mrs. Flores, >> yes. >> Dr. Agular, >> yes. >> I'm also Yes. Motion passes 5-0 with the student rep in the affirmative. Takes us to item D1, CD1. Actually, D1 resolution 152425, certification of signatures. Can I get a motion? >> I'll make the motion. >> Can I get a second? >> We'll second. Uh, >> any discussion? >> Dr. Kim, just for the record, this is something that's done every year. It is done. Anytime we need to update um signitories uh to the Los Angeles County Office of Education, we're going to make sure our new fiscal director is included. >> Okay. Thank you, sir. With that, any further discussion? No discussion. I'll call for the vote. Heather, >> yes. >>
093Mr. Rose, >> yes. >> Mrs. McGuire? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Flores? >> Yes. >> Dr. Agular? >> Yes. >> I'm also a yes. Motion passes 5-0 with the student rep in the affirmative. Which takes us to item 16, the consent calendar. Does anybody want anything pulled? >> Mr. Rose, >> a board, please. >> A4. >> Contract patch support service. >> Okay. Anything else? Okay. Can I get a motion for the consent to pass consent calendar except for A4? >> So moved. Can I go a second? >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? >> I'll call for the vote. Heather, >> yes. >> Mr. Rose, >> yes. >> M. McGuire? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Flores? >> Yes. >> Dr. Agler? >> Yes. >> I'm also a yes. Motion passes 50 with student rep in the affirmative. Takes
094us to item A4, contract, public support services. Can I get a motion bring that forward? >> I may. I move. >> Okay. Can I get a second? I'll second. >> Any discussion, Mr. Rose? >> Yes. I just wanted to bring the attention to the board that this shock me this this uh um request for services to deal with our first bond measure way back in 2000s, early 2000s. I was on that board and this is shocking disappointing that we have several projects not certified with division state architects. So I'm glad that that with the UFO has it allowed this to close Pin remaining one most likely at um Oak but I also met Isel here says I want to ask question about on page five not certified project list oak elementary and will elementary school
095I'm a little confused there's seven on yeah seven not certified and you got two I don't know I'm a little confused what's seven and gillo have to do with this contract I want clarification what do we need to do >> yeah I I believe and I'm going to turn it over to Bob just to confirm that those are two projects that are specific to this project support services uh contract that we are closing out. And so uh what what Mr. Rose is pointing out is absolutely correct is that we do have outstanding projects related to the last bond of which we didn't go through the formal closeout procedures. And what that entails is making sure that we certify through this contract service or services like this with the DSA that all appropriate steps were taken
096to make sure we're follow all designs if you will. And so I really actually want to commend Carill and Bob Bob specifically because they are doing the right thing. And so we can't travel back as to why this didn't occur. There is a cost to these types of services. Obviously, you can tell with this particular contract, but uh we are scouring through every single one of our existing pieces that we are aware of. We looking back at back documentation and we're going to come and make sure that we are closing out these projects, especially as we are considering the possibility or the feasibility of a future bond. We want to make sure that all these projects are appropriately closed out so it doesn't hinder us or create a block from us pursuing future projects. I
097have a question. I believe the board back then approved the DSA to close out the project. Do you know the name the company that did this that probably did do it or do we overlook that was not done? >> I I'm trying to clear have a better understanding. >> We'd have to research some of that documentation. We can try to find and determine that. I I believe the board will be interesting to know. >> Okay. Um I mean my my comment is that um let's clo let's wrap this up and move on to the next steps. My my last question is I'd like more documents or um work contracts of all the business that involve in this noncertified pants. Thank you. Any further discussion? Okay, with that, I'll call for the vote. Heather, >> yes.
098>> Mr. Rose, >> yes. >> Miss McGuire, >> yes. >> Mrs. Flores, yes. >> Dr. Agular, >> yes. >> And I'm also Yes. Motion passes 5-0 with the student rep in the affirmative. And that would uh take us to board comments. Heather, would you like to go first? >> Um, I don't think I believe I believe I don't have any further comments. >> Okay. Thank you, Mr. Rose. just a few. I just want to welcome Heather to the board. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. And I am impressed with your compulsory and >> for the first time. I know it keep me very nervous to do this for the first time, but welcome. Uh you're part of our team. We well we will look forward to announcement in every meeting and good luck in your
099school and education. Good luck. >> Thank you very much. Yeah, I mean you're welcome. And the next thing I wanted to clean up thank you for the wonderful vegetation and the student were wonderful. Crossing guard is amazing. You have two right in my name two. >> Can you believe it? two guards and that school was like, "Wow, where the little kid?" I think there's one in front of the school across Sunflower. Where's the other one at? >> The other one is just north of the school on >> Oh, the be that near the railro track near that Sunflower and Oh, over there. >> Gotcha. >> Yeah, Mr. Peterson. Back to you. >> Oh, thank you, Mrs. Ms. Maguire. Miss, >> you're a talk show host, >> Mrs. Maguire. >> Um, um, oh, first I wanted
100to say congratulations to Nash, who I think also went to Glenn Oak and, uh, scoring a perfect score on the PST, PSAT. I don't know if you guys heard that, but that is fantastic. Um, and then the honor society accepts 1% of high school seniors. And so we have one right here at our very own Charter Oak. So that is amazing. Um, and I'm so proud of him. I wanted to thank everyone who joined us. Uh, I know everyone who has left now almost works here, but so, you know, thanks for thanks for staying. You know, you could have been anywhere else in the world, but you chose to be here with us. Um, and to everyone who came this evening, uh, I just wanted to say again that civic engagement is important and the
101social studies classes and the US government classes that we all took in elementary and middle and high school are very real and it's important that we remember those lessons in adulthood and continue to uh, civically participate in our local governments. Um, I also wanted to congratulate our football team and also myself. Um, as a sideline coach, I believe that I personally last year got that team together to get them to Sofi for that win. That that was amazing. Um, and I was really happy to be there um on the field uh volunteering my coaching services. Um and then lastly, uh it is uh college college week, I think something called go to college week. And um I think that it's important that we continue uh to leave all doors open for our students uh and
102prepare all of our students uh to get ready for college whether they decide to go or not. Uh they have that available to them for whenever they choose uh whatever they choose to do with their careers um and their lives. And so I'm happy that Charter Oak is prioritizing that for our students. Lastly, welcome Heather to the board. Um, and then as a tip, as a board member or elected official, whenever someone says, "Do you have any comments?" Have some. >> Actually, I do have one now. >> See, I want to thank you guys for always preparing students such as myself for college and getting us ready to this point. I feel like this district has very well prepared me. I know exactly where I want to go, what I want to go into, and
103I know how I need to take those steps. So, I want to thank you all for being a part of this. >> Thank you. And that concludes my topic, >> Mrs. Flores. >> Good evening, everyone. Happy Latino Heritage Month. Um, it is the month of as we celebrate Latinos. I'm proud to be the first um Latina on this board. Hopefully, not the last, but very proud of that. Um, so thank you all for your continued support. And I'm happy to report that the third Flores child that graduated from Charter Oak High School will be attending UC Santa Barbara. We're moving them in on Saturday. So, this district has supported my three, my fourth is a senior. Um, but my students have all my children have all had stellar education. So, thank you to all the
104teachers um that are here. I know Miss Hopstein, you were his teacher, so thank you. Um, but uh thank you to all our teachers, uh, everyone that supports this district. And welcome, Heather. You come in with a great smile. Thank you for your professionalism and you're going to do great. Anything that we can do to support you, just let us know. And go out and support the football team. Uh number 24, I know him pretty well. Changed his diaper. Um and number two, he's my nephew, so uh let's uh let's go Chargers. Let's go support our team. Thank you, >> Dr. Aguular. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Just don't say he changed his diaper. >> I did not. I can verify that I did not do that. >> No, I Yeah, I wasn't. No,
105I was bored. I I'm older, but I just wasn't changing his diaper. >> Um, well, Heather, Miss Rosselli, welcome again. Um, and extend that welcome. Um, it's a lot of fun being in board meetings, as you probably already can tell, uh, from your first one. So, um, we look forward to your continued engagement and your representation of your student body at Charter Oak. Um, so it's going to be a wonderful thing. Um, we had a chance to get a lot of the community together recently at the district tailgate that occurred at our first football home game. That was awesome. Uh, what a wonderful turnout. Uh, so many community members there. So many uh, students from across the district, from all the different levels, elementary, middle, high school. Um, I thought that was wonderful and great
106and a great way to celebrate and bring everyone together to kind of really kick off the school year. Um, with our awesome football team that won a very uh, tight game that night. It was really exciting. Took it down to the wire. We love that. Um, as mentioned earlier by Mr. Roselle, we have the choir fall showcase. They're performing tonight, which, you know, it's going to be a little towards the end of that performance to make it. I'll try to catch the last song if I can. Uh, and I believe they're performing as well tomorrow night um for the high school level. Is that >> That's also tonight. >> Yes. >> Oh, I'm Okay. Well, now I really need to get over there quickly. Um, so I guess I'll wrap this up. Uh, and then
107we have our Oak Tree Challenge coming up that is run by the Charter Oak Ed Foundation. you know, great partners that support our students um through a lot of fundraising and scholarships. Um so I will once again take up the mantle of representing the board. >> Uh I've registered. I'll be out there. I'd hope other registration is still open. This occurs on the morning of Saturday, September 27th. Uh you can choose to run a 5K if you like or a onem if you like. Um either way. Um and it's a really fun event. It's great. It's in the morning so it's not too hot yet. And uh we'll see the best we could do. I haven't been able to have a lot of time to train this year, so let's keep the bar low this
108year, but I'll do what we can. And uh with that, thank you very much, Mr. Peterson. >> Since you're representing us, I I plan on running or seven minute miles. So, you're on >> Oh, seven. >> No, that's you, not me. >> Oh, okay. That's my expectations. >> You're pledging for me to run this. >> Yeah, exactly. I could do that. I could do the over 60. I'm in. >> All right. Uh Heather, welcome. uh your your opinion is extremely valuable. Obviously, none of us are in school. Uh but your opinion gives a great reflection of the decisions we're making here. So, when you have something to say, just say it. We appreciate the information. Okay. Uh want to talk about the Sofi football game. I want to congratulate Chrisu on all the hard work
109he did in organizing everything. uh Natalie Cook in in organizing, getting things going, getting the boosters over there, uh and seeing the band. The band, Joel and the band were there and that was cool. So, good experience for them. Uh thanks to Robin and and her her team for uh getting everything together. Uh I wrote down Dr. Agular seven minutes. That was about the seven minute mile. Uh, other than that, football games in Jordan tomorrow, right? >> That's a by. Okay. >> All right. Jordan and a week from tomorrow. With that, our next meeting is October 2nd, which is a study board session actually. Is it going to be here, sir? >> And it's going to be here. And everyone have a good night.