001uh I will now call to order the regular Board of Education meeting for CH Unified School District for October 18th 2023 it is 5:02 pm and we will be going into close session at this time uh seeing that there is no public comment uh we'll go into close session and return to open session at 6 pm thank you it's like we all know how to behave in a classroom um awesome great well let's get started uh welcome back to open session uh the board has been in closed session since 5:00 pm this is the regular board meeting for CH Unified School District for October 18th 2023 um it is now 6:06 p.m. and we will convene with Open Session the board took no action during Clos session and with that we will move on to
002item 3.3 which is the flag salute so please stand States all righty uh moving on to student reports so like we always do at our regular board meetings we are going to start off with some student reports and I would like to introduce Jessica Camp from Marsh and I see students ready right up in the front of the room so this is GNA be fun well I will say you're definitely in for a treat um I don't get to get up here often so I would just like to thank a few people um first of all I want to thank our community for passing prop 28 that went to support our music education that allowed us to purchase some additional instruments um as well as um repair some instruments that were in desperate need so
003thank you for that um the you know the amazing thing about music is it's really something that is super inclusive and really takes down the barriers allowing students to explore and learn and um it is often shown in studies that music also helps with academic performance because it really is like learning another language um and tonight I am so excited to introduce to you our Marsh Gators and they are going to be doing a some drumming from our drumming class Jessica are these the new instruments we bought your money went to a much better cost but I will tell you um students start off on these and they also get to use the much larger drums in our concert performances hello hello my name is Trey Petty and I'm pleased to introduce our Marsh drumming
004class in our class we learn the basics of reading Rhythm drum technique and perform etiquette we are excited to perform three songs for you this evening our first song is a duet called sideways d [Applause] my name is Aaron Meadows and I would like to introduce our second song it is another duet called two-headed monster [Applause] my name is Kate Mt Gibbon and on behalf of our class I would like to thank our principal Jessica camp for inviting us to perform tonight and to the Chico Unified School District Board of Directors for allowing us to do so thank you everyone in the audience for letting us share our hard work and progress our final song uses an electric backing track and it is called superbeat I hope you enjoy and have a lovely evening e
005[Applause] I would like to introduce our members Trey JJ William Jasper Aaron and Me Kate do you have any questions um Mr King and Mr crispino and Jessica C can we ask for some of our favorite songs and you guys could play them for us maybe thank you guys very much excellent presentation thank you Mr King you can come back anytime that was great okay while they are clearing out I'm going to invite up Emma Wilson principal Courtney Conley I'll wait I know it's dangerous hi everybody thank you so much for having us tonight we're super excited uh we have our third grade students and team here tonight to present about uh a longstanding tradition at Emma Wilson um I won't spoil any of the surprises I'm going to invite my third day third grade
006team to come up and students come on up and I'll let them introduce themselves and explain a little bit about what we do I'm just gonna bend down here everybody's Elementary SC size tonight um good evening thank you guys so much for having us we are third grade representatives of Emma Wilson Elementary School third grade focuses heavily on but County history and every year we do a month-long thematic unit on the Mau tribe of BU County students have been learning about pre-old Rush era clothing homes artifacts and tools they've also been studying the culture beliefs and customs of the Mau tribe both past and present we have a few students here tonight that would like to share some of their in-class creations with you tomorrow night all of our third grade classes will have a
007mighty Museum night in our classroom rooms where families are welcomed to come to school from 6:00 to 6:30 p.m. to see their students learning come to life we would love if you would attend hi my name is Aubrey and I'm going to share with wait hi my name is Aubrey and I'm going to share with you about the might clothing in the summer the ma do wore a few pieces of clothing the men wore breach cloth made from buck skin or wire grass the women wore aprons made from grass Willow buck skin or shredded bark both men and women wore deer skinn moccasins in the winter the mighty wore more clothing to keep warm they wore deer skinn leggings and fur and the fur was to turned toward their legs for warmth they also wore
008fur robes and woven Ducker Goose feather blankets the mighty stuffed their moccasins with grass to keep their feet warm and dry women wore basket hats during ceremonies the special and special Gatherings men put their hair in hair nets made from plant fibers the men also painted their bodies for these events some Mau had tattoos on their faces and upper body they also wore belts headbands made from feathers both men and women had long hair they also wore jewelry such as necklaces bracelets and anklets the jewelry was made from bone shell feathers and wood here are some examples of ma do doll dress for summer and winter this one is Summer and this one is [Applause] winter hi my name is Paige and I'm going to share with you about the M's homes the maer built
009different kinds of homes depending on the seasons the mountain might lived in bar covered houses to build these homes the M made a circular frame of upright poles then they cut large slobs of Redwood or Cedar workk they tied the bark to the frame then theyed the door with animal fur in the summer these hos kept out the hot sum allowed the early morning or late night breezes to cool the inside and the the Mau who lived in the base of the mountains lived in Earth in homes to build these homes the maer first dug a hole in the ground then they built a wooden frame Over the Hole they covered the frame with woven Tuli mats or grass they then they packed Earth on top of the MS this allowed them to stay warm
010and dry during the Rainy Seasons families would enter these homes through the smoke hole at the top of the Dome here are some examples of the earn home and the hubot I built an earn home this one's an earn home and this one's a hubo hi my name is NOLA and I'm going to share with you one of the MA's tools twice a year salmon come up into the streams and rivers to lay eggs during this time there are lots of salmon in the water it was the best time for the Maru to trap net or spear lots of f fish the problem with catching so many fish at once is that they can't all be eaten there are just too many the ma do have a way of keeping the meat fresh so they
011could use it later in the year they saved the fish by drying it out to dry the fish first the ma cut the fish into big pieces the pieces were put on dry racks each rack was made out of wooden poles tied together with grass or strips of leather the rack of fish was set up in the sunshine the heat of the sun was made out of sun made all of the water in the meat disappear sometimes the Heat and smoke of the fire was used to help dry the meat the he cooked the water off the meat uh and the smoke of a fire was used to help dry the meat the the heat when the meat was all dried out the pieces were packed on a rock and pounded they pounded and pounded
012until all that was left was the meat powder meat powder put into baskets and stored until the mighty wanted it here's a model of the drawing rack I built [Applause] thank you for having [Applause] us just a estimate to how far our teachers will go uh when preparing for lessons um Alicia did go up to where was it went up by the res and in harvesting some of the wood for the uh for the um for the structures um she was attacked by a swarm of ground wasps so we appreciate the dedication do you have any questions for us um how many members of the local Maud tribe uh actually come in person to talk about some of this stuff I have a student whose family is a tribal member and their uncle is going
013to zoom with us on Monday he lives in Washington um every year we usually have at least you know a handful of students that so you want to use the microphone we can't hear the responses um also every year depending on um what resources are available last year we went on a field trip to Chico State because in one of their museums they had some resources um pre campfire we used to go to the gold nugget Museum and they had a whole ma day there so every year it looks a little bit different but we do um try to incorporate the ma tribe as well um if one of you wants to reach out to me I I have I know an old woman here in town who is a Mau and grew up in
014Mau community in the mountains so I'd be happy to put you in touch with her and I'd like to think she might want to come talk to the class thank you so much I'll send you an email tomorrow and I just want to compliment your students on their public speaking skills it is tough to get up in front of an audience and be live streamed and you get they were just wonderful public speakers thank you so much very proud of you girls did a great job thank you again for giving us some time tonight so I'm gonna do a quick transition here while we have Courtney at the microphone okay she'll be right back thank you Phil because I don't know if I can keep that posture for very long um and so thank you
015again we have the opportunity tonight to um honor one of our staff members for the superintendence award um again I'm Courtney Connelly the principal at Emma Wilson this is Antonia rothy she is our office manager and she's going to be helping me share some kind words um about our targeted case manager miam Mariam would you like to join us up here we're lucky we got her here tonight she uh she almost she almost tricked me um so we really appreciate the time um and opportunity to honor one of our most loved and appreciated people on campus at Emma Wilson Miriam baldit uh as you may know over the last five years we've had a lot of transition in our front office and Miriam has been the constant um she's been the consistency that keeps theol
016keeps the school running we joke about her institutional knowledge because she's been there longer than any of us um and she's been there the whole time um but she really is the person that holds the knowledge of what we've done what's worked what hasn't worked uh what we should never do again um and she always comes to the table with ideas about how we can make things better she really is focused on she's solution focused all the time uh many staff families and students wanted to contribute thoughts uh and stories about um how important Miriam is to our school family and our school community Miriam is a gift to our school site her humble quiet welcoming heartfelt and efficient work behind the scenes as an amazing support for our students and families she truly cares
017about our staff and students she provides incentives for students to be at school to be on time or even to complete tasks at home she is a role model and a mentor for many of our students she magically delivers sorry she magically delivers snacks to classrooms for Hungry students in need the Stray alarm clock for a student to independently get to school bus passes rides holiday gifts clothes help connecting with medical supports she creates charts for parents to help with home routines and even provides a kind listening ear for parents who need support with all of the home things that ensure success at school one time she actually furnished a complete apartment for a family that was just transitioning onto their to in their on their own um she's that good she really she really
018really dug into our resources at school and and it was it was awesome Miriam is such a wealth of knowledge she always has the answer to everything not sure how she does it but she does and being the primary Spanish Spanish translator at school she has really become a pillar to our Spanish speaking families at school she has become the connection for them uh to really feel connected to really feel a part of the school Community our team is so appreciative of her knowledge of special education she has been an invaluable invaluable resource when helping our Spanish-speaking families learn about their child's IEP she is great at diffusing tense situations and will willing to reach out to families and help them with any needs they have we are so fortunate to have such an amazing
019amazing colleague and friend at Emma Wilson if anyone embodies the heart of Emma Wilson it's Miriam she is such a fabulous advocate for our students and their families she goes above and beyond to break down barriers for parents Bridging the home to school connection for those who have not had positive experiences with education Miriam's door is always open and if it's not I just knock on the wall because we share a wall uh she has the biggest heart and she approaches situations with a genuine compassion and thoughtfulness she is quick to jump in with impactful Solutions and ways to help families in need of support um and she is just always a safe space to go to for advice or for a laugh Miriam is one of the most hardworking caring compassionate thoughtful generous empathetic
020and kind people I know we are so blessed to have her as a part of our Emma Wilson team and from families Miriam makes us feel welcome at school she's helped us get the things we need to help our children we appreciate Miss Miriam when we were new at Emma Wilson she made us feel like we were at home and from students Miss Miriam makes it fun to be at school she is my favorite person when we really need help we go to miss Miriam I love it when she is in The Lunchbox and I love hanging out with her while I wait for the bus students families and staff all count on Miriam for a friendly smile empathy knowledge and practical Solutions Miriam truly makes the world including Emma Wilson a better place I
021mean she's just incredible in addition to taking care of and supporting 77 staff members 617 students and countless families each year she's also an amazing wife daughter granddaughter sister friend and mother and on a closing note dear dear Mom my mom is kind she makes me pancakes she reads stories at night I love my mom love Angelo we all love you Mariam you're wonderful and we couldn't do it without you thank [Applause] you the the things that we received from people so uh I knew you didn't want me to talk all night but I could if if you'd let me we let her dry her eyes before we get a picture thank you so much thank you we appreciate [Applause] you if I might ask how many years have you been been at Emma uh
022Miriam I'm sorry how many seven oh thank you it's like they knew exactly how long to make their Spiel before to make her to make her tear up because she almost made it okay well while we're spreading good news I'd next like to invite up Shannon Payne thanks Phil for the mic raise for those of us who are a little taller um good evening board Miss da in cusd community uh we're always trying to trick our staff members into coming here because as you know teachers in a general rule are humble um and they don't always like to be celebrated publicly um so I got away with it all the way until Mrs Lumberg saw all our friends so I'm going to invite Shelby up here because she's not mad at me [Applause] anymore I
023could talk about Shelby lomberg for a hundred years um but I'm going to keep it quick um it's an honor to sh celebrate Shelby Lumberg tonight who we tricked into coming because she thought she was going to be speaking about language arts instruction in kindergarten she's passionate about it um I want to start with she is truly one of the humblest teachers that I know um I've worked with many teachers over the years and she is truly amazing at what she does and I have the highest respect for kindergarten teachers because that's where it all begins for our children she's a 16-year veteran I could be off by a year or two she did a few of those years in East LA and then she came to Citrus and she's been at Citrus for 13
024years teaching kindergarten uh no other grade creates the impression on a family that kindergarten does do um this is the Imp this impression is critical to the relationship between the school and the family for years to come Shelby embodies the epitome of relationship building compassion warmth in her classroom that is needed to form deep bonds with each family she supports in her room with a firm but gentle demeanor and genuine love for her young learner she creates a nurturing environment where each child feels valued and understood Shelby quite simply said is a warm demander skillfully balancing high expectations with empathy and encouragement motivating her students to strive for excellence in their academic and personal growth which we know there is a lot of in kindergarten her instructional approach is a testament to her dedication to
025providing top tier education to all Learners as she tailors lessons to meet each of the diverse needs of her students all while fostering a love for learning from the very first day they step into her kindergarten classroom beyond the classroom Mrs Lumberg is a deeply Community oriented person she is always engaging parents to create a more supportive Network for her parent for students and our school beyond the classroom Shelby builds our Citrus Community through her acts of service to our PTA and as our site union representative she is in fact our number one recruiter for parents on the PTA board yes I don't know what we would do without Shelby in this position um but if you're a parent in Shelby Lumber's kindergarten class she's got work for you Shelby acts as a compass for
026our school as one of the longest tenure teachers at Citrus she is deeply respected by all she guides both students and fellow Educators myself as an administrator with her wisdom experience and dedication to the betterment of her Citrus community and her family and I will say she is a mother of three busy children and she still has all this to give I have no idea where she comes up with it all Shelby's impact reaches far beyond the walls of her classroom at Citrus and I am incredibly grateful to work with you every day thanks [Applause] Shelby [Applause] and I will turn it back over to you madam president all right thank you that was a lot um congrats on the awards we are doing such good work out there we as in everybody else I'm
027just here to help run the meetings um uh I'm really grateful I'm just G GNA take this time for a second to our district and the elementary schools as a parent who is now looking at putting my kid in school next year for TK it's hitting me really hard at how hard of a decision I have to make for my kid and how impressed I with everybody that works in this District so I appreciate all that you do especially coming from a growing up mother um and with that uh number six is announcements um with with that comment um next week on Tuesday we have the TK kindergarten um Roundup um Fair thank you I hopefully there's information in everybody's hands about that who do have kiddos going into TK or kindergarten next year it's
028a good opportunity to meet and greet um all the folks from all the schools and um get a feel for what your kiddos is going to be entering into um next year uh are there any other announcements from board members this evening all right um seeing none we'll move on to number seven items from the floor uh items number floor is for speakers from the public who wish to address the board regarding a topic that is not currently agendized uh this evening at this time we'll take public comment from speakers who wish to address the board for for those topics that are not agendized lots to celebrate out there um as a reminder speakers have three minutes to um address the board and a bell will ring at 30 seconds um which is an indication
029that you have that much time to wrap up your thoughts and um then at the end of the three minutes um your time is up uh so we do have four uh folks signed up for items from the floor this evening um we have a student and so I will call that person up first and then three more folks um so up first would be Ida patino followed by Carrie Park hi my name is Ida patino I'm a fourth grader at rosale uh so last week we were lining up for recess when the boy in front of me was pulling his eyes back and badly imitating the Japanese and Chinese language and saying I'm a pretty Japanese girl another time we reading something about indigenous peop when a girl asked I wonder what their language
030sounds like probably something like some other kid responded before makinging up a bunch of nonsensical words if you're wondering what I'm getting at or what my point is it's that these kids aren't just white and honestly not many of them are even trying to be mean you see many kids don't know what racism is and don't know the impact on their their words may have on their classmates a lot of kids don't or just can't understand the difference between fun and games and races which is why I propose anti-racist education now my class and I'm pretty sure all the other fourth grade classes do something called Second Step it's where twice a month the counselor comes in and talks about how to navigate your feelings and uh how to stand up to bullies stuff like
031that well one thing that they never talked about is racism now now I get that some parents might argue but this would just teach about how to avoid accidentally hurting someone's feelings in Second Step they use the world racism sometimes but they never actually Define it or explain how to avoid it I'm here today today on my on behalf of my classmates at rosale asking you all elected representatives to invest in or provide anti-racist education to all K to2 students in our district I want school is to be a safe place for everyone especially the bip students who seem to be the butt of these racist jokes freed alone without being judged by things we simply cannot control that are skin Hue how we talk and the families we come from thank you for your
032time I know I'm just a kid but I hope you prioritize this and put it on your next agenda and again thank [Applause] you thank you AA up next we have Carrie Park followed by Mele Benz hello uh I'm a mother to six children my youngest four are in your District at four different schools three are thriving and one is barely surviving his academic team last year recommended he attend this particular school and program in order to best support his academic and emotional uh needs while he was anxious he was also very excited to start a new chapter and meet new friends he woke early on the first day dressed to look his best that was also the first day The Bullying started and it has only increased my son is African-American and transgender and
033the most courageous child I know day after day he marches onto that school campus with his head held high only to have kids call him names including the n-word too many times to count they intentionally misgender him they've threatened multiple times to beat him up and one kid even told him he should kill himself he frequently begs me to not let him go to school twice I have allowed him to stay home for mental health days this child is smart and a critical thinker he loves math and science yet I confirmed at a meeting with several administrators last week that he hasn't actually learned anything this week this year due to the bullying in an attempt to keep my child safe the school has tended to move him around isolate him in safe places like
034the library and other rooms where no students happen to be that period he's missing out not only on learning but on social aspects too it was even suggested that I transfer him to another school within your District where he might have more allies moving my child on an hourly or daily basis does not solve this problem the problem is highly significant and deeply rooted this is not an issue of a dozen out of control bullies on one campus this is serious hate motivated Behavior which is rampant on many campuses I respectfully implore the board to take an unambiguous stance against hate motiva Behavior across the district consistency and mandated action from the top will be far more successful than leaving each school to figure out their own solution I'm speaking tonight only about my amazing
035son and I know firstand there are other parents who could stand here and share their similarly sad story about their child as uncomfortable as it is for me to stand here in front of you all my child deserves to have his rights fought for before he becomes a statistic all our children have the right to be safe at school thank [Applause] you I M Ben next followed by Dr Christine lner good evening I'm here tonight with the noral anti-racist ISM coalition to follow up on requests we've made to the board and to District leadership on August 21st our Grassroots organization sent a letter to the board requesting you to review and update board policy 5145 point9 this policy's purpose is to protect students families and staff members from hostility related to their identities as our
036group reviewed the policy we saw that it was lacking in a number of ways our group formed last spring after Chico unified's bipac elcap meetings revealed unmet needs in our community tonight you're hearing about a student whose intersectional identity can be marginalized in Myriad ways he is experiencing bullying in his Junior High and his administrators are struggling to find Solutions I can empathize as a former administrator we are asking you the board to take action to create safe and supportive learning environments by strengthening your policy we have provided samples that serve as models in terms of clarifying what hate motivated behavior is the samples also explain how to respond and they show how to prevent hate be hate through evidence-based practices and ongoing training when we met with Miss dby and Miss Robinson last month
037we didn't hear a commitment to action we heard in instead that there are practices underway that will improve outcomes for students of color while we see there are promising programs like PBIS and mtss we have asked the district to provide data that allows us to serve as accountability Partners we are concerned that action specific action needs to happen to support students from marginalized communities we've asked for this data uh four months ago we made our first request and we still haven't seen it we wonder how can a multi-tiered system of support work towards Equity when the data we're asking for is unavailable once again we are asking the board to agendize this policy we see a board with in congruent lived experiences from our own and NCA ncac offers our collaboration to help you work
038across different the time is now to support your staff and your students no one should have to face hate motivated Behavior without a strong system of support thank [Applause] you all right up next is Dr lyser I'm a part of the NorCal um anti-racist Coalition because I believe that everyone should be anti-racist racism hurts everyone it's it's a known fact that racism stifles Innovation there's a wealth of evidence that racial and ethnic diversity is beneficial to companies by enhancing creativity reach and Ingenuity research suggests that individuals that reflect anti-racist attitudes that Encompass high levels of informed empathy have high levels of Multicultural education more racially diverse friend groups more support for affirmative action in high levels of cultural sensitivity I'm here today because of the variety of stories I've heard about students parents and even
039staff stories where non-white students are being bullied and harassed at school by their peers their white peers torment them using hate speech the reaction by the district administrators is to wait until the child being bullied acts out in self- protection and then the district punishes the victimized child with no repercussions to the peers using the hate speech or what about the nonwhite teachers who are afraid of punishing white students who use racial slurs against them for fear of retaliation from the district or their parents stories like these are heartbreaking and we need stronger policies one we need a zero tolerance policy for hate speech any child on any campus who uses racialized hate speech should be suspended I don't care if their family is a good or decent family it's embarrassing that smaller districts with
040less resources can handle this better than we can for example in a small school in our region a child used a racialized slur targeting the latinx community the staff knew that this situation needed to be handled differently than other issues with students the parent of the victimized child was consulted by the school administration to provide feedback about how administrators could handle the situation in order to keep the victimized student safe this led to significant consequences for the student that used the racialized slur at the end of the day the student student created an unsafe learning environment and having these strict consequences will allow also set an essential boundary for parents who also use hate speech number two this brings me to the second policy point we need a robust and inclusive social justice education we
041need to teach all of our kids how to be good citizens how to have empathy for others how to treat other human beings with respect and dignity we need to teach our kids to be bystanders to stand up for other peers who are being bullied and discriminated against three all administrators need ongoing comprehensive training regarding anti-racist practices in the classroom again racism hurts us all all of our students administrators need to be equipped to handle hateful situations effectively without doing more harm or worrying if they will be punished for their actions thank [Applause] you okay thank you for everybody who signed up to speak um with that we will move on to number seven items from the floor sorry number just kidding I'm looking at the wrong thing sorry number eight consent calendar uh ex
042sorry uh I have you signed up to speak for 9.1.1 which is the Department of Education ethnic studies mandate did you sign up for two different items okay yeah I have you on the list for the next yeah thank you um okay so uh we're on consent calendar are there any um is there anybody who would like to pull an item from consent for further discussion okay um do we have a motion for consent I move the consent calendar second all right we have a motion from Member tennis and a second from Member conin we'll do a roll call vote starting with Mr Lando Lando I tennis I Dolby I Robson Robinson I con and I um it's unanimous it passes uh then next up after that my gosh make sure my numbers are all
043yeah I skipped the page already thinking I needed to go to the next page and the numbers were off for me uh we're on uh number nine our discussion action calendar we'll start with um Educational Services 9.1.1 is an informational item uh on the California Department of Education ethnic studies Mandy uh presented by Pedro Caldera good evening how we doing tonight I hope everybody's doing great want to start off with the California culturist class uh that we have begun discussing about uh between PV and Chico High we have five teachers from PV um you able to scroll up just the other way please uh up up up that's going down okay so um we have three teachers from PB and two from Chico high and we have been coming together approximately um once a week
044for the past four weeks to be able to take the California educational ethnic studies framework and put together a course recommendation please keep in mind that this course is not slated to start until the 25 26 school year and won't be required until the 20 uh 30 um graduating class so with that uh we have come up with the recommendation right now where we're currently at is the creation of a semester long class encompassing uh four uh groups if you will um and I'm just want to read over the course course over again this is directly from the California uh Department of Ved ethnic studies curriculum which states the California cultures course emphasizes African-American Cho Chana uh Chana X Latino Latino x Native American and Asian-American and Pacific Islander studies the focus on the experience
045of these four disciplines provide an opportunity for students to learn of the histories culture struggles and contributions to American society giving California's diversity the course in addition to the above disciplines can include ethnic uh disciplines that represent our community to include unique history struggles and contributions to our state and to Chico so what's important I think is how uh the rec recommendations have come across from our teachers if you look at in terms of timeline we're starting they'd like to start with the Native American uh group that was here before us so let's go with unit one and if we can go down to the next keep scrolling for me then we'd like to cover the Cho Chana Latino Latina uh experience then after that if you don't mind thank you right there our Asian-American
046and Pacific the paic Pacific Islander studies uh and then finally our African-American studies and so with that please know that we are still in the process of reaching out to community members and working with our constituents out in the public to be able to get resources to be able to provide some of these uh units for our students and for our teachers what are your questions what do you know about the uh I scroll up a little bit sure and I know this didn't come from you you didn't write this did you Mr cder you didn't like write no no no no like I said directly from the California Department of Ed framework like what do you know about environmental justice being on there why is environmental justice on an ethnic studies program in your
047opinion well it's very complex uh and you're asking for my opinion so I will give you my opinion there are certain environmental impacts that have compassed or or have taken Place throughout history um and how it has it affected Society you can start with agricultural uh homelands you can start with uh um uh any type of land if you will and land use and how that's been um well how that's been used throughout history um it's very complex and and so if you're asking me with the environment I'm giving you a response that it has to do with land and there's a lot of history through that and therefore these for ethnic study groups and how that has materialized throughout uh California and specifically for our case how that's materialized here in Chico yeah um
048thank you ped I in looking over uh what was in looking over what was going to be covered in the semester class I was concerned and I I did Express this to you about um how to get all of this stuff covered in these units in a semester class I was very impressed with the um backup materials for where the instruction was being built from I have um viewed and uh really enjoyed a lot of the um uh contributions from uh PBS from the uh okay the documentary is from PBS Dr Lewis Gates who's one of my heroes um and I wondered have they look they our teachers the ones you've been working with looking at this framework and believing that they can pull it together melt it down would be my impression I I
049do want to and I think you and I share the same ideas here there is a lot of content yeah um and I mean I I say this people do their doctorate uh studies and and I mean just one single discipline that's shown up there it's a lot of Education um in the conversation with our teachers the number one thing that keeps popping out is our teachers able to drive through with um making an impact um and create understanding and create thinking about the history and it doesn't necessarily mean taking everything because you're not going to be able to that's pretty much impossible but you can take certain sections of that history and have students learn from it and grow from it and that's really the intent of this class is to be able to
050create some Unity amongst the schools create understandings within our public so that we become stronger together yeah I the importance of this I don't think can be overstated yes that is correct I I am so looking forward to the impact that this course of study is going to haveen some of the things that we are witnessing and living through right now in our schools I think would have been um helped avoided our students having more um empathy and understanding for people of other races of other cultures that's missing my opinion I'm you know and um we need this I agree we do need this but I also do not want to discredit a lot of the work that our teachers have been doing over the years um to bring about very tough situations in our
051history and our society and um I I can honestly State I I work with the gentleman by the name of David McKay we started the soul program together and we work with nothing but uh diverse students and I mean to create understanding with them um to create uh historical significance and provide that to our students we weren't the only ones plenty of teachers across Chico high and PV that are reaching out to our students to try to connect with them through historical significance uh it's just never been like done the way it's done across the state so my next question is at what um you know we have different levels uh of coursework of course presentation and expectations what level is this projected to um you know we we my concern is that all our
052students no matter what their ability to read and understand you know what's being presented that their level of being able to do that is um going to keep them not only involved but deep understanding this course is that comment or question that's a comment what level is the course so that course is 9th through 12th grade ad G yeah so there it's a ad G okay yeah I can say just to kind of step in on that is that um right now like Health they can take it in nth grade 10th 11th and 12th most of our students takeen in ninth grade um they they have the opportunity to takeen in any one of those grade levels but most likely a lot of them will um um do health and then ethic studies as a
053you know um one class first semester and the second class second semester one way or the other I would imagine that's the way it'll play out but um again the students have can choose what grade level that they take the course in also do want to state that um both schools and our Representatives took this uh course took it through their leadership uh took it to admin took it to the registers to be able to discuss what is the best way to implement this course that's mandated by the state so we're trying to get everybody's ideas and input into this so as it stands right now um next semester will bring forth this recommendation it being a semester long class I just need to say that I'm I this Falls really flat for me I
054am almost zero% impressed with this outline and I don't have the words formulated well enough besides the emails I I the email I sent out earlier with my questions but there seems to be no room for context about what has happened with these cultures historically that has led to what we see how we see this play out today the people who are present today living their experiences and why those experiences have been shaped by the atrocities that have been imposed upon these cultures in the past um or present and I just don't feel very supportive of this whatsoever looking through the um the linked document that goes to like other course approvals I found one half semester one one semester course um from gold Golden Valley and even they do it better um with starting
055with an intro at ethnic studies as an identity and at least talking about what identity means this outline others to me there's a very big aspect of othering and not taking a look at and dissecting what it means to live in in a society where these cultures are all interacting and every person's experien is based on the the the history of of their um lived experiences um as a as a as a culture um I don't have more to say at this time because I'm just a little bit amped up from not only our public comments that just took place but also just feeling like there's so much more that can be put into this and done with this looking at it from the perspective of of you know a mandated course just checking the
056box is I think an atrocious approach rather than taking the approach of what's going to be the most meaningful for our students moving forward in this society that we are living in today and with that I'm gonna just step down for a second thank you um and I don't want to pile on recognize this is um a process and um as first draft SCH gives us some place to start abolutely I'm trying to walk a line here because on the one hand wearing the board member had right now when I'm also a social studies teacher and this is really near near to my heart um but it does um it reads more like a survey of California disper California histories than an actual um ethnic studies class I think maybe instead of having each um
057individual identity block as a unit doing something thematic instead with an emphasis on howby said how all that affects us that people living in St today um there's a lot to say I would love to see um how this shapes up in the future we're all looking forward to that we as this being an introductory class or sorry the beginning of this class it's going to take our teachers some time to build up to it and to know it and understand it there was conversations uh within our group it's like okay great if we go from semester long class how did we turn it into a year-long class to be able to go into more depth and detail um and so that's a topic of conversation that still continues and will probably continue once the
058class gets started I know there's a lot of history to the development of this specific thing and um a lot of people weighed in there was an initial version of it that sort of got rejected and heavily revived and you know one common criticism of it is that uh or has been that you know there's a lot of ethnic groups that aren't given as as much treatment as some of the ones that are you know um you know the Jews come to mind for example um Thomas Elias who's featured in our local paper writes about this with some frequency actually but um that's just by way of observation I mean it's a big broad topic and I agree that this looks like a little bit like um a bit of a mish mash um I
059thought environmental justice piece particularly kind of jumped out to me as like not necessarily a direct hit on ethnic studies given that there are so many different ethnicities in California I mean we've got to be one of the most diverse places in the world you know um and uh so my hope for the district would be that we would try to approach this in a a global manner that would give uh you know a regard and consideration to you know all the different ethnicities that are that are among us because there are many yes there are um I can tell you that the guideline did specify to be able to answer your question is to be able to uh concentrate it with the uh the most uh I guess uh bigger groups of the diversity
060groups if you will within the community so therefore these four there are plenty of more ethnic um minorities in Chico plenty plenty more and they can be interwoven uh Within These for example the M uh Within These um Middle East can be uh interwoven um and that may be um that being said you know just following the California Department of Ed guidelines and framework that's that's where we're at I'm still scrolling through the very long document um uh I'm on 671 uh of of the other course outlines that have been submitted and approved by CDE um and something that stands out to me is uh Missing besides just the intro and talk about what is identity and culture um are um our Muslim and Arab units um I don't see that addressed at all and
061that seems like a pretty big portion of folks that are are are impacted that do live live that live live all around us with our society I'm othering right now this is the way I'm speaking I have not been able to formulate my thoughts completely um but as a very minor example um a student of mine from the past very dear to me reached out last year asking why aren't our schools talking about the Armenian gen genocide and you know that's a big deal there's genocides that are happening right now and why aren't we talking about that in the context of multiple cultures and why some of these families have immigrated here even as recent as this year because of those things that are happening and how that impacts us as a society and a
062culture and and you know just making sure that we're all presently aware of of everybody else's lived experiences and understanding that everybody sees their experience through their own lens and understanding that we need to take that into consideration just as as citizens of this community I agree wholeheartedly with that statement um granted that you it's it's going to be impossible to incorporate every single minority within this even if it was a year-long class even if it was a two or three yearlong class it'd be very difficult what you do do as Educators you create um if you will relationships and you create understanding and when you create understanding you also create a sense of oh my gosh I got this in with you oh my gosh I got this in common with you I can
063stand up here and as educator I can give you thousands of examples but let me just give you one um I was an NE teacher at Chico High my very first job ever in NE was I had a group of nine mon students if you remember when um our our we you know Chico UniFi received a gift we'll call them the M population and I had these students in my class these awesome students and communication was difficult but once we got there there was a beauty you name it that that was just incredible now and one of those things it's called um the guena which means 40 days in the mon culture there was 40 days after a woman gave birth that they could only eat chicken and I know that sounds like okay well
064that's whatever ever the beauty in all that is that was the same thing in certain places of Mexico for example in my father's and my mom's small hometowns in Mexico where it was the exact same thing we're talking thousands of miles apart yet the commonality was there and what that created was unity and what that also created was understanding when they started sharing commonalities within themselves it also created acceptance we're not going to be able to hit every single thing but we can create understanding and acceptance and so I think that's important not to forget the focus of that because it's just impossible sure and I think that that circles back a little bit to what Mr Lando was saying about a thematic approach you know it kind of opens up the opportunity to make
065those connections a little bit more purposeful I guess maybe but I'm not a social studies person either per se although I am involved in politics so I guess it makes me a little bit involved with social studies um Mr tennis I can address the environmental justice thing but we don't have to do that right here thanks for sharing that yeah absolutely thank you oh I don't know if you're done I was you I was just saying thank you all right I get more opportunity to talk well you have some catching up to do because you know you're new so we have to keep keep you in the hot seat as much as we can absolutely keep you warmed up ped yeah any other questions or comments for now what's oh go ahead oh my my
066question comment is not a question it's a comment um I really appreciate the input from other board members and from your additional input for this this is complex complicated but so important so all of us keep contributing yeah and I I would add to that something that you had said a moment ago Mr Caldera is that um while this is new and you know we're looking at implementing a brand new thing in our schools we're not the only ones and the wheel has already been created you it's not like we have to reinvent the wheel either that is correct yeah so I would also encourage everybody to keep that in mind um because it's already a slow roll out in my opinion so things to keep it even slower is not not in my best
067opinion that is why we started early and uh of course the class does not need to be implemented until 25 26 uh but the goal is to start early uh involve our community and um get ideas and and grow from it so on that note what are the next steps in terms of getting input from the community and getting another draft together next step is taking your recommendations and going back to our group and having that discussion and please tell them I'm grateful I'm not just here to like them and I hope that they don't at me right now bet I'll do that they're not it's hard work but it takes it takes everybody with everybody's shared perspectives to make something as meaningful as a well-rounded ethnic studies program yeah we know and when we
068took this song we know it wasn't going to be easy um and we kept going back to you know the most impact we're going to be get from all this is what our teachers doing in the classroom and we know that so I think that yes and the potential for greater growth in our students and better outcomes as Citizens that this opportunity May provide so the relationship classroom yes and what that what the product of that will be it was really substantial anybody else okay sorry all right going once twice you're excused all right thank you all right just kidding thank you P um all right so it is informational only um we have one speaker signed up for this it item and we will um call Gina back up at this time um for
069public comment um I know that you know the the Spiel and the drill and I've never been here before I don't know what I'm doing okay good evening well I'm going to talk about latinx I'm here to request the term latinx not to be used to refer to people from Spanish speaking Origins as mentioned on your ethnic study course this term is Walken latinx is a pronoun Latina in Latino is the correct description of our ethnicity here is the thing every Spanish noun has a specific gender either masculine or feminine but they can also be singular or plural so every word for person place thing or idea is either masculine or feminine sorry that's just basic grammar now let's talk about how Hispanics really feel about being called Latin X the gender neutral term promoted
070by progressives to describe people of Spanish speaking origin in support of his Hispanics LGBT members Ruben gajo head of the Congressional Hispanic costos campaign arm announced in December of 2021 his Congressional staff is not allowed to use latinx in official Communications the Miami Herald one of the most prominent newspapers within the Hispanic Community also denounced the term and urge left leaning activist to just drop it latinx has failed to gain byin from the people it is supposed to empower it is time to retired from official use the Miami Herald editorial board wrote and Domingo Garcia president of the league of United Latin American citizens the nation's Olden oldest Latino civil rights organizations have instruct staff and board members to drop the dra the word latinx from the group's official Communications now let's talk about polls
071according to 23 percentage of USA adults who self-identify as Hispanic or Latino have heard of the term latinx and just 3% say they use it to describe themselves P Research Center found in 2020 bendixen and amandi international a Miami based firm focusing on Latinos found only 2% us it a poll conducted in recent years listen I don't know any Abita grandmother that calls her grand her granddaughter hey you latinx come here and need your rice and beans just doesn't happen Okay to close my statement I would like to remind this board that Latinos and Latinas also called Hispanics are people who are very proud of our culture and Origins and we want to pass that to our children what we care is about improving our quality of life for our families and future Generations not
072gender neutral terms thank you all right we will move on to item 9.2 business service uh 9.2.1 is a discussion action item for the 2223 un audited actuals shice good evening um Sharice and I are excited to present the 2223 un audited actuals Perfect all right um the UN audited actuals is actual revenues and expenditures for the year it's not a budget we're usually here to present budgets to you um and it's the true financial performance measurement um and this is the numbers before the annual audit is complete we did have the Auditors out to our site um the first week of October uh it seems like it's going well uh we haven't been informed of any audit adjustments at this point okay this is the um actual versus funded average daily attendance slide you
073guys are used to seeing this um as you know average daily attendance is how we're funded our lcff is calculated off of that that's ual kids in seats um preo we would kind of hang our hat at being around 95.5% um of actual Ada as a percentage of actual enrollment uh we haven't really gotten back there uh we're kind of inching our way that direction um the state recognized this so they're letting us use a three-year averaging method so you you can see on the slide on the left um there's that real dip in average daily attendance in 2122 but the slide on the right you can see that it really smoothed out our actual funding so that was a big help all right this is the income statement we separate unrestricted from restricted because
074the restricted uh revenue and expenditure are kind of um they are self-balancing accounts so sometimes we get all the funding in one year but we really are spending it over uh a multi multiple years so um the change in fund balance tends to dip up and down on the restricted side um for unrestricted we had an ending change in fund balance of 6.8 million all right let's look at our total revenue um local control funding formula is 65% this is total revenue um unrestricted and restricted so I took a look at um 1920 and in 1920 local control funding formula was uh 75% so we're seeing that more influx of uh restricted programs um with the co dollars uh you guys are aware over yes I'm sorry din but you just said something that I
075have a feeling just went way over my head okay you said in uh 2020 you I think you said 1920 but 1920 yes uh 1920 our local control funding formula was 75% of our total revenues and now it's down to 65% of our total revenues and that's because there's so many new restricted programs that they're giving us money for so back when uh lcff was created they were trying to take away all of the categorical funding and what we're seeing is a lot of that categorical funding is coming back didn't they take it away in in 2013 when we went to it started yes that's when local control funding formula came into to play but um it was kind of a slow progression to get up to that formula and now um now there's a
076lot of Grant funds coming back into the district what um impact is that having on our ability to control how we spend what we have does that make sense that question I mean with the coid funding that was a large influx it was um 60 million um and it allowed us to add a lot of things and that was I think you know the response the schools needed to respond to coid and what was happening with learning loss and whatnot so it allowed us to build up our programs and then we're still seeing some kind of replacements for that coid funding coming down the pike like learning a recovery block grant so that's grant money that's coming to replace all of that Co impact money that and is it coming in the form of state
077or federal or a combination combination but a lot of state right now okay thank you all right yeah okay and this is the look at our total expenditures um this is unrestricted and restricted and something I noted on this uh slide this usually you see this in the form of just unrestricted dollars um with the addition of restricted money our the needle didn't really move we're still spending the uh Lion Share of salaries and benefits expense on salaries and benefits um and that's because with the coid funding with a lot of the extra funding we're still we're still uh paying for people out of that funding we added counselors uh reading teachers class size reduction um site supervision uh expanding after school programs so so a lot of that money went towards salary anyway and
078this is uh unrestricted this is the slide you're used to seeing so unrestricted and special ed salaries and benefits is 89% of total expenses when you're just looking at unrestricted all right my last slide is uh the coid oops coid relief funding um this is the last year you'll see this slide from me because um the coid funding is sunsetting um in 2223 we spent 13 million 13 million on coid funding and we have 10 million remaining uh we will spend that by the end of this school year so items still funded out of coid uh we have counseling reading Pals uh replacement technology like uh the vionics and um after school support at the junior high schools and professional development so that's all for me Shar good evening I'm gonna that's slide is what
079number on is that eight that one should be eight yes and you just gave us some additional information on the 2223 or did you give us information on the total that's remaining that's really both years we funded the those things out of 2223 and what is still remaining and where is the list of what we funded you you you gave it to me verbally but I don't see it it's I can provide that to you but it's not on this slide oh okay I was looking for it yes if you if you could absolutely thank you yeah a follow on to that um just knowing that there's onetime money being used for those things and what are we exploring to continue funding those where are those funding sources going to be coming from that's kind
080of a broader concern I think to yeah and we'll actually we'll speak to that a lot when we come back to you with um first interim in December also and just talk about the programs that we're continuing on with different grant funding as well so we can make sure that we have a list of that as well yes okay thank you and I would just pipe in it's a very strong collaboration between the business service side and the ed services side with Jay and his team to make sure that everyone's aware of what positions were funded with onetime money because it's usually uh somewhat risky for districts to do so we just need to make sure that we're fully aware of what those positions are and then can they be funded with alternative funding or
081do they need to be eliminated at this point uh thank you that that's my big concern I've been there done that and um we've got a lot of stuff that's working that we funded with the coid dollars so I really as much lead time as possible to know what we're looking at in the way of what's not going to be if it helps e we've been having those conversations with ed services since the implementation of wasn't there I know but we can definitely share that as well with you when we come back for our next budget update that's my yep my biggest concern no you you should definitely I'm mostly concerned about Kevin bolon not coming back and telling me I told I told you so I told him we would I think you're probably
082think you're probably safe at this point gitlin okay just Kidd so part of year en close what we do is the last budget that we brought to you was in June we call estimated actuals um and that's the column on the left there and then we have un audited actuals which is where we actually ended the year so we like to make sure that we are doing an analysis to see what the differences were between our last budget and where we ended to make sure that everything looks like we didn't make some huge mistake or anything like that so amongst those different es um in lcff Revenue this was due to a prior year adjustment of inl taxes um the state did a wonderful thing and helped with our um attendance percentage they gave us
083some relief they also did that to the charter schools so this inl payment has to do with Charter school property taxes that we passed through and we didn't know about the factor that they were going to get for attendance until June so that makes it difficult for us to estimate in May um yeah go ahead I me oh okay just laughing at this okay well good I like to be entertaining so that makes me happy um state revenue that was a difference in the lottery rate increase um local Revenue we have to do an adjustment um per per the state and Per County um so they give us a percentage that basically says this is what your cash would be valued at if we had to close the everything right now and you know turn
084everything into cash and so um we had to do an adjustment there uh salaries and benefits those differences were due to overestimation of classified sick time um extra Duty and vacation payouts as well as stir and purs overestimations um books and supplies we tend to run into this unfortunately every year especially lately with uh with supply chain issues and so we hope that we're going to get stuff by June 30th but sometimes that doesn't happen and so those expenditures get rolled over into the next year um Services were lower due to rate switches we have a huge project uh John Vincent Our IT director just told me today that we got those switches so that makes me very happy um so that will actually hit this 23 24 school year but that affected our services
085as well as our books and supplies um and then transfers and contributions this de decrease um was due to a little bit of money that we got from the county office and then as well as um an overestimation of benefits so we do our best but sometimes we overestimate we're a little too conservative so that happened this time um as well as some contracts with other agencies that uh were lower than we estimated okay I'm raising my hand again transfers and contributions decreased due to a lower contribution to special ed than anticipated correct so we didn't have to contribute as much as we thought we were going to because we overestimated our expenditures and we got a little bit of extra money from the Sala so that meant less money going from the general fund
086into special ed in the amount of about $500,000 last year that encroachment was huge and scary and it's still huge and scary we just it was a little less than we thought it was going to be when we came to it at at estimated actuals okay does that help yes well well so speaking of that yeah so our transfers in from other funds um we have the Redevelopment agency revenues that we get um that was about 3.7 million as well as 3% of our developer fees that we collect over the course of the year um our total was about 1.78 million of collected developer fees which is down from prior years so it looks like development slowing down a little bit which makes sense because we had huge developer fees coming in for quite some
087time um this is the part you were talking about Eileen so the contributions to restricted programs we ended at about 25.7 million and the big chunk of that is Ed our contribution was about $20 million yeah okay so we have luckily we have very healthy reserves yes go ahead I I'm that kid in the back of room again you're fine um we've also in years past I'm not sure if I remember if there was any last year but we've made um we've had impact from our um Food Services Department are we now now because of uh free meals for all that started a few years ago we haven't had to do a contribution to nutrition services for the last few years Vince must be happy he's doing a great job with the money that he
088has and so he's actually Surplus money we're going to do a big project um he's actually we it came to the board the freezer project that he's doing that's because of the money that we're getting and the amazing program that he's running so no we didn't have to do a contribution okay okay great thank you okay so this shows a breakdown of um our ending or our unrestricted ending balance by com by year by comparison just so you can see so as you can see um we have very healthy reserves which is fantastic um I don't know how many of you are aware of this but on Monday they actually delayed taxes again so the due date is November now which makes it hard for the state to know exactly what revenues are going to
089look like so this will help us a lot to weather any storms that we might have to deal with okay and then this is just a breakdown of our restricted ending fund balance by program um so that um expanded learning opportunities program those will be spent by the end of this year um educator Effectiveness that we are using over the course of four years um and it will help to maintain our counselors that we were just talking about so these are the funds that we're looking at uh when we're thinking about long-term what what programs can we continue maintain out of the staff that we added with the co funds okay and then you guys have seen this chart before as well um cash we have very healthy cash as well right now uh which
090is great in case the state has deferrals um it has pretty much the same pattern every year so we have a dip in November and March and then we get an influx of property taxes in December and April all right so conclusions um Revenue Revenue was driven by Ada or Revenue that is driven by Ada has been more stable uh luckily this last year they enacted the three-year averaging funding method so there's two there three now different funding methods that you can have with Ada it's either prior year current year or a three-year average yes I'm that kid again you're good um having a a little bit of background in attendance I know that yes we were at 95 when Co hit and that was wonderful it was very I mean it was very good
091it was as far as comparing us to the state it was very good and I know that it's gone down yes and we're at now but we need to be up how much do we lose between the 93% and the 95 that we used to have even with the um so if you're talking about about about a 2% change it would be probably about 2.7 million would be the the loss of funding that we would have yes so is it easy to in a chart or a graph or something show um you know like how many how many kids we're talking about because this is this is kids that parents are sending to school every day instead of missing once a month or Miss is there a way of providing that to us in a
092a chart form so that we know how important and not only we right the five of us but the attendance clerks at the school sites they pay a lot of attention to why it's important to get the kids to school not only because of their educational impact correct but I think it's important to help them by knowing right you know all those phone calls you make and and all of those you know alarm clocks that you provide right makes a big difference because it makes what that child is coming to school for uh flourish yeah the classroom is is the effects that would occur if you absolutely and I think that the classified employees having that information helps it's also at least I used to use it as a tool when talking to parents about
093you know the importance of attending every day or at least not missing one or two days in a month because parents get it when you talk about the money not going to the classroom impact yeah they do and it matters yeah um so it's an important bit of information to get to our staff as well as to our parents yeah Mr Robinson can I just clarify youring talking about a graph of what can you further explain just so we can provide you the correct information yeah um when um when attendance goes up when that when the uh when a school runs a an attendance data report you you will see um fluctuations in like times of year when there's more kids present than times of year when a a lot of our are not a
094lot some of our population go to Mexico for three or four weeks in January and we could see that reflected on the graph that I would run at the school site showing that absences were up and they tend to be up during uh right after probable failure notices come out and they tend to increase absences increase at the end when students have figured out I'm not going to pass that class anyway so I'm not going so for clarification so if I'm hearing you correctly basically the attendance percentage districtwide for every month in Aries and track that over multiple years to see when the dips and the higher rates are yes that's what I used to do and that would be wonderful okay so um the other things that we're thinking about is we're going to
095be cons continuing to spend down the remaining Co 19 relief dollars as Marie mentioned earlier uh 2324 will be the last year of those expenditures um as you saw a couple slides ago we have large restrict restricted ending fund balances which will help us to maintain some of our program um as I said we're looking with ad services to keep the learning recovery social emotional learning uh supports that we've implemented the last few years um and then just so you guys know we will come back to you in January with the audited financial statements um and that's all I have for you so any questions yep um oh my gosh old age just sit in I have no idea the question I was going to ask I have that problem too but it's not old
096age down I don't have question okay we will need approval of the unaudited actuals and Eileen if you think of your question you can always email me later okay um I see no public comment on this so I will ask the board if there's a motion yeah oh you got one here we go we found it it's because I stepped away rememberers at oh your mic's not on your mic's not on we had dedicated grant writers do we still have dedicated grant writer yeah Michelle Bunch oh Michelle is our gr writer yes yes very good okay I believe we have a motion by Mr Lando to approve the yes that un audited actuals I'll second that motion fantastic um any further discussion uh our last vote was unanimous so all those in favor please say
097I I I I I opposed it's unanimous it passes thank you uh moving on to 9.2.2 discussion action resolution number 161 9-23 the Gan Appropriations limit yes the Gan limit so um every year after approval of the UN un audited actuals we bring the Gan limit to you um it's uh generated by the Sach system and it was part of the big un audited actuals report that was included in your packet um the gan's really a formality at this point so um it doesn't really tell us anything it was established in 1979 to constrain the growth in state and local government but um it doesn't really do that at this point so anyway we are asking for approval of the Gan and there is a resolution um in there for you as well um I
098think I've moved this item in the past and I'm proud to do so again um I move resolution number 161 9-23 the gam Appropriations limit I'll second that motion see no further discussion all those in favor I I I I thank you thank you um 9.2.3 is discussion action oh how do you even pronounce that acronym amim am I IM amim discretionary block grant expenditure plan yes so the um um amim for shorts um which is the Arts music instructional materials that discretionary block grant um was approved with AB 181 and then there was some um changes related to AB 185 when the amount was um changed or taken back from the state as a way to have some budget savings at the state so we finally have our final um appropriated value which is
0997.1 million so this plan does require board approval um at a public meting meeting it can be spent on four things which is standards aligned professional development and instructional materials diverse book collections any operational expense or cost which is the discretionary portion or any coid 19 related expenditures so in front of you this evening um is a proposed discretionary block grant plan um which in involves equipment replacement at our Center for Fine Arts at the CFA the entry and buzzer system um to be implemented at all Sites right now we currently only we have it at Park View and Emma Wilson um the other piece in here is increases to electricity we've seen um astronomical increases to PG the last several years um just between 2021 and 2122 it was up 700,000 and it was
100up another another 1.3 this last year um so we're looking to use some of these Monies to kind of offset that increase um temporarily in our budget um the other piece that we'd like to look at is uh 1350 East lass Avenue our tenants in the second building um vacated on September 30th so we no longer have tenants in that building um so we need to go into that building we need to paint flooring pull cabling um U redo the Ada entrance so it's the primary entrance out front um to get that up and running um to be used as a facility for chica unified and then lastly um 3.3 million allocated to our special ed program so that program um is flourishing of a large student population um last year it was up 7%
101this year it's up 9.3% the number I got as of this morning was 2,188 students um of our 12,000 students are students with IEPs um so looking to aark this 3.3 million to offset some of those expanded programs for those new students in our district and that's the 7.1 million that would be spent over the next three years before the 26 deadline June 26 deadline going back to the you mentioned a PG Bill going up a lot um you said that you gave a dollar amount that it had inreased do you have any percentages where it's up by block block oh it's between 15 and 20% over the last how many years two years it's significant and what we're seeing is time of day billing definitely impacts school systems so between I think it's 3
102pm and 8:00 pm is like peak time and you think oh school's not in session except we have after school programs at almost all of our sites and we have sports um that are also at our facilities and so our facilities are really utilized Sunrise to sundown and then some um and so that is definitely playing a role um in this as well and just PG rates hikes themselves those have gone up 7% annually for the last couple years and I know they're going to the Public Utility Commission again I believe in January for additional increases do we um try to manage the um I'm assuming we have some protocols for trying to manage that so for examp for example if after school was program was going on over here in this building you know
103and you were using maybe one room of this building over here and you know there's some thought being given to this we're not just wanly you know just running everything into correct we have an energy management system that has set points for each classrooms and time of day so that it's not running 247 um that they end at a certain time they come in they kick on in the morning whether that's AC or um heating as we get into the cooler months um so that's all Reg ated through our energy management system yes and the other piece we are running programs longer into the summer as well which historically we haven't done other than the exception of esy um and now we're running our after school programs all June for nine hours a day and
104does any of that get allocated uh over to after school program costs this last year we did allocate a portion of it yes because the people funding I guess in some cases that would be us after school programs yes would want to know that cost was there yes and we did do that this last year okay thanks M Dy do you know um this is really just a kind of off hand question is there ever a um educational Presence at the Public Utility Commission meetings talking about this kind of thing addressing um you know PG needs normal and wanting money grabs I do not know the answer to that I put a thing on the agenda yet because I got to fill out a form but that might be something be interested in doing at
105some point later down the road and I can look into see whether any of the professional organizations are doing that casbo access thank you yeah some kind of advocacy or even if again if we could do like a letter of Yeah the more the more voices we can put out there for advocacy that that are we hope that someday the DC will stand up to them I don't have any faith in that it seems like the csba might have some regulatory lobbyist or something like that who would supposed to be paying attention to that kind of thing they certainly have lobbyists and I can ask whether or not this is something that's on their radar but it is impacting everyone so I'm sure it is uh so just for clarification you're asking for us to
106approve this expenditure plan that is correct and then we can spend accordingly okay um seeing that there's no public comment on this item do we have a motion from the board I move approval of the amim discretionary block grant expenditure plan oh second that motion okay we have a motion and a second uh do we have further discussion board yes please um so the first word in am am is Arts correct um and the specific text from the CDE uh talks about am I am grant funding being used for V foring Arts World Language math science English language arts history social studies ethnic studies financial literacy media literacy computer science I say that because I know we need these things it is really frustrating that we're spending $7 million of an Arts Grant with 50,000
107of going to Arts so the voters last November um passed prop 28 and that's where we're getting our Arts and Music money so at the elementary level we hired um we got rid of sub based prep time for our elementary teachers and we hired additional Fine Arts and Music prep providers so that students are with a certificated positional teacher um throughout the day versus having a sub come into the classroom um when the teacher is taking prep so a lot of the dollars went there and then additionally at the Junior High in high school we have three years to spend the current year allocation so at the Junior High in high school they're spending some on supplies right now as you saw with our Marsh program not the supplies here tonight but as the marsh
108alluded to it um and then I know that at the secondary sites um they've allocated money to get additional Consultants to help with like marching band and the choreography related to that um so that's really where the Arts and Music money is coming from is an Al alternative pot and that pot is ongoing that py is in that money is in statute until the voters say we want to put it back on the ballot to say no we don't want that anymore this money is one time so I feel like it's more fruitful from an ongoing program perspective that we use ongoing dollars for that versus one time dollars I hear that again I understand we have operating costs and we need to cover them I just uh especially since we were talking about the
109ethnic studies um you know plan in the future it' be nice to have a funding plan to make that a really robust program at any I'm putting out there so it's on the record I know what we're doing thank you uh what's the timeline on on needing to approve this well the dollars have to be spent by June of 26 um but no dollars can be spent until the the plan has been approved by the governing board mam Madam president just making note of the fact that our entry camera and Brer system is one of the items on this list yep yeah and you said for all schools that need them yes this 375,000 will get us an entryway um camera and buz system for all of our school sites and that'll help us basically
110offsets what costs would have been gone from come from our bond correct yeah I'm I'm still mulling over something that uh that you said Mr Lando um about you know just even how small of a chunk could be carved out for additional consulting services for like the ethnic studies program if it was something that was would be beneficial um as a one time I mean that's a onetime expense also what could be a onetime expense do you have any do you want to expand on those thoughts or ideas anymore not at the moment I'm feeling fairly bad to not talking St about this ahead of time and just bringing on email sometimes there's lot of Ming pieces and like this list makes sense to me for sure but also you know knowing that there's there's
111other things that we could also be doing with it and it is extremely infuriating that we need to allocate $3 million towards electricity so that's where I would say is where we should be frustrated the most um or at least I am okay well if there's no other points of discussion now we can vote we were unanimous with a voice last time we were um okay well let's go ahead and do um actually just in case I want to do a roll call vote because there might be some NOS um Mr tennis I'll start with you since you made Mo tennis I uh Doby I Robinson I conen I Lando I reluctant okay thank you uh we'll move onward to 9.3 um 9.3.1 sorry let me get closer to my mic it's not a sensitive
112tonight which is nice but also I forget that I need to be closer uh 9.3.1 discussion action approval of resolution number6 620-2330 school year thank you president Doby it's a long title anytime the district no longer needs or no longer has the funds for a classified position uh we bring a resolution to the board to approve the elimination of that position um so our recommendation is for the to uh adopt a resolution to eliminate the single position I would like the board to note that is a vacant position position and uh we bring these to you each time we either no longer need it or no longer have the funds to support the position so since the funds are no longer available for the position those funds are being utilized elsewhere I'm assuming correct yeah
113and and again I want to note that the the position is banking as you can see in the uh the adoption uh the resolution document um it's an aid position at one of our elementary schools if the position wasn't vacant but then there was no funds for it what what's the protocol then do we just make it work well we'd get a hold of Michelle bunch and write a grant um we're always looking for options right always trying to because if the position is there and it's vacant and it's viable and serving kids we're going to figure out a way to make it happen so this position would you say this position is needed not but not filled so right it's not filled people haven't applied to have these point it's not even a full-time
114position but um but so so is there still a need for this at the school it's my understanding that there's not a need for this position okay thank you I was looking at Mr suven to see if he had any other answer but it's my understanding a lot of okay in this situation it's not needed okay thank you any other questions from the board public comment signed up motion I move approval of resolution number 1620 d23 I second okay we have a motion by member Robinson and a second by member conin uh we were unanimous last time uh this time we can uh any further discussion no okay uh Voice vote is fine um all those in favor please say I I um no opposed so it passes unanimously and thank you um onward to
1159.4.1 um Mrs is under board discussion action approval of the revised updated new board policies so board policy 6174 education for English Learners was brought forward at our October 4th board meeting and it is now back for a second reading and approval we already asked questions about this last time I do believe I asked a question between meetings um uh about who who at the district level is uh in charge of administering the policy and um was there a second this particular policy will be um I think I helped answer that question did this particular and Mr suan obviously could speak to this too but this um policy here is overseen by ed services um and our team U Mr Sullivan ALS also oversees our eel programs and we also have two e coaches that
116we have that are uh teachers on special assignment that oversees our e programs that help supports our elementaries and our secondary sites on the on these programs and then each one of our site administrators also making sure that this policy is being followed Anna Mayfield and kayin rice are the kind of the coordinators that Jay was referring to the tosas that work with high schools down to the elementary schools with implementation of this policy a lot of meat in this policy it's they they are busy yes and and with that said they also have some support with some of those things like we have we call them blue jacket positions to kind of monitor student progress on their lpac scores so there's other folks involved with kind of monitoring some of these things as well
117that's built into our budget with some of those positions thank you um okay seeing no other questions for clarification and no public comment do we have a motion sure I move adoption of board Poli 6174 I'll SEC all right I'll second that motion we have a motion by Mr Lando and a second by Miss Robinson um all those in favor of adoption say say I I I opposed the pass is unanimous uh 9.4.2 is discussion action setting the date of annual organizational meeting of the governing board of a chica Unified School District proposed date December 13th 2023 you to keep giving me these long titles I know it this is the time of the year when we have to set our organizational meeting at the organizational meeting the board will determine the officers of the
118board you will set the meeting dates and times and the agenda format so we are proposing that that would be on December 13th the second Wednesday of the month due to the winter break as opposed to the sixth just because so typically we only have one board meeting in December and we put it in that second week and this I believe has to be set after a certain time in December okay got it great I don't have any more questions anybody else no no public comments uh motion I'll call for a motion I move approval of this item second we have a a motion yeah we have a motion by Mr tennis and a second by Mr Lando uh all those in favor I I None opposed it passes is uh moving on to where's
119my numbers 9.4.3 discussion action of CH Unified School District board self- evaluation presented by you go ahead I can speak to that yeah um the board this year has asked that we get input from the public and that would be our staff and parents and um other members that are interested in in providing input so we put together a draft survey and that is in your packet and we would send this out electronically and gather input and then have this ready to come back to the board for discussion at our November meeting would we get the results before or at the same time as we submit our own self- evaluation I know we talked about like what a timeline would look like to try to does that make sense so the results would need to
120come forward at the board meeting and so that everybody gets the information at the same time okay and that would be at the same time that we have already done our own self- evaluation is that right so the community would be one piece and then you guys could and that's up to the board do your own self- evaluation as you have done those in the past I think I was working under the assumption that we would still do that aspect of it yeah I like the survey succinctly puts together what the board does and what our charge is and kind of what we don't do are there any other questions or comments um no public comment do we have a motion appr of theity survey survey I'll second it I think it's a good place
121to start we've never done this before before at least that I know of um so it'll be interesting and I think insightful to put it out there and see what kind of response we get I think it'll be insightful just to see the number of responses that we get how many people want to give us feedback on how we're doing um and so yeah is it going to be pushed out just like we would any other type of community survey same channels and all Yes uh at the site level as well as at the district level we can s it out to all of our staff we can post on social media we can send it out to all of our parents um the social media link would be the way for community members that
122wanted that maybe didn't have children in the system to have access yeah okay and media in general correct to like Enterprise record and all those good folks okay yeah I assume that Erica's gonna plug it into all of her NK you would assume correctly all right um any further discussion or questions all right let's vote uh all those in favor of uh moving forward with this say I I I I all right pass is unanimous great thank you and uh moving on to the next item I'm fading uh items from the floor do we have any additional um speakers for items from the floor none from our community that are present okay um number 11 is board member requests to agendize item uh we have 11.1 discussion action um uh proposal for uh student citizenship
123and respect for authority Mr tennis thank you um let me just pull my sheet up here for a second sorry um yeah I I have heard from senior staff cabinet I guess recently in conversations that teachers have expressed concern about uh safety on campus relative to student behaviors um I've heard comments about social media and people filming dramatic events that occur on campus um I've heard of um violent instances sometimes Gang Related where uh cameras come out and and large audiences amassed to observe you know altercations I've heard of police coming on campus and having students uh obstruct them as they're trying to create safe campuses um I think this kind of thing is um frankly toxic it disagrees with my sensibilities for wanting to have an orderly atmosphere for Learning and and citizenship at
124schools um additionally our lcap goals are very clear that we want to have you know healthy positive campus climates and um this sort of like uh you know sort of mob mentality type stuff you know yelling cursing at police um is against that so I think that we need to understand the extent of the problem and make sure that we're doing everything we can to encourage a positive School climate and good citizenship to create a good learning environment so um and and at the heart of part of it all is safety we want safety for our staff safety for our students and we need to fulfill our mission and um I want to kind of hone in on the things that might be diminishing from that do you have a succinct motion I move that
125we place an item on a future agenda discuss student citizenship and disciplinary measures and other tools we might employ to foster a positive and productive School climate I'll second giving I was giving Erica time to type [Laughter] it um okay so since this would be a future discussion um item we this is not the time to necessarily flush it out now as a discussion um but I think that it's appropriate to you know add any um small thoughts if needed or we could just move right into a vote sure mam if you all would go back to the minutes of our last meeting where we talked about where Caitlyn brought up something very similar regarding uh student behavior and safety in the context of lunchtime I think all those exact same issues can be brought
126up here so you already got me on on on record to follow that i' say it's a good idea regardless of who brings it up and I think to um to the point to Mr tennis's Point um that it's it's it really is falling under the time that we're responsible for these kids so yeah um is there any any more direction from the staff needed for this item or you can always Circle back with yeah I think as we start putting this together we'll need to get some more specifics but from what I'm hearing is a a synopsis of the type of issues that we're facing on campus the behavior issues that we see most often and we can look through discipline records um are areas to look at that uh as well as tools
127that we have to utilize to address those behaviors yes uh Miss sty that your last statement was what I raised my hand for is I want to see some brilliant ideas about Solutions we would be open to hearing some additional ones for sure um and I so also um while I value hard qualitative quantitative data um I I do think that there are some some concerns that don't get translated into Aries very well um so if there's anecdotal things to share I think that that that would be valuable as well um teacher experiences and concerns or staff I should say staff experiences and concerns student experiences and concerns what are you hearing from kids when you're visiting campuses did you have a comment we do we do school climate surve and we can share that
128data as well um yes I I had one other concern is that we take a look at anything that might uh turn into a negotiable item issue in dealing with this subject matter change in working conditions change in you know for both of our bargaining units um since this is a truly itemized um that's not the right word this is agenda item um we we can take public comment if you would like to speak so I spend a lot of time on campuses um and there is definitely I feel there's levels of disrespect that need to be fixed and improved upon but I feel it's not necessarily something completely at the school level that can be fixed because the big problem is social media kids love social media they love their Snapchat their Tik Tok
129all the things um and that's like the goal on social media is like to go viral kids like are drawn to that that's what they're focused on that's what they want they want to be the next best thing they want to be influencers whatever so um just sitting here and thinking like do we focus on teaching kids social media like positive social media behaviors like I feel it doesn't happen at home well let's just be honest doesn't happen in every household those discussions about social media and what makes good social media and bad social media and how you should act on social media if it's not happening at home granted it's not the school's responsibility to teach that but I also feel like it's a pretty important thing to be discussing with our kids is
130the social media and that and like when when you put something on the Internet it's there like it does not go away that's like the day and age we live now and I feel there needs to be that educational component for our students especially our junior high students and our high school students but also starting at elementary too like just finding ways to start those conversations so when they get to that age when they have a phone when they have that social media they're prepared for it because again it doesn't happen in every household kids they know how to be sneaky too let's be honest you think you have an honest kid and you know they do something that surprises you and so um I think that needs to be included in any type of
131discussion that we have is like what can we do at the school level to help prepare our students for this world of social media that we're in now that's it thank you all righty um let's vote all those in favor for agiz this on a future item uh yep that's what I'm trying to say that's fine uh please say I I hi please help get me out of here um it's unanimous that passes thank you um and there's no additional items for um agendize for the future at this time so I will call for a motion to adjourn yeah all right we have we have a motion so we will adjourn thank you