001[Music] for [Music] the [Music] y [Music] that's [Music] oh [Music] may I have a motion to excuse uh superintendent Dr zlo from the board meeting tonight due to illness so moved second all in favor say I I motion passes 60 roll call president Mr Nish I am here vice president Mr noola here clerk Mrs yayama bu pres board member Mrs Mendoza present board member Dr Rios present board member Mrs U here this evening we will be discussing the following items in Clos session Public Employee disine dismissal release evaluation one matter government code section 54957 conference with labor negotiator update on negotiations with abcf afme and CA government code section 54957.6 existing litigation we'll be talking about special education settlement agreement student oah 0221 pursuing to government code section 54956.9 another special education settlement agreement for
002Student oah 20251 0632 Government code section 54956.9 and also a student discipline matter delation on student expulsion case number 245 2425 d8 pursu to Education Code section 48900 A1 48900 A2 48900 G and 489 I are any public comments on close session items I see none thank you can I have a motion to go to close session so moved second all in favor say I I motion passes 60 right [Music] n [Music] oh [Music] n he okay [Music] he [Music] w h [Music] he [Music] you [Music] n [Music] d oh [Music] e [Music] for [Music] now [Music] n [Music] oh [Music] the board is back in Open Session can I have a motion second second all in favor say I I motion passes 60 please silence your cell phones if anybody's in need of translation
003services there's some in the back of the room for support so please uh ask because we can translate for you tonight in close session the board discussed a Public Employee discipline dismissal release evaluation one matter code section 54957 we had discussion with the conf labor negotiator updated negotiations with abcf afscme and CA government code section 54957.6 existing litigation and closed session the board discussed and approved a special set education settlement agreement the amount of $85,000 attorney's fees of 20,000 and compensatory education of 65,000 for oah 2024 110221 by a vote of 6 to Zer pursuing to government code section 54956.9 also in closed session the board discussed and approved a special education settlement agreement in the amount of 24,500 attorneys fees of 6,500 and compensatory education 120 hours at 18,000 for oah 22411 0221 by
004vote of 50 pursu to government code section 54956.9 student discipline we discussed may I have a motion to Second based upon the review of the Clos session on the findings of fact and recommendations of the administrative hearing panel taana moves okay the board accepts the recommendation of the administrative hearing panel to expel in student expulsion case number 2425 d8 based upon violation of Education Code section 48 900 A1 48900 A2 48900 G and 48900 I the board adopts the plan of Rehabilitation recommended by the panel with one addition and the board sets the regular board meeting of December 2nd 2025 as the date upon which the board will review the student for readmission all those in favor say I I I motion passes 60 tonight Pledge of Allegiance will be led by students from Melbourne
005Elementary who are accompanied by their principal Miss Cynthia Santos assistant principal Emily Williams and student leadership coach Alicia Leon and they're gonna come right on here and wow us in a few seconds all right you're going to fill our room for good evening and thank you for having us president Mr Nishi vice president Mr naola clerk Miss yokoami rui honorable board superintendent Dr zlo superintendent's cabinet and honored guest my name is Caitlin pan and I'm a fifth grade member of student leadership group of group at Melbourne Elementary attending with me are elected representatives from from grades four through six I'd also like to introduce our advisers Miss William miss Emily Williams our assistant principal and Al and Miss Alicia Leon one of our sixth grade teachers along with our principal Miss Cynthia Santos I'll I'll
006now lead you to the Pledge of Allegiance please stand face the flag hand over heart and begin I pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic of which it stands one nation under God individuals liy and thus for all I good evening everyone I am Lennon Rodriguez a fourth grade member of the student leadership group at marbor we have been we had a busy March at marbor on March 19 we hosted an In-N-Out family and communion event our PTO raised money for school activities we served 653 meals that evening we also had a literary activities for family and students such as selecting books to take care home to take home and making bookmarks it was a great evening where the schools and Community uh came together the
007next day we hosted our super attendant Dr zlo for lunch and discussion we had a good practice with this because early this year when we met uh Dr Mayfield to put an input to our strategic plan then on Friday March 21 we also LED our trimester Awards sah more M we had handed out our academic Awards and also awards for students who followed marbor Behavior exceptions for being respectful responsible and safe now I will hand it over to Olivia good evening I Olivia ganad a fifth grade member of student leadership Melbourne participated in the district's 25th Annual stem Olympics on Saturday March 21st our team of fourth and fifth graders competed this year in three areas and we placed in the top five in the fourth grade math competition and the fifth grade ping pong
008ball run on Monday March 24th we hosted Community leaders such as mayor Dandy deala for our community career day our invited community members visited classrooms and talked about their careers and read a book of their choice to our students then on Wednesday March 26 board member Dr Rios visited our school as well finally throughout the month of March our school has been participating in March mathness each week our teachers nominate students based on how well we have done onl that week it has been really fun competing with each other and the prizes aren't too bad either thank you for the opportunity to share [Applause] all right I think we have some board comment uh Dr Rios hello Melbourne students it's always a pleasure to welcome our area six school so thank you for being here
009today as someone mentioned I did have the pleasure of Miss visiting um your school uh last week along with Dr Castro and principal Santos we got to to walk around and see your hardworking teachers in action and so that was fun I um unfortunately I don't think I made it much to the upper grades and my nephew was not happy about that but um I promised to go back um but thank you for sharing all that um that is happening there I don't live too far from the school so I always get to see a lot of um action happening there and I know there this past weekend I think there were cars late in the afternoon and so I have to um probably check in a little bit more often to see all the
010fun stuff happening but thank you for being here good job thank you you guys are popular we have uh Miss suu Board member see you thank you president Nishi well Melbourne students thank you for coming and presenting yourself and leading Us in the pledge you guys did a great job with your presentation you guys are very seem very confident standing in front of the board members is not easy but look at you guys proud of you thank you for coming thank you board member m Mendoza thank you Mr President did you guys hear about the stickers that you get when you come to the board meeting nobody told you about the stickers so I have stickers these can only you can only get them here at the school board and it says ABC School District
011and it says student leader so you can only get them here you can't buy them online you can't trade them they're just for the students who come and present to the school board so I have 10 of them who can come up in you want to come okay Mia come and get them you you pass them out you can put them on your water I don't know do they have water bottles they can put them on their water bottles okay thank you guys for coming out and sharing all the the wonderful activities that you guys are doing and I hope to see you back and you can get more stickers next year I'll design a new one okay thank you thank you those stickers look like they're matching great presentation it's just I'm just so
012proud of being the president here and getting to hear your presentation did you guys drive yourself here did who who drove you our parents oh could you point them out and have them stand up stand up all [Applause] right thank you parents for doing such a great job with these great students and uh going to be a great future for them I know it thank you oh oh really quick uh I do also have uh bookmarks thank you um president Mishi I also do have bookmarks for each of you continue being great student leaders for your school thank you so [Applause] much thank you very much you next on the agenda we have recognition of Whitney High School girls basketball CIF champion ship [Applause] team see that all right so actually uh we'll start with
013uh Mr Joe Pac from assemblywoman uh Sharon cork Silva's office first please come we have a lineup of people who want to honor you thank you Mr President uh my name is Joe P I'm a senior field repap for assembly member Sharon COA representing 67 Assembly District uh I'd like to congratulate the uh Whitney High girls basketball champions and uh I also have a certificate for the principal two ethic directors head coach assistant coach JV coach and uh I'm glad that basketball has only about 10 or 11 players so I have uh 11 certificate for the uh players my my granddaughter plays basketball at University of Redland she was playing at Pacifica high school and she's a center she's s six footer but not from the the Korean we are not that tall right but
014um her father is uh uh 64 so how do I do this do I just pass it out to every yes okay so we should get on to the picture right congratulations we have to recognize them first we have to what there's a certificate for them from us yeah okay yeah LA's next want to go down we should do do it all once yeah okay okay let's do it because otherwise we're going to be here for like a long time right come on let's all go can we get y Miss Yoko Mizu miso good evening it's a pleasure to be here on behalf of supervisor Janice Han to join ABC unified here tonight in also recognizing Whitney High School's girls basketball team for their amazing win and your title as a state champion [Applause] as
015student athletes you have a lot on your plate you have to be mentally and physically prepared as well as balance all of your schoolwork and the supervisor wanted to commend you for that and congratulate you and also say a big congrats to all of the coaching staff and and thank you all for the hard work that you put in during the year as well so congrats congrats again she also did a social media post for you all and wanted to recognize you for again for your outstanding efforts we have certificates for you all as well and I have a a large scroll for for the team and I hope you'll uh display it proudly [Applause] congrats and last but not least ABC um let me see I think I might have a little secret shirt
016here I don't show any favoritism here not not at all not [Applause] really um so it's about teamwork knowing who to pass it to who to who has the power to do the the shot who can run fastest who can defend who can do all these different tasks all these major things that you guys do are things that you're going to do your entire life and you have taken it all the way to the top to the very top of your achievement um amazing I think the last time we did this was um 86 so 40 years so you guys are uh unique uh today we congratulate the Whitney High girls on this historic Championship they beat Half Moon Bay High School to take and you guys weren't the biggest ones but you were the
017the ones who had a lot of heart coach myON Jacobs LED this team including six returning seniors who are determined to win and there's been many good teams in the past but it's that just a little bit extra that they have Haley wangs scored 17 points Alysa so scored 15 points Sarai Carter tough defense it was teamwork it's all of us and we are so proud of you thank [Applause] you we'll just [Applause] got but I'm sure we have some board comments next one is also on you the wrest okay you have but I think the do you want to do board comments okay thank you yeah the last one Whitney there we go I don't have a button here anymore for Whitney I don't know if we've ever I don't know of any other
018school that state a b deal that's a pretty big deal like they're number one like over the entire State of California H yeah me neither but I know this yes um before you leave though we'd love to have some I'm sure the rest of the board would like to have some comments so we'll start with the board member suu yes thank you president Nishi I want to uh give a big shout out to Whitney uh basketball coaches and the parents who worked hard cuz this doesn't have happen overnight this team was in the process of growing the past you know few years or maybe a decade building up the team and um juggling the the academic uh uh difficulty of you know Whitney and the sports time management that must been so difficult but kudos
019to the parents to allow your kids to play on the in the sports because there's nothing better for mental health than keeping the kids busy off the screen and they they do better managing the time during uh Sports season I I know this from experience my girls all played you know um tennis and during tennis they did better because they had to juggle time yeah so anyways congratulations ABC and Whitney High School next we have board member uh actually vice president president noola uh thank you president Nish I just also want to congratulate a state championship is a huge accomplishment for any sport for any athletes just getting to the state tournament is already tough you have to go through CIF you have to in the winter be on top of your finals studying you
020know you have to put so many sacrifices to just to be on part of the team but to make a state championship it's a huge sacrifice so congratulations again to the wild cats you know they made history again the first state championship of the century so there we go thank you guys thank you board member Mendoza thank you Mr President I just want to Echo my colleagues and congratulate and everyone and I just I was just thinking about they won in March which is women's history month we have a board with the majority of women so I just want to say you have a a principal that's a woman so I want to say girl power girl power and and I just want to Echo I want to thank the parents CU I know how
021much how much work this is but I can't imagine the pride that you guys felt when they won uh that's an amazing feeling and I I I hope they continue to win and that you come back and and and share that great information with us as as they move on in their education to college thank you again congratulations okay all right now we'll have recognition of the SOS high school girls State wrestlers [Applause] this is a slightly smaller group but no less deserving uh Faith jurnigan senior year State qualifier 20 wins for the season sandon Tournament champion Queen of the Hill Seventh Place ABC District Champions four-time Champion undefeated for four years 605 League champion undefeated in league for four years CF sixth place Masters fourth place state qualifiers Faith J stance an extending wrestling
022career so that's Faith jurnigan so I'd like to give this to her that's my cheat sheet meline Meredith senior year State finisher eighth place 36 wins for the season Walnut Invitational Champion MVP fourth sand Deus Dick Morris Invitational Champion ABC District Champion 605 League champion CIF second place Master second place State Placer eighth place mine meline Meredith finish a strong season with over 100 career Varsity wins she is the second uh two-time Masters qualif fire qualified for the state meet this year and put serus girls wrestling back on the state podium [Applause] Grandpa Grandpa [Applause] don't leave yet I have a couple comments so my mom did a sport called Judo it's called The Gentle Way and it was wrestling and uh my father my grandfather was kind of a male chauvinist and at that
023time 80 years ago women didn't do wrestling it is not the typical sport for women to be doing um but my grandfather allowed it because he had three daughters and he loved the sport and so for him to be in his daughter's lives he he uh he enabled it my mom and all sister sisters became black belt um and so for me this is kind of touching because I know that as wrestlers you know your own self but you also have to be smart you have to know how the other person is moving how they're reacting and doing things and I think those skills will take you far into the future this is an atypical sport for women right it's not um always graceful it is sometimes Force but is also very intelligent so um
024that's why I think something like this is is important and so I commend you for your your ability to to to go and beat stereotypes and and do things that are going to be different and I know that for the rest of your life you'll remember this but you'll take the skills that you learned here and be successful you'll do those atypical things that not everybody does and um so thank you for for doing that okay we have a few more comments here you're not dismissed yet Board member Miss Mendoza thank you Mr President I just I'm just going to keep saying it girl power your principal is a woman we got wrestling women just keep it up keep coming back year after year congratulations and congratulations to your parents also who I know are
025feeling that great pride so thank you for all the work that you're doing we have vice president uh Mr noola who I think is also a wrestler at one point yeah at one point did you go to state no I did not go to state so just checking so I can attest to how tough it is to get to State to go through CIF to go through Masters and then to cut weight again to State on top of everything else going on in your life uh they say once you've wrestled everything else and life is easy and I believe that is true so you guys have done the impossible you guys have broken barriers you guys have done so much for your you know your sport and other women like Miss Mendoza has mentioned you
026guys are just going to keep breaking barriers and keeping the the I can't curse but the bad the bad Subs that you guys are but you guys are are doing great uh wrestling is to me the toughest sport and it makes the toughest people so congratulations uh on your many many future wins too board member you congratulations and go don yeah my three girls graduated from cidos high school Don yes um just just I just wanted to just say that um you know take that resiliency and fighting you know spirit all the way into your life never give up I just want I always tell my girls be a fighter because in life you're going to have a lot of tough you know ups and downs but if you fight with a spirit that you
027guys you know fought to get this far I mean I could already see you guys will do well okay so brought honor and um you know you know how your um school so proud of you guys so keep up the good work go [Music] dance okay we have Dr Rios yeah usually I skip the comments because my colleagues have done a good job of doing that but I think we're here to celebrate one accomplishment but as you were facing the crowd I noticed like tons of decorations on your jacket so I think that you've done a lot in your um career I guess as wrestlers so very proud of you ladies especially again it's been said breaking barriers doing things that are nontraditional very very proud of you and [Applause] congratulations thank you now you
028may [Applause] go okay next we'll have the recognition for the migran Ed Middle School first place debate team for Los Angeles County all right do I go up there no we down here good evening president Nishi uh vice president noola clerk yokoyama bu members of the board Deputy super intendent Mr nwin District cabinet and ABC Community I am very pleased to recognize the outstanding students from our migrant education program who participated and competed in the Los Angeles County Office of education's regional speech and debate competition on Saturday March 15th joining me in celebrating their achievements our interim migrant EG coordinator Mrs NADA armenta and teacher Mrs Connie Nom who are here with us today and I would like to extend a special thank you to Mrs nom for her dedication and commitment to coaching our
029students she has done this work for the past 5 years and as you can see tonight her efforts including working with students after school and on Saturdays Have Been instrumental in the students preparation and success and her hard work has truly made a difference as reflected in the remarkable achievements of our students um I would also like to acknowledge the migets counselor Cynthia buenz who was not able to make it tonight but she was also there at the competition to support our students so without further Ado I would like to congratulate the following students we have first place winner in the prepared speech category for high school herard Garcia Segovia from gar High [Applause] School stand there stand up there and then we have our first place in the middle school debate team category and
030this team will advance to the state finals in Monteray in just about a month May 2nd to 4th we have yal Dean Cruz from hasell middle school and they're wearing all of their competition winnings as well and we have monserat Garcia Segovia from Ross Middle [Applause] School Tiffany ortado from Fetti Middle School and emilina Vargas from fety middle school so these are our wonderful winners we also did have some other winners um also placed in some different categories but these are our first place winners that we are recognizing tonight thank you [Applause] I'll let the board comment first and I'll have the last say in this one all right uh board member Dr Rios well and here we go girl I'm going to be uh board member mosa to this one girl power almost right
031no congratulations to all of you it's really impressive to see you achieve this level of um work I guess I mean debate right like public speaking is the number one fear across the world and so the fact that you've already dominated that I mean the sky's the limit when it comes to careers when it comes to future endeavors so very proud of you congratulations and yeah some of you I feel like we've seen before so yay we will hopefully continue to see you while you're here at ABC thank you thank you board member Mendoza thank you Mr President she beat me to it I was going to say girl power but I'm not leaving you out mi okay you're in good company and and I love seeing students from all across the district right not
032just one school but it's all across our district so I just want to say thank you for doing the work thank thank you to the teachers and the staff for helping you guys cuz I know it's not easy you have your know your own schoolwork and then you're doing this and how many of you are moving on to monre all good luck enjoy it's fun up there it might be really cold I just came back about two weeks ago it's really cold but it's really fun up there okay so congratulations sorry sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry we're proud of you too board clerk Tatiana Buie Yama Bui thank you president um huge huge congratulations I mean I'm looking at you all and I I you're I know you're in junior high in high school but
033you're doing so much great work representing our district representing your schools and your community huge thank you to your teachers and the families for supporting you um we we we wish you the best of luck in montere we know you're going to bring home more medals and more trophies so do your best okay okay thank you so much thank you vice president noola uh thank you president Nishi uh congratulations again I do recognize some of you guys from last year though congratulations again uh best of luck at your next competition and just keep up the good work you guys are you know representing all your students from all your schools but you guys are also representing the district so congratulations and good luck you guys board member you thank you congratulations and uh you know
034the training of speech and public speaking I mean we're all fearful too you're not the only one who's nervous but it's a really great training because in the future down the road you know you can really represent your community for the good make a good influence and good impact you know so keep up the good work and keep up your um speech public speaking expression and also if you can keep up if you can Master one language you can also Master another language so if you can do public speaking in both languages bilingual trilingual I mean California we kind of need that right so keep up the good work and thanks to uh our um staff Connie for going out of her way Miss Nam after school and Saturdays you know I'm sure you guys
035will remember her you know as you guys get older and as an adult so kudos to all of you congratulations I get to say something um I'm not going to wish you good luck you've you have already won in my mind um it is the scariest thing I used to do the speech and debate way back in high school I was the worst at it I felt like a million lights are on me and a thousand different things and factors and issues and and I could have said it a thousand times better but sometimes it's that confidence that you exude and and uh your ability to just just do it dance and weave and and think of the issues and and uh uh make a presentation and um put your feeling into it and that's
036what I think the judges will see they'll see the logic the feeling the Spirit uh they don't know what you're going to say before you know that you just make have to make everything act as if it was all intentional and part of your grand plan I know you guys can do it you've already done it and uh um and monre will be the place that you will whatever place you make you will prove it to all of us and in the future I know that U um if you ever need a position in the law firm oh no I don't want to be against you guys I'd rather you have me on my team thank you thank [Applause] you we are not done with recognitions yet we have another one Black History Month Visual
037and Performing Arts contest winner Dr ha so I am also very pleased to announce the winner of the district's Black History Month Visual and Performing Arts contest this year's theme was African-Americans and labor which inspired powerful artistic expressions and tonight we recognize an exceptional piece so please join me and congratulating Adonna na a 12th grader from seros high school come on up Adonna and she she actually brought her artwork that we will be framing um afterwards and we will be displaying in our lobby so you want to go and scan she can show off her art piece and I believe that you might also have a copy of that in front of you yes so she earned first place along with a $100 check um given by the ABC Education Foundation so thank you to
038the foundation but she has her first place artwork which is called crown of roots and um her piece beautifully celebrates the rich history and significance of African-American hair where each curl tells a story of resilience and identity the tree in her artwork symbolizes the growth and unity of Black Culture with the women's curls forming its branches visually representing the Deep connection between Heritage and history so we congratulate Adonna for this wonderful piece and we're excited to display this in our district office you take a yes than e [Applause] sure board comment number SE uh Miss menoa I'm going to beat everybody to it girl power and Serita what's going on at Toritos we need the formula pass over the formula it's a beautiful piece it's it's amazing I love that we got it and I
039was looking at it before when we came and I said wow and I kind of knew it was a woman who did this because it's just beautiful I I I love it I think I'm going to take it and take it I teach kindergarten so I think I'm going to take it to my classroom if you don't mind and show it to them you're going to be famous though okay congratulations it's a beautiful artwork thank you uh board clerk Yoko yamu congratulations as I told you personally I I I'm in love with this artart piece um what medium did you use acrylic and watercolor and might I add I'm seeing what I think is a photo copy your the original that you have in your hand I see the texture in that I see the
040depth and you worked so hard on this piece I can tell so thank you so much for bringing this to our district and congratulations hope to see more from you in terms of artwork thank you and um so my mom was an artist and uh she felt that art touches our hearts and can change the world and I know through that art that you produce what I see here now as you grow as an artist and as a person and and everything that we're going to see more of you and you will change the world through your art so thank you oh we have uh I guess we have more than uh several you have a lot of fans here uh board member you yeah you know what I wanted to ask um is it
041possible if you can kind of share with us the the meaning of the picture if you don't mind that'll be helpful can you go to the mic is that okay Ernie sure yeah um so I am a hair stylist and when I found out the category was like where do you see excellence in the back black community um I see excellence in our hair because our hair is really what makes us stand out so that's what I kind of portrayed in my piece fantastic wow that's thank you so much and the president Nisha can I ask for one more yeah sure tonight the dawn are just amazing can we invite the the principal up what's going on no just kidding can can you come up principal don't be shy yeah we say Donas Donas Donas
042yeah I'm Donas wi that's right Miss Wise yes can you you share a comment what's going on so much accomplishments it's been about eight months but eight months are the best months of my life the kids here at cidos are are so wonderful not only they're beautiful and Brilliant and smart but they are kind and respectful and I'm just having the time of my life just watching them flourish it's been an amazing journey here and I'm just so happy to be a part all right thank you Dr Rios well I know that as parents I mean our kids could bring anything and we love it and frame it I mean the pride in your parents to see such amazing work I mean you could just see the um how proud they are of you I
043mean we're proud of your work I really enjoyed reading and hearing you talk about the symbolism um you know I especially like that last line about signifying that behind every beautiful afro lies a shared Legacy one that belongs to us all um thank you for bringing such steps to celebrate Black History that's it thank you and vice president noola uh thank you president isi I just also wanted to congratulate you I you know seeing this art you know it's it's amazing how much detail you put into how much effort and how much symbolism you put in just one picture you know when I look at the roots I think about all the shared connectedness the history that you know goes into African-American history you know the roots that lead into the branches into the tree
044into the hair is just all so beautiful so thank you for sharing this with us we hope to display for for long and you can come back and share more art with us so thank [Applause] you oh wait you don't have any more board members there's another one out there okay so thank you very much for coming we appreciate you coming the seventh board member or former board member um we'll have a now we'll now have a recognition for Mrs Sophia a councilwoman M Mr Joe [Applause] pack no we had a wonderful celebration last Saturday uh celebrating the uh honorable here as a woman of Distinction for assembly district 67 and uh assembly coila was proud to present a a big member resolution uh to the effect but I have a small one uh certificate
045here for honorable sopia CH uh ABC UniFi School District in honor of your service as a trustee clerk vice president and president at the Abc UniFi school district for the last 17 years on behalf of the 67 Assembly District I command and sincerely thank you for your commitment and Leadership and public service to the students families and staff of the ABC UniFi school district for 17 years April 1st 2025 Sharon Co Silva assembly member 67 District now now today is April Fool's Day but but this is for real this is for Real [Applause] congratulations Mr nin oh wait should we take a picture we'll take a picture we're getting a lot of exercise today you will might as well e can I go I up to you it's okay that first that one first okay
046okay they gave me a speech um I'll I'll read from here but I'm also going to read from what I know of you as well so miss Sophia say served on the ABC school board for 17 years before being elected to the Sera city council and during her time on the board she helped the district managed many challenges from multiple economic Downs to a global pandemic she led the way to a successful bond election which upgraded our school facilities and will impact students for many years to come as a nurse she's been a strong advocate for student health mental Health supporting the district's move to place mental health professionals in all our schools I'm going to add something here about Chinese language and having a dual language immersion that was an Innovative thing that's kind
047of something that we pushed to have great success and it's been a great program we've really done well with that we've had nurse programs that we didn't have before and that was through her it is the uniqueness of her that makes this difference Sophia I hate change I hate that you're not going to be here I'm going to hate not getting tea from her or accidentally spilling it on the table I'm going to hate not having somebody to talk to and get counsel and really understand what it really means to be a board member because it's not all what you see up here it's all those other things those events that you show to the the shoes that you should tie your laces on um the presentation that you make to the students and as
048a leader as an example to show up to the events that the community cares about and that's what Sophia taught taught me I hate that I'm going to miss that but also I know that our city is going to undergo major changes because of your influence because from where you come you don't forget your past you clean up the neighbor's yard you give the tissue to the person who's crying on the podium for the many times that I've seen you talk to the people that are out there and I think this time people actually understood that it's not it's a team of people that come to help and get you elected but I think the community finally finally understood that this is a leader that we need to take the city of seros and with
049it ABC forward where we can have housing for our kids and our parents and our families that we can all afford and live in a great Community with low crime and and the students that come here will be supported by the city and we know that you're going to be that kind of leader because you don't forget us we're we're going to be so missing a you uh I just that's that's um we we didn't want to make this a huge huge thing but we know that after 17 years we can't just let you go without grabbing for you so um thank you and I know the rest of the board would like to uh say something too but I get the first shot at it thank you for your 17 years of service to
050ABC students families staff particularly me thank you [Applause] on for I'm going to let the other board members uh chime in and then uh since I'm the president I get to have you go last okay that's why I hav follow the order vice president Francisco noola uh thank you president Nishi uh congratulations Sophia on winning your election and being councilwoman for S city of serritos I I wish it wasn't April Fool was joke and you would be back on the board here with us but we're we're sad it's bittersweet to see you go uh we know you're going to do great things on the council uh you will bridge that partnership with us here at the board and we would do great things together uh I know your time here on the board you have
051done so much for the community for our students you know multiple Generations have been under your leadership so we appreciate everything you've done um I'm going to miss the tea as well but also you know just the quick check-ins that we would have and just to see how things are how kids are feeling and and being able to know what the temperature is at ABC so I I'm going to miss sitting next to you but I know we're going to do great things together so congratulations again thank you board member M Dr Rios thank you Mr President um Sophia as you enter into your new role in away from the board I want to also express my congratulations I think in speaking of what we're going to miss for me it's going to be the
052little tokens that we would get on a regular basis thank you um but your inside dedication and Leadership have made a lasting impact here on ABC and goes without saying that definitely wish you much success in any future endeavors or for you as a councilwoman thank you thank you board member Mendoza thank you Mr President congratulations councilwoman at least me I I you're not going far you're down the street and it's it's really good to see that there are three former school board members on the city council for the city of AR of citos and I say that because I think it's a great partnership because the three of you know the needs of our students and going to be working in a really good city and we're going to be able to make some
053good um progress in helping our schools and you have been doing this for 17 years that is an accomplishment and I know when you were here everybody knew you right everybody knows Sophia and so we're going to miss you but I know you're going to come back you're going to visit us and we're going to be at serritos and we we were blessed to be able to be there at your uh swear in and there were everyone except for Francisco we were missing you and it was so good to see you with your family it was a beautiful event and I'm glad we were we were able to be a part of that and you will always be ABC Family no matter where you are so thank you for your service thank you board clerk
054Yoko yab Bui honorable councilwoman so happy to have worked with you um I actually Pro I likely worked with you the least um three three or four meetings um out of your 17 years but I I did not need to attend meetings with you to know um about all the good work you do for our community um seeing you at events even just as you know a non-elected I I was U I know how active you were in the community um hearing all the very positive uh Compliments are my fellow board members have to say I I wish I could have worked with you more but I will continue to do so um you know as a board member and with you working um on behalf and serving the city um I would like to
055say um I hope I could still invite you to uh this the musicals and and I know you you love to attend those with with your grandchild so so again I I I wish you um much success um while you're on Council um I can I wish you a long career on Council and I do hope only the best for you um lastly there's always someone asking me how it is on the board H how how's the board you know what do you think so far and one of my first responses was I felt so much warmth and support um at my first meeting in December and and you know it was a warm welcome from everyone but I really felt it from you as well so thank you for having that positive attitude thank
056you for making people feel special and feel good um that is one of your blessings so thank you again thank you board member Miss suu thank you president um my fellow board members and especially the president Ernie uh really said it all I mean he really he had a very moving presentation today so that was very U impressive thank you Ernie for sharing such a nice things uh about Sophie well Sophie you lost a lot of weight you look pretty um Sophie Sophie honorable councilwoman Sophia say is like big mama to all of us she always calls us sister sister and you know she treats us like family and I know that when she goes to the school district she's like a family and she's all over she's like the little Energizer Bunny you know
057the Dell bunny that's that's who Sophia SE is she's a big sister to everyone she she has a warm heart lots of love always bring small gifts here and there and she's a problem solver she's a unifier she brings people together on different sides different views to come together to work together to solve together and um uh I am looking forward to working with uh seros city council woman because uh there's a lot of work ahead you I I think that now that uh you know so you're there maybe we can solve some housing issues between the city and the district um there's a lot of things that can be done when we collaborate because city does well because of strong districts and you know vice versa if the city attracts you know good family
058the district does well too so collaborating and working together is so crucial and I think that you're the perfect person to do this so so thank you so much and God bless you and give you strength because it's not going to be an easy path California is going through some tough times so thank you Sophie yes I will recognize the uh the member of the abcf please [Applause] approach who are sister you and I are the longest running members here and you will be missed you have guided us through UPS Downs uh through golden Bells uh changes that are just amazing that we've done as a district and you've been a guiding force and this is your board you shaped the culture of this board over time and you know what more can you say
059about leaving a legacy for a district that you love and I know that you're going to put your heart into ceritos just as much and thank you for all the conversations the support the Trinkets and the late night talks in the in the parking lot after board meetings uh after we've been here for late nights and it's just been a wonderful ride and I look look forward to us bumping into each other in citos congratulations congratulations on behalf of all the ABC Federation teachers good luck well I think there's also a a one more one more comment from the over here over [Laughter] here sop super yes titles this is this is on behalf of Dr zlo the superintendent and the many many other thousands students in ABC we want to thank you for 17
060years of service to the students of ABC um like Ray said I've been knowing you for at least 17 years if not more serving on the board working with you closely um a lots of up and down the great re CS right U measure AA a failed bond election measure BB successful Bond elections the global pandemic uh through thick and thins I can vouch for Mrs say that she have always put the students interests at heart it's always about the students um she speaks my language meaning that not not Vietnamese or Chinese but uh she always called me when they's like Twan I get some donations for free you come and get it during the pandemic there was on the mask and the hand sanitation was hard to come by she was somehow able to
061get 20,000 lots of them to for the students so um she was able to get the clinics to come in to do free again vaccinations many many things she have always out there somehow hustling on behalf of the students to bring you know services to them and and I can vouch for that and everything she has done we we the students real truly um they they don't know that but I do know that greatly benefits from from from from from the service that you have provide so again I'll keep it short on behalf of Dr zlo and the entire ABC staff and our students I want to thank you we will miss you but we know that you won't be far away so uh we we're looking forward to working together with you as your
062your different role in the city council and um thank you thank you all I really appreciate dear president Mr Nishi I know you hate me and I know a lot of people out there hate me when I run even as former Board member Miss Pizer call me back she I hate you why you run for that position I I speechless and I know behind the back you love me and I love this place you know that my heart with it I would put this on first before my family seriously sometime my husband's sick I said hold on hold on I I'll get this done first I'll be back but vice president Mr niola clerk Miss bu and board member as Mendoza Dr R and Mr U as as well our Deputy superintendent Mr TW again
063and cabinet administrators Union president Union staff my brother my sister I call them as well District staff teachers and nurses again there's another person I really want to mention together today is Mr Scott Smith I want to thank you thank you so much you made me look so good in public many people doesn't know how be that as a president I have to come here every other weekend every other week I've been constantly talk to Scott back and forth phone number contact the speech you know presentation it made me it make me look so good and a union too we talk and I go say hey I want to set up the lunch for you guys we haven't set it up yet but I will still owe you one I want to tell you that
064um with the staff we have here I call your brother and sister starting with the Mendoza B member Mendoza you have such a big heart you you cler boy so nice and kind you made another challenge in here you started making stickers and FL things to the students I was so jealous I said how come I never thought about before I think that was another PL for the newc elect um officials here giving the heart to the student and that's why I want to see it and I was jealous I should have done that before so but I want to say you have such a big heart you know when I appointed Bo to be the CL clerk that was a reason cuz I always like appoint a new person to the leadership position so
065everyone had at least one chance we see Brad Beach we see um board member former board michaelin and we well starting with the uh Nish board member president Nish first take the leadership right away at the beginning everyone has a chance to rotate and you have such a big heart didn't say anything and congratulations to M the cler that was amazing thing and I like to hear you talking I like to hear support student I like to hear everything you say even tonight again I was just how come and I wish I car I'm going to carry that to the city if I can and Dr R with your education background I always look at you when the close section open section you give such a beautiful recommendation talk about and I always ask you
066what do your school do how do you school does and I say I like to hear that because that's the sharing here we are here we are friends we are we we are colleague but we work together as a family I see ABC is a family Mr naula I'm so glad you be the vice president I mean look forward to come back and see hopefully you I cannot make the decision it's Bo decision hopefully you will be the president and Def will be here T night and er Nish Mr Nish president I also call I want to thank you so much those days that we can talk and share you're like my younger brother I treat you like my younger brother you know we share a lot of things sometime we have a little uh
067difference in there but after board meeting we still back to what we were before and brother sister I like to go to your house have a sushi and sasi there and still please invite me there and I know your mom beginning she's such a great mother and Dey superintendent Mr y I miss to go to the office when I come to the school district we usually have I don't even tell tell who I'm going to I can go Dr cast's office and I can't call with office I can't go anybody office just go without make a phone call just say hey is is he busy or can I talk to him or her and always okay because I always can go in at to share my thought and some the thing I always tell T
068that's a freebe thing let's get it and we got a lot of things since I'm work in the hospital so I get a lot of benefit on there and we get free for Domination and you know school never turn it down you know some schools say oh no we can't take all they never turn turn it down they accept that that's a different about my colleague here and Miss buoy you come with strong background law background besides earning the different side and you compassion to the student who really needs help and you stood out and speak out for them I really love it I mean the background you provideed in here make huge difference we have here wonderful teacher principal administrators we have business people you adding in another lawyer make the whole thing it's
069a different during the board meeting even close section open section I will never make regret decision when I vote for yes because with they all help and here and miss you I was call your sister so when we get out the meeting I said M you where are you I'm so sad I shouldn't I should have this and this it's not easy as a board member up here because sometime you made the decision after that you canot sleep when you go home because you say I wish I did this I wish I done this I wish I can talk to more people and for the decision I made but overall all of you folks are the best you know today I um so I just want to thank you for being such an amazing colleague
070and the friends in here that I have by including everyone when I say collee I'm including even including the housekeeper where the security office here they are my friend when I leave here they always walk me to the car and I want to say what a privilege I have to be here and it was a mixed emotion I submit by formal resonation as a member of ABC School District Board of Education it has been my honor and privilege to serve as trusty for the past 17 years representing the children and the family un trusty are five I missed that I asked where's my name how come my name is not the I did today when I came back empty huh no it's not there and even that one doesn't have my name with the white
071paper cover my name I said you guys so fast kick me out they's space they are fast and I asked when I asked can I come back it's just huge different you know the recent elections I'm no longer able to hold my position as a member of of the ABC Board education but the family is a family always family board member Mendoza you're right it's a three but definitely You Can Count me one for sure definit is for ABC I want you to know that my heart and always be with the students family and the staff of ABC UniFi School District as a former parent now grandparent of ABC USD I was five going to become to our ABC just wanted you know I know the education and service that we provide always number one
072today I came back to say goodbye to The District staff which is I always come back to see the people and you know what surprised me everything's gone my picture's gone I look around I asked couple people I said what happened my picture oh we took it down I asked Lisa where's my picture or we put away I said where's my friend we put away for the next person oh no but you know what we are frogo here we are every single incl the friend going to be re recycable so anyway and I even asked staff I even have to check in before I go to the people's room because I that's pay the resp to this to the staff and our administrators I always call them and kind of check the front can I
073go in there talk to them but I don't have the privilege before to do that but now I do have to and I do respect the safety to the staff in here I understand that so however I feel I lost I lost my family in some way in here because everything's gone uh my picture like I mentioned it everything's gone I'm sad I'm really sad I feel you guys so cold I feel so I asked TW can I come back I said I can resign over there because I missed the people here and I thank you Ernie and the deputy superintendent marry me out to C citos they were there for me to swear in I choose them because they are so important you folks are so important to me Marry Me Out To City
074Ros so I come back today I bought some present for you because when you come back to your family your own family you have to bring a present present today that's why I'm here for but I want to thank you thank you don't forget I'll be back and I want to thank you so much and luk I look forward to seeing the district continue to succeed and has always been my home please don't forgive me thank you thank [Applause] you and just uh I'd like to recognize city councilman Frank yokoyama in the in the audience and also former mayor oh sorry May mayor yokoyama [Applause] and uh former mayor uh Sally flowers as [Applause] well with the Indulgence of the board I'd like to move an item ahead uh the student board Representatives report we
075have been taking an ordinate amount of time talking about uh Awards and things like that so um I know you have to study love to hear what you have to say what's happening at serto High School schol yes right I think we know huh you know your report's only going to be like 5 minutes because we've already seen all the the Awards come in here yeah well good evening board president Mr Nishi board vice president Mr noyola Clerk of the board Mrs yokoyama fellow board members and Deputy superintendent Mr Newen my name is Dia bin and my name is Nikita Gali and we are on honored to be here with you today to represent CTO high school as the school year comes to a close CTO high school has achieved an impressive array of accomplishments
076finishing the year just as strong as it started on January 11th our ASB started off the Year Strong by hosting our annual winter for formal dance the theme was midnight masquerade and our students had a blast eating Sweet Treats dancing and enjoying our amazing photo booth the dance was a huge success and was a great way to start off our second semester throughout February ASB was able to celebrate Black History Month during the month we were able to host spirit days and even hosted a rally in the gym with our black student union Club our gym was filled with students who came out to watch performances and celebrate Black History Month on our campus on February 11th serto high school was able to host an open house we had a large number of students and
077families attend to see the amazing programs classes and Pathways our school has to offer we were also able to showcase our Sports here on campus and our Arts programs on February 22nd our SOS high school mod United Nations program hosted a conference on our campus over 95 delegates attended and 17 student staff members participated the conference was a huge success and students received Awards while enhancing their public speaking skills on March 8th to March 15th our mu students were able to attend the national Model United Nations conference in New York the program's Juniors could travel to New York City to compete with over 30 students representing stos High School our school was able to receive a national award in distinction or first place for research and Excellence or second place in debate six of our
078students were able to receive first place within their individual committees as well our girls basketball team had an amazing season making their way up to the CIF finals our lady Dawn's put on a great fight throughout the whole season and were able to play at the Toyota arena center in ontorio we are so proud of our girls basketball team for having an amazing season this past week asbu was able to host our culture week where students were able to showcase the culture on campus we hosted events such as dressing up in your cultural attire writing nice messages in students languages dressing up as flag colors and More in addition our ASB is hosting our International Food Court day where students are able to try food from various cultures provided by our cultural campuses on Club
079on campus on March 5th ASB was able to host our prom Premiere in the quad students were able to figure out the theme of the dance which was a night at the blue jazz club or L land our jazz band was also able to perform during this Premiere and the prom dance will be held on a April 12th in the fall our color guard and band went to the California state band championships where they won first for division 5A third for their division and were finalists for the Open Class our Dramon were also able to win stay our students Zima Ranna Tristan and Linda won first place for group acting at States other students won superiors where they were able to advance to Nationals as well we are so proud of our drama Dawn our
080Color Guard was also able to take on several competitions and was able to bring home third place at the Aela wga and made it to finals at the West Point regional competition congrats to our lady Dawn our girls wrestling team were team also made amazing accomplishments this season through qualifying for the state meet two students Faith Jernigan and mat Meredith were able to qualify for this meet Maddie Meredith completed and took home eighth place at state ban was also able to bring home tons of awards such as 11th place at the state's championships 13 place at Regional championships and were able to receive Awards in high percussion our stos dance team competed this last weekend and won first place in large hipop keeping our four-year streak they also won first place in small all female
081hip-hop first place in medium hip-hop fifth place in all male hip-hop and won the overall high scores congrat congratulations to CDT serito high school has made several accomplishments and has achieved so much this year we couldn't be prouder of our students and our campus culture from exciting activities to outstanding AC academics and the dedication of our wonderful staff our students have had a remarkable year ceritos continues to be a place where every student can Excel grow and Thrive and we look forward to building on this success in the years to come thank you for your time [Applause] all right we have board comment yokoyama Bui first thank you president um hello ladies again I think the first time I met you was at csba you were a panelists for the CTE Pathways um so it's
082a pleasure to see you again I think maybe one of you might have been here before but um thank you for all the work that you do for your community thank you for presenting on the amazing work at seros high school um we've heard Sero high school a lot tonight so so obviously you're just further underlining uh the amazing things you're doing um and again thank you for being great leaders in our community uh I would like to add I believe drama club is hosting or is showing uh All Shook Up this weekend and next weekend so anyone who loves Allis Presley should come watch and I think they have shows Friday Saturday and like next week as well so I'll be there and I'll see you guys later thank you thank you thank you
083board member you thank you thank you Dia and Nikita wow you guys did a wonderful presentation just sum up everything and of course tonight was all about Dan and you guys just summed it up good job go Dan thank you board member noola thank you president Nish uh thank you guys for coming out uh and sharing with us all the great things given us that little bit of that secret recipe of what makes serito so great um I appreciate you guys always coming out representing your school your class and also your students um on top of all the great things that you guys do on citos high school and all the great things that happen on campus what are some of your favorite things that about citos yeah so I think one of my most
084favorite things about Sero High School is our model United Nations program so I'm Secretary General of that program and I'm actually going to be passing that torch on to Nikita for next year so I'm so excited about that and furthermore I believe our ASV program is also really amazing um I'd agree I think our mod United Nations program is really amazing it's helped so many students enhance their public speaking skills and I think it's such a great skill to have at like this young age and we get to go and compete like we just I just went to New York City to compete and we were were able to bring home national awards for ceritos and to add on to what Dia said I think our ASB program is amazing we have our advisor mismatch
085it in the back she is she works so hard for this school and she really makes our school what it is today along with Dr Wise the staff at our school they're doing such a great job in making sure that our students are really thriving and I think that's why we're we have so much success and so many students are happy with where they are right now so I think our ASB is also amazing so so thank you to them all right I get to ask a question what can we do as a school board to help serve you better and what what are some of your ideas so this is actually great so this past or actually last weekend I had the honor of presenting um essentially our CTE programs to carita high school
086where one the parents actually approached me and came up with the idea to have Middle School student board representatives for um to basically get middle school students voices out there cuz um me and Nikita both mentioned how much we love mu and as of right now I think only carminita middle school and I think maybe Whitney middle school has that program available so maybe by having Middle School student Representatives we can have more mu programs available in middle school and also speech and debate programs I think I'd like to add on to that I feel like I personally know a lot of middle school students with this district and they do really want to get more involved I think with the activities at the district as well as represent their school more I know some
087of the students they kind of do that within their ASB programs but I think definitely having like middle school board members would not only help their schools as well to be representative but also help the board because I think you know Middle School is such it's a great place to like have that Foundation before high school which I think is really necessary and kind of helps them ease into into the process and like the fears of like you know starting like Junior High so I think yeah adding on to di I think Middle School Board Representatives would be great idea thank you I don't I don't throw softballs right I ask you the real questions and you know I invite you to stick around I remember seeing them at csba and they were very impressive
088just um not just a reading from a script what which is a this is the longest script I've ever seen three pages and small print I can barely see that but uh um uh please feel free to continue to talk and engage with us as to what you see as students because that's the whole point of having student school board members I'm not a student I don't know what it is to use the bathroom there or the the art projects or things that are missing or things that are so great that um things that are new and you would take ad you take advantage of so I definitely need to hear your voice this is not the only Forum you can always talk to our superintendent and to us at any point in time and
089say these are some of the things that I see as a student that we can do and we will take you seriously because you are our student school board members thank you thank you all right we're going to back get back on the schedule here Spotlight on teaching and learning because that's what we hear about we'll now have a presentation for the introduction of the Head Start parent policy committee Dr Christine balua good evening president Nishi e vice president noola clerk yokoyama Bui members of the board our Deputy superintendent Mr NN cabinet members and our ABC Community I on behalf of the ABC Child Development Department I'm really excited to highlight Head Start and specifically the Head Start policy committee the parents who are going to meet tonight tonight are dedicated parents who embody the
090very heart of parent leadership these parents have stepped forward not only to advocate for their own children but to represent the voice of all families in the Head Start program so at this time I'd like to invite one of our amazing administrators Miss Vanessa San Martin our child development coordinator and Head Start director to introduce the Head Start executive policy committee members composed of our current Head Start parents thank you good evening president Nishi EST um esteem Board of Education Deputy superintendent uh twann and cabinet and community members I appreciate this opportunity to showcase Head Start program this evening our ABC Head Start program serves 176 students Age 3 to four years old across seven campuses in our district Aloha Carver Hawaiian Kennedy Melbourne nemis and Willow our primary focus lies early on Early Education
091fostering School Readiness among students and moreover we prioritize the well-being by offering a range of services encompassing nutrition Dental mental and overall physical health as as well as resources for students with disabilities we actively engage families in settings and achieving goals by providing comprehensive support and helping them realize their aspirations tonight I have the honor of recognizing the work of our Head Start staff uh noi back here uh Gonzalez who is our governance coordinator and she also helps support our families and introducing parents serving as the executive board policy the committee serves as a vital policy group representing the various Head Start sites actively contributing to the collaborative decision- making process and playing a crucial role with strategic planning of our Head Start program special thanks to uh Vice um vice president Mr noola for
092being our policy committee board liaison allow me to introduce uh our PC sergeant of arms she's not here today she was not able to make it but it's uh paa uh aniga who is currently a head start Kennedy parent our secretary PC secretary who's back here Justin agular who's currently at Kennedy Head Start as well our PC vice president Monica Cervantes who is currently at Carver headart parent and our PC president miss Aja Von current parent at Willow headart Miss Von will be sharing a few words to highlight her experience with Head Start and some of the responsibilities of her policy in office uh good evening um ABC Board um president I just want to thank you all for giving us this opportunity to represent the Head Start program um as Vanessa so kindly said
093um we are Head Start parents um I speak not only as a head start parent but as a head start member myself um I started with the ABC School District as a head start student 30 years ago started at Kennedy Head Start graduated from Carver and traveled on to test off as well as our teia so um I said not before you not only as a parent but as a testament of what AB ABC Unified School District can do for you as you grow and as you develop um it starts at a head start age My Head Start student he has developed extremely um by being in this program he started this program in pull-ups and we have developed into briefs um and so we are extremely excited because we have over the course of
094just starting since August um we we got to expose of that expense um so it's just a quick Testament of what all the hard work and all the uh Dedication that the teachers and the Administration staff at the Head Start put into into the students um they developed so much time um even my secretary here who has been in great support with our speech program that the Head Start provides and just seeing her child develop um through that program and have seen the small changes in that just the district has made such an impact um in our students so we just want to thank you for continuing to allow that program to Thrive and to develop um because we truly see the changes that it makes and the impact that it has on our students
095just being a part of the policy committee um is one of the amazing things I know I shared with Vanessa how you feel so invested in the district and so invested in our students not just from an outside but they allow you in the inside they give you the Insight of what the great things that they do with the money that's provided the great things that they do as far as resources for all the needs that your students may have it's just a true Testament to you guys' hard work um and the great things that you allow them to do for us as parents so I just want to say thank you um cuz without you and without this program our students and myself wouldn't be where we are today so thank you for that
096thank you again for this opportunity to introduce our Head Start policy committee members tonight and as you can see uh the work is very PIV pivotal and especially for our youngest Learners and especially her own story when she shared with me that she also was a head start student and where she is today as a apparent leader and I think this is a great opportunity and a wonderful program thank you very [Applause] much I think we have some board comments Vice president Mr noola uh thank you president n uh I just also wanted to share I am also a head start you know product myself so you know you can go very far coming from Head Start so I want to thank you guys for one taking the the initiative to be so involved in
097your kids' lives I know from the Head Start program parents are are there almost every day learning with the kid growing with the kid so for you guys to step up and represent Head Start families Head Start parents Head Start kids it's an amazing thing and I hope that that Rel Rel ship with ABC continues to grow and grow and you represent more and more students so thank you guys for everything thank you Miss Martine for always being an advocate for parents and being there to support them thank you guys thank you uh board clerk Yoko yabui thank you Mr President um I Echo uh vice president's uh comments and words I commend you all for your time and commitment to the Head Start program being on a committee um similar to us you know
098a lot of the work we do with service um I'm sure you don't get paid for the job but but you still do it you do it with love you do it with time and commitment energy and all the while you're all parents so you know um huge congratulations for all the work you've done thus far um thank you Asia for sharing your story I I was so moved when when when you told me those words and yes we we are creating um amazing individuals here at ABC School District so um in my packet I think maybe on a monthly basis I do get minutes for a head start so thank you I now have faces behind those minutes and um uh feel free to visit us anytime thank you so much board member Mendoza
099thank you Mr President I love hearing the story about coming full circle right and now you have a child and Head Start um I used to be on this committee and it was my favorite committee I can't do it because I teach kindergarten so I know the work that you're doing is amazing because we we teach the whole child right not just the child in the classroom we do the families we do the wraparound Services if there's Dental needs we provide them counseling needs and that's that's the foundation that we're making for our students right because if we can get them at that age you have that Foundation they're just gonna they're just going to progress and for our for our families who are listening online and who might later listen to this board meeting
100can you kind of say what are what are the requirements um for a child to be in Head Start how does a child eligible sure so there are eligible uh eligibility requirements so they do have to um be within 3 to 5 years of age and uh there is a specific um it's called like a need criteria and so it's ranked it's ranked based on uh their ability to uh show proof of where they live it doesn't matter where they live they can live in any city um however they do need to have specific criteria with um their financials so it is for lower income families and So based on that and the a size of their family size also so it's not first come first serve sometimes people think oh I put in you
101know my application last year and it's based truly on need it there it's ranked and it is a like a point system with that okay and so there is a criteria and based on that point system is where they land in our uh weight list and then from there that's how they're selected so um they get to choose which School site they would like to attend it doesn't necessarily mean they'll get placed there uh but we always offer any other school sites that are available if there's up uh openings at that time thank you so much and thank you ladies for the work for the volunteer work that you do thank you thank you yeah the commitment that you provide providing that First Foundation at the early age it's so so important I I just
102um it's not easy so to the parents out there that think it's just the school it's it's these people here in the room it's yourselves that uh contribute to your own child's education and we went from part-time to full-time we did that investment to ensure that it's not just part of the day we're we're going to get you to a point and I my daughter's friends were from Head Start and they went to Whitney and and uh um then they went and volunteered back at the school at Aloha and uh um you know the you know we this program is so important and it's due to American taxpayers out there uh the federal government helps out with this particular program and so um thank you for making this program work for all of us and
103and bringing your children up to the the high level that they deserve and um and uh that's all I can really say thank you thank you thank you so I'd like to have a motion to approve the agenda for the regular meeting today at uh April 1st Tatiana moves all in favor say I I next i' like to have a a motion to approve the minutes second all in favor say I I we will skip the student board report oh it's my report thank you all right I'll be quick because I know we have a lot of substantive items on this agenda uh we'll start with uh was it yesterday yesterday okay yesterday classifi employee training learning new systems and getting uh not just the teachers but all of us trained and so thank you
104U vice president noola and uh board clerk bu yokoyama Buie for being part of that and and showing that they're very important so the mar transition it's going to be a great era for citos and I know that she's going to be invested because she has grandkids here so our school district will be a beneficiary of that career day at the adult school Innovative programs you see the buses out there with the the stickers and and all those in Innovative things it's really one of the true Innovative entrepreneurial programs that we have that because they don't have students they don't exist as much um and they and like I said I had a my contractor got a master's degree starting from Adult School so that's an amazing accomplishment War's open house engineering Talent we had
105aapi women elected leaders on Saturday stem Olympics all most of our board came there and it was not raining so that was good Le history month for Miss Shaw M Miss Johnson Miss Montes just all of them I got to show uh the honor band was great I saw the ABC Foundation um provided some money for carminita to provide an art program it was also amazing program we tended the state of the schools said a couple of words uh saw a little bit of a TED Talk got to go to the Optimus Club oratorical contest which was pretty amazing those those kids were just um we have a great future ahead of us with those students we went to a know year right seminar with with uh regarding ice and Matt Fong and trying to
106find out what how that is going to affect us students went to the seros Art Foundation that was also pretty amazing we uh saw a lot of things there legislative action week so we asked for a separate fund on ab218 because of the impacts of that litigation uh because of the impacts of that state law we're going to have Financial impacts on our side it needs to be separate from the ab um or actually prop 98 funds that we have so we've asked for that state budget is tight so I don't know if that's going to work uh educational Workforce housing we're also advocating for that on the csba level because um you know we have property and we don't have housing so it's got to be put to some productive use electric bus mandate
107we're actually asking to delay that because some school some school districts can't get their buses from point A to point B so um and it's a great aspirational goal but right now the technolog is not there and uh that's primar it ethnic study seminar atisma several ABC persons including Dr franois attended and so we learned about some Innovative Korean honors ethnic studies program online so uh and they're able to make it work at a pretty low cost with honor students and so it was very well attended and we we learned a lot so hopefully we can adapt some of that in our district next we have our employee representative reports oh wait we have three of them now it's the night of awards and good evening president Nishi uh board trustees Deputy superintendent Mr wi
108administrative cabinet ABC community members parents students teachers and nurses of ABC F my name is Ray garam president of the ABC Federation of teachers I'm going to go backwards here um last week uh members of the negotiating team and members of the abcf executive board uh took a day a retreat as our first ever time of working on negotiations together with these two committees getting together um it's a Testament to when Ruben and I got on the negotiating Team 25 years ago uh we were considered potted plants um meaning that the chief negotiator and uh and the president did all the work and all the language and maybe it was a simpler time and we weren't needed as much but as we've seen over the last 25 years things have gotten more complicated uh there
109are a lot more situ ations to think about and a lot lot of change in education overall so having a larger team looking at uh classroom conditions changes uh what's needed to you know stiens that never existed uh positions that disappeared um you know um so having that you need a big team to do it and so that was kind of monumental for abcf who went from a potted plant to a big team uh to work on these things and that's just in preparation for a master contract negotiations that happens between the ABC Federation of teachers and uh the ABC Unified School District it is our contract not the teachers contract not just the administrator's contract but it's both and that's a that's a really important point to make about this and we take a
110lot of pride in what we do with abcusd um three weeks ago um ABC F attended the biannual California Federation teachers convention where uh we had a delegation of 30 and we were the largest delegation out of all the locals in California which is amazing and what that says is that uh the work of those Community uh those delegates happened in every committee uh we were a force in every single Comm committee um my partner here Ruben menus was the chair for the social political committee which is uh I I chaired that for three years and it is the most challenging committee because it's all political so it's really fun right but he did a great job and um it was great to see the delegation from abcf represent the ABC teachers and nurses at
111the state level on the floor speaking to many of the resolutions that guide the California Federation teachers and how they uh the legislation that they will propos to support schools how to protect uh teachers nurses classified within their school districts um it's just great to see ABC elevated at that level on top of that um I brought Katherine Pascal up here a teacher from Aria high school she was voted as a secretary for for the ECT Division ect2 division Council which is a California state division Council for the uh California Federation teachers and I want to thank her and if she wants to say a few words that'd be great that was unexpected but um basically that Council we work to try to take those things that the Committees are working on and we can
112work work with the California Department of Education or the state superintendent office or the thing Ruben is on now which is the um CTC the teacher credentialing or legislators or things like that so I'm really excited to do this work and to take the things that I see are needed that um those of you who have been in meetings with me know I get frustrated when we're trying to solve things here that need to be solved up in Sacramento so I'm really excited to be working on that stuff congratulations I was also voted as vice president of CFT uh I am one of 26 vice presidents though so uh there are many of us from all over the state but it is an honor uh I've been doing that for 14 years and probably the
113I'm the third largest or third longest standing um representative at that Council uh before I get to the last piece which I think is really important and I I dragged him up here um Tuan you are the longest running member of this uh board these board proceedings and I thought you were part of the furniture so I I I I apologize yeah you I'm I'm second yeah we've we've done a lot of work together so lastly um I want to congratulation congratulate Ruben Manus uh he was appointed by Governor C Gavin Nome to be on the California commission for teaching credential on teaching credentials so I'm going to let him tell you a little bit about it but it is a huge honor for California Federation teachers and for the ABC Federation teachers and the
114ABC School District to have somebody who's talking about credentials at that level and a teacher in ABC thanks uh it was an honor and it was a surprise commission he's a commissioner yes yes um I have so much empathy for you all because I had to do the public official training right and they were very specific about you know you are wearing different hats and you have to be very very careful about not blending uh you know your your two roles so um I'm not going to talk I mean we have closed session just like you do right so I have to be careful but uh we do um obviously work on um uh teacher credentialing and uh our goal is of course to have the most prepared teachers uh so that we can better
115served generations of students our our job is to make hr's job um easier so that they can hire uh the very best so that we can continue to attract and retain the very best here in ABC and um it's not just academic for me uh my my wife uh is a professor in the College of Education at calate domingus Hills and my daughter just applied uh for her teaching credential so they've both given me notes to go up and uh work and Advocate on particular issues um but uh I uh and I will say but the training videos the ethics training videos for the state are not as entertaining as the Keenan scenario videos so just just to let you know um like like Ray said it it is an honor um I am I'm
116I'm I'm humbled that CFT uh uh promoted me for it but I know that it also speaks highly of the role that abcf plays it is a district that is well respected up and down the state and so when I serve on this Statewide commission I am representing everybody in this community proudly and and I know that one of the reasons I'm there is because of the esteem that this district is held in thank you so a very important piece of you know any organization is celebrating your success and so tonight is just an excellent day of Celebration or evening of celebration for ABC in general and uh that's what keeps gas in your tank don't forget it thank you thank you Mr President can I just comment sure we don't usually have public comments
117on public comments but go ahead I just I just have to because I'm a teacher these are my my colleagues and I just have to say thank you for representing and for your leadership roles because it's not a paid thing you do this you volunteer and so welcome to our world um but thank you thank you for your service and for for representing our not just our ABC teachers but teachers in general and just remember when you're up there do it the ABC way thank you so much thank you our next item is public comments uh clerk yokoyama Bui persons wishing to address the board should fill out a card located on the table by the door and submit the completed card to the secretary speakers will be called in sequence during the public comment
118section or prior to board discussion on an agendized item the board shall provide one hour for speakers to address non- agendized items each speaker is limited to one presentation of 5 minutes or less those who have a group concern are encouraged to select a spokes spokesperson to address the board should there be 15 to 20 speakers for non- agendized items individual speakers shall be allowed three minutes to address the board on the item if the time is extended for non- agendized items only an additional 30 minutes can be provided in order to ensure that non-english speakers receive the same opportunity to directly address the board any member of the public who utilizes a translator shall be provided at least twice the allotted time to address the board please remember that the board is unable to
119directly respond to comments made during the public comment section in addition neither the board nor District staff verify the accuracy of the statements made during public comments persons wishing to address the board on a specific agenda item at the time the item is under discussion are limited to 5 minutes each and will be called to speak following the staff comments and prior to the board's discussion and taking action the board shall provide 30 minutes for speakers to address agenda items should there be six to 10 speakers for agenda items individual speakers shall be allowed three minutes to address the board on the item adverse remarks about a person's race ancestry ethnic group identification religion color national origin sex sexual orientation gender mental or physical disability or age may not be made please avoid remarks or
120charges which reflect upon the character motives qualifications or ability of any school district employee regardless if the identification is by name position or other reference such comments may be presented through the proper administrative channels set forth in bylaw 9323 first for a public comment we have K Ur e on behalf of Sayed Ura e next will be Katherine Pascal good evening everyone my name is Kay rais and I'll be speaking on behalf of my little brother tahi and my parents uh my little brother was very sad he couldn't make it today but it is a school night so he has to go to bed um lucky for me I get to tell you all about everything he wanted me to tell you about his time at arja high school as Taha sister I often hear
121my brother's animated stories about his time at school there are a number of things that has made Aria High School such a great place as I've learned from his experiences he's told me about the many resources here that help students succeed both academically and personally tonight I get to share some of those stories with you first there's a student union my brother often comes home telling me about it to the point I've got ited memorized it's not just a hangout spot for him it's a place where he can get help with college applications sign up for college credits or even just study in a quiet space the staff there is always ready to help him which we appreciate the Student Union also offers a fantastic cross District program called cops part of the CTE this
122program gives students the chance to take specialized courses like Aviation law enforcement firefighting automotive tech and more I have to say I'm a little jealous uh these classes gave my brother a chance to explore different career paths and build important skills my brother has taken an interest in and has been enjoying his time with the aviation course that's not something most students get to experience I have never seen him happier he even plans to take a culinary course this summer through Cal apps Aria High School also has a variety of CTE Pathways like welding let that let students work on Hands-On projects there's also an excellent Automotive program with the professional tools to teach my brother and his classmates how to maintain and repair Vehicles he often tells me about his time in the automotive
123program and how much he's learned about vehicle repairs I've had the pleasure of watching him tinker and play with my car uh with such confidence not only that Aria high school has partnered with Harbor Freight to support their amazing Automotive program and pay the students a stien once they reach the highest Automotive course that Aria high school offers I know he's excited about that the fact that he is taking a college level course from Sero college and gaining credits with a certificate while in high school is absolutely amazing to me and I'm so proud of him next year he plans to take the welding course through Sero college at Aria high school now when it comes to supporting my brother and his peers Aria high school has really shown uh teachers and staff were always
124ready to help and accommodate him when he he needs help we have people like her who uh assist our students it has been a blessing that they are flexible with assignments and deadlines the block schedule has given my brother an opportunity to really learn the material without being overwhelmed which you know as a students really important the school has a strong support system with counselors and administrators who are available to assist with everything from college applications to mental health needs and safety is always a top priority with the safety office on site he often comes home's eyes shining about the officer he said hello to that day it is these opportunities and conditions that allow my brother to be a straight A student receive the assistance he needs to be an exemplary student every day
125and being an outstanding member of society I'm proud to say that he wants to pursue mechanical engineering after he graduates and he's already looking for universities and scholarships while he's in ninth grade finally I want to acknowledge principal Garcia and board president Nish as well as the rest of the board and Missi they are both committed as well as the rest of the board to making sure students have everything they need to succeed and we're lucky to have them leading our schools and our district it is our pleasure to say that Aria high school as well as a place that truly supports and accomodates the students as I as I see through my brother's adventures with amazing resources and opportunities that have not just helped daha but helped his peers as well in succeeding both
126and both in school and Beyond thank you thank you thank you thank you I apologize um Miss Pascal will be speaking on an agendized item so I will be calling up Adrian aayu uh good evening school board members vice president noola president Nishi so this year marks the uh 10 years since I and many of my um peers walked across the graduation stage um like many of my classmates I left sera's High School uh filled of Big Dreams and deep gratitude for teachers staff and and the community who helped shape us and before I say any I just want to start by thanking all of you uh for the work you do behind the scenes um um just in a volunteer role uh just thanks for all the choices you make uh time you give
127and the Heart you've put into serving students and staff alike you you don't always hear it but the impact lasts you know far beyond graduation uh just over the last few years I've noticed something that's been sitting with me it's it's very rare to run into alumni from my class around town uh I went to Gar with with vice president noola for some time it almost feels like we've been pushed out or forgotten from that class and it breaks my heart because the city and District made us who we are so that's why recently I've I've felt personally called to try to assist or to help organize a um a 10-year reunion uh not just as a celebration but as a chance to reconnect give back and bridge the gap between alumni and the current
128students which I I spoke to outside so I'm envisioning a reunion that's different than traditional ones where we could maybe have mentorship panels uh alumni sharing real world advice I mean the real world even past college I mean now we're at a stage where some uh some of my friends are already you know having children uh getting houses I'll bit in other states uh just navigating their own life uh career exploration uh where we just we can int introduce like current students to Industries ideas and and opportunities perhaps aside from just going directly to a to a forer and volunteer efforts where we can roll up our sleeves and and give back to our school and City uh perhaps work with uh artiga cito's rotary which which I've volunteered in so it's not just about
129looking back but also looking forward it's about rebuilding that connection and showing Uh current students that we haven't forgotten where we came from and they're not alone on the road ahead so I'd love to work with the district in any capacity to to bring uh this vision of life whether it's whether we can use School spaces coordinate with staff uh staff or just Just Have Your Blessing I mean your support would mean the world so again thanks for everything that you do and um you know once a DA all is a DA class of forever thank [Applause] you are there any further public comments no further public comment thank you moving on to the consent calendar can I have a motion to approve the consent calendar taana motions can I have a second second okay
130do anybody wishes to remove any item to be considered separately no okay there is one I I I just want to comment and it's the same comment I always do it's 4.3 C so You' like to pull 4.3 c yeah just to make a comment okay and go ahead make your comment thank you it's just um you know our community donates money to our schools and I just wanted to recognize them and make sure that we thank them um this time on this item um we got donations in over $6,000 so I want to thank them all for supporting our schools because without them you know some of our schools wouldn't be able to do um some of the you know fundraising some of the items that they wanted to buy it would be without
131that so thank you so much and I don't know if maybe next time we can move that to an action item so I don't have to pull it every single time thank you thank you uh actually that's uh that's it Mr President um may may I just comment on the ABC excel's programs that are which which item would you like to pull there there multiple 3.9 c 3.10 c 3.11 c and 3.12 C okay um I'm very happy that we're bringing these programs to our after school kids there are so many there's so much competition out there for after school school programs and sometimes the kids who have to be at ABC excels are not exposed to those different programs offered outside of their school so the fact that our district it sees that need
132and brings it to our school um helps fill that kind of time for the kids obviously we want to focus on the academics we want to make sure they're um School uh the school Works gets taken care of but to know that they can take a cooking course they can take different um stem courses um other type of enrichment shows that we want a well-rounded student and I will add that I did speak with the student recently at Warz Elementary um who who said she couldn't participated in a program and and we don't know why it could have been that the program started later than when her parents picked her up but I want to make sure that the programs that we offer to the schools are notified to all of the students so that
133they have an opportunity to participate if they are in ABC excels if they are in ABC excels you want to ask a question to uh Miss Dr Castro oh no I just want to ensure that that the the programs notify all the students and they give them a chance to participate okay you don't want to ask another question regarding that uh no but I mean to debrief I did speak with Dr CER about this prior to the meeting so I'm I'm aware of the program great thank you okay there any other items that we like to pull so let me call a vote all those in favor please say I I all against eyes haveit 60 all right we are at action item number 1.28 can I have motion for the Board of Education to
134select an option to fill the remainder of the ter term for the vacant board seat for trustee area 5 so Mo second okay Mr NN thank you board president Nish good evening um would the resonations of former board members say on May 20th I'm sorry March 20th there's a vacancy on the board and um the board have two choices right you can either point someone to the seat or call a special election calling a special election would cost about $300,000 um and then appointing someone cost about $10,000 So the appointment will fill the seat until the next regular schedule Board election which is which will be November 2026 so it's going to be about an 18 months term so um the options are here uh for the board to consider beginning on page 79 um
135we have done this in the past a couple of years back uh where uh you know depends on which option the board choose and we can um you discuss the next steps and things that you want to do so thank that's my report do we have any public comment yes Mr President um we have Katherine Pascal hi good evening board um so the last time we did this not all of you were on the board at the time but those of you who were um you did a great job you chose to add Mr noola to the board and um the process was was good and it seemed very fair and I sat in the AUD audience um and I do think that not spending $300,000 would probably be the right move right now given
136our financial constraints however during the interview process the last time I was a little bit disappointed that a major stakeholder was missing from the question topics and that was employees um we have of course talked about the community and the students and the parents but the employees were left out of the process um our district is known for our great Labor Management partnership and um and the board works with our employees and keeps our employees in mind and you guys do a great job of that and so I think it is important that we know that whoever is coming on to the board is going to to uphold that and value that partnership um we know that our teachers and staff's working conditions are our students learning conditions right and so I would just encourage
137the district or the board I'm not sure who's crafting the questions um but to at least include one interview question that includes something about working with staff employees teachers nurses whoever it may be um so I would appreciate that we are somewhere visible in that process this time um that is all thank you thank you any other comments no further comment any any board comment on this item uh Dr Rios um thank you I also would like to advocate for the option of an appointment I think that the reason I actually became aware of um becoming a board member was because I got a phone call um at home while my children were in school saying you know there's a not board open opening and um anybody who's interested in applying should apply and I
138did apply I think that appointment went a lot different from um when I sat on the board but regardless I still encourage that um to people out there I I'd like to voice also my interest and and I and what I see against is me as an ideal candidate for our board um I I outlined five traits that I would be very happy to see in anybody who applies um one of them is a commitment to public education and someone who genuinely cares about all of our students um someone who's got a track record of community engagement and um has a true interest in giving back to our students in our community um somebody who values transparency and integrity and doesn't have a hidden agenda or interest in undermining our role as board members um
139someone who's got collaborative skills again we may have different opinions but at the end of the day we come together for issues that matter and that um are a special interest of students um and finally a commitment to equity um we have a district that does you know have its share of um challenges we celebrate a lot of the good in our districts but it it is going to come onto this board and get on board with the idea of you know how do we get all of our students to experience um success um as was some somebody was mentioning when we did the last appointment you know we found our diamond in the rough you know uh we got our board member noola who has been a true representation of what an ideal board
140member does he's committed to um our students he's out there he's engaged and so I encourage people that again are interested in applying for this position because that's what I like to see our um our board moving the direction of to apply and we welcome the opportunity to have you join our board thank you thank you board member you thank you president say president Nish I'm sorry we miss her already I know yeah um yes I also like to I mean the last uh board appointment was pretty smooth and we had we were really engaged and uh of course we're pleased with um board member noola so for this time uh the 300 $1,000 is is a big amount so spending $110,000 seems much wise and I just want to add that um just uh
141the person who apply just to be mindful that there's mindful of all the stakeholders which includes the the residents uh of course our main mission is student achievement first but there's you know stakeholders which which are the the employees the students um the residents you know all everyone so definitely this is a public servant yeah giving up your time and um some sacrifice and commitment so yes hopefully we'll have several applications thank you thank you vice president noola uh thank you president ini um as someone who Who was appointed and I thank you guys for giving me this opportunity I I am also in favor of an appointment uh position because you know of the cost but also uh from an equitable point I think for someone to invest a lot of money to campaign
142and give their time to do that I think it's also uh we we get a better opportunity of getting a larger pool of people that way and secondly I think to the public comment on this topic I think that would be a fair addition um like on question seven and eight uh what should the relationship be or what does the board role differ from the superintendent or relationship to the administration maybe we can add something regarding uh employee employees thank you board member mza yes are we first going to decide which one and then from there can we talk about because I I think we're kind of talking about appointments already but we haven't decided yet we haven't decided can can we make can we first or do what are we doing I would love
143to hear your comments okay okay so um if we're going to select one I would obviously go for appointment because I can't see a spending um $300,000 on Election when we are on a tight budget um and and it does hurt me to spend $110,000 but I know that we have to and um inter term superintendent Twan can you kind of just go over how we are going to spend those $10,000 can you let the public know what the that money is going to go towards thank you so so much for the question so should the board um choose for the election of appointment then we uh staff beginning tomorrow we'll post the uh packet the application packet on the website and start advertising right we want to make sure that um all residents within
144tresy area 5 will be notified so we'll communicate that uh we'll do it on the district website we'll put it in the paper the local paper so um everyone is aware and we would email out to all parents that we have um and we would uh work with um the city of citos hopefully that they'll put it on their website to advertise for the um opening so that was those are the costs associate with that and um so there will be a period hopefully up two weeks for um interest um candidates to turn in their application packet to the board uh for to review we would have to verify um the qual ifications um residency they have to live within that trusty area obviously age and uh citizenship so staff will um do that and
145you know depends on the numbers of of candidate interested we will send them um their questions in advents of course the question will be approved by the board um tonight uh and then after that we'll schedule um a meeting uh usually on a Saturday uh and then we'll invite them all in for for the interview that's that that's the process and that's how we spent the money on the application process is it in person or can they do it online uh it will be fillable and available online but they must submit the application to the superintendent office in person thank you for the question we will make sure that is clear and if we do decide to go if the board chooses to go with appointment um I was looking at the questions and I
146would like to add a question number eight says what should the what should be the relationship between the board members and administration if we could add a question um that's similar to it but board members and staff Mr President thank you so I agree actually U with the consensus of the board in general that we should have a selection rather than an election way uh much more affordable and we potentially get uh a good person just as we just got um yes I agree that item uh question number eight would be uh should be amended so I'd like to revise that are these questions that we have here these are the application these aren't necessarily the questions that will be asked in the interview correct that is correct okay um but even then I think
147uh we could shorten these uh these questions so number eight I would also concur with board member Mendoza that we'd say say how do you see the role of the board in relationship to the administration teachers and classified so it should not just be between the board members at Administration should be inclusive of our relationship with with everyone I think question number nine is somewhat redundant because it's a repeat of questions number one and two talking about your experience on District board your experience on committees your experience in the community it's it's kind of the same question so I think we don't need question n because it already is asked or subsumed within the activities that you are part of in the community and we can maybe have a more tight answer for the other
148questions as for question 12 I'd like to revise that the language this do seem kind of awkward to me okay um so I just think it should be more specific as to um what do you see as the area five trustee area area five needs and or areas of improvement something like that and I'm not sure that you would need question 13 so I'd like to reduce it down by two questions okay so those question number 13 is basically a similar or redundancy of question number 12 regarding hey what are are area five's priorities what are area five's needs and the same thing with concerns it's kind of the the same question so I think we can consolidate that into one so with those amendments uh I think uh I'd like to entertainment um somebody
149to entertain a motion with those amendments I'll make the motion so do you want to make a motion to for the questions uh so I was going to ask somebody to make a motion I I see miss you press the button go ahead I just I the question is it the motion for just the questions or for I think we have a consensus related to whether we go by option one or option two we can start with option one or option two so let's call for vote I was going to call for point of order yeah I think we need to decide that before we go to the question so I motion that we move to an appointment as a way of replacing our board member is okay okay I second that that all in
150favor say I I I it's unanimous 60 so then the next question is regarding the questions that we have here uh I made two specific amendments to it where we deleted uh or we revised question number eight we revised question number 12 and we deleted questions 9 and 13 okay I think six so that's uh Dr Rios oh it's not Dr Rios okay Dr uh Miss youu Board member youu yeah I mean I think you can just uh come up with a wording but on that note I wanted to just make a comment on these questions I think the main emphasis could be on um leadership and teamwork I think those are two important qualities so you know minimize the questions and I don't know which one really focuses on something like that I think
151that's important for us to know okay so do we have a consensus that we um reduce we reduce the questions and um pursuant to the discussion I had just previously regarding question 8 and question 12 um do we have a consensus yes yes yes yes motion to well I was waiting for a motion no it's it's not on the board you react on the item so now you're just giving consensus for the board president to work with staff in modifying the questions that's all that's it I agree with that thank you all right next item item 1.3a can I have a motion to approve approve revised board policy and administrative regulation 0420 School plan site councils second Dr Castro thank you uh this um updated board policy and administrative regulation is to support the implementation
152of school plans as well as use of scho School site councils to approve our school plans these are essential component of not only ensuring that we're progress monitoring but that we're establishing goals for every year that we're being clear with our parents and our community about the goals that we're establishing and that the components of a school plan align with our district local control accountability plan as well thank you are there any public comments on this issue no public comment are any board comments uh board member Dr Rios thank you Mr President I just would like um for Dr Castro if she can to please elaborate on the process you you mentioned progress monitoring um being very familiar with the CPS um plans for student achievement what process is used when for example schools are
153not meeting their proposed goals particularly particularly in the area of um achievement in ela or math thank you for the question so much like we do with our local control accountability plan we have our schools complete a metor reflection they actually complete this media reflection not only on paper but also as a presentation to Cabinet themselves and in that reflective process we ask them whether their actions up to this point have evidence of Effectiveness if actions are not effective then we ask what kind of changes or adjustments do they need to make in order to show progress and how they're going to progress monitor those goals for the remainder of the year and any changes that they plan to make for the following year so it's very similar to the process that the state requires
154of us for the local control accountability plan in terms of progress monitoring reflecting looking at your California dashboard to see what you can do for growth and also looking at your local metrics such as your benchmarks District benchmarks and other local assessments to progress monitor uh in particular those areas on the dashboard that are red so that is one of the requirements that we have for as sipsas is that for schools even if a school is for example in the blue or green for ELA and math if they have a student group that is performing in the red then they are asked to reflect particularly on that group establish goals and require uh specific actions towards those specific student groups thank you and uh just a quick followup um in addition to that do we
155provide added support in terms of maybe staff or money to to help them meet these goals um when I review the outc cap plans in June that is part of the supplemental funds that are provided as part of those funds are provided through the elcap supplemental so that they can support their School site plans as well as well as other uh onetime funds and other Grant funds that we provide the schools in addition to the base funds that they also receive no more questions thank you thank you any other questions all right can I have a vote all in favor say I I I any Nays the eyes have it 60 thank you 1.4 can I have a motion to approve revised board policy and administrative regulation 0510 School accountability report card second naola thank
156you Dr Castro thank you again based on csba recommendations this board policy and administrative regulation is to update our current policies on school accountability report report cards the report cards for each and every school can be found posted on our district website um this school accountability report card again is another way for us to ensure that uh the public has all the information it needs to make good decisions for their families and their students regarding our schools uh it's information such as what uh Dr R alluded to earlier about progress in terms of their scores in math and English but also enrollment enrollment by student group teacher preparation and placement as well as uh the quality control of the buildings themselves uh how well our teachers are prepared to teach the subjects that they are
157being assigned um and then it also even gives uh detailed information about chronic absenteeism parental involvement opportunities for each School site so as you can tell a lot of information is provided similar to our district dashboard but in much more detail because the principal has the opportunity to provide some narrative information in response to some of the data that provided thank you are there any public comments on this item no public comment do we have any board comments on this item let's call for a vote all in favor say I I I all against hearing none the motion is passed 60 we'll go to item 1.58 can I have a motion to approve revised board policy 5030 student wellness taana motions thank you Dr Fraser thank you president Nishi um I'm going to turn it
158over to um to Meen um we are bringing a forward policy board policy uh 5 5030 student wellness which establishes the guidelines for District student wellness program as mandated by the healthy hungry free kids act of 2010 um and we are updating this based on cba's most recent uh recommendations but if you have any further questions Morin we be able to answer those for you okay good evening board president Nishi board members Mr nwin our most recent administrative review uh in our Child Nutrition programs required us to make a few Corrections in our district wellness policy so uh some of the changes that needed to be made was a change to the language around marketing and advertising of food and beverages from non nutritious to um meeting uh to not advertising foods that do not
159meet the nutrition standards uh that are established um by the USDA also language including to include smart snack regulations into the guidelines regarding Foods available on campuses adding language around the trienal assessment and also adding the USDA non-discrimination statement to our policy thank you any board actually is there any public comment no public comment uh board comment Miss youu yes thank you president Nishi oh excuse me if you'd like uh you can come to the microphone uh actually come over there yeah if you could submit a card done hi my name is April ronee I'm a teacher at nemes elementary school and if we're discussing ing student wellness policy I have a suggestion we need to rethink how we're feeding these children because they are coming into my classroom starving after lunch or having stomach
160aches from the food that they're eating it's not nutritious so you can change the language but we need to change the food it is not healthy and it is not nutritious and now they're eating twice a day at school which is more than 75% of their calorie intake is being taken at school and if you look at the meals that they're eating for breakfast it's all carbohydrates there's no fresh fruit no fresh juice juice and then for lunch it is all processed foods all carbohydrates they are not getting any fresh fruits or vegetables I mean there's a few oranges and things like that carrots and baggies but additionally it's not just the food and the lack of nutritional quality it's the packaging I'm from an environmentally friendly school and they are coming in Saran Wrap
161uh there's there's Plastics and all kinds of coverings around these foods that are not necessary so if we're going to talk about wellness and nutrition for children we need to change how they eat so um please take that into account and talk to nutrition services there is another way there's got there's better ways I mean we feed our children at neem is fresh fruits and vegetables that they grow themselves so um thank you thank you now we're at uh board comment sue you yes Boardman you so on page 104 it says updates include additional language related to developing goals for nutrition physical activity and other Wellness activities nutritional guidelines for okay and I'm specifically um pointing on the physical activity so does that include the the recreation like the physical activity PE um yes that
162would that would include be so yeah okay well that's pretty encouraging because when we talk about Wellness I mean you know to to to introduce physical activities um I mean culture has changed so much kids don't just get together at the you know end of the block and play together anymore because they're on the screen so I think at school I just had this conversation with a you know a board member Tatiana today about how kids they love the board game I think that's fantastic that kids love board game but physical activities such as uh inexpensive sports like pickle ball dodgeball you know kickball uh if we can encourage something like that that and provide funding so the the kids don't have to buy these uh equipments I mean that would that would just be
163such a fantastic way of especially the young children getting the young children at the elementary age to get in to to learn the the physical activity how to play with each other because then we have to play with each other engage and that's why we see uh young adults uh gravitate towards pickle ball because they get to play with their you know peers and friends and church friends and they could connect because you know they they do crave that instead of you know in their room playing video game by themsel with a you know virtual whoever right so I think is is that something that the there's funding available for elementary schools to have uh provide and encourage physical activity that might be a question for Dr cro nutrition I ask Dr Castro to address
164that can yes per per state law it's required that uh students in elementary school received at least 100 minutes of physical education activity that's part of the standard so they do receive time to be able to go outdoors and enjoy and learn about different activities including some of the ones that you named so that is part of the educational program during the school day in addition uh part of our after school ABC excels is that we encourage students to take part in those intramural sports uh that include basketball soccer and other such activities as well in the after school program so I mean funding is always a you know challenge so some of the the funding from here can also go to those activities is that correct yeah there is funding set aside for those
165activities yes thank you board member Mendoza thank you Mr President um can you step I don't know who can address this one it's on page 109 and I'm I'm not sure why it wasn't changed but it says under using food and physical activity as reward or punishment if you go down to the I think it's the third sentence staff shall make a concerted effort not to deny participation in recess or lunch recess as a form of discipline or for classroom makeup time I thought it was a law that we cannot deny them recess am I wrong we can't keep recess time away from them and so that word make a consorted effort I think needs to be deleted staff cannot deny you cannot take the recess time if I'm wrong reis's type cannot be taken
166away or lunchtime correct correct we'll make that correction thank you all right um board clerk yokoami um and as a followup to board member uh U's comment I believe there was a public speaker who came a few months ago maybe like the January meeting and he was a physical education instructor and I believe he did go he he he did work at a couple different schools I'm not sure where in the budget um in a school's budget his um instruction would be available but he did offer his Services um at least to try him out at no cost so I invite schools um and administrators to reach out to him and I believe his his name and information is with the district so that our schools and our students have fun um outgoing activities uh
167during their physical education time thank you thank you so I'll have a quick uh comment i' like to commend Miss Conlin for her work in the in basically getting so much food out to so many students not easy because everybody has different tastes different feelings and and to do it with uh for less than the cup of a cup of a less than a cup of latte at Starbucks that's how she she is able to accomplish all this so I have a lot of she has not that many people and a lot to do and um I have a question though how much of your funds come from the federal government uh right now I would say it's a little more than 50% 50% of your budget comes from the federal government yes the rest
168comes from the state thank you all right um and so yeah I had a uh T this is a separate issue Al together but we talked about uh Middle School not having physical activity and they were saying that the the elementary has the the playgrounds and the high school have the the fields but the middle school has not as much to do so to the extent that we can encourage some physical activity um they're not big kids yet so we can still have some sort of play time and I think we are trying to have some pickle ball at our middle schools uh and so I encourage the superintendent to continue her work on that so thank you yes uh I'll re recognize you board member Mendoza thank you Mr President on page 111 um
169if staff I know this one was added it was number five extent to which other foods and beverages that are available on campus during the school days such as foods and beverages for classroom parties School celebrations and awards incentives comply with nutritional standards as a teacher I can't always um adhere to that one because if it's a celebration I mean sometimes it's not going to adhere to to nutrition standards so can we add just a word that should comply I don't want anyone to get in trouble for not following that policy so you're suggesting an amendment to the this particular section yes okay um just the word should thank you Dr Castro do you have a comment on that thank you great all right as as you know the these are all actually vetted by
170our legislative Review Committee and typically also these come from csba which is attorneys looking at it but every once in a while they don't do everything perfect so it's perfectly valid for us to make changes so long as they're not not uh contradicted by uh state law state or federal law so with those amendments uh can I have a vote all in favor say I I any against hearing none motion passes 6 Z thank you Miss Conlin item 1.6 can I have a motion to approve new board policy and administrative regulations 6163 D2 animals at school mov by naola thank you Dr Castro yes I'm not sure if any of you as a child had a classroom pet uh that you got to experience um which is great but in order to make sure that
171our students are safe uh that the animals are safe we are asking for the approval of this board policy in administrative regulation we' have had recently some cases of animals that are kept in cages in classrooms that have escaped or animals that um students may have allergies to and we want to make sure our students are healthy and able to still receive their education in the classroom so that is what these board items are about thank you is there any public comment on this item none is there any board comment on this item board member you so I just wanted to clarify um so this is um allowing animals to be present at the school campus it's putting procedures into place for when animals are brought in for instructional purposes so in other words we
172currently do have some schools that have animals or they have classroom pets or the science classes may have for example a class turtle um but in order to make sure we're complying with the health and safety standards for our students as well as for those pets uh we're putting procedures into place to make sure that there's permission from the principal and so that uh uh we know that those animals are supposed to be on campus and that they're only there for instructional purposes that they are not there to stay permanently using the School site as their permanent homes okay got it thank you schools are not zoos okay okay board member mondoa thank you Mr President and um after passing this policy will there be a form for teachers to access so that they don't
173have to come up with their own there'll be a district district white letter that goes home to it will not be a form they will need to have a discussion with their School site principal and we will guide Principles on the process to working with their uh teachers in terms of approving animals in the classroom is there a form that goes out to parents there will be a notification that can be sent out to parents so there's a form that staff will come up with so that they can so that we have consistency throughout the district yes thank you thank you any other questions or comments okay call for a vote all in favor say I I I any Nays the eyes have it 60 thank you motion passes item 2.2a can I have a
174motion to approve resolution 24-22 proclaiming May 7th 2025 as the date of the employee to honor all ABC Unified School District employees second taana okay Dr Fraser thank you Mr President we're bringing this resolution today uh very humbly for all of our employees in the school district we have an amazing employees here uh at ABC unified and so we um want to rec recognize or take a day at least to recognize um officially um but we do want to take the time um each and every day to recognize the great work that all of our employees do here at ABC thank you any board com uh public comment no public comment none thank you uh board comment Miss Mendoza thank you uh Mr President I I'm happy to see this because I I think this
175is a great way to recognize our all of our employees because without them our district cannot function um I'm hoping that maybe we could do something with social media Scott to promote this for I don't know I know you do a great job every every week there's someone that's recognized and if there's um a video or something that can go I I think I think we really need to appreciate our staff especially you know during the hard times we need to recognize the hard work that they're doing and they're working with us to to to kind of get through these times so I'm I'm all for this thank you thank you any other board comment so just that we understand what we're actually passing here um I'd like for us to each read a particular
176section of the this day of the employee resolution 2422 so I'll start and I'll go to my right and we'll flip around whereas May 7th 2025 has been designated as ABC Unified School District day of employee and whereas day of the employee is is defined to include all teachers classified support staff certified and classified administrators and confidential employees and whereas the state of California has designated May 1st 2025 as school principal day and whereas the state of California has designated May 2nd 2025 as school lunch hero day and whereas the state of California has designated May 7th 2025 as day of the teacher and whereas the state of California has designated May 7 2025 as school nurse day and whereas the state of California has designated May 18-9 24 2025 as week of the classified
177employee and whereas the purpose of these special days is to recognize all employees throughout the state for their dedication to education of students and whereas all members of the district demonstrate a spirit of excellence and pride through their actions and productivity and whereas the board of education is proud of the professional teaching staff that maintains effective schools and programs with collaborative planning of curriculum staff development for the purpose of instructional Improvement in the ABC Unified School District and whereas School principles are educational Visionaries instructional leaders assessment experts Adept communicators budget analysts facility managers and special program administrators entrusted with our most valuable resource our students and whereas School nurses contribute every day to the health and learning of our students whereas classified employees work Cooperative with teachers and other certificated Personnel to create and maintain
178an atmosphere conducive to learning and whereas other certified and classified administrators provide leadership and support for educational program and whereas confidential employees perform and assist in the performance of many critical functions and whereas all employees in ABC deserve recognition for the skills and knowledge they bring to the students in the district and whereas the Board of Education recognizes and appreciates the value of all employees therefore be it resolved that May 7 2025 be proclaimed day of the employee in the ABC Unified school district and be it further resolved that the schools and District departments Implement appropriate activities including websites to recognize all their employees on this day so let's get a vote all in favor of this say I I I any Nays hearing none motion passes 60 thank you and that does deserve a
179clap okay item 2.3a can have motion to approve memorandum of understanding between the Board of Education and Ocean View School District regarding the ABC Unified School District employee Gina Clayton taran's role as board member of the Ocean View School District mola second M Dr Fraser thank you Mr President we're bringing this forward tonight um uh in in collaboration with Ocean View School District we do have an employee who is a a school board member at Ocean View School District so this allows us uh allows them the opportunity to reimburse us for the days that she would be out doing school board business thank you any public comments on this item none thank you board comment men uh board member Mendoza yes I just want to say thank you to her because she's also a teacher
180but she's also doing the work of a school board member and I appreciate that so I thank her very much thank you this is money to us so I'm all in favor of that all in favor say I I I any Nays hearing none the motion passes item 3.18 may have a motion to approve the new course entitled entrepreneurship and Essentials to begin in the fall of the 2025 2026 school year so move Dr Castro thank you I'm excited to bring this new course forward for your approval this is in our efforts to expand College and Career access and opportunities for our middle school students so they can start thinking sooner than later about the things that they might be interested in you've heard some of our students talk about having their own businesses already
181by the time they get into high school so this would be an introductory class for that uh we do have a business pathway that continues at Aria high school so students who are interested in continuing this pathway can also continue to do that through attending Aria high school thank you any public comments on this item none any board comments on this item seeing none call for a vote all in fav favor say I I any Nays hearing none motion passes 60 thank you item 3.19 a can I have aend motion to approve a request to enter into a master Services agreement with network for teaching entrepreneurship and abcusd to provide an industry aligned entrepreneurship Essentials curriculum teacher training ongoing monthly program support virtual guest speakers Grant access to the college and Technical education work-based learning
182competitions where students can earn monetary Awards based upon their achievements work-based learning opportunities for up to 100 students at hasell middle school for the 2025 2026 school year byola Dr Castro so again this is an alignment with the entrepreneurship Essentials class this uh Master Services agreement would not only provide curriculum but experiences for our students imagine if you will our very own Shark Tank style competition where students do receive funds to perhaps start a little bit of their businesses that they propose and also work-based learning opportunities for students to even learn further about uh how to start a small business and how to be successful in that realm so that is what you are approving before you today thank you any public comment no public comment any board comment just want to thank you I
183only put one question why not at U this is only 7,500 why not at other schools as well we provided other schools with the opportunities to view the program and we received a lot of excitement from has school so sometimes it takes one school to get it started and other schools start to notice and they kind of Open up The Path so our hope is uh we see success at high school middle school and some of our other middle schools will want to continue to expand this program at their school sites as well great thank you because I I like the start of this Mr President if I can make a comment sure um quickly I did visit house school a couple months ago and I visited a class where they were introducing to me
184their business ideas they were giving me business pitches so I'm seeing why there's a lot of excitement there for this so it's very exciting thank you thank you so call for a vote all in favor say I hi any Nays motion passes 60 3.2a 20a can I have motion to approve memorandum of agreement with ceris Medical Group to provide ucship opportunities for ABC Adult School students at the medic assistant program for the 2024 2025 school year second Tatiana thank you Dr Castro again this is just to support our ABC Adult School students with work-based experiences and expand our medical assistant program thank you any public comment on this item none any board comment great I think it's great that uh the principle of the adult school is very entrepreneurial and and uh providing these opportunities
185in the medical Fields because there's plenty of opportunity there so all in favor say I I any n hearing none the mass motion passes 60 thank you 4.4a may have motion to approve bid award ABC 1662 for music instruments to berend music and Nick Rail music as the lowest responsible and responsible biders second Tatiana thank you Mr NN thank you president she the district went out to bit for musical instruments um we received two bits from bertran and Nick um rail music and we are recommending that the district or the board approve both vendors so that school can have options to purchase their Musical music instruments through either the vapa funding or the prop 28 fundings so that's the recommendation thank you any board comment I mean any public comment no public comment no public
186comment thank you Dr Rios very happy to see that um the district is using some of our vaa money to purchase instruments I know that sometimes um that responsibility is put on the parents to either rent an instrument or buy one which can get very expensive and especially when times are tough if you have to choose between groceries or an instrument then you know we don't want our students to be put in that situation so yeah just commend us for doing this thank you thank you uh board member Mendoza thank you Mr President just quick question um these are for all of our schools yes ma'am okay so thank you so much and I just want to Echo uh Dr Ros I think this is a great opportunity for you know to to grow I
187we have an amazing program at all our schools and just this is going to allow them to continue to grow and to also make sure that it starts in elementary I started learning an instrument in elementary and it took me all the way to high school and I think it's a great opportunity for our students so I'm in favor of this thank you thank um really quick 71,000 is our total budget for all the instruments just an estimations based on the bit uh sample that we um sent out because I remember maybe four years ago we spent like a million dollars on equipment that is correct depends on the year but yes so this is a kind of a lower year correct this is this is just a sample this is not saying that we
188will spent that much this is just these two vendors at the bottom it says about 300,000 300,000 okay thank you all right thank you call for a vote all in favor say I I any n hearing none motion passes 60 thank you item 4.6 can I have a motion to approve cwdl as the auditor to provide annual audit for the fiscal years 2024 2025 through 25 26 I mean 20 26 oh 4.5 sure we'll do the uh approve a bid award for ABC 1669 Melbourne Elementary School modernization to narian group as the lowest responsive and responsible bidder so move second Tatiana Mr NN thank you president Nish we are excited to um we went out to bid to modernize Melbourne Elementary School this will be our second elementary school after BR uh we receive four
189very competitive bits um from qualify responsive and responsible biders um the difference between the lowest and highest bids is about 5% so we happy uh with the result and we are recommending to uh the board to approve um nerian group as the lowest uh responsive and responsible bidder for the modernization project at Melbourne Elementary thank you Dr Rios uh actually is there any public comment no comment okay thank you Dr y very excited to see that U Melbourne is on the list to be modernized next I'm just um happens to be around the corner the school already has very nice curb appeal so I'm really excited to see what we're going to do I assume a lot of the work is going to happen in the classrooms and modernizing the the learning environments for our
190students can um I'm wondering about a timeline what is the expected timeline for this to happen thank you we want to start June 1st right after school's out and and will it will be complete by the end of the next school year so by May of 2026 fantastic thank you so much that's it thank you thank you board member Mendoza thank you Mr President U so along the lines of Dr R's question um June 1st goes to the end of the next school year is there a schedule so that it doesn't interfere with instruction because all of the work seems to be going into the classrooms um so is there a plan like yes ma'am we work closely with the principals and the school staff there will be interim housing for them if we need
191to displace them uh the goal is of course to for minimal disruptions of the instructional activities so yes Alban team always work closely with the principals and uh the teachers to ensure U and will the disruptions and if the teachers um need support moving their classrooms are we going to give them support because that's one of the biggest things when you have to move yes of course that is actually have been negotiated okay thank you so much thank you um want to commend U MN for getting the bids that are very close within 20% actually really close so 5% okay he knows the specific percentage uh and that means that they understood the bid yes and that's important because if they're way off then they didn't understand what they're bidding on you end up with
192change orders so that's a talent that not everybody sees this business has been 24 years under the same contractor's license also a good thing that I don't know that was a specific requirement but uh very good works locally so that's even better and uh quick question though are they going to do lunch uh covers because I remember for the bond we had specific things that we're going to be doing yes that is part of the scope and that's was the commitment to the communi lunch shelter cover and it's going to be um stop the rain it will at least at the place where there's a cover it will have solid covers yes thank you that's what I need to know I appreciate it Mr President if I can make one comment as a followup to
193Sure uh board member Mendoza's comment um I did visit brag recently and um was notified that the classrooms that were being worked on the teachers did move to trailers um and I believe um and and shout out to the teachers because I know not only do they have to move pack up things in all their boxes and then the movers take them and move them back to the classrooms but uh they have to do that in a very limited amount of time so um thank you to the district for helping coordinate all the movement but thank you to the teachers and the staff and administration for being flexible with us because it is something that uh at the end of the day will be a very great thing so thanks thank you so I'm going
194to call for a vote all in favor say I I any n hearing none the motion passes 60 4.6a can I have motion to approve this time cwdl as the auditor to provide the annual audit for the fiscal years 2024 2025 through 2025 2026 2027 with two additional one-year options mola second Tatiana thank you uh Mr Mr D thank you president is is the district went out to bid for um auditing Services um as required by law uh we we are required to have an independent external auditor to audit our records every year so um we received um four proposals from very um um reputable firms uh uh that audit school districts um there was an interview process comprised of members of the finance under committee and they have recommend uh CW DL as the
195U auditor for the district for the next three years uh plus two optional one year U the district have the right to cancel the contract any time with 60-day notice should um there's concerns thank you are there any public comments none any board comments oh okay uh can I have a vote all in favor say I I any n here heing none the vote passes 60 thank you can I have a motion to approve Community member appointments to the citizens oversight committee so move thank you Mr n thank you we had uh we have five vacancies on COC the citizen oversight committee by law the five members that have served um six years U the board recognized them at the I believe the March board meeting um so um we had vacancies we advertise we
196have a lot of interested um from from um the community uh for uh of the different categories um we um verify eligibility we have asked um a student to come in and did the drawing uh and and pick out the names that we are recommending to the board so the process has um we recorded the process and the the lottery the drawing so anyone can watch um for to ensure you know transparency and uh so we are recommending um the board approve four out of four members out of the five we did not have anyone um from the taxpayer organization apply so we are continuing to advertise for for that opening and help someone from that group uh to apply because you have to be from the different um category uh to serve under COC
197the citizen oversight committee so with that uh we are recommending the board approve U Mr Donal Swenson's uh Camille Flanigan Michael concepion and Juan Alvarado to the um citizen oversight committee uh for uh the next two years thank you is there any public comment on this item no public comment is there any board comment on this item board member Mendoza just a question what what is a Bonafide taxpayer Association like what is that so it's like Howard charvis taxpayer Association so um a recognized um taxpayer associations that would Advocate on behalf of tax tax payers we we did have a member that served for six years we will we will get one we'll try we'll try yes thank you any other board comment yes so this is a re requirement uh for us to have
198the bond and we elected to do it in this manner rather than as a board appointment um so I'm presuming that they are getting some sort of training related to this they they will thank you yes and uh did they provide any rums in relation to any of these yes there's similar to the process of appointing um a board member we ask for you know um their similar questions how long have you they've been a residents but the interest the background so and we beted through that once they qu eligible we can't there's really you know once they eligible within the category then they we withdraw the o thank you all right all in favor say i i and y hearing none motion passes 60 all right I think we're done with action items yeah
199let's uh just in abundance of caution can I have a motion to extend the meeting minutes well just in case because we only can do this once and if we have a second 15 minutes okay okay wait a second so uh we have to be clear what is your motion board member uh Rios I was requesting a motion but I don't mind the motion so that your motion is for 45 minutes Dr Rios We can of course end earlier take5 minutes no we don't okay second anybody second all right all in favor say I I okay so the maximum this me can go to is 11 o'clock and hopefully that doesn't happen item number uh information item so we only have a few more 1.7-cu student conduct uh review and discussion of the board policy
200board policy 5131 in particular section entitled possession sluse of Sailor phones and other mobile communication devices um so I asked for this particular item because I had a uh a few Community tees that uh I asked the parents what do you think of the cell phone policy and they were wondering what the cell phone policy was but they would like to have that reduced and I spoke to some parents and actually teachers about the same issue and also I heard something similar we do have a current cell phone policy as set forth in the agenda as we see here um the question is whether we would like to revisit that and be more in line with the uh State requirement it is my understanding that the policy that we have currently also does comply with
201the state standards but um I've also heard that the the Los Angeles Unified School District has a slightly different policy and different take on how they do things so I'm thinking it's a good time for us to actually look at these policies to see if this really does serve us and is maximizes our education for our kids um and not just does the minimum of the law which is next year June but rather advances that and maybe potentially we see better results quicker academically and there's many positives and negatives and I see uh um um so that's basically my quick report would you like to uh make a comment so I I will start and I'll I'll um ask Dr L to elaborate if we need to so we have um AB um 3216 which
202basically um regarding um students and smartphones uh in school uh basically the law requires the local school board to have a policy regarding cell phones uh and there are certain compliance issues and we currently do have a policy in front of you regarding cell phone and as mentioned by the board president it is in compliant with AB 3216 so it is in front of the board tonight if you have any questions if you want to modify the policy our normal process if you wish to do that you can give direction there's um you have someone is liaison to the legislative committee that you can send it back to the committee for them to review uh the policy and and and make recommendation to the board so that that's how we would do it should you
203choose to modify um you know the policy and you know whatever items that you like to see in the new other Revis policy updated you can uh direct staff um and that committee to um to consider those those items so with that um I'm going to ask Dr L basically to go over our current policy what are we doing now and and you know how's that in compliant with 3216 so I want to thank Dr L for sticking around staying with us Dr L way past my bedtime um good evening uh Este steam board and interum superintendent executive cabinet um before AB there was a California educ Education Code 48 90.5 and point 4890 1.7 which granted school districts the opportunity to regulate cell phone usage the difference now is that there's a mandate for
204districts and schools to have plans if you look at our board policy 5131 which has been in place for a bit um it permits students to bring cell phones and mobile devices to school and we can regulate that so we we have a policy in place uh looks a little bit different when we look at um developmental span at elementary schools the the expectation is for students to have those devices away um in middle school we ask students to have them away but if the teacher feels there's some educational value into to Bringing out the device they can regulate that and then in high school as kids have matured a bit more the cell phones are a little bit more prevalent during snack and lunchtime and then again during class time it's under the um
205supervision of the teacher with the expectation that the cell phone shouldn't create an instructional um distraction so that's how we we kind of manage it in our district if a student is shown to have issues we use Progressive discipline and we work with the student the family to address the use of the cell phone um as mentioned LUSD has gone to a more an aggressive policy where um you know teachers are collecting phones and and there's good and bad to that it takes away from instructional time when you're asking teachers to monitor cell phones in each and every period or or time of the day so it's a decision we'll have to make as a as a school Community but that's that's our policy at this current time thank you are there any public comments
206on this particular issue none uh thank you Dr Rios yeah I think that the concern of course that um immediately comes to mind is the idea of just consistency um and and I think that's going to be the biggest challenge because you know what some teach one teacher can see is value um May differ from another teacher so that's just something that I want our staff to be very mindful of I don't want to hear stories of you know students are being punished severely or at ARA high school but you know the same isn't happening at any other high school so it's going to be very important for me that when we do come up with the policy that there is against that again that level of consistency and that also students are going to
207be held to the same standard thank you board member you yes thank you board president for bringing this you know very important uh um issue I think right now across the world most of the parents will agree that the the device and the smartphone is the biggest enemy but I think that this is just the start of beginning of the discussion but I mean as a board and as a district we have to be consistent and enforcing is not is very complex because that's adding more work to the teachers however if we do uh make a you know bold move this will only benefit the students and also benefit the teacher instruction time too and teachers are are also tempted to go on the screen because we our culture is all addicted so this can
208really really improve uh teaching overall and the social media is beyond control so very soon I wouldn't be surprised that many laws will pass for parents to sue some of the social media like Instagram and you know Tik Tok so because it's just a lot of harms and so I'm very very um I think we will receive tremendous support from the parents because as the kids enter the teenage years it is very very difficult to to manage you know cell phone and this can really help mental health because you know some of the kids who suffer from isolation and uh you know depression or you know mental you know issue they do hide behind the screen too so so I think just in every way this will really help this will be revolutionary if our
209district can do something that is consistent and strong move together thank you board member Mendoza thank you Mr President um my recommendation would be to send this to the legislative committee but with some recommendations and like Dr real was saying uh I think we need to have consistency and I think with LA USD because I'm an employee there it is a consistency that matters because like you said Dr l in elementary there's one policy Middle School there's High School our parents need to know that in every school in every classroom it is the same policy and if a child breaks that policy and a teacher does need to take away that device for any reason that our admins are going to be there to support them because of the policy because uh like uh board
210member um you was saying their social emotional health is is is one of the biggest things that we see in the upper grades not so much Elementary where I teach but upper grades that's their life and my son is going to say mom why you saying that but they are so attached to their to their device and I can tell you it was hard it was hard in La USD in my school but if you set the standard and you set the model um the kids yeah they're going to push back the parents might push back but you're going to see that they get used to it yeah it does take a while to to collect those phones but um if you have a policy and I know it's it's going to come back and
211say well how are you going to do that um you have the pockets right you've got the I don't think we need to go to the extent where you lock them up but it's going to be you put on the students it's responsibility you put your phone here you can have it at the end of class um I know some teachers are already doing that but I think having a consistent policy throughout the school district is going to support our kids in instructional time and their learning their social emotional so if we can send that back to the legislative policy with those recommendations that would be that would be my my my wants thank you Mr does that I hear a motion coming there uh I do you want me to make a motion but
212I think you need to everybody information to staff or through your committee and then she will car that so we would like to give you direction to consider uh uh cell phone policy that is consistent with uh the mores and uh expectations of the ABC School District in improving our educational and academic uh environment noted thank you thank you all right um yes one more thing board member you I'm not sure if this is something that the legislative committee can tackle alone because you do need all the stakeholders to be involved such as the the teacher Union with all the teachers who we have representative class we have representative from the teachers and administration a committee and we actually have a student as well okay so this is a big task so that's what I'm
213I'm just saying you know and I I I'm sorry board member I didn't want to interrupt you but I did want to uh tell you that thank you yes it's it's all an issue of respect and uh they will make a determination they'll be a very I think uh substantive committee because we need to have them make something that does reflect our community not uh I mean this is a good policy I'm not saying there's anything wrong with this current policy but I've heard a lot of good things about the and I don't like L USD policy J typically it's not usually the district I want to follow but I've heard some positive results coming from that I'm sorry ex with the exception of uh board member Mendoza um it's not always the the model
214but in this case I think there's something to be learned and maybe we can advance beyond what the stat the minimum is we have to have something which we already meet I'm saying and I'm hoping that the direction is that we do something that's reflective of our community and if you feel that you need additional time and more than one meeting that is up to the committee's uh determination okay thank you thank you all right that is done with that item 1.8 quarterly Williams settlement compliance report for January through March 2025 Mr NN thank you president is I would like to report that for the third quarter of the 2425 year we did not have any complaints in the areas of instructional materials fa facilities teacher vacancy and mismanagement thank you are any public comments
215on this item none are there any board comments on this item seeing none we'll just move on board member reports press your buttons Dr Rios since we have an extended time I will go ahead and elaborate we don't have to use the whole 30 minutes I tried just saying um but no I do have a few things to report I like that when my day job doesn't necessarily align with our breaks because it allows me to take time so anyway last week was my spring break so I took time to meet with some key um officials here at ABC I also took time to visit some of the schools in Lakewood I visited Aloha Willow Oria palms and Melbourne um I especially wanted to see the primary classrooms and see our literacy blocks because we
216know that Student Success really depends on the instruction that is happening in the classroom and we know that more than ever um we need our students to experience success in those three hours right Reading Writing and arithmetic and so we're counting on our teachers more than ever um to to have to deliver that effective instruction we know what works and so it was an opportunity for me to see what what's happening in the classrooms as always you know with no surprise our teachers are working hard or administrators are are committed um but I think it begins the conversation of you know are we getting the results we want and what supports do we need to put in place to improve if we want to improve um the other thing that I attended was the mayoral
217transition for the city of citos I mean what a great day uh I know mayor yokoyama was in the audience earlier today um it was really an exciting um day and an awesome um thing to be a part of so many people from across the state came out to congratulate him um that anyway I was really happy to have been to have been there so congratulations again to him I also attended the state of the district that was hosted at ARA high school and sponsored by the Education Foundation it's always nice to see how they go above and beyond for our districts and are always ready to support the work that we do here at ABC um lastly I attended the cab the California Association of bilingual Educators administrative leadership Symposium I especially like that
218I got to see and connect with my clsba um fellow directors um but there we I attended along with some staff Dr Castro was there um board members um Mendoza and yoka uh yokoyama Bui were there and we all got to listen and learn a lot more about the El framework and the road map and kind of check in with Dr Castro about what is the um what programming is happening uh for our English Learners and more importantly how do we support and make sure that we are moving forward and and seeing them be successful in our in our schools and in our district and I think I wanted to say something about our public comments but I didn't make notes so excited that uh we will be moving forward with an appointment um again
219we we we want to have a very difficult decision to make just like we did when we had an opening for area 7 so really encourage people that are out there that you know have a passion for for education for particularly for public education to please apply and um be a part of our group here thank you that is all thank you board clerk yokoyama Buie thank you and um I also will go with the extended versions since I have the okay from a board member Mendoza I'm just I'm just joking but I do like to I do like to sometimes elaborate because um when I make connections here at the district I think it's important for people to know you know they left Impressions on me um I attended Fergus and elementaries read Across
220America um Miss Marquez who is an abcusd graduate um her students laughed so much at the librarian's recommendation of Julius the Baby of the world um brag Elementary's diversity book fair uh and visit with principal Dr Flores Nixon Elementary's fund run Whitney High School's Filipino cultural night 170 Junior High and high school students from ac across the district performed in a colorful and exciting display of Filipino culture and this is a testament to the founders of C Club kabigon past leadership students and families for continuing this amazing tradition for 38 years congratulations to Whitney High School's Club Kon cabinet and all the performers Le Elementary's diversity book fair Sharon Quirk Silver's elected women's Roundtable were electeds from the surrounded area met for a legislative update as well as open discussion state of our schools organized
221by the ABC Education Foundation with keynote speaker Dr zlo pause before you post cyber bullying assembly presented by social media research expert Justin patchin at fety Middle School um I I do believe he should start also speaking to fifth and sixth graders because we know that that cyber billing happens um at very young ages now Leo Elementary art program spring musical Alice and wonderland starring students from kindergarten through sixth grade directed by Athena Hansen and Ana Diaz Warz Academy's Community read aloud and career day Nixon Elementary School visit with principal hamura uh stem Olympics congratulations to all the students and Educators who participated uh legis legislative policy committee meeting city of seros oath of office and mayoral transition Carver Elementary's open house and visit with principal martier oh cab leadership Symposium and classified employee learning
222day where I got to meet Alma from and Veronica from nutrition services that was a fun little Icebreaker we did um oh by the way very excited I was driving near Long Beach uh Cal State Long Beach right on Seventh Street and I saw a bus stop ad featuring my friend who was a student at ABC Adult School and it was like so exciting I I was driving so I didn't get to take a photo but I hoped to be around that area one day so I could take a photo it was basically 7 driving back to the 605 so good job thank you thank you board member suu well spring is here just want to say Happy Easter and have a wonderful spring break for some of the students high school students you got
223to study for the aps don't be miserable but uh spring is really wonderful because um we you know it spring is life and just want to share this verse Jesus said to her I am the resurrection and the life the one who believes in me will live even though they die and whoever lives by believing in me will never die do you believe this God bless you thank you vice president Mr noola uh thank you president Nishi I also got to attend uh Ferguson's read along day with Miss clerk yukama Bui and I also got to present us some updates to the city council in Hawaiian Garden so I'm grateful for the city council for always giving me that opportunity to share updates I also did get to attend the state of the district uh
224I want to thank you know superintendent Dr Zillo for giving that amazing presentation and also the ABC foundation and lastly um I did get to attend the classified employee learning day uh I just wanted to you know Echo I'm pretty sure the sentiment we all share on the board that uh we want to invest in all our employees and all our EMP employees are are just as important as we are they do amazing things they are the first faces they see uh they prepare the meals they do a lot of things behind the scenes that kids never get to see but are so impactful to them and that includes you know our classified employees so thank you to all our classified for everything they do and we will continue investing in you guys thank you
225board member Mendoza thank you Mr President I'm going to try to make mine fast um I attended the Hispanic Latino Family Circle at fetty middle school and I want to thank the staff there and thank them for presenting about College and Career Readiness it was a a great a great um informational um meeting for our parents um and then I attended the seral um city council transition and um with my fellow board members we were just missing you Francisco we're like where's Francisco but it was a great event um it was long and I I'm glad to see that there's three former school board members on there so we got we got an in guys we got in we got an in with the council um I also attended gab the administrative leadership Symposium with
226my colleagues and with staff and we got an overview of the California Ela ELD framework and the California uh Ela Road map and there was an amazing story done by Hoover Elementary over in LAUSD and the one thing I got from that presentation was the most important thing about um the success of our students is our expectations and our beliefs for our students um and so that it as Educators we need to believe that our students can achieve and we also need to put expectations for them too so that was great and I shared that with my school too um then I went over and I I just want to mention that we had Cesar Chavez Day off on Monday and hopefully um some of our teachers can kind of present and and explain to
227our students why we had that day off um and then it's not often that my Two Worlds Collide as a teacher and a School Board member and this weekend when I came back from school um one of my students she was my former kindergarten student and she's now in fourth grade her name is Audrey Martinez and I asked her mom for permission to share she said to me Miss MOS I'm really tired I'm like why are you tired you had three days off and she says well um I did a play and I'm like really what play did you did do she said oh I was in The Little Mermaid and I'm like okay where was this I'm thinking she I know where she lived she goes it was at a school called gar high
228school and I'm like what and so I talked to her a little bit more and I found out that GAR put on a presentation of The Little Mermaid and I had seen the flyer and I had seen Brooklyn Avenue school and I thought well maybe there's another Brooklyn Avenue over here cuz how could it be my school but it was her she performed over here and so I talked to her mom and um she's really good friends her mom's really good friend with Miss Morris over at gar high school so I'm hoping she's going to do great things because I want her to come and do some more um but it was just nice to see that our districts Have No Boundaries as much as we think this belongs to ABC this belongs to La
229USD our kids go everywhere they they're they're all over and so that was really nice I I really enjoyed that and then um this this past week I did have a a a talk with um our interm superintendent and staff about Peach jar I'm I was a little disappointed with peach this week um Peach is a free service and I talked to staff that if we can do something because we do have some Community organizations that are trying to upload to Peach jart and they're having some trouble and I know staff is going to look into that because I think our um our students in our community are missing out on some great opportunities because they don't they can't upload to Peach jar so hopefully staff can work on that um I just have to
230say happy birthday my oldest one turned 30 years old I know they graduated here from gar and I'm like 30 years old how can that be I'm only like 21 but I want to wish them happy birthday and and thank thank ABC and board members who you talked about spring break we have we have a saying in education it is spring fever with our kids something happens in the spring and we kind of talked about I think it's the day change right they have more time to do things they're staying up but spring is like something else with kindergarteners come to my classroom and it's been it's been hard because I'm trying to get ready for my open house tomorrow um and I just want to thank all of our teachers because getting ready for
231open house it's a lot of work but we do it because we want to show our our parents and our and our families all the great work that we're doing so I know we're going to be attending some open houses pretty soon so thank the teachers thank the staff because it is a lot of work and that concludes my board report Mr President thank you we're going to give Dr Rios one more well and and I wouldn't do this other than I really do think that artia deserves a shout out because you know usually we sit behind the DI and we listen to problems at our schools and parents who are you know have tried to talk to the teachers and the admin and are still not happy with the results and to sit here
232and listen to a parent like I kept waiting like oh my God what's she gonna say next to just completely make it a positive comment about her brother's experience at oura like yeah like that was awesome and that's what we want from our schools right like kids should experience um success in their programs they should feel supported by their teachers they should feel supported by their schools and I just want to give again ARA a shout out because it's a theme that we consistently hear I when I was there uh Mr Garcia pulled out a students and she talked about her personal story about you know why she was doing so well in school now and she said because teachers here care they they go out of their way to check in on me they
233go out of their way to motivate me and so I mean what a great story um to have good job thank you good I'm glad we added that one in there all right announcements next door regular board meeting will be Tuesday May 6 2025 at 7 pm District board uh room diversity Unity Equity Duke board advisory committee will be due Monday April 14 2025 at 5:30 p.m. district office boardroom finance and audit board advisory committee will be Thursday May 1st 2025 at 6 p.m. District conference room strategic planning board advisory committee participating in the lcap parent advisory committee so this is a really important one pack and the English Learners pack meeting Tuesday April 15 5:30 artia high school so it's not the board meeting and that's going to be an important one to go
234to so please go if you want to make a big impact on things legislative policy board advisory committee Wednesday April 30th 6:30 p.m they'll talk about cell phones District conference room it's right here dates remember local holiday April 18 2025 don't come to school that day spring break April 21st 25th 2025 also don't come to that school that day second public comment section clerk yokoyama Buie do we have any I see none thank you I'd like to have a motion for adjournment Mo second all in favor say I I we are adjourned [Music] oh