001in the board meeting of March 13th 2025 is called to order at 6:30 p.m. can I get roll call please Falls gra here Mayer and Brianna ton here um Mr Dr Deus and Mr mascon are not present uh one C agenda for the regular board meeting March 13 2025 I'm going to move that in there are no changes to this evening's agenda thank you any discussion call for question all those in favor FS graph I mea Brianna ton I uh two a public participation not at this time fantastic three a close session discussion items we may discuss conference with labor negotiators Public Employee discussion discipline dismissal release conference with legal counsel or student matters 3B adjourn to close session I'm going to move to adjourn a second uh call for question all those in favor
002F graph I may I Brianna taxon I we are adjourned to close session at 6:31 p.m. e e e the regular board meeting of March 13 2025 will reconvene at 7:30 what is my mic on is my mic on I'll just talk louder all right FL salute Ken would you please read the ability statement sure when conducting the district's business we will strive to communicate clearly and concisely with a respect for the time of others we will listen objectively carefully considering the opinions of others we will understand the counterproductive effects of disruptive demeaning and intimidating behaviors we will understand and respect District policies and procedures and we will maintain a respect for the rich rich history of the district and the efforts of others who have served in the past thank you 5A report of
003action taken in close session the board took action and closed session the board unanimously approved the non- reelection for three certificated staff members 6A public comments recognition and reports I do have one yellow card um for somebody that is on um Zoom Mr George Sten the person is not there anymore if for some reason that person comes back maybe they lost internet if they come back we can um revisit his comment card um so we will go on to seven correspondence proposals reports 7A Ada representative can you hear me now I can hear you hey um I uh thank you so much for um you always allowing um Adda to speak at these board meetings I just um wanted to give you an update that you know I've been working with uh Eric talking to
004him about some of the struggles that school had schools have been having and then um that I've only been able to uh tease out uh one school's uh results from the survey I did and once that's complete we will definitely be sharing that with everyone thank you thank you uh 7B CSEA representative not here 7c my favorite part of the board meeting student representative to the board good evening everyone um today I'd like to start with Vasquez High School starting with some Vasquez highlights many of the Vasquez High School teachers participated in the Ben Q board training yesterday this new instructional tool has helped has in many interactive features and is helping teachers everywhere the VHS counseling team and our administrating Office Team attended the Aries conference last week the new information will allow VHS
005to make better use of our student data system data collection and Reporting will be more efficient some upcoming events we have for Vasquez the field trip to Cal Lutheran college is happening next Thursday March 20th and some athletic updates swim season is going well they have the largest team ever and have caugh the eye of the next of the caught the eye of the rest of the League this is the time this is the first time VHS has had such a big team for this Sport and the students are incredibly passionate track is also having an amazing season so far we had multiple school records broken by the longdistance runners and the team is on Pace no pun intended to be the best team in more than a decade the boys varsity volleyball is first
006place in the league to 0o to9 wins in games they should be competing for league title very soon softball is on track to win another league title which would be their eighth straight title and we are hoping for another deep playoff Run Baseball is 8 to1 in their season and competing for a playoff spot some campus updates for Vasquez we had an unfortunate School closure this past Tuesday due to a broken water M but we are giving a big shout out to the maintenance team for assessing the problem and coord coordinating its repairs so quickly that concludes my report for Vasquez High School moving on to High Desert Middle School some Hawk highlights for high desert Miss Rebecca soell is taking initiative in going above and beyond to spread kindness and compassion and we are
007so grateful for her work with the other students Mrs Chelsea lella lello excuse me has great rapport with the students and uses her amazing organizational talents to support our staff we are excited to see her as our new library Aid some past events for high desert HDs received its fourth redesignation as a school to watch on March 5th thank you to Dr sahwan Mrs Akuna and Miss SS miss a yes for joining Mrs Van ornum to attend the conference and receive the award being a school to watch is an incredible honor and we are proud to have many stand to have many standout practices that deemed us Mo a model Middle School the mental health workshops have been going great for parents we have a record number of participants from all three schools each session
008is offered once in English and once once in Spanish to support All Families this week's topic was on understanding depression and building resilience thank you to miss Zuli kisada for bringing this great opportunity to the district and to our families some upcoming events for the Hawks Monday March 17th fifth and sixth grades at 8:15 a.m. and 7th and 8th grades at 9:00 a.m. they invite you to join them in celebrating their incredible students for Generate for demonstrating the core values steam night is on March 19 at 5:30 p.m. it will be a great night exploring science technology engineering art and Mathematics there will be tacos treats and lots of Hands-On experiences for all to enjoy Arts exploration day is on Wednesday April 26th High Desert will host Arts exploration day for our students the Hawks
009will participate in three Hands-On sessions of their choosing to explore career Pathways centered in the Arts thank you to miss Owens and Mrs Wagner for supporting our high desert Hawks and bringing the Mustang to mentor and Lead sessions in art and culinary arts some Athletics Upstate updates the teams have been formed and are excited to start games next week for JV flag football and JV girls volleyball varsity boys and girls soccer CH championships are on March 17th at VHS both teams made made the Championships and we invite everyone to come cheer on our Hawks girls play at 400 p.m. and boys play at 6 p.m. and we hope to see you there varsity basketball triy outs are next week and we want to wish everyone trying out the best of luck the competition was at
010was full of excitement this past weekend for Dance Force we brought two teams Fifth and fourth and fifth grade and sixth and eighth grade three first place Awards went to High Desert students along with the many along with many other second and third and fourth place Awards the award we are most proud of is the spirit award which is given to the school that demonstrates cooperation enthusiasm and school spirit congratulations Dance Force and thank you to our coaches Gina botton Christine Bowmont for their work with their students to get them competition ready some campus updates for the Hawks the ribbon cutting ceremony was amazing it was a great opportunity to honor all of the people who made this possible for the students and the soccer game afterwards was incredibly fun the VHS men's soccer team
011played against the high desert Hawks and then the metal Arc students joined in as well thank you to coaches Zorba thank you to coach Zorba and the Mustangs for the lead for their leaders ship and mentorship that they showed on the field the Hawks want to thank you for approving the deposit for their mural project the remainder of the payment will be on the next board agenda for approval and once that is approved we can start with the project we anticipate we anticipate starting the last week in April and finishing before open house this is a big project that is funded out of the Arts Grant and we are so grateful to have received that Grant to make this that grant money to make this possible lastly our metalark report starting off with some exciting
012news today the Steam Museum came to metalark offering exciting stations where students grades K through 4 can build create and explore on their own pace from programming robots to 3D printing and Engineering challenges students had a blast today last week was read Across America and metalarc students want to send a huge thank you to the guest readers who took time to visit and share their stories with them on campus and that concludes my report for this District this evening thank you awesome thank you uh 7D superintendent report thank you board vice president tonight I'll focus in on student achievement as far as the Strategic plan itself and then I'm going to cover two additional topics so Natalie share this as part of the high desert um update so great job Natalie District in high desert
013is delighted to announce that after a rigorous application process for redesignation high desert was endorsed as a redesignated California and National School to watch had deser was originally designated as a schools to watch in 2012 then pre proudly redesignated years after 2015 18 2022 and currently 2025 and I'm sure in next three years it will be a 2028 thank you to the redesignation application writing team for all their hard work in highlighting the programs events um Athletics academic opportunities at High Desert keep up the great work congratulations High Desert all right moving forward at the kickoff of the policy management subcommittee that was held on February 27th I shared a preview of my initiatives as superintendent for the 2526 school year to kick in for this semester as well I'll be sharing the initiatives tonight
014as part of my superintendent report as part of building a culture of continuous Improvement there are multiple facets to that process itself which includes leadership commitment strategic alignment we know that we have a lot of um initiatives programs and plans alignment is very critical for Effectiveness smarter performance systems and employee empowerment the following initiatives address these targeted areas thank you Mr her doia for putting the slides up so I'm not going to go line item folks but just to start with Goal number one to ensure maintain expand and Advance a robust and rigorous academic program that includes maintaining and expanding efforts with our governing board School site leadership teachers and staff and all appropriate educational partners that ensure that our students are engaged with a robust and rigorous learning program in both General and special
015education you'll see hyperlinks this this document will be posted under the superintendent link on our website our homepage so that you could actually interact in the middle of the night when you want you have nothing to do you could click on the hyperlinks and it provides the artifacts and additional documentation to go ahead and support these goals expand the assessment previous slide thank you uh third bullet point expand the assessment of learning progress from 2023 to 20 to current school year and moving those learning gaps forward by measuring outcomes to ensure that intervention are effective for our students some of the hyperlinks just articulate we have I ready um assessments uh for personalized learning from uh for grades K8 reading and math we have our California dashboard that helps Drive our data decision um decisions
016that we make for the district next slide thank you goal number two ensure maintain expand Advance safety and wellness initiatives again I'm not going to go through every bullet point but to expand enhance our um learning opportunities for general education special education students um through support services that includes social emotional learning um curriculum as well as PBIS rewards navigate 360 and facilitating to the maximum our existing grants and pursuing new Grant applications in addition ensuring and expanding parent Guardian learning opportunities in the areas of Health and Wellness safety and access accessing supports we've heightened our initiatives when it comes to parent education such as parent ambassadors project to inspire and other family leadership development next page Mr hosia thank you superintendent goal number three ensure maintain expand and Advance capacity which includes enrollment programs and
017opportunities in enrollment increase in stability we have been maintaining our um not only maintain our enrollment for the past three years we've been increasing our enrollment which in turn reflects in in our Ada and feeds into the fiscal capacity of the district always looking to advance specialized programs um I'm looking into a d dual immersion Spanish um program for our younger Scholars for um metalarc uh there will be an interest survey that goes out to the metal art community to see if they're interested that won be for the 26 that will be for the 26 27 school year but that's just one idea of expansion and um for capacity building here at the district next page of the slide Mr do previous page sorry your event I'm just low thanks Alex so opportunities accessibility and
018support expanding Partnerships with um local organizations to provide additional internships mentorship and career exploration opportunities some examples that we've included there are the is the Marine jrtc program that we're looking into um Arts education advancement for K12 here at the district um ensuring routine updates and maintenance of facilities technology and instructional tools particularly the maintenance and and facilities and Technology all of those components are being um funneled through our facilities of fin subcommittee so thank you for that effort there um maintaining teacher training to preserve the quality of instructional opportunities and heightening our professional development opportunities and making sure that those opportunities are tailored to the needs of our teachers elementary middle and high and the following pages are just the hyperlinks that provide additional information as well as artifacts that will help support my
019plan moving forward for 2526 academic calendars and the last item for my report with spring break around the corner and the last stretch of the school year Upon Us my team and I will be bringing our three sites together on April 2nd for a staff meeting Workshop around the topic of trauma informed care as well as the importance of self-care for adults we've been working and planning about maybe the last four weeks here my team and I are excited to cook up some lunch and serve it to our fantastic staff I do have to confess I don't cook I make pancakes but uh that's that's breakfast anyhow we're looking forward to April 2nd to appreciate our staff and thank them for all that they do and that concludes my report thank you you um 7
020e facilities Finance subcommittee report uh the facilities and finance subcommittee has not met since our last meeting we we will be meeting on the 18th at 400 p.m. here any wants to show up or come on Zoom online um 7f education subcommittee report uh same as the facilities and finance we have not met since our last meeting and our next meeting is on the 18th at 3:30 um that is either here or via Zoom so I hope people start to join us um 7g policy and management subcommittee report our next meeting is on the 27th before the school board meeting uh superintendent I appreciate uh your presentation about your goals and initiatives because um what's really going on in the background is the focus of the subcommittees turned into and are tied to the superintendent's
021initiatives and it gives you a way to measure what the priori of those committees are which is kind of a way of doing an annual priority exercise uh and and it informs what the what the focus of the board is rather than having everybody all over the map and new people coming on and I want this and I think I should do this and whatever it kind of focuses down how he's measured and and everybody can see what's happening so at the end of the day um strategic plans that are nothing but a bunch of Buzz phrases that you heard at the last conference you went to mean nothing to me I like measure so this is kind of a way of developing an ongoing priority exercise which is really the fuel for a real
022strategic plan so thank you um the uh policy management subcommittee is about taking a look at what the board policies are what the administrative regulations are that they are there that there's not unique circumstances that need uh the board to take a look at say for example our our we had the attorney talk about special um education related expulsions and suspensions and what that means and what happens if anyway watch the movie I like it very much that our it group puts these up so when when there's a next election there's no reason to be ignorant about anything we do but thank you no submissions for this evening thank you 8A approval of consent calendar items 8B through 8e I'll move it in I'll second um I would like to separate subject e gift donation
023act and Women's Club $900 not to vote separately but just so that we can discuss it um do you have anything to add for item anything no just for item that's okay um any discussion on items b c d none for me so what let's discuss item eight thank you so thank you to one of my favorite groups acting Women's Club for a $900 donation for Vasquez and high desert students uh the purpose of living spaces living spaces I'm not I'm not shopping for furniture um living Living Voices I'm sorry um um for our students to attend Living Voices which brings history to life it's a multimedia presentation um we do have our principles here not to put them on the spot Vasquez and high desert if you have additional information of what our students
024will be looking forward to when it comes to Living Voices not living spaces thank you for the details did a much better job than I did thank you I appreciate the acting Women's Club short of the fact that I am always near Financial collapse from shopping at their Boutique thank you for your support of the district yes thank you for your support and for putting on these programs for our students that sounds super cool um I think that our students are very lucky to be able to to do that sounds like they're going to have a great time so thank you Acton Women's Club and um as Ken said we love love your boutique my daughter always asks to go there they have great stuff there so if you haven't been in there stop by
025they have something for everybody I really like their shot um let's go ahead and vote call for question all those in favor FS dra I de Joan I Mai Brianna ton I uh 9A Personnel report 24-25 12 I'll move it in I'll second there are no changes to the par report for this evening thank you thank you any discussion hearing none call for question all those in favor the jant i m Brianna taxon I 9B resolution 2024-25 13 non reelection of probationary certificated employees I'll move it in I'll second it is staff's recommendation for the board to approve resolution 2024-25 201113 for the non- reelection of probationary certificated employees as as reviewed um at close session thank you is that better oh yeah oh you can hear you now you're all in trouble okay discussion
026call for question all those in favor all drop I may I Brianna txon I 10 a second read and approval sarc report metal Arc High Desert and Vasquez High Schools I'll move it in all right I have Ken second Dr sahak sure just as a second read to reiterate the the school accountability report card for all three sites covers um general information such as enrollment numbers class sizes um absenteeism rates as well as um cast uh testing data but just to reiterate for clarification this is always a prior year so it was the previous um school year in terms of the starc report for both metalark for for metalark high desert as and Vasquez thank you thank you discussion hearing none call for question all those in favor the jilan i fs dra I may
027Brianna ton I 10B 2024 lcap Federal addendum I'll move it in second thank you I'm going to call up Dr Chamberlain at Services director she's our Guru for anything lcap as well as Federal programs now so she'll explain the purpose of the Federal addendum 20124 elap thank you evening Dr zakin and board members um I just to share with you in brief the federal addendum is an addendum to the lcap the lcap which we Shar previously um addresses only state funds that come to our school district and federal addendum addresses all the federal funds that come to our district that are applied for by us through the con app those specifically are Title One Part a title two part a title three part A and title four part a title one part a addresses improving
028basic programs um operated by state and local education agencies title two um supports uh effective instruction title three is for language instruction English Learners and immigration immigrant students and then title four is specifically for student support and academic enrichment grants do you have any questions no thank you thank you uh discussion hearing for your word we don't we don't even have to worry about any of this that this is just automatic and it's not simple thank you all right call for question all those in favor thean i b i MAA mea Ranna ton I 11a approval of contract Christy White and Associates I'll move this in I'll second at our February 27th board meeting we had a discussion regarding um a multi-year contract versus a year contract so thank you to Business Services Mr Nan
029um inquiring um Christy White and Associates do not provide any discounts for a multi-year contract so we're presenting this evening a one-year contract uh for the internal audit services that they provide District in the amount of $ 27,28 thank you discussion there was a discussion at nauseum last meeting I'm good okay call for question all those in favor the jilan i b I may I Ranna tuxon I 11b approval second interim report 2024-25 I'll move it in I'll second Mr newn will be presenting to the board as well as our community our second inter report that one approved is sent over to Leo for certification thank you Mr good evening board members superintendent T Salin and members of the community tonight I'm going to present the second interum for 2425 last time I present the
030um person inter report there's three type of certification right there's a positive certification where the district will meet its Financial Obligations for the current and the two out of years a call qualified certification means that we may or may not meet our um financial obligation for the current and the two out of years and the third certification is the negative certification which is that the district will not meet its financial obligation for the current and the and the two out of years this is an enrollment Trend where as you notice there's been a flight out of California to other states because the cost of living in California is very expensive and also possibly because of um political issues but as you can see are there's going to be a continual decline of enrollment for school
031district Statewide but the good thing about our school district is that our enrollment is increasing we we Garner a surplus um this year so which is a positive for the district and this is our enrollment Trends we're looking at our en rment to be 1,69 for this year we're projecting that our en decline by 18 students next year and stay flat for the third year rout our um average day attendance is at 90 but next year we're looking at 92 third year out is 92 as well and then this is our the revenues that California state received the bulk of the revenue as you can see here is personal income tax then there's corporate tax and then there's sales tax um things may change um like for example in 2022 when the economy went down
032um our Cola for this year was only 1.07% if if our so far this year um our our economy has been going down the S&P 500 is right now it's down 10% and if it doesn't if it that if that doesn't go back up then State the state of California may get less personal income tax personal less Revenue right that's just a FYI and that may affect our cost of loing adjustment from the governor maybe in two years just just an FY so this is our cost of living adjustment again this may change based on the state of state of California's economy or lcff federal funds one onetime funding State funding local revenues and pretty much everything stays the same due to our en rment increase I increase the um our local control funding formula
033Revenue increased by about $146,000 this this is a pie chart of our revenues as you can see here the bulk of our revenue is the local control funding formula we get State local and federal revenues and this our building blocks for our expenditures or certificates we're at 75 employees that includes management as well and and then for classified Buon equivalent right we have quite a bit of classified employees but they don't equal to one FTE so there's a combination that's why we have a total of fulltime equivalent of 78 and then we got our employee benefit FS the pur and St rates Health and Welfare Insurance state unemploy state unemployment insurance workman's comp books and supplies Professional Services capital L so I'm going to go a little bit more in depth on that to the
034next slide and then our Stu and column is about 2% our Cal steers rate is going to stay stagnant from 24 through 29 unless things change um Cal Pur is Marti going to increase from right now is 27.05.2012 the the the huge variance here is the services and operating expenditures we increase the expenditures for service and Opera is because of Good Housekeeping because of our utilities and our water has gone up so I have to increase the budget for that and then also for the capital outlay we did the roof replacement this year here at the district office that which is about $100,000 then we're also looking at modernizing three classroom which cost about 50 $50,000 so I incorporate about 150,000 for the capital outlay we increased and this is the pie chart of our
035um general fund expenditures as you can see at the bulk of our expenditures are Personnel for certificate salaries classified salaries and Health and Welfare benefits right and then um those are multi-year projections we're looking at um deficit spending for this year next year and third year out but I'm doing we're doing a fiveyear projection here based on the cost of living adjustments from the governor and again these are all assumptions we're looking at guarding a surplus if everything stays the same um in 2728 and 2829 and um we have a normally for small school district R size or economic uncertainty Reserve should be at 4% but I increased it to 6% and um this is our roadblocks here right now we are in March so I'm presenting the second Unum to the governing board we'll
036know more about our um our cost of living adjustment what the governor is um going to um provide us for a cost of living adjustment next month but that may change too the enactive budget won't be adopted until late June or or the 1 of July and um obviously we're not going to submit a third inter room because we have a strong fund balance so I'm asking the governing board with that said I'm asking the governing board to approve our second in report as a positive certification where the district will meet our financial obligations for the current year and the two out of years if anyone has any questions I'm more than happy to answer for discussion okay um couple things here we're talking about fund balances and things so I I always ask these
037questions I I appreciate your ability to have a dynamic thing without looking at the superintendent to see if it's okay to tell me the truth I've seen that not be the case in my 12 years of doing this um I've been on the board for nine budget approvals and I sat in the audience for almost five years so um I've got a quite a different lens on this there's a couple things that come off the reserve level I'm going to explain how that happened and why we have such a healthy Reserve but this deficit spending thing in in a in a business or in the private World it means I'm going out and buying a Harley-Davidson while somebody's trying to figure out how we're going to pay the mortgage so that's what deficit spending means
038that's what it's alarm I have never seen this District not deficit spend in the entire time I was here um I don't think Leo was looking at the charter Revenue as a solid uh we give you the money you can forecast on that um and at one point there was $4 million with the charter revenue and we know that you're not reporting out any local Revenue that's a a gain meaning we're taking the kid from San Bernardino's money and doing whatever we want with it including ripping out this and making this and putting them pretty pictures up there so I'm I'm not even to ask you that question I know that you're not juggling fund balances around to make it look like we're poor during negotiations I know you're not doing that but deficit spending
039seems to be a norm in um in in education and it's based on you not knowing what you the money you're going to have so you're told well maybe it's going to be 1% then maybe it's going to be three and you're trying to forecast down the road I will say this about the reserve when you don't have enough money let's just say that you're you're not spending your money appropriately and I haven't seen that be the case here um you are going to be geared towards deficit spending you're talking about enrollment decreases our enrollment going up at one time this District had students um but the enrollment game is really where most of your funding comes from and then if you can get kids to come to school that helps a ton so I
040appreciate those initiatives and I appreciate the focus of the education subcommittee on on supporting that but let's all be serious we went to court one time I um had been asking people questions from a charter and they sat up there and lied and I was being accosted by the board which I actually like that I had a very abusive stepfather so I missed that very much but at the end of the day the same questions that I was asking these people they were indicted for breaking federal law and defrauding 80 million how do you just kind of Miss $80 million in the process and this District was the gateway to that happening so the judge in that case when the district settled there was 700 and some thousand doll that was paid back if I'm
041the district now the the the the the time has passed statute of limitations has passed but if I were any any of the other numerous Charters that would have looked at that I would have been going I if I'm on one of those boards I'm going look I'm citing uh judge Link's um ruling on this I want my money back that didn't happen now I can assume that the reason it happened was the charters that may have involved did not want the an association with that and let it go and in my world that's gifting of taxpayer funds but nonetheless that's out the window but let's all be serious that Reserve sits there today because that was the source of the revenue am I wrong correct and that people like me have been fighting you
042over a penny to stretch it to see how far that's how copper wire was invented me and him fighting over a penny so this board being conservative is in its expenditure is the only reason this district has a healthy reserve and the only way we'll maintain a healthy Reserve is to be very cognizant in how we're spending the reserve so to be really clear this deficit spending is being uh supported and subsidized by The Reserve that was built so you can either like Charters you like it or not but that Reserve would not be here today without that and I need every everybody to recognize that so when we're off spending money and negotiating on this and that we have to be kind of in tune with what the projections look like I am not
043a supporter of taking the work that has been done on the finance and subcommittee and saying we need some certain projects to be done those are not negotiable with any kind of bargaining or or or someone's salary at the administrator's level or anything like that to me those are the things that keep our schools out of Williams lawsuits and all those kinds of things so I just wanted to clear it up deficit spending is something that comes every year do you know of a local District that is not deficit spending no they're all are you personally aware of any District in the state that is not deficit spending in a public education realm no would it be safe for you to ever have enough money to serice my students don't give me any more Governor
044now whatever Revenue we receive we um we tend to use it because we don't get as much funding as be really clear my position is that we will not I I don't think the projects that are coming back from the finance and Facilities committee are Pie in the Sky someone exercising their own personal desires I assume that the um educ UC ation subcommittee will come forward with some different directives where they're focusing in on maybe we need this maybe we don't need this but you can bet that the stuff they say we really need to focus some Revenue here and come forward with those and have those finally Incorporated the budget where everybody can look at an informed budget and not have to have the roof bag not to leak every year so um please
045don't approach me with giveaways on our facilities at the expense of something else but fine job thank you and I appreciate ability to just have a goal with me when we need to thank you just one question um sir where does the lottery money fit in here is there we Lottery we get um local Revenue we get um restricted revenues and we get unrestricted revenues okay as well so yeah it it's in the um the F it's in fund one basically that's all um Alex can you go to the slide that has the blue and orange it says District enrollment Trends with all the blue and orange bars there she is um so I'm looking back to 2223 and I'm not going to go before that because it's co and then before that is it
046doesn't matter um but I'm looking back to 23 or 22 23 23 24 and then at the projections um and I'm going to speak on the the education subcommittee our one of our goals um and one of our topics that we're going to be talking about is Ada um and basically getting kids to go to school so I I did the calculations on the percents and this year for 2425 is the low percentage of ADA in the last three years and then also lower than the projected two out years um every other year we've been above 90% And this year we're at 89.9% I would love to see 95 97 um but projecting 91.8 I think that we can do better than that so I just wanted to point out that um that I would
047like to talk about that in the education subcommittee I want to discuss it um I want to set goals with staff and then also support staff in supporting families and basically begging and doing anything that we can to just get butts and seats um and I don't think that people understand how important it is to have a kid at school every single day and how that affects their learning that not only affects our our budget but it also affects um test scores it affects their personal learning their grades will go up um just having your kid in school even if you have to leave early or if you're coming late just get there because any kind of learning is better than no learning at all um so that's something that we are going to be
048discussing and then hopefully your projected 91.8 will go up and then we'll have a little bit more to work with there that is that's been my personal goal for um since before I was on the board so that would be really great thank you uh we have to vote call for question all those in favor Julian I pa I may I Brianna ton I 12a first read board policy and administrative regulation for three 51 15.5 sex offender notification this is a first read so we'll just discuss correct thank you so the amended language again just to just to reiterate um amended language recommended language usually comes from the California uh School Board Association to school districts and and the gist of the amended language here for for this um notification it includes District's cooperation with
049law enforcement um and our response as a district when we are notified about any sex offenders residing within the boundaries of our district and what the district takes to go ahead and and make sure that the school sites are aware and that we are on alert that's a gist of 12a thank you any discussion um would you characterize this as more or less restrictive more comparison good more um the um policy and management subcommittee um gave a uh a 30,000 foot overview of how policies uh board policies and ARS are developed maintained and modified so if you have any questions about that it's a it's a quick watch at the front end of that and it's on the district website thanks any further discussion Okie doie uh 12b first read board policy and administrative regulation
050for 1250 visitors Outsiders thank you so some of the amended language here includes any person who is not a student or staff member will need to register immediately at the front office when they're when they are entering a entering campus or a School site uh side note again you know as these are updates these are still um practices that are currently in place in our district of course just want to make that notation in addition in terms of amended language any visitor on campus will behave in an orderly manner while on school grounds to be so that there is no disruption of learning and functionality of a School site thank you discussion um again would you characterize this as more or less restrictive it's tightened more so I'm a Schoolboard member everybody knows that I
051can just walk in whenever I want maybe I want to be the PTO president I can just walk in whever I want I can access any room interact with anyone I want right that's incorrect so yeah but I was here three days this week so why do I have to check in on Thursday I check in anytime I'm on campus myself but I mean I mean what this is really saying is it I don't care if you're a Schoolboard member or what you are you run the Raptor system every time you go in the building is that is that the intent that's correct does anyone not understand that if you don't call me I can explain it to you very clearly okay any further discussion do you have questions 12C first read board policy and
052administrative regulations for 6158 independent study there's a plethora of changes here um or updates um mainly the minimum instructional minutes required for independent study evaluating whether a student um is a viable um candidate for independent study um that onus is on the on the school and School administration and tiered re-engagement of strategies for students who are not engaged independent study and are not making progress thank you discussion is there a room in this language where I'm just bored with this kid disrupting the class so I just like here you go go independent study no there's there's a vetting process thank you 12d first read board policy administrative regulations for 616 3.4 student use of Technology thank you uh this two has quite a few um uh can't read my notes uh some some of some
053of this has to do with um um districts in terms of of updates districts May monitor student use of Technology within the jurisdiction of the district if a student violates board policy on on technology use District May cancel student user privileges or limit student user privileges to technology thank you discussion more or less restrictive more so so we can't gamble on the school computer that's correct okay so much for local funding go ahead is that on off campus on the if a school computer is brought off campus for any reason is it restricted as well yes if if if there's any reason for a student to let's say have a Chromebook at home uh for whatever reason um they're still in possession of it this policy still is active yes thank you subject e first
054read board policy administrative regulation for 44 employee use of Technology thank you um so plenty of additions here as well such as employees shall uh review all prohibited and permitted use of Technology as outlined in this in this policy update there's plenty on artificial intelligence such as employees may use AI apps to assist in their duties and responsibilities if deemed appropriate as well as providing professional development in artificial intelligence from the district to employees as a apprpriate nothing here okay moving on board comments I'll make it brief tonight um about the sports programs about four or five years ago there was a worry that some sports programs would not exist in the coming years and I think that the efforts of people especially at high desert to start Sports programs and to give an environment
055where sportsmanship was the focus and not a lot of adult drama and the rest of all that so you've got sports teams now that are coming with those cohorts that started at high desert and I think the sports offerings are really really important to the district for those kids that you know don't go to the local school that's going to put you in the major league so I think these sport um groups the the level of participation is what's really really important to me and I want the focus to be on sportsmanship and that people understand we're not going like the old days and and tell pressure on the teacher to make sure that the football guy passes even though he's failing so there's a fine balance here but I would like to say publicly
056that there are certain people in this community that started at high depth desert and with that start with participation it goes back to the facilities and finance committee with their projects the sports Fields have been upgraded there's all kinds of things going on and that's been really important I think it's a big part in why our enrollment is going up um likewise the schools to watch designation getting it so many times that people yawn when they hear your school name again is significant sometimes when we look at what we're doing we see what's in front of our face but sometimes when people from the outside look in it's like we go to the California school boards Association training and it's like actually it's like we're not that bad we're definitely not the worst so this
057is a big thing where people look at it and realize this is a good school I like the position we're in as more and more that dirt gets moved up there I want to see houses built and I want this to be the choice of the people that come in there and I want it to be the only choice it's good local schools with good wholesome classrooms safe classrooms safe educational programs this is a good place to come and focus and become a citizen of this community so thanks everybody for all your work and that's what I have this evening um I want to again reiterate what Ken said about the sports team um thank you high desert for getting all these guys together and growing your sports to get them into Vasquez and just
058in the last few years I've seen the Vasquez teams growing and starting to win games and win leagues and that is what's going to help bring kids to our district so whatever we can do as a community to help and get money funed in to our sports teams would be great um the more we can do the better off we'll be the more kids we'll have and you know it's great Friday nights to see everybody out watching our football games going to baseball softball games um so yeah whatever we can do with that um High Desert and the school to watch great job that is also something that will help get our enrollment up um and the ribbon cening that was a great event thank you for having us there and uh really appreciate it
059being there that's what I have thank you um first I'll touch on the ribbon cutting that was a great event very well planned very well put together um Mrs vanornum and your staff and your parent volunteers and your students phenomenal job the way everybody showed up worked as a team and really highlighted everything that um High Desert has to offer sportswise um Ernesto you are the only one in here that knows where we started with that school um and I should have the other day when I was able to um speak at the ribbon cutting I wish Lester was here because I would remind him that I did go to school there um I should have mentioned you know when you're put on the spot and you always think back like oh I should have
060said that I should have mentioned how when we were there what you know what it was like and that you have really been so instrumental in going from attending school there to you know brand new working there to running the show and making it fantastic so hats off to you and your team thank you very much for all that you have done not just for high desert but the district as a whole um read Across America we were invited to metal Arch to read to um classes I did get sick that way I wasn't even sick I lost my voice so I um had my daughter read she did a fantastic job so I was able to just sit back and um watch not only my kid but all of the other kids in five
061different classes really enjoy um just they just enjoy the moment um they read Goldilocks and the Three Bears and they dressed up as Goldilocks and a bear it was the most adorable thing and I think as a board member and as a mom to just be able to sit back and witness and not necessarily be involved but just to watch and appreciate was so much fun so thank you very much for the invite Mrs Jones and um to your team to your um teachers and your students for letting us take the time to come in and just get to be a part of it that was very cool so thank you very much um and then also um Vasquez softball I was coming back from picking my kids up from school and going to lunch
062and heading back to my office and there were purple uniforms right next to my office so we stopped I took an extra long lunch stopped and got to watch um some Vasquez softball it was a very fun to see how excited they were to play and how they interact as a team and um just to hang out with the parents and the grandparents that were there it was really fun so um I'm really glad that um softball came so close to me so I could catch a game cuz their games are so early and I don't get off in time usually to watch it so that was pretty cool um I hope to do that in the future when they're when they're playing close or maybe go when I'm off work but um so good
063job softball and I'm it just thankful that I get to be a part of things like that of kids really having a great time and learning and doing what they love that is that okay moving on calendar um we have the same board meetings that were there last meeting and the meeting before nothing's changed correct these are the same ones that's correct the dates remain the same all right 15 future agenda items High Desert School presentation I'm sorry did anybody have any discussion on the calendar okay future agenda items High Desert School presentation Vasquez High School presentation quarterly strategic plan report anything to add no um I don't uh any discussion 16 adjournment it's recommended the Board of Trustees adjourn the meeting at 8:30 I second um call for question all those in favor the
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