001all right we call this board meeting to order at march on March 27th 2025 at 6:30 pm. can I get roll call please Falls you have here may here J here Brianna txon here mascon here everything good for the agenda yes sir there are no changes to the agenda thank you can I get a motion to move the agenda in I'll move call the question may Brianna ton I masc on I do we have any public participation at this not at this time all right I get a motion to journ to close session I'll move I'll second call the question Mesa thisai Brianna text on the I mask on I e e e that's PM Dr Raina would you lead us in the Flag Slip Al to the FL of the United States of America
002and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under indivisible andice Mr Paul grab would you please read the cability statement when conducting the district's business we will strive to communicate clearly and concisely with a respect for the time of others listen objectively carefully considering the opinions of others understand the counterproductive effects of disruptive demeaning and intimidating behaviors understand and respect District policies and procedures and maintain a respect for the rich history of the district and the efforts of others who have served in the past thank you very much report of action taken in closed session no action was taken in closed session public comments recognition and reports at this time we don't have public comments uh we do not have recognition or reports thank you correspondence at a representative CS representative student representative
003to the board good evening everyone today I want to start with Vasquez High School some highlights for Vasquez High School on March 20th students had the opportunity to visit Cal Lutheran College students have reported that they enjoyed learning about the athletic opportunities their International academic program and their athletic medicine program some upcoming events for Vasquez some of our students will be helping in the Acton Library tomorrow as connecting with the community is always a big priority for our students we have a field trip coming up on April 1st to the analou Valley College that our students are very excited about ASB and the senior class are holding a car show on April 12th to fundraise for our senior class and we hope that the that the community is excited for it and we are very
004excited for the event as well some athletic updates swim season is going well and students practice every morning from 5:30 to 6:30 a.m. we had our first medley relay recently and placed fourth they are competing against large teams but putting in a lot of work track has broken four records in the first three meets for the girls Ivy Rios broke the two mile record and was part of the distance medley relay record also on the distance medley on the distance medley team were Maisy woring Riley Larson and Haley hanii Riley Rios and Alexis van ornam broke the 4 by 800 record while Ivy Riley while iy and Riley Larson and Vivien Schneider both tied for the high jump record the boys smashed the distance medley record by Cole Steve Blake mascon Ben heum and Austin
005Austin helom boys varsity volleyball is first place in the league of 10 to zero in games next home game is on April 10th at 4 p.m. softball is also on track to win another league title this year we just started our league game played this year this week we won 15 to zero against Santa Clarita Christian and our next game is coming up this Saturday against Hart baseball is 8 to1 and is competing for a playoff spot moving on to High Desert some Hawk highlights Miss Lily Sanchez is a great support to the students and teachers that she works with she runs small groups encouraging active play and has great rapport with the students we are so grateful for her support on our campus Bradley Milton is always showing Amazing compassion and understanding for his
006classmates he is a big team player in ASB and showed great kindness to to another student who was feeling lonely Mr bont and Seth bont we are so grateful for the passion and interest in technology that Seth shows his dad Mr Bowman connected with thean to get four 3D printers donated to High Desert we are so excited for our students to build their creativity and knowledge as they see their projects come to life thank you to Mr bont and Seth another shout out to Mrs Heather Campell Mrs Heather stepped up in a big way supporting Arts day her Bright Smile great Rapport and commitment made the day possible some past events for the Hawks the Hawks family steam night event was a great opportunity to explore create and discover through through Hands-On activities with our
007Hawks families activities included ice cream making a cosmic scavenger hunt egg drop challenge marshmallow Towers roller coaster building foil boat engineering Pringle ring structures and glow-in-the-dark paint night thank you to the HDs teachers for making this night possible and thank you to miss to Mrs mcwilson our art teacher for the paint night thank you to booster club for the snack bar and Hernandez for tacos for the delicious meal Arts exploration day was this past Wednesday HDA hosted this day and this great event helped our students explore all forms of art including music dance various painting mediums comedic art culinary art and even tattoo art thank you to miss Owens and Mrs Wagner for supporting our high desert Hawks and bringing the Mustangs to mentor and Lead sessions in art and culinary arts great events like
008this are possible in our amazing little town some upcoming events for the Hawks out outoor Science school is from April 7th to the 10th for fifth grade students thank you to Mrs Revis and Mrs Higden for attending with our students thank you to Mrs banola for supporting and teaching the students who are remaining on campus for the week HDs music and talent night invite they invite you to join them on April 11th at 6 p.m. it will be a great night highlighting the amazing talents of our students and watching our fifth and sixth grade students perform with Miss Emma the fourth grade Road show is coming up very soon and high desert looks forward to welcoming the fourth grade metal archs as they come and tour the campus and learn more about what it means
009to be a future Hawk we look forward to seeing them on campus on April 17th some athletic updates JV flag football and JV girls volleyball the teams have been formed and had their first game today varsity boys and girls soccer championships were on March 17th our girls soccer team finished in second place and the boys soccer team finished in third place thank you to our coaches Mr Tucker Mr proster Mr Rivas and Mr Jake van Oram and Mr Anthony signs for supporting our students in a great season thank you to Vasquez High School and their maintenance staff for the incredible support and allowing us to host on their field varsity basketball teams have been formed and games start next week and that is all for my report this evening thank you very much superintendent report
010all right tonight I'm excited to share um goals one through four from our strategic plan goal one tonight I I want to go ahead and share on Tuesday we had a very successful 2hour schedule visit by Mr Paul Jour with the United States Marine Corp he represents the operations and instructional piece of the Marine jrc program they are looking to start up only five programs for the upcoming school year fall 2526 we provided him a tour of Vasquez observed some classes and spoke to students he was very impressed with our campus and our students of course no doubt next steps in the process Mr Jour will be submitting a request for approval to the Secretary of Defense defense office for final authorization we were informed that we should hear back in the next uh few
011weeks given that we anticipate approval and he did tell me you can mention anticipated approval an interest list is being worked on by The Vasquez High School counseling team and Dr Smith thank you Dr Smith for being part of that observation and that visit this offering only expands the multiple pathway offerings we have for our students I'm beyond thrilled and this is a great opportunity for students and the huge draw for our district more to come Arts day 2025 was held yesterday at High Desert we had an abundance of exciting workshops including air dry clay anime drawing floral art watercolor these are only a few examples oh and there was a comedy improv Workshop led by Vasquez teacher Miss krie Owens who happened to pull me and and um principal van ornam to play out
012a skit needless to say I will be giving up my day job to move into acting um so that was fantastic thank you to staff who worked tirelessly behind the scenes for months to put this together to our community members volunteers for your dedication and support great job I believe this is the third year for Arts day well done everybody goal two effective instruction this past Monday we had our district PD for both certificated and classified staff topics for the day were thoughtfully planned many of the workshops were presented by our very own staff topics included ELD practices best practices I ready cultural competency emergency preparedness NCI which stands for non-violent Crisis Intervention training for our um special education IAS so thank you to the PD committee for their planning efforts as always goal three
013Community engagement Friends of the ACT inaga D Library huge thank you to them for their generosity this Saturday and Sunday they have opened up their doors to the library to our teachers for free books for their classroom Library thank you for your awesome partnership we appreciate what you do for us goal four student safety and connectedness National School Social Work week that's a mouthful is held the First full calendar week in March with that said I congratulate our Dynamic Weare team of social workers on their much deserved recognition for the vital role that they play to provide students administrators what they provide students administrators teachers educat Educators and parents the team provides direct mental health therapy to students which includes face-to-face therapeutic sessions and ingroup sessions they also provide training to all all of our
014District staff on Mental Health and Wellness education thank you team for supporting students and overcoming challenges ensuring that they Thrive academically socially and emotionally congratulations and this concludes my report thank you Mr mcon thank you comments Ken guess I'm the only one that's unbelievably excited about a Marine Corp Roc program coming to our school that'll be fantastic so uh thank you for the efforts on that um yeah for sure that's good that's amazing facilities and finance subcommittee report on March 18th we had our facilities and finance Comm sub meeting um we talked about cost Control software um which would for ASB which would bring us back into the 20th century from where we are now um to be able to write checks through the computers a lot more control of data and a lot easier
015for the uh people to use um we also talked about backup power proposals and getting proposals for all the schools um at this point and then we talked about the community needs facility um survey and I think that's just about ready to go out right so uh everybody should be seeing that shortly everything thank you very much education subcommittee report okay during our recent education subcommittee meeting we had a great and insightful discussion on strategies to improve attendance our Focus was on developing reasonable effective goals and identifying best practices that can be implemented across all School sites one of the key topics we discussed was whether absent absenteeism is more prevalant at certain School sites or within specific age groups and what factors may be contributing to those Trends we also examined common barriers to
016attendance such as Transportation challenges parental involvement and student engagement and how can how we can better support our schools in addressing these issues uh additionally we explored how online attendance is being tracked for virtual Learners and ensuring that they remain engaged and account excuse me accountable as we move forward we will continue to review attendance data identifying successful sit based initiatives and looking for ways to support and scale effective strategies districtwide our goal Remains the Same of course to foster a culture where students feel supported engaged and present in their education that is all for the my report awesome thank you so much for um being prepared with the report I really appreciate that because I am not prepared with a report but I would like to add that we also talked about um short-term
017independent study and the um Ed code switching that from minimum five days to minimum three days and now the minimum is one day where if um students are going to be out for just one day parents can sign the independent study contract and students can actually get attendance credit which is exactly the same as if they were sitting in their seat in class as long as they fill out the contract and complete the assigned work um we talked about how to make that um readily available to parents and how we can assist office staff in making that easier to make it available to parents um and updating the short-term independent study contract so there's a couple things that we need to work on as a as a district for to make that um easier for
018parents and then also getting that information out so that parents are um clearing those absences and getting them short-term independent study to where they're not counted as absent I think that would really help our Ada policy and management subcommittee report okay I'll take that one too at the recent board meeting for our policy and management committee we reviewed the new SCBA guidelines regarding student cell phone use this discussion took place under the policy 5131 which is student conduct and it focuses on mobile devices including phones and SmartWatches and imp and how it impacts classroom learning student behavior and overall campus safety some of the key concerns that were were addressed include instructional distractions misuse of the devices and of course the need for consistent enforcement across all School sites looking ahead the committee is going
019to be discussing the district's sex sexual harassment policy at our next meeting to ensure alignment with current laws best practices and the district's commitment to a safe and respectful learning environment again I encourage all community members to watch the recorded board meetings at their convenience to stay informed about school policies and key topics that affect of course our schools and our students thank you thank you very much submissions there are no submissions this evening thanks item eight consent agenda Eric I'll move it in call the question no you don't have com if if I may um sure got the right items eight G and H um if I can make a comment there trustees please um thank you again to our wonderful acting Women's Club one of my favorites um two grand um applications were
020granted um one for the California weekly Explorer Grand amount $1,618 for our U fifth graders at high desert um to go ahead and and go through an experience of a handson history experience through the American Revolution that's really awesome and the second one of Vasquez High School guest speaker J Jesse Clark Funk grant for 3980 again from the acting Women's Club thank you the funding provides a workshop for our vas students around making good choices and bullying prevention big shout out to the Acton Women's Club thank you for all that you do thank you uh call a question consent agenda the Julian I Ma I yes who I Brianna ton I masc on I number nine Personnel Action Report can I get a motion I motion I'll second there are no sorry about that Mr
021mascon no changes to the Personnel report for this evening thank you discussion call the question Julian I may ji Brianna taxon I masc on I number 10 student Education Services get a motion Dr thank you um so 10A agreement uh School Inc uh as part of the mental health supports through our US Department of Education Grant um and through our and form lens we are looking to secure Miss Kelly Wood for a series of Staff workshops starting with a kickoff on April 2nd uh staff meeting which um Peggy backs with a staff appreciation Barbecue on April 2nd this Workshop um includes uh the purpose behind yoga yoga and mindfulness seated and standing exercises um that could be done in the classroom to help with a self-regulation of students this will be for our staff on
022Wednesday and then more to come because this is a series of workshops once again the amount of $3,600 is Grant funded thank you discussion call the question the jilan I maai suai Brianna taxon I masc on I item 10 student Education Services agreement agreement for school l m see 3600 that's right item 11 Business Services approval for expanded learning opportunities school year 2526 contracts I'll move there you go I'll second sing thank you for items 11 A and B are approval request for expanded learning opportunities contract um this is for our after school stny days program I'll defer to Mr nen to go ahead and share some details for both contracts one for the full fiscal year of 2526 and the second item 11b for the summer months Mr new4 difference between this contract and
023the current contract for this year that in the from 100 and also for the summer school is for 30 days and same dollar n which is $4,450 for first first se but however in the event if we only have 75 students they will only charge for 75 students but it get them discussion call the question the jilan i t Brianna taon I mascan I do we need to discuss b as well or is that okay approval of expanded learning opportunities El contract non-school days 2526 I'll move second discussion call the question the jilan i m Brianna ton I masc on I subject c j13 a School closure due to no water at Vasquez High School March 11th 2025 I'll move it in second Mr do you want to go ahead and discuss j138 [Music] thank
024you Mr W discussion call the question the Jillian I call m i j i Brianna txon I masc on I item 12 lesty and policy discussion subject a first read board policy and administrative regulation for 51 44.1 suspension and expulsion due process first read you move that in yes thank you um just a first read y thank you president mascon um please bear with me there's some updated language um uh perc SBA which includes um suspension Authority shall be used only when other means of Correction have failed with the student in question in addition oncampus suspension guidelines um have um varied in the in the new language as attached to our board agenda also students may be expelled only by the school board and do process guidelines within the new policy have been updated thank
025you Dr sakian subject B looks like the same thing 51442 this one is suspension and expulsion due process students with disabilities this POS this policy is being updated with new language to support um students identified as an individual with a disability which includes sections such as a manifest determination as well as due process discussion I have a couple discussion points for both a items and B we have a very robust discussion in the policy and management subcommittee first starting off with an overview of how policies are developed updated and enforced and then we zoomed in very deeply with the lawyer I asked him some theoreticals about uh anything from how manifest determination hearings are necessary and the exposures that staff and uh administrators and even board members would have when they exceed the limits of
026their privilege there are certain things that come with being a police officer a judge a publicly elected official and when you exceed uh those limits and go off out on your own and start doing things the board can determine that you're outside of the protection of the of the board and not only um refuse to defend you but turn around and assume that you will be personally liable for any damages that that would arises the case I don't want to put the chair on the spot but I think maybe he could make a comment that we were serous about what that meant well we discussed this in in the uh subcommittee on how serious you can find yourself in trouble when you start getting over involved in the um suspension exposion and due process regulations
027as well as dealing with students with disabilities I think we discussed that very thoroughly absolutely okay that's what I have thank druss care to provide further comment on that no subject C first read board policy and administrative regulation for 3230 Federal grant funds first read thank you this is an all new policy being introduced which covers La the lawful expenditure of federal discretionary Grant funds such as reporting guidelines and our fiduciary responsibilities as a school district thank you discussion hearing none we'll move on subject D second read and adoption board policy and administrative regulation for 35155 sex offender notification can I get a motion I'll move Dr s thank you um as shared in terms of highlights at our last board meeting on March 13th some of the amended language includes District cooperation with law
028enforcement and our response efforts when notified about sex offenders residing within District boundaries discussion call the question and I M yes Bri t on the I mask on I subject e second read and adoption board policy and administrative regulation for 1250 visitors Outsiders I'll second Dr Sak thank you few highlights of the amended language once again includes any person who's not a student or staff member will need to register immediately at the front office upon entering our campuses any visitor on campus will behave in an orderly manner while on school grounds thank you discussion I think I was abundantly clear at what my expectations are for anyone regardless if you're a board member any visitor whoever you are you have no right to enter a classroom you have no right to bypass the Raptor system
029each and every visitor will uh adhere to this policy I think I was very clear about that and I didn't hear any objection about that from anyone is there still is there anyone objects to that at all anywhere in the whole world thank you sounds like a great idea call the question Dilan i i m masc on I subject F second read board policy and administrative regulation for 6158 independent study thank you quite a few updates here mainly minimal instructional minutes required for independent study evaluating whether independent study is a viable option for students be before signing an agreement or or that recommendation U because it is volunteer and tiered um re-engagement strategies for independent um study students if they are disengaged thank you discussion does this include the new language uh Miss Texon mentioned
030with the single day with the updates yes I I just want to expand on that again I mean it's a great opportunity for parents specifically um if you need to pull your kid out for a single day you want to keep him on track or him or her on track in school and be able to get their work done it's really you can do a single day independent study it's fantastic call the question the julan i i m ji masc on I second reading adoption board policy and administrative regulation for 6163 do4 student use of Technology I'll second thank you here too we have plenty of updates um which includes notifications to students parents and staff about authorized uh use of District technology District May monit District May monitor student use of Technology within the
031jurisdiction of the district if a student violates board policy on tech technology use District May cancel student user privileges discussion no comment call the question Jo and i j i mask on I will note that Natalie voted for this uh subject H second read and adoption board policy and administrative regulation for 404 employee use of Technology second thank you some language to highlight here employees shall review all prohibited and permitted use of Technology as outlined in this policy artificial intelligence language such as employees may use AI apps to assist in duties and professional development as deemed appropriate discussion call the question the jilan mayi suai bring a TT on the ey Mas on ey board comments Mr FAL like to say that I would like to thank student Rap De Jillian for her excellent report
032on Student Success that's the only thing I'm cons that I'm concerned with up here I'd like to read something from you for you from a a book called the greatest thing in the world by Henry Drummond and if we tried to influence or Elevate others we shall soon see that success is in proportion to their belief of our belief in them for the respect of another is the first restoration of the self-respect a man has lost our deal our idea of what he is becomes to him the hope and pattern of what he may become thank you all right um I don't have much other than glad the sports teams are doing good and uh looking forward to the end of the Year festivities I'll keep M brief thanks everybody for coming people who joined
033online and um I also want to thank the acon Women's Club for their generous donation to The our students um I would like to thank the the businesses and the Committees that continue to support our students um really pay attention to those who sponsor our kids sponsor our sports teams um and not just at our schools but also local ones I know Cru Sports has a ton of sponsors this year really pay attention to those and support the businesses that support our kids um like Acton Women's Club their resale shop is fantastic so um go in and support them like they support our kids our students um tremendously I was able to go to the class of 2025 fundraiser at LA cab always a good time always fun to see um kids and families getting
034out and having a great time together so thank you laab for always being willing to um do fundraisers for our youth um I also got to spend some time at medal par yesterday I got a tour of the maker space while students were in there it was very cool to see a class going on in there um and I would just like to do a shout out to Mrs Jones for making it a priority to have a teacher in that classroom she said they're there three days a week um that's huge so thank you to her for making that a priority in her budget um to make that happen um I think that's it thank you very much um if you haven't been to a loab fundraiser night you really have to go it's a
035it's always a good time so if you haven't been uh you're missing out again I wanted to reiterate how excited I am about getting an Roc program so uh hopefully there's no hiccups in that but I really think it offers um a huge opportunity for our kids just uh if you're not if your eye isn't on is on College and you're not sure how to get there the RC program program will get you there um it'll be fully you will get it's a full ride scholarship through Roc and um you learn a trade become an officer get paid well it's a good it's a good deal so very excited about that um and again just uh always happy to be part of the community and part of what goes on here thank you Cal are
036there any conflicts on the calendar for anyone for the next March 27th April 10th today is March 27th oh April 10th March 8 May 8th April 10th May 8th May 22nd I may not be there on April 10th so again thank you for that there's also another LW night on April 10th throwing it out we start advertising those more item 15 future agenda items we have the High Desert School presentation Vasquez High School presentation and the quarterly strategic plan report coming up any discussion on those items no uh with that I'd like to suggest we adjourn at 7:46 pm. call the question the jilan I may I ji I masc on all right