001Good afternoon. We are about to begin the closed session of this extraordinary meeting. Thank you for being here. Order is called. Welcome everyone, all members are present, except for Keren and Idelia. Now let's test the calendar. There is a motion. The motion was made by Member Tosten and seconded by Vice President Tamayo. Everyone in favor, say I. The motion passes three, two absent. Oral communications in the articles are to provide the board of directors with points included in the agenda only. Those who wish to be heard may attend in person and must complete a request to be heard card and submit it to the registrar before the start of the meeting. Speakers are asked to limit their interventions to 3 minutes and to speak respectfully and professionally. The board will limit the total time for
002public participation to 20 minutes. With the consent of the board, the chairperson may increase or decrease the time allowed for public comments depending on the number of people who wish to be heard. No action can be taken from the table. The board cannot legally take action or respond to matters that are not on the public agenda due to the government code. We have no one who wants to talk. Let's go to the closed session. In accordance with the following, government code 3549.1D and 54957.6, collective bargaining, negotiation with employees, agency negotiator Adam Silvia and McNaldi, LLP, employee organizations, Chulavista Classifieds Employees Organization, Chula Vista Educators, Unrepresented and Chulavista Administrators Association AACB. Government code 54957B1. Discipline, dismissal, release of public employees. Government Code 54957. Appointment of public employee. Director title 2 3. Government code 54956.9D1. Confidentiality with
003legal advisor, existing litigation, case in the administrative hearings office number 202601854. Thank you. with all members present, except for Mrs. Domínguez Cervantes. The session is closed; the announcements will be made by member Tolston. Government code 54957 B1. Discipline, dismissal, release of public employee. Mr. Tamayo requested it and was seconded by one of the employees, four, and absent Cervantes. Government Code 549.D1 of one to conference with legal advisor of existing litigation case 2026010854 government code 54957 appointment of public employee director two number 3 motion by Mayayo seconded by Tolst Marisa Maldonado, director for the Salc 4 school and absent one number two. Government code 54957. Public employee appointment. Director 2. Motion by Ramírez Domínguez seconded by Torst at the table. It was approved by Denis Fimbres for Fimbres School 41. Yes. Absent 1, Domínguez Cervantes. And
004lastly, government code, section 54957, public employee, title director two. And Mrs. Tolsen asked for it, the second thing was Ramírez Domínguez. Jiliian Musa, director of Muraoca Elemento, was approved by the following votes. Four said yes and one was absent. Domínguez Cervantes. Congratulations. Congratulations to our newly appointed directors. And if you want to come to the podium and say a few words. Good night. Uh, I'm Marica Maldonado and I'm very grateful to serve the Chulavista community. Thank you. Good evening, I am Denise Fimbres and I just want to thank the board of directors. Thank you for taking the time to accept the honor of being the leader of Isle Elementary School. I'm going to be part of the Eagle community on Isle and thank you very much. Ah, I am Jilli Musa. Thank you for the
005opportunity and for believing in me. Ah, I'm going to be very happy to be in Muraoca and I'm very proud to be a momonga. The open session of the extraordinary board meeting of the Chulavista Elementary School District is called order. All members are present, except for member Dominguez Cervantes and member Tosten, if you could please guide us in the oath to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic which represents one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Now let's test the calendar. There is a motion. Mr. Tamayo requests it and is seconded by Ten Ramírez Domínguez, Castillo Ten, Tamo, Ugarte. Oral communications. Oral communications on published matters give the public the opportunity to address the board only on the items included
006in the agenda of this special meeting. Those who wish to be heard may attend in person and must complete an application card to be heard and submit it to the secretary before the start of the meeting. Speakers are asked to limit their interventions to 3 minutes and to speak respectfully and professionally. The board will limit public participation time on each topic to 20 minutes. With the consent of the board, the chairperson may increase or decrease the time allowed for public comments depending on the number of people who wish to be heard. No action can be taken and the board cannot legally take action or respond to matters that are not on the agenda, but will refer the matter to the superintendent for review and reporting. We're going to test consent. Let's test the consent calendar.
007Approval of the consent schedule or the following items listed under the consent schedule are considered an action. There will be no discussion on these items before they are voted on, unless staff members or public requests want them discussed or removed from the consent schedule. Board members, staff are removing 8C, as well as the public. Ramírez Domínguez. Yes. I have B, section C. Anyone else? We just removed C. Yes. Okay. C D E I. Nothing to remove today. I'm just going to remove the 8G for a brief comment. And the public has removed 8B, 8C and 8D. Let me reread the articles that were removed for approval of the consent calendar. So, I'm going to read them. 8B, subsection D, C D and Mr. Tamayo 8G, E and 8I and the public B, C and D.
008There is a motion to approve the consent schedule. " I request approval, I second it," Tost said in second Tamayo. Madam Secretary, call up the votes. Ramírez Domínguez and Castillo Tolentamo, Ugarte. The motion passes 41 absent. Ah, let's start with the audience with 8B. Rosy Martinez. Good night. I would like to speak briefly about the two job descriptions in front of you. Ah, the first one is the senior director of student services, CBSD, he is very grateful that the district recognizes the position ah so that they can find the best candidate. These are the support programs for the most vulnerable students. And the other description we're excited about here is the inclusion coach for early childhood education, because we continue to have best practices to support students. Our preschool teachers have been co-educating in an
009inclusive model, allowing students with different abilities to learn together in an inclusive classroom. We need to ensure that adequate training and support are provided. Mrs. Ramírez Domínguez votes. I have questions. Ah, with regard to these two positions, senior director of special education, I can get you more information. information eh. This is a new position. Correct. Yes, Ms. Ky can share with the board because she will be a senior director rather than a director. Currently, the director of special education is going to retire, and we didn't have the right candidates we needed because the complexity of that department is changing and growing. So we want to make this a senior director position. Then they're going to pay him more. Yes. So we are confirming, we are removing 300 classifieds and almost 30 certified ones. Then it
010does n't make sense to me. There's no way we can have this position as a director, we have to make it a senior director. This is for the needs of our special education students. So what I'm hearing is that if we didn't offer these 12,000, we're not going to have anyone qualified. That's what you 're saying. What we're saying is that we already tried, we already posted it as a director and the people we received weren't what we were expecting, so we're trying to do it and we've considered hiring people to help us with this. We've done this. I don't understand your question. For other positions where I have been part of this board, we have hired third parties to give us, well, to support us. That would cost $5,000. So, by hiring a senior
011director, it's only going to be $12,000. 2000 12,509. And what happens if we don't receive it? What happens if it doesn't attract enough people? What he does is repost the job offer, and Mr. Pong is also working with our districts to actively recruit someone. So, with his connections, the people he knows and the connections he has, he's going to make this happen for us, we're going to achieve it better. For the second one, the inclusion coach. This is just for preschool students. Yes, this is for preschool students for early childhood education. And what are we talking about here? What are we considering? What will an inclusion coach specifically do when working with early childhood teachers on language and literature, classroom strategies, and small group instruction? These students are going to start early language and literature,
012and this will be for all our preschool children. How many preschool children do we have? Oh, sorry, teachers, we have 15 and this, uh, is not a position we have or someone is doing this job now. Nobody. And language and literature are taught in preschool. Yes , the work is being done now, but when we have this trainer, he will give them additional support. And this is so that they are equipped with the tools to support our students. I have no further questions. I have a comment about the job descriptions. I believe we need to improve our job descriptions, ensuring that the qualifications are consistent. For example, for the senior director, it says a master's degree in science, a doctorate. What happens if we find someone who has a master's degree in both arts and
013special education? I think we're doing this too narrowly, and the same goes for the inclusion coach. They're asking for science, but it's desired. Basically you're telling me that if I have a high school diploma, I can apply for this. So, inclusion is very new. The senior director is something different. Yes, I see the changes here, but only as a reminder. We need to be more consistent. If we see that a master's degree, we can say a master's degree in relation to this field. So, for the inclusion coach, Dr. Rosendale. Oh, how did they qualify? These are teachers, preschool teachers. They can work with permits. Then they will be qualified to teach preschool. These are teachers with permits. Where can we write that? It seems strange that you have a credential. The question is, do you
014see instruction? Do they have to have a degree or do they have to have? Yes, it's just the permit. The credentials that are required are under credential. So, a child development or preschool permit is a credential. That's new. And for the "ah" and for education, those are the ones listed as A to A B S. Those are desirable, not required. We have two preschool teachers who are in an interim program, so they have received their credentials and can teach up to third grade. Oh, sorry, we have a question. Since we're offering more money and making him a senior, that means we're going to give him more job responsibilities. I want to know because I don't want to assume that the senior director is going to have more things. Yes, they will have more tasks and
015will take on more responsibilities. I ask for it to try it out. Ramírez Domínguez. We are going to make changes. Yes, with the changes. Tamayo Ugarte. Rosy Martinez. I want to begin by thanking Dr. Rosildia and Dr. Canales for ensuring that all positions were accounted for. I know they've been working for hours to say that the first teachers who had received a notification were sent back to their jobs. And in the B they are still in the B exhibition there are still four masters. And we're so happy that we can bring our teachers back. We are here with a heavy heart about the potential loss of counselors and social workers. Today, on Mother's Day, these people are essential at work. We acknowledge that this decision is being made. Ah, but please look at your budgets
016and prioritize. Last month you heard about the success it made across the district, as students and families are able to access the resources being provided. And being MTSS, it's very important for all students to support it. Ah, this is as essential as the academic aspect. We are waiting for the governor to review the budget so we can bring these counselors and social workers into the schools, but please know that counselors and social workers are very important for rigorous learning for everyone. I want to make sure I understand correctly. I understand that this list of the exhibition does not mean these teachers will not be fired. There are 26 full-time employees. It went down to 23 and 24 went down to 21. And where it says display A, we are removing three numbers. Mabel Garay, the
017second Verónica Cortés and the third, Erika Magaña. Three names. and the others and the rest is still pending. Correct? And from what I heard now, Annex B is no longer there; the two individuals who are in Annex B are still fired. And Dr. Rosendel, if you can share, because I think the number of general education teachers we started with is important; the number we started with was 41, but now there are two. So, in order for these two to return, we want to make sure that there are positions where we can return them. It is not finished yet. We are waiting for someone to resign. making sure the positions are there. Ensure that the adjustments are made. There is a store, there is some, there is a schedule. For example, a teacher might tell us
018verbally, but we need to wait for it to be signed. And the independent study program. I don't see the names of those teachers here, no, because they are not going to be fired. We're going to keep the program, right? They will have a position to teach classes. So, a teacher. We currently have two ISP teachers and that teacher who is removed from there, he has the right to return to a classroom. So, if we're going to keep two teachers on independent study, then that's going to open up a second position in Annex B. That's one possibility. Okay. Any other questions regarding article 8C? I am going to make a motion to withdraw Annex B, since we are going to have these positions and the independent study should remain as it is. So I ask that
019this article be approved without Exhibit B or Appendix B. We can remove Appendix B, but you can't talk about the independent study. Okay, I want to approve it without Annex B. That way we keep those two teachers. I second that. Mr. Tamayo requests it. And Tosten seconds him, Ramírez Domínguez, I Castillo Tosten, I, Tamayo, Hugarte, the motion passes 8D. The public removes it, Claudia Pérez, Claudia Pérez requests it, girl. Good evening, members of the board of directors, Superintendent. Today is when we are laying off classified employees, and they do one of the most important jobs in the district. These employees hold the walkie-talkies, they have the students, they are the superheroes, and it's very sad that we're saying, 'Oh, they're not needed anymore in this district.' Thank you, thank you for coming every day giving
020everything you have, but I need the board to know that you are only reflecting half the story. This doesn't reflect the employees who had their hours reduced, employees who are going from 35 to 30 hours, employees who are taking cuts, and the worst part is that the district didn't notify them, and they should have been notified on March 15. They only received an email. That is not a notification, and that is not a legal notification. So, I am asking this board of directors to honor these employees who were never legally notified. You are going to protect the students who will come with all their abilities. There are also no reports of other classified employees having their hours reduced to 20 hours. forcing them to... well, have to give up their benefits. This was not distributed,
021it was not reported to my brothers and sisters in the union. Classified employees are being quietly squeezed by having their hours reduced and their positions downsized. Ramírez Domínguez. I'm very sad. I don't know if he didn't want to see it. I used to be a classified employee and it breaks my heart. It breaks my heart to see these names here, especially because I know them, it breaks my heart. Ah, I know, I know some of these employees and I know what it means to them. My heart breaks. I just wanted to share that, and I hope we're more up to date. And that's all. Dr. Reyes, this truth is unsettling. Can you talk about that, Dr. Rosendale? Can you talk about what happened and how it was addressed? There were individuals whose hours were reduced,
022and the CEO at the time spoke to those individuals, asked them questions, and also sent them an email. And these staff members were advised that they had a position, but that they would have reduced hours. The letter was sent, wasn't it? That's a problem. That's a big problem. That's a big problem. Something can be done about this. We're talking about those who had reduced hours. So those who were not properly notified, we need to do it; we are talking about a reduction in hours. Those who were not notified will have the full process completed for them. So, what I 'm hearing is that they're going to be paid for some loss, they're going to be paid retroactively. I want to make sure it's some kind of loss. It was our fault. We did n't notify
023you properly, so we're going to refund you the hours. We need to make some additional modifications to this article to ensure, right? The motion would be to reinstate the hours. So I request a motion to do that. I have a question about this list. those on this list who are here. And I understand that we're talking about full-time employees. These people will not be brought in under any other circumstances. Tell me about this list. Thank you. Most, if not all, of these people are individuals who have these when we are looking at the projections for the following year. These will be absorbed into schools, as student or instructional assistants or instructional assistants or instructional assistants in special education. So, this reclassification is a reclassification at a different level. Okay, we're adding this too. Yes, there
024is a motion for Mr. Tamayo regarding Article 8D to reinstate the hours and make them complete. Secondly. Tolsten Castle, secretary, call up the votes. Ramírez Domínguez. I like that they're going to give them back, but I still say no. Castillo Tosten, Yo, Tamayo, Ugarte, yo. Three votes yes, one no, and one absent. Article 8G, Mr. Tamayo. What was it? Ah, yes. real estate. This article is asking us to approve being able to buy furniture. What furniture are we acquiring that we are going to take from another district, which is Doctor Reyes? Mr. Pong can share certain things. That's why the urgency of this and why choose this instead of going with another. These furniture items that are being ordered are for Valleindo and Rare. And this is because we're going to have more savings, and
025any time we do this is better. And some of our suppliers are putting up a higher offer. So, how much are we going to spend with this company? Au. Uh, I don't have all the numbers here, but it's approximately between 20,000 and 40,000. Okay, I request a motion to approve. I second that. Ah, Vice President Tamayo requested it and Ramírez Domínguez approved it. Secretary, call the ballot. Ramírez Domínguez, Castillo Tostamayo, Ugartela. Emotion passes 4U and one that yes, one absent. So, can I please have more information about these payments for internal training and travel? Well, it's a combination of coordinators, leaders, and directors this time who are going to a training called Project Zero, Project Zero classroom. And this is a very long process. I see that the lady is moving her head because it
026was last year. So it's a department at Harvard and they provide professional learning and some of the topics are the appropriate use of artificial intelligence and resources, and also designing learning spaces and also cultures of thinking, which is a critical component with learning and visible thinking for all. And they also have sessions that are for creators, for creativity, and to be able to have the TEM studies. And because there are only a few directors, we have a selection of directors, coordinators, and managers who are demonstrating leadership on these issues. So, there are also book clubs, and those principals are also having initiatives in their schools . Oh, we can also rely on them to get trained and then bring back information for all of us here. And so this is also to develop leaders in
027our house, and the expectation of all the people who are attending is that they will come back and provide professional training for other leaders at the district level and also at the school level. You mentioned that this is the second group. We have had training for the first group that has received training. Yes, yes. They used this training all this time. We used it yesterday. We had a leaders' meeting yesterday and they put it with visible thinking routines. all the routines and we also have reading clubs and we also have committees. Then I introduced all the groups in the district, along with Mrs. Montgomery and Mrs. Carpenter. Thanks for writing Massachusetts because otherwise I was thinking you were going to the UK. It would have been wonderful if Mrs. Garzo were here in her role,
028with the new position, but I would love for her to apply, but since there are only a few directors, is there an opportunity to change to another one or is it already committed? Because I know that this was purchased previously to save money. We had to request it and they expect to receive a diverse group. One of the critical components that the Heron or Mrs. Perez is responsible for is the EL CAP, and you have to have in- depth knowledge of our program to make informed decisions about how the money is spent. He is critical for that role. So, Mrs. Garcia will be attending this and others, just like our team does here, because to be a leader and to advise our directors on how we need to do things, we also need to have
029training. Therefore, I request a motion to approve. I second that. Ramírez Domínguez requested it, and Vice President Tamayo seconded it. Secretary, call the votes. Ramírez Domínguez, me. Tolsten Castle, me. Tamayo, me. Ugarte, me. The motion passes 41-four yes. One, absent. Public hearings. The public hearing section offers the public the opportunity to address the board on specific points. Individuals wishing to address the table on any matter of public hearing must complete an application card. to have listened and introduced to the minutes secretary before the start of the meeting. Speakers are asked to limit their interventions to three minutes and to speak respectfully and professionally. The table will limit the total participation time at each point to 20 minutes. With the consent of the board, the president may increase or decrease the time for public comments on
030each point of the public hearing depending on the issue and the number of people who wish to be heard. Adopt the district's initial collective bargaining proposal for Chulavista educators. Yes, these are the items the district is proposing. I am now opening the public hearing. There is one speaker, Rosy Martinez. CE gave us the items a few months ago and now the district is giving us theirs. The problem is that we 're still looking at contracts for the next cycle and we haven't finalized this budget yet. Show your priorities. You have 44 million for books and resources. That's much more than what was established during the pandemic. We have to save money so we can spend the money on the students who are sitting in our classrooms. Now you've set aside money for things that don't
031matter that much. You can't retain the best. They cannot live in the community where they work. We had our mediation session this week and honestly we didn't feel appreciated. We do n't need flowers, but we do want to be able to provide for our families. We are grateful that Dr. Reyes may want to explore other options. Our next mediation meeting is May 29. We need the district to come up with a serious offer so we can establish this contract, so we can have this contract and focus on teaching our students. There are no more speakers. I'm opening. This is an action point. Ah, I request a motion to try. Mr. Tamayo requests it, the second thing. Toen secretary, call the votes. This is where Tosten Castle is going to start . Ramirez, me. Tamayo, me.
032Hugarte yo. The motion passes four yes votes. One, absent. Adopt the district's initial collective bargaining proposal to the Chulavista Classified Employees Organization, CBCEO. Oh, I 'm speaking now, opening the public hearing. There's nobody here. I will now close the public hearing. This is an action article seconded by Ramírez Domínguez. There is a motion to end the meeting. Seconded. Seconded by Hugarte. Ramírez Domínguez. I. Tamayo. I. Ugarte. I have myself and an absence. Science.