001The regular meeting of the Chiliva Vista Elementary School District Board of Education is now in order. Welcome everyone. All board members are present except for trustee um Ramirez or she's knocking on the door. Um Miss Casey will be sitting in due to Dr. Berea's absence at the leading now conference in Washington DC. We will now approve the agenda. Is there a motion? Second. Recording secretary, please call the vote. Ramirez Dominguez I. Tolston I. Dominguez I. Yes. Motion carries unanimously. Oral communications on close session items. Oral communication section provides the public with an opportunity to address the board on close session items only. Persons wishing to be heard may attend in person and should complete a request to be heard card and submit it to the recording secretary before the start of the meeting. Speakers are
002requested to limit their remarks to three minutes and speak in a respectful and professional manner. The board shall limit the total time for public input on each topic to 20 minutes. With board consent, the president may increase or decrease the time allowed for public comments depending on the number of persons wishing to be heard. No board action can be taken. The board of trustees cannot legally take action or respond to matters not posted on the public agenda due to government code, but will refer the matters to the superintendent for review and report. There are no speakers. Okay, there are no speakers. We will now adjourn to close session in accordance with the following. Government code section 3549.1D and 54957.6 Six, Collective Bargaining Employee Negotiations LLP and Adams Silva and McN LLP employee organizations Chula Vista
003Classified Employees Organization Chula Vista Educators Non-represented Employees Administrators Association Chula Vista Government Code section 54957B1 public employee discipline dismissal release and government code uh conference with legal counsel anticip anticipated litigation pursuant to government code section 54956.9 subsection D21 Peace. into open session with all board members present. There are no close session announcements to be made by the clerk. The open session of the regular meeting of the Chila Vista Elementary School District Board of Education is now in order. Welcome everyone. All members are present. And let's see, Miss Morales, if you will lead us in the pledge, please. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands nationy and justice for all. Thank you. We will now approve the agenda. Please note that item 10s under consent
004calendar will be moved to section 11 public hearings. Is there a motion to approve the agenda with flexibility? So moved. I second. Recording secretary, please call the vote. Ramirez Dominguez I. Tolston. Dominguez. Hi. Tamayo. I. Motion carries unanimously. Communications to the board of education, Chula Vista classified employees organization, Miss Angela Reid. I like the sufficient time and I love seeing Miss Casey at that table. Good evening, board superintendent select Damony, I guess, and the cabinet. Uh, as we begin a new school year, I'd like to remind you of the incredible opportunity we have, not only to support our students this coming year, but to invest in the people who keep our schools running smoothly every single day, our classified staff. These are the pair professionals, recess supervisors, clerical and attendance teams, custodians, and many others.
005They are often the first to greet students in the morning and the last to say goodbye at the end of the day. They are not. They are on the front lines yet too often are left behind when it comes to consistent opportunities for professional growth. I'm here tonight to advocate for increased investment in training and professional development for our classified staff. These employees are essential to the success of our students and school communities. They deserve access to the tools and training needed to truly thrive in their roles. CBCO is committed to partnering with the district to build a robust and accessible professional learning structure. One that uplifts our members and directly enhances student outcomes. Together, we can design a system that is thoughtful, meaningful, and rooted in the real needs of our school sites. One
006way to begin is by utilizing the conference weeks in September and March to offer targeted district curated training sessions. These could include topics such as social emotional learning strategies, foundational math support, reading interventions, and phonics instruction. Training like this not only builds skills, it builds confidence, consistency, and a shared sense of purpose across school sites. We also propose strengthening our new hire orientation process. A structured 3 to four-hour training that covers best practices in instructional support, behavior management, and teacher collaboration would give our new employees the foundations they need to succeed and stay. Because professional development isn't just about compliance, it's about investing in people. When we provide our classified staff with opportunities to grow, we empower them to lead, to support, and to inspire. And that uplifts the entire school community. Let's work together
007this year to make that vision a reality where every employee feels seen, supported, and equipped to make a lasting impact. Thank you, Chula Vista Educators. Miss Rosie Martinez. Good evening. Um, I hope everyone has had an opportunity to take some time for a break and spend some time fun having fun with your loved ones. Um, CVE is very excited to see that there are 19 of our counselors and social workers on the agenda tonight being reclassified to probationary and permanent status. Their contribution is invaluable towards creating welcoming schools for all. Their support around mental health and positive relationships allow our students and teachers to focus on learning. Congratulations also to all the new hires and people getting promoted, including our new community schools coordinators that will help support our five new community schools, Castle Park,
008Lauderbach, Vista Square, Otai, and Montgomery. We are very excited to welcome them and to continue our work to serve our students and community. To those who have served our district and are now moving on to new opportunities, we thank you for your contributions in making this such an amazing district and wish you well in your next chapter. There is an item on the consent calendar on the consent calendar that I do want to address and that is item 10U. The approval of the host school agreement with international alliance group CVE recognizes the importance of having all classrooms staffed with highly qualified and fully credentialed teachers. This has been a challenge in our special education classrooms and in some cases in our DI programs. This problem is not unique to Chila Vista. So I applaud the
009district for looking at ways to address this issue. We believe that this agreement has the potential of providing access to the teachers needed to ensure that all our students receive access to the best possible education to meet their individual goals. I do want to make it very clear that CVE can only support this with anou that outlines that no teachers will be hired for positions that can be held by our local teachers. I have had conversations with Dr. Reyes and he has assured me that no teacher would be hired until CVESD and CVE have a signed. With that understanding, I encourage this board to support this item. We look forward to the beginning of the new school year next week and are confident that we can have a positive and productive year. We know that
010we face some challenges, especially around the budget, but as always, CBE is open to a mutually respectful and collaborative rel relationship focusing our efforts to ensure that all students and staff feel safe and welcomed at our school sites. I wish everyone a great start to the new school year. Thank you. Administrators Association, Chula Vista, Miss Teresa Corona. Good evening, President uh Assistant Superintendent Casey and trustees. I as president of AACV, I want to uh thank the board for this opportunity to speak on behalf of our site leaders this evening and each time that I address the board. Uh while our principles and associate principles are just returning today from a well-earned summer break, uh AACV does recognize that the work of district leadership has continued throughout that time. We also acknowledge and appreciate all that
011has taken place behind the scenes to prepare for the new school year, including AACV having a seat at the table in a lot of that preparation and planning. um that is so important for the support, the planning, and the clarity that our members need to do their work effectively. As we begin the new school year, it is my greatest hope that AACV members return with a renewed sense of purpose and preparation. In the coming weeks, school leaders across the district will be hard at work reviewing data, aligning site goals to district priorities, ensuring systems are in place to bring clarity and structure to their campuses, and make the rigorous learning for all plan come to life at the school sites. Above all, principles and associ associate principles will work to create and foster positive, welcoming
012environments where our staff, students, and families feel supported and connected. AACV steps into the new year with hope. Hope grounded in thoughtful structure, planning, and clarity. Hope strengthened by the support of district leadership. and hope inspired by the belief that this year can be one of meaningful growth, impact, and excellence. On behalf of AACV, we look forward to continued professional partnership with the district and this board, including at the bargaining table this coming year. We remain committed to the students and opportunities uh communities we serve, and we look forward to the work ahead and what we can accomplish all together. So, thank you. looking forward to a great new school year. Thank you. Thank you. Oral communications. The oral communication section provides the public with an opportunity to address the board on non-aggenda items. Persons
013wishing to be heard may attend in person and should complete a request to be heard card and submit it to the recording secretary before the start of the meeting. Speakers are requested to limit their remarks to three minutes and speak in a respectful and professional manner. The board shall limit the total time for public input on each topic to 20 minutes. With board consent, the president may increase or decrease the time allowed for public comments depending on the number of persons wishing to be heard. The board of trustees cannot legally take action or respond to matters not posted on the public agenda due to government code, but will refer the matters to the superintendent for review and report. We have three speakers. First is Annie. Hello board and good evening. My name is Annie Good
014and I am a student at Liberty Elementary. Today I will be talking about the effects of combo classes and the effects of losing art. First of all, this year I was in fifth grade and I was in a combo class. I was in a fifth six combo class and I felt separated from my friends. That was one feeling that was awful. I only saw them during lunch breaks and recess breaks and that was it. So I felt separated from those people. And then also I felt like a sixth grader cuz my teacher was preparing all the sixth grade students for when they were going to go to middle school. So I felt like a sixth grader myself and it was hard. I shed a plethora of tears and I said a bunch of things and
015I was just very very frustrated. And also all the English fifth graders had to be in a combo class this year cuz there was a fifth fourth one and a fifth sixth grade one. So none of the fifth graders got to be with all of their grade. And then the effects of art. Art is a place where people get to express their creativity and feel comfortable. Art is a safe space where people can say whatever they like want to say and express themselves and they can just have a good time with their friends. And also art is really really fun. It's a very joyful thing. And some for some students it helps them with their mental health. Just being able to sketch out and draw their thoughts. Art is very important to me and a
016bunch of other students. Thank you for hearing me today. Thank you, Cara. [Applause] That was my daughter. She's going to do a better job than I am. All right, I'm just going to read so I can get all my points in. CVESD school board members and cabinet members, my name is Cara Good. I'm a parent of two children who attend schools in CVESD. I'm speaking tonight on behalf of teachers and families at Liberty Elementary. We understand that there will not be an art teacher and that more combination classes are expected this coming school year. First, my children started attending CVSD schools during the pandemic. When we were allowed back on campus in 2021, we were pleasantly surprised that there was an active VAPA program that included art, music, drama, and PE. At our previous school
017in Monterey, California, we did not have a consistent PE, music, or art teacher. My son does not not like school and never has. The classes provided through the VAPA program provided him with an outlet to show his skills outside of the academic environment of the classroom. As a middle schooler at Aoya Vista, he enjoys his physical education class the most as he is a fairly athletic young man. Where when he was attending Liberty Elementary, he enjoyed the field trip to the sound station the most as he had the opportunity to create music. Last year he created intricate cardboard cutouts. I believe a fully intact VAPA program played a role in these interests. VAPA classes provided him with a way to creatively and physically express himself outside of the academic rigors of the classroom. My daughter
018spoke about the benefits of the VAPA program, more specifically art in her learning experience. Second, I'm here to discuss combination classes. Since my daughter's been attending Libert Liberty Elementary after the pandemic, she's been a part of two combination classes. She spoke on her experience. Her friend has been a member of a combination class every year since the pandemic. CVSD's motto is that every child is an individual of great worth. If this is true, why are we allowing our children to be placed in combination classes at Liberty and across the district? I want to know why teachers are not part of the decision-making process for combination classes when they have to implement the curriculum for two different grades in one classroom. Why does the district not hold informational meetings for parents where we can express our
019concerns and the challenges of combination classes and come up with better solutions? How are we doing what is best for our children's education when we place them in a combination class? There are maturity gaps between grades, common core standards that need to be met for each content area, for each grade, and a 6 and 1 half hour school day that includes time for lunch and collaboration classes, etc. Classrooms that include children with IEPs and 504s, children who are English language learners, and children who are not independent learners. Respectfully, can I finish reading this? Okay. Why do teachers teach? They want to support all the learners in their classrooms in a combination class. How do our teachers have the time to equitably teach and meet the needs of all their students? It's impossible. How does school
020decide school sites decide which students go in a single grade versus a combo class? Students in combination classes do not receive a full year of instruction. How do we expect our students to be prepared for their academic journey when in some cases they have been in numerous combination classes during their elementary school years? Not all of the CVSD students have support at home to fill in the learning gaps. How does placing them in a combo class set them up for success? Not only are students not getting the education they deserve, our teachers are leaving the classroom. Do we care about the mental well-being of our teachers and students? With current demands placed on educators, why would anyone want to enter the teaching profession? There needs to be a better way. I have handed over a
021couple letters to you, the board, that were written by a Liberty family and a Liberty student and copies of petition that was started to end combination classes and keep art at Liberty. Our petition our petition has 59 signatures in counting from both teachers and Liberty families. We know that our issues are similar to other schools across the district and the state. I'm hoping that our concerns will be heard by the superintendent, his cabinet, and the school board, and that we will will drastically decrease or end combination classes across the district as they did for Modesto City Schools. Over 33 combination classes were projected for 2023 24 and beyond. and currently they only have four or five according to the Modesto teachers association after teachers and parents spoke out against combo classes at the school boarding
022school board meeting in March 2023. They were heard. Thank you for your time. Thank you Christy M. [Applause] Good evening. Tonight, I want to talk about equity, not as a buzzword, but as a budget choice. For anyone unfamiliar with Rogers, we're not a typical site. Our needs are not theoretical. They're documented. 207 out of 380 of our students are in special education. Over 55% of our enrollment compared to a state average of 13%. Our unduplicated count is around 70%, meaning the majority of our students generate supplemental and concentration funding because they are lowincome English learners or foster youth. Rogers also leads the district in suspensions and ranks second for average days absent. Those aren't just statistics, they are evidence of unmet social, emotional, and attendance needs. These are clear, measurable indicators of need documented in
023the district's very own data. Yet, despite this, Rogers receives the same base counselor allocation as schools with just 32 to 90% um 90 sped students. If we want a full-time counselor, which is essential for our students, we're told to fund half of the salary from our own site budget. That's a force for forced choice between mental health support and academic intervention or enrichment. That isn't equity. That's triage. Your own 2526 LCAP explicitly names Rogers for targeted support and allocates over $42 million for high need students. LCFF doesn't suggest we might differentiate funding for these needs. It requires it. Our LCAP doesn't just talk about safe and inclusive environments and social emotional wellness. It's supposed to fund them. And the research is clear. School counselors reduce suspensions, improve attendance, and Excuse me. Strengthen school climate. For
024Rogers, this isn't an extra. It's an essential in intervention. When I hear we'll work with the principal on FTE allocation, I know exactly what that means. As someone who reads our budget line by line, there is no hidden pot of money for half a counselor. That isn't a solution. It's a deflection. I want a full-time counselor for our students. It's not about resisting the cost. It's about why that cost sits at our site budget when the need is so clear it should be funded at the district level. Equity means differentiated allocation. It means acknowledging that schools with higher needs require more support, not tougher choices. I'm asking the board to for a full for transparency about how these allocation decisions align with LCAP goals. And I'm asking you to fully fund the counselor position at
025Rogers at the district level. Our students don't need empty promises of equity. They need you to actually fund it. Thank you. Thank you. [Applause] Approval of the consent calendar. The following items listed under the consent calendar are considered by the board in one action. There will be no discussion on these items prior to the time the board votes on the motion unless members of the board, staff or public request specific items to be discussed and are removed from the consent calendar. Um, starting with trustee. Oh, I'm sorry. Um, I I jumped the gun. Sorry. Um, district safety and health report. I went straight to approval of the consent. Mr. Romero, I want to just move. Thank you. Uh, President Ugarte, our governing board, and Superintendent Casey, it's our pleasure tonight to present to our governing
026board, cabinet, and our community our monthly safety update. Uh, so super excited to let you know that all cameras are at our school sites and fully functional. Uh, principles have access, our safety team has access, our risk management team has access. Um, and all of our schools are now completely finished. Uh I'm also happy to say that our district office our district office which encompasses uh a large area multiple buildings we have 20 cameras uh at our district office fully functional and uh operational and we have complete access. Our final project is at our Maxwell Transportation Center. It's in progress with a goal of finishing by the time we start school. So camera project complete. Uh we also talked last month about our traffic plan. Uh these are the six schools that qualified uh for
027uh traffic uh study and update. Uh there are traffic um areas of improvement needed at many of our schools. These schools are ones where we are using the public streets and public roads um and have been doing things to uh divert traffic uh in our our our manner. Um so the study went out, it was approved by all these six schools. Um it's now in the city's hands. Um and the recommendations have been made. Um and we'll get a final approval from the city within the coming months. I don't have a timeline to share with you, but they said generally about 6 to 12 months. They said in the meantime we can continue with what we've been doing and the city is approving that process which is great because in the past we've been doing
028uh the traffic diversion without having the city's endorsement. So now we're fully endorsed and the permanent fix will be coming six to 12 months. Uh so this is just one of our school sites. So, uh, as, uh, some of you have driven by, uh, Hellcrest, uh, this is where we put cones, uh, to, uh, divert the traffic. The cones at the bottom, uh, represent the black dots indicate cones of the main road. This allows, uh, it blocks the traffic so parents aren't turning into the school site from the right-hand lane uh, and crossing and and creating traffic issues. Um and then the second set of cones is requiring parents to either uh turn into the school site or go straight forward without having to um stop traffic and wait for people to turn. So this
029is just one example of what was submitted to the the the city and approved. Uh next project that we want to talk about is our what we have pending. So we have uh three of these items that we're um want to share tonight. So stop the bleed program. Uh so we have uh med who is trained in stop theble to bleed and every kit has been ordered uh for our each of our school sites in the district office and Maxwell. Uh so we'll be going out and providing this training on how to do the this uh stop the bleed. Um Amed will be providing the the training. Um the water stations the project is uh almost finished at many of our school sites. facilities has a goal of being able to tell us that the
030project should be completed by the start of the 2526 school year. Um but in my next weekly I'll give you a school by school update on where we stand with that. So you'll know exactly which schools um have been tested. I was out there yesterday drinking some amazing water uh from one of them. Uh so I think I made a little bit mess of myself so I hope that's not on camera. Um but yeah, we have our water stations working and uh it should be really really uh advantageous to our our students health. Um and then our workplace violence program as part of our ongoing commitment uh to our workplace violence. We are finishing a video that will be Chula Vista specific. Um on this we're going to share it with our safety committee before
031we make it public to our employees. Um but our new workplace filing program um video will be updated for the 2526 school year. And that's all we have for this month. Thank you. Board questions or comments? I do. Thank you, Mr. Romero. I appreciate the updates. Yesterday, I attended the um city of Chilivista City Council meeting and they approved uh managing the electric micromobility vehicles. So, they've got a new um to the next question is going to be is how they're going to be able to enforce it, but they're uh put in some rules that under 12 they can't drive these. Once they're 12 and over, then uh helmets and so on and so forth. But, um my question is, we do have 12 year olds. If they're legally able to drive these things, because
032it's driving, they go fast. They showed us some videos on these kids doing willies going through East Palomar where the buses are supposed to go through and on Olympic and it was quite scary. But um because they're going to be starting to enforce this hopefully, then I believe we should notify our schools and um we have 12-year-olds in all our elementary schools, but we also have um the middle schools and a couple of our high schools to notify them that they're going to get ticketed. It'll be a friendly approach apparently at first, but then soon thereafter there'll be a more um it's for everyone's safety. Yeah. So that came up yesterday on item 83, their agenda item, an action item. So I thought thought believe that was important for us to follow up on that
033and notifying the families that they will be required to be wearing helmets and on top of that where they're supposed to drive these things. They're not supposed to be on the sidewalk. So that's even scarier because now you're putting the kids on the street. I don't know. One way, six one way, half a dozen the other. It's just scary all around. But what we're going to do to implement to notify the parents is one question. And um the water stations, not specifically the ones that you're you guys are working on right now, but all our schools, it doesn't matter which where the school is in in our um in our school district. If someone could please check those things. They've got these gross acid things coming out of the faucets and it's going to get
034hotter here. It is getting hotter and the kids will be drinking whatever's coming out of there. So, if we could someone check them for for safety purposes. And thank you for the cameras that all the schools. And um quick question. Um any other concerns that maybe our union partners have with any other safety issues that we still need to work on? Miss Casey. Mr. Morero. Yes. Um so great. Thank you. Um we are um we meet monthly with our our unions through our safety meeting. Um one of the the latest concerns that we wanted to continue to address, one of the things that we're going to prioritize is the workplace safety, workplace violence. Um it's, you know, it's a a commitment um not just from the district, but from our great state about how we
035uh make sure that our employees have a safe um and and um opportunity to to thrive. Uh, so I know that's been a a an ongoing concern and one that we're we're committed to. Um, but through our safety meeting, we'll continue to listen to the our labor groups and and see what priorities rise to the top for them and make sure that any recommendations that we bring forward to the board are working with our our labor partners. Maybe I should rephrase that. Do you know of any concerns that they have now that we have not addressed? Uh, so the workplace violence was one of those concerns. um things that recommendations that they've made. Uh we're continuing to to follow up on those recommendations, but I think with specific concerns. Um if they they have those
036uh I'd be more than welcome to listen to them. Thank you for your report, Mr. Rometo. I believe now is the consent calendar. Mhm. All right. The following items listed under the consent calendar are considered by the board in one action. There will be no discussion on these items prior to the time the board votes on the motion unless members of the board, staff or public request specific items to be discussed and or removed from the consent calendar. And starting with trustee Ramirez Dominguez. Um items to be pulled. 10B 10 NO 10 O 10P. You mentioned 10 S is now It's a public hearing. Okay. And 10V. That's it. Okay. Trusty Tolson. Trustee Domigvantes. Yes. 10 C. Mhm. Subsection 10 C GA and B. Okay. And 10 C. Mhm. 10 P is in Paul and
03710S together. The statements together, but it's two items P and S. 10 S was pulled to a public hearing. Okay. Well, then I guess I'll remention it there. Okay. So 10 P and what's after 10 P then? Then um 10 S which will now be 11 10 T 10 U and 10 W. Okay. Trust the Mayo. Right. No, they already pulled the the item. Okay. We are pulling items and uh I'll try to do this in alphabetical order. 10B 10 CG subset A B. Is that correct? Yes. 10 CK, 10 N, 10 O, 10 P by two trustees, 10 T, 10 U, 10 V, and 10 W. Move to approve the remaining consent calendar. Um, did anybody else pull P? I just realized I don't need it. I did. Oh, she did. Okay, never mind.
038Thank you. Go ahead, Trustee. Move to approve the remaining consent calendar. Second recording secretary, please call the vote. Dominguez, I. Tolston, I dovantes I I motion carries unanimously. Um I would like to begin with item 10 U today and I believe that was trustee Dominguez Cvantes. 10. Yes. Just in case there are questions. Then we'll go back and that is the item. Let me read it. Yes. Approve host agreement with international alliance group. I really appreciate that Miss Rosie Martinez called that out because my questions were like how does this arrangement work? Paid 20% of our sped teacher base at what range which equals how much? foreign exchange and fluent in another language. Just questions that me by my itty bitty self thought by myself, but then Miss Martinez brought it up and quite frankly,
039what's in it for CVESD? Uh, Miss Casey. Sure, Mr. Morero. Thank you. Um, great question and I was super excited to have someone pull this item because it's actually uh a passion project of ours and we want to make sure that we were fully transparent and clear with what what this project entails. So, this would be an agreement with International Alliance Group, which is a nonprofit uh organization that works uh specifically at uh recruiting hard to fill positions for districts across our country and and and our amazing state. So what this uh our first obligation is to find fully credentialed teachers organically uh and so we do a really good job with that. We partner with m multiple universities uh you know in San Diego County um and for the most part we have all
040of our positions filled. We have a few positions that are extremely hard to fill and so you've mentioned it um uh frequently about some of our special ed classrooms that have had like revolving door substitutes, right? this organization that has been a long-standing organization uh works with um our uh international candidates that are fully credentialed that have reciprocity uh with California to teach in California. So they're fully credentialed teachers that are experienced. Um and the cost is actually something that I was hoping you would ask because I would love to explain it. So the cost is 20% of the salary. So if there's a teacher that comes in with five years experience, we would pay them five years of experience. We give them what their experience is. The savings to the district comes in because
041twofold. One, we don't pay for their retirement. They're not eligible to be part of Stirs. So Stirs is automatically 19% 19.1% of their salary. So let's say they're making $100,000. That's $19,000 that we don't need to spend. So the 20% that we're we're we're paying for this agency, 19.1% is savings that we're not already paying for. The second savings is on average our uh benefit system costs about $15,500 per employee. So they provide benefits through their organization, which is at cost of $3,700. So they're a large organization. They have a large um pool of employees. So, we're saving about $12,000 on benefits, which means every teacher we hire, uh, we're hiring at a discounted rate because they're a nonprofit and they're invested in making sure that these uh these eligible employees meet the requirements. They
042provide all the services uh required for their their licensing, their all the services required for their uh benefits and all the services required for their visa. So they go through the what's called either a J1 or an HI-B uh visa. Uh these two visa opportunities are for international highly qualified employees that meet the requirements for those visas. Um and then they also provide coaching. So these are um English-speaking international uh foreign uh teachers that are qualified uh meet the requirements, speak English, and then they provide additional training and support for them while they're here. Can I ask more questions? Um so who's going to really test them for their English? Great. 100%. So, uh, I've watched a number of videos that they that have been posted online, um, on these candidates and the process. So,
043they go through a a selection. So, there's a couple thousand, um, eligible, uh, teachers that they have in their system right now looking for opportunities here in the United States. So, they send us, let's just say we have a mod severe position. We've gone through all of our work. We've worked with uh, CVE. We we've done everything, including providing a $15,000 incentive bonus. we still can't find a mod severe teacher, right? So, we go through a process. We let them know. They go through their database. They look for the the people that have that right credential that meet those needs and then they send us videos of these uh applicants and then we do an online job fair. So, basically, we say, "Okay, uh we have this position that's open. It's a fourth through sixth
044grade mod uh classroom with, you know, 12 students. Um and we we have a job fair. We have all of these candidates that show that they're interested through this online job fair and then we go through the interview process and seeing if they're qualified. How about their background? I know we have a rigorous uh system in place here in California where there's a reporting system and uh I don't know that that's the case in other countries. I can't say yay or nay. I don't know. Yeah. How that works and how their background is cleared and how accurate it is. Yeah. So, that was one of the questions that we brought up. Um, and I know they have like a basically they go through more than we even go through our teachers. Um, Miss Casey, would
045it be possible for me to call up uh a representative from IG to answer that question as it relates to background? Absolutely. Oh, they're here. Perfect. Hello. Thank you so much for having me here tonight. Yeah. Would you be able to talk a little bit about the background and how we go through making sure that they're Absolutely. And thank you so much for your questions because there is a lot to the program. Um the J1 visa program which is what this agreement would be for is a program that has been around since the early 50s as part of the Phobite program. So it is a the intention is intercultural exchange. Um as part of that we are US Department of State designated visa sponsor for the J1 visas. And with that, in order to have
046any of these teachers be candidates that we call ready for hire, they have already gone through two layers of rigorous background checks in their home country. We've already done their foreign transcript evaluation. We've already um provided their resume. Uh we've gone through letters of recommendation. There's quite a rigorous uh level of things that the Department of State requires. So, it's a very safe program in that sense. Um, and when they come here, they still need to pass our safety check and they still need to get DOJ certified and through our live scan, they need to pass that process as well. So, how for how long have you been doing this in this country? So um International Alliance Group has been doing this for probably 12 15 years as um as an entity with a different
047name but International Alliance Group per that title has been six years. We work in 33 states. Um we have a couple thousand teachers placed right now. The J1 visa can be for five years. So they come on three years with a two-year extension. The benefit of that is, you know, you're going to have a highly qualified teacher for five years. And um with our level that we qualify our candidates before we present them to you, we have a standard that we call highly qualified. So on average, they have 10 years experience. Housing, do you? We do the housing. So we may ask the principal at the school where they might be going for some suggestions, but we um help them get housing. It is. Yes. and they're required by the Department of State to come
048with enough money for a first month uh and a deposit. Do you have other uh programs like this here in San Diego County or in California for that matter? Yes, we uh actually recently partnered with San Diego Unified and we did a couple of virtual job hiring fairs for them for to start with special education mild mod and mod severe. So they're currently hiring five of our teachers. We started just now, but not historically. There historically. San Monteo, um, Mount Diablo, um, Englewood, uh, a lot of charter schools. We're in about 70% of the districts in Arizona because that is where we were founded by the former head of HR at Phoenix schools. It's an amazing program. These are wonderful, highly motivated teachers. This is um, a dream of theirs, you know, to come and
049share their talents. And we do provide one-on-one coaching for every teacher. So, they work with the principal to make sure if there's anything that comes up, um, it's fully addressed. What does the one-on-one look like? You're here with them every day for how long or how many days? What does that look like? So, the one-on-one coaching is called teacher support specialist. So in the beginning they'll meet those folks when they're when we meet we pick them up at the airport we arrange for their travel. We help them get settled in their housing and we start them with professional development before they even get here as well. So the coaching is virtual but can also be local as well. We'll see we'll work you you'll work closely with our union representative. How does that work? Yes.
050The teachers are the district employees. So they have the option to join the union and in many many cases that is the case. All right. So, they tend to follow, you know, what their colleagues do. All right. I think I've asked a few. Just a quick question. Um, how long does it take from start to placing them in a district from start of them applying to traveling to the J1 visas to everything? Great question. So, at this point, the candidates that we would um line up interviews for the virtual interviews have already gone through um all of the steps through the Department of State. The next step is if you would interview them and you want to make them a job offer, then we kick in what's called um the DS209 process. That includes a
051interview at the US consulate in their home country and then after that the the J1 visa is issued. So on average we look at 6 to 8 weeks um from start to finish. It depends on sometimes the home country uh where the teachers are coming from. One more question. Spanish, do they speak Spanish? Um some do. Yes. So we have uh we draw from uh over 30 countries. Um, we do focus a lot on teachers from Latin America and Mexico because in California and our border states, I work with a lot of Texas districts. It's just a very natural fit to have, but they do have to have a certain proficiency in English in order to even make this first step. Thank you. Miss Casey, would you would you allow me an opportunity to speak?
052One of the things that um Rose uh Tagnesi and I spoke about is and I think the board has even heard comments from our community. Oftentimes we have teachers that go on maternity leave. Let's just say we can't find a fully credentialed mod severe special education teacher. They don't exist. If they do exist, they're already teaching in classrooms. So what happens is we have a substitute go in and then 20 days we had to put another substitute in and 20 days we had to put another substitute in. And then if they take an extended leave for their bonding time, you can go half a year or a full year. We're just rotating doors of substitutes. So the district is interested in partnering in in finding long-term solutions for hard to fill positions. I have a
053question. Um for the scenario you just mentioned, a maternity leave is not five years long or three years long. So what happens if the need of the teacher is no longer there? Great question. So, they are your employee. So, they could be treated like any other employee. If there's no need after the first year, um there's no obligation to rehire. In most cases, the retention rate is in the mid 90 percentile because the program is so fully supports the teachers in the schools um that it is very successful. Thank you, President. I don't know that it's appropriate at this time because normally it's just us asking the questions. Would this be an opportunity to because it's so different. Would it be an opportunity to allow our teachers union to ask a question there? The person
054is here. I don't know that that isn't for the board. They're sitting next to each other and so that can happen organically. Go Miss Rosie. So maybe aligning a little bit with your thoughts, right? I think it's important that because it's different and I I do believe there's there's um a big role that they can help us with because as Mr. Romero said uh we have many positions that have been hard to fill that we are paying agencies there's no to the one that keeps bringing it up. So now um there was a mention that anou needed to be signed with the teachers union before this can be rolled out right and I think the superintendent made a commitment to the teachers union to do that. I would be willing to approve this pending thatou
055uh that thatou is in place, right? Uh before we start actually hiring teachers and I think that that will give you what you were kind of asking um because I'm sure that um the teachers union won't sign an MOU until they're happy with it. Is that a motion? So please that is my motion to approve this pending uh anou with the teachers union. Second recording secretary please call the vote. Ramirez Dominguez I Tolston I Dominguez Alvantes I motion carries unanimously. All right back to Thank you. Thank you very much. Item 10B uh the board of education minutes. That's me. I was looking um our video one more time and I noticed uh especially on when we're talking about item 11U on page 227 of the meeting minutes um there was not added oh sorry to
056make sure I'm reading the right line. What page? uh 227 when we're talking about 11U um um I mentioned a few things that were in there. Um I was saying that it wasn't added in the case of buying the most nutritious items. It would help. It would help in the middle of a behavioral issue, pandemic or upper, we can't pump the children's full of sugar um and and in return expect them to sit and concentrate. This is the reason why I've been so adamant adamant about being fiscally responsible if we need to make sure that we're providing the food that they need to be able to concentrate and learn. Again, this is why I've been so adamant about being fiscally responsible because I understand that having healthier options might not be the cheapest option, but
057if we are fiscally responsible in other areas, we can make sure that we're providing our children not food, but nutrition. Um, also in 11W, I it isn't noted that because our students go to Reese's first and then eat. um we send them to a classroom right after and we we need to make the link between high sugar content and behavioral issues. We want to be more nutritionally conscious. Those are the comments that included. Okay. Um and I'm going to do a point of order right now because um and I'll ask our recording secretary to make those notations moving forward. Um because we've had this um concern come up before with the minutes. I've been doing my research and I have um reviewed the Robert's rules of order. Um the only thing that our minutes are
058required to reflect is the motion and the way that the trustees vote. So, moving forward, and it's not something that we would vote on. moving forward. Um I would like that to ask that because it's a lot of work that our recording secretary um only uh in our minutes that our our minutes reflect only who's spoken during public comment um and that uh we or have addressed an issue on a particular item and then that the minutes reflect who motioned and the way that the vote went. And um for trustees that are concerned about this, I've pulled the minutes from the c all over the county with regard to the way minutes are cuz we don't we we actually create and do way too much especially with the video. Anyone who wants to question anything
059can go back and look at the video. The only thing that is required for us to do is the maker of the motion and uh and the second and then how we voted and we can say oh um perhaps Rosie Martinez came and addressed it but we don't put down anything that's been said. Can we include then the time that an item was uh addressed because to refer the community to the uh video when sometimes our meetings go so long they have to watch it for four hours or 5 hours or however many hours that isn't a requirement for uh the Robert's rules of order and it's it's a it's a lot of work we've been actually making asking for the time isn't it's it's not required so So, Madame President, I I thank you
060for bringing and trying to uh promote a little bit more efficiency on the minutes. Um, I would suggest that we adopt a policy on how we keep the minutes. Okay, we can work on that. But I will say I will and I'm going to I will say that we don't need a vote on that and we do need to trimline that. So, we'll we'll create the policy and the notes and the minutes. We've noted your changes. Is there anything else for 10B? No, that's it. Thank you for clarifying. Move to approve 10B with the revisions. Right. With the revisions. Second. Oh, recording secretary, please call the vote. Ramirez Dominguez. I. Tolston. I. Dominguez. I with the statements that I made. Iard I. Motion carries unanimously. Item 10 C. And I just want to clarify trusty
061may you're making 10 CG correct 10 CG and then it had little sub subs A and B. Gotcha. Just trying to pull it. Yes. Okay. Go ahead. Okay. 10 CGA under resignations. I was just looking in the past we had looked for reasons uh employees resigned and we'd looked at uh having an exit interview and uh I don't need to see the exit interview but I think we were looking and had agreed before to have an idea as to why they were leaving. Is it for more pay or I don't know some simple grid that would give us an idea as to what why they were leaving. I thought we had kind of spoke about that and if we could just move forward on that and maybe have it on a quarterly update or something
062like that. Okay. Something not not public but for us. Okay. Yes. And on um the next one reassignment/new employment on page seven of 21 for clarity purposes. I know we added some of this to specifically, you know, be more uh transparent as to how our employees were leaving. Uh reassignment and new employee employment is both both are outside of CVSD. Is that correct? That is that is correct. So okay. So then maybe it shouldn't say reassignment, just new employment. We can look at those changes. Yes. Yeah. All right. That it that's it on that. Move to approve 10 CGA. What's the whole thing? Oh, she has one more under 10 C. Sorry. 10 CK consultants. Sorry, Mr. Kamay. That's all right. 10 CK curriculum. Uhhuh. Page 10 of 21. Curriculum. Um, associates. I ready. Is
063this an online or in-person training? In person. Okay. And are teachers or are our classified also? Do they have the opportunity to take this training as well? Not at this time. No. Okay. Maybe we can look in the future to or even during the school year to if it's online and they want to take it to just enrich themselves and quite frankly they're enriched so are students and so are teachers. Yes. Offer it to them. Thank you. Uh Dale Scott and company page 10 of 21. Financial advisory services related to general bonds. The description also calls out we would be responsible for quote all reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket expenses. Uh what defines reasonable and necessary and is that after the expense has been incurred or do they request it in advance of the expense and
064pass this to Mr. Pong? [Music] No, it's always on a reimbursement basis. So if we require them to travel out here um to make a presentation or something then we would um assist with paying the travel fees on a reimbursement basis. Okay. And what defines reasonable and necessary outofpocket expenses? Those are uh so travel. Um is that what they told you or you're thinking that's what it is? No, that's usually what it is. Yeah. Okay. Travel. Um it's mainly travel usually. you would pull a big red flag if they try to do something. Right. Okay. Thank you. The next one is high esteem carpet clean page 10 of 21. I know um before Christmas time we inquired about a schedule for all our schools uh so that they be routinely kept clean. I don't know
065if we still have that in place or did it fall by the wayside. Mr. Pong. So during all the major breaks, so the summer break, the fall break, the spring breaks, that's when we really do a lot of the deep cleaning at the schools. And so um there's a potential that we may have a need um for additional support um to do additional deep cleaning and that's what um highest team would do. So between the winter time, spring and the summer, do we do we believe that all our schools got a deep clean on those three breaks? Sometime during those three breaks? Yes. You're quite comfortable with that response? Well, I know this summer that the team's been working very hard. So Okay. Thank you. Appreciate that. They'll appreciate it when they go back to
066work, too. Is that it? Yes. Okay. Now it's C to see global C. It's all C. Yeah. All right. Move to approve 10 C. Second. Recording. Secretary Ramirez Dominguez. Hi. Tolston. Hi. Dominguez. Hi. Tamayo. I Motion carries unanimously. Item 10N. Trustee Ramirez Dominguez. Yes. 10 N. I will read it. This is the agreement between us and Southwestern College to have the Power Professional Symposium. Um, I appreciate that our classified employees are receiving professional development. I want to thank the district's leadership for hearing our board's guidance and applying it. Um, I want to commend and I love to see our classified employees having this opportunity. Um I just have one question. So does this reflect that we does it reflect the guidance that we have? Have we included it in the LCAP or in the rigorous
067learning for all because we have multiple times mentioned that we want our classified employees to receive professional training. So I just want to know have we updated the the actual plans to make it happen and this is not a one instance kind of deal. Right. So, this does align with our rigorous learning for all plan that we're doing high quality instruction for our students and so they're getting that opportunity to have breakout sessions to be able to be more efficient in our classrooms and so it does align with our our rigorous learning for all plan. Okay. Um and I also had a question. Um so we will like you mentioned in the regular learning for all you will continue. This is not a one-time thing. There will be multiple symposiums where we will have our
068classified employees be trained and continue to learning. We have one symposium for the year because they get that one day that that's extra time that they're not on campuses and then we have trainings planned throughout the year for breaks um and times that they have minimum days and parent teacher conferences. We will be planning things. Yes. Okay. Um and are we also planning to do professional development um not only for our IAS but also for our nundies or other classified employees? Do we have anything yet? We don't have anything planned yet, but we'll be working with CVCEO to look at what we can do for them. Okay. Thank you. And I just wanted to add if you can in an uh board update include a schedule of trainings for classified for us, please. Absolutely. Thank
069you. Move to approve 10N. Second. Recording secretary Ramirez Dominguez. I Tolston. Dominguez. I tamayo Igarte I motion carries unanimously item 100 trustee Rabidas Dominguez um I had it's about adopting the approving the district EPA expenditure um I just wanted to know it the line reads 35.6 6 million going to instruction. Can we have a breakdown of what that includes? Are these classroom salaries intervention specialists or other instructional costs? Yeah, Mr. Pong. Yes. All the funds are used on teacher salaries. This is an action item. Move to approve 10. Second. Recording secretary. Ramirez Dominguez. Hi. Tolston. Hi. Dominguez. I Tamayo Igar I motion carries 5-0 item 10P trustee Dominguez Cervantes yes adopt resolution establishing the annual I think my mic went up the annual special taxes for community facilities and then there's numerous districts uh this
070resolution and it came up maybe not specifically for C these CFDs but last year as well and I'll I'll continue to echo what I said before um these special levies on certain properties that are next to the CFDs obviously they're it's tax more money. So on section four does this mean that on top of the bond measures we use on that we use these CFD levies to pay off any outstanding bonded ineptness. Mr. Pong, that's section four. That's correct. So these um these mellow funds are used to service the bonds that were used to uh build previous schools. So help me understand that. So the bond measures people are going to see that on homeowners are going to see that on their taxes. Correct. And then we're still doing the CFDs and people are going
071to homeowners are going to see it on top of that on their meal. Correct. So that's double taxing the people on the same thing, Mr. Pong. So um can you repeat the question? Sorry. So So we've got the bond measures, right? Yes. And you I think I understood you correctly that this levy it could possib well well it says it clearly that that this levy could be used to repay off the ineptness of the bond measures that so we already taxed the community for it. They already paid for it but we still owe the money so we're going to get it from the CFDs. Correct. Because the way that uh it works is that we get a large amount of money up front and then that those funds are paid over 25 years or 30
072years. So it's kind of like a similar to a home loan. I mean um we're using the monies to build the school and we're getting all of the funds up front. Um and then over the time period we're paying back that loan. But we're not really paying back the same homeowners have to pay it back again. That's what it sounds like through Melus. It's just so they don't pay anything when it's issued. It's um over the time period where they're we're using those funds, but they are paying for it dur during on their tax on their taxes on their homes. Correct. So this is to authorize that levy of the tax. Right. So then sections 7 8 and nine they speak of the sale of the property in case in cases of delinquency and I
073I really uh that is so sad that if they don't pay these mellows people if they're delinquent for whatever reason after certain time they're going to lose their homes and I just really object to that that we're contributing to someone losing their home when they're already probably paying their taxes on their home in another manner. So I I just don't believe this is good for families and the communities just burdened with multiple bonds. Just my statement. Thank you. I had I also pulled this item. Um yeah, I asked this is this has happened that we raised this taxes last year. Was this something that occurred last year too? Mr. Yes, this is an annual item. Okay. So, um I asked during our meeting if I could have how much does this money account for? Um
074and you you kind of explained that we get the money and then we pay it, right? So, correct. the the levy from the tax comes at the district and then we pay our debt service that helped to build the school. So the money that we're getting we're we're using using it to pay we're using it we're getting it from the people from the residents of this area to pay for the schools. Um we don't we don't use the money any other way. That's correct. Okay. M. Yes. Um, move to approve 10p. Second. Recording. Secretary Ramirez Dominguez. Nay. Tolston. Hi. Dominguez. Nay. Tamayo. Hi. I. Motion carries. 32. Item 10T. Trustee Dominguez. T like T for two or Tomaya. Thank you. Yes. In my meeting with um Dr. Reyes and Trusty Tamaya was there with us
075as well. Uh we are asking about the afterchool program YMCA contract in the past two years ago to be more specific. Uh the contract read that there was tutoring involved and back then um it was just a standard contract that was signed, but um I wanted to find out well what did this tutoring look like? And we were we wanted to see what that contract looks like and if in fact it still says tutoring, what does that what does that really mean? What are they doing? How are we measuring it? Because uh if it says tutoring, we'd like them to tutor. Okay. I'm gonna pass this over to Miss Morales. Thank you, Miss Casey. With your permission, I think it would be best to have our director of uh ELOP, uh Omar Cayeros, come up
076and answer the questions. And I think it would be also helpful to um include Omar when you talk about not only the academic opportunities that we have in YMCA, but also in our lead um classes after school. Perfect. Yeah, thank you so much for calling me up. I appreciate the opportunity. So, um as brief as possible, uh our lead activities encompasses hub, clubs, academy, and sports. Um under hub is what was traditionally known as dash and stretch where homework assistance was offered before. Um, so I know homework assistance and tutoring were kind of used synonymous before and that's basically what is required based off of our EOLOP and ASUS guidelines is that there is an academic homework assistant component offered during those times and that is offered with hub. Now in addition to that we
077have offered academic um activities that are specifically for tutoring like math and reading and writing and such and those are more rigorous and offered through our teachers that are staying after school to offer those opportunities for those students. So those are more in a specific grade level and not so much homework assistance questions kind of. So that really interests me. I know when we met with uh Dr. Reyes um you guys have known how I've been a hound about the title one monies and trusty Tomo actually connected it with oo lead. So exactly how much is offered? Do teachers know that this is available? Do they want to do that? If so, how can that be expanded working with our union? How can we how how tell me what it looks like now? Is it
078two teachers? Is it 20 teachers that are working with children now? Well, obviously not right now during the summer, but how did it end in the school year? Actually, we did have teachers working in the summer. So, I'll highlight that as well. Um, but it looks very different at each school site. So just to clarify each school for every school has this every school site has a lead um at a program um tutoring reading math the rigorous the homework assistance is offered at every school site um but just to clarify we do not I do not manage title one funds I oversee ACES and expanded learning opportunity funds and those are the funds that are utilized to offer these activities. Um, every school does look very different because it all depends on teacher or staff
079um, in general um, being able to stay at the school and we do offer this opportunity at all the school sites. Each school has what we call a site lead who is a mini administrator for the lead programs and they are in charge of recruiting um helping any of the instructors because in that school time we call them instructors um to get all their equipment ready classes uh registration for these activities um are live today. So today parents can register for any enrichment or academic activities being offered at their school site, but we are dependent on the staff wanting to stay. So our first effort is to recruit on-site staff. Are they paid? Absolutely. They're paid well. Um, so we do try to recruit on-site staff first to try to create a atmosphere that's friendly,
080engaging, and then we try to um recruit possible community members that are right fit for the school site in the activity obviously. And then our last resort is to bridge that gap with vendors. So if we cannot find on-site staff or community members, which include community colleges as well, um then we seek out vendors. And that's kind of the the pyramid of u approach when it comes to recruitment for activities. And the activities are also based on what the parents and the children first and for foremost ask for. What did you say the funds are that you're working with? Expanded learning opportunity programs and ACES after school education and safety. Well, we're hoping to expand. Yes. So, one of my questions would be um obviously almost 11 $11 million um go it's a contract for
081$11 million and um I'm glad that the district finally put an RFP out there to see what options we had. And yes, YMCA is still the best option so far, but still $11 million is a lot of money when we're looking um to make some cuts. And yes, after school programs are important and yes, they provide enrichment. Uh, and that's why we're we're questioning what do we get for those $11 million and not necessarily what we get is what the children get. Right. Exactly. Why? How are we investing these 11 million dollars and what is the quality of afterchool program that they're getting that they're not getting from you from El or from um your other programs? So that's why um I I'm interested to see maybe on a Friday update the the estate of
082work that we put out for the RFP. Um because I really want to know what do we get for $11 million. Um so we do offer so we have brought my laptop because I don't retain numbers so well especially all these numbers. Um so for the 180 days so ACES we offer through leadhub um that platform of enrichment the academic and supervision of kids for 180 days. So while schools are in session um we in partnership with the Y those kids are offered that service for 180 days. That's lead hub that's 3,355 kids. So for that alone, um, we're looking at $12.99 per kid per day for up to three hours of service. So we're looking two and a half to up to three hours depending on the school site. In addition to that, we
083offer the lead academy three times a year. We are um required to offer 30 non-school days, so non-instruction days um a 9-hour full day for 30 days. Mhm. So, we partner with the YMCA to offer that sustainable all day supervision for kids. Um, we open up 160 slots at six different school sites. So, again, that's that many kids, six sites for nine hours each day. And so, they provide the bulk and the foundation of staffing that in training with ELOP guidelines. They provide that atmosphere as well. Um in addition to that we also offer a morning program. Um for the morning program we have at 15 school sites uh 451 slots open. So that is before school um supervision as well. Did did I get all your questions? Yes. Thank you. Thank you. All right.
084Thank you. All right. With that, I'll move it to approve. Second. Recording secretary Ramirez Dominguez. Hi. Tolston. Hi. Dominguez. Hi. Ug. I. Motion carries unanimously. Item 10V. Trustee Ramirez Dominguez. At our previous meeting, as reflected on our video, we agreed that this board would adopt a more fiscally responsible approach when it came to travel and events during that. This is V, purchase orders, warrants, and checks. But she pulled V and you pulled W. Okay. Was it the wrong word? Is it W? You asked for and it was W. Okay. So move to approve V 10V. Second recording secretary. I Ramirez Dominguez. Hi Tolston. Hi. Domingantes. Tamayo. Hi. Ug. I. Motion carries unanimously. Item 10W. Um first trustee Dominguez CVantes. And then thank you. Yes. Last year, the taste of East Lake was $68, but of
085course, inflation hits and now it's at um uh $7744. We must have gotten a discount because the flyer, their website says $80, but um the my point to bringing it out is like I mentioned before, I don't this is a fundraiser and I don't believe fundraisers should come out of district money. it should come out of our personal pockets, not the school district. And so I continue to have a um that same position. And although it's the fundraiser in support of expanding science, the st steam science, technology, engineering, arts, and math, uh historic historically though their focus had been the high school. So if they did donate anything to us last year, how much was that? Mr. Pong, do you have that information? Um, I remember not in front of me, but I can include
086it in maybe just let us know in the board update. That's fine. The taste of East Lake, but again, that this is a fundraiser. We should not be using taxpayers money to fund us to go there. I'm not going, but if I did go, it'd be out of my pocket. I know for several years um the taste of East Lake and the uh East Lake found uh educational foundation uh has been organizing this event to raise funds for uh yes the high school, the middle school and the elementary school uh in East Lake and we do get um some money. Uh we even had a board member from our staff be part of that um because we had that commitment that the the fundraiser is for education purposes and uh all three levels elementary school,
087middle school and uh high school receive money for this uh specifically uh they donate for technology. I know that for for um for several years we were um buying computers through through their donations uh for those particular schools. Um so um the $77 with 44 cents uh per person which is the early discounted rate. Uh that's why it's a little bit cheaper than the 80. Um I think it's a small token um that we contribute to them just to show support cuz many as you know many people that go there want to meet uh us and they want to meet who they're donating their their money to. Uh so as representatives of the district that's why I I support this. Um I'm going to piggyback on that. We're representatives of the community and by our
088being there it and I also by being there not in addition to seeing who we are but it also encourages people that we know that um are within the community to also attend. Um I do agree it's a small amount and I think that what we put into it as a district we get a whole lot back for our students because we are it's almost like we Yeah. You're saying taxpayer money is going into it, but what we've gotten back is more than than the small fee that we're paying to get into it. Yeah. And I know that we had a couple I just can't remember them off the top of my head. And I know that when we did the Maxwell opening, um the chair of the East Lake Foundation attended and talked about
089um how the some of the contributions that they had made to that establishment when that was ongoing. So, um, with that, I would make a motion to I need to speak still, remember? Oh, you I'm sorry, I forgot. Yes, thank you. I will reread what I was reading. At our previous meeting, we agreed that this board will adopt a more fiscally responsible approach to make travel and events. During that discuss discussion, I noted that the leadership must lead by example, initially referring to the superintendent's travel. Upon further reflection, I realized that the highest level of leadership in this district is not only the superintendent, but all of us, the five people sitting in this table. We therefore we must lead by example. With that in mind, I will oppose the use of taxpayer dollars and
090our limited funding to cover the cost of us uh the people in sitting on this table. um the taste of for the taste of East Lake. While I understand that this fundraiser supports educational purposes, our schools, which is an undoubtedly a worthy cost, I must ask if I didn't I didn't know this existed. this event came up, but are are this is this board willing to spend the $75 to go and represent the public or go meet with the people that we need to meet without using taxpayer dollars? So, let me ask you this. What percentage of the budget of our total budget are you willing to spend for travel for for the leadership to represent the district? We agreed it will be a again that we going to take a more well I mean
091yes you're saying take a more responsibility we might need to sit down and discuss that before we just bring these things to order and and just you're proposing to cut but you're not saying to what percentage so give me a percentage I don't know exactly how much we're you're asking to cut you must No, tell me a percentage of the budget. I will not be answering that. And and I'm going to piggyback on that because um we talk about our budget and we talk about our travel budget. I I'm going to encourage board members who are opposed to this to please research other school districts and their cost of travel. We are one of the districts, if you look at superintendent expenses and travel for anyone in the district, ours is very low. We can
092continue to lead by example. I agree, but I also agree that there are certain responsibilities that because we are not full-time employees that we should not have to take on the expense of that. And $77 is not an exorbitant amount of money. And with that, I move to approve item 10W. Second. Recording secretary Dominguez. Nay. Tolston. I Domingzvantes. Nay. Ug. I motion carries 32 and I believe now is the time for uh Mr. Romero to announce our uh newly hired and promoted employees. Thank you, President Nugarte, uh Superintendent Miss Casey, governing board, and our community. It's my favorite uh time of the night to talk about the promotion of our uh employees here in our district. It's with great pleasure that I start with Ivan Anglo who's moving from ELOP instructor to community schools uh
093coordinator. Congratulations Ivonne Moes. Moses uh Archiaga who's going from general maintenance to carpenter. Congratulations Moses. Meline Beron who's going from instructional assistant special education to resource specialist teacher. Congratulations Maline. Monaco Desroches, who's going from student placement technician to student placement lead. Congratulations, Monica. Ilian Fernandez, who's going from instructional assistant language to speech language uh pathology pathologist. Congratulations, Ilana. Jessica Mascareno, who's going from administrative assistant for instructional services, uh, she was stolen by Mark Pong, to go to support to business services and support specialist. Congratulations, Jessica. Cynthia Mason, who's going from van driver to bus driver. Congratulations, Cynthia. Fernando Montigul, who's going from instructional assistant, special education to behavior support assistant. Congratulations, Fernando. Katherine Sakaco, who's going from instructional assistant special education to special education day class teacher. Congratulations, Katherine. Anna Sto, who's going from noon
094duty supervisor to instructional assistant special education. Congratulations, Anna. Pearla Vinnie, who's going from instructional assistant special education to student attendant. Congratulations, Pearla. And we have three of our newest administrators that I'd like to announce tonight. Two of them are present with us, so I'll call them up in just a second. But our first uh is Jillian Musa, who's moving from teacher to associate principal. Congratulations, Julian. Um and first I'd like to call up Sarah Ortega, who's moving from teacher to associate principal. Uh congratulations, Sarah. Uh, thank you cabinet. Thank you board. I just wanted to briefly say that I just really am grateful for this opportunity to continue to serve Harborside in a different capacity. Thank you. Congratulations. And our uh our next AP is not an employee of Chula Vista. So, it's not necessarily
095a promotion, but it's it's a new administrative position. And and I'd like to call up Anne Barnes Bole. An hi, good evening everyone. Thank you so much for this opportunity to serve Chula Vista. I've lived here since I was 5 years old, so I'm really excited to get started and to serve Wolf Canyon Elementary. Thanks so much. Congratulations, Sam. Thank you. That concludes our recently promoted employees. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Rometo. Public hearings. The public hearing section provides the public with an opportunity to address the board on specific items. Persons wishing to address the board on any public hearing item must complete a request to be heard card and submit it to the recording secretary before the start of the meeting. Speakers are requested to limit their remarks to three minutes and speak in
096a respectful and professional manner. The board shall limit the total time for input on each public hearing item to 20 minutes. With board consent, the president may increase or decrease the time allowed for public comments on each public hearing item depending on the topic and the number of persons wishing to be heard. We will conduct a public hearing to perform a specified service for the period of July 1, 2025 through June 30th, 2026 and adopt the resolution regarding short-term classified employees. Mr. Romero, thank you, President, our governing board. Uh this item is one that we bring forward regularly when we're going to be using an employee to fill a position for a short amount of time uh as either a substitute or employee that's on leave um to fill a specific cause. Um and this
097will uh be for the the uh start of from July to the end of June with an amount not to exceed uh I think it was $30,000 $36,000. I am now opening the public hearing. There are no speakers. Having no speakers, I am now closing the public hearing. This is an action item. Second recording. Secretary Ramirez Dominguez. Hi. Tolston. Hi. Dominguez. Hi. Tamayo. Hi. Ug. I. Motion carries unanimously. Thank you. Item 10. It has no item here. 10 C. Sorry. Approve school facilities mitigation agreement for Otai Ranch Village 8 East. Conduct the public hearing regarding the establishment of community facilities district number 22. Levy of special taxes, bonded indebtedness, and related matters. Adopt resolution determining the validity of the prior proceedings establishing community facilities district number 22 authorizing the levy of special taxes within the
098community facilities district number 22 establishing an appropriations limit calling an election and taking related actions and acting as the governing board of the community facilities district number 22 conduct conduct the election of landowner voters within the community facilities district number 22 and declare election results. Adopt the resolution canvasing the results of the election held within the community facilities district number 22 of the Chula Vista Elementary School District and approve the motion to direct clerk to conduct the first reading by title only of ordinance of community facilities district number 22 authorizing the levy of special tax within the community facilities district number 22. Mr. Pong Thank you, President Ugarte. Tonight we have for um your review and approval six items um involving the uh formation and the of the CFD number 22. So the first item
099um is to approve the mitigation an amendment to the mitigation agreement. Uh the second item is to establish the boundary um for the CFT22 and the levy and then we will have a vote and um conduct a election. Um and that'll be part of the process that we go through tonight. All right. And now I see we have a open the public hearing and then the script. Right. Okay. I am now opening the public hearing. There are no speakers. Seeing no speakers, I am now closing the public hearing. The board of education will now address certain matters relating to the proposed community facilities district number 22 of the Chula Vista Elementary School District. Mr. Pong, will you please describe the actions regarding CFD number 22 that the board will be taking tonight? Thank you, President.
100Um during its meeting on May 21st, 2025, the board adopted a resolution stating the intent to form CFD number 22 over the land in Otai Ranch Village 8 East and another resolution stating the intent that CFD number 22 shall be authorized to incur bond indebtedness in the amount not to exceed $100 million. The purpose of CFD number 22 will be to provide funding for school facilities needed as a result of the developments within village 8 East. The special taxes of CFD number 22 can be used directly to pay costs of school facilities or those taxes can be used to finance costs of school facilities through issuance of bonds or other securities. The district's typical practice has been to use the special taxes to pay debt service on certificates of participation, which is a type of
101funding. The steps to be taken by the board tonight will result in the actual formation of the CFD number 22. And as approved through a landowner election to be conducted as part of these proceedings, CFD number 22 will be authorized to levy special taxes and incur bond bonded indebtedness. The owner developer of Village 8 East is a homefed entity and the first step tonight will be to approve a mitigation agreement um with the correct homefed identity. So um in the previous uh agreement they had listed themselves as homefed um land number two and now they are identifying themselves as um homefed village 8 east um based on the location of the of the land. So the district staff has um provided that agreement resolution and relevant documentation for the board to review. Thank you Mr.
102Pong. We will start with the agenda item for approval of the school facilities mitigation agreement for Otai Ranch Village 8 East. This is an action item. Move to approve. I will Oh, sorry. recording secretary Ramirez Dominguez. Do we have discussion after I think that's the way Robert's rules there's this is a public hearing Dominguez I Tolston I do nay tamayo I I motion carries 41. The next agenda item is conduct public hearing regarding the establishment of commun community facilities district number 22 levy of special taxes bonded indebtedness and related matters. This is the time and place designated for the public hearing and I declare that the public hearing is now open. There are no speakers. The board um I am now closing the public hearing. The board has received copies of the CFD report, the
103boundary map for CFD number 22, and the rate and method of appointment of the special taxes of CFD number 22, and the district shall keep these documents with the record of these proceedings. Mr. Pong, has the district staff confirmed that all notices and filings needed to proceed with the public hearing have been completed? Yes. Yes. All publications of notices and all filings regarding the public hearing have been duly given and performed and copies of those notices and filings um are on file in the office of the assistant superintendent of business and support. Have any written protests been received regarding these proceedings or the special taxes to be levied by CFD number 22? The district has not received any written protests regarding those matters. Is there anyone present who wishes to speak in favor of CFD
104number 22? Is there anyone present whose wishes to speak against or protest generally against the establishment of CFD number 22, its special taxes, the proposed debt, establishment of an of an approp appropriations limit, or other matters relating to CFD number 22. I am. State your name and whether you are an owner of property within CFD number 22 or a registered voter within CFD number 22. CF22 is all south Mr. Palong. It's the area that's south um of Wolf Canyon um in the east of the sorry east of the Kotab Vera area over there. I am not but I am a registered voter in the city of Chiliva Vista but not CFD correct number is that a requirement to speak to it. It's Mr. Pong clarify for me because it does ask that specifically. Um, no,
105it's not a requirement. Okay. Go ahead. Okay. So, I continue to voice my concern about the continual taxing of people who are already overburdened with taxes and bond measures and levies and it it's too much and I can't. So, who would you have notified if they don't even live there? No one even lives there. Who did you notify? Of course, the rats and the squirrels and the coyotes didn't answer. There's nobody there to answer. So, who can? We can because we're here. So, we can speak for the people that will be going there if we're intending to build schools there that we voice are concerned about so much levying. And the developers start out by saying, oh, you know, they make their their contract with the city of Chila Vista that they also intend to
106allow for certain property to be available for schools. And then if the school doesn't want to buy that property, then it's then offered to the city or other local governments that may then have the rights to to bid, I'll just use that word loosely, for for that property. But if nobody even lives there. Well, of course. Who did you send the notices out to? I don't know. What if I intend to buy something there? Okay. Well, then you should have sent me some notice so I would know to object to that. I'm just wondering who was notified if you it was if you got no I I'm not surprised that you've got no responses yay or nay to it because they don't nobody's there. They don't even know that it's going to be developed, per
107se. So, I continue to to speak. I don't think anybody I don't even think anybody here wants to pay more taxes and wants to pay more money. I understand that behind it is the intent to build quality schools. I understand that logic, but there's only so much people can carry and it's gotten the burden's gotten too heavy. I don't think we we should be opening up a CFD only for the sole purpose of levying taxes on people. Are there any additional comments regarding proposed CFD number 22? I have a comment. Um, and it's also related to the fact that the process of accepting CFTs. Um, it's it's not equitable allowing only the land owners to vote on a tax that will affect the future homeowners, especially when there is no residents to advocate for their
108interest. I believe that that portion should be redesigned or re the process doesn't make any sense because the landowner won't pay anything. The homeowners will. And like Miss Cervantes said, um people are already the money is very limited and for us to to just think like, oh well, it would be in the future, we're still hindering our the future homeowners. And I believe that the process is not correct. Um I don't know if there's anything we can do about it. I just want to express the the my concern about the way that the process is made. Um, and also are we sure that we're going to need a school there? I just want to know because I know we heard Liberty having combo classes and what I understand is most of the combo classes are
109because there's not enough students. So, are are we sure they're even going to be enough students for us to fill a school in that area? We don't we don't know that. And I also I I want to have our schools to have good instruction, but if we keep opening schools that we can't fill out the positions for and keep trying to bring people from other countries to fill up positions, again, we're we're causing a problem. Have we is there any way that we can have a report or something that tells us there is going to be a need? Do we actually know that the fact that we're going to build the school is going to be helpful for this community specifically? Um, those are the questions and my concerns regarding continued CFTS CFTS. I have
110a question. Mhm. What's the nearest uh do we have what's the nearest school to that? Because I know that there's absolutely nothing there. There I think there will be a need for a school. Wolf Canyon, I believe. And it's and it's completely full. Thank you. All present who desire to speak regarding CFD number 22, having had the opportunity to speak, I declare the public hearing now closed. Mr. Mr. Pong, has the district staff determined whether there's a majority protest against the formation of CFD number 22, the furnishing of the specified types of facilities or services within the proposed CFD number 22, the levy of the special taxes within the proposed CFD number 22 or other related matters. The district has not received a majority protest regarding any of those matters. The next agenda item is
111consideration of the resolution determining the validity of prior proceedings establishing CFD number 22, authorizing the levy of special taxes within CFD number 22, establishing an appropriations limit, calling an election, and taking related actions. This is an action item. Second Ramirez Dominguez. Nay. Tolston. Hi. Dominguez. Nay. Tamayo. I. I. Motion carries. 32. Mr. Pong's introduction mentioned the background and purposes for proposed CFD number 22. Do any of the board members have questions or comments um regarding CFD number 22 that they have not already spoken to? I I I asked the question and it wasn't answered. How was uh the communities or which communities were notified of these? Mr. Pong, thank you. So, um, we worked directly with the developer on this one as well as posted a public notice and, um, published that public notice also
112in the paper. So, which paper? The Star News, the one that nobody reads or even knows that it exists anymore. I think we brought that up earlier in another subject. I I think we needed to look at revamping how we reach out to the community and notify them. And um certainly the Star News is not the only venue that can be used to reach out to the community. I didn't know about it. Had I not seen the agenda, I would not have known and I consider myself pretty nosy when it comes to this stuff. So, and if I can piggy back, this was part of the consent calendar. So, the change was today. So, it wasn't a public hearing item specified in legal was consulted. legal was consulted before the meeting and the requirements for
113posting do not have to indicate all of that information. It just needs to be posted on the agenda. So, we were perfectly within our realm to move it. The everything else went out according to the um the requirements. It's just that it was accidentally placed in the consent versus being placed in the public hearing. But I Yes, and I understand and I'm not saying it was illegal. I'm just saying that being in part of where it should have been maybe would have brought on more people to to file or to speak forward against it. That's what I'm saying. Madame President, can we look at other ways to extend and actually inform more people? There's got I mean with this technology that we have nowadays, you know, you said it's established procedure, but you know, so
114was a flip phone. Absolutely. And um we can look at that within the costs of the that we've don't exceed certain costs. So um we can for the any other further acknowledge or information that we need to send out, we can ask Mr. Pong and Mr. or Dr. Reyes to look into that. Thank you. The motion was approved. Um because the board's approval of the resolution of formation has resulted in the formation or establishment of CFD number 22, the board will be acting as the legislative body of CFD number 22 for the remaining agenda items relating to CFD number 22. In accordance with the resolution of the formation just approved, Mr. Pong will act as the election official for the CFD number 22 combined election which is designated as Prop 22- on the official ballot.
115Mr. Pong, has the district received all of the waiverss from the land owners as are necessary to conduct the CFD number 22 combined election at this time? Yes, the district has received the executed written waiver from HomeFed, the owner of all the land within CFD number 22, and therefore the election may be held at this time. Mr. Pong, do you as the election official concur withholding the election fewer than 125 days after the adoption of the resolution of formation? Yes, I concur. Thank you. At this point, we will proceed with the landowner election for CFD number 22. Mr. Pong, have you received the ballots from the qualified voters within the CFD number 22? And if so, please declare the results of the election. The uh members of the board, the land owners voted for the
116combin combined election within CFD number 22 for proposition 22-a and has returned its completed official ballot and the election has been conducted. The results of the election is 540 votes in favor and zero opposed. Proposition 22A has passed by not less than majority vote and the certification of election results has been attached to the resolution convesting the election results which is presented for your consideration at this time. The next agenda item is cons consideration of the resolution canvasing the results of the election held within CFD number 22 of the Chula Vista Elementary School District. This is an action item. Move to approve. I second. Do any board members have questions or comments regarding this resolution or related matters? I have no objection for Mr. Pong because I believe he's a man of integrity to do
117what he's doing. But my continued positions on the other portions um stand. We have a motion and a second recording secretary Dominguez. Nay. Tolston. I dovantes. Nay. I motion carries 32. Motion is approved. The next agenda item is the first reading of the ordinance of the community facilities district number 22 authorizing the levy of a special tax within the community facilities district number 22. This is an action item. Move to approve. I second. Do any board members have questions or comments regarding this motion? I continue with the same same statements and position. Yeah, just to clarify, the special tax will be for 30 years. Correct. We have a motion and a second. Dominguez. Nay. Tston. I do. Strong nay. Strong yes. Um, and I need to give this to Oh, me. Presidente, the title of
118the ordinance for CFD number 22 reads as follows. Ordinance of community facilities district number 22 authorizing the levy of a special tax within community facilities district number 22. And that motion uh did pass. I just want to make sure I said that. Um thank you clerk. Um, copies of the proposed ordinance will be available for review by interested members of the public and the office of the district's assistant superintendent for business services and support. Mr. Pong, please schedule the second reading and the adoption of the ordinance to occur during the board's August 13th regular meeting. The agenda items relating to CFD number 22 are complete. The board will now cease acting as the legislative body of CFD number 22. Thank you everyone. General information and items of reports. This is the portion of the agenda
119in which board members um report or ask for items uh from the superintendent trustee Ramirez Dominguez. Um, will the board be willing to entertain a motion to move the October 8 meeting to October 15, 2025? Is there any issue from the staff with that date or deadline that we have to meet budgetary deadline? Mr. we'll have um already adopted the unodudited or approved the unodudited actuals at the September meeting. So that's the main budget item at that time. I don't have a problem. Is there anything Mr. Romero, Miss Morales, anyone on the calendar see in issue with moving that the date was moving in until the to the 15th of October. We don't have any conflicts for instructional services. No conflicts for human resources. No conflicts on my end either. Okay. So, um the motion
120be I'll motion um the motion. We have a motion. I will motion to move the October 9th meeting to October 15th. Is there a second? Second. October 8th. Sorry, that was October 8th. Sorry, the October 8th meeting to October 15th. Recording secretary. Ramirez Dominguez. Hi, Tolston. Hi. Dominguez. Hi, Tamayo. I motion carries unanimously. I also have other reports. Okay. Um, can I have the enrollment projections for Otai Ranch Village 8 East and surrounding um, CVESD schools? Um, and I would like to know of our current facilities, how many are under capacity and how many current vacancy or hard to fill positions are there? Please. Thank you. Put that in a board update. Yes, Jesse Tolson. Um, can we get uh maybe anformational presentation over how combo classes are decided upon um and everything that entails?
121There's been a lot of inquiries on that. Please. Okay. Thank you. Want a presentation to the board? Uh, yes. Or so the public so the public can see it. see the Yes, I still have on my uh radar the uh requests um Trusty Tomo made back in May of 2022 and uh that I brought up last month in regards to the ICO meetings being recorded and the possibilities of that. U also uh looking forward to the community school's academic impact report and um a a parent brought this to my attention uh average daily attendance since it impacts us so significantly monetarily. Um I don't know how feasible this is. So I don't know if someone needs to take a look at how this can work. um a suggestion she made that uh she's seen in
122other uh school districts makeup sessions like uh you know for you know the absences and I know that we've got into place now the one-day contract that if they know in advance so that should help uh but during the breaks summer breaks fall breaks whatever kind just getting more creative on how to be able to um utilize those non-school days to make up for those uh absences and bring in some of that uh money back and uh get it reimbursed. So, I thought that would be some type of a hybrid of some sort. Yes, our our team is actually currently working on this. So, we'll give you an update in the board update. Great. Thank you. Um and I just I know that you're doing this, but could you just make sure that we have
123a what the in that any kind of makeup session, how many students would need to be present for that to actually be a positive financial impact versus costing money. And that's working with our unions, right? Absolutely. Go ahead. All right. And a question and I don't know if this requires what it requires. U like for instance last month's uh budget presentation which was amazing. Thank you Mr. Pong. And uh some of the other presentations that we get uh Mr. Romero gives us a small presentation every month and uh just different presentations if they could be posted. I know it's not required as part of, you know, meeting that requirement, but even if they could be posted, you know, the day before or something, so the community can see it. Uh sometimes they they're viewing, they're
124streaming in and they could look at the presentation from home or just from teachers, you know, our our classified our principles. What are we looking at? It's really hard to see. They can't see what I can hardly see sometimes what's on here. It's look at that small one. Just looking to see the feasibility feasibility of doing that. Yeah, sometimes we are working on those presentations right up to the board meeting. So, we can talk as a team on what that might look like. All right. Thank you. and just looking for an update also on the Fikmat assessment. And uh also looking at whether or not we still need to have uh the Valer crisis management advisors. Uh that's $3,000 a month that I think that uh we have someone else that can handle the communications
125that could save us. That's that's uh one or two more IAS we can bring on board a month. And I continue to keep it want us to keep on the radar the report cards the scale that we're looking for parents to be able to see although we're not looking at them having available right now but didn't want it to fall off the radar for future. Uh also uh Dr. Reus uh also asked to take a look at maybe we don't go with linewise software. I'm looking to see who we're looking at or just don't let it fall off the radar as well. And then this is something that brought up a couple years ago and periodically we bring it up the internet safety and the district's responsibility uh a component and there's just so much
126inappropriate material online and it encompasses not just the bullying you know inappropriate information is things that don't belong to children's eyes human trafficking and just internet safety and I don't know if it's part of could become part of curriculum night and u so that teachers can also maybe email the presentation to the parents if there's a presentation that's just one more thing a teacher has to do during the um conference which could get quite extensive but if it's something that they can send out to the families then if the parent had any question they could ask the the teachers just exactly what it is that they want to ask or ask an appropriate individual I'm looking for uh comprehensive presentation on internet safety to the board. Not just for the board. Well, that would be
127nice for us to see, but so that something can come out of that to get to the parents and teachers. Okay. Still keeping my eye on the Sweetwater Water Authority. this month, July, was supposed to be their fourth uh testing. And so for the PIFAs, I I don't even know how if that's the correct way to pronounce these acronyms, but um it it was not healthy. So, uh before and whatever was was done prior to October, it be all of a sudden became privileged information. It's no longer available to the public. And so that already causes, you know, why is it no longer available to the public? So I want us to keep an eye on that. July there's this month is there supposed to be that fourth testing and I had combo classes on
128here too that continues to be uh alarming. You know teachers you there's no way that child is not deprived of what they're supposed to get in instructional time. The teacher is only one person. They can't. It's It's almost inhumane for to require them because the the your teachers want to do a good job and they just can't spread themselves out that thin thin. Uh CFDs. Last year we asked for a CFD map that identifies just which FFDs are out there and what area it encompasses. And uh we were supposed to get I think just fell off the radar. Okay. And a question So when the CVSD is sued and the plaintiff either wins or settles, what funds pay what what funds pay for that? What's what money is used for that Mr. Pong? Because then
129that depend on the answer depends my report, right? So we're a part of the JPA. So um some of those costs could be recovered through that. It just depends on the item. Could you tell us about GPA? We have um property and liability insurance um through the San Diego County JPA. So there is a deductible that we do have to pay and then um anything above that deductible if um if appropriate then they will cover. So it's actually called J I know what the JPA is but that's authority. Yes. Okay. So due to recent activities, I mean we have federal government, they filed a lawsuit against California, California's file a lawsuit against the US and all stems to be focusing on Title N whether there's a violation there or not and seems to be the
130reason for holding back some of our federal funds. So that and some ongoing cases uh that have been decided at the district court and supreme court decisions. I wanted to have us evaluate our responsibility and at minimum our liability regarding it seems to be much of it seems to stem from parental consent. So I want us to take a comprehensive look at that get ahead of it. Well, we're kind of behind the ball, eightball already anyway, just because the money's been held, but I wanted us to make sure we got a more um holistic evaluation on that. Thank you. All right, I'll add a little bit. Um I would like a board presentation on the plan for the district to move off uh business plus we've been working on that for a couple years now.
131Uh I would like to see a plan in writing presentation uh either to people soft or to a combination of people soft and other systems whatever that's going to take for us to move out. Um, as we continue to move forward, I think it's a business plus costs substantially, uh, a lot of money. And if we're moving, let's move. So, uh, also for a Friday update, um, you might have sent this one and I missed it, but for Roger staffing, uh, specifically to the support of counselors and psychologists. I know that they have more psychologists, but can you send that to the board? What's the ratio they have? Uh, and what would be the cost of a funding a full additional counselor? Okay. Thank you. And I already asked for my report with regard to
132the PD in a Friday update. So everything else is covered. Members of the board of education, comments, uh, communications to the public with regard to any events you've attended since the last board meeting. Trustee Ramirez Dominguez. Um before I give my my update, I would just like to hold one second if possible of silence to to honor and the lives have been taken in Texas and what all that's happening with the floods. Um if I would just or is there any objection? Okay, thank you. Thank you. Um it has been really difficult for us to just see from far how how devastating that was and I will continue to pray for those families. Um it was really close to heart especially the girl day camp. Um but I again I will continue to pray for
133comfort and peace in such difficult times for our brothers and sisters. Um thank you for that. Um so this month I have been reading the sipsas. Um I have been taking time to in between my children jumping up and down and on me and you know everything with vacation. Um I have actually been taking the time to reading the sips. I want to make sure that I'm as educated as I can and I can again like I mentioned last month I can honor your guys's hard work. As soon as I am done I will be bringing questions um that I'm sure um you're all waiting for me for that. Um, also this month I went to the city council meeting. Um, and that was very eye opening in more ways than than one. But also
134like it was mentioned with uh Trusty Dominguez Arvantes, um we have that responsibility to also educate our 12th graders about the um 12 not graders, sorry, 12 year olds about our motorized vehicles that they're able to do. So um that is basically it. I will continue to read the SIPS and be back with more questions. Thank you. Um, I took a few weeks off, so I have nothing to report in that matter, but I do want to wish our teachers, our administrators, and our classified staff, and the rest of the district a wonderful school year. I am so looking forward to it and to the challenges that are coming with our budget. But, um, again, I appreciate everything that all of you do for all of our students. So, here's to a new year. Thank
135you. I on the 19th I attended the raising of the Junth flag in southeast San Diego. I was invited there from uh some of our friends. On the 20th I attended a Latinx advisory committee. On the 22nd I attended the crowning of Senorita Latina USA International 2025. Guess what? My niece was crowned the queen. So Marley Navado was crowned on the first I visited Rogers along with Miss Sherid Casey. Thank you for being so accommodating and so informing. Every classroom we peaked into was engaged. Uh the the teachers are amazing. The uh instructional inclassroom instructional aids were right on it, you know, trying to support the children and they were the kids were great. Everybody was really good. It was a a very good visit. I appreciated that u Mr. Tom uh yes Mr. Tom
136Perez Chica was the I guess it's acting principal is that for the day for the for that session and um and he had uh of course other assistants there they did a wonderful job got good feedback from the parents very happy they wished it could go year round on the 8th yesterday I attended the Chilivista city council meeting and that's how I found out about the uh these scooters that are uh now going to be um there's going to be some controls in place and our responsibility. Thank you very much. And I want to u also ask all our staff, our administrators, classified, certificated, take advantage of the last few days that you have. I know I have family that are certificated and classified. No principles anymore. My sister retired a few years ago, but
137um they're barely getting into the swing of being on vacation and now they got to go back. So, take advantage of it for well earned uh time off. Thank you. Nothing to report. Uh I um I was able to for the last uh almost two weeks uh spend my time in Portland with over 9,000 educators from across the country advocating and um creating policy for students and uh educators across the country. Um 1,000 of those came from California and we were able to accomplish uh quite a bit in the days that we were together. So, I was very appreciative to have that and I look forward to continuing that work throughout the year because we welcome all students and we believe that every student deserves an education. Um, notice of public hearing. This notice is
138hereby given that the 7-Eleven advisory committee of the Chula Vista Elementary School District will conduct a public hearing to receive community input on acceptable uses of district's real property and space located at 8:45 Broadway in the city of Chula Vista, County of San Diego, California 91911. The hearing is set for Wednesday, July 16th, 2025 during the committee's scheduled meeting at 9:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard at the district's administrative office located at 84 East J Street, Chula Vista, California 91910 in the Education Services and Support Center, boardroom B. For more information on this hearing, please contact Mr. Pong at markpongcveesd.org and this will be posted on our website. Miss Casey. All right. Thanks. Look, it's 8:10. Thank you team. So, I just I set up here representing all the
139hard work that this team does and um I'm part of amazing team. So, thank you and welcome to the new school year. I hope I wish the school year is going to be amazing and thank you for all the work that we do. The next regular meeting of the board of education of the Chula Vista Elementary School District will be held on August 13th, 2025 at 400 p.m. for close session and 6 p.m. for open session. Is there a motion to adjourn this meeting? So moved. Motion to adjurnn. Have a second. Second. Second. All those in favor? I I motion carries 5.