001I have to hit the gavl, right, which is kind of fun. All right, we're we'd like to uh call the meeting to order today uh for the regular board meeting for the Escanido Union High School District. Um a quick quick meeting announcement. This meeting is being webcast live and recorded. That means that the recording or webcast may capture images or sounds of those attending in the meeting. Um, from a uh close session standpoint, before we begin close session, we'd like to uh invite any though anybody who would like to speak for public comment. If there are any in attendance who'd like to share, I'm seeing crickets here, so I'm going to assume no. Um, if you'd like to see uh what those I those close session items are, you can always refer to the agenda.
002And with that, we're going to adjourn to close session. Okay, welcome back. Uh before we the meeting starts today, I would like to introduce the Orange Glenn High School's unarmed exhibition drill team led by Cadet Rebecca Solano today. So take it Hey, board present is good on our victory. Oh, hold hand patient. All right. Thank you very much. We appreciate that uh that awesome display and thanks to all those who prepared for that. Uh we'd like to to start the meeting back up again today, too. So, we'd like to uh do a quick roll call on attendees here today. We'll start with uh our student board members. We have um Nathan uh >> Versamini. Thank you. I knew it was some here. We also have um Henna Ibrahim. >> Henna Ibrahim. >> How did I
003do on that one? >> Sure. [laughter] >> Sure. >> We have board member Knight >> present. >> Board member Vincent >> present. >> Board member Durnney >> present. >> Board member Williams is myself present. And uh we do have President Bob Wer Weller who is absent today. He is he is feeling ill. We also have on the right side today we have Amanda Phillips. We have uh Chiron Kalani. How did I do? Not bad. Thank you. Uh Dr. Martin Casus, right? And our superintendent, John Peterson, here today. Okay. Um couple uh we'll say official pieces to add to that. There will be a Spanish interpreter here today for the meeting. Meeting attendees who would like to the to listen to the Spanish interpretation of the proceedings, please pick up headphones from the table located in
004the back of the room. Uh, this announcement will now be shared in Spanish possibly. All right. Thank you very much. Um, also another official announcement. This meeting is being webcast live and recorded. So, the recording or webcast may capture images and sounds of those attending the meeting. So, just to be aware of that. Um, moving on to item number four. We would like to extend our um well, well, we've already welcomed everybody, so consider yourself welcomed. We'd also like to uh to go over our mission and vision um given to us by our student board members. So, who's who's first today? I will start off with our mission. Our mission is to empower every student to graduate and be prepared for college, career, life through excellence and learning. Our vision is to relentlessly pursue with
005optimism equitable support for all students to navigate a changing world by providing rigorous and relevant learning experiences that strengthen their capacity as open-minded and invested collaborators, effective and thoughtful communicators, resourceful and creative problem solvers, curious and analytical critical thinkers, and informed and compassionate community members. >> Right. Thank you both. Appreciate that. Uh, next will there will be the pledge of allegian le pledge of allegiance led by um board member Vincent and featuring the orange glenn high schools NJR roc color guard. Oh, very Arch. [clears throat] Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Oh, heat. Thank you. Thank you very much, Orange Glenn High School.
006We appreciate that. Um, moving on to item number six. It is our inspirational student recognition um today by Mr. Corey Gregory Gregory, our principal of San Pasqual High School. So, uh, Principal Gregory, take it away. Good evening, esteemed members of the board and guests. I am Cory Gregory, principal of Squal High School. I'd like to thank each of you for the opportunity this evening to recognize an awesome student, an amazing human being who represents the best of our senior class at SA School High School, Jesse Lopez. Jesse embodies the spirit and values of Sample School High School, making him not only a source of pride for our school, but also as a beacon of inspiration for all of us, whether in the classroom or out on the soccer pitch. Thank you, Jesse, for representing the
007very best of Sasqu High School and for inspiring others around you to be their very best. At this time, I would like to introduce SAS School High School counselor and varsity soccer legend and coach, Mr. John Person to say a few words about Jesse. >> Uh good even good evening everyone. Uh it's my pleasure to recognize our inspirational student Jesse Lopez. Life presents us with many challenges and sometimes we're asked to face what seems like impossible challenges. Like watching your brother battle cancer for years and see him lose that battle. Like wondering where you will live, like wondering where you go to school. wondering if you will be able to play the game that you love. Jesse hasn't let these challenges defeat or define him. He has used to become more resilient, live with an
008appreciation of life, and play with a spirit of gratitude. At Slequall and in our soccer program, we talk about the importance of brotherhood and appreciating the family we were born with and the family we gain along the way. Jesse is a part of that family. We have a special tradition where we recognize a top player at a position. They wear a legacy number and on that number are the initials of the Hall of Famer Hall of Famer that played that same position and wore that jersey. I'm proud to announce that Jesse will be wearing the number 10 legacy jersey and be one of our captains this year. Congrats on being an inspirational student. I'm very proud of you. Good afternoon everybody. Sorry for the the wait. It came a little unprepared. I kind of forgot
009my paper at home. So kind of just this coming just from the heart. Just wanted to say thank you to everybody who chose who chose for me as the inspirational student of the month. This means a lot to me. Sorry. This means a lot to me. Especially as a kid growing up in TJ. I would have never thought I would have had such a amazing opportunity like to end up at SAS school high school. [sighs and gasps] It's been one of the most amazing opportunities that I've had and I'm so grateful for all the people that's [snorts] stepped in and made that possible for me like my mom, my sister, my younger brother, my my dad who unfortunately isn't able to be here with us today, [snorts] and my older What can I say? He's
010[snorts] my biggest inspiration to do anything to pursue soccer in the first place. As long as since I [snorts] can remember being a little kid, he was always taking me everywhere around every soccer field he could. And that meant a lot to me. I hold him dear to my heart every day. [snorts] And even though he's not here with us today, I remember every [snorts] word that he said to me very dear to my heart to always pursue my dream. I would also like to thank Coach Buren. [snorts] He's been a huge help for me throughout this journey that [snorts] I've had that I've been playing for him like two or so years. It's it's been an honor honestly. He's taught me so much not just on the field but al off the field to
011become a better person and to strive for excellence. And then Mr. Gregory too. I would like to shout out awesome principal man. Honestly, what could I say? Very very humble human being. Very welcoming like just such a such a cool dude to be around. Honestly, also I would like to shout out my counselor, Miss Leon. She's a very awesome human being as well. very welcoming since the very first day that I stepped foot into Sample Squad. She's been very helpful. She's been literally by my side the whole time. I'm sorry. I thought I was going to be able to just keep it together and pull it out, but I mean that that's all I could say. Thank you everybody for coming. Thank you to all my friends who show up to support me. This means
012a lot. It really does. Like you guys don't understand. And just thank you everybody. All right, come on over here, Jesse. you could have done nothing else today other than just be here a real human being here today and it it's you are an inspiration for us for your school for today for this year because of all the great things you've done and who you are but I would argue more so just because of your willingness to just be a real human being here today so thank you for that example for all the the youth and the adults too okay so I've got a couple things for you three things, possibly four, right? Okay. So, here, why don't we invite you up here first? Can we do that? Let's see. >> Um, I'm Adrienne Cisneros
013Celichman. I work for your county supervisor, Jim Desmond. And behalf of the San Diego County and Supervisor Jim Desmond, I have a message for you. It is with great pleasure that I extend my heartfelt congratulations to Jesse Lopez on being named November's inspirational student for San Pasqual High School. Your hard work and dedication have not gone unnoticed. We're proud of the choices you've made and we can't wait to see how you can use what you've learned to continue to build a brighter future for yourself and for your community. Best wishes for your continued success and growth. Your supervisor, Jim Desmond. Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> Right. I I'm told to bring you over here, Jesse. So, we need the the right photo op here at the same time. Okay. So, I've got a handful more
014things. Number one is from um our mayor Dane White to hold. All right. So, here's u here's a certificate from our mayor Dane White congratulating you on being awarded the inspirational student of the month for the month of November. Okay. So, that one's from Dane White. Okay. Number two. Now, number three, right, is uh is also a similar one just from the from the Escanido High School um um board of education, which is our panel here today. Okay, so you got I'm going to keep loading that on your plate here. And then lastly, we have another one here. This is from the the state assembly. Actually, this is from um our uh assembly member Patel here and thanking you and congratulating you on being the inspirational student of the month as well. Okay. So, we're
015going to load that one on there, too. Okay. And um and and now I think we got some pictures here. Here's your photo op. Okay. Put your makeup on. >> Do you want to hold one of them? >> Popular guy here today. We lost. Most of me. [laughter] [clears throat] I got one question. Hello. Where can I get one of those cool jackets? They're very impressive. [laughter] >> They're not cool, they're warm. I know. >> Join the team. >> I guess I got to get my soccer shoes out again. >> Congrats. >> All right. Thank you very much and appreciate all those who came to uh to celebrate Jesse here today. We are going to move on to item number seven here today. That is the report of action taken in close session and that
016will be by board member Durnney today. >> Good evening. In close session on motion of board member Durnney, second by board member Knight. The board of education voted to approve physical education waiverss case numbers 240 through 264 for the 202526 school year by a four I zero nay one absent zero abstain vote number two on motion of board member Durnney second by board member Knight the board of education voted to approve graduation waiverss case numbers 25 to 37 for the 202526 six school year by a four I zero nay, one absent, zero abstain vote. And also in closed session, the board voted unanimously to an approve an agreement with an outside athletic trainer who previously performed services for the district to resolve and satisfy alleged claims for compensation in exchange for a waiver and a
017release of claim. And that concludes the report of action taken in closed session. >> Thank you very much. Um, quick question. How's the the audio back there? Can you guys all hear? Okay, good. Cuz I can't. Um, all right. Moving on to item number eight. That is an approve the board meeting minutes for the for October 14th. Um, do I have Let's see. How does this work again? >> I'll make a motion to make a motion to approve the board meeting minutes of October 14th. I'll second. >> All in favor? Oh, well. Student board members, how do you vote? >> I. >> And um board trustees, how do you vote? >> I that's all we are. All in favor here. So the uh the minutes are approved. So moving on to item number nine that
018is approve the agenda or approve today's agenda which is to make sure that they're with any additions, deletions or corrections. So are there any changes for today's? There are no additions, deletions, or corrections, but I will draw the board's attention to resolution 2025202612, which is at your desks. >> Perfect. So, do I have a a motion to approve the agenda for today? >> I move to approve the agenda for today. >> A second. >> I second. >> Perfect. Uh, student board members, how do you vote? >> I. >> And trustees, how do you vote? >> I I >> I. >> All right. That is a unanimous vote for item number nine. Moving on to item 10. This is to approve the consent calendar. So, uh here's the little spiel on this one. Today, all matters
019listed on the consent calendar are considered to be routine um or sufficiently supported by prior or accompanying reference materials and information as to not require additional discussion. A motion will enact all consent agenda items. There will be no separate discussions of these items prior to the time of the board of trustees votes on the motion unless members of the board, staff or public request request specific items to be discussed or moved from the consent calendar for separate action. District administration recommends the approval of the following consent items. For educational services, those are F1, F2, 3, and 4. For human resources, they are items G1 and two. And for business services, they are items H1, 2, 3, four, five, six, seven, and eight. And for district operations, we have item I1 only. So, um, do I
020have a motion to approve the consent calendar or consent items? >> So, moved. >> And in second? >> A second. >> Perfect. So, uh, student board members, how do you vote today? >> I I. and trustees, how do you vote today? >> I I that's a unanimous vote. >> So, we can move on to item 11. No, >> we had a question. >> Um for for uh education F1, F2, F3, F4. Um there's those are very very uh detailed documents and I'm wondering how is how is the budget tied into F1, F2, F3 for all those specific activities that are defined in those documents? Like there's what uh at least five or six of those documents and I'm trying to get a feel of the funding for those documents. um forance for those particular >>
021for instance F1 covers uh conferences that employees attend. >> They're all budgeted in our budget and there are different uh funding sources to cover them. >> Okay. So that's covered in our LCAP or or outside of that >> in the district's budget. Um some of them may be paid for from grant funds that are specifically delineated in the LCAP. >> Okay. >> They've all been budgeted for. You're you just approved the specific conferences. >> Okay. Gotcha. Okay. Thank you. I I >> you're already eyed it anyway. >> I didn't say anything. [laughter] >> Yeah, I got a note for that. >> Okay, moving on to the next item that is item D1 for uh under recognition and presentations. So for item D1, we have student and staff recognition today by Superintendent John Peterson. >> Thank
022you. Good evening. Congratulations to the November Rising Stars who will be formally recognized by the Greater Escandido Chamber of Commerce at the Rising Stars breakfast tomorrow morning. Five exceptional students who will share their stories and future plans. They will have an opportunity to apply for a scholarship at the end of the school year. Congratulations to Brianna Maldonado from Delago Academy, to Ella Madano from Escanido High School, Samantha Perez from Orange Glenn High School, Mario Jose Sylvester Diaz from S Pasqual High School, and Joselina Paz Reyes from Valley High School. Across all competitions this season, the 78th Regiment has consistently taken home top honors in their division, showcasing the dedication, talent, and hard work of our students and staff. Most recently, they competed in the Spirit of Champions tournament and delivered an outstanding performance, sweeping the
023competition in the 2-way division. They secured first place and earned high percussion and high auxiliary honors. The 78th Regiment currently ranks second in their division within Southern California and third in the state. We wish them luck as they are well on their way to return to the state championships. 78th Regiment is made up of students from Delago Academy, Eskanito High School, Orange Glenn High School, and Sasqua High School. at Delago Academy. Congratulations to Delago Academyy's 12th grade student, Steven Lucido, who participated in the live art competition at the Grand Avenue Fall Festival and won first place. Steven competed against nine other professional painters. The competition was judged by the public. Way to go, Steven. At Escanido High School, the following Future Farmers of America students placed second overall in the San Diego County speech contest.
024Penelopey Bullhop, Lily Kungl, Luna Castillo Yiannis, Daniel Hernandez, Micah Cummings, and Joselyn Alleo Vargas. Students competed against more than 400 students from 19 different high schools. At Orange Glenn High School, modern country artist Steven Cade brought music, inspiration, and generosity to Orange Glenn High School as part of his giving guitars tour. Steven performed for the guitar students, shared his journey, and donated six new guitar guitars to the music department. Sasqual High School will be hosting the North County Conference Student Athlete Leadership Summit tomorrow, November 19th. We will be having more than 90 student athlete leaders and 40 athletic directors from all the North County Conference. Now for some staff recognitions at Delago Academy. Last week, Art Effect announced that David Nemiano, principles of design educator at Delago, was selected as the 202526 artifact ambassador. David
025is one of 28 middle and high school educators who was selected from 17 states. Artifact Ambassadors is a competitive award-winning visual arts education online fellowship. Congratulations, David. At Orange Glenn High School, CLSAFE was awarded a $2,000 mini grant from the San Diego County Childhood Obesity Initiative to establish and maintain a garden on site for students and their families. Student media adviser Jessica Young won the advisor photography category in the October photo competition hosted by Wsworth Yearbooks. The contest was open to all yearbook adviserss in San Diego, Riverside, and Imperial counties. And finally, at Sasqual High School, Principal Corey Gregory was voted in as vice president of the North County Conference NCC Principal Committee. Congratulations, Corey. And that is uh my report for this evening. >> All right. Thank you, Superintendent Peterson. Moving on to item
026D2, we have our student board member reports. Let's uh let's first begin with with Henna. Hello members of the community and members of the board. I'll be sharing a report from Valley High School, Orange Glenn High School, and Starting with Valley High School. From mid-occtober to mid- November, Valley High School stayed very busy with a mix of safety drills, parent meetings, and student activities. Throughout the month, Valley continued programs like their FIT program, girls group, and the San Diego food distribution. on October 21st and November 4th. Students also had a chance to explore college and career paths throughout October with their Polyomar College field trip on the 22nd and job shadow day on October 30th. They had their camp lead from November 5th to the 7th. The school also hosted a CCA model school visits
027on October 28th and 29th. For quarter 1, they had their early graduation sen ceremony on October 29th and offered parent workshop focused on discipline and academic success. The month ended on November 14th with their SDSU Metra field trip and a volleyball tournament. Going on to the Lago Academy, the Lago focused mainly on school spirit and community events. From October 20th to the 24th, the school held a spirit week with different themed days. They set up their prep rally on October 21st and hosted a real pep rally on October 22nd. The school also celebrated their girl senior nights on October 24th and held their theme in Rio rhythm in Rio homecoming event on October 25th. For the Halloween season, their middle school and high school students participated in in uh Rotary's annual Halloween window painting contest.
028students painted business windows in Grand Avenue and we'd like to congratulate from DGO Academy Roselene and winning the best design and Ava for winning the most artistic. On November 7th, recognized its cross country seniors during their senior night. Going on to Orange Glenn High School. Orange Glenn had a full schedule. That's definitely for sure. The school hosted a school blood drive and that was on October 28th and October 31st we had our football cheer and band senior night along with a Halloween fashion show which was awesome and I participated. It was really fun. [gasps] Um, in early November, we had our uh campus food fair on November 3rd. And for Red Ribbon Week, OGHS decorated trees with red ribbons, and we had a wear red spirit day. They are now preparing for their upcoming winter
029rally and spirit week. So, I'd like to shout out some students from our torch yearbook staff who presented a who presented um their like designs to Cal State Northridge and Los Angeles Time Journalism Today. The students were selected to speak because of their efforts in creating a multilingual and inclusive yearbook that increases student engagement, buy rates, and rebrand the yearbook's culture at OGHS. They also spoke about the recognition on the 20 uh 2025 national diversity and award winner and OGHS varsity girls volleyball team also earned le uh league championship. So I'd like to shout out Skyla um who was named ocean league player of the year and Addison who was recognized for the mission uh federal CIF section female athlete of the year. And that is it from my report from Valley Orange Glenn High
030School and Thank you. >> Thank you Hannah Nathan. Take it away. >> Hello board of EUHSD. Thank you for showing up tonight. Once again, it's my pleasure to present you the recent events of the previous month. Tonight I am here to report on the Escandido High San Pasqual High School and Escandido adult school sites. On October 14th, Escandido High hosted the annual college and career fair day. Parents and students throughout the district were welcome to come and explore a variety of different instate colleges and what they had to offer. Event also hosted several small business food services such as trucks and stands. On October 17th, 12th graders of football, band, and cheer celebrated their senior night with our traditional orange and black spirit out. On October 18th, EHS held our yearly pumpkin fest and auto
031show. The week after senior night on October 23rd, we also had our first pep rally of the year as well as our homecoming football game. We lost. On October 25th, our homecoming was celebrated at the Escandido Center for the Arts from 7 to 10 p.m. On October 29th, students embraced an early celebration of Diia Delos Muertos during lunch decorated and set up by parents of EHS members. The lunch included face paintings, food, and altar and dances. On October 31st, our annual costume contest lined up perfectly just in time for Halloween. Congratulations to Eminem for winning first place. A greater congratulations to Miss Heather Wolf for being named teacher of the year as well as Miss Cynthia Alba for being named staff of the month. Their contributions and dedication have been essential to our students and
032school environment. Over at San Pasqual on October 17th, students across campus celebrated their administrators by creating posters, social media shoutouts, and gifts for them. On October 27th through the 31st, the Eagles dressed up for their red ribbon spirit week that included camo day, jersey day, Disney day, red, white, and boo day, and Halloween costumes. [laughter] On October 30th, SP also hosted their own senior night for football, band, cheer, and dance as well. During their senior night, the Eagles student section hosted a raffle with gifts beyond my own Christmas wish list, a PS5 or iPad, Beats headphones, and a 2025 through 26 yearbook. On a on November 5th, Bear Valley, Delios, and San Pasal Union Middle School were hosted over at SP having the opportunity to tour the campus. And 7 days later on November 12th,
033Ringcon Middle School was deemed worthy enough by SP to have a tour of their own. From November 17th through the 21st, SP held their week of service throughout different clubs, providing the students community service opportunities such as food drives and dog toy making. On October 27th, ASB President Max Chavez was created or Max Chavez created the Wes Notes Good News newsletter for all school events, game scores, and other information for EL students who are unable to access information due to language barriers. Girls tennis, field hockey, flag football, tackle football, and crosscountry athletes all have advanced to CIF playoffs this fall season at SP. Escandido Adult School has had one of their most interesting months yet. 10 students completed the the first cohort of their CNA pathway. And that concludes my second report on Escanido High,
034San Pasqual, and the Escanido Adult School. Again, it's always a pleasure to report updates and insights from our campuses, and I'm looking forward to giving you my next report. Thank you. >> Perfect. Uh thank you to uh both our student board members for those reports. We're going to move on to uh item D3 next. It's a presentation on uh public comment decorum defamation and safeguards. We have got our uh Jonathan Salt here from F3 to present that information for us today. So thank you Jonathan. Thank you. while that gets set up. Good evening, members of the board, um student board members, staff, and community. I'm Jonathan Salt with F3 Law, and I've been asked to share just some information with the board and the community about um public comment and specifically some of the rules
035surrounding it. Um, this has been brought up because of a few things that had occurred in meetings early on in the school year and um, I know that some in the community were upset about maybe some things that have been said from the podium and why it's been allowed or not been allowed to be said. And so I'm just kind of providing an overview of of kind of why that is and what the standards are for evaluating that. If the poweroint turns on this way. Okay. Um right. So, we're going to talk about board meeting disruptions, regulating and prohibiting public comment, and uh defamatory and offensive speech. And I'll say that, as you'll learn, there are some things that can be said as part of a board meeting or legislative proceeding or court case that
036are not okay to be said in other aspects of district or school life. Um, but as you'll understand, there's rationale and and law for why it can be said as part of an official proceeding. But next slide. And then one more slide. So, in terms of board meeting disruptions, there's extremely limited um circumstances when the board can interrupt someone essentially during public comment beyond that they're going beyond their time. Um those three scenarios are essentially in a special meeting, the board can limit public comment only to items on the agenda for the special meeting. Um, but at a regular meeting, any item within the board's subject matter jurisdiction is fair game for public comment, even if not on the agenda. Um, public comment that is outside the topic of the subject matter jurisdiction, although that
037point you may just let someone speak about, you know, Jurassic Park or whatever it is. Um, and then lastly, willful interruptions, disruptions, or threats of force. That's really the only time um where this standard gets triggered. Hi. >> I will. >> Okay. Thank you. Oh, there we go. >> It was swap >> there. Perfect. >> Okay. Um, so I'm gonna go out of order here, but true threat threat of force. So, um, people are allowed to be angry in public comment. They're allowed to be nice. They're allowed to criticize. that's all okay. Um, but if there's an actual threat of force, which the law defines as um, words or actions show a clear intent or seriousness so that a reasonable person would actually treat it as a real threat of force, not I think you
038guys are jerks or not, you know, I think the audience is crazy. Um, that's not a threat of force. Um, it's not even, you know, we're going to, you know, vote you out or we're going to, you know, discipline this other person. That's not a threat of force. It's essentially, and I'm going to make up an example, like, oh, hey, I know you you drive a, you know, a Chevy um caravan. I'll go wait for you outside. That could be considered a threat of force. That's you think that they mean it, they are going to hurt you. Um, but other than that, that's a true threat of force. So, you can remove that member from the boardroom, um, that that speaker from the boardroom or call the police and have them do the same. Um,
039disruptions, willful disruption. I'll merge them together. And I'll just say this. Um, I have only one time, and I've probably been to several hundred board meetings, ever seen anything happen at a board meeting that meets the definition of a disruption. This is an extremely high bar. Um, a disruption is not like mere, you know, a couple seconds of people cheering or screaming. It is so that you cannot get the meeting back on track. Um, and so, you know, while someone might say something offensive and people might yell or etc., that's not going to meet the standard. It's got to impede the meeting to make it impossible to conduct the meeting in an orderly manner, which again is extremely rare. In this case, from about 15 years ago, a member of the community in a city
040um during a board meeting or during a city council meeting did the a Nazi salute and it upset a council member and they demanded that person be ejected from the room. that person sued and won. So the saluter won and the court actually said um the councilman clearly wanted the you know the speaker expelled because the Nazi salute is against the dignity of the this body and against the decorum of this body and not because of any actual disruption. Um and they went on to say that government officials in America occasionally must tolerate offensive or irritating speech. So if someone giving a Nazi salute isn't a disruption, it's unlikely that someone saying something at the meeting is going to cause a disruption. Again, the standard is if it impedes or disrupts the meeting to make
041it impossible to continue having the meeting. Again, balance that with sure, you can call the police, you can ask them to leave. At that point, you're probably causing more of a disruption than just they finish their three minutes and maybe they go sit down. Um might be a better way to handle it. Again, you haven't had to handle any of these things. It's just I wanted to share that with you. When can you regulate public comment? Well, for starters, in terms of viewpoint, um I'm going to say this. Whatever person says from this dis is important to everybody up here on the DA. Everyone says from the podium, it's important. But in terms of viewpoint, it doesn't make a difference what someone is saying for how the the legislative body reacts to it. So folks
042are going to say things that you like and they're going to say things that you don't like. Cannot make a determination of we're going to let three people speak that we like but only one person speak that we don't because that would be based on their viewpoint. So what you can regulate are things like a contentneutral things like everyone gets three minutes or obviously the board can adjust that but everyone gets three minutes regardless of what they say. Um or sorry but that's not within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board or that's not on the special meeting agenda. doesn't really matter, you know, if they are happy or sad or angry or not. The content of what they're saying is generally irrelevant in terms of how the board goes about regulating the meeting. It
043also cannot prohibit criticism of policies, procedures, services, acts, omissions, etc. And sometimes, again, the board needs to tolerate offensive or irritating speech because um generally speaking, courts give great deference to folks first amendment rights, particularly as part of a legislative or board meeting. What happens if someone comes up here and just makes up a bunch of things about a board member or employee etc. Um if it's defamatory or or offensive. So um defamation there's written which is liable spoken slander. Essentially someone says something about you that they know or reasonably should know is not true. Um and it harms your reputation. Um so you know trustee so and so murders kittens in their basement. that if that's not true and they know that and it's just designed to harm your reputation, that could be defamatory.
044Um, and I'll say though that there is a fine line between criticism and defamation. For starters, if it's their opinion and it's clear it's their opinion, it's hard to tell if they're alleging a fact, right? I think you're the greatest thing since sliced bread or I think you guys stink, that is not a fact. That is someone's opinion. And so therefore, it isn't defamatory because it's someone's opinion. Um, and the standard of proof of public officials is very high. Um, the statement has to have known to have been false or with such reckless disregard for the truth that they actually didn't think it was true. Like again, I think, you know, mayor so and so murders kittens in their basement. Uh, they probably don't really think that. They probably doubt that it's true. That could
045be malice. Um, but an absolute privilege exists for um speech made as part of a legislative hearing, a court hearing, administrative hearing, etc. And because public comment is on the agenda, public comment is part of this legislative body's meeting. And so depending upon again the topic, if this is a regular meeting, anything in the board's jurisdiction falls into that. Um and so um it is actually privileged and doesn't count as defamation essentially if someone says it from the day. If they said it to someone else here, different outside different could be defamation. But from here as part of the meeting, it's not. It's privileged under the civil code. Um, I'll give you an example of a case. Um, long time ago now, almost 40 years ago, junior high school principal sued parents because they came
046to the board meeting and said that they essentially accused the vice principal of doing some not great things. Um, vice principal sued, said, "You guys defamed me." Court said, "Nope, their statements are privileged." Because they were part of a board meeting and that it was designed to make the board do something like investigate what their allegations were against the vice principal, even if the allegations were false. Um, this is not to encourage folks to come up here and make things up. It's just to say that there's a reason why um, some people may agree or disagree with some comments from from this podium during public comment. Um, and that is understandable. I take no position on on how anyone feels about anything, but it is permitted if it is part of a legislative meeting like
047a board meeting. Any questions? Just wanted to caution that I'm not going to give a legal opinion in public beyond um, you know, the general rules. So I I just in in summary, you're saying as long as it's within the uh the general topic of the school district in an open comment section, they can pretty much say what they want. What does uh what does the the concept of let's say profanity, how does that play into the mix? Obviously, oftentimes there are students at your board meetings. This is also still the legislative bodies meeting. The Brown Act applies the same way to other public entities that aren't just school districts. Um, and you know, while of course we can encourage and hope folks aren't going to come up here and embarrass themselves by cursing it
048publicly. Um, I think you're going to have a harder time telling shutting someone down for cursing and then having, you know, potential action of I have free speech rights and I'm allowed to curse rather than just making it through their public comment time and, >> you know, the board can weigh the comments as they choose to. >> I got a two-part question. Are are you first one, what about racial slurs? If somebody comes up and starts making racial slurs or comments such as that, is that protected? >> Unfortunately or fortunately, hate speech is not illegal in the United States. Hate speech is protected speech. So, um, same rule applies. And again, even if it's defamatory as part of a board meeting, it's privileged. Again, I'm not saying it's nice. I'm not saying someone's going to,
049you know, end up becoming their favorite person in the neighborhood by doing things like that. Um, you know, but if someone came up here and and and said racial slurs, obviously I think most of us would think that that was inappropriate. Um, but is that something that you should stop them over? Again, um, the Nazi salute guy won. >> Gotcha. Um, threats to uh, terrorism. Uh how what is the um like give us an example of something that would be considered threats of terrorism or any other threats that um can be perceived as danger to somebody's life and that those type of threats out of anger. >> I think it's hard to to put a specific example. I'll I'll I'll do my best. I'll say this is not one of those things. this first example.
050Um, if you don't do XYZ, if you don't get rid of pizza as a school lunch because I think it's terrible for kids, um, you will be out of office at the next election. I'm coming for you guys in the next election. That is not a true threat of force. That is, I want to vote you out of office. That's that's perfectly acceptable. If it's, you know, my kid ate the pizza that I told you not to serve and now they're in the hospital and so now you're going to go to the hospital and you're going to know how that feels and they start to walk towards you. Yeah. call the police, you know, get out of here and you can kick that person out of the meeting. I mean, that's an extreme example, but
051I think that that's kind of what you're looking at here. Some something that seems actionable beyond just I don't like something that happened. >> Okay. Thank you, Christie. >> Part of your presentation, so I'm hoping you can give some guidance on this. Um, as elected members of a board, help me understand if I have the right to get up at any time during public comment and leave the room. Am I do I have that right as an elected board member to if something is a is is I cannot sit here and absorb what is happening. Am I allowed to get up and leave the dis while allow the board is allowing it to happen? that I can choose as an individual with my rights as a as a my human rights to get up and
052walk away. >> If there's a quorum, the meeting can continue >> can continue without me. >> I mean, I think that perhaps that might be, you know, something as a point of order. You can ask whoever is presiding over the meeting, you know, if if >> it was me if I could take a five-minute recess, but I'm fine with the meeting continuing without me or if we can just take a break. Um, but yes, I think that if one of you got up and walked out with us, the minutes would have to reflect that that happened. if there was a vote and you weren't here for it, etc. the same way that it would reflect if someone came to the meeting late, oh, at 6:19, Trustee Salt arrived, um, you know, didn't vote on consent.
053>> So, would in that case, just to to your point, if something's offensive religiously, um, to an individual, would that uh, allow somebody to get up and walk out because it's against their uh, religious beliefs? >> They're not stopping the meeting, right? not asking to meaning to stop as a as a individual you're choosing to step up and >> I just want to cover all bases. >> I I I I would say that you know how that decision reflects on any individual elected official and and how the public public might perceive what what what that is. Um I guess you could do that. Um, you know, my general advice to boards over the last, you know, 12 years or so is at the end of the day, if if you don't like what somebody's saying,
054>> that's right. You know what they're what what they are entitled to is the time that they are allotted. You don't you don't have to necessarily listen to what they're saying. You can zone it out if you want to or you can get up. I suppose the fear would be if three of you get up, we don't have a board meeting anymore. >> Yeah. Exactly. So I my my recommendation would be >> I guess I'm trying to understand to the extent if comments were directed at one individual person are they required to sit there and listen to it if the rest of the board is is present and there and that one individual wants to get up and walk out of the room are they allowed to? You've made it clear that, you know, the
055voters might hold them accountable, but as far as a governing body, we're doing our job, right? >> And if somebody wanted to get up for whatever reason at any time, use the restroom, etc., someone can do that as long as there's still a quorum. Maybe it's a good idea, maybe it's a bad idea. >> Yeah. My recommendation for any general thing is >> when you run into trouble with public comment is when you try to disrupt it. >> That's why I love freedom of speech. very important that we maintain our freedom of speech regardless how hurtful it is, >> right? >> We have to be as board members like a a duck with water running off its back. Um, you know, to tolerate whatever freedom of speech is allowed by the community. Um, and I
056think that comes with tolerance, listening, and then digest what has to be said. And to be clear, the the privilege of being exempt or the immunity from defamation only applies as part of a legislative meeting, as part of a court hearing, as part of a judicial process. It doesn't app someone can come up here and say something extremely defamatory and then walk outside and say it to 10 people outside. It may well be defamation outside, but it's not if they're using their time as part of the meeting. >> Thank you for clarifying that. That's important. Thank you very much. >> Thank you so much. Appreciate it. >> Okay, moving on to item D4. This is uh we've got a uh a presentation by principal Corey Gregory. He's up here again here today uh from San
057Pasqual. He's going to give us a report on the annual update for San Pasqual. So, Principal Gregory, the time is yours. >> Thank you. It's good to be up here again. We get started, I'd like to thank the the board and our cabinet for the opportunity to share some of the good work that's happening at Sample School High School. Uh we couldn't do it without the support of all of you on the board and our cabinet team. Our staff and students have been working hard coming out of the uncertainty of the pandemic a few years back and we are proud of the growth of the past few years and we continue to look for ways to maintain and to grow. I'll be sharing this short PowerPoint and a few data points with you tonight for
058Sample School High School. Uh so we'll start with our very blue and gold uh golden eagles care. It's something we've had here in place for about four years now. Uh we remind students all the times in regards to their choice words, accountability, respect, and excellence. I'll let those um encompass our spirit and pride uh award lunchons that we have for students. Uh they they're able to invite up to two to three uh family members. They get to share lunch with their teachers and their teachers nominate them off of the qualities of care and things they're seeing in the classroom. So, it's pretty cool thing on our campus. So, here's some demographics on our enrollment. Um, we've been hovering around the 1850 mark the last few years. Uh, we have a kind of a smaller senior
059class this year. We hope next year to have u a larger 500 plus freshman class. This should bump us up closer to 1950. We're hoping next school year. Uh but it's kind of been a consistent number the last uh two three years for SAS school. >> Our eighth question. Yeah. Um >> did I miss it? Is there any foster care in there? >> Me go back here. >> I can you go back >> the wrong way here. Yeah. Okay. Your presentation's over now. [laughter] >> Here we go. You said Foster. >> Yeah, >> you you do have it, but it's it fluctuates about 0.3%. It's happen. >> Thank you. >> Any other questions? Demographics. I do have one question. Um, I noticed that for your demographic, there isn't a space to put if someone's North
060African or Middle Eastern. So, I think that would be something to add in case there's a student who does identify that way >> their subgroup. >> Also, I have another question. Um, is there any significance of separating Filipino from the Asian category? the these are these are the demographic um fields that the state of California CDE California Department of Ed mandates us to report on. Um we can certainly be more specific but these are the ones we have to report on legally. >> Thank you. >> So our A throughc rate these are students uh nonDNF rate. So you can see over the first six weeks comparison uh the colors there 23 24 in the gold 2425 in the blue and 25 26 in the white uh we've slowly been creeping up in terms of the
061number of students not receiving D's or Fs at the first six week mark and then we have the comparison over the last two years at the semester that's something we're really proud in regards to the number of students who are passing their classes >> um not having to make them up and also passing um with the see or better yearly ADA. We've been working hard like all the other schools in our school district in regards to uh having our our chronic attenders and our chronic attendee uh percentage decreasing and uh we've been slowly creeping up with our attendance as well. We send letters home periodically. We have home visits. um spent a lot of time working with students and families on getting them back to campus the last few years and we're seeing a slow
062uptick in attendance. graduation rate the last three years has been pretty steady and our college and career index that's an index that has u multiple measures that go into it part of it is the A throughG rate uh AP exams dual enrollment CTE completers scores um we've made some some real good growth over the last few years in the college and career index >> what areas do you think you've you've made the biggest changes over the last few years in that area >> college and career Yeah, >> I think it's our uh A through G rate has gone up a lot. Um you'll see in some other some data that's coming up in regards to the number of students that are passing with the three or greater on the AP exam. Those are two big
063ones for our particular site. And then our counselors have done a really good job of um working with students to uh [clears throat] increase our CTE completer rate. we have so many options and so many electives for students to take which is great but it's also hard for students to stick with the same pathway or program. So we've been more cognizant of having those conversations with students about doing their best to stick with the pathway and having those CT completers is that uh 58.8 uh is that college community college university um what what is that number? Can you kind of when you say career index what does that mean? >> Martino you can pop in but that >> yeah I I can answer that. So the California dashboard defines a college and career index that
064at the end of the senior year students have met it through eight different ways. One way is they pass any two AP exams. And if you recall three years ago the board through the OKCAP approved the paying for every single students AP exam. So as a district we've had more students take an exam and consequently more students also pass. That is an impact. Number two, Mr. Gregory shared that his percentage of A through C rate at the six weeks and at semester has increased. That means the percentage of grades that are A, B or C have increased and therefore the A through G rate has increased by the time they graduate. because if a kid gets a D in a UC required course, then he automatically or she doesn't meet the A3G requirements. So, it's
065a concertive systemic effort. Additionally, he spoke to CTE completion rates. We've made it a practice that the first priority uh for initial CTE courses in a pathway should go to underassmen. Now if after underassmen have filled those spaces and there's no more then seniors can enroll in it. >> Reason being if you get a first year taking a senior taking a first year CTE class they'll never be a completer and then they don't meet CCI. So all of these practices we've been doing systemically and especially at San Francisco they've been doing a great job of that. So all of these impact the college and career index as defined by the California dashboard. >> Thank you and congratulations. >> Thank you. Um, >> our CASP is something that's been a a district-wide focus. Um, improving our
066test scores and math in the ELA portions. We have four years of data there for our particular site, Sample School High School. Made some gains in math. Uh, took a tiny dip last year. uh made some major gains in ELA our first uh couple years ago and took a little bit of a dip insignificant in terms of uh statistics with the the number of students but um we're proud of our growth over the last four years in those both of those scores and I'll go into some other slides soon in regards to some of the efforts in math at SAS school that we've been um working on and that some of the other sites have have implemented as well off of our success last school year. I know our subcommittee is working on um improving
067the math um and that and hopefully something positive will come out of that. But I'm just recently read a report from uh UC and uh SD and it was in very uh promising uh the outcome that an administration they were having very simple grade one math questions that were not able to be answered and that's sad. Um so I think we're heading in the right direction uh by uh for more forming a committee to address that but there's other parts of the secondary education that needs to come along uh to help that a little bit more >> but thank you I appreciate your hard work. >> Yeah. Thank you. So CASS is the science uh test. Um our students typically take two years of science for the graduation requirement. We have a number of students
068that take a third or fourth year. Uh we are looking at um having conversations with students and highly suggesting a third year of science but like I said earlier our students have a ton of electives and other offerings. They have a lot of choice which is great. Um but we would like to see the number of students taking a third or fourth year of science uh increase. That being said this is uh something that's a newfound focus for all of our sites in regards. on the dashboard now and um we're putting efforts and reconvening in regards to the ways who we test and how we test and just the fact of uh having the buyin from the students in regards to how can we increase that on site with our our students. We've we've had
069a big push for the CASP test the last few years and we've seen some growth. Um now CASS is another test that we are putting uh increased efforts into. >> Are we monitoring uh science now as a part of the overall dashboard? Yes, last year was a baseline year and I'm sorry, two years ago was a baseline year and 2425 was the first time they measured growth and I put in the board update that we're actually green uh which is one of the highest ratings in the dashboard and we'll report as a district in January in our mid-year LCAP but yeah we're doing well on site so far. >> Science geek I love it. >> Yeah, >> thank you. And so a a rep a we'll say a final number of 23% that means 23%
070of the students passed the cast test in a sense >> met or exceeded standards >> met or exceeded. Mhm. >> And um in order to get that up higher in a sense we would need a third year of science. That right? >> Uh well we have some flexibility in there. It's different than the CASP where they take it their junior year. We can actually choose to for them to take it their sophomore, their junior and their senior year. Our current practice has been they take it the sophomore year because we're trying to do a four-year plan where they take assignments their ninth grade and their 10th grade and they've met their UC and their um high school graduation requirement by 10th grade. Junior year, if we do the testing junior year now, it's the CAS
071plus AP plus the CAS that they would have to take it and there's no guarantee that they have to take a third year of science. Furthermore, if you wait till senior year, that could be potentially two years without science. So, >> can I can I ask you a question? Some of the C and maybe I I'm just throwing it out there. Um, does any of the CT uh C our current CTE programs that we have um [clears throat] do we utilize that as a part of their science like robotics or can we not use it or CCT? >> Uh, it depends on the credential of the teacher. Uh, if they have a CT and a science one, we certainly can. Um, and we're also looking at how we can create courses that meet both the
072CTE requirement and the science requirement. But that's a highly skilled individual for them to have both. >> Okay. Something like robotics um if which is highly technical or um data analytics things like that could not be used. Yeah, there's certain courses that exist in the UC course management portal from other districts that include like robotics and mechatronics where the the teacher has a math credential and experience in the field in robotics, but they would have to have both. >> Okay, I like that. >> Yep. >> And as part of CAST, is that a specific element of science, biology, chemistry, physics? >> Crosscutting standards. Uh so they they look at elements and uh concepts that are content agnostic in science if you will >> scientific method or >> Yep. Yep. Mhm. >> Sorry, we're jacking your
073media. >> It's all good. This is great. These are great questions. For advanced placement, talked a little about it earlier. Um the number of students in AP classes last year, we hit the 700 threshold. And then the percent of total AP students with a score of three or more went up to 62.64%. And thank you to the board for being one of the few school districts, I think in all of Southern California, that uh our kids have free AP tests. That's huge. And we're seeing the results of that. So, thank you. >> Who would you say is your most popular AP classes? >> Depends on the teacher, right? Uh at our site, uh AP European history has been popular for a long time. Uh we have some really popular teachers teaching that. Uh AP gov.
074A lot of our social science classes are our most uh popular AP courses. >> Did Did you say AP World History? No, >> no, that just started last year and we have the same teachers that have been doing world um so I think that'll be our new most popular this next year. We'll see in course selection >> things like that. >> This is a snapshot of our Renaissance tests that our juniors have been taking. So you can see their results from ninth grade, 10th grade and then 11th grade. And you see the big jump between 9th grade and 10th grade. You see the add or above when they took it 38% in nth grade were in the green. >> Mhm. >> Jumped up to 64% the next year and then uh the following year 65%.
075I think that those are some of the the aspects that you see of us getting closer to that 70 mark on the ELA portion of the CASP the role for another bump this school year in terms of ELA. Um, what do you contribute that to? >> The hard work of our English teachers and the hard work of our students. And I think the last few years having a more specific approach and plan regards to the all of our schools in our district. Uh, taking the Renaissance practice. >> Um, spending time on that and having a plan. It's been a really good focus. >> English and math kind of go hand inand these days. Correct. >> Yeah. Especially with the CASP. Mhm. >> Yeah. >> Yep. And then this year we're we're trying something new. Uh
076our math the team wanted to try try the uh CASS practice test in math. Um and this is mind you there's there's three practice tests before we take the real CAS math and it's 14% were above standard but our math team is excited. We have 44% of our students near standard for the first test. So they still have two more practice prior to the the final test. So, we're really excited about that and we hope to again see some some improvement in math this year. >> I'm sorry. This is the this is from the juniors of this year, >> correct? >> Right. Okay. >> Correct. >> You have a similar report on um that we saw of the ELA >> this year. Our math sack decided to go through a different vendor for the practice
077assessments in 9th and 10th. juniors are actually using the release questions from ESPback or CASS the state um used uh testing software for ninth and 10th they are using they chose to use instead of Renaissance because it gives them more timely feedback and more coaching points for kids so that contract is actually passed on consent this meeting so we will have the first interim practice test soon >> we're moving away from Renaissance >> just for math >> for math correct So you guys are aware of our math one zero period support program that we've had for students. Um they get to work with three to five paid peer tutors. Um it was something when I was at Delago Academy. Um it was a program that really worked. Uh the students students really enjoy having peer
078tutors. Um that's something that we implemented at Sample School High School 3 or four years ago. Um, so thank you guys for your support of the paid peer tutor program. It's making a difference um for the kids and we have up to 65 70 students some some mornings uh in that zero period math tutoring program which is great to see. So we had 1,800 plus uh students 2024 25 total zero period signins and we had 20 223 unique zero period attendees last school year and it doubled our numbers from the year before. So the word is out that it's working. Kids are talk talking amongst themselves and parents are aware of this program we have on campus um that we found some success in for math students. 44% of all math 1 students attended at
079least one zero period session last school year which is fantastic. We talked a little bit earlier about our AC uh A through C rate uh students passing math without a D or an F. It increased by 5% over the last two school years. Um we're doing a better job on site of getting recognizing the students that need the support and getting them the support before they fail. And we had 25 students last school year who failed fall semester math 1A. Second semester they're in math 1B and they came to the zero period u went through our remediation program and they were able to end the year passing both 1A and 1B with a C or better which was great. And that concludes my amazing presentation tonight. >> It was amazing. And it was amazing. >>
080Well, the kids are amazing and so is our staff. >> I got to get around to visit you guys again. I'm I'm due for another visit if I can wear my cap. >> You're more than welcome anytime. >> Thank you. >> All right. Thank you very much. >> Okay, moving on to uh section E for public comment. For item E1, we have report from the California School Employees Association, chapter 219. Do we have anybody to speak on um from that group? Okay. Uh moving on to E2, a report from the Escanido Secondary Teachers Association. Do we have someone there? Looks like we do. >> It looks like you'll continue to >> [clears throat] >> Good evening board, cabinet members. My name is Joe Jermini. Once again, the uh negotiations chair for the Escandido Secondary Teachers
081Association. Held this position for about 10 years now. Wanted to go over a number of things that are holding up negotiations uh [snorts] other than just the district stalling tactics. The California state budget for the 2526 school year includes a 2.3% cost of living adjustment for many school and community college programs and it was funded given to this school district in July of 2025. So since July, the school district has been funded by the state fully with COLA and that funding includes of course a cost of living adjustment for all state employees salaries, teachers included. This would not be a raise were it not being bless you held hostage by the district and passed forward to us as it should have been much sooner since it's meant for us. It wouldn't be a raise. It
082would simply provide teachers help in breaking even. The whole purpose of a cost of living adjustment is to provide the [clears throat] purchasing power necessary to get us equal with the cost of inflation. And thus the state provides it to all state employees. In a strange system that we're in, our money is provided to the district who again determines how long to hold on to it until they see fit to pass it forward to us. So far, they are offering us a reduction in pay um that doesn't even come close to meeting what they've already received for COLA. Now, please understand, COLA isn't just given for salaries. The district is funded with cola in every single LCFF everything in the LCFF. So the coffers are full in July. The LCFF is funded, including salaries. And
083yet they still hold our money hostage and refuse to negotiate at all, moving 1 half% since August. That's not negotiations whatsoever. That is stalling. That is collecting interest on our money. That is not negotiations. Our purchasing power is being decimated as middle class Americans here and at the city of Escanido by this tactic continually practiced by this school district. Continually practiced. I am a teacher without a contract for the eighth time in the last 10 years that I've been bargaining chair and for the countless number of times in my 30 plus years as a teacher in this district. In this way again cola fills the district's coffers each year and the district then determines how what to spend on what programs. We have all types of wonderful meetings where you're told all the promises that
084are made for LCFF funding. The board applauds, says, "This sounds great. This is going to be awesome. Let's do it." And then each and every year, as a matter of practice, the district spends part of what it says it's going to spend and sweeps the rest into its ever growing, disgustingly bloated $ 48 million reserves. Imagine, I have to think about it. Imagine the interest alone collected by the Eskanido Union High School District each day on the hundreds of thousands of dollars that they are currently holding hostage that the state is already dedicated for ESTA members. Now imagine that amount in addition to the interest alone collected on the criminally bloated Escanido Union High School District reserves of 48 million. Staggering staggering amounts. In order to further swell Escandido Union High School District funds, the
085district regularly practices this deceptive accounting in all areas and continues to do so. The emperor is not wearing any clothes, folks. Not at all. and hasn't been for the 30 years I've been looking. The massive reserves of $48 million, second highest for a high school district in the county of San Diego and the highest by far of any school district of our size, continue to grow while the district sits on our money. In addition to COLA or wanting COLA just to get us again, give us the purchasing power we've lost due to inflation. and that has been put aside by the state for us. ESSA is once again proposing to have the EUHSD pay for the increase to the cost of our health benefits. The district payment for the increase of the cost of our
086benefits has been cemented in past practice as has been COLA plus in each of the past 10 years. The total according to the district for that amount for COLA and the increase to our insurance is just under 5%. Settling for anything less than that would be a reduction in pay. And I'll say again, thus far, the district is offering a whopping 1.5% in comparison to that. So 3.5% pay cut is what your teachers are being offered. Job actions have begun and will continue to mount. negotiating with a party that has $48 million in reserves and continually spends less and less of a percentage of its total outgo and then offers stall tactics when in the negotiations room leads us nowhere and is hurtful to our unit as well as this community. ESSA is also we
087have the gall to actually ask for a raise. We are asking for the most efficient, cost effective, mutually beneficial method for the Escandido Union High School District to provide a raise to our unit, which is a salary schedule compression. Compression is a onetime cost this year. one time cost of compression in future years is rolled into the cost of 1% budgeted as our salary. And as you'll see when looking at the things that I send you, if looking at the things that I send you, the cost of 1% has raised only incrementally while the percentage of the total outgo spent on our unit continues to decline. The district not only was not hurt compressing our salary schedule for the 24-25 school year, it increased its reserves. In this decade alone, I'll say again as I
088did the last time I was here and will continue to say, the district annually practices deceptive projections in in projecting its ending budget. Um stating that its reserves are continually going to decrease and in the next three years they're again telling the board that this gloom and doom is going to occur. the dis the our reserves have increased by $15 million since the 2122 school year. They have done so exactly as I am explaining to you. Board members, our reserves have increased by $15 million since the 2122 school year. The district's cost of 1.84% 84% that they say it would take to compress our salary schedule pales in comparison to the benefit it would provide for our members both immediately and over the course of their careers. In my case, and I can I will
089send you pages on the salary schedule as a public speaker. I'm not allowed to show you any type of presentation or I would. But in my case, teachers like me, uh, compression, which again the district says cost 1.8% in 2425, it equaled the equivalent of a 2.7% increase in my salary immediately because a step was taken out of our salary schedule. It cost the district 1.84% according to the district and the benefit to me was 2.7%. This again, and this is a one-time cost that would come this year from the swollen $48 million reserves. This again is why this is the most cost effective method of giving us a pay raise and it was just accepted in the elementary district here in town. They got rid of every dead cell in their salary schedule, which
090ours are full of. Yeah. And all of a sudden, they have better career earnings and better immediate earnings. The cost of 1% again has raised incrementally over the time period that I'm talking about and yet the district refuses to even bring to the table cola and the the increased cost of our insurance negotiations as a result are dragging slowly and we simply receive struck through language with everything we propose. We're proposing uh that's something of quite a few things that we feel valuable in the area of spe areas of special ed. Um a a program that we feel uh provides a collective effort in providing a path to improving this district's woefully damaged special ed program that has been in program improvement for over three years now. Regardless of the acronym we want to put
091on it and call it, we are in program improvement and have been. And we've we've each year tried to negotiate and provide a way for the district along with teachers and administrators to work on this big problem. SPED is a revolving door in our district. The district continually just crosses it out and passes it back. They're not interested. This is something that from administrators down to the teachers on this on the special ed uh program I'm talking about want and the district's not interested. Aimsmanship and stalling. Additionally, the district uh strikes our proposals dealing with teacher preparation, teacher association rights, and all else. And they have again moved 1.5% in in finances in dollars to offer 1.5% for everything benefits salary everything even though they've received cola and have had it since j since July
092and have done have have moved on this that much since August. So again, negotiations are dragging slowly and and uh work actions are increasing. Thank you for your time. >> Thank you, Joe. Here. Um all right, moving on to item >> Excuse me. Can I ask a real quick question from John? John, how many times have our deceptive practices been caught by the C San Diego County of Office of Education when they review our budgets? We have deceptive practices. How many times have they been caught? >> I'm not aware of any audit finding that finds anything deceptive. All right. All right. Let's move on to item three in our section E here. This is uh a public comment section again. And so, uh, I'm going to read the the spiel when it comes here. General
093public comment on any school related topic not on the agenda may be heard at this time. If you have public comment on an item listed on tonight's agenda, there will be an opportunity for you to share your comments at that time. The at the time the item comes up for discussion by the board. Pursuant to pol board policy, the board will limit individual comments for general public comment to no more than three minutes and individual topics to 20 minutes total. To comply with the Brown Act, California's open public meeting law, uh board discussion is limited to items on the agenda. Therefore, when receiving public comment for items not on the agenda, the board's role is limited to receiving such comments, and the board may not engage in the dialogue with the public. Uh the board
094thanks the public for its participation in public comment and understanding of the board's responsibilities and we all heard quite a bit of that today. It is a it is recommended that you begin your comments by stating your name. So we do have a handful of cards here today. We've got you said three cards, four cards. So uh we're going to start with Macy Brooks. Macy Brooks is first has three minutes and on deck is going to be Max. Max Al Farro Alfaro. Oh, Macy. >> Hi, my name is Macy Brooks and I am a senior and the ASB president of Delago Academy. I am here to tell you that our student body is being negatively impacted by this teacher strike. As a result of the strike, all tutorials, clubs, and all other activities have been
095cancelled until further notice. There are many of us who rely on this these tutorial sess sessions to gain a deeper understanding of the content and or improve our grades. As you may know, Delago is a unique school and in that the grading system is unlike any other schools. We are given many opportunities to master the content and retake tests to prove mastery. Delago is built on the fact that is it is never too late to learn and we should also always continue to try and be our best. Right now there are a lot of seniors who feel ill equipped in the face of upcoming AP exams and college transcript deadlines. Our student body relies heavily on these tutorial sessions to maintain our grades and master the content. In addition, a large part of our school
096culture is clubs. Clubs are a part are a place where students can feel welcome, included, and feel like they have they are part of something bigger than themselves. They build community and support students mental health. Um, imagine the impact of our students when it was announced that all clubs would be canceled until further notice. Our teachers at Delago are committed to providing us an exceptional education. They are literally building the future generation. They deserve fair wages. So, please come to the table with them and end the strike so we can continue our education. >> Thank you, Macy. We've got Max next. Max Al Faro. Max Alero. Al Faro. Thank you. And uh Diego is up next. Good evening, respected board members, students, and all others in attendance. My name is Max Al Farro, and I
097am the ASB president at San Pasco High School. And I'm here to ask, why is it that people with one of the most important jobs in this nation, shaping the next generation of this country and of this world cannot afford to mold their own lives? Right now, the cost of living is rising, but the salary of a teacher does not rise with it. And yet our teachers work endlessly to ensure the success of every student. I'm sure that everyone here can name a teacher who changed their lives. The teacher who pushed us to become a better person, better than who than what we thought we could be. Mine was Miss Vivo 3 years ago who 3 years ago encouraged me to join ASB. I was always the kid that never spoke up in class, never
098raised his hand. And it is because of her that I became a part of ASB. And it is without her I would not be in my position as ASB president. I would not be in the position to be here tonight if it weren't for her. It is because of teachers like this that we become better students and better leaders in our adult lives. We the students are the ones who your decisions directly impact. And today we simply ask that you support the very people who support us. On behalf of students across our district, we're asking you to ensure that our teachers are paired fairly fairly. If we value education, we must value the educators who make it possible. Thank you. >> Thank you, Max. Next, we have Diego. Uh Diego uh Montene Montinees and then
099Nathan, you're you're next. >> Good evening. Good evening everyone. My name is Diego Montinees and I proudly serve as Eskanito High School's ASB president. Before anything else, I want to share something that happened today. I was supposed to have a metro meeting during launch, something our members look forward to every week. For those of you who don't know, Meta stands for Moimetolan. This is a student organization that focuses on social justice, political action, and cultural and educational empowerment for Chicanx and Latinx communities. Etcha is more than a club. It's a safe space for the students on our campus. Especially because our school is a majority Hispanic population. It is a place where students where we students feel seen, understood and connected to our culture. But today that meeting did not happen. Not because students were
100not ready, not because we did not plan, but because our adviser could not be there. Our teacher who guides us, supports us, and helps keep that space alive is on strike. Our students are losing the very spaces that help us feel safe and grounded because this district refuses to value the people who create them. And that is why I'm here tonight. I'm not just a student who shows up to class. I serve in multiple honor societies. I'm an athlete, a leader, and someone who has invested so much into this district. Everything I do, every club, every activity, and every moment of involvement depends on teachers. Teachers who right now are being pushed into a corner by a district that won't give them what they are legally owned. Our teachers are supposed to be receiving the
101cost of living adjustments. That is the law. Yet, they have no contract. They have no stability. and they are being asked to survive in a city where the price of everything keeps going up while the district sits on millions of dollars in archives that could solve the problem immediately. That is unacceptable. The consequences are not abstract. Students have already felt them today. Tutoring clubs are all falling apart and gone. Activities are being cancelled and the emotional support and mentorship teachers provide are stripped away because they cannot keep giving what the district refuses to honor. This isn't just hurting teachers. It's hurting students, families, and the identities of our school. Meta is only one example. There are dozens of safe spaces, academic programs, and extracurriculars across the district that will only become dark, empty, and silent
102because the people who substain them are being forced to strike or being forced to strike for survival. So, I'm asking you to see what is happening beyond budgets and spreadsheets. See the students who are losing their communities. See the families who rely on teachers for support. And see the educators who are giving everything while receiving so little in return. You have the funds. You have the power and you have the responsibility to fix this. Give our teachers a fair contract. Stop hoarding money while our schools lose the very heart that makes them alive. This district cannot preach equity, community, and student success while ignoring the needs of the people who make equity, community, and success possible. We students, teachers, and families are watching. We will remember who stood up for our educators and who allowed
103them to struggle. I am here representing everyone who has inspired me and everyone who is not able to share the same voice we all carry. Do the right thing. Not later, not eventually but now. Thank you. >> Thank you, Diego. Now, uh and Nathan Nathan Nathan Versamina. Hello. I'm sure you're all so excited to see us again. I am Nathan Burmina >> and I am Hannah Ibrahim >> and we are the student board representatives that you guys chose to embody the student body and to speak for them and amplify their voices. [clears throat] So, I'm sure we're all very excited for Thanksgiving break, right? I know like I'm personally very excited. Um it's been a very tiresome year especially for us seniors, you know? Um, and with finals coming up, I've often found myself feeling
104stuck and lost in the balance of both my academics and my 1 million extracurriculars. Um, but if there's one thing I'm grateful for this year, it's the opportunities I've been given by my teachers to come in for tutorials, makeup tests, and being able to have the extra support needed in order for me to succeed. As student board representatives, our job is to report on recent events that have been going on across campuses at UHSD. Tonight, we have left out a very important one. As of today, teachers of Escanido High School are no longer opening their doors to tutorials, makeups, nutrition time, or lunch. All in strike against the recent controversies of them not working under a contract. We ask you, the board of EUHSD and Mr. Weller in spirit to give us a reason why
105our teachers salaries are not aligning with the cost of living. More importantly, what do you plan on doing about it? As mentioned by ESTA during the last board meeting and actually this board meeting, our district has $48 million in reserves. We want direct explanations. We want transparency. What is this money being kept for? And why isn't it going back to our educators? As I sat outside today during lunch in the gloomy, murky, cold rain, I reflected on the academic opportunities I took for granted. Likewise, we hope that you, the board, take the time to reflect on your actions and what actions you will take for teachers and how that will affect the student body, the reason you sit in front of us today. This Thanksgiving, I want you to consider the things you're grateful for.
106Specifically, we want you to consider being thankful for not having to be in the same situation as our educators. Please pay that privilege forward. Thank you. All right. Thank you for all those who uh decided to show up today and and and speak. We do appreciate your comments here and you participating in you know the organization and the freedom that we have. So uh let's we're going to move on to the next section here. This is section F for educational services. Um under section F we have a number of items that were already approved under consent. That includes F1 2 3 and then we move on to item number F5 which is scripted for me. Thank you. Okay. So item number five, we will now re this is uh regarding the staff report on Altus
107renewal petition. We will now receive staff's report on the Altus schools north county renewal petition. I understand that Dr. Martin Casus, assistant superintendent of educational services will be providing that report. You will have up to 10 minutes and may begin now. >> Your turn. [laughter] >> Thank you. Uh Mr. Williams Alta School in North County currently operates under the district's authorization and qualifies as a dashboard alternative school status or DAS charter school. Its charter expires June 30th, 2026, and it has submitted a petition to renew its charter for a 5-year term beginning July 1st, 2026 and ending June 30th, 2031. District staff and legal counsel have conducted a detailed evaluation of the renewal petition, including Alta's student academic achievement and performance data based on its multiple measure assessment system performance on its alternative metrics as
108a DAS designated school and other fiscal and legal compliance measures. After an extensive review, district staff recommends that the board approves Alta's renewal petition for the requested 5-year term. Okay. Uh, thank you. It says, uh, thank you for your report, Dr. Casus. Um, no vote on five, right? Just, uh, >> that's the report. Yeah, >> that's the report. Okay, we're moving on to part uh, F6. This is the public hearing on that same renewal petition. We will now open and convene a public hearing on the petition that was submitted to the Escanido Union High School District to renew Alta Schools North County Charters for a requested 5-year term beginning on July 1st, 2026 and ending on June 30th, 2031. This public hearing is required to be held before the board may take action on the
109renewal petition. As part of this public hearing, the board will provide altis representatives with equal time and procedures as district staff received to address the renewal petition and recommendation. As for procedure, altus representatives will have 10 minutes just like Dr. Cauus to address the board which is the maximum time provided to the district staff for the prior agenda item. Following such pres presentation, the board will receive comments from any members of the public who wish to speak. I would now like to invite Altus representatives forward to address the board on district staff's proposed findings and recommendation concerning the renewal petition. You have a total of 10 minutes, as I've said three times now, to address the board and make a presentation. Please feel free to proceed. Your time begins now. Boy, this is official. >>
110Uh thank you, Vice President Williams. My name is WDE Ash Brener, and I'm the lead uh petitioner for the Alta Schools North County renewal. I'd like to thank Dr. Kasus, Superintendent Peterson, and the rest of the leadership team here at EUHSD for their time and commitment to Alta Schools North County. I'd like to thank the board for their engagement during our public hearing last month in October. And uh we appreciate the time uh that they spent in asking uh very poignant questions and our ability to be part of the Escanido community. I'm here on uh behalf of our students, our families, our staff, and our leadership team to just say thank you uh for the recommendation to approve the renewal. I would urge you to vote yes to this evening. And with that, I will
111seed the rest of my time. Thank you. >> Thank you. Uh the board will now receive comments from members of the public who desire to address this matter. Do we have any comment cards? >> There were none. >> Zero. Right. >> Okay. So, total time for zero people is three minutes each. For my math education, 0 time three is still zero. So, that concludes the public comment of on this item. Public hearing is now officially closed, even though I should have opened it, too. Okay. So, that concludes item F6. We're going to move on to items F7. This is the board consideration and action to approve the renewal petition. We just received the staff report on the Altus School's North County renewal petition followed by a public hearing of zero people during which Altus representatives
112were given equal time 10 minutes we've all heard and procedures to address the board regarding the petition and staff recommendation. We now have before the board a proposed resolution number R20252026-12 or SL12 to approve the Altus Schools North County renewal petition for the requested 5-year term of July 1st 2026 through June 30th 2031. Is there a motion on this item? >> I'll make a motion to approve. >> Second. Perfect. Having a motion and a second. Any discussion or comments on this item from the board? I'm seeing no comments. I think we are good to go. So, uh we will vote now. So, um stu do I bother student do we student board members? >> Yes. >> Yep. Student board members, how do you vote? >> I >> right. And um elected board trustees, how do
113you vote? >> I perfect. With a unanimous decision, this uh this item F7 is approved and you have Congratulations. >> All right, let's uh let's move on to item F8. F8 is a an action upon recommended expulsion of the accused student for case number three. Uh this uh motion to accept and approve the recommended expulsion of the accused student for case number three from November 18th, 2025 through and at least November 18th, 2026. and to accept and approve the findings of facts and recommendations submitted by the administrative hearing panel. >> Well, I move to accept and approve the recommended expulsion of the accused student case number three from November 18th, 2025 through at least November 18th, 2026 and to accept and approve the findings and facts of recommendation submitted by the administrative hearing panel. >>
114Thank you. Do I have a second? >> I second. Would anyone like to uh um have an open discussion on the matter? We don't do that. >> Okay. So, this is a roll call vote. So, we will start um with only the elected board members on this one. Uh board member Knight, how do you vote? >> I. >> Board member Vincent, >> I. >> Board member Durnney, >> I. Board member Williams votes I. And board member Weller is absent. So, that is four eyes, zero nazs. one absent. So that passes. We're moving on to item F9. F9 is an action upon recommended expulsion of the Q students for case numbers four and five together. This is an a motion to accept and approve the recommended expulsions of the Q students for case numbers four and
115five and to accept and approve the stipulated expulsion agreements. Do I have a motion to approve? >> So moved. Do >> I have a second? Second, >> right? Um, no discussion options. Nope. >> No. >> Okay. So, uh, >> is there a script? We need to have the motion read. In terms of the script, >> is there a paper for you? >> No, I do not have a paper for that one. But the script would be, I motion to accept and approve the recommended expulsions of the accused students for case numbers four and five and to accept the approve and to accept and approve the stipulated expulsion agreements. create audible there. Do I have a second for that updated motion? >> Second again. >> Perfect. So, this is a roll call vote. So, uh board
116member Knight, how do you vote? >> I board member Vincent >> I. >> Board member Durnney >> I. Board member Williams votes I and board member Weller is absent. So, that is a a tally of four eyes, zero nays, one absent or item F8 or F9, sorry. All right, moving on to uh section G. This is human resources. Uh G items G1 and G2 were both uh on consent. So human resources is off the hook. Uh let's moving on to uh section H the for business services. Uh sections H1, H2, H3, four, five, six, seven, and eight are all on consent and are already completed. So Amanda's also off the hook here. Uh moving on to section I. This is district operations. We have uh items I one is also on consent. So we're going
117to move past that one since it was already um voted on. Now we have items I2 which is a proposed board meeting dates for 2026. >> Thank you. As you know, you just approved December 16th or reaffirmed December 16th as our organizational meeting. And one of the things we do at the organizational meeting is approve the dates of the schoolboard meetings for the upcoming year 2026. So we'll be doing that next month in December, but we present those proposed dates to you today as a first reading. So this is anformational item. We will not be taking action, but all of the proposed dates for our regular board meetings and board workshops and a special school board meeting are listed on the agenda. >> Perfect. So, nobody comment on that. >> Sorry. Am I allowed to
118comment? >> Yes. >> Um, are we going to put uh on there as we discussed uh February the 3rd the workshop for >> as as we have throughout the year there may arise a need for a special board meeting of some kind and we will post those accordingly as the time comes. These are all of the regularly scheduled meetings. >> Okay. Just want to make sure it doesn't drop. If you scroll up on the screen over there, you'll see that February 3rd is already scheduled for a board workshop. >> Yes. And that that's that's the board workshop on the budget. Uh last year, you may recall, we scheduled the board workshop on the budget in February, but as February approached, we added some items to that workshop. I think that's what Mr. Vincent is referring
119to here. We may add an item to that workshop um as February approaches. Okay, cool. Okay, thank you. >> So, we still have the workshop scheduled. We're just adding more. >> Okay. Yes, the twofer. Okay, >> the twofer. It's a twofer. >> Yeah. Okay. So, no action item on I2. We're going to move to item I3. This is adopting a recommended revisions in the administrative regulation 5131.6 Six for educational services. >> The second read no changes in last time. It largely reflects curricular changes to our health curriculum that includes the dangers of alcohol and other drugs that have already been taken place since 2019. We're just updating the associated AR to reflect that. >> Okay. I would make a motion to adopt the recommended revisions for AR 5131.6 six under educational services. >> Hey, do
120I have a second to adopt that? >> I second. >> Okay. With a first and a second. Do would anybody like to open this up for discussion? No. Uh no discussion. Okay. So, with that, um it's time for a vote. Our student student board members are going to bed and get some getting some homework done, which is great for them. time. >> So, so from a uh from a board member standpoint, let's it's time for a um a vote. So, board members, how do we vote? >> I. >> So, it's a four unanimous 40 unan unanimous vote with one absent. >> Okay. So, that moves us to I4. This is a first reading and discussion in possible action of recommended changes in administrative regulation or AR um for educational services. >> We I'm actually pitching
121this one to Miss Phillips. >> He doesn't want to talk anymore. Let's just share. Um this one is actually student wellness. So it actually does fall under my umbrellas even though for Dr. Cussus has all of the wellness policy u numbers. We are just uh bringing this because we have um under this administrative reg falls the um the statement that the USDA requires a lot of our nutrition program um literature to have within it. It's um basically called the civil rights statement. And so we already have that statement in our board policy. Um but our nutrition program right now is going through their audit that they do every five years. And so our auditor while they were going through all the paperwork noticed fine scrutiny and good eyeballs that it wasn't stated in our AR
122and so um they recommended that we add it to our AR and she comes back in December. So we would love to have this minor change added to our administrative rags since it's something we have already used and language we already have in our BP. So that is why you have it for first reading discussion and possible adoption tonight so that we can present her with this corrective action already. Thank you. So, do I have a motion to approve? Yeah. of this AR. >> I'll make a motion to um to adopt the app. I guess it will be adopt or approve. Adopt. >> Adopt. Okay. Make a motion to adopt um this recommended change in our AR educational services AR5030 for student wellness to comply with our audit findings and um get that taken care
123of. >> Right. Do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> All right, with the first and second, let's uh time for a vote. How board members, how do you vote? >> I I All right, with a four I zero nay, one absent. That approves. That is approved. >> Okay, so we are moving on to item I five. Is it five? First reading of recommended revisions and additions in board policy and AR 6141.2 for educational services. Yeah, just give a brief historical context as to why we're updating this board policy and this AR. This is related to a recent Supreme Court case, Babood versus Taylor that happened in June 27, 2025. Uh CSBA has been uh slow to provide recommended changes. They did provide some guidelines and I would say in the county, there's only
124two other districts that have actually updated their board policy and their AR. uh Mimmude versus Taylor. Um the result of that court case said that parents have the right to religiously opt out out of course content that they religiously object to. However, I'll provide some context. Mimmude did not provide an absolute right of parents to opt their children out of any and all instruction based on religious beliefs. Rather, the Supreme Court stated that the question is fact intensive and depends on factors such as one specific religious beliefs and practices asserted. Two, specific nature of the educational requirement or curriculum feature at issue. Three, the age of the child given the the instruction uh and four the context of the instruction. And five, whether the materials presented in a neutral manner or manner hostile to religious
125viewpoints. Uh, in other words, a parent can't come in ninth grade and say, uh, my religion objects to the teachings of pizza, and I would like my student to be opted out of pizza in perpetuity for the rest of the time that they're in high school. Rather, it says that parents have to specifically point out if they review a syllabus of course X, oh, I see that pizza's being studied in unit 4 sometime in September. Teacher, can you please tell me in what context? If after that response the parent would like to opt out, then this BP and this AR provides an avenue to that. I will say on top of the changes and amendments to the board policy and the AR is brand new, we're also currently working on a system of notifying parents
126that they have this right. Uh and our thought is during registration and also at the beginning of every semester reminding them that they have this right and to review each course syllabus that their students are enrolled in. And number two, providing a pre-formatted form or template for students to fill out. Happy to answer any other questions that you might have. >> Um, >> go ahead. >> No, I'll just speak from um very recent experience as a parent um enrolling a freshman. There's a lot that you do kind of click through. And I remember clicking the box saying, I agree to allow my child to participate in absolutely everything. And I remember thinking, "Oh my god, what did I just click?" Because you'd have no idea what you're clicking. But that's the only option I felt
127like I had that if I didn't click yes, then it was going to be like, "Diego, um, your mom doesn't want you to be in all these things." So, you know what I mean? So, I just want to make sure that parents feel empowered and it's not going to create alarms and set anything off that it is going to empower parents who might not have might have no idea what they're clicking in that original box saying, "Yes, I'm opting in." And then just in and like you're saying, I appreciate the idea that this will be um maybe brought up again as I'm learning what is going to be coming before my child throughout that year. I don't really know yet. I kind of have any idea of what classes he'll be exposed to certain things
128that, you know, as it comes up it's, you know, we're going to talk through it together. But the reality is for me empowering parents because that was a little bit of a scary click not knowing what I'm signing up for. So, um, thank you for that and I would just welcome anybody else's perspective. But that was that like I said, it was more of an optin versus the option to opt out. >> You answered my question. Thank you. >> Anything? Nope. Okay, that's just the first reading, right? So, no action item for the uh for us today on that. Moving on to item I six, that is a also another first reading for board policy 1313. So, we're going to turn that over to um Superintendent Peterson. >> Thank you. um items six, seven or
129eight and eight are somewhat thematically related and that they are all somewhat touch upon different aspects of what our attorney Jonathan Salt talked about uh in his presentation earlier in this meeting. Uh item number six is a revision to our existing civility policy. Our existing civility policy predates CSBA's recommended policy and it the existing policy primarily focuses on how to handle disruptions and uh the civility policy that most other districts utilize which is based on CSBA's recommended really deals more with what is civil behavior and our expectations that people behave civily and and politely in all contexts. across our district. So, this is a recommendation to adopt the CSBA recommended civility policy and delete our existing civility policy which focuses on disruptions because we already have a separate policy on disruptions which is coming up
130next. Um, this though is a first read on adopting the recommended civility policy. >> Thank you, Superintendent Peterson. Are there is there any discussion items um on item I6? >> So the rationale was splitting because it was combined before. Is that the reason why? >> Uh because the the policy we have from ages ago doesn't really define what civil behavior is or talk much about civility. It talks more about how school officials deal with disruptions. Not just disruptions at a board meeting, but disruption in the classroom, disruption at community events on campus, at athletic events, etc. Um, in the way that parents might interact with school officials. >> Okay. >> Um, how to deal with those disruptions? We have a separate policy for that. It doesn't really policy. >> Does that cover social media, too?
131>> Doesn't really touch upon social media. No. >> Oh, okay. I think maybe we want might want to consider that somewhat if we have our >> well you're you're then waiting into the whole area of first amendment and people have >> they they they do what they want to do with their social media accounts as as citizens. >> Um so that that's probably beyond what we want to tackle with these particular policies. >> Okay. Okay. Um, do we need to go through items I seven and eight? They all apply. >> Seven is >> So I7 same thing. >> Yes. This is also a first reading and this is to update our existing policy and our existing administrative regulation on disruptions and uh there have been significant changes in the law since we adopted ours many
132years ago. So the disruption was the policy was adopted in 1994 and hasn't been updated since. Administrative regulation was adopted in 2003. Um and a lot has happened since then and CSB has significantly changed its uh recommended policy and AR on disruptions. So what you have before you is simply updating our existing disruption policy in AR uh to the latest CSBA recommendation which captures all of um the law changes in the law and court decisions etc. >> Okay. Any need any need for discussion on I7? Oh right all right. Moving on to I8. This is also first reading, same scenario regarding board bylaw 9323. >> Yeah, this is a board bylaw and not a policy or an AR. And this is dealing with meeting conduct, specifically schoolboard meetings. And uh so we're recommending some changes
133to the meeting conduct in line with CSBA recommendations on meeting conduct. Uh, and really the additions cover what our attorney Jonathan Salt was talking about earlier this evening. It defines what a threat of force and true threat of force is and defines what is an actual disruption to a schoolboard meeting. Very much in line with Mr. Salt's presentation. So, we're adding those definitions to our existing meeting conduct board bylaw. >> Perfect. Thank you. Any points of discussion for item I8 from the board? Okay, so we are moving on to section I9. We are getting close here everybody. Let's this is the board members reports and comments. So uh on this side, let's go ahead and start at the end of the line here with board member Knight. >> Um thank you all who are still
134here this evening. Um my comments this evening would just mostly focus around the concerning um comments that the students um spoke about tonight in reference to what they're calling strike, which I was surprised they use that word because I haven't heard that word thrown around. I'm surprised they're using that word. Maybe that's what they heard. But um I heard Mr. Jeller Meini, who's no longer here, point out job actions have begun. So, um, according to what the students were saying, job actions punish kids. So, I just want to make sure that as a district, we're doing everything in our power to make sure we have space available for tutorials for our um, peer tutors. We have space available. It does not need to happen in the classrooms. If they're being shut out of classrooms, students
135have other spaces, and we have other resources we can make available. Um, I don't want to see kids punished and there's way more context, but um, feel free to reach out to me. >> You were pretty calm, cool, and collective. Um, so I I have to agree with you. U, we need to be civil in what we do and give respect to our students and whatever help they need and that. Uh, that's one of the things that I truly believe in. But I'm going to change some my topic to something a little bit more on the lighter side. Um, I had the honor to ride with Escandido Police uh this weekend and I was very impressed with their very professional manner and I would advise to anybody that has an opportunity to do a ride
136along with our police force uh to see how they professionally react, how they protect the community and how they interact with the community. to me they did a very professional job of it and I was very privileged and honored to meet a lot of good um individuals and I've seen a lot of things that I can't go over here that they have to go through some violent episodes and that so to me it was very high opening um and I think it's important to give our appreciation I like to wish them a happy Thanksgiving on top of that I'd like to wish you all a happy Thanksgiving the community, our students, parents, and be safe. And I appreciate uh everyone showing up and that. And I'm looking at you crocheting. My mother used to do
137that. Knit one, pearl two, knit one. Yeah. So I bless her heart. Oh, thank you. >> I'll bet you hit a couple of firehouses, too, on your trip. How did you know that? >> Been there, done that. Uh, you know, I'd like to say something about negotiations and teachers holding my students hostage, but uh, I'd better shut up on that. Uh, anyways, I am looking forward to the, uh, season ending. They we've got a couple of concerts and dance shows coming up. I'm looking forward to those. And, uh, this week, Orange Glenn Patriot Cafe for my birthday. They're they're going to have lunch for me. So, I'll be there on Friday. And uh that concludes my report. >> Thank you. >> How do you get invited to these nice events? I get invited to like
138>> really good really good heart performance that unfortunately got uh cancelled, but I'm going to go visit them anyhow to see that they're going to put on a play. So I'm really happy about that. >> Come on. >> All right. And so for my piece, I would I would say that t, you know, t the season for sure. I think it's a it's a great time and to remember the the many things that we are all thankful for and what we are blessed with from the the freedom of uh freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of freedom of education in a sense as well. There's a lot of wonderful things that we've been given and are blessed with and I am uh very grateful for that and it's great to see others express those
139things too. Um so with that we're going to move on over to item I 10 for the superintendence report. Thank you, uh, Mr. Williams. I'd like to just build upon what you stated in your report just now. As we enter into the season of gratitude, I want to take a moment to reflect on all that we have to be thankful for within our school district community. This past week, we proudly recognized Veterans Day and honored the brave individuals who have served our country. Special thank you to those within our own EUHSD family. We are deeply grateful for their service and sacrifice. I'd also like to thank Orange Glenn High School's NJOTC students for making this evening special. As we look ahead to the Thanksgiving holiday, I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to all of
140our dedicated staff members for their continued commitment to our students and families. Your hard work and compassion make a difference every day. Your support has a positive impact on our school community. Together, we make every day a reason to be thankful. looking forward to the variety of opportunities to see our students at special community events and performances in the coming weeks leading up to the winter break. As we enjoy this time of the year, let's also remember to support those who may be facing challenges or need an extra helping hand. Together, we can ensure that every student feels seen, supported, and valued. Just wishing everyone a happy Thanksgiving. Thank you. >> Thank you, John. All right. Uh moving on to items or item I 11, dates to remember. November 24th through 26th are non- studentent
141or teacher day. So happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Uh well technically that would be on November 27th and 8th. That's the Thanksgiving holiday where all schools and the and the district service center are closed. Uh December 16th, that is the organizational meeting for the board of education. Uh close session will begin at 5:00 p.m. Open session will begin at 6. And uh for item J, I don't believe there are any remaining public comments on non-aggenda items. So uh with that, we are going to close to or go resume or back to close session. >> Yes, we are going back to close session, but uh at this point it's not anticipated that any action will be taken during close session, but we will come back out to close off the meeting officially when we are done. >>
142So thank you everybody for your attendance and uh and have have a great evening. Do that. Not yet. >> You set You set a record. >> We used to do that all the time. Look. >> Yeah. After done a couple, you got really smooth at it. Yeah, >> if we don't discuss expulsions, that's right. >> That's why we that's why it's also on the Yeah, thank you.