FJUHSD Board Meeting 10/14/2025

001stands one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for today. remember and honor Jerry Scaff, former director of the construction and modernization. Mr. Scaff proudly served in the US Army from which he was honorally discharged in 1971. He went on to build a distinguished career in construction and electrical field before joining the district as director of construction and modernization on October 1, 2020 2002. He faithfully served in the role until his retirement on December 31st, 2012. Mr. Scaff is survived by his wife, Vicki Scaff. We extend our heartfelt sympathy and support for the Scaff family and friends during this time. Thank you. You may be seated. Board members met in close session to discuss the following items. Uh student expulsion uh del deliberation of finding recommendation of confidential pupil expulsion 2526 number five number six public

002employee discipline dismissal release government code section 54957 confidential people matters and student discipline education code section 35146 board members met in close session discuss several items I think that's it right this one okay is Is there a motion to approve the student explosive deliberation finding and recommendation for confidential pupil report 2526 number five? >> Second. >> Any discussion? All those in favor say I. >> I. I. >> All those opposed. >> Okay. Got that. Is there a motion to approve student expulsion deliberation finding recommendation of confidential pupil report 2526 number six? Second one. >> Okay. Any discussion? All those in favor say I. >> I. >> All those opposed. Thank you. 5-0. Approval of the minutes. Is there a motion to approve the minutes for September 9th, 2025? >> Any discussion? Ari, would you like

003to cast a propriial vote? >> I approve. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> All those opposed. Okay. Do board members have any correspondence they would like to share? >> Okay. We will move on to Ari. Okay. I would like to invite a student board member Ari to give her update um to the board members. Okay. Thank you. >> Good evening Superintendent Dr. Mclofflin, President Calhoun, members of the board and distinguished guests guests. I'm excited to share my student board member report for the month of October. Fall is in full swing and our campuses are buzzing with spirit. From homecoming celebrations to cultural events and student led initiatives, there's been no shortage of excitement. Let's dive in to see what's been happening across FGHSD. Bueno Park High School had an exciting month filled

004with school spirit and student involvement. The food fest was a big su success giving students a chance to enjoy food from different clubs and connect with one another. Homecoming week brought high energy to campus with themed dressup days, lunchtime activities, and a memorable homecoming dance to end the week. The Friday night light games help promote positivity and connect connection in fun, welcoming environment. Bona Park is preparing for Red Ribbon Ring to encourage healthy choices, culture day to celebrate diversity on campus, and a fun-filled Halloween pep rally to wrap up the month with school pride and excitement. Fullerton started the year strong with four home games in a row, including their homecoming game against Rancho Buenav Vista. Their homecoming assembly featured student performances and games leading into a successful dance that sold over 1,00 tickets with

005a theme under the city lights, a night in New York. AV carried that momentum into October with pep rallies and their annual cancer awareness week, including daily color themes, ribbon giveaways, and a pinkout game. With spirit high and student involvement strong, Fullerton is off to a spirited and meaningful start. Leista Losier ASB kicked off the school year with creative high energy events that brought students together and boosted school spirit. Early highlights included a Love Island themed photo op and fun-filled SOA senior tradition which encouraed crossgrade participation. ASB also organized a voter pre-registration drive promoting civic involvement among eligible students. At back to school night, ASB leaders welcomed families and helped showcase student life and leadership. A lunchtime pop the balloon fundraiser added excitement while raising money for future events. And students began preparing for October's

006on Wednesdays we wear pink spirit day. It's been a dynamic and engaging start of the year with ASB focused on connection, creativity, and campus pride. La Habra kicked off the month with mental health awareness week featuring themed dressup days and free hot tea to promote positivity. ASB kept staff connected through the teacher buddy system and showed strong school spirit at games, earning a spot in the top seven OC student sections. They represented La Habra proudly at the SACE symposium and wrapped with a meaningful meet in Miami homecoming week filled with late night prep, high student participation, and memorable assembly crowning King Matias Pasqual and Queen Georgia Rickenbacher. Overall, it's been a month of spirit, connection, and unforgettable moments for Highlander Nation. Sonora had a spirited September filled with themed football games, including camo, western, and

007carnival nights. Their Rio themed homecoming on September 20th featured a halftime show by ASB, drill, and cheer, and was introduced by a fun ASB le spirit week. ASB hosted the fall sports assembly of the year recognizing varsity athletes with performances by cheer, dance, production, and drill. They also attended the FGHSD symposium which provided great inspiration and connection across the district. Senior continued their monthly giveaway tradition with cookies and ASB ramped up school spirit through support games cheering on their peers at athletic events. It's been a high energy start to the year with ASB leading the charge in school spirit and student involvement. Sunny Hills kicks off the school year with strong school spirit and student involvement. Students packed the stands at multiple football and volleyball games and the school held its annual Patriot Day assembly

008and the teacher ice cream social. The Latin X club celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month with a spirit week and quad activities. AB attended the FGHSD sympymposium and launched Hoko preparations with a theme and prom. The month ended with recognitions for Lancer legends scholar athletes and athletes of the month. It's been a vibrant and busy start to the year and students are looking forward to an exciting fall season. Troy's ASB has kicked off the year with high energy and strong student involvement. Homecoming was a standout success with a thousand tickets sold, a rally full of performances and games and halftime show featuring ROC red hots cheer herald trumpets and the crowning of the homecoming royalty. All four class councils have been active. Freshmen handed out sunglasses and created a photo frame for homecoming and gave away bracelets

009and candy during pink week. Sophomores launched their first fundraiser, Splash a sophomore, and began recognizing sophomore stars each month. Juniors are planning a similar Splash event to open open to nominated students. Seniors hosted a milk and cookie giveaway before school, held a crown decorating event, and preparing for a slime senior. With strong student leadership and spirited events, Troy is off to a fun and impactful start of the school year. Thank you. And this concludes my board report for the month of October. Thank you, Ari. Okay, I would like to call the superintendent to introduce the principles to give their school report. >> Thank you, Dr. Cahoun, members of the board. Let's start with Sunny Hills. Mr. Winri, you got something to celebrate and share? >> I do, Dr. Mclofflin. >> Okay, thank you very much.

010>> Thank you, Dr. Mclofflin. Good evening, uh, President Calhoun and members of the board. This past week, I received notification from the Orange County Department of Education that Sunny Hills had been chosen as an inaugural Orange County Impact School. This is a brand new recognition highlighting schools in Orange County that are leading the way with innovative practices that make a meaningful difference uh for their students. Sunny Hills is only one of 12 Orange County schools that were selected for this honor. Uh this honor represents an amazing acknowledgement of the hard work and dedication of our teachers and staff to create a place that positively impacts our students and school community. So that is our recognition that we've received in honor this week. Uh, also Sunny Hills journalism program once again the accolade received a finalist

011nomination uh for the Scholastic Press National Scholastic Press Associations pacemaker award for their 2425 uh school year newspaper and magazines. Uh many different magazines from across the country in the United Kingdom entered this competition and the accolade was one of 41 finalists. It's the fourth time in the last five years that they've received this nomination and the third consecutive one. And they will find out November 15th at a uh uh convention in Nashville whether or not they've won. Athletically, Lancer Nation continues to have a strong fall season across the board and wanted to highlight a few of those teams. Football is is off to an exciting start, bounceback year with a 5-2 record under second-year coach Fred Gamrell. girls volleyball has already captured a share of the league title and is hoping to make it

012an outright championship with another win tonight and trying to get some updates for Miss Buchcci here as we get going. Uh this is the back-to-back years though for the league championships for Amanda Coach Amanda Donaldson's teams. Meanwhile, coach Troy Nelson, our first year girls flag football team has also had a solid campaign and they got rained out today, but they're going to be playing for a league championship potentially tomorrow against Foothill. And finally, these past few weeks have seen several cultural celebrations for our Lancer students. This included our Latinx club and Spanish teachers uh hosting its first ever Hispanic Heritage Week with the help of ASB. And uh they planned several fun activities around campus. Our Korean language classes celebrated Hanul day which commemorates the uh Korea adopting its own written language and the German

013club holding its annual October fest full of food and fun for our students this past week. Thank you. And this concludes the report from Sunny Hills. >> Thank Mr. Winers. Congratulations from Troy High School. Dr. Mittner. >> Thank you, Dr. Mclofflin, President Calhoun, members of the board. The first quarter, first quarter of the school year ends on Friday, and teacher grading window opens tomorrow. It's amazing that we're already here halfway through October. The month has been especially busy for our students and as mentioned, we had a great homecoming week. Rally, football game, and dance. Uh had a wonderful ASB uh uh creation creating our homecoming rally, and uh over a thousand students attended the dance. Um, our football team has continued their winning ways and had a great homecoming game. Last week, also defeated Santa

014Ana High School. Again, supported by our marching band, Guard Cheer. Last but not least, um, we have one more regular season home football game on Halloween. I'm looking forward to seeing what our ASB will do for the Halloween rally and the game later that night. Congratulations to our NGRTC cadets for winning their first first place trophy into California Drone Soccer Open Invitational held at McBride High School in Long Beach this past weekend. The invitation invited high performing teams from collegiate high school and middle schools and all were competing against each other in this invitational. In the course of the tournament, Troy knocked out Cal State Long Beach. Then we knocked out uh Cababrio High School who represented the United States in the international drone soccer competition in Germany over the summer. We uh beat them

015uh narrowly 22 to 21 in the final match. Congratulations to our cadetses on a great start to the season. Actually, that's the best we've ever done in drone soccer. So, we've practiced a lot over the summer. Uh Troy is already accepting applications for the 2026 27th school year as we welcome all potential eighth graders uh to our Troy Tech Magnum program. We will start tours of our school on November 4th, multiple dates through December 2nd. Um December 3rd is the Troy Techch visit in the afternoon 4:00 to 5 where they can see classes and various things our departments do. And then we will have on the same day as open house January 15th our Troy Techch IB Cambridge information night from 5 to 6 before open house starts from 6:00 to 7:30. Um October 1st

016uh we got ranked Troy was ranked again by another ranking entity nich.com. They ranked us number five as the best public high school in California. And and again there are four schools ahead of Troy in the state and I think I said something to this effect last year but they are California Academy Mathematics and Science number one grades 7 through 12 with 667 students pure magnet school girls academic leadership academy Dr. Michelle King School for STEM 7 or 18 students. Um, girls schooled, middle school, also California School of the Arts, San Gabriel Valley, grades 9 through 12, pure magnet, um, and, uh, charter. And then Orange County School of the Arts, uh, grades 7 through 12 and a public charter application only, no sports. So, I like our, uh, I like our competition, but I

017think we're the only comprehensive high school as well. So, um, I'll just say this. Uh, it's a great day to be a warrior and I'm happy to be at Troy High School. Thank you. And this concludes my report. >> Thank you, Dr. Minster. From Le Vista Lassiier Schools, Mr. Khali Le Pony. >> Good evening. Uh, Dr. Mclofflin, President Calhoun, and members of the board of trustees. This month, our students joined together for spread the word of hope in recognition of suicide prevention month. Uh during academy classes, students reflected on confidence and resilience, then wrote uplifting messages to each other on purple ribbons. Uh those ribbons now hang across campus, reminding everyone that encouragement and care are part of who we are as a school community. We also celebrated one of our alumni through our student

018spotlight, La Vista alumni, Arlette Medina. Arlette shared how her time at Le Vista helped her find academic focus and realworld experience as a student worker for food services and her eventual hire as a food service worker for our district. Uh she's now attending Fullerton College and continuing to grow both academically and professionally. Her story reflects the supportive relationships that make our schools a bridge to lifelong success and the opportunities our district gives our students through the student worker program. Our ASB students participated uh in the SACE symposium at Troy High School where they learned and presented on ways to engage students and strengthen school culture, earning a second place in ASB symposium Olympics and a third place in their school chair competition. We're really happy about that. ASB applies what they learned at so symposium

019every day, creating and encouraging our students to connect with our school and with one another. Every Friday, students at Le Vista Laser participate in restorative circles, developing social emotional skills, and building uh stronger relationships with their peers. This week's theme was strength. students discuss what courage and confidence looks like in daily life and how those qualities help them persist through challenges. Thank you for your continued support and have a good evening. >> Thank you from La Habra High School, Mr. Garcia. >> Thank you, Dr. Mclofflin. Uh President Calhoun, members of the board, two months have flown by and the quarter ends just like uh uh Dr. uh Minster said uh this Friday. Uh if you guys know Dr. York, it's a constant open invitation to walk into his classroom, which I uh enjoy. It's rare

020that you have a teacher say, "Please come on in." And so, uh we opened up this school year with a brand new class called AP Seminar. Uh and so I got invited to do a Socratic seminar with kids on artificial intelligence. I thought I was just going to sit and observe. No, I was part of that panel. Uh which kind of uh took me back a little bit. Uh but I I'll be honest with you, it was it was great to be in that class. They discussed opportunities and challenges of AI that it has on the workforce. It has in our schools, it has in our society. Uh it was inspiring to see their conversations and engage with the curiosity uh the critical thinking, the respect for they have with each other. I mean it's

021hard to have a conversation actually listen nowadays and they're just doing an incredible job in that class and it's just meaningful learning uh and a lot of leadership. So I enjoyed being there. I also want to celebrate Mr. McDermott and Miss Adams uh are two outstanding ACT teachers whose passion and dedication just continue to elevate our community and our program. Uh they were recognized recently by the California Agricultural Teachers Association for multiple awards. Uh Mr. McDermott, who I think of is above and beyond the the best a teacher that I've ever uh witnessed in a classroom. Uh outstanding pathway teacher for a mechanics for the southern region winner. Uh outstanding young teacher for the orange section. and then Miss Adams was the outstanding pathway teacher for aggra science in the orange section and then together

022they were the best two to three person department of the year uh for the orange section as you can see there just have incredible leadership and commitment to keep our a program at the forefront and thriving uh in addition um we had our second annual Highlander social uh huge success we had about 500 kids on a Friday night we had a by-week and I thought hey I get to be home no we're going to have a 500 kids show up uh on campus and celebrate and it was incredible we had the Lions club there cooking dinner for our kids. We had our families, coaches, athletes. Uh just a great night just to be festive and celebrate each other's commitment. Uh and so for me, uh enjoyed the night. Our kids enjoyed the night. Uh but

023it's also great to my athletic director, Mr. Caffrey for his vision, his coordination. Um again, it's true teamwork and and a time to just kind of take a step back and just be with each other uh without their phones. Uh in great company. Um, on the national stage, we have Alyssa Hernandez who plays for the USA softball team and played against Japan uh at Irvine a couple of weekends ago. Um, she's headed to Sienna University next fall on the softball scholarships. Just a great accomplishment and honor to represent our country, our community, and our school uh on such a prestigious stage. So, uh, congratulations to Alyssa. And then this past weekend, it was long. Uh, we had Meet Me in Miami uh for homecoming. We had 978 Highlanders there. Uh, they danced the night away.

024If you saw some of the videos on social media, my ears are still ringing, but smiles are still walking down the hallways. It was fun. I think the best part of it, it's safe, you know, to have an environment. We have this many kids and enjoy each other's company. And it was spirited. So, thank you to ASB, Mr. Fritter, uh, and the rest of our ASB leadership. Just a great time. Uh, yesterday, you know, part of our our job is to really hold the hands of our families going through the application process. It's a very stressful time for our families as they begin uh looking for the next step for their kids. And so, uh, we are going to have in a couple of weeks or next week our college application day and it's a

025process which we enjoy. So, we brought in parents last night to walk them through the timelines, a process for a CSU, a UC application, a common app, FAFSA, uh, and just want to let them know that we want to hold their hands through that process and that's our job. And so, uh, to see them walk out yesterday with a sense of relief. Um, I enjoyed that. All right. And so for us, I just want to say um in you know, thank you for the opportunity to be able to serve our community and hopefully like I said in about uh you know in March or April uh we get to celebrate those applications uh with a bunch of yeses to the universities that they choose to go to. Uh thank you and this concludes my report.

026>> Thank you. Fullton High School, Mr. Caffrey. >> Thank you Dr. Mclofflin. Good evening President Calhoun and members of the board. This month ASB visited Beachwood's eighth grade class to lead a discussion on kindness. continuing their outreach to feeder schools and promoting positive leadership beyond our campus. Our campus on campus ASB celebrated fall sports with rallies, goodie bags, and strong game day support. They partnered with AVID for College App Day and worked with administration to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. Our video announcement now features more staff and students, including uh yours truly, who's not very comfortable with it and uh working to get better. uh but this is the hope of building stronger school spirit and then the recent student senate uh which was outstanding by the way uh that meeting gave great insight into how

027we can do better and connect with all student groups on our campus. AVID students focused on building a collegebound culture by writing encouragement notes for every senior with a smarty attached as a fun reminder of their potential. leadership organized a freshman scavenger hunt to introduce them to key landmarks on campus and is partnering with local the local animal shelter to make and donate dog toys. Later this month, 45 students will visit USC and the AVID team continues to strengthen its peer tutoring model while improving collaboration between teachers and counseling. Our coral and vocal music program has a busy month ahead with the fall coral showcase on October 16th at 7 p.m. and the classical voice master class on October 25th in the choir room. We're especially proud of sophomore Zelda Preston who earned selection into

028the 2025 SCVA regional honor choir after a competitive audition. Athletics continues to shine across campus. Flag football and girls volleyball have both clinched league championships and are playing for undefeated titles. Football stands at 5-2 and is two wins away from a CIF playoff birth. Girls golf and girls tenn tennis remain in contention for league titles and boys while water polo continues to have a strong year under new leadership and is also in contention for another league title. and cross country continues to compete at a high level with recent and upcoming meets at Clovis, Orange County, and Mount Sack. This concludes my board report for October. >> Thank you from Buen Park High School, Dr. Berg. >> All right. Thank you, Dr. Mclofflin, President Calhoun, and members of the board. The Coyotes have had a very

029successful first quarter of the year. I can't believe that it's already coming to an end. Uh first off, since our last board meeting, we were notified that our early college academy, which is our dual enrollment enrollment program, was named a California golden bell recipient in its first year of eligibility. So, we are very proud of the work that has gone into building that, implementing it, and then growing it this unique program that has already had an impact on the lives of hundreds of students, giving them a successful jump start on college and building their college transcript while in high school. Next, I have some great schoolwide data to share. We all track student uh discipline closely and compare it from year to year. And so currently at the park um we have the lowest number

030of suspensions that we've had in recent history, down 67% from last year. Our student body is more connected and focused on rising up to meet new challenges. And so I'm very proud of our staff and students as they have started the new school year on a great note. Speaking of meeting new challenges, our choir program will be performing this Friday as an invite only at an invite only fundraiser as they prepare for festival in New Orleans later uh next year. The advancement in our arts is amazing and we can now announce this year's collaborative winter musical will be Frozen. Yes, we're one of the first high schools in California to receive the rights to the fulllength production and so we are super excited. More info to come kind of Januaryish. Uh in athletics, I'd like

031to recognize a couple fall programs for some amazing accomplishments and school first. So, first, our girls volleyball team uh who tonight they are finishing their season with a winning record for the first time in at least 20 years. So, that is a a big kudos to them. And Mr. Kay's daughter is one of the leaders on that team. And second, our girls flag football team who just yesterday secured a first place finish in league. And this is a great turnaround story because last year they went 0 for 15. and they didn't win a game this year. They're league champs. And so the next stop is CIF, and we'll find out on Saturday who we play. And then lastly, I have to give a huge thank you to my counseling department for their effort putting together

032another successful college apply day. We do this every year. And um like Mr. Garcia mentioned, we know how difficult it is to navigate the college application process. And so this event uh is not only essential for our students but helps remove some potential barriers to higher education, namely just getting in. Uh it allows them to continue on their academic growth and over 140 students participated and as you may have seen from my newsletter, they got cool t-shirts and things when they when they actually applied and finished their applications. So uh we're looking forward to seeing their acceptances roll through in the next few months. Thank you. And that concludes my report. >> Thank you from Sonor High School, Mr. Kazars. Thank you, Dr. Mclofflin, President Calhoun, and members of the board. As Ari mentioned earlier,

033our recent homecoming celebration was a tremendous success. It was a week full of school spirit and tradition that brought students, staff, alumni, and families together. One of the most special moments for me was the induction of our newest members into the Raider Hall of Fame, an event that honors the legacy of students who have achieved remarkable success both in their athletic endeavors and in the service of their community. Among those we celebrated was Joe Merllo, Sonora High School's very first principal. Mr. Merllo's leadership and vision helped to build the climate and culture that continued to define Sonora today. Our commitment to recognizing student achievement continued just last night with the induction of 71 students into the Sonora chapter of the National Honor Society. We're incre incredibly proud of these students for their dedication to scholarship,

034leadership, service, and character. The ceremony is a power powerful reminder of the academic excellence that thrives on our campus. We're deeply grateful to the dedication of our adviserss, Mrs. Nazia Balwani and Mr. Eric Dang for their leadership and mentorship for and for inspiring our students to reach and maintain at the highest levels. In keeping with the district's theme this year of inspired, I want to highlight two students who truly embody the spirit through their through their actions and leadership. First, Jessica Santana was recently recognized as a champion for character by CIF at their annual awards dinner and and is the first student from Sonora to receive this prestigious award. Jessica has turned her passion for sports journalism into a meaningful platform that celebrates the efforts and dedication of our student athletes and coaches. Through her

035work on the sidelines, she amplifies the stories of those who commit countless hours to their teams and exemplifies what it means to lead with purpose and passion. I would also like to recognize Axel Mahia Gutierrez, a student whose bright personality and deep compassion have made a profound impact on our campus community. Axel has dedicated his time to working with some of our most impacted students, building friendships, and promoting inclusion in every corner of campus life. Axel is also an athlete himself and this and this year he accepted the challenge to join our football team. And just last week he kicked his very first field goal in a varsity game. It was truly an inspiring moment that reminded all of us of the power of perseverance, encouragement, and community. Looking ahead, we are excited for our

036upcoming future ready day where our seniors will take meaningful steps toward their futures from applying to colleges and understanding the FAFSA to receiving help with their college essays. In addition to exploring adult transition and the work um experience, our outstanding guidance team has done a tremendous job preparing for this important event and we are also preparing to welcome our feeder schools later this month, continuing our outreach to families and showcasing all the great things that are happening at Sonor High School. This builds on the success of our recent campus tours which started a few weeks ago um where we introduced many of our future Raiders to the Sonora family. Thank you. And this completes my rate of report. >> Thank you. Thank you, principles. Dr. Cahoun. >> Thank you. Um, is there any information that

037the board would like to share? >> Well, I just want to say thank you to all the staff and faculty and everybody that works here for getting their training done. I know it takes a little time out of your schedule, but I appreciate it. I know this wonderful leader appreciates every single thing you guys do for this district. And that's what I want to say. That's what I'll say. Thank you to all the staff. And does the superintendent have anything he would like to share? >> Not at this time. Thank you. >> I would like to invite FSTO President Simac to the podium to give an update. Good evening, President Calhoun, trustees, Dr. Mclofflin, and guests. October is moving quickly, and FSTTO is keeping pace. Our executive board met earlier today, and we continue the

038work to continue the work we do in representing our members and keeping up with current events and issues. On Monday, October 6th, the CTA Association presidents in Orange County were invited to meet and collaborate with members of the public school defenders hub. This coalition was founded in 2023 to advocate for and defend public education, ensuring accountability and access to safe, inclusive, secular, quality learning for all children. The vision and theme for the sixth bianual coalition summit was educators on point, teachers at the center of the storm. and it featured a four-member panel of education experts. Dr. Steven Glass, CalState Long Beach professor and Orange Unified School Board member, Dr. Allison Dover, Cal State Fullerton professor involved in the teacher preparation program. Dr. David Verdugo, former superintendent of Paramount School District and currently a member of

039Leadership Associates and panel moderator, Dr. Nancy Watkins from Cal State Fullerton. Dr. Watkins did an exceptional job of planning, moderating, and framing the afternoon session with interactive tableabling, deep dives, and amazing discussions for us all. Summit participants prioritized actions in a head, heart, hand gallery walk, and we made advocacy commitments to each other and to ourselves. There were over 60 attendees and the afternoon also focused on ban books as October 6th through 10th was ban book week and it also coincided with the break the tape campaign. It was a great opportunity to listen to educators focus on what is right with education while also discussing how to improve communication and public education and have our voices heard. Seven of the 28 Orange County Association presidents were in attendance and we walked away ready to learn

040more and participate. We hope to be invited to return to the public school defender summit and participate more in the work that they do. This weekend is our first CTA state council of education session for the 202526 school year. Amanda Gizer, Magdalena Ba, and I will be attending the council meeting in Los Angeles and our focus will be on propositions 50 and 55. The passage of Proposition 50 would allow the state to use new legislatively drawn congressional district maps starting in 2026. California's new maps would be used until the California Citizens Redistricting Commission draws new maps following the 2030 US Census. Proposition 55 would extend Proposition 30, which was voted into law in 2012 and increase income tax rate income tax rates on highincome taxpayers at that time. A loss of this revenue for Proposition

04155 would create deficits in education spending throughout the state and our district alone would lose $7.5 million each year. I've also had the opportunity to be on campuses recently and talk with our members and share information regarding these important propositions and their impacts on education as well as other important ideas in education. I had an opportunity to stop by stop by Troy High School last week and we had about 23 FSTO members in attendance. What a great showing. Thank you Troy High School. I will be visiting all campuses in this semester and I look forward to seeing our members as well as our administration. On October 29th, both FSTTO and district negotiating teams will meet to discuss theou regarding article 12 class size. We will also be meeting on November 12th to discuss class size

042and numbers in mod severe special education classrooms and nursing staffing numbers. We look forward to learning information needed to make more informed decisions regarding our collective bargaining agreement. And wrapping up the fall semester for CTA conference schedule. The LGBTQ plus issues conference will be held October 24th through the 26 in Orange County and the solidarity conference will be held October 31st through November 2nd in San Francisco. Any members interested in in attending should reach out as quickly as possible and I look forward to reporting about both of these events in our November board of trustees meeting. Thank you. Thank you. I would like to invite CEA President Bill Hagar to the podium to give an update. >> Everybody. >> Hello Bill. So, as you can all probably tell, this is my favorite time of the

043month, standing up and speaking, but I do the best I can. Um, hope everybody survived today. I didn't realize that the wind had kicked up so bad. We saw a little bit of it, but I got home today and my uh buddy's dog is staying in my backyard and we had an easy up up and easy up ended on the side of the house and poor Dexter looked like he was a drowned rat. So, it took six towels to dry him off and he's doing much better now. Um, if I could read my own writing, that would be a good thing. Um, so we have our tenative agreement coming up for election. Uh we're planning on spending time at each campus next week forformational meetings to discuss what the tenative agreement holds and then the

044elections would happen online the following week. Um five five days worth and hopefully by next meeting y'all will have uh a ratified tenative agreement from us. That's what we're hoping. So anyway, if there are no questions. Cool. Thank you. You will. Thank you. Okay. I would like to invite the Fullerton uh PTA to the podium to give an update. A representative from the Fullerton PTA, please come to the podium. >> Hello everybody. Uh good evening. Dr. Mclofflin, President Dr. Calhoun, and members of the board. My name is Nivi Jawar and I'm the executive vice president of Fullerton Council PTA. Each and every one of our 24 units has been busy with activities, movie nights, and homecomings. Many of our schools are also hosting upcoming Halloween related trunk or treats or fall and harvest festivals. Please

045make sure that you attend. The schools would love your support. Membership campaigns are still going strong at each of our school sites. So far, we have a total of 3,674 members at all of our sites. All of our school schools rely on their membership to make a positive difference in their students lives. At the FSD school level and the FJUSD level, our units support school programs, student activities, and staff appreciation. So, we continue to encourage everyone to join multiple units. And as we always say, every single membership helps. On September 23rd, Fullerton Council held its FCPTA member mentors roundtable, a training for all PTA executive board members. It was a great meeting with new and continuing leaders in our community sharing ideas, asking questions, and providing participants with practical knowledge and resources to improve their

046PTAs. Thank you to everyone who was there. You made it great. Our reflections program entry deadline is rapidly approaching this Friday, October 17th. This is a nationwide PTA run arts contest in the various areas of visual arts, dance, music compet composition, film production, literature, and photography. The theme this year is I belong. I promise to keep you updated as our students progress further up the levels. Fullerton Council will be hosting a PTA Reflections art showcase at the Fullerton Museum Center on Tuesday, November 7th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. This event is so inspiring when you see the incredible artwork and fantastic dances or hear the marvelous poetry and witness the creativity of music from our wonderful students. Come and see the amazing creations done by our amazing district students. Just a reminder to all of

047our principles, superintendent, assistant superintendent, and our esteemed board members, our annual Fullerton Council PTA president principal lunchon will be held on October 21st at 11:00 a.m. We once again thank the Fullerton School District for hosting us in their district courtyard. Please, if you've not yet received your invite because you are all invited, um, or if you've not yet RSVPd, please do so. and principles. If you've not yet seen an invite, please reach out to your PTSA president. As always, we welcome anyone to attend our council meetings, which are usually held the fourth Tuesday of every month at 9:30 a.m. here in the boardroom. We hear from our superintendent, various guest speakers, and it's a great opportunity to ask those burning questions. Meeting dates are posted on our website at www.fullertonspta.org. And as always, you can

048reach us at full counsel pa [email protected] and we welcome any and all input and we're always uh happy to answer any questions. So please reach out and that would be a great place to RSVP. Again, if you have not yet done so, we would love to have all of you at our lunchon. Thank you all so much. Happy fall. And that concludes my report. >> Thank you. Diana, will you give the La Harbor PTA um update? Thank you. >> On behalf of the La Habra Council PTA President Susan Cunningham. Good evening, President Calhoun, Board of Trustees, and Superintendent Mclofflin. Our PTA membership is nearing 1,800 members. We encourage everyone to join the PTA at one or more of your local schools. Principles, please continue to invite your teachers to join your school PTA, especially if

049PTA provides classroom grants or host annual staff appreciation events. A heartfelt thank you to Dr. Mclofflin, the FJU HSD administrative staff, and the board of trustees for their ongoing support of our students, schools, and PTA council. Thank you. And this concludes my report. >> Thank you, Diana. I would like to invite assistant superintendent of administrative services Dr. Carl Zener to the podium to introduce our honores and lead the recognitions. Well, thank you President Calhoun, members of the board and Dr. Mclofflin. This month we celebrate our ASB presidents activities directors, ASB curriculum co-chairs, and the SACE symposium president and vice president. The opening of this school year has been busier than ever for this incredible group. They kicked off the year at the Orange County Leadership Camp in Santa Barbara, marking the second year our district

050has sent our ASB students and activities directors to this leadership experience. We are incredibly grateful to the board of trustees for your continued support of our students and our goal of increasing student engagement across the district. After returning from camp, our student leaders jumped right into action, starting the school year strong, planning their sight's homecoming celebrations, and organizing our annual SACE symposium, which took place two Fridays ago. This event was another great success, bringing together over 300 students, 50 adults from across the district for a day of leadership, collaboration, and connection. It's now time to meet these amazing school and district leaders who make this all possible. I'd like to invite each school's assistant principal of student affairs to the podium to introduce and share a few words about their activity director and ASB president.

051Our APSAs have done a tremendous job supporting their activities directors in their expanded roles. And now it's time to celebrate our outstanding leaders. I would first like to introduce from Buena Park High School assistant principal Brian Quvis. Good evening. Thank you. Thank you, President Cahoun, members of the board, and Dr. Mclofflin. So, it's my pleasure to introduce two amazing ladies at Bonap Park High School. First, I want to introduce Miss Lisa Scott, also known as Miss Scotty to a lot of us in this room. and on our campus. She's in her 11th year as ASB director. She continues to enjoy seeing the students work across the district with all ASB students and she's inspired she's inspired by her ASB students and the growth that they show at the end of the year and just the

052positive impact that they have on our campus. That's Miss Lisa Scott. Next, I want to introduce Miss Julisa Contreas, our ASB president. Her second year in ASB. She's also four years in agriculture and she's also our current president for the agriculture program. She's also vice president of the orange section of FFA and she's also a national delegate for our FFA program. Um, Miss Contras is looking to continue her education in agriculture and pursue a career in agriculture. Again, Miss Lisa Scott and Julysa Contas. Let's hear the point of work. And now from Fullerton Union High School assistant principal, Mr. Dan Ma. >> All right. Good evening everyone. Good evening board president Dr. Calhoun. Okay. Uh members of the board doc uh Dr. Mccclaclin, cabinet and principles. So I am very fortunate to have two amazing

053ladies too on at Fitton High School. There we go. Oh, wait. The other way. Sorry. First up is our amazing, spectacular activities director, Mrs. Brook Kerr. So, she is in her eighth year as a uh in teaching and third year as activities director. She enjoys working with students and watching them grow as leaders. And Mrs. Kerr is excited to see how new campus events will bring students together and help achieve our goal of 100% engagement at Fletton High School. Mrs. Brook Kerr. Next up is our amazing ASB president, Chanel Thompson. Oops, sorry, I keep forgetting this one. Chanel is a proud fourth year ASB member who embodies tribe pride as ASB president. She's passionate about school spirit, teamwork, and making FUHS a place where every student feels connected and inspired. She values uh leadership growth

054and making an impact. And lastly, Chanel is excited to build new traditions, strengthen school spirit, and bring the tribe together. Chanel Thompson. So, in closing, I just want to take a moment to say thank you board for all your support, especially saying thanks to OCL. And with that, Mrs. Kerr and Chanel Thompson. Thank you. >> Thank you, Dan. Okay, let's hear for Fullington High School. And now from La Habra High School, assistant principal, Dr. Andrea Brama. >> Thank you, Dr. Calhoun, members of the board, and Dr. Mclofflin. It's an honor to be here tonight to recognize our two individuals, particularly starting with our activities director, Mr. Matt Fritter. Mr. Fritter has been teaching for 22 years. This is his fourth year as an activities director. Um, what I asked him when I asked him what

055he enjoys most about his role, he said he just loves watching students in leadership and even in his classes work through their challenges together and find ways to overcome them. um one of his goals this year is to obtain record participation in part um among the La Habra students working toward 100%. So Mr. Fritter and then um our ASB president Eric Lopez. Eric has been involved in ASB since fourth grade. So, this is his ninth year as a student leader. And truly, he is a leader. He has participated in gymnastics for 13 years. He currently serves as our coastal club president and he's a member of our AP Heritage program. He is truly a passionate and strong and yet um wonderful leader who connects so effectively with the students. Um and his leadership goals really

056attest to the kind of person that he is, inclusivity, community outreach, and improving school spirit. Eric Lopez Let's hear for La Habra And now from L Vista Lassier, assistant principal, Mr. Hoel Medina. >> Thank you and good evening, President Calhoun, members of the board, and Dr. Mclofflin. Uh, it's my honor to introduce and recognize our activities director and ASB president. Uh, first, Miss Daisy Regosa Era is currently in her fourth year of teaching. She teaches algebra at L Vista Lassier and this is her first year as activities director. She's proud of our ASB this year for receiving an award at OCL for most creative shirt design and our recent second place in the symposium Olympics. Daisy fosters creativity, inclusiveness, and cultural awareness on our campus, bringing students of diverse backgrounds together and providing a welcome

057space for them to serve our student body. In her short time so far as activities director, she has made a significant positive impact on our school community and culture. Thank you, Miss Rego. Thank you. All right. And now it's my honor to introduce our ASB president, Kira Rodriguez. Kira has demonstrated leadership and dedication as ASB president, representing our student body with professionalism and enthusiasm. She has planned and led major campus events such as Picolandia, promoting unity and school spirit. She also organized a voter pre-registration drive to encourage civic participation in support of her pursuit of the state seal of civic engagement. She she brings creativity and innovation to our school community and elevates student engagement to new heights. Thank you, Kira Rodriguez. here for Le Vista. And now from Sonora High School, Mrs. Cray was

058unable to be with us this evening, but we do have a great substitute. I'd like to introduce our principal, Mr. Steve Kazarus. >> Good evening once again. Uh I have the pleasure of first introducing our activities director uh Miss Kelly Verden. >> Y >> So Kelly has been in activities for nine years total, four years at Fullerton High School and uh for the last five years with us at Sonora High School. She also teaches math and uh and is an avid teacher as well. Uh she is somebody who is very passionate about students and student leadership and she definitely does everything to put them first. um her one of her highlights of the year which gives me a lot of anxiety is is seeing all of her kids have so much fun at OCL camp

059and spending the the few days with them there and really supporting them. Um and then lastly, she would like to thank her family for all their support. Miss Kelly Verden and our ASB president, Ariana Machado. So Ari has served or is currently serving as the district school um school uh student board member, excuse me. Uh she's been an ASB at Sonor High School for three years and one year at her previous school, Warren High School. She also uh competes and is the captain for the girls volleyball team and has done that for three years at at Sonor High School. She's also involved in our Best Buddies program and is a CSF and NHS member. Once again, Ari Machado Let's hear for Sonora. And from Sunny Hills High School, assistant principal, Mr. Arley Kernney. Good evening.

060Thank you, President Calhoun, members of the board, and Dr. Mclofflin. Well, as you can see, a young David Fster maker was inspired by churros. He currently holds the record for the most churros sold at Disneyland in an 8 hour shift with 800, 1826. Now, he's currently our activities director, and he is inspired by leading and mentoring young people, and he does a phenomenal job uh with all of our activities, building a really positive uh culture at Sunny Hills High School. So, we're very grateful to Dave and all of his work with all of our students. Thanks, Dave. >> How do I go next? Oh, there we go. All right. and our ASB president, Ellie Sweeney. >> Ellie's been an ASB member for three years. She's captain of the varsity soccer flag football teams, president of

061Surf Rider Club, um the Cards for Cause Club, and member of NHS and CSF. She's played three sports for the Lancers. and she won an intense game of pizza box smash for the Sunny Hills Lancers to be the inaugural Fullerton joint SACE Olympic champions. Great job, Ellie. here for Sunny Hills. >> And now from Troy High School, assistant principal Dr. Allison Wills. You >> Thank you. Thank you. Uh everybody, the board, Dr. Calhoun, Dr. Mclofflin. Um I have the honor of introducing our amazing activities director, Abby Contreras, at Troy High School. She has been our activities director now. This is going on her third year, but she's um in her eighth year as a math teacher at Troy High School. Um she earned her Master of Arts um in teaching from the University of California,

062Irvine, and her bachelor's from Cal State San Bernardino. and we are so lucky to have her. She's wonderful to our students. She's um always on campus. She just moved far away and yet I think she spends more time on the freeway now, but she's always at school and we love to have her. So, she's wonderful. Our kids are lucky. And our ASB president, Miss Kathy Newin. Kathy has been a member of our ASB for three years now. Although she did mention that she was also on ASB in um in elementary school. So she was jealous that you put that on. She said she should have also mentioned that. Um she's been she is a part of our um Troy Tech program in the business pathway. Her dream school is UCI where she hopes to pursue

063pharmace pharmacy, excuse me. Um and she is proud to have served as our ASB executive president, the class president, the link crew leader, and a youth congressional participant. She's amazing. >> Go Troy. fun. >> Let's hear for Troy. So, we're not quite done yet. Amazing things do not happen in isolation. And he's going to have to come back up here. He's not going to like this. But we do have two co-asb curriculum chairs. Uh again, Mrs. Crayle is at class tonight so she couldn't make it. But I am so grateful and appreciative of the leadership of Mrs. Crayle and Mr. Kazarus for all they do for our ASB students. Let's give them Steve a round of applause. And last but not least, if I could have Adrina Gomez please join me up here. Adrina. Adrina

064is the SACE vice chair. She is an exceptional partner for ARIE. She does so much work uh unrecognized work to help with SACE monthly meetings and of course our symposium. She's a tremendous humble leader and we are so grateful for all you do. Adrina, thank you so much. And let's hear for Adrina. And finally, our student board member, our SACE chair. Let's hear it for Ari. The second half of double A, Ariana Machado. I just I just want to recap Ari's September. This is this was Ari September. Her first ever board meeting, her first ever board report, her first ever monthly SACE meeting, her first ever and ever in the history. We'll hear about it later. Orange County Student Board Member Summit and her first ever SACE symposium all in one month. And she did

065it with flying colors. So, we give them a round of applause and we'll take a picture. >> But wait, there's more. Um because this this this event and SACE symposium uh is a district-wide event and it starts uh with all of us working together uh from our students, our leaders, our sites. Um but we also often forget to recognize see if I did it right. There he is. >> Our own very doctor our very own Dr. Zener. So if I can call Dr. Xener to the podium for recognition for the SACE sympodium. Uhhuh. Dr. Calhoun. Wait, Dr. Zener. You Dr. You know, you know the rules like you're in charge of this. You got to shake hands. >> You get you get you get a a thing, right? I know, >> right? >> So, Dr.

066Zener, assistant superintendent administrative services. Um, he's been our lead administrator since 2018. Uh, he really helps to organize from a district level and brings people together. But if you see him on that day too, he's just like one of the kids, just like one of the participants. Um, for those of you who don't know, he was also actu on in ASB. He was an activities director. So, this is his lifeblood. Uh so, we wanted to give him a special recognition. Uh give him his own very own um uh certificate and want to make sure that you get a picture and we'll send it home to your wife as well. So, Dr. Zener, everybody Make it happen. So nice. So nice. Yeah. Yeah. So, uh, thank you for the surprise. I wasn't expecting that because I

067have a surprise right now for everybody. Um, I they say a picture is worth a thousand words and we are unveiling our annual SACE symposium video so you can all get a sense of the great work. Enjoy. [Music] I came to find out what our students are doing with their new SACE event, which is always exciting and interesting and inspirational. So, this year we are the host school for the symposium. Oh my gosh, it's amazing. It's so cool. I probably would have liked high school a lot more if I had had something like this. >> Our goal in Fullerton Joint Union High School District is that all of our kids, 100% of our kids are connected. This is a group that looks for unseen kids, unnoticed kids. They create programs. They invite them to dances

068to make sure that all of our kids feel included. Countless studies have shown that the more students are connected to the campus they call home, the more successful they'll be both in school and in life. How many of you have homecoming still coming up? Raise your hand. What if we got a member of ASB, of cheer, of band, and of football crews of four to visit every single freshman class? I think it starts from like the beginning from like the interview process. So making sure that we get ASB kids that are from all different groups on campus. We pick kids that are in theater, who in sports, who are in clubs to make sure that we're covering our community that we have. >> Every year we have a theme that goes with our SACE. >>

069What's inspiring about this this year is that we open our school year at our leadership retreat and invited all of our student leaders to participate and to provide input into the vision for this year. We're reconnecting today with some of our site leaders and district leaders to ensure that we continue to partner with our kids because at the end of the day, that's why we're here. >> My favorite part about today was when everyone was in groups with different schools and that we were just so vulnerable with each other and able just to have honest conversations and we put them all into little donation piles and we give them out to students and families who are in need. I think it's really fun to see them present on all of their ideas on how when

070the school time kind of hits a valley that we can do some things on campus that can really sort of boost morale for our students. Got to see about six different presentations and uh really get some neat ideas that I can take back and work with my ASP on. If we can inspire somebody to feel like they want to come to school, we can inspire them to work that much harder on this assignment, that assignment, to feel like they're a part of a community, and then they go out and inspire the next person. One of the things that's so great about an event like this is you get 400 kids, they're inspiring each other, and then those kids go out inspire. It becomes a ripple effect that, you know, makes a difference for 13,000 kids

071and our community. Thank you. That concludes our recognitions. >> Well, Dr. Zener, that was wonderful. Great presentation. Okay, we're going to call for a 10-minute recess. So, see you in a minute. At this time, we will call for public comments for items that are not on the agenda. If there are any cards to be read, here we go. Mr. Norby, will you please come to the podium? >> Thank you. Chris Norby, 280020 Street in Fullerton. Uh signed into law, AB 3074 censors not only Indians but tribe and even big red by use by public schools as well as about a half a dozen specific tribal names. I appreciate the efforts of this board to try to get permission from a recognized tribe for the continued use of Indians. However, during an outreach meeting last week,

072FUHS principal John McCaffrey announced that such efforts have been unsuccessful and it's time to move on to choose a new mascot. As an alumni, fan, and dad of a current FHS freshman football player, my Johnny, I reluctantly concur. Suggestions should be taken from students, alumni, parents, and staff with the ultimate choice being made by a vote of the student body. And I just met briefly to tonight with the ASB president Charerelle Thompson who says I already have a committee at the high school of students looking at various alternatives. Uh, I've heard specific suggestions such as Aztecs, red hawks, red hots, red tide, Thunderbirds, and towers as to interestingly Aztecs is not specifically banned as it's not a recognized US tribe and the Placentia Yorbalinda Unified School District has no plans to change the esbronze Aztecs.

073Personally, I prefer names that have some tie with Fullerton's history. Uh, such as Fenders. Leo Fender was an A FHS student who invented his revolutionary guitar right here in Fullerton. Or maybe Flyers, as Fullerton has the oldest and only city operated airport in Orange County. I've even heard ostriches suggested. Ostrich Eggs for Breakfast is a children's history book about the city of Fullerton that every elementary school kid is familiar with because it's part of the curriculum in the Fullerton Elementary District. Uh, and I I think having a live ostrich uh would be something that our agriculture department at Fullerton might welcome and they could take good care of it as a mascot. Sponsors of any suggestion should have the chance to explain why their choice is appropriate and a lively discussion should be encouraged among

074students. Use this process as a teaching moment. In the end, the decision should be up to a vote of the student body. I think all of us would welcome and accept their decision. In the meantime, go Tribe. >> Thank you, Mr. Norby. Next we have Connie Sims. Please come to the podium. Dr. Mclofflin, President Calhoun, members of the board of trustees, school officials. Good evening. First of all, thank you for supporting us and our work. On behalf of the parents voice USA, I would like to invite everyone here present as well as everyone watching through the liveream to come and join us this Thursday, October 16 at the Fullerton Public Library at 6:30 p.m. At this free event, we invite Dr. Mark A. Cruz, DDS, an airway specialist, to talk on the matters of sleeping,

075especially with our school age kids. 25 to 50% of our children of children, I'm sorry, with ADHD may have airway and sleep disorders. Studies have shown that these disorders may lead to delayed brain and behavioral development, impaired focus, age, ADHD, disturbed sleep, lowers IQ, undetected breathing issue, increased risk of obesity, and type two diabetes. and it also may affect attendance. For online attendees, please visit our website at the parentsvoiceusa.com. That's parents with an um with an svoiceusa.com and click on our upcoming event to be directed to eventbrite. It is a free event, so please register and share the link to families and friends who may need to hear about the talk. To everyone present tonight, I have left a stack of flyers at the check-in table. Feel free to take one and register. Again, the

076Parents Voice USA invites you to join our free event in two days. This is on Thursday, October 16 at the Fullerton Library. Event starts promptly at 6:30 p.m. See you all and thank you again for coming last year. Hope to see you all again this year. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you for your thoughtful comments. Non-aggenda items may not be acted on during the meeting or discussed by the board. If you would like further information, please contest contact us through the district website or contact staff members who will be happy to talk to you and follow up with any information. Um superintendent, um does the superintendent have any information he would like to share? >> Not at this time. >> Okay. We have an action item. Action item um election of member of the

077Orange County Committee on School District Organizations. The Orange County Committee on School District Organization is an 11 member committee of two members from each of the five supervis supervisoral district and one member elected at large from anywhere in the county. Members of this committee serve for a period of four years. The purpose of this committee is to consider and decide matters relating to school districts, organization such as transfer, territory, unification, and a trustee area rearrangement, abolishment, and establishment. Below is a slate of candidates. First, for the first supervisoral district is David Johnson. The fourth supervisoral district is Pette Chaffy and that's an incumbent. Both of them are incumbent. David David from the first is incumbent. Plet Chaff is incumbent and the fifth supervisoral district is Sheila Benick. She's also an incumbent Beni. There we go.

078Yeah, Beni. We will be voting on each supervisoral district individually. We will start with the first um supervisoral district, John, Mr. Johnson. David. Okay. Is there a motion to >> approval? Second. Jo >> Jo. Any discussion? >> Ari, would you like to cast a preferential vote? >> I approve. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. >> All those opposed. >> 5-0. We will move to the fourth supervisor district. Is there a motion to cast a vote for Pette Chaffy? >> Second. >> Okay. Any discussion? Ari, would you like to cast a preferential vote? I approve. >> Okay. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> All those opposed. 5-0. We will move into the fifth supervisoral district. Is there a motion to cast a vote for Sheila Biniki? >> Second. >> Okay.

079Ari, would you like to cast a preferential vote? >> I approve. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. >> All those opposed 5. I would like to call Assistant Superintendent Education Assistant Services, Dr. Sylvia Kaufman, to present an update on the educational services and assessment department. This is for information only and is a non-action item. Sophia President Calhoun, members of the board, superintendent and guests. This evening, ED services staff will be presenting the district profile, reflections, student outcomes, local indicators, areas of focus, and what inspires us for the this school year. Let's start off with uh presenting our ED services administrative team that's made up of directors and coordinators and our organizational chart that shows our classified staff that serves as our backbone in our offices and our certificated leads that support our

080work throughout this school year. In ED services, it all begins with our vision statement that is built upon trust. And how we do our work is supported by our framework set for success which stands for supporting a safe inclusive culture, equipping students to be college and career ready and teaching using best first instruction and supporting with interventions. Let's recap our 24-25 school year last year. And this basically will show a cycle of the presentations that we do throughout the school year to provide insight as far as what's taking place. Every summer we begin with our LCAP, usually in the month of June. In the fall, in October, such as today, we provide the board with an annual update. And in the winter, usually in February, we provide a mid-year update to the board. During the

081spring, we collect feedback. We evaluate our goals. We adjust our LCAP and we get more community engagement throughout this process and we also look at our budget. Then come summertime and back in June, we're back with our LCAP process as well or our presentation. So, let's reflect on last year. Our areas of focus for the 24-25 school year. We started with our moonshot. It was our three-year goal. It was the first time we presented this. The focus was on college and career preparedness with the focus on CASP results. We shared student demographic data which showed that we had well over 12,600 students districtwide. And also we provided a se six-year trend on the actual demographics of students, the increases and decreases as far as what was taking place throughout our district. We also showed socioeconomically

082disadvantaged students. These are students on free and reduced lunch. And it shows that we have well over 61% of our students in the area of special education. We have over 1300 students while the majority of our students are in 80% or more of the day in general education classes. That means at least in five classes English learners we have over 1100 students and the majority of our English learners are long-term English learners. That's well over 700 students. Let's not forget the work that we have so that we work so closely with many of our partnerships. And these are just a few of the agencies partnerships that we have throughout the school year, but the list and slides could be can go on and on and on. Last year, we implemented a district-wide data protocol. This

083was our tool to help align our conversations when reviewing data. We had three major areas that we always look at. So here's what we have. So what does this mean for us today and now what's next? These data conversations help with planning. They help planning with various reports that we need to present to the state overall on an annual basis. And you can see here are some examples. Our every student succeeds act, our LCAP, our SIPAS, student academic performances and student connections. And that's a very important one for us. As you have seen throughout our various presentations, our professional learning community started in the year 22 23. This is year four for us where we have dedicated time, we collaborate, we connect, we have datadriven results and at the end of the day it's all

084student focused for us. And so today we will share student outcomes for the 2425 school year. And these will be the areas we will present tonight in the areas of student outcomes. Student supports, career readiness, college readiness, academic distinctions, and local indicators. With this, I'd like to introduce our director of student support services, Alan Whitten. Thank you, Dr. Kaufman, and good evening. I'm so excited to share some of the progress and corresponding data from student support services with a full team of wellness specialists. You can see here just some of the sports they were able to provide to students last year. We empowered our wellness specialists to partner with their admin teams to address the unique needs of each of their sites and the re results speak for themselves. In the past in the last

085three years, you can see the student reported gains from our panorama climate and wellness survey. Supportive relationships, sense of belonging, school climate, valuing of school, all up significantly. But the last one, their emotional regulation. This is one that other districts are now contacting us. And Panorama themselves has been kind of scratching their head asking how are you doing that in FJUHSD? And the answer is simple. We we provided the focus and support for helping kids understand how to regulate their emotions to make better decisions in school. And you can see some of the results here um in our student behavior gains. Understanding that you cannot discipline and suspend kids into loving school. Our teams are doing a great job of prioritizing safety, communicating expectations, creating positive school environments, and supporting student mental wellness to keep

086kids in school. We love this data obviously, and we're happy to be trending in the right direction on school exclusion. And in line with district priorities, we are so proud to have dramatically improved the safety of our schools by reducing fights, drugs, and weapons through clear communication, high expectations, and trust. As you know, a rising tide raises all boats, and we are thrilled to see that students, all students are benefiting from the supports provided. And lastly, our efforts to make our schools more positive, connected, safer, and supportive have resulted in a massive reduction in suspension days, keeping more kids in school, learning, and achieving. And with that, I'll turn it over to Dr. Porter. Thank you, uh, Dr. Mclofflin, uh, President Cohoun, members of the board, and really as I I get into explaining and

087and sharing some of the data, we're going to talk about college and career readiness, some of our state indicators. Um, I do think it's important to note that we put a thank you out there to our principles, our staff, our teachers, because this data is a reflection of the work, the culminating events and summitive work of our students, but the work that they put into the classroom to get this data to where it is today. And I think it's some data that's really something that we should be very proud of, uh, and really seeing from the tops of the roofs. So, we're going to start off here looking at our CTE data five-year trends. And when we look initially at this data, you'll see that there's a slight decrease in student participation in our overall

088CTE classes from years years past with a total enrollment of 4,826. Now, that's not to be uh undershadowed by the fact that we have of that we saw an increase doubling the number of students who completed a pathway up to 656 from 396 students last year in previous years and 346 year before that. With that, we also saw an increase of the number of certifications that students received. We saw that over 2600 students, 122% increase in CTE certifications from the work uh that we put into they put into their programs. When we look at college readiness, you know, I like to start off in reminder we do a lot of interventions and supports here. We don't always just start off with uh students coming in. We we have to provide a little extra for each

089uh every year. And over summer, we offer some of those programs, some of it being credit recovery, a lot of original credit, internships, opportunities for students to experience real world experiences. They do an extended school year for uh our students with special needs. And we offer summer bridge program for our incoming nth grade students. We have a number of students that participate in dual enrollment classes and we're happy to present that over almost 85% of those students pass those classs the first time. We've seen an increase in AVID uh approximately 200 students about 100 200 plus students from 2122 school year. But what's important here you'll see that over 76% of those students meet and have completed the A3G requirements. Last year we had 88% of our seniors complete the senior exit survey. And from

090that we gathered 40% of our students had planned to go to a four-year university. 45% going to community college and 9% of students entering the workforce showing that you know of this group over 90% of students had a post-secondary plan that they were eager to to pursue. We had 871 of those students complete the college and financial aid application via the California colleges. And what's really sto stood out here amongst all the data that we sh what we found from the A3G data was that going back to 22 23 school year we had about a 55 54% rate and this past year with the work of our counselors staff principles um our students were able to 59% point 59.5% of our students met the ATG rate which means they were ready for college. Looking at

091our academic distinctions, you know, some of our u most top scholars out there, we have about 4,398 students participating in an advanced placement course. Of that, that's up um over 200 student or 2,000 student or I'm sorry, we had about 9,500 tests taken, which is about 2,000 more from the three years ago. And from that, we've continued to see an increase in pass rate, which is showing not only are more students participating in AP classes, more students are taking the AP exams, but more students are finding success within that AP framework. And similarly, you're going to see in IB placement data that three years ago, we were about 842 exams taken of the, you know, approximately 11,200 students uh to recently about a thousand exams. And while we do see a similar pass rate of

09285% that we saw with the AP exams, which is a little bit of a decline from the uh from last year, you'll see the significant number of students participating with significant number of exams taken, which shows more students were passed in the exam, even though our percentage might be a little bit lower. We had 522 students earn a seal of literacy and 396 students earning the seal of civic engagement. And we're proud to say as we talk about our ELS and the supports and interventions, and you'll hear more about that as we progress through our presentation tonight, that we continue to see an increase in this redesignation process. And with the 20% on average of our students coming to us being reclassified as English proficient and what does all that lead to? Over the past,

093you know, we see the COVID dip of about 89%, but over the past few years, we've seen that gradual increase of students uh graduating high school. And we've seen that percentage climb up to 95% this past school year. Uh last June we presented a little bit of information and a brief overview of our local indicators. It's something we're required to share with you each year, but this year we're going to give you a quick refresher uh and share with you that you know each year California's accountability system we have indicators that the public is it that makes them easily readable and visible for the public to see how our district and our schools are performing. We select local indicators as listed here. Um and each year and including this past year we have met all

094such indicators. In particular there is a teacher assignment monitoring data addendum that was recently released. Um this is where we provide a report to the state. They evaluate our our teachers qualifications and we are at over 90 90% of our our teachers meeting that qualification. Uh there's many factors that lead into why we don't meet that. Sometimes we need a long-term sub. uh things transition uh courses change um but we're above the county average and above the statewide average and we've met the the requirement here. Um another piece of interesting data here is the state this is they released this but this report's two years old. It's not from last year. It's actually from the year before which were higher from the from last year. Another indicator that everybody looks at and this is unique

095for high schools. It's a unique situation for us as a high school district is CAS data. So, as we know, CASS was the scores were released last week. Uh, ED services had a time had some time to look through that data. Um, it's a challenging piece of data for us to look at as a high school district and as having been a high school principal, it this this data really gives us a snapshot of where kids are in relation to where they are. It's, you know, from year-to-year comparisons. Um, we don't always get a chance to see whether there's growth, uh, where where kids are performing, how our efforts are working. So, we've implemented some other resources to help us with that guidance. But we want to share with you today in the community where

096we stand within these cast results so everybody gets a good uh gets has an understanding of where we are. Um and I'll start off with our English language arts and we'll see that in 2020 uh the 2122 school year we did see that again that COVID dip we rose back up to about 67 back down to 64 and you'll see that it's really been flatlined for our district which is showing that we do have some work to do here. But interestingly while we are ahead of the county and we're ahead of the state we're seeing that they are also flatlined. So, our data is starting to mirror what we see in the county and the state. When you look at the math results, again, we saw that dip, we climbed back up. We're working real

097hard to maintain that. Uh, and we're staying right at that 44%. When you look at the county and you look at the state, again, it's interesting to watch that flow almost be the same no matter where they are, but we are still above that average. Science is new uh over the past four years. While it's been around for about 5 years, um we didn't report data in 2021 or the year before that, but beginning 2122 school year, we started reporting the data. Again, we saw that increase. We've seen our our plateau with where we're we're staying. We're holding strong. Uh the county increased a little bit higher this year uh than we than anticipated, but it's still a test that we're still trying to understand. Um but across California, you'll see again our our trajectory

098is aligning with what the state is seeing. And if I took all the achievements that we talked about, this is what they would look like on paper. It actually it's makes you feel pretty good inside when you see this big number and you start people like me who love data. They see all this exciting stuff. It doesn't look very, you know, glamorous like the slides that we provide before, but there's a lot there's a lot of good things to work that we see here. A lot of great accomplishments, but there's some work to be done still and things that we want to work toward. And we're going to talk a little bit about uh some of those things that we're working toward. And I'm going to invite Dr. Kaufman back up to talk about our

099areas of focus for the next school year. Let me lower this a little bit. So, looking at our areas of focus for this school year, this year we're very proud of our refined moonshot goal, which is still focusing on college and career readiness. And yes, we are still including CASP data, but for us, it's a lot cleaner as far as being able to see where exactly is our moonshot goal. Next, I wanted to focus on our student supports and what does this mean and what does this look like. This year, we hired a wellness administrator. Dr. Rodriguez is our mental health administrator. She's here to lead and train our mental health specialists, counselors, and other support staff at our school sites. We will also continue to keep our focus on our students well-being. What this

100means is safety values, focusing on our student intervention teams and our children and youth behavioral health initiative. This has been an area of focus for us in order to continue to support our students well-being throughout our schools. College and career readiness. This year we defined what it means to be college and career ready here in Fullerton Joint Union High School District. That means FJUHSD graduates are prepared to pursue multiple post-secondary pathways with confidence, purpose, and skill. The college career indicators as defined by the state. Here are some examples. They look at the CASP scores, CTE pathways. And so what we have done, we've taken it one step further. We chose to enhance this measure to be more inclusive of our students with special needs. So we added additional indicators for 25 26 school year. We're

101looking at our workbased learning certificate of completions with CTE courses, certificate of completions to alternative diploma. And once again, this data is for us, but we wanted to take it one step further. At future presentations, we will provide the status updates as far as what this looks like for our students with disabilities. This year is now year three of our CCGI academic planning, which is a California college guidance initiative. This allows us to help students plan their pathways uh in their courses. In addition, we are focusing on academic distinctions and local indicators. We're continuing with our teachers on special assignment who have helped lead our initiatives. Some of these initiatives include best first instruction, common formative assessments that provide evidence about student learning. We will continue to support co-eing. This year we have over eight

102professional development days, TOSA support, and inerson modeling and coaching. We're continuing our first year of the district-wide diagnostic uh exams that we have been administering uh and that we will continue to administer three times per school year. We will also be piloting interventions at Buen Park High School with an area of literacy is the main focus. So now we want to build on these successes. Our theme this year is inspiring and here is data that inspires our team every single day. And it focuses on the areas of mental health and wellness, behavioral improvement, student achievement, career and college readiness, instructional excellence, and datadriven planning. We are inspired by our refined moonshot goal. Once again, we are building on our district's successes, which looks like enhancing curriculum planning for with best first instruction, transition from indiv

103individual to site team co-eing training, intervention supports with Bueno Park High School and its new interventions, and continuous support to Le Vista and Lassier high schools, targeted CTE programs and supports focusing on on our foster youth, low-income students, and English learners. Our annual progress monitoring towards proficiency on CASP and continued counselor and mental health supports for all sites. With this, this concludes concludes our report this evening. Thank you so much. >> Thank you, Dr. Kaufman. I would like to call Assistant Superintendent of Human Resource Mark. Okay, sorry. Do the board members have any questions or would like to share any comments? >> Well, I'd like to thank you guys for the presentation. Um, lots of really great data points. I have a question for you which you may or may not have an answer to.

104So, I was just thinking about how and people may not realize that we don't test kids every single year like we did when we were kids. Um, so we have fewer data points for the CASP. However, I'm curious to know if the kids that we tested, because we have we have growth to make in our scores, but I'm just wondering how those same kids test scores compare to their previous test scores. Are they making growth? Are they can you're smiling, so I feel like you may have had a conversation about this. >> Um, does that question make sense? They're eighth grade. Yeah. >> Yeah. If I if I can just um just to clarify um make sure everybody understands that with the CAT scores in high schools, we're in 11th grade. So we we have

105a three-year lag or a two-year lag between testing. So if the question is how' they do in eighth grade compared to 11th grade because we don't have nth and tth grade scores. >> So are we are we seeing growth? Are they remaining stagnant knowing that we have that big gap in in between the testing? But like what are we seeing when we compare their 11th grade scores to their eighth grade scores? you're actually asking the direct question that our department's currently looking in. Uh Hilda Ardondo's is looking into that right now. We're pulling our data. Uh we want to make sure that we have a good cohort of data of students so we know when their start date is, when their end date is. Um but it's definitely something that we we're trying to pull

106uh and get the information so it's accurate. It's not always easy to get the previous score because we have so many feeder schools and we have so many transfers. Um people love FJUSD. It's a good thing, right? But with that comes data that's challenging to to sift through. Um, and we don't want to, you know, present something out there that we can't stand by and certify with ourselves. But to your question, it's something we've been working on for probably a good month now to try to really clean up as we do all the other things on the back end. So, we we'll try to get that to you and work with our superintendent on an appropriate time. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. >> Any other question, board members? >> Okay. >> I probably have another

107question you can answer. You know, I am always disappointed every year that the movement is so small. Is there any number in your minds that we could really get there or is it just going to be like this forever? >> Specific to CASP. >> Yeah. Go ahead. I have thoughts, but let's hear yours. >> I think we all have thoughts on this. And I think what we're seeing here is um you're seeing a lot of good work that's come into this district. And and I'm not going to, you know, belabor the whole COVID issue and the whole co remembrance of that, but there's a lot there, right? And so to to Trusty Clauser's point is looking at that growth model to see it's very difficult to predict what that growth would look like just based

108on a test score model to see that this percentage would go up or down because we don't know where they're coming from. It's a it's a gap analysis uh evaluation which we're looking at. Um but I do believe that there's some really good work going in with good instructional strategies. They spent a lot of time through set developing a strong curricular plan. They're looking at uh district-wide assessments to evaluate ongoing progress monitoring. Um I can tell you personally the TOSAs take this very personal and try to find interventions, supports, and little things to help our teachers to try to close those little gaps that we see along the way. Um so I I do think that in a couple years we'll see that movement. I can't predict how deep that movement would be, but the

109the culmination of efforts that this district has put into supporting their students and what we're seeing today. Um I I would expect to see some growth here within the next year or two, a little bit more. >> Yeah, Mrs. Bushie, if I can add a few things. working at the state level with other high school in the high school coalition and AXA uh this is a main priority for a lot of districts around the state uh to advocate for because our tests are done in ours are done in March, April, a April, May and our results just got activated uh two days ago or last week and so the the lag by the state of reporting data uh impedes our ability to do that analysis to then do the work over the summer and start

110to dive in with our team. So there's some of that that that's constant and has been since Gass's existence. The promise was that it's electronic test. It should be out within weeks or month and we should have this data in order to prepare. So we're we're always in a bit of a catchup along the way. Um and then the modifications within the test seem to be constant at the 11 well throughout but especially at the 11th grade level. So uh some challenging times. Um I the answer is we don't know. Um, I think following the cohort data is something we've been working on is looking at those eighth graders to see how when they come into our system they can excel, how how they excel in advance. Um, but it's becoming really a statewide problem

111that we're talking about um in in an advocacy level uh to work with the state moving forward. You know you Yeah. The problem is we're not we don't have any longitudinal data and many years ago before any of you were here there was a big effort by the district to develop a longitudinal from 9th 10th 11th 12th and it was a huge amount of work but it seems to me that would be something that the state might be looking at. So you're testing a student in 9th grade 10th grade 11th and you see the progress. So, the kids we tested in last spring, well, then the sophomores coming up, it's going it's going to be a different group of students. So, it's I don't >> hard to compare students on the cast, which is why

112that data slide with all those other data points is really uh emphasizes all the good work going on. So, we see with the the NWA, there's some uh formative assessments that we're looking at. Um there's a lot of other college and career indicators looking at the wellness data. Um, we're looking at grades, graduation, A to G to really give >> you can look at a student as they're moving along, not just a snapshot of >> correct unmatched groups >> in various ways, right? So, we're tracking them to graduation and beyond that way. >> Thank you. Thank you guys. >> Trustees, any more questions? >> I have one more question. Sorry. >> No problem. >> Um, it's actually a request rather than a a question. next year. Um, putting my special ed hat on, um, as

113we move towards implementation of the alternative pathway to diploma, can we add some CA data to your presentation so that we can start looking at that? And for people who aren't aware, the CA is the assessment that our our more significantly disabled students take instead of taking the CASP. So, I would love to see that data moving forward as well. Trustees, any more questions? Okay. I would like to call assistant superintendent. Thank you guys. Thank you very much. Um, I would like to call assistant superintendent of human resources Mark Miller to present the pupil attendance calendar 25 26 27 revised start on Monday. Good evening, President Calhoun, members of the board and superintendent Mclofflin. I'm presenting for action a revised pupil attendance calendar for the 2026 2027 pupil attendance calendar. This calendar was adopted at

114last year's November 12th board meeting with a Tuesday start date. The updated calendar reflects a change back to the district's natural start date of Monday. And to accommodate this shift, one day has been added to winter break. This revised calendar has been shared with our component school districts, employee organizations, our principles, and the superintendent. Following action taken by the board of trustees, the revised 2026 2027 pupil attendance calendar will be posted on the district website, shared with Peter districts, and all employees will be notified of the update. >> Is there a motion to approve the pupil attendance calendar for 2627 revised start on Monday? >> I move approval of the 2627 calendar. >> Any discussion? Ari, would you like to cast preparial vote? I approve. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. >>

115All those opposed, no. 5-0. >> I would like assistant superintendent of human resources Mark Miller to present the pupil attendance calendar for 2728 first read information. Thank you. And good evening, President Calhoun, members of the board, and superintendent Mclofflin. I'm presenting for first reading and information the proposed pupil attendance calendar for the 2027 2028 school year. This calendar has been shared with our component school districts, employee organizations, our principles, and the superintendent. Following this first reading by the board of trustees, the 2027 2028 pupil attendance calendar will be posted on the district website for review for all by all stakeholders. It will then be presented for second reading and adoption at the November 12th board me board at the November board of trustees meeting. >> Okay. Thank you, Mr. Miller. Uh is the board have

116any questions? This is not an action item. Do the members have any questions or would like to share any comment? Okay. Thank you. Move on. I would like to call on the assistant superintendent administrative services, Dr. Carl Zener, to present the report on the nature of the resolution of the William settlement complaints. This is for information only and is not a non-action item. Thank you, President Calhoun, members of the board, and Dr. Mcofflin. Per the Williams settlement, it is required that quarterly a report is made to the board of trustees during a meeting of the board with regard to the number of complaints and nature of the resolutions to the complaints received by the schools in the district. There have been no Williams settlement complaints during the second period of reporting. Per the William settlement

117law, a report will be file filed with the Orange County Department of Education. This will keep the district in compliance with requirements of the law. Thank you. And that concludes my report. This is not an action item. Do the board members have any questions? Okay. This is a first reading and for information I would like to call assistant superintendent administrative service Dr. Carl Zener to present the revised board policies. This is information only and is a non-action item. >> Thank you again, President Calhoun, members of the board and Dr. Mclofflin. As board members are aware, we have an annual cycle of policy approval in June and July. However, periodic re review of district board policies is required as language changes based on state and federal laws. The district would like to adopt the following revised

118policies recommended by the California School Board Association with staff input. Tonight we would like to present for first reading information the following board policies including uniform complaint, non-discrimination, lactation accommodation, sexual harassment, and married, pregnant, and parenting students. The revised policies will be presented for second reading adoption at the November 4th board meeting. Thank you. That concludes my report. >> Thank you, Dr. Zener. This a non-action item. Do the board members have any questions for Dr. Zener? Okay, I would like to call an assistant superintendent administrative services, Dr. Carl, to give us a communication update. This is for information only and is a non-action item. >> Thank you one last time, President Calhoun, members of the board, and Dr. Mlofflin. Our October newsletter went out on October 2nd with the theme inspired by staff. Inside this

119month's newsletter, we have highlighted our staff and our annual SACE symposium. We are also this week celebrating and honoring our incredible school administrators for their unwavering dedication, leadership, and commitment to our student, staff, and community. Throughout the week, we're showing our appreciation with treats and heartfelt thank yous for all they do to make our schools great. Thank you to each of our administrators for the countless ways they serve, support, and lead with passion and care. Your hard work truly makes a difference every single day. And finally, my last part of my report, I will be highlighting an event from last month with some visual aids. We were thrilled, our district was thrilled to proudly host the inaugural student board member Orange County Summit on Friday, September 19th, right here in our boardroom. The district invited

120all Orange County high school districts to participate in this collaborative gathering which brought student board members together to connect, share, have insights, and learn from one another. The event fostered collaboration and provided space for students to explore what's happening in other districts while be building a strong network of peers. The district was honored to welcome student board members and staff representatives from Anaheim Union High School District, Brea Alinda Unified School District, Capistrano Unified School District, Laguna Beach Unified School District, Newport Mesa Unified School District, and Santa Ana Unified School District. Representing our district was our superintendent, our student board member, our student advisory committee, administrators, and activity directors, all of whom contributed value valuable perspectives throughout the day's discussions. Our district board members, Miss Marilyn Bushie and Mrs. Joanne Folly, also attended, offering thoughtful insights

121to student leaders, affirming their important roles in encouraging collaboration across districts. The summit focused on three key goals. Connect, collaborate, and build. Encouraging student leaders to connect with peers, collaborate on ideas and initiatives, and build strong network of student board leaders committed to making positive impact across our county. I want to give a big thank you to the people who made this an exceptional experience. Diano Sigiraa, Carrie Montoya, Steve Kazarus, Maggie Crayle, Kelly Verden, Dave Fencaker, and our student board member Ariado, and of course, Dr. Mclofflin for the nudge and the push to do this. >> Yay. >> Thank you. That concludes my report. Thank you, Dr. Zener. Do the board members have any comments or something they would like to share? You were there. Was it awesome? I will say that the other student

122board members were very interested when they found out that our student board member is paid. They quickly began taking notes and looking around the room. So, way to go. >> Okay. Would you like to say anything? >> Okay. All right. Um, here we are. Are there any items board members would like to pull from the consent calendar? Okay. Uh let's see. So, is there a motion to approve the consent calendar? >> Sorry. Second. >> Okay. Any discussion? All those in favor say I. >> All those opposed. 5 Z. We already done. This is it. Board member, superintendent. Okay. Are there any comments that the board or superintendent would like to share? >> I'm glad to be back. Um I was >> I was I was at the Army active duty for 37 days. So that

123was very interesting training and uh I'm glad I did it. And it's a uh I'm looking forward to the next training or deployment actually. >> Yeah. Anybody else? >> Well, I just want to thank all of our administrators that are here and the ones who are hopefully not listening at home because they're enjoying their time uh off this evening with their families and thank all of you for all of the work you do. We we pick these random weeks during the year to honor people and the work that they do for our kids and it really doesn't give enough weight to the work that that each of those groups do. So I just want to u honor all the principles here and all the assistant principles and all of the district administrators and and u

124thank you all for all that you do. >> And Ari, would you like to speak? >> Yeah, I just wanted to share with the board that at the OC summit like Dr. senior mentioned um I we got to meet with different student board members and I got the chance to invite them to our symposium. So one of the student board members from Newport Mesa actually did come to our symposium. So that was an awesome time for her. She brought some of her class members um and they just got to appreciate all the amazing things that we did and it just like really helped me appreciate the district I am. So I just wanted to share that with you guys. >> Miss Buchcci I I didn't say anything before but along with everything that everybody does

125is were the two things that were mentioned that student advisory council symposium which was phenomenal. I I wasn't there a long time but uh the interaction that I had with the students was just so fun. They were so nice. They were so polite. They were so uh I don't know interested in what they were doing and inspirational as I said on that clip which is embarrassing. Uh but I know it was a lot of work to put it together and it was really fun to be there. Uh one of the girls uh that I talked to that day was here tonight and at the uh SACE symposium she was talking to me and she said what do you what do you do? You know what does a board member do? So I was trying to

126explain you like in three minutes what we do. Well she came up tonight and she said I didn't know I was going to be here to see what you do but she said now I know what you do. when I say, "Well, we hadn't done much, but look at the uh uh the recognitions." But anyway, that was fun. And uh that student board member workshop too that Joanne was at as well was really good and I hope that other schools and I think we have a promise from another district to maybe host it in the future. But it's a good thing you learn from each other and I think they were impressed with what was done here. We were there was an adult group and a kid group and the kids were having so much

127fun and the adults were just talking. I wanted to go join the kid group. But anyway, it was good. Always such good work that everybody contributes to and a lot of work for you Arya and your your colleagues. So, thank you very much. >> Okay, we are journed. You guys have a nice evening. Thank you.