FJUHSD Board Meeting 06/03/2025

001to order the meeting of the board of trustees of the Fullerton Joint Union High School District and ask uh Mrs. Sandy Lyana if she will lead us in the flag salute. Yes. Please stand if you are able and join me in the pledge of allegiance. Right hand over your heart. Ready? Begin to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. I'd like to thank all of you for being here this evening. Uh Vicky Calhoun, we found out at like 4:30 or so that she could not be here. So I get to chair the meeting and I'm out of practice. So if I stumble a little bit, bear with me and I refuse to use a script. So

002we're just going to wing it as we go along. So uh be kind all of you. Okay. Report. We just returned from close session. Uh the board members discuss student expulsions, deliberation of findings and recommendations for confidential pupil expulsion record 2425 20 24-25 number 12. Is there a motion uh to approve student expulsions deliberation of findings and recommendations? I moved by Joanne, seconded by Chester. Is there any discussion? All in favor, please say I. I. Opposed? The motion passes four to zero. Thank you. Uh, next is approval of the minutes. Is there a motion to approve? Move approval. Moved by Lauren Klatsker, seconded by Chester Jen. Any comments, correction, sections? All in favor, please say I. I. Oppose. P. Uh, pass four to zero. Uh, acknowledgement of correspondence to the board. Anyone have acknowledgement to

003Okay, thank you. Uh we have no student board member report and now we have the school reports. Dr. Thank you, Miss Bushi. Members of the board, um our last school reports of the year from our principles. Uh so how about we start La Habar High School, Mr. Garcia. Thank you, Dr. Mclofflin, board clerk Bush Bisbushi, and members of the board. This school year concluded with great energy and celebration. students completed finals and the class of 2025 graduated on Wednesday, May 28th. Graduation was a team effort as we probably watched 467 students walk on stage. Thank you to Dr. Mclofflin and Miss Bushie for joining us to honor our graduates. Among them, there were 286 students who earned honors and high honors and 11 who committed to serve our country in the military. We are proud

004of their achievement and their choice to serve our country. Special recognition goes out to Diego Morio, Sergio Mendoza, Isaiah Romero, and Christian Torres for achieving perfect attendance for over four years. That's 720 straight days of attendance. In athletics, our Highlanders continue to excel. 22 of 24 teams qualified for the CIF playoffs. We had league titles in boys, boys water polo, baseball, softball, and football. Football uh boys golf placed fifth in CIF, just nine strokes away from a CIF title. and we had 16 seniors who earned athletic scholarships to colleges nationwide. We also celebrate Spencer Cardi, one of the male Century Conference uh athletes of the year. He's only one of three male athletes honored across the 15 schools. Uh Spencer has become a Highlander legend and one of the most decorated athletes in La Habra's

005history. A new tradition was born with the debut of Highlander highlights in awards nights created by athletic council to celebrate our student athletes. The event was streamed live on YouTube and was a powerful showcase of the talent and of Highlander pride. Like to thank our athletic director, Mr. Paul Caffrey. Not John for his vision. Uh and for Mr. Verdugo, Mr. Reichenberg, Mr. Wallace, Tony Gonzalez, Mr. Nave, Mr. Nolles, and the Omnia team from Troy High School and our amazing athletic council for making this night possible. This year we also bid farewell to five exceptional staff members whose legacies will live on. Uh Erin Murphy, our counselor, who supported students with care over two decades for two decades. Uh Terry Ross, our incredible dance teacher who shaped the lives of our performers and our families who

006served us for 37 years. Mr. Heler, our science teacher known for his wit and ability to spark curiosity. Mr. Imlay, a science teacher and head track coach who led with passion and purpose. Mr. Fanning, our FBFA director and science teacher who inspired future first responders. In particular, a moving moment came uh when a former student returned to thank Mr. Reichenberg for believing in him. This heartfelt reunion was viewed for nearly 700,000 times on Instagram and over 8.4 million times on Tik Tok and it reminds us of the life-changing impact our educators have. Uh the La Habra High School community also wishes Principal Lyanna and assistant superintendent Dr. Atkinson, a joyful and a well-deserved retirement. To our students, families, and staff, thank you for your support, for your resilience, and your commitment in wishing everyone a

007restful and joyful summer. And that concludes the report from La Habra High School. Thank you, Mr. Garcia from Sonora High School. Mr. Kazarus. Thank you, Dr. Mclofflin, board clerk Bushi, and members of the board. As we bring the 202425 school year to a close at Sonor High School, I want to express how proud and inspired I am by our students, staff, and community. The final weeks of the year were marked by meaningful celebrations, including senior awards night and a tr truly memorable graduation ceremony. Senior awards night was an opportunity to honor the academic, artistic, athletic, and service accomplishments of our seniors. Scholarships were awarded, legacies were celebrated, and families beamed with pride. It was a beautiful reflection of the hard work and commitment of our students and those who support them. Graduation was a powerful

008and emotional evening. Our graduates crossed the stage with confidence, ready to enter the world. Some heading to college, other to careers, the military, and other meaningful paths. The joy and pride felt through throughout the night reminded us that we are not just preparing students for tests or classes. We're helping them we're helping them shape their future. It was an unforgettable event and a fitting and end and and truly outstanding year. Thank you to Dr. Jen and Dr. Atinson for celebrating with us. But as we say goodbye to one class already already preparing to welcome the next. Next week we begin our summer bridge program for the class of 2029. This week-long experience has been carefully planned to help our incoming 9th grade students transition smoothly into high school. It's it's more it's about more than

009just finding classrooms or learning routines. It's about creating connection. We want every student to start their Sonora journey feeling seen, supported, and part of something bigger than themselves. These moments of growth, transition, and celebration are only possible because of the support we receive. I I want to sincerely thank the board of trustees and our district leadership for your ongoing commitment to the mission and vision of Sonora High School to do what's best for kids, all kids, by building high-capacity programs that launch them into their future grounded in their individual gifts and talents. A heartfelt thank you to our incredible staff, faculty, and community partners. Your tireless dedication to our students and to one another makes this work possible. It's not easy, but it's meaningful and it's transformational. Finally, thank you to Sandy Lyana and Dr.

010Ed Atinson for your years of service, commitment to our community, and friendship. Best wishes in retirement. Thank you, and this completes my radio report. Thank you, Mr. Kazarus from Buen Park High School. Dr. Burke. All right. Thank you, Dr. Mclofflin, board clerk Bushi, and members of the board. It was a great close out of the school year, the banquetss, the ceremonies, senior events, and of course, graduation. So much positive celebration. Uh really helped everybody kind of move off off into summer on a positive note. Thank you, Miss Bushie and Dr. Mclofflin, for attending our graduation and seeing our amazing class of 25 off into life. To conclude my board reports for the year, I'd like to provide some major highlights from Bueno Park this year. Uh, in the arts, we had another successful run of

011our programwide collaborative musical. This year, it was The Little Mermaid, which had the longest run in school history. Eight shows over two weeks, including two elementary district preview shows for all our feeder elementary and junior highs. And not to be outdone, but our visual artists won multiple awards at local, district, city, regional, and congressional art shows. And we even have a piece hanging in the Capitol building next year. So, that's going to be super fun for us. Athletically, we had another incredibly successful year. Almost 60% of our athletic programs participated in CIF postseason play with five programs bringing home league titles. Uh, congratulations to girls basketball, which won league for the second year in a row. Uh and then the other four, softball, girls track, girls water polo, and actually one of our boys golfers,

012one league for the first time in school history. So that was really big for us. And they did all this while carrying a 3.2 average GPA. That was with our athletes across the board. And lastly, academically, our biggest magnet uh program, our early college academy, which houses our AP Capstone diploma program, continues to grow and allow more and more Bua Park students the ability to not just gain college credit while in high school, but to complete up to two years of college, uh completing most of their 100 level college coursework in a supportive environment. Our students have maintained a 98% pass rate in their college coursework, and that's with almost a 200% expansion of the program this year. I'll have more definitive data once we start the school year and all the final spring grades

013come out, but our preliminary data shows that our students have gained over 1500 college credits this year. Included in that um half of our senior class. So, that's pretty big for us. And then and and big thanks to our board and the district office for their ongoing support for our arts, athletic, and academic programs. And then lastly, I'd like to say welcome to Mr. Joe Abel, who will be joining the BP admin team later this summer. We are super excited to have him as part of the pack and the reason for that is because we have to say farewell uh and congratulations to Mr. Kaylee Pony who will be serving as the new principal of Los Sierra Le Vista starting on July 1st and we will we will miss him but we still have his

014daughter. She's still a coyote so we'll keep you around for a little bit. Um and then of course um congratulations to Dr. Atkinson, Miss Lyanna uh for your years of service. Um we're going to miss you guys but happy retirement. It's going to be awesome. Thank you. Thank you. And this concludes my report. Thank you, Dr. Burke from Fullerton High School, Mr. Caffrey. Thank you, Dr. Mclofflin. Good evening, board clerk, Mrs. Buchcci, and members of the board. As we conclude an exceptional year at Fullerton Union High School, I'm excited to share the many highlights and achievements across academics, athletics, and student engagement. This has truly been one of our most successful years in recent memory. Our athletic program had a banner year marked by extraordinary accomplishments across multiple sports. We proudly celebrated eight Golden Empire

015Conference MVPs and captured nine conference championships, reflecting the strength, growth, and dedication of our student athletes and coaches. Our ASB under the leadership of Brook Kerr continues to lead the way in building a vibrant and inclusive school culture. This year, over 100 incoming freshmen applied for ASB, and we are projecting a strong incoming class of approximately 60 students. Their enthusiasm and commitment continue to inspire campuswide engagement. Our AVID program continues to expand and thrive. Next year, we will offer seven AVID sections with a total of 180 students, including 63 incoming freshmen. Just three years ago, our program serves 68 students. Thanks to strategic efforts of our AVID team, we are on track to reach our goal of eight sections with approximately 50 students in each class by next year. This growth reflects our ongoing commitment

016to preparing all students for college and career readiness. Our academic and elective programs remain a cornerstone of student success. Agriculture continues to operate at full capacity with over 300 students enrolled. Culinary art arts also serves more than 300 students offering career aligned hands-on learning experiences. And our visual and performing arts programs are full and consistently a showcase consistently showcase student creativity through performances, exhibitions, and competitions. None of these accomplishments would be possible without without the ongoing support from our district, the tireless work of our teachers and staff, and the partnership of our school community. We are proud of this year's achievements and look forward to building on this momentum for another outstanding year at Fullerton Union High School. I too would like to congratulate Sandy Leyana and Dr. Ed Atinson on your retirement. You will

017both certainly be missed. This concludes my board report for the month of June. Thank you, Mr. Caffrey. From Sunny Hills High School, Mr. Winrich. Thank you, Dr. Mclofflin. Good evening, board clerk Buchcci and members of the board. The last few weeks of the school year were busy as the Lancers wrapped up the year. To begin, our conservatory of the fine arts recognized senior students who had participated in three or four years of visual or performing arts as Kofa laureates in their annual laurate ceremony. Although Sunny Hills is not always seen as an arts school, close to 50% of our students are involved in the studentled KOFA program each year. It's another great way to see our Lancers stay connected to the school and then excel. Speaking of KFA, our ROP video production students held their

018annual Lancer Film Festival for senior film projects at the Cineark Century Theater in Orange. students, their families, and community members were able to see the amazing products that our students created on this year on the big screen, complete with a tub of popcorn and soda. We're we're are very very grateful for Danny Flores's dedication and for RO's continued support of this program that gets so many of our Lancers with many, many different backgrounds involved on campus and in the community. This past week also saw the Lancers hit the high seas with our annual physics boat day, which was the final riata for our retiring physics teacher, Chris Peoples. It was another great event for our students to showcase their creativity. And it sure seemed like a lot more boats than ever made it all the

019way across the pool. We even had a few celebrity captains this year, including actor Isaac Presley, who starred in Disney's Stuck in the Middle, who evidently many of our students were much more familiar with than I was. On the athletics front, our athletic director Paul Jones and girls basketball coach Jay Beyond finished up a successful first annual lead program, which stands for leadership, education, and development. Coach Beyond led a cohort of student athletes through an engaging leadership curriculum to help them develop their individual and collective skills to push themselves and their teams to be the best that they could be this year. It was fun to watch these sessions throughout the year and see these young leaders develop. Our school year then then ended this past week with an amazing graduation ceremony for the close

020to 600 graduates of the class of 2025. And I want to congratulate this year's seniors one last time for all of their hard work and outstanding accomplishments during their time in the hills. Although we'll miss them on campus, we wish them all the best as they in everything that they do as they leave Sunny Hills towards a bright future ahead. And lastly, Sunny Hills would also like to wish both livestoier principal Lyanna and assistant superintendent Dr. Atinson a happy retirement. This concludes the final answer report for this year and we're already looking forward to another great year in 2526. Thank you. Thanks, Mr. Winrich. From Troy High School, Dr. Minster. Thank you, Dr. Mclofflin, board clerk, Miss Miss Bushy, and members of the board. Tori had a wonderful school year culminating with our graduation ceremony

021last Thursday night on what might have been the nicest evening for a graduation ceremony I've ever enjoyed. Thank you to Dr. Calhoun, Mr. Hernandez for representing the board and the superintendent. And congratulations to the 647 Troy seniors in the class of 2025. Also, congratulations to our athletes, coaches, and boosters tonight. Recognition for the hard work and dedication and talent it takes to get to CIF and and to state. This week with the beginning of summer school, we have 400 incoming seniors from the class of 2026 beginning their Troy Techch internships. Our students are serving their internships in some interesting places. I listed a bunch of them here. I'm not going to read them all, but things like 3G Productions, American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, UCI, Anaheim Public Works, uh, Cal State Fullerton Computer Science Department,

022Kaiser Permanente, Permanente, LA District Attorney's Office, OC United, UCI Medical Center, UCLA, uh, USC Kek School of Medicine, and Vonic. And that's just some of them. Our one last uh Troy NGRTC honor this year. I received today the trophy awarded for the first place in the underwater obstacle course and fifth place overall in the Sea Perch National Championship that was concluded this weekend. Congratulations to all our Troy retirees this year and also congratulations and best wishes in retirement to Dr. Edinson and Miss Sandana. I wish everyone a restful and relaxing summer. Thank you and this concludes my report. Thank you Dr. Mer. And I don't know if anyone's heard, but Mrs. Lyanna is retiring. Um, and I this wasn't planned. I just knew I was she was going to be at the end. So, great

023job, folks. Dr. Ason has come back to the next meeting. Um, but in her final school report uh from Vista Lassier Schools, Mrs. Lyanna, thank you Dr. Mclofflin, board clerk Bushi, members of the board. My report tonight is a look back at the successful endofear celebrations we held for our Le Vista Lassiier students. Starting with the Lassiier adult transition programs heartfelt certificate of completion ceremony which honored the accomplishments of 19 ATP graduates who are moving on to their adult placements. Next, our celebration of excellence event was held the Tuesday before graduation honoring our Lissa and I Sierra online academy senior scholarship and award winners. Burgers from the habit were served and the Troy gym was full of families celebrating their students who made good choices, focused on their goals, and earned all their credits to

024graduate with honors. Thank you to our Troy neighbors for letting us host the event in their south gym. Then on Wednesday, May 28th, graduation was held in the lovely Buena Park High School Stadium. Thank you, Trustee Folly, for your attendance at that event. We had 154 graduates this year, which created a super celebratory vibe for the class of 2025. And finally, last Friday, our staff celebrated its 14 retiring Lions with an amazing retirement lunchon in the library. Everything about this event was designed to make us the retirees feel special. And I didn't know that it would mean so much to me to celebrate the end of my career in that way, but it did. It's just another example of how lucky I am to have been a part of the Lion Pride. Um, thank you

025to all of my principles for including me and Dr. Atinson in your board reports tonight. And of course, Dr. Atinson, I wish you the best in your retirement. Thank you. And that concludes forever my La Vista Lassier reports. [Applause] Thank you, Mrs. Lyanna, Mrs. Bushie. Thank you. Uh, any comments from any of the board members? No. I I actually do want to say a couple of things. First of all, always I love your reports. Thank you. And I did want to comment on the graduations. Uh, I've been to a few over the years and this year I did go to two, but I went to YouTube and I watched the rest and I didn't listen to all of the names that were called. So, that was the good part. But, you know, that really, and

026I know you don't do it alone, but it really is a major production. And I would say that I think this year the graduations were the finest they have ever been. I mean, every year it seems like there's things that happen that that shouldn't, but I I just really wanted to compliment you and the speeches were great. Your students are so wonderful. Your speeches were all great. So, anyway, thank you for I know there's a lot of pressure because there's a lot of people watching and you want it to go really well, but it certainly did. So, thank you for that. Okay, that brings us to comments from the board. Since I've already talked, do you have anything else you would like to say? Would you like to comment about what you did this weekend?

027Oh, Marilyn is talking about that I occasionally do community theater and I'm in a production of Harvey. It's uh it was a Pulitzer Prizew winning play and made into a movie with Jimmy Stewart. It's at Whittier Community Theater and um we got two great reviews. So, uh if you looking for something to do over the next two weekends, come check out a very sweet play and the lead actor is incredible. You're so sweet. Thank you. All right. Um, any comments from the superintendent? Not at this time. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Now we're updates. Uh, we'd like to hear from our employee associations. Is Angie Senak here this evening? There you are. There she is. Good evening, Clerk Bushie, trustees and Dr. Mclofflin. Here we are at the beginning of summer break, but for many of

028our certificated FSTTO members, their work is still being done. Many of them are busy teaching summer school, while others of us are already planning for the 2025 26 school year. I just hope we will all find some time to unplug and refresh. August will be here before we know it. I wanted to take some time this evening to recap some of our events this past spring that I did not have the opportunity to report on previously. On April 9th, the Orange Service Center Council hosted a dinner for our newly elected board of trustee members in Orange County. This event had been sidelined during the COVID years, but it was a great time to celebrate our board members and thank them for their work and dedication to our schools and communities. Trusty Folly was able to

029join us for a bit and Dr. Mclofflin joined me in congratulating our trustees in Orange County and boy did that raise eyebrows. It was a great event and gave us all an opportunity to network together and it was great to have my very own superintendent at the event, the only one in Orange County. CTA President David Goldberg was the keynote speaker and provided words of encouragement for us all. On May 12th, we celebrated the certificated employees who have retired and are going on to the next adventure in their lives. It was a wonderful afternoon and a great way to celebrate the achievements of our FSTTO members and our friends. You will all be missed so much and we wish you nothing but happiness as you sleep in and enjoy the quiet of retirement. A big

030thank you to Dr. Atkinson, Mr. Miller and Meer Cabrero and the Sunny Hills staff who helped organize this event and made it such a memorable afternoon. On May on May 17th, CTA members rallied in one of five cities in California to protest potential federal budget cuts that could potentially impact our schools. These cuts could impact funding for school nutrition programs, special education programs, and other initiatives that support public education. Rallies were held at the Embaradero in San Francisco, Cesar Chavez Plaza in Sacramento, and outside of the Space X complex in Los Angeles. Rallies in San Diego and Hartford were also planned, and there were many who attended these events in support of public education. In Los Angeles, we had FSTTO members gather together along with many of our Orange County associations, and it was a

031great day to demonstrate our need to come together to protect our schools, our students, and our communities. On May 23rd, our members voted to approve the tenative agreement between Fullerton Secondary Teachers Organization and the Fullerton Joint Union High School District. The new contract will be effective July 1st, pending board approval later tonight, and will expire on June 30th, 2028. Yes, we have another three-year agreement. Thank you again to the district's negotiating team for the collaborative, professional, and cordial atmosphere that was present each time we met. We had so much to do, but we got through it and had some fun. Dr. Katie Wright and I now have the pleasure of reviewing the entire contract for misspellings, grammatical errors, and formatting changes. Two English teachers with highlights and red pens. It's going to be great. Thank

032you, Dr. Wright, for agreeing to take this on with me. And now we look forward. This weekend, CTA will be holding its final state council meeting for the fiscal year. Amanda Geyser, Magdalena VBA and I will be participating in car in our committees this weekend and we will have information to share with you from state council in July. We are also going to be preparing to attend the National Education Association's representative assembly July 1st through 7th in Portland, Oregon where we meet with about 8,000 members throughout the US and Puerto Rico. Yes, we will have much time. We will have much to share with you from the RA. FSTTO will soon be preparing for our new educator lunchon in August. The event is a great way for us to meet our newest certificated employees and

033invite them to become members of our association. The annual event kicks off the year for FSTTO and as we confirm dates and numbers, we will report that to the board and our administrators. Be on the lookout for the invitations. It's a great event and we enjoy hosting it. We hope that you will all be able to be in attendance for that one. And lastly, tonight I along with others say goodbye to Dr. Atkinson. We have worked together for the past five years very closely since I've been president and in his role as our human resources assistant superintendent, but really it's been more like 10 years and it seems like a lot longer. Um, we've argued over contracts, contract language, and oh, plenty other work matters. But we've always walked away ready to agree or at

034least agree to disagree. I thank you for your leadership, your willingness to always work together, and your guidance. Congratulations on your retirement, and I will miss you. Thank you. Thank you, Mrs. Senak. Um, I did notice a couple of grammatical corrections. Uh, now it's explained you had the English teachers there. Uh, I understand we have a new CSEA president, Bill Hager. And I understand he didn't want to speak this evening, but we would like to welcome you. Unless you would. Are you coming up to say something? Sure, why not? Oh, great. I'm glad. And it's not official till July 1. Okay. So, um, Ed, I hate to tell you, we may be middle of next week by the time we get through our going through our contract. Joanie and I were doing so today. So,

035but congratulations, my friend. I'm happy to see it. Um, Sandy, it was a pleasure to work under you for all those years, and and I'm so happy to see you be able to retire. And Marilyn, you were the only board member that was up there when I was president a few years ago. I remember that. I do remember that. I remember something about a little garden in the foyer out there, too. I don't know nothing about it, but thank you. But it'll be my pleasure to Sy's last meeting and uh I guess I'll be here at least till December. So, thank you. That's great. Welcome. Nice to see you. All right. We have no I don't believe we have representatives from the PTA this evening. I think they're off for the summer, but they'll be

036back in September. And now we are at the point where most of you have come for uh the accommodations and recognition and Carl Xener walked in just at the perfect time. Just as a point of reference as M Dr. Zener is coming up so everybody knows the agenda. We're going to honor our spring athletes first. Uh and then we have some new administrative appointments that'll be second and then we have a special res res uh resignation recognition. Uh I don't know if you've heard but Mrs. Leyon is retiring so we're going to be formally recognizing her tonight. and Dr. Atinson next week. So that's how the program is going to go just so everybody can keep track. Dr. Zener. Yeah. Thank you, Dr. Mclofflin, board clerk Bushi, and members of the board. Tonight, as mentioned,

037we are recognizing our top spring sports student athletes who are CIF finalists, CIFF champions, or state qualifiers. And we will begin in school alpha order with Buena Park High School athletic director, Mr. Michael Terry. [Applause] Thank you, President Calhoun, members of the board, and superintendent Dr. Mclofflin. Congratulations to senior Maya Rabahhatot and sophomore Mia Mia Ramirez for winning first place CIF championship in the 2 by 50 unified freestyle championship. They won it and this was the first time that they were ever put in this situation and they did a really really good job and they were really really really strong in this. So I just want to appreciate their work and their hard effort. Thank you. Congratulations. [Applause] Thank you. Okay, let's hear for the Buena Park Coyotes. Congratulations. And now from Fullerton Union High

038School, our athletic director, Mr. Dr. Joe Olivas, Dr. Calhoun, board members, Dr. Mclofflin, thank you for having us here again uh to celebrate our athletes. Today, Fullerton High School is presenting to you our boys tennis team. Uh tonight, we are joined by our boys tennis team, represented by our head coach, Aam Ithong, and assistant coach, Lauren Lee. Our coaches have brought with them team captain Timothy Chung, league MVP Benjamin Vilobos, and team member Diego Gomez. Fortune boys tennis team won the Empire League in addition to playing their way to the CIF Division 5 Finals. Congratulations to coach and the boys. [Applause] Congratulations. Congratulations. Yes. Our next team that we're going to celebrate is our swim team. Our um our boys and girls swim team were able to compete in the CIF playoffs and become finalists

039in addition to elite accomplishments they had. Uh, our first finalist that we're doing is Abby Gravara, a finalist in the 200 meter freestyle and the 100 breaststroke. Our relay team of Natalie Bryes, Aumi Fuentes, Abby Graa, and Shay Kennedy were the CIF 4x100 fre fin finalist. Natalie Kim represented Fullerton as a CIF finalist in dive competition for the second year in a row. And finally, Toby Swanson was a CIF finalist in the boys 500 freestyle Fullerton High School swim and dive team and called by Coach Boach, our head coach. Oh my god. Serious. All right, let's hear for Fullerton High School. Congratulations school. Our athletic director, Mr. Paul [Applause] Caffrey. Good evening. Uh thank you, President Calhoun, members of the board, and Dr. Mccclofflin. Uh tonight we are f the first uh group we'll recognize

040is our swim and dive, and that is Aiden Cisneros, a junior. Come on in, Aiden. Aiden was a 100 meter breaststroke uh division 4 finalist. He was in CIFF southern section consideration for times in the 200 individual medley. A member of the relay team which earned CIF southern section automatic qualifying times in the 200 medley relay. And a member of the relay team which earned CIF southern section automatic qualifying time in the 400 freestyle relay. Congratulations Aiden. Also we have coach Ryan Anderson here tonight as well. Next one too. Okay. We'll go back. Sorry about that. All right. La Hubber boys golf golf. So, first we have Parker Staveley, senior and Justin Shacklefooted, freshman. Parker was our CF individual southern division. only four individual spots available in our North Hills League and he was one

041of them. Finished fourth in overall league individual standings. And then Justin, a freshman, was a CI individual southern division, only four individuals as well. And he would finish second overall in league individual standings. Thank you both Justin and Parker. Thank you. [Applause] All right. is here for the Habra [Applause] Highlanders. And now from Sonora High School, athletic director, Mr. Arley Kernney. Good evening. Thank you, members of the board and Dr. Mclofflin. Uh, tonight I'm honored to recognize an outstanding group of student athletes and their coaches. Um, our girls swim team had a tremendous season this spring culminating in a fourth place finish at CIF finals and they were led by their coach Jay [Applause] Osborne. Our swimmers are first swimmer is Aubrey Debolt. Congratulations. Aubrey was a CIF finalist in the 100meter backstroke and she

042qualified for the CIF finals in two separate relays. And our next honore is Katherine Zarnexa. Katherine was also a CIA finalist in two relays, both finishing third place overall at the CI finals. Congratulations [Applause] I thought the other girl's hair was Okay, it's here for the Sonor Raiders. And now from Sunny Hills High School, athletic director, Mr. Paul Jones. All right. Thank you. We have uh quite a few students to recognize. So, I'm going to make this quick. Uh starting with our golfers. Uh they had an amazing season. Um they won the Ayala Spring Golf Tournament. Uh they were champs there. Uh they were also champions of the Walnut Mustang Invitational. Uh they were undefeated Crest View League champions. Uh this is their 20th year in a row being league champs. Uh Cole Kim was

043our Cresview League MVP and Caleb and Cole qualified for CIF individual championships. Let's see. Fancy. Nice. I can't see that far. I'm gonna read it. Right. Also, with our golf team, they placed 10th at the CIF Division One Team Championships and qualified for the SCGA qualifier, uh, which they finished fourth place. Uh, the team finished fourth at the qualifier and they qualified for the SoCal Regional State Qualifier. Uh, Caleb and Cole Kim also qualified as individuals for the SCGA SoCal Regional State Qualifier. So, they had an amazing season. uh and they're still golfing. So, they just had a great season. So, that was our our golfers. Uh next, we are going to recognize our swim and divers. So, first Evelyn Granis. Uh so, she's not here, but when I call your name, come on down.

044Perfect. Here we go. All right. So, Evelyn uh had an amazing season. Uh she finished 14th at CIF finals and 29th at CIF State in the 500 freestyle. Mia Carly, [Applause] uh Mia finished 15th at CIF finals in the 500 freestyle as well and had an amazing season. Cheney Mo uh was a part of our relay team in the 200 medley relay who finished first and the in the 200 IM finished 12th and 100 butterfly finished 12th and the 400 freestyle relay uh finished third. So Cheney also had an amazing season. Uh David Kim. All right. David had a great season and at CIF finals uh was in a part of the 200 medley relay that finished first. Uh finished fifth in the 50 freestyle, 11th in the 100 freestyle and 400 freestyle relay finished

045third. Uh next Miles Kim. Miles was also a part of our 200 medley relay team who finished first and a part of our 400 freestyle relay team that finished third. Uh Rowan Parker. So Rowan was uh a CIF finalist finishing 11th in the 500 freestyle and finishing 16th in the 100 backstroke. James Sai up next. So James in the CIF finals finished 13th in the 500 freestyle and 17th in the 100 breaststroke. And next is Liam [Applause] Weinrich. Liam finished first in the 200 medley relay and was a part of that awesome team and finished sixth in the 50 freestyle and fifth in the 100 breaststroke and third in the 400 freestyle relay. Uh Liam had a great season. All of our swimmers had a great season and a great career. And they are coached

046by Mr. Sergio [Applause] Dgo. Next we have track and field. So our track athlete is Mo Ibraim. Come on down Mo. So Mo had a great season. He was discovered in PE class by me. Congratulations. Uh so Mo uh has only been doing the triple jump for one year. And he was a CIF finalist in the triple jump, finishing eighth place. And he also qualified for the CIF Masters meet in the triple jump, finishing 13th. And Mo also set a school record for the triple jump, which is amazing again in his first year, uh, which was awesome. And our track and field team is coached by Mr. Jacob Holloway. Okay, let's hear for the Sunny Hills [Applause] Lancers. And finally, from Troy High School, our athletic director, Mr. Chris Bloom. All [Applause] right. Good evening,

047President uh Calhoun, members of the board, Superintendent Mclofflin. Um I have the honor of recognizing not only um outstanding athletes, but outstanding representatives at Tor High School. These uh young men and women are all part of the swim and track team. First is Kosi Onuig. could not be here tonight, but um her coach, coach Amelia is here. Um Kosy was a freeway league champion um in the long and the triple jump. She took her talents to CIF where she earned um a trip to the CIF finals in the long jump, which is a school record of 17' 3 in and a school record in the triple jump, which is 37 feet 2 in. And she is only a junior and um but she could not make it tonight. So that is Kosi Onuig Ono Igbo.

048Um moving on our um girls swim team coached by coach Summer Adre. Um first we have Mandy Greco. Uh she is a CIF Southern Section Division 2 finalist in the individual 500 freestyle and a and in the 200 free relay. Um, also in the CIF Division 2 finalist in the 200 freestyle relay is Porsche Boom uh Bunang, Alexis Den, and Ratana [Applause] Miller. Yes, Ratta. Um, she runs cross country also. She runs track and field during swim season and she's obviously a very talented swimmer. Congratulations for our gentlemen. Um, first we have Luke Leon Guerrero. He is a CIF division um one uh finalist and a CIF state finalist in the 200 freestyle and the 500 freestyle. Um he also is a finalist in the 200 free relay, the 400 free relay and he holds

049the school record in the 500 free, 200 free relay and the 400 free relay. He will be going to uh UNLV to swim next year. Um we have um Mr. Kevin Yum who is not here tonight. Uh he is a CIF finalist in the 500 freestyle and 100 freestyle as well as the 200 free relay and 400 free relay. He is a state qualifier in the 400 relay and he holds the school record in the 100 free 200 free relay and the 400 free relay and he will be going to Fordman University in New York. Um Brendan Lee Nuin is next. He is a CIF finalist in the 100 backstroke, the 200 medaly relay, the 200 free relay, and the 400 free relay. He is a state qualifier in the 400 relay as well. And

050he also holds a school record in the 200 medley relay, 200 free relay, and the 400 free relay. Uh, next is Curtis Wei. He is a CIF finalist in the 200 meter uh, medley relay and the 400 free relay. And he also is a school record holder in the 400 relay. Uh Caleb U Caleb U um he is also a CIF division one finalist. These are all division one athletes um in the 200 medaly relay, a part of a school record-breaking relay at uh CIF this year. And finally, we have Jason He who is a CIF finalist in the 200 relay and 200 free relay and part of the school record and in two relays. And all six of these young men um swam at state finals um not this weekend but the weekend before.

051And so our CIF um finalist in track and field and swim [Applause] All right, let's hear for the Troy Warriors. Harley will be your student. Congratulations to all our student athletes and coaches. And now I would like to introduce our assistant superintendent of human resources, Dr. Ed Atinson. Thank you, Dr. Zener. Thank you, Mrs. Bushie, board members, Dr. Mclofflin. Tonight, it is my privilege to introduce uh three of our newest administrators uh or two of our newest administrators and and an administrator who will be taking on a new position within the district. I'd like to begin by calling Joe Abel to join me. [Applause] Joe began his career in the district as an English teacher at Sunny Hills High School back in 1999 and he served there through 2003. Uh he became a dean of

052attendance at Fullerton High School from 2003 to 2005 and then was appointed to assistant principal at Fullerton High School in 2005 where he served until 2012. In 2012, Joe made the decision to return to the classroom to have more time with his family who's with him this evening. Um, and he was assigned to teach English at La Habra High School. Uh, now with his children grown, Joe has decided to return to administration and has been selected to serve as an assistant principal at Buena Park High School. A nice round of applause for Joe. Joe, would you like to say a few words and introduce your family? Thank you very much, Ed. Um, tonight I'm here with my wife Amy and my two of my three sons. Um, Austin is here tonight and um, Grady is

053also here tonight. Grady is still a student at La Habra High School. So now I get to experience what it's like to be a parent there. Only a parent, not a parent, and a staff member. And he doesn't have to be a staff kid anymore. So, he's very excited about that. And then I do have a third son, Ryan, and he is still at UC Santa Barbara finishing up his term. Thank [Applause] you. Next, I'd like to call Arley Kernney to join me. [Applause] Arley is the newly appointed assistant principal at Sunny Hills High School for the coming year. Uh Arley joined our district in 2014 as a social science teacher and baseball coach. Uh in 2022, he was appointed to athletic director at Sonora High School where he has served until this year. Prior

054to joining the district, Arley taught and coached at Western High School uh from 2010 to 2014 and Whittier Christian High School from 2005 to 2010. If we can have a nice round of applause for Arley and Arley, would you like to say a few words, introduce your family? Sure. Thank you, Dr. Atinson. Thank you, board. Thank you to all the administrators. I really am excited for this opportunity and really grateful to be a part of such a wonderful district and and uh really looking forward to this. Uh tonight with me are my beautiful wife Becca and my three daughters Quinn, Emma, and Kate. Thank you all for coming. [Applause] I don't believe Yoel's with us this evening. Is that correct? uh I'll hold until next week. Uh hopefully he'll be able to join us at

055that time. But at this point, I would like to uh call Mark Kyle Pony to the podium and I would like to introduce him. Uh Mark is our newly appointed principal at La Sierra and Le Vista high schools. As we've heard, Sandy will be uh retiring. And uh congratulations Sandy and thank you for your dedicated service to this district. Um Mark joined our district back in 2022 where he has served as an assistant principal of student activities and student services with uh Bua Park High School. During that time, he began his career in the Anaheim Union School District where he taught math, science, and social science and served as a department chair and a TOSSA of assessment at Polaris High School from 1997 to 2006. Prior he Mark uh served in administration with the Bellflower

056Unified School District from 2006 to 2022. He was an assistant principal at Mayfair Middle School, uh an assistant principal curriculum instruction at Mayfair High School, principal of Somerset High School, which was a continuation, an alternative school, uh and that was from 2013 to 2020, and principal of Mayfair Middle and High School from 2020 to 21. and then an administrator on special assignment from 2021 to 2022. So, uh, Mark, we welcome you. You have some big shoes to fill. Um, but I know that you are, uh, you know, you're well suited to to step in and continue what Sandy has been able to accomplish with that team over the last several years. So, thank you. Uh, would you like to introduce your family and say a few words? Thank you, Dr. Atinson, um, board of education,

057uh, Dr. Mclofflin, I appreciate this opportunity and and I appreciate you allowing me to be in the district. Uh, I really, uh, see this as a blessing and an opportunity and, um, am grateful for it. Um, I also, uh, want to thank, uh, Dr. Burke for, uh, being a great leader and a great principal at Buen Park High School. and thank you for uh keeping an eye on my daughter, giving me daily reports on how she's doing. I'd like to uh introduce my family um my wife Aaron Kyle Pony and and my daughter Eleanor who's at Buart High School. Thank you very much. Thank you. That concludes my report. Oh, I thought you were We do have one more recognition this evening. I'd like to invite our superintendent to the podium, Dr. Mclofflin. Well, maybe

058the the worst kept secret in the room um is our and it wasn't a secret. Um but I'd like to call to the podium. This is my first podium uh experience in four years, but it's that important that we'd like to call Mrs. Sandy Lyanna, retiring principal of Vista Lassier Schools for a recognition. Mrs. Mrs. Lyanna, will you please join me at the [Applause] podium? So, I wrote a speech even um to keep me on track. Uh we've been celebrating our retirees for many uh weeks now uh in our district and so grateful for the opportunity to offer an early retirement incentive. But what that does mean is a lot of great people are are moving on to their next stage of life um their next chapter. And so with that, Mrs. Lyanna took the

059opportunity and she will be retiring effective June 30th. Um, and so I want to say a few words about Sandy. Um, and then we'll invite the board to say some words and then we'll invite you to say some words. All right, ready to go? So, I'm going to read a little story of Sandy's life because we got to learn a lot about her in the last four years, but you'll see on the screen as well um that Sandy's life journey has always been rooted in education. So, I understanding you you're the daughter of educators as well. U and so it seemed almost inevitable she'd follow that path. Uh after high school, she attended Loyola Marramount where she met a young man uh who she married, Nick. Um also a lifelong educator and now retiree from

060Fullerton Joint Union High School the past couple years. Uh together they raised three amazing children, Nicole, Kelsey, and Colin, and are now proud grandparents to Penny, Theo, and Baby Pistol Rose. Pistol Rose. Okay. Um Sandy began her career with our district as a part-time independent study teacher back before La Sierra even existed. She taught at Buena Park High School, evenings at Le Vista, and was part of the very first Cal State Fullerton district masters cohort here, uh, earning her master's in science education and administrative credential in 2001 along with her husband and her brother-in-law. Over the years, Sandy served as a reading, teacher, dean, assistant principal, and for the past 14 years, the principal of Vista Lassier schools. Under her leadership, uh, our continuation schools were transformed into models of in innovation, compassion, and opportunity.

061Under her leadership, Lista Lassier's uh, schools earned model continuation school recognition multiple times, golden bell awards at the state level, and saw staff honored at the district, county, and state levels. As principal, Sandy constantly looked for ways to bring in community partnerships, and she built lasting relationships with the assistance league, Rotary, and the Phelps family grant programs. And while Sandy was honored as FJUHSD's first ever administrator of the year, she would tell you the greatest reward has always been the success of her students. Her mantra is simple and powerful. Make good choices, focus on goals, earn full credit, and learn. Sandy, you've shown us all that every learner matters. Every goal is worth pursuing and every day is new. Opportunity to grow. Your legacy will continue in every uh student you've inspired, every staff member

062you've mentored, and every life you have touched. On behalf of the Fullerton Joint Union High School District, we want to thank you. Uh we will miss your wisdom, your warmth, and your unwavering dedication. And while you may no longer come to work here every day, we know that as a member of the community, it's not goodbye, but really see you around, right? You're going to be around Fullerton. Um so we'd like to congratulate you on all your success. Um, we're excited to hear about your adventures with your family and keep us posted on especially those grandchildren. So, congratulations on your retirement, Sandy Lyanna. We do have a couple gifts. Um, so we rather than clocks, uh, we have a vase, um, with your saying on it. Make good choices, focus on goals, earn full credits,

063and learn. So, you can put flowers and you can continue to nurture that garden. Um, but more importantly, uh, if you know Sandy and the Lion's Roar, um, we we stole one or replicated one, um, from her her office. And this is a lion's roar button. Thank you for your services to FJUHSD, June 1990 to June 2025. That's a roar. Um, and apparently this is her button on her desk, right? It is. It is. So there you go, Sandy. So, so board of trustees, would you like to say some I'm sorry, some words uh or roar at her if you will? Sandy Andre, thank you for your dedication to education and your service to Filipin High School District. I won't miss the times that when we visit the campus, you know, seeing your happy face

064and giving us tours and basically showing us what you have completed over there and what you have done. Thank you so much and congratulations to your retirement. Congratulations and thank you. And it's always wonderful to walk on campus because you've created an atmosphere of welcome. No matter who walks in there, you just feel welcome. You feel at ease. And you know, suddenly you have this optimism that anything is possible. And that has served your students so well and your staff. And thank you so much for all of your work and all of your dedication. And I wish you an absolutely wonderful retirement. Sandy, I just want to say that alternative ed isn't for everybody. It takes a special person to lead a campus which is made up of kids who need something different and I

065think that that needs to be especially acknowledged. Um because it takes a special leader to do that. So, thank you for dedicating all of this time and all of your passion to these students who needed a specific type of setting that you helped create for them. And um I've actually run into Sandy before out in the community and at the gym and places like that. So I know I'm gonna run into you again. So it is we'll see you later and not goodbye. Thank you. I told Sandy she couldn't retire and she just looked at me. So congratulations Sandy. You know not only do I think of you as a principal of one of our wonderful schools but also I think of you as a friend. So, I'm going to miss you for many reasons.

066I hope I run into you in the market as well. You know, years ago, um, and Steve kind of stole what I was going to say, but years ago, L Vista was kind of a not a really nice facility. There were portables. They were falling apart. The decision was made to combine the Liiera with the L Vista on the on the campus that it exists now. and we have that beautiful facility that I think every time I go by I'm so proud of what the district did and there's a plaque there uh you know in years past board members wanted to have their names on buildings and I thought you know it's really not about us it's about the kids but on that building the names of the board members are there because the board

067at that time made the commitment that every student matters and Steve said something similar to that when you were talking and you were the perfect person to care for the students that were there that needed special help as you were talking about. So, I wish you all the success in the world. I know your husband will be happy to have you around much more. So, anyway, thank you for everything you've done, Sandy. Appreciate it. Thank you, trustees. Miss Leona, would you like to say a few words? Um I am so honored to have been able to serve um in the Fullerton Joint Union High School District for the last 35 years, the last 14 as principal of Le Vista La Sierra. Um to the board for your stewardship and for your friendship. Um to the

068cabinet for your leadership and your friendship to my brothers over there on the dis for um your collegiality. my my colleagues in the in the room as well for your collegiality and for your humor which helped make the journey more fun, more enjoyable. And I would be remiss not to thank um Nick, my husband. You were here. I can remember calling you from that parking lot 14 years ago when I got the job and I w I was so stunned, but you weren't surprised. And you were here at the first board meeting that I ever went to. Of course, we had our kids with us at that time, but this is how it goes now. You're here at the last one. And for anything that I did in between that time, those accomplishments were only

069able for me to do as well as I did because of your support. Um, we celebrate our 42nd anniversary next week and I cannot wait for this next chapter. I think you've already modeled it. Looks like it's going to be a lot of fun. Thank you all. I love you. [Applause] Mrs. Bushie, that concludes our recognitions. Thank you. Break. Okay. Okay. We're going to take a 10-minute break. Thank you. Okay. Will the meeting please come back to order? We are now at reports and we have from Education and Assessment Services uh from Dr. Sylvia Kaufman, local control accountability plan etc. Following the report, we will uh have a public hearing in case anyone wants to speak to the issue. Well, good evening, board clerk Buchcci, members of the board, Superintendent Mclofflin, and guests. So, this

070evening we will provide an educational services a year review. We will talk about our year two of the LCAP annual uh update. Then we will look ahead into the 2526 school year. As our previous presentations this year, we always start off with our ED services vision, which represents what we strive for every day. This framework helps us stay true to our priorities, serves as our guide, and helps us move forward. And at the end of the day, for us, it's all about trust. Our set for success model is how we do this by focusing on our three main components supporting, equipping, and teaching. As you are aware, we've developed a datadriven culture. Our decisions today are guided by data evidence and a and a quote that says, "It's what we do with the information that

071matters." which has led us to our next steps which was to create a long-term goal. Actually, these are called moonshots for us. Three-year goals in college career preparedness and CASP scores. To reach the moonshot goals, we had six strategic areas of focus mostly in the areas of PLC's, collab coeach model, diagnostic exam, we had ministered this year, our college career indicator, mental health and community engagement. And we created a uniform data protocol tool to establish a common language and understanding districtwide to navigate through key questions when we review and analyze data. Our here's what, so what, now what. when we look at any information. Here are just a few examples of the types of data we review. Additionally, this data is used to inform and measure federal, state, and local requirements such as the Every

072Student Succeeds Act requirement, our LCAP, our SIPA, Student Performance, and Student Connections. But tonight, we will focus into the district's LCAP. Now, let's do some more data highlights. As you may recall in October, we shared information about our wellness team. It's made up our mental uh made up of our mental health specialists at each school. The data listed above are the supports to date that have been provided on individual sessions, classroom presentations, student uh consultants uh consultant opportunities with uh students and wellness campaigns as well. Our EL reclassification rate has increased by 6% in the past four years. This slide shows the class and their post-secary actions. Over 3,000 uh seniors took the survey with almost 2,800 actually who took the survey, 3,000 uh seniors with about 85% uh who took the survey and indicated

073that they had college plans. Our graduation rate is at 93% which is above the county and state average. And in January, we presented our VAPA plan. We were able to share the arts vision, which focused on making our district a destination of arts district that inspires all students to explore and celebrate the transformative power of the arts. We've continued to expand our arts program with over 6,000 students enrolled in the program. Over 200 VAPA sections, over 166 students with disabilities enrolled, and over 648 ELEL students completed the fine arts requirement. In February, we presented the LCAP midyear update. There we shared the work we've been doing with our PLC time embedded into the school bell. Uh this happens twice a month and this is where our teachers collaborate with their teams, make instructional connections, review

074student learning outcomes and make decisions that are data driven instructional decisions along with support in our set learning days that we offer districtwide. We shared that this year each of our schools had applied for recognition as a PLC school which hopefully we should find out the results sometime this month. As shared before, we started administering a diagnostic exam to all of our 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students to help determine areas of growth or need in the areas of math, English, and science. In the area of college, and career readiness, we currently have a dual dual enrollment programmies, uh, dual language, CTE pathways, API, Cambridge, work-based learning, course alignment opportunities, tutoring, and professional learning as well. In community engagement, our community family lison have hosted multiple parent workshops covering topics related to graduation requirements and

075college and career readiness. In March, we gave an update on special education. There we provided an overview of the alternative pathway diploma, the crisis prevention institute CPI, the collab coeach model, parent engagement and CTE participation. and we talked about our partnerships and supports that were being offered for our teachers and classified staff. In April, we provided a brief overview of each school site plan for student achievement as they are part of the LCAP process. Each site received training and the plans were developed certain with certain expectations. That they work continuously with school site council to review their plans. That they work to provide a comprehensive data review aligned with the LCAP and include a plan with uh for categorical funds for their school site council to approve. In that presentation, it was shared that each

076year the state reviews our dashboard data and identifies any area where districts are not making progress. our OCD, our Orange County Department of Education partner partners with us. Uh they partnered with us to help us strategically focus on efforts to s support the needs of our students. In 2324, students with disabilities suspension rates and college career readiness were areas of need and this year they were showing some progress or maintaining. This year also the state identified English language arts and math academic performance and the graduation rates of our homeless and foster youth as an area where we had not made uh progress. We are currently working with Orange County Department of Ed in this area as well. And now I'd like to ask our director of ed services Dr. Porter to uh present the LCAP

077in the annual update. Thank you Dr. Kaufman, um, Clerk Bushie, members of the board, Dr. Mclofflin, thank you. Uh, tonight, uh, I'm this is a portion of our annual update. Uh, we will review some of the the metrics and some of the, uh, the budget items that that are related to the LCAP as it as we spent this year and some of the changes and adjustments that we've gotten feedback on that we've made moving into the following year. Just a quick uh little, you know, kind of reminder of what the LCAP is for everyone out there because this is for the public viewing that this is our plan that communicates the district's plan for student success in the areas of student outcomes, engagement, and conditions of learning. The it is a state requirement that we

078develop a three-year district plan and that we revisit this plan on an annual basis. As I begin tonight, uh, I'd like to start with a brief overview, uh, and just kind of walk through the collaborative process, review some of our progress and recommendations following the update. We started off, as you guys would know, about a year ago, uh, Mr. Zamora was up here, and that was the first time I got to see the LCAP presentation. Um, where the approved the first year one of our our current LCAP that we have now in place. In fall of 2024, uh we provide an annual board update uh on the 2324 data for the school the school year and we began our community engagement process. In winter, we continued with our community engagement process and then we provided

079a mid-year update to the board on our metrics. In spring, we reviewed feedback from our our community partners. We evaluated goal progress. We made adjustments to the LCAP. We continued with our community engagement and we reviewed our LCAP, our LCFF budget. Oh, and lastly, we're here today to make a recommendation or to update the board on our uh current LCAP progress and moving into a recommendation for an approval at the next board meeting on June 10th. The LCAP, it is required that we do cover all eight of the state priorities which are listed on the screen. Equally as important, we want to make sure that we cover and reflect our board priorities in each aspect of this plan. When developing the LCAP, we engage with our community, our staff, our students, and other partners. We

080held five district advisory committee meetings. We conducted an LCAP survey for parents, students, staff, eight school site meetings, individual parent meetings, separate parent meetings, student advisory meetings. We got input from OCDE on this. Uh we will be holding a public meeting of adoption today and our LCAP is continually ongoingly posted on our website for everyone to view. A major portion of this LCAP really revolves around the the the money and the budget that we had set aside and the actions that were associated with those dollar amounts. And as you can see here today, we had an estimated budget associated with each of the four goals that are listed on our LCAP. Our estimated actuals are to the right and you can see that we're closely aligned with the the approximate budget that we had assigned

081to each program area. So I'm going start with a reminder of what our first goal was and this one was around college and career readiness specifically focusing on skill development and our programs within Fitton Joint Union School uh Unified School District or Union School District. One of the things that we'll do tonight is we'll highlight some of the differences that we see that are in the act articulated within the plan uh when you have a budgetary difference. So these differences that we'll note today uh they're within the same goal. They have the same priority, but some of the actions may have looked different than when when we recorded them or when we took action on those items. When you start with action four, I'd like to point out that you can see there's a difference

082in what was budgeted versus what we estimated the actuals to be. Part of the reason for this difference is that our projections are based on data from the prior year, including enrollment and student actual needs are not accounted for until the master schedules are finalized. An example of this could be EL students selecting to participate in a CTE pathway or academic intervention course. Additionally, budget projections are based on a full year of employment. Sometimes it takes us a little bit to fill one of the vacancies and those aren't uh those aren't accounted for in the estimated actuals. But when you do look at action seven, you'll see that some of those same services would have bled over into action seven because they would have been similar in nature. These differences um are within the same

083goal. Uh and we consider each of these differences as we look at adjustments moving into the next into the revision for the 2526 LCAP. We did look at some major up not major updates but key updates to the LCAP moving into this year. Um one of them is updating actions to match base staffing allocations. Uh we're addressing declining enrollment and also looking at our early retirement incentive. We looked at reading interventions and tutoring funding from learning recovery emergency block grant. This is something that is required for us to articulate within the LCAP this year. Um these are the unused funds and and this these are the actions where we those funds will be planned to be spent. We looked at instructional aid support and amended it to provide instructional course needs across all sites for

084long-term English learners because that's something that we'll be looking at in the next year as it's a new metric uh on the California dashboard. And then we also have our TOSAs which were originally funded through grant funds. This will now have an increased contribution from our LCFF budget and our LREBG funds. Goal number two is focused on equity and access, specifically focusing on course access, qualified teachers, and instruction. The only major budget difference here is that we're able to fund our summer school through uh various grants, specifically A throughG block grants and our LEBG grant. Some key updates to the LCAP moving forward is it's important to note that our elementary and secondary emergency relief funds ended on September 30th, 2024, and actionable funds were increased. Summer school funded through ad ADG block grant and

085LRBG will be funded through the next uh LCAP professional development and planning and fed our federal addendum will now include the use of title one title two funds to ensure the continuity of set and we are now accounting for the increased cost of instructional technologies within the LCAP budget as well. We did adjust two metrics on the LCAP that we highlighted here. One of them being metric 2.4 four. And this one is specific because it's reflecting the anticipated use of the reserve funds in the deferred maintenance for which these funds were intended. And so we held that 3.4 million, but over the next three years, uh those funds will be uh it'll be down to 2.4 million. And then metric 2.8 now includes the percent of students that meet both the A throughG and qualify

086as a pathway uh completer. In goal three, our focus is on partnerships in school climate, supporting safety, uh, support and success and student success. In this section, you'll see a gap in the estimated actuals in actions two and four. The gap is largely due to the program classifications of outside services for mental health support, which were adjusted between actions and balance. They both were had to do with outside services in one category of action four or action two. We flip-flop back and forth. The services were previously funded using our ESSER funds and adjust adjustments were made to the 2526 LCAP to account for this ongoing need. And then you'll see action seven that there was an increased overall cost in our estimated actuals for transportation services that were rendered this school year. The key updates

087in goal for goal number three is our mental health coordinator TOSA position which was originally written into the LCAP. It's not being removed. It's going to be a service that we continue to to look for and we actually currently have that position flown right now, but with a new grant from the Orange County Department of Ed, we should be able to fund it with those dollars. We adjusted the health and safety uh to support ongoing mental health services previously funded with the ESTR funds, which I discussed just a minute ago. And our safety will continue to focus on ongoing maintenance and services. And finally, our CTE programs will now be inclusive of all of our contract services and materials, which is including ROP. With goal number four, our fourth goal is focus on service to

088meet the academic and social emotional needs of students contributing to the high non-stability rate at LV Vista High School. Non-stability rates uh refers to the number of students who transfer from the school site. The goal is funded through the state equity multiplier grants. And just kind of as a as a a little reminder of what ABC Plus is, we talked about it last time, but it's a specialized academic program with wellness classes daily wraparound services offered to address and support the issues of home um at home that impact student academic performances. So, this is more support outside of the regular school day. It typically is focused on students aged 16, struggling academically, displayed maladaptive behaviors, exhausted intervention opportunities. Um and this year is our first year with with a significant amount of success. Um 35

089students successfully participated in the program with 10 uh transferring to Le Vista High School, nine returning to ABC plus or five transfers to home their home high school, five transferred to ask Access Adult Ed, four graduates, and two transfers to IRA. Um and what's great about that, these are students that were retaining in the education system to fill out to finish off their career with us. Excuse me. Some key updates to goal number four. Uh we did get a significant increase from the state on this which is about $175,000 directed at this particular for this uh particular need. Uh so some action items that were were changed uh based on this feedback is that we looked at expanding monitoring within the ABC plus program with case management meetings led by site administrators and counselors. Increased

090counseling services. adjusted the metrics for reading to reflect our NWA MAP reading diagnostic timelines. Again, it's another metric that's going to help us track progress throughout the year rather than just at the year's end. You'll see that these budget adjustments reflect the program changes discussed in the annual overview. These adjustments reflect the total cost of programs and adjustments within each goal. And the total LCFF contribution is about $25,193216 which meet the required allocation amount. Another key part to this LCAP is looking at our local indicators and making sure that the efforts that we put forth in the LCAP are helping us to achieve these indicators. Uh, school districts are required to assess and report progress on several local indicators that reflect important aspects of school quality beyond state testing data. And these the all of

091these indicators are embedded within our LCAP. The basics covering teacher assignments, instructional materials, and facilities, parent and family engagement, local climate survey. These areas are self-reflected by the district each year using evidence and stakeholder input. While they're also published on the California the California school dashboard, the primary purpose of these indicators is to guide local planning and continue improvement through the LCAP. These indicators are related are rated as either standard not met, standard met or standard met to approaching expectations and we're pleased to say that the basic that we have met uh the standard in all three areas. In particular, looking at the basic indicator, all teachers are fully credentialed and appropriately assigned. Every student has access to standards aligned textbook and curricula uh materials in the core subject areas. Regular inspections confirm that school

092facilities are in good repair. The district complies fully with Williams Act requirements through the annual reporting monitoring and these practices contribute to a strong instructional foundation across all campuses. With regards to parent and family engagement, we engaged families through the LCAP forums, school site councils, and advisory committees. We conducted multilingual surveys and outreach to ensure inclusivity inclusivity. We used parent feedback to shape decisions and sound programs, supports, and resource allocation. And we offered workshops and school-based events to promote stronger partnerships between home and school. And lastly, the data we used to to identify this metric is that we administered annual surveys to students, families, and staff on school connectedness, safety, and wellness. We use safety data to guide school sites, climate goals, and action plans, responding to feedback with ex with expanded wellness services such

093as dedicated wellness rooms, peer mentoring programs, restorative practices, and mental health supports. We promote high participation to ensure the data reflects a broad range of voices from our schools and community. And lastly, we have the federal addendum which helps us identify or articulate our plans within the the federal funds that are used between our categorical funds of title one, two, three, and four. As part of the annual uh LCAP review, we we'll provide a quick overview of this federal addendum and the sections of our report and how it connects with our LCAP. Starting with title one, we will continue to support our unique graduation intervention needs at Le Vista. Additional counseling support will will be provided to title one schools. Our EL TOSA will be increased by two sections to support our EL programming and

094our site develop plans and SIPOS will be clear clearly aligned with our title categorical funding needs. In title two, we're going to move our we're going to use that to support our set professional development, our new teacher support, maintain our standards alignment progress and monitoring of student outcomes. Title three will continue to be used to support our assembly seven family liaison about 17% I'm not say I apologize not about 17% of their salary and their assignment is based on supporting the needs articulated within title three which provide services outside of their regular duties. Um these would be our family connections uh parent night parent meetings uh communications coordinating uh services for our homeless foster youth and so on. And lastly, title four will continue to be used for career exploration, formative assessment software, wellness programs,

095and career exploration. And with that, I'd like to invite Dr. Kaufman back up to the podium. Thank you, Dr. Porter. So, we wanted to give you a little bit of a a flow so you could see how we've been gathering our data throughout the year. So, as you may recall, it started off in the fall with our various uh pre presentations as far as how ed services was doing and student outcomes. What were the results of that? We then uh provided another presentation in the winter on program updates. Then we uh provided another one in the springtime where we did our uh midyear LCAP. And here we are today presenting the LCAP on annual updates. So in order for this to take place, all three of these presentations needed to take place throughout the school

096year in order for us to get here this evening. And with that, just wanted to set it up that we'll be doing the same thing for the coming school year. Wanted to end our presentation with some pictures. It just gives you an overview all the wonderful things that have been taking place in Fullerton Joint Union High School District. being able to provide support for our students in the performing arts JOTC, seeing our teachers collaborating here in the boardroom, uh over close to over a hundred sessions that we had an opportunity to connect with our teachers districtwide and and once again with our DAC parents and our EL students. Additional photos here where we've been enhancing our articulation opportunities with our feeder schools. That has been an area of focus for us in order to have

097a more smooth transition for our incoming ninth graders. You see here a picture of our DACA parents as we closed out the school year which was a wonderful evening we just most recently celebrated along with other set for success days and sometimes our site administrators who are also PLCing out there in order to ensure that we continue our engagement process. But of course this was a highlight over the past week for us is getting to that graduation moment. being able to see many of our students cross that finish line, seeing our parents cheering them on the sidelines, and each of us being part of the process as well. It doesn't get any better than that for each of us in this room. So, that truly is our highlights. But with that being said, I wanted

098to give us a little bit of an update or uh looking ahead for us and what's what to look forward to for the 2526 school year. So, next week, we'll be coming back to you in order to get an action item and uh for board consideration of our annual LCAP. Then what will follow is in the fall of 2025 we will uh also be presenting another uh uh opportunity to present to you and to begin our community engagement process. Then in the winter once again community engagement continues for us and our midyear update to the board. In the springtime reviewing feedback, evaluating the goals progress uh making adjustments to the LCAP and more community engagement and reviewing for our LCFF budget. And of course, we'll close it off next summer in 2026 with an annual

099update to the board for our year three of the LCAP. And so with this, this concludes our uh our presentation this evening. And it is recommended that the board of trustees conduct a public hearing to solicit recommendations and comments regarding the 2526 LCAP. No action is required at this time. And at the June 10th, 2025 board meeting, the board will be asked to approve and adopt the LCAP. And with that, that concludes our report. Thank you so much. Thank you very much both of you. Okay, at this time I will open a public hearing and ask if there's anyone here who would like to provide input to the process or to the report. Seeing none, rush to the microphone. I will close the public hearing. I don't like the I don't like this either. All

100right. Uh any comments from the board members? No. Uh I I do have just a brief statement. First of all, I think this report is a huge job. Uh and I really appreciated your presentation much more than reading it because I don't I guess it was it was one of those you read late and then you sleep whatever. um the does and and the main thing is the work that goes behind putting the report together is what is so obvious. I this I don't know quite how to ask this but I know that we did things before local control funding formula of the same nature but does this process and the requirement to present the LCAP make it better? I guess that's my question because it's so much more work. I would say absolutely. It's

101also uh provided all of us uh an opportunity to work closer together uh meaning the different uh divisions from business services to uh human resources to technology and with each uh individual school sites aligning all of our reports our SIPAS are are uh our annual reports that our school sites do their uh presentations that they have to be able to prepare for. It truly does allow an align alignment for all of us to be able to cross and interconnect everything we do districtwide. So I would say to answer your question, yes, absolutely. Okay. I was very happy to hear that and thank you again for all your hard work. Just because I used to do it um and I don't anymore, I'll add a couple more comments. Uh meaning the LCAP uh in a past

102life and ed services. I think the intent of the LCAP was was a a great uh intention to bring local control to the conversation and that's what I think is showcased here. But what we're also seeing is the complexity and the layers that the state of California continues to put onto local uh communities and school districts in and with various uh extra reports and reporting. Uh it was the intention to have a simple report. I believe it was I want to guess within 10 to 20 pages long. Uh but because of the requirements uh it continues to grow and grow and grow. So I would echo what Dr. Kaufman says. It does uh bring alignment throughout the district. It's a focus locally. Um, but with that said, we still advocate at the state level for

103simplicity um because that's what our community really wants. They want something that is digestible and so so grateful for Dr. Kaufman and Dr. Porter and their ability to communicate this and to have these plans all the way throughout the year. Um, so I I think there's a yes to that. It does. Um, but we also need to watch uh for um I'll say plan creep u from the state level um as they continue to to uh layer on. So, I just want to get on my soap box for for a minute to say they've done an exceptional job of steering this through. Um, but we always have to uh there's always new layers that come to us. Isn't there an effort in Sacramento right now to codify the the numbers of reports and I think

104CSBA is behind trying to make them realize that you just can't keep piling on and piling on. Yeah, this is actually a local uh issue that started locally and we brought up to the state. Um, Garden Grove actually brought into a room last year all the reports and so the state of California issued a the legislators to do a report on reports. Um, what a great bureaucracy, right? And so what they found out is there are a lot of reports. Um, and so now they're studying what to do with those reports and whether or not we should have all those reports. So yes, there is at the state level which started at an Orange County superintendent meeting uh about 12 14 months ago. Uh they did conclude their report on reports. Uh they did conclude

105that there are a lot of reports and takes a lot of time and money and now they're going to study on how to give us less reports and spend less less money, but we don't know when that report will come out. Marilyn, I thought of a comment. Okay, good. It to the fear of being redundant. I like the reports that you give throughout the year because while you update us in our weekly information, it also provides an opportunity for a comprehensive update that is but is targeted to one specific area such as let's say performing arts uh or the arts. And it also provides that information to the community so they can see what we're seeing, you know, bit by bit but in one bigger picture type of look and so it is accessible then

106to the community and they know that we have the information we need looking forward for example to next week's uh LCAP uh action item. So thank you. Can I say so? This has been talked about before, but I think it's important enough to bring up again. Um, we've talked a lot about community engagement and parent input. And I know that what happens is we tend to get the same groups of parents who are active in things like DAC and ELAC who then volunteer to provide parent input and for the LCAP and and other things like that. And I just want to um reiterate the hope that we're doing as much outreach as possible to other parents who aren't as actively involved to get their input as well as we work on building this each year.

107And I know that's a a herculean task because um we can't make people respond to us, but um I wish we could um but we can't. So, um I just want to like reiterate the hope that we're we're trying to reach out past our typical parent groups who do participate in these sorts of things to get that input from other parents who who don't engage as frequently with us in that work. Okay. All right. Thank you very much. Okay. That brings us to um item three which is um human resources. Dr. Atkinson. Thank you, board clerk, Mrs. Bushi, members of the board, Dr. Mclofflin. Tonight, I'm very pleased to present for ratification the tenative agreement that has been reached between the Fullerton Secondary Teachers Organization and the Fullerton Joint Union High School District and its

108certificated management groups. This agreement represents a three-year contract which covers the year school years of 2025 through 2028. I'd like to take a quick moment to thank Angie Senac, FSTTO president, uh Mike Reid, the FSTTO negotiation chair, and the rest of the FSTTO negotiation team, including Magdalena Valba, Joe Demeilia, Becky Viegas, and CTA representative Jim Rogers. I think I got them all, Angie. So, um I can honestly say this was the most uh productive and enjoyable negotiation that I have personally experienced in my long career. Uh our negotiation sessions were marked by professionalism, uh mutual respect and these in my opinion are the result of the relationship that we have forged and fostered over the last few years. Um really the ultimate result of this uh of this negotiation and the relationship that we've developed

109is the second consecutive three-year uh collective bargaining agreement uh that the two parties have reached. And this um by reaching this agreement, both FSTTO and the district will now be able to focus on the uh continued development and success of our students and the support of our staff and community members. Uh it is recommended that this tenative agreement between FSTTO and the district and its certificated management groups for the 2025 through 2028 collective bargaining agreement be ratified and that the superintendent or designate be authorized to execute the necessary documents. Okay. Thank you very much Dr. Atkinson. Any comments from any board members? Thank you um Dr. Atkinson and the team. It really is amazing and a three-year contract is to be admired. So that will be approved later on. Right now we're going to do

110it right now. Oh, I didn't see action there. Okay. Is there a motion to uh ratify? I'll move. I'll second. It's moved by John Folly and seconded by Chester Jeng. Any other comments? Okay. All in favor, please say I. I oppose. Four to zero. Yay. High five. Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead. All right. Uh, that takes us to business services. Uh, Ruben Hernandez. Thank you. And good evening, board clerk, Miss Bushie, members of the board, and Dr. Mclofflin. District staff and FSTTO collaborated on a tenative agreement covering compensation and contract language for the 2526 through 2728 school years and as required by government code 3547.5. The major provisions of this agreement are being publicly disclosed tonight. Additionally, both superintendent and chief business official have certified that the agreement cost can

111be met during its term and the tenative agreement was also shared with the Orange County Department of Education for review and comment. OCD has finalized its review and has confirmed that the district will be able to meet the financial obligation in all three uh fiscal years. And the board has been provided with the AB1200 disclosure form developed by OCD which outlines the fiscal impact of the salary adjustments. Approval of this item will authorize the district to move forward with updating all salary schedules for the next three fiscal years. This item is now presented for the board's consideration and action. Okay. Thank you very much. Uh is there a motion for approval? Move approval. Moved by Lauren, seconded by Chester. Any comments? All in favor, please say I. I. Opposed. Pass four to zero. Yay. All

112right. That brings us to item two, which is yours, Ruben. Yes. Yes. Thank you. And good evening, board clerk, Miss Bushi, members of the board, and Dr. McGloffin. Uh, the updated salary schedule for confidential supervisory and management employees reflect adjustments aligned with the recently reached tenant agreement between the district and FSTTO, which covers compensation for the fiscal years 2025 through 2026, I'm sorry, 202526 through 2027-28. These employees groups are not part of the bar are not part of a bargain unit and therefore are not subject to the AB1200 disclosure requirements. Updated salary schedules are attached for the board's reference and approval of this of of this item will allow district staff to implement the updated salary schedules for the next three fiscal years. And this item is now presented for the board's consideration and action.

113Thank you. Um is there a motion to approve the uh salary increase? Motion for approval. Moved by Chester, seconded by Lauren. Uh, any comments or questions? All in favor, please say I. I. Opposed. Pass. Four to zero. [Laughter] Okay. And that brings us to a 25 26 fiscal year budget presentation and public hearing. Mr. Mr. Hernandez. Thank you. And good evening, board clerk, Miss Bushie, members of the board, Dr. Mlofflin. Um tonight's presentation is to review the adopted budget financials. Um as we saw um in our presentation with our ALCAP with Dr. Kaufman and Dr. Porter, a lot of what um was done through the ALCAP process is then uh translated from from written word into financials and put into the adopted budget. And so we'll go through the adopted budget process and look take

114a look at the financials and how it impacts our budget um in over the course of the next uh three years and our multi-year projections. And so, uh, tonight's, um, expected outcomes is to have a clear understanding where we're at in the budget cycle, the purpose of the adopted budget, um, the state budget process, uh, which includes Proposition 98, um, the current financial standing of the district, uh, to review the beginning and ending fund balances, and then to take a look at our next steps. And so, we're currently here in the adopted budget process as we just came out of the governor's mayor revise to hear some final updates. um uh up to the May revise. The governor has not officially adopted the budget, but we take the information coming out of the May revise

115to develop the adopted budget that we'll be re reviewing tonight. And the purpose of the adopted budget is a result of uh Assembly Bill 1200, which requires the district to prepared uh an adopted budget um projecting the revenue and expenditures for the fiscal year in which is coming up July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. And in this adopted budget, it contains the agreements of between the district and FSTTO as well as the confidential supervisory and management salary increases. Um, and it contains all information for all district funds. It includes the multi-year projection for the two out years of the 26 27 fiscal year as well as the 2728 year. Um and then tonight's uh uh presentation, we'll be um asking the board to take uh action at the uh June 10th board meeting. But

116in tonight's presentation, we'll have a public hearing that um allows um community members to have any feedback or conversation around the uh financials in the uh in the adopted budget. Um but currently right now, we are still kind of waiting on the state and in their process. And so both the um Senate and Assembly have until June 15th to submit their um uh co-budget so to speak. So they between the two groups uh kind of negotiate the budget process themselves that they present to the governor. And then by June 30th, the governor takes that information and finalizes the budget. And where we're at right now is both the governor and legislator and legislators acknowledge that the 2.3% cola is um is a in their perspective a funded fully funded cola um and that they will

117apply to Proposition 98. Um but as you recall this time last year this idea of the maneuver was being talked about and it was uh trying to uh not fully fund Prop 98 and uh and what what everyone was feeling was a violation of our constitution. And so uh they had a settlement agreement where they didn't implement the maneuver. Um but fast forward a year later they're doing something very similar and they're not calling it the maneuver anymore. They're calling it the settle. Um and so it's an interesting um uh uh change in how the governor is trying to navigate uh dollars that are coming in uh through the Proposition 98 calculation. And so what that looks like is this. And so in this uh graph here, and I apologize, this is a screenshot from

118a presentation that we saw from school services. Um so if the view is a little bit difficult on some of the words, uh it unfortunately it's just how it came out. Um but if you take a look at the uh two bar charts on the lefth hand side there um this was the governor's proposed budget back in January and as you can see that was about a $ 1.5 billion difference um and what he was calling the settle at that point. Fast forward to the May revise that that chart has shrunk just a little bit and it went down to about $ 1.3 billion. And basically what the governor is saying here is he recognizes that Prop 98 should be funded a lot higher, but they they want to wait and see before they actually

119fund us those dollars. Um, normally in the past, what they typically would do is they would identify that top dollar amount at $118 billion and they would forecast to project that and they would build it into Prop 98. And then when they true up those dollars and finalize what um our student enrollments were, what our average daily attendances were, they then in that moment would true it up and say, "Okay, we will actually instead give you the $17 billion if that is actually what resulted in the in the actual fiscal year. Instead, what they're saying is uh we're going to do that upfront. We're going to hold some money back because we believe there's a possibility that you that Proposition 98 shouldn't be funded at this level." And that's the reason why they're using the

120term settle. Um and so they're doing that with the intention of saying um we will pay you back if the numbers actually come to fruition. And so that's not how it's ever been done in the past. And so we'll continue to keep an eye on how that impacts us as funding as funding moves forward throughout the next fiscal year. And so basically they call this idea something old and something new is what we were seeing at school services presentation. And in the first um uh uh box you see on the lefth hand side uh we've seen this before, right? We've seen deferral concept before. And so what the governor is proposing is to is to balance the state's budget is to not pay us our our aortionment. Um basically not write our check to the

121not write the state's check to the districts. And he says, I'm going to hold that for the month of June and I'll pay it to you in July. Which okay, no big deal. One month um and we can navigate that. and most districts in the state of California can right now at this point. Uh we have um throughout the state of California have a healthy indie fund balance from one district to the next and we can navigate that. Um but where this becomes difficult is if we see it similar to what happened with the great recession where they were doing these deferrals throughout the whole school year. That becomes a different conversation. So we'll continue to keep an eye around this idea of deferrals. And as long as they're only doing it from June to

122July, very little impact to what we do um on a day-to-day operations. it's just a bigger concern if he starts to extend these deferral concepts into half the school year or or greater and that's where we'll start to have different conversations. So, we'll continue to keep an eye on that concept. Um, and then the box on the right kind of describes a little bit more what I just talked about in regards to the settle. So, both of these topics, um, one of them is not new, deferrals. So, we know what that means and we know how to navigate those, but the settleup is new and we'll have to continue to keep an eye on what that means, um, as we move forward into this upcoming school year. So, I want to transition now to um

123our budget cycle here and how it impacts us here at Fullerton Joint Union High School District and what is our budget process. And so, a lot of in our preparation um is a result of what happens with the governor's may revise and then taking our district data and implementing that into our um tools that we have as we as we prepare for our adopted budget. And so, the first concept is this average daily attendance. Um and again, this is not new. This is uh something that we've been experiencing for the past couple of years. The new item on there though um is the three-year rolling average. This is new to us for the past few years. Um it's always been either the current year or past year, whichever is greater. That's how we're funded. Um

124but now we have this option to implement a three-year rolling average. And so in in the uh local control funding formula um calculator, it automatically does that for us. As we plug in this data, it'll tell us whether or not we're which option that's on here, whether we're current year, past year, or three-year rolling average. And in our assumptions, we continue to uh fall in the category of the three-year rolling average. And that's because we're a declining rolling enrollment district, and our average daily attendance coming out of the pandemic is still something we're navigating. Um, this allows us a buffer. It allows us to see uh more revenue over the course of the of that three-year rolling average than if it was with only those two options of current year, past year. So, which is

125good news. Um, and then the next one we take a look at is the projected cola. And so, what does the governor say he's going to fully fund um at the May revise? And so, we know that number is 2.3%. So, we have that information. Um, the next one is taking a look at enrollment projections. And so, we look at period 2 where we submit our information on our average daily attendance and that's typically done uh by May, May 1st um and this year was May 1st of 2025. And then we take a look at um historical trends and do an analysis to see um what our declining enrollment has looked like over the past few years. And so from last year to the um from this year into the next school year, we're we're

126projecting about 225 as a declining enrollment. And then in the out years um we're seeing a that decline happen a little less every year. So we're being conservative with that approach and we're using 200 as that number. Um and so that's what's been plugged into our LCFF calculator. And then the unduplicated percentage is a new thing that you'll see in there that looks a little bit different. Um, and I don't have history history, but we've grown from low 50% into the low 60%, which is great news because we're identifying our families appropriately and we're providing the services as a result of that to our families appropriately. So, um, the next item is health and welfare. We continue to monitor that, monitor that. Um, we don't know these numbers until this time approximately about uh for

127the upcoming school year. We don't know that what that true number will be. Um actually coming into the adopted budget right before we were getting ready to prep for that. We um got an update from CISK, who's our JPA, and that number actually came in at about a 9 and a half% increase. We typically use about a 5% uh cost escalation year-over-year in our multi-year projection. So you can see this upcoming health and welfare increase um was actually almost double what we typically project. So something for us to continue to monitor and navigate. Um and then and the next item, stirs and pers. this is something we have no control over and so we are at the mercy of both of these um entities and as soon as they report their information to us we

128we take that information and plug it into um our assumptions as well. Um and then in the current um um financials for the adopted budget of 2526 we've included the um FSTTO um uh tenative agreement on the 2% increase for the upcoming school year um as well as the confidential supervisory and management. Um it also includes the outy years um based off on the outy years projected cola based on the language that we have the tenative agreement around. So it includes those projections as well too. So the good news about a three-year agreement allows us to plan and and and our budget more accurately in those future years. Um as more information comes out, we're able to make those adjustments um a lot a lot quicker because we know what those tenative agreements say should

129be the result of whatever those final funded colas are. So, uh, from a planning perspective, budgeting wise, it makes that a lot easier. And so, for many reasons, the three-year agreement is is great. Um, but this is also another benefit of that that we're able to navigate our financials a lot more accurately. And then lastly, um the reserve fund that uh this was uh the past couple years, actually three years, um the state had mandated that we uh do a resolution as a board adopt a resolution that talked about anything that was greater than a 10% reserve in our um in our fund balance. um due to the state's current sta uh standing, there's not going to be required um in the upcoming school year um and nor in the foreseeable future just because there's

130a lot of factors that have to be met to require the board of education to adopt a resolution around this. So, good news is there's no resolution associated with the the 10% reserve uh mandate uh for this upcoming school year. And so, let's take a look at some of those budget assumptions um that were used to develop our our financials around our adopted budget. And we'll take a look at these categories here. And so um I added I or I kept the current school year in there and I highlighted as yellow because that is actual those are actuals now that we know what those numbers are. So when we see the first row on the 2425 um just know that they're highlighted in yellow and that's in reference to actual numbers because every column are

131projected um because we're we don't know what those official numbers are just yet. And so when we take a look at projected enrollment um our seabeds numbers um for uh was for uh October 2nd 2024 identified 12,631 students um and then what we did for our adopted budget for 2526 is we take we took our P2 data reviewed that and and took that information and we we did a 250 um as our projected declining enrollment and then the two out years we did that trend analysis that I referenced and that was minus 200 in each of these school years. And then our projected ADA, this is something that also we've been keeping an eye on coming out of COVID. This has been something that has not returned back to normal yet. Uh but we continue

132to to uh navigate this with uh our monthly reports um and and making sure that we are tracking that as best we can. As you can see, for the 2425 school year, we ended around 94.5%. Um and so what we're putting in our projections for the outy years is a 95% and 95 and a quarter and then 95 and a half. So we're looking at quarter increments um growth here. Um pre- pandemic our numbers were 95 and a half to 96 and a half and it would range in those in those areas. So we're continuing to navigate our ADA as we um come come out of the pandemic and what is our new norm in this area. And so um as you recall in the past we were growing this to potentially the 96. So,

133we're taking a little bit more conservative approach because the last few years we're still seeing 94 and a half approximately. Um, so we'll continue to keep an eye on ADA as we move forward. This is the um uh unduplicated count percentage and this is the one I was referencing early on where I wish I could show you the previous years and you'll see a drastic increase in this area, but we really kind of I think hit where we're going to be moving forward. Um, this past school year we closed at 62 and a quarter% of unduplicated. Um, and for conservative purposes, we're using 62% um, in the outy years. So, we'll continue to um, uh, uh, gather this data, do our through our data confirmation process and our outreach through our food services department um,

134as we uh, open up the school year and getting to our seabeds uh, date, which is typically that first few days of October, the statutory cola column. Um, so as you can see, our funded cola for the current school year was 1.07. Um the projected cola that um the governor said that the may revise is going to be fully funded is at 2.3%. Um even though I have it as projected at this point it's been identified um uh but it just hasn't been fully adopted by the state. So that's why I left it as projected in this presentation. But in the out years you'll see that the colas are down a little bit as well um from our second interim report that we were here a few months ago about. Um and each of those

135two I think they're gone down by at least about a half a percent. Um I'm sorry that 2627 was about a half a percent and 2728 I think is about a quarter percent. And then the stirs rates um are staying flat. Um they're at their their max capacity unless there's a um unless there's an action that's taken um at uh at at the state level where they can increase the stirs rates. Um as of right now it's at its capacity at 19.1. So we project that number in all years in the multi-year projection. Um and then on the PERS pension um rates uh the current year was 2705. Um all three years in the multi-year projections were reduced about uh a total of 1.3%. Um there was a good uh return in the PERS program.

136Their board um can make adjustments on their rates um at a board meeting. It doesn't take uh state action to do so. So it's a little bit different on how they um report their rates out. And so whenever they have a decent amount of rate return, they will make some adjustments to their to their R years and vice versa. If they don't see as good of a return, you'll we'll see the opposite in in growth and cost around that. So and so when we plug all that information into our system, we take a look at um all those categories um listed in these bullet points here and we plug it into our calculator, which results in about $182.9 million in LCFF revenue. our total revenue um when we include other state dollars and federal dollars

137we see about 235 million. Um so as you can see here the LCFF revenue represents about 77.6% of our all all of our revenue. So as the state goes so does our budget. So keeping an eye on state um uh revenues is important as we move along in our budget and our budget year. Um and we'll continue to keep an eye on state activity around that. So here is the um uh LCFF calculator um sideby-side comparison. So where we see our estimated actuals and this is where we believe we're going to close the books on the 2425 school year. That's the first column. And then the adopted budget of the 2526 is on the column to the right. As you can see, we're pretty flat. Um even though we saw a cola of 2.3% um

138our ongoing dollars didn't grow very much. And this has to do just with our three-year rolling average. Um one of the years has fallen off and that was a higher ADA that was in one of that three-year rolling average calculation. And then plus our declining enrollment. And so, as you can see, um, we had a flat year of revenue being projected in our LCFF calculator. Um, and it's about $265,000 less, um, than it is in the 2425 school year. And so, here's a breakdown in a pie chart in regards to our total overall revenue, our combined revenues. Um, and as you can see, again, the the chart just is a reflection of of as the state goes, our LCF dollars, um, the district's impacted in regards to um, how much money we see to us

139as a district. So again, keeping an eye on what's happening at the state level um is going to be important for us and what they do next with some of their uh assumptions and and how we navigate the upcoming uh fiscal year. And then in this bar chart here um pie chart here, it it breaks down um our total expenditures from our certificated classified salaries all the ways through um our capital projects as well as monies that we transfer in and out to help support um other facility projects and or needs throughout the district. Um the total uh projected revenue in our general fund is 236.89 point8 million. Um and if you take a look at all three of the uh the bigger uh u slices of that pie, it it it's mostly comprised of

140our salaries of our employees as well as the benefits associated with those employees. And so then here's a side-by-side comparison in regards to our total overall revenue. Um, and as you can see, when we take a look at um, all of our revenue from the federal level to other state revenue and local revenue, um, we we're we're currently projecting a total of about $622,000. Whoops, sorry, getting used to this clicker. There we go. We see a total increase of about $622,000. Um, and as you can see, when you compare them side by side, there's a lot of federal revenues that are going away. Those are those onetime dollars coming out of the pandemic. um what you see in our adopted budget is more of a realistic federal ongoing dollar type of um uh dollar amount

141you'll we'll typically see moving forward. Um other state revenues you see that go up a slightly um part of that is is slightly some onetime dollars that we're getting from the state. So the state will continue this concept of onetime dollars. Sometimes they instead of it them putting it into Proposition 98 making it ongoing sometimes they'll do it as a onetime dollar um and then they'll quote unquote true us up at the end of the year. Right? So that settle up concept right? So, we'll see how that plays out. And then the next one side by side is our estimated actuals to close out the school year, uh, 2425 and then the adopted budget sideby-side comparisons. And I think one thing I'd like to highlight on on this area really is taking a look at

142our our our salaries. Um, specifically, as you can see, we're flat um on our classified salaries, the 2000s. Um, and then we are seeing a pretty big decrease on the certificated salary line. And this is this is really due to and mind you this also includes the salaries um the tenative agreement that the board just took action on but really this is a result of our early retirement incentive and this is how we're able to navigate the tenative agreement in which was presented to the board tonight. Without that early retirement uh incentive we would have be having a different conversation in regards to um a total overall expenditures and in regards to what those tenative agreements could have potentially looked like. So, a big kudos to um to to our district staff, um our principles,

143um our cabinet, um everyone who who had to navigate the early retirement incentive. Um it has really been a huge tool for us to um successfully come to a tentative agreement that has allowed us to uh present um the financials the way we have. So, um I just wanted to take a moment to highlight that because it was is really the the the big reason why we're able to successfully um have the tenative agreement in which was presented. Um, and then so I want to take a look. This is a slide that we typically see. However, I added a a a row at the bottom to highlight ending fund balance. Um, just so we can see it from a percentage perspective as opposed to just the dollar amount. Um, if you take a look at

144the um the row that I I like to focus on mostly here is the surplus deficit row. And when we see this in the red, um, it's something for us to keep an eye on and why is that happening and ask those questions. When we see it in the black, we know that we are um, seeing money fall to the bottom line, right? And so and in this particular example, you see 1.3 million in year one and it grows to 2.8 million in year three. Um but this is really truly a plan deficit as we still have some onetime dollars that we're spending down um through the federal side of the house. And so how we can see that a little bit differently is in this next slide here. Well, real quick before I go

145there um is the so taking a look at the bottom row. This includes again the the three-year agreement. Um only salaries that are not in here just yet as we just because of timing of the adopted budget is our CSEA tenative agreement. Um so when we take a look at this you still see that we have a healthy ending fund balance as far as the reserve is concerned percentage- wise it grow it it it consistently stays in the 30% in this multi-year projection. Right? That's on the combined side of the house. But what I really want us to take a look at is um oh and again this includes the governor's concept of the settle. Um, but what I really want us to take a look at here is on the unrestricted side of the

146house. Um, this is where I really want us to kind of focus on as we go forward in our presentations. And really in this in this area right here, if you take a look at the surplus deficit row, you'll see that we're actually in the black in year one, right? And it's a surplus of $2.2 million. And then in year two, it goes in the red, it's 1 million. And then year three, it's it stays in the red at 2.4. But remember in the tenative agreement for um uh for our FSTTO agreement and and and including our management supervisor and confidential, it includes a one time a onetime payment of a 2% for all of those um for all of those uh um employees. And so if we were to take that out, that's approximately

147about $2 million. If we were to take that $2 million out and add it back into this, you'll see that then our year one would actually be a 4.2 million surplus. Our year two would be 1 million surplus and our year three would be a deficit of about $465,000. So, um, so I just wanted to kind of highlight that because it is it is built into the budget, but it's also not an ongoing cost that doesn't create this this structural deficit that is not manageable. So, um, but with that being said, you could still see on the unrestricted side of the house that our ending reserve balance percentages still remain healthy um, and averaging about 20 28 and a half%. So now let's just and this is a slide that I typically show as a

148breakdown of of all of our ending fund balances and where those categories belong because not every single dollar in the ending fund balance um is allowed to be spent however we see fit. Um it comes with restrictions in some of them and some of them some of them are also required for us to stay as a as a positive certifiable district. And so um if we take a look at um just the adopted budget of 2526 you'll see that we have an ending fund balance of $77.9 million 9.2 million of those are restricted dollars and have to be spent in a specific way. A requirement by the state is that 3% reserve for economic uncertainties and that's 7.1 million. And then we have assigned dollars of 7.1 million. This is really our bus replacement program

149and this is also to support the early retirement incentive. Um, so as those costs come in, we'll pay those bills and and and because of the way we're managing it internally, um, administratively, we are also eliminating a third party having to pay those third-party fees to navigate the early retirement incentive. So we assign those dollars to support that concept in there. And so those dollars are committed for those purposes. And then what falls truly to the unassigned fund balance is the number listed on that last row before the percentages. And as you can see, even in that third year, we're above $50 million. So, healthy NDU fund reserve depending on what happens at the state um that's going to allow us to navigate those unforeseen financial circumstances um in a in a a lot better

150way than most districts in the state of California. And so, um and so on this slide, what I wanted to show was um one time one-time funds have had an impact on the growth of our ending fund balances. Um, as you can see this this this slide here goes all the way back to 2008 2009 which was right when the great recession happened and you can see how low the throughout the state of California ending fund balances were throughout the state of California in 089 we're probably looking at 12 and a half to 13% up and down the state of California and then as we go you can see those balances are slightly uptick and they downtick and then COVID happens and you see it drops again and then it goes back up. Then we

151had all these re all these onetime dollars coming from the state and the federals coming out of the pandemic. And you could see that the line continues to go and creep and it's above 25% um when we get into the 23 24 school year. Um as I as I just presented to the board, our total combined fund balance any fund balance is over 30%. It's actually averaging 31.9%. Um and so we're at a really good place even when we compare ourselves to other districts and the current circumstances um we're experiencing right now where you see the dot dot dot dot on that line um it's the unknown right and this is where those onetime dollars are no longer with us um and what happens with the financial u uncertainties that we may or may not

152experience because of the federal government um we'll see what happens with those districts who who may not have those reserves to be able to navigate those things. So, and so for us, um, considerations as we move forward is monitoring our health and and health and welfare cost escalations. Um, continue to keep an eye on inflation as cost of goods and other things continue to rise. The Prop 98 settle concept, what does that mean and how does that impact us? Um, the projected statutory colas in the outy years, what does that look like? keeping an eye on the federal executive orders, the impact on education it may have, the tariffs that are potentially impacting the state of California, supply chain demands that happen as a result of all of this and obviously outside of uh what's

153happening in California, other world conflicts that may have an impact on our daily operations. And so next steps um really for us is is the is recommending the approval of the 2526 adopted budget at the June 10th board meeting. And when the board takes action on that, we will submit that report to the Orange County Department of Education who will then forward forward that out to the California Department of Education. Um then we will take a look at um analyzing the governor's final adopted budget to see what sort of impacts that may have. Um as of right now, we're not seeing anything. We understand where where he's going with it. U but it's good for us to do one final review to make sure if it has any big impacts on what's happening specifically here

154at Fullerton Joint. Um, and then step three will be based on the results of that analysis, um, do we have to come back to the board with a 45day revise? Um, I don't think we will, but it's if it's necessary, we'll be back at the August board meeting and present the board with those changes. Uh, step four for us is to take a look at um, actually working on the year and closing for the 2520 school year. Um, step five, working on the auditors, finalizing the 2520 2425 financial audit, and then we will be back in front of the board. uh with the first interim update where a lot of the work that we did was with built with assumptions and and whatifs. So we'll come back to the board with a cleaner budget um

155at first interim chewing up all the early retirement um uh employees and making sure that we've identified the the the replacement of those employees and where they're at in the salary schedule so we can truly know who those individuals are um and we have a cleaner better picture of what our budget looks like at at the first interim. And so with that in submitting the 25 uh 26 adopted budget report as positive uh um the board of trustees understands its fiduciary responsibility to maintain fiscal solveny for the current and subsequent two fiscal years. I just like like to um give a big thank you to our director of physical services Mr. Rammy Bashara who's in the audience with us and also uh physical service manager Miss Miss Christine Navara. um without their their guidance uh

156I wouldn't be able to be standing up with you today and also um our outcap wouldn't have been able to be done the way it was done. So big thank you to that team and everyone in that photo there who've been a big uh contributor to um the preparation of the adopted budget. With that that concludes my report Hernandez and I think uh it's time for another public hearing. So, I will open the public hearing and ask if there's anyone who would like to address any of the issues that have been presented. Seeing none, I will close the public hearing and I'll also ask the board if you have any comments or questions. So, of course, overall really appreciate it and just like with the LCAP, you provide ongoing information throughout the year. This is

157the culmination of that as well as week it weekly. Uh, I really like how you emphasize that that deficit number that people see up there is not a structural deficit. In other words, we're not having trouble paying our bills. That's just money we have that we are going to spend, but that won't be replenished. But it's built into the plan. It's a plan deficit as you said. And I really appreciate that distinction because in my experience, not all districts make that distinction and it can cause concern among the public, among our employees and create doubt about the effectiveness of the district. So, thank you for making that clear. Any other comments? So, again, thank you for the presentation. Very informative. Um, I I guess this is me just speaking to the universe rather than more

158specifically to you. Um, because neither you nor I have any control over this, but obviously just like our grocery bills, the cost of educating students and everything it takes to run a district is increasing. Um, so it's incredibly frustrating universe. um to have the governor playing loose with the funding that we need in order to educate our community's children. And um so again, Universe and anyone listening, um please reach out to your local representative and encourage them to vote against all of these maneuvers and settle or whatever it is they want to call it this year or next year because this is directly affecting our children and um and it's incredibly frustrating. So I'm just speaking to the universe, not you, Mr. Hernandez. Um uh but I do encourage people to reach out to their

159representatives and to um voice their opinions because that is how we make change is with our voice and with our vote. So um thank you for all of the information. I'm just voicing my frustration to the universe. Thank you very much. All right, next uh communications. Dr. Zener, thank you very much. Oh, did sorry. Thank you, board clerk, Mrs. Bushi, members of the board, and Dr. Mclofflin. Our June newsletter is scheduled to go out tomorrow with the think building futures, and this will highlight our 2025 retirees, graduates, and summer resources. Graduation for all our schools were a great success last week. We are honored and excited to celebrate our graduates and their accomplishments, and we wish them luck in the future. Summer school began yesterday and will continue for the next six weeks. For June,

160we would like to acknowledge the following awareness days. June is National Safety Month. Flag Day is June 14th and then Junth is on June 19th and our schools and district will be closed. And although there will be no video to present to you this evening, we are excited to announce that our graduation video for the class of 2025 will be showcased at our next board meeting on June 10th. We look forward to sharing this special moment with you. And finally, we do have some breaking news. We learned just today that the National School Public Relations Association that our Troy Tech promotional video was selected for a NP National School Communications Award. Congratulations to Troy and Dr. Minster. We won two state video awards and a superintendent award earlier this year. So this is our first

161national award and we are very proud. Thank you. And that concludes my report. Thank you Dr. Zener. Okay, that brings us to the consent calendar. Are there any items that any board member would like to pull for question or separate action? Seeing none, I would look for a motion to approve the consent calendar. Move approval. Moved by Lauren Ker, seconded by Chester Jen. Any questions or comments? All in favor, please say I. I. I. Pass four to zero. All right. That brings us to board member superintendent comments. Any comments from my fellow board members? Is this for the universe? It's for the universe and everyone in the room. Um, I just want to say happy June. Thank you again to our principles and um I hope you guys all have a restful however many weeks

162off you get before you come back to plan and get ready for the the upcoming year because it always comes way faster than we want it to. Um and then I just wanted to add to our monthly recognitions that June is also pride month. So happy pride month to everyone. So that's it. Any other comments? Well, I want to thank the um definitely all the administrators for all the sites, the teachers, and all of our employees for a job well done. You know, it's another year over and I'm looking forward to all of you getting some rest. And for those of you that are teaching summer school, as usual, I'm sorry that you have to do it, but thank you so much for know your dedication to education and hopefully they get some time to

163rest before the new school year. No. Okay, I said everything. Uh, just I would add happy summer, however, however you manage that to everyone. And I was thinking about this meeting tonight. It really represented so much of what our district is, isn't it? It was, you know, academics and teachers and money and whatever. So, uh, and also represented the very hard work that everybody does. So, thank you very much for that, superintendent. Yeah, thank you. uh I'll say president member uh Bushi clerk Bushi and members of the board just really briefly echoing all those sentiments I very reflective moment it's our last formal board meeting of the year we do move into summer casual with no principles for the next two ones um so uh we'll miss you but enjoy your time uh but just

164want to reflect back you know our theme this year is uniting communities engaging minders and building futures and and we've exceeded expectations um this is a you know monumental year when it comes to passing a measure L bond uh an early retirement incentive and then thank you to our labor partners for negotiating three-year contracts. Right. That's no small task and it takes a collective effort that embolizes everything that that you said. Um so I really appreciative of everybody uh and the collective efforts. I do want to welcome Bill uh to his role starting July 1st um and and the role as CSEA president. I look forward to working with you uh and meeting with you frequently. But uh somebody who's not here and just for the universe if she's watching uh do want to say

165and acknowledge Joanie Best uh she is retiring as a um a longtime employer employee in HR uh last three and a half years as CSA president and she's been a great leader and a great partner in navigating all the worlds of CSEA and helping us also shepherd to a tenative agreement with CSA. So um congratulations to uh Mrs. Best. Um I know she's excited to get to retirement and Bill uh we will see you soon. Um, and then that's it. Uh, going into summer, right? Just a happy summer. I do hope everybody takes some time off, whether it's a day or two days. Uh, and I told people if you're taking one day off, I'm going to ask you to take two. If you're taking two days off, I'm going to ask you to take

166four. Uh, so take some time to replenish. Um, there's a lot of emotion that goes into it. But what a remarkable year and what a great place to be. See you soon. Okay, the meeting is adjourned.