001meeting today. Uh now 7 I'm going to ask uh Trustee Minan to lead us in the pledge. Please rise. Right hand over your heart. Ready? Begin. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands. One nation indivisible and justice for all. Good evening. Welcome for everyone who have no other fun thing to do. Uh we're going to begin our regular meeting. Uh today is now uh 71. So uh we're going to begin with the public comments. May I ask if we have one request from Mr. Nicholas Dibs. Uh, good evening, members of the school board. Dr. Moffy, my name is Nicholas Dibs. I'm I come to these meetings not to uh entertain myself but to because I care about the students the future of our nation
002because in order to have a better country and a better community, better communities, we need better schools. That's across the board. If we don't improve our schools, how are we going to have a better country? And I've talked to you about bringing back the trade classes. You folks have ignored basically 15 to 20 years of students who did not get the trade classes because they were cut and they shouldn't have been. And you're bringing one program back, but not until August of this year. Yet, you gave Terry Roco just before the election ballots going out on the 7th of October. Starting around the 17th of September, you started giving her all kinds of undue publicity at taxpayer expense, which had the effect in as unethical and unfair. We'll decide. We'll determine whether it was illegal
003or not, but but that's for the lawyers and the judges to decide. What's important is it was unethical and unfair to give her or any incumbent running for school board extra publicity a few days before the ballots come out and a few days after the ballots come out and then the board didn't even approve bringing back the skilled pathway to one high school until October 15th. This was not done fairly. And I've given you in the past the board policy change or suggestion that anytime six months before an election out of fairness. We shouldn't be having taxpayer funds being used to that could possibly be perceived as giving the incumbent extra advantage. And that's just across the board. It has nothing whether it's the city council, the school board, whether it's Garden Grove or LA
004or some other city, it's of the principle is still the same. And and I say this because when we have differences in this country, it's supposed to be settled at the ballot box. If our elections are corrupted or unethically handled because of the alleged misuse of public funds that could be perceived or does perce or is giving an incumbent an advantage whether it's this office or something else that corrupts our election process. So, that's what I'm concerned about and that's why I have filed a uh a claim for damages yesterday and today is because I cannot stomach and handle the fact that taxpayer funds were used twice in 2016 and again in 2024 to allegedly uh in influence voters. It's wrong and that's not right. Thank you. Any other request to speak? There are none.
005All right. Thank you very much. We now continue on with the approval of the minute from the last meeting. Any comment request for corrections? Hearing none. Let's call for the vote. Trustee. Hi. Item three, we have public hearings, presentation and report on public hearing. We're going to have two hearing. The first is for the initial contract proposal for uh Gandro school districts to uh gypsa or gandro pupil personnel service association. I am going to begin our public hearing. We have no submitted comments. Thank you. Uh I now there's no comment from the public. I now close a public hearing. A second uh public hearings on the initial contract proposal from TSA Education Association. We have one submitted comment requested from Mr. Nicholas Dips. Um members of the school board. Uh sorry. Okay. Members of the
006school board, Dr. MafI uh citizens of Garden Grove and employees of Garden Grove Unified. My name is Nicholas Dibs. I'm speaking on this issue first off to say thank you for finally or posting the the the proposed changes. So that was something I advocated for in the last year or two or three is putting that on the website. So thank you for doing that. Now under item 11, which is wages, I believe I'm going to say something that I said to the city council last week. Last week there were the room in the back was filled with public works workers. They want a fair contract. Uh they're the frontline workers in the city. Same thing with CSEA. They're the people behind the scenes as you know who do a lot of the work that we
007need. There's more CSEA employees than certificated as far as I know in this district. But it's the issue is fairness. All I'm going to say is, and I don't represent CSEA, and I don't pretend to, but I have been a CSEA member when I worked as an instructional aid for four and a half years for the Orange County Department of Education, and I've also been working in other positions over the years. So, I just want to say the the and we had the incident here before with the bus drivers where you gave them a small raise and then you gave the four supervisors a big giant raise of 25,000 or so a piece. Eventually that got walked back and things got adjusted. But your bus drivers were not happy at the time. I was here
008in the room when they protested in the back and came up here. But let's talk about fairness. All I'm going to propose is that you consider the the idea or the concept that whatever group, whether it's the the management or or the teachers or whoever, have everybody get the same percentage increase. So if the superintendent gets a let's say a 5% raise and the administrators get a 5% raise well then give a 5% raise to all the teachers and also to the CSEA so that what whatever the percentage raise is that it's the same across the board for the administrators the teachers and the classified staff so that the percentage increase is the same and you adjust the percentage increase according to your budget as to how much money you have available for a raise
009but treat everybody the same as far as they all get the same percentage increase so that we don't have administrators getting one big increase and the classified people getting a smaller or the teachers. So have everybody get the same percentage increase each year. And I said the same thing to the city last week. So I'm not picking on you guys. I'm just saying in general, you know, adopt a policy that would be across the board and fair for everyone because there's nothing worse than having administrators getting this big raise and your classified or your teachers getting a smaller raise. So, across the the whole gambit of all of your contracts for everybody, whether they're uh pupil personnel, counselors, and so on, have it all be the same. Thank you for listening. Thank you. And Mr.
010Dibs, you'll be happy to know that in the 30 years that I've been here on the board, in every one of those 30 years, all of our bargaining units have gotten the same raises. The And that's I mean, that's part of what we do here. The incident that you're referring to had to do with the reclassification of a position, not with the annual increases that people that all of our employees get. Everybody from from the janitor to the superintendent gets the same raise every year and that's negotiated with each bargaining unit. And in fact, even the board um for many years we didn't take a raise, but now we get the same raise as everybody else. So the the entire district all gets the same annual increase. Thank you. Thank you for clarifying that. And
011that include the superintendent too. But I know it's rare that almost every district I know they have their own contract, their own rate, their own thing. So this is I just signed a contract with her today. It's still the same rate with everyone else which is the big sacrifice for Dr. Miy. Thank you. All right. Uh if no no other comment I uh close a public hearing now we're not to uh next is presentation. We have initial contract proposal from uh Gando school district to um classify employee association. I'd like to invite assistant superintendent Jason Bwa. Good evening, board president Wyn, uh, board of education trustees, Dr. Mafi, staff, and community. Um, I'm excited that we'll have the opportunity to present our initial proposals to the California School Employees Association, Chapter 121. So, GGUSD proposes
012that all terms and conditions of the 24 through 2027 agreement be uh continued with the following articles to be negotiated. Um, article six, safety conditions, article 10, health and welfare, article 11, wages, article 16, transportation, and then also we'll continue to work on the calendar for uh 2026 uh 27 school year. Thank you very much. Uh we have no report or information. Moving on to item four on administration. I need a motion for item four. I'll move item four administration. I'll second. Thank you. Item 4 A is to approve the resolution number one and two uh with a routine operation item for the school year 2025 and 26. Item 2B, 4B to approve the special education local plan for uh known as SOPA for school year 2025 and 26. Any comment, question on either item
013hearing? None. Let's call for the vote. I person I item five on the agenda and the programs and instructions we have 5 A through E. The motion uh motion 5 A through E. Second the motion. Thank you. Item 5A is to uh put a recommendation of the adoption of the local control and accountability uh plan for school 20 uh 25 and 26 and authorize the filing of the report to the Orange County Superintendent of Schools. Item 5B is to approve the addendum to the memorandum of understanding with the Cypress College uh with to add um a small business management at Rancho Alamidos High School with a business uh pathway to June 30th, 2029 at no cost to the district. Item 5C is to approve the district to uh elementary school to participate in in the
014O County Department of Education um and other districts approved organization for future assembly overnight outdoor science camp program sponsored by OCDE. Item 5D, it approved the AVID implementation agreement from average center for the continue development and refinement of average standards performance objective and K12 articulation process for the school year 2025 and 26. Item 5 E is to approve the school plan for student achievement for use with the school level title one funds for the 2024 25 and 25 26 uh school years any question comment hearing none let's call for the vote item five I Pardon? I person. Yes. Item six on the business. We have uh item 6 A to N. I move we approve item 6 A through N. I'll second. Thank you. Item 6 A to approve the annual budget report for the
015school year 202526 and authorize it filing with the O county superintendent of schools. Item 6B to approve resolution number three uh for school year 202526 education protection account uh would authorize the money received from education protection account to be spent and required by article 13 section 36 of the California constitution and the spending determination have been made in open session of the public meeting of the governing board. Item six C is to approve B number uh Q415 for visual and performant art equipment and supply uh for the purchase equipment and supply from Wenger Corporation for the item number 1 to 9 11 13 and 19 to 49 and and school specialty for the item number 10 as a low qualifying bit uh meeting specification. Item 6D is to approve bid number 2418 uh to from
016Bass Contracting Service, Inc. uh to replace the roof at Northcut Elementary School for the total value of 1,324,400 uh with the district allowance of $140,000. Item 6E to approve the cooperative agreement with the city of Grand for the school resource uh officer program. uh according to the program the CDA will fund three position of the officer and the district will fund the remaining four special resource officer and this contract uh the the memorandum will be be in place from July 1st 2025 to June 30th 2027. Item 6F is to approve the joint use agreement with the city of Stand for the use of the Norm Ross Sport Park with a joint use lease agreement with the city of Sandon uh for that uh park location. Item 6G is to approve the medical administrative activity building
017service uh for with Paradigm Healthc Care Services LOC to provide medic uh LEA building claim management services effective July 1st 2025 to June 30th 2026. Item 6H is to approve the ratification of California Uniform Public Construction Costant Act uh in form of bid award. Um number 25- 118 25-120 25-122 25-123 and 25-125 uh two bands of four asphalt uh ink CSI electrical contractor inc Franklin mechanical system inculation incer Construction Inc. Item six I does the approve that accept the first extension of request for proposal number 2324 with gold stars food and KB food for frozen refrigerated processed commodities dry goods and distribution service to be valid from September 1st 2025 to August 31st 2026. Six. Item 6J is to approve to uh authorize participation in the state of California Department of General Services Cooperative Master
018Agreement number five-9-9-9 with amendment number two with uh Wex Bank for fuel card purchase program for the purchase of fuel uh to the contract to be uh valid from July 1st, 2021 to June 30th, 2026. Uh item 6K to approve the guarantee project cost for the multi- uh site modular building project to JL COP, Inc. and and director and designate the superintendent to take all step to perform action necessary to enter into and execute and implement the lease and lease back contract. Uh this is to provide uh construction of the mo the portable classroom to Brian Failen Gilbert Murray and Stanley Elementary Schools and also McGavin Intermediate School and Rancho Alam Alamos High School. And 6L is put the project calendar for the school year 202526. M6M to reject the claim uh from Lena Sue
019for alleged uh property damage sustained on April 11, 2025. Item six N is to approve the purchase order and check for the total amount of 64,868,9757 that all right for item six question comment having none has called for vote. I Yes. Item seven on personnel, we have um items 7 A and B. I move we approve items 7 A and B. We'll second that. Thank you. Item 7 A to approve the certificate personnel report and 7B e to approve the classified personnel report. Any comment comment question? I have a question on the independent contractors. Um I just want to confirm that this is potentially a typo. I see it on our cover sheet and in 7A itself. Linux parenting. Latinx. Latinex. Right. Is that what it is? cuz I see a red Linux. L A
020R I NX. Okay. I just wanted to make sure. Okay, got it. Latin X parenting. Okay, got it. Thank you. Just wanted to make sure that's what it is. All right. So, any other coming? None. Let's call for vote now. I uh final um closing item on the agenda with the begin with the discussion. Board member Trusty Nathan, you go first now. Thank you. Good evening. I'm not used to that. I'm used to two other people speaking before me. Um, okay. Sorry, not prepared. Um, so I I do um have some things uh written down that I wanted to speak. Usually I just kind of talk on a whim, but kind of wanted to have something written down. Um, taking a page from my mentor and dear friend, Dr. George West, who would always love
021to tell stories um and give historical facts and stuff when he was up here. So, have something written um a little bit on the downer side and then I'll end with something a little bit more positive to look forward to. Um so, yeah, here it goes. Um, so as a proud board member of this district, Garden Grove Unified, I stand before you today to address something urgent, painful, and deeply personal. The recent ICE raids in our communities. uh raids such as the one that occurred a couple of days ago on Uklid and Westminster in Garden Grove where what appeared to be an elderly man was thrown to the ground on the cement uh clearly running away from masked what we would assume would be federal agents and that the purpose of stating masked federal agents
022and allegedly is you know in the communities that I grew up in when you see somebody running at you potentially with a weapon and their mask and you really can't identify them. You run. You don't know what threat that is perceived as. This elderly man looked very frail and was slammed to the ground. And I would assume that he was potentially deported. raids such as the one in Los Angeles where Carrie Lopez Alvarado, a United States citizen, nine months pregnant, was detained by ICE and she pled to please care for her unborn child and the only things that were spoken at the agent's mouth were, "Are you sure you were born in this country? And do you want this child just to be born in the United States to be a citizen?" That was their
023number one concern. and countless others conducted in our district boundaries uh and throughout this county. Even so much on Father's Day when fathers are supposed to be home with their loved ones and the fathers that were out there were probably working for a living for their children and they were taken from them. When I was in kindergarten at Clinton Elementary School, I learned a song that I'm sure many of you know. This land is your land by Woody Guthrie. I sang it with my classmates and these classmates were from all walks of life, from all over the world. And as a kindergartener, you are oblivious to these political and racial stigmas that are placed in adults. You just see people for who they are and what they are. And we would sing this land is
024your land. This land is my land. From California to the New York Island, from the Redwood Forest to the Gulfream waters, this land was made for you and me. I believed it then and I want to believe it now. But the truth is, the way that this current administration is treating immigrant families in this country, state, and in and around Garden Grove tells a very different story. These recent raids don't just target individuals. They are terrorizing entire families. So much so that coaches, parents, and students themselves are scared to go outside. And they're telling me that students don't want to go to their practices for their sports. That that is taking a backseat now. Children show up to school unsure if their parents will be there when they get home. And as you all know,
025we are running summer school programming. Parents are living in fear of being taken by federal agents. This is not what justice looks like. This is not what safety feels like. And while our families are living in this trauma, some of our elect local elected officials have chosen to stay silent. the same people who line up for photos with our students, our GGUAD students at events, parades. They're invited to city and council meetings and various ceremonies. And those individuals are nowhere to be found when those same kids that they're taking photos with are concerned about what will happen to their parents, friends, or neighbors. Some of the le leaders talk about diversity on social media, but when the times comes to show up, they're missing. Instead, they help put up barriers, both literal and symbolic, that
026tell our families they don't belong. It reminds me of the other verse in the same song that too often gets left out. As I went walking, I saw a sign there, and on the sign, it said, "No trespassing." But on the other side, it didn't say nothing. That side was made for you and me. Our immigrant families are standing on the other side of that sign, told to stay quiet, told that they are not welcome. But I'm here tonight to say we see you. We stand with you. And this land, this community is for me and you. Our schools must remain places of safety, not just in the word, but in the actions. I have had talks with our superintendent and I know Terry has as well on doubling down on connecting families with resources,
027legal assistance and support. And this is a matter I will hold myself, my colleagues, our superintendent, and all of our district leadership accountable because silence from those in power is complicity. And we need to stop being reactive and be more proactive in our efforts. And to our students and families impacted by these raids, you are not alone. Your lives matter. Your stories matter. And I will continue to use my voice and my position to fight for you no matter who stays silent. So that's all I have that was written. And I'll just say this now. I never in a million years would have thought I was in this position when I was singing that song as an elementary school student at Clinton. Never in a million years I would think I would be up here.
028And it just hurts my heart to have to get phone calls from my own mom and saying that she's scared to go to the store. and she's a United States citizen. Telling me to go pick up groceries for her and her friends and her colleagues and her loved ones. It's just really disappointing to see that we're in this situation. And if you take me off of this dis and you take off this blazer, this nice clothes, and if you put me back at Clinton Street right now without this title, I'm just another Mexican that can be deported today and you guys won't see me tomorrow. That's the b that's the bottom line. It's just super disappointing to see what our families are going through. Um yeah, it's just really sad. This is not just an
029issue that's affecting those who are undocumented, but those who are citizens as well that are just fearful to be in this community at this time. Um I'm not trying to be grandiose. I'm not trying to be political. This is no longer a political issue. This is a civil rights issue. a human rights issue just of humanity. That is the bottom line. This is not a political thing. I don't want it to be a political thing. This is just something that's love thy neighbor. It's what I learned in Catholic school. That's what I learned at Clinton and that's what we preach every single day here in our district. So, you know, I'll I'll just end with that. I I I pray for all of us in these times. I know it can get overwhelming and I
030appreciate our staff for every single thing that you do uh for our families and our community. And I want to thank Lena and her team for working around the clock these past couple of days to try to get some more resources for our community. I thank Dr. Mafy for listening to to me, listening to all of us here and and and we're new to this. This is our unprecedented times and I thank you all so much for really being here today and and and trying to do something. I'm not going to say that we have all the answers for everything. We're not going to solve this national issue, but at least for those kids that are under our jurisdiction, which we all swore an oath to protect these students, we're going to try as much
031as I can. So, that's it on on that conversation. On a little bit more positive uh note and light, couple weeks ago, uh both myself and President Nwin uh we attended a walk-in talk in District 5 with Councilwoman Yena um over at West Haven Park uh where we had about over I would say three dozen constituents um not counting city staff and dignitaries that were out walking uh district 5. We walked all around um the community by West Haven Park. So, this included going around to Walton, Violet, um pretty much that whole block there. Um Lun was super busy. He was talking to a lot of uh community members and I appreciate you being there, Lun, and feeling those. Before we went on the walk, I I kind of gave a quick little spiel. I
032said, "If you are here and you're very happy at our district, come talk to me. But if you have some concerns or need something done, talk to Len, which he so graciously did. So, so, so thank you so much. Um, sorry for taking up a lot of time, but I just wanted to get some stuff off my chest. Thank you. Trustee Bronco. Yes. Um, I like Walter have uh had conversations with families uh who are experiencing very difficult times. One of the big things that has come out in um one of the areas uh close to Rancho is the terror that families are facing from the children to the adults and even people that I've spoken to who are documented are afraid to go out uh because there's no rhyme or seems to be no
033rhyme or reason. So this is really it is not a political thing. like Walter said, it's civil rights, it's human rights. Humans don't treat humans that way. And one example where that children are seeing so two of the biggest needs I keep hearing are uh food insecurity as they're afraid to families are afraid to go to the market to get food to send their kids for their free lunch um and even leer about sending them to summer school. The other is the need for mental health support because families are parents don't know how to talk to their kids. They are having a difficult time coping themselves. So if there's any way we can think outside the box, maybe Zoom meetings or something where someone can just reassure parents, you know, or give them maybe supports
034for how to talk to their kids and how to keep it together. That would be really helpful. So, and I like Walter will continue to pray that we get through this, that our families get through this, but hopefully that they know that we are here for all students, for all families, but especially those who are in such dire need at the moment. So, uh it's been pretty quiet out there uh since school is uh not in session, but there's a few couple things in the community I attended. One was the Garden Grove um the city of Garden Grove's uh college graduates reception um and uh kudos for the city of Garden Grove for recognizing and honoring college graduates. Um presenting them with certificates and photos with the city council and the mayor and uh raffles,
035opportunity drawings. Um and it was very very inspiring to see the vast age range and the diversity of of the people that were there uh getting uh share you know celebrating that their their college diplomas from the youngest to I think the oldest was 70 I think or thereabouts and we were so happy for all of them and um a very wonderful event very uplifting event. Um, also had the opportunity to go to the Garden Grove City Council meeting um, on the 10th where Pacifica's dance team, award-winning dance team, was recognized um, during their community spotlight uh, at the city. And over the years, this team has earned 15 national titles. And this last year, the 2425 year was their best season ever, most successful. So, a shout out to the team, to their coaches,
036and the families that support the kids for earning uh first place in three national divisions. So, very proud of them. And um that's it for tonight. Thank you, Vice President Harden. Well, the the big thing that's happened in our life the last two weeks since our last meeting is my daughter got married last Friday. Uh and so um I haven't been to any events except um family events. So nothing to report back. As a followup to your comments though, look, I mean, the bottom line is we can't do our jobs if our kids are afraid to come to school or if their parents are afraid to send them to school, if their parents are afraid to go buy groceries so that they can eat before they come to school. Um, then then we can't do
037our jobs. You um Okay. Um first I want to uh welcome Andrew my son. He's teacher from San Jose. He from Gandro High School here is home when a blue moon come home to visit. And also uh we just came out of study uh session today. I am very proud that our district had roll out our ethnic study program and especially they showc the Vietnamese and the Vietnamese American experience which we found out today that is the first and the only one in the state. So that we pioneered that that that's a kind of good thing that we make effort to do that and we're going to roll out the the Mexicanamean study uh just very soon uh as well. And another exciting thing is that we going to uh working on the personal finan
038financial stuff which is something that we desperately need for our new generation coming out of of our high school. I mean basically that will focus on the uh financial literacy. This is something that we we looking forward to and thank you for the state who finally does the right thing to put in something that we all can be uh proud of. So, good luck to the staff. We're working on this new curriculum now. And we now at the time where we're looking to um what we're going to do next and I want to look to Dr. Maui after today. She going to goof off into the long trip. It's a long time deserve uh that this is to everyone else. Uh this is the only time you all can be home alone to make the
039best of time. Okay. Um good luck to Dr. Maui to to take that trip and okay so that is uh conclude my statement. Um so the next meeting will be on uh July 15. We're going to start the meet the board meeting at noon. That will be begin with a close session. Uh and then we continue on at the regular meeting at 7 after that and the one after that will be on August 5th. We also begin at 5:00 pm uh also with a close session. So with that uh the meeting is