HBCSD Regular Board Meeting 12/10/2025

001Good evening everyone. Welcome to the Herosa Beach City School District board meeting. It is 5 o'clock. We will call this meeting to order. Would you mind please taking the role? >> Board member Van Landingham, >> present. >> Board member Cl, >> present. Board member Bo Lammon Monica is currently absent. Vice President Abero >> present. >> And President Cole >> present. I think we're all here except Maggie. Okay, moving on to uh number two, public comments, communications regarding close session agenda items and public comments from the audience to the board for items on close session. Members of the audience, which we have zero for anybody that's watching right now. Um, members of the audience may address the board regarding closed session items. Um, comments from visitors shall not exceed three minutes unless weighed by majority members

002of all the board. Seeing that there's no one here in person, is there anyone in cyber land? Okay, great. Um, let's uh we'll just adjourn to close session. Thank you. Good good evening. Good good evening everyone. Welcome to the board meeting. Welcome to all our first-time visitors. We don't want it to be so intimidating. So, we just we we are so happy to see you all. So, we can't wait to hear from you. Um, all right. We're going to call the meeting to order. This is how this works, ladies and gentlemen. I call the meeting to order. And I say I get to do that. That's pretty fun. Um, it is 6:04. We call the meeting to order. Can you please take the role, Natalie? >> Board member Van Landingham. Board member Cluth >> present.

003>> Board member Bove La Monica. >> Vice President Clerk Barrow >> present. >> And President Cole, >> present. >> All present. >> Great. Thank you. Um, there's nothing to report out from close session. Um, can everyone please join me in the flag salute, so please rise. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Great work, everyone. All right, we are going to move on. And just so um if you're new to this experience, what happens is what you're witnessing is we are having a meeting up here and you're in the audience and we're just talking to each other and people come up and give us presentations and we listen and that's our

004job. Our job is just to listen to the presentations and then we can have a discussion about the presentation or we can ask questions about the presentation but we only make decisions during certain times of the meeting. Okay? So, what you'll see is your principal will come up and she's going to give us a presentation and you guys are going to give us part of the presentation and we're going to say ask you questions and listen, but your job is to speak up really loud, okay? So, we can hear you, but there'll be a microphone like I have. Okay, you guys excited? Yeah, we're we're excited to hear from you. All right. So, can I get an approval of the agenda? I think someone we were gonna take something off. >> That's right. Sorry. Um

005approve. >> Thank you, Maggie. >> Second. >> Thank you, Rachel. All in favor? >> I I >> The other thing, everyone, if you're paying attention, is we all have to we we don't all have to agree, but everyone has to say the words yes or no or I. It all means the same thing. I and yes are the same. All right, here we go. Next one. Announcements. We have some announcements from the Hermosa Valley Student Council. Please come up. Welcome. These are these are the people you guys are going to become eighth grade. I think you're sixth, seventh, and eighth graders or just eighth graders today. >> Um, eighth graders. >> Just eighth graders. >> Hi everyone. I'm Noah's Valley's ASB president. We are excited here again to be here tonight and update you on

006what has been happening at Valley. In Miss Brown's personal finance class, we have had the pleasure pleasure to have several guest speakers this trimester. This includes a financial adviser who used to work on Wall Street, a real estate agent, and a creative entrepreneur who was on Shark Tank. Our stock investing is in full swing, and students are actively buying, selling, and trading. Hi everyone, I'm Anna Kang, Valley student council member and the student council vice president. In Miss Lee's public speaking and debate class, students are currently preparing for their first formal speech of the trimester. In addition to daily journal writing and vocal warm-up, students are studying the components of informational speeches and practicing public speaking strategies such as incorporating meaningful meaningful gestures and experimenting with volume, stress, and pacing to enhance delivery. Steam aid

007students are continuing the student-led engineering projects where groups of two students get to become the teacher by writing a lesson plan, teaching a lesson and activity, and grading a follow-up writeup. Hi everyone, my name is Braxie McMacken, Valley Student Council member. Winter sports triyouts are currently happening this week for boys and girls soccer and basketball. Meanwhile, our surf team is having mock competitions to get ready for their first real one. Coach Vasquez and his strength and conditioning students are focusing on weekly check-ins for push-ups, sit-ups, planks, and pull-ups. Each week, students aim to build strength and endurance, and they're already off to a great start. This includes working on agility and reaction time through circuit workouts using box jumps, ladders, kettle bells, battle ropes, and jump ropes. Hi everyone, I am Mia Resido, Valley Student

008Council member. Our math math Olympiad team is working hard preparing our first in-person competition. We recently completed the Math Counts virtual competition and are excited to keep learning. Eighth grade Spanish students are focusing on season and vacation vocabulary as as well as direct/indirect object pronouns. Arguably the most challenging grammar concept of first year challenge. Students also completed a group accumulating chapter activity where each student had to memorize their lines. They did an amazing job. Yearbook students are working in groups on their first round of page assignments, adding photos to pages and organizing the photos that have been uploaded to the yearbook program. They're excited to start seeing it come together. Lastly, fifth grade band kids are continuing to approve improve. They're using the music assessment online platform makemusic.com which is a fun and educational program

009to educ motivate students to practice more and have fun learning to play their instrument. Symphonic band and advanced concert band sixth, seventh, and eighth grade worked hard to present a marvelous holiday concert on December 8th in the Hermosa Valley School MPR. The progress each student musician has made since late August is absolutely tremendous. They're also using make music to exist to assist in perfecting their individual parts. Tomorrow they begin to work on music for their spring concert when we present a musical celebration of America 250. Thank thank you all for coming to present and giving us all the information about what's happening at Valley. Um we're going to move on. The next thing we get to do is we get to ask anybody in the audience if they have a public comment and so I

010get to read a little script about it. But see these at the back there there was those pink pieces of paper. So if you guys had something you wanted to talk about from school or your parents did, you could come to our meeting. You can fill out that that pink piece of paper. You would give it to Natalie and Natalie would say, "Okay, come on up. It's your turn to talk. We're going to see who's here tonight." If there's anyone here tonight, a lot of times, no one comes to talk, but if someone has an issue or they want to talk about things, we've had students come and talk about lunch or what's happening at school that they just they like or they don't like, some parents have come. We do, you get one or

011two people usually. Anyway, here's what I have to read to you. the public comments from the audience to the board. So members of the audience, that's all of you, may address the board on any topic regardless of whether it is listed on the agenda. However, the board may not discuss issues raised that are not listed on the agenda. Topics not on the agenda that are brought to the board's attention may be investigated by the administration and a report made to the board either publicly or privately at a future meeting. Comments from visitors shall not exceed three minutes per individual speaker unless waved by a majority of all members of the board. And now I ask, is there anyone here that would like to speak to the board tonight? >> They didn't. >> Miss Brown. [laughter]

012Joking. Um, okay. We're going to move on then. All right. Here we go to board member reports. Anyone? And that means for everyone that's sitting there, that means we get to say if we're on a committee that's special, we can explain what happened in the committee that we weren't together at. Carol, >> I don't have any reports. >> Okay, Kathy, this is when I would could talk about CSBA, right? >> You could. >> So, yeah, some of us went to the CSBA conference in Sacramento and we went to different sessions. There was all kinds of information about um all the things education wise and I personally went to some sessions on AI because I need more information and it's here to stay and I have to wrap my head around that as a prior English

013teacher who wanted the kids to know how to write five paragraph essays and not just put into chat GBT. So I learned a lot about that and then we got an award but I'll let someone else talk about that. But it was a wonderful four days and I learned a lot. So there you go. >> Thank you, Rachel. >> Thank you, Maggie. >> Okay. Myself either except I we did go I'm not sure if anyone's going to talk. Are you going to talk about the award that we won during your superintendent? >> I will, but you can too. >> No, it's just exciting to win the Golden Bell Award for our ebike safety program. So, we got recognized statewide. We got a giant bell that we can ring really loud that says, "Hey, uh, great

014job on ra creating a program for the for the students that come to Hermosa and ride their ebikes. They have to have a certificate and a and a sticker to be able to park their bike on our campus." So, that is something that is not happening in every school district, but we are trying to lead the way on that since we know a lot of kids ride their bikes to school. All right, moving on to reports to the board and discussion 10.1. It is time for you all the Hermosa Vista School Pres presentation. Miss Yang. All right, so we're going to go ahead and have some students come here and present as we get through, but thank you so much for having um myself come and some visitors also. And thank you parents for supporting

015um the participation of what is happening here at Hermosa Vista with Whiten Wisdom. We are very excited um to have this curriculum where we're able to Sorry, forgot that I had the clicker. Um, >> bless you. >> Okay. >> Because of Zoom. >> Sorry, I might have clicked a couple of times. Should I just keep going? >> Yeah. >> Okay, here we go. >> Okay, there we go. So, um, we are really building knowledge and skills through Witten wisdom. Um, our Witten wisdom is really supported through the science of reading and scarbor borrow's rope of focus on language comprehension and word recognition. We are really having students build content knowledge and their awareness of how to read, write, speak, and listen. It also has depth where students are able to dig deep in each module's

016topic. We are exploring a range of genres that include literary, informational and fine arts and they are able to build layers of knowledge that grow across lessons. Um we are also using informationrich books so that students can um engage with complex grade level text and those include classics and contemporary lit uh literature and uh they are able to master some essential ELA um concepts. Um, right now we're going to go ahead and have our second grade, sorry, went too far, focus a little bit on the role of art in Whiten Wisdom. We wanted to focus on art and understanding how art is built into Whiten Wisdom. So, [clears throat] it really does build background knowledge. Um, it's reflecting history, culture, and themes of a module. They are able to look closely at images that help

017students connect to what they're reading. It also strengthens observation and analytical skills. Um, they're able to read images kind of like text. They are focusing on details, patterns, and drawing conclusion from the artwork that they are looking at and they're developing habits that are needed for strong reading comprehension. Next, we are able to support all learners by um including students that might be struggling readers or an English language learner by providing accessible entry points and they are building understanding before tackling the complex text that they're going to go ahead and um go through. And then it also promotes rich discussion and vocabulary. So art invites conversation. They are able to describe, infer, and justify what they're seeing in the art. And it also builds oral language and academic vocabulary. They also are engaging and sparking

018curiosity through the art. So when we um look at art, it's inherently interesting and there are compelling images that capture our attention and invite meaningful engagement. So, I'm going to invite some of our second grade students to come on up and tell us what they notice and wonder about this painting, Paris Street, Rainy Day by Gustav Caabot. Come on up. We're going to first start with Carter. He's going to go ahead and tell us what he notices and wonders. Hello, my name is Carter and I am in second grade. I like Whitten Wisdom because you can study books and have deeper experiences inside of the books and art. [snorts] In the art piece, Paris Street Rainy Day, I [snorts] noticed that everybody is holding blue umbrellas and there are a lot of yellow buildings. I

019wonder if there is more to the picture because it looks like the edges don't really have the full picture. The [snorts] artwork has taught me to add more details when making art. It also helps me add details to my writing, too. And then there's Cleo. >> [applause] >> Hello, my name is Clue and I'm in second grade. I like learning Whitten Wisdom because it is fun to learn about new things and it helps me get ready to be in third grade or the grades ahead of me. And the artwork in Whitten Wisdom teaches me to understand what it's like back in the day. The artwork helps me to notice and wonder so that I can write about it. In the artwork, Pear Street Rainy Day, I noticed that people are wearing different outfits than what

020we usually wear. So, I also noticed that there aren't that many bright colors. I just wonder why they are just like that on a rainy day day. >> Great. Thank you both of you. Oh, sorry. Now, um I wanted to go to our third grade focus which were um in diving into complex texts like the fantastic undersea life of Jacqu Kustoau. Um, in the book Jacqu Kustoau, a boy fell in love with the sea and grew up to explore and protect underwater worlds. Through his inventions, expeditions, and films, he shared the wonders of the ocean and inspired a commitment to conservation. We are using complex texts that blend narrative biography with scientific information. and it's challenging our readers to interpret specialized vocabulary, abstract themes, and visual elements. Our third graders are going to now come

021up and talk about their building of confidence with challenging text and exploring how scientists explore the sea. Come on up, third graders. >> All right, we're going to start with Arya. >> I'm Arya D and I'm in third grade. I like Wit and Wisdom because I get to learn about lots of different things and I think it's interesting. It gives me a new perspective on things. I especially like the book Jacquesto because it was about the ocean. I like the diving saucer, Seaflea, and Aqualong, which was the first scuba gear. I also like the text features of the little bubbles with speeches in them. >> Great. Thank you, Arya. And we have another Arya. >> My name's Arya and I'm in third grade. I like Wait and Wisdom because I because I get to learn

022knowledge of Jacqu Kustoau that I wouldn't learn if I was um at my house. It also helps me with things I'd never known and stayed home and watched TV, which I like to do. I didn't know that Jacqu Kustoau made the Aqualong. He kept trying new things until he got it right. It was fun for me to learn about him the first time. The first time I read the book Dustoto, it took me a little while to understand the book. The activities my teacher taught me helped me to understand the story better. >> Now it's Logan. >> My name is Logan and I'm in third grade. I like Whitton Wisdom because I like learning and reading about new people and what they did. I like learning about Jacusto because I had no idea about who

023he was. This book was interesting because he because he created many useful inventions for the ocean like the aqualum. Although there were some words that I didn't know, my teacher taught me to look them up and learn about their meaning. For example, I didn't know what tinker meant, but I learned it that it meant playing around and building things. >> Thank you, Logan. All right, now it's Marcus. >> Hi, my name is Marcus. I'm in third grade. I like that I got to learn about someone I didn't know about, Jacqu Kustoau. He was a weak and sickly boy and the doctors had to encourage him to swim so he can build up his strength. Jacques realized he left the ocean and eventually became a scuba diver. When he got to the coast of Africa, he

024was the first person the fish had seen and they were not and he was not and they were not afraid of him. I like to write about Jacqu Kustoau because he's an interesting person and I never knew that he did all of his accomplishments. That's why I like to learn wooden wisdom >> and Siana. >> Hi, my name is Siana and I'm in third grade. I like wooden wisdom because you get to learn about the sea and a man named Jack histo. I learned that he liked to tinker and make new stuff. I also learned that he was the first person to get to study the sea. That's how we all know about the sea. Now, I also like wooden wisdom because you get to talk to your friends and your classmates and your discuss

025your ideas. Thank you third grade students. And next uh we wanted to talk about our fourth grade students that are engaging in Socratic seminar. It [snorts] is really helping with their speaking and listening skills because they discuss both information informational and literary text so that they can synthesize evidence. They are able to elaborate and respond to others thinking and it helps them to revise and rearticulate their own ideas. They also learn to concentrate on the words of what others are saying and they are able to establish class norms in the classroom for speaking and listening skills through the Socratic seminar. So our fourth grade students who are going to be coming up in just a little bit are going to show how they're developing those critical thinking skills and learning to engage respectfully with diverse

026perspectives. So come on up fourth graders. We'll start with Dylan. Hello, my name is Dylan Green and I'm in fourth grade. I want to thank you for the opportunity to speak about wooden wisdom from my perspective. I'd like to make two points about wooden wisdom. The first point is that wooden wisdom helps me consider an idea from many different perspectives. The first thing that wind wisdom asks a class to do is to think about a main topic and study it by reading history, math, science, and poetry and many other subjects. The topic that my class is trying to learn right now is what makes a great heart literally and figuratively. I like thinking about the concepts I learn in different scenarios and having lots of reading material makes the lessons more interesting. My second point

027about wind wisdom is the Socratic seminars. The Socratic seminars help me in my class develop group presentation skills. I'm an auditory learner and Socratic seminars help me cement ideas in my mind by talking about it with my classmates. In Socratic seminars, we debate, agree or ask questions. Some statements we might say in the Socratic seminar are I agree, I don't agree, why do you think that? For example position on it. For example, my class had a Socratic seminar about which character in the book loved that dog had a great heart. Some of my classmates chose different characters instead of the main character. I chose the main character, Jack, cuz I thought he was the person who experienced the biggest emotional change in the book. I had to explain why my position was different than other

028students and defend my point of view by using ideas from the book. This helped me practice presenting ideas in a group setting and public speaking. These are skills that I'm using today as I speak here. Thank you for inviting me and other students to share their input on the Wind Wisdom curriculum and thanks again for having me with here tonight. Thank you. >> Now it's going to be Enzo. >> Hi, my name is Enzo and I'm in fourth grade. I like what Wisdom because we have a reference notebook and we can talk about interesting books. Last year I saw a classmate reading Love That Dog. I didn't think so much of it at first, but once I read it, I was able to take a deep dive and gain as much better understanding of poems.

029I like Socratic seminars because they are fun and you can sit with talking to your classmates about concepts I'm learning in class. We arrange the desks and we make a circle with our chairs in the middle. We all have seat partners and one of the seat partners goes in the middle and says their opinion. We then have our opportunity to ask questions and we can argue about our differing differing opinions with kind words. In the book Love That Zog, we agreed we argued about which person had a frigotive heart. We also talked about what it meant to have a literal or friative heart. >> Next is Mel. >> Hi, my name is Mel and I'm in fourth grade. I love One Wisdom because I really like learning about the figurative and little heart. I think

030it's interesting how the little heart works. It's interesting that the little heart pumps 100,000 times a day and 35 million times a year. The figurative heart really talks about your feelings. I also like to do so seminar because you gather important information and you speak with your classmates about what you're learning. We take turns and wait patiently so that everyone has a turn to speak. I like learning about what other people think about the literal the literal and figurative heart. >> Thank you, Mel. >> And last but not least, Zoe. >> Hi, my name is Zoe and I am in fourth grade. I like Whit and Wisdom because there are a lot of new concepts that I am learning about that I have never learned before and I'm expanding my vocabulary. I really like Socratic

031Seminar because it's a fun and interactive way to learn and hear from other people. My teacher asks a question and we answer the question together through a Socratic seminar. Instead of taking turns, it feels like we are talking together at a lunch table and we get to hear everyone's thoughts. When we listen to our classmates, we should have good body position and add on details, but also ask questions. Since the groups are divided into two, we get to build also build off of each other's answers to an engaging process. Hermosa Vista wants to thank the board for adopting Whiten Wisdom. As you can see, there's a lot of learning happening in these classrooms. Um, really focused on artwork, Socratic seminars, and complex text. Thank you. And if you have any questions, I'm ready for them.

032>> Wow, that was that was I mean A++. you guys get a D like super great job [applause] and did it just the right way with like writing down your thoughts and coming up here and presenting them. Great job. It's it's hard to come up and just speak off the cuff. So, great job. Um I just wanted to tell people in the audience like one of the things we had heard back from students um parents and staff was like we wanted our students to have more rigor. That was a feedback we got from people. And so as a board, we listened to that and we were like, "Okay, we need to prioritize getting a new language arts curriculum, having a curriculum that we're all using, K8." So that wasn't happening before in Hermosa. And so

033we really made that a priority. We put money on the budget towards it. We bought an entire program. This is the result of that. So I mean, that's just we're not even in full adoption. We're in year one of full adoption. So by year three, imagine I mean what our kindergarteners are going to say. It's going to be incredible. But um this is just to me a great reflection of of a of a curriculum change that's been really driven both by you know staff, students, parents and the board. So great job. Thank you to Susan for bringing it in. Thank you to all the staff and the the principles for really getting around it and for all the professional development they're doing to the staff. So um just wanted to give you some context since

034you're here. Um but and I just want to thank all of you. I don't really have a lot of questions, but we'll ask um the board to see if anybody else has any questions. Go ahead. I don't have a question, but I I have a a comment and just sort of saying the same thing Jen said, but that was really impressive, you guys. So, thank you for taking time out of your night on a Wednesday evening to be here and uh you know, for reminding all of us up here why all of us choose to be on this board. It's it's to see things like that and and to hear um what kind of things you guys are coming up with. So, thank you. >> Thank you. I'd like to say something. Um, second, third,

035and fourth graders, the way you spoke up there, not alone, the the context was wonderful and what you said was wonderful, but your presentation skills. I taught eighth graders for 20some years, and you guys surpassed many of them. I'm not kidding you. I I I'm just so >> the ones in the back. >> I didn't teach I didn't teach you guys, but I I I was I was wowed by your use of the notes as you spoke and your eye contact and the delivery of the information, which was truly amazing. So, thank you for that, >> Rachel. Maggie. >> I was one away at the I mean, I heard the word auditory. [laughter] It got my attention just the auditory learning now. It's incredible. And I I had just whispered over to I had just

036whispered to my colleague here that I wish my boys had had wit and wisdom um um when they were in in second, third, fourth going all throughout school. So the impact is already tangible. So thank you for and I know it was a lot of work for the teachers to transition to this. A tremendous amount of work by the teachers. So hats off um because the proof is in the pudding and that pudding is right here tonight. So thank you so much. President Cole, can I share one thing? >> Sure. >> So, first of all, thank you for coming. There are very few things in this world that take my breath away, but you all took my breath away. >> What you couldn't see was the six the the middle school students sitting behind you

037whose mouths were dropped open. You also couldn't see uh Miss Brown, who's a uh middle school teacher, with her mouth dropped open, shaking her head like, "What is happening right now?" Unbelievable. I am so proud of you and you are absolutely proof that we can do hard things. So, thank you all for being here. Miss Yang, thank you. Thank you, Miss Yang, for coming so prepared and just preparing everyone really well. And I have to say, I've done a lot of public speaking and you know, sometimes your voice gets a little warbly and you get a little nervous and you guys crushed it. You really did. So, go home and feel really proud of yourselves. You guys got a 10 out of 10 A+. Hopefully your parents will have some nice ice cream or something

038for you [laughter] on them. Thank you for taking the time to bring them here tonight. Um we are going to um move on to something really exciting. Which of you all want to stay and listen? It's very exciting. But it's called the 10.2 the HBCSD first interim budget report. Miss Montapo, if you guys want to talk money, now's the time to stay. Thank you so much. Oh. Oh, good. You guys are gonna must be doing the learner profile. >> Good. Happy to have you. All right. Um, [laughter] just Um, just to clarify, would we be able to move 10.3 up up before 10.2? >> We absolutely can. >> Just so everyone can can head home. Um, we're going to move to the learner profile now. Um, so just so you guys don't have to wait

039through the budget conversation unless you want to wait and hear the budget conversation. It's a good math >> and keep saying it is a good math lesson. >> Up to up to you. Up to you. >> Um, >> Real life math. You guys want to learn it? >> I mean, >> you're always welcome to stick around. >> You guys sound like second, third, and fourth graders. [laughter] [clears throat] >> Don't be Don't be nervous. I saw your classrooms today. You You guys are doing amazing things, too. >> Yeah. Can we go back to the first slide? >> All right. Hi everybody. I came down here. My clicker's not >> Dr. Wilds. >> Click back to the first slide. So I came down here to kind of join. I This is the superintendence part of the

040superintendent report. Um but I really did no work in this. So I invited uh the workers to come come join me. So thank you all for letting us talk about the final piece of our HBCSD strategic plan and that is the learner profile report. So, um I want to thank all of our task force members. Uh we had a number of Hermosa Valley students who came and helped us kind of define um what we want a learner to be in Herosa Beach. I also want to thank Miss Bledsoe, Dr. Gorriel, Miss Gluck, and Rachel for joining us. And it was an extraordinarily rainy night, so everybody braved the elements um just kind of spend time together. So, what is a learner profile? Um, a lot of school districts, uh, many school districts will call a

041learner profile. Some will call portrait of a graduate if they are, um, high school, if they have a, if they're a unified school district. But a learner profile just outlines the skills and the attributes, characteristics, um, that we are desire in our students. Quite frankly, I felt like tonight's presentation at Vista really kind of solidified what this um, is for us. It defines the aspirational vision for all of our students when they move on to high school. Um and it's in an easily communicated manner. Um so what competencies do we want students to have when they leave us for high school? What will success look like? So they oftentimes can have cognitive skills. They can have attitudes and dispositions um or interpersonal. So there are really four big things that we started in order to

042kind of create this learn learner profile. The first one first thing we did is we just unpacked the vision statement Herosa Beach. So all over all of our um our websites, all of our um communications, we talk about how we want students to thrive um K life and then we expanded that to keep TK to life. Um and so we'll talk about that in a minute. Once we unpacked the vision, we brainstormed what competencies we felt would actually make that vision come to fruition, then these guys grouped and sorted and debated and narrowed down to five. Um, once we got down to five, then we defined them, right? Would a TK student know what it looks like to be X, right? What would that look like and sound like in the classroom and across our

043HB uh CSSD campuses? So, we kicked off with this question. Share a time when you felt like you were thriving. This was a really interesting question because we got a different answer, a different type of answer from every single person in the room. Some shared um I felt like I was thriving when I organized a closet. Some people talked about they felt they were thriving when they really had a great um time with their friends. Some talked about being academic. Some talked about connections with different people. Some were more athletic. Right? So thriving means something very different to every single person. So this is our vision statement. All students are empowered to achieve and thrive. So our essential question for our time together was what does that mean to thrive in HBCSD? So we took

044the four key words all empowered, achieve and thrive and we defined them right all empowered and achieve we were all pretty much in consensus right it means each and every student. It means students who are English language learners, students with disabilities. It means all grade levels preschool all the way to 8th grade. regardless of who you are and what um prior experience you have come before coming to school. We want it means each and every student um empowered. What would that look like? And when we we had a fairly common definition for it, what it meant to succeed and achieve. But then here comes thrive, right? Thrive meant sometimes being on a high, not a low. Taking control of your life, being in a good mood, being confident, inspiring others, having a strong sense of

045self, positive mindset, being connected, doing the things you enjoy. So the the list kept getting longer and longer and longer and longer, right? So um so we tell kids, we want you to thrive. We wanted them to have a common common understanding. So they did some work. You'll notice I am not in any of these pictures. that was intentional and we came up with these five. So, thank you for Eileen for putting together an amazing uh now visual. Um, but these five, they were also in stacked rank order. So, our students ordered them um in in the what they felt was um number one most critical um to the fifth. Um and I really like the fifth because I felt like it really encompassed the top four. So our learner profile in Herosa Beach schools,

046we want uh students to have five things. We want them to be a critical thinker, an empathic citizen, a compassionate learner, resilient, have a resilient mindset, and be a self- advocate. So I want to invite up um my friends Noah Braxton, Anha, and Mia um who were really pivotal in this work because like again, I didn't do this. So I'm I'm gonna turn it over to Noah so he can explain what it looks like to be a critical thinker. For me, a critical thinker looks like open-minded and they're thinking before they're acting and problem solving out of the box. Uh, a critical thinker should sound like participating in dru in discussions, supporting opinions, and thinking with evidence and questioning. Being a passionate learner can look like a lot of different things. A lot of times

047it looks like being focused, looks like being exciting and really wanting to do something and having well passion. And it sounds like this is fun. It sounds like asking questions. It sound like praising others. And it sounds like asking important questions and meaningful questions. Not just like well what if or what do you mean? It's like asking why and asking how and really trying to understand something deeper. Being an empathe empathetic citizen uses eye contact, shows kindness, and being sensitive to how your words and actions can affect others. And it sounds like saying hello, using encouraging words, and asking are you okay? >> Um, the fourth one in our task force was a resilient mindset. That looks like not breaking down when something goes wrong, uh, not being afraid to try something again, and celebrating

048opportunities. Uh crap, I said that wrong. Mistakes as opportunities to grow. And it could sound like, you know, every setback is a comeback using the word yet. For example, I can't do it yet. And then also that mistakes grow my bin. >> So the fifth one that kind of really encompasses all of them is this idea of being a self- advocate, right? Um, so what we know is we want to make sure that kids are, when we kind of go back to that term in our vision statement, empowered. Empowered is being a self- advocate. It means um all of the executive functioning skills, right? Keeping lists, checking them off, making sure your agenda is up to date. Um, but it also means managing your emotions and speaking up when you need help. Um, and we

049wanted to create some sentence stems for kids. I need also things like, hey, this doesn't seem like the right decision. This does not seem like the right choice. Right? um I can't listen to that. I don't want to do that. Those kinds of words that we want out, but also asking for the teacher for um for questions and for clarification. Um we know three of us have college kids right now. And one of the strongest um most important things you can learn how to do is show up to office hours and ask for help and asking um getting in front of front of the teacher. So, what's next? We're going to start communicating this out to staff, teachers and staff starting tomorrow. we're going to communicate this to families. Um, but really this looks like

050teaching these to students particularly, and this is where we're going to reach back out to our student council. How do we teach these to our younger students and really um, uh, highlight praise and and reward for them? Um, and then we want to make sure that students have meaningful opportunities. And I think um tonight what Miss Yang was able to show is that our teachers are really creating these opportunities for kids to engage in these um kind of really empathic being respectful self- advocating but really being critical thinkers. So thank you. Um one of the things we talked about at the in the task force is this idea of um uh begin with the end in mind. Right? We've talked about this throughout our ELA adoption. What is what does 11th grade look like for

051students? Even though we don't have 11th grade here, um I think we saw again tonight these second, third, and fourth graders are going to look real strong when they go to take that 11th grade AP lang test. They're going to do just fine. Um but what is the end of mind? So having kids understand um where we're going so that you are always going in the right direction. Any questions? >> Great. Thank you. No. Um, well, yes, we we might have a couple questions, but I first I wanted to just also just say thank you all for for helping us and participating and just really owning this and kind of being your self- advocates to kind of get this up and going. So, we really appreciate it. Over the course of the seven years I've

052been on the board and 12 years Maggie's been on the board, we've not had um a student profile like this. we've had like, you know, our vision, our mission, like what but it's never been like um kind of >> I would say put into that form which is which is really great. Maggie works at a charter school and they um they wanted they have something like that at this charter school. So Maggie brought it to the board and said, "Hey, I want to get the um get this going at Hermosa." Because it just would be a great way to be like, "Okay, when you leave here, this is these are the kind of people we are, right?" And thank you for just taking the time to do that because it was kind of like a

053a vision to a an output which is it's going to be amazing to kind of see how it's going to form the next group of Hermosins that come through here. So um any other questions? Yes, Rachel. Um first of all, thank you. That was amazing. I got to watch you guys observe you in action and it was it was really impressive. And I just I've noticed just throughout, you know, the meetings this year, you know, when you became eighth grade and grad, you know, be stepped into eighth grade into these roles um on your on your uh school I want to say school board um student council, just the comfort level you have amongst yourselves, right? And you're a true team. And I just I just love that with this with this uh with your

054um student council. Um and second, I had three points. The second one was Susan. just watching you like have this vision and making it happen in this short amount of time. Such a doer. It's just so incredibly impressive and to show how methodical you are and setting the the goals and leading um leading from from behind really just and from the front. So that's incredible. So thank you for that. Um and third, I would love us like throughout all of our schools as we start to teach this um asking students to do I think self assessment so important. Where where do you fit? Which ones of the one of these or two or three are your strengths? Are you knocking out the park? Which ones do you do you see, you know, perhaps you do

055you need some help with? And how can we help each other, right? And assessing each other and saying, "How can I help you? How can you help me become a better self- advocate or become more of a passionate, compassionate learner, etc. I think it'd be really neat to have students own this by doing some of that." And uh um I saw that in action with with you all last week or two weeks ago. So, thank you. >> Great, Rachel. Thank you. That was a great build. Great build. Okay, keep going, Maggie. [laughter] >> Uh, one to student council. Just want to say thank you for your leadership. So much of this is just stepping and saying yes, and you've done that this whole year. So, thank you again for another thing that you've said yes

056to. I really appreciate your your um your work and and transparency to make the school and the district a better place for students who are coming after you. Um, gratitude also to Susan for for pushing this forward. who I think is really exciting and I just found an email that I've sent over tonight. The state board of education is now trying to figure out how to do a graduate profile and a learner profile and they are looking for examples from um stakeholders. >> Shall we try to win a golden bell? >> And so we have an opportunity to submit our process that we've done. We can bring um you know for the entire state of California. They're looking to see what this looks like. And so to have Hermosa go and like evaluate like what

057the state's doing I think would be a really good thing. and there's opportunities to share and do dialogue with other districts that are in the process of adopting this right now. So, I think it's just another golden bell opportunity. Honestly, it's another >> we thrive in that area. Kathy, >> um just reiterating what everybody else has said. I'm really impressed with you guys and it's nice to have a goal in mind like this is the learner profile. This is what we're going to look like as we walk with our gowns on graduation night. this is what we're trying to achieve internally and as a whole school. So, like everybody has said, I appreciate all all your hard work and your effort and you did a well you did a good job. Thank you, >> Carol.

058Ditto on that. Thank you guys for showing up all year and for saying yes to doing this. Thank you to Miss Brown for saying yes and your leadership with this group. And huge thank you to Susan for making it happen, Dr. Wilds. Um, and then also Maggie obviously for the brilliant idea and the insight as always. Thank you. >> All right. Thank you all for coming. You're welcome to stay for this math part of the the equation. >> Ice cream for you, too. >> Yeah. [laughter] Um, all right. We're going to move on to 10.2, which is now in the 10.3 lineup. Um, the first interim budget report. Miss Montablo. Oh, >> good evening board. Thank you. I'm here to present the 2526 first interm report which covers the time period from o um July

059to October. July and August are primarily months that we're ordering supplies and getting started with the school year. September and October we begin paying those expenditures. So really when you're looking at the expenditures it's for two months of expenditures. Where am I supposed now? >> Like takes a second to warm up. >> Yeah. >> Am I pointing it there? >> Doesn't like us today. >> It It doesn't like me ever. [laughter] There we go. Um in summary, Hermosa schools um continue to have a strong reserve. There are two contingencies that I'd like to um point out. The first being the governor's budget that's coming out in January and that will be the budget for the 2627 school year. We don't know what that's going to look like. And then we also want to keep in

060mind that the federal government has not closed their budget, have not balanced, nothing has been voted on. Um so that's iffy. January, February, hopefully by March we'll have [laughter] a a federal budget. Um our enrollment and attendance is um solid and being adjusted in this uh first interim report. Um enrollment is at 1443. Attendance average daily attendance is projected to be 1372. Special education costs and revenue. This year revenue continues to go up thanks to um Dr. Jason Johnson. um working with the SULPA and adjusting how we're funded for AB 602, but our special ed costs continue to rise. So, we need to monitor those and Sylvia does a really good job of that. Oops. I think that Yeah, there we go. Um July and August, like I mentioned, the enrollment projections decreased as well

061as staffing. So expenditures for staffing um did decrease as well. The um in December 2025, we've updated the enrollment based on the multi-year projection based on a conservative enrollment growth for the multi-year projections and that's included in the first interim as well. Here's our favorite pie chart. We continue to spend 80% of our revenue on salaries on people to make this to make this machine go right to continue to support students and programs. When we [laughter] when we look at this slide that it's just an overview slide, it has some of our projections. The cola cost, the average daily attendance. On the bottom line, it has um our projected reserve revenue balance which is strong and healthy at this point like I mentioned previously. >> Paula, can I ask a quick question? >> Yeah. Off

062of the >> off of the projected state funding increase, uh is that off of cola? Is that off of Prop 30 or >> cola? Cola. Yeah. >> Wait here. Sorry. I wanted interesting to note at CSBA uh I was in one of the sessions and they are predicting when the governor's budget comes out it's actually probably not going to be 3.02 that it actually may drop um almost a quarter point again. >> Okay. So these these assumptions were good on the day October 31st. Okay. Today is today is now December 10th. It it's [laughter] always a moving target. So we just have to look at it at at a point in time. Okay. Um the multi-year projections here's the revenue continues to increase year-over-year. Expenditures are decreasing year-over-year. Um we're becoming with a more solid

063net position uh addressing our structural deficit which [snorts] will increase our reserve as you can see on the bottom line. Um the 2020 202526 first interim report reflects responsible fiscal planning on a current state projections and district priorities. Although revenue growth is moderate, the district maintains strong reserves, stable cash flow, and continued investment in student programs and essential services. Ongoing monitoring will ensure the district remains responsive to changes in enrollment, attendance, and state funding. Any questions? I just had a quick remind us again why the expenditures go down five like half a million dollars >> just based on programs and what [sighs] restricted programs that the um revenue is being spent this year so we'll have less money to deal with so we're tightening the budget to address that structural deficit >> and we you

064know we did get a little bit more money from HBF which was really helpful we were able to also cut some expenditures in different different places. Um I think it was just kind of taking kind of a little bit more of a magnifying glass to some some of the different expenditures that we had. We were able to cut some places. >> Great. Anyone else have any questions? >> The green 15% on the pie chart for services and other outgo. What's the other other outgo? Other outgo um equipment um capital expenses um those types of things. There is an another outgo for special education as well. >> Okay. >> We have we have a plumbing issue. Um but it's also all this, you know, the stuff. Yeah. [snorts] The maintenance costs. >> Anyone else? >> Thank

065you, Hollow. You're welcome. Um, all right. We're going to move on to consent number 11.1. Uh, sorry, just number 11. Um, can I get a motion to approve the consent agenda? >> Move to approve consent. >> Um, Rachel. >> Um, I'd uh number 11 point item 11.3. >> Okay. Can I get a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Carol. Um, so all in favor of removing 11.3 from the consent agenda >> temporarily. I temporarily >> No, you're just you're taking a vote to approve everything but 11.3 and then we'll open 11.3 by itself. >> Okay. We're going to move to uh accept the consent agenda with for everything but 11.3. >> Right. Got it. Okay. So, can I get a motion on that? I motion to move to approve the consent agenda minus item 11.3.

066>> Thank you, Rachel. Can I get a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Kathy. Um, all in favor? I >> Thank you. So, uh, then can I get an a motion to approve the consent agenda subtracting 11.3? >> I move to approve the amended consent calendar. >> So, we've we've approved all everything in the 11. So, now we need to make a motion to open 11. We have to just second that and then we all so can I get a second on that >> and what >> on that we've removed 11.3 >> we already did that. >> Yeah. >> No, sorry. That that that the consent agenda minus 11 we we agreed to remove 11.3. Then we need to then we need to approve the consent agenda. >> Got it. >> Motion to approve. So

067>> thank you Kathy's second. And all in favor of that >> I now we can move to talking about 11.3. >> Got it. >> Yeah. Rachel or someone >> just want to take a separate vote. >> We wanted to take >> She just We just need to take a separate vote on 11.3. >> Oh, >> I' I' I'd like to know why we're discussing 11.3. It's now open. >> We have We have to uh There's a item on the consent on this um warrant report that is a conflict of interest. >> Okay. >> Yeah, we have we there's an item on the um consent on the warrant report for the application fee for the Coastal Commission. Understood. Yeah. So, what are you looking for for Robert's rules right now? >> You're just going to take

068a vote and uh Rachel will abstain. >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, we would like to So, can someone motion to approve 11.3 the purchase orders? >> I I move to approve 11.3. >> I'll second. >> Thank you. You got in all this, Natalie. >> Yeah. >> Thank you, Carol. First it was Kathy, then it was Carol. So, all in favor, >> you have to take an individual vote. >> Roll call. vote. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Sorry about that. >> Board member Van Landingham, >> abstain. >> Board member Cluth, >> I approve. Is that what I'm supposed to say? Yes. >> Board member Bove Lmonica >> approve. >> Vice President Clerk Barrow, >> approve. >> And President Cole, >> approve. >> Thank you. >> Motion passes. Thank you. All right. for procedure purposes. Next time when

069you pull something from consent, usually you you say why it's being pulled. So we could say, you know, it's being pulled because there's a board member's um conflict of interest on a and requires a singular vote. >> No problem. I probably just forgot. I I knew that there was something was coming, but I just forgot that I think you're >> teaching me. >> We should we should have written a script for that. >> No problem. >> Yeah. >> Um we all got through it. So moving on to action items. I would like to say as we start action items 12 that it has been my pleasure to be the it has been my pleasure to be the school board president this last year. I feel really proud of the work we've done the last year

070getting the strategic plan going having Susan come in with uh getting wit and wisdom and get the bond passed. So, lots of um big things that have really, you know, taken some good energy and some steadfastness. So, thank you for all the support. Thank you for being a great board to work with. It's a real joy to do this work. >> You're not going anywhere. So, >> no, I'm just moving over. Just um as we now I'm going to continue the work also. I would like to continue doing the work. Um moving on to uh superintendent action items 12.1 annual organizational meeting. >> Talk about you or is that next? Oh, well, I don't know. Sure, we can talk about me. Would anyone like to talk about me? [laughter] Um, any questions on that? Any

071comments, Maggie? >> I'll have I'll make >> Oh, go ahead, Rachel. Thank you. Um, since this was my first year on the board, Maggie, excuse me, Jen, uh, President Cole has really, you know, set the standard for how a president, um, professionally accords herself and and, um, leads by encouraging because we're a team of equals, but she was still our leader. and I very much appreciate the tone that you set and how um passionate you were and still are uh regarding our district and everyone who is part of it. So, thank you for that. >> Maggie >> Jen, um thank you for serving as president. I know it's extra time out of your life and away from all the things you do. So, thank you for being so committed to it, being such a thoughtful

072spokesperson uh at all the right times. I love how you come and lead and just address the people with such graciousness and such thoughtfulness. So, thank you for always leading with your heart on this. >> Okay, go ahead. Sorry, I'm joking. [laughter] >> Kathy, >> she Jen, you you've left very big shoes for me to fill. I won't be able to fill them quite. I'll have to use some newspaper or something in there to fill them a little bit. But um yes, I agree with everything that that um Rachel and Maggie has said. I loved the way you were explaining the whole governance process to these little second, third, and fourth graders. That actually helped me. But um no, you're you're you're a friend and I look up to you because you're so smart and

073you have all all the pieces for being on the school board. So I'm proud to be a colleague of yours. >> Right, Carol, I'm calling you. Uh well, I have had the pleasure of knowing Jen for a very long time and I uh have been able to work with you as HBF lead and see you as a part of this board for many years doing that and always um enjoyed working with you and appreciated your insight and and your thoughts and being a thought partner. Uh I've known you since our kids were itty bitty babies and the conversations were very different back then. Um, but it's been my true um, it's been a joy and a pleasure seeing this part of you, sitting with you on this board and being able to be a partner

074with you on this board and seeing how you lead. So, thank you for that and um, we still have you. So, going anywhere insight. >> Yeah. >> All right. Well, thank you for the thank you for the thanks. Appreciate it. It's been a joy. And now we move on, Susan. So, it's time to select the selection of officers, the president and the vice president clerk. >> Oh, sorry. I got it. I could I do this part. >> Oh, did you want to do it? >> I was going to make >> Oh, sorry. Um, so just um reminding everyone what happens. We annually do a little shift and we make a motion uh for the selection of officers. >> Right. That's what we do first. and uh president and vice president clerk. So, shall we go

075ahead and make a motion? I'm going to go ahead. I can't make a motion, can I? >> Yeah, you can. >> Oh, go. Okay. All right. Go ahead. >> Um I'd like to make a motion. I think next up in the rotation uh per our norms would be um uh Kathy Barl >> for president. >> I'm going to second that. >> I abstain. [laughter] All in favor? >> I. >> All right. I Yeah. Welcome, Kathy. >> Thank you. >> And um then >> No, I'll do it after. >> I'm just I'm going keep bossing around for a minute. Um can I get a So, moving on to vice president and clerk. Um can I get a motion for that? >> What did you say? >> Vice president clerk. >> You want a motion? >> Yeah.

076>> I move that Carol Cl become vice president clerk. Excellent choice. I'm going to second that. Sorry. Go ahead. It's all you can do the next. >> Yeah. All in favor? >> I I >> All right. Welcome, Carol, to the vice presidency and the clerk clerkship. Um, all right. Um, I am going to Can I move over now >> or do I need to keep going? >> Do we establish date and time? We >> So, unless there is any discussion, the the established date and time would remain the same. >> Remain the same. So, our close session starts at 5:00 and our open session starts at 6:00 and we meet on the second Wednesday of every month. >> Absolutely. And everything else would remain the same. >> Okay. Everything else will remain the same. Um,

077next we'll go to authorized superintendent as the executive secretary. Can I get a motion? >> So moved. >> Is it do we motion? >> It's all right. Except to the committees. So this is all under discussion right now. >> Yeah. Okay. All right. So, we agree that Susan can be this the executive secretary. >> Okay, I'll agree. >> Agree. >> Um, we agree that we are going to do an authorized signature resolution. So, we have to sign. >> Would that be called the autom, [laughter] >> Maggie? >> Too soon. A little too soon. Um, all right. So, [laughter] just don't forget everyone, we have before we leave tonight, we have to sign that. And then we're going to read established policies, rules, and regulations. Um, we have our board covenants and that kind of solves

078that problem. So, if everyone just >> goes into the new year fresh when we, you know, just get a little reminder, no problem to reread it. And then we move on to selecting represent uh representatives to committees and organizations. Um, can I get a >> Oh, I'll just The first one, City School District compact. We're going to just assign that to the board president. >> Apparently, that's me. >> Just the board president job. Good job, Kathy. Kathy, you're going to take that job. >> I'll volunteer. >> The Wellness Council. I'm not sure who sits on that currently. >> Currently, it's Rachel. >> Currently, we have a meeting tomorrow morning. Are you interested in staying on that? So Rachel's staying on it. >> Um Maggie, do you want to talk? Sorry. Did anyone else want to

079do that instead? >> Yeah. Rachel was also on the Los Angeles County School Trustes Association. >> Can you tell us what that is a little? Maggie, do you mind us? Or Rachel, did you go? >> Um they provide a great overview. There's um it's usually bimonthly meetings. Uh most of them are on on Zoom, but they provide, you know, the an overview of the legislative proposals. um things that the school districts really need to be looking looking out for a nice overview. >> Do you want to stay on that or I mean if not I'll I would be interested in that. >> Oh. Oh, >> I feel like I'm just trying just finally figuring out what it's all about. I wouldn't mind staying for another year. >> Yeah, no worries. Okay, >> thank you. >>

080There she is. She's on it. Um what about the Los Angeles County Committee on School District Organization? Maggie, can you give us a >> That's traditionally the president, but we didn't get any notice of any meetings. We had no notice of meeting last year. >> Put Cathy's name down. We vote for Kathy for that one. >> But I mean, there hasn't been meetings on that uh in years. >> Okay. I have Yeah, we're going to put your name down, but then we'll look in we'll look into it and see what happened to it. >> Okay. >> Um the seed committee was formerly the equity and inclusion committee. >> I'm on that. >> I would like to stay on that if that's okay. >> It's fine. >> Awesome. Yep. >> This is getting easier by the

081minute. Um Beach City's [laughter] Health District Youth Coalition. I'm on it and I'd like I'd like to stay on it also. >> Okay. >> Except if you give me six more things. >> You're gonna have a lot. >> You will. Okay. Should I not do it? >> Do you want me to be your backup on that? Because I could be your back if >> it's really great. I like being >> It's really It is really interesting. >> And then I can be the third backup if >> Okay. So Kathy Carol >> but know that you're also on the tri agency partnership meeting. >> Me? Yeah. Why? >> Because you're that's the president does private meetings with DCD. >> Okay. So maybe I won't >> committee is fun, but you're going to be up there. >>

082Okay, you're you got it. You got it, Carol. I'm out. >> I have to be realistic. I have two grandchildren. >> Have to future >> and one of them's coming to the school district. So there you go. >> So there's some other committees that and I don't know, do we call them committees? Is that where we >> summer committee, summer ads? Yeah. >> One is the um measure HV construction meeting which I would like to stay on um as we move forward. >> And then >> I've been on the South Bay Community Coalition Against Hate now for three years. And so I am ready to pass that on and give somebody a growth path on it, their future leadership opportunities to be chair for the for the right individual. Um really great opportunity to work

083with Supervisor Holly Mitchell's office in a direct way. Um you get um exposure to um uh all of the South Bay uh nonprofit and local government agencies, water districts, school councils, right? So >> um it's it's great exposure. It's great opportunity to do good work. Um and you're not there as chair. You're just there as a representative of the board on a bimonthly basis unless you join a committee and then you're there more. Do >> you know how what what time it meets? Um, traditionally, so I mean the new chair might change it up, but I've just done a survey that indicates uh 12 12 to 1 on Mondays every other month is the best time. >> 12 to 1 >> and it's a it's a Zoom Zoom. >> Oh, I'm I'm I'm interested in

084doing that. >> I would love for somebody to to do that. [cough] >> Um I I if if >> can it doesn't hurt you can come to I mean I don't think it can be >> Manhattan Beach has two people. >> It's a more the marrier Yeah. >> kind of thing. Yeah. Um that leaves me without a committee which I am totally okay with. >> I can >> we can find something for you. >> Um no honestly Kathy as board president you need that's >> tell me tell me when they meet and >> yeah with the change in city leadership I'll I'll tell you. Um but >> he's meeting on a >> you said monthly basis didn't >> who's he? >> In Manhattan Beach. Yeah we did it um we did it twice last year.

085Um I think Jay I think during reopening from COVID I think Jason was doing it maybe three times a year. They weren't super frequent. >> I go with you. >> Yeah. We usually do them doing during Zoom and we discuss whatever happens to be impacting traditionally been ebikes but the impacting what's happening >> all I mean past like public health issues have been >> Yep. >> Okay. >> School counseling. >> I just have to you know put it in my calendar. >> Then there's HVTO and ED foundation meetings. >> Yep. which we had rotated those, but >> take the lead. >> I I did not go to one yet last year, but I'm I'm happy to go to Carol's going to do a calendar and like just set the who's going to which one. >>

086We could do that. Yep. >> That would probably be easier to >> Carol's going next week and so the next opportunity would be February. I'll send that out. >> Would they have a consistent time they meet? >> They're usually uh like the second or third Tuesday and it's like 7 to 8. >> 7:30. Yeah. >> It's late. >> 7:30. I've done it [clears throat] a few times. Last year, the year before, I did it every time. >> But you were smart. >> LCAP has that I feel like it's not we stopped serving on that because we get a lot of information >> because you get all the LCAP on committee. >> Do we need a board member to be on that committee to I know there's a lot of um teachers and >> we have

087a really big robust committee this year with 24 um staff as well as parents. >> You don't need >> as well as administrators. Um, I'd be happy to share the agendas with Susan to put in the Friday updates. So, if you have any questions, you could just reach out to me. >> I just I just am wondering in terms of um I know it's another thing to go do and but would it be helpful not helpful but just probably just helpful for us to be uh have a ear on that what people are saying. >> It's to it's totally up to you all. Um we uh they just had a meeting yesterday. Uh, no, we've we've reduced it because we don't have Yeah, it's about three times a year. Four times. >> Maybe just if

088we can just see the schedule and maybe we can each pick one, you know, I just think it's helpful. >> It's another opportunity to just be in front with people. I think >> the local control accountability plan. And so one of the requirements is that you have a robust um communication with educational partners. So, >> well, I'm going to be part of the pitching dugout then. Tag me in coach. >> Okay. [snorts] >> Whenever whenever people need help. >> Those those Oh, and then there was a potential one for an AI learning committee, but >> Yep. We're just not there yet. So, when we have the dates and information, we'll >> Okay. Yeah. Kathy share that with the board. >> Yes. Too much. [laughter] >> Not. >> Okay. >> Kathy, I'm interested. But >> um

089>> All right. So, then moving on to um Oh, um we we we don't even need to talk about it, right? The board of education compensation. >> No, we have to take a vote on that board action. >> Oh, yeah. Right. Sorry, it's 12.2. Sorry. So, now that we have done our reorg, I can move to my new seat and Kathy. >> I move to approve 12.1. >> I go ahead. That was a Maggie and Rachel. And all in favor? >> I. >> Great. Now we can change seats. >> Oh my god. >> What's What's the rotation? >> Wait, someone needs to take >> Oh, I go this way. Rachel, you go that way. >> Everybody goes left except Rachel comes around to this side. Oh, I'm back on the end, >> you guys. >>

090I started on the end. >> Yeah. I offered I offered Kathy some walk up music tonight, but you know, >> she didn't choose any. So, you know, >> she is. >> Yes. >> It matches your >> [laughter] >> Oh, good lord. >> Oh, hang on. Carol and Rachel, you want to be in the face? [snorts] >> [clears throat] >> Great. Moving on to 12.2. >> Okay. Moving on to 12.2. Board of Education Compensation. Dr. Wilds. >> Yes. So, California Education Code 35120 states that in any school district that has an average daily attendance um for the prior year that was 10,000 or less, but more than a thousand, then each member board and all meetings within that month um may receive a compensation for their services. So, the sum, the California Education Code sets, the

091sum cannot exceed $600 in any month. Members of the board may also elect to participate in health and welfare provided to any district employees. This item is open for discussion by the board. >> Oh, I'm supposed to go. Okay. Do we have any questions, Maggie? Any questions there? >> Nope. >> Thank you very much. And then what was okay? So I'll take a motion to approve this >> to um so the the board just has to make a motion to either um >> I'd like to make a motion uh that the board wave uh every board member's compensation unless there's a board member who would like to um retain their compensation. >> Thank you Maggie that discussion. >> Thank you Maggie. Does anybody want to question or discuss that? >> Okay. Do we have a

092second? >> I'll second. >> Thank you. Um all in favor >> I Okay, motion approved. Going to business 12.3 adopt resolution number 7 col25/26 authorized signature resolution. Dr. Wilds. >> Yes. So this item is just an annual requirement of the Los Angeles County Office of Education that districts once we have a new reorganization have to uh adopt and approve official signatures. Um, and those are signatures for any member of the governing board as well as the people who are authorized to sign contracts, employment notices, and uh uh draw funds on behalf of the district. Staff recommend you approve this resolution. >> Okay. Thank you. Anybody have any questions? Rachel, >> I just want to know is there a way I can have a shorter last name when I sign the certificates [laughter] for graduation? >>

093I think that ship has sailed. Harold, >> any questions? Uh Megie Jen. Okay. Um so I need a mo motion to approve. >> Move to approve. >> Second. >> Great. Um all in favor. >> I. Okay. So moved. Going to 12.4 first interim report 2025 2026. Miss Montto. >> Thank you. Um the first interim budget report covers the financial period as I mentioned previously from July 1st 2025 till October 31st 2025. The interimm report serves as a snapshot in time. Um those the multi-year projections are dependent upon projected state funding which in turn is dependent upon health the health of the state economy and sufficient collection of property tax and income tax as well. The recommendation is that the board approve. >> Okay. Do we have any questions? Maggie, Jen, Rachel, Carol. Okay. Good. Um

094can I get a motion to approve it? So moved. >> Second. >> Thanks. >> That was Jen. >> Thanks, Maggie. And >> it was Jen first, then Maggie. >> Jen. Maggie. You got it. Thank you. Um, all in favor? >> I. >> All right. Moving on to 12.5. Fiscal year 2025 26 first interim revisions. Miss Montalo. Thank you. Um, the revisions are the budget assumptions, the changes that go into the SAC software, and we're recommending that you approve that they be posted. Any questions? Anybody? Nope. >> Okay. Can I get a motion to approve? >> So, okay. Rachel and Carol and um draw I drew a blank. All >> All in favor? >> I. >> Okay. So, approved. Okay. 12.6 approval of the resolution of withdrawal from school's excess liability fund a joint powers authority

095and excess risk pool. Dr. Wilds. >> Yes. So, So, Hermos Beach City School District is a member of the Alliance of Schools for Cooperative Insurance Programs, otherwise known as ACIP. Um, this is a joint powers authority and um it's a primary risk sharing pool. So, we're basically in an insurance pool with other school districts, other public educational uh agencies. Um, a secondary partner is called Schools Excess Liability Fund, which is otherwise known as SL. Um, it's another separate JPA that works along with ASEP and it provides districts what they call excessive liability coverage. With the passage of Assembly Bill 218, coverage premiums for excess liability have skyrocketed. Um, so in order for Hermosa Beach and as well as the other uh districts within the JPA to go shopping to see if we can get a

096better deal, basically we have to give notice to self that that we'll be engaging in this process. So it's recommended that Hermosa Beach City School District engage in a review of available insurance coverage options options. And to do so, we have to formally adopt this resolution to give notice to self. Doesn't mean we're leaving self. We're just giving them notice that we will be shopping around um for hopefully um a cheaper um and maybe a superior um option. Staff recommend you approve this resolution. >> Okay. Do we have any questions? Maggie, Jen, >> I just had a quick question which is how many other organizations like this self that sell this type of insurance are out there? >> It's a good question. Um when I was I was on a a superintendent call, we believe

097two or three others. Um it's an interesting space right now because Assembly Bill 218 has really uh districts have seen mega settlements, right? You've seen multi multi-million dollar settlements coming. >> What are they usually settling for with when they >> for the for school districts for um and because there's no statute of limitations anymore. So, um there are settlements. Um we Sylvia and I attended an A skip, um conference and uh it's school districts are seeing settlements in like the 40 50 plus million dollars range. So, it's um it'll be interesting to see if other insurance companies come pop up, but we'd like to shop the market. >> And who who who put this Assembly bill forward? >> That's a good question. Assembly bill 218. There's >> I mean, it just doesn't seem very well

098thought out. >> No, I'm pretty sure no one thought of the unintended consequences. you know, the the the difficulty is it's almost, you know, when you have um sexual assault cases that are going back into the 70s and 80s, you know, records don't exist, people don't exist, and so um they really are seeing whether cases go all the way to court or not, you're seeing a lot of very large district settlements. So, >> Lena Gonzalez from what district? she's now head of one of the >> So last year, you may or may not remember, last year, uh, self just assessed all of the entities within the JPA and I think we had to pay close to $60,000 just to pay into the pool because the pool of settlement money is just getting drained so quickly.

099>> Wow. Um, Carol and Rachel, did you have any questions or comments? Nope. >> Okay. Can I get a motion to approve this? >> So move. >> Move. Second. >> So, Jen and Maggie, you got you got overridden. Um, can I Jeez, I'm drawing that drawing a blank on that second part. >> All in favor? >> I I >> So moved. >> Okay. Item number 13, a board member round table. Rachel, >> anything? >> Um, I can't believe it's been a year. This has been um not not the year that I I that I I expected. Um just in crazy crazy but um so inspiring. The one fun part of my life right now, my professional life is this board in this community and this district to be honest. And uh um thank you. And

100I I think that the issues coming coming at our coming our way over the next few years are going to be increasing and I think in complexity and in challenge. So there's no one I'd rather be serving with. So >> yeah, thank you for our incredible our incredible team. I had no idea that only a few people did it all within our district and most of them are sitting right here. I mean really incredible just incredible to see how the sausage is made. It's not always pretty, but meaning that's because it's you all burning the midnight oil so many times. Um I'm so glad you don't have to do that stuff by hand that you were talking about earlier, but um thank you. You're you're really inspirational. Thank you, >> Carol. I guess it has

101been a year. I mean, obviously, but also that went fast. Um, I concur with everything you said and I think that uh I have been asked from people over the last year, what's that what's that like being on the school board? Because not all of them operate maybe the same like as cohesively maybe is what I'm trying to say. And I um my reaction is always it's great. There is a group of women that I am uh inspired by and happy to talk to and that includes everybody all the way around. So um thank you for being in the same basket for the last year. >> So when I'm doing round table, I wait to be last. >> Okay. I'm first. No, I'm just kidding. No, I I I [laughter] I I will wait for

102you. Maggie, you go first before me and then I'll finish it up. I'll wrap it up. >> Um, my family's tradition is to wish Merry Christmas. And so, um, wishing everybody merry Christmas. But, uh, with that, it's also season of gratitude. And Jen, a real highlight, I think, of this past year was sitting at the CSBA table presentation that we got to do. And for me, highlight that Hermosa Beach had a table presentation. I think back 12 years ago when I first started going and I was the only one who was going to CSBA. So to have like a full team that we were able to be collegial over over meals and then to be able to show off Herosa Beach's best practices to to 3,000 other elected schoolboard members across the state um was

103a real treat because the best practices we bring I think are are are good practices, right? And um but what resonated so strongly with me in there were were folks who said your board wants to sit and do dinner. How do you how do you do that? like they literally needed like a like what do you mean you do dinner? >> And that is something that I am such a it's it's such a proud tradition that I think we have that does center the work we do that um we get so far because um of the the intent to keep the focus on the students. >> So thank you everybody for keeping it on the students. Thank you. >> All right, Jen. Yeah, I would um agree that was a real highlight for the year

104to be proud of as a group. I mean we sit in a space that we are very highly fun we we have a high functionality or we are highly functional or I don't know the right way to say it. We >> we really were we are a high performing team. Um it's just uh when we again we sat in a room with maybe two 200 people were watching. I don't know >> about 200 people >> 200 people were watching our panel and we got so many questions afterwards being like well how how does it work? I mean how do you all get along and how's I mean just having a board that kind of rose in the same direction. We've worked on that and we got to sit and explain to people how we worked

105on it and what we did and some of our best practices and and that was very um satisfying. >> Or to quote former Hermosa Beach Superintendent Jason Johnson, it's your damn job. [laughter] >> Oh my god. >> So we just we don't we're not responsible for we we >> we're not responsible for that. >> It was um it was very positive besides that quote, but no, >> but I think it's you know what we saw tonight doesn't happen with dysfunctional boards. you don't get movement like that. I mean, we have a ridiculously high performing group of people um in doing a lot of different jobs, but you don't see movement that quickly, that swiftly, if you don't have five people who are all have a very clear truth and are rowing in the same direction,

106right? Um there's a lot of time spent in dysfunction, which doesn't serve kids. So, and I was just I was literally just talking about that yesterday about our board and how it does I mean it is we can get a lot done for the community and for students because we are good. We are listeners. We are problem solvers and we want to move when we see the you know and we we listen to I think the people. >> I thought what was what you may have not heard when you all were walking. >> I was going to say that. >> Oh good. You say that Kathy because that was amazing. >> Okay. So, so um when we when we all came in um a second or third grader said they're all women, all of us

107coming out here and on and that's that's a great role model for all the girls in this community to see um women and I and I was a reluctant board member. I got talked into this and I have to say I've learned a ton. I've become friends. I I'm so so happy to be here. not so much as being president, but I'm happy to be here. >> You will be. >> I think buckle up because we're gonna have a rocky year. But I I also want to welcome Sandra and Natalie. Sandra and Natalie and and Susan. Um I've learned so much from you and I loved being on the wit and wisdom the adoption of that. It's it's like this growth for me and it's this is my final year for sure, but I'm I'm

108happy to be going out as president, I suppose. Anyway, that's it. So now >> So can I just make one more? No, we're done. >> Just Well, [laughter] you can say that. >> I'm in charge. >> The other exciting thing and I think Sandra was like going to play a key pivotal role in this is that you know AI is coming is here. We are all in it and that is that was really the buzz of the whole conference. So we're excited I think to see in 2026 what you know what that's going to mean and we're excited that you've done a um AI you know committee and Roondo and like all the knowledge that you're going to bring. We're just excited to have you kind of join us in the in the partnership. So

109welcome again. >> All right. So much for board for round table. >> Now do we do anything about the calendar? >> Okay. So do we >> somehow the the dates got left off. So she has a she has a notes for you. >> So take a look at the calendar and we're going to listen to Natalie tell us about the calendar. >> Nope. You just read it out loud. >> Okay. I I read it out loud. >> Y [clears throat] >> Okay. December 2025 1216 HVEF and HV PTO joint meeting Herosa Valley and PR 7:30 129 minimum day all sites I really have to read all this okay 12:22 through January 2nd winter break no classes 1224 Christmas Eve observed campus closed 12:25 Christmas day observed campus closed 12:31 New Year's Eve observed campus closed

110January 2026 uh January 1st New Year's day observed campus closed. January 14th, schoolboard meeting, HB City Council Chambers 5:00 p.m. close session 6:00 p.m. open session. January 19th, Martin Luther King Jr. birthday observed camps closed. So, um, do we have any questions about this calendar? [laughter] >> Is it new that we have to have it read out? Is that >> No, we just somehow it didn't show up in the diligent. Oh, god. >> So, that's why we're adding it. I >> was like, that's an exciting new addition just reminding us. You >> get I get to one that we're going to continue. You get to read more. Okay. So, do I have a motion to approve the calendar? >> You don't have to. >> I don't have to do that. >> N just adjourn. Motion

111to. >> Okay. So, motion to adjurnn. Second. >> Oh, I don't get to motion. Who wants >> do it? Okay. Rachel's moving. Who's seconding? >> Carol already did it. >> Carol did it. And so moved and so approved. >> Oh, we Oh, beg. No, >> we have to make it to vote. >> All in favor? I >> Okay. Motion. Okay. It is during that