001Good evening. It's 5 o'clock PM and I'd like to call the August 6, 2025 regular board of education meeting of the Englewood Unified School District to order and begin with our pledge of allegiance. I'll ask Dr. Eugima Hosea, Deputy Chief Academics Officer, to please lead us in the pledge of allegiance. Dr. Josea. Okay, you guys were supposed to wait for me to say please stand. Put your right hand over your heart. Ready? Begin. I pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. You may be seated. >> Thank you so much, Dr. Hosa. And next we'll move to the roll call. Miss Sbrano, would you please call the role? >> Board
002President, Miss Margaret Turner Evans. >> Board Vice President Dr. Carlos McGee, >> present. >> Board member, Miss Joyce Randall, >> present. >> Board member, Mr. Brandon Meyers, >> present. >> Board member, Mr. Ernesto Castillo. Dr. James Morris, >> present. >> Dr. Brian Coffee, >> present. >> Mr. Rafael Guzman, >> present. >> Dr. Dr. Eugima James >> present. >> Thank you. Please be informed that Spanish language interpretation is available during this meeting of interpreters. >> Thank you, Miss Sbrrono. And I just want to uh do special recognition and thanks to Dr. Josea who's sitting in this evening for Dr. Bernardet Lucas who's taking a welldeserved vacation. Um moving on to approval of the agenda. I hereby approve the agenda with the following modifications. Number 9A5 from human resources division has been pulled and will be brought
003forward at the August 20th board of education meeting and item 9B8 from educational services division has been reissued to indicate two funding sources for the item rather than one. Moving on to reporting out of close session actions taken in this evening's closed session. I'm pleased to announce the appointment of Miss Gabriella Romero as the principal at Woodworth Monroe. Miss Romero brings a wealth of experience, dedication, and leadership to the role. She's served as the assistant principal at Woodworth Monroe for the past three years and has previous experience preschool, elementary school, high school, and adult education levels. She's done the whole gamut. Miss Romero is compassionate and dedicated leader and I'm confident she'll continue to build on the strong foundation established at Woodworth Monroe. Miss Romero, >> thank you for the opportunity. Um, I'm gonna be,
004you know, that leader that is serving the community. So, I'm going to put all my work into it to serve the community, the students, and the parents. Thank you again. >> Thank you. And I just want to acknowledge that she has her team with her, some of the amazing folks who were on the selection committee. And I just want to thank you because it's both certificate and classified employees represented. and we truly appreciate you being here this evening on behalf of Miss Romero. >> Thank you. >> We're now going to transition to reports and presentations. This evening we have two presentations um both from Mr. Guzman. Our first presentation is on the 45day revised budget revision and uh as Mr. Guzman is walking up to the microphone. We don't ne always have to do a
00545day budget revision, but in this case, there were significant changes in the state budget from the time we made our assumptions to the time the budget was passed. And so that's the reason we're doing a 45day revision. Mr. Guzman will kind of walk through what those changes were and the impact on Inglewood Unified. Thank you so much, Mr. Guzman. >> Thank you, Dr. Morris. All right. So, we'll go ahead and get started here. Again, some of these key terms that you can see on the screen are things that we often will uh share with the community. Um, of course, today we'll be talking a little bit about the LCFF, which is the local control funding formula. It's our largest source of revenue and it's one of the items that has been revised with this 45day
006revision. And of course um you know the uh one of the things that we're doing right now is ensuring that we've identified the right cola and the right assumptions for the 45day revision. One one of the things that we have to note as as we see in this cycle this this budget cycle it it's very clear that the budget is ever changing. It changes um as the cycle goes along and we always have to make sure that we're um prepared for the changes that come with with uh the variations in the in our assumptions. Um so uh there are both internal and external assumptions that we face. Internal ones being like staffing, increased enrollment, decreased enrollments, um a pipe burst that costs a lot of money there. Those are all internal things that impact the
007budget. And then of course you have your external items like you know the governor's uh signing of the budget um and the factors that are in there and other external things that happen with the economy, with the stock market and all of that impacts the school district. And so we we throughout this cycle, we're always updating the budget. So even the numbers that you're going to see revised today will most likely be revised again at first interim. Um but you know, our job is to make sure that with every revision, our books are presented fairly and that we have a a contingency plan for any way uh that things start to sort out um with the 45day revision. So as you know, we stood here back in June and we presented a budget. However, we
008did not have the final budget adjust uh the the final budget from the governor. It wasn't signed yet. So, as the governor signed the budget, we are now incorporating the changes for the 45day revision. Some of the things that we've seen, we haven't really seen a change uh or a need to change our enrollment recap. Um and so that's still what we're thinking. Um, in fact, we were looking at some numbers today and it almost looks pretty spot on to what we thought it would be uh for 2526. Uh, but we'll have to wait and see in uh later on this month where that all really falls. Um, and again at first interim those numbers will be different. Um, some of the major changes. So, what changed? So, the governor adjusted the revenue to include
009um for universal TK expansion there was an increase into the amount uh for LCFFK. Um, it was an add-on amount. He had actually mentioned that back in the May revision. Um however um we were told by the county office um along with many other county offices in the state of California to not project for that increase because it had not been signed. So we did we followed the advice of the county um and we did not include that projected increase. And so that's why now you're seeing it because now that it's signed it's in paper. We can include it. Uh some other block grants that were added that were not part of the budget. We had heard rumblings of it, but again, we had no final numbers, but it's the student supported professional development discretionary
010block grant and the learning recovery emergency block grant. And so, both of those have added learning recovery that you may be familiar with. We've had that in the past. They were not going to fund it this year, but they decided to fund it. Um, and of course we had some staffing realignments that happened throughout the year and some changes we're doing to staffing uh that we're incorporating and some contribution changes to our restricted programs. Overall, I know this one is a little bit harder to see here. Um, but I'm going to try to highlight some of these areas um so you can see and I'll talk through. So on the unrestricted side, there's two major adjustments that you're seeing here, these two numbers. Um, the the top number here in the middle. So, so the
011number on the left is your adopted. This is the 45day revision. Uh the number in the middle here is $384,000. That's how much we're projecting to see of an increase. That increase is associated with the higher amount for LCFTK add-on. So, it went from like that increase that happened um it went from 3148 $3,148 per student up to $5,545 per student. Now, most likely this number will change at the first interim because we are projecting a certain number for TK students. If that number goes up, that number is going to go up. If it goes down, that number is going to go down. So, you know, again, this is just us presenting what we know today. And based on our projections, we're we should see a $384,000 increase. In regards to other state revenue, we
012also saw a $1.8 million increase in revenues. That's broken up into two things. The first one was that student support and professional development discretionary block grants. Um and the second one is the uh learning recovery emergency block grants. So both of those combined ended up being about 1.8. Um so that was the changes in the revenues um that we saw on the restricted side. We also saw a change in the revenues, an increase of that number right here, $670,000. Again, that's for that learning recovery block grants that we saw an increase for. So, o overall, it's about $2.8 million more uh than what we had projected at the budget. However, on the expenditure side, we did see an increase. So, this these numbers here at the bottom, these three numbers in the middle, uh 371,000
013for certificated salaries, 160,000 for classified, and 251,000 for benefits. that those benefits are tied to the increases um that we saw. Um now that has to do with us budgeting for some more positions. How um however most of those are out of SNC. So you won't really see a material increase uh to the budget there because of that. Now on the restricted side, we did see a bit of an increase. However, that's because we've added now that we have the uh increase to the budget, we're projecting that there's going to be about eight uh SOPs that we're hoping that we could hire. So, we're putting that in the budget as though we're going to go forward and and hire these. This is part of that plan of taking things out of the consulting side and
014moving them into the district side. Um so, as you can see, we have a budget increase there um of about 1.2 2 million that has to do with the SOPs to social workers and things of that nature. Um and then in regards to um so you can see how that impacts the budget. We also have a decrease of about 1.3 million in services. So that's the other area that we that we see a decrease of about 1.3 million in services. That's because we're if we fill the positions of the SOPs, we are going to see a decrease in the consulting services. So that's what we're trying to do with the budget. Um and that's pretty much that sums up what really is uh the any of the changes that we have the contribution uh as
015well. Um that increased a little bit because of the increases in that we talked about earlier with SOPs and social workers. Um so that all will impact the budget overall though. um the ending fund balance for our unrestricted side of the budget. And you when you combine that with the restricted, it's about $518,000 higher than what we projected at the adopted budget. So what does that mean? We're about $500,000 above uh where we thought we would be. Um now again, that number will materially be different when I come up here in December to talk to you about the first interim report, but up to now, this is where we are. So that about sums it up. We have next we're closing the books. So we have the unodudited actuals coming up. We al also have
016the updates to the fiscal stabilization plan. Um and we're going to carefully monitor our enrollments as well as revising our ADA and making sure that we're doing everything we can to capture as much ADA as we can. So we have a very important year next year. We will have to identify major reductions. uh the budget is tight as we've been talking about and so there are some major reductions we have to identify for the budget year 2627 those have to happen here within the next couple of months um and so we just you know budgets are very tight so we'll make sure that we continue to revise that and that about sums it up do we have any uh I'll turn it back to you Dr. Marx >> thank you very much Dr. make any
017questions or comments? >> Does the board have any questions or comments? Thank you, Dr. G. I'm going to make you a doctor sooner than you want to be, but thank you for your report. >> Thank you, Dr. McGee. >> Yeah, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Guzman. And what I appreciate most about Mr. Guzman is if there's a number in the last report he gave to us and it changes, you can always see the detail of why that number shifted. I think that's says so much about transparency and sharing information openly. We really appreciate your clear presentation. Uh moving on to our last presentation this evening. Uh Mr. Guzman will um provide a presentation on modernization eligibility and funding. I think it's something that we can be proud of. The team in business services and Mr.
018Guzman in particular have been doing everything that they can to get as much money as possible into our facilities program. And this is just an example of the efforts to make sure that every dollar that this district is eligible for, we're trying to acquire. So I'll turn it back to you, Mr. Guzman. >> Thank you, Dr. Morris. And again, good evening uh to our Good evening, Dr. Morris, our vice president, uh Dr. McGee and and our board members, our community. So, um, this presentation is really important. The school facility program in the state of California, there are opportunities for the district to look for funds outside of just going out and issuing a local bond. And so, this is what we're going to talk about today. Um, and what how much we're eligible for um,
019and what we could start doing for the future. And I'll, uh, introduce uh, Barbara who's been fantastic for us. um she's helping us with making sure these a lot of these uh um applications are very technical. There's a lot of details to them and uh I appreciate her work as we're already starting to submit some of these funds. But I want to see what's on there so I'll turn it over to her. Thank you. >> Excellent. Thank you for having me. Barbara Campiner with Hancock Park and Dong. Um, as your school facilities funding consultant, it is our job to help make sure that the district is taking advantage of all the opportunities that the state program um, may have available to assist with your facilities. So, just a brief overview of the school facility program.
020This is the statewide program that assists districts on a matching basis with modernizing schools um, and building new classrooms. And then also there's some other programs we'll touch on today. Um this program has been around since 1998 and it is funded by bond measures. There have been six bond measures. The most recent was Prop 2 which we um we all took a look at on the ballot in November of last year. And um for the past 15 years the program it it feels like this was you know that we keep talking about how this has been a change but it's been 15 years. And now the program has been functioning on the basis where districts submit their applications to the state funding. There is far more demand than bond funds available. So unfortunately it is
021a waiting process and typically things are funded in a rears. Um oftent times the the bonds that we're voting on will grandfather in projects that have been submitted in prior years and that has been the pattern for the past several bonds. The way the program works. So, we're going to focus primarily on modernization today. That's one of the areas where the district has some um some decent opportunities for some state funding participation. Um and modernization is designed to enhance the school environment and extend the useful life of the facilities. It's available when a facility reaches an age of 25 years for permanent buildings and 20 years for portable buildings. And that age is based um not just on the date that the building was first constructed but on the date the last funding aortionment from
022the state was provided. And there are a number of things that can be done with these funds that actually there's a lot of local flexibility in the projects that you do. Um but anything that is enhancing that environment including the buildings, the grounds, you can replace facilities in kind. So you can completely tear down and rebuild like some of your projects have been. Um and the the projects can be reimbursement. So we can go back to the beginning of the program to 1998 depending on fund or depending on documents available and try to capture work that was frontfunded by the local funds and then we can seek reimbursement from the state. There are a couple other programs to note under the school facility program in particular, the facility hardship program which includes the seismic mitigation
023program. This is aimed at facilities that may be in a condition that uh poses a health and safety risk to students and staff and so it is a a a priority program for the state. So applications coming under that program are prioritized and have first access to the available bond authority. There is also a new construction program which um we won't focus on today because that's not um really a need in the district at the moment, but we will always keep that in mind if there are any sites that need classrooms. And then there is a charter school facilities program for districts and charter schools seeking facilities as well as a career technical education facilities program. And the career technical education facilities program is also something that we are monitoring for the district to see
024if there are opportunities there as well. From a state bond funding standpoint, to be completely honest, these numbers don't matter much because at the point at which we were voting on Proposition two for modernization, there were already sufficient projects in line to exhaust the available bond authority. So, right now, all school districts across the state are submitting modernization applications to a waiting list and will be funded out of a future bond source. Again, going back to that that grandfathering um provision that I mentioned where typically that next bond is going to go ahead and wrap in the waiting list of projects. Um there is new construction funding available still at the state level. Um, and that's going to be important for our facility hardship projects that we're pursuing because the bond authority is there. Um,
025which health and safety projects go to the top of the line and they access that bond authority first. Um, the way the process works, we establish eligibility at the individual school sites. So for modernization eligibility, it is sight specific, not district-wide. So we use the eligibility that that school generates on that particular school site. Um and it's a it's a snapshot. So right now we're for most of the school sites we're working off of um couple decades worth of information where we've locked in the high years of enrollment which is helpful because modernization eligibility is a combination of your age of your facilities and also the number of students you have at the school. So, we're either we're either modernizing for a certain number of students or we're modernizing for a certain number of classrooms
026is typically how that's looked at. Um, once we get our eligibility in place, then in order to submit an application, we go through a number of state agency approvals. We go through the division of the state architect um to make sure that the buildings are meeting the safety requirements from the state. the Department of Education has an opportunity to look at what we're doing to make sure that the um design of the building is meeting educational adequacy. Um and then we submit that funding application to yet another state agency, the Office of Public School Construction, and that's where we put that project in line. So, it takes a few steps before we're able to get in line. Um and then we go on that waiting list if there's no bond authority available. It's a matching
027program. So, whatever the project is determined to be eligible for, and that's a formula driven process by the state, that project amount, 60% is provided by the state and then the district provides a 40% match. With Proposition 2, that uh ratio did shift a little bit. So it can go to a 6535 uh matching share basis and that's dependent on your enrollment and bonding capacity as well as your unduplicated count at the time the application is processed. So the numbers that you'll see in this report assume 6040 because we don't know exactly where your numbers will be in the future when the applications are processed. But there's a chance that it will be 61 62 a different number than the 60. At minimum it will be a 60% share from the state and a 40%
028match from the district. Um the next piece um a little bit of historical information as well. Um since 1998 Inglewood has received 81.5 million from the school facility program. 27.6 million of that is from modernization to improve the school sites. And the majority of that modernization funding, 26.2 million of it actually has been received since 2021. So it's fairly recent. One thing to note, um once we receive that aortionment from the state, that's the date that resets our clock. So a lot of your facilities have become eligible again u because you had some early participation in the program or the program that preceded the school facility program. So right now um because of that you have a combination of sites that have eligibility either because it hasn't been used yet or for some of the
029sites it's become available again a second time because it's been 20 years for portables or 25 years for permanent facilities since you've last received funding from the state. Um and that actually speaks to a number of the sites that have some of our higher dollar amounts um as well. And so right now that's that's the goal. We're trying to exhaust as much of this eligibility that's available as we can by submitting these applications. Um and then also just to point out you've received 22 and a.5 million in new construction funding that was early 2000's time frame. And then the facility hardship program, the health and safety program, you have been provided with 31.4 million uh in the facility hardship program as well. So there's been um some activity for sure by the district in the
030school facility program. For this next slide, um to speak specifically about the historical funding, uh Mr. Gooman wanted to say a few words, so I'm going to transfer it over to him. >> Thank you, Barbara. Um yes. So in regards to this um as you know like one of the biggest issues with with our with the construction program is that simply we don't get enough money to really do everything that we'd like to do. Um I mean if we had it that would be fantastic but oftent times we don't. So we have to look for other pots of funds. Um, as you can see here, there's a big gap between when we submitted our LA, you know, like if you can see the first couple ones, some of those were in 2003 when we received
031them and then after that we don't see till like 2022 for modernization and 2024. It takes about two to three years or it took in the past about two to three years to get the monies. So, in my uh my previous uh time here in in Englewood, we we looked at this program and we submitted all of those applications and they actually came in the money came in and we haven't submitted since. And so, that's one of the things that first things that we talked about was let's submit applications to get modernization funds. Um and uh that's what we're doing. So, it's a very beneficial program. It just takes a it takes a longer time. that I wanted to mention like the ones that we submitted in 2022 or 2021, we didn't get till like
0322024. Now, your hardship ones, uh those sometimes uh could be a lot quicker. So, we're going to look at submitting some of those. So, Barbara's going to talk about uh next, how much we have eligible to submit and um also some plans to submit for hardship funds. Just so that we're clear though, um the amount that we're eligible to submit for, um those are monies that again they have to be tagged towards modernization. Um and uh I think something that's very very doable and a lot of times they could be as reimbursements. If it it was for projects that were done in the past, then you know we could continue to apply for those and then it would become in the form of a reimbursement to the district. So, uh, again, this is us looking
033for how we could add more monies and as as she'll go over what we have eligible, it's not enough to do a lot, but it is it is a good amount of money. So, I'll turn it back over to you. >> Thank you. >> Excellent. Yes, thank you. So, um, this current slide here, this is showing the eligibility for each of the sites. So there's approximately 50 million in program eligibility. Um and again this is sight specific. So it's tied to those specific schools. One of the things that um that we have to keep in mind when we're doing this, we have to use the eligibility on schools that are currently open. So that actually will take me to our next slide here. These are the projects that we're currently pursuing as our first priority
034projects. And so Highland and Hudnull because those schools were closing at the end of the I guess it's last school year now because we've started or we're close to starting. So because those schools were closing, those were um applications that we needed to get in right away. And so we did pursue reimbursement projects on those. And we actually went back a fair number of years on those because there were some funding opportunities um tied to past projects for scope that some of it had been state funded and some of it had not um been applied for yet. And we were able to put together some applications to basically exhaust what we could at those sites. And so for Hudnull, we were able to use up all of the eligibility on um it was a building
035replacement project that was done that was submitted under a different program and the state had disallowed it under that program, but we can pursue it as a like kind replacement. So we're going to go capture those buildings that were replaced quite a few years ago and you'll receive the reimbursement funding for that. And then for Highland, there was some modernization scope that was done at the same time as another building replacement project on the campus. And we carved that out of the contracts, carved that out of the work. It was um the administration building the multi-purpose room and then some uh accessibility upgrades that were done at the time and some modifications to the building to make the library um larger, to make a more efficient use of the space. So, we're able to go
036back and use that funding as well. And the nice part about that, even though we're going back so far, because those had companion applications at the state, we have a lot of the documents that the state will be asking for. So, those were submitted right away. Um, and then for the other sites, we are pursuing a variety of different things. Some some of it is reimbursement, some of it is currently going through the approval process with the state agencies. Um, we've got a portable replacement project at the Bipain site, at the Kelso Warren Lane site. We've got some asphalt that's being replaced and some restroom upgrades. Uh, and then Bennett Q has a reportable replacement for Englewood High. Um, there is a a good chunk of modernization eligibility available for this site. And the plan
037right now is to use that to replace some of the classrooms that are being built in the new building as the um classrooms are leaving putting them in the new building. So we can do a light kind replacement, use some of this modernization funding and then the site work is not um is something that we can do for modernization as well. So improvements to things like uh the tennis courts or the track u sorry the field area, any of our landscaping. So, we're going to combine that with some other funding sources as well for Englewood High. So, that is the current plan. Now, that adds up to about 33 and a half million um instate funding. And so, that again, it's you'll notice there's a column there called state list. It's going to the ARBBA
038list, the applications received beyond bond authority. So, this is where we put them in. We get them in line. We're going to have to wait for the next program to grandfather them in to state funding. We are also pursuing the health and safety program again, the facility hardship and seismic mitigation program. Um the list you see here is all Englewood High. Um we are pursuing a number of and what it's broken out by building because we're going to use different fund sources depending on the facilities um items that are identified. So, it's a combination of buildings that need that would have qualified to have some seismic strengthening done so that the building will perform better in the event of an earthquake and then also facility hardship projects. There's health and safety issues. Right now, we
039are in the process of obtaining the necessary reports. When you pursue this program, you have industry specialists, structural engineers, um state agencies involved concurring with the work that needs to be done. um the bar is a little bit higher for these programs. So for the state to fund it because the eligibility is the condition of the buildings. It doesn't have anything to do with your your enrollment or well a little bit with your enrollment but it doesn't have anything to do with your modernization eligibility. This is a separate pot of funding. So right now um that's that's been a big push. This will be um a good opportunity for the district. And you'll see the state list says workload. That is because these rise to the top and use the bond authority first before other
040standard modernization or new construction projects. So from a date and funding standpoint, we are still um still working on that. We want to get all the ducks in a row and figure out exactly what we qualify for for each of these applications. So that is ongoing. And then um just a note on the reimbursement funding and um touch on this a bit, but so why are we pursuing these old projects that we probably don't even remember what we did? Um it gives you flexibility. So we're going to get these funds back. It's reimbursing the district's local funds. Um so again, we're a 6040 match. So part of what you've already spent as a district if the state is giving you back the part that you front funded for the state. So you're getting a reimbursement,
041you'll reimburse your original facilities fund source and then you have flexibility in how you want to use them on other capital facility needs. So once they go to reimburse that fund source, then that's your money again. You make the decisions on where that ends up going. Uh and then also speed. So for Highlanded Hudnull, we had to get something in to take advantage of that eligibility that was available. And then for the other sites, if we have reimbursement opportunities, it saves us the time where we might um lose to have to go through the state agency approval process. And then just a few other things to note because um this will probably hit your radar as we're putting these applications through. You might be hearing about it in other contexts. Um, there is a requirement
042from Proposition 2 that districts have a five-year facilities master plan that contains certain elements and the state is still working out exactly what that is supposed to look like and how how many years need to be left on that plan at the time at which you're submitting your funding applications. Um, so you recently adopted a board resolution that acknowledged that that was a a condition of the funding process. And then um some other things, there is immediate assistance for school districts impacted by disasters. That's a new component of the program. Hopefully we don't end up in that situation, but it's there if we need it. Um and then there are some new supplemental grants to modernization that we're exploring. So anywhere that we can ask for those supplemental grants, we will include those on the
043applications. And then there is going to be a a program for lead and drinking water. So, we're keeping an eye on that, too, to see if there's any opportunity for um testing or further remediation if that becomes an issue at any of the sites. Um, and with that, I will hand it back over to Raphael or open it up to questions. Thank you, Barbara. And, and again, that's this is we wanted to uh bring this to you as an opportunity to just have you see and just I'll leave this slide up here. Uh this is the amount of money we're eligible to go out and claim for. And so we're we're pursuing that 30 million of that we already think we have a good idea of how we're going to get to um just for
044timeline purposes as as she uh very kindly pointed out here. We're not really expecting that money till 2029 unless the state you know issues another bond uh at the state level. Um but uh that's that's what we're expecting. Um however, you know, it's it's a good amount of money that we're pursuing. We just wanted to make you all aware that it's not just the bond funds that we're looking at. We're also looking at anything that's out there that could help us with construction. Now, $50 million in a construction program is nowadays is not a lot. Uh, and so, but it is helpful for us to be able to really complete everything that we have to do and maybe start looking at other projects that that we have going on. And one of the major keys
045that you'll see coming to the board here fairly soon is the facilities master plan. In that master plan, we'll be able to identify where we are with our other facilities. We already have some that have already gone like you know the projects that are underway and like for example with Inglewood High School Bench um and some of our other sites that we've already started um and we have some that are almost starting like at Oak uh with the uh elementary area that we're building there the early education but for other projects those will be identified in the facilities master plan and one of those funding sources is is this and so we're doing everything we can to actively pursue those monies. So I'll turn it back over to you Dr. Morris for any questions. Thank
046Thank you very much, Mr. Guzman. Um, Dr. McGee, if the board has any questions or comments? >> Um, does the board have any questions? I do, but I'm thoroughly confused and so I don't want to prolong the meeting or start trouble. I'm going to put my confusion in the email, okay? >> And ask you to help me to get clarity with this because I don't understand it. >> So, understand reimbursement. I understand it's spending money and getting it back, but my questions go a little bit deeper because some things we're tearing down and we're not putting back. So, I just have questions about it and I don't want to start troubling the meeting. >> Okay. >> I'll put I'll put it in an email. >> Thank you. I appreciate that. >> Thank you. my >>
047and while while you're transitioning just real quick so do you understand the the nice thing about this program is it has flexibility so if you for instance um have um >> Mr. Man, with all due respect, um can our board ask their question and then you um can feel free. Thank you. >> Thank you uh for your presentation, Barbara. And I think you did answer um a few of the questions that I did have um in regards to schools that are closing, but money is still being expelled on it. I'll I'll say it. Um, but I think you you cleared it up for me. We've already expelled these monies as a district. So to recover these funds, um, at least the, you know, portion that the state is willing to give back, that's what we're
048still seeking. So, thank you for that cuz I I was a bit confused on one of the slides as well when I seen us, you know, with this and and schools are closed. So, I just wanted to be clear. Okay. Thank you so much. Thank you. >> Thank you, uh, Mr. Myers. And, uh, thank you, uh, Miss Randall. I think that, um, I totally hear what you're saying. And I think I heard um Barbara to clarify that by saying that even though these schools are closing, we're still eligible for those funds and that we can use those funds in the appropriate area, whether it be modelization or whatever, if when we get those funds back, they can be used um you know, in in other areas. And I did understand that most of the funding
049is going towards um Inglewood High School and it's rebuild for the most part. Um I'm unfamiliar with school facility consultant Hancock Park and Delhomme. Um, so that will be a question that um I will ask not at this time because um as I'm looking at this now, I don't know how long they've been here if this is a new consulting uh and you don't have to answer that, Mr. Guzman. Okay, we're going to close this out so that we can move this um this board meeting along. >> Do you have another question? Okay. Okay, I consider myself pretty sharp. So, I understand schools closing and the district being reimbursed for monies that was spent at that school. But if we knew this pocket of money was sitting there and we knew that it was coming
050and we knew that we would be eligible, we have an Olympic side pool. I know I'm about to get some daggers. We have an Olympic side pool at Morningside that needed some love and care. There are some things that we could have done and the gaming room that was put at Morningside that the sports community came together and put at Morningside. There are some things that we could have done to attract ADA. So, those are the kind of questions I'm going to put in my email. >> Okay? >> And I'm going to try and answer that just based on the data that we were given. Each school had an appropriate amount of money. So even if we wanted those pools, which we did try and fix, >> there was no money based on the allocation
051that we received. >> I got that part. >> You got that part? >> I got that part. >> Okay, good. All right, cuz you smart. Okay, so we're going to turn this smart conversation back over to Dr. Morris. >> Thank you. Thank you very much. Um really appreciate the presentation. We're going to move on the agenda to public comments on agenda and non-aggenda items. Uh items to provide an opportunity for the public to address the county administrator and board of education on agenda and non-aggenda items. Public comment card must be completed and submitted to the safety assistant seated at the entrance to the meeting room before the beginning of the public comment period, which means public comments uh cards are now closed. Members of the public who wish to speak about an item on the
052posted agenda must indicate the item number on the public comment card. A total of 30 minutes will be allocated for public comments. Uh depending on the number of speakers, the time may be be reduced. If public comment cards exceed 10, the allocated time will be reduced to hear from more speakers. Speech or conduct that is disruptive, defamatory or impedes the orderly conduct of the meeting is not allowed at the discretion of the presiding officer. Anyone who disrupts, disturbs, or impedes the orderly conduct of the meeting will be asked to leave the meeting room. Guidelines for public comment are in accordance with board bylaw 9323. The Brown Act does not allow board members, county administrator or cabinet members to respond to public comment. And since we have more than 10 speakers on uh agenda items, non-aggenda
053items. Thank you, Miss Sbrano. We will reduce the time for non-aggenda speakers to 2 minutes, three minutes for agenda item speakers. We will start with public comments on agenda items. We have two public comments. The first one is from Mr. John Hughes. Mr. Hughes, please come to the podium to address your public comment on agenda items. Mr. Hughes. Um, second public comment is from Miss Ava Enisa. Miss Angisa, please come to the podium to address your public comment on agenda item. You have three minutes. You may begin. Good evening. My name is Aben Gisa. I'm union member, past ITA president, and elected CTA member. I am looking at theou for the bank time that is being approved tonight. Um glad to see that it's happening. However, the spirit in which this happened and what I'm
054talking about doesn't match. There's a big concern. Last year, we received a memorandum titled certificated staff extra duty and predium assignment guidelines sent by Dr. Lucas. I was going to wait to speak with her about this when she returned due to the fact that this was not negotiated when I learned that teachers again are being told that they're going to be receiving the flat extra duty rate per Dr. Coffee rather than the contractual and pass practice per DM rate. The contents of this memo introduce multiple un unilateral changes to compensation structures, directly contradict binding past practice, and violate explicit terms in the collective bargaining agreement. Furthermore, inconsistencies in classification duties erode trust and potentially expose the district to liability per action and disruption of critical student services. These are dangerous inconsistencies that undermine student safety
055and employee trust. This memo distributed without union consultation or agreement materially alters long-standing practices regarding compensation for extra duty and pdeium assignments and violates both the spirit and the letter of the collecting bargaining relationship for more than seven years since Andrew Cyano was our staff person. The district has adhered to a mutually understood framework. Sit and take professional development example informational workshops, conferences requiring no output is compensated at the flat extra duty rate. Volunteering for discretionary task outside the normal workday is also paid at the flat rate. Mandatory assignments, task requiring preparation, deliverables, anything or facilitation, they are paid at the PDM hourly rate. This practice has been uniformly applied across multiple sites for multiple years under multiple administrations and reply and relied upon by unit members. It meets all the per defined criteria for
056binding past practice. I'm saying this because of this bank time we're agreeing on and it seems to be done in the spirit of the um interestbased bargaining. However, this memo that went out and what just happened, we have teachers that have been working with LAX and this week, this couple three weeks, they've been working with them, working with students on their projects. They have been um making, some of them have had to stay after for an hour before parents picked them up, before they got the transportation to pick them up. They're working on portfolios with the students. They were told they were going to be paid their PDM. Yet today we find out that they're going to be paid $40 an hour. I'll continue later. Thank you. >> Thank you. Mr. John Hughes, are you
057here for agenda items? Thank you. Please come to the podium to address your public comment on agenda items. I'm sorry. You have three minutes. You may begin. >> Uh thank you uh Dr. Morris to the board to the cabinet everyone assembled and all of the uh real workers that are here. Um in terms of um why we are um addressing tonight um we understand that we're starting a new year um academic we've made a lot of progress um we're proud of the progress that we have made um but we understand there's a lot of continued work ahead so it is our um hope that we are being a little more efficient in our um endeavors. We are hopefully uh coming to the end of this uh FIGMAT receiverhip and it is our goal to um
058hold ourselves accountable because actually I think we are we hold a a higher expectation than even what Figmat uh puts down. As tedious it as it has been, um by the time we're out, I think we'll probably be 15 years. Uh that's quite a lot of time. And uh hopefully we are um providing what our students need um continuously. I think we need to just um solidify our communications and please let's not hide mistakes. Let's not um be um less transparent. I think we need to be more vigilant in our focus and I think that starts with um everyone being accountable. Um I mean everyone and I think we have demonstrated that we um are committed. Uh we're here. we've we've uh endured and uh we need to be honest with each other about uh
059the vision for the future. Um our students deserve the best. Um our teachers deserve the best. Our workers deserve the best. All of us. And it starts with effort. And I think we have to do a better job of communicating at the top. um and and and be transparent and correct what we need to in our different divisions to make sure that everyone is made whole. Um we want to be harmonious. We want partnership. But that begins with respect and respect means that it's not depending on the title. It's not depending on the name. It it is the thing that we are um born with. It's a human right and we need to respect that for all of us. Thank you. >> Thank you. We're now going to transition to public comments on non-aggenda items
060and we will do two minutes because we have exceeded more than 10 public comment cards. The first public comment is from Eric Boss. Mr. Voss, please come to the podium to address your public comments on non-aggenda items. Hello. >> You have two minutes. You may begin. >> Okay. Hi, my name is Eric Bats. This is my son Deshan. He attends Latiierra Middle School. And uh my qu my question is to you all it's about the grading uh process. Uh, so my question in regards to that is, you know, are you familiar with the Aries portal? Is that something that you guys deal with or uh No. Okay. Okay. So, uh, the grading, so the grading process, is that transparent to the parent? Could that be transparent to the parent? Should it be transparent to the
061parent? So, basically, you get what? Two report cards per school calendar. Is the testing for each report card. Is that done and calculated at a certain time? So that grade will be posted for that report card period. And if it is, how do you go about getting that information to know that the scores are, you know, appropriate for that report card period based on that report card period. So my question is basically how does the grading work to be able to get a grade on your report card? You know, because that's just my concern. Now, this is my first time doing this, so I'm not seasoned, but you know, that's just kind of like my quest going forward from early education K through 12, just understanding and knowing the grading process because there's certain schools
062that Thank you. >> Thank Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Bass. So, just just to clarify, the Brown Act doesn't permit us to have a discussion here. Um, Dr. Jose will make sure that we >> Yeah, I was going to go. >> Yeah, Dr. Jose will step outside with you and have a a Oh, Dr. Goulsby, thank you. We'll step outside and talk about that process with you. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you. Our second public comment is from John Hughes. Mr. Hughes, please come to the podium to address your public comments on non-aggenda items. You have two minutes. You may begin. Okay. Um I received a number of complaints regarding um how we handled um this year's conference and uh AVID conference and uh just to summarize um a lot of participants
063did not feel valued. um they felt that the district was um penny pinching and they did not receive uh respectable accommodations as well as um uh I believe the distance uh to where they actually were um uh performing or or doing their um their events. uh symptoms. They said it was like a 35 minute walk. Uh and a lot of this is centered around I think the timing uh which is part of what I was saying earlier. We can't can't do things at the last minute and expect that people are going to um receive the respect that they are worthy as professionals. Unfortunately, I was also um text pictures of uh attendees that received uh bed bug bites at the facility. And I'm like, uh, of course I was appalled. And I promised them that
064I would bring it up uh before you tonight because I mean that is just that's reprehensible and I don't I don't I'm not into pointing the fingers and all of that part of it. But we must do better to show the teachers who work so hard to get the achievement up we don't reward them with bed bugs. Thank you. Thank you. Our our third public comment is from Ava Enisa. Miss Anisa, please come to the podium to address your public comments on non-aggenda items. You have two minutes. You may begin. Thank you. wanted to um continue with this um letting you know I mean this is a huge disappointment being that we work so hard to um interested bargaining to work on that and what took place and all of this stuff is not interested
065bargaining at all. That is not what interestpace bargaining is about at all. And these actions represent a change in policy that directly affects the wages and working conditions of members and therefore subject to mandatory bargaining un educational employment relations act code and 3543 um 5.5C and this con constitutes an unfair labor practice. after school clubs were named um said that teachers who supervise after school clubs shall be compensated um at their they're supposed to be in the contract their pdium. This memo however states that if you accept an additional assignment supervising students after school clubs etc you're going to be paid that flat rate. There's con and throughout the memo went through everything. There's so many inconsistencies, so many contractual violations. It talks about um summer teachers working with students during the summer. Now, that's
066a um flat rate as opposed to what we're supposed to be getting per DM. I'm really having a difficult time understanding this because we are supposed to be moving in a different direction. And and let me just say we are moving in a different direction. However, when things like this happen, when people it's like okay this job it's this price, this job is this price. People are just making up prices as we go and we are not following the contract or we are not following past practice which is bindable. Today, these teachers that have been working and expecting a certain amount are being told that no, you're not. And also, what happened at that AVID conference was horrible. I hope we do better. Thank you. [Applause] Our fourth public comment is from Leroy Fiser. Mr.
067Fischer, please come to the podium to address your public comments on non-aggenda items. You have two minutes. You may begin. >> Thank you. Uh I have some uh information I would like to uh give to the staff and and to you Dr. Morris uh with regard to the Daniel Freeman School. So if I can have somebody take this and Thank you, sir. Yeah. Anyway, you know, I've gone to these meetings with you and uh talked about the uh Freeman School and it was said uh that uh before the school was uh renamed uh the principal and the uh the people, you know, in that area would have uh some uh something to say about uh you know, what the school name was going to be. Uh you've named a school now after a school that
068was closed. I suspect that uh that property is going to be uh sold. uh you know we uh the people of the city of Englewood uh have put a lot of time and money into these schools for these many years and uh you then would just uh decide to uh close the schools. you know, not uh uh even uh giving the uh residents an opportunity to uh uh let you know that uh the school Daniel Freeman uh was a name and that's the name that it should uh have continued to be. I hope you'll take that uh information that I shared with you about uh Daniel Freeman and the reason uh that uh the school West Freeman and uh would maybe uh give some consideration to the people of the city. >> Thank you. Our
069fifth public comment is from John La Foya. Mr. Laoya, please come to the podium to address your public comments and non-aggenda items. You have two minutes. You may begin. >> Good evening. My name is John Tafoy. I'm a union carpenter. I'm here to uh talk about the expired project labor agreement. Um not just as and ask respectfully to uh renew consider it not just as as a contract but as proven tool that delivers that it delivers long-term value to our local workforce and community. Uh this PLA has been instrumental in prioritizing local hire, ensuring that the jobs created by our local by our public projects go to people who live right here. As you can see a room full here tonight, your constituents um gives them priority. Um this means more local workers on our
070sites, more paychecks staying within our communities um and is stimulating our economy and more opportunities for young people entering the skilled trades. Uh this agreement also builds career pathways through apprenticeship and training programs giving residents especially those from historically un underserved communities access to good paying jobs, stable careers in con and in the construction and trades. Um and let's not forget the broader impact. When we hire locally, we reduce unemployment and increase household income across the region. Local hiring means more family supported, uh more spending in local businesses and stronger community ties. It ensures quality, safety, and accountability on public projects because workers are well trained and committed to their community success. PLA's help level the playing field, ensuring that projects don't race to the bottom on wages or worker protections. Instead, they promote fairness,
071opportunity, and excellence. We often talk about creating impact. This agreement is impact. It turns public investment into local opportunities and project plans into people centered results. Renew the project agreement is not just a vote for efficiency, it's a vote for equality. Thank you for your time. >> Thank you. Our sixth public comment is from Kyle Patterson. Please come to the podium to address your public comment on non-aggenda items. You have two minutes. You may begin. Hey, good evening board members, uh, Superintendent Administrator uh, Morris. It's good to see you all today. Um, I'm here today because about a week or two ago, I realized, um, there was some work to be done here in the community. I've come to some of these meetings and I've heard the work that you all are doing with improving
072test scores and just Inglewood is getting ready to, you know, it's it's right there where we need it at as a community. One of the leaders in LA. Um, I can remember myself growing up in South LA in the 80s and 90s. Somebody that was leading of uh being being led by mentors that was destructive. And here it is. I was trying to be one of those leaders tearing down my community. Coming through an apprenticeship program uh with the carpenters and seeing how it has changed and affected my life. I look at some of these folks right here that look just like me coming in trade back in 2000 looking for an opportunity to get hired on the job site. And then when we realized that Inglewood High School, it had a PLA in place
073under bond measure GG back in 2019 in May. and since it expired that we go to the job site and we're talking to Belelfford Bey saying, "Hey man, uh we're union carpenters. Can we get a job here?" And they said with a slap in the face that this is a non-union job site. That was terrible right there. So I made it a point to come down here today respectfully and say, "Hey man, Inglewood, stand up with us. Let's keep the community working right here. These are that's what community wealth is all about. We live here. We pay. We uh go to the stores here. Spend money. We deserve an opportunity to build here. So, thank you again for standing with us. We support each one of you all through whatever y'all just call us. We'll
074help come and build stuff for, you know, it's it's our time just membership and it's all about community. Thank you all. >> Thank you. Our seven public comment from Brianna Dorsy. Dorsy, please come to the podium to address your public comments on non-aggenda items. You have two minutes. You may begin. Thank you. Um, my name is Brianna Dorsy. I'm currently a sixth period carpenters apprentice and I want to pretty much let you guys know how important it is for me and others like me to be able to build and earn money in a city in in our backyard. I'm a single mom with three daughters. And for me to have to drive to Woodland Hills or Long Beach just to find work and not be able to work in my local community because it's no
075jobs available or because it's um they have their own clicks or their own groups that they prefer to hire and I have to go out further further away from my children, further away from their schools in case of an emergency. I have to go out further to look for jobs. So, it's very important for me to be able to work in the city that I I'm I'm close to, you know, and for me to be able to work with others like me, spend money in the same city that I'm working in and living in. Um, and as a carpenter apprentice, it's important for me. Hours, wages, benefits, these things, it it it keeps it going. So, for me to be able to work on this project and and for that um PLA agreement to have
076expired and no work was done, no work was done during that five years that that PLA agreement was in place. And now that they have the opportunity, I think it's very important for us to be able to utilize that and maybe even extend it so we are able. this whole sea of orange y'all see behind me is it's important for us to be able to work in the community that we are living in, building in, spending money in, and I just think that agreement should be extended. Thank you guys. Thank you. Our next our next public comment is from Wesley Crank. Mr. Crank, please come to the podium. You have two minutes. You may begin. So, good evening, boy. Thanks for having me. I hate going after Kyle because our story is the same and
077he just makes it sound so great. Give it up for JP up in here. So, what I'm going to do is try to touch on some stuff since my life was like Kyle. I grew up in this area, too, and got into troubles. As a matter of fact, at 17 years old, I was in Englewood Court being tried as an adult for a mistake I made. At 26 years old, I realized that that was a mistake and I wanted to do something with my life, but I had just did the last nine years of my life in prison. and they never had a job or anything. Inglewood helped me out because me and Kyle went through a program that was put together because of a PLA in the area and it was called the Century
078Freeway program off of Linux and we went there and we found out how to be union carpenters and we was able to join the Union Carpentry. And so now I got three grown kids that have never had handcuffs on them because I've been a union carpenter. And I say that because absolutely absolutely And I say that because now that I'm being a little bit more educated, I do know the difference between working without labor standards and working without an apprenticeship and working without health care. My kids was born in Cedar Sinai, you know what I mean? So, I was able to do that because of benefits. My my my kids are going to college because I'm able to help them out. My daughter is 25 in Oklahoma right now, living on her own, but she
079doesn't have health care. She can use my healthcare until she's 26. So these are the reasons why that everybody that's in here would love for these jobs to have these standards on them so that we can up our lives into the middle class. We don't want to just work and get pushed out and now we just back not doing nothing and uh what we built didn't have no legacy with our lives. So thank you guys for having us and thank you Kyle for opening up for me brother. Thank you. >> Thank you. Our ninth public comment is from Alex Perez. Please come to the podium. You have two minutes. You may begin. >> U. Thank you board for having me. Um I'm Alex Perez. I'm a journeyman carpenter from the carpenters union. Um it's an
080honor to speak in front of you guys and for you guys to hear my story. Just like Kyle and Wesley, I got into trouble myself and I am from South LA. Um but the Carpenters gave me a chance to change my life and be proud of what I do and be able to take care of my family. In fact, I have an 18-year-old son who works with me and he's able to be proud of what he does, too. You know, uh like like they said, you know, growing up, we took from our community and now we're able to give back to our community and uh I have I'm able to be proud and say, "Hey, I had something to do with that, you know, something that's going to stand forever." And my son, imagine the
081pride he would be able to have to say, "Hey, I did something for with one of my schools." So, if we can do something to bring back that PLA agreement and we can continue to better people's lives um and and uh just build, you know, because those schools, they not only I mean, look, they're they're building kids, right? They're they're bringing our next generation who are going to lead our communities and let's do it the right way. That's it. Thank you. >> Thank you. Our next public comment is from Lee Whims. Please come to the podium to address your public comment. You'll have two minutes. You may begin. >> How y'all doing? My name is Lee Williams and I'm uh bringing this to you guys because as you noticed, the guys behind this, they've all
082been through something. They've all been members of their community that either took from it or or or in some way, shape, or form to give back to it. I've been a part of this union for about 11 years now. And I'm a person in my community to where I've seen guys that have gone different routes in life and could have had other options, but didn't know about it. We've created programs that give these people same opportunities to come out here and earn an honest living for their families. And for me, it's reach one, teach one. But if I'm not given the opportunity to put these guys on and get them jobs in their community because we're fighting with the non-UN because of lack of PLA, lack of labor standards, I'm I'm bringing them in to
083to to give them nothing. So these jobs are important for us because people in their community instead of being on the block or hanging out with their friends or ending up in jail like I did myself for a short period of time. made a little mistake, but I came out and found an opportunity that was able to turn that all around. So now I I actively pursue other youth to get them out here. And when we get them out here, we get them through our boot camps and through our training programs, we have no work to give them. And it's jobs like these where PLA are required for us to get those jobs that we need you guys' help. So we can put these guys through the apprentichip and give them the same opportunity that
084these people have had and explained. It's changed my life. I have a 12-year-old daughter and she's never wanted for nothing. >> She had a life that I couldn't, you know, my mom didn't have it. So, we're looking for an opportunity to give to others. So, we ask that you guys help us out by extending that PLA. That's all I got. >> Thank you. Our next public comment is from Steve Grant Gro. >> Oh, >> that's right. >> You have two minutes. You may begin. >> Okay. Thank you uh for letting me speak today. Um I just came through the apprenticeship a year and a half ago. Now I'm in a I'm with a big company called Swintton which was founded in and I'm on the fast track to become a assistant superintendent. The thing is
085from what I learned at the Southwest Carpenters Union, the local 323 is how to work hard, how to ask the proper questions, how to be safe. With the apprenticeship, you know, with uh the whole thing, given the opportunity for local hire, you're given the opportunity to build careers, not jobs. I've had many jobs in my life, uh, but it never paid like a union carpenter gets paid. and the opportunity and the amount of learning that is involved with the carpenters union. There's there's also a part of it where for instance you know I went and did five Saturdays and did uh uh learned and got certified in OSHA 30. I did that when I was apprentice second level and things of that nature is what put me on this fast track. This fast track isn't
086isn't like one of those miracles. It's because of hard work put in from Wesley Krunk uh from J from KP from S from all my brothers and sisters behind me who have directed me and pointed direction and said hey take this exorc you know what get to the site an hour early and by the way I work all the way in Thousand Oaks every day. I've been there since January. I'm not going to I'll be there till next December. Fortunately, I have a job, so I'm I'm happy to drive, but it'd be so wonderful to be able to work close um in the community I live. But the thing is Oh, thank you. Thank you. [Applause] Our last public comment is from Salvador George. Please come to the podium to address your public comment. You
087have two minutes. you may begin. >> Thank you. Uh I want well I don't I don't think I need to say anything else. I think the membership here has said enough. These types of jobs they change lives. You know I went through the apprenticeship uh 20 years ago and uh through the apprentichip program I learned real skills from from uh journeymen who had built hospitals, schools, public buildings before me. The kind of infrastructure that our kids rely on every day. I graduated and became a journeyman and built projects I'm proud to point out to my kids today. Because of this trade, I was able to buy a home, provide for my family, and raised all five of my children here in the community. Many of our carpenters standing uh with me here tonight have similar
088stories. Some are just starting out, young men and women coming out of the pre-apprenticeship program ready to work. Others like me have worked their way up and helped mentor the next generation. These are your neighbors, skilled professionals building the schools, libraries, and facilities your students deserve. The project labor agreement is what makes this kind of opportunities possible. It ensures that Ingla Unified School District projects are built by local trained and qualified workers, not by fly by night contractors looking to cut corners. A PL means safety, quality, fair wages, and apprenticeship opportunities for your students and their families. Without it, there's no guarantee that Iglaw residents will benefit from the work happening in our own neighborhoods. This isn't just about construction. It's about community investment. When we have a PLA, we create a pipeline from the
089classroom to a career. Students can graduate and go directly into a highpaying union apprenticeship. No debt, no dead ends, just opportunity. Thank you. >> Thank you. That concludes our public comments for tonight. Thank you, Miss Sombrano. Uh we're going to move on to the agenda to section number nine, action items, and I'll begin with human resources division. Uh board members, any questions or comments regarding human resources division 9A1 through 97. >> Um Mr. Myers. Um I do have some questions about um um 5A. Are we able to pull that until we can understand it better? >> Oh, thank you very much. Um Dr. McGee, I did mention at the beginning, I should have said it now. Uh 9A5 is removed from the agenda. So when we do approval, it will be the items with the
090exception of 95. >> Thank you. I think you did say it. I forgot. Okay. With that being said, um we move. Thank you very much. With that, uh Dr. McGee, 9A1 through 9A7 with the exception of 9A5 are hereby approved. Moving on to educational services division 9B1 through 9B27. Uh Dr. McGee, questions, comments? Are there any questions or comments on 91 through 9AB? >> We have none. >> Thank you very much. 9B1 through 9B27 are approved. Uh moving on to business services division 9C1 through 9C15. Dr. McGee, >> are there any questions to 9C1 through 9C15? >> 9C1 through 9C15 are each approved. Moving on to measure GGI and facilities 9D1 through 9D4. Dr. McGee, thank you. Dr. Are there any um questions for uh measure GG D931 through 934. >> Thank you very much.
0919D1 through 9D4 are each approved. Moving on to county administrators division 9E1 through 9E2. >> Do we have any questions from the board on county administrator division uh E1 through two? None. Dr. Morris. >> Thank you very much. 911 through 9 E2 are hereby approved. Moving on to approval of minutes. Does the board members have any questions or comments regarding the minutes of the regular board of education meeting on June 18th and the regular board of education meeting on June 25th and the minutes of the special board of education meeting held on July 9th, 2025? >> Dr. Morris, we have none. >> Thank you very much. The minutes of the June 18th, 25th, and July 9th board of education meetings are approved. Moving on to board member remarks. Dr. McGee, >> do you have any
092remarks? >> I sure do. >> Okie dokie. >> It's been a long time. Okay. I missed my last board meeting, but thank you so much community for attending uh tonight's meeting. Um thank you to the carpenters um that really showed showed out tonight. Uh I really appreciate the advocacy um for the work in the city. Thank you so much. Keep it up. Um, I do want to thank the community because uh, Madame President and I um, uh, went to Napa uh, in July for a conference um, to gather information about uh, California African-American school educators. Uh, and it was very informative. Uh we actually had the opportunity to engage with Ken Colin Kaepernick who has this uh Lumi Academy now and he's very focused towards this AI uh initiative to help our kids speed up
093and learn a little bit faster as well as um some nonbias uh platforms uh that support our babies. But um I'm going to digress and I want to uh really just highlight uh one of the programs that are at our school uh made new foundation. Um I I feel it was so befitting when the carpenters came in and they um at least the initial gentleman spoke about just their uh challenges. Uh me as a young black man, yes, I'm still young. Okay. Uh I also have um encountered uh um things that I wish I hadn't encountered um as a young man. Um whether they were avoidable or unavoidable. Um in 2025, US census statistics uh show through the American Community Survey um with a population of 14% in the US, black folks is 41% the
094prison population. When I go back to the year 2005 and I graduated college in 2006, that prison population was at 42%. So it shows that we've only decreased 1% in what over what 20 some odd years, less than that. So when we understand when our community understands conflict and resolution, how imperative it is to learn that at an early age to help you and deter you from uh situations that you really don't know anything about. So, I'm so appreciative to uh Maid Foundation for coming into our uh school at BenQ and really um showing um a lot of the uh strengths that our kids have and our and our community members have and really just honing in on them and making it come to light so that we can really have a peaceful and communicative
095uh scheme uh school community that we have. So, right now I want to go into my video and I'm going to be quiet. >> People could rehearse for real life before the stakes get too high. At Made New Foundation, we're transforming how youth navigate life's hardest choices by blending immersive technology, theater arts, and mental health education grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy. Our curriculum is designed around a simple but powerful truth. The greatest point of control is within our thinking. Through dynamic workshops and story-based simulations, students learn to recognize how thoughts shape emotions, choices, and outcomes. Then they put that learning into action, co-creating their own VR, choose your own path scenarios based on real life challenges. These interactive videos allow others to literally step into their shoes, explore different decisions, and reflect in a safe,
096gamified space. Each week, students engage in theater games and storytelling exercises informed by pillars of cognitive behavioral therapy and social emotional learning that help them build emotional insight, communication skills, and leadership. The result, young people who are equipped not just to survive the world, but to shape it with intention and self-awareness. This is more than a program. It's a movement made new foundation where youth discover the power to think differently, choose differently, and live made new. >> Mr. Mice, thank you. Um, Miss Randolph, I'm gonna save most of my comments for the email, but I don't know how long you've been here, but I've been here my entire adult life. The Sentry project, the the businesses that you see on Sentry were the foundation for folk understanding that Englewood had money and they could come
097here and spend their money. They couldn't get the businesses open by their deadline. So they hired all the young men they could, all the young men, all the young women they could in the community to come and get them to help them open up the century project. They paid them friendly atmosphere, but as soon as the project was up, it was operable and it opened, they were all fired. They weren't union protected. They were simply just working because the work was available which showed if our young people had a chance no matter what their backgrounds were they would work. So I asked about this this labor agreement and I was given all kind of responses. The labor agreement impacts the lives of those who live in our own community. And if we're going to allow
098folk to come in here and build, but we don't take care of our own community, we're choking ourselves from the inside. So, with all due respect, I would like to be able to look at that and revisit it. They went to the site and were not welcomed. And I know we're not supposed to just believe. I went to the training. It says believe, verify, >> believe, verify, reference, and something else it told me to do. But I believe that we should look at that. I want to look at that. I don't want to take anybody's word for it anymore. I want to see it. I want to see it. And I And thank them for my shovel. I got my shovel. I appreciate getting my shovel. >> We get a hat. >> Do we get
099a hat? I don't care about no hat. What I'm going to do with a hat? >> I asked for a hat. >> You want the hat? I want the shovel. >> But But please, I I want that. I asked about it and I was given a corporate answer and I understood it was a corporate answer and I was going to do a deeper dive after this meeting because the the email just came through. However, we need to really look at this and revisit it. It's called a reconsider motion, whatever we want to call it, because that component in our community needs to be included. Those are my comments. Thank you, Miss Randolph. And I just want to um just say um to Mr. Meyers, kudos for you. You know, I get excited when we bring
100um innovative things to our schools. And I also want to thank uh the cabinet because as much as we would like these things, we still have to get approval. So when these things are approved and our kids are able to flourish, I always want to make sure that we acknowledge those that are involved. I want to um also say to several of the speakers tonight um that it is important that we continue to have a healthy dialogue. It is important that we work together. And I don't mean that just in saying it. You know, we all running around with our fans talking about boots on the ground, but we really have to be boots on the ground. We're in a very volatile um political climate right now. And if we don't stick together as a
101community and support our teachers because our teachers are here to support our students, then um we're going to really be in a lot of turmoil. And I think we can avoid that. And so I'm hoping that as we go into the new year that we go in with a consciousness of willing to get things done. And these situations aren't always going to be to everyone's liking. But you know what my motto is? If it's good for the students, that's my vote. That's that's where you're going to get my support. I also want to um invite um Miss Salford and her team um to an event that Holly and um Rottney Pete will be hosting on on August the 23rd. I will give you that information. I did share with um you and I believe Mr.
102Hughes, but it's to talk about our students that are on the spectrum. And that is another area. We are totally underfunded when it comes to our children with special needs. So we have to find other avenues to support our families and our students. And a lot of times we just don't have the resources. And it's it's disheartening for parents to think often times that we don't care. We don't have the tools many time. So this symposium is an opportunity for parents, staff, and the community to learn how they can deal with their children. One of the things that I find when they're on the spectrum, we get to them way too late because we believe that, you know, there's a level of normaly that's going to, you know, take place. And my position is early
103detection for anything is always going to be the best thing. So, I'm inviting the community um Miss Alford staff uh to attend the symposium on August the 23rd so that you can learn more about the resources that are available for our children that are on the spectrum and to also find out from two individuals that have dealt with their child being on the spectrum. Many of you know Holly Robinson Pete. She's an actress and her husband Rodney played in the NFL, but they're still parents and they are parents to a child that was identified as being on the spectrum. And so I'm looking for an amazing school year. Um, and I hope that you are too. It is 6:30 and um the what? I need to say something else. >> Hold on a minute. I'm
104here. I'm going to turn the meeting over to Dr. Morris. Thank you very much, Dr. McGee. I will keep it very brief. Just a reminder that our opening meeting for all staff is on August 11th. And at that meeting, we'll take some time to talk about our goals for the year, but also to celebrate this incredible successes of the past year as we prepare for opening day, August 18th. I uh just want to mention because there are several members of our community who have asked. We will be reviewing with all staff on that day clear guidance. We've had some uh parents and family members who are worried about sending their children back to school because of potential immigration activity in the community. And we have very very clear and strong guidance for staff on what
105they should do. All of our principles and school secretaries have been trained. We have to reassure parents that we're here to protect children and keep them safe. Um, with that, I join Dr. McGee in saying I am ready for an awesome and positive school year. Our next board meeting is scheduled for August 20th, 2025. But before we adjourn, we'd like to take a moment to wish a very happy belated birthday to board member Brandon Meyers. Please join me in celebrating Mr. Meyers. [Applause] >> And who's going to start us in happy birthday? Happy birthday. And I guarantee you our Englewood High School choir would do a little better job than we did, but we did our best for you, Mr. Meyers. With that, the meeting stands adjourned at 6:32 p.m.