001okay good evening it's 5 o'clock pm and I'd like to call the March 5th 2025 regular Board of Education of the Englewood Unified School District meeting to order I'd like to ask Dr Brian Coffey assistant superintendent of Human Resources please lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance Dr coffee thank you Dr Morris please stand if you are able face the flag place your right hand over your heart ready begin I pledge 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 thank you you may be seated and thank you Dr coffee moving on um I'll ask Miss somano to call the role Miss Som brano please call the role for president miss Margaret Turner Evans president
002board vice president Dr Carlos McGee president Board member Miss gey Randle board member Mr Brandon Myers pres board member Mr Ernesto Castillo Dr James Morris pres Dr Bernard Lucas pres Dr Brian coffee presid Mr Rafael Guzman pres please be informed that Spanish language interpretation is available during this meeting thank you Miss somano moving on to approval of the agenda I hereby approve the agenda with no modifications moving on to reporting out of closed session actions uh in close session actions this evening the County Administrator took action to issue notice pursuant to Education Code 4495 that the certificated administrative employees identified as number 001 002 003 and 004 Maybe released from their administrative assignments effective at the end of the 20242 school year and reassigned for the 2526 school year and direct the assistant superintendent human
003resources or design to send out appropriate legal notices additionally in this evening's closed session the County Administrator took action pursuant to Education Code 449-2920 B to releas and non- reelect from employment probationary certificated employees identified as employee number 001 and 002 effective at the end of the 20242 school year and direct the assistant superintendent human resources or design to send out appropriate legal notices additionally in closed session the County Administrator took action pursuant to Education Code section 4495 4 to release temporary certificated employees from employment identified as employee number11 112 and 113 affected at the end of the 20242 school year and direct the assistant superintendent human resources or design to send out appropriate legal notices also in closed session this evening the County Administrator took action to reject the following claims AIP claim number
004251 2953 AIP claim number 44 moving on the agenda to public comments on agenda and non-agenda items we're now going to call for public comments on agendized and non- agendized items to provide an opportunity for the public to address the County Administrator and board of education on agenda and non-agenda items public comment card must be completed and submitted to the safety assistant stationed at the entrance of the meeting room before the beginning of the public comment period members of the public who wish to speak about an item on the posted agenda must indicate the number on the public comment Card 3 minutes will be allotted for each speaker and a maximum of 30 minutes for public comment on agenda and 30 minutes on non-agenda items if the public comment cards exceed 10 cards per section
005the time allowed 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 required to exit the meeting room guidelines for public comments are in accordance with board bylaw 9323 the brown Act does not permit the County Administrator Board of Education members or cabinet members to respond to public comments misss Z brano Would you please call public comments on agenda and non-agenda items we're starting with public comments on agenda items the first public comment is for Mr John Hughes Mr Hughes please come to the podium to address your comments on not on agenda items you have three minutes you
006may begin uh thank you good evening to the board to Dr Morris to the community um today I will speak on the certificated uh I guess resolution um we have um several employees I'd like to thank first of all um the cabinet for um convening a meeting yesterday concerning school closures uh to basically um answer some unanswered questions that eased a lot of um anxiety and tension and just um General uncertainty um I think it's important um especially during um the macro um conditions and concerning education uh across the country nationally um and and I think people really are um in a better place mentally in terms of um their futures um being supported here in Englewood so that's encouraging um that uh however the roster um of course um we still must be a
007little more efficient in our time our time management and giving uh people enough time to um make decisions um critical because um as we said yesterday the most important relationship in the district is the teacher and student relationship and it has to be supported so if a teacher is not um assured of the future um it can create uh anxiety and tensions that we all agree is not needed um in terms of the number of uh of uh positions that is something that we really want to know as soon as possible um we had quite a number of certificated staff retire um this year and we also um anticipate that um there will be a lot of uh I guess uh positioning as far as what's going to happen next year and then people just
008need to know so as soon as we can get those numbers together as soon as we can get um them assured of of where they will be I think the better for all students and everyone involved thank you Mr Hughes please stay there um we have another public comment for non- agenda items we just have two public comments in there from you so you have three minutes you may begin okay um I just like to commend the students um for their leadership and um being proactive and and and and thinkers um in terms of the um the merging of the high schools and um how to make it um con converge in a way that is um supportive collaborative and and promotes Unity I think that's I think they lead the way because a lot
009of times adults get uh uh anchored in their position of um it's either this or that and change is inevitable that's the one thing we all can depend on that there will be change so whether we're flexible enough to U move forward and and provide an example um as the saying go out of the mouth of babes you know they're promoting a unified High School which is the only way it's going to work um they're promoting uh three major things which are safety um you know to know that they're safe know that they're secure in order to care for I think that's the most important part of it is the caring and if we can demonstrate caring we shouldn't um anticipate um antagonistic forces um dominating and I think um a lot of fears um
010may be premature if we do the proactive work and the work that they're doing but we just want to make sure that what their their leadership that leadership group permeates to all students um it has to be a message that uh Embraces uh both schools cultures uh both schools legacies uh and and not be uh a um situation where one feels slighted or one feels um more um having a balance more on their side than someone else I'm promoting that um we put forth a OU that I believe promotes that it has to be Equitable we have to be Equitable we cannot make continue to make certain um Provisions for certain select um groups at the particular time we need to set a policy follow a policy and make sure that policy dictates no matter
011who is there so that's what we're promoting and I'm looking forward to um coming to an agreement on that from from Englewood Teachers Association and hopefully um we can follow the strong example that those students uh gave us thank you thank you that concludes our public comments for tonight uh thank you Miss Sano moving on to agenda items and Miss s brano has um uh made the correction to indicate that Miss Randall is present at the meeting we're now going to move on to approval of action items Human Resources uh before we go to this item I'm going to ask Dr coffe just to make a few brief introductory remarks our assistant superintendent of Human Resources Dr Brian coffee thank you Dr Morris uh the state of California requires school districts that are considering any
012possibility of discontinuance or reduction in hours for any positions the individuals or the employees must be notified by March 15th so the the resolution lists the particular kinds of services that may be discontinued or reduced and uh the process continues it's finalized in May um in between March 15 and May 15 is when a bumping analysis is done to identify uh any individuals that are in those positions and uh great care is taken to mitigate the number of employees that are impacted by it uh there are a large number of positions on the resolution that doesn't mean there is a person attached to each one of those positions with the closures of four schools we have to close out every position at each one of those schools so that is the synopsis of tonight's resolution
013thank you Dr coffee I'll turn it over to Mrs Evans if board members have any questions or comments on human resources 8 A1 through 8 A3 board members do we have any questions about March 15th letters no question thank you very much Mrs Evans 881 through 883 are each approved uh moving on to approval of the minutes does the board have any questions or comments regarding the minutes of the board meeting of February 19th thank you the minutes of the February 19th Board of Education meeting are approved moving on to board member remarks I'll turn it over to Mrs Evans thank you this was such a brief meeting uh board members do you have any comments about anything tonight I just have one comment about something that happened before the board meeting um this Evans
014can you includeing your comments the wonderful women we have for women this month that's what I thank you okay we did um a celebration before the board meeting tonight for women who work in our school district and one who doesn't work in our school district but this is the beginning of women's history month we just finished Black History Month and we started this uh new month and it was so I can't say sparing it's just it's just good we have a person who is our former board president Dr Carlos McGee and I have said many times when she was my vice president before and she has been the president we've both been switching these rolls around but she is the best person to sit in this seat or that seat she is just she just
015comes up with all these fabulous things and not just for her but just for other people she's always thinking about other people and tonight's award was called the I see you award and she she designated three of our staff members Dr Miss Clifton still back there miss Joanna Clifton um from the Child Development Center your C is your cell here still I can't I have glasses on and I can't see who's out there she's back in the back she's she Works back in in Dr Morris's office and one of our amazing counselors uh Miss Williams is she still here she's not no she's gone but I mean these were just fabulous fabulous awards for women who are just extra special in this district and I think I said it at the last board meeting on
016one board member about the people that we have who work for our school district we have some amazing people people and they stay here and somebody asked somebody said why do you work in Englewood but you know some of them wouldn't work anywhere else they just feel like they belong in Englewood they are proud to be in Englewood as we are proud to be in Englewood and I'm proud to be on this board and thank you Dr McGee for all that you did to to celebrate all of them and not just that time but she's I understand she's been doing doing this for several years and she does it on her own I didn't even know she was doing all of this but she does so many things she's just I want to to just
017thank her and yes she deserves than you she does so much for our students so much for the school district I just want to publicly thank her for what she did today what she always does so thank you very much you're welcome do do we have time the video is like 3 minutes uh in honoring our women's history can we queue it up and let the board see it and just kind of close our meeting out with that um because I don't have anything to say um you know but um I think the video will speak to um the ICU this is the eighth time doing it [Music] add a little [Music] Su hestle land a great big expression of of Happiness boy you couldn't miss with a dozen [Music] roses such would asound you
018the joy of children leing around you these are the makings of you it is true the makings of you the righteous way to go little one would know or believe if I told them so you're [Music] second the Love of All Mankind should reflect some sign of the words I've tried to recite they are close but not Qui almost impossible to do reciting the makings of you [Music] the righteous way to go little one would know or believe if I told them so you're second to the Love of All Mankind sure reflect some sign of these words I've tried to recite they are [Music] close almost impossible to do reting the making of you [Music] thank you thank you so much I just want to share very briefly this past Saturday our Mighty Dr ghouls
019be and team put together the most amazing spelling be for our students and the highlight of my month was clearly at the end of the spelling be they had the students who won their trophies come up 12th grade 11th grade 10th grade all the way down second grade winners were called they called the third place winner and the second place winner this young boy from Woodworth Monroe who won the second place at the spelling be screamed at the top of his lungs came dancing and running to that stage to collect his trophy The Joy on that child's face Dr Lucas and I looked at each other and said that's all we need for the next two months the joy of that child you you would have thought he had been called up to win the
020showcase showdown on the prices right because he was more excited than anybody have ever seen it was such beautiful Delight um I do want to announce our next board meeting is on March 12th 2025 and in closing this evening you know as Educators we're all a family whether you work in Englewood unified or you work in another school district and um Dr Shauna dinkin from the deputy superintendent from The Lynwood School District I'm going to ask um Dr Lucas to offer an adjourning Motion in her honor thank you so much Dr Morris this is the most special thing thank you for this on Dr Shauna dinkin was an extraordinary woman um she was only 53 um I knew her um her Devotion to students um in lwin unified and Beyond because she was in lywood
021for eight years was unbelievable she had a brief um sudden battle with cancer that was unexpected she was beloved and is beloved in in Lynwood unified if I may read just a couple of lines if it's okay Dr Morris from what Lynwood put on their website about her about her um to those who had the privilege of working alongside her Dr dinkin was an inspiration someone who led with heart vision and an unshakable belief in the potential of every student she was a champion for Equity a fierce advocate for teachers and staff and a leader whose presence uplifted all those around her she left this world as she lived in it fighting for what she believed in you all she was extraordinary thank you so much Dr Morris thank you so much and with that
022our meeting will stand adjourned at 5:22 p.m. oh I can just spell d d i n k i n s oh that's how you spell