001It rolls. >> Good evening. >> You ready? >> Yeah. The time is now 6:36 and we will now go ahead and start this meeting. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance 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. Out of close session, I will now entertain a motion for interd district transfers 1 through eight. I move to prevent a district transfers 1 through eight. >> All in favor? >> I I >> I. We will now go ahead and move on to our presentations. >> Uh King City Arts magnet. >> Thank you so much for having us here tonight. We have a great presentation by our music team. We have Miss Olsen and
002Miss Alimon who will be presenting some instruments that they're teaching to our third grade students. Our third graded students are learning the recorder and the ukulele. So, they have a great presentation for you. Um, we wanted to share this opportunity or this um, event with you because we really want to highlight what's happening in our music classes for all of our students every day. I know a lot of ELOP has come up here and so um, I wanted to show you what we do every single week at KCAM and the great musical learning that's happening for our students. >> Hopefully I can remember all of that. >> Sorry. No, that's okay. I got it. Um, >> do say whatever you want. Carlos instruments. Foreign We had three weeks we are in the process of learning.
003So we are moving from a B to an A. So that has been our latest [Music] [Applause] [Music] Papa la eat some pizza in your car. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Papa mala pizza in your car. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Wow. [Music] [Applause] Hey. Hey. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] I think And Sure. I need to take a picture. >> So, in this song, you're going to um hear about some aliens from different planets. And we are playing chords, two chords, um C major chord and F major chord. This is a crazy song. also. [Music] Also [Music] crazy [Music] from the plan. [Music] [Applause] That was amazing. That was such an amazing performance from both of those classes. And it takes a lot of guts for those students to just stand up in front of a complete room
004full of strangers and to have that confidence to just play and sing. So, thank you for sharing what you guys are doing in school. Thank you for coming and spending this evening with us. I know that you have so much more better things to be doing right now, but we really appreciate hearing you guys and your melody. Board members, do you have anything else to say? No. Well, congratulations to all of you guys and the teachers as well. It's nice seeing the some type of music program back. I remember back in the day we were looking forward to I forgot what grade it was our flute program that we had back in the day. So, it's actually nice seeing it and congratulations. >> So, just on my behalf, um my son started using, you know,
005the smaller flute. Till this day, they still have it at home. Okay. and my three-year-old found it and it's been music galore all the time. So, but you know what? Um, both of my boys, I have four, but uh, both my boys, they are now playing piano, they're now playing guitar, one of them is playing drums. They grow into it. So, this is only the beginning. It's it's just the start. And as you begin to grow in learning this instrument, you'll be curious in how similar could it be as you learn other instruments and you begin to play those chords as well. So this is just something small that makes other areas open up for you. So just keep on going with it. You'll be amazed in how many other instruments you can grow into
006really liking and enjoying. Not saying that these are not, but there's so much more out there. and we um hope to continue to grow it as well in CPMS um as well so you guys can keep on going from there and into high school. It's something beautiful to be able to play an instrument. There's a lot of people even including myself that now that I see my kids it's like why didn't I do that growing up and it just sounds very beautiful when you see it and it just makes us very proud. So congratulations to all of you for learning that. It was awesome. And to be honest, you guys are the highlights of the board meetings. Just just so that we're clear, you guys are always the highlights of the board meetings. Okay, we
007will now go ahead and move on to our second presentation for food service. uh before we move on. Sorry, we just realized um since we don't have translation Um, and did you want to say what you said in Spanish? instrument. Okay, wonderful. Hello everyone. Um, next slide please. Thank you. food service staff. We are a department of 24 employees which includes one cook, one delivery service, three leads, 16 food service workers, and two subs. Since joining the team in October, we started working on Next slide, please. Um, thank you. Kitchen and facility improvements. Throughout the school year, we've made numerous enhancements to our kitchen facilities, including installation of additional salad bars, placement of storage containers for USDA commodities food. Thank you, CPMS Angel, introduction of share tables at all sites, new shelving installation in our
008containers to create space, accessibility and ensure all food is being utilized. installation of accessibility ramp at KAM for easier rolling access. Thank you, MOTF. And purchase of more kitchen tools and supplies. These upgrades have not only improved functionality, but have also allowed us to expand the quality and variety of our meal offerings. Next slide, please. Local vendor partnerships. We partner with Saber the Local Company, a local vendor committed to providing highquality local grown produce. Their contribution have elevated the freshness and nutrition of our solid bar. The future supplement to further supplement this, we've initiated contact with Watsonville Produce, another local vendor servicing King City High School. We've reached out to Long Legacy representative Amy. Amy has brought us new and exciting samples of food to our kiddos. We've also been working with our local bakery,
009La Plaza. Next slide, please. Meal enhancements. Our meal additions include new side options such as French fries, reed fried beans, low sodium mashed potatoes, and steamed brown rice. All within the nutritional guidelines. Lunch entre include barbecue rib sandwiches, quesadillas, turkey with gravy and mashed potatoes, and our students favorite orange chicken with brown rice and broccoli. We've also expanded breakfast options such as hot items, sausage with pancakes, French toast, waffles, and graband goes like cereal, scones, cinnamon rolls, and regional favorites like La Plaza kas. Students now have access to six fresh vegetable choices daily thanks to our upgrades. Next slide, please. Participation growth. Since implementing these changes, we have seen measurable increases in meal participation. The lighter bar represents school year 23 24 while the darker bar represents this current school year. Now I'm going to
010pass it over to Ruby Silva, our supervisor. Next slide, please. So, I'd like to share an overview of how we've utilized our grants and funding for this year to support student nutrition and improve um our food service operations. First, I'll begin with our kit funds. We started the year with a balance of $117,000. These funds allowed us to make several important purchases including new freezers, workts, and shelving units. All of which have helped improve and organi improve the organization and efficiency of our kitchens. We also invested in salad bars, utility carts, and storage container for USDA commodities. These have helped us better serve students and store food safely and effectively. As of now, we have $42,000 remaining. These funds will be allocated for the purchase of produce sinks, steam tables, and a commercial skillet. These
011additions will continue to support health and safety of our meal preparation. Next, I'd like to highlight the fresh fruit and vegetable program. We began the year with almost $27,000 in funding and we have fully utilized all of it. This grant was exclusively at King City Arts Magnet where we offered fresh fruits and vegetables to students three times per week during morning recess. Some of the exciting produce we included are dragon fruit, passion fruit, sugar snap peas, sweet mini peppers, kiwi berries, blood oranges, plums, among many others. To make offerings more fun and appealing, at times we serve them with options like ranch dressing, peanut butter, or tahin. One fun little fact is this year students had a chance to try over 20 different fruits and vegetables, many of them for the very first time. It's
012been a great way to introduce healthy habits in a fun and engaging way. We have since then reapplied for King Arts Magnet to continue the program next year. We've also submit have submitted a new application for Santa Lucia. We expect to hear results back by the end of July and are hopeful for another successful year of fresh produce offerings. Now on to the summer meal program grant. We submitted our application in March of 2025 identifying San Lucia and Shalom Peaks as our target sites. This is a competitive grant with a potential funding of up to $15,000 per site depending on how we score across five criteria. Lastly, a quick update on equipment assistant grant. We submitted an application, but unfortunately it was denied due to our prior success with receiving two rounds of kit funding.
013While this was disappointing, we understand the criteria and are still proud of the progress we've been able to make with the resources we've received so far. In closing, we're proud of how we've used these grants to directly support students and staff. From upgrading equipment to expanding access to fresh, healthy foods, each dollar has been used with purpose and care. Next slide, please. And now we'll pass it back to Ida. Thank you, Ruby. She took ownership of the project and did an outstanding job spearheading it. Staff and development training. As our meal program has grown, so has our commitment to staff training and support. Bi-weekly training meetings now include vendor demos, sample tasting, and provided and providers like Fat Cat, Wild Mike's, and Yang's Orange Chicken. Knife safety training conducted with strong staff participation. We celebrated
014National Lunch Hero Day with custom t-shirts and recognition. Next slide, please. We've participated in community events this year. We served 700 food cups at the Delray Re carnival. Distri distributed 800 nacho servings servings at Dia delos Nño's event. [Music] Sorry, excuse me. Um, Nights of Columbus barbecue chicken at the Medieval Fair for 300th graders. Thank you, George. Um, we supported civil rights reenactment with cookies, beans, and supplies. Fun fact, food service served food to over 2,000 community members at this year's events. Next slide, please. Staff improvements to better support operations. Two new lead roles added at Del Rey and Sania. Their responsibilities will be inventory, ordering, production, sheets, kitchen oversight, and training. Creating structure in the kitchen with point of contact at each kitchen. Four new three-hour staff positions added their roles, staff bar setup,
015line service support, and sanitation. Next slide, please. Our future plans, hands-on training such as CPR, serve safe, and culinary training from a professional chef via Institute of Child Nutrition focusing on Latin American Cuisine. That will be a one-day training. Goal attempts. Our goal attempts will be speed scratch cook methods to increase the quality of food. While challenges remain due to facility facility limitation, collaboration with MOTF continues to explore creative solutions to help achieve our goal. The dedication of our food service team has driven these improvements and we are proud of the strides we made. Their commitment to quality food, student wellness, and community engage community engagement has been exceptional. Thank you, my food service team. We look forward to continuing this momentum into the next school year. Next. Thank you. Questions? I'm just going to
016say something really quick in Spanish. Um, partnership. partnership. Okay. Board members, audience, any questions comments or questions? >> So on my end, I would like to congratulate you guys on all this new improvements that you guys have made. I know that Ida, you probably came in, I think right around the same time we were sworn in. So um it's nice seeing the new improvement Ruby recently as well as a supervisor. Um, it's great seeing this new menu that's being offered. I mean, a lot of fruits. I've been there. I've seen a bunch of different things. Um, hopefully, you know, we can keep the momentum going. Um, and we don't burn out. So, so I mean, thank you guys for all your hard work and your dedication. I mean, it's it's being it's shown there. So,
017thank you guys for everything you guys are doing. additional staff members that's going to help with the momentum. >> And I think that's one of our questions we had back then. Um, know staffing was an issue. You guys were short staff. It's nice seeing that you guys are getting staffed fully staffed now and it's going so you know I know coming in at a new role, new things being implemented, you know, perhaps you got the little push back, but I mean it's nice that you guys are getting the momentum going. Once again, it takes a great leadership from you two so your team can all work together. So, thank you guys for everything you guys are doing. >> Thank you. >> Any more questions? >> You want to translate for yourself? [Music] I think we
018have mentioned it time and time again in regards to um the changes that we have seen and and how it's positively, you know, moving upward. So, we do greatly appreciate, you know, sometimes you might feel that it's a lot coming at you or you might feel like, man, we set up the standards so high and now we have to continue to exceed it. Nothing like that. Um don't feel that way, but we thank you for what you have done so far. offering the best that we can for our children. Um, one thing you did mention was in regards to was it the K your continu continuation with KAM, right? You want to continue with that and then you said next year you want to submit for Santa Lucia. Okay. Um, Is there a reason or
019um do we have to do it one school at a time? Is there a reason why we can't include Del Rey or how does that working? So, so we don't have enough space to bring on all that fruit that's going to be given to Del Rey. I wish we had enough space, but we don't at this moment. That's why I work with quite closely so we can figure out some solutions, but at this moment, we held back on Delray. >> Okay. So, MOTF, you got to work, John. Help. Um, okay. So, I wanted to uh thank on that. Just another point from my end is um my kids weren't too fond of going to breakfast or anything like that at school and now my kid wants to leave early because he doesn't want to miss
020breakfast. So that's a very good sign. Okay, never mind. Sorry, translation's already there. Sorry. So um my kids were um always the ones that just you know you know it's like we'll wait until it's almost time and let's go. So, it it it's a great thing to see that they're actually interested in in doing that um in getting that the food from there and adding, you know, more things into the menu. Um we just want to continue to see that grow. Um but please, again, you're doing your studies, you're doing your research, do what you can, you know, I just I just don't want you to feel that pressure coming from us because we're not trying to, you know, we're not micromanaging anybody. we we're not sitting on top of you or anything like that,
021but at >> congratulations for all the work that you're doing and um congratulations to all your team. Please let them know they're working so hard. We appreciate all of them and everything that they're doing um and to make this program better. So, thank you. >> Thank you. >> Um and I'd like to thank you at personally because I can tell the change. I think we you've heard we've all seen the change, but living where we're living and having the emphasis of agriculture and you know produce around us and then not being able to utilize it and serve it. It it's it's a sin almost, right? So for many many years it was it felt like a impossible ongoing battle and the minute you walked in there was a change, right? It's as if you were
022the light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak. Um, it really was. And it's I'm going to kind of contradict Terry a little bit. It's normal. Um, but uh it's not to put pressure on, but I I just feel that the presence that you you made when you showed up, I I kind of feel like you already have that drive. It's not us putting pressure on you. I feel like you put pressure on yourself because you came in, you saw what you were working with and you're the one that's transforming this program to making it more and more ideal every day, every year. And for that, I thank you. It's noticeable. Um, thank you to your team and for the people that you have assembled in place. You just kind of came and
023renovated the whole idea of food service for us. And it's just the beginning. I think it's safe to say that it's just the beginning. not to add the pressure, but to give hope that there's much more work that I'm sure you have noticed and have wanted to continue to do. And when the time is right or when it comes, just know that you have the support. It it shows that there has been indeed a positive change for our children for the nutrition that our children take. And I've said this many many times. Um, a lot of times the food that the students receive at school is their solid meal. Um, and so to me that that that emphasis is important to make sure that they're getting the best that we can possibly give them and
024that we are doing the best that we can and not just checking off that yeah, we're we're we're giving a lunch and we're doing what we have to do. We're not doing the bare minimum at this point and it shows. So, thank you and your team for all your dedication and your work. >> Thank you. Questions or comments from the audience? When I was at school, I didn't have all that. because we don't have >> Thank you. >> I'm sorry. Just real disclaimer real quick. Are you guys hot or is it just us up here? I'm just saying. >> I don't know if this is on purpose. John, [Laughter] >> okay. Thank you. >> All right. No heat strokes, guys. That's all. >> Okay. >> Thank you so much. We will now go ahead and
025move on to our TOSAs standardsbased learning presentation. I don't know. Okay, there it is. It's it's my pleasure to share with you this evening the TOSAs and their leadership in the standardsbased learning initiative that we have been engaged in all year. When I was talking to Jennifer, I really felt it was important that um all of you heard from our TOSAs the work that they are engaged in. So, I'm going to turn it over to uh these three, Lisa, Nicole, and Jackie. And um I think they have a video for you. >> We do. >> Yes. >> Because when two of us are techtosis, that means they know how to do videos. I do not. So they uh anyway, the team just kind of got together and we compiled all the things that we have
026done this year that we've been involved in and ways that we've supported teachers. And then what better way to present all of that to you than not having you have to hear all of our voices, but actually to watch it in a video. So Nicole and Lisa primarily were the ones that put this together. It was with the um collaboration of all the team hit it. Our new teacher tossas play a key role in supporting new teachers at the start of the school year. They provide essential professional development to help new teachers on board successfully throughout the year. They offer ongoing support in areas like classroom management, organization, and instruction. They model and co-e lessons, guide teachers in building strong student relationships, and provide just in time support for day-to-day needs. They also coordinate and
027facilitate the induction program, offering support to probationary teachers and mentors districtwide. Additionally, they create helpful resources for teachers and assist with curriculum implementation to ensure a smooth teaching experience. Our ELDtosas have been essential in supporting our English learners through designated EL dual immersion and newcomer programs. They've boosted proficiency and reclassification rates by providing targeted instruction, modeling lessons, and creating resources that address all areas of language development. They've also empowered teachers through professional development, coaching, and modeling. They've developed writing assessments to prepare students for the ELPAC with practical in-class materials through data analysis and empathy interviews. They've increased awareness of EL standards and the ELPAC, keeping families and teachers informed. Our technology toas support the integration of technology into teaching and learning. They provide digital citizenship lessons to help students be safe, respectful, and responsible online,
028and teach computer science through coding with Blockley and robotics. They model daily tech use for teachers and students, offer professional development, and support digital tools. They onboard students with clever badges in K1 and assist with classroom badge creation. TOSAs also provide training and support for key district platforms while helping teachers align technology with common core instruction. They stay current on emerging educational tools and ensure teachers have the skills and support to use them effectively in the classroom. Over the past few years, our Tulsa roles have evolved, transforming us into instructional coaches who are dedicated to supporting teachers every step of the way. It all began with foundational training, learning the best practices of coaching individuals and teams. We partnered with district leaders like Elena Salmon to shape what instructional coaching would look like for CaseUSD.
029In fall of 2023, we started supporting teams during their weekly collaboration sessions, helping them refine their practice and align with district goals. By May 2024, we embraced a new challenge, moving the district towards standardsbased learning. This required us to dive deep into research, reflect on our practices, and shift the way we approached instruction. We helped to facilitate grade level teams with their mapping of math standards into trimesters, collaborating with grade level teams to map out key concepts for every grade. In September, we facilitated a district-wide PD day where teachers analyze math standards and began building resources to support their instruction. In October, we introduced the concept of proficiency versus mastery, continuing to guide teachers as they refined their strategies and worked towards more precise instruction. Throughout the year, we worked closely with grade level teams
030to identify priority standards and create detailed proficiency scales to ensure consistency across the district. We also took part in specialized training with Jennifer Shaver from Marzano, diving into proficiency scales and how to better assess student progress. By January 2025, we were supporting teachers in aligning standards vertically across grade levels, making sure every student had access to a coherent learning experience. In April, we participated in Marzano's training led by Jennifer Shaver on how to create assessments that align with the proficiency scales we had developed. And as we look ahead, we're planning the next steps to ensure teachers and students continue to thrive in a standardsbased system. Together, we're building a brighter future for our students, one standard at a time. [Applause] >> Questions or comments? >> No, once again, it's another great program that Dr. Idman
031started and led. So thank you guys for all your hard work and your dedication. We've seen it. I believe this is when we had our study session where we started talking about working collaboratively between all the sites. So it's nice that you guys led that and all the work that you guys are doing. So thank you guys for all your support Dr. Edmond for kicking it off at the beginning. So thank you guys. So, no, no, no. Where are you going? >> No, no. >> I totally like I know she's waiting for the end. I know she's waiting for the end. Okay, Vina, bring it on. >> I'm not even going to ask questions. I was going to give compliments and and thanks and and more work. I mean, no. I I just want to
032say thank you for taking the time to come and and show us the different types of things that you guys have going on this year. I know that when we first started with the toastasis on special assignments, it wasn't the ideal time replace, but you guys were >> Yes, it was beautiful. You want chef's kiss. >> Well, yeah. And for everybody else that needed you to be where you were at to help. So there was it was you know it was ideal to a certain extent but like I'm talking about the time you know the pandemic the shelter in place time. >> I was really happy >> the dark times we don't talk about anymore. No. Um it it just it it's one of those things that out of something not so ideal came some
033ideal things uh jobs roles um extra support and it kind of came together nicely to where as Tony mentioned we have more of a generalization going on. So it's not we like the uniqueness of each site. So let's not get that misconstrued. each individual site, it's its own, you know, place. But ideally, we wanted our district to resemble one district, right? And and not look like two different or three different completely different um towns or places. And that's what we kind of had for a minute. We had so much difference going on at each site. So now when we see the collaboration that's going on and then the support and and aid that you all bring to it, it's just it's it's a whole new time and you guys helped create that um drive. You
034guys continue to give that support and so we're thankful for all the work and dedication that you do give to our students and our fellow teachers and staff. Um I do have some questions. So shoot All right. So, you guys are the toas. You guys are the ones that kind of collaborate and know where some of the things are needed or where we can kind of make some shift or improvements. And throughout the years, there's been some retirements that have happened. So, we used to have another TOSA that's retired. We have one that's looking at heading out. So I guess my question for starters is do you or how do you see the makeup of that team continue? Because you know I I did we ever replace that other TOSA or and if we did
035come up and have more TOSAs are we have other areas that we need? I mean we have tech, we have new teachers, we have ELDs. I just give me something to go off of, too. You know, >> it's a give and take. Go, Jennifer. Go. >> No. No. No. >> Jennifer, your report's not now. No. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. >> But but you don't receive the postings that staff receives. And so, as you were asking the question, I was realizing, oh, you didn't see the the new posting that just went out this week and the one that would have gone out a few weeks ago. So, yes, Pat has been replaced. So, we do continue with two nature two new teacher focused doses. And this week the posting went out for EL at the middle
036school. So in your defense, you don't see the postings because you're not a certificate staff member and it was the feedback. And yes, I would love for them to let you know why we had the um the EL posting at the middle school because that was directly feedback from when I met with the hosts two weeks ago. >> I know you don't need a we don't we don't I mean you can but but I know you do. If you know that's great. I mean, I have an idea. >> No. Um, okay. So, then maybe this is a question for over here. Do you ever see us having a need for like a math TOSA or anything like that? >> Yes, we want to grow our continue to grow our TOSA team and you know the
037usual answer. It's always budget dependent. Joanie and I sat through the revise today with Betty. It's it's on the upcoming superintendent report, but yes, we do want in the end. Yes, we would love to have more to do toasas. Right now where we have the six positions in place. Did I do my math correctly? Speaking of math, >> we need a math tossa. >> Yes. So, >> I can double as both. I'm just going to put that out there. I I I've got a math book I wrote and stuff. I don't I don't know if you know that. I I think we have a mathtosa in the building. So I'm just you know >> lots of expertise beyond their tech eld and new teacher. Yes. >> So then can we change Lisa's? No, I'm kidding.
038>> Today and yeah, I'm just going to go ahead and let other people talk now. But thank you so much. I just want you to know that you're very very appreciated and valuable. Okay. >> Thank you. Any other questions or comments for Artosis before they start to dislike me more? >> Well, and we were kind of you being in justest, but I did want to um in case it wasn't clear to everyone because we're all in the middle of this every day. While the tossis have an area of specialty that wasn't in just that they all have other skills because they do and they all go into the classroom and support all different areas of the curriculum. So while they have an an area of emphasis or an area of specialty that drew them to
039be a Tossa, there isn't one of them that will tell someone, "No, that's not what I do." If someone asks one of them to come in and help with something, they will be there. And if for some reason they feel one of their peers is going to be the stronger person for that specific request, they communicate in that way. So while they have their area of emphasis, they do definitely help throughout all areas of the curriculum. I do want to say something even though I don't speak much. Um, I do want to say thank you because you guys have actually helped me even last year. Um, and I still use it in the classroom to this day. So, I do want to say thank you for that and for everything else you guys do for
040the district. >> Thank you again. >> Wait, I have a question. I just [Music] You know where I live. >> Okay. >> Thank you again for coming and spending this evening with us. I know there's so much more of the things you rather be doing. I'm kidding. That's what I tell the students every time they come. But you too. Okay. We will now go ahead and move on to public comment. This is an opportunity for members of the audience to uh speak on something that is not on tonight's agenda. Is there anyone in the audience wishing to speak on something that is not on tonight's agenda? Having no public comment, we'll go ahead and close it. And wow, and we'll disregard that and move on to uh the superintendent's report. >> Okay. Well, it is
041an incredibly busy time of year. No matter where you are throughout our district, we've had our spring concert since we saw you last at all three elementary and Shalom Peaks. Had a combined concert with Dr. Bachan where he brought in both Shalom Peaks and the high school. We've had our elementary open houses and tomorrow night you can join us for the middle school open house. Civil War reenactment. We had our county employee of the year dinner uh in person. We had uh Mr. Baker and Miss Rios, Karen Rios, and Miss Liz Serrano all attended along with Dr. Idman and her husband and Angel and Jennifer Henson and myself. Um, so lots of honores in the room that night. We've had all of our different appreciation days and weeks, administrator, administrative professionals day, teacher appreciation week,
042classified appreciation week, nutrition services, nurses, and I I know I'm forgetting many, but all of those things have been happening since we met in the last month. Uh right now our TOSAs that have just left um they're in the middle of meeting with each grade level making some plans for next year as well as mapping out the timeline for instruction and assessment for next year. So it's they're they're winding down by keeping a full pace. And we finished our DI framework, our draft that we'll be bringing forward to you for your um for you to see on June 4th and then we'll bring it back on June 18th for your approval. TK and kinder registration is going strong. Right now we have 122 TK students registered as of this morning. 223 kindergarteners registered as of
043this morning. So remember that beginning with this coming school year, we are now at the point where TK is for any student that will be four by September 1st. So it's finally a full year up until this point is where it's been phased in by the state each year. And then of course all five-year-olds by September 1st are in kindergarten. The ratio for TK is changing for next year. We have currently the ratio is one adult for every 12 students but starting in August it's one adult for every 10 students. So that changes the staffing dramatically. Uh there are various penalties if you're not able to maintain your staffing credentials etc. We we heard more about that today as well. But the uh short piece of that is we now need a teacher and a
044parah for every 20 students in a classroom. And we're watching that registration very closely to determine if we're going to need additional TK classrooms. We've added one already. So we're already at six TK classrooms as a district next year. And as the registration ticks up, um it would not be unexpected for us to need a seventh, which then means we need yet another TK qualified teacher. Speaking of recruitment for next year, things are actually going along quite quite well. I hate to say that out loud, but we are we have three multiple subject positions remaining. We have interviews coming up soon, and we're optimistic that we'll be able to fill those. We have four single subject positions remaining. Three of those are for the middle school and one is for the elementary art teacher uh
045funded out of Proposition 28. As far as at the middle school, two of two of those we need for the first day of school, but one of those is our music teacher. So, yes, we want a music teacher, but we can open our doors in August without that position filled. So, it's also looking very strong at our middle school to hear have it be May 21st and we have two unfilled positions. We have our uh for speaking of only having one unfilled position left in special ed, we have one position, Mr. Daniel says, don't say it out loud. Don't say it out loud. One vacancy remaining and yet we're adding three new classes for next year. So again, this is excellent progress on our recruitment and then we have the TOSSA position that I just
046mentioned as well that um for the next year. So we'll continue that recruitment and then for our classified recruitment positions that are needed that are 12 month we hire year round but we have found in the past but for our positions that directly serve the classrooms it serves us better if we start that recruitment over the summer because when you tend to hire someone right now for a position that will end the work year ends for them here in two weeks and then they don't work for us again until August we have found in the past we tend to lose a lot those employees. So, we emphasize our classified um recruitment here during the summer in preparation for the new year. That has served us better in the past. So, as I've been mentioning, we
047did attend the Governor's May Revise workshop today with school services of California and it was a webinar and then in a couple of weeks, capital adviserss will give us their twist on the governor's may revise. uh that'll be at the county office and the short message was proceed with caution. There are changes we know that are coming but there are a lot of changes that are unknown. In a nutshell that was was the very large message was continue to be fiscally conservative because we need to proceed with caution until we have some answers. Some of those answers will come once the budget is confirmed or approved as we should say with the state. Some will come as we see trailer bill language that that will clarify some things we need to do, but some things
048we just like any year, we won't really know until the year continues to proceed. So, um that has been a pretty common practice for us as a district. We've always been pretty cautious in how we do things and so it's not unusual for us, but it was loud and clear that that's how we need to tackle our budget preparation for next year is cautiously. Our LCAP annual annual update is the main focus for many of us right now as we're working to get that prepared for you for June 4th. Unification I learned last night now that we've heard the presentation for those of us that went to Greenfield, all of us heard the presentation um at the King that was held over at King City High School for our local high school district. Just recently,
049both the Greenfield Elementary District and the high school district signed a joint request to the state board to delay their item further. So instead of being heard in July, they are requesting that it continue to be pushed down the road while they try to work on things together. They've requested, we won't know, they're hoping to know a couple weeks before the meeting because there isn't a meeting in June. So, it's we don't expect to hear the response to that request until July and we'll see whether or not the state board is willing to delay it. All of that aside, it does not change that for all of us, we have yet to have our meeting where we can have a public discussion and ask our questions and things. So, I'll need direction from you of
050when you would like to schedule that meeting, whether you want to add it on to an upcoming meeting, have a separate meeting, do you want to have it as soon as in June, do we want to delay it? And maybe when school starts again in the fall. So, those are things that when you get to the end of the meeting here for some forward planning, um that we'll need to be thinking of a timeline for that. Two weeks left in the school year. Lots and lots of events. You have the handout as well as the pieces that are linked in your Friday updates, but there's something at every school that you can look forward to attending. Again, open houses at Shalom Peaks tomorrow night. Employee appreciation celebration is next Wednesday starting roughly at 2:20, but
051that's when the food lines begin. It's a dessert bar this year, so come enjoy some desserts with us. We'll have our final Olympic games for the year and then present our trophies. We do have trophies. And uh then we have our annual recognitions for our employees. And then finally, as I always do, we are looking for members of our citizen bond oversight committee. Please share the message and go to the website if it's something that interests something someone that you know. That'll be it. Any questions or comments for Jennifer? Okay, we will now go ahead and we will move on to reports from administrators. Board members, is there any questions or comments that you would like to ask any of the administrators on the reports? Surprisingly, not for me this time. Just have no questions.
052So, um, That has not been a discussion. So, it would be nice to see just for the upcoming school year just to see where we're at in regards to parent participation, student participation, how how they're taking it. Um because I do agree that and we've talked about it before when we were first well when when you all were first trying to implement this is the fact that they're also watching and they also pay attention to administrators. they pay attention to the teachers and what is it that they're doing that we can't do and why them and not as they're they're teens or pre-teens. They're going to be asking these questions and and it's and it's something that we also brought up as a potential concern because you are the role model. You're the one showing
053the example as well. So, um definitely having that support from personnel as well. I know it's it's difficult. We all I mean you can see mine right here, right? We all are used to carrying our phones with us and all that, but it's just um in that type of setting if we're going to be implementing something just like we do at home, it's just they need to watch us do it as well and we're the ones setting that example. So, I would just like to see for the next school year where we're at in regards to that engagement and and how many other kids um I've talked to a couple off, you know, school side for my kids friends and all that just to see how they feel about it. So, we they've grown used
054to it. They said it's just we're used to it. We get to school, we put it in and we go to class. Like it's just become something that we do every day and it really doesn't impact us, you know, as it did in the beginning. So, um I'm still for it and hopefully we'll have more parents who support that. So, we'll see what next year brings and then how many things are broken and need to be replaced and all that those numbers as well. Any other questions or comments for administration? Okay, thank you for your reports. We will now go ahead and move on to the consent agenda. Is there any items that anyone would like to have pulled and discussed separately? If not, I'll entertain a motion for the consent agenda. >> I move
055we pro approve tonight's consent agenda as presented. >> All in favor? I >> I um so in the consent agenda, we just approved our new director of the multilingual uh program. So Kristen, will you please take a stand? [Applause] Welcome back to the family. >> We will now go. Go ahead. >> Okay. We will now go ahead and move on to action items. Okay. Our first action item is approval of CSBA board policy update second reading. Okay, so there it's lengthy. You have quite the list here, but this is your second reading for the board policies. Again, many of them are due to changes in legislation. So they're presented for your approval. Any questions or comments? No. Okay, I'll go ahead and entertain a motion. >> I move we approve action item A, the approval
056of CSBA board policy update. >> All in favor? >> I. Moving on to action item B, approval of declaration of need for fully qualified educators for the 2025 2026 school year. Okay. And this is an annual form that you typically see. Again, it's our declaration of need for fully qualified teachers. Should we need to hire teachers on a um provisional permit or a see Wendy there I go I just forgot the any of our ver variety of permits where they are not pre don't not hold their preliminary credential or their clear credential we need to show that we have presented this for your approval any questions or comments having no input go ahead and bring it back to to the board for a motion. >> I move we approve action item B, approval of declaration
057of need for qualified fully qualified educators for the 2526 school year. >> All in favor? >> I. Moving on to action item C, approval of resolution 2024 2025, approving assignment of delinquent tax receivables to the Monterey County Educational Delinquent Tax Finance Authority for the fiscal year ending in June 30th, 2025, 2026, and 2027 and authorizing execution and delivery of related documents and actions. Next time I'm just going to say action item and whatever letter pertains to it. >> Yes, it was. you you almost explained the whole thing with the title. So, essentially as um in Monterey County, we've been a part of this JPA that allows us to collect proceeds for um delinquent taxes like property taxes and we've been a part of that since 2003. And this essentially is just to extend it until
0582027 is next year. Any questions or comments? I will now entertain a motion for action item C. >> I we approve action item C, resolution 2425-9. >> All in favor? >> I I moving on to action item D. Resolution approval of resolution 2024 um authorizing filing of applications of state allocation board administration programs for King City Union School District. So, this uh resolution gives the district the authority to apply for state facilities program funding and um it'll it this funding will supplement the bonds for capital facilities projects. >> Any questions or comments? >> Okay, I'll entertain a motion. >> I move we approve action item D, approval of resolution 2425-10. All in favor? >> I. Action item E, approval of resolution 2425, support of applications for eligibility determination and funding designation of authorized district representatives.
059So part of the application process to the state facilities program is that um we do we present our eligibility determination and also um we have to say that we met the qualifications in order to submit that application. This resolution states that and it also names the three people who have the signing authority um to submit those applications and any of the paperwork that comes in. And those three people are the superintendent, myself, and the director of um MOTF. >> Any questions or comments? >> I'll entertain a motion. >> I move we approve action item E, approval resolution 2425-11. All in favor? >> I I action item F approval of agreement to take instabit. So, um what has come up during negotiations was a desire to have the district look into alternative methods or get alternative
060um quotes essentially from other insurance companies and outside of Mixig is who our current carrier is for um each one of the units. And as um a response to that, we've reached out to um this company called Claremont Partners who will be able to go to um put out a bid for us um in order to for us to be able to look across other companies uh to see if they can provide rates that um are competitive to mix. Um the cost for this would be $25,000 that would come out of our general fund to do that. Um and essentially what we would the process would look like is the Claremont Partners helps us to create an RFP that says this is what we want to see within our medical insurance plans and they will
061help us go um advertise that. They will help us um uh receive the bids from the various companies and then um rate those separate bids so that we can then go to the bargaining units or the committee, the benefits committee, present them to them in a way that we can suggest the the bid that is um the one the one that we think is the most competitive with Mixig essentially or maybe Mixig is the most competitive. And at that time um it after the committee would select which path they would want to go down for it, we would then um bring that to negotiations essentially. So each unit would then say um that the this is what we uh want. we want we either want to stay with Mixig or we want to go with
062one of these other um insurance plans, right? Um trying to get ahead of not just telling you about this um agreement, but what it looks like if if we leave Mix Sig. So, if we were to leave Mixig, we now have to negotiate with each one of the bargaining units separately to see what their plans look like and what the coverages would look like. um what the district piece of it would be and what the um unit piece would be, the cost of those plans. Um in order for us to do that, we have to have all the way up until the piece where we make a recommendation of which one you're going to select. And um the committee has to decide do we want to go down that path of leaving Mix Sig. And
063if we do want to go down that path of leaving Mix Sig, then we're set to move forward. If the committee decides no, we don't, we want to stay with Mixig, we have to let Mixig know that we're going to stay with them by November 1st. So by November 1st, we have to have a plan of action. either one or all units are going to be leaving Mixig or staying with Mixig. And um so there's going to be u several meetings involved with the committee. There's going to be several meetings involved with Claremont partners and then once uh we have that notification by November 1st, we'll be bringing um negotiations forth just related to benefits. So would just for clarification for you know again I'm not CBO I don't think that way. Um so there
064would actually be a possibility to where one bargaining unit says yes while the other says no. We could have two potential different. >> So I'll tell you the potential and then the desired outcome. The potential is we could have three separate insurance um coverers covered. They're not plans. They're they're the the um companies, right? Providers. That's the word I was looking for. Thank you. Um the desired outcome is that as a district, we all agree that one is the best. So, um it's just easier to administer that way and it's cost effective. The other question though you said is that we need to inform mixig by November 1st on what decision we saying you all >> yeah I me into you I was like but um by November 1st but Claremont won't finish with their
065services until December 31st >> right >> so how >> so the mix so Mixig has their own timelines on when they have to be notified for different things. So, um, we had to notify them that we were looking, right? So, I as part of the packet, I put the letter in here that notified Mixig that we're looking. I think June 30th was the date um our last opportunity for uh the 20 26 year to let them know that we may be going to another provider, right? and then their drop dead deadline is November 1st that we have to tell them uh we change our mind or uh we're moving forward with leaving Mixig so that the potential is by January 1st of 2026 we have new plans that are already in place and so that's
066Mig's timeline but for Claremont Partners and the the purpose of this um contract that we're looking at is that they help step us through also getting the negotiations. They step us through getting set up on the plans with the new um insurance provider as well. And um if if for whatever reason that isn't final by the last day of the year, then we would have to then extend our contract, which the terms are also in here as well. >> So there's a possibility they can finish it earlier. I'm just I'm just saying it because if how can you make a decision if they're not going to be done with their services until the end of the year. >> There's still a process after you make the decision. They help then move you on to the
067new. >> So it's it's um it's quite a few steps that are involved in not only leaving one provider but getting set up with a new. And so they help us they the potential is to help us you know the in the whole process not just leaving mix and not just looking at um potential um bids from other companies but actually stepping us through the process of joining another company if that's what's selected by the um committee. Okay. You know, there's not a 100% way that you can look at apples to apples when you're looking at ver um different insurance plans that are provided by different provide that come from different providers. um they try to to get it as close to apples to apples as possible and they do that by um looking at
068our current plans the our um current demographics the um and the types of like we have um medical insurance, we have um vision and and we have dental, right? So they try to look at what we currently have and then in the call for proposals those the RFP um in that we we will actually be stating these are the types of things that we want to have you know and that's what the bids will come on come in based upon is what we have listed in our proposals in our request for proposal part of what's going to go in the request request for proposals is the conversation that we're going to be entering into um immediately after the contract is approved. So, we will then sit with um we'll meet with the committee. We'll call
069we'll have a meeting with them in order to really design and line out what it is that we're looking for, what the desired plans are, and what's included in those plans so that hopefully we can get as close to apples to apples as possible. >> Any other questions or comments? Entertain a motion. >> I move we approve action item F, approval of agreement to take insurance to bid. >> Second. All in favor? I >> action item action item G. Approval of new adoption and class. for us to switch I'm sorry our universal screener that we've been using with our students uh we've been using a cadience for the last several years which is a dibbles measure the state um ed code changed recently the state board of education passed that we had to go with
070one of four of their approved uh reading difficulty screeners and um Jennifer and I looked at four of them and narrowed it down to two because of a couple of our criteria was that we currently test all kindergarten through fifth grade to really understand where they are in their reading. Um not all of the options had all the elementary grade levels included. And then also with the fact that we have DLI, making sure that we had a a solid Spanish measure that would meet the needs of that um of the DLI students as well. And so the committee looked at those two particular products very closely. It was interesting because they had an opinion going in that they thought they were going to go with one and actually they ended up going with MClass. Um
071and the reason and some of the rationale and reasoning behind that was because our teachers understand the dibbles measure right now and the last thing we really need to do is turn the whole system up on its head right now with all the standardsbased learning and everything. So th this will be um a fairly easy transition and I actually think that the platform is much easier than our online acadians right now. Um, the cost in front of you is a five-year contract, which I took through to Joanie and showed her what the difference was for one year versus five years. And so that's why we are bringing forward to you um a 5-year contract so that we can continue to measure our students and um and get the type of data that we need to
072know where our students need support and help. Any questions or comments? >> Bring it back to the board for a motion. >> I move we approve action item G, approval of new adoption and class. >> All in favor? >> I moving on to communication from board members. Well, so it was a b I think it was a busy end of the month. We've had meetings after meetings. We had no nino which I had the opportunity of attending before our special board meeting. So it was great seeing all the parent involvement. Once again each pro each event it's outd does the other ones. So next year the bar is high. So we'll see what goes on. But it was nice seeing everybody out there, all the administrators out there as well, visiting each of the sites,
073which is something that we've been looking forward having our administrators involved with our parents. So that was nice. Then we had what was it? Parent teacher conference. I was able to attend each of the sites. I was at Delray first and then KAM and it was actually nice seeing the superstar Sammy the superstar. It was my first time seeing him. So for me it was pretty cool. I went to Sania so yeah. So that's pretty cool. So, I mean, overall, it's nice seeing we're coming down to the end of the school year. Um, we haven't been on the board, me and Wendy, for the whole year, but seeing all this improvement, it's great, great seeing it from and ending the year how we're ending it compared to last year. I was here at one of
074the board meetings last year. So, it's nice seeing, you know, this improvement. So, thank you guys for all your guys' work, hard work, and dedication. It's it's noticing. I know we're starting up with new administrators in each of the roles. So, that's great. um Dr. Idman is going to leave us. So that's unfortunate, but you know, we have I mean Jennifer's leadership with her strong administrative team. So we're seeing the hard work. I mean I personally I'm seeing it and I want to thank each and every one of you as well as um Kristen Fleon who's joining us for our new DLI. You know, she has the support of this whole team and as well as our administrative team to be able to continue this hard work. So thank you guys and welcome aboard. Um,
075I'm going to make it short because I did do a lot of different events. Uh, so Via Delino, I also went to go see the Sanosia inflatable race, the talent show, um, the concerts for the middle school and then Sania and K Cam. I was not able to go to Del Re um because we had a training that day. And then I also went to open house but I was only able to go to my nephew's classes. So it was nice to see their work and in TK and then also third grade. Um I was able to chaperon for my nephew's TK class. So that was fun. They the kids enjoyed going to the fair. Um and that's pretty much it. Thank you. Nothing for the rest of the board. Okay. So, moving on to
076advanced planning. Uh, next Wednesday, May 28th, is our staff appreciation ceremony. As mentioned earlier, it's also a special board meeting. Uh Tuesday, June 3rd, we will have another special board meeting uh followed by uh promotion CPMS promotion on the 4th of June and our board study session after that evening. And our next regular board meeting will be Tuesday, June the 18th. With that, we'd like to thank everyone for coming out. No, what >> that's an error. >> So, you just should say Wednesday. Last year it was a Tuesday >> because of the June 9th uh Junth holiday. >> Um direction. Would you like to pursue would you like to pursue a unification presentation in June or wait until the beginning of the new school year? So personally, I think that the Greenfield district is the
077one that is pushing for their unification, which by all means, they could go for it. Um, we've known from the get-go that the state board was going to go ahead and have a say and then later on get back to us. Personally, if Greenville and the high school are wanting to have a somewhat of a delay, I just feel like since we're the fencer, you know, everybody's looking at us like we either make it or break it and I want to have our community as much as our staff involved and we're at the end of the school year. Um, the word unification, I think, scares people off, especially if they haven't been following it. Um, I would say let's wait and see what comes of this summer since we know that it's somewhere possibly in
078June, right? June, July, what was it? >> July is the state board meeting. >> Okay, so July, that's right in the middle of our summer. Um, nothing's going to happen after that happens right away. So, I would say let people go off for the summer, enjoy their time off, recharge, and then maybe perhaps plan for our meeting um for our community and our staff sometime uh once the school year starts and we have more information. >> It's like two birds in one stone because if we have one before the state hearing or whatever and then something comes up, then we're just going to have to run around and have another one. So, I mean, that's just my my two cents. I don't know. What do you guys think? >> I agree with that one just
079more than anything. It is important for our staff to know what's going on, especially since the word on the street is that we're now more involved in what we're actually are involved. So, that would be something that Havina said probably towards the beginning of the next school year to see where we're at and move forward at that point. >> Okay. like a special meeting >> like that just that one pop item. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> I was just for that new school year but a separate one. >> Okay. >> And then with with keeping in mind that if anything were to come up like Jennifer is going to be involved. Don't worry, she doesn't have any days off. No, I'm kidding. I'm kidding. >> Thank you for the direction. So with that, we'd like
080to thank everyone for coming out and spending your evening with us. I know there's so much more things that you rather be doing, but we'll go ahead and entertain a motion to adjurnn. >> Motion to adjurnn.