4/23/26 - Board Meeting - Open Session

001All right, welcome everybody. Thanks for being here tonight. Um my name is Lori Keer. I'm president of the school district uh board of trustees and we are calling our um regular meeting of April 23rd back into session from our close session. And um the first thing and I'm doing that at 6:00 tonight. And um the first item is a report out on any actions that were taken on items from close session. And we do not we did not take any action on any items. So, we have nothing to report. And then our next um item is board member reports. So, this is the time when our board members have a chance to share some information. Do we have uh board member reports? >> Um my favorite thing this past week was two things. The senior

002scholarship night at the high school was amazing and [laughter] I was like up there frequently getting more and more scholarships. And my other favorite thing was uh Sierra House talent show tryyouts. So I get to help participate in that and so I recognize a lot of you kids in here. So that was really fun. >> Anybody else? Uh Trusty Anderson, >> I enjoyed scholar the scholarship presentations also. Um three hours. Yeah, it was [laughter] just fabulous. Um very proud of all of our awardees. Um, also this morning I joined Dr. Cutler in um, uh, a tour of the high schools CTE programs today. And among the, uh, terrific, uh, displays that we saw was uh, um, Mr. Kett's uh, science uh, classroom uh, with the Tahoe science program. Um, Richard Kette gave an extremely wellresented

003explanation of what goes on in that program very verbally a droid. Mr. Kette, [laughter] thank you. Miss >> Trusty >> Kamacho or >> I'd just like to say as proud of as I am of all the seniors. I'm maybe equally or more proud of the uh community for coming together for all the scholarships, the generosity, and just um just knowing that the pay it forward how it comes back to our community. So I just I love Lake Tahoe >> and I was going to say the same exact thing. Thank you. You're welcome. >> Wow. >> Yeah. Well, ditto. And I it is it is really amazing. And congratulations to Arya. And I also got to see her run this week. And uh it's really exciting uh time of year. And also um I had an

004opportunity this week to go into Mrs. PC's um classroom to learn about science of reading because Principal Holmes said she's going to be reporting on that later today. Um but really what was fun was having um the kids explain what they're learning. And um after I left her classroom, I ended up uh sitting down with some other students in a reading group and helped them with some of their writing and they all um I was kind of pinch hitting for one of the teachers at that point for Miss Buis, but it was super fun because it's just great to to be with kids and to have them be excited about reading and learning how to read and write and talk about um all the big words they're learning, including things like phone names. And I

005mean, there's a lot to the science of reading I didn't know about. So anyway, I really appreciate um that effort and um also thanks to Marcela Foundation that's funding that and I hopefully we can expand it. So all right, on that note, we have our student board member report. Arya Sy, let's hear it. >> Okay. Hello. Um I think today is my last solo report before I graduate. So it's a little bittersweet as the year begins to wind down. Yeah, the next one's Meri and then it's me and Merie. So >> Oh my, >> it's pretty crazy. Okay, [laughter] >> we have you back one more time. >> I'll be back one more time. Um, well, I guess I should start with senior festivities are in full swing. As you all mentioned, um, senior scholarship

006night was an incredible success. Almost $300,000 were distributed towards our future education and our seniors and families thank our community so deeply um because of all the support that they provide to help us fulfill our dreams. Um, and senior project is in full swing and the presentations are nearly exactly a month away. So, we're getting into practice presentations, dress rehearsals, all of that fun stuff. Um, along with AP testing coming up in just a couple of weeks, so study sessions are also in full swing and prom is nearly exactly a month away. So, we're getting into that time of the year where it's one thing after another. Um, and along with that, senior awards night is on June 3rd. So, if you did or didn't come to scholarship night, awards night is also a really

007fun fun event. Um, and college decision day is um, like nationally, internationally May 1st, but since we have a scheduled snow day, we will be doing our celebrations on April 30th. So, that's really fun. And we are approaching regionals and state season. So, for all of our sports, so I know um, at least for track, we have regional trials next weekend, not this coming weekend, and then regionals and then states. So, that's again bittersweet, especially for the seniors, but very, very exciting. And um also touching on what we did this morning, it was such a joy for the superintendent student advisory council to be able to greet our county superintendents. We gave them a brief tour of the campus. Got to show them our amazing new signs thanks to the boosters in the um in

008the circle and it was really cool just to kind of connect with them and see what else is going on education wise throughout our region. So yeah, thank you. >> Great report. Thank you. And have you made a decision about college Har you want to announce or you going to wait till April 30th? Um, I [laughter] am fully committed to Columbia University. >> Okay. Congratulations. >> All right. Thank you. Well, good luck. We look forward to hearing more about that. All right. Uh, Dr. Cutler, you're up next. >> President Ke members of the board. So proud of and and our students. Um, then just to talk about senior scholarship night. Um, just under $300,000 get given out that night. 221 scholarships handed out. Um, and and I just echo what you've said, but it's the

009the giving of our community that is just incredible. And you know that the spirit of how we work together as a community to help educate our children and then send them off to that what's next in their in their life is just so powerful. And I thank you to everybody that was that was that gave and as part of that evening. I want to go back just really quickly in my report to to think about April 2nd. April 2nd, we uh we had a a power outage and three three of our schools were impacted that day. Um and and I want to number one thank all of our community, our our staff, um our parents, uh for being flexible and being fluid that day. Interesting time when you have a few schools out of power

010and what you're going to do. Um, I want I want to let everybody know, you know, we work with directly with Liberty to try to find out is are we going to get power back on in a timely manner. Is it possible to have school and and that day we were struggling to to really find out? And so it took us a little bit of time uh to make that final decision. Um, and I just wanted to make sure that the decision was to cancel three schools and that being Meyers, Sier House, and Tahoe Valley that day. Myers actually was the one that came on the the latest and it came on well after the school day um was over. Um but that one also then say we we looked at do we need to

011make that up? Where are we at? Um and I just want to make sure the board and our community know that we submit what we we call a J13. The J13 is a form we submit to the state to to recoup the loss of ADA for that day in those schools. Um, and then of course we needed to look at our employees and if we needed to make it up or not. And and we made a determination that our employees do not have to make up that day. And we thank the employees that did work that day that were flexitable and fluid dealing with a very difficult day. And I just wanted to make sure I let you know that and and updated you on that as a board and community. Speaking of cancelling school,

012this year, and I think we began it last year, is we make up our days of snow days throughout the year. And we have an upcoming makeup day, May 1st. Well, it doesn't look like we're going to have to make up any day. So, everybody out there, May 1st, Friday, May 1st is a non-school day at this. We we wait until the full week ahead. It doesn't look like we're going to cancel school tomorrow. So, I just want to let everybody know that. Um, and uh, and and I will tell you I have a few more things I would love to share, but I'm looking out here and I'm just so thankful that we have all of you here tonight. Want to get to you as quickly as possible. So, I'm going to end my

013report at this time. Thank you. >> Thank you, Dr. Cutler. All right. Next, we have our employee association reports. And we have uh, we have Bernardet to provide a report from CSA. >> Yes, she's in. Good evening, President Keer, board members, Dr. Cutler. Uh, I'll be very brief, but I want to say this is the time of year that all of us, all of us that work for the unified, that work with students enjoy and celebrate so much. And today, Arya mentioned it, we had superintendent from the county and it was so exciting and great to see the excitement on campus and the pride that we all feel. And I also wanted to say we had some great meeting with the district. And I want to say thank you specifically to Kelly and the team

014because we had a great meeting. It was very productive even though it wasn't lengthy and I just want to say thank you on behalf of CSEA. >> Thanks Bernette. >> Thank you Bernardet. You're welcome. >> And we have another >> Yeah, Nicole's here. Nicole >> Nicole I never You're so Hi. >> Hi in the back here. >> There's a lot of people and they're taller than you I think too. >> I'm not that tall. Sorry. Good evening everyone and thank you for joining us community members. Uh I am Nicole Mora the STA president. So I represent the teachers union and today we would like to thank the executive cabinet for meeting with us over the last week in our leadership collaboration. Um during that meeting we were able to discuss accuracy in attendance reporting. We

015discussed the documentation of student behavior incidents. We also talked about replacement of staff computers and the power outage day. and STA's legal team does agree with the districts and the decision that no one should have to make up the day on April 1st and so we will just want to support that as a union. Uh this week we also did begin our 2026 negotiations. Um and both teams came with very productive suggestions for our certificated contract and we really look forward to continuing those optimistic discussions. So we'd like to thank the negotiating team from the district for joining us. And at this time, we're going to just move on to all our other celebrations. >> Hey, Nicole, real quick because I did have it written down when I was trying to be fast, but I

016really do appreciate the meeting we had that we're doing with the leadership group and I appreciate you mentioning that. Thank you. >> Yeah. No, we had a great time and we we really value that time to share points with you. >> Wonderful. Thank you. >> Sounds like good discussions. All right. Um, next we have um public comments and um do we have any public comments? >> We did not receive any public comments. >> No one here tonight wants to >> Well, I didn't get any. are any cards? >> I didn't receive any cards. Is anybody Were you going to read anything about >> Oh, I will. So, the public um >> anybody want to submit for public comment? We didn't receive any cards. Okay. >> This is the time this is just the time to

017uh provide comments on anything not on the agenda. And I just want to uh let the public know as well as my board superintendent that um we did the board members, the trust, the five of us up here did receive a public comment prior to tonight's meeting. Um, however, it's not gonna they and the person had requested it be read tonight and I'm not going to read it because our agendas that we post on our on the website on the Monday before the meeting have on there that public comment instructions um there's a link that that you can click on because they need to be submitted to our executive assistant Teresa Scow ahead of the meeting. Um, and then she would normally read them into the record, but because um she didn't receive it, we're

018not going to read it. But I want the person who wrote that public comment to know that all five of us have received that those comments. So we did we did receive those. Um and with that I am going to move on to our item eight which is student celebration. And the first um students we're going to celebrate are from Sierra House School. >> President Camper and Trustees please welcome Principal Holmes and some of her amazing students and team members tonight. >> Okay. Yes. Go, go, go. This is not Our time has not started yet. [laughter] >> All right, Sierra House. >> Yeah. Yeah, you can. >> Oh, >> well, >> you I think you can take them. You just can't post them. Are you got getting that up? >> It's going to take just

019like >> I have it up. I just don't have >> All right, Karen, you ready? >> Okay. Yes. I'm sorry. All right. Are we ready? >> Yes. >> Okay, everybody. >> Good evening, President. I'm going to do the quiet coyote. Quiet coyote. All right, I can bang my gavvel. >> Okay. >> Principal Holmes is going to speak and we're all going to listen. All right. My name is Karen Holmes, principal of Sierra House. And tonight we are here to celebrate some of our amazing students. Mrs. Miller is going to start us off by um celebrating our peacemakers. Mrs. Miller has been awarded by Soul Shop this year as their 2026 Peacemaker Champion of the Year. That working Teresa? Got it. Um she is 2026 Peacemaker of the year and that's a really amazing honor and

020she is a huge proponent of spreading kindness and peace on our campus. >> It's such an honor to receive Soul Shop's Peacemaker Champion of the Year award. My pass passion is to promote and teach peace. One way I do that at Sier House is through a peacemaker program. At the beginning of the year, Miss Kim and I train 30 peer selected third, fourth, and fifth graders on how to help their peers solve problems in a peaceful way. These students are partner up and assigned to one day a week where they are out at recesses helping their peers solve any conflicts. From a teacher's perspective, it's very important to have peacemakers because it allows students to enter their classrooms conflict-free and ready to learn. Brooklyn, one of our fifth grade peacemakers, is going to explain how

021the peace path works and then you will hear from a few of our other peacemakers of how it is being a peacemaker. Good evening. My name is Brooklyn Dusia and I'm here to talk about the peace path. We use the peace path when little and big problems occur amongst friends and peers. The goal of the peace path is to help guide students to peace rather than place blame on one another. Peacemakers are chosen by their peers on based on who is a good listener, nice and can be fair. We bring people to the peace path when Brians are mad at each other. There are misunderstandings or arguments during recess. Peacemakers help two the two kids go through the peace path and talk it out. The person on the yellow feet goes first and they will

022tell each other how they feel, what they need, and what they will do. Students might be feeling sad or left out. They may need space, an apology, or to be included to help resolve the issue. If at the end things don't work out, they will shake hands and take some time apart from each other. Plus, at the end of the day, peacemakers feel as if they have helped save a friendship. Thank you for your time. >> Thank you. Oh, next. Okay. >> Oh, there we go. Oh, there that was the peace path. Okay, >> there's the yellow. Mhm. Yellow feet. Okay. >> Wrong way. >> It's possessed. >> Sorry. Okay. Go ahead, pumpkin. >> These are our peacemakers. >> Excellent. >> My name is Rose and I'm a third grade peacemaker. What I have learned

023about being a peacemaker is that you need to be patient and it feels cool to be a peacemaker. >> Thank you. >> Hello everyone. My name is Grayson and I am a third grade peacemaker. I chose to be a peacemaker to help and support our school and to make it happy. I feel happy that I am a peacemaker. >> A thank you. That's awesome. >> Hi, my name is Kennedy and I'm a third grade peacemaker. The peace path works because some people are shy and don't want to say what they did. Sometimes they will even lie about what they did. But when they have the peace pass to guide them, >> they have to say what's on the pass and they can't lie. It feels great to be a peacemaker. >> Awesome. Thank you. >>

024Hi, my name is Ridley and I'm a fourth grade peacemaker. The peace path works because sometimes when you're in a disagreement, you don't know how the other person is feeling. When you do the peace path, you find out what they were feeling and why they got upset. And I'm grateful that I'm a peacemaker. >> Awesome. >> Hi, my name is Alex and I'm a fourth grade peacemaker. The peace path works because it helps those in conflict think about how they feel and it helps them be friends again. I feel special that I am a peacemaker. >> That's awesome. Thank you. >> Hi, my name is Doulce and I am a fourth grade peacemaker. It is important to have peacemakers at Sierra House because we help fix people problems and it makes the playground more safe.

025I feel very responsible that I'm a peacemaker. >> M nice are responsible. >> My name is Jack and I'm a fourth grader peacemaker. My favorite part of be being a peacemaker is that I'm able to be kind and help people that are feeling frustrated. It makes me feel calm as a peacemaker. >> What? >> Um, hi, my name is Michelle and I am a fifth grade peacemaker. It is important to have peacemakers at Sierra House because helping friends solve problems is an important thing to do. It feels helpful to be a peacemaker. Hi, my name is Vivia Hernandez and I'm a fifth grade peacemaker. My favorite part about being a peacemaker is when my partner and I have a s has a successful day and knowing these skills has helped me at home. I feel

026proud that I am a peacemaker. >> Thank you. >> Hi, my name is Ean and I am a fifth grader peacemaker. It is important to have a peacemakers at zero house because we can all be more peaceful and stop fighting. I feel happy that I'm a peacemaker. >> Hi, my name is Adam and I'm a fifth grade peacemaker. I chose to be a peacemaker to solve problems and be nice to people. But I technically didn't choose to be a peacemaker. Love helping others out. It feels amazing to be a peacemaker. >> Okay, cool. >> Thank you. One more celebration because we just celebrate. >> We had so much to celebrate. Now we've got reading to celebrate. Okay. >> Hi, I'm I'm Mrs. Peek and I teach second grade at Sierra House. Um, our other celebration

027tonight is our reading success in second grade. Sierra House is shifting its instruction to align with the science of reading. Aligning phonics instruction means that we're actually teaching reading in ways that our brain actually learns to decode and understand written language with the keys of um incorporating explicit systematic cumulative instruction while integrating other broader literacy skills and >> good beautiful. Okay. [laughter] So this I Ready data here reflects the growth we have seen using the really great reading program with our second graders. As you can see using this program after our March diagnostic assessment 97% of our students are uh meeting their endofear typical growth score. So, I mean, >> oh, I'm Lisa Tonerelli, second grade at Sierra House. Um, so reading fluency and accuracy are key components of reading. As part of the really

028great reading program, we have monitored our students to ensure that meeting that they're meeting the second grade benchmarks. Um 38 out of 56 students have met the benchmark in fluency and 36 out of 58 students have met the benchmark in accuracy. These numbers are also including multil- language learners and our students with IEPs. >> My name is Oh, my name is Miles. I learning about the six syllable types and Latin chunks. I like using syllable boards because they help me learn a lot reading with reading words and sounding them out and spelling them. I can now read chapter books. I love reading because it helps me learn. I am Whitney from second grade. I like how we introduced the skill and are able to practice using the tiles and syllabs and also the computer program.

029I'm I've become more confident a more confident reader and make less mistakes. Before really great reading, I wasn't able to read chapter books and now I and now I am. Hi, my name is Ji Medino. When I first started second grade, I didn't know any my all my letters and sounds. I didn't know any short vowel sounds. This year, I have learned all my short vowel sounds and all my long vowel sounds. I I I learned all my R controlled sounds like O R says or like o or like an or fork. I also learned all my other vowel sounds. There are five other vowel sounds. One is O U and O W makes the sound like an ouch. Now I can read and spell multi-elabic words a like astonishment. My favorite books to read

030are Dog Man. I feel excited that I can read and that I I also can understand what I'm reading. Amazing. Amazing. Um staff and students are just beyond. This is an information item only. There any questions? And we're at seven minutes. >> Yeah. And I want to make sure we get picture with the students as well. So, >> anybody have any questions? >> I I don't have any questions cuz I Well, I was in Jen's class earlier this week watching more things and just I always get teared up every time Sierra House comes. [laughter] So, thank you. >> All right. Very good. >> I want to give a shout out here. You know what? Staff, um, Lisa, Jen, Mindy, you guys just amazing work. Jen on putting this this piloting this intervention program, everything else.

031I just really appreciate all you do. It's it's proving out just in what we hear from our students. Um but also looking at the test data. You guys are just doing amazing work and so thankful for that. Thank you so much. >> We did not really mention the Marcela Foundation did support this whole pilot this year in second grade. >> Fantastic. >> All right. I'd love students come up and get a picture with board >> and appreciate all of you >> parents. Thank you. Thank you parents. Thank you so much for bringing your children out tonight. Thank you. Wow. >> I was going to text it to you. Oh, thanks. Thank you. >> You graduated early. Fantastic. >> Wow. >> All right. Wow. It it's it's truly impressive that second graders are reading multi-elabic words

032with such ease and uh >> multiabic. >> It's really impressive. >> All right. And next we've got our high school. >> Hold on. Let me get my real quick too. >> Oh, you have more and trustees. >> All right. >> Please welcome Principal Zenino. CTE lead Isaiah Tanassie and Taho Science teacher Richard Kette to introduce the board of trustees to some of their remarkable CTE Tahoe Science Forestry and Natural Resource Students. Thank you guys. >> There you go. >> Excellent. >> Good evening. >> Board of Trustees, President Keer, Dr. Culler. Our presentation introduces the CTE Tahoe Science Pathway Forestry and Natural Resources at STHs. It highlights how the program uses Tahoe as a classroom to provide students with hands-on training and professional certification such as wildland firefighting to meet the urgent demand for a local

033natural resources workforce. We have several folks that we're going to speak here tonight. Um, I'm going to start with uh Isaiah Tenassi, our department chair for CTE, Richard Ket, teacher of the course, and then we have several other partners we're going to introduce. Thank you. >> Uh, good evening, Dr. Cutler and board of trustees. Thank you for this opportunity. Um, want to take you back to 2021. Uh, what were we doing in August and September of 2021? uh Cowdor fire and uh there's these strong workforce grants out at the city uh at the state level and at the CTE um that we can apply for and I don't remember what it was we were going to apply for that year. Uh but after the Caldor fire, we pivoted and we switched and we said, "Hey,

034how do we look at growing our own here in Tahoe?" So we looked at how can we create support within our communities to protect um our community, our town, um in lots of ways uh through, you know, water conservation, through environmental practices, firefighting, things like that. So I don't need to read all these slides to you guys, but that was kind of the the the brainchild of where this came from. and we looked at um how can we then combine science with CTE. Uh we wrote a $679,000 strong workforce grant that we received uh to hire an instructor uh Richard Ket uh for in two years get the program up and off the ground. Uh some adjunct instructors, recreational equipment uh to for students to be able to experience this recreational opportunities here. Uh instructional

035equipment and one of the big keys was we saw a huge need. we're going to get need to get offsite. We need to go places. Um and so being able to get transportation, so being able to get four SUVs with trailers to transport equipment and students uh whole class size out to where it needs to go. And so uh Richard will be able to talk a little bit more about that. Um, also we tied in some things from your own uh board uh back in 2020 about uh being uh students being climate literate within LTUSD and then also the city of South Lake Taho's climate action plan calling for increased sustainability and climate change education in our schools. So really focusing on those with this curriculum. So uh we also worked with the city of

036South Lake Tahoe to start and sustain the uh uh city of South Lake Tahoe park ranger program. So, we actually had students uh subsidizing that and and getting that off the ground as well. So, that's kind of where this whole program started from. And I'll let uh Richard talk a little bit more about everything else. >> Thank you, Isaiah. >> Thank you, board, superintendent, everyone here today. Uh thank you for saying I'm a good public speaker. I'm actually like fearful of talking in front of like my fear to actually do this today. Um, so I'm going to talk really fast about my program actually because my goal is to get to these humans behind me today and really highlight one of my major units that we did integrate into Taho Science 2. Um, am I

037allowed to roam around this thing a little bit or do I Okay. Okay. You're going to watch me like sway back and forth. Um, so, uh, CT Taho Science is a forestry natural resources class. The Tahoe science was a wonderful way of what we thought sounded cool. Uh, but we made sure our transcripts say forestry natural resources. that's the what they are really learning. Uh so I was tasked with trying to create courses that would actually help students getting through a physical science class as well as getting those CTE credits for the forestry and natural resource standards into the course. Uh when I started this class around three years ago and started in the UCOP system to try and create these declassified classes so they are on the UCOP systems, our class pathway did not

038exist. So I tried a new system. I mirrored two classes, split them in half, threw them at UC and like hopefully this works and they approved them. Um, so it did work. Uh, I forgot I have slides. Um, it is a project based learning class. Um, I tend to lean heavily on my M's program that's flipped instruction. I get my students into class. We learn from a video. They see what to do and then we go do it. And I'm going to try and replicate that activity at least three times with my students to get them working. Uh, anytime I talk to an organizational partner, they're like, "What do your kids can do?" Because I'm calling all of them to try and get citizen science projects started. Hardest thing of anything. Um, and they're like,

039"What can your kid do?" And I was like, "What would your level one technician do?" They're like, "Well, they do this." I was like, "Expect my child to do that thing then." Um, and that's how we actually show up to any of these kind of uh days. We show up acting like we are ready to be scientists. We might not understand the chemistry, the chemical reaction behind it. My my kids can read a blue Lamont kit, whatever the students say is the procedure, and they can do that to the tea. They can get those results. They can get that data for you out there. That's where we kind of like leaned in on our program. Uh, oh, I went too fast there. Okay. Uh so we are both declassified and then another big victory today

040uh this year is we did get it through dual enrollment process. It's both of these processes are not easy. If anyone tells you to do them, they're not easy. Uh we got approval. I now am minimal qualification to teach intro to forestry 110. So that our students in Taho Science 2 will now be a dual enrolled class and also have uh one of their classes I think of the four needed to reach your associates in forestry at LTCC and start that forestry path. So, our two main pathways in this course we are trying to orient students to get to is we're trying to get into forestry. That's the four-year pathway. We're short on registered professional foresters in the state of California. Those are the people who manage our forests, help the logging companies, sell the

041forest when necessary, fuel reduction projects. Um, and then the other pathway is the wildland firefighter. Uh, it's that student who's trying to come out of high school at 18, get a career, start right away, and start a life path. Um, so in Tahoe Science One, we have seven course units. We lean really heavily on physical science in those first units. Um, and we still integrate earthspace science standards as well as all the forestry and natural resource standards. But that first course is real physical scienceheavy. Uh, and that was because of the request of what we had to create when we started the course. Uh, Tahoe Science 2 is nine different units and that's where we get really heavy into our CTE structure. The students are getting really high onto certifications that they're going to be

042acquiring throughout the course. Um, and it's a lot more of independent learning at times because when you start to try and get a student a certification on an external organization, you can't modify the instruction any longer. I have to do everything I can to help that child still get through it without actually being able to modify it. Okay. Uh, big part of our class is we do a field excursion for just about anyone. Uh, not all of them, but we try our best. So, any unit I try and get my student in the field with the professional. I'm a I have the pedigogia. I have the background, but there's always an expert better than me out there and is actually working in the community already. So, we try and show our students those positions they

043can actually have in the area and that they could actually live here and make good money and actually do things for our environment in those positions as well. So, if you ever hear those called field trips, definitely not field trips. Excursions are graded courses. They are aligned and they are required because the student has to be with that specialist to get the extra hours they need. I can only show them so much, but that specialist can take them to another level and then they see it actually being applied by someone else. It's not just the figurehead of the teacher in the class. Uh what we've really ramped up this year is work-based learning hours. I really mirrored it after our dental hygiene and sports med programs. It's get these students after school into something doing

044something. Uh so you've seen possibly the fire hydrant program we started in the winter. That was just a good idea mentioned by someone along the way. We're like, "Oh yeah, yeah, we can start doing fire hydrants." uh our major work-based learning hours do go towards fuel reduction projects and that's where I really have to highlight all the gentlemen that are here with me today. Uh none of this would actually be possible without their willingness to just even let me uh know what's going on, get on the laws, know that it's going to be done correctly. Um and that it it it's going to it will do the best we can to get the fuel out of the areas we it's really weird that we live in an area we everyone thinks we need to plant

045trees, but we live in the Sierras. actually have to remove trees because we've mismanaged our forest for over 100 years. Okay. Uh we work with tons of organizations around town. I'm already realizing I forgot the Sierra Nevada Alliance on there. The city of South Lake Taho needs to be listed on there. So, I apologize for any organization I haven't mentioned on that list. I'm going to keep going forward for our time. Uh this is what the unit I really want to highlight. It's our wildland fire suppression unit. This is in our Tahoe Science 2 class. Um we started this course Tahoe 1 was its first running was spring of 2023. Um we started our first Tahoe science 2 the second pathway of the class in fall of 2024. Uh we had not integrated this unit

046into the course just yet. Students were just researching what a type two wildland and firefighting certification was. My thought was why don't I just get them that certification. Um so that was my next goal was I'm going to that level. So, in this fall of or spring of 2025, uh, 2024, I took five students with me and we went down to Sly Park and I actually got my type two wild and firefighting certification. And like I do in anything I'm learning, I sit there and I'm like, how do I make this happen in front of where I am? Um, so that's what I did the next year. We actually integrated in the fall of 2025, we integrated all five online classes students need to get into the program. It's called the basic 40. Some programs

047will call it the basic 32. Uh we integrated that into the classroom for the students. So they were actually getting my guidance while we did the online programming. All these different organizations, it's always on the national wildline coordinated group. It's an online program system. So we're able to get the students going through those classes. And it's five very hard independent classes you have to get to because sometimes the hard is they're grueling. They're boring. Uh the wording changes sometimes. You don't always understand it till you get into that field. But you got to have that before I can get you in the field. Um, then what happened was this amazing network of wonderful humans all decided they wanted help me along the way. Um, so I started using all the networks I had been getting

048worked on and the hardest part of the wild and firefighting training process is actually getting the field training portion. So they have to get about six to eight hours in the field working on line cutting, hose laying, engine work, uh, fire suppression, incendiary devices. Again, if you have any students who like fire, the only job in the world you get paid to light one, firefighting, right? Okay. And firefighting in general. So, I always tell students, "Come my way. I love your ideas." Um, uh, so what we did this year is I worked with the Myers Forest Service Station. Um, I have actually Brad White here. He's a captain of engine 341. He's going to be boss of KZDIN here that I'll present. And I had Corey Smith here. He was originally with the uh South

049the Lake Tahoe Hot Shots when I or TAC hot shots when we started. He came in I think two years ago and had a really great idea. Uh the hardest part of entering the wild and firefighting career is you have to buy your boots before you start. Boots are not cheap in the wild and firefighting profession. They run around $450 to $750. You get a certificate later on to go buy boots, but you have to start on day one with your boots. So there's like this catch 22. Uh that's what Corey really saw in that program and he wanted to offer those to our students to actually get the boots for them as a scholarship. Um so I reached out to him last year and I was like Corey and and uh Casey Offerman also

050is at Myers Forest Service Station reached out to them. I was like, "Would you run our S130 training for us?" And they were like, "And this is uh you know, it's probably November knowing my timing and I need it like next week." And they're like, "Yeah, sure." And like winter was really bad, so we were actually able to squeeze it in in January all of a sudden. Um and we had our first ever S130 training from our class. The entire program was internalized at the South Tahoe High School system. Now, um, and our students are able to graduate with a wildland firefighting certification, type two wildland firefighting certification, which allows them to get hired right away and enter the profession. Uh, and also, I should thank the US Forest Service. They came in at least

051three times in my office. I know I'm way past time. My watch is vibrating, too. [laughter] Um, the USA jobs process is really hard. They came in multiple times. Ted people that even the people who were working with them didn't know who they were and they were showing up like Ted King, John Chester. Uh they were there for me. Tony's I can't remember Tony's last name. Tony and Tony. Um but they were the hiring agents. So they came in, they got my seniors through the hiring process. Anyone that's actually the classes got them through that system and they were able to actually help us because if you did not know the US Forest Service use or USDA is using AI these days to get through the resume processes. So you have to write that resume

052in a very stringent way um to get through the checkpoints to even get calls back. Uh so they realigned all of our resumes for us and got that going. Uh what you're seeing up there is actually the forest service training here. Um we have agreements I think I think Myers Forest Service station and the he is now with the truckucky hot shots uh Corey and they're still willing to actually continue doing this in fall and spring for us. So students can have to possibly have two different days. We'll set it up with weather based on who gets through those online classes to get try and get them their certifications. Um, but what I'm really here for today, I know I just talked about my program for a really long time. I'm sorry. Um, is to

053highlight this gentleman here. Um, sorry, this is going to be hard for me. Uh, I'm like it's perfect where as any teacher you can set up an environment for someone and you know it should succeed if they enter that environment, but you still need that student to take something and Kzen is the definition of that. Um, in fact about a year ago today, I took him to this this trip I'm taking actually next week with my students. I keep telling them to come. Um, and he left that trip and was like, "This is what I'm doing." And uh if you asked anyone who had KZD as a Saha freshman, uh I talked to Mr. Peterson to make sure this was true. KZD was not the student you wanted in your class sometimes. Very witty. Uh

054[laughter] loves to play. He's a very loving human, but he can find his way to doing some very interesting things sometimes. So today, that's not who Ken is. And and really I'd say in this last year, anyone who sees him now, they they can't understand where he is today or how he came here. And it was really him seeing what he wanted to do and taking it. And it's like, this is my path. I'm going to do this. Um, so everything I really had to make happen this semester was because I'm like, don't fail, Kzden. [laughter] I was like, I know this guy really wants this. I'm going to make it all work now. Um, right down to logging all the hours. Um, so Kzden here, uh, little background about Kzdan. Kzan has some learning

055challenges and learning is not easy for him and I think he's always realized he doesn't always want to go to college. That wasn't his path. Um, and when he entered my class, it was kind of realizing like, oh, there are other options for us. This is great. Again, I'm really sorry this is going long. Um, and uh, again, that online program, it's really hard to do. Um, KZD has to do a lot of voice to text to get his writing correct. he has to hear a lot of things. Um, and this is 32 hours of like online programming minus the six hours of fieldwork. Um, and Kzdon got himself through all of that. Um, and I'm talking these are hard classes to get through. I can remember uh IS-700 I think was one of our

056hardest classes to get him through it. Uh, just to show you Kzn when he looks like in the field here. I think I have some photos for you. Um, he uh he I can remember he failed it a couple times and he was like Mr. Ket, I need to get through this. I was like, Kasden, come in at lunch. I'll read every question to you. We will get through this. And like that's what it took, but we got through those classes. Uh KZD is an amazing human being. He's a very loving human. Uh he's entered the profession that I think he's going to do really well in. He's a team kind of oriented human. Uh just another random story for you. Um I had a sub one day recently and I had to go and

057Kesndon was like, "My class was boring, I guess." So my lesson plan I had left for the students. So KZD somehow just knows like the procedure that he has to do. So he's like calling up an instructional assistant. He knows sometimes comes to my class and like gets them over there because he knows he needs student rep like a parent representative and then he's asked the sub and the assistants if they would show for him on the nature walk he wanted to take the kids on instead. Um that sub came back the next day and I was like I thought I was going to get in trouble. He's like that was the most amazing instructional assistant I've ever seen. I was like oh my god you're Kzden. Is this period 3? [laughter] and he had

058taken all these students out on a nature walk, knew all the tree species identification and like all the other background we teach about. Again, I teach 16 other or 15 other units besides wild and firefighting in this course. And he got he knows all that too. Uh and that's what's really amazing. And uh my last few moments here, I'd like to have we have Brad White here. This is his engine captain from Fire. Uh he also is on S130 with us. Uh he is going to be his boss on engine 31. 341. So if you see 341 going around. Uh KZD's on there and Brad's driving. Um uh and this whole idea of getting KZD his boots that came from Corey Smith. Um without that I could not have done this idea. I don't I

059would have probably bought Kzon the boots out of my own pocket anyways because I was going to what he needed. Um so Corey Smith from TAC Hot Shots, would you like to present those boots? Again, these are $500 plus boots. [applause] And then none of this is possible. Again, uh the work-based learning hours. I really just want to stress how much that's important that working with South Lake Tahoe Fire Department, Lake Valley Fire Department, the CDC, the US Forest Service, private homeowner lots, and then this is all run by Michelle Mlan for the Tahoe Resource Conservation District. Um, those are all the organizations getting us this work to work on. But by doing that work, that's what really blew up his resume is he had over 20 plus hours of fuel reduction, like defensible space

060work. He knew how to do it. He knew how to manage it. Um, he's like running like crews for me now. if I could get him to come back. He works too much and they keep training him at his real job. Uh, [clears throat] and another really crazy thing about that is they did hire him back in March. This position was supposed to start, I believe, in April of this year. Um, they were willing to hold this position for two and a half months for him. He will start as a wild and firefighter when he graduates. That next week he's on that he's on those jobs. Um, and it's just really amazing to know that he did this himself and he pushed himself through this and that's I'm proud of that. >> [applause] >> Great

061slideshow if you want to watch it at some time. >> Hey Rich, Richard, I want to tell you, you know what? You just modeled what is such amazing about teachers, right? And going the extra mile and doing all that you do and and all the planning, the commitment. So, thank you so much for that. And you did an amazing job speaking with the superintendents this morning. I want to tell >> I didn't know they were even coming. >> [laughter] >> You did a >> lie. I'm not good in front of people. >> You did a great job and and and I I was going to hold my comments about this morning uh just for now because I know that but we did a great you guys did a great job Isaiah and Justin getting those

062the superintendent around. They were so incredibly impressed by what we're doing in our school um and all of the programs that we highlighted today and was specific about this that we're actually taking students that have an interest, a desire, something that they connect to. It really is the discover and foster unique talents and potential of all students like our board uh vision statement says and this is an ev this is evidence that that is the idea and I you know Kzden so happy for you so proud of you thank you for representing yourself your family and our our school and districts in such a way board members may want to say something but I also want to make sure we get a picture with you and the board here >> just to piggyback one more

063thing on that that's a really good point like fostering for all students I can't tell you how often I get a teacher letting me know that I'm taking someone out of class that's struggling. >> Oh, >> and I'm I respond adamantly, as you can already see, that then this is the right place to put them. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Um >> they might struggle an essay, but I'm going to get him a job. >> Yeah. Kden, I've known you since third grade at Sierra House. Um so proud of you. I am so proud. But Richard, I have a question for you. [clears throat] >> It's always Q&A, not >> um I'm on the firewise committee at Fallen Leaf Lake and we're putting together our work days and do you have any students who would be

064wanting to volunteer or get some work hours? >> It's usually finding me to come man those with you. My daughter is a senior this year. She is graduating. So, I've been working around her schedule and trying not to miss a single day. Uh but yes, reach out with Miss Michelle Mlan. She'll actually get you on that. Okay. We'll try and sign you up. Uh it's always I try to man with my students. So I'm like crew lead when I'm there or boss boss. Yeah. Crew leader. That's what I am. I'm blow man. Uh those are all the names and like they're wildman fire. I'm a I'm a I'm a crew boss and uh I help them get going and so I can always send you a student but you gota >> have a bra some

065>> have a heart if you love them. They don't always work hard until I'm there barking. [laughter] >> Um Mr. Kenned, I just want to say um thank you for being a role model. I mean, you're, you know, f in terms of fostering the unique talents and potential of all students is really recognizing that you needed to step up to be able to provide this. And I I just want to thank you for going the extra step to get your masters. the dual that's super important to me that um we have teachers in the classroom, you know, at the high school that can um teach those classes where they get their college units and and I know it it's a lot of work and I thank you for taking that on. Um and just, you

066know, continuing it sounds like to take on extra, you know, extra effort all the time, but I really appreciate that. >> When I was interviewed for this position, I couldn't I didn't have the credential. Um I got it from skiing from the outdoor industry and they were like, "But we're going to need you to teach trees." I was like, "I got no problem. I'll learn it." >> Yeah. >> We're going to need you to do this. I was like, I got no problem. >> And I really appreciate that. Thank you. Yeah, I really appreciate that. >> So, real quick, I'd like to thank you for your continued learning, >> for your passion for the CTE >> and uh Mr. Kette. Uh thank you. It's it's obvious that students are just going to follow and just

067fall in love with what you're teaching. So, >> it's awesome. >> Uh outstanding. >> Thank you. >> Well, great job. >> Let's get a picture with the board if you don't mind. And our partners that are here, thank you guys so much. It only happens with partnership. Thank you so much. Come on. Come on. >> No way. Boxes aren't cool. >> I told you. I told you. >> You don't need it. John. [laughter] >> Okay. I'm just pretending Dr.'s not standing. [clears throat] >> They do it. None of it works. Thank you, sir. >> So, you're >> I love it. Thank you so much. >> Really appreciate it. Hello. >> All right. That was excellent. >> That was so excellent. Okay. >> All right. >> The next item. All right. Well, thank you all. And

068uh I just learned >> Thank you, Principal Zunino. [laughter] I just learned I just learned something that those boots are not steeltoed boots because loggers wear steeltoed boots so that logs don't break their toes, but firefighters don't wear steeltoed boots because the steel gets too hot in a fire setting and burns their feet. So, I learned something new today from Kzden. So, thank you. And uh next we have our item number nine which is our um Lake Tile Unified School District partner organization updates and uh and we have measure B information and this is actually an action item. So we had a request from one of our partners. Here you go. >> President Camper members of the board. We have Jen Delane a chair of the yes on measure B committee and just Lasher. >>

069Jesse Lasher here to present to the board. >> Good evening. My name is Jen Doliani and I am here to urge you to endorse measure B. It's the renewal of the special parcel tax funding for the South Lake Tahoe Library. This tax has been in place since 1995. It provides a substantial portion of the library's budget each year and provides some stability in regards to county funding. As I'm sure all of you know, our library provides an amazing range of programming for all ages. starts with early literacy story times and access to the Dolly Parton Imagination Library and it continues all the way up to the senior story swaps. there are resources far beyond the traditional books. There's audio books, ebooks, graphic novels, magazines and manga. There is access to collections across the state through

070link plus and Libby. And all this is available for free to any member of our community. At a time when reading for pleasure is at an all-time low and literacy rates are showing a decline for the first time in generations, we need to support reading and literacy as much as possible. Measure B is a simple way to do that. Please show your support by endorsing Measure B and voting yes on June 2nd. Thank you. >> Thank you, >> Members of the board. It is staff's recommend Oh. >> Oh, we have one more. Go ahead, Jess. >> Get me. >> Yeah, you get we get speaker number two. Welcome. Hi, I'm Jesse Lasher and I'm one of the committee members and I'm here with Jan and we want to urge you to uh pass the resolution

071for this and something that I'm not sure that you're all aware of is the South Lake Tahoe Library is a branch of the Elorado County Library and in that it gets funding from the general fund from Elorado County funding uh sources or savings and also the Meyers Endowment and that in 2018 added the sixth day of the week for the library to be open and in 2023 we were able to add an additional librarian. So that was pretty exciting to do that. And then the parcel tax measure L which will expire in 2027 that provides 40 to 50% of the funding for the library. So the citizens see fit to have pass to pass it and we're hoping the citizens see fit again to pass this and we're hoping that you will endorse our resolution.

072Thank you. >> Thank you. Do I have any questions from the board members? >> All right. Any comments? Any public comment? >> We had no public comment. >> I saw, you know, some members of the public in the audience who might want to speak on it. Okay. [laughter] Um I'm not naming any names. Um All right. Do I have a motion from any of the board members? >> I move to support the resolution or uh I move to uh pass the resolution to support uh Measure B. I'll second that. >> Okay. I have a motion to approve the resolution by um Trusty Heatherton and a second by Trusty Mansfield. All those in favor say I. >> I. I. >> Those opposed. Okay. There are no nays. Unanimously passed. Thank you and good luck on the

073U ballot. It's the June It is the June election, right? So, please get out there and vote. All right. Thank you. >> I have a sign in my yard. >> You have a sign? [laughter] I have a sign in my car. All right. Next. Um we we have uh educational services items and our first one is the single focus update from Viju. >> President Kimber and trustees please welcome principal DPerryi and team to provide us with a brief update on their single focus progress. >> Good evening Dr. Cutler board of trustees and community members. I'm Rosie Dpier, principal of Beiju Community School, and tonight our Beiju team is here to present our single focus for the 2526 school year. Our single focus goal reads, "Beu community school will focus on improving research-based instructional practices in

074English and Spanish language development in order to improve student outcomes, particularly for English language learners. Our BJU leadership team includes uh many teacher leaders from each grade level. This collaborative group represents the heart of Beiju, ensuring that our language development is shared and supported across our classroom at every grade level. And tonight, Marisa, Annie, and Rebecca are here with me to present our progress so far. All right. [clears throat] Our why stems from the shared belief that no student should have to give up their first language to succeed in another. Our goal is to develop proficiency in both English and Spanish by treating home languages as academic assets. This additive approach protects our students cultural identities while empowering their academic growth. This year's plan is a result of five years of intentional work. We moved

075from a needs analysis in 2021 to aligning our dual language programs and ELD models. Over the last two years, we integrated thinking maps and the path to proficiency to provide specific supports for speaking and writing. Now, in our current year, we are implementing right from the beginning, which is another extension of thinking maps to teach and plan writing. We've been focused on writing alignment and coaching ensuring our engagement strategies are active across all content are the LTOSD mission drives us to foster the unique need uh talents of every student. This year our focus on writing ensures students have consistent opportunities to collaborate and communicate academic content in a supportive equitable environment. As we move into our core instructional focus, I want to ground our work in a very powerful reality highlighted by researchers Lynn Kirkland

076and Janice Patterson. The development of oral language in classrooms has been an incidental occurrence historically. The amount of oral language that children have is an indicator of their success or struggle in school. At Beiju, we have moved away from incidental language development toward a highly structured intentional approach. We recognize that oral language is the essential bridge to successful writing. To support this, we are utilizing thinking maps as a shared visual language for learning across all content areas. Our lessons include opportunities to use oral language at each stage in their writing. Um, we're going to continue with the next slide. Um so if you look at slide number eight, um it's important to emphasize that we're continuing our core instructional practices as part of our long-term commitment for student growth. Um we're sustaining the core practices

077to foster participation. For example, you're familiar with think pair share and you're familiar with um those little random calling sticks um in order to maintain the culture and the participation and of course using our thinking maps to support critical thinking across all grades. Um if you go to the next slide, slide nine. Our thinking maps journey has evolved from learning from the eight fundamental maps to specifically targeting narrative writing through right from the beginning. Um to provide support from implementation, we're continuing our grade level PD coaching um and modeled lessons. Throughout all these three years, our focus has been in language development, constantly focusing on speaking and writing off the maps to give our students the tools they need for academic success. If you look at our current 2526 school year, here are some of

078our actions for professional development. We received a full day grade level PD sessions to teach narrative writing and learn about the vertical progression from grade to grade. We also reviewed concepts and strategies on several Wednesdays with all our staff. We have also received direct support to ensure our trainings connect directly to classroom implementation. Our trainer, who's amazing, has provided modeled lessons and ongoing coaching opportunities for our teachers. The following slides you will see show academic progress uh slide 11 students have made this year and demonstrate how we are monitoring our progress. This slide shows an example of a class summary sheet for students writing after scoring writing on a grade level rubric. This summary will provide us with insights into skills students have mastered and what skills need re uh reteing. Based on this data,

079a teacher might teach a mini lesson on descriptive sentences with her students. Thank you. On this slide here, we see Beiju's I Ready growth in Spanish reading. We see a significant increase in re in students reaching grade level benchmarks at about our mid-year assessments. While we see a challenge in the upper grades, we're confident that the foundational shifts we're making now will bridge the gap as these younger students move up. Last year, our ELA CASP scores highlighted exceptional growth for students. Almost threearters of students showed improvement in their scores from the previous year. The growth is not just evident for students in general, but in all of our student groups, such as including English language learners. Students with disabilities grew an average of about 15 points with over 83% of students making progress. We know

080that growing all student groups is quite difficult. It's a quite difficult achievement. And we attribute this growth to the instructional cohesion we've developed as a site. Our LPAC scores did not show the same level of suess of success falling back to 47% of students showing growth last year. Um, some changes were made to the assessment process such as excluding T our RTK students from these assessments which may have affected our results. Our reclassification rates remained at 14% with another 18 students reclassified last school year. Uh looking ahead, our thinking maps professional development and coaching will focus heavily on expository writing. We're going to build on the work we've already done with thinking maps and narrative writing and continue our writing calibrations. This means our teachers will sit down together, look at actual actual student work,

081and use those reflections to plan short targeted mini lessons. We will be taking the lessons we've learned this year and refining them to make our instruction even more precise. Um we are very excited um to spend time layering on top of the work we've already put so much effort into. So thank you. >> Excellent. >> Okay. Thank you. Do you have any comments or questions for us? >> Questions? >> Trusty Anderson, >> can you can you uh help us understand what's different about random calling? >> What's different about random calling versus raised hands? >> Yeah. Um, [laughter] so there's some there's many benefits to random calling. Um, one of the benefits of random calling is that you um can check if students in your classroom understand the and so if you have raised hands, the

082students that are raising their hands, you know, they know the answer. But if you're calling with random sticks, you understand, oh, uh, you know, little Timmy didn't understand. I need to retach that concept. It also provides opportunities for students that maybe are shy or that um don't get called on so often to have the opportunity to participate in the classroom. >> So, do the teachers uh tell the kids don't bother raising your hand? Is >> sometimes sometimes Yeah. >> It's also >> come to the mic. Come to the mic. >> It's also like in my classroom it's like 100% accountability and engagement. So you give students the opportunity to know, okay, think pair share, you heard something, repeat back. >> Um, so they're being like prepped. You're not just like, >> yes, >> boom, like

083>> little Timmy's on the spot. But it's, um, it's really accountability and it's giving students like, you need to like you, your voice is important and what you engage in matters and we want to see what you think, too. So I always found that when >> it's lovely. >> Yeah. when you had your popsicle sticks, the kids were paying attention more to the lesson because they didn't know if they were going to get called on or not. So, >> raises the expectation. >> They wanted to hear the other kids explanation so that they could expand on that. >> Yeah. >> Powerful. >> Absolutely >> powerful. >> Other questions or comments? Thank you so much though. Appreciate you guys sharing and >> success. Fantastic. Thank you so much for number one being here tonight and sharing

084that. And I want to echo, you know, when you when when we work together as a staff working on best practices. It not only helps our our class, but as the students move through our school and have the similar best practices, they get used to them. They get and they they become stronger in that learning and that environment by those best practices. So, thank you so much for that. Next up, we have a single focus update from the South Tahoe Middle School. President Camper and trustees, please welcome Principal Martinez and her team to provide us with a brief update on their single focus plan. >> Hey. All right. Good evening, Dr. Cutler, President Keer, and board of trustees. Uh we are here today tonight presenting an update of the 2025 20 or 2025 2026 um

085single focus for our site. This plan represents our collective commitment to success and well-being of every timberwolf in our community. >> Backing up a little too many clicks. Okay. Um our focus plan remains to cultivate a positive school culture by actively engaging students, families and staff. and you will see how the collaboration and intentional strategies continue to guide our efforts uh continue to guide our efforts this year. Our single focus plan is supported by a dedicated team leaders uh recogn I would like to recognize those curriculum leaders tonight Mr. Brown our assistant principal Mr. McCary dean of students our department leads uh Miss Barto special education Miss Kavner math Miss Kavanaaugh PE Mr. Clark science Mr. Gonzalez Lote Mr. Heranda social studies and Miss Rio's ELA. This team is engine and driving force for our

086uh shifts within our school. >> Student engagement. >> All right. Thanks for having us board. Uh for student engagement, we continue to lean into uh PBIS, which is positive behavioral interventions and supports. This framework improves school climate by promoting positive behavior. So, for example, we've had 180 students of the month through March, and we'll have our next one next Thursday. So, we'll get that number above 200. We've also had over 500 students recognized through our weekly pride drawings, which you can see on our TV channel. Um, what does pride stand for? It's our common language. It's our brand in STMS [clears throat] and it's being positive, showing respect, acting with integrity, and then staying determined and being engaged. So, we in reinforce that Brandon through schoolwide rodeo matrix TTVs and weekly drawings. And then, if

087you allow me to go off script real quick, we're also really proud of our social probation projects. So, for students that do land on the social probation list for various misbehavior, we encourage them to make presentations, um, community service projects, or for more serious offenses, they'll take classes so that they reflect on their behavior and ultimately learn, grow, and get themselves off that list. Um, engagement is not only about academics. It is also about ensuring that every student feels supported, connected, and cared for. Our counseling and wellness center provides targeted individual and group support. They focus on building students social emotional skills. Um, we partnered with the Boys and Girls Club, LTCC, and Tahoe youth to further strengthen a support system and create a safety net for all students. This work is grounded in the

088five core SEAL competencies. Self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. This is to help guide students abilities to manage stress, navigate challenges, and build healthy relationships. This year, we expanded these efforts by adding three onampus groups. Save Promise Club, Girls Empowerment, and youth on the margins. Creating more spaces where students feel seen, supported, and empowered. >> All right. We would like to think that this approach that's focused on the whole child relationships, PBIS, we call it the Timberwolf way, we've started to call it a little bit. Um, they'll focus on the whole child, the things that were just talked about. U, this approach is making a difference. If you look at the slides over there, we've seen an overall decline in major behavior referrals compared to the previous two years. Notably, there's been

089a significant reduction in chronic cases. That's students with seven or more uh re referrals, which reflects the impact we believe of our strengthened supports. >> Okay. Attendance matters. With a strong with a strong focus on improving daily attendance, our team uses multiple platforms to consistently communicate the importance of students being at school. In addition, our multi-tered student support team meets bi-weekly to review attendance data, discuss challenges, uh monitor SAR referrals if need be, and coordinate targeted interventions to address chronic absenteeism. We also continue to partner with families by holding conferences to better understand the root causes of these challenges. Um to de develop attendance contracts and collaborate on personalized support plans. All right, I'm back. Um if we look again at our data, we our monthly attendance data, it's kind of hard to see up

090there, does show a growth over the past three years with our rate stabilizing from 90 to 94%. One notable observation, let's look at the look at the data this year is stronger mid-year attendance particular during months 5 through 7. Um on to some other items and if we focus on discover and foster the unique talents and potential of all students. Um we believe that activities outside the classroom play a large role in that. A lot of our unique talents and and potential reside outside of the classroom. We saw one of our high school students really excel in some of that stuff. It was content area, but it was also outside the classroom. Um, athletics play a huge role in our school connections, we believe, and a sense of belonging. This year, 44% of our entire

091school body, that's 316 students total. Just think about that for a second. We're participating at least one sport. Uh, we have seven sports from cross country to volleyball. Uh, this is a 7% increase in participation compared to last year. A quick shout out to Coral and transportation. She took 180 students plus to track down in Carson today. She got three buses. She does an amazing job. So I did put in my notes and make a quick shout out to Coral and them. We took that's the most I've ever seen go to a track meet. 180 out of it's about 700. Um next with support from our parent teacher association STMS offers a variety of enrichment clubs. So it's not just the sports clubs across arts, academics, athletics providing students with diverse opportunities for explan exploration

092and engagement. A key highlight is that 100% of our clubs are facilitated by STMS staff. I'd also say four of our seven about 50% of our sports are also coached by our STMS staff. This strengthen strengthens the relationships and deepens the students sense of connection to the school. Thank you. >> All right. I got PK 2025 2026. for our families. We implemented the parent institute [snorts] for quality education um this year. It was an 8-week program held by 45 English lang English learners um families e uh to better understand the school system academic standards and the college pathways. At our graduation, our main speaker was Horge Mononttoya, a former South Tahoe middle school student. Now he's a successful mortgage executive. He showed how he was supported by his family and how South Tahoe Middle School

093helped him in his success in his career. Uh MCC, the multiple channel connection. Uh in that we encourage families to stay involved by holding regular leadership and advisory meetings. Parents can take part of of different groups like um school site council, the English learner advisory committee and PTA. so many of our voices are heard. We also make sure that it's easy for families to stay informed. We share updates through Parent Square, social media, and our weekly S'mores newsletter. We want families to be active and involved in our school. So, we offer many volunteer opportunities through the year. We also warmly welcome new families to our Tim Timber Timber Timberwolf community. [clears throat] >> All right. For staff engagement, we continue to work on our HRS uh best practices. We're currently working on level two effective

094teaching in every classroom. This includes refining our instructional strategies and aligning grading practices um to create consistency across all grade levels. Um this work has been supported through a variety of uh professional development opportunities, collaboration Wednesdays focusing on engagement and CL committeeled sessions introducing key instructional elements. Um our efforts are guided through the through Marzano's the new art and science of teaching and then this slide just highlights the process we um take to identify the key instructional elements. Um we started uh through looking at the new art and science of teaching framework and then we sent out a staff survey which was um then reviewed and identified the top 10 elements and then um each department prioritized those and then we identified three to work on as a site. And finally we um ended we

095went through that with grade level focused conversations and planning and whole group sharing of our successes and opportunities in the classroom. >> [clears throat] >> One key area that our team has identified is the need to really look at our grading practices to ensure consistency and clarity across all grade levels. We currently um at STMS are blending really a standardsbased approach with traditional grading using a one through four scale that is then converted into a percentage for letter grades. Uh this refinement will create a more unified and transparent system improving how we communicate student learning and ensuring um that our students are better prepared for that high school expectation and transition. Um in the second half of the year we did pivot. We took a closer look at our grading practices and gathered input to

096to improve on them. We started in January, sorry for that typo there, uh by developing um and launching a staff survey to gather teacher input in February. Then we then shifted into the review of that data. Our admin team, our curriculum leaders and staff look closely at the survey results to identify trends, strengths, and areas of growth. Uh and then that directly um led into staff feedback sessions which uh were create with where spaces were created for discussion and reflection. Um and our c curriculum leaders helped facilitate those conversations by their departments or with their departments. Um and then we're currently in the phase of drafting our proposal using the staff feedback aligning and looking at the district policy to again realign our work. In May and June, we'll continue refining the plan through collaboration

097with the goal of rolling out our updated grading practices in the fall of 2627. And um we recognize that teacher well-being is essential to student success. Our wellness center provides opportunities designed for teacher stress management and burnout prevention practices. Teachers received a wellness journal to help them build consistent habits supporting balance, reflection, and resilience throughout the year. In addition, the educator wellness book and journal offers a teacher wellness weekly focus. This is shared each week in the staff'more newsletter. Um, in conclusion, we do uh know that our results show clear growth and participation, school climate, and strength and support of our systems. Moving forward, we will continue to expand enrichment opportunities, uh, continue to strengthen family education pathways, and deepen our focus on highquality instructional practices. We thank you for your ongoing support of our

098site and all of our timals. >> Any questions? Any questions for Principal Martinez? >> Thank you. >> All right. >> Yes. Um to what do we attribute a 7% increase uh this >> Mr. R? I mean we both can answer. Um we definitely have made a correlation with for example track 100% four of our coaches the four coaches are teachers on campus. Okay. And we know that that connection from the work that happens within the school day and then creating that excitement and connection with the students um we see that direct um outcome of students wanting to participate. So that's one one factor. >> In just looking at the data we look like we had a high sixth grade a big increase in sixth grade. If I drill down into the data, sixth and eighth

099grade are are really large. Seventh is a little smaller. I may see you may see a 7% drop off next year. If we stay in the high 40s, mid to high 40s, that's pretty darn good for a school to see. I I don't disagree. I agree with Miss Martinez that the staff rate they coach all besides track. We're involved in volleyball, basketball, uh you know, so that that on-site participation of staff is super important, too. But yeah, it's that's it's really good. It's great for kids. Thank you for noticing. And I and I think I just being at the track meet um for the high school the other day, but I I know that the other sports are are more competitive. I don't know if we're at capacity for some of those other sports, but

100you know, things like volleyball and basketball, you know, there's only so many students that can play, but I I so appreciate that the track uh that program that that exists at middle school and high school because it really does just um there's just easier access for all students to show up and do their best, you know, no matter what their skill uh level is. and I and um I'm I'm just really glad that we've we've promoted that, you know, and we've got kids excited about being there. So, >> I want to thank all of you for being here tonight, the work that you're doing. Um when I got to the district, I heard a lot of negativity about our middle school, and that didn't go away right away. And re recently, I just I hear

101so many more positive things, whether it's student engagement, student activity, um holding students accountable, um getting students more engaged, um students students being more excited about being in school, and that's contributed to the work of your entire team, and I really appreciate it. Thank you. [snorts] >> Thank you. >> Really, it's wonderful. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you. >> Good, good news. All right. Next we have um we didn't do that for single floor was celebrations. Okay. Next we have our personal services item 11 and we have uh the exciting item to introduce our new principles at Tom Valley and Sarah House elementary schools. This is the information item. >> President Kemp and members of the board really excited for this agenda item this evening. Um, anytime that you have to replace uh outgoing principles, especially

102those that are retiring, it's a it's a difficult process. It's a nervous process because you want to make certain that you are finding the best of the best to fulfill those roles. They play such an important role in working with staff, students, parents, and community. and and so as always um with we have the intent and the interest to find the absolute very best um and I believe we did that this evening before we introduce them I'd like Dr. Reer u as part of his role and he supervises most of our principles um had the requirements and expectation of m of me from me to conduct this process and so I wanted to just give the mic to him to talk a little bit about the process. >> Thanks Dr. Cutler. Uh yes, we did

103uh we posted I think we had it posted for a good four to five weeks. We were excited that we had 17 applicants interested in the two positions. We uh did a screening down to uh nine candidates that we wish to interview including two internal candidates. Um one candidate withdrew the day before the interview. We had a large interview team uh for day one. That was the day when the power went out. Um we had uh thankfully we had power here but we um we [clears throat] knew we had we knew we had out of town candidates. So we definitely need the show needed to go on. Um we had four staff team members from Taho Valley, four staff team members from Sierra House, one parent from each school. We had Karen Goldberg our multilingual

104learner representative Corey Aggars our student services representative. Principal Hart and myself. So, we had quite a crew that uh that conducted the dayong interviews. Uh Nicole was was part of our team there. Miss Moira was also there. Uh from there, we had uh some lengthy debriefing. Um I took the Tahoe Valley team and the parent and um Karen Goldberg took the Sierra House team and parent and both teams ended up um wanting to move forward with three candidates. Dr. Cutler originally suggested four to six. there was quite a difference between the three candidates and then our fourth candidate. So, we did present the the three candidates the next day. Um on day two, Dr. Cutler, um Kelly, Dave Zebo, Karen Goldberg, and myself interviewed the candidates. All very strong candidates. Um did additional interviews, background

105checks, further conversations with our two candidates. We were very thankful that the top two candidates both accepted their role and I am just so excited we hit pay dirt here. We've got some incredible new team members that are going to just enhance our our already strong principal team. Thank you. >> You know, I just want to tell you that we those three interviews that day, we're like, wow, we've got some top flight folks that want to be leaders in our organization and we are so thrilled to do that. and I mean have that and have them join our team. Only thing was our nervous was were they gonna accept, right? And uh and of course they did and they're here and we're excited about that. And today they were um we did a press release

106this past weekend um and of course they were here today. They were introduced to both staffs, you know, each of theirs. I very early start this morning with the Tahoe Valley Elementary School um with with Becky and then this afternoon um with Tiffany at Sierra House. And so with that said, I'm going to have each of them come up. This is an information item that their names are listed on your personnel order this evening on on the consent calendar. Um and so let's let's invite and welcome to the podium Tiffany Allison, our new principal at Sierra House Elementary. [applause] Good evening. >> Thank you so much, Dr. Cutler and board for placing your trust in me. >> I'm truly honored to be selected as the next principal of Sierra House Elementary School. Uh Lake Tahoe

107is a place my family has really loved visiting these last few years that we've been in California, and we're really excited that we'll soon be calling this community our home. Um, it makes this opportunity so much more meaningful both personally and professionally. I look forward to working closely with our teachers, staff, and families. Everyone was so welcoming um when I visited the school this afternoon, and it's very clear that their kindness campaign is paying off. Committed to listening, learning, and building strong relationships as we continue the great work that is happening at Sierra House. Thank you for this opportunity. I'm really excited to get started with Lake Tahoe Unified School District. >> Any questions? You've been at Alamita in the Alamita School District. Um, >> have you been a principal or assistant principal? >> Assistant

108principal. How big is that school that you're at right now? >> There's 512 students there currently. So, large >> and the and the demographics like like so like for the economically disadvantaged numbers kind of thing. >> I think we're at like 71%. >> Okay. economically disadvantaged. So, there's some similarities with >> with the Yeah. with our school district. All right. Well, welcome. So, excited to have you. >> And her daughter came too. >> Is she a skier? Is she >> here's the [laughter] >> Here's the question. Is is she a snowboarder or a skier? >> Good question. So, skiing, but she just got a snowboard and wants to switch. Okay. >> Okay. [laughter] >> Maybe making a change. [laughter] >> Board agenda item, but appreciate you saying that and and I want to just because

109this is hard, right? This is a hard time of year to to take the time off to get up and interview. two days in a row of interviews and then I asked both candidates to be here tonight number today to be introduced to the staff and then tonight to be introduced to the to the board and the community. Um but and so I know you probably are hustling back to get to Alamita to you be at work tomorrow. So so I'd want you to know that you don't have to stick around. You get on the road if you need to. But we are so so excited to have you join Sier House Elementary. You saw their energy today. And yes, >> I live across the street from Sierra House. I taught there 32 years. I'm

110still involved. We'll get to know each other. [laughter] >> And then and I volunteer once a week with Reading Pals at Tahoe Valley. So I'm will get to know you both. Yeah. [laughter] >> All right. Tiff Sophie, you'll be at the high school next year. Is that Yeah. >> Registration today. So >> Oh, fantastic. That's great. Well, welcome. It's really exciting. And yeah, we're all >> if you're going to be at the line plenty of times in the future with the board getting really comfortable with that right now. >> We're all we're all willing to help you succeed, you know. We definitely congratulations >> four-year-old who'll be starting TK. So, >> wow. You got the whole >> both ends of the spectrum. Hey, round of applause for Tiffany, huh? [applause] >> Tiffany all the way

111from Alama. Becky Barry all the way from Portland, Oregon. and she's currently um the principal of a of an elementary school there. She's been there five years as the principal was there previously the previous five as assistant principal. So a total of 10 at this school. Becky, >> well directors, superintendent, colleagues, community members, it is such a delight to be here tonight and um I've got to say I was up early. It was a big commute today. [laughter] Um, and it's been a long day, but what I have seen and experienced today from 7:30 in the morning all the way to right now has been so affirming and I think representative of this fantastic community. And so I had the privilege of spending the day with Pat Harnett. Wow, what an educator. [laughter] What a

112dedicated person. and he sat with me and he looked through every single picture of every single kid and knew something specific and special about them. Um, and every staff member I talked to spoke equally as assetbased and positive about all of the students and it was just like warm and greeting each other. I also saw some just killer reading instruction and I am just so excited to join this team and feel like it is the right group of people at the right time. And then for board members to ask about instructional strategies and then for kids to come up and talk about their work. I just I'm so impressed and honored and appreciate this opportunity and so thank you um for letting me join the team. >> All right, any questions for Becky? >> Uh

113let's see. I want I got to have a burning question. Welcome. Mostly welcome. And I just I just want to say that yeah, I really am really excited that you're here. And I I looked at your resume and I was really impressed that not only you been in Portland for 10 years, but in Brooklyn before that. And um I have a lot of family in Portland. My sister has lived there since the 70s. Actually, she's more out in Beaverton, but my brother's in North Portland, so his son graduated from one of the artsy charter schools. I can't remember the name, but um but anyway, I um you know, I just excited that you're bringing your experience from Portland here. And um you know, we fit into that whole weird weird Portland vibe here in Tahoe.

114So um [laughter] so I appreciate >> Well, I'm speaking for myself as Brett knows. >> Hey, how about Becky Barry? [applause] >> Just to say board, thank you so much. Once again, it's on the consent. It's on the consent agenda. [laughter] Um >> John's like John's like, I'm not participating in that. speak for themselves. >> Exactly. [laughter] >> Tiffany and Becky, please feel. Yeah. Yeah. I know you're on your journeys out. Thank you, Sophia. So glad you were with us all day. >> Yeah. Good luck again. >> Welcome. Thank you. All right. [laughter] >> Poor John and Bob. They have to be on this board with me. All right. Um [laughter] um next is a facilities and transportation item. And we have an update from Varie. >> Actually, you skipped one. if you were purposefully

115doing that. >> Oh my goodness. Sorry about that. Whoops. [laughter] >> Oh boy, it's been it's been a night although it's only 7:35. Okay. Um item 11B is our superintendence contract extension and stepin column. And this is an action item. I'm so sorry I'm I'm blown past that. I wrote because I have too many notes today on all the exciting things we've been hearing about. On Monday, April 20th, the board held a special meeting to complete the evaluation of the superintendent. After the closed session, the board reported out that Dr. Cutler received a satisfactory re review. Per the superintendent's contract, he receives a step and column increase of 3% on the executive management salary schedule and an additional year on his contract. Doc Dr. Cutler's contract will now end on June 30th, 2029. It is

116staff's recommendation the board approve the superintendent's contract extension. All right. >> And salary increase. And um do I have any questions from the board? Do I have any public comments? >> We didn't receive any public comment. >> Okay. Any any motions or additional comments or discussion? >> I'll make a motion to approve the superintendent contract extension and stepping column. >> Okay. >> I'll second. >> All right. I have a motion from trustee Mansfield and a second from trustee Heatherington. All those in favor say I. >> I. All those opposed? >> Nay. >> All right. Uh we had four to one and so the contract is extended and separate column is approved. The resolution's passed. Would you like to provide any comments on >> Yeah. Um >> about your I just wrote down a couple of

117notes. There are moments in any school year when it becomes imperative to exercise moral authority from the superintendent's office. And in the past 12 months, I feel we've fallen short of that imperative on several occasions. And it is my hope and trust that in the coming 12 months that will offer better results in this arena. >> Thank you, Trusty Anderson. Um >> me members of the board, thank you very much for your commitment to my opportunity to continue as a superintendent. Is an absolute honor and privilege to do so. Um and Trusty Anderson, thank you for that input and feedback. >> Okay, now we're going to move on to item our section 12 um and item 12 A, which is an update from Varagy. >> Welcome Brett, >> President Keer, members of the board this

118evening. We have Brett Gallagher from Varigy here to provide the board an update on our process towards our project for energy and sustainability. I also want to make a note tonight. Bonnie Turble, former board member, is in the audience. Um, this was an very important uh resolution specific to this back in 2021 was highly important to her as a board member. Um, and and know that she was a driving force behind much of this work. And so, Bonnie, thank you for being here this evening. Awesome. Thank you, members of the board, members of cabinet. Thank Thank you for having me back. Um, I don't know if the uh presentation's going to pop up. >> You may remember I have presentation issues here, so [laughter] they seem to take on a life of >> We try

119not to hold that against >> Don't take it personal. >> Yeah, don't take it personal. >> We don't hold it against you. >> I can I can go without him. >> Weird like we're weird like Portland. >> Um, exactly. Uh, as per usual, we like to just sort of review where we've been, uh, talk about where we are, and talk about where we're going. Uh, I understand time is of the essence, so I'll move, uh, briskly through this. Um, where we have been, just a a brief summary. We started this back in summer of 2024 and, uh, really started it in earnest um, during the preliminary energy audit uh, in October of that year. um you guys decided to move forward November of 21 and we're very very thankful for excuse me November 21st of

1202025. We're thankful for that and since then we have been um doing a lot of planning and um design around the implementation of the boiler system and the solar system two of which are are pretty complicated and require design. uh you do have a guaranteed maximum price. So regardless of the timing or the changes in scope, um those things are going to remain the same. Um as uh Dr. Cutler mentioned, uh this was sort of the um uh the impetus for all of this was the the sustainability work that you guys have done in addition to the building observations and energy baseline that we did for you. uh not only you going to achieve a lot of those goals, but you're going to um achieve uh quite a bit of savings as well. Um specifically

121around the solar and around the boiler and around the lighting. Um uh those savings are enumerated here. We won't go through all of that, but we're talking somewhere in the neighborhood of about a million dollars a year conservatively, which is great. Um the lighting, uh your LED upgrade is this is all your indoor lighting scheduled to start May 18th. Uh that's tenative. so far uh should be done by June 30th. It's very quick implementation and so we want to get this done over the summer. We're starting while school is in session. Uh but as soon as and so that second shift that's going to be in the afternoons. Soon as school is out, uh we'll switch that. We'll get people working during the day. Uh the stadium lighting for your tennis courts requires no DSA

122action, which is fantastic. Um so all the materials are ordered uh and it should be completed uh sometime in June of 2025. Um that's that's as of right now. Um I don't think that's going to change. Let me pop that over. Um the second big stadium lighting project is at the high school. That does require a full DSA pathway. Um so we registered with DSA back in April. Um the final submission should be late May. We should get um approval sometime in July. Uh and then start that project in late July, early August. We're going to be working closely with the district, specifically with Dave, uh, and the athletic department to make sure that we're avoiding any interference with practices and games that start around that time. Um, luckily it stays light out still, you

123know, pretty late. Um, so we should be able to we should be able to coordinate the implementation. Sorry, we're having I shouldn't have said anything. I jinxed myself. Um, the boiler replacement is still being reviewed. Uh, and the design is still being reviewed. Uh Atal uh Niharia is going to be here um in person on Tuesday. He's your project manager. He's going to be walking with the folks who do your gas lines. There may or may not need to be additional gas lines installed in order to support the boiler replacement. Um so the DSA registration didn't happen this week, but it should happen after that review. And so we'll start that next week. Um we are still hopeful that we can get the implementation done over the summer and before you need to fire up

124those boilers say in October. Um but we are going to be you obviously keeping in close contact with the district with Dave Zebo and making sure that we have the time and that we have if we do decide to start that project obviously it's imperative that we need to finish it uh before winter comes in. Um if there is a few weeks lag we'll have a heating system sort of temporary heating system um prepared for that. Um if not then and we have to start next spring again you have a guaranteed maximum price. Um so your current system would stay and and we would we would make uh >> get that started next spring. >> That makes sense. uh your solar design and engineering, a few uh ECMS or excuse me um a few of

125the um DSA regulations have changed. Uh so we're redesigning the structuring. Uh the snow load requirements at some of the sites have changed. So uh the steel is going to be a little bit thicker uh than than originally planned. Again, your guaranteed maximum prices there. Uh Sierra and Beiju, they maintain their lower snow load. So I think we're going to start there. Um we are going through DSA right now. Um you did make the safe harboring uh requirements. So you have a lot of equipment that's already been delivered. Um so regardless of the timeline on DSA, uh we have pretty much clear sailing in terms of timing. We have four years to implement. It's not going to take that long. Um but again, Sierra and Beiju will probably be the first two sites that we

126start at because of the lower snow load requirements. trying to fix this. >> Yeah, I think it must be timing. I think timing is turned back on when I email it. I have timings off >> and then I email it and it goes into your guys' deck and I think timing's turned back on. >> Well, if you don't mind going and making us go. >> Sure. No. Yeah, I'll keep going. It's that's fine. Uh I'm pretty much wrapping up. Um so those are those are all of your major ECMS. We also have uh controls and we have um uh orchestrate which are going to come in and and a maintenance management platform that are all part of this which is going to help with a maintenance and ver or excuse me and verification of your

127savings and also help measure um and and maintain all the usage. Uh that comes in after everything is implemented. Um so that's not quite a part of this timeline yet. Uh but you can see by this timeline uh construction installation we're looking at between 18 and 24 months in total maybe even a little bit sooner than that. The big variable is solar um and getting and making sure that that design gets through DSA and we can do the implementation um part of mostly next summer. Um and then obviously measurement and verification is ongoing for years to come and then project close out. But we are uh well underway with design for both solar and boiler. Um and we we are just waiting on DSA for both. So looking forward to getting started. Any questions? >>

128Excellent. Any questions for the board? >> So on the DSA for the solar, we're just waiting for those higher snowload sites though. >> Right. So we have options between increasing the tilt and increasing the um the caliber of the steel or going deeper. And so we're going through just a few design iterations to make sure uh you guys are getting what you want and what you're expecting and that we're going to meet the savings expectations uh and also as economically as we can. >> The steel I imagine is the steel is likely getting more expensive all the time. So >> by the day >> Yeah, by the day. [laughter] Yeah, exactly. Um thank you for the report and um I'm glad to see we're you know we're moving on and there looks like there's a

129public comment from the audience and uh and uh and that's fine. I wanted to ask for that >> and why don't you hand those to me >> anyway. But yeah, I really appreciate, Brett, the work that's been done and that we're ready to go and hitting the we're hitting the ground, you know, really running and um that we can get it all done in a couple of years. >> Well, thank you. I appreciate that. >> Yeah, we're excited too. >> Yeah. Great. Okay. And now we have public. >> Miss Turbo would like to say a few words. Yeah. >> Thank you, [laughter] Brett. >> Thank you. So, so back in the dark ages before any of you >> were on the board [laughter] >> years ago, um I uh was wondering if climate change was

130a real thing at at all. I'd heard like a degree here. I mean, I had really no idea. And I took an online course >> um uh with the World Bank actually. >> There were like 10,000 other people on this course, literally people all over the world. And at the end I was talking to people in Nepal and people in Sweden and all these things and and by the end of the course I was utterly convinced that this was this was really big and um it would be bigger in a lot of the third world countries even than here. >> Absolutely. >> And at the end I thought what if all of those 10,000 plus people became a point of light and we did something >> and um I just want to say I want

131to thank you for being that point of light. Um I want to thank you for your responsiveness to the community. You I know no one here has the memory of the board meeting where the room was full and angry and um students were here and they wanted something to happen. Um climate literacy which was mentioned earlier was one of the things and of course we were lots of people were concerned about our actual u building structures and so on. So in these times when um lots feels uncertain especially to young people, it's so beautiful to see an institution including all of you here being responsive to the community and being a beacon of light. Thank you. >> Thanks Bonnie. >> Thank you Bonnie. Thank you for really appreciate your leadership on this subject because I

132don't think without Bonnie's um initiative without Bonnie's initiative and and um attention and you know attention and passion to this um I don't know the district would be at this point but I know it was from all of her work early on that this was on the table and I know the initial attempt you know the county board of ed kind of said we didn't have the money we couldn't get the loan or whatever. I mean we you know the board pre prior to me being on the board tried to move forward and they were not able to and um and so with Dr. Cutler's leadership to look for other you know creative ways and and help from folks like you guys uh Brett from Verigy uh we made it happen and it's exciting and

133it's a lot of money but we're going to we're doing it and uh and it's the right thing to do. So yeah, thank you. Thank you Bonnie. All right. Um, that's that item. And next we have our board governance item, which is an information item. It's the February 2026 California School Board Association Board Policy Update. First reading. >> Yeah, President Keer, members of the board, this is your first reading from updates from California School Boards Association's gamut system for February from February 2026. This is a first read tonight information item. It is intent for um staff to bring it back on the May 14th board meeting for action unless other directed otherwise. >> All right, any questions on that? Okay, see none, we'll moving on. Our next action is the adoption of the consent agenda.

134Do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda? >> I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda. >> All right, second. >> I'll second the motion. >> I have a motion from Trusty Kamacho and a second from Trusty Anderson. All those in favor say I. I >> I those opposed motion is approved. And lastly, we have items for consideration at future board meetings. Do we have any items to consider for future board meetings? Um, and I'm I don't know, Dr. Cutler, I know we've got scheduled or we're planning the a report out from school services. Do you have a update on what the what time? Anginette when she was leaving said that her best would be probably by the end of May for the first meeting in June at best timing. >> First

135meeting in June. >> I also let you know that um there's a request for an item to be agendaized regarding bathrooms at the high school. We that is planned. There's just we're working on some things that I want to make sure are part of that presentation. For example, just this this week, um walked the restrooms at the high school with our our partners, both uh Cummings Group as well as Studio W to consider working to some new designs for bathrooms. So, I want to make sure that's all part of that presentation when we get there. >> Is there and the potential for making those changes sooner than the other other projects really? >> So, I will tell you um it's all about money. It's about the possibility of moving projects up earlier to maybe do

136that, but there are some additional costs that we didn't anticipate for the upcoming phase projects that may impact the ability to do that. >> Yeah, thank you, Principal Zunino, for continuing to work on that. So, I look forward to an update on uh on what's going on there. So, thank you. All right, with that, I'm going to adjourn the meeting at 7:52.