001All right. Hello. Uh, welcome everyone. I'd like to um reconvene into our regular session of the June 26th board of education meeting. And um item number six is report any action on items from close session. And we have no items to report. And next is item uh seven which is communication reports. These are limited to five minutes. Um do I have any board member reports? Trusty Kalancho. Any board member? I have nothing to report. Nothing to report. Trusty Kancho. Okay. I have nothing to report except for graduation was very fun, but that 8th grade promotion was really fun. I saw Anthony there, so that was great. All right, trustee. Special to report. I enjoyed the graduations also. All right. It's really great to see our students achieving so well, doing so well. All right. Uh
002Dr. Cutler, superintendent report. Oh, you guys. We literally have no reports. Wow. I'm just gonna say a few things. Number one, um you you said some nice things about graduations. I just want to compliment our our our entire staff uh for just ending in a in a in such a effective positive way. There was many challenges that we faced uh in the last couple weeks of school and I was really proud of our team. Um really proud of our students on how they completed their year. So excited for our our graduates to move on and and and enjoying their their their their new life, whatever that brings and look forward to hearing all about their successes. Um I did want to just uh just mention a couple things. um always in response and I think
003that sometimes because the board is not able to respond specifically to public comment that that it's kind of an awkward thing and uh and so um obviously the board is concerned when they hear public comments and and and takes that those comments serious and and and specific to the public comments regarding um health insurance in our district. I just wanted to just say a couple things about that. Um, first and foremost, you know, we work with our associations and our and our employee all employee groups to look at, you know, what are our choices with our our insuranceances and what are the best options for us. We negotiate with our associations on um how much uh money is contributed from the district to those items. This is an interesting time um just only just a
004few weeks ago where we all alerted to an incredible increase that we've never seen before and uh and and so I know that we'll we've had speakers and I assume we'll have some speakers this evening. Um but the intent is to you know really work on and see how we can manage these heavily increased um um uh rates. One of the things that we have done is started to reach out to different brokers in that in in the field of health insurance to see if there's any way we can find different providers. We've done that with our associations. We have committees and groups that work on looking at that. But um with this incredible rate hike, it may be that we have to to look at at different options. I just want you to know
005that we do respond and and to the folks in the audience, we respond by considering what um you're hearing as a board and what we need to do to respond to those concerns. Um and and I think we'll continue to do that. I know that we have a couple statements and for public comment are written. I've had a chance to read them. Um we have a we have a a submission here. One of the other areas that we've heard some recent concerns on is special education. And though I'm um proud and of the the work of our special education staff and really proud of the work that is put into the efforts to staff up special education and and to meet the needs of our students, there's levels of concern and just so you know
006that um we have done our due diligence to look into how we can um have an assessment done of our special education program in this coming year to to truly determine where are we and how are we serving. So those are things that when we hear um public comment again to the public, you don't get to respond because it's not agendaized. But um know that we are always looking into those those issues and concerns. And lastly, I just would say this is the end of this fiscal year, this school year tonight. Thank you for your service as board members. Thank you to our staff. I hope that everybody gets a couple weeks off, get some time to enjoy the summer um and get ready for what I think is going to be an incredible 26
00725 26 school year. So, thank you very much. Thank you, Dr. Cutler. And now we have um employee association reports. And we have Jody Dayberry from STA. STA. Excellent. Good evening. Good evening. I'm Jody Dayberry. I'm uh here on behalf of uh STA and uh just want to recognize the district's acknowledgement in uh relation to the um insurance uh concerns and um very much uh want to work collectively with the district with our other not just the teachers association but our other bargaining units in the district as well. Um this issue is extraordinary um in so many ways and the uncertainty is definitely uh palpable amongst employees. looking at other possibilities, looking throughout our own community with other um entities may be something that is time to do um but exploring other things just to
008see what possibilities there are out there um is appreciated. Then um I also want to acknowledge that the association very much appreciates being able to have productive and meaning meaningful com uh collaboration um with a multitude of things that are happening uh in our district in the state and in the country. We recognize that things are definitely not status quo and definitely not uh normal. With that being said, we do need to also look at the needs the needs of our employees, the needs of all of our students, and the needs of their families. some of the things that are happening and the uncertainties with potential things coming down from uh the current federal administration are scary, very scary for public education. And none of us in this room are here because we don't believe
009in public education. And because we will fight for the rights that all of our students so deserve. And I recognize that we're pretty darn lucky up here because in other parts of the country, other parts of Elorado County, uh, do not have the same belief system as we do here. I also want to say thank you to John Simmons over there and uh my negotiating chair Shaina Lucas for um putting some thoughts together. I know the calendar is coming up and recognizing that there may need to be some changes uh and things that aren't quite all certain. So, the association looks forward to continuing those meaningful dialogues. Lastly, um the association would uh like to be able to get back together with the district um and resume negotiations. I know a lot was pending the
010state budget and now that's we know what that looks like, but we would um request that we continue as soon as possible so our members and are not in limbo. um and that we can continue to um work together through the negotiations process. Thank you. Thanks, Jenny. I do not see a representative from CSA here, unless I'm missing that person. So, CSA, no report from CSA this evening. All right, then we're moving on to public comment. If your comment is on an item that is not on the agenda, your name will be called at this time. If your comment is on an item that's on the agenda, your name will be called after that item is discussed and prior to the final action being taken, if any. Please limit your comments to three minutes or
011less. If there is more than one speaker on a particular topic, the board president may limit the comments to less than three minutes. No more than 20 minutes of public input will be taken on any one item. We appreciate your cooperation in helping us to facilitate the timeliness of our meetings. And also, I'd like to remind everyone that the Brown Act only allows the board to address items on the posted agenda. The board is listening to your concerns and cares about your comments, but we cannot respond to them at this time. And with that, Dr. Cutler, uh, do we have public comment? Yeah, we we have, uh, three submitted written public comments, and then we have one individual that's submitted. If somebody in the Yeah, let me grab that from you guys real quick just
012so I make sure I have them. Um, why don't we begin? Um, we'll begin with the written comments. Uh, and I've asked Kelly Buttery to read those this evening, so she'll begin. Thank you. Okay. First, um, dear Dr. Cutler and esteemed LTUSD school board, I appreciate your time and attention to my concerns. I love teaching our students and working in this district. So, I want you to know I write this with sincere concerns and for the good of the whole district. I would like to address an issue that will be directly affecting LTUSD teachers, but could then lead to further affect retention of students, quality of new hires, well-being of teachers, and the health of our school district. I know many others have their own concerns, but I will illustrate how this affects me personally.
013I assure you my situation is not unique. It is my understanding that the increasing cost of health insurance is being passed on to LTUSD teachers. I personally will go from paying $469 a month for my highdeductible health plan for my daughter and myself to an estimated $93 a month for the same plan with the same high deductible. This is almost double what I currently pay. I understand this is due to increasing cost of health insurance, but to me and to my peers, this is a pay cut. This is a loss of $434 a month for my paycheck. I have a second job as it is, as many of my fellow teachers do. I don't have another person's income to cushion this increase. So, it will be yet another increasing cost that I will incur. I
014could drop down to a lesser valued package, but the next one down is now more expensive than the plan I currently pay for, but with a much higher family deductible of $10,000. This is not a good option. I would I also want to let you know that I checked through out medical just to see what I would be paying if I didn't have benefits through my job with the same salary I would be paying much less for comparable insurance than the projected rates I will be paying for bene with benefits through LTUSD. Seems odd that with district benefits I will still be paying more than if I was using medical. This does not seem like a selling point when recruiting talent. I want to also encourage you to consider the health and well-being of your
015staff. When we can't afford these drastic increases to our health care, we may be forced to choose the cheap the cheaper plan with the higher deductible. We skip the extra blood test, delay the necessary appointments, and ignore signs and symptoms because when we know how much is going it is going to cost if we go in for an appointment, when we get sick from for when we get sick from our students, we still go into work and hope we will get better. We may forego the doctor visit because it is too expensive to go to the doctor anyway. Without being able to afford to see a doctor, illness can be prolonged and worsened. We all know that poor healthcare results in longer sicknesses and possible mis detections. With these new projected rates, many of us
016are going to have to choose the less costly plan, which will most likely lead us lead to seeing doctors less. In the long term, this could lead to much less healthy and more stressed staff. I understand you have budgetary concerns, but I ask you ask to ask you to consider the well-being of your teachers. Healthy and happy teachers are more productive, taking take less days off, and can put their effort into educating our children instead of stressing about their own health and ability to provide for their families. And that was Karen the line. Next one. You know what? I'm going to give you a break. Actually, why don't we do this? Why don't we give you a break? because I think the next two are a different topic. Perfect. If if if the board doesn't
017mind, we'll stay on that topic. I I I think that I might be be wrong, but just let's do that for a minute because I think uh CeCe, you're here to speak on this topic. Yeah. CC Cross. I'll give you a break. Yeah. Got it in three minutes. Okay. Three minutes. Total of 20. Come on. You're good to go. Don't even worry about touching that mic. Just go. You got it. Um, hi. My name is Cece Cross. I teach at STMS. Um, I just wanted to address the board and the community on this particular topic. Um, so good evening, uh, members of the board, Superintendent Cutler and colleagues. Uh, I stand before you tonight not just as a teacher, but as a deeply disheartened member of this district staff. Uh we recently received news of
018this 24% increase to our health insurance costs for this upcoming year and frankly my disappointment is profound in what's being offered. Um looking at the numbers the proposed insurance rates are a far cry from 24%. Um this upcoming open enrollment I had hoped to increase my family's insurance coverage. with these proposed increases, I can no longer afford to do that for myself and my family. Um, it is simply financially out of the question at this point. Um, if you want us, your staff, your community members to trust you, you not only have to be forthright and upfront with information, but you also have to do things that make us believe you are acting in our best interest. You cannot do things like this and expect us to simply blindly believe that one, this is in
019our best interest, and two, this is the best that you can offer us. It doesn't feel like it is. For me, and I know for many of my colleagues, this isn't just a number on a spreadsheet, a budgetary constraint. It's a very real and very significant financial hit. I will be going from paying just under 200 for the second lowest tier on our health care plan for my health insurance to over $500 a month. Uh an increase in $300 does not seem like 24%. Um I am a math teacher so I went ahead and did the math and I'm like wait I think that's actually like 250%. Um, that's a lot. I will be taking on this monthly financial burden that will inevitably directly impact my ability to cover things like groceries, save to purchase
020a home so I can continue to live and work in this community with these families for this district. uh and in the event that there are unexpected medical occurrences, I don't know that I will be able to address them in a timely manner. Um in a time when the cost of living continues to rise, this increase feels not just unfair but unsustainable. Um what adds to this immense disappointment is the stark contrast in how these financial burdens are distributed within our district. Many of the teachers make far less than you would think. Many of the teachers, myself included, we don't earn a six-f figureure salary. So $300 is a lot. I refuse to believe that a district is capable of our own. That this is the best that we can offer. Thank you. Thanks, CeCe.
021All right, let's Beth, I'm gonna move on to you here. So Beth Wonder, right? Oh, I don't like the screen. Just Just look at them. Just look at them. I'm looking this way. Okay. Totally different subject. My name is Beth Wonderlick and I'm a PE teacher at the middle school and I would like to speak about the serious impact larger PE class sizes have on our students and why it matters. Right now, our PE class sizes are already a 42:1 ratio and honestly that's way too high. We used to be able to offer amazing experiences and teach lifelong physical activities. In the past, we have provided students with lessons on disc golf, cross-country skiing, and archery. One of our most impactful units was mountain biking. With the support of the Tahoe Fund, which invested over
022$30,000 in specialized mountain bikes and strong backing from then principal John Simmons, we built a robust program that successfully taught every sixth grade student how to ride a bike. We were one of just a few schools in California selected for this opportunity. As our class sizes grew, the Tahoe Fund generally generously provided additional bikes to help us continue. But this past year with 42 students in a single class, it simply wasn't safe to continue the mountain biking unit. Can you imagine one teacher trying to supervise 42 kids on bikes? It's unimaginable. These were the kinds of activities that got kids excited about being active and helped many students make important connections to school. But we had to stop doing these units because it just isn't safe to manage that many kids in those environments. When
023class sizes get too big, safety becomes a real concern. It's harder to keep track of everyone, to give individual support, and truly teach. PE isn't just about playtime. It's where kids build physical literacy, learn how to move their bodies, gain confidence, and discover what being healthy and active can look like for them long term. I hope we can keep class sizes at a level that puts safety and student growth first. Thanks for listening and for considering what's best for our students. Raising class sizes is never what's best for kids. Let's we'll shift back to our we have two more written statements I believe that we'll have Kelly read. Um and then we'll have one final uh public statement. I'm going to read one and Dr. Reader is gonna read one. Okay, great. Uh, public comment
024for 62625 board meeting from Jesse Cru. Crab check. Thank you. Lori Kemper's denial of the CAC chairman's request to address the board concerning the dismal state of the district's handling of the special needs communities concerns is a blatant attempt to segregate and marginalize the district's most underserved population. I was approached last winter by a teacher at my son Charlie's school asking permission from me for Charlie to speak at a board meeting concerning his e field trip. As I was currently in a lawsuit with the school, I felt it was an inappropriate request. The fact that the school board is more than happy to hear feel-good stories from special needs children and not address the underlying problems that are they are wholly aware of is indicative of the systematic problems that they have no intention of
025addressing either in public or private. When Daryl spoke at the June board meeting last year, I was naive enough to think that surely such a heart plea and call for help would be responded to in a prompt and concerned matter. Instead, the forced response and fake empathy we received from then board president Valerie Mansfield and Superintendent Todd Cutler was insulting. The district in conjunction with the school board circled their bureaucratic wagons and have since refused any modeicum of change that would benefit our kids. Your disingenuousness in apparent is apparent in your unwillingness to give us a chance to speak in front of the board. I can think of a lot of adjectives for people who would actively and consciously disenfranchise children with special needs. None are suitable to be spoken aloud at a school board
026meeting. We ask for basic reciprocal respect and all we have received is naval gazing and fake empathy. You take advantage of the lower socioeconomic population that relies on you while you pat yourself on the back in public. I look forward to the CDE auditing you and finding out all the ways in which you have been acting unethically and illegally. Next one, public comment from Ari Dempsey. To whom it may concern, I'm writing on behalf of all parents and community members who care about how our school board is treating our disabled children. Watching over the years how disabled children are treated within the district and how our superintendent Todd Cutler and the schoolboard trustees do nothing to improve the situation is completely disheartening. I was a longtime local of South Lake Tahoe. I owned a small
027business. I volunteered on countless PTAs and boards throughout the years within LTUSD. I'm also the parent to a high support needs disabled child who went to Meyers Elementary, Tahoe Valley Elementary, and Elevated Online School. During my child's time under the care of LTUSD, he was treated with a total lack of care. He was held in illegal holds that were never reported to the state oversight or myself and was moved from program to program with zero concern on the damage being done to my child. When I brought forth these issues to Todd Cutler and the school board trustees, they used intimidation tactics involving cornering me in offices with a locked door to yell at me, constant lying, and even the threat of CPS and police involvement. Instead of backing down, I filed a complaint with the
028office of administrative hearings and fled Taho due to concerns over my son's safety. I have sat at these board meetings while you all cut funding for disabled children, but also spent more on football uniforms. You have shown you don't care. And this stunt of not allowing Daryl Miller, president of the community advisory committee, to speak at board meetings under the agendas shows us yet again what we mean to LTUSD. It's with that same energy I call call on all parents of disabled children in LTUSD to file complaints with the office of administrative hearings or with the California Department of Education if you have any proof of illegal activity. Without us all standing up for our children and demanding accountability, nothing will change and our children deserve so much better. Thank you for listening. Ari Dempsey.
029Okay. And we now have uh Daryl M, excuse me, Daryl Miller. My name is Daryl Miller and I've been the chairman of the community advisory committee for the Tahoe Alpine Sulpa for the last seven years. I'm here to express the CAC's disagreement and strong descent being denied to formally present the CAC's annual report to this board. These actions by the board and the governance council of the SULPA illegally block public comment on matters directly related to district issues for which the board has put on past agendas. This is all detailed in a special education CDE complaint that you were sent today. On June 13, 2024, I gave an annual CAC report to the board which stressed the concerns of the special education community. After the report was submitted, there was no response whatsoever by LTUSD
030regarding any of the concerns. In October 2024, after four months of literal silence from the district, I reached out to Superintendent Cutler to reestablish communications and asked for a meeting which was held on October 15, 2024. Former President Manfield was at that meeting. When asked her opinion of the report given in June, she stated, "It felt like you threw us under the bus." Unquote and unquote. This was an interesting comment considering the report was about the district for which you have oversight and not about the board itself. This statement communicated more solidarity with Superintendent Cutler than an interest in addressing the issues. Since then, we have had five additional meetings with district administration. President Kemper was present at two of those meetings. Not once has there been any specific response by the administration with a
031plan to address the items discussed in those meetings. During a meeting on December 12th, Superintender Cutler stated, quote, "We need to do something different." End quote. Nothing different has been done since that statement. After four years as superintendent, it is apparent by the inactions of Dr. Cutler is incapable of doing anything different to address the issues. The hubris of this board and administration and its desire to schedule more meetings to hear our request is staggering. If anything, the district administration has purposely acted in a manner that has limited the CAC's ability to perform its responsibilities as mandated by the California Department of Education. You're an elected school board responsible to the people who elected you. School boards exist to ensure the districts for which they have oversight develop plans to improve and strengthen weaknesses. This
032inaction to address special education issues over the years is a blatant disregard for the education of students with disabilities. You have been given ample opportunity to hear the concerns and address those concerns but have failed to do so. We challenge you to swallow your pride and put egos aside for the sake of our children. We are not the problem. We are a flashlight exposing the problems and will continue to do so as long as necessary to affect change for the sake of these already marginalized students. The CAC strongly urges this board to request an audit of the special education processes and procedures of the districts within the SULPA by the CDE. We demand transparency and accountability. We have tried to collaborate with you and will continue to do so if you're willing, but this will
033mean a serious effort on your part to overcome the walls you yourself have helped build. All right, that brings us to the end of the public input. All right, thank you. Oh, that was the beef. All right, our next item is our partner organization update and we have someone from Vista Rise Collective. Yes, I believe we have Kristen Downer from Did I say that right? Downer. Yeah. Yeah, from Vista Rise Collective youth program. Okay. here. I can make a bunch of these here. I can help. I can help hand stuff. Something that I'm not present yet, but this is something that we give our teachers. Um Oh, sweet. That have allowed us to present. And then if you could just you guys have some materials and then this is one for each of you as
034well. Stay home. All right. Good evening members of the board, educators, and community members. My name is Kirsten Downer, and I'm the youth program coordinator, and I'm here today on behalf of Viststerise Collective to speak about a matter that is both urgent and deeply important. Ensuring the safety and well-being of our students through comprehensive prevention education. One in 12 US high school students Excuse me. School students who dated within the past year experienced physical dating violence. 44.3% of teenagers experienced at least one type of violence in the past year. More specifically, 35% of California high school students report experiencing any type of dating violence. In front of you is a brief overview of Vista Rise Collective's youth prevention program along with the data collected from a recent pre and post presentation survey conducted with over
035200 9th grade students at the South Tahoe High School. Before participating in our presentation, many students reported not knowing how or where to access help or resources related to dating violence. Afterward, a significant number of those same students indicated they now felt more informed and empowered to seek support. This shift is a powerful reminder of how education can break down barriers and open doors to safety and healing. As you review the materials being passed around, you'll see examples of what we provide to students from elementary school through high school, including parents. These resources are designed to be age appropriate, accessible, and inclusive. One step towards ensuring every student knows they are not alone and that help is available. We are excited to introduce Reach Out, a new initiative, especially Oh, specifically for middle and high
036school students. We recognize that not every student feels comfortable going directly to a teacher, a counselor, or other adult. Reach out offers an alternative, a way for students to discreetly signal that they need support and for someone to reach out to them in a safe student centered manner. Every child deserves to feel safe in their homes, in their communities, and especially in their schools. At Vista Rise, we believe that prevention is not just a program. It's a promise. a promise to equip our young people with the knowledge, tools, and confidence to recognize unsafe situations, speak up, and seek help. Our prevention education curriculum is age appropriate, trauma-informed, and aligned with state and national best practices. These lessons are not just about protection, they're about empowerment. They foster self-respect, empathy, and communication skills that serve students
037for life. We understand that schools are already balancing many responsibilities. That's why Vista Rise works closely with educators to del to to deliver these lessons in a way that complements existing health and wellness curricula. We're not here to replace what schools already doing. We're here to enhance it to be a community partner in prevention to help foster a culture where students feel seen, heard, and safe. In closing, I ask you to consider this. If even one child is protected, if even one student finds the courage to speak up because of what they learned in our program, then we have made a difference. And that difference starts with your continued support and collaboration. Thank you for your time, your leadership, and your commitment to the safety of every student in our community. Well, thank you so
038much, Kristen Downer. And you're um the you or your staff are um basically going into the nth grade health classes. Is that where the where you're doing your presentations? We go from preschool all the way up. And um for high school, it's typically through the health classes, the nth grade health classes. We're trying to integrate. Obviously, we want to get all older, but since the schedules and they're taking electives, but yes. And then the middle school, our PE teachers graciously allowed us to come in there as well. Excellent. For sixth grade. And then and the elementary, you just work with the elementary teachers. Yeah. So this year we focused on first, third, and fifth graders. Um, and typically what we do, obviously we have curriculum, but we like to collaborate with the schools and what's
039going on in your school, right? What kind of fires can we help put out for you? Um, and then that's kind of how we go from there. Um, each year at next year might be kindergarten, second, um, fourth grade. So, we're making sure we're hitting all the students. Great. So, on this uh, excuse me, on this last page, thank you for presenting. It says make body safety talks a regular part of your parenting. So in this QR code, does this have resources for the parents as well or is this mainly for the students? It's for the parents too. Um the resources we're obviously, you know, we're in transition from the violence free to rise. So obviously our um website's getting revamped, which we're going to have a whole tab for all this stuff. So, instead
040of it just going to like a form, it's going to go straight to our um website with additional resources for parents and a lot of that stuff on there has how to talk to your teenager, how to talk to your child, um communication tips. It's perfect. He's got to need all the help. He's he's got twins that are teenagers. So, all right. Anybody else have questions or comments for Kirsten? Thanks for putting in your energies into this really valuable Thank you so much program. Thank you for having me. We really appreciate it. We love this collaboration and partnership and we hope that it just grows and transforms. Yeah, it's really needed. Thank you so much. I do have a question. I'm sorry. Yeah, go ahead. Were you through? Yeah, Anderson. Hey, I do have a
041question. Um, how often do you go into the schools? It depends. Okay, sure. I get that. Right. Like I said, the teacher time is very valuable and we recognize that. I sent out a brief survey to some teacher some school actually all schools but um to see like how much time right because it's kind of like building this curriculum that we're doing and how much time can you dedicate right I understand your time is very valuable so typically elementary we try to do twice um once in the fall once in the spring um middle school we hit once but obviously the more the better so we try to put a presence out there at lunch um try to collaborate with wellness centers things like that at least to get our like face and name out
042there and they can feel comfortable people approaching us. Right. Right. Okay. Thank you. Thank you so much for your time. Chris, before you go, I just want to say thank you so much for being here this evening, taking your time to do this, being a partner with the district and serving our community and our students like you do. Just have a little something to give you. A little something, you know, from us to you. So, thank you. Very important contact. Water. Water balls. That's I love this one though. This one's good. That's cool. Thank you guys. Thank you so much, Kirsten. I really appreciate you being here. Thanks for all you do helping our students. And um next we have our educational services section. Uh item 9A is our K through 2 grade reading difficulty
043screener assessment tool. This is an action item. Thank you, President Kemper and trustees. This item was presented to you uh as anformational item. Last February, our intervention teachers piloted three of the screeners. I provided an update for discussion purposes. At our last meeting on June 13th, I shared with all of you that our intervention teachers unanimously chose um the difficulty screener called Multitudes. It is staff's recommendation to approve multitudes as LTUSD's reading difficulty screener. Do you have any questions for me? Any questions for Dr. Reer? No. All right. Um, good job, Dr. Reer. So, I think we're ready for a motion. I move to accept the K through2 reading difficulty screener multitudes. And I'll second that. Okay. I have a motion from Trusty Heatherton and a second by Trusty Mansfield. All in favor say I.
044I. I. Those opposed. Okay, it's passed. Thank you. Yeah, that's next item is the California the 20 2025 2026 California school dashboard local indicators progress report. This is a presentation. Thank you, President Keer and trustees. There is a lengthy report that's attached to the agenda. Um, each year we must provide anformational update to you on our five local indicators of the California school dashboard at the time we're asking for the local control accountability plan approval. These indicators include appropriately assigned teachers, implementation of our academic standards, parent and family engagement, school climate, and access to a broad course of study. We pull a team together to review all the available data including survey data, achievement data, teacher feedback, previous year's local indicators, and study the California Department of Education's provided rubric to identify our rankings. As
045you can see from the attached document, we're achieving implementation in most areas and rarely identify ourselves as full implementation and sustainability because we often identify areas we can improve upon. This agenda item is forformational purposes only. Do you have any questions for me? Any questions or comments? Yeah, thank you very much. Dr. Reer, is there anywhere um that we can find statistics not in our region but what's happening in California and how we compare. I believe we could we could see that on the dashboard. I'm going to call in a question to my colleague Jenny Goldste in the back. No. Are the local indicators on the dashboard as well, Jane? They're also reported by my understand what she said for the record. Yeah, we can find them on the on the California dashboard. I think
046Dr. Dr. Reer, I know in the past, Trustee Kamacho, I've been on the dashboard and it if you go to just their website and maybe we can provide the link to the website to the all the trustees because on the like statewide website, you it's like a scroll down menu where you can put in individual districts or you can put in the state of California and then and then you see the same exact little dials, you know, but it's either by district or by the state on the Yeah. So, Dr. Why don't you attach to tonight's agenda a link for that so that everybody can access that? Oh yeah. And then we'll do a reminder to that helpful. I remember looking at that in the past where you could kind of see and I know
047some of your report did kind of share how in the past I've seen a sort of comparison to the state numbers but um I guess my comment thank you for doing it and I was I was interested in just how we have to um make our own self assessments on some of that but I um you know obviously I still am concerned about things like absenteeism and I'm hoping we're going to do better in the future and um and across the board with all the literacy and math skills and and that sort of thing. So, um, but thank you for pulling the information together. Thank you. All right. Uh, next item is the local control accountability plan. This is the plan and it's year two in that plan and we are required to adopt um
048this rei, you know, this sort of updated plan. So, Dr. either. President Camper and trustees, tonight we're seeking approval for revisions to our local control and accountability plan or LCAP. Bless you. We brought this agenda item to you on May 22nd forformational purposes. Then again on June 12th for discussion purposes and for public hearing. The document is complete now and ready for approval. Attached is the 165page LCAP document as well as the slides from June 12th. I'd like to provide a brief thank you and shout out to my wonderful colleague and specialist Miss Jenny Goldstein in the back row who was with us here tonight. It is our recommendation to approve the revisions to the 2427 local control accountability plan year 226 as written. Do you have any questions for me? Any questions or comments?
049Okay, looks like we're going to be able to move forward on most of our goals. I know some of the budgets are tight, but but uh I'm glad that we have input from teachers and the community on uh on the revision. So, thank you. Uh do we have a motion for adoption? The I'll make a motion to approve the local uh control accountability plan year two. I'll second that. Right. I have a motion from Trusty Kamacho and a second by Trusty Mansfield. Um all in favor say I. I I. Those opposed. Okay, it's passes. Thank you. And next we have personnel services uh discussion information item on the 2526 and the 2627 school year calendar. Good evening. Good evening, President Camper and trustees. The academic calendar for 202526 was reviewed and discussed at the board
050meeting on March 27th, 2025. At this time uh at that time two months in the calendar contained errors. Those errors have now been corrected in the calendar as presented tonight is accurate. Tonight I'm bringing the 202526 calendar forward again for continued discussion along with the initial presentation of the 2026 27 academic calendar for your review. Since the end of the school year, since the end of the school year, we have re-engaged our represented groups to gather additional feedback and suggestions on both calendars. Both groups have indicated they have input to share, which we are currently reviewing. I will be bringing the calendars back to the board in July for final approval after incorporating that feedback where appropriate. Please note that both the 202526 and the 202627 calendars are still under review by the calendar committee.
051Your input is valuable as we work to ensure the calendar best supports our students, staff, and community. We invite any suggestions or considerations from the board. This is this item is presented tonight for discussion. Do you have any suggestions, comments, feedback, considerations, or questions? Thank you. anything from the board. Uh trusty Heather, I'll just have a comment from when I was a student. So this isn't like a recommendation or anything but as as a student uh if I remember correctly for uh president's week which we now have a whole week off we used to have Friday and then the Monday off given a 4-day weekend which allowed us as students and the teachers as well to get out three days earlier which I don't know if that's anything that's worth talking about but like I
052just remembered I loved getting out earlier for summer. That was all. That's all. You know, dude. Yeah. And I don't know related to just getting out earlier in the summer. I know that in the past, you know, I've been concerned about the fact that a lot of the testing and and you might have explained this before. So, I you know that a lot of the testing happens earlier like with AP tests and even some of the state standard tests where it seems like we're mandated to sort of complete them May, June time frame. I'm not sure what the date is. And uh it would just seem like our calendar if it align like if we started earlier and I know people are not really interested in starting too early in August. But um I just
053think that alignment with like having as many instructional days ahead of testing would be you know like we've tried to optimize that you know so you could share whatever has been discussed about that because I know it's been discussed in the past. Yeah we do consider that and we do test as late as possible. So we we do start um our testing and work through all those mandated testings really in May and then as you said some of those AP tests in June but those are pushed back as as far well and also this the state testing windows are set for us based on our calendar so based on the so when we talk about state testing sure that there's a window that we take them in because of how our because of how our
054calendar is and then the AP are the only ones really that have like they're they're done because they're done by somebody else. Uh yeah, I I don't know the specific speaks on that, right? We don't necessarily set those dates. That's that's that's and that's I know is a limited number of students related to our entire student body. But yeah. Okay. And I know our teachers help students you know prep for those you know they provide extra um sessions too but Okay. Yeah. But once again just to make real for real clarification, right? So based on our number based on our school year and and the number of days that we have then that window will be set. That makes sense. That thank you. And I noticed that I think it's for the 27 26 27
055calendar year. It just seemed like spring break the April one is early really early that year. And I don't know that and I know that that's a concern often for teachers is that it's just a long period of time then when there's no time off before school gets out. So, I don't know if that's something the calendar committee is looking at, but and and we're always, you know, I mean, it would be nice if it could align with when the college is off, but I I know that's not always possible, but I was just surprised at how early it was this that that particular calendar year, just the way it falls. We can certainly look at that because this year was later, which was nice. All right. Well, well, the good thing about that is
056that uh Mr. Simmons can take that that comment back and and work with our our association members and and discuss if there's any adjustments or changes that would be recommended and then of course we'll bring it back to you in July. Yeah. And that and like I said that's more of something that you know the teachers can have. I'm I'm more I'm concerned about them so they can advocate for that if it's something they want. So that would be great. Okay. Um that being said we're moving on then to item 11A. Thank you, John. And uh the calendar committee for everybody working on that. We now have the energy savings sustainability projects information item. Good evening, President Keer and members of the board. Tonight we have Brett Gallagher from Varigy here to provide us with
057an update on the ongoing investment grade audit for possible energy efficiency projects. You just wanted the dramatics to walk up there. I requested walkup music. Yeah. Hey, hey, by the way, trouble with the audio. Hey, by the way, Brett, just just tell us when you want this the slide to move because it's being handled in the backside. Okay. Okay. I appreciate that. Um, well, good evening, uh, President Keer and fellow trustees, Dr. Cutler and fellow cabinet members. My name is Brett Gallagher. I'm here with Varigy. I want to recognize my colleagues, uh, Tanya Bradford and, uh, Prada Bedigiri. Uh, they have been integral in the development of this project. So, uh, I may refer to them as I answer questions. So yeah, we can go to the agenda. Okay, next. We'll say next slide. Next
058slide. So um I've been told there's some time constraints, so I'll try and make this quick, but uh last time we spoke it was January. Um we reviewed the preliminary energy audit. So we'll go ahead and take a look at that just briefly. Um second part is what we're doing now. Uh the investment grade audit and the findings that we've had so far. And then finally, what's next? Uh so let's go to the next slide. So, starting off where we've been, next slide. Um, just to give you a brief summary of of how long we've been working on this. I think we started talking with the district back in summer of 2024. Uh, began the preliminary energy audit uh in October of last year. Uh, did the PEA presentation of the board as I mentioned
059in January. One sec. Oh, sure. There was Scott. Oh, I do hate that. That That's true. The the view it seemed like it was going okay, Scott, in terms of showing the slides. On YouTube on YouTube. Oh, it wasn't coming up on YouTube. I see now I see I see your screen sharing. Okay. Thank you, Scott. My apologies. No worries. No problem. Okay. So, that's their calendar. Okay. Here we go. All right. Keep going. Yes. All right. Um, so the investment grade audit uh was started back in April. Uh for all intents and purposes, the auditing portion is done, but the IG really isn't done until the scope and pricing is completely finalized. Uh next slide, there we go. Oh, previous slide. There we go. Um so from the pea, some of the building observations
060we we'll go through, but this is the this is the main event right here. These are the key performance indicators in terms of your utility costs. You can see that per student you're at about a $457 average. It's actually a little bit higher than that. We just normalized for a few things. We want to get that down to about 250 to 300, perhaps even lower. Uh 482 uh average for the cost per square foot. We want to get that to about $2 or less. So that those are some of the financial goals that we're shooting for. Uh next slide. Uh so the overall observations from the pea is number one, there's no solar here, but you do have access to something called NEM1. And net energy metering one allows us to size the system appropriately
061for future use. For example, adding cooling. Uh it also is a great way to um if if we're producing energy that you're not using, you sell that back to Liberty at a 1:1 rate. Where at NE3, it's a much lower rate and the system sizes are much smaller. Um obviously there's no cooling in a lot of the classrooms. Uh no standardized controls for your boilers which is causing them to use a ton of water and gas. Uh you have LEDs, which is great. They're a little older. Um we could cut the wattage probably in half and there's no lighting controls. Things like daylight harvesting, uh occupation, uh occupancy sensors, those sorts of things. Um exterior can lights are all CFLs. Um and they're just they're expensive to run. They're a little older. Changing those LEDs
062would make sense. And then all sorts of plumbing fixtures with high flow. Uh next slide, please. So that's where we were. Quick review of where we were. Here's where we are. We're doing the IG presentation tonight. Next slide. And you can pop through that slide, too. Um, so what is an IGA? What's an investment grade audit? Real quick, um, um, overview of that. It's a thorough inspection. I just say every building, every bulb, every square inch, every system, HVAC, plumbing, technology, building management systems, controls. In addition to that, uh, Prod and his team uh, doing an energy use analysis. We've been working handinhand with Liberty and we want to thank them. Uh they've been super cooperative and have put in a lot of work for us to get the numbers right. And then we're modeling
063current use as well as future use. If you were to add things again like cooling uh engineering calculations, we go through multiple models of different uh solar sizes, different locations of that solar, simulating different uh HVAC systems, which we'll talk a little bit about, and then designing and redesigning systems to find that optimal spot. So then when we come to the district and ask for your approval, we'll have a couple of options that make sense uh and then we can go from there. And then finally, cost assessments and financial an uh analysts. We want to make sure the bottom line here is that this is covered through government code 4217 that we are saving you money. We can prove it and we can guarantee it. So that's the bottom line there. Next slide please. So
064solar is truly the foundation of this entire project. Um to add cooling is only adding more load, right? And so, uh, now we can save money in lighting, we can save money in plumbing, but overall to achieve those energy, uh, environmental, sustainability, and long-term financial goals, solar is a true opportunity. Uh, what we're looking at is something called a power purchase agreement where the amount of money that you're spending now per kilowatt will be less under a PPA. And that's where the savings comes from. And then hopefully we can fit some of your ECM, some of your energy conservation measures into that PPA as well to take as little money out of your pocket and out of the bond as possible. Uh again, uh trying to save money and measure you. And then finally, meet
065the code uh 4217 to guarantee those savings. U measure those and verify those annually. We really do it monthly, but the report comes annually. And then shifting that financial risk from the district to vari. And so those are the those are the main overarching goals. Um next slide please. So because of solar we can add cooling and ventilation to a lot of your classrooms and work areas. Um which is a a huge benefit and part of part of your goals not only from the bond but from your your uh sustainability resolution. Uh we want to integrate boiler controls with the building management system to optimize gas and water usage. I think originally we we thought we could eliminate the boilers, especially the steam boilers at the high school. It's much more expensive and much more
066difficult than it looks, but we can manage the use um we think more um soundly uh through controls um than than what's currently being done with the current control system. Uh and that's no fault of the facilities team. That's just what they're working with. Um, upgrade existing interior lighting and standardize fixtures, install controls, uh, replace existing exterior lights, sports lighting. Uh, you have that big project happening right now. You get some really great new lights up there. Control them on your phone. All the fun stuff. Uh, Prod's yelling at me, says don't make any promises. Um, and then replace a bunch of plumbing fixtures with code compliant fixtures. Now, we understand you're going through a bond project as well, and so you're dovetailing a lot of this. And so, what we want to do is
067obviously work with core, uh, work with coming group, and work with Studio W to make sure that we're doing this in a very seamless way and make sure everybody understands the scope and parameters of of each person's work. Uh, and then finally, to make the superintendent happy, make sure we're doing it on time, uh, and not getting in the way of other projects. Uh so a lot of work to be done there but can totally be done. Um next slide please. So we discussed how how these projects are in line with your bond uh in line with resolution 2020 2021-18 getting you nearly checking off almost every box there. But I didn't want to fill the whole screen. You had a lot of boxes. But uh we're getting really close or completely done with a
068lot of those. Next slide. So where are we going? Um, this next slide uh is is woefully inaccurate. Um, there's a lot in between that, but it's a good overview for the time constraints, scope, and pricing, get those finalized. Uh, for solar, getting your interconnection applications in. Um, and then project finalization. And we're hoping, you know, it's sometime in August. Uh, but the timelines are obviously up to you and up to the district and how you want to move forward. Next slide. So, I was asked by Dr. Cutler to explain just some of the differences in the HVAC system. So, this is where prod is really going to have to have my back. But a VRF system, it's called variable refrigerant flow. Um, the pros is it's super energy efficient. Uh, there's individualized zone control.
069You can read through all the pros on the left there. The cons are it's really expensive to install. It's also very invasive to install. So, in a new building, it could be the ideal um uh system and remodels and modernization. It could it could really throw a monkey wrench in the works. Um the other thing is it's not super efficient in really really cold weather. So, for for this climate, it might not be the best thing. One other pro is it would take all your boilers offline for heating, but you'd still be using them for the walkways and everything else. So, they couldn't be completely ripped out. Uh the next system we looked at was rooftop package units. Um all sorts of reasons why districts across the state use rooftop. Probably in your own home
070you might have a package unit. Um the cons here is we'd have to put them on the roof which would require more DSA and more engineering. Um uh less efficient than zone systems. Um really it's the roof thing that that sort of kills this as a non-starter. And then finally, the one that we're really seriously looking at and want to discuss uh with the district is something called mini split systems. So we would combine this with your existing boilers for heat. These would only be for cooling. Um all the condensers could be located in one location and then each classroom would have its own unit. Uh very similar to the unit ventilators you have now for heat. Um really cool system. Requires no ducting. Um very little plumbing. uh not a lot going on inside
071the walls. Uh so it's easy to install essentially and that makes it a very economical choice. How we doing on time? I'm I'm almost there. Um any any questions on that? I we were asked specifically to and anything to add from my team. Okay. Yeah, I have a question. So um the mini splits I thought we really wanted to get rid of the boilers at the high school. So, some of these options are keeping the boilers, which means having someone there 24/7 and all that kind of stuff. So, is there another thing we can look at? We could continue to look at the boilers, but what were some of the Go ahead. Introdu in introduce and uh Yeah. Yeah. Uh I'm Proud. I'm the project developer on this project. Uh the main issue we're having
072is um it's it's no fault of the district. It's just that how Liberty's rate structures work. So there are three different rate structures. If you're below 50, 50 to 200, and about 200 kilowatt. Uh the high school is currently on A3 tier, which is the over 200 kilowatt structure. It it kind of works out economically because you you're using boilers for heating. If you were to take off the boilers, then you need a large enough electrical system to provide all that heating load. And as soon as you add that, your demand would shoot up to like 700 kowatt. So the trade-off between using the boilers versus switching to electric and paying all that extra cost uh just did not make sense. We ran multiple different models over the past couple weeks. uh we've been on
073hours worth of meetings uh internally and with our uh solar team as well. Um so given the benefit of NEM1 right now I think it just makes more sense to like retain the boilers but we will add controls to that uh in order to optimize usage. U but on paper it just didn't make sense to just completely get rid of the boilers because gas is cheap. Um heating is more reliable. Um, and in this scenario, um, the dollar per kilowatt is too expensive. But, you know, to to to Trusty Mansfield's question, right, because we had been hearing ever since I got here that we needed to get rid of that boiler system specifically at the high school. And so, I think that was what's surprising to us, right? and to understand that. Oh, and so
074the question I guess I have is that is there a way to be more efficient then with our current boiler system and that's what that's with the switches. Was that what you're saying? That's where the controls come. Yeah, that's where the controls come in. Uh cuz I think right now we kind of model the gas usage and I was out there earlier this afternoon as well. Um and even though the boilers are shut down during the summer, the gas usage is just tremendously high. uh you know we tried modeling the system as if it was operating 24/7 365 days a year and it still doesn't add up to the bill. So we're trying to like do that last bit of calcs. Uh but we believe that we can add some control strategy in there to
075sort of make you know if you have a two boiler system you can have a lead lac system where one boiler operates 80% the other does a 20% uh so you're not running both at the same time. Correct. And if the boilers I mean basically the boilers boilers could be replaced kind of as is. I mean if they if they failed I know we had problems in the past with repairs rebuild it. That's you could rebuild it but okay but using natural gas an HVAC system cuz it's packaged and you just take one out replace it with the other but with the existing boilers they can be rebuilt. Uh we have looked into options of downsizing the boilers. uh if you were to just use the boilers for snow melt systems uh you don't really
076need two large boilers running all the time. Um so we're in that last phase uh we will have an update for you the next time we meet. Thank you. One of the things I'd also maybe say and then maybe re either reinforce or tell me I'm wrong and part of the process that Var is going through is that to meet the requirements of 4217 and also the interests that we do have and we do have interest that we have conditioned rooms so that our students are in environments and our staff are environments that are conducive to learning. Right. and and with our the heat that we've experienced at certain times during the school the beginning of the year especially at the end of the year that that they're not conducive to being um good quality
077learning environments. So we had that interest in doing the conditioning well that as they look at 427 um that increases cost. So how do they balance out other costs? And I think that that's part of that balance. Is that correct? That's 100% right. And uh this initial project gets us a long long way there, but we're by no means not going to be working with Lake Tahoe Unified in the future. And so if there's other technologies or other um situations that come up, rates change, um economics change, keeping an eye on that and seeing what what what the appropriate next step would be um is is sort of how we're thinking this as well. Could I ask quick? The boilers that we have in place, are they as old as the buildings or have they
078been redone recently or I think they've been redone. Um they're between 10 and 15 years old. Oh, that's new. Have a regular contract with um another company that does regular maintenance. Um so they are in compliance because if you have boilers you need to meet AQMD requirements which is the air quality management districts on the emissions. Um boilers themselves are just running fine. They just kind of stick out as an expense just because of the climate and right it's being used. Can I ask a non- boiler question? um the lights, the plumbing fixtures. I know you're waiting on getting this all approved, but once we approved to go, how long of a time frame is that going to take to replace those in terms of construction timeline? Um I think for this case, we're looking
079at it holistically as in if we were to do everything at once because that's how the district would save costs. Um so overall we're estimating between 16 and 24 months if we were to do everything which is HVAC, solar, lighting, controls, plumbing. Um but if we were to peacemeal it then it's extra cost to the district as well because every time let's say you start a project there's going to be some sort of mobilization. It's a different crew. Um so it just adds up to the cost. Uh but right now we're looking at it as an entire project. Would you be doing that during the school? I mean during this not the school year but the school hours. I mean are you able to work? Okay. We yeah we work with several districts uh in
080the state. We usually start at about 3 4:00 p.m. and then our crew goes through the night. So by the next morning you could probably come back and see all new lights in a different section of the building. Great. Uh and in terms of plumbing, we kind of try to like, you know, do it one part at a time depending on how the valves are set up because uh we don't want to shut off the water when students are. Right. Right. Right. And and with everything else going on in your modernization and your bond that that's why it's really important that we stay in lock step with Studio W and Core and coming uh to make sure that we overcome these, you know, scheduling um challenges. We don't want you we don't want you installing
081something that then gets pulled out because of some other project coming along. Right. Yeah. Well, um appreciate the ver and their work that they've been conducting. Usually they actually charge for the assessment grade audit. I I told them that you know what I appreciate you just doing that for us. So then if it all works out then we can get these these target really the target of our resolution specific to sustainability that really is important to me as we work towards your expectations uh that were passed back I believe in 2021. Right. I appreciate that and I and I appreciate that uh prod you're looking at the you know like the last two years of energy uh in the district and I know and this may not be a question for you too as much
082as it is for Dr. Cutler, but I know because we previously had sustainability uh consultants, you know, ABM that did our some of our initial uh work with some insulation and um some control work. And I'm really and I I don't know if this was you know, you've mentioned guaranteeing like as part of the the regulation that you've got to come back and show and prove that you know there was improve like energy usage went down and that sort of thing. And um under our previous contract, they never came back and approved it. And maybe they were required to, maybe they didn't meet that. But I guess I would love it. And I used to do this like when I was in college, like I worked for a utility company, so I used to do
083customer analysis account of people's accounts. But I mean, I would love to see us looking back five years just to see what our kilowatt hours were, you know, five years ago up till today. because I'd like to say that we saved some energy in the past. I mean, I'd like to be able to show that the work that was previously done had a benefit. I know that's not on you guys. Um, but I think it would build confidence. I mean, for some folks who maybe are skeptical of the kinds of things you're you're proposing, uh, just to be able to say that, um, our energy use decreased, you know, with some of the simple things that were done in the first few years. Now, I recognize that I look at my own uh electrical usage
084and it's kind of all over the place these days and I have many splits and it's just kind of a it's you know I'm not talking about the dollar I mean the dollars are all over the place but even the kilowatt hours are kind of all over the place too and they don't so in other words I get it because our temperature regimes are fluctuate so much you know so it's hard to compare year-to-year energy usage but um I am curious to kind of see what our you know just for our own district where we've been for the last five years So, that's something that um you may not have the time to do that or you're not getting paid to do it, but we might maybe we can find a student or I could
085help with that or something. But I mean, I would love to just be able to get my hands on five years of bills and just see what the kilowatt hour usages were. But if it's something you could quickly do under 4217, Var would be required to show how we're saving dollars and so was ABM 5 years ago and not they they really didn't do that. The the small projects we did were not under 42. Oh, they weren't under that. Okay. even though they kind of stood up and said that was going to happen and and I I mean I'm confident that we did see some energy usage improvements, right? Yeah. Um but anyway, I guess we have a good relationship with Liberty. If that's something we can do, we will. I Yeah, because they might
086actually be able to just they might be able to just cough up the reports themselves, you know? I mean, possibly. Possibly. I'm just saying because I worked for utility. I I was the one who did that for people if they asked. I would just do it for them. You know what I mean? But it was a long that was a long time ago. So, last but not least, I know we've taken up a lot of time, I do want to give a shout out to Dave Zol and his team, Rick Tinius, uh, Rand, um, everybody else that we've been working with, um, as I mentioned earlier, Liberty has been a pleasure to work with. Lake Taho Unified has been an absolute pleasure to work with. So, I appreciate that and look forward to hearing more
087about the the solar application process and um, you know, and the all the auditing stuff you're doing. So, appreciate that. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Next, we've got the fiscal year 2526 budget and it's an action item. In the May 22nd board meeting, we provided information about the governor's May revised budget. At the June 12th board meeting, we provided the budget to the board and held a public hearing for the fiscal year 202526 budget. Uh I'm ready to answer any questions you have. This is an action item at the end at this time it is staff's recommendation that you approve the 2526 school year budget. But if you have any questions I'm happy questions or comments? I have a comment. So we're still the state hasn't finalized their budget yet. So we're looking at a
08845day revise. Correct. Potentially. We'll see if it's um if they need to make many major revisions. Okay. Yeah. It really determines how dramatically different if if if the state's budget that's passed is dramatically different than what we've been advised to to budget on. Otherwise, we won't necessarily have a 45day revise. And they are supposed to by June 30th. That would be when we expect. Okay. Thank you. It hasn't been approved yet. Yeah. The state budget. All right. Do I have a motion to approve the budget? I will make a motion to um approve the fiscal year 202526 budget. Do I have a second? Second. I have a motion to approve by Trustee Mansfield and a second by Trustee Anderson. Before I take a vote, do we have any public comments? Dr. C. I didn't receive
089any request to speak at this agenda item. It looks like none. All right, then. All in favor say I. I. I. Those opposed? Okay, it passed. And next we have um the board policy and administrative regulations 6145.6 on international exchange students. This is an action item. Thank you, President Kemper and trustees. As you may recall, I presented revisions to policy and administrative regulation 6145.6 international exchange students to you on June 12th. At that time you suggested it. I bring it back tonight as a discussion and action item. These suggested revisions come from South Tahoe High School principal Zunino as well as registar Stacy Lopez. It was suggested um that essentially we drop the requirement of having to charge tuition to international students because we can now collect average daily attendance on those students. So we
090do not see a need to charge tuition. We hope these changes will result in a return of international exchange students to our community. It's staff recommendation to approve the revisions to board policy and admin regulation 6145.6 international exchange students as presented. Do you have any questions for me? Why didn't we get ADA on these kids before? I'm unsure about um I'm unsure about that. And when did that change? Actually, I I really don't know that. And and and in my previous districts, we did have not have this in policy. And so, we simply were following board policy when we were doing this. And we looked into it and said, "No, we can we can get ADA and and and treat them just like everyday students." So, yeah, I think it's a great idea to Let's
091bring them back. Yep. Exactly. All right. Do Yeah. Exactly. Good cultural a good exchange for our students. Yeah. information exchange. All right. Do I have a motion? I'll make a motion to approve the international exchange students revisions. And I'll second that. All right. All I have a motion by trustee Kamacho and a second by Trustee Mansfield. All in favor say I. I. Those opposed. Okay. Motion passes. And last, we have the um consent agenda item 13. Um do I have a motion? I move to approve the consent agenda. All right. Second. I'll second. I have a motion to approve the consent agenda by Trustee Anderson and a second by Trustee Heatherton. Uh all in fa uh all in favor say I. I. I. All right. And those opposed. Consent agenda is passed. And next is
092item 14, items for consideration at future board meetings. Do I have any suggestions for items to be considered at a future board meeting? Uh seeing none and then that means we are now going to adjourn the meeting at 7:17.