001Open session 6:07 p.m. action. So code 5957 and we will have the bedroom. Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God indivisible with liberty and Thank you. Good evening. I'm here to present a word tonight. I'd have to ask Lala to come up here for a second and Go ahead. >> All right. I'll just I'll just go. Um, so retired teacher Susan Cher Mcnesby um would like to present you with this. So I'm going to read what she wrote. Jenny has been a tremendous help with navigating my new life as a retiree. She has guided me through every process with great care. That's short, but it's absolutely true. So, I'm gonna go off script and uh give you a little pile.
002I'm just going to say that that Zenian has been an absolute charm to to to work with for all the years that I've known her, whether I'm going to her in person or especially, and this is what I I call her on the phone, first of all, she is going to help you more than the question that you've asked that you're asking. But more importantly, I think is that I can see her smile while I'm on the phone and I know she's there with me and going to take the most of all greatest care of whatever my problem. Thank you. information item. Okay, we have total UTK through 8th grade 13,585, early learning department 296, a total of 13,881 students, which is a gain of 37 students from our last bull report, but it's a
003loss of 233 from the same month last year. And out of that we've got 1195 homeless, 273 fostered and 664 of our students are have family members in the enforce. Thank you. Ination proposal report facilities program. Good evening. My name is Bill Flores, CEO of Cole Forest Ventures. Uh this evening I'll be providing a short update to the board regarding the facilities program for the board back in January 2024. Uh the primary funding of this program is the uh voter approved measure LS bond program in conjunction with state grants as well as developer fees and other identified sources of funds from the district. Happy to report that we are moving right along on most of our projects. So the plan prioritizes the 21st century learning environments at all the uh the school sites looking at
004making sure providing opportunities for the educational program uh to be supported through facilities uh as programs implemented. uh we are utilizing like I said before state grants proceeds developer fees and other sources funds uh to do this there is no uh immediate impact on the uh the general fund from the facilities program this is the second semi se semianual report to the board uh we come back to the board on a six-month basis uh to give you a progress report of where we're at in terms of the program and what's to expect as we move forward as well as to highlight changes to the program either dictated by program needs uh at the district level or uh from requirements from the state and how that affect our overall facilities program as we go forward. As
005always, the educational program is what's driving these facilities improvements. We're looking at ways in which uh we can support the educational program that's being put in place. Some of that is is very apparent in how we are uh modifying facilities to adapt to uh reconfiguring some of our sites to TK8. Uh some of that is also evident through the implementation of UPK uh and those programs as well at our sites as well. Uh other things are a little less noticeable as we get into modernization. It's really going back and refreshing a lot of the rooms. Uh you know you have uh schools that were built over many different eras and we are trying to bring uh those up to a certain standard so that we have a uniform functionality uh for uh students, teachers and
006staff uh at those sites. We currently have 11 projects underway at eight uh eight sites. Uh the bulk of the work uh started off over at Sunnydale Elementary. That's where we received a California state preschool TKK uh facilities program. That's the primary source of funding for that. Uh that project is currently underway. We replaced the buildings. Uh you have a chance to stop by. You actually see the buildings have been placed over there and we're working with the uh the district and and everybody else to get that project completed. We're hoping to get that done by the end of the calendar year and so we'll be able to occupy that some time in 2026. Uh Nancy Cory Elementary Modernization. The board had just adopted at our last meeting the GMP for the modernization and construction
007of two uh TKK classrooms over at NC as well. We have gathered all the documentation necessary to move forward with that and those proceed has been uh given and construction activities should begin within the next 30 days on that site. Uh we are working with the district coordinating with the site obviously with the movement of students uh teachers staff and making sure that we are keeping construction activities isolated uh from the school community as we go forward. Uh we do have uh uh a DSA approved project which is the modernization of the two existing kindergarten classrooms over at Sunnydale. Uh those are will be uh going on construction once we finish the construction over at the TKK uh center over there as well. Um and we'll be able to move around there. Uh we have
008also been looking at the modernization of the rest of the campus of Sunnyale while we're out there. And so uh we're currently in the process of working with the architectural team and the builder to work through uh the uh construction documents. We hope to have those submitted later this year. At New Vista, uh we are currently in the process of getting our DSCA approval. Uh DSCA approval actually came through about six weeks ago. I apologize for this report is actually dated about four and a half, six weeks ago just administratively. That's how we do things. But uh we are currently in the process right now going out and soliciting bids for a guaranteed maximum price there as well. uh we hope to bring that to the board probably in uh November uh for consideration and
009to start construction activities there shortly thereafter Vista uh we uh are in a process right now where the modernization project and new construction project are both in DSA simultaneously um and we're waiting for some of the clerical work of the DSA to be completed uh at every site uh what happens is that when we go through construction process there are two parts to the approval process from division of state architect The first is the construction documents and that's actually the the review in which they go through and say okay this meets code this is built our standards this meets ADA requirements all those types of things that is at the beginning of the project or when we start construction there's also DSA closeout and DSA closeout occurs basically at the end of the project and
010where the onsite inspector record agent that the state has assigned uh to oversee theation construction actually say yes it was built to these specs it was built this is accurate representation of what the state requested to be built at the strap site. That's the closeout site. We've had lots of closeout issues over the over the past uh probably five or six years uh related to portables classrooms that were placed on sites over the years. And so as we're going through these modernization projects, the DSA is telling us we have to close out those projects in order for us to get a stamp. So in Mont business case, we're working through that process right now. We've submitted all necessary documentation. We should be receiving DSA approval there as well. That's an issue that we have at
011all of our sites. It's something that is is prevalent throughout the state especially as it relates to portable classrooms uh where you know they're placed sometimes and they're not necessarily gone through that that process and we've been addressing that as we've been going through the sites as we go forward at Sunnydale. Uh the other thing we've been uh putting into place is the addition of a gymnasium uh to be built on the site that is both at Sunnydale and Mariposa. We'll talk about Maros in a second. uh but utilizing some additional grant funds in order to fund additional uh improvements that were at San Diego as well at Lincoln Sierra Desert View and Mariposa. We're all in the design phases right now. We started with the um the schematic designs of those improvements over there
012as well. Most of those are also modernization projects with limited new construction there going forward. We anticipate having all those submitted to uh DSA uh towards the end of this year, early next year. uh for uh consideration by them. Our primary funding source outside of of the bomb is state aid. It's the modernization construction programs. Uh the state has continued to work on setting up the initiative of rules and regulations that will govern uh the newest iteration of the program. As you may recall back in November 2024, uh proposition two uh proposition 51, no proposition two. Sorry, I got you all the the generations correct. uh uh proposition two was approved by voters uh replenishing the uh bond monies available for modernization new construction grants along with that because of the uh the measure language
013was left up to the office of public school construction California department of education and the state allocation board to determine the regulations that would govern that program going forward. There have not been any major changes to the the requirements uh for the program. So we still have eligibility for new construction and for modernization. What has changed is how they are trying to supplement those grants with additional programs. So there's uh programs for minimal essential facilities. There's programs to say for socially disadvantaged school districts will give you a little more grant money, things of that nature. Uh one of the key requirements of that is having a facility master plan and uh it was thought that they would have the regulations in place back in June. Um and what they've done is they've extended these stakeholder
014meetings with the uh school district meeting for another 12 months. So uh while we have a good idea of what we require for the school uh for school master plans uh what we've committed to the district is when those come out we will modify the format of our facility m facilitation plans to meet that particular um form so that this will serve as our compliance document as we go forward. and we wanted to go back and redo the facility master plan that was adopted in 2004. So, we're actually going to take the information we already have, repackage it and make sure that we're able to provide that to the state. State believes that uh what's going to happen is that we will submit this plan to them. Somebody at CD is going to read the
015plan and then they're going to say yes, you know, the project you're applying for grant funding makes sense and is applicable to this. Uh that part of the mechanism has not been flushed out yet. Uh so we'll see what happens but our obligation uh for applying to the program is we have to provide a solution master plan with the data that they've requested and expected from this point forward. Overall uh we continue to look uh at opportunities to augment our funding. Uh we've been looking at uh we're in the process of about $10.3 million in modernization applications related to Mont Vista, New Vista, Antiquity and Sunnyale. So places where we have DSA approved plans and the approval. We're in the process of making those applications for additional reimbursements for this project as we go forward.
016The vast majority of our program is relying on a reimbursement basis. So at what we were doing is we are utilizing our local bond funds to fund uh the improvements and then we are seeking reimbursement for eligible grants from the state on a reimbursement basis to fund additional projects into the future. Currently uh we estimate there's approximately uh 51.6 $6 million in eligibility uh at our our sites that currently exist and then an additional $27 million in eligibility will be garnered over time. So, as we go through this design process, every time we get DSCD approval for a process, we're going to submit an application and we're going to chip away at that $51.6 million of existing uh eligibility and as new buildings become eligible, we're going to chip away at the 21 uh $27
017million there as well. Uh one of the fun things that we are we are currently investigating is that uh we've been heavily dependent on modernization and grant funding for this program. One of the things that is uh come to our attention is that there may be a possibility for us to go get new construction eligibility uh in addition to that. So what we've been doing is that uh we're currently working with the office public school construction to verify their data, our data and make sure it all triangulates. What we hope to do is come back in January and update the board on a figure that would be uh an estimated amount for new construction uh dollars which would be in addition to all the funds that we've identified to date available for these projects. What
018that does is two things. A it would allow us to stretch out our funds further and then B allows us to to uh construct additional projects uh and maybe potentially accelerate projects as that money becomes available going forward as well. So I think that while there's not major changes to this particular update, the third semianno update may have some significant changes in terms of timing sequencing and so forth based on uh the eligibility from that as well. And a lot of that has to do with the fact that um there's a lot of development in your area. So that last bullet I don't want to skip over that there's about 2,000 unit residential units that are currently uh being planned within your uh district boundaries and those additional units are going to be generate potentially
019that new construction eligibility that we can use at our existing sites. Uh, I touched on this briefly, but you know, once again, the bulk of our our program, our $240 million program is measure LS. About $122 million of that is being funded by voter approved bonds, raising those over time. Uh, we anticipate selling our next series of bonds probably 27 28 fiscal year. Uh, and depending on where we are with interest rate, so forth. But I will tell you is that uh the timing of the bond sale from district was very advantageous. Got there before everything got kind of crazy. Uh so I do want to uh to congratulate the district on that. Ever since interest rates have been going up, they've been stabilizing at a higher rate. Um and obviously the market uncertainty with
020the government shutdown and so forth, it's also causing some chaos, but overall we feel we're in a good situation over there. Overall in terms of uses like I mentioned I think uh looking at expenditures for the next six months primarily it's going to be to uh fund guaranteed maximum prices for New Vista and Vermont Vista uh as well as the design development uh for the other four school sites uh Desert View Lonosa and Sierra and this is uh what we believe will be occurring over the next six months in terms of section activities. Like I said, we'll start constructing Nancy Cory and new Vista definitely by the end of this year Nancy Cory will be within the next 30 days next 14 and then other projects will get underway. So at this time uh what
021we'll do is we provided this to the board for your review. We'll ask that the um the document be formally adopted uh at the next board meeting action or consent whatever your pleasure. Uh but uh otherwise happy to answer any questions that you may have at this time. Otherwise, we will be back at all these board meetings with whatever items we have for board approval. But uh in terms of the semianual, we'll be back again February or March. Thanks for coming down and for all the information. I appreciate you guys going after grants and the grant funding and all that extra stuff you guys are doing. um kind of just had a question regarding the Sunnydale and Mariposa gyms. Is is it grant funding still look like that's a good uh funding source? Is it
022>> So what we're using initially was what we call the the minimum essential facilities grants. Okay. Originally it was presented to uh as a program that allow us to have supplemental grants to our existing modernization. The reality of the situation is what they've actually done is made it closer to a facilities hardship application which means that we can go through the design, we can go through the construction and we can ask for the money, but they so it's going to be solely up to their discretion as to whether or not they give us the money. And so one of the things that we're looking at with the new construction grant uh dollars is potentially if that program proves to be too restrictive or too uncertain is that we'd be able to backfill uh with the
023new construction uh grant dollars which those gyms would be eligible for and utilize the dollars that way. Um like I said when the program was originally floated or or shown out it was seen as like yes I can demonstrate I have a minimum facility give me the money. they have since gone to say no, we're going to make a determination of whether or not we're going to give you the money. And and so and so the good news is that we think we believe given the development in the area, given the fact that we were not dependent on new construction eligibility in this program to begin with that those dollars can back go if MF's money does not come into without impacting any other of the projects that are Um yeah, I noticed the the
024Monavista uh timeline was pushed back. Yes. >> Due facilities is that because of the availability of that they have. >> So one of the things we are struggling with across the board is interim housing. So it's one of the things that you know we want to make sure that we are are going into these campuses. Obviously we have students, teachers in place and so uh whereas uh 18 months ago when we had embarked upon this particular program enrollment was one way right and today enrollment is a different way. So one of the things that we're working with is you know how do we uh identify spaces on campus in which we can house students. So, you know, one of the things that uh we're working with districts is identifying classrooms that have either been repurposed
025for other uses, either administrative support space that we can take back as classrooms to create housing. And so, uh we are working uh diligently with Mr. Mr. Coleman uh and other staff to try to find as many spaces as we can so we can accelerate that. So, we hope to bring that back in line. Uh but right now, what is causing that is additional phases of modernization. Right? In an ideal world, we'd love to just have an empty campus and modernize, but that's that's just not going to be reality, right? The next best thing will be half of the half of the the school, right? And so, we're working in halves trying to make sure that that works and makes efficiency that way. So, u hopefully when we come back in February, March, we'll be
026able to demonstrate that we found those spaces and we able to pull that back in uh as well as other for that project, for all the projects. And and frankly, that's that's a challenge we're having across the board. Um and uh good news is you know still got enrollment right that's that's the that's the other side uh whereas other school districts we're we're seeing drastic declines in enrollment in those cases debris thank Final individual action items. Option of resolution 2025 to 2026 14 conversation for this meetings for September 2nd 2025 and September 16th in favor. Okay, we're going to have uh item B, adoption of resolution 2025 2617, board compensation for missed meeting for Pamela Sllesson on September 2. Need a motion by Mr. W Mr. TP? All in favor? I or opposed extensions? One.
027So motion passes 301 extension. Adoption of resolution 2025 2022 18 board compensation from this meeting for grade PP on 16 2025 motion by Mr. Second by Mr. L. All in favor motion passes 30 public hearing notice of intent to adopt alternative school facilities. >> All right. So what this is is and oh sorry hearing opens at 6:30. >> So in order to get the um development level two develop these the school board district and updated school facilities needs analysis and a corresponding resolution for each year. So that's what this is the resolution that you guys are approving so that we can get the developer. That's part of what CFW is talking about fees they'll use. Uh yeah, we've got about close to 20,000 and they did a analysis of the area growth and different projects
028that are coming in Mr. Coleman close at 6:31. Individual action items. Adoption of resolution to 2025 2026 20 resolution approving a school a school facilities needs analyst adopting alternative school facility I motion passes 4 zero Document resolution 2025 2026 15 approving the uncommitted fund balance for technology upgrades future playground replacement LCFF and EPA over by state and early literacy support motion by Mr. Giles second Mr. win. All in favor? >> I motion passes 4 Z. >> Adoption of resolution 2025 2026 16ation of certain general funds as committed on balance when seconded by Mr. TV. All in favor? I motion passes for zero. Need approval of authorization to utilize the piggy bank needed for Analopee Valley Food Group Purchasing Group for the procurement of fresh produce produce RFP 0126. Get a motion by Mr. W. Motion
029passes 30%. Approval of authorization to utilize the piggyback bid for GJM distributor increount for the procurement of Hold on buddy. Fresh Bakery good county bread RFB 01 2025 2006 26 and fresh bakery Amen. >> Passes square zero. Public hearing. Proficiency of instruction materials. Hearing opens at 6:35 p.m. >> We have Christa Thompson here who will share some updates for you. >> Good evening. So, this is our annual uh Williams sufficiency um resolution. We have 15 schools that are being visited by Williams this year. Um we have we're later in the year than we've ever been with the Williams visits. So um we still have five schools left to be visited. But so far all the schools that haven't visited have been sufficient. And so I'm happy to report that we will be sufficient even with
030those other five that are coming down the line. We're confident that they will be sufficient. So this just ensures that all of our students have all of their curriculum materials. Thank you. Hearing close at 6:36 p.m. Individual action items educational services adoption of resolution 2025 to certify sufficient pupil textbook instructional material second by Mr. All in favor zero finding. Good job. Motion passes 4 Z. Adoption of resolution 2025 202621 authoriz authorizing Following a child care center licensing application designating an authorized representative motion by Mr. W second by Mr. TV. All in favor? >> I motion passes 40. Public hearing teachers association of Lancaster and a Lancaster School District's initial joint contract proposal. hearing is opening at 6:37 p.m. >> Um, we're going to negotiate for two days on October 15th and 17th and we're looking
031forward to it. Counc Mr. Davis and closes at 6:37 p.m. Public hearing California School Employees Association and its chapter number 297 initial proposal for Lancaster opens at 6 opens at 6:38 p.m. >> Hi, good evening everyone. And I just want to let you know that um we've already had two meetings with the district and negotiations and we look forward to our third meeting um in November. Thank you very much. >> You hearing closes at 6:38 p.m. Public hearing Lancaster School District's initial proposal the California School Employees Association and it's chapter 297. 6:39 p.m. Okay. And it comes six Individual action items, human resources, acknowledgement of the receipt of teachers association of Lancaster and and the Lancaster School District initial joint proposal. Can I get a motion? Motion by Mr. TP, second by Mr. W. All
032in favor? Motion passes 40. Acknowledgement of receipt of California school employees association in its chapter 297 in Mitch proposal Lancaster school district motion by Mr. Giles second by Mr. W. All in favor >> I motion passes 40 member received the Lancaster school district's initial proposal to the California school employees association it's chapter 297 motion by Mr. TV second by Mr. Win. All in favor? I. Motion passes 40. Approve a bearable term waiver for 2025 2026 school year. By second by Mr. W. This will allow us to fill immediate staffing need. We need your approval. Thank you. All in place. Motion passes 40 provisional in internship permit for 2025 20 first by Mr. Second by Mr. win. And this also allows us to fill an immediate staffing need. All in favor? >> I motion passes 4
033Z. The board individuals who wish to address the board may completed carding presented and any supporting documents to the superintendent's assistant or other district official prior to the start of the meeting. personal information such as a student, parent, guardians name, address, phone number, date of birth, email address, or other directory information as defined in education code 49061 may be excluded from the minutes of the meeting by submitting a written request to the superintendent. The board president shall recognize individuals who wish to speak. Individuals wishing to present testimony to the board concerning specific items on the agenda may do so. Once set item has been moved, seconded and is on the floor for discussion. Time limits of three minutes per person and 20 minutes per item shall be allowed. Board bylaws 9322. Board members may ask
034questions for clarification purposes. However, no action may be taken and discussion may um may take place on an item that is not on the proposed agenda for that. on triple ETA da comments from the audience. We have three uh comments from the audience. The first one is Raquel Durler. Good evening board members and superintendent. Yes, Raquel Derler. I'm with cancel the contract. It's been long known there's a direct correlation between student achievement and exclusionary discipline practices like suspensions. As you are also aware, each school district in California self-reports its discipline data to the California Department of Education, which then posts that information onto its public website. That data is actually colorcoded to allow parents to know at a glance how their child's school is performing in various categories. Unfortunately for its students, this district's most
035recent available data shows that it is in the red as it relates to academic performance in English language, arts, mathematics, and suspensions. Overall, the district is 74.4 points below standard in language arts and 109.4 points below standard in mathematics. The district has an overall out of school suspension rate of 6.6%. There is no way to measure how many students are being in given inschool suspensions as schools are not required to report that data to the states. When we look at individual student populations, the numbers get worse. The suspension rate for black students was 13.5%. Students with disabilities had a 9.7% suspension rate and foster youth was at a 10.2 suspension rate. You compare this to white students who had a suspension rate of just 3.5%. I'm really urging this board to take a deep dive
036into the data. I understand as board members you're not aware of everything that is going on at the school sites, but I'm bringing it forth to you so you can take a look and see why are we pushing these children. And we are speaking of children. It's elementary. We have uh community members letting us and our community luring partners know that some schools have tried to push kindergarteners out of class. um and myself have had people tell me that second graders are being pushed out of class. So once again, I am advocating for the board to take a look to see what is going on. Why are we trying to push children out of the classroom instead of having them in class where they can learn and prosper. Thank you. Speaker is Becky Janus. Good
037evening members of the board, colleagues, and community. My name is Becky Janice. I'm the proud bilingual parah at Miller and I stand before you today not only as an employee of the district but also as a mother, a wife and a student. Each of these roles is deeply important to me and in all of them I give 100% of myself. I wear every hat with pride and unwavering commitment. At the last board meeting, I sat in the audience and listened as my colleagues spoke from the heart. I was proud to hear them voice their concerns because many of the things that they shared, I'm sorry, because many of the things that they shared are concerns I share as well. It reminded me that we're all in this together, working toward the same goals for our
038students, our schools, and our community. I want to begin by expressing my appreciation for the work of the district office and for the information that has been shared regarding compensation. As the district office outlined, the 17% onscale salary increases and the 29% in offscale payments over the past 5 years. While those numbers may be accurate on paper, I'd like to offer some additional context that I believe is important to consider. Over that same fiveyear period, benefit costs have increased by 32.4%. Minimum wage has weighted has risen by 19.2%. 13 of our job classifications still fall below the 17% threshold above minimum wage. Yes, it's true. We have seen a 17% increase in rate in raises, but the reality is that our place on wage scale and our true purchasing power have not been meaningfully the
0392.9% in offscale payments have absolutely made a difference. However, helping families or helping families keep up with utilities, pay overdue bills, and cover everyday necessities. And for that support, we are thankful. But let's be honest, those payments have only a bridge. They are temporary. They don't strengthen our base salaries. They don't grow our retirement. They don't create the long-term stability that we need. Um, let me close this with just a few numbers I hope we all take to heart. The lowest paid employee in the Lancaster School District earns 17.83 cents per hour. That's just 8.06% above minimum wage. We truly hope that we can continue to negotiate collaboratively, working together to find meaningful long-term solutions that support both our staff and the success of our students. Thank you. Next speaker is Good evening, Lancaster School
040District board members, union siblings, and esteemed guests. My name is Carl Zavala, proud bilingual par educator with school district. For the past three years, Ive had the privilege of working closely with our students, teachers, and administrators, supporting classroom learning and helping our students thrive, not just academically, but as members of our greater community. I truly love what I do. Every day I show up with pride and purpose knowing that my work and the work of so many classified employees make real difference in the lives of our students. However, the reality we're facing is increasingly difficult to ignore. With ongoing minimum wage increases in California, including another one scheduled for January 2026, the current salary structure is simply not keeping pace. In the past, only classifications below minimum wage were under $20 per hour received increases.
041This practice has continued to distort the salary schedule and negatively impact the remaining classifications. It's not an equitable or sustainable solution. As a result, our classified salary schedule is no longer balanced and many of us feel unseen, unsupported, undervalued, especially when it comes to wage equity. We also see the district's financial decisions including significant spending on contracted positions paid at rates far higher than what many of us earn. Frankly, it's discouraging. It sends a message that the vital work we do each day is not being valued approvably. Personally, I live in a twoinome home because I simply cannot afford to live independently in today's economy. I don't have children, but I regularly hear from colleagues who who are raising families and the financial strain they face. It's heartbreaking and the f um if the conditions
042persist, I worry about how we will continue attracting and retaining a strong committed workforce. Tonight, we're asking for leadership to recognize the people behind the roles, the classified employees who work tirelessly behind the scenes to keep this district running and to support our our students with care and commitment. Please help us fix the broken salary scale. Invest in the people who invest so much into this district every single day. Thank you for your time. Agenda items superintendent items 20 through 22. Motion by Mr. TP second by Mr. Wayne. All in favor? I the patients. Those are uh donations that come from our community to help get the first so important. I also like to touch on the proclamation that we have. I'll do that. Yeah, I just I can appreciate we we are celebrating the
043week of the school administrator within the proclamation where we're adopting the proclamation for character counts and we're also adopting a proclamation school safety which all good. Yes, I wanted to make a comment policy about artificial intelligence. It's kind of as we look forward and it's on that university all the students free the eye somewhere that All in favor? I >> motion passes 40. Agenda items. Business items 21A through 21M. >> Motion by Mr. Giles. Second by Mr. Question passes 40 like to make one statement or two statements. Congratulations to Sunnyale School that is such an important part of our school. I saw it today when the ASB students at both set up a color run and I know most of the schools in this do color run and I couldn't tell if it was the
044students or the teachers that were having the most fun but I I think the students really truly enjoyed it. So, thank you for starting the ASB at Sunnydale and updating your constitution endeavor. Well, Mr. Lopez, that endeavor in to make sure that that school is uh strong, very strong. So, thank you for both uh those items. Send agenda items educational services items 228 motion by Mr. Chief >> second by Mr. question. I think that uh we're we're doing a lot when it comes to autism. I think that our district supports the autistic uh children that we have within the district. And I appreciate the fact that you such uh I want to say so much love because it really does mean a lot to those students and to the parents too. But the students and
045uh they they just really I've talked to them. I've seen them. uh had converations with them. Sometimes that's not easy, but you know what? They can tell it like it is. So, thank thank you for that. All in favor? I motion passes 4 Z agenda items resource 23A second >> motion by Mr. Wayne second by Mr. shadows. All favor motion passes for zero. And I'd just like to add one more thing. Sorry, I love to talk. That's what I like to hear myself. Um the uhation on this item for the uh William thank you very much for doing that having zero questions. The second agenda item student and family services items 248 Irish. Any questions or concerns? All in favor motion passes for proceed. Now we'll do comments from the horizon super Mr. W. I
046think I've already touched enough. My uh congratulations are increasing dependence at our schools. Every week since we've started, I think we've had an improvement. That is we're still down from a year ago, but you know what? I didn't try any. And that is because of the uh staff, because of the teachers, because of CSEA, because of all of us here who make an a very big indelible impression on the students and the parent. So, thank you very much, Zenny. Great. You're fantastic. many times as I've had to deal with you, you've been very patient. I appreciate that. That Mr. Forest came up from a briefing on the bond issues in the schools. I thank Charles Coleman for getting there to help him with that information. Finally, the donation Burlington individuals to our district. Yeah, I
047have a great great amount of people out there that really and truly enjoy this district because of the people in it. Thank you. >> Okay, it's a great board meeting. Um I was happy to see the negotiations are underway and um looking forward to uh good uh settlements between all those groups. Um also was great to hear from Amelio Flores uh with CFW uh very detailed about our modernization plans for a lot of our school sites. I'm real excited that Honda has gone through and uh they're receiving a lot of funding for that and it was uh very interesting. We're seeing there's supposed to be over 2,000 new units in our district. So be seeing a lot more enrollment in the future as well. So we do need to make sure our facilities are up
048and ready for those new students. And I was uh glad to see supplemental law enforcement agreement of keep security or school sites and um just great to see everybody here. We're off to a great start. Good work. Thank you. Good job guys all for coming and enjoying meeting with us tonight. It's always fun to see smiling faces out there and I congratulations Zenny for the ACE's award. You know, good job. I never heard anything bad about you guys over there in that your department. I guess you all keep a close eye on you guys and uh that's kind of nice thing about being in our community. I just think about the other day, you know, I went to the fair and I run into Brandon was went out to lunch the other day, ran into
049Danielle. you know, you just never know what you're going to run into because there's a lot of people and nobody ever has a bad thing to say about board members or the district. So, I think that's maybe the rest of them are hiding. I don't know because, you know, I always hear stories about people, you know, getting at the district at the, you know, the supermarket and saying, you know, this is all bad and this and that, but that had experience lately. I appreciate the our the kind words of our employees and staff and students and it's a good community to be a part of. Uh I think I appreciate our speakers from the floor. Uh it's always good to hear from the community and hopefully we can take care of all the stuff we
050need to take care of as far as negotiations and I'm glad this off to a good start. And with that Dr. Mary Andy, >> thank you. Um, I just want to acknowledge our classified nurs certificate of staff for all the work they do with our students across our 22 schools. Lancaster School District has um is is very unique and we have some tremendous challenges that we face that I don't think a lot of other school districts face up and down the state. Um, the numbers I heard today were over a thousand homeless students, almost 300 foster students. We have one of the highest foster numbers in the in the state of California. And our response to the challenges that we face every single day is to come at it positively trying to affect the whole
051child and trying to make a difference in children's lives. We have invested a tremendous amount of resources into capturing kids hearts, our positive behavior support intervention programs, our multi-tered systems of support interventions programs. We're committed to science and reading. We're committed to a phonics program that has seen growth uh in the early grades. Um we've established learning centers for both our students with IEPs and our general education students that are are struggling. Um we have developed social emotional learning spaces for our students who are struggling as an alternative to suspension. Um we have mentor programs throughout our district that are working uh project and weo mentors to address behavioral concerns with our students and to find connection with our students. Um we have a wonderful uh expanded learning program after school for students to go
052to school until 8 around 6 o'clock at night. that are getting enrichment after school. Wonderful sports programs. Um that have I know the Linda B volleyball boys won the championship last. We're doing so much. We are exerting so much effort and we're doing it in a positive way to address the whole child. Um I I would I would love to take anybody who wants a tour of our schools to come see the work we do. I'm very very proud and humbled by all the people who serve children in Lancaster School District and I want to thank them. Always good to hear that we're doing well. Congratulations, Miss Zing. Um, seems like you're pretty remarkable up there. So, thank you for everything that you do to make sure that we're appreciate that. Thank you again, Mr.
053Flores, for coming and letting us know um how the school mod report is going as far as the update on everything that we are looking forward to. I know it's been a strain for a lot of our schools, but I I can't wait till it's over and then we have in effect and everyone gets to see all the work that's been put in. Slow, but it'll be a really good thing. Like to thank all of the speakers that came out, Mr. Rel, Miss Betty, Mr. W. often we appreciate taking time to speak and we value your opinion as well as your concern. Take each and everyone seriously for your time. I'd like to congratulate all the schools that participated in the first round of our Latino knowledge vote that took place last night. We had
054Maraposa who I believe won. Uh we had No Vista um and Kite. So these kids did a remarkable job. If you haven't had an opportunity to come to any of the knowledge bowls, register Latino or the black knowledge bowls, I really implore you to get out and see just what these kids have to learn. Be surprised what you don't know. So um because we have the elementary school coming up. Is that tomorrow? Monday. Why was Monday? Okay. So if you missed it, you'll have an opportunity on Monday at 5:00 at Park see our elementary schools competition. So come on out. Uh other than that, it was good to um hear from you. I'm glad that the negotiations are continuing forward and thank you again. [Music] It's usual. Thank you guys for coming out. We'll adjourn
055at 7 p.m. Can I get a motion? Motion by Mr. Zo, seconded by Mr. W. All in favor? question is