001e e e 549 5721 the following action was taken in close session on a vote of five motion by on a vot of 5 Z motion by Mr by Mrs hon the board approved the rejection of claim for damages on behalf of student number 096 next we'll have the Pledge of Allegiance by pledge Leader by youth student Shirley h please stand I pledge allegiance to the FL of the United States of America and to the stand one nation under God indivisible will Liberty and world thank you we have information items enr uh as of um this Monday uh we have 1,933 UT grade students 475 Early Learning students for a total of 14,48 this is a loss of two from the last board report 199 students Less in the same month last year of that
002population 362 identify as Foster students 1,142 identify as homeless 75 students have one or both parents it's part of thek thank you it's a pleasure to be here tonight share with you some of the great things we're doing at pip Middle School I'd like to get started by introducing Mr Adriano con up this is our guitar sble this is part of my guitar we have playing this piece at El next week so if you're take watch our full program e e e go what experience do the students have who play today uh mainly First Years two on the end first players they're first chair players um Michael and Jacob two two years the rest of our brand new brand new plan this year some good stuff music mus we're looking forward to next week thank
003you Mr adri you did the great job let the guar players leave that we got something for them okay someone making a run for the door make sure they're coming back yeah have the guitar players come back up we'll go and do it now that way they our players please come back up thank you also a quick question he said that they're playing next weekend out Mr Adano you have a second okay so normally you guys get a really cool pen but because we're out of pens right now get and this is what you're going to get so this member thank you only uh the Lancaster Performing Art Center has welcomed us again to perform for the music spectacular the Lancaster School District spectacular that's involving all the middle schools and elementaries one Mass concert
004uh next week um we have the nth sorry the eth is guitar class performing with New Vista um Wednesday is the beginning bands and Thursday is the advanced band and then Friday is the honor band that comprises of all the the top middle school performers all on stage over 500 students participating in this event it's a pretty big deal again I thank everyone for supporting that the pa um all right what time does it start time all performances start at uh 8:00 for the middle schools elementaries I believe have an earlier time slot all right awesome thank you can we get the slid show back up okay so again um thank you for having us my name is Mr L mono uh principal P I'd like to introduce my assistant principal M Denisha Tyler coming
005up hello everyone thank you for and uh my other assistant principal U Mr Nino Tes can make it's not changing the slide I don't know why okay great thank you I just want to briefly go over our vision um and Mission uh so our mission is p mission is to close the opportunity Gap by preparing all students for College and Career Readiness by insisting on rigor and cultivating relationships with students staff and community and our our vision at Pou we insist on rigor and cultivating relationships to help all students on their path to College and Career Readiness so how do we build riger at Pou well again because curriculum is a huge part of our curricul you know our rigor but without great and amazing teachers please stand they're going to be sharing what they're
006doing in the classroom with you so good to hear firsthand the great things that are being done at P I'm going to pass it on to miss Samora hi hi everyone thank you for having me my name is Miss teach Avid I'm also the AVID coordinator P middle school so um we've had we've been Avid certified since 2011 umid is a system that provides students with strategies scaffolding that supports them in Wicker which stands for writing um inquiry collaboration organization and meting um we continue to grow with Abid by offering um our teachers um professional development at some Institute um we truly believe at Pou that Avid is the path to ensure that all of our students have the opportunity um to be colge and so I'm G to go ahead and hi my name
007is Myra Flores and I'm representing the math department at Pou middle school and um some of the cool things that we're doing um well we're using the I ready classroom math curriculum which is a brand new curriculum that we're using um and we're using that by doing two lessons per week and um using that to help better our cast test SC um also we're really heavy on our interactive notebooks where our students are actually able to take notes help cut them out and glue them in so that way they can use their notes for um just continuing on with our lessons um also a really thing that we've done is we collaborated with our math or Math and Science departments to launch water rockets where not only students were able to launch the rockets in
008their science class but our math classes were able to actually calculate the heights of those rockets and what way can we um model collaboration with our kids by also working with other teachers thank you and then the teachers myself my name is Mrs Christie even and to increase rigor in grade science we're integrating interactive simulations and deepening our students understanding students engage in Hands-On and digital models where they manipulate variables analyze data think critically and make evidence-based conclusions that connect learning to real world issues like climate change our students are not just me memorizing Concepts they're applying them in meaningful ways that prepare them for high school and Beyond and then on English uh language arts department um the students are learning to read write and we have a lot of uh writing that is
009going on right now we're pretty heavy in that um in our social studies they're using Aid strategies Focus Notes One pagers marking the text graphic organizers critical reading strategies and interactive notebooks hi there um I'm Carla Recker I teach man St computer science um in the image here um this is a long-term project that students use the design process isometric and AR orthographic drawing skills in a 3D cat software to create puzzle toys we're about to test these to see which ones are the most difficult next okay there we go computer science we do physical Compu by build projects using jumper wires LEDs resistors buttons Etc the students learn to program their builds and there is a video right there that's going to show you a resistant piano I'll play it again so some of
010the crazy things we do cing kits Arts are leading expert well hello youone I'm Tyler you um we're striving eventually to focus on be catri kids showcas school so we focus on cultivating relationships with all of our stakeholders by greeting our students at the door greeting our parents at the door um we create social contracts so that we can hold each other accountable we share good things in class as well as in our staff meetings and that's to build connections with one another to learn about each other um we launch our classes off to encourage them to have a great day and positive thank you so much Miss ttle hey English language development I got again um we have four um ELD classes that are specific for our student levels including our newcomers and we
011have four um CS courses which is our tier three reading as well as four intervention math classes who was also using the um I ready mathematics and also teaching the students not just their foundations that they're missing but teaching them grade level standards as well and and Corwin we've been working with Corwin this year to continue teacher Clarity journey and to improve on our learning inter um interventions and success criteria as well as learning to backwards map for our assessments so fill trips are very important um we have fill trips um not just in our Avid class which is College and Career we take College fill trips to explore it um we've had many opportunities this year for our eighth graders to take a field trip um we did the Disney imagination campus with our
012lead um leadership kids last year and the mission took our Avenue which was an amazing um Workshop um the leadership it was Hands-On we do it again um we've taken our kids to the Science Center and then about two weeks ago we took our eighth graders to salute to youth um we had the opportunity to go on to buing um and they had career it it was amazing so it was offered to the eth grade and then high school so they were able to see um what going to be like so um field tri's amazing up hello Rebecca topper I am the ASB director um so I'm here to talk about family engagement which is a big part of our building culture this year we're striving to be the center of our community by increasing
013family and Community engagement this year we've hosted engaging activities on our campus like treats Tech night for our families a fall festival winter festivity ities lots of band activities a fabulous web event for sixth graders and their families uh before Christmas workshops for parents blood drive here we go the queen of blood drives we beat um the district last year no we beat Mike Davis this year [Music] we drive this year we had a blood drive um we have the community come out um representatives from the community this year we collected 54 pints of blood and it's our students our students go out there the recruit it's something that our aage students leadership and web students apport to every year so we're going to continue that Community event so don't r box again so building
014reget P has attributed to Our Success of our children such as placing first in the black knowledge bow and we placed third at the Hispanic knowledge Bowl this year so we're very proud of our kids and the bigor that we're enforcing in our classrooms getting our kids thank you so much and where we at building relationships good even everyone my name is ER and I'm the Community School's lead is for p Middle School uh through our community school engagement and collaboration with our admin team PBIS culture and climate team staff families and students our Focus has been to improve our family engagement relationships resources School culture and attendance uh we have scheduled parent workshops like the parenting partners and family meals challenge throughout the school year uh we've had our wide events like Miss said
015for the t uh tasty teeken treat uh where the parents were able to come in and learn about Power School the parents square and the importance and how they can utilize that at home and for the students um most recently we've also introduced Hazel Health enrollments um with the support of our schoolers and ourpes where the parents are coming in they're enrolling and we teach them how to use we're going to be doing once a month um and in support with this we hope through the partnership and collaboration of our families uh we hope to improve imper the wellbeing of the thank you so much and let's see if it'll switch all right where everyone belongs you ready students come on up hi my name is what about how you help me feel like I
016belong because it shows me how much fun and exciting it can be to help others and makes them feel like Pou is the place to be because I'm able to connect with my team feel supported with my team and my coaches hi my name help me thank you so much over but weed great so thank you thank you and we need to get those last three ladies back up here we got we got to get them too before they leave we got are the are the three of you asp thank you thank you student up appreciate it I know really nerve in so good job how many career enthusiast have school for career day send me a message though I I will forget to send me a message I enjoy coming over to p [Music]
017good job thank thank you no presentations request proposal reports we have none individual action items business adoption of resolution 2024 2025 33 appointing the citizens oversight committee and approving Citi oversight committee by La fors issued under measure LS to win second to child motion passes 5 approve of change order number two with Coastal Construction Group for New Vista Middle School locker room hbac motion motion by user second second by Mr Charles all in favor question okay vot is One approval of change order number two post Construction Group a walkway cover repairs at Sundale Elementary School by Mr Charles second by Mr T Mo passes 41 addressing the board individuals who wish to address the board May complete a speaker card and presented in any supporting documents to the superintendent's assistant or other District official prior
018to the start of the meeting personal information such as a student parent Guardian name address phone number date of birth email address and other directory information as Divine as defined Education Code 49061 may be exeed from 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 do so once the that item has been moved seconded is on the floor for discussion time limits of 3 minutes per person and 20 minutes per item shall be allowed board bylaws 932 board members may ask questions for clarification purposes however no action may be taken and no discussion may take place on an item not on the posted
019agenda Brown act comments from PTA CSA pal hey good evening everyone hope you all had a nice spring break I just have a few quick things uh first of all Paul Dr maretti I wanted to say on behalf of the teachers uh at Discovery they appreciated your visit so thank you and to Mr pman and Mr Davis Al sheated you all coming out and um conversation so U the oh next thing I wanted to say is I wanted to kind of give a shout out to the maintenance operations guys uh who were out at lava in Sunnydale today restoring the water I know that they didn't specifically restore the water but they were absolutely una Fair uh supporting the students and the staff with our lack of water situations so everyone appreciated that and um
020I appreciate so thank you um and then the last thing I wanted to just invite everyone to participate in the uh walk-in challenge that I'm putting on the month of April uh in my role as a CBT Wellness Champion so I have sent an email I have I got it to everybody this time um everybody is uh welcome to participate anyone from Subs to Dr maretti I'm hoping you're going to put up some big numbers this month um and so at the at the end I'll do a Google form everybody will put their steps in we do the overall winner and I've got gift cards and some things to hand that but it's just basically a way of you know providing a little bit of friendly competition and getting everybody hopefully outside and windy all
021months but I look forward to seeing your numbers thank you and have a good from the audience speaker conservative I super items 14 a through 14m Mo TP second all favor any questions motion passes 5 Z Inogen items Miss items 15 a through 15g by MREs second by Mr on the table confed motion passes end agenda items Education Services items 16a through 16f [Music] second Mr TP motions motion passes 5 in agenda items Human Resource Services item 17 a through 17d motion by Mr second by Mr child all in favor motion passes 5 Z cons agenda items student and Family Services 18 through 18 motion by Mr TP all in favor all motion passes 5 legislation policy discussion this first readings all right move on to comment board superintendent okay I you thanks again for
022coming and showing us your CRI highlights and bringing your students and uh showing us your stuff we really appreciate that um we all have that on our calendar hopefully there be at lpac if we can make it uh what else we pools are back in I guess kind of a quiet so far starting on you know backward bre I'm hurting too many issues other than water issues uh thanks Gina for your walking challenge I have to put that on my things to do and that's basically it thank you for having me move over to this attendant still amazing 725 military family members within our district that is consider number that sure are here because parents are in the Air Force at Edwards or somewhere that they trust us our district their education I really appreciate
023that as usual [Music] the music teacher fantastic that's why I asked them how uh how much experience those students had and they're new I they played so well went to your last uh assembly and band itself was Top Notch and they are many new members so I look forward to the uh pack information coming from Mr I look forward to having some ration as far as the dates times and you know if I could have walk well I would I can hble a bit o c okay good good I hope everyone had a great uh week off last night is enjoying two weeks another week wouldn't have been so bad think the students who want want to be here and want to learn [Music] so hope everyone had a great spring break and I thank
024you for the great presentation yeah it's NE to see all the different programs you're doing there with the students and I'm really glad you still have a strong Abid program that's really good and they get it going different fill drips and uh a neat stem program keep up the great work uh also Gina thank you for the walking challenge we'll get a lot of people out there you Mr mono and Miss Tyler thank you so much um it's always wonderful to see the teachers I enjoyed hearing how they integrate the strategies into each area was great and then um really nice to see the students come out and talk about how they're included perspective as well love horror Ensemble so we really so that up it's wonderful having I'm interested in the walking I'm not
025sure that I'm going to come but we can talk just want to reiterate what everyone said about having p in the house we really appreciate it the kids were great trying to play the guitar for about 20 years so it's a little depressing um I want to welcome everybody back from break and we will get all that elac information to the board so that you know when and where everyone on next I'm not sure about the steps you were in the house today you had the good guitar going on and you had an excellent presentation so thank you beo cou times thank you um we didn't have a lot to come back with today so um Larry thank you our always needed and know we sit with them and the progress completed our schools for
026that as well um other than that um I'll say that well welcome back it's time to get back on this last little chapter for the year we only got a couple months left so we got some testing coming up so got to be preparing for all of that um April not a huge month but it's a big month for a lot so Gina with here walking you know National Health as well so um get with me on that I'm right with you you don't know about all that walking I walk around these campuses all the time put a tracker on turn my mbers in you know so um thank you for that um it is Autism Awareness Month you know that's also something very important to remember we do a lot of work with our
027SEC kids so just going out give an extra high five or a big hug to those students it's going to be awesome um we have food distribution it's Friday so we Ros back there is it still going on this Friday next Friday okay sorry about that so next Friday and since it's also National volunteer month I expect to see some people out there you know next Friday on 11th it'll be 9:30 to 11:30 correct awesome and then tripac we have an event going on on 12 anyone tripac Dan isma therapy so it's going to be on the 12th so if you're not busy on that Saturday you know way to get out and get your health going on and get your mental health since is also National mental health month as well and stressfree month
028so we got oh we have a carar we got all kind of things going on you got go your calendar all right so awesome so it's a lot of good things out there watch your mental health it's stress free mental health mon so think that's about it s don't forget the uh gr space Valley robotics on Thursday Friday and Saturday we have teams from all over the world including each church have 40 teams so there'll be around three to 4 students the valley and uh really looking forward to your attendance at the event and also it wasn't brought up I don't think that our board president was given a tasa award she was super she is award member of the year it's out of the bag and yes I did receive thank you guys for
029all of you support just to be clear it was the uh margar P Lamont School Board member of the Year award um from congratulations um that said I done and ready to go home so take a motion so they didn't want to go home all right so um we have the motion to adjourn by Mrs user and the second by Mr Giles and it is 6:47 pm. two passes 5 Z