001e e e we reconvened at 6:07 p.m. report of any action Tak in closed session presant to government government code section 549 57.1 in close session on a vote of four to zero Mo by Dwayne W second in by Kei JS the Board of Trustees approve elction of number-1 also in close session the board approved by unanimous vote of four to zero with zero extensions settlement agreement with a parent in which the district agreed to provide the parent $20,000 in exchange for the parent dismissal ofing bwon against the district release of any and all claims roll call vote was as follows eyes Wayne wi Giles Greg D and there were no names and no abs now we'll have the Pledge of Allegiance by Linda Brown assistant principal promise I say please stand but everybody is
002okay right hand over your heart ready begin thank you next we'll have the recognition black knowledge winners by Alicia Casey director of s AO hello good evening board members superintendent assistant superintendent um today we are recognizing our schools and winning teams that participated in the Black 3 65 knowledge ble I have here with me Jamal Brown who is a local historian raised in the anot Valley area and is the creator of the black 365 knowledge bowl and the black 365 calendar um I was just reminded 2014 2014 the first black 65 knowledge bow took place here in this district and the home of where I'm from proud resident of East Lancaster my son was a product of this District so it only makes sense I was looking back at my calendar this past month 17
003I 17 bowls up and down the state California at colleges and universities and other school districts but I'm proud to say and honored to say that Lancaster School District again was the was the starting point the jump off point all the BS that I now do up and down the state even now Nationwide so thank you so much for the gracious nights about me wonderful schols that we have the pleasure to part at this time so as a reminder the knowledge go is a sty game it celebrates history both past and present and we are so excited that this is a friendly competition that yes there are winners um but we also have students that um showcase their talents so I do want to say thank you to Amarosa El Dorado Discovery Joshua L ver
004Mara Nisa sunell they all perform this year at the black 365 knowledge EI at the middle school competition or preliminary rounds or at our final round that we just had recently um we would also like to thank a sixth grade teacher Miss James who blessed us with the performance also so this school year we had 11 schools participate in either fourth through e8th grade and thank you to all of the sites that participated the families that participated by bringing their students and also all of the staff members who came out to one of the nights we thinkk thank you so much and a special thank you to the coaches because we could not have done this without them preparing their students working with their students day after day after day so that they could be
005prepared for the competition so this year we had a first place winner from our middle school competition and a first and second place winner from our elementary school competition so now is the time when I call your school name if the students the coaches and the administrat ERS can all come forward you're going to receive your school trophy um we'll have all of the schools stay up here and the families can come up can come up and take a picture of all the school teams and then we're going to ask the superintendent executive cabinet and the board members if you'll also step down to take a picture with our teams so our first place our first place team for a middle school competition first time P you middle school thank you caou and if you
006don't mind you don't mind huddling up over here we're invite our other two teams we'll take pict and our second place team from our elementary division we have Sunny Dell Elementary and again our first place trophy for elementary division goes to for another year El Dorado Elementary so again congratulate the team thank you very much s administrators coaches the board exective cabinet all of our District staff for your support families you can come down take pictures and anyone else who would like to take pictures and the board superintendent cabinet members please we B as we take the last picture if you can please help me congratulate our students our winners of the black 365 knowledge goal now and again congratulations to all the participants all the schools all the coaches all the support I had
007an opportunity with some of my colleagues here to attend the black knowledge role it was amazing I believe that this year was one of the closest years that we've had separating teams by little 150 points so it was great and if you didn't have an opportunity to see it I hope that you make it out next year um and if you acknowledgeable students would like to leave you can go ahead and do that right now everyone staying what this is going to be awesome last chance we'll only be here midnight so you can't stay give them just a moment to exit out all right back you want to have a seat look go we got some Freedom up here all right so we'll be moving right along to our Aces Awards Mr vapas all right
008um Josh are you here okay well um it's my pleasure tonight to recognize Josh gel he's the CPS at early childhood education with an AAS Aces award from Dr Fountain um and if you didn't know Aces it means that we are achieving a cultural exceptional service so here's what Dr P said when Josh first started he was asked if he wanted to help with the California classified Grant he said yes but Dr Fountain doesn't think he knew what he said yes to he's been helping ever since but so Josh has been instrumental in supporting ECE the classified staff and ultimately the students in addition to his regular job in the following weeks he communicates monthly with two partner universities to support tuition reimbursement for the employees he regularly reaches out to the classified Workforce and
009gives them details about reimbursements he follows up to make sure every Grand participant knows what to do to be successful he reminds them gently when they forget something I I need Josh make sure here's the important part make sure that the money gets where it needs to be to our so for many classified work many of the classified Workforce going to school is a commitment that they make despite the long hours extra cost and the hard work Josh make sure that each day their worries are reduced and lists the financial burden when Josh says yes said yes to help with the Grant in the beginning he Dr F thinks he's being polite but in the end on a daily basis he helps our employees change their lives and that is above and beyond worthy thank
010you Josh for what you do to make life better for our Lancaster classified family and he was a student p as principal there thank you as of yesterday our utk through grade8 enrollment was 13,944 students Early Learning enrollment was for 460 for a total of 14,43 this is a gain of 56 from the last board report but still a loss of 195 students from the same month last year of that population 1,133 identify as homeless 364 as Foster and 703 students have one or both parents were a part of the Armed Forces want our curriculum highlights Promise Academy our partnership and connection by principal Amy Wesley assistant principal Anda Brown hey good evening Dr Mar board and executive cabinet as most of you know my name is Amy wlake and I'm the proud principal of
011the extensive supports need program as well as Promise Academy Promise Academy is in its third year of implementation as a specializ school for students who are Med medically fragile as well as our intensive autism custers now when we were considering a topic to do for curriculum highlights we decided to share our most valued asset and the true indicator of the impact on our students which is our families so we're going to take a moment first to share our mission statement as it aligns with what our parents will be sharing with you tonight so the mission statement of the Promise Academy is to prepare our students to grow and Thrive to reach their fullest potential and a nurturing and supportive environment that is encouraging and motivating to all our students now I have the honor of
012introducing assistant principal Linda Brown and she's going to share a little bit more about our family connection and Partnerships which help our students succeed yeah right good evening um as you well know in most schools families are an important part of the education Journey our families at Promise Academy are at the heart of everything we do building strong Partnerships with them has been essential to Our Success we recognize that students progress and well-being are deeply intertwined with the support they receive at home our families are not only our partners in learning but they are also key to creating a seamless and nurturing environment for our students our program's overall approach is holistic focusing not just on academic development but also on social emotional skills functional skills communication and physical well-being the involvement of our families
013helps ensure that all aspects of students progress are aligned with the mission that Amy just shared in turn this strengthens strengthens the sense of belonging for our students and allows them to feel supported both in and outside of the classroom some of the ways we support our families is by providing them with typical experiences with modifications of course that may that they may otherwise not have the opportunity to enjoy some examples of this that we do each year during the holiday season we host a pumpkin patch with arts and crafts and trick-or-treating um costume contest during the Christmas holiday Santa shows up and each child gets a gift and our families get to take a picture with Santa and though that seems very typical for most of us um due to the disabilities that some
014of our children have taking their child to the mall and getting that beautiful memory of a snapshot with Santa isn't always the easiest so giving them that opportunity in the school environment is really meaningful for many our parents um we've offered workshops and actually have an upcoming books and bagel opportunity for our parents where they will each be given a book about raising a child grow a disability these events are memories that are often missed out on by our families each event creates a partnership with families leading to a sense of belonging not only for the students the families as well so that they feel connected not only to their child's education but to our program as a whole we are very privileged tonight to have some very brave par parents that are going to
015come and talk about their experience with um Promise Academy um I'd like to introduce them in order and then they'll just come up um so our first parent tonight is going to be Miss Sano she's a parent of Vlad who attends Miss Riley's classroom then miss Vegas will follow her she's a parent of Pedro and Miss st's classroom then miss Delo who's the mother of Noah who attends Miss Houston's classroom and finally we'll finish off the evening with Miss Collins who is a parent of Mike in Miss Preston's class so I'd like to have Miss s start off for us good evening my is aano and I am the mom of Vladimir Hernandez Vladimir started the Promise Academy when he was three years old When Vladimir started at The Promise Academy he was so small
016and very fragile he was barely able to hold his head up he couldn't bear his weight at all he would hardly play with toys and very little to know interactions with others when we started our journey at The Promise Academy I was a bit nervous due to his health and communication difficulties I prayed so much for Vladimir to have a great team behind him immediately I learned how The Promise Academy worked each student received individual care and attention this helped Vladimir progress quickly academically and physically within months he became very interactive communicating for and starting to show signs of learning meeting and setting new goals for him over the last three years Vladimir has shown major improvements he now crawls scoots at a very Pace he can go his we with he has learned a
017few colors and numbers he learn how to he learned how to operate such Asing lights on and off his communication has improved tremendously even though he is still nonverbal his M and actions he will let you know in his own way when he wants more or less of something or when he's all done I love seeing his excitement to be at school every morning as we pull into the parking lot so miss Riley his team of therapists his nurses and Miss Westlake I cannot thank you enough for all the love and help and support you have given my family each and every one of you has played a very important role in getting Vladimir to where he is today so thank you PR his Academy for provid the safe space for our children to learn
018and grow thank you everyone I am Adriana caransa uh from Promise Academy this is Mrs Vegas uh she will be sharing her story in Spanish and I will be helping to isana Vas AC for everyone my name who at three years old was sever autism due to this um disability it has called him to self harm we moved to the city of Lancaster California and Pedro was ened to Miller Elementary School under an IEP program and every day it was more difficult for Pedro to be in that school so they gave Pedro the opportunity to be chosen for an evaluation with professionals at a center in Los Angeles California aside from autism they also diagnosed Pedro having a mind of a two to threey old child and that meant that in Miller there was no
019program adequate to his need Pedra was recommended to attend the Promise Academy in which they created a learning program that was within my son's capacity pedel has made great progress in speech considering that he did not speak English or Spanish now he is a bilingual person and thanks to his support at school improving his verbal skills has also improved his behavior he would often become frustrated by not being able to communicate now he knows numbers letters words and interacts with more people he knows how to read and is learning math I'm not saying that everything is perfect but thanks to the support of each member at that school my son only improves every day since he has the train professionals who have managed to bring out the best of him thank you we need more
020people and support like that provided by the promis academy good evening my name is Natalie dad and I'm the mother of Noah feal Who start started attending Thomas Academy in 2022 Noah was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder at 2 weeks old he had a tra and G2 place in order to thrive in life once I became a special needs parent it was a journey that was scary and different early on it was explained to me it would take a village to help teach motivate and support my son to continue to fight to do basic normal functions to give a back story I was in the hospital with Noah for 3 months and upon discharge I did everything to make sure I was by my son 24 seven I worked alongside Regional and doctors to
021make sure he was receiving therapies and services to help with his development once I heard he had aged out of the regional center and now would enter the school system on his own made me completely terrified as a mother who has been by his side since day one knowing I would have to trust School staff to provide the same treatment as I do was nerve-wracking I hoped he would be treated with the same compassion and devotion and my main concern with Noah was non and couldn't Tal if something was wrong upon entering Promise Academy I can say he has been treated with love compassion and provided all the services he needs in order to live a productive life things I thought my son would never have such as a group of friends or a school
022dance or a Halloween parade Promise Academy has provided for him they have been the utmost respectful to me and my son and have always had open communication to inform me of my son's progress I would recommend Promise Academy to any parent with a special on each child I can stand here today and say not only is Promised Academy his school but I stand here today saying that they are part of Noah's Village who love care and seek the best interest for my son thank you mud honored to speak with you today as as parent and biggest Advocate a title I wear with immense pride and gratitude mik is a happy energetic and soon to be a nine-year-old boy and while his journey has been filled with unique challenges being born with a Genesis of the
023Corpus kism a rare neurological impairment that does not have a lot of um studies or history about his spirit and determination still shine brightly he approaches each day with contagious enthusiasm and an eagerness to learn that inspires everyone around him those who have worked with Micah especially his teacher Miss Preston speaks of the joy he brings and how persuasive he can be although he is nonverbal he speaks volumes with his beautiful big brown eyes proving that with the right support environment and encouragement that he can overcome obstacles that once seemed unsurmountable it's his progress reminds us that success isn't always measured by traditional Milestones but by the courage to try the perseverance to succeed and the joy of discovering new abilities Promise Academy has played a pivotal role in nurturing his strengths and addressing his
024challenges and we have been especially fortunate to have Miss Preston and the supporting staff him through his journey this program is more than a school it's a community that empowers Micah to communicate and wave that suit him best whether exploring alternative communication methods engaging with his peers on his own terms are simply batting those expressive eyes Micah is growing in confidence and capability this has his love and compassion has approached him and helped them break through barriers and enriched our entire family 's life because of the supportive environment dedicated Educators Micah feels safe to be himself and to strive for his dreams your belief in personalized education and support makes all the difference as micel continues with Promise Academy his potential just like his peers is unlocked when given the right opportunities I am deeply
025grateful that M has been able to grow and thrive in this program his journey is a testament to resilience and every small victory is worth celebrating with continued advocacy and support I believe and all children like him will achieve great things thank you for your time your dedication to our children and to the role you play in shaping their future I look forward to seeing Micah continue to grow and shine under your guidance and partnership thank you in conclusion we incredibly grateful for the strong connections we have formed with our families these relationships are foundational to our success and we look forward to continue to grow together our students grow and fr does the board have any questions all right well that's the end of our presentation we can just take a moment we just
026wanted toes presented tonight with some flowers good job thank you for sharing with us e love the stories and the pictur too that went along with it thank you so much thank you so much Promise Academy as a parent of an exceptional child that um dealt with autism all of his life amazing what you do I wish I had those resources is available to me 30 years ago and I understand what it means for people to tell you that your child will not accomplish certain goals I remember when they told me that my son would never go to R SCH never graduate when they listen to say he excelled exceptionally through Lancaster School District through through Nancy Cory through Endeavor graduated from Lancaster High School with h so I know it's possible so I if
027you guys unless you want to hear all our budget reports you're more than free to leave at this moment otherwise you're here to m now we'll move on to presentations request osal reports have a second from budget report welcome good evening board members um superintendent and executive cabinet and audience um please to present to you the 2425 second intering budget report for the Lancaster School District as you can see on the first slide second inter assumptions I chose to uh show you this slide because from the first interim to the second interim there was some some changes in on the cola percentage so as you can see from uh the two consecutive years on the M year 2526 and 2627 there's a difference and the first interim the 2526 Cola was 2.93 and we learn
028in uh January at the budget at the governor's budget that the cola was reduced by 0.5 that uh lead us with uh lead us with a call on the second intern budget for 2526 of 2.43% so it's a reduction and then on 2627 fiscal year uh we learn that it went up by 44% the cola all these numbers uh the two uh last year the two consecutive years so 25 26 and 26 27 are projections our current fiscal year 2425 is not affected it's the same Cola now I would like to go over with you on the changes on the STS and PS uh on the first intering uh we have the STS Plateau at 19.10 for the last five years and then on the purse we built a budget on 2425 uh at 2705
029and we kept it the same way for the second intering and then on the 2526 which is a projection uh on the first intern we build a budget at 27.6 and we learned that it went down by 20 so 2740 is reflected on the pur for the second intern now on the first intern 2627 for a pis we build it at 28% and we learned that it's going it will it's projecting to decrease by .5 so on the second interim the pur on the multi year are reflected at 27.5 all these rates are subject to changes based on determination by the respective governing board uh the these numbers are uh subract extracted from the school Services of California now this is what I like this is the second intering revenu is in millions the exciting
030part so the lcff which is our biggest bucket of Revenue we get that Revenue because we have a high on duplicate account of children and that represents 68% of our total revenues and it's equal up million now we go to the federal the federal is 7% represents 7% of our total revenues which it's equivalent to $8.2 million so I you see the reduction from prior years right okay and the reason is because the yeser funds are not there anymore we're not accounting for we spend them already okay now we go to the state the state has 19% which it's a equivalent to 53.5 million the state is showing an increase yes indeed why it's because we have ELO which now is $24 million and we also have the community Grant and other grants now we
031go into the local Revenue which is 6% and equates to $16.5 million so our total revenues budgeted for the second intering on 2425 my fiscal year are $279.95. 181 okay well let's remember something remember we've been carrying all these aser funds that we have to liquidate at September 30th 2024 Bingo that's this fiscal year so we have to liquidate all those onetime funds that's why our expenses have to be greater than our revenues okay okay so now let me walk you through the certificate salaries represent 32% of our expenditures uh which are $4.05 million our classified salaries are 15% which is$ 47.7 million our employees benefits for both buckets represent 22% of our total expenditures which are $ 68.0 to million so if you add up all the percentages on salar and benefits equates to
03268% normally when we don't have one time funds and we're not liquidating all these revenues from prior years our salaries and benefits are about 87% I don't know if you guys remember before covid that's what we had right now because we are liquidating so many funds from other prior years our salaries look like they're less but they are not because the dollar amount is being increasing actually okay all right so now our expenditures in books and supplies which are the 4,000 represent 9% which are $2.05 million and our contracts and services which are our 5,000 represent 177% which are 54.7 million uh the reason why our 5000s are a little high is because we have the elop program which we liquidated two fiscal years plus the Esser and we have providers so the providers have
033to be contracted okay and then we have the capital outlay which are our 6,000 is $15.42 million and all other outgo is $ 4.13 million so total expenditures $324.83 okay so this is the multi-year projection the multi-year projection starts with the 2425 25 26 26 27 we're mandated to uh project on threee basis the first fiscal year which is this fiscal year our Revenue as I went over with you is 27961 our salar and benefits are 21913 and other all other expenditures are 5.68 our total expenditures as I went over with you is 32481 so we started at the beginning of the year with an ending fund balance from prior year which is beginning fund for this year of 63.8 remember okay and we have the net increase decrease of 4520 which is a deficit
034spending why do we have a deficit spending because we liquidated all those grants all those onetime funds for erer and two years of elop those revenues were not accounted this year they were accounted prior years but therefore they're reflected as a deficit spending okay our ending fund balance is 8.69 out of that the components of the ending fund balance are 7127 are restricted and then we have all the assignments leaving us with a reserve for economic uncertainties of $18.91 million our Reserve is uh represents 5.82% when we only have to have 3% our 3% of our expenditures will be 9.74 million doll but we have 18.9 okay so now the middle year which is when the call out goes down and our revenues goes down uh on the middle year our Revenue go 26322 so
035there's a uction there okay and that's all due because of the uh the cola now we have salaries and benefits at 21554 and you might think why are the salaries going down well they're going down because this multi-year projection on the first year which is this fiscal year is showing the uh settlement already it's booked already the settlement on negotiations for to and for a represented okay and so because we have a one-time funds that we them now for next fisal year we have to reduce it and just add the step and column which is 2% okay so it's 21554 and then we have all other expenditures 72.75mm but not to that extent to when it was 80 $80 million for the yes okay so now our ending fund balance is 93.6 to which 56.0
0367 is restricted as you can see the restricted jumps from 71 to 56 because we liquidated the funds and then we have the same assignments leaving us with 1191 million for the reserve so our reserve for that fiscal year is for .13 now if we go to the next year which is 2627 the revenue goes up again and the reason why is because Cola is going up again is projected to go again up little by little so by recuperating the cola our Revenue goes up to 27257 not quite the same as 2425 but it's going up and then our expenditures for the salaries now you can see the only from 215 to 280 is a 2% step on column okay and then you have 73.7 and all other expenditures that's only by Cola I only
037increase it by Cola so the total expenditures are 29227 the ending fund balance from prior year becomes the beginning fund balance for the new year 9362 and then we have a deficit of 19.7 why do we still have a deficit Maria well because ELO remember when I presented the first in I told you ELO now they're giving us two years so they give us two years ago the grants and we can spend it now and so the next year so which was last year we have two more years so it's always going to show a deficit spending okay because we're not receiving the income the same year we're spending prior Year's income okay um and then we have the ending fund balance for the third year out 73.91% the components on the edit fund balance
038the restricted is 3758 see it's going down again and we have all the assignments leaving us with a reserve for economic oberes 10.7 million 3.66% so we have a positive certification the district is allow it's can meet current year and two SE years obligations so we're good any questions so far I like questions yes please earlier in the year the governor announced a budget deficit for this year made any changes on that predictions for other not officially we have heard that Cola is going to go down more to point 22 um I'm glad to be able to tell you that we we have assignments and we are prepared so our district is in a very healthy position we're fiscal insolvent and as I told you before and you approved today the fiscal stabilization plan that
039fiscal stabilization plan what it does is we all meet the all the administration meets together and we evaluate what programs need to continue and what can we do to enhance and what can we do to save and fiscally responsibly budget every single function that we have in every single resource uh we will hear from the governor again in May in may they will give me the final numbers uh but I don't expect to be still I don't okay but we are prepared we have we meet the reserve and we our assignments remember we identify uh expenditures and we save for those expenditures okay any other question okay so now the multi-year projection assumptions it goes from the col and I disclose all the changes and then all the way to CCA California SCH employees Association
040negotiation is ongoing so it's not the number is not projected into the MTI Pro it will be I'm assing next reporing any questions okay thank you have C with integrated technology update good evening president ston superintendent Mar Board of um juses cabinet members and esteemed guests C queen I am the director of the aim Department that is uh assment integrated technology multilingual learner programs this evening the integrative technology coaches and I are excited to introduce an Innovative new platform we've been working on this Interactive Learning tool uniquely um combines physical activity with digital content using a floor based system displayed here in front of us tonight uh enbl students to actively engage in educational activities fostering deeper involvement and improving learning outcomes we are truly excited to witness the this transformative impact this technology will
041have have on our classrooms and its experiences um or their experiences so without further Ado let me go ahead and have my team come up and they will introduce themselves as they are um about to speak good evening thanks for having us out tonight I'm kayin Ming and I'm one of the technology integration coaches and we are part of the assessment and integrated technology multilingual learner programs Department our team's focus on the Integra is on the integration of Technology throughout the educational journey and experience we support technology in the classrooms from kindergarten and using you using codable robots to take students on virtual reality trips and maximizing teacher potential and collaborating with them on how to best use their vonic interactive Bo to provide engaging lessons we look at bringing new exciting ways to learn
042using technology and are the go-to support for our teachers and staff with any and all of our educational programs our team provides professional develop focused on technology use for both certificated and classified staff as well as Works hand inand with all teachers and students in classrooms providing model technology lessons one of the most important roles of our team is to help develop the technology throughout our curriculum taking our curric curriculum and making it and more engaging fun and accessible through technology is how we connect with our Lancaster Learners and encourage growth we are excited to share with you some new technology that our team is introducing to our Lancaster students as it is a unique interactive fun way of learning I am Jen Patterson so what exactly is an active floor it's an Interactive Learning
043tool that transforms our floor into a dynamic touch sensitive space so it uses motion sensors and allows students to engage with educational content through physical movement whether they're solving math problems exploring science Concepts or enhancing teamwork the active floor Fosters Active Learning creativity and collaboration so this interactive tool supports kinesthetic Learners and brings a fun Hands-On element to the classroom helping students stay engaged and learning through play it's an exciting addition to our integrated technology tool kit and that promotes both physical activity and academic growth so basically an active floor is game based learning so what exactly is it why does it matter it's an approach that uses games to teach educational content making learning more engaging and more interactive it combines fun and challenge allowing students to learn through exploration problem solving and creativity
044research supports its Effectiveness Studies have shown that students in gamified environments demonstrate higher levels of Engagement motivation and retention of knowledge for instance a 2013 study found that students using gamified learning scored higher on tests compared to those in traditional settings in addition game based learning helps to improve critical thinking and problem solving skills while motivating students to stay focused this approach is especially beneficial for low performing students showing increased achievements in subjects like math by incorporating game elements we can create a Dynamic motivating learning experience that not only makes learning enjoyable but also improves our students academic outcomes good evening I'm imano one of the integrated technology here allow me to highlight some of the features of the active floor it is a web-based full body game platform designed to support multiple subject areas
045of the learning objective it is an embedded it has an embedded library that offers the Educators the ability to customize their game it is a userfriendly platform offering collaborative and individual play options next is Jenny to take us through the curriculum integration ideas hi good evening my name is Jenny um so this Innovative technology offers Flex ability across various subjects it can be used for Summit of reviews um or even if it's just a quick daily exit ticket there are few ways active floor can make an impact in math intera interactive games are designed to enhance concept comprehension improve memory sharpen critical thinking skills and build both independent and collaborative problem solving skills in science and history the Interactive Learning Games facilitate comprehensive review of SC science topics and historical content at all grade levels
046and in language arts vocabulary and grammar challenge games can be designed to help students review academic vocabulary retell or sequence stories and learn sentence structure it is also a powerful tool for multilingual Learners by making language acquisition more engaging accessible and interactive it offers multi-sensory learning encourages oral language development by verbal communication and peer collaboration it boosts retention by linking Concepts to actions and reinforces listening and speaking skills in a natural and low filter setting active floor is also great for social emotional learning physical education art or music again to get started you will need active floor device a web browser an active floor login some basic digital literacy skills and for a great experience find the lighting and flooring bring along your creativity imagination and your willingness to P next is Marshall what's in
047store for the active Mar on one the integrated technology coaches um one of the great things about our department being able to bring in new technology pilot it see how kids react to it and what it can do for our district um we did bring it in tonight with the hopes of bringing down a couple board members to experiences and couple of our team members this evening it is great technology it's highly engaging for students um we did bring it up to Nancy Cory already and tested out with a couple students who went back and ranted and ra about how much fun they had um doing curricular games with us so um we are going to be piloting this if you're interested in seeing it used in students um contact us we'll let us know
048where we're using it there's a possibility there will be a desert Ed family night with this next week um and and testing it out with students there um currently our plan long term is to check this up to site administrators we only have two of these not allowing them to bring it into their school and use it for events and family nights or rotating classrooms through for curricular review type games um so are there any questions for us at this point if not we'd like to play this particular game works it's science questions and if you stand on the first ladder run it'll pop up with a question for you to answer and you just have to step on the question if you get it right a new ladder runs will appear and another question
049will appear if you get it wrong you got to start all over again the great the great thing for this for teachers and students is that we can customize these games and actually make it relevant for whatever kids are learning they can actually customize create questions and put it in there there's actually like 10 different games that can be played this is just one of the style of games and they can all be customized to whatever is going on school or event or what the kids are learn all right so you get a general idea we just about this one game there are number of games great thank you so much for your time do you have any questions so much awesome we'll move on to our Black History Month highlights so Casey busy good
050evening again so today we were already fortunate to recognize our students and schools that participated in the black 365 knowledge B and now we get to recognize the celebrations across the district that occurred during Black History Month it's just a minute people say we never have any excit you guys glad you came to welcome back in yes welcome back Casey so welcome back in and as we recognize the celebrations across the district that occurred during black history month but first we want to highlight some of the support within our district that helps strengthen our ability to celebrate the diversity in our community especially during black history mon so first I would like to introduce you to the student Equity access and outcomes team you have myself I'm Alicia Casey I'm the director of student Equity
051access and outcomes you also have the mighty best who's not here with us today but she's our administrative secretary too we also have Harmony Bell which is our mtss TOA she is our multi-tier system of support teacher on special assignment and then we also have Daniel gayfield our district family Ambassador and that is the team of the student Equity Department So within our department we uphold our Equity goal in this strategic plan that states that we will ensure Equity access for every student by engaging in inclusive policies and practices eliminating VAR to Student Success and provide personalized support some of the ways that this goal is actualized is through professional development and follow-up support Mentor programs coaching and partnering with our African-American advisory councils one Focus areas is providing professional development for staff that has
052a direct impact on Student Success but it also is connected to the California standards for the teaching profession we have partnered with different departments such as the pupil uh pupil safety and attendance Department the special education department and the curriculum instruction and assessment Department um to provide PDS such as restorative practices inclusive practices 101 and focal student and Equity approach we've also partnered this year with our Teachers Association with to and we've um we provided PDS such as supporting Foster students and removing barriers to Learners through udl other P include literature and culturally relevant pedagogy and just recently we started sessions on culturally responsive math practices we also have the opportunity to partner with different Community organizations and for the past two years we're thankful for five of our sites that have partnered with organizations
053within our community to provide mentoring for our students this looks like either supporting them inside of the classroom during unstructured time and or facilitating sessions our Harmony Bell our ntss tosa was instrumental in connecting us to project joy and now she's going to come and talk with you hi everyone um my name is harmony Bell and I have been teaching for over 20 years but this is my first year in student Equity Department this year has been a capacity building year for me as the multi-tiered systems of support teacher on special assignment I am focusing on two key goals from the teacher on special assignment standards the first goal that um I am working on is engaging in reflective conversations about race culture and diversity to enhance instruction and provide every student with the support
054they need for academic social and emotional success the second goal that I'm working on is to help strengthen teacher capacity to deliver Equitable inclusive instruction through culturally relevant pedagogy I have been seeking out opportunities to provide one-on-one coaching support in this area one group that I have been able to do this with is within our black educator teacher resid program this year the residents have been focusing on fostering positive relationships maintain high expectations so four of our better mentors are also our African-American advisory council site reps and Daniel has been instrumental in working with them this school year and he's going to talk to you about how they're engaging families hello everyone my name is Daniel gatefield I'm the family Pastor to for the with a goal to increase plan and prepare families and students
055Eng opportunities recognizing the importance of family and Community engagement is a collaborative effort between families community members and school sit I have a lovely opportunity to work with our triple site reps from Desert View with their quansa holiday event which you'll see um some examples on the slideshow Jack norra with their re for fun event May with their real men as well moving right along to celebrate Black History Month students have the opportunity to showcase their tal through song dance and exhibiting their other gifts in talent shows showcase performances and more some examples include what you'll see on the screen is mon Vista with their black history cookout Joshua with their black history program which was facilitated by Miss T bord which is one of our tripac parents who supported their Tri s Miss Manley
056at the Joshua site our middle school with with their trip Community event and Marosa their tripac talent show continuing the celebration of Black History Month we also wanted to emphasize on community Through Unity building events such as our February 1 Family Day commity event our filton Alsbury Black History Month of game night coordinated by our as team Sierra Elementary School with their tripac movie night and Lincoln with our tripac CPN of arts and crafts night which you'll see also on the screen thank you these just some of the examples of the celebrations that happened across our district during Black History Month um and we know that black history month should be celebrated all year long and so we're excited to see how this is um integrated throughout the year but also as celebration of Black
057History Month um students engaged in learning of African-American and African past and current history through living museums the black 365 knowledge bow which we awarded tonight and then also a variety of lessons in the classroom and so we hope that you were able to get out to some of the sites and see all of the events that occurred during that time so we would like to thank all of the admin for their support some for even making sure these celebrations happen and we definitely want to recognize our tripac site reps I shout out to two of our project Joy mentors at um helps Haute win the black 365 knowledge we have one in the back there we appreciate them not only for um for celebrating through black history month but also coming together and working
058in engaging with families all year long we appreciate the board and all the District staff who joined in during these celebrations and we thank Bart and Dr Marie for your continued support of the student Equity department and of black history thank you very much to individual action items business approval of the 20225 fisal stabilization plan motion motion by Mr second by Mr W all in favor I motion passes 5 Z adoption of resolution 2024 to 2025. 29 approving of the uncommitted fund balance for technology upgrades motion by Mrs usler second by Mr TP all in favor I any questions are motion passes 5 adoption of resolution 2024 2025 30 approvement of uncommitted fund balance for future playground replacement motion second motion by Mr W second by m Giles all in favor any questions motion passes
05950 adoption of resolution 2024 to 2025. 31 approving of uncommitted fund balance for school reconditioning moot by m usler second by Mr ly all in favor question motion passes 5 approval ratification of agreement with go ahead Cen and motion motion by Mr Gil second by Mr T all in favor question there's actually two pieces to this item there's the law firm that would represent us should let me back up there's the first piece which is the company that's doing the forensic analysis of our systems to determine if there were any incursions from this recent onslaught of fishing attacks they thus far have done outstanding work and we gave them to go ahead to dig a little bit deeper the law firm who's the other piece of this uh if we have to look deeper into
060employee records anything that's confidential nature they will guide us through that navigating that especially in case we've learned that uh there was some sort of breach at this point we do not believe it but uh these two companies work in tandem together to uh allow us to get deep into our systems to see if um we did actually suffer any sort of thank you Mr [Music] um all in favor motion passes 5 Z individual action items Human Resources approve of Declaration of Need for fully qualified Educators motion by Mr TP second by miss ustler all in favor motion motion passes 5 addressing the board individuals wishing who wish to address the board May complete a speaker card and presented and any supporting documents to the superintendent's assistant or other District official prior to the start
061of the meeting personal information such as a student parent Guardians name address phone number date of birth email address 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 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 the item has been moved seconded and is on the floor for discussion time limits of three minutes per person 20 20 minutes per item shall be allowed board bylaws 9322 board members may ask questions for clarification purposes however no action may be taken or no discussion may take place on an item not on the posted agenda Brown act on the comments PTA
062CSA welcome good evening esteemed members of the school board my fellow CSA brothers and sisters students and families of the Lancaster School District my name is Maria ISU and I'm the vice president of CA Lancaster chapter 29 7 and I'm here with our chapter president Christina Riley we are both honored to be here tonight to represent our dedicated classified staff as you know we are one we are strong and we are the resilient Workforce present in every Community School site to ensure the best possible support for our students their families and our community we are made up of office assistants ambassadors and Leons who have the direct contact with our student families to identify and address their needs to bridge the socio and economic gaps and overcome barriers by connecting them with the resources offered
063throughout the community where many students may feel insecure and unsafe in their own home and family environments our classified staff like our campus supervisors and supervision AIDS are there to provide safety and supervision on campus while while our Child Nutrition workers are there to help serve up diverse and nutritious meals from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. within our Workforce lies the 16 classifications of parent Educators who support students with individualizes and special needs to promote and enhance their social and emotional environment while engaging students to meet their educational goals our health clerks and alvian not only help our students with their daily meds procedures health and physical needs but also educate parents on critical screenings early detection and prevention of health concerns that could pose as a barrier for student learning for many of our
064classified staff that are behind the scenes but are also an essential part of the success of this District we have our secretaries who fill substitutes coordinate schules events and even employment on boarding our budget text and cps's make sure every site has supplies they need our custodians maintenance and grounds workers provide Clean safe and functioning spaces for our students to learn and our staff to work our text site our site texts are constantly having to change gear to assist staff as technology develops our Librarians enhance literacy districtwide these are just a few of our very own non- teer staff that make the district run we are the backbone of this district and we intend to stay we are here to say that despite the hardships we endure the disproportionate wages we are dealt with and
065in this unrelenting economy we're still here for the students families community and we all deserve liable wages I thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today and I look forward to our negotiations next week good evening thank you we have to good evening everyone um it's nice to see all the tonight I wanted to kind of give a couple shout outs um actually a few we we had a really good bargaining session this year I was very happy I feel like we've made progress over the last couple years um I wanted to give a special shout out to payroll I know that they don't always get a lot of recognition but we always appreciate how hard they work and I know that it is a lot of extra work for them uh when
066negotiations close so just all could just kind of give them a th see them as well and lastly I just want to say how how nice it's been this year working witha and district and to I feel like you know we're getting some things implemented and we want to be able to bring out you know more train and more supports for all of the staff in the district will help with the teachers or help with teachers um and help with students help with student interaction so thank you and have a video comments from the audience no comments move on to agenda items a 16 C motion by m Mr second win all in favor I motion passes 5 consent agenda items business items 17 a through 17 I motion by Mr T second by m
067all favor any questions motion passes 5 Z consent agenda items Education Services items 18a through 18m a moot motion by Mr Giles second second by Mr TP all in [Music] favor motion passes 5 Z agenda items Human Resource Services items 19a by Mr wi second by Mr Giles all in favor motion passes 5 Z agenda item student and Family Services items 2 a through 20c motion by Mr W by Mrs youer all in favor motion passes 5 Z policy discuss thank you guys all for coming out for this funfill evening of workmanship and awards and whatnot but anyway congratulations to our our bkb winners that was uh I'm to had to go to one of the I guess the finals and it was fun to watch and I got to see by one of the
068Amo Creek they did a little thing and I got to see my daughter she was like a win-win had to be a parent hand a board member so that was fun um Aces congratulations to our our Aces recipient the PS Academy that's really cool to see the parents talking about how much they love how much your staff takes care of their kids very very very nice really cool presentation with the parents talking about their kids and showing their family and very cool thanks to Maria for the budget uh update always good to see we're doing okay um integrated uh update with the floor active floor mat very cool U see where the kids would really like that like like that would be a fun thing and um I guess appreciate the cca's comments and uh
069so pta's comment just about you know what's going on in the district and I hope we can get everybody uh you know we can take care of everybody to keep everybody happy anyway thank you Mr w m to everything uh e has said good to see there is a 56 student enrollment increase since the last board meeting that's that's good really good we working upwards slow start but we're on the upward Trend 365 knowledgeable telling you Jamal Brown Alicia Casey put together a fantastic event with David also it was a fantastic thought the first night they would run out of pizza there were so many people there but they didn't me there um Josh the ECE award congratulations even though you're not here I hope that gets back to you and Promise Academy Amy you
070and Linda do a fantastic and having those parents come here and talk about that was heartwarming really heart shows the district what our district that is appreciate that appreciate Carla all your work uh on all the photographing you do all the Facebooking you do I keep are even myself what's happening we have a very good superintendent always we ask for [Music] and you know understand your teachers got their extra pay check today and uh I know uh my daughter was very pleased she came home not early from school came home so she could go to the bank C I hope that take you down morning Mr everything that's been said it a great board meeting thank you for CSA and for all your input and all the hard work that you everyone puts into our
071district it's much appreciated and I'm looking forward to the negotiations and and working through that um great presentations uh exciting to see all the activities we had for Black History Month um the knowledge bow I I've been to a couple of those they're really exciting and um the families and parents and all the staff are involved is incredible and uh this year I had a chance to go to The Hip Hop Bingo and highly recommend that if you haven't been to one was a lot of fun and um it was a great great uh program um the technology update was neat I'm glad they're bringing in new technology to involve the students and everything and um also was great to hear the positive budget report thank you to Maria and everything working to keep that
072thank you this you tonight and they were all um I want to call out first probably and and you brought in they articulated so wonderful and the fact that you have created a safe space for your children and for them um to grow is just amazing so I thank you for that because that's a hard role as a parent and have that support is so so important um second interm budget report Maria you do a wonderful job I really appreciate it it's easy to understand and um you know challenges to ask question that's great um that's black knowledgeable um and Jamal Alicia that is always so wonderful I wasn't able to attend you know as much as I wanted to this year but definitely going to be looking forward to it next year um absolutely
073wonderful and I've talked to a couple of the principles and it was so exciting for them you know to be involved in that as well so I thank you for that um and the integrative technology that board is amazing you know that that looks like it would be a whole lot of fun and uh to be able to devote your time to actually looking at those things put those things together for the school cult responsive practices Alicia and providing that type of training to our teachers to our stamps to you know whoever is is there to to see it um it it was great listening to that and hearing about what's going on cdaa and to I'm glad you got checks today that's wonderful to our teachers just yes I'm sorry I should put that
074together tal I wonderful that you got um you know resolution Le I'm part of it and that's great CA um thank you for sharing because that was great to hear and delineating you know all of those positions out there that absolutely are the back District I couldn't do my job when I was working in the district without all of you surround yourself with greatness and you know you end up having a much better chance you know at doing a good job so I appreciate that as well and I know I probably forgot somebody I just want to acknowledge um our our Black History Month I thought it was the best one yet and there's so much going on in our district um obviously our um our student que access now comes Department did an amazing
075job and also all of our side leaders in coordinating all the activities and there was too much to go to um so it's wonderful now we get to move into women history month so we get to do it all over again um and I I do want to acknowledge the Promise Academy sometimes Promise Academy can and the work they do can be overlooked and it's so valuable and so important with some of our children so I appreciate everything that for westate Westgate and um I'll be due for our kids in our indri and then I just want to acknowledge our our unions both T and CSA for the wonderful work they do with our students we look forward to finishing our negotiations first I'd like to start off by acknowledging again black knowledge gol and
076all he does just a wonderful job at being able to as well Asic knowledge go if again if you have never been out to one really need to come out and see what these kids do what they have to learn and just everything effort that they put in is amazing and it's a volunteer effort um congratulations to Pou for winning their first place Middle School awesome putting yourself on the map so I hope that we look forward to you guys having a second year um El Dorado of course is trying to hold the rains you know so uh I hope that uh Sunny Dale come on you got you got to get him next year right I mean it was amazing we really didn't know who won we counted the score up four times just
077to make sure so it was amazing if you w weren't there um congratulation to Josh with Aces on your award uh job well done Miss West Lake again amazing thank you for everything that you and your staff do the difference that you make with each and every student each and every parent again being a parent of a kid with autism no one really understands what it means when your child is nonverbal for four years or five years and being able to have that sort of support just someone there understanding you walking you through it and every s single accomplishment it's it's just a milestone that you never thought could occur so thank you for what you do continue doing what you do everything matters um Maria as usual excellent well job I mean excuse me
078job well done I know you love questions but you do such a phenomenal job at just simplifying everything so and then you read our faces so you know we need a little more information um thank you just thank you thank you thank you um of often I think that people don't truly understand the work that goes into it I think a lot of times the figures can be overwhelming and complicated but our unions our CSA our to without the phenomenal job that you do you wouldn't be able to keep giving the raises even though they may not be what everyone want at that time just being able to know that we can continue to keep our schools open that we can continue not have to lay people off and not lose um teachers in our
079valuable valuable classified staff it couldn't be possible without you so thank you please um Miss Cindy Queen please send me an invitation to when you're going to do that at you said Desert View will be the next location I want to know the time I can't wait to actually see the students do it it looks amazing thank youate your presentation as well um CCA we hear you hear you and we understand and we're working very hard to get everyone where they're going to be comfortable and happy we hope that you have the patience with us you know to try to get you guys where you need to be it may take time right now the climate is bad you know um the state is not giving us what we'd like to have so we're doing
080the very best we can we hope that the negotiations will go in a positive way that would keep you guys very happy and at least you know begin to work towards something that's going to make you very comfortable we do understand and we do respect the fact that without you our teachers couldn't do what they need to do our parents couldn't didn't have the support that they needed our schools wouldn't run the way they need to run we understand that we are not the only ones here and that we wouldn't have our jobs if you weren't doing your job so we do appreciate you thank you so much for sharing everything that you have to share and thank you for representing um your union and your appreciate it as usual Gina anything to you our
081teachers need you thank you for everything you do also um as Dr maretti said it's women's history month so I can't wait to get out to the schools you guys know I like to pop up I can't wait to see what you're going to do and what you're going to offer me to come and join in color like I did at Sierra art show last week it was awesome I said that color my superhero so um we do have a couple events coming up I think M to tomorrow's dowayne a re um Endeavor has a community dance going on and to Cory has a literacy right so if you're not busy come on out join us other than that thank you guys so much for coming out appreciate everything appreciate you guys coming out and
082Carla you got to stop like this I meet her everywhere she's awesome thank you so much is aome and uh with that we are going to adjourn at 7:46 p.m. can I get a motion I move motion by Mr D second by Mr T all in favor I'm sure there no questions motion passes good night