001Good. All right. Red light means good. >> All right. Welcome everybody. Thank you for coming uh to the October 28th uh meeting of the Lost Versionist Board of Education. I would ask everyone to please silence your cell phones um as we begin our meeting. And with that, I'd like to start with the pledge of allegiance. I'm excited to invite up uh Jonah Francis and Jana Jaden Freeman. Uh so Jonah and Jaden, please come to the microphone. Come right come right there to the podium. >> Okay, please stand. >> Place your r right hand over your heart. Ready, begin. I pledge alce 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 justice for all. >> I love hearing the kids
002of Sumac uh say those words so wonderfully. Um we are going to uh probably change a couple things on the agenda so that we can uh get right to the recognitions and let the students perform and then go home. So first I'll say we have nothing to report out of close session. Um and I'll ask for an approval of the agenda. >> I move to I move to approve tonight's agenda. >> I second. >> There's a motion and a second. Uh all those in favor of student board vote >> I. board. >> I I motion passes unanimously. Uh is there a motion to approve the minutes of the October 14th meeting? >> I move to approve the minutes. >> Seconded. >> It's a motion to second. All those in favor student board vote. >> I
003>> board. >> I I motion passes unanimously. With that, Dr. Steki, staff board communication. >> Mr. President, if you join Dr. Ciphers at the podium, we'll recognize our teacher of the month and then our counselor uh of the county. Mr. President, members of the board, it is our uh it's my uh distinct pleasure to bring to us our first recognitions of our employees of the month for the 2025-26 school year. Our classified employee of the month, Martin Centillan, had uh prior engagements. He could not be here uh with us this evening. He's very excited to come to our November board meeting to be recognized at that point. And it is absolutely my pleasure to this evening invite up Miss Alex Ozark and Mr. Garrett Lepto. >> All right, Mr. President, members of the board, it's
004an honor to recognize Agora High School's Alex Ozar, who's been selected as LBUSD teacher of the month. Miss Ozar makes math truly accessible uh and enjoyable for all students from algebra support to AP stats. Her ability to build confidence and engagement in every learner is exceptional. She's also been a key instructional leader at Agora, helping to pioneer the roll out of our new math curriculum and adoption. Mrs. Ozar represents the very best of LBUSD, student centered, passionate, and committed to excellence. I'm going to leave you with some comments from Mrs. Ozar's colleague. It's an honor working with Alex. She's not only an incredible organizer who keeps our cohort running smoothly, but she also brings a positive and collaborative energy to everything she does. She's always willing to help me uh as a new teacher determine
005what is best for students. She keeps them at the heart of every decision. I feel lucky to have her as a colleague and friend. Congratulations, Mrs. Ozark. Um, I'll be brief. I just want to say a couple things. Oh, look at it's on wheels. Um, uh, first of all, thank you for all the incredible work that you've done, uh, over the last, uh, nine years, I believe, with the district. Um, thank you, especially for the hard work over the last two years. For those of you that don't know, we have brought an entire culture change and how we want to teach math in this district from the ground up. Uh, teachers have been piloting programs. I believe you piloted two. Is that right? Uh, which is fantastic. That's really to pilot a program is basically
006changing the entire way you teach a program to see if it works, get feedback if it doesn't work, and then be willing to do it all over again with a new one to find one that's the right fit. And then when we didn't find one that was perfect for us, you guys have helped create pieces together to make it just right for our community. Math is so such an important focus for us and it only works when we have teachers that are willing to go that extra step and so we are grateful for that. Uh thank you on behalf of the district for all that you've done. I have an apple for you somewhere. Here you go. Uh and um we are just so thankful and look forward to I mean these two are so
007adorable. I can't wait to have you guys as kids. Oh, I did want to add one last thing. So I I I have a high schooler uh at at Agora and I also asked what was the feedback on this particular teacher. I said what was the feedback and the the student feedback that was my favorite was she makes math fun. >> I mean that is a home run. So thank you very much. Good evening, President Lawrence, esteemed members of the board, colleagues, friends, and family. As Mr. Lepos said, I teach math at Agora High School. This year, I'm teaching algebra 2 and AP statistics, which basically means I spend my days convincing teenagers that yes, they really will need this one day. Spoiler alert, you most likely will never have to graph a polomial function.
008Maybe never, but we all use problem solving skills multiple times a day. And that's where mathematical thinking quietly sneaks into our lives. This is my 10th year teaching and my ninth in LBUSD, which at this point really does feel like home. First, I want to thank the board and our district leadership for this recognition. I'm constantly overwhelmed with how many incredible educators there are at LVUSD, so to be recognized among them is both humbling and really special. I also want to thank my amazing admin team and my colleagues at Agora. I learned so much from the teachers around me. They are some of the most resilient, creative, passionate, so funny, and deeply committed people I've ever met. They're my favorite people to celebrate the wins with, commiserate the misses with, and be inspired by. I'm
009constantly amazed by the way they adapt, innovate, and show up no matter what's going on inside or outside their classroom walls. And of course, my family. Okay, I'm six months pregnant. I'm going to get through this. Okay. Uh my husband is my constant sounding board. He's heard more about factoring, grouping, strategies, new tech games than any non-math person or non-teer really should. and my two boys, Wyatt, who's five, and Bodie, who's three. They were very excited to hear their names. Uh, they have given me a whole new perspective on teaching. Every day, they teach me about patience, empathy, and curiosity. And with Wyatt starting kindergarten this year, I got to be on the other side of the fence as a parent as well, and see just how much having a committed and caring teacher means
010to not only the students, but the families as well. People often ask how I can teach high school. They usually say it in a way like I just told them I wrestle alligators for a living. But honestly, I love it. Teenagers are honest. They're hilarious and refreshingly themselves. They'll humble you immediately, but they'll also surprise you every day. And when someone tells you your outfit is fire, it will literally make your whole week. There is nothing like watching a student wrestle through a tough concept and finally get it. That light bulb moment in their heads and the confidence that can suddenly beam from their face is why I do what I do. Back in undergrad at UCSB, I stumbled into a math education class for the first time and found a group of creative, passionate,
011and kind individuals who shared the same curiosity and drive I felt. They taught us to approach everything with fresh eyes, to question why we do things a certain way, and to never assume that we have to do something just because it's always been done that way. That philosophy is exactly what I found again in LBUSD. We're encouraged to think outside the box, to take risks, to try new things, and to always have what's best for our students in the center of the conversation. This year, for instance, our math department dove head first into a brand new curriculum. It's wildly different for teachers and students and it's required a lot of creativity and flexibility. But instead of feeling fearful of the unknown and scared that we'll mess up, we've had support, trust, and encouragement from both
012our admin and our district. LVUSD and Agora specifically is a place that truly values their people. It's not just a great place for students and families, but for teachers, too. I feel cared for here as an educator and as a human being. I'm supported not only in what I do inside the classroom, but in the life I have outside of it. That kind of balance and understanding allows me to show up for my students as the best version of myself. So, thank you to the district, to my school, to my colleagues, and to my family for making this job not just fulfilling, but fun, and for giving me the confidence and energy to head back into the classroom each day, ready to convince a room full of teenagers that finding the roots of quadratics is
013in fact exciting. Thank you. Come on down for a picture. school. >> And I want to ask, wait, want to ask All right. Give a thumbs up. What? like three kids. >> And our next recognition, we're super excited to bring up our counselor of the entire county, Melissa Gillespie, and her principal, Principal Michelle. Come on down. Oh, it is such a joy to celebrate this. Um, there we I I don't believe Las Vegas has ever had a counselor of the county. There are 10 million people in LA County. If you didn't know, there are over 3,000 counselors in LA County. And like I said, I don't think we've ever had any of our amazing counselors recognized for this. So, we are in completely rarified air. Miss Gillespie has been with us for 10 years. I've
014got to see her uh in action at Calabasas High School and Bay Laurel. She brings it every day. Her passion and energy for her children is uh unmatched. It's such a joy to watch her in action. She really enjoys what she does. She shares that joy with students, staff, and family. Uh her presentations at back to school night are um electric. Um so we're super excited to share this um celebrate this award with her. Again, I think it's the first and only in Los Virgin's history. Mr. Lawrence, >> um I I just want to say a couple things. Um you know, one of the things that we saw coming out of CO was really a a generational red alert on the dashboard of social emotional well-being for our students. Um and we knew that the
015front line of that defense, what was going to turn that around were our counselors. Uh, and you know, I've had the privilege of being married and living with a high school guidance counselor, and I I have seen firsthand the emotional highs and lows that you have to deal with depending on what's walking through that door at any given minute. Uh, and it just is truly inspiring to me to know what our counselors have done. We see it in the numbers, how our students have rebounded back on a social emotional well-being, how they're re-engaging in a way that we actually didn't think might have even been possible at one point a couple years ago. And again, a huge part of that is because of the work of our counselors and obviously the amazing work that you've
016done. So, on behalf of the whole district and the entire county, um uh we we are thrilled to recognize you, uh with this proclamation. I won't read it, but you can take it home, frame it, uh you know, share it with all your friends, family, put in the Christmas card, whatever you like. But, but please know uh we are so grateful to you for the passion, energy, and frankly, the caring and love that you bring to our students every day. So, thank you very much. Good evening. I started here this year and when I was told that I had a full-time counselor, I was like, "What? What? This is amazing." And watching Melissa in action is just magical. Honestly, with our students and with our staff, she will take in a teacher in tears who's
017having a hard day, whether it's with a student or a family concern, and she'll stay through the night. it's dark and we're leaving and she's like, I had a crisis. I had to stay. And it has been such a joy to work alongside her and also to watch her mother because she has a little TKER at Bay Laurel. And so, it's really been an awesome experience. And I have to say thank you to the district for allowing us to have full-time counselors because in the few short months that I've been here now, it um I've really seen a huge difference and it is really a great service that we have. And I mean I just have the best. So sorry everybody else. >> Please give up please. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Hi everybody.
018Yay. Okay. I'm gonna raise this up just a little bit. Um hello Melissa Gillespie, recovering high school counselor. How are you doing? Um uh uh Mr. President, board cabinet. Thank you all so much for having me here tonight. Um, in a district representing over 10,000 students and a county representing over 1.3 million students, uh, I honestly am so humbled, um, and honored to represent Bay Laurel and be named the LA County Office of Education School Counselor of the Year. Um, I have had the privilege now of being a school counselor in Los Virgin for the past 10 years. Um, and I was part of an amazing group of counselors that was all brought in at the same time to move the K12 program towards ASCA alignment, which is our national organization, uh, and our national
019standards. Um, and I can proudly say that last year um, I was the first counselor in our school district to apply for and receive uh, the recognized ASKA model program recognition uh, for our school district, but I won't be the last. Um, just the first. Um, and we've also started in the last several years, we've started the very first K12 counseling leadership PLC. Um, because when I first started, we had a secondary one, but we didn't have full-time elementary counselors, and so they weren't included in that. Um, and so myself and Emily Richie were really excited uh when Angie Faulk said yes to that, and we were able to hit the ground running. Um we've also acquired free MTSS training for all of our counselors here um in LVSUSD um and started the process of
020increasing capacity for the national model alignment across all school sites um which is really special. Um I do have to say a lot of thank yous. So within my role as a school counselor I am a solo counselor. It's 484 to1 um at my site which is a lot more than the recommendation. But um I will say forefront of all of that I do want to say thank you to my family um because um as Mrs. Michad talked about um there are a lot of late nights. Um thank you to LVSD Plus for watching my child right across campus. Um so I can go pick her up. But I'm so grateful to my husband Carlton and my daughter Sienna who are here today. Um because without their support, I couldn't be as involved as I
021am in the work that I do. Um and when I come home and say, "Hey, I have to do some data entry." He just says, "Cool. I'll put her to bed." And I say, "Great. Thanks." Um, I also am so grateful to Los Virginist. Um, this is our fifth year having a full-time elementary counseling team. That has never happened in our district. It doesn't happen in local districts. There are no full-time counselors across sites in other local districts. So, we were the first one to do that. Um, and I'm so grateful to the LUSD team for implementing that five years ago. Um, and along those lines, I am so lucky to be a part of the most amazing group of elementary school counselors who pour their heart and soul into their work every day to
022serve over 4,000 students in our school district. Um, they are the only counselors on their sites. Um, and they handle everything from hurt feelings um to actual hurt boooos um to counseling lessons to small groups. Um, and I'm so grateful to work alongside these amazing, brilliant people. Um, at my own school site, I am so grateful for the leadership that I have been able to work under these last five years. First under Dr. Jackie Duncan and now under Kim Mashad, um, who trust me to be able to do the work I do every day and just say yes when I say, "Hey, I'm thinking about they don't even let me finish the sentence. They just say yes." Um, to my Bay Laurel family, some of you guys were able to be here tonight. And those
023of you not here tonight because you're at home watching the Dodgers, I understand. Um, but, uh, thank you for trusting me, uh, for partnering with me and for believing me um, in the heart of this work. Um, you say yes when I ask to come to steal class time and lead lessons. Um, and to pull students out of your class, or if I need something laminated and cut for an activity that's happening in an hour, you say yes. um the teachers who give me that time and the classified staff who are truly the eyes and ears of our school. Um and they are the reason most of the time that I'm able to do the work that I can because they see the things that most people don't. Um and I'm so grateful to them.
024Um thank you for letting me do what I love. Um and for helping of every student feel like they belong and that they're capable. Um to be a school counselor is many things. Um so forgive me as I go through them. It is to be the holder of stories, the carrier of tears, the arms that hold the safe space and the hug that allows for exhales. It's to be the deep breath on hard days and the smile that lets you be seen. A school counselor is the cheerleader through the growth, the voice of reason when you need it, the silent companion when you don't, the hope in the dark and the love that you deserve. Um, it truly is a gift to have this job. Thank you for trusting me even when it's heavy, especially
025when it's heavy. And this goes to the kids and to the grown-ups. Um, thank you for the privilege of letting me help you carry it. And my students who were my why. Um, they teach me about resilience and joy every single day. Um, even on the days that don't go as planned, like every day. Uh, you make me laugh. You tell the silliest jokes even when you don't think you're actually telling a joke. And I just laugh at you because I think it's funny. Um, I'm grateful for that. Um and uh as I stand here tonight, I just want to say thank you um to all of you for allowing me to be here from the bottom of my heart. Uh for letting me apart be a part of this beautiful, messy, crazy work. Um
026that we call education for believing in it and reminding me that when we leave lead with love, everything else falls into place and to always remember to be kind, be bold and be brave. Thank you. I have a new for >> I am. >> Oh my god. >> I'm coming. Congratulations. That was awesome. >> And next up, next up will be our very first school showcase. And when to kick off the school year, there's no other place to go but except Sumac. Principal Liberty Logan. Where you at, Liberty? Mr. President, members of the board, distinguished cabinet members, it gives me such great joy to round off this wonderful presentation from talk about a TK through 12 experience tonight. We had academics from Agora High School, social emotional support from Bay Laurel, and now we get
027a little music from SUMAC, um our district's dual immersion TK through fifth grade program. We have our wonderful teachers um with some of our second and third grade students, Mrs. Castillo and Miss Casper. And the presentation tonight, that's right, the presentation tonight will be under our new Vapa teacher. So, we're going to be doing a music presentation under the direction of Mr. Juan Gonzalez. What you'll see is you will see our students engaged in some music warm-ups and they will do our school poem. >> You want to go to the stairs? >> Oh yeah. >> Down. Sorry. >> All right. >> This will be a little later. >> Okay. Awesome. Good evening friends and family of the Los Angeles Unified School District. As Principal Logan is introducing, my name is Juan Gonzalez. I'm the teacher
028at Sumac Elementary and we are about to present to you a little bit of Sumac pride. All right. So, first I'm going to get them loosened up a little bit. So, all right, everyone. up and release. Okay, now we're going to inhale, touch this, and touch everything like this. Ready? Hold it and release again. Hold it and release. One more time. Hold it. Excuse me. And release. All right. I think I got the doors out. I was going to say so. All right. So, we have a little poem here. We have one with hand motions and as this goes they're keeping a steady beat as they kind of go along. So let's go ahead and start one. One two ready and too. I say I try twice as much people. As I mentioned, they kind
029of keep a steady beat. And as we are going to pass these out, I have little egg shakers with me today. And we are going to kind of do it all together. All right. And this one, two, ready. I thought I was Thank you so much. We appreciate It matters. Feel like we should just adjourn because it's only going to go downhill from here. Dr. Steppp, that takes us back to uh Superintendent Communications. Let me teet up there, Mr. Glenn. Got slides. All right, a couple things coming up. Um, Measure S improvements are happening across the district. So exciting. I think we've got uh 60 projects complete, 100 underway. One of the major con projects is a new field for Yerbbor Elementary School. There'll be a ribbon cutting for that on November 3rd. Excited to
030have the board out there to celebrate that. Here's a few photos from just the other day. It looks fantastic. It's no longer um the ground squirrel gopher paradise and will soon be a paradise for our students. Next slide. >> Is that Turk? >> Uh it is. >> And we had the great California shakeout. I mentioned it at the last board meeting. It occurred on October 16th. Uh all of our schools, all 14 schools participated and we evacuated conducted our largest evacuation in school history. We moved students at AET, 725 of them plus 65 staff to Lupin. So bottom left is the students heading out into the buses to head over to Lupin. Top right is the Lupin staff welcoming them in the multi-purpose room. Went outstanding. Um in the event we do need to move
031students, we've practiced it. We practice it every year. Um, in the event of a wildfire, I do also tell folks that one of our serious options for us is sheltering in place. Um, you know, we don't want to lock up the roads. We don't want moms and dads and kids stuck in cars on highways. Uh, so we want to keep them safe and like we saw with the Gore High School during Wily Fire, um, there was no fire around it to protect it and thank God it did not. It sustained minimal damage uh, throughout that. So, our our schools are designed um, to be fire resistant and protect our students. So that remains as we saw for Pepperdine during the Palisades fire remains a significant option for us. Next slide. I actually had a question
032about this. I had a couple parents ask me about this and I didn't know the answer. Um is that really where we would go? And the reason why I was raised is it's one of the most inaccessible elementary schools in our district right up a hill one you know all the way up like literally landlocked dead end at the end of the street. Is that where we would actually evacuate kids to? >> Totally situation dependent. >> Okay. They're like like in all likelihood we'd move the students far away. If there's a fire threatening a right it's probably not that far from Lupin. >> That's Yeah. Okay. >> And to your other point, we don't want them at an inaccessible location. We used because it was a big move with I think 12 buses. We really
033didn't want to get them on the 101. >> Okay. >> Uh so we didn't want to have them move too far. We moving a lot of students. So we weren't looking to move. >> It was more about the exercise of evacuating versus where they're actually going to >> 100% not about the location at all. That's totally situational dependent. We also wanted Lupinet, you know, to be part of the drill. um you know none of the principles knew in advance and so Lupin had to get ready to accept and support students and of course aight had to mobilize them and while I think about it a special thank you to the staff Aight and Lupin the principal Scott Foley uh Leila Jorins and Victoria Dr. from Marzuk uh all did fantastic. Excellent drill. >> Thanks. >>
034Next slide. We our schools participate extensively in the parades. We have raised Adobe for Gora and Fiesta Parade for Hidden Hills was a blast. Top left students from Ral Meadow. Bottom left the Calabasas marching band. And on the right hand side, cabinet board members participated in that. It was a joy to be there and represent Los Virgin as well. Next slide. Youth Leadership Academy. This is such a fun program. Um, Miss Chambers and Dr. Ciphers helped me out with this one. This is students from Oak Park, Kaneo, and Las Vegas. The bulk are from Las Vegas. Uh, only two from Canoe this year, but it is our largest group, third year of the program. 58 total students. Such a joy to have them come from the district, different districts. We did team building activities. Um,
035the program is designed to build and foster support their leadership skills. Next slide. Super exciting to share this. We have had four schools picked this year by the educational results partnership. Uh they have picked these four schools to be in their honor role. Um they were selected because they've shown three years of continuous academic excellence and consistent improvement with their scores all above 80%. So uh super excited to share Lupin Hill AID Middle School, Round Meadow Elementary, and White Oak Elementary all qualified this year for the ERP honor roll. I think that's the last of my slides, Mr. Klein. That's it. That concludes superintendent communication. >> Great. Mr. Westber, >> Mr. President, members of the board, Calabasas and Agore have been very busy recently. Calabasas enjoyed homecoming week with a spirit week, pep rally, football
036game, and dance. Last week, the freshman, sophomores, and juniors took the PSAT. Both seniors enjoyed a breakfast and an assembly. This week, the sophomore class is handing out boograms as a fundraiser in all of in honor of Halloween. And this Friday, students can wear their Halloween costumes and enter a contest and a chance to win a prize. Along with our first blood drive of the year also being on Friday, our final football game this season is on Thursday against Westlake. We wish our football team good luck over at Agora. They have a Halloween spirit week this week, which will culminate on Friday with again another costume day. This Wednesday, the freshman, sophomores, and juniors are taking the PSAT, and seniors will also be enjoying a pancake breakfast followed by numerous activities. And on Thursday, world
037will be having its football senior night with a pink out theme for breast cancer awareness. Thank you. >> Great. Um, thank you, Leighton. Uh, I was also very happy to attend my first Calabasas High football game, uh, which I enjoyed very much. Uh, Calabasas showed Santa Barbara who was the boss. Uh, it was it was good to see great to see members of the administration and the Calabasas High team there as well. And uh obviously the team was great, but I was also just struck by the whole supporting cast. Uh the the cheer team's great, the marching band is great. Uh the students all had a great time. Uh just a such a fun event. And I gather from uh our community as well that all of the homecoming activities that weekend uh were also
038very enjoyable for the kids. Um so yeah, it was uh it was a great evening. So that's all from me >> this time. >> Thank you. I had the opportunity with uh Miss Mangus who had a family emergency so she's not here this evening to visit some schools. Uh we visited White Oak tooured the classrooms talked to the students about the new math that um they are learning and uh asked the students um how they felt about the new math and and most of them actually liked it but some of the comments were that their brains hurt because they have to learn how to do math in a new way. So he talked about practice, resilience, grit, and gaining confidence by practice. So, uh, they're game for it. The teachers are learning right along with
039them, and they're all enthusiastic, which was great. Um, we also saw the new, uh, elementary music specialist, and that was really fun, and the kids like that as well. Um, Yerba Buena and Buttercup we saw, which is really, um, fun. And um we also visited Lindero Canyon where we talked about um math and being flexible and resilient and also learning a new way to learn math. And we spoke with a couple new students, one was from another country, the Netherlands, and one another another state who recently joined the campus and were so impressed with how warm and and wonderful and inclusive the environment is with them. And uh we talked to this uh social uh comm's class and the teachers there what special special adults in that class what special students and what they wanted
040to share with us was they like the new food options in middle school and I assume there are some in high school and their favorite is sushi. So kudos to the nutrition department who's getting some new options including sushi out at our school. That's it. Thank you, >> Miss Capital. >> Uh, just briefly, I want to say I'm continue to be impressed. A shout out to our M team, all the things that are we were updated on in facilities about the the work of the bond uh projects at every school, but as well as um numerous other repairs and upgrades. And I'm very excited about a lot of the plans that uh principal Watkkey brought forth for Calabasas High for the future. And uh I keep up with the child nutrition and follow their social
041media as well. But I saw they had a visiting chef which was amazing. So I'm continue to be impressed with the changes and upgrades they're doing there. That's it for me. >> I'll just give a pilot on the on the nutrition. Um the the middle school pizza, whoever has ordered the middle school pizza, >> incredibly popular. Feedback from the focus group at Lindereo is there's not enough of them. And it's a fullscale sprint when the bell rings to get pizza because it's like pizza is option number one and then when we're out of pizza it's limema beans. It's really it's really that's the choice. It's like you're either first or you got nothing. It's gr Yeah. So >> they do a new they do have new cheese not equal lime beans. >> I don't think
042it's grilled cheese. Uh >> and it's not limema beans. Let's set the record here. Nobody's getting the point. They This is the first This is the first I've heard that they love the pizza. >> They have a new provider for pizza. >> The pizza is hot stuff. So, uh, uh, the feedback I got was, "Please more pizza." So, I passed it along. [laughter] So, all the kids at Lindero, I've made the plea for more pizza. Um, great. Uh, with that, we'll move on to consent A. >> No speakers, right? >> No speakers. >> Okay. I move to approve consent A. >> I'll second it. >> There's a motion, a second to approve consent A. All those in favor? Student board vote? >> I. >> Board. >> I. >> Are you not voting? >> Oh, I
043>> Okay. Motion passes down. I'm going to table consent B. We'll come back to it uh after we readjourned to close session to deal with some items we didn't have a chance to get a chance to get to today. And that brings us to action items. Approval of resolution 16-25, request for proposal for school bus transportation. Dr. Steinowski. >> Douglas has the next two items. >> Mr. President, members of the board, uh as is routine and aligned with public contract code, our uh current contract with our transportation provider Durham is up. Uh and the code requires us to go out with a request for proposal. Uh this has been this request has been aligned to other statewide RFPs as well as has been vetted by legal in terms of our criteria, our process. Our hope
044is that we'll have a number of um successful bids that we can bring forward and a recommendation coming forward hopefully uh within the next 90 days or so. >> Great. Pretty straightforward. Uh any questions? >> Great. Uh may I have a motion? I move to approve on simp. >> No, we're we're on item number one, approval of 1625. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Uh people are super excited about this one. Uh all right. Motion is second. Uh all those in favor of student board vote >> I. >> Board I >> I motion passes unanimously. Approval of resolution 17-25 request for proposal for LVUSD plus expanded learning services. Well, the last item, Mr. President, was the uh Fresh Brothers pizza. This is the grilled cheese of the RFP. >> So, uh we have
045uh the second RFP is for expanded learning services as LUSD plus uh continues to have success as we move forward. Uh this RFP will help us expand and really focus continue to focus on the academic side as we look to move into all elementary and middle schools next year with that program. Uh this is good for kids, it's good for academics, it supports Mrs. Thomas's direction in terms of attendance recovery as well. Um and is aligned also with our ELOP reimbursement rates. Uh candidly, uh the amount of the number of staff it would take to scale to the extent that we need to is extraordinary and would be distracting from that core mission. This will help us focus on that core mission. Uh we will be running the programs, but we having a provider to
046provide the enrichment will be a win. Uh this has been brought to two board committees to discuss the details just because uh they're nuanced and um thorough. >> Yeah, I just this is a pretty actually this was we spent a good bit of time in P pathways or finance finance on this one. Um and I don't know the other committee that got it, but I know that at least four members four members of the board have spent significant time digging into this. So, um, appreciate the approach you're taking and particularly excited about the fact that it almost pays for itself with the recovery of credits we bring back in the district. So, those are great. >> Is it my understanding that this was partially necessary because there was such demand for the program when we
047introduced over USD plus that we are needing to scale it, right? >> Yes, absolutely. And and the reason to issue this RFP right now is um, as we saw last year, there's facilities implications. We want to make sure we're on the front end of hiring and we want to try try and serve as many families as possible >> on the um west side of the district. Currently, we are um still have our great longtime partners, but that has served as a challenge to really fully fulfill the ELOP grant requirements. This will help us meet that demand. Um you know, one of the appeals of LVUSD plus was just that it was run by LVUSD staff. um these folks that we hiring they'll be under the the leadership of of LVUSD team right so they'll >>
048correct yeah the uh RFP is written as such so that we have the full authority to run and administer the programs >> they are a provider a contracted provider uh and serve at the will of our team >> okay thank you >> great uh is there a motion to approve >> so move a second >> a second >> there's a motion a second all those in favor student board vote >> I >> board I >> I motion passes unanimously. With that, we are going to adjourn back to close session. Thank you very much for coming this evening. >> Thank you for having us. >> Yeah. >> [laughter]