001five. Um, want to ask you all to please silence your cell phones before we begin. Um, and with that, uh, let's see. Uh, call to order. Board make my agenda here. Um, we'll have the flag salute. And we're going to ask our, uh, departing student board member, Mr. Gelb, uh, to lead us in the flag salute before he heads off to Texas for college. Yeah. Of course. All right. I haven't done this since fifth grade. Hands over your heart. Ready? Begin. I to the flag of the United States of America to the republic for it stands nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all. I always love it when elementary kids are here because they just belt that thing out. It's even more fun to see Albert Einstein and Amelia Heheart doing it. So that
002that's great. Um I have nothing to report out of close session. So we'll go to our first item on the agenda, approval of the of tonight's agenda. I move to approve tonight's agenda. A second. There's a motion and a second. Uh any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor of approving the agenda? I vote sorry. I I board members I I I uh Is there a motion to approve the minutes? I move to approve the minutes. I'll second. There's a motion in a second. Any discussion? No. Student board vote. I board I minutes are approved. With that, that brings us to uh superintendent board communications, Dr. Steinowski. Mr. President, we have a number of recognitions. Uh if you join me at the podium, we'll get rolling through those. both ends of the spectrum. Today we've
003got Round Meadow Elementary. We've got Agora Secondary. Dr. Katie Booth, come on down. I'd like to introduce our new assistant principal at Calabasas High School. Uh Mr. President, members of board, it's my pleasure to introduce Dr. Katie Booth. A little bit about her. She's got 10 years experience in education. Uh eight years in with the Walt Disney Corporation prior to beginning her career in education, doctorate in education in organizational leadership from the University of Massachusetts Global. Masters in education in steam from University of San Diego. Uh bachelor's from Cal Fitin. She was park operations manager for Walt Disney Company middle school teacher, middle school science TOSA, which is a teacher on special assignment, master teacher and induction mentor. extensive leadership experience in instructional design and instructional coaching. And we're thrilled to have her joining uh
004team coyote as assistant principal uh for Calabasas High School. So, you've already been a cast member of one great organization and we're thrilled to have you joining our cast of uh really cool characters in this in this district. So, we're thrilled to have you. We don't have a badge for you like you get as a Disney cast member, but we do have a really cool pen. So, I'm thrilled to pin you, welcome you to our family. We're thrilled to have you. We look forward to all the things you're going to bring to our kids uh and to the into this district. So, thank you for being here and for your commitment to kids in our future. Really appreciate that. President Lauren Lawrence, um executive board members or I'm sorry, distinguished board members, Dr. Stephenowski and
005cabinet members. Thank you so much for the opportunity to be joining the Los Virgin School District. Although I am new to the district, um I already feel like I'm coming part of a family. I was able to visit the Calabes campus on May 2nd um with Principal Woody and I am just overwhelmed and overjoyed with um all the work they're doing there and I'm very excited to be joining the team and um contributing to their already stellar um reputation. So, thank you very much. Next up, uh we are excited to have uh recognize the Kasma team from Agora High School. Uh we've got assistant principal Kirby Rock with us, but we've got the coach and the teacher Kristen Daison. Kristen, come on down. Mr. President, Dr. Sephnowski, members of the board and cabinet, thank you
006so much for having us here today. Um I am so proud of our students and they have worked so hard along with um our other adviserss and athletic trainer and teacher um Mrs. Kathy Prader and Michael Carter. And our students lead our program. So I'm going to have them come up and tell you the rest. So, if I can have Danny Garrick, one of our commissioners of AACI and Isaac Glasco, one of our vice presidents, they're going to come up and tell you a little bit more. Um, thank you again to Mr. President, uh, members of the board and cabinet for having us here today. We are very proud of our ACI team. We have worked all year to study for our competition that was this past March. We got first in uh both of
007our own division as well as super team score which is a really super cool achievement. And Danny's going to talk to you a little bit about our nationals team. Yeah. So because we did so well at regionals, we have the really exciting opportunity to compete in a similar um competition at nationals with 15 students joining us. Um so that's coming up on the 20th and yeah, hopefully we'll get first place there too. Thank you. Okay. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. So, we want the board does want a picture with the entire team though. So, we'll do that in a few minutes up here. Okay. Can I can I ask where nationals is held this year? will be a one-on-one meeting with an Thank you. And next up is recognition of our student board members.
008Uh we so appreciate their student advocacy, their voice. Um they join us all year long. They're very generous with their time uh and talents. And so we like to as the end of the school year approaches like to bring them up, appreciate them, find out where they're going, and of course they often introduce the new uh incoming student board rep. So we have Matt Gil, senior from Agora High School. Come on down, Matt. And we have Leighton Westerberg from Calabasas High School. And I understand she'll be attorney. yours three repeat coming up uh which is excellent. I'll just say on behalf of the board um I remember back a very long time ago when I was the student board rep in school like eons and eons ago um and I remember that um it was
009you really had this pressure from your from your fellow students to represent and bring forth their points of view. And one of the things that I have found that is so amazing about the two of you is we don't have to look and ask. We don't have to say to the students have a perspective. you're both ready and willing to speak up, share the perspective, and you come prepared every meeting with that perspective. I think of a couple times in the last couple months where you brought data that we didn't have, which was great. We may not always agree with the data, uh, but I love that you brought it forward. That I love that even more, uh, that you had the courage to step forward, advocate for your point of view, knowing it may
010not have been something that was going to be very popular or passed by the board, but you brought that forward. That's what being a representative of the people is, and you guys have represented your people, your students exceptionally well. So, we're going to miss you. Uh we're thrilled that you're going on too. I'll be attending University of Texas. I'll be at the m school of business. And we're thrilled we get to have you that your voters sent you back for a third time. So, uh thank you so much. If you guys have any comments you want to make, anything you want to say? I know you both. You're coming back, so you can go first. I just want to thank everyone for having um an amazing year. Um and I'm excited for next year. Yeah,
011I wasn't necessarily the season veteran that Leon was coming into this, but I appreciate all of you for really working with us and trying to understand the students point of view. We are only um one student at each school, so working with you guys and really trying to expand that outreach for students and try to get our voices heard. And it's awesome to see students here as well. Um, clearly we are doing something to get students to board meetings. I know they're not necessarily the most exciting, but hey, at least you guys get to see me speak, right? Um, but yeah, really really grateful for for this year. Thank you guys so much for for working with us and I'm so excited for the next four years and seeing what my future will hold. Thank
012you. Yes. And to put him on the spot right now, it is my honor and my pleasure to introduce the 2025 2026 AHS board representative, Mr. Ben Seagull. Can you please stand up? And also, since I'm up here, I also want to put her on the spot. Uh, last year's Agora High board representative, Ella Walsh, is in the is in attendance tonight. Can you stand up? Yeah. So really excited. We got past, present, and future here. So awesome. Thank you so much. All right. [Music] I think Keep going. Don't be shy. Yes. And next up, amazing students from Round Round Meadow Elementary, Principal Steph. Nice. Uh, this feels like coming home. It's pretty awesome. Um, thank you Dr. Stephanowski, President Lawrence, cabinet members, and school board members. Thank you so much for this opportunity. I
013want to uh introduce to you three fabulous second grade teachers, Deb Flechman, Jen Pollen, and Gail Spindler. Deb's gonna come up and tell you. All right. Um, you might recognize some awesome heroes sitting here. These are some second graders that um chose a somebody who made a difference in our world. They did some research. They picked someone read a biography and then wrote a speech about that person and then they came to life at Rod Meadow already and they're back here again tonight to come to life for you. We're going to sing a song and we have a few speeches that they would like to share. right over here. That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. Hi, my name is Neil Armstrong. I'm best known for being the first person to
014step foot on the moon. I was born on August 5th, 1930 in Wapakanita, Ohio. When I was young, I loved airplanes flying and building model planes. I was an Eagle Scout. I loved reading and read more than 100 books during my first year of elementary school. I worked a lot of jobs to pay for flying lessons. I got my pilot's license when I was 15. As an adult, I was in the US Navy and flew jets during the Korean War and earned a lot of medals. I was chosen by NASA to be an astronaut in 1962. I was chosen to be the command pilot of Gemini 8 mission in 1966. Our mission was successful. We joined two spacecraft spacecrafts together for the first time. On July 20th, 1969, I became the first person to step
015foot on the moon. You might not know that there is a crater on the moon named after me called the Armstrong crater. I have made the world a better place by inspiring many people to learn more about the moon and by helping the future of space travel and safety. The really wonderful thing that happened to me in space was the feeling of belonging to the entire universe. Hi, my name is May Jamson. I was I am best known for being the first black female astronaut in space. I was born on October 17, 1956 in Deca in Decator, Alabama. When I was young, I like science and experiments. I spent many hours in a library. Also, I study engineering and engineering and Africanamean studies, but also took dance and our classes. As an adult, I was
016given a boring black achievement award. I studied medicine and became a doctor who joined the Peace Corp. I trained for one year. I was on board the space shuttle under war on September 12th, 1992. You might not though know that I like to show Star Trek. I speak four languages. I have a high school in Alabama named after me. I made the world a better place by inspiring many people to pursue science and space exploration. Grounding rise is within you and inspire you to forth in your best. Hi, my name is Julia Law. I'm best known for starting a Girl Scouts of America in 1912. I was born on October 31st, 1860 in Savannah, Georgia on Halloween. When I was young, I like to do art and make sculptures. As an adult, I was added
017to national 12th babe and I was put in a special coin in 2012 to learn 100 years of Girl Scouts. You might not know, but I once had a pet alligator and it could stand on my head. I made the world a better place, but believe by believing that girls can do anything they put their minds to. Thank you. Right. Is right, even if no one else does it. Hi, my name is Juliet Low. I'm best known for being the found of Girl Scouts. I was born on October 31st, 1860 in Savannah, Georgia. When I was young, I was the second of six children. Due to the civil war, I moved to Chicago. I studied in Virginia and New York. I was interested in fishing, drawing, piano, and French. I was adventurous and loved to
018travel. I was also a bad writer my whole life. You might not know that during my weddings. As an adult, I created a Girl Scout in 1912. I created a community where all girls can come together. I was awarded the President Obama award in in 1979. I was in the Women's National Hall of Fame in 2012. You might not know that during my wedding ceremony race got stuck in my ear. It caused me a lot of pain. The race got removed that caused ear infections and deafness in both ears. I've made a world a better place by creating an organization where all girls feel safe and included. You guys want to share who you are? Why don't we just start down here? If you didn't get a chance to do your speech, just tell us.
019No, no, no. Just stay right there for just say nice and loud. What you're best known for. I'm best known for Here you are. Yeah. Come on. Come on. Come on. A smile is the beginning of love. Hi, my name is Mother Teresa. I'm best known for helping those in need with a smile and a good deed. I was born on August 26th, 1910 in Scopier, Macedonia. When I was young, I wanted to become a nun. So, I could help everyone. As an adult, I started charities and won a Nobel Peace Prize because I showed that everyone is the same in God's eyes. You might not know that I took the poor people in and gave them all medicine. I've made the world a better place by inspiring everyone to be kind to each other.
020Never for every baby. But thank you for hearing my speech. Wow. I don't think I've ever seen a standing ovation before at a board meeting like that. That's outstanding. All right, wrapping up. Welcome, Dr. Booth. Good luck. Uh, Agore Casman, go out there and, uh, thank you to our student board members, Matt and and Leighton. We appreciate you so much. And welcome to our new board member. And one more time, ladies and gentlemen, Round Meadow Elementary. Thank you guys. A lot of times I love the kid who says, "I want to do my whole thing. Let me do the whole thing. to leave the meeting. Okay, I have six minutes. So, you can go if you want to go now. Go ahead. We're just gonna do SN. Yeah, just go. Dr. Steppp, I think that
021takes us to uh superintendent communications. You got it. Mr. President, members of the board, a couple things to share. First off, congrats to Bailey Boyd. She's seventh grader at Wright. She was selected by CJSF, which is the California Junior Scholastic Federation to receive the Don Giovana Memorial Award award essay. Uh, Miss D. Giovana was a very dedicated teacher at CJSF and adviser of middle school out in Lancaster and she served on the board for eight years. This year's prompt was tell us how your service experience impacted you, your school and your community and out of the entire state. Uh Miss Boyd was the only one who got that recognition. So congratulations to her. Uh next up, one of my favorite events. So we just held the 15th annual Elka Golds MVP baseball game out at
022Agora. A special joy this year. The softball team joined us which was fantastic. Uh band was out there, cheer was out there. Um so much fun to see the students all interacting. Um great great energy. You can see the smiles on the faces of the young lady running the bases. Um really one of my one of the most special days for Los every year. Next slide. Uh we've had a just had or in the middle of our open house season. Uh they're going fantastic. Uh this was a massive crowd at Lindereo last week. They opened up the time capsule you see there to the on the on the um little table there. Uh you can see it from 1995 and principal Anhold opening it up. Um the only challenge was they didn't vacuum seal things
023and so there was um a significant amount of water inside. So bummer the acorn didn't uh the acorn in there from 1995 didn't quite uh do so well. Um but still a lot of fun. Uh I believe Dr. Ciphers was a student, seventh grade student when this capsule was put in the ground at Linder Canyon. Wow. We confirmed their unit. Yeah. And so so you know what the CD that was at the in the time capsule was, don't you? I remember nothing about this time capsule. I do I do have friends who remember everything about it somehow. I do not remember a thing. 1995. Any guesses what it was? Still playing today. Selling out stadiums playing at uh Coachella. Any for the youngsters in the crowd? Green Day. Green Day. Green Day. Green Day. Yeah.
024It's Ed's favorite graduation song. When it was pulled out, the students roared. Green Day has held up well. Next slide. And of course, we've got a lot of Measurees S work going on. Of course, summertime is a special opportunity for us to really get a lot done with our campuses empty for about two months. Uh these are pictures. Don't tell uh Dr. Gleason, but I did climb the scaffolding, got up on the roof of of Calabasas High School. Uh I think the superintendent can do that. We'll check we'll get a ruling on that later on. Um so, but they've rolled they've moved classes already at um Calabasas and SUMAC to get the work started. We've got a lot of work to get done this summer. Uh and on the right hand side photo you can
025see uh the silver is the ducting that's going to be installed and the wrapped up things in the cardboard on the right are the actual air conditioning units. So um they are rolling and working and moving students to get that second floor of the H building at Calabas done exciting. Next slide. As promised here sumac um Dr. Mr. Ciphers, Miss Chambers, and I all got a chance uh to walk inside Sumac. And so on the left hand side, you can see the beautiful vated ceilings, but vated ceilings are very difficult to uh heat and air condition. So they're they're dropping a ceiling in there and installing ducting and air conditioning units. On the right hand side, you can see the actual brand new air conditioning unit in the uh roof above. That's great. And so
026they're uh moving three classrooms at a time and already begun uh the work. And so a number of classrooms will be done uh ready for the fall when the school starts. Not all the classrooms at SUMAC will be done and they have to rotate because of course they have limited space and of course they can't do any work when students are in a classroom. Next slide. Uh so much fun for me when I see the students on our main stage at our performing arts education centers. And this was the YB talent show. Uh and this was the TK students out on stage packed house um for YB's talent night. So much fun. Next slide. And the foundation has just put together Casino Royale for the second time in a row. Uh June 6th, 7 PM
027I think that's a Friday. It'll be at the Calabasas Country Club. I think that anything else that concludes superintendent communications. Uh Mr. G, your final communications. Final last words. Well, as you know, if this is the last meeting of the year, I got to make my time count here with this update. We have been incredibly busy lately and when things are only just going to ramp up with this school year coming to an end. First, um, recently we had staff appreciation week. Leon and I just wanted to take a moment and really extend our thanks to every staff member, every, um, every district member, everyone who teaches, who's a custodian, everyone who makes the school experience what it is. Your work doesn't go unnoticed, and we really appreciate you. We're also in the middle of
028AP and IB testing, which is always a fun time for us students. Um we are on our second week of that and those are almost over. So we are very very excited for that to come be coming to a conclusion. Calbasis they're having their final pep rally of the year. They're having dress up days like blackout Monday, neon Tuesday, college craze Thursday. They're going to have nutrition games all week and on Friday of course their final pep rally. Agora we've had a lot in the past couple weeks. We had the MVP game as Dr. Stepp mentioned. We had the essentially we had our band travel to New York to um participate in the essentially Ellington music festival which is only extended to about the top 30 bands in the in the nation. So we were
029super proud of them for that. We also had our annual powder puff game last Friday where girls of each grade were competing against each other um kind of like a class competition. Over in the athletic sphere, swim has been participating in the CIF playoffs and we had a swimmer who set new school records. Actually, uh our one of our athletes placed first in division 3 playoffs and she's actually going to be going to the CIF state playoffs coming up. Most of our other sports have already wrapped up their seasons and their playoffs as well. But we also we do have boys lacrosse playing in the CIF championship this Saturday. Also this Saturday, who could forget, we have senior prom. Very excited for that. It'll be at the Omni Hotel. Also coming up, we have beach
030day for seniors who are winning our annual spirit competition. We have commitment day where seniors like myself can really show off what we'll be doing for the next four years or two years or even after what whatever those plans may be after graduation. There's also senior awards where we will recognize all of our incredible students at Agora High and students will be giving their civic seal presentations for to receive their civic seal of engagement on their diploma. We also have Vday which will be a fun celebration of students later in the the in the month and all these different organizations, sports, activities and whatnot are having their banquetss just to commemorate this past year and look forward to the future. Finally, we have at the very very end of the school year, seniors have their
031senior week activities. We have grad night, we have senior brunch and senior picnic, and of course, we have graduation. So, really looking forward to the end of the year for all grades. Um, senior, this is my last time on the day. So, thank you once again, thank you all so much for having me and really looking forward to what our next board rep can do in the future. Thanks. Uh before I introduce Miss Lazar, I'm just going to say I apologize. I have to ski daddattle. Uh I have a daughter who is at Lindera who's about to be in the music performance. Uh so I'm going to go run and catch that. So I'm leaving you in the capable hands of Miss Stein who's taking over. Um and I have nothing to report. Thank you.
032Thank you. Have fun. Mr. Lazar. Uh first of all, thank you to Mr. G for your service to the district. Much appreciated. I will echo uh how busy this time of year feels not only for students but for parents. I have heard some refer to it as Maycember because it feels like May and December. Um, also very busy. I just wanted to touch on a couple things. The WB talent show, I was there as well. And I've really been struck um the last couple years these school talent shows, elementary school talent shows are really becoming quite a thing. They're getting better and better and it's so great to see them in the pack and everybody puts so much work into them. The performers and teachers and parents and I just think it's really great. Love
033seeing them in the pack. Um, AEW open house was terrific. Uh, jazz band did such a great job. Really impressed with them. Wonderful art show as well. Uh, I chatted to a bunch of teachers, a bunch of parents. Uh, really positive atmosphere at the open houses. Very well executed. And uh finally I just wanted to touch on um obviously I have kids at AW and Bay Laurel and so I've been getting all the communications regard regarding CASP testing which is happening uh all around and um I was just really struck by the communications from the principles and the teachers around CASP testing are are really good and thoughtful and detail oriented. Uh so just wanted to to compliment the staff on that and uh that's all from me. Thank you. Thank you Mrs. Cupill. Uh
034I would just like to give a shout out to our M team. They're here tonight. And when you look at our agenda, uh, meeting in, meeting out, consent is full of things that are related to their hard work. The breadth of how much goes on with not just the bond, but ongoing maintenance, our facilities, um, the way they they uh, maintain their all the workers under them, and they're the facilities which are so important to the learning environment for our kids. So, um, this is that time of year where we're going to we're going to hear about what's coming up in the summer. There's so much going on. It's always amazing to me and, um, just a big thank you to them as we go into what's their busiest time of year while everyone else
035it's vacation. Thank you, Mrs. Magnus. So, Dr. Steinowski mentioned a lot of the things that I had attended as well. Um, and I do want to give a shout out to the Elka Gold MVP baseball game. If you're in a bad mood, just go and watch that game. There's so much joy on the field and they they are so supportive of each other and just really love what they're doing. And um the time capsule at Linda was uh gross but because everything was soggy and slimy, but uh it was really interesting to see what was what was in there and and uh bring back memories. And then um I enjoyed going to Willow's open house. um it because it's open house season and looking forward to things in the future. Thank you very much. And
036I would like to share also uh Lindero uh there were so many people there people parents and students from uh graduated before came back to see and this time capsule uh looked like something had washed up that had washed up on Gilligans Island. So uh it was it was a fun evening. So thank you and they put a lot of effort into that. Um I also got to um congratulate the PAS the accreditation program for aspiring uh administrators. It was cohort number what uh Dr. Gleason do you remember off the top of your head? Cohort 17 17 cohorts going through our accreditation program and it is just wonderful to see these people take on these administrators. They have families. they have jobs in schools already and they're taking one more thing on which is to
037be an administrator and I have to commend them for that. That was that was wonderful. I also want to share um that I was had the opportunity to join Mayor Penny Sylvester from the city of Agora Hills and visit the PFA meetings from all the and PFC and captain's meetings from all of the schools in Agora Hills. It was wonderful. She gave city updates, did a lot of listening um and uh I was able to give some measure s updates at each school and I must say everybody had positive things to say and very appreciative. So that was wonderful. My last thing I'd like to do is give another shout out to Matt and Leighton for you know the commitment that you of time and effort that you put into coming to our board meetings
038and participating. Mr. Lawrence said it all, but I also wanted to thank you as well and we'll miss you. we get attached to you and we'll miss you. So, thank you for using your voices and spending, you know, some of your valuable time with us. So, thank you. And that's it. Um, with that, I have no speaker cards from any items not on the agenda. And may I have a motion to approve consent a so move and a second? I second. Any questions or comments? Uh, I just had a couple of questions. Um, on the uh warrants, I I just wondered uh Dr. Dr. What are the developer fees? It was a small amount. It was $10,000 or something, but I just wasn't sure what that was. Sure. Uh developer fees are uh collected for
039any new construction within the district boundaries that exceed a thousand square feet. Uh and the intent of collecting them from the developer as a condition of their permit is that new development will lead to increased enrollment, therefore an impact on the school district. So any developer in our area comes uh with their architectural plans as well as the assessment of fees based on our rate and we deposit that into fund 25. Great. Thank you. And uh just a question on the Amira screener. Um when will this be administered each year and any information on results or whatever I presume gets transmitted to parents or teachers or I'm not sure who wants to answer that. We'll determine the timeline for administration once the school year begins. It might be a little bit different. We might wait
040a little longer for the kindergarten students to get acclimated before we decide to give them the screener. Uh first and second grade may go a little bit earlier, but we're going to give the kids plenty of time to get their um their year launched before we administer it. Great. Thank you. I think that's all. Yeah. Other questions or comments? Hearing none, I'll call for the vote. Student I all those in favor? I I Okay, that passes. On to consent B. This is a board vote only. May I have a motion to approve? I move to approve. I have a second. I second. Thank you. Uh board vote only. All those in favor? I I that passes. Next is we have measure E oversight committee report. Dr. Cla. Madame vice president, members of the board, uh
041excited to present the annual measure e reports. Uh sometimes we have a member of the measure e committee who uh can join us. Uh no one volunteered this time around, so they volunteered me to present on their behalf. Uh we are very grateful to the community for their ongoing support of measure E. The $98 per parcel uh brings in roughly $2.2 $2 million annually that go to fund class size reduction counseling services our four five science program as well as a lot of our co co-curricular activities. Uh it's essential component of our budget and uh our ability to provide extraordinary services for students. Um there are no major changes in terms of as you'll see in the report in terms of senior exemptions. Donations remain relatively flat. uh interest is higher than in past years
042because of the high interest rates that we have been enjoying on the uh on the revenue side. And uh outside of that uh the only other issue of notes is as we looked at the year ahead, there are uh several hundred parcels that were impacted by the fires this past January. They will now be exempt from um paying the parcel tax as they should. Um but that will affect revenues probably just to the tune of about $15,000. Thank you. May I have a motion to approve? So moved. I'll second. Thank you. Any questions? Uh I just had a question. I noticed in the um package uh there was a letter from you, Dan, addressed to uh basically permit families who coming from outside the district if they can uh pay the $98. In addition, I'm
043just interested how much participation do we get from that? And it's obviously not a mandatory thing. We can't make it mandatory, right? Historically around 25% Dr. completion it's about 25%. So and it kind of stays at that level right? Yes. Big big uh topic on the agendas for every measure e committee meeting is how do we get that letter to have greater impact and the thing that we have been uh wondering more recently is if we change the timing of the year. So we had always done it in early uh February which is right after the holidays. or thought this year let's try later in the spring um and then we'll all we'll go out next year in early fall right as all the other donation requests go out as well. So we'll see use
044that as a an indicator of um if we can get greater success because we have tweaked that letter in every single way. Do you think it would be considered rude if we sent a follow-up letter a few months later um for those who have not contributed or we've discussed all options, right? I don't have a problem with a reminder. A reminder, you're not going to hassle them, but you know, people put stuff away. They mean to do it. So asking a second time might net you something. Sure. Thank you. Any other questions? Hearing none, I'll call for the vote. This says on here a board vote. Um so it is a board vote. Um all those in favor I thank you very much. Next there is a student referential. What on measure there is? Yeah.
045Okay. Wait wait wait wait. Yeah it is on on the computer. Okay. Student are you in favor? Hi, thanks much. Okay, next item is Spanish three for Spanish speakers. Next two items are Dr. Scott. Madame Vice President, members of the board, I would like to invite up Miss Kirby Brock, assistant principal at Agora High School. Hi. Thank you, Madame Vice President, members of the board, Dr. Stephanoski, and cabinet. It's my pleasure to be here tonight on behalf of Agora High School and our world language department. Senora Mahia, our incredible department chair, couldn't make it tonight. She had family commitments. So, I'm happy to represent on her behalf our proposal for the Spanish 3 for Spanish speakers honors course at Agora High School. Um, this, if you remember, might sound familiar because last year we sought
046your approval for the Spanish 2 for Spanish speakers uh, pathway course, which is a great transition up from our dual immersion program starting as early as our TK years at Sumac through Lindereo and up to Agora High School. So, we and there's a graphic on the next slide that I can show you as well, but we have uh, six level pathways at Agora High School um, for Spanish speakers. Traditionally, students come in as expected at level Spanish one, right? But with our dual immersion pathway and with our growing cohort sizes, we've seen the need for students to advance in levels quicker. So, we introduced last year the Spanish 2 for Spanish speakers course that was a direct feeder from not only our students in the dual immersion program at Lindereo, but also any student who
047comes to Agora where their first language um or their native speaker of Spanish as well. So you can see kind of on the right, they would jump right in for that Spanish two for Spanish speakers. It's the same content standards as Spanish 2 and same for Spanish 3, same content standards, but the course is taught solely in Spanish. So they're working a lot more on their um just language development as a whole in the class um as well as of course covering the same content standards. So the course we're presenting tonight, Spanish 3 honors for Spanish speakers would help that pathway. Um, also if you notice our advanced level classes are co-seated with our IB courses, um, Spanish language courses, both the SL series and the HL series. So students who complete this Spanish 3
048honors course for Spanish speakers could feed directly into Spanish 4 honors or if they wanted to um, could jump into our HL series for IB, which would increase participation in our IB program as well. Any questions for me? Any questions? No, very straightforward. Looking forward to adding this because we knew we would have to be adding courses as these kids are moving up. So, it's exciting to see. I think it's wonderful the way this strengthens the whole bilingual uh path we have through our curriculum. It's been one of the things I've been really impressed and struck by as I visited all the schools. I didn't know that much about it. And what a gift for these kids. Bilingualism is associated with executive function. It's just such a great thing. So glad we glad we are
049strengthening it even further. Couldn't agree more. More opportunities for students. Thank you very much. Um anything else? I need a motion please. I move we approve the Spanish three for Spanish speakers course. I second. Thank you. Uh student, are you in favor? I. Board. All those in favor? I congratulations. Next we have approval of advanced film and video. Madame Vice President, members of the board, I'd like to have Kirby Brock stay up here. I'm back and so honored to have a team member with me. Um, so Madame Vice President, thank you again members of the board, Dr. Steppp and cabinet. I am joined tonight by our incredible, not only one of our incredible teachers who teaches our film, some of our film series courses, but also our IB coordinator, speaking of IB, U, Mr. Todd
050Shipley. So, I'm going to turn it over to him to explain a little bit about our advanced film and video course that we're proposing tonight. Uh, Madame Vice President, members of the board, Dan or Dr. Steinowski, sorry, and members of the cabinet. Um, first before I get started at all, I just want to thank you for your guys' support of of the film and broadcast program. Um, Ryan, your your group has been great to work with in the business department. gym with tech and uh Julie uh your your your uh maintenance and operations has been incredible and thank you for your patience in this buildout. It's been it's been wonderful. Um so advanced film uh couple things about this court. We currently have film one and two um at Agora and we have IB film
051uh HL1 and two as well as the SL track. Um uh but we want to end with the capstone class for our CTE. Um, why is that important? Well, one, for the grant, we have to have it. Number two, if we're going to implement the IB career pathways program, we need to have a capstone course. Um, uh, the capston the, uh, CTE line uh, for film. Um uh this is going to uh enhance it's going to create an opportunity for our students to create portfolios and create sizable portfolios um to master skills in special effects and editing. Um it's going to be able to allow us to partner with industry professionals um to offer internships both internal and external to our students. Uh in fact uh shout out to Philip Braun uh one of our
052alumni who works for uh Muchamas uh productions. They are in association with Sony working on the current with Lab Bomba and we have a graduate um that is getting a Latina internship um there. So we're already in motion setting those kind of things up. Um and so this will help us uh in also with uh college or sorry with uh community college articulation. Um and then it'll have no impact to the uh master schedule as it's going to be co-seed with IB. Um the nice thing about that is these advanced students are going to be able to not only take it one year, they could take it two. If they take film one and two, they could take advanced film for two years. um they can mentor the IB kids who because it's open access
053they a lot of them don't have any film uh experience um it's going to allow me to to modify with the SL because right now our SL program is actually the most difficult film class because they have to do 75% of the work in one year um and a lot of them don't have um film experience so this hopefully is going to to push them into or taking film one and two earlier so that they can can go into advanced film and then still have a class with the IV kids. It'll be different curriculum if if so it won't be it'll be a 4.0 class. So questions. Fantastic. Any questions? No, I'm just I'm happy again to see this course because it first of all signifies growth and secondly I you know I'm so happy
054with your improved facilities and what we've been able to do for you. I feel like we're now maybe between the facilities and um growth and and adding this course like we're giving you the capacity to finally meet the quality of your instruction that's been going on all these years but to give you these things that will help you continue to grow the program. I'm uh very impressed. So, thank you. Thank you very much. Any other questions or comments? Uh well, as a film school graduate myself, I'm very very excited about this course. Uh I look through your whole curriculum. It looks really great. Um so uh very impressed. I think it's uh fantastic you're helping the kids put together a portfolio. Uh because that's so important for getting into the industry, but it's also very
055important if kids decide to go off to film school. Uh they need those films to as part of their applications for film school. I remember scrambling many years ago when I was applying for USC to like put together some short films because you you need them for your applications. So really great you doing that. Um I had uh just one question. You know obviously um so much uh YouTube is watched more than Netflix these days if you look at actual hours watched and many of these kids they'll probably be getting a start in the industry making stuff for for YouTube or other streaming services. And so are they getting the um that the technical expertise that they can make web friendly videos? That was just my So that's a great question. So, one of my
056one of my alumni uh is Peter France. Um he works for Corridor. He puts out a lot of of product. He's he's well known in the special effects field. He's he's kind of a rock star in in the film industry if you ask a lot of people. But, um he does a lot of YouTube and and shorts. Um uh uh Avdari um works he has his own studio, Threeline Studios, and they do a lot of verticals um which are a big thing right now. He's getting funded uh by uh Korea, South Korea um to do verticals which are um one minute um episodics and they put together these one minute episodics and then they become subscriptionbased. So there's a lot of different opportunities and a lot of different angles including trailers. Um that's that's an
057art form and so yeah so we'll be working in and and diving into a lot of different styles and approaches. far would be a great guest speaker because every time I'm talking to him, he's like, "Well, I'm just finishing the score for a movie or I'm just and I'm always fascinated by the process like, you know, depending on what kind of film he's making, how he does the music." So, I feel like kids would love to hear from him and his experience. I'm always fascinated with what he's got going on. So, well, I'm I'm always happy to come and speak, but to quote screenwriter William Goldman on Hollywood, everyone in Hollywood, nobody knows anything, right? That's the beauty. Happy to come and speak. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. I'd love to pick your brain. Thank you. Well,
058this is fantastic. Again, offer more uh expanded opportunities for students and um your facility looks great. So, I I encourage everyone to get out there and and see what you've done with the facility. Any other comments or questions? Okay. Then I will ask for a motion to approve. I move we approve the advanced film and video course. I second. Thank you very much. Student, are you in favor? I. Terrific. Forward. All those in favor? I. I. Okay. Next up is uh Boys and Girls Club. Dr. Steph, Dr. Gleason has the next four items. Madame Vice President, members of the board, uh this uh these next couple of items relate to um our evolution of our partnership with the Boys and Girls Club and the YMCA. Um, as we have discussed at the DAS many times
059and certainly um, in committee, the ELOP grant has provided resources for us to um, really get into the extended care um, after care after um, extended learning support um, uh, at five of our schools. And so we will be beginning that next year. Uh as a result of that, we are in the process of adjusting our relationships with the YMCA and the Boys and Girls Club um who have been uh absolutely wonderful to work with throughout the process. Uh with respect to the Boys and Girls Club in this agreement, the terms outline uh the uh absorption of two of the buildings that exist at Chaparel in terms of ownership as well as the removal of one building in the Bay Laurel parking lot in addition to the terms of uh vacating and moving their property.
060So uh with that this is the next step is the property phase of our launch of our LVUSD plus afterare program which will begin in August of 2025. Thank you very much. May I have a motion to approve? So moved. I have a second. I'll second. Thank you. Any comments or questions? Hearing none. So moving the one um portable from Bayo's parking uh lot will give more parking spaces. Uh absolutely. uh part of our uh concrete plans of summer 2025. Terrific. We've got a big summer ahead of us or some people out there do. Um okay, great. Call for the vote. Student approve. I board. All those in favor? I I next item is the YMCA at round the LA YMCA at Round Meadow. Madam vice president, members of the board, we uh similar to
061the last agreement, this is the Round Meadow afterare program. We had four afterare uh programs at our nine elementary schools. Uh we only had one school with uh the LA YMCA. This is part of straddling two cities and or excuse me, two counties and uh four cities. Uh the YMCA agreement has similar terms to the Boys and Girls Club in terms of dissolution. Only unique thing with the YMCA is um there is a Department of Housing DO building that we will be um that they will be removing um and we will be replacing it with an outdoor classroom that Ral Meadow is very excited about. Thank you. May I have a motion to approve? I move to approve. I'll second. Thank you. Any questions or comments? Hearing none. I have one question. Um so do
062you have enough facilities there because the district's going to be running the afterchool program? Absolutely. Um because we you know when a an entity rents from us they have to be very specific in their spaces every blacktop every picnic bench. Um we are um not renting out the NPR the music rooms and the outdoor spaces and that outdoor classroom will serve the out um after uh care program. So we have um more space available and fewer programs that are going to interfere and overlap. One of the concerns I heard at Round Meadow um which I'm not sure it may be at the other schools as well is there wasn't enough space. Parents were on a waiting list for students. So will we have I mean are you enrolling yet for these afterchool programs? Oh yeah
063we are deep into enrollments and can continue to enroll lsdplus.org those watching at home be shy still taking admissions. um space uh for uh with respect to the round metal YMCA, the space was limited by staffing and facility. The YMCA um had every desire to rent more classrooms from us. But then when we decided to move in this direction, those discussions stopped. So um it the limiting factors were not uh available space, it was available rentable space which required contracts um to have in place. Now, since we can work directly with the school, it's a much smoother process. Okay. Thank you. With that, uh, student board member, do you approve? I thank you board. All those in favor? I Okay, next item is uh booster clubs, affiliated booster clubs. Dr. Gleason, Madam Vice President, members
064of the board, annual favorite is our affiliated booster clubs. This agenda item, while simple, uh, reflects a lot of work by our accounting team. um as well as all of our boosters that support our district and are so generous. Um so in order to become an affiliated booster, we have reviewed the application materials, the board, the b uh the board members for the respective 501c3, the bylaws, the tax returns, and by virtue of putting them on this list, it verifies that we have all that documentation. Um, additionally, um, uh, there is no change to the affiliated boosters this year. Um, Miss Cer, just a quick question which would is not different this year. Few years ago, what was called charger club at Agora folded. You can see there's a coyote club which umbrellas a lot
065of the sports that are smaller don't have their own booster. How do those sports at Agora get support if there isn't a Charger club? How have they been doing that? They have um it's a great question. They have different mechanisms of donations. um you uh when uh they used to go through the associated student body, but it was things like parking sales and also um high dollar ticket sales or high dollar sports like uh football which have a lot of revenue will subsidize the other sports um at those schools at that school. Thank you. I was not aware that the PFC's are actually uh classified the same as the booster clubs. Correct. They are all 501c3s. Yeah. Yep. Any other questions or comments? Hearing none. Um, may I have a motion? I move to approve
066the list of LVUSD affiliated booster clubs. I'll second. Thank you very much. Uh, student, do you approve? I. Terrific. Board. All those in favor? I. Okay. The next item is Goro Pony baseball lease. Dr. whoever, Dr. staff. Dr. Gleason, which doctor? Dr. Doctor, madame uh vice president, members of the board, I want to thank Michael Fryberg, the president of Gorapony baseball for the back and forth conversations uh regarding this joint use agreement. This will be our final uh we've mutually agreed this will be the final joint use agreement for Gore Pony Baseball and Los Virgin or any affiliate. um as a Gore Pony Baseball moves forward with uh trying to seek out their own facility that they have full control over. Um the intent of the agreement or the the evolution over the last few
067years um everyone uh here knows but the outdoor uh wonder lab that and that has been created at Lupin has been such a tremendous success for students and as Lupin uh grows there is a field space that can be utilized for those kids. uh as we um evolve and we look two years from now, there are active discussions as the board knows about outdoor learning and STEM uh on that 6acre facility. And so we want to uh want to support Agora Pony Baseball after a 35-year um partnership in navigating their next steps. But uh we have agreed this will be the final agreement and in the future future use will uh go through just like all our other partners uh the Solatron system. Have a motion. I move we approve the uh joint use. Is
068it cold? Joint agreement. Thank you. And also the pony baseball. I was second. Thank you very much. Any questions or comments? Just thank you for your herculean efforts on this. Yes. I want to thank Dr. Gleason also for all your efforts into this. It's been a couple year process and Anagora Pony Baseball and uh thank you Anor Cororo Pony Baseball for working to find other fields. I know that uh there are a couple fields they're using in Agora now. I know that uh you redid the uh practice field at AEIT that they can use. So thank you. This is u a wonderful turn of events for Lupin Hill to expand. So thank you. And there is a wait list I believe at Lupin for their TK program. So, um that is just wonderful. I don't
069want to spoil the next presentation, but if I may, there's two new portables going at Loopin for their growth um that will go on part of one of those fields. So, yeah. With that, I will um call for the vote. Student, do you approve? I thank you. Next item is summer maintenance project. her staff. Always one of the most anticipated presentations of the year. Cabinet members jockey to not follow Miss Abbott and her uh amazing slides. I see your team coming to the podium. We so appreciate Miss Abbott uh Sean and Scott and their hard work. Uh again, their work has saved the district money which is going to allow us to uh do more and upgrade our facilities more. uh again they've worked so hard so diligently with all of our contractors uh that
070we are ahead of schedule and issued our series uh B bonds ahead of schedule and so things like when you see air conditioning going in SUMAC that's how we can do that of course that was with the board's approval and support uh Dr. Gleam vice president members of the board uh this is uh as Dr. step has shared a crowd-pleaser. I'm so happy to have no agenda items after this because um and so Miss Faulk, you're on deck, I believe. Uh I know Miss Cup shared this earlier and Dr. Stepp um but just for the community that might be uh watching or observing this, this team has made miracles happen in a short amount of time. Uh the fact that we are on series B comes through a lot of creativity, a lot of teamwork.
071Um and uh this trio is one of a kind for this season. So we have Miss uh Julie Abbott flanked by um her security team of uh the assistant director of maintenance and operations Scott Mallister and the bond project manager Sean Bud Mosca. And I already spoiled one of your slides. I apologize. Yes. And Dr. Dan did too. Um but that's okay. So, Madame Vice President, members of the board, and members of cabinet, it's my pleasure to um talk to you about what we have planned for this summer. Um, every school site's going to be touched. So, you can see the list here from the school sites. This is the secondary sites of all the projects that are going to be happening. When you see it written like that, it doesn't seem like much, but
072when you're talking about the enormity of each of those projects, it's a lot we're taking on. This is the elementary schools. As you can see, there's a lot going on at each at each site. So, at Agora High School, I'm I'm glad to announce that they are going to be bringing back auto shop. And so, the auto shop um needs a lot of help and a lot of TLC. So, we're working on that right now. Um we're going to be putting in some new lifts. Um we're going to be painting new lighting. Um we're removing a lot of the old equipment that's no longer needed. um making it uh lighter and brighter for the for the students. And my hope is, if I may say so, is to expand this later on down the line
073to maybe have HVAC classes, plumbing, electrical, so that we could have the trades represented and then we can move them forward into maintenance at LBUSD. at Calabasas High. Um, as you can see on the top left, we um completed the um air conditioning project in the H building downstairs. So, the first floor has been completed and that is running fabulously. And those units are quiet. You can't hear them at all. And so, right now, we're in the process of doing the second story as you can see some of the work that's been happening. And they work after hours, you know, in the in the middle of the night. and the teachers don't even know they've been in the rooms. It's they're a fabulous contractor. We're looking at uh rehabbing the pool at Calabasas High School.
074Um they don't have enough uh real estate to be able to put in a larger pool. So, what we're going to do is replplaster, add a new deck, some shade over the bleachers, fencing, and it needs all new equipment. So, we're working on that right now. um with the architects. Um we want to be able to do that. We're hoping um December, January to be able to do it during the year. Can I just insert here for the people at home that this is also their request because they do not want a brand new pool. What they want is to what's happening here, Mr. Klein? um they want to use uh some bond monies in some other areas on the campus to get more for their and that's being worked out. So this isn't that
075they're getting bypassed. No, we're just adhering to each school's needs, right? Following up on Miss Cutfield comments, while cosmetically this may not look like a big deal, it is a big deal because you're replacing all the plumbing, all the piping, all the pumps, all the filtration systems which are 50 years old. This school was built in 75. So really nothing has been done in this pool in 50 years. So again, it may not look like a lot will happen. A lot will happen regarding this for especially for the safety of our students. Chemical balancing, filtration, and heating. Absolutely. At AET, we're currently painting the exterior of the building. So, on the left hand side is the existing um what it what it looks like now and what it'll soon look like will be on the
076right hand side. That's done in-house, by the way, by our two painters who are handling the exterior paint. Um the HVAC at Round Meadow is uh starting and um we're going to be starting with those two buildings this summer. So phase one is buildings B and C and then phase two will be the following summer um building A and then they will have all new air conditioning units. Um and we've also started early on uh the HBAC system at Sumac that was quite the antiquated system that was put in in 1960 60 64. There we go. So, um, it's been there a long time. They've been in desperate need of getting new air conditioning. So, we're relocating four rooms at a time. Um, that's been going smoothly so far. And as Dr. Dan showed you
077some pictures of the interior, we have one here. That's the first one that went in. Um, and it's moving quite smoothly. Um, at Loopin Hill, uh, we're going to be on the first, uh, field up there on the top. We're going to be removing the fencing there. Um, we're have to make room for some portable buildings. Um, plus we're going to install a gaga pit for the for the students and they'll be able to use that field more often. They're also replacing a play structure that's right outside of the uh new Heath Hall. Um, and that's, you know, been in need of getting something new and this is what it's going to look like. This is the plan for adding the two classrooms that are needed at Loop and Hill. So, the idea is to
078the left we're going to have to move an existing portable uh restroom building towards um the the main building and then add a portable in behind it. And then we're adding one over there to the right that's close to the field. At Bay Laurel, we have four classrooms that need to be replaced and or demoed. And so, we're working on that this summer. And the idea is after the four classrooms have been removed that we'll put in an outdoor classroom. We're kind of these are kind of ideas of what we can put in that area, but we're going to work with the site and we're going to assess it after the buildings have been removed to decide what works best for the space. At Mariposa, they're also getting a new play structure that has more
079of the um natural look to it. And we're doing a lot of asphalt and concrete. Um, as you can see at um, Agora High School, we're doing most of the service road there. A lot of interior areas. These have all been identified as um, tripping hazards and so we need to get those replaced. Um, this is here on this property. We're doing the drive all the way in up to the maintenance gate there. It's uh, deteriorating quickly. Um we're doing a small area from that uh is for the equipment for the solar at Bay Laurel and um this is Chapperel and we're replacing the top playground there where we have now shade structures roofs. We're doing a lot of roofs now. This is a massive job. Um to do one school is a big deal
080and we're doing several schools. So that's because I have Sean here behind me and Scott here behind me who can manage these jobs and who are amazing at taking charge and making sure that the contracts our contractors are on time and on schedule because when we're doing roofing, we want it to be done in the only the eight weeks that we get for summer to do all of this work. So it's amazing the amount of work that we can complete in that short amount of time. We have White Oak that's going to be getting some more roofs. Um, this is a Gore High School. As you can see, we replaced three roofs last year. So, all of the rest of the roofs will be replaced this year. Um, I'm at Bural. It's all in the
081yellow. That's going to be done. And this is uh where am I at? Looping. Uh, this one is um Willow. that's going to have the admin building and the kindergarten area. And then we did some work over spring break as we do. So this is a big deal between the S and the M building at Calabasas High. As you can see, we had asphalt. It was quite hard surface there. It was starting to crack and become uneven. And now we have turf. And the the students are on it all the time and they really love it. They started taking pictures of it right after we put it in. Uh Round Meadow, we added new flooring in several of the classrooms. So this is the flooring and what it looks like. And then we replaced some
082ramps at Sumac for safety. Now Lupin Hill Owl, which I call the farm, has a new dry creek because it has a natural way uh that the water flows when it rains. And so now we have a way to capture it and have an area now for the kids to play. So it's a phenomenal um place, isn't it? Amazing. Yeah. This is a passion project of mine that we started and it's it just makes me so happy when I see it. Um solar we're already generating solar at Lupin Hill, Willow, Chaparel and Bay Laurel which is fantastic. So here's Bay Laurels. Then you have the new turf and the um solar array. Chaparel's same thing. New turf and solar array. Loopin Hill is in the parking lot. Um, Round Meadow is in a parking lot
083and partially on the field for the students. Uh, Sumac, um, is out in the field and they're when we're there, all the kids are playing underneath those arrays. It's fabulous. White Oak is going in right now and we have one in the back on the field and one in the parking lot. Willows on the field so it expands their lunch area. So then now they have additional shade that's always needed. and YB who is in desperate need of some shade because everything's a hard surface. Now they have that shade on their their asphalt. AC Stell has um amazing uh arrays on a couple of the fields there and one and on the basketball court. Um AE right outside here and the district office so you can see them when they drive in and everybody's parking
084underneath it because it has the great shade for your vehicles. Uh, Linderos is spectacular how much uh, rays they have that go all the way around and the site is really excited about having it. Um, they would like to put some bleachers underneath it so that they have uh, they can probably do culmination everybody having their seating. Uh, this summer we're beginning at Agora High School. These are the areas that their arrays will be going in. Um, this starts in June. So June 16th is a big day for us because that's when we hit the road running. And this is at Calabasas's high school. So you can see how many arrays go inside at a high school location and the reason we have those two campuses closed for the summer. Um and Agora High School.
085This is the drawings for the new um aquatic center or sports facility. It's going to be located where I have the red circle next to the um pack. And this is the the drawing of what we are planning on installing. We still have more meetings with the architect, but this is the first round here. Has restroom, public restrooms, a concession stand, a 52 meter pool, covered bleachers, a covered entrance, and this is what it is supposed to look like when it gets done, which is pretty spectacular. So, you can see that um entrance is pretty grand. And this is what you see from Driver Avenue. So, it's going to, you know, fit right into the aesthetics of uh Agora High School. And this will be where the pool area is. Another word about um the
086Agora pool and it is that essentially the Agora pool is failing. It has cracked several times. So, this is um an older pool than the one at Calabasa. So, just a clarification for anyone watching or curious. Um really rehabbing the pool at Aigor. been rehabbed several times in my 20 years here and that's really not an option at this point anymore. The mini the smaller pool at Aigora has failed and is closed and gated off from students at this point. So, um we're hoping it stays together as long as possible, but we are rushing this project forward. Um but rehab or refinishing is not an option. Yeah. Um as part of that project, we're looking at uh redoing the existing area where the pool is located. So where the um larger pool is, it would
087be an outdoor weight room. And where the chemical room is, that would be changed into a weight room. We have classrooms going in, a sand volleyball court, a training area. And then we will take the boys and girls locker room and reduce it down to smaller locker rooms. Um and then with offices. So this is the plan for right now. And then this is my team. This is the team that makes everything happen. These are our custodians and our um maintenance crew. So, there's a crew of about 80 and um I can't thank them enough for all that they do because they work very hard for the students here. And then this is my last This is it. Yeah. So, I'm retiring if you don't know, which I didn't think I was going to get
088teareyed, but I am. Right, Angie? I know it hits you and you don't even know these tough women we are. So, yeah. So, this is my last one. It's been an honor. I've had a fabulous time here. This is like a home to me. So, I I wish you all the best to Oh, any questions? Any questions? I forgot from any No, they're very good. I just want Julie. Thank you. I mean, how could we? There's not enough thanks in this world. and and for your, you know, mighty men behind you standing there. The amount of work from spring break to summer, I don't know how you're going to get it done, but the the elves or the wizards behind do it. And thank you. Thank you for your leadership. It has been absolutely a
089highlight for the board, for the district, for the community, for the parents of students, and for me to uh watch you in action and and be on the facilities committee and hear all it's very exciting, and you are such a visionary. So, thank you. We will miss you dearly. Um I I just wanted to say as a new board member, it's very upsetting that you're leaving and he's leaving all these great people. I was just um but you know Miss Kutbbor and I have had been doing a lovely tour of all the schools and just wherever I look there are these amazing measure S projects happening and it's just testimony to your team. You are so professional. I've noticed in the board reports everything is coming in ahead of schedule under budget. Uh, and I'm
090also distraught by the fact that your team is always so professional and calm as a cucumber and uh just always positive and uh I just I just have such respect for for everybody in the team and so appreciate what you all do. I have a couple questions. Um, as an Agora High student, just a little curious about kind of the layout of how this is all going to work. So yeah, that's good question. So, what where will the new sportsman facility be going? It's It's going next to the um pack, the performing arts building. It's on that. Can you call up that slide? It's on It's where that Can you go back to the slide of the aquatics? I think your question was where's the sports bed facility going? Yes. Oh, the sports med. It's
091going where the where it's going where the the classrooms where the existing pool is right now. Yeah. So it'll be in the in the locker room complex. Yes. So where the girls locker room is, that's will be the classrooms and the existing pool will be filled in. Um and that will have the exterior facility. We've been working very closely with Kristen, Mrs. Design on those plans. That's kind of the phase two, right? And there's a lot of faces to the pool. So I'm oversimplifying it, but that Yes. And we are uh actively I've met with Miss Dison and Mr. Leo this week. We're actively applying for there's a brand new round of CTE facilities uh plan money. Um but we also believe with a combination developer fees deferred maintenance and bond magic uh from uh
092and and I mean that sincerely the amount of money we can save this team has saved through their creativity. We think we can do phase one uh in the next 12 months. fast. You know, one other thing I've noticed uh touring the schools, I've been very excited about the solar facilities from the beginning because of the cost savings, but they just look so good on the campuses. They I mean, they look really modern. I feel like they benefit for school tours, for you know, parents coming to see the schools. They're stylish and and everyone seems very excited about the shade as well. The shade shade is always at a premium. Shade is hard to do. Shade things have to go through DS if they're like, you know, because they're like a freestanding structure. So, or
093if they're attached to a building, right? Yeah. So, um just amazing to get them all. And I haven't had any as a board member. I haven't had any complaints about solar going in anywhere. I think people get it. They understand we're trying to do something fiscally responsible here. Um and Mr. Bill, just another thing is just so that you know on the pool committee, Mrs. Cutville and I sit on facilities. Uh that team right there sits on the committee. Dr. Gleason, Dr. Stepp, and a whole bunch of um of of the staff at Agora High, Kristen Daison, uh Clint Cummings, uh Jason Rosenthal, principal, assistant principal. So, it's a huge um uh the plant manager, all giving input. It's an very good process and inclusive process. So, just so you know that. So, and is
094the training the thing that's uh labeled as training on the locker room slide, is that going to be kind of the athletic training facility that we currently have over by the football field? Um, yes, only grander. Okay. And then the I think it's going to have 15 beds in it or uh they don't call them beds, they call them training tables in the business. And um the new grant that was just received, the Golden State Pathways, sorry, uh is is adding a whole cadaavver table, if not an additional two based on this. So we're going to have a virtual cadaavver lab, which is the first uh of its kind in any high school in Southern California. That cordava table at HS is just amazing. I was like I wanted to play with it. Yeah, all
095that all the detail, none of the I do want to share to, you know, this is Miss Abbott's final meeting and it's been No, I'm pretending it's not so that I I'm in denial. I I am in you can imagine and getting to work with someone so brilliant and creative uh that um I go through the phases of acceptance. But the peace of mind I have is when uh we look around at on our campuses, we're going to see Miss Abbott everywhere. you see the broadcasting rooms that um Mr. Shipley shared earlier, the auto shop that's going in or uh the pool in the field. So, all those reminders will be there long after many of us are here. So, it's fantastic. Um and we know our cell phone number still too. Excellent. I will
096add also that um you know, visiting school sites this year, I have never seen them look better. They they always look great. They look so a shout out to our plant managers, to everyone in maintenance and operations. It looks our custodians. They look fantastic. Very fortunate students as ours are and were to go to our schools and so much greenery. They're just beautiful. The views beautiful, beautifully kept up as well. So, thank you. Appreciate that. Thank you. Okay, with that, we're on to our last item of the night. Thank you very much. is the revision of administrative regulation 6141 curriculum develop and evaluation. Dr. Miss Faulk, Madame Vice President, members of the board, uh this proposal is coming to you at the request of two board members, Mr. Lazar and Miss Mangus, in reviewing the
097AR6141 in particular relation to curriculum council, the bylaws, which is what our AR is. CSBA last updated theirs in 2008, so ours were more current and specific to Los Virginist. The change being brought to you tonight is um under the guidance of CSBA and at the request of the board members is to make what is currently the board members as voting members of curriculum council to non- voting members. And in doing research, um, CSBA does advise that because they said it blurs the lines, um, between curriculum implementation by granting voting rights to board members who then vote again at a board meeting when proposals come. So, um the changes come coming to you tonight are one um the revisions of some of the job titles, the director of education and the dire elementary and secondary
098education and also reflecting that the two board members would be non- voting members as the assistant superintendent is and the two directors are. Thank you very much. Any questions? No, it's very straightforward. Um I would I would add one more correction to it. Um I I don't remember but I pretty sure we um took away one alternate in case a community member cannot complete their turn and just made there be six residents of the community. So I would just strike that last line and it's on page four. Right. So we you don't want a an alternate member. That that's my that was my question too. Um, first of all, we had years ago, um, I remember asking about this and we had alternative alternate alternates come. We had two actually, now it's down to one,
099but we had we had an alternate and actually they didn't sit around the table. They sat on the outside of the table. They did not participate in discussion because, you know, they were there in case a community member was absent. So that's when they could participate and vote because the purpose is having six community members voting, not seven. It doesn't here that one alternative one alternate is non- voting. So it's they only vote if there is someone miss it by definition. If you look at the the bylaws it doesn't say that it's really in the event that a member isn't able to complete their term which we actually did have this time. We have a gentleman on curriculum council this time who took over for someone who could not fulfill their responsibilities otherwise the alternative
100didn't come and they didn't vote. they were just like in the wing. So by taking that off, it would just mean the board would have to look at the people who had applied in that cycle and go to the ones that were not selected to pick the alter. And I think that's how we chose the alternate, right, that filled in for a year. We went back to the applicant pool. Okay. And I think though that you might want to or we may want to have some more wording um about the an alternate. If you want to have an alternate, that's fine. But if you don't have an alternate, you know, does somebody then what if a community member misses 30 meetings? I mean, at some point, you know, you really want people who will be
101there, take it seriously, and you want those six community voices added. I think that is the ultimate goal is you want community members having their voice heard on curriculum, right? And so, if we don't have an alternate, I think we may want to consider adding language to the community members that like if they miss certain number of meetings they're you know I don't know we will so when they do the application process part of what they're agreeing to which doesn't necessarily mean they're going to follow it is that commitment because we're obligated to have at least six meetings a year we had six this year um if they're not able to attend which can happen things can happen we proceed on for those who um continually have I've never experienced that and I went back
102a long time. Um, so we could add that, but what I'm hearing is we want to strike that off and then and not have an alternate. That's what I'm hearing. That works for me. Okay. Okay. Um, but but again, I think we would want because again, it's never a problem till it's a problem, right? And so I think that if you um have people who are interested, let's say let's say there's a hot curriculum item or one that brings a lot of attention or some attention. All of a sudden you don't you either have a community member who isn't um it isn't coming to meetings or and and then you may have people ask well how do we get a replacement this person? So I think we want to have something in writing and I
103don't know what it is. So I could add something to the effect of in the event a community member is unable to fulfill their obligation, a selection will be made from the applicants not selected um from the pool that applied for that duration. What you mean? I want to say so in case you don't want to pick somebody else is um or andor we'll go back to the applicants or maybe they're not available anymore or we'll go out and we'll solicit a monthly and do an andor. So it it gives you cover. That's what I'm thinking. Anybody else? We're good with Andor. Okay. Um I think just on the um you know the main question that was was brought you out tonight about being non- voting members. I'm obviously I'm new in curriculum council and
104uh I really like curriculum council. Um it's just really cool that it you know administrators, teachers, uh parents, community members all coming together to really discuss these things. They take it really seriously. uh and on the math curriculum I actually I felt a little bit like I was double dipping by you know voting on curriculum council and then voting again when it came before the board and also I think just in theory I mean something like math there was obviously no particular issue but I feel like our board votes should at the end of the day be made after board deliberation um and it just feels better to me this way that we participate in curriculum council we can talk we can ask questions all of that but hold our votes on any curriculum matters
105until it actually comes to the board. And that was CSBA's recommendation. Typically, ARs do not come back. Do you want me to make these changes and bring it back or make these changes and proceed? Make the changes and purs I absolutely agree with what you said. my my take on it when I and I agree CFBA. I'm glad they have a recommendation on this and I appreciate it and I agree with you 100%. But when I was on curriculum council and we were voting, which was something new originally board members didn't vote. Um, but I looked at it as you're voting to move it forward to the board. Not necessarily that you support the curriculum because again, keep your mind open because originally I thought, oh no, now I know he supports the math new
106math curriculum. I know how you're going to vote. But you're really voting to move it forward. Yeah. No, and I hear there's that distinction, but I think most people would probably interpret it, okay, he supports the math correctly. I agree. I agree. This is a good change. Okay. Thank you. Thank you very much. Any other questions? Hearing none, we will adjourn the meeting. Thank you all very much. Thank you.