2025.02.25 School Board Meeting

001to order while they're still getting settled uh the meeting of February the 25th 2025 uh Mr Lawrence president Lawrence I'm the vice president leading the meeting tonight president Lawrence is up there in a little square uh on a business trip thank you Mr Lawrence and welcome um so at this point I'm going to ask for the flag salute Dr step do we have somebody would like to do the flag salute I believe we've got a Boy Scout Jacob Rosenblum okay will you go over to that my phone over there wherever Jacob is great and will everybody please stand and remove hats and remove your hats everybody please stand place your right hand over your heart ready begin I pledge alance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republ for which

002it stands one nation under God indivisible with Justice thank you you can all be seated thank you very much I have nothing to report out a closed session and may I have a motion from from a board member for approval of tonight's agenda I move to approve the agenda I second it thank you very much any questions on the agenda hearing none I'll call for the vote student are you in favor of tonight's agenda I thank you board all those in favor I hi hi Mr La thank you very much okay approval of minutes we're going to do this in one motion may I have a motion to approve the minutes of February 11th February 18th and February the 19th so mooved I'll second thank you very much any questions on the minutes hearing none

003I'll call for the vote student hi board hi hi Mr thank you very much uh superintendent board Communications superintendent Dr Dan Madame vice president Mr President we've got uh two wonderful employees to recognize and then we're going to finish that off with the outstanding uh music by our lindera Canyon jazz band here so Madame vice president and Dr cyphers if you meet me in the podium we'll celebrate two employees absolutely nicely done Dolphins Mr President Adam vice president each month L us uses some of our core dispositions to recognize our employees of the month uh we use those core disposition such as enthusiasm having a positive mindset and fostering a collaborative Community uh could not have two uh finer folks that represent those qualities here with us this evening and our certificated and classified employee

004our certificated Employee of the Month many of her uh colleagues Define her as their Rock on the Borel uh campus and um her her principal says the similar things and uh she's someone who truly does so many things uh behind the scenes does not love uh the spotlight you do have to give a speech Jody and a little bit here she's nervous about that right now just crossed a couple things out um also I'll share too um uh someone just uh they they actually remind me a lot of each other Nancy over eliro is someone who again does not love the uh spot life but does so many things at her school site as far as uh being thorough as far as being systematic and as far as making sure every eye is dotted every

005T is crossed which is great when you work with principal anal over there uh he needs you more than you know trust me um so we're so excited to work uh introduce both these folks tonight we'll lead off with uh Lindo Canyon own Lindo Canyon's own Mr Eric anal and Nancy come up with Eric as well Mr President Madam vice president members of the board Dr stepp and cabinet I'm pleased to introduce Mrs Nancy schlanker our lbusd classified Employee of the Month woohoo as our counseling secretary and registar Nancy is the heart of lcms counseling office a place that can sometimes be overwhelming for students and families but the moment you step inside you're met with warmth kindness and me a reassuring presence all thanks to Nancy she's transformed our counseling office into a welcoming

006space where students feel safe heard and supported from the moment that you enter whether she's assisting with transcripts registration or the countless details that keep our school running smoothly she does it all with a smile and genuine care for every student who walks through the door when you think about your first point of contact at a school imagine enrolling at a school for the first time you come into our neighborhood this is the person that you meet and there's nobody better for that job Beyond her daily work ny's also a tireless champion of the Arts she dedicates countless hours to supporting our theater and music programs ensuring that our students have every opportunity to express themselves creatively her passion and dedication extend far beyond her job description touching the lives of so many of our

007community these students here amazing uh performers are going to head down to San Diego and compete this year um that's just one example of Nancy and her husband um when we were short of chaperon decided to go down and keep an eye on her kiddos so she gives all her 110% all day uh every day at work and also on her weekends for our amazing students so without further Ado let's give Mrs Nancy schlanker a big round of applause oh you're first hello Nancy thank you really the Counseling Center is so important counselors are so important to our parents and our students you help reassure them with your answering the phone or them walking in your smile lights up the room and really reassures parents which is so important thank you for all you do

008clearly you are dedicated to Lindero and and LV do we appreciated it and it is my honor to present you with this Apple for our appreciation for all you do thank you thank you I appreciate that I think um I'm I'm really appreciative of this honor um it means a lot to me uh Eric thank you for the nomination thank you for thinking of me it's nice to know that um people I work with think that I have a positive impact on Lindero Canyon their students I feel blessed to work with Eric and our assistant principal uh Hannah Mogul they are a Dream Team um anytime anytime I need anything whatever I'm working on they're they drop everything and help out and I don't know how many times over the years this is my fourth

009year Erica has said what do you need how can I help you what can I do um he's always just there to support I I work with outstanding teachers outstanding counselors and some of the staff I work with at the district office really uh I couldn't do my job as registar without Ali Lloyd and Jim team um they're truly amazing people over its District that I've had Ang fall that I've had a chance to work with either I'm doing a home Hospital contract or uh independent study or registering a hard enrollment uh or hard unenrollment um always have the support I need so um very appreciative I have two Agora High graduates um I love this District I have one my daughter here is a ninth grader at agor High um really proud of her

010and it's really nice to work in the district that uh my kids thrived so much in and uh my daughter is thriving so much in I loved having three years at Lindero Canyon with her she's moved on to high school but um I don't think I embarrassed her too much when we were there together maybe a little bit sometimes but uh overall um might be embarrassing you're a little now well but I appreciate I I mean I didn't bring the whole you know school like B Laurel but but I brought my rock from home so um I appreciate again so much um Eric and the school and everybody for this honor it really means a lot to me thank you there's any uh Boral dolphins in those can you make some noise for us if

011Miss Mrs Lin is the best third grade teacher ever can you make some noise for us right oh man right in front of Mr Larin too I can't believe you guys all right we'd love to have Dr Jackie Duncan and Miss jod lurkin to the podium all right Mr President members of the board and cabinet I'm so excited to honor Mrs jod Lin as our district certificated Employee of the Month like Dr Cipher said I'm going to describe Mrs Larin the way that he described her a few years ago i l a staff meeting where we talked about closet optimists these are people behind the scenes that are positivity ninjas who uplift everyone around them without making a big deal about it and that is exactly who jod is jod is a dedicated and flexible

012teacher who meets every challenge with patience kindness and an open mind her third grade team describes her as the calm and organized Force who always has a plan when things get overwhelming but beyond being an incredible teacher and teammate she's an even better friend she's loyal a great listener hysterical and so much fun to be around so basically she's the teammate that you want in your corner when The copier jams when the Wi-Fi goes out or if we have to have recess inside and while she might fly under the radar we all know she's our biggest cheerleader so today Jody I'm happy that we are pulling her out of the closet Optimus shadows and into the spotlight where she belongs congratulations we're so lucky to have you on our team and we hope you enjoy

013this moment because after this we all know that you'll go back quietly into making magic happen congratulations see you oh it's like you're the perfect third grade teacher you're I want you um seriously you are teaching some of our youngest students you are the ones instilling the love of learning and the love of going to school because they have a lot of years ahead of them in education so we appreciate all you do we thank you for being the light in in a storm in a in a rainbow you're it so thank you and Jody on behalf of the Board of Education I want to present you with thisle yes all right we'll see how this goes my class knows how I feel about this right now um so thank you Mr President members of

014the board and cabinet um I just want to start by saying an appropriate thank you because when everybody that came to our school um came to deliver the letter I thought they were literally there to take a picture for lbusd connects or write do dedicate our field our turf or something um and then once I realized what was happening then I got nervous about tonight so the whole thing was just a kind of a debacle of surprise but I was literally super duper surprised um I'm very very honored so thank you very much um thank you to Dr Duncan for nominating me but also keeping our ship afloat um encouraging me to do my best best we get times to uh roll our eyes together for sure and laugh and it makes everything more doable

015and manageable so I appreciate that um thank you to Dr cyris for the letter of recognition and for being proud of our accomplishments and thank you to Dr stanowski for losing sleep during stressful times so we don't have to um next I want to thank my family that's here tonight thank you to my in-laws that are here including my well for watching my babies so I could go back to work and now for driving my kids to school and practices so I could continue teaching um my mother-in-law retired a few years ago from teaching and will still send me a happy tjf on Fridays she enjoys every Friday so um but thank you to my family for putting up with my weekend work and for understanding that I do need a minute to myself when

016I come home sometimes um I've been with lbsd for my entire teaching career which is literally half of my life we figured out um it all started when the magical Don coab placed me on um from Pepperdine into Borel for student teaching and I just never left so started in kindergarten and have been there for a long time um I met my husband at Borel when he came to teach science to my class um I was there when Mr debach was a Boral student so it's been a long time uh of course Mr L can taught me everything I know so we can thank him um we have two amazing teenage boys who got to come to bayor with me so they were they got to be Top by by my friends and everybody chipped

017in to make it an great experience for them all around um there are many of us from Borel who started teaching within a couple of years of each other so we have a lot of memories together a lot of fun a lot of history um inside and outside of work so it's been they're my best friends and that makes work even more fun um teaching is certainly a team effort and I have the very best team Rachel and Vanessa keep us organized for sure uh laughing and lately very much into our school spirit um we've enjoyed shopping quite a bit um we also have had many amazing amazing families at our school who are part of our team they've gone above and beyond to make these years special even spending years taking our classroom rabbit

018home for the weekend and joking about making rabbit soup when the weekend was over they've stepped up to celebrate my exciting moments my boys proud Moments in Sports and um some of the illnesses that we've had oh sorry my phone's turned off but not my watch um many of my parents even co-taught that are here tonight but co-taught with me during the breakout rooms during Zoom um and even one of our one of our realitor parents helped me buy my first and my second house so I'm proud to be part of such a dedicated and inspiring community and they literally have helped form who I am today so to end I dedicate all of this to my students that are here tonight current past and future um thank you for coming and thank you for

019coming every day and bringing your smile smiles and willingness to learn and excitement so thanks again uh okay so just a little programming note for everyone so our employees of the month we're going to hear from this amazing Jazz ban in a second but stay here students with sign stay because we want you in a photo afterwards so once the band is cleared out we'll take photos with the board um and we want you all in it especially as students so don't go anywhere next up of course to celebrate our employees of the month is Michael debach and the amazing Lindero Canyon Middle School jazz band and we're here Toop midd for [Music] e e e [Music] e e e okay we're G have our school board all right we have Schoolboard down here and

020our employees of the month and our principles with our employees of the month e e e well that was a fun start to our meeting beautiful music and to exemplary employees congratulations okay we're gonna move ahead with our meeting thank you everyone um at the oh yeah staff for communication Dr Steph thank you Madame vice president Mr President got a couple things for you I think if Mr CL can fire up the slides for us well we wait for that I've got one breaking news type of thing that Mr Michael Young just gave to me and's see if I get this right uh calabas high school has an Esports team and they play Madden football on it they've been playing for the last four weeks and Dominic Hardy who's also the quarterback for Calabasas football

021again remember playing mad not Esports just beat Sierra Canon last night and is now ranked number one in the league w wow just L him first up we um students brought forward this wonderful lady for us to celebrate U appreciate Mr Lazar joining me uh this is um Ava um Pearlman who joined us she was a holocaust Survivor she shared hor story it was I was n she's 92 she's amazing she's sharp as aack um she had every word that we hung on every word she shared she shared her family's Journey her plight as they literally fled Berlin and fled across France um to avoid um Nazi Germany and the Nazi army um she was fantastic it was a packed house at the Calas performing artart center about 10 days or so ago and she

022will be back she's coming to Agora High School she'll be going during the day with the students that was always the plan she was canceled during the the um Franklin fires um so we moved her to an evening event so bagora will be um getting a chance to experience her and her Amazing Story and her life um so that's super exciting for them and that'll be happening right around Holocaust Remembrance Day I think early May if I'm correct which is so important I saw something the other day within five to seven years half of the survivors left will be gone so it's more important now than ever that they tell their stories absolutely I mentioned that in you know some of my comments each year at the alitz commemorations there less and less of the

023survivors and uh the testimony the stories of people like Mrs proman are just so important and for the younger generation to hear them because it's the younger generation that will you know keep those memories alive yep I just got off a plane so I'm going to throw the next two slides to Dr Gleason what do we have going on here Dr Bon uh Madam vice president thank you Dr stenosi so we uh Miss salamani over in our Child Nutrition department has been working to continue to innovate our menus and this is a food tast scene from a local vendor I believe in SAR who um is doing food tasting at our high schools with uh beef and CH or excuse me beef tamales and a few other uh exciting items the kids were literally uh

024pun intended eating them up and excited about it and uh we're excited about this partnership to bring local restaurants local fair to our kids as we continue to innovate our menu uh Dr St mentioned a second slide these are Pizza muffins when I hear they're really good and uh they're from one of our new vendors uh as we Contin continue to innovate and diversify our menus um our Child Nutrition department is full and robust huge thank you to H Chambers for uh making it so so that we have the bandwidth to be able to innovate and Kathy solman and her new role as director has really taken on creating a Visionary approach and building on the work of Miss Abbott uh before next up Mr Klein so one of the efforts that we've been engaged

025in this year is to get more of our students into our Performing Art Center especially our elementary students Elementary School students and Miss Davenport's done a fantastic job of connecting various art groups with our elementary schools and getting them experience the main stage so here's a photo from a few weeks ago when a Korean dance group came to the calabas pering art center uh and perform for second graders celebrating the Lunar New Year uh of course bringing diverse cultural experiences to our students um really is a fantastic way to utilize these very important spaces in support of our students and their education next slide Mr K shifting over to academics we talk a lot about reading and math but science of course as a physics teacher and former science teacher uh science is also equally

026important uh we kicked off our annual Al pellet dissection so you can see the AL pellet there in the middle I believe we've got students from yra buen and sha R in this photo um they bring in judges I think our very own Mike Michael Young um and Mason marle from Calabasas along with Stacy ratkin a 45 science teacher uh a students get to experience science Hands-On which is the best way to do it next up M kin uh in celebration of a black student um um sorry a black student union at Calabasas brought in the Rams director of uh football operations Jonathan Franklin also played for UCLA uh the sports med program also uh was a part of this from aora sharing his journey drafting the NFL becoming a career uh been suffering unfortunately

027a career ending injury in his first year and then shifting on to be an executive with the Rams organization he spoke about resilience success navigating challenges inspiring students with the story of persever and passion we appreciate him visiting both of our schools and next up can encourage people to attend this enough this is going to be a fantastic evening be next Monday night uh in celebration of women's history month and the International Day of women uh we are hosting our very first women's leadership Forum we've got a fantastic panel um including two students one from Calabasas and one from Agora it'll be um the welcome and moderation will be C be um conducted by our very own Board member Miss Angela cville so we're super excited about that it'll be on the main stage at

028the Agora pack and tickets are available free everything is free of course uh and this is an all ages event please bring those little kids uh please bring those middle schoolers high schoolers please bring college graduates uh it'll be a wonderful evening with a B wonderful bunch of uh women who are leaders in our community in various aspects including Dr Delicia Bridges from Kaiser permanent today supervisor Lindsay Horvath Captain Jen C2 from L Hill sheriff and Courtney peoples one of our coordinators and that concludes superintendent communication thank you very much Mr Gil excuse me if I get the lingo wrong here um Mrs vice president Mr President members of the board got a little extra today um exciting times as we all prepare for the next school year U most students have begun selecting their

029courses and our wonderful at aora our wonderful student council and chasma programs have opened up applications for interested students but the seniors um no more class selection for us so at Agora we will be taking the annual panoramic photo commemorating the graduating class this Thursday and we will also have our annual senior meeting yearbook has been conducting interviews also as they document the memories of this past year previously the Chargers celebrated Valentine's week in style with a Spirit Week rally Cupid's Coco which was a hot chocolate fundraiser matatics which was a um friend matchmaking uh fundraiser and there's this surpriz prom reveal floating lanterns in case anyone was curious uh in the athletic sphere spring sports are currently in preseason with boys tennis and volleyball stunt and plenty of other teams making AHS proud over

030at CHS they recently concluded their Valentine's Day grams they also held their second blood drive of the year and Club Rush both with excellent participation last week Athletics held a dodgeball tournament and music concert during lunch this week seniors revealed their prompt theme and location as well also black student union organized a Black History Month Spirit Week to celebrate influential African-Americans throughout our nation's past next week ASB is holding a spirit week with the theme of childhood memories and will hold a pep rally as well while senioritis might be starting to kick in for the 12th graders and if we're being honest the 11th and 10th and nth graders as well we look to continue the rest that you just sh thank you got to watch out for that senioritis I had one that had

031it very badly um okay Mr Lazar um well thank you Mr gal your comments are always so yeah well spoken and is really great um just a couple things to report Angela or Miss Kell and I have been continuing our tours of all the schools and one of the things we were chatting about is what I'm really noticed seen as you know kind of a newbie visiting many of these schools for the first time is uh there's no one siiz fits all uh when it comes to our schools they all have a unique character the architecture is specific the the just the Vibes the feeling of each school is is so different and it's uh it's very informative for for me to learn that uh for members of the public uh I'm not sure if

032you knew we had a special meeting last week where we uh passed a resolution um opposing fire waste coming to to the Calabasas landfill and we also uh supported a declaration from our president uh supporting the city of Calabasas lawsuit to try and stop this and I did want to report some breaking news since everybody is here but miss wi trro from the city of Calabasas let me know that the temporary restraining order that the city of Calabasas had requested uh was denied by the judge and I know a number of Calabasas residents today um went by bus at 7:00 a.m. this morning morning to attend the meeting of the LA Board of Supervisors uh they waited for many hours and um after discussing the item the board did not vote uh on the item

033to uh determine whether the landfall could lead in the waste or not because their chair apparently had to leave at that point so it is still uh undecided uh but you know I'm as our resolution says we will work to protect the health and safety of our students and our staff thank you very much Mrs Mangus thank you very much um so between last meeting in this um we also were able to have a board retreat which we haven't had one in a lot of years um and although you see us up here at the DS quite often um we're conducting Business from The de and so it was nice to have some team building time um at a u publicly noticed board retreat meeting um and I really appreciate that I thought it was

034very helpful for all of us and then um the the following Friday we had a superintendent discussion Council and what those take place once a month and those are really helpful um as board members we rotate usually two board members a month um to go to those meetings and the the participants in those meetings are the PFC and PFA presidents from all of the different schools and so it's it gives a great opportunity for the presidents to bring their questions and concerns to the superintendent and for the board to give feedback and the superintendent to give feedback for them to pass on to their parents and um and I always appreciate being able to go to those thank you very much Mrs cill not turned on I I will just be brief I don't know

035if anybody saw um California School Board Association released a research study on uh Senate Bill 328 which is the early time Bill which uh they passed in 2019 which we advocated with all our locally elected officials against um of our four Representatives two assembly members two state senators uh one voted against it Jackie Irwin so hats off Jackie um and for some reason Henry Stern did not vote but the other two voted for it and you know we know all the chaos that it caused and at the time uh we tried to our articulate why there's a reason you have local school boards because the diversity of California and a thousand public school districts you have you know K5 districts you have um you know one school districts you have districts in the Central Valley

036that are largely farming communities uh the variation means that those people are best placed to know what times their schools should start for their communities um but the report which you can find online is called waking up to reality the unintended consequences of mandated later school start times on California and everything and csb advocated against this um as did we everything they thought would be a problem has you know increased Mist instruction in the afternoon uh the effects on extracurricular activities Transportation Staffing you know lighting um you know only in California can we like cut six inches off the bottom of the blanket and sew it on the top and say we have a longer blanket so we just pushed the day back so I I can't even take any sort of joy and feeling

037Vindicated by cba's report but for me it wasn't um an exercise in how I wish some of our locally elected people in Sacramento really listened closer to us um instead of voting the way party leadership wants them to on these issues so um anyway I I can have Maria print out the the report I think it would be interesting reading for everyone that's it for me thank you very much Mr Lawrence uh thank you I'm sorry I'm not there in person um thanks to Mr Lazaro for his recap of the I mean I I I don't know how else to frame it but a disgraceful debacle that we're seeing at the county level so I spent over three hours today on the phone waiting for the LA County Board of Supervisors to allow public comment

038and that was less than half the amount of time that members of our community spent who took uh shuttle buses down there and spent seven plus hours waiting for the county to allow them to voice their opposition to moving hundreds of thousands of of tons of potentially toxic waste into our residential landfill um after punting the issue last time uh they again as Mr Lazar mentioned I just got off the line recently I was trying to listen in do s before this meeting started um because the board chair was not present did not see fit to attend this part of the meeting uh have have punted a voting decision um but I think the message is clear for our community unfortunately and that is our entire elected leadership is completely missing an action um they

039are not here for us they are not standing up against the movement of potentially toxic chemicals into our community and they are not standing up for the rule of law the law is very clear here the law says that the Calabasas landfill is not designated to receive any toxic or hazardous waste you cannot bring a double A battery or a can of empty spray paint into that landfill uh by law today yet they are waving that law and allowing hundreds of thousands of tons of fire debris of melted Tesla batteries of melted solar batteries of asbestos um of lead paint uh the EPA and the and the Army Core of Engineers have both said they are not responsible for guaranteeing will not be contaminated into that landfill it is the most egregious abdication of public

040responsibility I have ever seen in the 27 years I have been in and around Public Service in government and I I just want to say without equivocation that every single one of our County and state and federal elected officials who have failed to stand up and say stop it pause and let's ensure that we have a transparent process in place to ensure that no toxic chemicals come to our landfill um those elected officials do not deserve to hold their seats in office today and I hope that the let the voters hold them accountable when they're up next time so I'm sorry to be so so pointed and political but this is disgraceful um and I've frankly never seen anything like it in my entire life thank you very much um I'm just going to um

041tag on to what Mrs Mangus said um is uh thank you Mr Lawrence for putting together a board retreat with with a new board member we are a whole new board so learning how we work in procedures and protocols so uh it was great to spend that time we usually do not get to spend time together talking we cannot meet or talk to more than one other board member so it has to be there are strict up brown act uh rules with how we can discuss and and deliberate together these are our public meetings our committee meetings where only two board members sit on those and then a um a retreat together is also one way breaking news is the supervisors did vote 5 Z in favor of uh increasing the tonnage and increasing the

042hours of the landfill unbelievable I I I just if I could take 10 seconds I just got that text as well um every one of our County Board of Supervisors should be recalled uh they should be thrown out of office respectfully this is an unmitigated disgrace so I respect these individuals I've heard their double speak for weeks and I've heard them say they do not want to have um toxic waste in our community and I've also heard them do the pointing fingers at the state the one and only time they had an opportunity to stand up for our kids and for health and safety in our community not to say don't ship toxics into our community but to say let's not make it easier to ship toxics into our community these weak needed just completely

043absent political officials chose to take a knee and I am disgusted at all of them so I I apologize but this was a chance to say this was not a hard ask this they didn't have to vote against bringing toxic chemicals the ask was don't bring more toxic chemicals don't increase the number you can bring don't increase the hours this is disgraceful disgraceful there are non-residential landfills that are not next to schools and you know I look back at uh when we built your bab Buena the delays that we had because at one point there was a farm uh there was a barn uh decades before we had the soil tested we delayed it because there was an owl living in a tree I mean these were all the right things to do I mean

044we laugh about The Owl and the turtle now but we wanted to make sure that land was safe and and it is the right thing to do and so and the irony of that we have taken in a lot of families from um who've lost everything we've taken in some of the the kids as students to sort of revictimized them by putting them near um um waste that isn't isn't supposed to be rated for that particular landfill um I I think the uh I was a little shocked the acorn just said it was a case of nimbyism no there are non-residential landfills where this can go and this can be paused so I'm going to caution the board this is not a agendized item we may not disc but I think we can under I

045think we can update under right so I but I caution Mr lazara we we all feel the same way so well but but missan respectfully the board has taken a unanimous position on this we have voted in opposition to what the county has done and it is and it is I will just say if I may I apologize I'm not there in person we were given 60 seconds to speak on behalf of 10,000 students 50,000 residents four cities and two counties I mean made our best case this County and this board had zero interest in listening to the residents to the science uh and to parents who are pleading for them to follow the law Lindsay Horvat should be ashamed thank you okay I'm G with that I'm going to move on to hearing from

046uh uh people items not on the agenda we don't have any I have one speaker card for elementary math so when we get to that item we will take that speaker so at this point I'd like to uh ask for a motion to approve consent a so moved may have a second second thank you any comments or questions on any items on con um I I had a question you know first of all just to say uh I've been at a number of board meetings now and overall I'm very impressed by the whole process by which uh contractors are picked for the various measures projects and what I'm also uh happy to see always is that when projects are completed and when we approve completion orders they are coming in on budget often they're coming

047in a little bit under um and clearly the process is is well governed so I'm not I'm just noting that uh one of the things that came up today was there were a couple changes that needed to be made of DSA approval and again this is a question because I'm still understanding what number are you on uh it was specifically regarding uh I think it was the ecsi electrical one I just wanted to make sure I understood DSA process okay yeah it was just a question if you explain how DSA approval works and uh when changes are made I'm assuming that's we have to uh follow through and make sure that they are all completed right yeah so uh uh DSA will weigh in if ever there is a shift in our design so sometimes

048what we'll find like with solar in this case is um we'll mistakenly have put a an array over an area where there's an easement so it could be a um a drainage easement it could be an easement from the city for the road and whenever we do that then we need to go back to DSA with our new design and have them um you know updated a good example this Calabasas High um the original array was going to be put it in the staff parking lot um but right adjacent to M Holland there is a sewer line we didn't know about and so we had to move it uh we had to move that array and thus adjust it okay thank you any other questions or comments hearing none I'll call for the vote student

049do you approve consent a items I thank you board all those in favor I I I Mr Lawrence Mr Lawrence did we lose yeah no I I voted yes oh okay yeah yeah he said I okay next is the person approval of the Personnel doc this is a um board vote only may I have a motion to approve so move may I have a second second thank you board all those in favor I I okay that passes next is um action items number one is approval of resolution 14-24 classified layoff reduction in hours Dr Steph Madam vice president Mr President members of the board we take of course layoffs extremely seriously um and we do essentially everything we can to avoid them Dr gon's fantastic alternative or initiative source Innovative sources of revenue for us

050on this layout there's two things occurring first is our PT pfas and pfcs do a fantastic job of supporting our schools and um they have budget constraints or budget priorities they move things around so um unfortunately State Miss C mentioned the state's in involvement with local school districts the state has limited uh the flexibility relative classified life to one time essentially one time a year which is this time uh so given the Fantastic amount of support our pfcs and pfas parent faculty clubs and associations provide us um you know we've got two of those positions here and that's based on those individual PFC decisions um the other elements on here are really as I mentioned earlier in my superintendent Communications um prioritizing our students in our performing art spaces and that may seem a little

051counterintuitive when you look at layoffs but these are fantastic spaces wonderful spaces but there's plenty of times when outside rentals can brow out our students to be quite candid and we're really reshi our Focus to our students the photos uh bear that out we're sending our elementary students over to the spaces so they experience them so they see our high school so they see our high school students you know in action and see the plays as well as bringing our high school students to the elementary schools as well miss Davenport Dr scan have done a fantastic job uh of this so we will still be renting our spaces to outside um uh activities and agencies that won't stop we will continue to do that we're proud to do that it's an important part of being

052a part of our community um you know all the Nutcracker and recital will be there they're fantastic but um this really will um Shi really will make these spaces very much under the control of the principle we've done extensive analysis of what um performing art spaces Staffing is around us and even after these reductions we'll essentially be at three times the Staffing of comparable spaces you know throughout the LA County region so our commitment to the Arts is there really is about a priorization of our students in our spaces and their experiences uh with the art Dr sa M Chambers Madame vice president Mr President members of the board staff is bringing forward resolution 14-24 classified layoff reduction in hours staff is required to bring forward a resolution when faced with potential changes to Personnel

053Staffing this is a step that staff is required by law to take and we are seeking approval for resolution 14-24 thank you very much may I have a motion please so move I'll second it thank you any questions comments um I'm just curious with these layoffs are is there a possibility that um based on enrollment that any of these numbers or hours might change if people signed up it would depend on funding sometimes pfcs do uh adjust things later on so yes thank you very much any other questions comments hearing none I'll call for the vote student do you approve I board all those in favor I I thank you very much uh next item is resolution 16-24 Community impact fees developer fees Dr step con Madam president members of the board uh the new

054law went into place as referenced in the agenda item in January which would afford a developer the ability to uh not pay their community pack fees to school districts until uh at the time of occupancy uh currently the state law uh affords uh districts the ability to Levy the uh uh District approved developer fees uh at the time of Permitting and uh fear is what if it moves to the time of occupancy that delays the revenues for several years and if a developer had um any issues in payment the subreg of that loss would go to the homeowner which would put the school district in a really odd position um this is uh this law was uh when in talking and and conferring with uh our legal team at toini this law really was not

055crafted with um school districts in mind and so we're taking a three prompt approach forther recommendation to ensure that the district can continue to Levy Community impact or developer fees at the time of Permitting step one is to pass this resolution step two is to put on notice our permitting departments that we plan to move forward status quo and step three will be to develop a 5-year plan uh of for our facilities uh that uh demonstrate how any Community impact fees that are collected are used for reimbursement of Prior projects developer fees are very important to our district as a district that is about to experience 2200 new homes uh that has a significant impact on schools and by the way we're excited about that um but more kids means more classrooms more facilities um

056and uh we want to make sure that our general fund is protected and insulated as outlined in the law this resolution is that first step thank you very much may I have a motion to approve so moved a second thank you very much any questions or comments no we've discussed this many times in facilities that's uh very important so thank you I think you laid it out perfect and I have one question so as you um inform your um permitting department on this um if a developer comes in and says no I can pay it at the end they're going to be prepared to give them whatever paperwork's necessary to say no no no you need to pay now absolutely and um new construction does not go unnoticed um by our our team in our

057area so we're very well aware of when that new construction goes in place and if uh a hole is dug in the ground where um the developer fees have not been paid um we would definitely collect I appreciate the spirit of what this law is trying to do which is to free up capital for development that can be more expedited but it shouldn't happen at the uh expens of schools absolutely thank you we should draw the free up capital for Education absolutely thank you with that I'll call for the vote student do you approve I board all those in favor I I okay that passes next item is okay approval of uh anou for the administration of the healthy kids survey Dr step M Mr President members of the board this comes be this has

058come before you the last few years and been over standing with westad as a contition of us the district receiving the tobacco use prevention education we are required to administer the California healthy kids survey annually their survey has has historically created a baseline of climate and social emotional well-being for staff students and parents this year Los virgin has plans to administer the staff parent and student modules of this survey the student survey will also include an expanded models same as we did last year um and it's a very similar mou to what you have seen in previous years thank you very much may I have a motion to approve so move may I have a second please a second thank you very much any comments or questions um yeah I had a question um you

059know first of all I can speak to what a wonderful survey it is uh Dr Duncan and I spent many hours on school side Council looking at uh California healthy kids survey data over the years uh what my question was what has been added to the student module like you said it was a bigger module like what sort of stuff is getting added there nothing's getting added we just purchase the expanded module and we have in previous years also so it'll be exactly what we gave last year worked with lvea on the teacher survey the same teacher questions will be asked we're not changing anything from what we did last year okay great thank you and Miss Paul can you also explain how the data is used once you receive it and is are these

060anonymous questions I believe Anonymous when you take the survey yes um so we use it in a variety of ways we look overall at the climate of the district um how parents feel about the job we're doing how staff feels and also students but also for students drilling into those students who may be struggling and in what areas and providing support schoolwide um for those kids which is why we came up with providing counselors at every Elementary School because we saw the need for that especially after covid um the parent survey is important because it helps guide our perceptions of how parents feel welcome at a school how responsive a school is um to the needs of the parent um and then of course the staff is is equally important um in terms of how

061staff feels supported by the district supported by their Administration and what supports they may need so it's not only a districtwide we also can drill down on a schoolwide and also drill down on individual grade level thank you very much any other questions or comments hearing none I'll call for the vote student are you in favor I thank you board all those in favor I I thank you very much next item is secondary math curriculum Dr step you can feel the energy in the room special this is a culmination of really 24 months of work two years of work and so shout out to miss faul Dr Scott Miss Davenport for your work and leadership in this area about every seven years you know plus or minus a year or two um you know the

062state essentially requires us to go through a curriculum review and Adoption of new materials It's a Wonderful chance for professional development for our staff it's exhausting for our staff highlighting materials is challenging uh it's something brand new it's change all of those things which are exhausting and exciting but it's really a wonderful chance for us from a professional development standpoint chance to sharpen our instructional skills and of course make sure uh we're aligned uh with the assessment the state provides us uh so we have an incredibly inclusive process um which is part of the reason take so long and we very much value the input of um our experts and our Educators Miss V Dr Scott Madame vice president uh Mr President members of the board I'm very excited to welcome up my teachers and

063administrators that are here tonight for secondary so I'm going to give them a chance to come on up you guys want can you guys come and just introduce your name what School site you're at I know so sorry name you go first of course hello uh I'm Michael Young I'm from Calabasas high school and I teach math algebra one and algebra to Carrie troop 0 right and what you teach Miss troop oh lots of things sixth seventh and eighth grade math thank you very much Alex ozar Agora High School I teach right now Algebra 1 and AP Statistics Ken lenberg from Calabasas High School um geometry in statistics Stacy fine Bloom from AC St and I teach six and 7th grade math Karen musr I'm one of the assistant principles of curriculum instruction at Cal

064bassas High School Megan siren Lindero Canyon I teach sixth grade Ken englas Agora High School I teach IB math and Algebra 2 great job oop sorry one more good evening Susanna beard principal AC sty Middle School representing the other principls thank you all for being here tonight yes they're not all speaking and they weren't all prepared to come up to the microphone so it's all that's apprciate they've all been involved and it's nice we want to pay homage to the time and effort our staff put in to it's a lot of your work and we appreciate it absolutely it was uh definitely a labor of love for all of them um so you can see here is uh you've met most of the people that are on here but not everyone could be here tonight

065so we had um our adoption committee which was uh our group of core teachers that helped to make our final decision and then we had many teachers that weren't on the committee but wanted to test out the materials and give us their input on the materials we were selecting so those are all of our amazing teachers that helped with this process so I wanted to real quickly before I turn it over to our teachers go over what the process was so you know the work that they put into it and how we engaged and got a lot of people's input and opinions on this so we started back in the spring of 20 uh 23 where we set out and by we I mean them because I started in July um so they really a

066lot looked at what what were their goals for a new math curriculum they wanted to start with what the purpose was why are we looking at new C curriculum they wanted to make sure that they found curriculum that was aligned to the standards and the the mathematical practices they wanted to improve student engagement in the classroom critical thinking they wanted problem-based learning they wanted to improve our test scores our Casp our SAT our act some of those important tests for our students um and they wanted to use data to drive instruction so we wanted a curricular platform that gave teachers really useful data not just on the end of unit assessment or on the quiz but on the daily so that they could adjust to the students needs in the classroom they also analyzed District

067data to see where the needs were for a curriculum um and then they utilized um Ed reports to look at curriculums that were highly ranked to narrow it down and so the middle school and the high school came up with their list of the curriculum options that they wanted to review through that process then in Spring of 2024 they piloted the Imagine um learning math materials that one was not approved by teachers at the middle school and high school level which then brought us into the 2425 school year where at the middle school they piloted the Amplified Desmos and then High School piloted the amplifi Desmos and Carnegie Learning we had several adoption meetings um from the very beginning with our adoption committee and this year as well we in addition to the meetings with

068our adoption committee we sent out a curriculum evaluation form to all teachers that piloted the materials and I sent it to Any teacher that even just did one lesson of the material so anyone that had a taste of it could give us their feedback so I sent it to 26 teachers 23 of them responded to the curriculum evaluation form which then this committee analyzed that data um and looked at the responses then I also went out to all of the sites and spent a whole day so that teachers could come during their prep period at break at lunch and give me all of their thoughts anything that they couldn't put on the evaluation form that they wanted to say I could take down all their notes um and then I also had a couple other

069times where departments asked me to come to a department meeting so I went there as well I went and had coffee with Math teachers anytime anyone wanted to talk about it they were they had the opportunity and then all of those notes I like thank my committee they had to sit there and go through every single one of them as I read the notes to them so they have heard every comment from our teacher so really really exhaustive process and Not only was it that process but these teachers here were piloting the materials in the classroom hearing the students as they're engaging with the curriculum and getting that feedback from them so all of that over the last two years led us to our final decision which was Amplified Desmos math so now I'm going

070to turn it over to my amazing okay so we chose amplify Desmos because it is aligned to the content and the mathematical practice standards and it is also aligned with the framework um and it was designed with four important themes which fit with the goals that we were looking at when we were looking at curriculums and those are that math should be motivating for the students that it should attend to all aspects of rigor that student thinking is crucial and that it should encourage critical thinking and that every student should have access to the curriculum and the math concepts hopefully I do it right um so student engagement and critical thinking um a lot of it it really comes down to U one of my students was like math um math allows thinking to happen

071which is great uh patent pending hopefully I can get that but anyways uh but it's a great way to kind of like diversify of how students think and interact with math I mean the student the state standards are really asking for people to critically think not just regurgitate an answer the answer is 50 well what is 50 we don't know what 50 is and a lot of kids are always like the answer is 50 the answer is 50 I'm like yeah 50 what and they're like $50 I'm like great so this really helps exemplify how critical thinking is involved as you can see uh we are um kind of like doing a little gamification with the with the curriculum where the kids have to critically understand how linear process proces work here and everything like

072that so it's a great way to get the kids to kind of like think outside the box before they get into the rigor of like oh how do I solve it how do I do this so they get the understanding and one of the big ones is um is this one which is a demonstration um before we play it um we always have this Stigmata of how how math is applied and everything and vocabulary and everything like that and this question is who remembers what a function is what is the definition of function I know these guys know so but what a function is and if I tell you the definition a function is any unique inp any unique input has one unique output everyone goes what what did you just say how did you

073just say it well um as you can see it Desmos if you can play that video for me now we're going to take a little look and dive deeper into how functions work so as you can see we're looking at a ferris wheel um in terms of time um you can mute the volume because I'm should just be uh but anyways um so as you can see we go through the functions of time with um how high the Ferris wheels go so as we play it again and try and figure out oh where the positioning of the ferris wheel goes and how it how it diversifies and the critical thinking of the kids going oh it's going to be here it's going to be here um and I'm going to try and go through and

074then I go I mess up so this is a student Works uh work sample of how student would be like critically thinking oh what happens as time goes you can see the ferris wheel breaks into three parts and then we have that discussion of like why did do that and the kid goes oh I can't have two speris wheels at the same time a function is that as one Singularity goes through you have one Singularity of the of the object and so now the kids get to think and understand and then we go into the rigor of how we kind of like move on and solve for these kind of functions and everything like that so we get that little little taste of what the Cass is like trying to ask us and look through

075dive in through data and everything like that soort um so working with Desmos um online components book components for both student and teacher uh the best thing about this um that I would say it does have support for grade level below grade level and then also advaned with extensions it does give you an opportunity to understand what lessons they were building off of um from prior years um it also shows that if your kids are moving a little bit faster they need a more um more rigorous type of problem they have that extension that they can work on as well within that what's nice in our in the program with amplify is especially I'll go with special ed students um not maybe working at grade level if you're saying the sixth grade class then they

076need a review of fourth and fifth grade Concepts that teacher is able to go back and see where those lessons are and kind of grab those and kind of do a little reteaching to help them get to where that grade level is same thing like with um your higher level students they have the extension problems where they are critically thinking and problem solving within each lesson there's also pacing for the the staff or the uh teachers for that um it kind of tells them how many minutes maybe or how many days certain lessons would take which give or take on your students it just kind of gives you a an idea of where those should be um the next slide okay yeah so support strengthen and stretch is where those would come in from one

077thing I will say for teachers for the um the help with them the online program the teachers can see where the students are on the slides with us they can pause the screens they can um move the kids to a a section of an activity so they can pce them like okay you guys are moving a little bit faster you can move through this oh we need to pause here and stop so you can see if kids are not on the right screen or not following along which is great you can push them to be with you um the book and the screens also match so if they have a book they match up there what is also in the program uh let's see is that me no did you the big one okay um

078never seen this um so data and assessment so the assessments can be done either online through the platform or on paper they're basically identical um if you do use the online platform there are options obviously to analyze the data sorting by question type or just by the student just to identify some common misconceptions um the questions themselves are asked in a way that encourage like a deeper level of understanding more similar to the Casp instead of asking students solve this inequality five times it's going to ask them different types of questions look at this hypothetical students work identify their mistake or um like here is the answer prove it so it's actually just asking them in different kinds of ways forces them to really think why am I doing this when do I do this

079how do I do this not just I'm going to memorize these steps because my teacher's going to ask me the same question five times um and then in the lesson the data is actually even in my opinion more powerful um those two screens those two screenshots at the top the one on the left is like the overall lesson view so you can see the slides that the students are working on and then their individual names are on the left-and column if they have a check in the box it means they're getting that slide right x's mean they're getting it wrong so as a teacher I can take an overview and say oh everyone is struggling with slide three so I'm going to Zone in on slide three like Miss troop was saying I can pause

080it make them all go to slide three and we will work that out um and then in the lesson or in the per slide view which is the one on the right is super cool because you can see their work like in real time you can see them writing you can see them typing um each student and then on the right hand side again it gives them a check or an X if they're getting the answer right or wrong so me as a teacher I'm looking at one slide I see I have two kids with x's I'm going to go to them I'm going to ask them questions I'm going to try and encourage them get them through and then I'm going to move everyone on to the next slide so I can really see

081who's struggling and what they're struggling with and identify the problem as it's happening in real time rather than a bad score and a quiz and then it's kind of too late sorry so having had the opportunity to pop into the classrooms and see this and kind of being on the outside like they're in it and they are doing it with the kids is and as a former math teacher I have observed some lessons where I'm like okay they just did something in 20 minutes that took me as a math teacher three days to do with my students and the conversations that I'm seeing in the classrooms and the excitement from our amazing teachers with this curriculum is unmatched and I'm can't wait for next year to have all of our teachers doing this so questions

082one thing I just wanted to say a lot of the time um kids always wonder how are they doing on homework things like that like they don't get that immediate feedback one thing this program does is when you sign I would I would consider like independent practice with the kids is there's a self-correcting at the end and what I have noticed within my classes is that when the kids go back and see that oh I got number two wrong they're going back and correcting it themselves or they're asking their peers hey how did you get that or what am I doing wrong look at my work they're actually talking and comparing their work with one another and having those conversations instead of waiting until the next day they're having those conversations before and then which

083also helps with us we don't have to spend number one is this number two is this number three is this we're able to go quickly and look through that data sheet oh almost everyone got number five wrong let's go look at number five we can really narrow down into those specific problems any questions well before we have questions I'm going to ask for a motion to approve has so moved okay any questions or comments uh yes uh first of all I'm just absolutely thrilled about these developments um I spoke a lot about math and the campaign Trail last year and uh many folks out in the community were knew about the uh potential new math curriculum coming through because it was been tested in schools and and folks were really excited about it uh so

084this big shout out to our teachers I've I've been really impressed in this process how teachers have just been so involved in the whole thing and getting the thumbs up from teachers was just a very important part of all of this and you know hearing you talk about the embedded teacher support that was very important for me to hear actually because I know approving a new curriculum a new curriculum can be a heavy lift for teachers when they have to move over to something completely new and the fact that there's this strong support in the back end um I I thought was just really really great and uh I can I can confirm as well I've been asking kids about it relentlessly as well uh whenever I see a middle schooler that's uh you know

085in Desmos i i quiz them about it and kids love it and I think part of it is that it makes math fun uh and I think like a big problem with a lot of math teaching globally is it creates the sort of math anxiety you know that's a big factor in how kids react to it and the fact it's making it so fun is is is I think really great uh so yeah just very positive stuff I I want to say I appreciate the effort and the process and when I've been in classrooms um seeing the engagement uh you guys really are the experts here and so it's important that you know and and this has been a long process as as we said a couple years so I know you're ready to like

086just Fisher cut bed as we say right so um I just want to thank you there's been uh a lot of discussion over the last couple of years about it but um I value what this group who's actually had their hands on it has to say so yes thank you all for your time Mr I just want to add I really appreciate I know we've been I think think every single member of this board even Mr Lazar and is only a couple months here has now been engaged uh in addressing um the need to have a math curriculum aligned to State Standards which we've not had for many years um and it speaks to why we see this this substantive disconnect between our students and their ability to meet or exceed State Standards so um

087thank you very much I I I think I think it's been almost two years we've reviewed these these um curriculum and really done deep Dives I know we've done two pilot programs and I also know that it's just a huge lift on our teachers that we are asking them to triy then shift and trial something else and give feedback um but just grateful for the fact that they have done it with a and with just a real focus on what is going to be the best for our students so so thank you very much I'm very excited about what I think this will mean for our math scor for the next you know 10 20 years in the future thank you and I just want to Echo what everyone said I mean this this is

088really an inclusive process you're the professionals you're in the classrooms you're the experts you're the teachers and we want as a collective board and District our value is to ask you what you need we need curriculum and so do you that aligns with the standards we don't invest in curriculum very often it's extremely expensive and change is hard so here you were the leaders in math in a in a real solid curriculum uh I mean academic area that you had to you know jump in really take on some extra responsibilities and an extra commitment to make sure that we are choosing the best curriculum for our district our teachers our students and so again you know that you know those of us have been in committees with many of you and talk to many of

089you um changes hard and um so talk to us a little bit Dr scan about professional development for teachers and support for parents it's hard we got some emails um so change is hard for everyone so with student support U Mrs Mangus and I were at this superintendent's discussion Council Friday some parents brought up that you know support for them to help their students with with a math and the question about what if they don't have someone at home to support them so if you can address those as well thank you all right I got it um so in terms of professional development we're already working with our publisher to arrange some days for this spring so that we can have teachers trained on the platform form um ahead of time going into summer I

090know a lot of teachers like to kind of dig into things and look at things during their summer break um and so we'll make sure that they get trained on that there's also a lot of new features that are being added so we'll have kind of two tiered trainings for them one for the teachers that haven't even logged in and initial kind of training and then a more advanced training for the teachers that have been doing it so they can get the new features and then in terms of next year mapping out um strategic PD for the teachers throughout the year so it's not just a oneandone this spring but it will be follow up next year and that will be part of the communication and and work with the teachers and the parents too

091so that parents are aware like yeah my child's math teacher is going to be out of the classroom three or four times next year um and then that's okay because our teachers are getting training and they're improving and they're digging into the curriculum and then in terms of the the parent support what's really nice with this platform is that it is online and that they have access to it from anywhere it's interactive like um our teacher shared they get immediate feedback and so they know right then whether they're sitting with their tutor or with their parent that they got the question right or wrong and they're not having to guess and struggle um and then one thing too is our teachers are still going to be having our students take notes and bring those things

092home as well so it's a it's a companion of of our curriculum our textbook and then what the teachers are explaining and going over in the classroom and bringing both home to help the parents thank you very much and thank you all for being leaders on your campuses because uh your your colleagues and we need you to be leaders in this area so thank you with that um hearing no more comments or questions I'll call for the vote uh student are you in favor of new math curriculum I Yay board all those in favor I I I I congratulations next item is Elementary ma uh Dr stanowski Madame vice president Mr President members of the board uh same excitement here same 24mon process we very much appreciate um you know the collaborative nature of the

093process and Reliance on our experts our teachers in the classrooms Miss Davenport thank you Madame vice president Mr President members of the board as our elementary team makes their way up to the podium you the it's on the okay um I'll have them come up and I would be remiss if I did not begin uh with a heartfelt sincere expression of my gratitude uh to not just this team but um to our entire team of ele Elementary math adoption committee and I'll come and join them right now and as you are walking over sorry to interrupt you um this is Davenport before you stay right where you are all of you stay there where you are don't move well I do have one speaker I'm going to invite the speaker up to speak at this

094point um Isabella Gonzalez please come up to the microphone you have three minutes and U Mr Klein where can she see it up here and at three minutes I go here right there introduce yourself and well wait you have three minutes the clock is up there at the end of three minutes the mic will cut okay okay thank you okay hello uh Madam vice president uh Mr President members of the board um I've listened to what the teachers appreciated about uh I ready math and uh the immediate feedback the individualized lessons the games and uh yeah we all know I ready leans heavily on technology but I really think we need to move away from iPads in the classroom for our youngest Learners especially especially in kindergarten through second grade the iPads are getting older

095their extended warranties are running out and with covid relief and possibly even title four part A funding winding down I think it's time to rethink this when I tore chaperel element in December for TK I saw kids sitting together in a classroom but still learning online we all know because we lived it online instruction just doesn't compare to in-person learning but here's the thing kids don't need iPads to get highly engaging differentiated instruction in foundational math skills they need anchor charts they need manipulatives they can do mathematicians chair together they need the teachers who bring math to life and make it click in ways no screen ever will now obviously iPad should still be available for students who truly need them but for the mass majority of kids there's just no reason a kinder Gardener

096needs an iPad in the classroom and if that throws a wrench into this uh maybe it's a sign to reconsider this curriculum adoption thank you very much members of the board thank you Mrs Davin Port you may continue thank you very much Madam vice president Mr President members of the board I'd like at the elementary math team to introduce themselves at the podium and then we'll get started with our presentation Melissa Carter first grade at Willow Elementary hello Amy Walsh Willow Elementary academic specialist and ELD teacher hello Mera Doyle special education teacher at bayor elementary hello Britney Stone fourth grade at Willi hello Tiffany Garrison academic specialist ELD teacher at Len Hill Elementary good evening Jessica Marshall proud principal of yab Buena Elementary and brother cut preschool and we were also joined by principal Logan

097from sumac these are just six of the bravest Souls on our elementary math committee who have volunteered happily to come and present tonight but the team uh involved in this process was actually um made up of 25 people so every school uh Elementary School was represented by at least two teachers teachers one from Upper Grade and one from the primary grades whenever possible uh the committee also had um representation of teachers uh for our English Learners uh teachers two special education teachers and uh two administrators principal Marshall and principal Logan from sumac so we um were a collaborative effort you see our picture down there I would um go into battle with this group of of uh Educators they were remarkable to work with and I applaud um the Integrity that they applied to this

098process not only to Pilot the materials and navigate with uh parents and their administrators and students um the difficult process of trying new materials but weighing heavily all the time making a selection that represents their school teams um their fellow colleagues at their grade levels uh their larger School communities and of course the needs of their students so in doing so it was not an easy choice and I'd like to begin by recognizing that it was an amazing opportunity to at the same time uh as secondary involve ourselves in a deep evaluation review and selection of math curriculum it does it is not a common experience for K to2 to involve themselves in this process Al together and as Dr Dan has said uh before and encourage this encourages us uh with many times is

099that our many of our greatest leaps um happen because of the professional development and the process of selecting and implementing new curriculum it's an incredible opportunity and it was not lost on us that we had potentially the opportunity to implement uh one curriculum k12 and we want the board to know that it is because of our deep commitment to finding the best materials for our students and for our as tools for our teachers that we selected um I ready from curriculum Associates um while we took a deep dive into Desmos and imagine learning it was clear to us with great consensus that I ready was the tool we needed to prepare our students for secondary math and Beyond and in doing so uh we were committed very much to the California standards and math and

100the standards for mathematical practice so along the way we provided professional development not just for this committee but for all of our elementary school teachers uh in both those areas and we continue to in so much as whatever curriculum we were going to choose it was going to be highly rated and it was going to be grounded in standards alignment um and a commitment to building deep conceptual knowledge in math for our students and so all of those key goals that secondary laid out all of those priorities were ours as well and so in choosing this curriculum there is no doubt in my mind that we meet those same objectives um the process uh as Dr scan mentioned uh and Dr steep mentioned uh almost two years worth and these dates and these meetings really

101represent a collaborative effort that built expertise not just on the committee but throughout Elementary uh for all our teachers um and a vertical articulation process with secondary taking uh uh the learning together and the process process hand inand where we had an opportunity even to visit a middle school math and understand what foundational areas were key for our students success as they matriculate up so I'm going to turn it over now to principal Jessica Marshall uh as she begins um our presentation in support of I ready thank you the California edition of I ready classroom mathematics is designed to help Educators implement the mathematics framework by bringing its core principles to life it uses the same Big Ideas approach where mathematical ideas are connected and interrelated there's a focus on data science and it utilizes

102the tenants of Universal Design for Learning and incorporates components of Equitable teaching experts in the field of mathematics and pedagogy have contributed to this I ready curriculum to ensure sound instructional thinking and discourse routines as well as paying specific attention to content that is culturally relevant and responsive with strategy that meet the needs of our diverse Learners I has a steady history of making Equitable learning a reality for each and every student the goal of pinpointing a student needs and assisting the teacher in delivering personalized instruction has remained at the Forefront of their work I ready is constantly improving their programs based on current research expert educator evaluation and customer feedback and not only that it is the only program to receive perfect scores at all levels K8 on Ed reports ensuring high quality common

103core standards instruction I uses a balanced approach um it's it prioritizes a strong conceptual understanding through the embedded standards of mathematical practices while supporting uh con computational fluency which is so important with our elementary school students um each lesson is broken up into three different types of sessions we have an Explorer session um for grades K through one uh day one where the students are exposed to the standard they develop on day two and three which um expand on it and then they start applying it on days four and five it is similar to grades um two through five with the exception of they're developing for one extra day and then refining it or applying it for the fifth day um through daily activities um grades K through one strengthen their number sense through routines

104such as notice and wonder how many data talk same and different um as well as uh grades two through five very similar um their daily start activity expands on the standard that they're learning which um have has the routines of how many um show it another way same and different and also data talks as she just explained each lesson is broken broken down into different sessions the first session is called explore and I'm going to explain more about that explore looks different in K1 through 25 K1 the first day is used to make Discovery and Hands-On learning where two through five use supported previous knowledge and um connecting those to the task that is going to be given to them that day I ready diagnostic can be used to show the teacher what the prerequisites

105are that the students understand and what they might need help and support that first day they can help fill in the gaps and with the differentiated learning they can address that whole group small group or even oneon-one in kindergarten and first grade the first day of explor is Hands-On students are making connections to their prior knowledge applying tasks working together to try to solve this was an example in my classroom of I gave them buttons and said sort so you can see that they came up with a number of ways color the number of button holes um and it was really fun to see what they came up with and I just got to be the learner this is another example of how explore looks in the classroom the students were given two sets of

106cubes two different colors and asked to create an equation they know that word by now which is amazing they could use however many they wanted and they had to connect it to make a train as students built I walked around the room held up examples of what an equation train should look like then I asked students to figure out how could they tell if another classmate had the same quantity of Cubes as them students were then released to walk around the room and come up with their solution as you can see some held their towers together some counted some held them on the tables to see if they were the same we came back together on the rug and we turned those trains into equations together and by writing them on the Whiteboard we introduced

107our New Concept for the week of equal and unequal equations okay sorry you don't have these angled pieces at elementary school um okay so for the develop session um which is kind of the main part of of the week at least in um the upper grades there's a great balance between the conceptual the procedural and problem solving through all of the lessons that the kids are um working on um So within that there's a lot of focus on try it discuss it and connect it and so for example in the last week or two in fourth grade we've been doing a lot of work with adding and subtracting fractions and so part of that process is the kids being able to work with improper fractions and mixed numbers and moving them back and forth between

108the two and so just looking at the Frameworks in general regardless of the curriculum um we've done a lot of Shifting just in our fourth grade team and so the tri it aspect we're so used to from past practice um just saying okay we're going to work with improper fractions here's how you do it here's how you change an improper to a mixed number and vice versa um but we really made that shift this year in changing how we approached it with the kids and so we just put an improper fraction up and said what's wrong with this fraction and so they hadn't seen it like that before with the numerator being bigger than the denominator and so there was that discussion and I said okay well this isn't acceptable like what do we do

109what can we do to change this to make it so that our numerator is smaller and so then just taking that and releasing them to come up with ideas and different strategies and different discussion points and then coming back together and sharing out what they came up with whether it was right wrong or indifferent doesn't matter let's talk about it um so that's the discussing piece both as the class as a whole and before that point in their partner groups or table groups and then being able to take it to that final step of connecting it and really showing them if there were examples that got them to their endgame awesome um or showing that there's multiple ways to get there and so we just did our chapter 7 test today on it and as

110a collective all the teachers we noticed that there were so so many different strategies being used just for that particular um example and it was nice to see that they could do what worked for them in order to get to the the goal that they had um the other thing within this curriculum there's a lot of real world problems um problem solving that they're working through um so you can see there's a sample up on the board and one thing that I didn't put into this slide um most of the time when you start a work problem you cover up the numbers because we do what we call a three read and so the first time they read a problem all I want to know is what is the problem about like so if you

111cover up the numbers it takes that element of oh I have to add or I have to subtract or I have to stop trying to solve it just tell me what it's about and so then the second after we discuss it then the second time we read it we put the numbers in and so now they're trying to associate the numbers with what they know about the problem um and then as they progress through now we're going to talk about and if you notice on the problem up on the board there is no question associated with it there's just information um and so then we ask them well what kind of question can you ask with this problem and so it could be an addition problem it could be a subtraction problem Sometimes they come

112up with something that they need more information in order to solve the problem that they've created so it's just a matter of talking math and working with math and then eventually we'll get to an actual question that's being connected to the lesson at the time um and then we work through those pieces um and then ultimately there is a variety of um things to do within every lesson so there's ways for us to uh incorporate unit games and it can be digital but a lot of times it's you know manipulative based games that the kids have access to um as far as checks as far as me being able to see where the kids are at with a particular lesson um there's exit tickets uh as an option um there's unit reviews there's spiral reviews

113so we're constantly going back and looking at all the different uh things that we've been discussing and then there is an online component um the kids love it so there are games that they can just go in and play when they have permission to do so um the last one that's showing up here is called a fluency flight and that's working on just their basic adding subtracting multiplying division facts um and anytime my kids have a moment of free time that's what they asked to go and play I'm like oh please don't go play a math game so they do really enjoy it um so it's great um and then there's also digital math tools within the program so if we're working with fractions they can go in and use the manipulatives within the um

114digital program as well the final session is um the refine session which takes place on day five for um for two through five and it's two days for K through one so it would be day um four and five this day this refined session allows time for students to strengthen the skills and understanding and cement their learning from each lesson by integrating extra practice teachers are able to differentiate instruction during this time to best meet the needs of all students so right here is an example of a problem that the teacher would put up on the board um so it begins with this start activity where students are given the problem to solve students can apply what they've learned throughout the week and solve it in whatever way works best for them so this is

115their chance to apply an algorithm or you know whatever solution that they found um so students can apply what they've learned to demonstrate their their Mastery from the week um so while the students are working the teacher walks around the room and they will check the students work to assess how they are doing to assess their understanding as they are observing teachers are able to quickly redirect students if needed by using an error analysis tool which is incorporated into every lesson in the teacher manual so they're quickly able to redirect them based on the teachers's observation and the student data data gathered teachers can then provide differentiation options for additional practice to best support the students needs this is my favorite part as an academic specialist to have differen ation laid out for all the

116teachers to not have to guess what to do is just pretty amazing um so for students who are approaching proficiency and a need of extra support teachers can use the r lesson it's a Hands-On small group teacher-led activity this provides extra support the student needs to master Proficiency in a small group teacher-led setting while this is an excellent research resource for our special education and intervention students as well it also helps to meet the need of our tier 2 students who don't necessarily qualify for that extra support so it can be done within the classroom for students who have clearly mastered the skill you can see there in the middle it's the ex um the extend for students who have clearly mastered the skill teachers can provide an ex extended proficiency challenge activity to help

117deepen the students understanding this Centric activity allows students to further explore and use more complex problem solving skills and even working in groups and it's a great way to keep those students from being bored as well for students who have demonstrated proficiency but just we want to make sure it's reinforced there's extra practice problems in the book so students can be working on that while the teacher is pulling the small groups and there's also a fluency and practice book that comes along with the program to provide extra support to ensure students have a concrete understanding of the skills being taught while all these differentiation pieces are used in the classroom to best meet the needs of of all students they are also an excellent resource for our special education students as well as our students

118needing extra support in intervention by providing explicit small group instruction aligned to the standards for mathematical practice okay assessments um let me just get myself straight here um this program has a variety of Assessments and opportunities for Teacher to to explore where the kids are at at real time what they need at the moment little adjustments to tweak to go on to proceed with their conversations their discussions but also to see what is unfinished and next steps that they need to go to to help support their learning needs and integrate and sou scaffolding that's necessary um activity based assessments they're observational um a lot of the times there are problems that are problem solving applying math concepts to real world situations um completing tasks that require deeper engagement with the materials um these are low

119stake setting so the kids can be just involved with their partner with their small group or individually teachers can walk around or interact with the students and see where they're at at the time exit tickets have been mentioned before um there's performance tasks am I oh I forgot to move see I looked at it and then I moved on thank you um oh that was the the assess the that's an um the activity based type assessment um another key factor oh there's a hard copy of course um printable quizzes unit lessons um that we're all used to using and then this is great too it's been mentioned in a different way the digital comprehension checks and right there in real time you can see who has a need to get further support who's Master ready

120to go on who's actually way above and um moving beyond grade level see if I touched everything I wanted to um oh I like this also we all um we all assess in different ways in our schools and in our classrooms but the digital the comprehension checks can be pre-made through I ready but they also are customizable so teachers can tweak move add-on change numbers change you know different strategies that they're looking for at the time so I like that that gives the teachers opportunity to be flexible there okay eel's we're passionate the academic specialist all of us we have so many English language Learners in our schools now which is just beyond exciting and I ready really did capture and in include our English language Learners as well um the the program is aligned

121not only with our math standards but with the California English language development um standards as well and so it continues to build on their language proficiency which is just um awesome and dynamic and not always in all the programs um all the lessons or units include a stem story and the stem stories um think I was going to change I'm not changing um Spotlight people of diverse communities and backgrounds so somewhere somehow there's going to be connections that kids from all over this world can um connect with they also have connect to culture component providing the same background information and cultural connections that students experience in their everyday life or in their past life that they're um now in California but to enhance their learning and help those connections be made um the biggest part

122of this program already was the differentiated instruction and all those opportunities for scaffolding and differentiating um is just what the English language leaders Learners need for support um they have reviewing of keywords discussions with Partners discussion with small group using sentence frames and the sentence frames can start in a very basic level that still incorporate the key um vocabulary and math concepts that um the whole class is learning at the same time but a little more um learner friendly for a newcomer and then it builds on to where they're comparing and contrast still using sentence frames but doing a high higher level of thinking as well as adding then incorporating discussions explanations sharing and revising their work as they hear their their friends discuss and show other ways and strategies to solve or come up

123with whatever they're working on at the time the math terms and academic vocabulary which is so difficult for our eels are practiced through the routines the activities and the in context use that the teachers are modeling and the class are using so it's wonderful for our eels our elementary team would be happy to take any questions thanks let's get a motion on the table may I have a motion to approve the ele re approve the elementary math curriculum and I have a a very hurried rapid excited okay I I'm disappointed Our Community member left because I would have liked her to have seen and heard I'm seeing manipulatives I'm seeing direct instruction I I fear we didn't really wanted to be informed we wanted we had a a statement to make um I it is

124not been my experience as uh Mr loar and I've been going to old schools to ever see any kids just parked on iPads uh they are like anything they are a tool I think our teachers use them effectively and uh just for the public out there uh it it is a mistake for anyone to go on a tour of our schools and to walk through one classroom room and extrapolate what they see in a snapshot to being the totality of a kid's day these kids do lots of things I'm impressed by the breakout groups all the things going on Even in our TK classrooms all the the activity and how everybody's on task and working and so I'm I'm disappointed she did not get to hear this amazing presentation so I I do hope she

125will look it up and watch it when this gets posted I just want to say thank you this is a lot of work um this is tremendous this this would make me excited to go back to elementary school and and do math again this is um very much appreciated your your support and your involvement and your feedback we want a pilot um you know we want to adopt rather something that that you Embrace that you feel confident about and that you are happy with because as we've said before you are the experts so I appreciate your your time this this last year anyone else um yeah just to say I'm extremely excited about the elementary math curricula too and just a very big shout out and thank you to the teachers uh I know from

126some of our Boral teachers who were on the math committee um you know they were so passionate about it uh and thoughtful and put so much effort in uh and I know all of you have and I I just so greatly appreciate the care uh and knowing that this curriculum has been so well chosen uh is really great I did see in the slides uh there were paper book paper books uh so I'm assuming that most of the work by the kids will will be in those with some digital component correct that's that's great to have yes that's correct um and just uh just the other question uh for Mr D Port you spoke a little bit about the uh you know I ready to Desmos in middle and high school transition but just if

127you can speak a little bit more about the sort of that I gives for for Desmos because I know they aligned curricular as it were you know yes thank you for asking that um the important connection certainly between the K5 and any curriculum in Desmos for 612 is this idea of building upon the standards of mathematical practice in a standard to line approach and so um some of the the the key elements of the math curriculum that you're going to see K to 12 is the idea of productive struggle and that is that these lessons we saw like in the beginning of an explore session and even in a develop session an opportunity for every student to access the math based on simple exercises of noticing and wondering something or uh as you know approaching

128um a a mathematical phenomenon uh with their own questions or their own ideas about it and this idea then of when they're given a math problem or like uh Britney Stone said part of a math problem the idea of making sense of the math an opportunity to struggle with what is being asked what does this math actually mean how am I applying mathematical Concepts to a problem in this world that needs to be solved as something as simple as do do oranges or lemons cost more per pound these types of things that we apply simply to our daily lives but making meaning of it because we're given time and opportunity uh with ourselves and with our classmates and then with our teachers to make sense of it and the most important part of this uh

129piece that ties to um the foundation that we're going to provide for 612 is in the refine and we felt strongly that it is the refined sessions that um that were uh particularly strong in I ready and the opportunity for the teacher at the end of a lesson or the end of a five-day session to for lack of a better phrase like tie it up with a bow and make sure that our students have that conceptual understanding to touch base with them and actually have them see how an algorithm then translates into this mathematical concept that they have been unpacking all week right how they actually now can interpret the algorithm based on the meaning um instead of vice versa so those types of conceptual foundations I think in I ready are going to make

130our kids wildly successful not just with the Desmos curriculum in 612 but with their ability to advance successfully into the higher levels of math which is what we want for them to do confidently thank you that is such a a wonderful answer actually uh just one other thing I wanted to mention is uh I love the buttons and uh the the other manipulatives as m c mentioned look really great are they all included part of the curriculum I mean you get a a big box of manipulative they do they can uh come with the curriculum at the moment um we found that many of our teachers because uh in elementary we are so grounded in manipulatives already that we have much of the materials and so our plan is to really um just fill the

131gaps of what we don't have thank you so um we mentioned earlier and you guys addressed this but uh I was just going to point out um at the SDC meeting there were some um Elementary PFC or PFA presidents that we're asking about um we're finding that we've got students of lots of different language lots of different English language Learners and um and I assured them that being part of the curriculum Council and um that we have our Spanish emersion school but we also have a lot of other languages and that you felt very confident in the English language learner being able to learn from this math curriculum so um and then they also asked questions about um I guess they've struggled some with um math being taught differently than how the parent was taught

132and so would they be able to help without confusing the child at home um because they're trying to teach them the way they learned it versus the way this curriculum is teaching it yes um thank you for bringing that up as far as English Learners I think that um Miss Walsh Garrison have um really vetted this material for the way it develops math vocabulary for our students but um in all honesty the the beautiful thing about elementary math and the idea of manipulatives is that it is the engagement with the activity with the problem itself with the materials that solidifies the understanding and so whether or not you're you're a native English speaker or not you can engage that math in that same way well math is a language right exactly it is a language

133and a beautiful one and a logical one and when students are given that opportunity to make sense of it whether in their in their mindset in their own native language or being able to express it with u with their English vocabulary um the understanding is there and the words will come and so our and our teams do such an amazing job in supporting our students in that way and similarly with the parents there's a a page in the in the units uh that that goes home for the families that has um uh parents are able to understand what the weekly objective is or the daily objective and there's are their samples and examples but the idea is for our students to be able to go home and talk about what they did and what they

134learned and not necessarily sit there and answer 35 of the same types of questions and then wonder if they just got it right or got it right or got it wrong but really be able to explain to their parents how they solved a problem or what they're thinking is around why this problem was right or wrong and that's the powerful part of it and I think the part that parents are going to enjoy engaging in versus are you done with the 35th one yet yeah right yes thank you Mr Lawrence would you like to add anything no I'm just I'm so beyond excited that we're here I also agree with Miss C I wish the previous speaker was in the meeting pardon me have a little cold still um as a parent of a kid

135who's in elementary school who is like just loving math um and seeing how our teachers are teaching it and where we're going here this is just gives me pure joy the fact that we are uh aligning our k through2 math curriculum uh to ensure that we're meing the state standards as we said previously for the highed is just I mean it's kind of a no-brainer uh in state of California um uh to get here um I'm thrilled that we took the process to get here um and what I'm really excited about is that our teachers spent the time they looked at basically everything in the in in available in the market today um and identified the one that best meets the needs of our students and so I I I do while it sometimes might

136take a little longer than we might want uh I do value the fact that we uh really took the time to get one that the teachers appreciated that the student students were reacting to and uh that will work and I think what we haven't shared with the community I don't think anyways my colleagues can correct me is that we've seen that the classes and the teachers that are piling these programs we've seen that the math scores have increased um so this is not just we're not this is not a hope um we actually looked at the data deeply we piloted this and then we took a look and saw where did the math scores move and the math scores moved significantly High higher in courses in rather in classrooms where the teachers were piloting this

137new pedagogy than classes that were not and I think that is just a real validation of the process that we put in place thank you very much and um before I asked for a vote I also want to thank you very much I mean this was extra time you went above and beyond your leaders on your campus this is such incredibly important work thank you uh for your professionalism and your expertise in math and and your love for it and for students we really appreciate it and we're excited to get moving again I assume I'm going to nod you just nod your head Mrs Mrs Davenport there's going to be PD professional development and um yes and that's very exciting and uh please help your colleagues changes hard we know that so we appreciate all

138of you and with that I'm going to call for the vote student you approve of I ready what what is there more oh okay okay there's a PD plan for spring and this and this a math that we're adopting tonight for both um Elementary and secondary is going to start in the fall correct I mean that's yes so let's put that out there as well okay so we have a PD plan great fabulous with that I'll call for the vote student you approve hi thank you board all those in favor hi we have Ma I also want to give a shout out really a sincere on behalf of the entire board shout out to Mrs Davenport and Dr scan for leaving this you did this with great listening if it didn't work first of all

139you had to deal with us questioning everything and um second of all if you know you really listen to your to your teachers who piloted who stepped up to Pilot and things didn't work and we went back to the drawing board and you know you you know valuing our teachers as much as we do really shine through and thank you for your leadership I I just want to add to what Miss Stein said you know having got to to know you both a little over the past couple months this is not just a job for you you really care about this and I can feel it and uh that's it's just so great to see so thank you you they're amazing and with that we're going to move on to our information items the first

140one is an update on our local uh control accountability plan Dr step M ful Mr President members of the board tonight I am going to be presenting our midyear elcap report which um for those of you who don't know as um was said lcap stands for local control accountability plan what is definitely looked at as a comprehensive document detailing how the district plans to improve student achievement with focusing on certain subgroups such as English Learners Foster youth student with disabilities and lowincome students as Dr gleon likes to say I will be presenting the thousand foot view of this um the slides that are contained in the slide deck uh for the board documents contain all the required components for the community and the board members um but I do think it's important for everybody to

141remember this is a media report so we would not be expecting the goals to be met at this point just showing that we are making progress on those goals all right where is I going there it goes I'm just some background about why we're doing this in 20 it didn't go in 2023 uh the Senate passed a bill requiring districts to do midterm reports prior to that we only had to do annual reports and the thought behind this was to give the district time to look at the data mid year and decide if they need to implement any changes or expenditures in order to help the district meet those goals so in looking at our midyear report um we identified actually a lot of student growth areas which was very exciting which means that based

142upon the Baseline we had made progress on those areas it does not mean we met those goals we are we are making progress and progress was in a lot of areas the a through G completion rate our Casp math scores our Casp Ela scores our C science scores our AP exam pass rate our renstar reading Baseline the percentage of students completing CTE Pathways which went up exponentially our early Assessment program the percentage of students completing C and A through G requirements lwi income Ela and math cast scores the percentage of el students completing a through G requirements are College and Career indic indicators of students with disabilities our El progress toward proficiency uh lower suspension rates for El students with disability and Foster Youth and attendance rates so all of those were areas that we

143saw growth in um which was fabulous there are some areas which we will continue to Target for improvement our high school graduation rate um our renstar math Baseline our third grade third grade students reading at a grade level according to rstar and our students with disability graduation rate and we are on track to meet all of our budgeted expenditures on on the goal areas identified in the elcap so we want to acknowledge and sincerely thank the hard work and dedication of everybody involved community members employees students parents the board and the resilience of our students to continue the reach for excellence and we will be continuing working on our lcap as uh Miss cutbill Knows Mr Lazar knows Matthew knows and Leighton knows yesterday we um held our first lcap committee to start preparing for

144the revision of the 2526 lcap and we'll be looking at the progress on these goals so I'm happy to ask answer any questions at this time if anybody has any anybody have any questions uh yeah I had a couple just first of all to say uh the the progress that is apparent in the report is is really impressive uh across the district and yeah kudos to Administration to teachers and and to students uh it's it's really a a positive uh report all around um a question on you'd mentioned third grade reading and or third grade ELA and on page 15 the the third grade uh Ela scores on renar are up a little bit there is it are you just concerned it's not a big enough jump over the sort of half year or you

145know we looking at 23 Baseline of 81.2% 24 25 midy year update for third grade 82.4 are you are you just wanting a bigger jump there or or or what was your concern there well there's actually two Ren stars in the lcap one is the overall renstar reading levels and then one is the number of third graders reading at grade level that was one we did not make progress on I see but it's important to remember that the renstar is based on National Norms the Casp is based on State Standards so it's a little bit difference in comparison and they're really isn't a correlation and honestly with the adoption of I ready we will be moving away from rstar and using the I ready assessments to better align with our curriculum um so we have

146to report on that because that was in the previous l lcap but overall our students are making progress across the board in reading math and science that's great and that's really positive to hear that I ready will have its own testing so that we can move away from renstar it's confounding how the renstar and the Casp data just don't seem to match a lot of the time right right so that's Casp is specific to the state of California great so um sorry I I just had a a couple questions here while you're looking I'm GNA say asked one question on follow up on renstar am I correct years ago we had a study session renstar is something that we calibrate that is correct we can set the Benchmark right so again when you're seeing high

147scores in renstar we set those benchmarks and there was discussion years ago that did we set it too high you know so that you know we have a higher rate of success we did discuss last year revising The Benchmark but we did not so we are comparing Apples to Apples in this right report and uh going forward sorry Mr Lazar but to Dag on to what you're saying to go to go so when is an lcap on like a three year cycle yes it's a threee plan threee plan so when does it end so we just started 24 was our first one so this is 24 through 27 through 27 so so through 27 can we adjust it and take Run start off like you said in ad I ready next year every year you

148look at recalibrating it so you can readjust if you're not meeting your benchmarks what you need to do differently we're starting that process now which is why we started with our group so yes we will be revising it to reflect what will be in the next Benchmark okay thank you great uh just a question on page 27 I noticed that uh elop the actuals uh went up relative to budget and is that relative to is that just because there's a higher particip participation or uh I mean we getting more money for that from Grants and stuff or I'm not sure if that's a Ryan question Dr gleon question or not go Ahad Ry uh elop is an unearned Revenue program or I'm sorry elop is a a program that um the first year we did

149not want to touch um because the grant award if all students were to be served uh the grant award would only serve onethird of eligible students we got Clarity from CDE about how to implement the program by offering as many seats as we could we were able to implement it last year so last year was the first fiscal year that had um robust a robust offering and we're evolving it again right so so so the increase in actual spend year has been compensated by more money from the grant as it were right Cor uh the grant award hasn't gone up but we accumulated fund balance over the uh two years prior to allow for us to be able to carry um this the launch of this program um I see and those funds had to

150be used specifically for elop right they did and they had an expiration we were coming up against the first expiration date of the first round of funds that we held on to while we were getting Clarity from CDE great thank you um and from uh page 33 on there's a lot of uh California healthy kids survey data I'm assuming we don't we don't have any new data for the year basically correct we will be doing that in the spring so this is based on the from the previous year but keep in mind the data that was in the lcap that we're comparing it to was from the year prior to that so we're always like a year behind in reporting our data because we take it in the spring I see okay um and then

151I just had a question on page 40 Sor one sec let me just find it which page uh page 40 um I'm fully in support obviously of comprehensive secondary counseling but I noticed the the budgeted expenditure and actuals again there's a there's a fairly large difference and I just wanted to check why that actual went up you know quite substantially I'm so sorry I missed the beginning of that question a very exciting email why is counseling cost gone up yeah the cost counseling cost of Counseling Services has the secondary level and again it may be a typ of was I'm on page 40 page 40 and you're seeing it's going up where I'm sorry uh the second line provide comprehensive secondary counseling does quite a a jump from budgeted to actual I think that's a

152type uh um I shouldn't say I think I know that's a a misrepresentation um I think probably was yeah because um what's happened with counseling we have now added Counseling in the last couple years we did make a significant addition when the Esser funds came out the co funds uh what has happened is the funding source has shifted with the expiration of those funds and so I imagine when I put that number on the slide my bad um that uh I've conflated a couple numbers there but the bottom line is uh our counseling costs have been relatively stady um and there should there's no increase okay great maybe we can just correct that in the doc you got it thank you and uh again just one final question just on addex on page 45 again

153I noticed the um the actuals went up from the budget and again is that because a lot more folks are coming to edex which is great news um is it just because we have increased enrollment and also the the TK training that they're doing and so on that we having to to spend more as it yes so the um the lbst received a $2.2 million Grant to serve uh providing uh TK it was the second largest Grant in the state to provide TK training for elementary school teachers that's an unearned Revenue Grant so the more participation we have greater the expenditures the greater the revenues um we also have expanded our Cask our clear administrative Services Program has grown exponentially um by about 300% this year uh which then increases the cost of ser of

154U coaches and what not got you so there's more funding coming in and more enrollment income coming in definitely private revenue and between private Revenue cost offset and the state Grant it's about a three4 million dollar net to the positive to the general fund okay great thank you any other questions okay I have a few um Miss Faulk um and Dr gleon will remember this uh a3g completion rate uh Dr gleon at his time in ed services did a deep dive deep dive in uh our courses to make sure that all of the High School courses that we offered were a through G compliance so we um submitted uh many of our courses to get them through that and our Baseline passage completion rate is at 56% I would have thought that would have jumped

155up already can you and I know I want to um add a caveat to this is that I know that we have a new um subcommittee of data that Mr Lawrence and Mr Lazar are on with you doing deep dives into this but can you speak to that a little bit sure so it is true that years a couple years ago they went through and made sure that all courses were coded a through G um we are in the middle of a deep dive and some of the things we're finding as we're doing this deep dive are um some of the courses need to have multiple a through G oh listings and they do not so for example a music appreciation class can be a general elective or it can also meet the Vaper requirement

156so we need to make sure those are are are correct um and we're actually starting that Dr Scot and I today spent a lot of time um working with uh Rachel olon on Aries to figure out if there's a way which there is that we can have an A through G transcript in Aries so that counselors can easily see kids can meet graduation requirements and a through G requirements um we also have a list of all the current seniors now and where they're on track and we can go through every one of those courses and make sure if they need multiple coding they will have that so all courses are currently coded that meet a through G requirements as that but there's a little bit deeper dive that we need to go into on that

157some finessing I can 100% And I never say 100% I can 100% guarantee you our rate next year will be higher yeah I was just gonna ask you that okay I were very excited yesterday today it would be awesome if it was on Aries by the way and I think kids would love it because they all sit like checking constantly on their phones what grades they getting and stuff it will definitely be on Aries because Aries has that capability what the format's going to look like we're not really sure yet we're playing with that right now and uh we know our math scores should increase also with with adopting math curriculum that is actually aligned to the standards um and so talk about Ela um uh scores and and science scores well they did increase

158we did see an increase from the previous year okay so not as jump as we'd like and not as high as we like um but I think it all goes into the work that Miss Davenport and Dr Gan are doing in terms of instructional strategies those instructional practices providing professional development um but we have seen an increase just not an increase enough that we'd like to see but we are moving and trending in the right direction absolutely and I know that you all are putting in the work to have us trend in the right direction so thank you that's the my questions any further questions we look forward to seeing this at some point um and uh with the next item is a deletion of a policy information and the addition of an AR correct

159off the top of my head that is correct go ahead uh Miss um Mr President board members um in the last revision to board policy 6116 and AD administrative regulation was in 2001 so 24 years ago and at that time board policy was one sentence in the regulation listed uh basically guidelines to help minimize interruptions in classrooms so those are not requirements these are guidelines for schools to follow csba has since eliminated its board policy uh its one sentence and has moved everything into the AR which again is updated guidelines for administrators to minimize interruptions in class during school time so it's really codifying what we already do and updating what we already do and we do a great job of minimizing classroom interruptions but it's really putting into policy what we're already doing I'll

160just say for the record I I loved the fact that it was possible to have a one sentence policy that speaks to the Simplicity of what government should be and I agree uh we will be bringing back the um the deletion of the board policy on consent a next meeting for an official vote to delete it the AR will not be coming back that is correct okay it probably won't be one sents any any uh any other questions or comments good hearing none I'm going to adjourn the meeting thank you and good night thank you Miss Stein appreciate you very much thank you have a good Tri trip home