6.10.25 Board Meeting Video

001Good evening Welcome. This is the June 10th meeting of the Board of Education of the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District Our board room is now open with an in-person format. Oh Good to go. Oh, there we go Our meetings over zoom to provide the opportunity for our community to observe in real time The Board of Education of the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District is now reconvening to open session and it is 7 o 2 p.m Please be advised that our board meetings are televised on local channel 28 on Wednesday and Saturday evenings and on Monday Friday and Saturday mornings All of our actions approved in closed session must be reported out in open session And to ask trustee Bueno if he could please report out. Alrighty On the first matter the board voted

002Let's see on this one. I gotta get it out. Nope On the matter of case 2 0 2 5 4 0 4 9 4 the board the board the board voted 1 absent and 4 in favor the super test recommendation to approve the settlement agreement for such case Yeah, go on and on the matter of student K the board voted 4 to with 1 absent and I'm sorry 3 0 with 1 absent and 1 abstain Recusal, I'm sorry Over the super intense recommendation. We need a second grader sometimes to help us with that. We're still learning Thank you. Yeah, thanks We'll now go on to our Pledge of Allegiance. I'm gonna ask trustee Caponis if she will please lead us in the pledge Thank you, I'd like to ask dr. Gibson if there are any

003changes to the agenda Yes, we do let's see items 13.8 and 13.9 have been removed We will bring those back at the to the June 17th board meeting and item 14.4 B has also been removed As that was placed on the agenda in error Thank you We have no student board members at this time Which is very sad because we are at the end of our academic year and we haven't gotten our new ones yet So in a few months we'll get our new student board member reps and that will be exciting for us to meet them So we are going to move on to our Employee Association Reports and we are going to begin with Amy Thompson the president of LEA and invite her to come forward and I believe we saw I just

004wanted to recognize Tara Lutz who is the vice president in the audience. There she is Good evening board president Pruso members of the board Superintendent Gibson and cabinet. I'm Amy Thompson president of the Livermore Education Association representing teachers nurses counselors psychologists speech pathologists social workers and teachers on special assignment Our members continue to request a cancellation of the planned combination classes at Arroyo Seco Jackson Marilyn and Smith LEA members request there be clearly defined criteria for when a combination class should be implemented at the elementary level This clearly defined criteria has never been shared yet It has been stated during board meetings that high school classes need a minimum enrollment of 25 students Which is 83% to run If this is the current practice of the district then it's important to note the minimum class

005size percentages at the sites with the proposed combo classes Arroyo Seco is planning for a second third grade combination class However without the formation of the combination class second grade would have 87% of class size averages and third grade would have 90% of class size averages In addition to this Arroyo Seco teachers have expressed the challenges This adds to building balanced classes as their site has a learning center model with SDC students Mainstreamed in the general education a majority of the day This increased challenge of class placements is unnecessary especially when you consider that second and third grade receives grade span adjustment funding of $1,068 per student for class sizes of 24 at Jackson the plan is for a fourth fifth grade combination class However without the combination class fourth grade would be at 82%

006of class average and fifth grade would be at 87% Maryland is planning for a kindergarten first grade combination class without the combination Kindergarten would be at 92% of average and first grade would be at 87% of average for class size Not to mention that Maryland is written into the LCAP to receive additional funding for smaller class sizes and These particular grade spans also receive the grade span adjustment funding of $1,068 per student for class sizes of 24 Smith's plan is to continue a fourth fifth grade combination class But without that combination class both the fourth and fifth grades would be at 93% of the class average Again, the teachers are questioning the need for such an imposition on their students as the benefits do not outweigh the long-lasting Consequences the combination classes will bring as

007you can see each of these percentages are above and beyond what is used to fill a high school class So why is it that we are taking this measure at a level and at schools that actually are promoted and funded to have smaller class sizes? We realize there have been budget concerns But why are we making detrimental decisions that directly impact our youngest learners as a cost saving measure? Why is this a viable option to cut costs while other expenses within district leadership continue on? It has been in the reduction plan to cut seven elementary teachers as part of reducing Six million dollars in spending for next year. Our members want to know are these combination classes part of the planned reductions of seven elementary teachers? Or are they in addition to the seven positions

008when asked neither the assistant superintendent of human resources nor the superintendent? We're able to answer that question We're able to answer that question Our members are concerned with the projected amount of staffing as we move into next school year Positions have been cut through attrition and otherwise combo classes have been proposed and health is being offered online Since april lea leadership has been asking for the staff planning for the 25-26 school year Using a document that's been used for the past two years The document shows the planned changes year over year and is clear and simple to follow We still have not been provided with this information in any format This concerns our members How are we able to make reductions and post vacancies accurately when we do not yet have position control? How can

009it be that in may at the end of the school year while jobs are posted and people are retiring moving and resigning? We were still being told the position control has yet to be cleaned up There are only 1500 employees to account for how long must we wait? Our members are concerned that our district does not have their structures in place Which becomes frightening when harsh and definitive decisions are being made simultaneously With that being said our members are also highly concerned that questions such as those being posed tonight Will be less likely to be asked with the new board meeting schedule Many have shared their concern that they will not have a voice nor be informed of what is taking place within the district That has a direct impact on the day-to-day work that

010they are doing with students How are they to participate? How will they be heard? These are the questions we're hearing from our members which also leads to the question of why They inevitably have asked why would this change be made? For whose benefit was the change made? It's surely not for the benefit of the community and staff If they were to want the opportunity to engage with their elected board members When will they have the chance to express what is important to them? And or how decisions made in this room will impact their working conditions and their students learning conditions Our members feel like this is less transparent than ever and they are being stifled Needless to say our members are worried. Thank you Thank you, amy I see our president for csea Mamie kristovic

011I'd like to invite her to come forward Good evening president pruso members of the board superintendent gibson and cabinet I am mamie kristovic president of the livermore chapter of csea the california school employees association Joining me tonight is our chapter's vice president Victoria storty as well as other dedicated csea members The 2024 2025 school year has come to an end Most of our csea classified employees are off for the summer and soon our 11 month employees will take a month's break before returning in august Time passes quickly, but there is still a lot to be done Those who work 12 months are busier than ever closing this year and preparing for the start of the next At our last board meeting on may 20 I shared with you that it was classified school employee week

012and how that came to pass I hoped that the board and cabinet would make the effort to let classified employees know that they are valued and appreciated each and every day As the representative of csea classified employees, I will share with you that we are just not feeling it This has been a tough year filled with frustration and disappointment a lack of transparency and too little collaboration and respect Today you will be asked to approve our mou regarding the impacts and effects of the reduction in force for the 2025-2026 school year that took many hours of tireless and relentless effort in and outside of Negotiations for the csea team to establish protections for the classified employees whose positions were being eliminated And for those who remain To this day, it is not clear if the

013district recognizes that the process adopted to eliminate jobs was not effective or collaborative Csea classified employees felt disrespected disregarded and dismissed Why do we need to fight so hard just to be heard valued and respected? Today, you will also be approving our tentative agreement for our 2024 re-opener negotiations If you think you heard me say 2024 you did not hear wrong It took over a year to close our re-opener negotiations just in time for our our initial proposal for our 2025 re-opener negotiations Yet we are not done You have heard me mention very briefly our me too clause in our collective bargaining agreement and that we were returning to the table So let me take a moment to explain what all that means The main purpose of me to clauses in collective bargaining agreements is

014to maintain parity and equity Across bargaining units in our district salary increases for bargaining units have historically been a percentage Across the board and each bargaining unit was guaranteed the same percentage based on our me to language This ensures fairness and promotes harmony between bargaining units and the district This year the district got creative and tried to avoid triggering the Union's me to clauses by offering increases to only portions of bargaining units and calling them reclassifications or restructures By doing so they thought they could offer some units larger increases than others without regard for parity and Equity between or even within bargaining units. We cannot recall any administration in this district doing this before ever Fortunately for CSCA unit members our me to language requires parity with other units based on total cost value And

015that is what we went back to the bargaining table to do to determine how the additional cost value should be allocated For those of you who are not aware of CSCA's me to language article 25.2 states for the term of this contract CSCA shall have a me to clause regarding increases in compensation including district contributions to health care ie if any other recognized exclusive bargaining unit obtains an increase in salary or health insurance funding levels including vision and dental CSCA shall receive the same percentage increase Should the cost value of the package agreed to with any other unit include a cost value greater than that agreed to a CSCA The parties will return to the table to determine how the additional value should be allocated This language is very plain and clear and should leave

016no doubt in anyone's mind and yet it has been an unbelievable struggle So this is what happened in negotiations on March 12th The district informed us that they agreed to modest adjustments to LEA's salary schedule for some of the groups It was also intimated to us that historically when a salary increase is not across the board It has not triggered the me to for the other bargaining units The district advised us that there was a very small amount of money for CSCA as well and offered us the opportunity to propose reclassification of a couple of Classifications we elected to propose a one-step increase for the executive assistance to the principal and the library media Specialists believing that we too were making some modest increases for just a small portion of our bargaining unit Once the

017information was made public CSEA learned that the very small increase for LEA was actually not that small on April 4 CSEA requested information from the district on the cost value of the increases on April 11 the district shared with us that the cost of the LEA teacher salary schedule restructure reclass is 823 thousand five hundred and fifty three dollars for 2024 2025 The cost for the two CSEA reclasses for 2024 2025 is one hundred fifty four thousand eight hundred and sixty two dollars According to the last sentence of our me to the cost value of the adjustments for CSEA Needs to be at least equal to the cost value of the adjustments for LEA It was very clear that the salary adjustments for LEA were far more extensive than the salary adjustments for CSEA to

018the tune of 668 thousand six hundred and ninety-one dollars on top of that the board had approved 15% increases for child nutrition workers on March 18 Equalling three hundred and thirty seven thousand five hundred and seventy dollars and a difference between that amount and this and what CSEA received is 182 thousand seven hundred and eight dollars add the two mount amounts from LEA and SCIU and CSEA is due eight hundred and fifty four thousand three hundred and seventy Thirty-nine dollars. I'm sharing a lot of numbers here, but the figure to keep in mind is eight hundred and fifty four thousand three hundred and thirty nine dollars On April 14 CSEA notified the district that we intend to enforce the me to clause in our collective bargaining agreement The district agreed to return to the table

019our first me to negotiation session was held on April 23rd And we have met several times since The district has finally acknowledged that CSEA's me to language applies to the recent increases received by the other bargaining units But not the interpretation our collective bargaining agreement requires compensation Parity with LEA and SCIU, but the district has offered only a fraction of that parity CSEA is aware of the district's financial burdens and was therefore willing to negotiate a Non-precedential catch-up amount that is less than perfect parity on this one occasion But not hundreds of thousands of dollars less as a result CSEA in the district will be heading into pre-impasse mediation CSEA is committed to a fair resolution for our members one that we are entitled to we hope the district feels the same on The agenda

020today. You will also be approving significant increases for some management employees CSEA is not saying that they should not receive increases But then it should also come as no surprise to anyone that we pay attention and see that funds are available In addition to the significant management increases CSEA members see that the district office is being remodeled Money is spent on professional development and retreats and the list goes on it is Undeniable that CSEA classified employees were at the top of the cut list for reductions and layoffs But at the bottom for compensation equity It is obvious to us that equity for CSEA classified employees is not being prioritized by the district and the board Earlier I stated that we feel disrespected Disregarded and dismissed if you wondered where that comes from you need not

021ponder further if you are paying attention tonight as I have stated previously CSEA classified employees seek your care and support. Thank you Thank you the president of SEIU is Kirsty governor, I don't believe she's here, but if I can't tell okay and As a reference also our CMC representative is Lily Lopez Now we're gonna move on to our public comments on non-agenda items So if you would like to address a topic that is not on this evening's agenda now is the time to do so We will ask that you limit your comments to three minutes and that each speaker may speak once Also as a reminder we as board members may not engage in discussion take action or give an opinion on items that are not on the agenda However, the board may briefly respond

022or ask clarifying questions of staff and or refer matters to staff for follow-up So I'm gonna call you up one at a time and I just Want we're gonna have a timer for the three minutes and I will Just so that it's equal for everyone When you get to 20 seconds, I'm just gonna give you a little reminder that you're getting close to the end I'm not trying to be rude and you can keep talking right over me It's just to give you a warning because we will end it at three minutes so that everyone has the same amount of time To speak that's really important for us that there's equitable time for everyone. So with that We will begin with our non-agenda comments with Lisa Wilson She could come forward and then Emily Waffler

023will be next Good evening President Prusso and distinguished trustees Superintendent Gibson and cabinet members I'm gonna follow up on some comments that president Amy Thompson made about combination classes She gave you lots of data and that was a wonderful segue But I want to share a little bit about combination classes from a teacher's perspective and the students perspective So I teach fourth grade at Arroyo Seco school and I do have concerns about all of the combination classes that are being proposed Across the entire school district most of my concerns fall into the category of this is not in the best interest of students I Come to this conclusion in my 34 years as an elementary school teacher I've taught seven of these combination classes at various grade levels Mostly fourth and fifth grade but a

024couple others and I believe I was teaching a fourth and fifth grade combination class When trustee Buenos children attended Sunset School back in the 1900s Yes, so I was there then So I'm an experienced teacher But even our very best our very best experienced teachers cannot meet the needs of two grade levels In a classroom It's not possible with all of the things we do in a day with one grade level You cannot do that with two different grade levels and what happens is students in a combination class They only receive their teachers attention for part of the time. So they're actually losing valuable instructional time by being in a combination class Because as a teacher you're responsible for teaching two grade levels You have to turn your back on the other grade level in

025order to teach one of them and somehow those students have to Figure out how to work independently and post pandemic. I can't even imagine that Pre pandemic it was difficult post pandemic. I I just our kids have so many needs This really is a disservice to them. So the kids lose valuable instructional time, which is one of our non-negotiables In our district and what parent would want that for their child to lose all that instructional time because the teachers attention is split I've had my own child placed into a combination class. I guess Teachers thought oh well, she'll be okay with it because she's done this a lot I knew it wasn't in her best interest to be a first grader in a first second combination class and Thankfully that class was disbanded after a

026week of school and she was placed in a class with all first graders So a student's year in a grade level is a core part of their education They learn essential grade level standards our students aren't pizzas They shouldn't be baked into combo classes for a short-term budget gain. This is not a best practice that helps our students thrive Thank you Sorry, Emily Waffler is gonna come up and then Heather day will be next push the little there you go Turn it off Good evening President Prusoe Distinguished trustees superintendent Gibson and cabinet members. My name is Emily Waffler I teach at Lawrence Elementary one of your elementary schools that has a combo class in fourth and fifth grade We can agree that these are challenging times fiscally as educators It is our responsibility to advocate

027for budget decisions that minimize impacts on our students in recent years one cost-saving measure Has been the return of combo classes at our elementary schools Classes that were previously avoided in our district for good reason at first only two schools were affected and despite teacher concerns Three more combo classes are now being added Originally this model is used to accommodate classes size shifts from third to fourth grade But now it's being used more broadly as a budget fix one that our students and teachers pay the price for on May 16th the voices of 209 educators came together to raise concerns about this issue I urge you to consider the true cost for versus benefit of this model the impact extends Beyond the students and teachers in the combination class that affects all classes and teachers

028and specialists that serve these grade levels At our site we have five classroom teachers in fourth and fifth grade That means the education of a hundred and fifty students is influenced by the implementation of this model teachers of all five classes spend additional time planning to meet the emotional behavioral and academic needs that arise from the use of the Structure our science and music specialists are also impacted as they face scheduling and pacing challenges due to the varying needs of the grade Levels they serve in a time where students need more support than ever We should be increasing opportunities for connections with their teachers not reducing them as outlined in the previous letter combination classes Reduced student-teacher connection connection and increased strains on staff already facing high levels of burnout My 18 years of serving

029this community have never seen the needs of students or educators this high There are also hidden costs to the district the teacher stipend for the combo classes Additional sub coverage for combo and teacher combo class teachers who attend district PLCs across both grade levels sub coverage for students and combo classes who do not attend other grade level specific field trips like science Camp and state capital trips as the adults responsible for these students well-being We must make decisions that are truly in their best interest that includes supporting the teachers tasked with making this model work putting students first Means supporting the people who serve them every day we can do this by eliminating combo classes. Thank you for your time. Thank you Thank you, Emily. Now we have Heather day and then I believe Christy

030Barcelona Yes, okay It's good if you see the light that means it's on I know It's hard to not follow the drug yeah, you're doing great. All righty Good evening board president Prusso members of the board superintendent Gibson and cabinet My name is Heather day and I teach fourth and fifth grade science at Arroyo Seiko elementary I'm speaking to you tonight because I'm very concerned about the increase in use of elementary combination classes as an elementary science Specialist I generally see my students for 40 minutes twice a week while teachers get their contractually mandated prep time During this time I work not only to teach science facts But to provide engaging hands-on inquiry based lessons utilizing the district provided twig curriculum I also work to support my English language learners and my students with special

031needs and to build lasting connections with my students I'll while creating a safe learning environment that makes every student feel like they have what it takes to become a scientist That's a lot to accomplish in 40 minutes Especially with some of the social and emotional Behavioral challenges that we see in our classrooms But I think that the other science specialists many of whom are here tonight, and I do a good job Many students tell me how much fun science lab is and that they love the hands-on activities Unfortunately what you are asking when you add combination classes into the mix is for us to truly do the impossible Somehow we are supposed to continue to do the in-depth hands-on lessons that make our science programs great For two different grade levels at the same time

032We are required to teach grade level appropriate content to all our students So we can't just teach one lesson to both grade levels, which wouldn't be good in the long run anyway it's simply not realistic to think that it is possible to somehow jump back and forth between the two groups and Provide two high quality hands-on lessons in 40 minutes Teachers will have no choice but to do fewer hands-on labs and instead of science students more time on Chromebooks in the science lab As well as assigning more notebook based readings But without being able to provide the support that students will need to complete them Teachers will also be faced with a hard choice for equity They should do the same lessons with all students at each grade level But that will mean reducing the

033hands-on labs for all students not just the ones in the combo classes If they don't do that They will essentially be stuck with two extra class preps so that they can plan one lesson for each grade level in the combo class And different more hands-on or teacher-involved lessons for their other classes either way some students will suffer and in the long run this will result in fewer students being excited about science leading to lower classroom engagement and resulting in more behavior issues and Importantly to some lower test scores 20 seconds I know this may seem like a good part of the solution to the district's immediate budget problems And yes our teachers will valiantly try their best to make this work But in the long run it will not be good for students teachers or

034test scores Please uphold your duty to do what is best for students and teachers and don't create combination classes Thank you for seriously considering this. Thank you We're gonna invite Christy Barcelona forward and then next will be Debbie Gibson Good evening, I was not planning on speaking today But just after hearing the CSCA Representative president speak I just couldn't help but come up here I was a special education teacher for 16 years in the district I spoke I just about this time last year when I was making the decision to leave and to enter general education Which is where I was this year as a learning center teacher I had four SDC students in my class As well as one student who qualified towards the end of the year Two of the students came into

035the room not being able to read write or one of them even be able to speak a sentence So I was relying heavily on the aid support in the room And then two others that were really ready to just have the best education they could and were able to access Quite a bit of what I was able to offer as a gen ed teacher We also had one student in the room who did not qualify last year, but she ended up qualifying by the end with some Severe behavior and mental health challenges in the room So I leaned on my para who's here tonight As a co-teacher I left the co-teaching Because it was being stopped and Within the Learning Center, so I went from having four adults in the room to just me and

036my one para And I know I speak for so many in this district when I say that we stand behind them Hearing that they are not being seen heard or value just absolutely breaks my heart we are nothing without them and what they do to the student do for the students every day and I think that's all I managed together This evening so thank you for your time, and I really hope that you can Just keep them in mind when you're making your decisions tonight, thank you Debbie Gibson and then after Debbie will be Psy Mayton Good evening when the current trustees were sworn in last December I felt compelled by the prompting of the Holy Spirit to pray over these school board meetings I prefaced these prayers with information about our founders and the

037roots of our education system the importance of starting these proceedings with prayer as they do in the Senate and in the house and That is a citizen of Livermore I have a duty to remind each one of us the responsibility of educating the next generation and looking out for their best interests I have been here to sit alongside proud parents as their children receive accolades for their accomplishments and to hear from students teachers and Parents as they express their concerns over budget cuts and areas where they see a need for improvement Ultimately we all desire the same thing a good education for these students so that the baton can be passed on to them as they Have families of their own and take their place in society to make our world better Proverbs 16 9

038says the mind of man plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps God is in the details of our lives that is a very comforting thought when we surrender to the plan that he has for each One of us it has been and continues to be my prayer that each one of you and authority has made that decision in Psalms 271 we are told unless the Lord builds the house the builders labor in vain Unless the Lord watches over the city the guards stand watch in vain your responsibility is great as the school year comes to an end it is my prayer for each one of you that you will diligently seek the Lord over the summer months and that you will ask him for wisdom because he freely gives as My daily readings

039have been taking me through the book of Proverbs over and over again King Solomon the wisest man who ever lived Consistently speaks of wisdom He says the fear of the Lord is the beginning of the wisdom of wisdom and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding We are told blessed are they who keep my ways blessed is the man who listens to me and for he who finds me finds life These instructions are for each one of us and and if you are not a follower of Jesus I encourage you to seek him now if you confess Jesus as your Lord and Savior then press into your first love So Heavenly Father I humbly come before you asking you to have your hand on these proceedings today and on the lives of every Person

040in this room you say in Revelation 3 20 behold I stand at the door and knock if anyone hears my voice and opens The door I will come into him and he will dine and will dine with him and he with me It is your desire to have a relationship with each and every one of us You freely offer the gift of salvation for those who will receive it and say in Romans 10 9 That if we confess with our mouth Jesus as Lord and believe in our heart that God raised him from the dead We will be saved So I ask you to continue to pursue each one of us in either taking that first step or walking in a renewed and deeper Relationship with you and I pray these things in Jesus name

041Thank you Now we'll invite sigh welcome. Thank you, madam president members of the board Madam superintendent and the cabinet and all the members of the public and teachers over here I'm here just to basically a little bit introduce myself and then also introduce my country that I come from and Number one, I attended Livermore High School Graduation and that was wonderful. I really enjoyed I took as of pictures and videos and it was really wonderful the next thing I'd like to say is I'm coming from a Country called the Persian Empire some years ago. Now it is called Iran Unfortunately, it's under dictatorship and we are almost ready to have a fight between United States Israel and Iran, which is it's a bad news But I'm coming from the portion of that country called Azerbaijan,

042which is the north East of north-west of Iran close to Turkey border and a city called Urumia I was born over there. I studied in Tabriz University Got a physics degree over there and then went to Tehran University Which is the capital of Iran and got my master's in physics over there And the reason I'm here again that I explained before I've been in telecommunication for a long time, but I feel that I really love teaching so much I decided to switch and There is something that you guys may not have heard it before but About 120 years ago United States made a hospital in the city of Tabriz, which is kind of center of Azerbaijan province and a doctor from United States came to Iran to serve in that hospital and Revolution was happening

043against the dictatorship of the monarchy that we had so His name is Steve Bosko will and he goes to the leader of the people that they were Uprising against the government and he asked for a right will talk to join the fight and they tell him that you are the Guest you cannot be Doing it we cannot let you to do that But he points a rifle and then goes to war and he dies and his grave is a student of Greece And that was the reason main reason I came to the United States. I mean, I'm really Happy happy to be here my son my son joined Airports, you know, I say airports after 9 11 and so I'm a proud American Wonderful to be here. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. That concludes

044all of our public comments on our non agenda items So I'll move on to our communications So our formal written correspondence to the Board of Education shall be acknowledged if Received by the board or in the superintendent's office by 3 p.m The day of the meeting Formal written correspondence received after the cutoff time will generally be acknowledged at the following meeting Please note our board our board electronic communications received via the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District website By accessing the formal written correspondence to the Board of Education link with all fields completed and verified shall be treated as formal written correspondence I'm gonna ask our clerk If he if there's any correspondence for the board and if so if he could summarize for us. Yeah, the board received two To Letters one from Tara

045Boyce apparent to express concern about the potential negative impact of proposed budget reductions and One from Amy Thompson the LEA president expressing concerns about the change to the board meeting schedule Thank you. All right We're gonna move on to our just discussion action items Our first item is the public hearing for the budget overview for the LCAP and I would like to invite miss Michelle Pichette to present Good evening President Prusso board of trustees. Dr. Gibson and members of the public tonight. I'm presenting the 2025 local control and accountability plan or LCAP I'm speaking slow. So Jeff has time to get over here with the clicker as Part of our public hearing process. Thanks Jeff. I know you love it when I do that At this time I want to acknowledge the presence of some

046of our LCAP parent advisory committee Members that are here tonight. So if you will, please stand as I read your name Miss Amy Thompson Miss Rachel Prentice. I thought Rachel was here. I don't see her Tara Boyce Beth Grisechi Hi Beth And then I also wanted to can we just give them a round of applause though for their hard work. Thank you I also wanted to acknowledge the work of Miss Michelle Dawson and all of her outreach to our educational partners and especially mr Matthew Hart our assistant our assessment and accountability director who is the backbone of this process This evening's presentation will do three things provide an update on the 2025 LCAP noting that we are going into year two of a three-year LCAP share the significant work completed this year through partner engagement

047and data analysis and Three prepare the board for the adoption of the plan at our next regularly scheduled board meeting on June 17th The LCAP is a three-year plan that connects educational goals to funding It's designed to improve outcomes for all students, especially our English learners low-income students and foster youth Legally, it must be updated annually and adopted by June 30th It includes engaging educational partners clear goals and measurable outcomes It also aligns with the budget We will be going into year two of this three-year plan and the main goal of the LCAP is to make sure Students get what they need to succeed it promotes fairness transparency and a shared responsibility This slide shows the timeline of key LCAP activities all year We are engaging our educational partners for feedback while simultaneously implementing actions

048and services in March and April We begin drafting updates and in February we present the MIT We presented the mid-year update in May We shared the 2025 draft with our educational partners and now present it for public hearing. I Apologize, thank you Adoption will occur in June before submission to the Alameda County Office of Education by July 1st The next four slides illustrate our efforts at soliciting educational partner feedback in January We sent out a parent survey as notated in the hundred and nine page document That's attached to this board agenda item on page 11. We had over 2100 survey responses from families and staff and although we would like that number higher It is a 10% increase from last year of the 1173 elementary families 471 middle school families and 496 high school families

04991% felt welcomed and valued when interacting with the school 81% are satisfied with the level of support their children receive from teachers regarding academic progress families emphasize six key areas teacher student relationships academic counseling interventions during school classroom facilities and materials mental health resources and tutoring nearly all respondents 97% said interventions during the school day were essential These responses reinforced our prioritization of intervention systems mental health supports and consistent teacher student connection strategies For English learners and students with disabilities families emphasize the need for support with basic services like meals Transportation and health care as well as more instructional time and language support They also emphasize the need for free enrichment programs and before and after school care These insights informed many of the targeted supports and goal one and two We heard that families

050want more targeted academic help better communication about student progress and more structured after school opportunities They also expressed a need for relational supports students want to feel connected and motivated These themes directly informed our work around multi-tiered systems of support or MTSS tutoring and counseling services This included four suggestions to improve parent engagement engagement, which are more frequent updates from the school sites Increased parent involvement in decision-making more frequent updates from district and increased parent education workshops During the months of February through May we held regular LCAP parent advisory committee meetings the input we received this year had a direct influence on the actions in our plan as Well as all of the survey feedback that we received we focused on staffing for student facing support roles Including the continuation of classified staff to support

051intervention and behavior programs We expanded excuse me extended MTSS efforts at high needs campuses We also prioritize summer school tutoring and enhanced family engagement strategies like translation interpretation and Access to educational workshops we took a focused approach to existing contracts by eliminating or renegotiating contracts based on student outcome data and educational partner feedback Please note that this is again a hundred and nine page document that I have condensed down to a 21 slide PowerPoint Beginning with our three LCAP goals they remain consistent Reflecting both state priorities and our community values Beginning on page 16 goal one focuses on college and career readiness Goal two centers on attendance and behavior and goal three is about parent engagement and community partnerships These goals anchor our actions and funding allocations Soon we will align fully with our newly

052adopted strategic plan to further the work of fully of a fully cohesive structure to support student progress Under goal one we are monitoring monitoring 21 metrics from standards aligned materials and Implementation of ELD to CASP results and A to G completion Areas of strength include teacher assignments and AP performance while areas for continued growth include math outcomes and English learner Reclassification I want to notate that the LCAP is primarily funded by three buckets of money LCFF supplemental funds, which is a small Fraction of the pie of all of our LCFF funds state grants and federal funds You may ask why some of these action items seem underfunded such as professional development That is because we have outlying grants such as our three million dollar educator effectiveness grant For professional development that is not part of

053our LCAP plan So in goal one, we are investing 5.8 million into actions This includes 2.2 million for student intervention and supports 1.9 million for academic enrichment and over 1.3 million in support for English learners and academic achievement support and 435,000 for educator development and support these investments help us prepare students for both college and career readiness This slide shows a more detailed breakdown of all 13 actions in goal one from summer school to CTE Professional development to field trip access each action is designed to support student success particularly for our unduplicated students Because we are going into year two of three year two Year two of a three-year LCAP We will continue to monitor the effectiveness of these actions based on metrics that are tied to them in the required description portion found on

054page 45 of the 109 page document attached to the board item in goal to our attendance remains strong at 95% and Both dropout and expulsion rates are low. However 11% chronic absenteeism and a 61% positive teacher-student relationship score Suggest areas for continued focus. We are targeting these through expanded SEL programming behavior intervention in our coordinated coordination of services or cost teams We have allocated 2.7 million for goal to the largest portions go toward counseling social emotional learning and behavior Intervention at 1.7 million. We are also investing in leadership targeted student support for unduplicated pupils at 518,000 and lastly increasing support for student attendance and engagement at 523,000 Goal to include six major actions each tailored to improving attendance and school climate This includes SEL supports student behavior programs and leadership infrastructure to support intervention for

055unduplicated students Action 2.6 is dedicated to supporting our homeless student group We are identified as needing differentiated assistance from our County Office of Education in response We received $50,000 from ACOE to support this action These efforts are foundational to ensuring students are emotionally ready to learn Goal 3 focuses on family engagement While our survey response rate has room to grow in great engagement levels for families of unduplicated students and students with disabilities are improving Continued investment in outreach translation and meeting access including child care will help strengthen this area We've invested nearly 889,000 to support goal 3 this includes community engagement and access to meetings totaling 477,000 parent education totaling 114,000 and student wellness and data collection systems totaling 298,000 Focusing and on outreach to families as educational partners remains a top priority based on

056feedback This slide contains the six actions under goal 3 These range from parent education and community engagement staffing to wellness surveys and expanded access to meetings Every accent excuse me Every action was informed by input from families asking for better two-way communication and stronger partnerships from our sites and our district This this slide provides an overview of our LCAP budget and how we're allocating funding across our three goals as You can see we've clearly broken down both the local control funding formula or LCFF supplemental funds which are specifically designated to support our unduplicated students Those who are low-income English learners or foster youth as well as the total funds allocated to each goal Which may include state and general funds that support the goal for goal one college and career readiness We're investing significantly with

057over 3.7 million in LCFF Supplemental funds and a total of 5.6 million over 5.6 million This reflects our strong commitment to preparing all students for success after graduation Goal 2 student attendance and be behavior receives over 2.4 million in LCFF supplemental funds with total funds reaching over 2.7 million these investments will support programs that promote positive behavior social emotional learning and improved attendance Finally goal 3 parent engagement and community partnerships has 800 and over 888 thousand in both LCFF supplemental and total funding this demonstrates our commitment to strengthening our connection with families and the community There are no major changes to the LCAP goals or metrics this year our priorities remain consistent and aligned with student needs However, we did make a few key adjustments first. We had a reinstatement of unexpended learning recovery emergency

058block grant funds We included updated actions that support learning recovery tutoring and wellness based on a needs assessment So those specific expenditures will be presented in the 2025 LCAP mid-year update in February of 2026 we also made budget adjustments to reflect actual costs for example Reducing software licenses and reduced or reallocated some staffing due to a significant decrease in LCFF supplement Supplemental funding this year of a million dollars in response to stakeholder feedback We increased focus on academic and behavior intervention staff student wellness positions like kid connection program and counseling and targeted supports for schools with high English learner and low-income populations including Junction and Maryland Lastly we made compliance updates based on SB 153 and CDE guidance including new actions for differentiated assistance tracking long-term English learner project progress and Supporting schools with red

059dashboard indicators as We look ahead the final phase of the LCAP development process is underway first We will incorporate feedback received through our public hearing tonight and final stakeholder review The value this valuable input helps ensure the plan reflects the voices of our students families staff and the broader community Next we will finalize the LCAP and the accompanying federal addendum making sure all updates are captured And that we meet compliance requirements under both California Education Code and the federal Every Student Succeeds Act or ESSA Once completed the final draft will be posted to our LVJ USD website to allow for transparent public review prior to formal adoption once complete the final draft will be posted On the I already said that we will then bring the finalized plan forward for board adoption on June 17

060Which will mark the official conclusion of our development phase Following adoption we will submit the approved LCAP and federal addendum to the Alameda County Office of Education by July 1 Finally in August of 2025 we will launch our new Interactive district scoreboard on our website This tool is designed for families and community members to easily view student progress and outcomes Data can be filtered by site district and specific student group It will be fully aligned with our strategic plans for student achievement and the district's broader strategic planning efforts supporting coherence and accountability Across all levels of our system and now I would at this time I would welcome any questions or comments First I'm going to open open the public hearing So as president will now open the public hearing and ask for public comment

061on this item I do have one public comment Tara voice. You want to come forward need to get our timer ready? Good evening. So as a former foster parent as well as a parent of students in the district This was a passion project for me as well as a way to serve In my capacity as parent I will say that Livermore has some work to do in making this a more productive Committee rather than it was more performative I would say in nature a lot of information coming to the parents But what stood out immediately is again, we're lacking parent engagement in the school district So the survey we talked about only 13 percent of parents respond it right? So in our district that shouldn't be happening. We should be between 50 and 60 the

062meetings started way too late Pleasanton already recruiting for next year. They have ten meetings per year starting in August going through May Some of the meetings we had activities like letting the parents Prioritize what actions were important to them community members, etc So that was meeting three in meeting for which unfortunately I missed but I sent my wonderful co-parent We didn't get any feedback as to how that was incorporated in the plan One of the things the parents said both in the survey and in that meeting was more direct student intervention, right? Makes sense class sizes could be big etc universal access time. We know that it works So if we compare this year's LCAP and last year's LCAP We're moving nine percent of the budget from direct student engagement up to the district level

063So think about when we did our budget reductions, right? We move student services dollars We got rid of the junction VP. We need to look at that and really consider if that's the best use of our LCAP dollars Chronic absenteeism. It's not just unduplicated students, right? So should we be moving all of that student services money the curriculum directors? Do they belong? Such a high percentage in LCAP more transparency to the parents tell us the percentage of the salaries Going into the different line items. So those pieces You know if we want to say we're a data-driven district, we have to be a data-driven district data is transparency Just give us the information and let us use it my last comment about the LCAP is that We really need to understand the return on investment

064seven million dollars. Is it working? Is it going back to the sites? junction 55% unduplicated are we getting all of the revenue back for those students, right? So I started that conversation with you miss Prichette. So I will continue it. I got distracted by junction facility issue So I will get back to it. I promise so yeah, those are my comments LCAP great experience. It can be better We can make it better. So let's do that next year Thank you. Okay any comments or questions from the board? Sorry Trustee why don't go ahead. Yeah, I just want to thank the district and miss Prichette for for presenting on LCAP For those who don't know this is like the opportunity for the community the teachers people who work here And but it's largely the community to

065have input on the dollars that go towards kids That is the moment and so it's a real complex document. It's and it's an opportunity and it's a Thanks for putting it in a kind of a brief format because I know that can be really extensive. It's a very very Complicated and kind of convoluted piece. So thanks for the presentation Thank You trustee bueno Thank you Miss Prichette for your presentation as well. I just had a quick question on slide seven on the presentation Let's see where it talks about the middle school Being included included or why isn't the middle school included? On That second the second bolded. Yeah, so this is based This information is based on parent feedback. So this was feedback from the parents that emphasized elementary and high school Need it's not

066necessarily the district stance. It's the parent feedback that we received. Yeah Thank you. You're welcome. I Think as I'm as I'm chewing I'm trying to take one bite at a time of this document because it's just so there's so much there I got to page 60. Okay this week. We'll get there I'll get all the way through and I really appreciate your willingness to to answer questions And because I'd like to go a little deeper into how these dollars are being spent or what that what this exactly means And so I don't think I want to do that in here in this format But I appreciate your help with all this Thank you this again, this is a big document a couple of things I just wanted to highlight Just noticing some of the progress

067that we've had including some some increased academic achievement across multiple Board members and some positive movement English learner progress. I know we're continuing to work on that I did have a question So as far as like the data-driven accountability you talked about a new district scoreboard, can you explain what that is? Yes So this is a joint venture with mr Hart I say joint but mr Hart has done the bulk of the work as the director of assessment and accountability Where we are we've had kind of this stagnant scoreboard that we have that is beautiful and colorful that Mr. Hart presents to us when he does our district present data presentations so this interactive Web-based program that we're going to be launching in August Actually will be able parents community members will be able to

068go in and see trend data of their child school sites or Did the district as a whole they can? Go in by student group or all of the students and be able to see Progress that students are making based on like I said student groups are all students are one site or multiple sites And it's interactive it was it was brought about by one of the first PCIC meetings that I attended Parents had expressed a live interactive type of data Avenue for them to to access whenever they needed to or wanted to So we've been working on it all year and are excited to launch it in August Really great. I think that'll be really helpful Hopefully that will also help with our community engagement. I agree. That's something that I think we're always Trying

069to work on so there's anyone in the community the millions who are watching right now on TV and zoom If they have any ideas for us on how to help with our community engagement, that would be awesome Again just appreciate all the work of the LCAP committee. I know that it's a big group of supportive with with parents teachers site councils Students and also to miss Bichette for her work on this With that I'm going to close our public comment. We have no other We have no other comments and so this public hearing is now closed we go and Before we move on to our next item, which is 13 point point two Which is our another public hearing of our budget adoption. We are going to take a short break All right. Thank you.

070Welcome back. We are now to 13 point oh, sorry 13 point two Which is the public hearing of our 25 26 budget adoption? I'm gonna turn the time over to miss Kayla wisely for the presentation Good evening tonight. I'll be presenting the proposed budget for the 25 26 fiscal year This presentation provides a summary of key financial assumptions revenue and expenditure projections as well as next steps as we move towards our final budget adoption next week As well as additional state budget details additional details can also be found in the full narrative attached to the agenda item So here is a Little depiction of our budget cycle So as you can tell we are close to the top of our budget cycle again with our adopted budget in June in advance of our State budget

071adoption happening later this month And then from there we'll move into our unaudited actuals of closing out our 24 25 fiscal year as we gear up into 25 26 fiscal year So to begin our projected unrestricted reserve is at 3% which meets our state required minimum reserve for the current year However, our multi-year projection does show that we will need additional budget reductions of approximately $600,000 in 2627 in order to continue meeting this 3% Requirements our salary and benefits have been adjusted to reflect our staffing projections for 25 26 And this includes adding TK classes at many of our school sites with the expansion the final expanses of TK There was new funding proposed in the governor's May revision However, this was not included in the 25 26 proposed budget as none of that New

072funding sources have been finalized yet This is an overall picture of our unrestricted and restricted activity for the proposed budget our unrestricted deficit spending is projected at 2.9 million dollars leading to an ending fund balance of 6.5 million dollars our restricted deficit spending is at 6.3 million dollars Leading to an ending fund balance of 1.8 million dollars The deficit spending in our restricted categories are largely due to the spin down of several grant programs that have Expenditure deadlines of neck at the end of next school year. So June 30th of 2026 as we continue to spin those down so for revenue 74% of our sources come through LCFF funding sources or 154 million dollars federal revenue, we receive approximately 12 million dollars or six percent other state revenue 22.5 million dollars other local revenue 18

073million dollars and a very small inner fund transfer in from our other funds and that we hold in the district 77% of our total revenue is unrestricted and the remainder is restricted funding sources for revenue updates Going into 2526 COLA of 2.3 percent was applied to all Applicable funding sources. There are some funds some funding sources that do receive COLA and some that do not so that was applied as Appropriate for our local control funding formula or LCFF our enrollment is projected to actually increase a little bit Going into 2526. This is largely due to the expansion of our TK enrollment So that is leading us to be funded on current year ADA in 2526 So if this enrollment projection doesn't materialize this will have a direct impact to our 2526 budget Moving into 26

07427 and 27 28. We are projecting small declines due to Our exiting high school classes being still slightly larger than our incoming TK classes and kinder classes Our attendance rate is projected at 94.3 percent This is based on how where we have been at both in this year and the prior year It's an area that we are continuing to look at to try to address and get us back to our pre-pandemic Attendance rates, but it has taken us a little bit longer than some of our neighboring districts to recover our attendance rate And then our unduplicated pupil percentage is projected at right around 25 percent This is a decrease of approximately three percent from 24 25, which was a decrease of approximately a million dollars in our LCFF supplemental funding For federal revenue rejecting approximately

07512 million dollars This includes flat funding for our title programs Which includes title one title two title three and title four special education and Perkins, which is a CTE Pot of money that is federally funded and then our magnet and school-based mental health is budgeted based off the grant plan I'll mention that for Title two title three title four as well as our school-based mental health grants We are still waiting to see how what the future of those holds we have our appeal out for our school-based mental health grants that we received our non-continuation notice on and then The federal budget is still being negotiated to determine the fate of our title programs In other state revenue or projecting twenty two point five million dollars updates were made For lottery both are unrestricted and restricted

076based off our projected ADA But the rates per ADA of 191 for unrestricted and restricted of 82 remain current from 24 25 Our mandated block grant was updated based on cola We receive our managed block grant for 49 different state mandates and a different amount for TK 8 than we do for our 12 912 our stirs on behalf is our recognition of the state's contribution of Stirs contributions on behalf of school districts and that increased by about five hundred thousand dollars to eight point nine million this coming year CTAG we received about eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars through Tri-valley ROPs grant and then flat funding for ELOP, which is our expanded learning opportunities program Prop 28 for arts and music and mental health other local revenue is projected at 18 million dollars Which includes

077flat funding for special education our community redevelopment funds and as well as our parcel tax Based on current projections and then it removes any donation of miscellaneous revenue that were received in 2425 as we recognize those revenue sources as they are received for our Expenditures over all 85 percent of our total budget is goes to salaries and benefits The rest is divided between books and supplies services, which includes utility Liability and property insurance non-public school placements and transportation Small amount to capital outlay and then other outgo which includes our contribution to Tri-Valley ROP For our salaries and benefits as I mentioned 85 percent of our total budget of unrestricted and restricted expenditures Goes to salaries and benefits on the unrestricted expenditures that accounts for 92 percent of the unrestricted budget And I provided a summary

078of our full-time equivalent positions by bargaining unit we included in the proposed budget This is an item that I will update at each budget cycle to highlight changes in each bargaining unit and positions as we move forward so part of What we have to do is some contributions to our restricted programs from unrestricted resources to cover Required programs that we need to operate a large portion of that is for our special education contribution the state or the state and federal government fund approximately 35% of the cost of special education and the district pays for the remaining 65% and then we have a 3% required contribution to our routine restricted maintenance account, which is all of the Contributions to maintenance and deferred maintenance that we receive as a district on an annual basis And then the

079remainder are small pots of money for our Tri-Valley ROP contribution as well as a small AIG match Which is an ag incentive grant that the Livermore High School receives There's matching funds in our multi-year projection as I mentioned in 25 26. We are at 3% Ending fund balance in our unrestricted balance with Approximately $18,000 above that required 3% for other expenses in 2627 we're at 3% with $38,000 however that to meet that the 3% required reserve we will need to make the reductions of $600,000 and again in 27 28 we are at 3% again with $32,000 in excess of that 3% So we were still sitting very tightly financially and we'll have to be very Thoughtful as we move forward in How we make reductions and how we want to plan to address that to

080stabilize our budget moving forward For our enrollment and ADA as well as enrollment history and projections As I mentioned going into 25 26. We are expecting a growth of enrollment due to TK and then a slight decrease enrollment projections are based off of where are we sitting currently with our transitional kindergarten and kindergarten enrollment and then historical trends from grade level as they Advance from grade level to grade level. They are called cohort trends And so we do that cohort survival rate and look forward to see where we think our Grade levels will be at in enrollment. And so that is what is leading to that slight decline going into 26 27 and 27 28 for our ADA We're looking at a slight increase in funded ADA and going into 25 26 of point seven

081percent Will be flat in our funded ADA from 25 26 to 26 27 due to moving from current your funded ADA to prior your funded ADA for LCFF and then another slight decrease in 27 28 of point seven percent We are actively working on a new demographic study for looking at enrollment projections as we do have several areas of growth within the district And so really trying to identify Where we do think our enrollment projections should be at and just to make sure that we are accounting for any growth that we expect to see within the district as Our current demographic study is not exactly aligning with where we have been at and so that is where We're relying more heavily on cohort survival information than our demographic study at this point in time so

082just Yesterday, I believe it was the legislative Both Senate and Assembly released their budget deal that they have reached and now they will be moving forward into negotiations With the governor to reach a final state budget deal So I've included some highlights of where the governor's May revision was at and then where the legislative budget plan is at As I mentioned COLA is at two point three percent for LCFF LCFF as well as other categorical programs. This was also funded in the legislative plan The student support and professional development discretionary block grant. This is a block grant that was really discretionary Based off of the governor's May revision And still seems to be in the legislative budget plan However, it decreases by about over a third and is likely to be allocated based off of

083an average daily attendance and unduplicated People percentage, which means it's not as favorable for our district due to our lower Duplicated counts we'll see as they move forward in negotiations if it stays which allocation method they will go on and the final amount But that large variance of 1.7 billion dollars to 500 million dollars is concerning And so very unknown of what we'll actually see in reality for that pot of money For the TK ratio for the LCFF add-on the governor was proposing to invest 1.2 billion dollars Including ongoing funds for the 10 to 1 TK student to adult ratio and that is included in the legislative budget Based off of the 1.2 billion dollars. It would increase the TK add-on to $5,545 which would be approximately 1.6 million dollars an additional funding for the

084district however, we would have some additional staffing costs for that 10 to 1 ratio and Then the learning recovery emergency block grant which miss Bichette mentioned in the LCAP presentation There's a partial restoration of 379 million dollars that is also included in the legislative budget plan Kitchen infrastructure funds there was opposed one time 150 million dollars and the governor's it increased to 170 million dollar by the Legislature budget plan. However, it also called it a universal school meals implementing implementation block grant We don't know yet what exactly that means And so we'll see where they land on that as well as literacy instructional PD and literacy and math coaches The shifts between how those are being allocated shifted a little bit between the two plans However, it does appear that it will mostly be geared

085towards high-end duplicated districts So it is unknown at this time of that will benefit our district at all if it comes to fruition And then for next steps We'll be bringing the bud LCAP and budget back for final adoption on June 17th The final state budget will be enacted by June 30th 2025 and then following that a 45-day revision will be presented in August of all Substantial changes that occur from the final state budget from our proposed and adopted budget And then our district budget advisory committee is set to begin in August 2025 to identify future reductions necessary to help stabilize the budget Thank you First I would like to open the public hearing and ask for public comment on this item I do have one card which is Amy Thompson. Good evening again So

086when we started the 24 25 school year We had our self-certified qualified budget and we needed to reduce six million dollars of spending for 25 26 We went through a process. We had five iterations We arrived at okay, we're gonna do this and it's five point nine million dollars in cuts We think this is gonna work a Question I have is of those planned cuts, which ones did we actually end up implementing? I know some of the LEA positions were restored. I don't know what else was restored, but just kind of as a foundational how much of that did we actually cut When I look at the multi-year Projection comparisons So when I look at the second interim budget and this proposed budget it looks like we're planning to increase spending by six point eight

087million for next year from what was initially proposed in the second interim and much of that increase is being offset by a projected increase to revenue of five point eight million, but there's still an additional difference of a million dollars and Interesting to watch as the budget cycles through and what the differences are happening in the projections and why they're happening. I appreciate so appreciate the super conservative budget planning not including the additional 1.7 million for the TK add-on not including the 3.7 million for the discretionary block grant and the other smaller grants that were Mentioned there, but I am also hopeful that when we're doing the 45-day budget revision We're going to be putting five point four million dollars more into the revenue side of this budget And then I wonder if we're able

088to do that How is that going to impact the need to cut six hundred thousand dollars for 26 27? I'm looking forward to working with our district on the budget planning committee So that we could take advantage of new opportunities that are being provided by the state for programs such as the Sun bucks So you mentioned that we lost about a million dollars in unduplicated funding for our LCAP Sun bucks Seems like something that has the potential to capture a more accurate count of our unduplicated pupil population To be sure that we're bringing into the district the appropriate amount of supplemental funding And I'm curious about the amount budgeted for books and supplies for 25 26 So the proposed budget has a has projected spending in books and supplies of eight million three hundred fifty

089four thousand nine hundred and twenty four dollars The five-year average actual spend for books and supplies has been six million dollars So that's included in that five-year average the first year of kovat when we had a flood of money and Teachers got to purchase everything they wanted to teach remotely and that was a big spend it includes textbook adoption Yeah comments Questions from the board. Yeah Maybe we can get some of that information For you. Yeah Yeah, I think it would be nice if we could get that information for you So we can just direct staff to help you with those questions see if they can get some answers and work with you I'm sorry to cut you off. I just that's the one thing that I learned at CSBA Not the one thing I

090learned lots of things, but that was one of them is that I have to keep it equitable for public comment So that I'll now I'll turn to the board Questions or comments trustee Vanden Heuvel. Would you like to go first? I would love this presentation in the agenda Yes. Yes, I will add it because I think I had some questions, but I can't find them back on the Thing so I may have to email you this week before we this comes up for a vote. Yeah, thank you one overarching question that I have just for you As you came into this kind of you know after the budget was approved etc. Etc now you've had you know a good ten months Yeah with with these yeah Has your View of where we're going and how

091quickly we're gonna get to a healthier Place changed in these last ten months, or do you feel still that we're you know? Still feel like we're moving in the right direction and but there is still work to be done and That will continue discovering things along the way and so part of I think what I'm Glad of now is that I've built this budget and so I know exactly what is in there Where I was still continuing to find things of when you have 2,000 plus account lines that you're looking through to balance everything that you find and you're like, oh, what's this for? And then what's the history here and what was spent here? So just continuing to dig but I do feel like we're still moving in the right direction and having the

092right conversations of where we need to go and I Think the budget advisory committee is gonna be a good start for engaging the public and as well as our staff more I think so too and then Speaking of revenue and revenue increases The conversation from cabinet has been in the last six or seven months that we're really working on the ADA Improvement and just we're trying to get that up But I've not seen much or heard much of any kind of Report on that or presentation on that or here's what we're going or this is where it's improving or this is what we're as Schools we've decided or sites that works and I'd love to just not for now But maybe for for future for the new school year Yeah, a couple questions unrelated but

093both pertinent to the budget thing I'm one I kind of mentioned to you, but you mentioned the thing on attendance on attendance Included in our attendance. Does it include the new units that are currently under construction? There's approximately 2,000 units currently under construction beyond entitlement for enrollment. No, it does not does is the attendance inclusive of the Tk bubble that work, you know the cove it bubble or whatever you want to call it It does have what we kind of project based on yes Okay, and The overlays that we're talking to we talked about The demographics when we overlay it currently correct me if I'm wrong With the city. We're looking at point for kids students Enrolling per unit that I believe was in our developer fee justification study that was done in 2024 for

094that was a 0.4 estimate for Point and and what I'm just trying to clarify is that's the one that you're looking to get clarification because we're looking at possibly using old data We might not have the most current data of what developments are actively being built and when they're opening and when that will actually impact us for our enrollment, I had a meeting with the city last week and Requested an outline of every development and the timeline both of either breaking ground and or All the phasing of each opening and they said they'd have that with to me within three weeks We do have another meeting with them in person on Thursday It's really to go over their their master plan So they probably won't have all of that but as soon as we have

095that then we'll be having that, you know Looking at that information as well. Okay, but they should be able to just based on permits and entitlement They should be able to give you at least what's I mean like the ones at Costco There's several hundred and then at the Safeway on the east side of town. There's 400 and something units, correct Yes, I think they just needed some time to pull it all together into one document Because I'm just looking at like just roughly if there's 2,000 units of 0.4 It's 500 kids and if we're not accounting for that, that's nearly a school Okay Okay back to the the actual thing on the and I don't know how to reference these because they're not like It's just a chart I showed it to you just

096so we it's how do I reference this Yes budget July 1st general fund unrestricted and restricted expenditure by object When I'm looking at that It looks like like for last year looking at this year and the following year. It seems like We're not spending the money and so it's from it's under The 4000 series and maybe this is what was brought up earlier by the LEA president under books and supplies And this is an old conversation. It kind of comes each year But when you look at I'm looking at this one for 24 25 We had one point four seven million of unrestricted twelve point four million of restricted for thirteen point nine million But when we look for next year, it looks like a 40% reduction 1.5 6.7 for a total of 8.3 million,

097but we did the same thing last year where we kind of Project that the number is going to go down But when you look at when we look at this other form that talks about restricted the ERP for California on that sheet We adopted a budget of 2.2 million for say material costs For say materials and supplies and then we revised the budget to eight point eight million So we kick it up like six million. Does that come before us? Yes, that is presented tip. So what happens largely that is all restricted dollars And so we have yeah our grants which includes magnet Which is a pretty large grant that has about five million dollars in carryover Our school-based mental health as well as other grants and then our donation account Which I believe had

098about two million dollars in carryover most of that all goes into books and supplies as well as services and so how that works is Each of those programs has their own budget And so I leave the budgets their whole because if I pull it away Then they can't see where their money when it looks like I just like sweat money from them And so they track their budgets and especially the donations the sites all have donation accounts and they track their budgets So then when we close the books in September for unaudited actuals We see all of the fallout that occurs in books and supply services in all other areas Especially in those restricted dollars and then that carryover gets incorporated into the first interim budget in December and so that's why we see that

099large swing from Lower at adopted budget because we don't know what that carryover is and it's still incorporated in the 24 25 budget And then once we close 24 25, it'll get incorporated again into 25 26 with a lot of our grants I have been working with our different departments to really identify the great the budget plans for each year and only budgeting what is in that year, but it's a work in progress as Grant management hasn't been a large focus And so we're really trying to identify how much are we planning to spend in each year to minimize the amount of fallout? But there are some areas of fallout Like our donations Medi-Cal and such that will always be Incorporated into the budget and then have fallout as we move into the next year

100when we close So that fallout like we're looking at just I mean say point 1.4 million left in the 4,000 series at the end of April Largely that is all in materials and supplies like over set little over 7 million dollars So that money you're saying it falls out and then we end up dropping it on top of the adopted budget for the coming year By including it in the budget does it increase our 3% and how much You know its revenue, but if we're not spending it should we have it on the budget line on an expenditure line? Because wouldn't that increase our 3% budget required is required. Yes Is that standard practice best practice, I don't know it is pretty standard practice But that it had why I have been trying to at

101least Identify the grants that I can and only budget what I think we're gonna spend to kind of help offset that donations and I'm trying to think of the other ones that would be tougher because there are a lot of hands in those pots and if you had $500,000 in your donation account I'm just making up a number and I took away $100,000 of it because I didn't think you were gonna spend it this year You would pull a report and say what just happened to my hundred thousand dollars that you pulled away from me So that's why for consistency is and for ease of our sites managing their budgets That will always have fallout and have to be incorporated into our expenses and increase our 3% required reserves But it sounds like it it

102does skew our Reserve requirement. Yes, and there's no way or a practiced way where that number is held in an escrow count or an encumbrance and count or in other words if you get a multi-year grant and you're spending it down annually But you're kind of incorporated into your budget It's gonna falsely skew your 3% reserve, right? It's definitely something I can look into to see if there's a different way I can manage with the sites That is different than how we have been doing it Okay All right. Thank you Just a couple on us. I just have a quick question. So In the times of financial uncertainty with the state and federal I just want to know like what do we have like a game plan in case we don't recover as much from

103those funding sources We have started having those conversations There's a few grants that we're working on kind of shifting what the plans were especially for our school-based mental health as that has Probably the most staffing of all of our grants that are at risk right now To try to fund at least the staffing for the rest of our school year if it truly ends in December of this year And then our title programs Thankfully a lot of it is more professional development. And so it's really the professional development that would go away Versus having salaries applied out of that. So we have been actively having conversations I know we're going after every grant that we can to try to supplement those the loss of those potential funds. I Was gonna ask About those federal mental

104health grants and the status of those and how much about how much money is That as far as affecting us If you know, sorry I Know we have several employees who are employed by those grants Yes, I know overall through the term of the grant We were expecting to spend another three point seven million dollars in the grant it was supposed to go through December of 27, I believe and then for Next year we were planning to spend That I do not have off the top of my head and I'm sorry. I lost the track of the second part of your question. I think it was the status of where We've submitted our appeal right now. We're just waiting for a response from the Department of Education They did release some frequently asked questions and

105so they kind of have a process so it sounds like right now They're reviewing all of the appeals that have been submitted And that we'll hear Sometime soon and do we know any other districts who've had some more have they are is anyone else further along in the process? So we have an idea nobody. Okay, I know this thing. Yeah, okay Obviously, that's unfortunate timing. They put out an FAQ that talked about What the next part of the process is but they didn't they gave us a timeline to respond But they did not give us a timeline for them to respond back So we really have no idea We also don't know if and when they're gonna notify us if other grants are going to be cut Okay, but the federal government trust you by

106now One clarifier on it's no different point, but on that same point looking at that of that ERP report Could could we the board could we get like on the scrape back or how whatever you call it fiscally the fallout of the fallout? Could we get those clarified categorically could we see that? At the end whenever you close So when you close because it's kind of skewing the numbers because I couldn't you follow it You see what we adopt and then you see this huge increase but what it is It's you use it the fallout from the prior year But if we're never actually using it or if it's I want to be able to determine Yeah, it's on a three-year scale and we're buying it down or it's just money that's rolling from year

107to year And it's falsely increasing our three percent, you know Or is it creating if we have revenue, but we don't have it assigned to an expenditure. It's excess So if you're not spending it one could obvious one could look at it and say the revenue is simply floating through the budget And is that the case or is it simply being spent down over a graduated scale over two three or four years? Because it's grant money. So it'd be nice to see that. So if you could show us the fallout Categorically not just restricted unrestricted but specifically where the sourcing. Yes Yeah, typically in my own audited actuals narrative and presentation I include where the fallout happened and kind of what the plan is for the fallout So I'll identify all of that in September

108with on audited actuals. Okay Thanks also, just one one more comment before I close this that just I'm excited about the idea of the budget advisory committee And I know trustee why no is going to be part of that and members of our community Parents and I think that will be will it really helpful coming in the next few years So with that I will now close the public hearing Now we're going to move on to item thirteen point four, which is the approval of our ELD instructional materials and invite mr. Matthew Hart to come down for the presentation Good evening board president Prusso members of the board superintendent Gibson members of the community. It's nice to have an audience I'm joined. I'm Matthew heart and director of assessment and accountability. I'm joined up here

109by Gina retorto teacher at Spiteri Spiteri, thank you teacher at East Avedo. I got that one, right and I'm really excited to bring forth a Middle school English language development instructional materials Why middle school ELD? So a couple things have sort of happened currently we have our ELD core curriculum Which is study sync which has been meant to also serve students in English language development We feel that we have given that time To to sort of affect the progression of our English learner students And we feel now that it's it's time to recognize that we need something more specifically tailored for For our English learners and their their progression towards English proficiency There's been a the adoption of a new state accountability student group of long-term English learners We now have accountability measures attached to

110us For long-term English learners that long-term English learners are defined as Students who have been English learners and have not been reclassified within seven years At the same time as that has happened about a year and two months ago. I reported to you about the progression of our students and how it stagnates typically right around L pack level 3 and Essentially what's necessary for moving from 3 to 4 is a much better handle on proficiency in academic language, right? It's not so much about Conversational English is this is about using the kind of language that's necessary to learn in school And so that coupled with the long-term English learner Accountability measure and student group and just our knowledge with how study sync maybe wasn't necessarily meeting our needs made sense to Look at a new

111middle school ELD curriculum We also in addition to our long-term English learners. We had a wave of concentrated newcomer students Largely at East Avenue, but also to a certain extent at Christiansen and our our Difficulty in managing both the needs of newcomer students and long-term English learners Made us look at the what study sync was offering and realizing that we needed something that was more specifically tailored to students in different Places and their English language progression and also middle school ELD because purchase is achievable. We felt just given You know budgetary constraints, you know, it's a topic of conversation all night, but we knew that this would be High leverage, but also like achievable given some of the funds that we've had So we brought together a pilot adoption committee. This was an original group

112of five beginning in January Later when we piloted Materials we had seven pilot teachers Throughout the pilot teachers and the committee we had grades 6 through 8 all represented and all EL levels represented again every you know Level three LPAC students on all the way down. So level one and newcomer students Here's the pilot adoption committee the original committee of five here at Gina Spitteri and also just want to say hi to Lori Valenzuela and the audience there as well teacher Junction Yes Eric Taylor is the principal of Mendenhall, but he was standing in for a teacher Kara Cardinal Fisher I believe who she participated in like the piloting but couldn't necessarily commit to Some of the meetings and so he was representing that teacher. So here's our timeline very briefly in January We spent

113time basically familiarizing ourselves with the standards and developing a vision which I'll share with you in a moment in February We had our publisher presentations and we chose which to to move on and pilot We did our first pilot in March our second pilot in April in May We did our final evaluation of the pilots and determine what we're going to recommend to you tonight We've had a public display of the selected instructional materials going on at two locations East Avenue in the district office since May 9th And that will continue through June 13th tonight. We have our school board public hearing originally June 17th is supposed to be the original school board adoption I think as we want until I prolong the suspense maybe but then we realized that this is not a production

114of Sweeney Todd We just want to get our instructional materials. And so that will come tonight What did we base our recommendation on? I always put it like this It's really just three things. It's the consideration of our state standards Coupled with our district mission coupled with the professional expertise of those on our committee take those three things You know other other things might matter tonight, but they didn't matter for us necessarily For those three things should equal our middle school ELD curriculum And in terms of the standards we try to break that down to just really three sent like what do we want students to know? What do we want them to do? And then how will we know whether they can do those things? Here's the vision we constructed as a team, which

115is a good one I think as an adoption committee we will consider student need Collaborate analyze and critique in order to emphasize language proficiency Curricular rigor as well as student engagement achievement and success so that we can help our students become engaged confident determined and creatively resourceful This vision is what we went back to over and over and over again as we like established the criteria for our rubric for example Which is what I'll talk about here. I won't go through all this. We have four major Criteria areas and then within those those sort of broke down into larger subscores the major criteria areas were Receptive and reading focus and then expressive which mirrors by the way the LPAC this that's divided into kind of those two major sections as well And then the access

116engagement and support that was Lended by the curricula and then the logistics and usability of the proposed curricula as well I want to say a little bit about state adopted materials, so There were only two existing curricula that were state adopted when we first started looking into actually there were three But one of them had like since gone out of publication And so we felt that we needed more options than that So we examined for curricula total including two that were not on the state adopted list So the state does provide guidelines for the adoption of materials that are not on our state adopted list they primarily Involve an analysis of social content which if you've seen like it's basically like determining whether it's offensive or not And then a careful consideration of the alignment

117to state standards is something that the state also requires so because of this Knowing this fairly early on we took the extra step early on of aligning all of the criteria in our rubric to the associated ELD standards just to make sure that we sort of took care of this step I won't go through all of it necessarily But here's I like an example section of our rubric This is from the receptive section so you can see like one of our sub scores was about phonics materials available phonics material accelerates language adoption includes phonics material and then for that part of the rubric we We connected it to section 2 part 3 of the ELD standards to make sure that we were meeting the requirement of the state in adopting non state adopted materials The

118state adopted materials were a long time ago VHL was published after those materials. I have no doubt that if they were to Reconsider state adopted materials that these would qualify Here were the two curricula that we that we piloted VISTA higher learning and service for our final evaluation Here's here's we we rubric scored everything twice, and you guys know me And I so I did a whole like tabulation We weighted certain elements of it and we averaged them out and here they all are right here If you like I'm desperate to know what to do with this pile of paper. Yes, we did a lot of math Yeah, and so boiling it all down all criteria elements were scored one to two by each evaluator The elements were then averaged for each credit each of

119the four criteria criteria and added up for a total of one out of eight Then each evaluator score was averaged in the end just a higher learning had the highest score with six point six nine one an extraordinarily high score Here is what I'm summarizing is the strengths of Vista But it seemed better to turn the microphone over here for a second to Gina So that she could articulate from the teacher point of view why we've valued Vista higher learning so so much in this process Thank you as ELD teachers. We are thrilled with the quality of the Vista curriculum because it is cohesive comprehensive and engaging and it includes first of all progress monitoring and baseline assessments and The concept spiral throughout the units which is a natural way to scaffold especially for those

120newcomer students And it is a true hybrid online offline program It's written to address the California ELD standards and the Common Core ELA standards and it includes amplification as it says there we had a mind melt of Content area concepts in science math and more so they're getting support for other classes as well The program does have Speaking listening reading and writing activities that are rigorous yet really accessible even for newcomers And my newcomer students responded very positively to the program and they have grown More confident just within a few weeks of use. We only had a short pilot and Laurie at junction Has been able to use Vista for this whole year and with her middle school students and all of them on the LPAC scores which were Recently released most of them have

121shown huge growth I don't know how much you know about the LPAC scores, but The bands are pretty wide especially for those level ones and so all of her students were shown to have improved either like a hundred points or more on the LPAC or Jumped one level or in some cases even two levels, which is really extraordinary for a year And this was the first year that they have that they have used Vista at Junction so we feel really confident that our English learners were going to make more progress with proper implementation of this Vista program with of course support from the district and We're so happy that our persistent advocacy For our students has you know, we've been able to partner with Matt Hart and make this really happen this year because I

122feel like it's been a challenge certainly but Going forward I feel like Laurie and I and I think the the teachers of the other sites are really excited about this for all of our Yale students, so so Vista higher learning both get ready and bridges Those are just the names of the specific get ready is the newcomer portion and bridges is the sort of mainline Yieldy portion Vista higher learning get ready and bridges is recommended for middle school English language development adoption We have taken care of the public display of materials As I said, they're currently on display at our district office and at East Avenue Middle School all the way through June 13th And then online access is also available for the online portions That a request of public hearing on the adoption of

123the instructional materials Thank you, so right now I will open the public hearing and ask for a public comment on this item And I don't have any public comment on this item. So if any board members have any comments or questions Turn it on Thank you so much for if we're working hard through the only on the committee to get this all Rolled out a couple of questions. How many students participated in the pilot? At the seven teachers it varies by school we would have had Rough math we would have had somewhere around 200 total students participating so this was not an AB type of No, no, hey all students used to both curricula. Okay, and we didn't really so my question around it since there's no great Perfect curriculum, what was the who were

124the people that disliked it the most who were the biggest distract detractors and what was their complaint about this new curriculum I don't think I don't think that we necessarily had Complaints, I don't do you happen to know the scores for Salvas I mean Vista was much higher and I think the reason I didn't score perfect aid is because we had such a short pilot that We didn't necessarily get to engage with all components of the program And that's the only reason I think that like personally I did not give it a perfect score I gave it a one instead of a two in areas that I didn't get experience with in those four weeks If that and that was based more on the fact that you just didn't have a chance to dig in

125all that what all that Long. Okay. Yes, great Either honestly of the two we piloted either one would have been a vast improvement over what we have right now Which is kind of halfway nothing And this the higher learning of the two yeah, we felt really really strongly. It's an amazing quality curriculum I think I think some of the stuff we dropped scores for like Usability of a couple things online the way that it might have handled Progression and access in a couple different places. These were In the grand scheme of things very minor considerations. Yeah, I was able to walk or walk through it online For a little while, but I don't have anything to compare to so I don't really know What it was like, but yeah, thanks for for trying this out

126and coming up with this great solution Thanks for the presentation and I just did a little bit of lookup on this Vista You know spice revolutionizing, you know the length learning of language But the fact that our teachers are here in support of it Says everything to me You know if the people who actually use it and we entrust to teach the kids It's great that the kids were involved But I would expect nothing less having our teachers look at it So the fact that a couple hundred kids were able to pilot it that our teachers are behind it That's it like to me. That's a great program and thanks for moving in the right direction to help our kids Thank you Thank you for the presentation. I actually did get a chance to review

127the data Review the data review the material in the district office I was just wondering if we've got any feedback from parents if anybody has taken the chance To go look at it at East Avenue are here. I've had a few people reach out via email And and it's all it's been very positive I think my favorite came from it's a district employee named Martha Garcia who's worked with us for a long time and just one of those behind-the-scenes people that makes everything work and She talked about her experiences in English learn and just and and discussed how positive she thought that the materials would be so it's been I think I've had at least two. I can remember a third and they've all been positive Okay, and then one more question other than the

128recent alpac scores coming in What other data supports the effectiveness of this new material? Is that a weird question? It's it I want to answer it well because I think it's a good question I mean, I think that I think that going back to the slide I had about what do we make this decision on it's you know the state standards the the district mission and the professional expertise of our Teachers and that sort of comes to the curriculum I think all of those things that's what we use the rubric for In order to judge all of the elements of that and this was I'd say clearly sort of heads and tails above in terms of evidence in terms of like score type evidence, we don't necessarily have it yet, although Gina did bring up

129like the the experience of the of the incredible growth at Junction Which I want to spoil later presentations for you But we have good news coming with EL progression and this is one part of it and there are other parts of that as well So I don't know We'll have to use it to see in much of the same way that we use study sync I would say for about seven years or so I think total before we've kind of decided it's not we want to move in a different direction with our specific ELD curriculum and we'll review this and hold this to the same standards that we sort of held everything else once we come to To our time and experience with it. I hope that made some kind of sense and answered your

130question No, that does and then lastly what's the financial impact of the purchase of this curriculum? It's an $86,000 purchase It's gonna come out of lottery funds that are specifically intended for instructional materials purchase That does involve because of the online portion every three years will re-up a portion of that about $30,000 for licensing I've spoken to the assistant superintendent of Educational services about how we'll fund that stuff in the future as well. Thank you. Thank you I don't really have any comments. I think Craig said it best I think just the fact that the teachers are here and they have seen success and I think it speaks for itself Just as trustee Bueno said so with that I'm going to close the public hearing so that is closed now and Then we are going

131to move straight into the approval of the instructional materials So does anyone have any questions about that? Otherwise, I would entertain a motion I'll make a motion to approve the adoption of the VISTA higher learning Learn get ready and bridges for middle school English language development instructional materials Second so I have a motion by trustee Vanden Heuvel Second by trustee Bueno any discussion on the motion? I would ask our clerk trustee Vanden Heuvel if he would take role trustee Bueno Trustee Kaplanis. I myself I president Russo. I I that motion passes unanimously for one with the or for zero, sorry with the absence of trustee Druin, thank you. We're gonna move now on to our 13.5 the approval of the the LEA and the LVJ OSD memorandum MOU for 2526 turning the time to Miss

132Kelly Manky and miss Michelle Pichette. We have two MOUs I will be presenting one miss Manky will be presenting the second so this evening we are bringing forward the approval of a memorandum of understanding between LVJ USD and the Livermore Education Association or LEA regarding the continued co-location of Vineyard Alternative School and Del Valle Continuation High School for the 2526 school year as part of our commitment to developing A comprehensive alternative education pathway for students this MOU outlines the operational framework that allows both schools to remain distinct in identity and Instructional model while sharing a single campus key provisions reaffirm working conditions for both Vineyard and Del Valle staff Preserve prep time and student contact limits and allow for collaborative use of campus resources Notably this updated agreement reflects thoughtful conversations and collaboration with our

133labor partners It includes amendments based on input from staff and site representative including updates to student contact limits and class size Maximums for Vineyard teachers as well as clarity around administrative and counseling staffing for the 2526 school year This MOU represents our continued effort to support alternative education in a way that values staff voice maintains instructional integrity and Prioritizes student success. I want to express my appreciation to our labor partners for their collaborative approach and shared commitment to serving Students in these unique learning environments Just go straight into the next one. Then we'll do it together. Yeah, we're in this together All right. Good evening president Pruso board trustee superintendent. Dr. Gibson in cabinet So in the 2024 2025 school year the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District shifted from relying on special education local

134plan area Selpa for intensive educationally related mental health services ERMS and began delivering these services independently This transition prompted the creation of an agreement to identify which LEA bargaining members Will be responsible for providing intensive ERMS and to clearly define their roles responsibilities and working conditions in Partnership with LEA we have created an MOU that designates our ERMS team Composite psychologist with a pupil pupil personnel services credential Our designated psychologist will provide direct counseling and mental health interventions to referred students Contribute to IEP development consult with staff and families and coordinate external support services Casals will be capped at four students per point to FTE With team members either volunteering or being assigned to positions based on district needs Assignments can be full or part-time and staff will be guaranteed the working conditions outlined in

135article 10 point three point two point three of Their contract of their agreement at this time is a recommendation of the superintendent to approve the LEA and LVJ USD memoranda of understanding for the 2526 school year, so you'll be approving both together. I have no cards on this any questions Yeah Okay, trustee Vanden Heuvel. I just wanted to I always look to you first Question for This is superintendent Manky the I'm surprised that that reliance on volunteers First of all, I don't know if that's normal. But secondly, how do we avoid our employees being? Sort of asked or you know Sort of expected to volunteer a little bit. Yes So we go to volunteers first people interested in having Being the school psychologist who is serving our students receiving arms So this year what we

136did is we put out a survey to over psychologists for the positions that they were interested in school sites grade levels And the arms positions and thankfully and we had volunteers who were interested in that position So we haven't had yet the opportunity to have folks who need to be asked to serve in that position And so we were very grateful that we have three Four of our psychologists who will be serving in that position. Can you tell what world I'm I come from unpaid? Staff members, so that's that's where I came from when I read the word volunteer. So thanks for clarifying One question on the Delval vineyard and then another question on the mental health services Okay, so on the Delval one is that it I don't know if I read this right

137But is that a two-year period for that MOU and it ends at the end of next of this 2526 it is for 2526. Oh, so it's just for this year. Okay, so then is that re-evaluated after this year? Or how does that work when you have Actually for next school year 2526 is next school year. Yes Isn't it that this school year? Oh Starting next. Yeah, I say this This is a problem with my husband all the time, too. Okay, I'm just using the wrong words that I use different words than everyone else It's okay. That's fine. Okay That answers that question and then my question about the ERMS was the four students per point two FTE how is that monitored to make sure that that that doesn't go over or Yeah, so it's a

138ratio and so we make sure that when We've divided up all of our students. We also do it by grade level. So we have High school folks school psychologists are more comfortable at a higher level and we have elementary So we try to fit within their range of experience and comfort level and so we have a referral process So when a student is referred it goes to the whole team and then they divide out who will be taking on that student so Point two is for students. So we have somebody for example is a point eight FTE school psychologist at Orioles a co and a point two ERMS so they would have their point eight FTE plus they would have these four additional students. Okay. Yeah, so we monitor it we have it all Outlined

139and if we were to receive more students needing services, we would need to look at our numbers and make adjustments Okay, thank you if there are no other questions, then I would entertain a motion to Support this recommendation. I move to support the superintendent's recommendation of the LEA and LVJ USD memorandum of understanding for the 20 25 20 26 school year. So I have a motion by trustee Kaplanis Seconded by trustee Bueno. Is there any discussion on the motion? I'd ask our clerk did that motion include both Of the mo use I think it's great Good question trustee Kaplanis I trustee Bueno Myself I am president Brousseau. I so that motion carries unanimously for zero with the absence of trustee druin and now we'll turn the time over to miss Kayla was Lee to discuss

140the Tentative agreement with the CSEA. Good evening So included in this item with between CSEA and the district are one tentative agreement for reopeners as well as two mo use between CSEA and the district the first for the tentative agreement includes a one-time point five one percent increase in compensation with trigger language to become permanent if certain criteria is met the reclassification of the executive assistant to the principal and library media specialist To increase by one range updates to article 14 for classification slash reclassification Language and article 16 health and welfare benefits to set a date for benefit the benefits committee to be formed The second item is an MOU for our instructional specialist in the kid connection program This language codifies the work calendar of a hundred and eighty four days for these positions,

141which they have already been working So it's just really putting that language into place as well as providing options If staff do not would like to be at the hundred ninety four workday calendar That the rest of instructional specialist are at and the third is an MOU regarding the impacts and effects of layoffs for the reduction in fourth force of CSEA positions And with that it is the superintendent's recommendation to approve all three agreements. I have no cards, but question by trustee bueno One of the attachments I was just wondering about the context if you could help it's a Action gold star renewal letter. It's one of the PDFs that should be on items Any questions or comments on these these I have four is that am I looking at this wrong there is three

142of the PDFs Are you looking for four PDFs? Oh, oh, that's why yes So one of the PDFs is our required AB 1200 public disclosure Well, if no other questions I would entertain a motion I'll move to approve this agreement with the CSEA chapter 3 3 4 I'll second so I have a motion by trustee Vanden Heuvel and the second by trustee Kaplanis Is there any discussion on the motion? I would like the the motion to be consistent in that it is inclusive of It's the superintendent's recommendation. Okay, I'll make a new motion to Approve the recommendation of the superintendent to approve the tentative agreement with California School Employment Employees Association chapter 3 3 4 So we have we have an amended motion by trustee Vanden Heuvel I'm assuming that trustee Kaplanis will still second

143Hopefully no more discussion on the motion and we will ask the clerk to please take roll trustee bueno trustee Kaplanis I myself I President Prusso I so that motion carries unanimously for zero with the absence of trustee druan And now we will move on to 13.7, which is the child nutrition contract with Gold Star again Miss Kayla was Lee is going to be presenting that so I'm bringing forward This evening several child nutrition contracts Gold Star is one of our largest vendors with a projected cost of 1.2 million dollars using child nutrition funds for supplying different meats baked goods dairy prepared products This contract is negotiated through it What's called the action cooperative which is composed of several different districts that come together to increase our buying power and reduce costs So it is recommended

144that we approve the contract with Gold Star through the action cooperative I have no blue cards any questions or comments. Yes, just the one if we get clarification It's it's what I previously mentioned. It's action Gold Star renewal letter one of the PDFs Yes, it just seems very curt and I'm wondering what is that indicative of the relationship? It says it's to the attention of John Cho or chow in Ontario, California And it's like the third paragraph says if no response is received We will be forced to look for a new contract with a responsible and responsive company Like why why such a it just seems like that's not a real good relationship that's going on there That is a great question Pleasanton is the lead Pleasanton Unified School District is the lead for the

145action cooperative So I don't know if that is their standard form or verbiage that they use with their vendors Yes, I would agree so I believe we still have a good relationship with Gold Star, but we're doing it But it's not an individual relationship. It's a cooperative relationships. Yeah, it appears as though Pleasanton's running lead so do they know what I'm asking is do they know something we don't know and we're voting on because Normally when you're that's like an unresponsive agent that someone's having a problem with like we will be forced to I mean It doesn't sound like something you're working with all the time and it's a good relationship Yes I Have not heard anything otherwise Because they do have also attached is the renewal contract. So it sounds like they were seeking

146to get the contract signed and back And the contract is attached for it and I believe everything is moved forward through the cooperative If you would like me to bring back additional information, we can table this item until next meeting Yeah, it's just I'm just wondering I mean unless it's something that's gonna hold us up I don't want to hold the process up but Being the guy who's been in business if you're writing letters like that to a vendor You're having a problem with the vendor and if they're running lead, they know something. Perhaps we don't so Especially given that you said it's a 1.2 million dollar one of our largest vendors All right, and we have removed the next two items to come back Also next week, I believe yes Yes, so now we

147will move on to our consent items as a reminder One of our consent items was also removed. I believe team point four. Yeah B. Yeah, we're team for If there I have if there are any Anyone like to well, we'll just You have any comments or questions on anything and then if not, we can we can I'd entertain a motion to move the consent items in their entirety Should to be also be removed. I was just gonna ask that same question It's the contract. Oh Yeah, okay. Yeah, it does look like that is the language that they use in all of their renewal letters So I'm thinking it is this their standard for letter that they send I'd like to get it. Yeah, we can pull all of them. Yep. I'm bringing all the full.

148Yeah, let's pull 14 So we're tabling to 14 to be to be mm-hmm and 14.4 or be okay. That was that was pulled. This one here is being tabled table. Yes, I Make a motion to approve the consent items Save the two that were pulled. Is that enough or do I need to mention that it's that's fine. Okay, I second So we have a motion by trustee Vanden Heuvel Seconded by trustee Kaplanis any discussion on the motion. I'd ask our clerk to take role trustee Kaplanis I trustee bueno, I myself I president Pruzo I so Passes that motion carries unanimously for zero with the absence of trustee druin and Now we will move on to our board member reports. We will start with trustee Kaplanis Try to make this quick. I was able to attend

149the Livermore High School baseball playoff game and then catch a little bit of Game-changer virtually watching the Livermore High High School softball playoff game While juggling my own kids schedule And then attending the six graduations including with some of my colleagues the vineyard and Junction eighth grade Graduation the vineyard and Del Valle High School as well as Livermore High School graduation and then really unique to me I've never attended anything like this was the middle college graduation at Las Positas My favorite thing about all the graduations was hearing from the students about their hard work and their experiences made it really special and Just real quick. Happy Father's Day to all the dads grandpas Uncles and I guess the single parents that have to juggle both roles That's it for me trustee point. Oh, thank

150you In 1918 the Livermore Stockman Association started the rodeo here and There's a lot of communities being in government service my whole life 40 years now I will tell you that a lot of communities struggle to have an identity and In this community and I think it's one of the reasons that we're so well supported as a public school district Is that we have a lot of identities that are prominent? We have two national laboratories. We have a wine region I mean the went a family was responsible for the clones that went over and restored the French wine region And then we have the rodeo and the rodeo is the world's fastest They did that during the depression and it's because the sequencing of how it comes out Livermore Stockman Association does a great job

151In doing our rodeo. It's a source of pride. It put us on the map over a hundred years ago in an effort to raise money It was part of an assessment during the war And we've continued that tradition for a long time. There's families that have actually been in this city or town Longer than the rodeo and they were all they participated some of the namesakes show the can cannons and the men in halls I mean it goes way back to a lot of very storied family history and cities history And then this year we're going to be in the rodeo. We have a parade So the LBJ USD has a has a float that we're going to sponsor and that's not Unnormal because we normally participate but this year I think it goes worth

152noting that the grand marshal will be our retired Superintendent dr. Kelly Bowers will be leading the parade. So it the district has a prominent role our kids Football players and baseball players and things like that. They're gonna have a big role in the parade So it's a source of pride and a lot of people we were an all-american city which was an effort that was led by this district through a cap or capital advocacy partners and There's a lot of reasons that the property values are high in this city and that we get great public support It's because of events like this. I think it's a tremendous opportunity for the community to come out and support our city Thank you. Trustee Vanden Heuvel. Wow. Yeah making speaking of making a little more proud I was

153thinking about going down the list of events that filled my calendar some some really great things amazing grad parties Let me say this Attending the awards and the ceremonies the promotions the graduation. It's been a highlight of my year From shaking 200 nervous slightly sweaty middle school. Maybe my hands are sweaty. I don't know To watching hundreds of mortar boards fly through the air at Livermore High. I Was moved again and again by the moments that we got to witness. I heard some incredible students speeches Vineyard in Del Valle, they blew me away one student reminded us that building the future and keeping the past alive or one in the same I didn't even take any notes, but I still remember that. I'm like, I gotta write that down another student summed up his middle

154school career with 360 school days and zero girlfriends It was so fun. Oh my gosh one student at Del Valle shared how a staff member Made a path for every one of her thoughts turning up a turning point for her that helped her walk across the stage as a graduate So these past weeks were a celebration of the students But of course also of all these amazing teachers that that work so hard that impact them the staff that goes to work each day To make sure that they get over the finish line and then the parents of families and friends that supported them Trustee Bueno, I agree Livermore can be proud. Thank you. Trustee Vanden Heuvel. Now I'm now I'm emotional It was really fantastic to attend all of the graduations including my daughter and

155So great to have have trustees sitting with me there to support me in that and The superintendent as well was there and I think was there. So that was really a Great moment, but also again Middle College Del Valle High School is I think a favorite of all of us to go As well as Vineyard So it was it's been a great We graduations are always so hopeful and I love that and then Trustee Bueno's comments about the about the rodeo when 29 years ago I got married on June 14th That was a long time ago 1996 Yeah, and I was very young Yeah, and I Had no idea when I got married I Moved to Livermore a month later and I had no idea That the rest of my life. I would be spending

156my anniversary weekend at the rodeo But I can't think of a better place to be so I'm grateful for that Dr. Gibson Multiple promotions and graduations as we all did the divide and conquer some of us together some of us Separate, but it was a really fun week and it's always just such a great time I think watching the students and just watching the pride of staff is also one of my absolute favorite parts of the week is just It's a culmination for our teachers and our office staff and and our classified staff and everyone who works so hard every day at The school site, so that's always a really fun thing We've had two parent meetings at Junction. I do want to provide an update quickly just about that They've been they've been really

157fantastic a great group of parents that we are working with to really hone in on The work order process at that particular site. We did a site walk on Monday Where I think we spent about three hours at the site Just creating kind of a punch list of things that we can do Regardless of a school bond, so we are moving forward we will meet again with them prior to the school year starting to make sure that punch list is Making progress and we will continue to do that Let's see. I we attended liver morium day, which was a ton of fun. Actually. It's a lot of fun We just launched an email late last week inviting we had 52 Community members parents interested in the budget advisory committee We managed to narrow that down

158to I think 23 or 24. So those invites went out people are really excited We will kick that off in August. I think that's going to help us a ton as we move forward and you know We really work together To come up with some ideas I'm really hopeful that we'll have more answers from the federal government by then in Case we are in a situation that we need to make some tough decisions again And I'm really looking forward to utilizing that group as well as our labor partners as they participate in that as well we had a Meeting with the Seiko staff. I know a couple of them are still here hanging in strong with us. So, thank you They are just having some some special education challenges that are not they're just not

159their fault and Miss Minky and I went and spent a couple hours with the staff there The Friday after school the day after school was out and we have a really strong plan To do basically we're going to go through all the IEPs for students at that site and really dig in to figure out What has taken place and sort through? the mud if you will Miss Minky will be working then with those particular teachers over the summer They have volunteered to come in and help us sort through this once we get the initial pieces of the puzzle put together So we're really looking forward to that cooperation with that particular site and really starting to to rebuild that program at that school that was dismantled prior to to me coming and Last but certainly

160not least we got to kick off our CSBA policy fund today. So Yeah, you forgot already So we are going through all however many hundreds and hundreds of policies and a huge Thank you, Joanne has already left, but thank you to Joanne Morrison because she is our public community member who is sitting in and really working specifically mostly with Miss Bichette and her team just because of Her interest in those particular policies, but our goal is hopefully in August. That's that's our goal Might not be till September but is to provide the entire policy for a 30-day reading Well, I just am gonna plan to treat it like we do a curriculum adoption Essentially, we'll do a public hearing and all the different functions and make sure that we don't miss something Because it's it's

161a little daunting for sure. So but a huge thank you to CSBA and just our staff who have all been willing to participate and thank you Emily for Showing up today and having some fun with us Submit in for Stephen and I believe that's those are all that tips to have at this time. Thank you So the next regularly scheduled board meeting will be held next Tuesday, June 17th at the district office here Open session will begin at 7 p.m. And this meeting is now adjourned at 936