001to government code section 5495 conference with legal council anticipated litigation pursuant to government code section 54956.9 D4 there are two cases and under tab 5 conference with labor negotiators pursuant to government code section 54957.6 Six, the employee organiz the negotiators, Dr. Murphy, employee organizations represented, associate administrators of Los Angeles Teamsters 2010, California School Employees Association, Los Angeles County Building and Construction Trades Council, Los Angeles School Police Association, Los Angeles School Police Management Association, Service Employees International Union, SEIU Local 99, Teamsters, United Teachers Los Angeles, and District Represented Employees and Contract Personnel. I'm going to go ahead and take role. Miss Newell present. Dr. Rivas, Mr. Melvinne here, Miss Grigo here, Miss Gomez, Miss Ortiz Franklin present, and board presidentson present. Okay, we have quorum. Okay, we will go directly to public comment and as usual,
002if you are signed up under item specific public comment, I would ask you that you restrain your remarks to the topic of that item. So, here we go. Tab one, student discipline matters. We have one speaker, Vivian DeLeon. Let me see if Miss DeLeon is online with us. Miss Deleon is not Oh, there she is. Vivian Deleon, please press star six to unmute yourself and you'll have two minutes to speak once you begin. Vivian Deleon, I see you're online with us. Hi, good morning. I'm representing parents from Clinton Middle School who are extremely disappointed. The appeal system is bor is broken. The father of a wrongly suspended child filed an appeal and despite having video evidence, it took 15 days to get a response. And that only happened because Miss Diana Gen from the Red
003Devocated for him, emailed in Superintendent Gilberto Martinez, who is rarely available for parents. Assistant principal Permona failed to follow district policy and never offered the student a chance to earn back participating in grad night, the dance or culmination ceremony. It was thanks to Mr. Augustine Gonzalez that we found out about this crucial policy and why the student was allowed to walk the stage in the culmination ceremony. It was obvious that Miss Carmona was intentionally allowing time to run out. Culmination was a week away. The appeal system is designed to discourage families and not to support them. The appeals board never sides with the students. Minors are not allowed to be witnesses. Only adult witnesses are heard. So when a child is falsely accused of violence, they have no defense at all. Mr. Rivera is retiring
004this year with a clean record. But that doesn't reflect the reality. Multiple complaints have been brought to this board and to Mr. Francisco Wera and nothing has been done. Mr. Rivera did not even attend culmination this year. Instead, he sent a message. A message cannot replace leadership, presence, or care for our students on one of the most important days of their lives. Meanwhile, school safety continues to decline. Fights break out every day. Many students refer to Clinton as hell because they know the administrators are against the students. There is no trust, no protection. Maybe now that Mr. Rivera is finally out of Clinton, this board will see how crucial it is to bring back school PD to protect our children. bring back school PD and fix the suspension appeal system because it's not working. Thank
005you. Thank you for your time. I'll note that Dr. Rivas is with us for the role. So, let's go to item two. James Chner Chner on tab two. I see you're online with us. Please press star six to unmute yourself and you have two minutes to speak once you begin. James T. Good morning. Can everybody hear me? Yes. My name is James Chner. I'm a Broadway elementary parent and I'm here to continue the protest regarding the decision to remove the current principal of Broadway Elementary. So here we are having found an excellent school with a rare highquality principal and then the regional LAUSD department decides to remove her. Well, that is where the government department went horribly wrong and completely misjudged the situation. Just look at the backlash. Maybe it was not your intention to
006scapegoat the principal for past LUSD failures at the school. Maybe you were just manipulated by a small number of individuals who had a special agenda and making a mistake happens. Over 95% of Broadway parents oppose your decision. How much louder do they have to scream? You have in the meantime been presented with petitions with over 1,100 signatures. I repeat, over 1,100 signatures demanding the reinstatement of Principal Garin, numerous street protests, numerous emails and phone calls, at least 10 different media coverage events by numerous news agencies, and signed letters from pretty much every teacher of the school. What more do you still need to finally correct your mistake before wasting everyone's time even further? Mr. Cavalo, respectfully, we are calling upon you to intervene. Otherwise, this is really starting to look very, very fishy. And if
007this still does not make you understand how you misjudged the situation, please consider this. You talk about unity at the school. Don't you realize that throwing such a bomb by firing the principal is going to achieve the exact opposite of unity? And don't you feel sorry for the new principal who's likely to be booed at every occasion when school starts? Please finally act. Thank you for your time. Okay, now we'll move to general public comment. Uh Maria Palma, are you here? I don't see Miss Palma out there, but I think she'll be here shortly as my guest. Uh Matt Rothl, please come on up. You have two minutes to speak once you begin. And then after Matt is Isabelle Gonzalez. Oh, sorry. Good morning, board members and superintendent. Matt Raley, uh, also of Broadway Elementary
008School. Uh, twofold, uh, purpose in speaking today. First, to thank all of you for your unwavering support to our immigrant communities. Broadway is, as you know, predominantly Latinx and Asian. So, thank you to all for standing so firmly with our families and our communities. Our second point today is about the school library. As crazy as it might sound, our school library is another example of how LUD District West actively creates a discord within our school. As we were told by the district, only books that have been cataloged in the district system can be placed on school shelves. While the Spanish books can can be and have been so cataloged due to limitations of the cataloging system, Mandarin title information cannot be directly entered into the title system. The district has refused to rectify this software
009problem and even though the consequence is that the Mandarin books cannot be on the library shelves to ensure that students learn student learning at at Mandarin have equal access to Mandarin library books, LI Broadway has accepted two wheeled carts from a nonprofit organization to house the books. But of course, no good deed goes unpunished. After a parent complained that there were no Spanish books on the carts based on the district's edicts, the principal to principal Garmin, Mandarin books were removed from one of the two carts and replaced with Spanish books. So, in a school where Mandarin immersion makes up more than twothirds of the student population, those students have access to just one measly cart of Mandarin books. While Spanish immersion students have access to shelves upon shelves of books, plus a cart. This level
010of absurdity district west has reached to actual tangible detriment of students in the Mandarin immersion program is absolutely unacceptable. Have no doubt that the parents will be requesting the inspector general to look into this as yet another example of how LUSD district west management has engaged in systemic practices to sew division amongst parents and undermine the authority of Broadway principal Michelle Garmin. I encourage this the board to independently investigate this issue as the only one is only one of many examples of how many how utterly incompetent the management of LUSD district west is. Thank you all very much. Thank you for your time. Isel Gonzalez. Uh Miss Gonzalez is going to speak in Spanish. So, if you'd like to hear what she's saying in English as she's speaking in Spanish, please put your hands up
011and we get we can get you these translation headsets. They automatically turn on to the correct channel once you put them on. Okay, gracias. I hope that these names are still in your minds. Melanie Ramos 15year-old uh death due to fentinina overdose four students with truncated lives Melanie her friends and two sellers of fentinel all of them students Shayen Mahia 16year-old death due to bullying a fight in her school in a safe space to leave where we leave and we trust our children May 25th Armando Morales 14year-old he death due to stabbing two more students stabbed stabbed, one arrested, one death, four truncated lives, four families torn apart. 25th of January, a 15year-old, a student at Hollywood High School was stabbed and another student was arrested. Two truncated lives, two families destroyed. if I continue
012with this list, I think that it would be never ending. May 25th, May 7th of this year, Santana High School, 14year-old, a minor was stabbed. I think I already repeated that 16 January, a 15-year-old was stabbed, and a student uh that was 16 years old was arrested. 24th of December of 2024, Verdugo Hills, two students were stabbed, four students, suspects, six lives that were truncated, and six families destroyed. January 29th at Franklin High School, a student was stabbed due from a 20 year old. February of this year, two students stabbed a parent of another students and two more students and the parents, three families, three lives truncated and I continue with this list. I would be never ending. I hope that you can uh return the funds for post school police funds should have never
013been to be negotiated. The lives of our students should have never been negotiated. And after financing school police, you just simply did not have a plant. And here is the proof of that. When the police was here and after the police was taken away, the crime violence has been uh double, triple, and simply you do not care the lives of one each one of the students. Diana, come on up. Miss Gian's also going to speak in Spanish. So if you need to hear translation, please put your hands up and we'll get you the headsets. Okay, gracias. Good morning, members of the board. My name is Jan Guian and I represent the parent network for school safety and we have collected 5,600 signatures that we have provided for you all more than 300 schools from all
014of the different regions. It is from parents and some students, principals and some employees from the district and they want for school police to return. We know that UTLA has a large campaign with other organizations that is being provided with funds so that they come and bring a bunch of people that come here that say to take away the police and to put more uh supervision aids, more PSW because what they're only care about is for their affiliates to grow because then they can get $1,200 every single time and then amount that they get to finance the campaigns. It's a lot where you are benefited or benefiting and you're not benefiting our students. We want school police to come back and also we need transparency. Yesterday supposedly you put on issue number one the approval
015of the fiscal stabilization plan. And what did you do? You left it at the end so that everyone would leave because you are not transparent. But of course, you did a bunch of initiatives that are just political stuff to guarantee an initiative for community schools. Another one. Oh, to honor LGBTQ communities. Our rights, our constitutional rights. All of this is just political. That does not benefit our students. And that's what you do every single year. Why do you have to do it on the day that you have to be reporting on financial things on the district and also here at 9:00 we leave and we are families and we're not being paid and we're here to advocate for our students. The rates of suicide risk doubled since 2018 when the school police was here. It
016was half. Now this is your own data. And what do you want, Miss Grigo, Miss Rosio, what else, Mr. Meline? What else do you want from data to say that school police is needed? Here is the data that you need and what you are doing of not wanting for school police to return. Thank you for your data that you need to make the decisions. Thank you for your time again. Diana Esamijia. Danna Esamia, come on down. You have two minutes to speak. Why don't you begin? ensuring that international newcomers and immigrant students, most of whom are multilingual students, have access to highquality public education. Thank you for taking the initiative by hosting in for hosting formal webinars focused on immigration related emergencies in the near future. During these unprecedented times, it brings me comfort knowing
017that the district has been proactive in limiting immigration enforcement and establishing protocols should immigration related activity take place near or on campus. I would like to reiterate that existing policies protect students and urge the the district to ensure that these policies are in place and enforced at all schools, specifically the gathering and handling of student information. Enrollment forms should not require or ask about citizenship status or date of entry to the United States. Enrollment forms should not require providing a social security number. Proof of age does not require a birth certificate. And lastly, um updated student emergency contact information should be man maintained. As district leaders, you you stand alongside the international newcomer and immigrant youth in our district and ensured that existing mandated pro protocols are in place and operating in all district schools.
018Thank you. Thank you for your time. Belinda Ma, are you here? Belinda Ma, come on up. You'll have two minutes to speak once you begin. Good morning. Good morning, LA Uni Unified Board members and um Superintendent Carval Carvalio. I'm very appreciative of your taking the time and allowing us the opportunity to speak. Um as you I I know you guys have much bigger issues that you're dealing with in these trying times, but we appreciate um that you take the time to to listen to all of us. Um as you may already know, I'm here today because um we continue to be concerned. Um I'm a parent uh at Broadway Elementary. We continue to be concerned and genuinely disturbed by the recent decision to remove the principal at our school. A school that is not only
019ranked in the top 1% of all LA Unified schools, but also among the top 11 in this entire district. The school has thrived under current leadership, attracting more out of district students than any other LA USD school. These aren't just numbers. They represent real measurable success. Please look carefully into how region west can honestly justify removing the principle of a school with such an impressive track record. Let's take a step back and consider the broader context. California's global California 2030 plan aims to expand bilingual education across the state, helping students become globally competitive. This policy is about building a workforce that speaks multiple languages and is prepared for a global economy. So why would LA Uni Unified want to remove the leader of the only bilingual school in the top 11 schools in the district,
020especially when the school has been such a success, even attracting so many families from outside the district. This decision makes even less sense when we consider the district's enrollment challenges. As of February 2025, we have enrolled 10,000 less students than in 2023. 48,083 students as opposed to 419749 in 2020 2023 2024. And that has gone down consistently each year um about 10,000 students each year. The peak enrollment for LA Unified was 746,831 students back in 2022. This means the district has experienced a drop of nearly 340,000 students since its peak enrollment. So, how is the district addressing this issue? We would like you to look at these issues and hope you will consider that this principle is very key to the success of our school and we really would like to keep her bring back.
021Thank you. Thank you for your time. Uh, Monica Rosola, Erinda Morita. Bridget Stewart, come on up. You have two minutes to speak once you begin. Good morning, respected members of the board. My name is Bridget Stewart, and I'm a parent of a rising third grader at Broadway Elementary. I'm here on behalf of many families who are confused, frustrated, and deeply concerned by the district's decision to remove Principal Garmin. Agnes Camo said on June 9th in our town hall meeting, "There has been harm. Students and families are afraid. That fear is real and it's growing. Families are afraid of the instability, the lack of transparency, and the message this sends to our children. This past month alone, five black women principles have been removed or removed from schools in this district. Baldwin Hills Elementary, Ply Vista
022Elementary, Prescott School of Enriched Sciences, Marques Charter, and now Broadway. This is not coincidence. It's a pattern and one that raises serious questions about racial equity and how leadership decisions are being made. At Broadway, the impact is already visible. Incoming families are talking about withdrawing if this situation doesn't resolve. Some already have. We lost Mrs. Tan, a spectacular teacher to a private school. Another consequence of district driven disruption. We are not powerless. We are prepared to take action. Filing grievances, requesting public records, and if necessary, pursuing legal relief to correct the demonstrabably harmful actions of this district. We're not asking for special treatment. We are demanding restorative justice, transparency, accountability, and the reinstatement of a trusted principal who led with consistency and care. Do what's right. Reinstate principal Garmin. Restore trust and show our children
023what real leadership looks like. Thank you. Thank you for your time. Jennifer Kano, Jennifer C. Jennifer Kano, Heather Poundstone, come on up. You have two minutes to speak once you begin. Hello, my name is Heather Poundstone. It's good to see Miss Hendy. We worked together at Dorsy several years ago. I have been a teacher for over 26 years and with LUSD since 2007. In 2021, I was transferred to the city of angels and later the virtual academy. We have worked hard to make the virtual academy successful. Last fall, I mobilized several of my colleagues to brainstorm ways to increase the virtual academy enrollment. We've successfully increased the enrollment more than 20%. We saw how parents and students enjoyed the flexibility of our program for a variety of reasons. Many parents have told us they would
024leave LUSD if the virtual academy was not an option. They are not interested in having their children on campus due to many of the problems their children have faced. Parents are often sitting beside their children while they sit while they learn online and are very involved in their children's education. They will speak out if there is anything they oppose. Many parents see the virtual academy as an extension to homeschool and a wonderful option. Parents want to have a choice in their children's learning. My colleagues and I came up with several marketing strategies and I took these to the directors of our program last December. They were excited and met with us implementing these strategies soon after. This should be a regular system where leadership listens to teachers ideas. Our marketing campaign has increased the virtual
025academy, like I said, by 20% just since January and continues to grow. While the overall LA USD enrollment continues to decline, the virtual academy is the way of the future. I have three master's degrees and I was able to learn the last two online. While online learning may not be for everyone, it is a wonderful option for many. I want to urge you to support the virtual academy by listening to the teachers about what is and isn't working. We need less distractions and be able to work from home as we successfully did up until last school year. I'm almost done. We need to continue the marketing campaign to increase our enrollment and to combat the decrease in our overall enrollment. Thank you so much for listening and your support. Good to see you, Miss Hendy.
026Have a great day. Thank you. Thank you. Uh Norma Gonzalez, are you here? Come on down. You'll have two minutes to speak once you begin. And then after Miss Gonzalez is Maria Daisy Ortiz. Buenos Diaz. My name is Good morning. My name is Norma Gonzalez. I'm a mother of two students of the district and I firmly support school police safety. And today today I'm here to express my support for school police inside the school. Safety is not luxury is a necessity. And who guarantees that safety to for every day with challenge and strength. It is our police officers. They know our students. They know our schools and they respond with humility, professionalism in what it has to do with any threat. eliminating or debilitating the budget is something dangerous and who would we call when
027there is an emergency? Who would protect our children when a fight occurs or critical situations happen? It's not enough for a for to argue or intentions. We actually need presence. We need real presence and protection and immediate protection in all the schools. We cannot allow for political decisions to disconnect that are disconnected from the reality put our students at risk. School police is does not just comply with the law, but they also build confidence and relationships within students, prevent conflicts, and save lives. This is why today I'm speaking with strength is enough to attack the ones who are taking care of us, support and defend the brave work and the fundamental work of school police. Because the safety of our children is not a debate. It is a guarantee for everyone. Thank you. Thank you
028for your time. Uh Maria Daisy Ortiz, come on up. Everybody, my speak English, but I think when you speak Spanish, don't listen because it's you discrimination when when I don't know speak English. And I speak English now because it's priority. It's necessary provide all the school. Okay. School police is necessary at all schools because the uniform represents authority. The uniform represents also represents knowing that schools can be safe a safe place. You can bring social worker, psychiatrist, psychologists, and I'm not saying that they're doing it's it's a wrong thing. But if a student, a civil person enters the school with an arm, a firearm, will a psychologist detain them. And when people know that there are no law enforcement in the schools, that's why a lot of schools, excuse me, a lot of students come
029from other schools to attack our children. It is necessary. You cannot treat safety of our students with negligence because as of now you have done it with negligence. And all these people, Miss Ortiz, Miss Grigo, Mr. Scott, Mr. Melvin, Miss Miss Rosar Rivasz, and Miss Newell, sorry. And you you need to provide safety for all schools because if not our children would not concentrate well our children would not focus because they are afraid especially now that there is an atmosphere there's a terrorism there's a my immigration terrorism we need them we need for for them to provide safety just like you have safety here and you are adults you think that our children don't need that at their schools if not We will take this in our own hands and we will not take our
030children to school. Thank you. Uh Juan Mandi, I see you're out there. Please come on down. You have two minutes to speak once you begin. And as uh Mr. Mcani comes on down, we will after he is done transition to those who listed themselves as speaking remotely. Where should I send my receipt for my invoice for extra hour pay just like you do? Where should I send this to? Re uh human resources, right? Because I need to make money just like you do because it's a laugh to have many employees that are gaining their salary. They're just sitting down. There are a lot of employees that they're always doing the same thing. They're always sitting on the spots to give the sensation that we have more people participating just like that. Those famous community schools
031that are a disaster, right? Look, look at the big UTLA proposition that they made. They're saying, "We're going to add more positions to take care of children in the yards, but we want a group of slaves, volunteers that don't eat, don't have to pay rent, that they're miserable, called parents of title one because SEIU needs to pay them. UTLA needs to pay that campaign for Miss Ggo, Miss Da Mio charters need money so that they can finance Mr. Nick Meloinne and I'm not sure who else but what's happening with the people this is the big point we are doing something at this moment we need for you to rise because yesterday SEIU demanded for you that they said that you there's a year and a half that you haven't given them 21% and they need
032to give them that because they need more membership they need more quotes and they need to extort the workers so that they can also give them money to continue financing the political committees to finance their campaigns So that then you can also return the favor with contracts, with new salaries, with new privileges, with new ways so that they can keep growing them and their colleagues that have these organizations that are nothing more than they don't they don't they don't care what the life of a poor person is. They come and they say, "Oh, we're here." that represent all these parasites that have more than 40 years to of being the principles and these are the same organizations that they live by. Poverty and parasites are their friends. Have a great day. Maria Palma, I see
033you're online with us. Maria Palma, please press star six to unmute yourself and you have two minutes to speak once you begin. Maria Palma. Good morning. My name is Marisa Palma. speaking on behalf of Olada Inc. So why is the district required to create and then implement a fiscal stabilization plan because you continue to make commitments to spend also known as expenditures higher than your revenues. So board members, do you really feel like the character Linda that was in the little short movie we watched yesterday? So do you think that you are the victim of outside forces? Aren't you a little bit embarrassed about this kind of marketing? Isn't this really due to bad management and bad planning? You always knew the CO funds were going to disappear, that they were temporary. So any cuts
034that you have to make now, they're going to hurt. No matter how many times you postpone voting on any of these issues, it's going to have to hurt. So even under the fiscal stabilization plan, you continue to carry a structural deficit in every one of these years. In year 2627, structural deficit 376 million. The following year 2728, it goes up. Structural deficit 991 million, almost a billion dollars. So whatever small adjustments are being made in this plan, you're not right sizing the district finances, meaning this is not sustainable, which means you must be hoping that in the future more revenue will materialize. But we know that enrollment continues to decline. Therefore, most of your revenue will also continue to decline. And you keep talking about equity. All the speakers here about Sanne and not reducing
035that, but nobody talks about documented outcomes to verify that the Sanne money is having actual positive outcomes for all of these marginalized groups. Effectiveness of funds is what you need to concentrate on board members. And here it was yesterday again. You left the most important business until the end of the day. speakers on the budget, on the LCAP, on the FST were not able to speak because you went on so ridiculously late. What are you afraid of? Board members, attack the issues that are killing this district. It will continue to hurt the longer you put it off. Please be fiscally responsible. You are the trustees of the finances of this school district. Thank you. Thank you for your time. All right, Monica Arzola. I see that you had transitioned to being online, but you are
036not here. Um, Erinda Marita, I see you're online. Erinda Marita, please press star six to unmute yourself and you have two minutes to speak once you begin. Hello. [Music] Well, before starting the meeting, I want to tell you, Mr. McClean that [Music] you are not connecting my mic. I am here. This is injustice. You want to silence me. Therefore, that's enough. You talk about rights and you're doing the same thing. Don't do this. Well, good morning. My name is Arinda Morita and right now the index index says that suicide, fights, drugs, firearms have gone up. You didn't present this yesterday and it is dangerous. This is why we need safety in the schools to provide welcoming environment. Listen to our voices. Respect our rights. What you talk about and please take in consideration the signatures
037that the parents gave you and that they elevate their voice for quality education and for the students to know how to read based on their grade level. mathematics for them to dominate this area so that we can empower them for them to be good in the universities and the society make good decisions to approve funds for the academic now school police as well. This has a big impact within their lives and careers and take the time to review the committees because rights are being violated as parents to advocate and to ask excellence, academic excellence, transparency, empathy and but you don't agree when the parents from the committees are doing a good job because that is what parents are doing. They're doing a great job. Many of the parents have said that and they're intimidating them.
038They're silencing them. They're silencing the microphone. They close they they shut them up. That's what Mr. Ans Antonio Basencia said. They're not respecting protocols from the Green Act. You are failing us. You are not listening to us. You're giving us anxiety, stress, depression, and I'm not sure what else you're going to give us because you make us waste our time, our exit time. Please listen. Do everything. do it for our children. Uh, next caller is Jennifer Cano or Jennifer Kano. I see you're on the line. Please press star six to unmute yourself and you have two minutes to speak once you begin. Jennifer C. Good morning board members and Superintendent Carvalo. My name is Jennifer Cono and I am the senior policy and advocacy manager at Alliance for a Better Community, ABC. ABC is a
039Latina Latino advocacy organization advancing social, economic, racial equity and justice for Latinos across LA County. I'm here to commend LA Unified Board of Education for its unanimous support yesterday for the resolution entitled upholding our constitutional rights and standing with immigrant communities. The resolution's emphasis on centering student needs during any budget adjustment is critical at this moment, especially to protect essential student services. The resolution also calls for any budget changes being made on the basis of equity wherever possible, protecting schools and services dedicated to the highest needs populations, including highest and high study schools and BSAP schools rather than by treating all schools the same. This is a key provision that that ABC fully supports. ABC would also like to call attention to the emergency resolutions that the district passed in November in anticipation of federal
040immigration action such as we are expecting experiencing. We are we fully support the implementation of those resolutions as well as the exitossa resolution passed in May 2024 which stipulated key supports for international newcomers and immigrant youth and families. We encourage the district to fully implement these resolutions as well. Finally, ABC expresses its full commitment to standing with LA Unified and community partners against these unlawful raids and the military presence in our communities. It is a critical uh critical at this time that people of all races, backgrounds, and sectors come together to defend dignity and the rights of every person. Thank you. Thank you for your time. The next remote speaker is concerned parent. Concerned parent, please press star six to unmute yourself and you'll have two minutes to speak once you begin. Concerned parent. Good
041morning board members. Today during close session you will be discussing labor negotiations. I want to bring your attention to discussions with your labor partners and the disconnect between your board rules and contractual agreements. Per your board rules to provide for a majority of parent representation on councils at least 50 1% of each council's membership shall be elected parents of students attending the local school. The principal may recommend appointments to the council for its consideration as long as a majority of elective parent representation is maintained. Now, please tell me, how is it that the local site leadership council has a majority teacher representation per UTLA's contractual agreement? Board members, UTLA and labor unions do not represent parents and most importantly, they do not bargain for parents. We have a voice and we have proven to be
042very capable of advocating for ourselves and our students. So I am urging you to stop bargaining our rights away and to um to maintain stakeholder input individually. We are not opposed to collaborating that is the whole purpose but we need to maintain our voices and I want to shift briefly to um school safety. School police are very important. Although a lot of you don't support um school police in schools, they are needed outside of schools. Let me give you a couple of points. A lot of um secondary schools do not have access to crossing guards and that's based on cities. Another point, a lot of cities do not have their own police departments. They contract with agencies to provide student to provide safety to their cities. However, a lot of times there's not enough police
043to go around because our budgets, our city's budget do cannot provide a lot of uh police safety. So, you need to stop also bargaining our safety away and our student safety even though you don't support it. You represent your constituents, not your personal opinion. Thank you. Thank you for your time. I'll note that board member Gomez joined us about 20 minutes ago. Uh, Miss Gomez, are you with us? Yes, I am here. I'm at the Pquima address that's listed on the agenda. Okay, great. Thank you. All right, Marcela Garcia, you're listed as speaking remotely. Uh, but I do not have you online. Are you in the room, Miss Garcia? Karina Lopez, I see you are online. Please press star six to unmute yourself, and you'll have two minutes to speak once you begin. Karina Lopez.
044Miss Lopez portfolio. Okay. Okay. Good afternoon. My name is Karina Lopez and thank you for the opportunity. I am here to speak and I'm taking this time to let you know that in well to let you know about the catastrophic situation we are living with the school safety and around the schools. It is sad to see that how how families are being destroyed because the lack of safety. There are students that are suffering because of the fentanyl consum because of fentanyl they're giving to them as candy as a gift and they're receiving it in the bathroom. I have proof of a young student who has autism that was given to him. Fentanyl was given to him in the bathroom and it's sad and the son hit the mom, almost killed the mom because of the
045effects of fentanyl and safety when it has to do with school police. We need school police urgently and we need you to add to the budget, add to the numbers of officers because this has to do with the safety of the family and at the same time safety of the community. Now the knowing that you're asking for students to go to school every day and therefore we need to add to the budget and the numbers the official numbers knowing that they are the only ones that or you're the only ones who can resolve this this issue help to resolve this issue. Thank you. But I do not have you online with us right now Raquel Diaz. Uh, Bill Haywood. Bill Haywood, are you on the line with us? Bill Haywood, are you in the room?
046No. Okay, that concludes uh general public comment. The time is now 10:45 a.m. and the board is going to recess into close session. Good afternoon. Welcome. The time is now 2:59 p.m. on June 18th, 2025. The board is coming back from close session. I'm going to take role. Miss Newell, present. Dr. Rivas, present. Mr. Meline, here. Miss Grigo here. Miss Gomez, Miss Ortiz Franklin, and board presidentson present. Okay, we have a quum. I have just one item to report out on today. Uh this is under tab one student discipline. The board of education approved the expulsion of students in case numbers 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, and 100 with the recommended dispositions. The board of education denied enrollment of the student in case numbers 28, 30, and 32. And the board of
047education approved the conditional enrollment of the students in case numbers 29 and 31 with the recommended dispositions. The vote was seven eyes in each matter. That concludes the meeting. The time is now 3 PM. Are there any objections to adjournment? Yes. Oh boy. Mr. Melvin kidding. He's not a real objection. Um, okay. Time is now 301. 301. Thank you.