001foreign [Music] what we are waiting for is is that we have to change over to the new [Music] foreign [Music] thank you [Music] good afternoon The Time Is Now 1 16. it's May 9th 2023. welcome to the regular 1pm meeting of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education I am now going to take roll Dr McKenna Dr Rivas Rivas here Mr schmorelson Mr Melbourne here miss Gomez here Mr Ortiz Franklin present for president Goldberg here and student member shin thank you he's here he's here somewhere and uh Mr merlson has just entered the room the meeting is yours all right thank you very much first we will have today's Pledge of Allegiance brought to you by first graders from the Korean dual language program at the Ambassador School of global education at RFK
002in my Board District district five please queue up the video and everybody stand and join us hello my name is Nicholas gold hello my name is hello my name is foreign [Music] thank you very much whoa another group of young people on the way to buy literacy certificates the next item on our agenda is board president reports and we always start with our labor partners and we have with us Ms Leticia Fox from CSEA I think she was here I believe she's online let me see let me see if she's joined all right while we're trying to find her is Arlene anyway here come on down Arlene from utla we'll come back to Leticia Fox as soon as we can get her online for the late there is that working okay um good afternoon to
003all of you I'm Arlene Noe here for you utla and the labor Partners report um so first of all I want to say that we you know we utla ratified uh the agreement last Friday we had 94 4 yes and 27 000 votes so um our members overwhelmingly approve of this agreement and we know you're voting on this today so we encourage your support so we can get get on with it right and get prepared for the next school year and get everything in motion in relation to the calendar issue we demand that the district rescind its unilateral imposition of the three-year calendar change and negotiate with your labor partners and um we feel that the what's taken place is that there was no use of data with the 52 000 members uh 52 000
004survey responses from parents and over 71 percent saying they want to know change to the holiday calendar um the six focus groups of parents 78 said they didn't want to change and all of the labor Partners want to know change and we did not feel that we had any um any say or any given weren't able to give any input so we don't really understand why this was was shoved down and not honored the need to negotiate with labor partners and if there were issues like food insecurity during the holidays you know we want to collaborate and work together with you how to provide solutions to the issues that are facing you so again we ask that you we sin the the decision on the calendar and that you negotiate with all of us labor
005partners a third we want to oppose the district's recommendation to override the city's zoning ordinance to enable Bright Star Rise koyang Charter to construct their own building and we ask you to send this to the city for their consideration instead and we know that government code section 93094-53094 gives you the ability to do that but we want to raise some cons concerns one the enrollment of both LAUSD schools and charter schools are going down over the decade and there's really no need for building a new school facility to as you're aware of the massive numbers of unhoused students and the housing crisis facing La that we need to be addressing that in terms of basic housing and three we just you know overriding the city zoning ordinance is just not necessary and we feel that
006you should reject this waiver and have the city of La properly vet this project conduct a thorough environmental review and critically look at whether rezoning to build the charters versus investing in affordable housing is in the best interest of the community and instead we would like to recommend that the district look at the um building on Camino Nuevo Charter High School which was vacated 1215 West Miramar and is owned by Ella unified and that was uh vacated June 30th 2021 and that's been two years it was built for 500 students and with Bond money from the state so that it can only be utilized by a charter so if you could look at that as a possible alternative um and another point we want to make is that the black student achievement plan that's in
007our collective bargaining agreement we would like you to double down and make sure that the funding continues for the next school year we heard that students said by overwhelming I believe 87 percent that this program is working for them but the only concern was a lack of the the funding that they that didn't go through this past year so we believe that with the funding it will be able to support the students in the ways that they need to with with the counselors and that supportive team the safe passages program must be implemented this coming fall to ensure that students are able to get to and from school safely with the support of trusted adults in their community and we ask that that approved funds for this year be rolled over to next year to
008be used so that students are fully funded in the bsap program and finally we ask that superintendent Carvalho ensure that no children will be pepper sprayed by school police again this happened at Garfield High School in February and we know that there has been that history we thought that was ended so we again say this is necessary to keep our children safe is do not pepper spray spray our children um and then the last thing I do want to add is the young workers education project and I know Jackie was there at the um at this what do you call the inauguration of the program a couple weeks ago uh this was La unified supported this many years ago with Linda tubach and you may have remembered she had a collective bargaining Institute and we
009have now uh revamped this program to more reflect the issues of today including our young workers understanding their rights so when they go into the workplace they know when there's exploitation and what they can demand and also some labor history so this is a project that we are we want to collaborate fully with you we want to get full funding so that we can move forward in the fall the pilot is being being revamped Now by nicolefefferman and we would like to see this move forward so I end with that positive note that let's work together for the good of our students but again we're sending the calendar again support the negotiations of our TA and again we ask that you do not do a waiver for the the charter school thank you very much
010thank you very much did we reach Leticia Fox okay we did Miss Fox if you're on the line please press star six to unmute yourself and you have three minutes to speak once you begin or actually longer a week you have longer than that I'm sorry so miss Fox if you're on the line just press star six and the floor is yours thank you very much good afternoon my name is Latisha Fox I am the chapter president of csca's Los Angeles chapter 500 and also it's State Association secretary we represent approximately 3 800 members in the classifications of office Technical and business services I am the current senior Financial Manager at Susan Miller Dorsey High School where I am calling from and I appreciate the ability to be able to call in from my work
011site that's to not interrupt the services I provide to our students it has been several months since I have spoken before the board under the labor Partners agenda item I have been compelled to speak today as the partners label is a misnomer in active negotiations our proposals are accepted but receiving written counter proposals must be insisted upon by our team economic issues have still not been costed out with a presentation of our proposal in January of 2023 and the response of philosophically opposed to telework without sharing what items in our research of the subject does not align with the district's philosophy it appears the csca that the only way to be taken seriously is to move towards concerted activities as we have seen the results of two other unions be successful I will continue to
012be optimistic and to end on a brighter note thank you to the board members for your resolution celebrating Los Angeles Unified School Districts classified employees service skill and long-standing commitment to our communities as well as classified employees School Employees week it gives hope that some of the members on the diocese respect for classified employees bring to the district we are indispensable inspiring and invincible thank you board members for your time thank you very much are any other labor partners that I failed to notice or to know that they were here seeing and hearing none we will now call on Nate Shin our student board member who will give us an update on the student board member elections I think we have a slides that we're going to put up on the screen maybe let's see
013let's see so the first thing just before I give a quick update on the student board member election I wanted to share a little bit about the mental health and wellness Symposium we had a couple weeks ago at East L.A College um so this is really one of the concerns that I've heard wherever I go and hear from students is about mental health and how the district and the community can better respond to student mental health concerns so myself and the student empowerment unit really recognize that and recognized the value that student ideas and student perspective have in confronting this issue and to the student empowerment funded this mental health Symposium at East LA College and we brought together students from dozens of schools and I have some pictures on the next slide um we
014could go one more of students from different schools and so in the first part of the Symposium we invited students to present Capstone projects at their schools so the student empowerment unit funded uh one thousand dollar Grant to about 20 schools and these were to school mental health clubs or leadership groups and the students use that money to come up with ideas and Implement those on their school campuses so we had things like an aromatherapy room that one group of students put in or one they were focused on the link between nutrition and mental health so they did stuff around bringing fresh fruit into the school and then the students presented the data that they collected and Survey results and just their their overall conclusions from these projects and they got to present those to
015District leadership including School mental health and Dr Estrada and then we also had students we asked them what they wanted to learn more about to be able to support the mental health of their school community and So based on student input and student feedback we invited groups of panelists we had a dermatologist from UCLA because a lot of students said that their personal appearance you know especially you know as kids have acne and things like that relates to their mental health we had a panel on substance abuse staffed by the LA trust and students came in to the community engagement office over spring break and were actually the ones working printing the signs packing the goodie bags all of that to make this conference happen so I just wanted to share that with this board
016as a wonderful example of the work that the student empowerment does and what we can all learn from elevating student voice and then speaking of elevating student voice we had the student board member election that concluded last week and if we go slide ahead oh sorry I forgot about this one so I I did want to point this project out from students it was from students at Jefferson High School and their project was diloy meaning say it now and it was really about bringing gratitude to the Forefront this is a group of students majority of whom are newcomers to LAUSD and so despite the adversity and the challenges they faced they wanted to spend time showing what they're thankful for and so I think that poster we saved it and we have it here at
017Beaudry uh and so the impact of these student projects is going to be felt far beyond the mental health Symposium just as an example the students from Jefferson are presenting their project to all of the newcomer academies about the importance of gratitude and then they'll also be coming back over the summer to talk to the newcomer Academy programs that they're having through the break and then to the student board member election next slide please and one more so the student board member elect is Karen she's from girls academic Leadership Academy and we're very excited I had a chance yeah Rondo Applause [Applause] I've gotten the chance to work with Karen as has the superintendent as she's a member of our superintendent student advisory Council so we'll have her come at a meeting soon in the
018future so you all can meet our new student board member so it's been you know a really great honor for me and such a wonderful learning experience to join all of you but as we're transitioning you know into the next chapter I just wanted to say thank you and also congratulate our student board member elect foreign we're not letting you go just yet you've got a couple more meetings not too easy to get out of this jump okay but thank you very much and congratulations to Ms Ramirez we all look forward to getting to know her and working with her our next item under president's reports is the independent analysis unit has a brief report for us good afternoon for president Goldberg members of the board superintendent superintendent staff members of the public I just
019wanted to give you two little updates one about the iau activity that we've been up to recently and then I want to talk a little bit about what's coming up in the future you're going to have three meetings in June another meeting in May it's going to be about the budget and the lcap we're thinking about that looking forward to it I want to tell you what we're watching for there so first the brief update and what we've been doing to support the board as you know we've been working to support committees there have been 11 committee meetings since January 26th at each committee meeting we have between two and six follow-up items they've been responded to some things are in the queue things are moving along in terms of the Committees I think we'll
020have some good recommendations at the end of the year the second thing I want to highlight is uh to support the board's constituent Services services and advocacy function we've developed something that was asked for which is an interim administrative map that overlaps all the jurisdictions that board members share with all of the other governments in the area and just to highlight or to point out what we're talking about here board member Rivas has overlaps with 28 other elected officials and they are uh six Assembly districts four state senate districts five congressional districts six city council districts almost half of the city council Four County supervisorial districts the cities of Los Angeles Monterey Park and parts of unincorporated L.A county and everybody is similar in this in this way there are just so many overlapping jurisdictions
021and this is important for advocacy and for the Partnerships that the superintendent is developing and so it's important for everybody to know and we have a a spreadsheet resource source and a map that we're also developing with District staff so it'll be finalized soon so you can look forward to that the next thing I wanted to point out to support the board's fiscal stewardship function are a set of trackers that we've developed that can help you in decision making during board meetings as you know many of the decisions you're making during board meetings are about procurement actions another thing the board does is approve donations and it's interesting to it seems at a board meeting sometimes that it's their one-off approvals but in fact they're part of big systems they come up repeatedly and there
022are Trends and patterns to look for and so we've developed these trackers and you can look back for instance an end note that this year we've you've approved 83 million dollars worth of donations from individuals and organizations and we're also tracking Personnel actions for classified employees 572 new employees have been hired this year 80 percent of whom work at school sites for direct support so it's interesting to just step back and look at those things are available online for you uh second I just want to tell you what we're looking at for the May revision the deadline for the May revision you probably already have it on your calendar this is Mother's Day this Sunday we expect the governor to tell us what his revised budget numbers will be on Friday and in particular I'm
023looking at the revenue projections we're concerned about that of course we heard in January that the revenue was going to be down 22.5 billion dollars Statewide we expect it to be down another five billion dollars and in the education budget that means about 1.9 billion dollars less than what we expected in January but I am not that concerned for two reasons one there's a lot of uncertainty we know that income tax is down and corporate tax is down but retail receipts are up retail sales have been up two percent uh or three percent over no two percent over the last three months so there's some uh bright light there and there's also a lot of uncertainty about income tax receipts because the deadline has been pushed off to October and then we also know that
024the Senate is very keen on spending money the Democrats in the in the legislature want to spend money even if uh even if revenues are down they're looking at a tax increase in fact to to support education spending so I expect education I expect there to be less Revenue but I expect the legislature to find ways to pay for many of our priorities if they do find um that revenues are too low there's wiggle room in terms of not uh not funding new programs so many of the programs that we're already funding will probably stay stable and one more thing I just want to point out we have I think fairly good news with enrollment we one thing that the IU does is a 15-year a rolling enrollment graph that we've just recently updated and
025we'll share with you it shows a flattening of the downward click curve of the of the decline and we have brand new numbers from the Department of Finance from the state that show that the population of 5 to 17 year olds the school age population in LA county has stabilized it's not really decreasing the way it has over the last decade so that's good news combined with the work that we've done that the superintendent's done on reducing chronic absenteeism increasing attendance and also early childhood and Universal TK all of these things will bring enrollment up and hopefully keep the revenue from Ada stable so I'm optimistic but we'll be looking very closely on Friday to see what the governor says and then we'll share with you um in the next meeting in a couple of
026weeks and also you can look forward to comments from us on the local control and accountability plan thank you very much excuse me next we have a number of committees and that have met since the last board meeting so I'm going to invite the committee chairs to now give us a succinct committee reports we'll start with Greening schools and climate resilience committee chaired by board member Dr Rivas thank you uh board president and I'll be succinct as possible uh we met committee on greeting schools and climate resiliency met on April 19th and the topics we discussed uh the current School Greening efforts and also the progress on the green schools for all resolution uh which the board passed last year and what we learned we learned that utilizing The Greening index School sites can be
027categorized into levels of need 634 schools including Early Education Centers primary centers elementary middle and high schools do not meet The Greening goal of 30 percent approximately 15 million square feet which is equivalent to 350 Acres of paved schoolyard areas need to be upgraded to Green nature school year school yards overall anticipated cost is approximately 4 billion dollars additional funds are necessary to support ongoing maintenance costs and we did um receive a a big a larger um presentation so if y'all are interested um you can go and and view the the recorded but it was uh it was a very eye-opening uh committee I will say uh meeting the the requests are the action items uh we request for future presentation from facilities with cost breakdowns of several types of projects to help the board
028and the committee understand cost constraints the request to improve facilities website uh doing or public facing information for school users uh particularly for principals and Community users and also requests from facilities for future presentation on community engagement how the community and schools can be engaged in their greeting projects and that is it thank you very much next we'll hear from The Innovation committee chaired by board member Ortiz Franklin thank you so much last month we looked at a difficult subject drug use prevention and education we are seeing way too much of this in our community we heard from a school that had student leaders who were championing some really great ideas and so as always we look to our young people who are leading and in this instance their Instagram page at heal underscore through
029underscore it is a great example of how young people are educating each other on drug use prevention and mental health support we looked at some root causes and some access issues including way too many smoke shops in our neighborhoods there are about 17 times the number of Starbucks of smoke shops that there are in the County of Los Angeles and so are thinking about exploring with ogr office of government relations our education compacts potentially some other avenues there considering many of the drugs that are presented to young people look just like common chips and candies so it was a very sobering conversation as Mr Thomas said many next steps will come from the iau about how to collaborate with staff and I know the superintendent's been taking this up as well with our Community Partners
030to make sure we're addressing drug use education and prevention so we'll have some information on LAUSD bd7 Innovation page as well thank you very much next we'll hear from me on curriculum and instruction so uh we had two topics at our meeting on April 27th which were dual enrollment and Career Technical education linked learning uh what we learned was is that the goal is to increase dual enrollment both in general and Pathways as well as align with high school career pathways we learned that dual enrollment courses are taught by mostly Los Angeles Community College District professors and they are exclusively for LAUSD students that means that it is not those classes are not open to the public we learned that 7740 LAUSD students enrolled in 2223 school year in these dual enrollment courses with community
031college and that there are 437 Career Technical Pathways in 155 schools and 78 link learning Pathways we had uh from two the systems Diagnostics service and repair pathway at Belmont High School and the biotech pathway at STEM Academy at Hollywood at Bernstein and those of who were present will know that the students were quite extraordinary in their presentations next steps the committee requested a list of schools that have enough dual enrollment students to fill a four-year program and the committee requested an analysis and a report on ways to increase dual enrollment instructors for example what flexibilities do we have at LAUSD does the district need to advocate for changes perhaps at the state level our next curriculum and instruction committee meeting is Thursday May the 25th at 4 pm and our topic will be dual
032language education and trans languaging a term I'm just learning about myself trans languaging okay next we have a report from the special education committee chaired by board member Schmelson thank you thank you this was our last meeting for the special ed committee and it was a very touching meeting and I remember telling Dr McKenna this meeting made me the happiest of all the meetings that we went to because it discussed what happens to our special ed kids after 12th grade and that's a very good question so let me tell you what happens so we discussed transition Services collaboration efforts with Partners the Department of Rehabilitation the regional center and transition related resources and also esy the extended school year for special ed summer school so the Department of Rehabilitation goes beyond disabilities that are found
033on paper interviews between mental health professionals and individuals with disabilities are conducted as a better way to monitor the specific needs of that individual this ensures that students with special needs have greater chances at accessing accessing these resources the meticulous work of the South Central Los Angeles Regional Center to help individuals with disabilities transition into the workforce while protecting their benefits such as Social Security and Medi-Cal they they are working with undocumented immigrants and protecting their privacy as well there are language interpreters available they also use Google Translate speak for individuals if an interpreter is not able to be there for that language next we have the Department of Rehabilitation some disabilities may not be on paper the department is working on more interviews plans with help with school supplies uniforms laptops the right clothes
034for the interviews depending on the career goal including clothes for the job interview the organization stays with the individual until retirement amazing cases close after 90 days of employment of an individual if the individual wants to go back to school afterwards despite employment a new case will be opened by the Department of Rehabilitation so the South Central Los Angeles Regional Center looks into benefits received like Social Security Medi-Cal to make sure that those benefits are not taken away they have a paid internship program 1040 hours per year all paid integrated employment where payment is the same the same payment for workers with disabilities as it is for workers without disabilities they have Partnerships with Disneyland Starbucks Knott's Berry Farm Universal and more lastly we discuss esy the extended school year new students have to enroll
035for parent confirmation letters PCL and that letter will tell what extended esy site they will be attending thank you quite a comprehensive report we thank you and we thank you for your chair chairing that committee uh at this time we usually go to the consent calendar but before we do that I was going to do something else well you were going to call on the last committee that is not presented the facilities and procurement committee I'm sorry I didn't have it on my list that is fine I will I will now call on you sir thank you well timed thank you Ms Goldberg so I will um provide an update on our facilities and procurement committee we had our first meeting on April 25th and as a reminder for the public and the board the
036purpose of this committee is to ensure the public and the board are knowledgeable regarding District procurement and Facilities processes that the public and members of the board have public opportunities to discuss procurement and Facilities projects and to make recommendations and provide input to the superintendent regarding facilities projects and procurement processes to drive toward changes we seek in the district members of this committee include myself and board members Ortiz Franklin and schmerelson and for our first meeting on April 25th we were joined by Joe did Nixon who is an expert on school facilities and a former facilities executive at various districts in California and we may include additional ad hoc experts as we dive into different topics in the future we'll also include updates from the bond oversight committee the boc or the office of the
037Inspector General at each meeting this first meeting last month was focused on three facility areas first an overview of how the district funds facilities and maintenance projects second an update on measure are our allocations which as a reminder was the nearly the over 7 billion dollar School construction bond that you all the voters passed overwhelmingly in November of 2020 so thank you and finally we did a deeper dive on a couple of recent facilities projects at Cleveland High School in Board District 3 and Kendra Canyon Elementary in Board District Four and some of the issues that arose included the Staggering amount of facilities needs for each School the district's funding levels for maintenance and operation what requirements trigger the division of State architects in significant Ada improvements that drive costs the challenges proposed by slower
038than average phasing of projects and the ability and project timelines to lead to cost escalation and identifying supports available for school principals and communities about how to advocate for or get facilities improvements at their school sites it is my hope that we'll provide upcoming suggestions to the board and the superintendent around these issues soon and finally I'll just note you know in today's board meeting we're approving an outdoor as one example an outdoor classroom project for two and a half million dollars that had nearly four and a half million dollars in change orders uh meaning there were escalations after the initial cost so our plan on the committee is to look at State how state law and District policies impact these type of projects and also today we're approving millions of dollars in contracts and
039so we want to look at District procurement and purchasing practices to make sure we're getting the best value at the most responsible prices for taxpayers and most importantly our students and that we're doing so fairly and transparently so our next meeting is on May 30th at 3 P.M In This Very Room and we'll look at some of the facilities recommendations that came out of that first meeting and we'll set some context for discussions about procurement so we hope to see some of you there thank you I apologies for not realizing that you had a report but this is a new committee and we're very happy to have it and very happy that the three of you are willing to be on it uh normally I would now go immediately into the consent calendar but I
040wanted to at least announce a couple of things which are these time certain meetings the first one is is that at time certain at 2 pm we will hear Tab 5 which is about the resolution to exempt the proposed bright star schools rise kohang middle school project from local land use regulations I believe the superintendent wanted to say something yes thank you very much Madam president very briefly pursuant to the action taken by the board at its April 18th meeting which tabled a similar motion once this item is untabled I am staff is recommending the withdrawal of the item itself so that withdrawal means it will not be heard today that is correct okay so we want to make sure that everybody knows that item five will not be heard today um excuse me manager
041I would like to um disagree and I think it needs to be heard we have been um this has been coming up and until the item comes up and we'll let you go I I would like to untable it okay we will give you that opportunity to try to do so at 3 pm we will hear Mr schmerelson's resolution celebrating LAUSD classified employees right there at 3 P.M and at 3 45 we will hear Miss Ortiz Franklin's resolution commemorating 10 years of the school climate Bill of Rights Now we move to the consent calendar the consent calendar is where we decide to put on to one vote items which board members have decided in advance from their research and study that they are going to vote Yes on so there's no reason to open each
042one up one at a time and talk about them and then vote on them everybody's on consent everybody has to agree to consent on the item or it's heard as a discussion item and will be heard individually however let me just say that what happens is that sometimes a person on the board will say yeah I'm going to vote for that but I do want to ask one more question or I want to make one more comment just before we do so so we allow it still to remain on the consent calendar in order for that to be heard uh in spite of the fact that it will still be voted on with one vote so Mr McLean will first read through the board of actions and we will either place them on consent or
043set them aside to take up individually if a board member wants to comment or have a question that does not affect their vote Mr McLean will mark it down and return it after public comment and so the first item is the uh our our notices of a bargaining unit initial proposals under California state law when we start to bargain with employee unions they publicly sell us what their initial bargaining requests are and so item one two three and four are Public Notices and require no Vote or action item number five will come back to as a discussion item since obviously there's going to be an attempt to bring it up today and we'll come back to that in a few minutes at exactly two o'clock item number six is new business for Action this is
044the associated administrators of Los Angeles 20 21 22 and 22 22 to 22 25 memo of understanding memoranda of understanding so what this means is is that if it goes on consent it means the board all agrees that we're going to adopt uh their their agreement uh by the board consent okay uh the same thing is for items with comment with comments comment from Mr schmerelson any other comments I think Miss Ortiz Franklin had a question thank you okay heard from her anybody else hearing none okay uh the next one is United teachers Los Angeles their contract which we heard from their representative has been overwhelmingly approved this would be the board members uh opportunity to absolutely consent and comment consent three comments and she put me on that one too me too okay a
045lot of comments but still on consent procurement actions uh they're going to amend it to withdraw items o and p uh but with that with uh amendments uh how do you want this on consent or not on consent questions questions on cnh for me DNH one question um uh oh I guess o is being withdrawn so no questions okay o and P are with you I'm going to tell you where I have questions yes if you want to um d h d f h and r all right item nine facilities contract actions consent questions or comments okay item 10 the report of cash disbursements request to reissure expired warmin's report of corporate credit card charges 10 seconds item 11 donations of money to the district consent item 12 authorization to execute an agreement with Palmer
046Third Street properties for use of the Visconti parking garage located at 1221 West 3rd Street consent I'm hearing nothing yes no okay nobody's saying no so yes Career and Technical education incentive Grant and said I have a comment consent and comment here okay anybody else okay item 14 is a Titan certain we'll come back to that uh item so that will be a discussion item item 15 is a also the same thing as a discussion item because it's going to be heard at a time uh item 16 the appointment of a member to the school construction Bond citizens overtime committee that would be McFarland item 17 the charter petition for public hearing future is now CTE prep that's a public hearing but that could still be on consent even though it's a public hearing just
047a comment comment and a consent report of Correspondence including William settlement uniform complaint quarterly report public hearing statement consent and I have a comment and minutes for board approval consent all right so we have actually uh except for items 5 14 and 15. everything is on consent and we are now coming to 2 p.m so we will now hear from uh board member Rivas Dr Rivas who wish to make a motion can I make a quick note about item number 15 has been amended and I have the hard copies that I'm gonna pass out right now for you to review in The Next Period of time until we hear it and public copies are out front okay thank you I didn't know that go ahead all right board member Rivas you are recognized yes thank
048you madam president I would like to untable item five emotion there's a motion to take off the table item five which was tabled at the last meeting is there a second to that emotion to that emotion listen to me I'm singing music here to that motion I'll second the motion all right thank you so the motion is to take it off the table okay we're being handed out materials highlighted in blue and gray for tab five all right um any any comments or questions uh on item five that was recommended by the superintendent to be uh left on the table requires a it requires the motion requires suppose yeah vote and then if you want to discuss that's what I'm asking I'm not talking about the motion I'm asking is there any comment on tabling
049or not tabling it untabling it the idea let me explain again the motion is to bring the item up okay today now it will take four votes to say yes we'll take it off the table and hear it today the superintendent recommended that we not hear it today that the item be pulled Madam president actually my comments were I believe no matter what the item needs to be untabled it was stable the last word needs to be untabled my recommendation is to untable it and then withdraw it I see oh okay but your goal is to untable it and hear it okay well one thing at a time okay so the motion is to untable it takes four affirmative votes to untable the item there's no discussion on the untabling motion or is there go
050ahead yeah well I guess it's the soup we sort of have to untable it right and then who's prerogative if the superintendent it's a superintendent item so the superintendent can unilaterally withdraw it without the board voting on it or do we need four votes to withdraw I guess what if a vote is contingent on the answer to the question then we need an answer to the question I guess the question for the council is can the superintendent withdraw an item unilaterally that he has placed on the first we need to untable and vote on that motion that Miss Dr Rivas has voted on and then the superintendent can withdraw unilaterally I'm a little confused right now okay it's ultimately the superintendent's board report that's before the board all right it's not a board member's item
051so the superintendent has the power to withdraw it at this time once it's brought to once we take it off the table he has the choice since it's his item of withdrawing it at this time or not and in this very moment we have a motion but of course we're going to vote to take it off the table okay so that we can at least talk about whether we want to keep it on today okay so a motion to untable was moved forward by Dr Dimas and then seconded by Mr malvoin so now it's a roll call vote I'm still confused I hear a lot of talking but I'm confused I'm trying to talk myself out of being uncompeted confused if we vote whose motion is it we're voting on the Supreme super superintendent can't
052make a motion super we're voting Dr Rivas made a motion says she doesn't want it withdrawn that's right okay but we're voting on a motion that has to be withdrawn first cable first and then withdrawal we have it is on the table it was placed on the table last meeting in order to have any action on it today it has to be taken off the table Dr Rivas has moved to take it off the table after it's taken off the table that means it is now before us the superintendent has said he intends to withdraw it since he put it on the calendar he believes he can withdraw it so first things first in order to do anything with it at all withdraw it or vote on it we have to take it off the
053table that's the first motion okay go ahead I think I'm okay now okay well it is confusing we have to say things in enough times and make sure we all get it otherwise there's if you vote and you don't didn't mean to let you voted okay okay here we go motion is to take the item off the table and bring it forward to us now a roll call vote on that uh Dr McKenna yes Dr ibas yes Mr schmorelson yes Mr Melvin yes Gomez yes Miss Ortiz Franklin yes for president Goldberg yes okay that's seven eyes the motion has now been untabled and is now before the board for discussion right point of clarification this was tabled by or or asked to come back by Dr McKenna because he voted right so isn't he's the
054one who requested her to come back doesn't he isn't doesn't that supersede or does what no all he did was to say that he was willing to hear it again and so he putting it on the table made that possible but not necessarily to happen has to be before us before he could say what he wanted to have it back on forth superintendent is saying he needs more time he wants to withdraw it you're saying nope it's time to do it now I have no idea how to deal with that dilemma and there's you he has unilateral power well anything generally that the superintendent puts on an agenda this superintendent generally can take off now what could happen is is that there could be a motion to uh noticed and brought back to bring the
055item up in the next meeting you could certainly do that maybe one corollary would be you know there's I contracts being withdrawn from procurement right from tab eight I couldn't say no I actually want to vote on contract o right for example that's the superintendent's item to withdraw that it's that's the kind of situation it depends on how it got on the agenda if it got on the agenda by Emotion by Dr Rivas to to hear this item then the superintendent cannot withdraw I understood I just want to make sure we're all clear on that okay so the superintendent is now saying he would like to withdraw this item so it will not be heard today and the superintendent will decide when it comes back if at all everybody clear on that to you out
056there wondering what the heck is going on up here let me try to explain it to you it takes five votes to do what was on the agenda today once we put it back on the agenda there are not five votes today then it will be killed and it won't be heard again the superintendent's office is saying to us that they are still looking at this issue and it would like more time rather than for us to hold that vote today so that's what's going to happen it is not going to be heard today the superintendent's office will notify all of you who came here for this as to when it will be heard but that's where we are there's no action today yes no action no but no action today means no in one
057sense I want to I don't want to be deceptive about this he didn't get approval today that's what you were seeking so you did not get that whether that happened subsequently will depend in part on what the superintendent's office deals with this issue or if a board member as I mentioned to Dr Rivas wishes to bring it up directly through a motion that is also possible so otherwise in the absence of emotion by a board member to bring it back it will be at the decision of the superintendent when or if it will come back is everybody kind of clear on all of that and I know that you've been sitting and waiting and I apologize but that's the decision that has been made that that we need more time and so I thank you
058all for coming and you're certainly welcome to be heard on the uh items before us and then uh that is signed up to speak on you're more than welcome to do that or you're welcome when the item comes back to speak on it then but the item has been officially withdrawn from today's calendar okay I hope everybody got that we are now since with item five has been withdrawn we are now on speakers on items that are on the consent calendar which is everything left [Music] except 14 and 15. okay okay so what we're going to do now is so for example tab 7 has three speakers who are going to speak to the item the utla item okay antonieta Garcia if you're on the line press star six to mute yourself you have three
059minutes to speak once you begin antonieta Garcia hold on one second Miss Garcia it's it's like yeah okay here we go folks back to tab five there's going to be no action taken on this item right now but we are going to hear your voices for those of you if you're here to speak and if you choose if you choose to speak today you're certainly welcome to do so but it's not the item will not be heard as long as you understand that the people who signed up to speak are certainly welcome to do so okay let's do it Enrico cocinas are you here Enrico cocinas if you're here come on up you'll have three minutes to speak once you begin oh yes you stepped in for Mr Cocina's yes okay thank you okay good
060afternoon my name is lazia Young I'm the senior dean of operation at Rice koyang Middle School first and foremost I want to thank you for the opportunity to allow me to speak to you today I would like to thank you for everything you have done for our schools I've been with Organization for 12 years and been rice rice cooking middle school for seven years at the current location for the past we are now only we are not only a school located in Koreatown but a big part of a community our name says it all koyang means hometown just like the rest of the families that are currently located at our campus I grew up in this area I also attended schools nearby and I'm truly grateful for the opportunity given to me by this community
061till this day I live in this area Bryce Clan Middle School might just be another Charter School to you but rise is my family behind me you'll see my extended family parents are students in our amazing staff right next to me you'll see my nephews that are dear and near and dear to my heart one of them attends rise middle as a sixth grader and one of them attends Rice koyance Elementary as a first grader rise clang Middle School is a family we have seen many scholars over the over the years come back to celebrate all their accomplishments we celebrate High School graduations College acceptance and first jobs we have families that have helped us over the years been with us through thick and thin continue to sense younger siblings and our family members to
062our community we have returning Scholars who share their stories of success with our current students about what we have done for them and how we help change their lives in other opportunities we have provided for them we are currently located in the second floor of a commercial building it's a cozy to us and it's a home but it's not enough for all the dreams that we have cultivated there is no outdoor space office other than a small Sun deck that we use for lunch we walk two blocks to the nearest park for physical education and for team building we are close to our dreams for the permanent facility rezoning as the last step will allow us to start building as mentioned above koyang means hometown our goals as a school is to give back to
063our community for our students in this coyang to allow them to grow up and do the same I am the prime example of this as the dean of operation liaison to our families and as idea to these two young boys I'm up for the challenge and I'm ready to serve my community I ask you to please resume this area to continue the work for our families thank you for your time thank you I'm gonna call uh Louis Leyva from a council district one we we have a practice of if elected offices send a representative on an item we take them out of order so that's why I'm taking this person out of order and then we'll go back to the rest of the list good afternoon everyone on the board uh it's an honor to
064be here with you all this morning my name is Louis Leyva and I am the field and Mobility Deputy for council member alnisas Hernandez and I represent the Pico Union area um through her office I'm here uh again on behalf of council member Hernandez uh our council member for the first district to voice our opposition to the zoning waiver for Rise kohyang Charter in the Pico Union neighborhood by denying the swaver the school board can instead allow this project to go through the city council process for rezoning which will allow for a more thorough vetting process and a critical review of whether rezoning to build the school will truly serve the best interest of the Pico Union neighborhood if the project does move forward from their residents would be able to share feedback to ensure
065that new campus minimizes impacts on the surrounding Community while we recognize that it may be atypical for the Council Office to weigh in on these types of proposals I want to emphasize our utmost respect for the board in your existing processes and ultimately the desire to elevate Community concerns to allow additional Community part participation you want to highlight that there are already two Public elementary schools in a middle school near the proposed site and that it is absolutely critical for all of our students to have access to a high quality education and we would like to see a more thorough discussion around how this project would address those concerns that many families have raised with our office we asked that the school board deny the waiver and make room for a more comprehensive evaluation of
066this item thank you very much and thank the uh the council member as well all right now we'll go back to the list thank you very much okay highly Sosa Juarez highly Sosa Juarez come on up you'll have three minutes to speak once you begin and don't be shy about adjusting the microphone hi my name is Jay Lee Sosa I am a student from RK elementary school thank you to the board for letting me speak today I would like okay rice Korean Middle School to have a new building so me and my friends to go to middle school and have a a new building with a new yard at my school I like the swings going on stage I I like it is really close to my house so can you please open the new
067Middle School foreign thank you for your time Mr harag Himalayan come on up you have three minutes to speak okay Mr hog is opting not to speak Mark Cruz are you here or Krause Mark Krauss are you here come on up you'll have three minutes to speak once you begin good afternoon board members board president Goldberg and superintendent Carvalho my name is Mark Krauss I'm a constituent of Board District 2 a member of democratic socialists of America and a member of the reclaim La reclaimer schools La Coalition I am here to implore the board to vote no on rezoning the lot located at 1700 West Olympic Boulevard when it is brought back up simply put we do not need more charter schools in our school district our neighborhood public schools are struggling with decreasing enrollment
068and building a new Charter School in the Pico Union neighborhood will continue this pattern of displacing not only our students but School workers from our neighborhood Public Schools in my opinion the expansion of charter schools like BrightStar in our neighborhood feeds into the gentrification of our working class communities of color and its flat out union busting union busting at a time where we should be celebrating and uplifting our unionized LAUSD School workers and ensuring their working conditions which are student learning conditions are protected and well resourced instead of protecting and resourcing our neighborhood Public Schools this project to build a new Charter School will cost nearly 64 million dollars in public funds from State and School District dollars when they're when there's absolutely no need for a new Charter School given lausd's declining enrollment and
069the declining enrollment of charter schools spending 64 million in public funds on a new Charter at a time when there are more than twenty thousand unhoused families right here in LAUSD is disgraceful the law that 1700 West Olympic Boulevard is currently zoned for residential use and given commitments made by LAUSD and bargaining the Beyond recovery platform and the passage of United to House La measure we should be looking at this at this law as an opportunity to explore Equitable and affordable housing for LAUSD families struggling with the housing crisis instead we are here with some of our board members catering to the needs of the charter industry an industry that likes to come into our neighborhoods use their money power and influence to tell us what we need and get free passes to move these
070projects forward under the radar of community oversight bright star schools is not a neutral a political actor here members of their board of directors and leadership team including their CEO Mr hamalyan have made political contributions to the school board campaigns of board member Gomez board member Ortiz Franklin and board member malvoyne the days where the charter school industry gets to throw money at our communities and schools are over we want a fair and thorough review process of this project and that review should be done by the city of Los Angeles I asked the board members to vote no on this rezoning when it is brought back before the school board thank you for your time benina Stern I see you're on the line benina Stern please press star six to unmute yourself and you have
071three minutes to speak once you begin benina Stern hi can everyone hear me sure can thank you um good afternoon everybody board members board president Goldberg um superintendent cravalo my name is danina Stern I am an alumna of LAUSD public schools and also a member of the democratic socialists of America Los Angeles and I am also here to implore implore this vote this forward to vote no once again whenever it comes up on the rezoning of the lot locating at 1700 West Olympic Boulevard granting bright star this exemption will not fix the problems facing our city and our public schools and I think it will only exacerbate them the board knows Los Angeles Unified School Districts schools are dangerously underfunded and our existing schools continue to struggle with necessary maintenance and repairs um I thought
072when I was in school especially the two Public elementary schools and a middle school already serving the Pico Union Community and by approving LAUSD funds to go towards a new charter school we are choosing to take resources away from our public schools and our communities that are already there um so while our Public Schools can't get the funds that they need for paints and leaky roofs and and broken Gates um the school has set aside 33 the school board has set aside 33 million dollars for this new Charter facility and these public funds should be used to transform our existing public schools into incredible educational centers that the families of Pico Union deserve and furthermore the site is currently earmarked for future housing developments which can be used to build affordable housing to alleviate our
073City's dire housing crisis and I think that should be a priority today and it should be decided by our city council Los Angeles is going through a historic affordable housing crisis and we desperately need more affordable housing in our communities not more private charter schools and I think it's lausd's responsibility to work with Community stakeholders and and the city to aboard affordable housing on vacant land in instead of handing resources to other private entities and I think this is especially resonant in light of the city's overwhelming passage of United to hell to La measure Ula and the bargaining that LAUSD in utl with the utla's Beyond recovery program and I think this lot can be an opportunity to support um the houseless LAUSD families um and other families in that community and so I just
074want to reiterate uh I want to see a fair and thorough review of this project to resume this lot at the city of Los Angeles level um thank you for listening and your time and look forward to following this along as it's reconsidered down the line thank you for your time Shauna arangis are you here in person Shawna arangis okay thank you she's choosing to um see her time marisabel Almer are you here marisabel okay also choosing to consider time so that concludes public comment for item five that brings us to um item seven comments there are no comments on on Tab six no public comment on Tab six yeah so we'll go to public comment on Tab seven Antonio Garcia if you're on the line please press star six um to unmute yourself and
075you have three minutes to speak once you begin Miss Garcia I see you are on the line uh just please press star six to unmute yourself and you have three minutes to speak once you begin hi can you hear me we sure can go ahead uh yes hi my name is anthonyetta Garcia and I'm an LAUSD parent and also a parent leader of reclaim our schools la um I am here today because I would like to comment on item five of rice Charters um to request for a waiver on zoning I strongly oppose this waiver and urge the district to let these requests on land and city council desk instead just as a reminder this is for tab seven the utla yes but I'm commenting on this on LAUSD should be working with the community
076and the city to build affordable housing on vacant land instead this is yet another example of Charter School overreach we cannot continue to allow privatization of our Public Schools district to go unchecked this project would not benefit students but instead display students from the existing schools in the Pico Union neighborhoods a neighborhood that is is a working class majority of Latinos they are more than 20 000 on health and I have said it again and again and I'm gonna keep on saying it they are 20 000 unhealth families right now in LAUSD this land is already a zone of residence use could be used to use house or to house families in crisis this should be a priority to LAUSD not to expand a school that already exists and even has a marketing budget to
077put up Billboards on Wilshire Boulevard and Western thank you so much for your time and please vote no on this you're here in person to speak uh if you are here come on up you have three minutes to speak once you begin as a reminder this is for Tab 7 Board of Education report number 255 uh utla Los Angeles and I'm an age member and also reclaim our school La member I'm here because it is very unfair that a company like Price Star is was asking for a 33 million having a waiver request to build a charter honestly fits at all why bright star is using public phone store to acquire and build new facilities for themselves while the street district schools continue to struggle with maintenance maintenance and repairs there are many elementary middle
078and high schools that need urgently found for example summer is coming and many schools lack of air conditioner because there is no phones to fix it but remind me this is for Tab 7 start interrupt but this is Tab 7 utility please go ahead but also while Los Angeles Elizabeth why is going through a historic affordable house increasing crisis so we urgently instead of charter schools we need more affordable housings for our students that need it so how about our homeless students many students struggle to find a affordable housing so why we spend 33 million dollars in a private company that is not going to do any good for our students so instead of using that money for a private company that also use their students to come here so they they all those students
079what is going on why they are here they're supposed to be be at school so well anyway so those students are going to get absence absence or they're okay it's part of the curriculum so-called in the it's not fair for them also well lsud should be working with the community instead of private companies use the the money the public money for the community not for private companies so instead of Welcome or cherry schools that only hurt our community just work for the the LED Community because those students need you know the church thank you for your time thank you Bridget Gordon Bridget Gordon if you're here coming up you'll have three minutes to speak on item number seven the utla board report okay that concludes public comment for number seven on to tab 9 facilities
080contract actions John Murphy are you here if you're here John Murphy come on up you'll have three minutes to speak once you begin uh speaking towards facilities contract actions good afternoon board and uh superintendent thank you for the time to make a public comment um and I learned a lot today coming from the committee reports so I look forward to working with the different committees my name is John Murphy I'm with the uh with smart the international Union of sheet metal air Rail and trans transportation workers and I'm here today to talk about our concerns about a company named kingspan which is a global Building Supply manufacturer kingspan installation products diversifoam and greenguard XPS are specified for use in a new 30 million dollar classroom building at Canyon Charter Elementary School kingspan for 14 years
081engaged in deceptive marketing about fire safety testing this was learned through the evidence revealed in the 2020-2021 UK public inquiry into the grenfell tower fire the grenfell tower fire was a fire in 2017 that killed 72 people in a public housing project from 2006 to 2020 kingspan used an outdated 2005 large-scale fire test to Market a new more combustible version of its cool therm k-15 insulation the company used these tests to secure misleading fire safety certificates while concealing four failed large-scale tests conducted in 2007 and 2008 on the k-15 product kingspan will emphasize that only five percent of its insulation was used on the grenfell tower fire and that is used without its knowledge but the evidence about their business practices is the real issue the grenfell inquiry revealed that kingspan knew k-15 was not
082compliant for high-rise projects but they were marking it in that way anyhow Architects and building owners need to be able to trust that a product specified while Architects building owners the school board parents students the community need to be able to trust that a product specified for a building will be the same product tested and certified according to the manufacturer's marketing materials over the last year building owners and Architects operating in 11 U.S states have reversed or restricted the specification of kingspan on projects after learning about the grenfell revelations in some cases removing the manufacturer from Master specifications LAUSD should drop kingspan 2. LASD Board of Education should avoid all kingspan products in school Construction and I look forward to following up with the school board and having a conversation with the facilities committee and
083thank you for your time today have you presented this information in any way to any of our divisions I do believe yes my colleague has sent an email with our report to although I just learned about the committee that just okay but I believe the school board has all received email thank you thank you okay thank you I actually have one extra speaker from tab seven that's Bridget Gordon if you're on the line Bridget Gordon please press star six to unmute yourself and you'll have three minutes to speak once you begin speaking to Tab the utla agreement hi this is Bridget Gordon can you hear me hi Bridget we have you for tab seven the utila item we can hear you yes I only have a short moment I have a meeting started for work
084but I am calling to give my opinion on the agreement between utla and LAUSD and um Beyond recovery platform this is critical um for people of color parents students and staff and community members and we have a lot of work to do and my um I am a dismayed that the board would actually pull parents to ask for their opinion about the school calendar and then ignore those opinions it's absolutely unnecessary and it's uh undemocratic um so I would like for you all to consider that vote reconsider that vote and provide us with a democratic way so that we can make sure that our children are not in hot schools in the summer and going longer at the end of the year so um I would actually like to have that recalled thank you thank
085you for your time okay going to tab 12 item number 12 authorization to execute an agreement with Palmer Third Street Properties LP I have David tokovsky under item number 12. David come on up you'll have three minutes to speak once you begin good afternoon an unusual item for me to speak about a parking let me just say Mr superintendent you were right when you came on to bring everybody back in the building and get to work in a coherent teamwork effort to move this District forward I think we heard earlier from one of the bargaining labor Partners to say maybe there's some time now to begin strategic telework that is effective and productive and that may diminish the need for renting and continuing to rent from a gentleman who is the largest contributor to Donald
086Trump in the state of California it's almost the equivalent of Harlan Crowe giving to Justice Thomas and yet we all do this in a blue City in a blue School Board we let a developer build all of these apartment buildings and we don't weigh in on the sequel in a way that any one of those thousands of units allow a working-class family to rent those and to bring students into the public schools that is your responsibilities to grow the district to grow the revenue and improve the instruction and so by increasing the need for parking spaces we are back into this Trump guy Jeff Palmer's parking lot now I'm sure our team did look around to find the lowest uh available number of parking spots but we need to reduce demand which is always part
087of the supply demand question and so as you reconsidered one item today I would think that maybe we need to reconsider so before you get into a seven year agreement or something with this particular parking lot when we know there were parking lots to the left and the right that could be developed in a way that would help to get the number you need and the price is probably in the right range I think it's 500 or something like that but again you're making a policy choice and you're going into somebody who's diminishing the availability of housing at various levels that will contribute to this public school system all through downtown and in fact uh we know now that the inspector General has looked at the developer fees and the payment of developer fees I
088would suggest that it would be very interesting to know the number of units that were created and what negotiations happened with the developer not only to collect those developer fees for all of these downtown units that Jeff Palmer has put in place but also to make sure that if they were to have public school kids I know we have royville and we have Contreras and we have Belmont but it doesn't absolve the developer of giving sufficient land in addition to the impact fees to the public sector and I would urge you to review this before everything is signed Mr superintendent because I think you are on the right track by bringing everyone back and now there may be some distinguishing features of Labor that could be handled thank you very much thank you moving on
089to tab 13 Board of Education report 228 Career Technical education incentive Grant Jeremiah Renee are you here in the audience Jeremiah Renee are you in the audience geez Louise Jeremiah Renee please tell me how to say it when you get here I don't I won't do it right and you'll have three minutes to speak once once you tell me your correct pronunciation I appreciate that thank you it's jeremia Renee thank you thank you hold on let me grab my uh it's it's an honor for me to be here today thank you guys so much for allowing me to speak um excuse me greetings and gratitude to all the board members here today uh we thank you for recognizing classified employees whose skills are valuable and necessary to our students my name is jeremia Renee I
090am the mother of five beautiful neurodivergent slash gifted children who attend carrolldale learning community in Carson California growing up as a black child in the public school system I experienced trauma that left me with nightmares about what my innocent non-suspicious children would face as a result of the current educational system and climate having studied psychology in college I'm well aware of the relationship between an individual's mental and emotional well-being and their academic success it is for this reason that I value bsap a plan for black student achievement goes beyond an acronym through a strong family engagement we will achieve the success our children need and deserve our voices are being heard beautiful changes are happening by creating a healthy and emotionally safe environment for parents to share openly and authentically about their children's educational experiences
091we intend to create positive and productive engagement between all parents students teachers Administration and staff the experiences our children have on campus and in the classroom directly affect their academic performance the organization of bsap must fulfill its mission and vision for the advancement of black students according to my experience very few individuals on campus understand what bcept is and how it contributes to Black Student Success currently parent Center reps are not empowered nor equipped by administrators to properly engage more than a few parents at a time with knowledge outside of how to set up Schoology and volunteer program guidelines Student Success is divinely sacred work and must be treated as such as a collective effort we want to empower enough family engagement Liaisons to utilize besepfully carrolldale has 90 identified African-American or black students out
092of 600 which means there should be around 180 black parents but only an average of four of them attend any meetings to change that we propose each school has a centrally funded and centrally supervised family engagement liaison who can engage parents on a powerfully culturally relevant level having a dedicated family engagement liaison responsible for organizing culturally relevant and engaging events will have a significant impact on not just black students but all students emotionally as well as academically thank you for listening and addressing our concerns thank you very much jeremia okay hold on one moment we were discussing was whether or not we could start tab 17's public Hearing in time to still be on time for the 3 pm certain item and we're going to start it but we will stop at exactly 3 P.M
093for the item that's scheduled at 3. okay so tab 17 this constitutes a public hearing for future is now CTE prep a maximum of 12 individuals individuals who wish to address the board in this item will be heard those who wish to speak should sign up near the rear of the boardroom that's not our process anymore you signed up online and speakers will be called by name okay here we go so for uh tab 17 John A Perez are you here John A Perez if you're here come on up then you'll have three minutes to speak once you begin John Perez I'm gonna see if you're online I do not see you online Chris Mendoza Chris Mendoza are you here in person if you are come on up you'll have three minutes to speak once
094you begin Chris Mendoza do not see a Chris Mendoza is he coming all right Mr Mendoza once you start you have three minutes to speak one don't be shy it's all yours I'm Chris Mendoza ibw local 11. I just want to speak in support we are proud partners with Mr Barr and uh proud and looking forward to what would what will be going on and I'm looking forward to expanding the community and helping our Union apprenticeship with this school and just again we are proud partners and um just want to get that across thank you thank you for your time Steve Barr come on up you'll have three minutes to speak once you begin I've got about 10 speakers hovering around downtown L.A thought they were speaking at four four so I apologize for caught
095off guard a little bit um first of all I'd be remiss not to teach appreciation week and all these teachers that are on the board now I'm a proud parent of two students at Marshall High and my my daughter zofia just got accepted to St John's Santa Fe and there's a lot of teachers sweat from Ivanhoe and Thomas Starr King and Marshall and that work and they should they should be applauded and I am very thankful not only them but of what goes on here in the school district about a year ago I'm I'm a weird guy I'll watch you guys streaming board meetings because I'm weird that way and there was somebody coming up to speak about a charter like I used to and and board member Goldberg said do you ever think about
096coming up as an affiliate I jumped out of my chair because it's something I've been waiting for years to hear I used to talk about this with um with Governor Romer when I was born in Green Dot um and I know about the the superintendents in District charters in in Miami because ultimately you want to be pulling together and there's three main issues in a school that I've just um that's that's circulating through the Charter office right now one is um the 30 of the kids were missing and what can we offer them and what can we offer them with a school that is a work related School a CTA School what can we do especially in the area around La Trade Tech which we have a partnership with in the school open very familiar
097with that area that's where Jefferson I once for some of you a lot of you guys were younger then but we had a thousand people out in front advocating for a partnership with the district around Jefferson when some of the real estate relief came down so how do you create the best CTE School for the green generation we have and the electrification so I called first thing I did is I I called um cold called ibw talked in one data six different people you know sometimes it takes three months to get a zoom meeting with folks these guys were on it right away and one of the first people I talked to was Chris and they've been incredibly supportive and I said what you know they're obviously looking to recruit and we need to build
098an army of people and I presented the idea also inspired by the superintendent and the electric buses that were that were ordered that you can actually take an existing bus a diesel bus and convert it for 75 grand or 80 grand complements this great push you know there's over 3000 vehicles in the fleet of LAUSD so we got to do everything we didn't do either warism so I talked to Chris and he works side by side with byd out in Palmdale and I went and saw a couple of organizations and businesses that actually do the conversions of these school buses is that three minutes we have like five speakers do you think can I take another three minutes is that possible or no is that illegal um they can yield their time if they're here
099but let's take people who are here first and then and then see uh whether any of the others are trying to find a place to park okay Judith uh Hermosillo are you here Judith I think these are the folks that are looking for parking uh Diane Pete Harris Lou Paris Lou Mark a Pisano uh let's see let me check I think we have someone online Hector juezo is online for tab 17. Hector please press star six to unmute yourself and you have three minutes to speak once you begin Hector hueso okay hi Hector just press star six to unmute yourself and you have three minutes to speak once you begin I see that you're online with us you just need press star six now meet yourself you have three minutes to speak once you begin
100thank you for the opportunity to speak um sorry for that my name is Hector wesso with jobs to move America we are also partnered with Mr Barr and IBEW Local 11. um and other stakeholders today in support of this affiliate Charter School a deal no uh us our Union partners and Community groups have been advocates for the transition to a fully electrified Fleet at the school district and it's very exciting to be also working with Partners who are thinking about training an entirely new generation of folks who will sort of help us Usher that in in a way that creates good jobs and creates training opportunities and careers for young people this is a really comprehensive plan that Mr Barr has put together and um we're excited of his uh with his willingness and partnership
101to work with local stakeholders um to build out these Pathways in a way that really prioritizes young people of color and doesn't just train them for um the jobs producing vehicles and the jobs assembling Vehicles which we think are important jobs but it's also training young people to be the engineers and designers and Builders of whole systems to get us off of fossil fuels and we're excited that the district has an opportunity to be a partner in this as well by approving this Charter we're in support of it and urge you to vote Yes to approve thank you thank you for your time Jen Perry are you David tokovsky are you here you have three minutes to speak once you begin David tokovski did you wish to yield any of your time to Mr Barr
102oh that's an idea as my professor sellers used to say and then I think to myself is that a good idea okay um he's got some folks in the back that could yield their time but um and I know many of you have heard me talk about Charters that are affiliated so I won't obsess on that because you have one before you but I will say it was entirely unfair to the rise kohang Community today in your decision they've been LED on in the board report you can see three or four times where this board voted the state voted to support one of the most expensive schools that will ever be created at 60 million dollars and we should have learned lessons from Ocean Charter which was very expensive as well so while I I
103empathize with them I do say as The Federalist Papers taught me elections make a difference and elections happened and people at the city council and at the school board have gone into a battle over that school and the loss of of Revenue potentially on two levels one there's loss of Revenue if the state doesn't allow you the flexibility in various ways but there's also loss of Revenue of 450 kids every year is over 10 million dollars of Revenue and instruction for those every year not one time like the 18 million or so but every year 450 kids sit on the outside of the school district and if you build housing let's say you build 30 to 50 units of housing you'd have another 50 to 100 children in a neighborhood where that housing would yield
104public school kids that would bring in another 2 million so you'd be looking at 11 million dollars and that's why as a student of American reform movements at my alma mater UC Berkeley and many of your Alma monitors it's time after 30 years to stop escaping from and move to escape 2. to work together to figure out solutions that build a important Civic institution called La unified and the superintendent when he arrived he signaled that message that we're going to build back better I mean President Biden took those words but that's what you were emphasizing we can grow the place we can show success and so the opportunity here and in many cases is to figure out how to use the facilities wiser how to invite people to be Affiliates of the district Charters that
105are affiliated it's the same in law I don't care what the general counsel or anyone else is saying read the statutes it's exactly the same and it has all the autonomies and it has the ability to put the money from State bonds and school bonds the money that was being set aside to a separate site that could be building and rebuilding schools that money should have been going to in middle schools in that area to make them more attractive to make them more successful and so you've heard me too many times on Charters that are affiliated you have one before you uh coming it needs to hear the input from all of you on how to change the direction otherwise we're going to be spending 30 million dollars in the next elections and that has
106no business for the students thank you very much thank you for your time Maria Daisy Ortiz I see you're on the line is uh there you are just Maria Daisy Ortiz says my name is Maria Daisy Ortiz I'm a mother and I am here I am a mother Pro public education and I am not in favor of charter schools because behind every move behind that movement is a big lie but you as a board and the superintendent you are the responsible ones and you are at fault that our parents move to their children to Charter Schools ignoring the movement within the charter schools and and this is an invasion I know that there's a board member in that that their campaigns were paid by a charter school and you that are in favor of charter
107schools I'm sending you this message if you want Charter Schools build schools within their neighborhoods in their houses without using our funds but do not remove or do not invade our schools or Rob from our students because in reality this is not this is has nothing to do with bettering our education you're a public people and this is why you are submissive to any criticism and we need to demand that you have good academic success but sometimes you have programs that do not work they work for you because you have an economic interest and a political interest but not for our students and the new logo for the district is ready for the world ready for the world with a delay of instruction but you are ready for the world so we can be slaves
108please do not insult our intelligence work invest in our schools these spaces are here for physical activities for sports activities for green spaces and for social emotional areas in adding another school reduces the space for our children it is not fair for our children therefore please do not sell our schools it seems like a store you're selling our schools and this is why you have mediocre program please I ask that please better our education if the superintendent is not working lay him off because he is here because of a contract because not because he loves our students remove the contract and you leave we love our students because we are parents and they are the most effective people thank you and have a great afternoon thank you for your time in just a minute uh
109Mr Barr or any of your other folks here yet bye not yet oh okay no we can we can call him up if he's here now and then come up to the microphone and yield your time to Mr Barr if that's for your goal uh yeah I can if I can just yield the three minutes okay yes you can and then we'll go to our time certain at 3 pm I appreciate that thank you um so the three things the kids that have left the need for a green Workforce um and the affiliation we're all pulling together I mean this is this is this is the most attractive part and I don't think I'd ever build another charter school without those those rules um um I think this is a somebody told me this is
110a no harm School we're using facilities at Trade Tech where we get to take professors who work on some of the Apprentice programs currently along with Apprentice teachers from IBEW working with our staff to come up with the best curriculum that when those kids show up and they've gone through dual enrollment for two or three years at that campus that they're gonna be ready for that um that electrician's license probably knock a couple of years off of it that math program at La Trade Tech um but it it's something and I can't wait to I just met one of my heroes Miss Solomon and I can't wait to work with the other CTE programs but um this is one of those issues it's all hands on deck you know if we're gonna we're gonna if
111we're gonna get our stuff off the fossil fuels this is the time to do it the thing that is scary to most people in the industry is the workforce and I hope a lot of kids come to the school not only demystify the potential for work but demystify the the college as well as a dream and some of them become entrepreneurs and we start moving forward but I can't wait to roll up my sleeves and work with my union Partners work with the collective units within the district and move this thing forward together together and acting like adults and moving for the greater good I appreciate it thank you thank you very much number 14. uh districts uh celebrating LAUSD districts classified employees and we have Mr schmerelson's motion you want to hear the public
112comment on it first yes that'll be good thank you okay so we have some folks who are here for item 14. which is oh no I don't I don't think we have any speakers on item 14. I'm sorry I thought I saw some that was 15. okay hearing nine why don't you present that's okay you have me okay hearing now why don't you present your motion I will first of all let me give you the official title of this uh motion the official title is celebrating Los Angeles Unified School Districts classified Employee Service skill and long-standing commitment to our communities as well as classified school employee week 2023 and let me just say that every single board member has approved this motion including our student board member Mr Shin we are a hundred percent with
113you just so you know just so you know so I am really happy to sponsor this resolution which establishes May 21st to May 27th as classified school employee week now our teachers are very important to the development of their students and our administrative staff help coordinate schools with their communities but we should also remember the important individuals who also work to keep our schools running safely so who are these classified employees that I'm talking about well for example we have our bus drivers who safely get our students to their schools we have our clerical staff who get our schools the information they need to operate well we have our library staff who are well trained in recommending literature to stimulate students minds and help with learning activities we have our cafeteria staff who feed our
114children every day and make sure they don't go hungry while they're in class we have our maintenance and custodial Services who ensure the classrooms are clean which is very very important after the pandemic so we cannot mention schools without acknowledging the hard work that our classified employees do and that is why establishing this week of recognition is so important these employees have a hand in ensuring that students are safe and ready to learn so at this time I would like to bring up Miss Fanny parish and her two Associates come up to oh yes you two Associates come up to uh we already heard from Leticia Fox earlier she spoke on labor partners and she is the president of the csca Los Angeles chapter 500. and Franny parish is the political action chair for CSEA
115Los Angeles chapter 500 and after this we'll have um comments from our board members would you introduce these nice ladies before you start Franny I would be hard Library aide Pat Shannon she is our Communications chair uh and a board member and this is Joan Richardson who is also retired and uh on our executive board and John what was your position in the district I forgot worked in facilities building schools there you go working with facilities and building schools and how many years did you work in the district 15. 15 yes yes you work longer oh well I know now now let's get back to business Randy I'm sorry all right well guten tag Marhaba uh buenos dias bonjourno and as we say down south hi y'all how y'all doing right okay and it's so
116nice to see all y'all I have not been here in the board in the Horseshoe since before covet you know you know been down here to the building for a while but making that drive again man you know called it in a couple of times but uh you know I thought this was important enough to not do um a drive-by or to do it on Zoom I thought for Mr Carvalho I'd come down all right I know you like in person so I came down for you okay and of course from our friend Mr schmurlsen who brought this up and thank you all for signing on and congratulations by the way nice to see you so classified school employee week is when our colleagues and Community honor our hard work and dedication to our students
117all right well you got that and this year's theme classified professionals indispensable inspiring and invincible well not quite like Wonder Woman but like one of the previous themes which LAUSD likes so much they adopted it for many years every day he rose it tells the story of the classified employees of LAUSD indispensable well just try to make it without that paycheck being deposited in your account right yeah yeah uh-huh and even superintendents and board members depend on that check and you can thank the payroll specialist time Keepers saas and others along the line who made sure that all was in order so that all of our employees contractors and the bills were paid you depend on people and the I.T who made sure that it was all right and corrected in there the insurance technicians
118who made sure your insurance was in order the assistant buyers combing through the contracts to make air sure every rule was being followed before LAUSD signed a deal for the goods to think about those people they're not on the campuses they're buried somewhere down in facilities mno Pico Rivera HR customer service information system support assistant secretaries the few interpreters that we have on call because it cost cutbacks we don't have many of them left customer service inspiring and inspiring yeah for over-the-top on-site work there's our overworked Early Education Center office managers and office techs who are often called upon to be the nurse yeah now the nurse the mom and abuela to the children in their schools while answering phones dealing with irate parents crying children and sometimes parents translating conversations and cleaning up after
119a sick child I don't know how they do it without being on roller skates do you I mean you know and then there's Library aides who continue to live under continuous cloud of anxiety of job insecurity called flexibility sorry Mr Melvin so they Soldier on unpacking new books creating exciting New Adventures for the students encouraging them to read finding new ways to encourage them by wearing silly costumes playing music and helping them to find the joy in just one new book just like you Mr Carvalho when you told me about that one new book you found downtown and I made fun of you but hoping it will lead to a second new book right incredible Invincible because despite how poorly over the years many have been treated most loved their jobs it certainly isn't for
120the money classified employees probably account for 30 percent to 40 percent of your staff at schools and in the district and every one of my brothers and sisters and my fellow unions today not just CSEA play an internal role whether they are on the campus here at Beaudry mno Pico Rivera or any other District facility and the success of the students do not discount their role you have teacher appreciation week but we all know it's not for us even though they say oh it's staff appreciation I see the little things you know think about it I didn't see anyone bring flowers or candy to the custodians last week bring them did you I didn't I barely got anything you know kind of like huh what's that oh that wasn't for me oh sorry did uh
121so on behalf of all my brothers and sisters and I apologize to all of those who might be upstairs listening and and to personnel and I see my school this year thank you Miss ghoul she's she's Lovely isn't She um I I thank you all for recognizing classified employee week and our unsung heroes who are truly indispensable inspiring and Invincible thank you so much and I hope to see Mr Carval I hope to see you wearing that t-shirt not just as a Little Neck thing I want to see you but thank you for wearing your T-shirt thank you stay there because we're going to have our board members give some comments I'm so happy to see you Carla Gould here that's very very nice very nice for you to come down so before we have
122our board members speak um I just love my teachers because I was a teacher too I love my counselors and I was a counselor too and I love my administrators I was an AP and a principal but I also love my classified employees and I think what the people don't understand is what goes on in the background at a school you cannot you cannot have a school without your classified workers there you just can't do it and I'm so appreciative so any comments from my board members I want to thank them for coming down especially friendly Parish in inimitable style which means I'm imitable un imitatable that's one of those words I learned in college uh is uh it's precious to all of us and yes the classified staff are people we rely upon more
123than people know when you're a principal of a school there's some people you must rely on one is your plant manager and that whole team the other is your cafeteria here and that whole team other is the librarian and that whole team I'm getting there I'm working my way to the top the top dog the top person that we rely on in a school from the principal's perspective is an essay who Administrative Assistant who runs the school on a day-to-day basis when you call the school that's the person who answers the question whether the principal is there or not that person will answer the questions when the principal is not there that's the person who runs the school knows everything about everybody knows about payroll knows about all the stuff that goes on in school
124and knows who to call we are absolutely dependent upon the classified staff you cannot run a school you shouldn't even open a school without a classified staff as we found out when the classified staff decided they weren't going to show up superintendent made a wise decision trying to open the school at all the children would not be safe Transportation wouldn't work the school wouldn't be cleaned all of that would would be led by the wayside so I am appreciative when you come down and make a presentation particularly in the style that you use because there's always some home spun humor in what you save planet but there's also much wisdom in it that we can't help remembering what you tell us you're not easy to forget and so I'm listening as I always do thank
125you for what you do thank you for all the people not here and thanks for praying for speaking on your behalf thank you thank you and that's Texas humor doctor that be Texas but we're so close to Louisiana so if I could add one thing and it doesn't have to do with uh with this I just want to thank you all it's been a year a little over a year since um well two years since the library initiative uh program was released and Mr Cavallo wasn't here when that started but it has been an incredible Boon to so many of our elementary schools I know now it's being released for middle schools and high schools uh I have so many books that and all of the library aides where we have I have a library
126Aid group and we chat as people or want to do and it's like an embarrassment of riches we're we're talking about oh my God what am I going to do and I was just showing Scott yesterday as he picked up the t-shirts I said I I need new more bookshelves I need more bookshelves I've had to go over and some of the shelves and the books I went and I put an arm behind some of the old books and it was just like into a box they were so old they were so old there were antiques they practically needed a wheelchair to get into the box but I helped them with my arm behind there to get out of the library my kids have new books all of the kids have new books this is
127what we should be aiming for giving our kids it's not just electronic stuff it's new things like this books make a difference the kids love the books they can't get enough of them so thank you so much for thinking that way let's keep thinking forward like that that's what we want to do more than one book now the second book Mr carvalha let's meet downtown and go find a second book for you okay thank you so much we're going to continue with our acknowledgments acknowledgments don't go away but I just want to also add since you're talking about school libraries elementary schools my goodness every elementary school should have a full functioning Library it's hard to get to the public library it's not always safe to get to the public library parents are working two
128and three jobs they can't take their kids to the public library on Saturday they're shopping I mean it's hard but every school should have a library in the school depend on them absolutely Nick go ahead Mr Melvin thank you Mr smyrrelson for bringing the resolution thank you all for being here for your leadership thank you Franny in particular for your help with our service day and a few uh district schools a few uh Board District Four I should say schools a few weeks ago and for helping and bringing some of your colleagues to help organize the library um and for holding our feet to the fire making sure that those books that we've funded are getting out to schools and I know you're always in our inbox demanding that we do better so I appreciate
129that as Dr McKenna said you know I when I got to Markham as a new teacher I obviously got to know our principal I know Mary pies is here I love our principals but everyone told me you got to get to know Antoinette Madison she's the SAA she's the one who runs the school and between Miss Madison and Tyra Browdy who is the library aide and Tony who I know Miss Ortiz Franklin knows Tony who just ran every aspect of the school including when my car needed to start he would come out and like bang the hood you're the unsung heroes and I hope that we stop saying that consistently because during 2020 we said you're the essential workers and then I think quickly people forget and so it's our commitment not to forget and
130well we don't always agree on maybe who should be the source of funding for let's say a library Aid we definitely agree on your worth and your value and your contributions and so I want to celebrate you and appreciate you and also you are the ones and our classified employees are the ones who set the tone on a school campus right are incredible you know principals are usually running around and teachers are in the room but when you walk into a school the things you're looking for are the front office staff the nurse the library and the library Aid the plant manager and those are the ones who whether they're on the perimeter or they're helping with drop off or pickup or they're the ones you walk in the office you can see which school
131is a place of joy and love and learning and which school is not and that is our classified employees and I know just with whether it's Texan or Louisiana or Texarkana or wherever we are the energy that you all bring is really palpable and it's propelling this District so thank you all well I hope that you will because a large number there's there's a thousands ified members here in the Beaudry building I hope that you will have during the week of May 21st to 27th a lovely thing we're not able to do it this year we used to do it in the past we'd have something here but I think that you guys here in the Beaudry building should host something for your members at least for one day you know coffee and donuts or
132something you know you've got a wonderful cafeteria that makes great coffee you can have something for your people here come on now loosen up those purse strings and let's have something for your people here in the building okay we hear you we hear you further comments anyone Jackie yes thank you very much uh I too uh what I can't put it on because I don't know how to do it over my I am jacket here but but I'll hold it up because I believe in it and I want you to know that I support you I think it's very important for people to understand some things that are true about classified employees like all School Employees they're underpaid but they're underpaid dramatically dramatically underpaid and we're working on that and I know that you're advocating
133for that and others who represent other classified employees do this well but I think it's important to remember that this is the richest state in the richest country in the world but that we're still 42nd in per pupil expenditures of states that means only eight states spend less on their kids than we do that that's why we look at this and say how does that get changed how does it become clear to uh Americans to Californians to the California legislature that it's all excited about giving us 40 percent of the general fund that's after they deduct a million things first that's not enough it's not enough it's not enough we do not have enough plant managers we do not have enough building and grounds people we do not have enough custodians we do not have
134enough clerks we do not have enough bus drivers there's only one reason for that they can't live on what they make so it and it isn't a function of a school district because the school districts are also underpaid at 42nd when I was in a school in California we were never lower than 10th never in the country now we were 46 a couple of years ago so we should be excited that we're only 42nd now but that's still eight from the bottom and I I have to say that in recognizing you because it makes it look like your work isn't very valuable but your work is far more valuable than the pay indicates and we're not going to change that for you or for teachers or for administrators or for counselors or for teaching assistants
135or for all the classified people until somehow or another we get a Great Awakening in California that you can't have us be 42nd in the amount of money we get and expect that people will be able to afford to live on what we can then afford to pay and so I'm just saying that it's time for us to use these kinds of celebrations to be um proactive in Sacramento and remind them that all the state's children not just some of them but all the states children rely on classified employees and that they don't behave like that somehow very important at least not yet I also want to be sure to thank and for sure all the people that helped me when I was teaching for all those years in Compton who made sure that we
136managed to get materials on times and things copied on times and things in our get paid correctly and all of that because lots of times we as teachers don't think about how all those things magically happen but I want you to know that most of us do know that it is classified employees that are part of a team that makes things happen for children so I just want to thank you and all of the people that you represent and all the people that are represented by our other unions that deal with classified employees to say that you give time and energy and heart and love to everything you do and it looks like it it looks like it and it feels like it and the kids Know It And The Faculty knows it and the
137administration know it and the parents know it and the parents not because often you are the most clear contacts that they have with the school so thank you for all that you do and let's see if we can use occasions like this to remind people in Sacramento that in California we should never be 42nd in the amount of money we spend per pupil on schools because when we do that it means we are underpaying the real honest to God Work of people who are trying everything to make things good for children and youth in our cities thank you very much thank you Jackie and now we have Nate chin our student board member who also signed on to the resolution yes you know it's not just principals and parents and faculty who appreciate your work
138it's also the students and I just wanted to share a little bit about just you know in the past even week some of the things that classified staff has helped me personally and what I've seen you know our classified staff doing above and beyond because you are truly indispensable inspiring and invincible so at my school I also serve as our senior class president and one thing we're getting ready for we're all excited for is graduation and our our schools SAA who's working with us to help purchase the flowers the curtains the stage and all of that and she's really going above and beyond to help us um this past weekend I was at my sister's Eagle Scout project and we were painting poles at Calabash Elementary painting the poles to look like pencils and the
139person who was there on the weekend was the site's plant manager he was there he opened the school at 7am was there the entire time helping us get some of the extra Paint and Supplies and I have to say it was one of the cleanest schools I've ever seen in Calabash Elementary our cafeteria workers you know at my own school we were talking as a board a couple months ago about investments in making sure that our cafeterias are Pleasant workplaces making sure they're cool enough and I know that at my school our cafeteria team is always there greeting students you know with a smile every lunch breakfast when we pick up our breakfast in the classroom and after school for supper and our library AIDS you know it's a shame that in this country there
140are some places where Library AIDS are fearful over what books they can stock in their own libraries about what students are able to read in schools and I think we are so fortunate here in LAUSD not only to have a board of education and a superintendent that supports access to knowledge and to learning but also such a dedicated team of librarians Library AIDS who are there for our students and I look forward to an expansion of those library programs and then just touching on what Miss Goldberg said I am just so um happy that the district was able to reach an agreement with our classified staff labor partners and continues to work uh towards precedent setting agreements uh in terms of compensation and benefits and I know that as the student board member you know
141I have no part in those negotiations but what I can say is that investing in operational success is investing in instructional success investing in classified staff is investing in students and so we are so grateful for the work that you do and on behalf of all students in LAUSD thank you you're welcome thank you and I just wanted to tell you that our president Leticia Fox who is a Financial Manager one of the reasons she could not be here is that it's prom night this coming weekend and she is swamped with I need tickets I need tickets now so I I only understand it by way and then what you're saying so but thank you so much I do watch the board meetings and I listen to everything you say I always say isn't he
142smart yes very eloquent very elegant anyone else before we Rocio go ahead well I want to thank you board members merlson for bringing this um resolution but I celebrate you every single day every single day all classified employees when I go visit schools I always make sure I speak to everyone in the office custodian cafeteria I always want to make sure that let them know that they're appreciated and they're so valuable and when I was volunteering at my son's school and I also worked at a school site you know for a short time however the friendships and and the experience I've had with classified employees from saas to office texts to custodians to uh uh cafeteria workers to this day they're still my friends I still call them friends and because the relationships that that
143are built in the school Community are so essential and every single person is so important and like I said I celebrate you every day and you're right you should celebrate those who work in this building particularly payroll and everyone because if it wasn't for them we wouldn't get paid and as a single mom you know every paycheck is very important for me um for all of us particularly those who are living um who are getting paid the least and they do so much so definitely will hope and I know that this district will make sure that everybody knows that they matter and that they will be compensated for all the work that they do thank you so much thank you go ahead Miss Gomez I don't want to be left out well I just wanted
144to add on to my colleagues a heartfelt thank you to our classified employees and thank you Franny and colleagues for for joining us today and taking time out of your schedule and to Leticia who is so dedicated to her work that she's taking time from being at Dorsey to call into our meetings and then going right back to work so I think it just really speaks to the heart that you all bring to your work every single day your dedication to our students and what an integral part you are of our schools and our entire school system at school sites at our regions and here at Beaudry as well you're our bus drivers and our library aides our office technicians our food service providers special education assistants our classified employees really are the backbone of
145our schools to make sure that our kids are are fed that our campuses are clean and safe you're that touch point for students a caring adult in their lives as well as for parents like myself of LAUSD students so I'm just so grateful for everything that you do and to Ms Goldberg's point I think CSEA is one of our strongest Partners in Sacramento fighting for more investment in public education so thank you so much for all that you do and thanks for being here today thank you Ms Gomez Miss Ortiz Franklin thank you I too want to celebrate you all and Mr Melbourne mentioned one of the campus aides at Markham Middle School which is in my district now who has retired but still texts me like the happiest pictures of the happiest person I've
146ever met and I think that's one of my greatest memories as a classroom teacher and going on to campuses is just the joy that we get to see from all of our employees but particularly our classified employees and I want to let the public know that we often thank teachers as we should but when we say staff this is who we mean we often say teachers and staff for a particular reason because you all are not the traditional teachers in the classrooms but you are educating our children in so many holistic ways and you are helping the system run in really important ways so that our kids have the conditions met and they can access all of the great learning that happens in the classroom and so I too just want to lift up all
147of the great employees that I think you'll be hearing some celebrations soon another one at Markham middle school I just have to say one of our former campus aides become School climate Advocate which is a new classified employee categorization over the last couple years has been such an indispensable inspiring Invincible person on his campus that when a kid was injured in the community he was the first person on site and the first person that the student could talk to and I think it's so important to know that our classified employees are beyond the school buildings they are everywhere in Beaudry and in our communities and we feel your indispensability your inspiration and your invincibility and we're happy to celebrate it all year long every time we say staff you are who we mean so thank
148you so so much thank you thank you and now superintendent thank you very much let me join the the powerful voices that have already spoken in celebration of uh the indispensable inspiring and invincible classified professionals who labor every single day tirelessly across our entire school system you know we exist not because of the buildings We Exist because of the people who walk into those buildings are educating those buildings are inspired in those buildings and people who actually do the inspiring and the protecting and the serving and the transporting and the guiding and I so appreciate the words of our board member Ortiz Franklin because that is the staff and um so thank you board member merlson for this special recognition it is timely it is important uh soon after I arrived in Los Angeles I
149kept talking about the value and the high skill and will of the staff and people kept reminding me that's great pretty words don't pay the bills and I believe that and that is why I think pride in this board in this school system because as was said just recently we have enabled two historic contracts and I promise you within weeks we will land the remaining contracts we'll have 100 percent of our Workforce in the second largest District in the country under contract with the precedent setting agreement that honors and dignifies the humanity and the professionalism of our Workforce particularly those who for decades struggled to make ends meet because of the compensation was afforded to them our board president is absolutely right we can only do what we can do within the limitations afforded To
150Us by our state and uh being toward the bottom of 50 is not a comfortable position so we turned ourselves inside out to recognize the professionals that spoke with us today and the professionals we recognized today I say this not only as a as a superintendent as an educator but also as the child of two individuals who if they were alive they would be classified employees so it's a journey I understand I recognize and I celebrate and what better way of celebrating the journey and celebrating classified employees and professionals then recognizing the best amongst the best and today we're here to not only recognize but also to celebrate the fact that supervisors and colleagues every year nominate one of your peers to be recognized as the classified employee of the year this year there were
151over 20 200 nominations that were received I was asked to select one and I said I can't do that because I read through the nominations after they they produce finalists and I could not select because I thought this entity this individual is great this one is great equally so you know what we decided to select two extraordinary employees of the year for our incredible finalists in a moment I'm going to ask that a short video will be shared that highlights are two employees of the Year classified employees one is Felipe Arellano school administrative assistant at Bravo medical Magnet High School the other one is Claudia Toscano a Food Services worker as San pasqual's team Magnet Elementary School and then of course we also recognize our three finalists Adrian Estrada special education assistant at Alfonso B
152Perez career and transition Center Brett Moody a school climate Advocate at Markham middle school and Francisco sahagun an associate computer application specialist with its and then not while not a classified employee of the year I also want to take this opportunity to acknowledge Los Angeles Unified bus driver Tamara Conley who was presented with a prestigious California Highway Patrol school bus driver of the year earlier today Miss Conley has been a dedicated Los Angeles Unified bus driver for 36 years has 30 years of accident-free driving and 15 years of perfect attendance that is greatness we say all we mean all so when we recognize greatness greatness abounds in our school system let's play the video I want to thank all of our more than thirty thousand classified colleagues who help provide a safe and welcoming learning
153environment for our students and school communities from a school administrator to Food Service workers to I.T Specialists our colleagues help serve the needs of more than 429 000 students each and every day every year supervisors and colleagues nominate one of their peers to be recognized as the classified employee of the year ordinarily one single person is recognized an individual who represents all of their colleagues and while each of the finalists are incredible I have selected two as classified employees of the Year Francisco Bravo medical magnet school administrative assistant Felipe Arellano who goes the extra mile and demonstrates Excellence every day through his work ethic and Leadership San pasqual's team magnet food service worker Claudia Toscano whose dedication to providing students with nutritional meals every day has also earned her Los Angeles County classified employee of
154the year in the food and nutrition category please join me in congratulating our everyday Heroes and enjoy a few highlights of their contributions to our school communities my name is Felipe Arellano I am the school administrative assistant it takes only one person to make a difference in one's life and I think back to when I was in high school right and I see myself in the kids they are the future I want them to be able to reach all their goals or whatever that might be and if whatever I do every day impacts their time in school that makes a big difference for me foreign Unified School student I chose to be in Food Services because I like to be around food I like to work with food and I also like to work with
155kids even though I don't directly interact with the kids I like to see them smile so even when they come out to the window and it's good to see them you know happy with their meal that they're giving and I just like to sit there and enjoy their meal [Music] thank you [Music] now would be my honor to [Applause] welcome uh Felipe Arellano and Claudia Toscano to the podium to receive their Awards I would also ask our Personnel commission director Carla Gould to join us as well as members of our board for a celebration of two remarkable professionals before we get up we're going to vote on item 14 so that it will be concluded okay quick roll call Dr McKenna Dr Evas yes Mr Morrison yes Mr melvine yes Miss Gomez yes Mr D
156Franklin yes but president Goldberg yes uh Mr Shin yes okay now we will join the awardees up front come on up everybody who just called up congratulations [Applause] probably need to get a little closer okay I need to be in this picture come on up let's just move to the right a little bit move to the right a little bit congratulations [Applause] come on open it up look at that very much dessert thank you congratulations to you okay and as the board members are coming back we actually have one caller on this item tab 14. Vince ninelli if you're on the line please press star six to unmute yourself and you have three minutes to speak once you begin Vince ninelli I see it online you're unmuted and you have three minutes hello can you
157hear me yes yes please go ahead thank you um and uh good afternoon for uh superintendent Carvalho and LAUSD board members um I too share your joy in celebrating classified employees they do so much for the district um and I share that however I want to say that uh this celebration Rings a little Hollow uh due to the fact that if any one of these employees that you just celebrated in terms of being top employees if they had refused the covid-19 vaccine for medical or religious reasons um you would have terminated them and so I'd just like to say today that I think it's time for LAUSD to alter its policy if not abandon it completely it has failed it is uh not worked it has resulted in a staffing crisis in LAUSD and I'd
158like to see the board do the right thing various counties State and even Federal levels of government have declared this crisis at an end and we should move on let's bring these employees back that you've terminated but stop segregating employees based on their uh medical or religious exemptions that you granted them and let's get them back to work board member McKenna board members merlson you two are very practical men I know you know that we can move forward so please let's use some great sense and do that superintendent I don't think you had this policy in Miami of terminating employees over this so please let's lead in a positive section and get our schools fully staffed thank you okay thank you for your time it is now 3 46. and we have a Time certain
159of 3 45 for board member Ortiz Franklin's uh time certain uh board member Melvin is pointing out that uh online time is 3 45 so we've hit the mark perfectly thank you what a momentous day indeed today is a chance to celebrate not only our classified employees but also the 10 years since the passage of the school climate Bill of Rights I want to yes we've got some love in the room foreign thank you to all the youth the parents and Community leaders who've come together once again to lift up the importance of eliminating punitive discipline practices in our schools and choosing restorative approaches instead ten years ago our district chose to lead the way in eliminating suspensions for willful Defiance a Statewide policy that disproportionately impacts our black and brown youth particularly boys we
160chose to lead the way in committing to restorative justice and recommitting to school-wide positive behavior intervention and supports we chose to lead the way in regularly publishing And discussing School climate data at school sites and district-wide meetings and we chose to lead the way in partnering with our students our parents and our community in interrupting the school to prison Pipeline and doubling down on Pre-K to college Pathways we've heard loud and clear from our community and from our superintendent that we can and will continue to lead in La unified this res solution is about cultivating School conditions that are holistic and transformational where discipline is compassionate and seeks to meet the underlying needs rather than punish and exclude and it's where every student is given every opportunity to be prepared to thrive in their chosen
161college career and life path this resolution invites my board colleagues and I hope we'll get your support to publicly endorse a Statewide elimination of suspensions for willful Defiance which our office of government relations has already sent in a letter of support form it invites my colleagues to continue our commitment to the school climate Bill of Rights by continuing to provide resources that have become available as a result of that resolution 10 years ago and it tasks our independent analysis unit to analyze the impact over the last 10 years to potentially inform the board of future School climate opportunities we invited school we invited Partners to weigh in on this because this was a community Victory and continues to be a community Victor three we received over 45 minutes of video that we have difficultly edited
162down much shorter for your public consumption and we hope you'll join me in celebrating the accomplishments celebrating our partners we'll see on this video here in commemorating the 10 years of the school climate Bill of Rights so with that I'd like to play the short video and thank everyone who contributed to that and I know we'll have some speakers as well foreign I am so excited that we are at our 10-year anniversary with the school climate Bill of Rights initiative as a young person attending magiarts High School between 2012 and 2016. I had the opportunity to work on this initiative with the brother son sales Coalition I know firsthand that this work is super important our young people need to feel loved they need to feel supported they need to know that we are uplifting
163them that we need to continue to do the work to move away from actions that make them feel criminalized that make them feel targeted we need to continue to do the work to dismantle the school of prison pipeline have a foundation because of the school climate Bill of Rights that Foundation helped to bring suspensions down drastically in the district that foundation made LAUSD the first district in the nation to eliminate wolf of defiant School suspensions and now across the state of California people are actively working to transform school climate just like we did here in LA climate Bill of Rights this was an important step in healing the wounds of anti-black races policies that criminalize our communities it gives our students and parents and community members hope and opportunity to address discipline issues being able
164to do that we've been pushed out and so also the human right to be educated on the policies we cannot know what's going on in the policies and be able to help anybody that's trying to do decision making in our community with a solution and we don't know that their hearings are proud so we worked on the school climate Bill of Rights one of the great victories was to take away the alleged crime of willful Defiance which is an explicitly anti-black boy law that would simply say if a child is having a good time they're defiant if a child asks a question they're different what an amazing amazing passage of an effort to make certain that young people particularly young people of color were no longer being criminalized and stigmatized and marginalized in the school
165setting for their behavior getting rid of willful defines policies which disproportionately impacted black and brown students with expulsions and suspensions and we've seen a market reduction in those suspensions and expulsions not just in LA but in the state of California School climate Bill of Rights represents the youth and communities self-determination to take control of their own education to take control of their own destiny to declare that students of color are not disposable and should be supported and nurtured to be successful I want to give a huge shout out to our team to the community to those that have been uh really in support of our movement I know this happened 10 years ago but we know that the work isn't done and so this resolution is super important for us to really get behind and
166support and and Implement and so we know that the work needs to be done this is such an important commemoration of the 10th year anniversary of the school climate Bill of Rights today I work with students at Augustus Hawkins High School and Roosevelt High School and others and as I speak with members of the black student achievement steering committee we all realize that the problems are so structural someone that was a part of making the school climate Bill of Rights happened 10 years ago um actually I wrote a poem to talk about um school systems 10 years ago um I remember going to the I remember going to LAUSD and sharing this poem um the poem is called schools not prisons the elimination of willful Defiance suspension I feel it's a good thing because students
167didn't get expelled like for example if they're wearing a hat in class and teachers like yeah take your hat off and they don't do it like what if they hear my stuff like they shouldn't get suspended for like minor things like that and like as well like if they're not paying attention in class like okay like send them to the office they shouldn't get expelled you know to me the school climate Bill of Rights serves as a disrupter of the school of prison pipeline it protects the black and brown students who have been disproportionately criminalized on campus on a personal note it means the students I worked with in our San Bruno college program can feel safe on campus and won't be pushed out of the first opportunity through my involvement in inner city struggle
168I had the opportunity to join brother Sun cells Coalition in high school together with other student leaders we developed the school client Bill of Rights and advocated for its adoption by the LAUSD board in 2013. since then Los Angeles has made significant progress in increasing graduation rates improving test scores and supporting more black and brown students to access College years after the Monumental adoption of the school climate Bill of Rights I'm honored to reflect on the powerful impact that youth students parents and community members had in their fight and commitment to ending the school to prison pipeline but the school climate Bill of Rights means to me and my community is Justice and equity for the future of students of color I'm happy to be part of celebrating the 10-year anniversary because it has paved
169the way for positive changes in our school systems and promotes success among students I've had the opportunity to organize with amazing youth leaders across LAUSD to fight and dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline thinking back to when I was a youth organizing for the school climate Bill of Rights I remember mobilizing outside of LAUSD and feeling the power that youth have me the school climate Bill of Rights was one extremely crucial step in many steps over several years that we have been organized the school glamorable rights full of steak uh to move away from punitive discipline and fundamentally changed the way that we talk about school climate it's easy for us to take for granted today when we talk about the need for alternative to suspensions when we talk about the need for mental health and wellness
170and the need to recognize trauma and Center healing so what a joy to see the school board pass the school current Bill of Rights 10 years ago and to see the the Triumph of young people who had fought for what they needed for what was right for their communities were sort of Justice curriculum and other Investments that would not only enable the school climate to serve all kids but in particular would ensure that young people who are having struggles have the resources they need to succeed ever since the passage and implementation of the school climate Bill of Rights 10 years ago it has positively impacted students all over LAUSD as I was a youth leader in 2013 and 2014 I saw the power of the youth their families and the whole community that came together
171to voice out the rights of young people in our end of punitive disciplinary measures and the beginning of measures that focused more on prevention and care and love and respect hopefully 15 years and now we can have this pass across federally so all youth across the U.S are treated as you and not as criminals but that's all I have to say let's celebrate 10 years I hope and appreciate everyone who spot the fight for this I am so proud to be celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the passage of the school climate Bill of Rights a historic civil rights win for LAUSD students we proudly joined forces as a coalition to raise the urgency of the criminalization of students of color 10 years since the school climate Bill of Rights the school puts climate Bill of
172Rights is so important to our society as we try to move away from a punish first shoot first Society to a care first ask questions first Society looking back on the last 10 years when I was surrounded by students in front of alausd school board pushing for the school climate Bill of Rights to be passed just makes me reflect on how powerful students voices are how powerful our community is when we come together thank you Alex thank you for believing in change when we supported the youth voices that wanted to end willful Defiance and wanted to lift restorative justice in every campus we knew we would have to change we knew we would have to learn and we knew we would have to leave and 10 years later our organization is better for it thank
173you to all of the unsung heroes doing the work thank you yes we'd love to hear public comment it's my honor to bring this but this really is from the community so I'd love to hear from them okay we will hear a public comment first and then we'll have board member discussion of it thank you okay let's go for it Henry Perez are you here in person Henry Perez [Music] [Applause] good afternoon board members and superintendent my name is Henry Perez and I am the executive director for inner city struggle and I'm also a proud parent of Valley Unified School District I am also here representing the brother-son South's Coalition a coalition representing youth from across Alley County we are here in full force to urge the board to pass this resolution commemorating a historic
174Civil Right win for all Al USD students the 10-year anniversary of the passage of the school climate Bill of Rights over 10 years ago inner city struggle joined forces with Coalition members to raise the urgency of the criminalization of students of color in our schools in the east side the situation was at a crisis point student leaders of inner city struggle were deeply concerned with the overuse of willful Defiance suspensions in their schools data we uncovered showed that willful Defiance suspensions disproportionately affected students of color with a disproportionate impact to black students students with special needs and lgbtq Youth recognizing the power of multiracial solidarity with joined forces and together the brothers and selves Coalition worked alongside parent leaders of Cadre to create the vision and framework for the school climate Bill of Rights together
175we expose the harmful impacts of punitive School discipline in LAUSD schools the young people and families organized in their communities to raise awareness and build support hundreds showed up to the school board they courageously raised their voices calling for the end of the school to jail pipeline they United to declare that every student mattered the school climate Bill of Rights led to LAUSD being the first school district in the nation to protect students from the punitive willful Defiance measure it has positioned LAUSD as a model for California this year state legislators are considering a bill that would eliminate willful Defiance suspensions for all public school students across California we asked the board to officially endorse this important legislation punitive School discipline has significantly decreased by ending the use of willful Defiance to justify suspensions the
176school climate Bill of Rights was a critical win in creating healthier safer and more Equitable learning environments for young people we still have a lot more work to do to realize the full transformation one important step is to assess the implementation of the school climate Bill of Rights through a comprehensive analysis of the resolution which the resolution calls for we urge the school board of today to pass this commemorative resolution to a firm Al usd's commitment to the school climate Bill of Rights thank you thank you thank you for your time how's about Benito how's Bel Benito [Music] [Applause] come on up you'll have three minutes to speak once you begin hi my name is hazo penito I'm a junior at Wilson High School I am part of the United students club and the brothers
177Sons itself's coalition I am here to speak on board members Ortiz Franklin's commemorating the school Bill of Rights one of the goals the school Bill of Rights was restorative justice and I am grateful to say that it has worked so well in my high school what I see is kids being happy going to their sort of Justice members and talking to them asking for help even when they don't weren't in a situation of a fight or anything they talk to them and they say thank you I need some help in my assignments and such and when I was able to sit down and interview them they said that they haven't had any reoffenders they haven't had any suspensions at all so far this year and that even after the situations have been dealt with kids
178still come in to help not just with their homework and um with fights but with friends and such they talk to the parents of the students and they genuinely enjoy it they believe that giving a second chance of students where they have to face their consequences of their actions and make amends with them is the best situation for them all what I talk to them about any requests they would have is for more ongoing training not just for them but for all staff and I think that they should have a full-time restorative justice member at the school to help what I have failed to see though is it implemented in all high schools I'm grateful that my high school has been successful in implementing the ideas but I don't think it should just be my
179high school exclusively having help for all their students and I don't should only be high schools I think it should be middle schools and Elementary because in every day and age kids need help and I think having a loving and caring adult to support them for betterment is the best outcome for everybody and that's all thank you it very well said thank you for your time uh Miguel Dominguez are you here Miguel Dominguez come on up you have three minutes to speak once you begin good afternoon board members and superintendent Cavallo my name is Miguel Dominguez I'm the Director of Education and youth policy at Community Coalition my pronouns are he him I'm here uh I'm here representing Community Coalition and the brothers on sales Coalition and I'm also here as an LAUSD grad class
180of 2003 go toilers I'm honored to be here uh 10 years after the passage of school climate Bill of Rights in 2013 I had just started as a youth organizer and even though I was born and raised in South Central L.A it had been 10 years since I had graduated and I knew a lot of things that changed no like we didn't have tracking I was in a school where we tracked students we had a through G implemented for all students right so there was a lot of improvement but we know that a lot of things need to be improved and as I began to engage young people uh one thing was clear young people specifically boys and men of color felt that they were targeted uh and updated back this up the data showed
181that boys and men of color were disproportionately suspended and expelled uh especially when computers are compared to their white uh peers um and a lot of this was due because of the implicit and explicit bias uh that that that that adults held right on the perspective that folks had a poison and color that resulted in punitive uh discipline um through highly subjective policies like well for defiance right that ultimately uh our Legacy of like racism and white supremacy um and it was and nowadays we talk about school climate and positive behavior intervention supports like it's nothing but it was a fight it was a fight to convince the school board to convince adults that uh this was the right thing to do um and so nowadays luckily it's the norm and we understand that punitive
182policy isn't right um and that we should be moving towards positive and relationship centered uh schools um and relationships right um and so I wanted to like really celebrate the community um and the leadership of young people our young people aren't here yet they're making it away from school right now they're on on their way but I want us all to celebrate all the young people that are here today and that were here 10 years ago packing as his room because if it wasn't for them none of this would have been possible and this is really what it looks like to work with Community students and parents in a very genuine and authentic way and so we thank you for commemorating today and I'm asking you to continue to to to to be in this
183fight to do the hard work with you all uh you see we're here we're ready to do this work with you all but it has to be done in a way that centers Youth and community in a real authentic way I'm hoping that as we continue to do the work together then we can come back here 10 years later and we can talk about uh the successes that we built right that we have thriving schools that we have thriving High need schools specifically right that we Center those mostly impacted that we have the our schools fully invested um and now we're living into equity and that we have supported but those who don't threaten to arrest and incarcerate young people right I mean they're moving closer and closer to ending the scooter prison Pipeline and
184closing uh the the pipelines that that Do Track our students into prisons right but again this has to has to has to be be done with the most impacted with these folks that you see behind you today because that's the only way that we're actually going to achieve progress long lasting progress that is felt at the community level so thank you today for uh celebrating and on and commemorating uh School climate Bill of Rights [Applause] okay uh Channing Martinez are you here Channing Martinez coming up you have three minutes to speak once you begin [Applause] so good afternoon I'm Channing Martinez the co-director of the strategy Center and 10 years ago I was out here in the middle of the intersection with the I don't know more than 500 students celebrating this really great win
185I think the fact that we're here 10 years later is a real victory for the district and it's a victory for the movement um and it really signaled one thing that I'm codifying of moving the district from a punitive past to a liberated future and in that Spirit I'm so glad that we're celebrating 10 years and this motion provides so much room for further organizing on the board uh but also as many of you guys know I'm in the black student achievement program I'm on the steering committee and where we're at right now is a really pivotal point for that program right and which makes this you know motion so much more important that we are moving from a punitive past we've defunded the school police by 35 right we've moved towards the idea of
186alternatives to school police by saying that we're going to do these Community safety Pilots but now we have 30 million dollars that the board is hanging on to and we haven't even spent 10 percent of that right and so as we commemorate the school climate Bill of Rights and really make room for the district to work closer with the school uh with the black student achievement steering committee make room for the district to really focus on alternatives to school police and really figuring out how do we get from where we're at now to a school district that does not rely rely on punitive behaviors punitive actions and police we should also take into effect that this year we should also move towards figuring out what is the next step right now we're doing great work
187with bsap but to be quite Frank you know it seems like we're running into a plateau right and so it cannot be another year as in three years later that we're saying we support black student achievement and we support restorative justice and PBIS restorative justice and we do nothing to move to the next step on taking that further thank you so much thank you for your time Joaquin Granger Joaquin Granger coming up you have three minutes to speak once you begin all right all right hi everyone my name is Joaquin Granger from the brothers and sales Coalition youth programs assistant uh and first I'm gonna share y'all a poem I wrote to our board members 10 years ago when I was here as a youth uh so here I go um in a world where
188life is unfair where crisis and crime happens every day when time after time our life is determined by the one chance that we're given to be put in a corner like we're on put on time out having to tuck our Tails like we're scared dogs told that we're owned by the government but yet the oven doesn't own us like a piece of product no one but no one knows a piece of product like we are the piece of product but yet we have always been a piece of product no more of this we're starting fresh taking ourselves back knowing that time that it's time to break those chains that have been put on society the free ourselves from those so-called Society builders where our color has been termined has determined our smartness we have to
189be honest we have a quality to be more than something in life to just be told we're Superior and inferior to told that I learned our life might be worth saving whether that it's cherishable like we even have an option to even questioned about if our life is our life nothing should be unfair mistakes have been made by youth like me no more when chances I'm tired of when chances one two three four five six seven eight stop counting could reject youth no one is a product or an item like I said earlier but getting a piece of gold nor silver or bronze like you find at the Olympics but like I said that was 10 years ago 10 years of change in so many ways 10 years of Youth Development in LAUSD so I
190returned to you today to celebrate but to also reflect that the school Bill of Rights let's see if the school of Rights has truly been intermitted in our schools today the schools and my siblings my family in the youth I be assessed still attend so I come to tell you there's still more to do with students still being pushed out this is even greatly still at High School we say that stats have showed a reduction of suspensions from eight thousand five hundred ninety three to one thousand four hundred forty two or 82 83.3 percentage reduction uh what about inspections to be honest 11 100 well 111 to 55 or 50 reduction but I'll see that as enough because the percentage is still there I still see those 142 days of Youth still not in school
191and 55 of you folks that were still failed but as my time ends I would like to say again of course celebrate the 10 years of change but let's also reflect on what we still have to go because I'm tired of percentages [Applause] thank you for your time Anna Gonzalez are you here anna Gonzalez are you here if you are here coming up you have three minutes to speak Anna Gonzalez okay Eric Mann are you here Eric Mann come on up you have three minutes to speak once you begin hello board members my name is Eric Mann I'm a veteran of the Congress of racial equality and for many of you we could celebrate 30 years of struggling together uh first of all I want to say that Miss Ortiz Franklin's motion is really very
192important I read it carefully well it doesn't have numbers and dollars it has a very important ideological direction of where the board should go uh the anti-blackness is so profound in our society and the problem with institutions is you're stuck with those problems but you don't want to be part of the problem so here we have a situation where only five to six percent of of your students are black right now so the first thing I propose is I mean it out of a 14 billion dollar budget to invest one billion dollars of it to double the number of black students in the school to get black students up to uh equality in terms of their performance you know I've been in the public schools for 30 years they've said black students under achieve so
193either the black students have a problem or the system has a problem of anti-blackness because how many parents how many parents have to keep coming back and saying why is my child failing and that does have a psychological effect ask Franz fanan so two other things I have three black grandchildren and my grand beautiful grandchildren Ava Ward Wallace and laylaud Wallace who are at uh Gala thank you have been racially profiled at a level that is shocking they are both 4.0 students they are both on Citywide soccer players but as they say if you're black it doesn't really matter does it they have been harassed they've been having fights over what they're wearing and stuff like that and when my daughter and son-in-law came into protest they treated them like they were the criminals and
194sent them a threatening letter saying that if they continue this the LAPD would be brought in to deal with them so so much for parent involvement if you stand up for your kids and then you are accused of willful Defiance so we think we need to end all the police funding in this city and in this school because by cutting it by 35 the police like we are organizers and they're going to say see that problem see that problem that's why we need more of us I I think we have lost momentum to move towards a police free school and the second thing is I really do think a billion dollars which would be historic and I think Miss Franklin I think your emotion I could put a billion dollars in there and make a
195whole lot of things happen so thanks a lot and one more thing we went through a vote on this and we were not all on the same side but uh thank you Miss Goldberg and thank you Ms Melbourne and thank you Kelly Gomez and thank you Monica Garcia we made history and I think we've got to make a lot more history now thanks for everybody okay thank you for your time that concludes public comment on the item um the meeting's back to you I'd love to hear from my colleagues I'd like you to just outline quickly the changes so that people understand what it is they're voting for and the new materials you got in red there are some changes would you just go through them so that everybody knows what they're voting on yes
196and I believe there were also copies out front for anyone in the audience um so the first resolve stayed the same that we're endorsing the Statewide elimination of suspensions for vocal Defiance the second resolve celebrates the work that we are doing and is clear that we are continuing to provide several of the um actions that came from the school client Bill of Rights such as the posters and all of our campuses our PBIS and restorative justice teaching our data that's available online um how we share this at school meetings that can be included in um currently existing structures there was a question around so this is the one two three four fifth bullet point around what meetings currently exist so as to not add a separate different one but we know our schools should be
197doing these School climate meetings on a regular basis with a mixed stakeholder group and then the last piece on the independent analysis unit assessment we added that that assessment could inform potentially a School Safety Committee which I know Ms Goldberg you had asked for someone to chair and so try potentially there will be Interest next year we'll see and the school climate task force that has been reconvened this year which we're glad to see back um and or that the superintendent strategic plan that also includes a lot of this work around school climate so the the new version is underlined in in red thank you very much yes now any comments or questions from from board members Dr Rivas uh well thank you board member Franklin for this and thank you to the community I
198know this was a lot of work a lot of coalitions groups coming together and I'm um I would love to sign on to this resolution it's a very important and um 10-year anniversary right we all unfortunately we have to bring this up because there's still a lot of work that needs to be done and uh thank you I really would like to co-sponsor and I commit also with you and addressing um a lot of the issues and punitive um sort of situation circumstances that a lot of black and brown uh youth are still confronting today and so thank you thank you for your co-sponsorship Mr Melvin thank you um echoing my gratitude I'd also love to join as a co-sponsor um and I'd love to thank The Advocates some of whom I've known for 10
199years when you began this effort others I met 15 years ago when I was a new teacher at Markham Middle School in Miss Ortiz Franklin's District some I've known for 20 years since I was in high school myself and it's nice to join you here today um you know thank you for pushing the district and the board to go at times not where they wanted to go but where they needed to go to see perverse incentives like in ticketing students for being tardy and realizing that that's not actually the way to get students in class and pushing the district and the city to end that policy Banning the crutch of willful Defiance it was not bad when I was a teacher and I saw a lot of my colleagues and I'm sure I did at
200times too look at that tool because it was there and not understand the systemic racism that was going into that but saying this is what I needed when you force us all to get rid of it candidly I don't think the district knew when what to do and a lot of teachers reasonably struggled with I don't have that in my toolbox but then the district had to adapt and over the last 10 years figure out restorative justice practices and training and professional development and others to say this is how you address those behaviors and everyone has benefited including those teachers whose practices have improved infinitely it's great to see the support for sb274 to see the state following this District's lead we need to see more of that and I know that there's going to
201be more that you do to push us forward and whether it's a billion or two I'll say we're about to vote in a few minutes on a two billion dollar contract that includes a lot of support that you all have pushed us towards whether that's Equitable class size reductions or the bsap program and so while this doesn't maybe have a dollar figure attached to it there's a lot today that does and you know as somebody who is who's been on both that side of the Deus and on this side receiving your advocacy just keep pushing because even if we're not ready you force this District's hand and then you know like throwing your cap over a a wall and then having to go get it you're forcing this district and now the state to have
202to go get it and to do more so thank you for your leadership and advocacy and congrats on 10 years and here's to the next 10. anybody else would you speak Mr shed uh well I want to express my appreciation uh appreciation to Ms Ortiz Franklin for this resolution and I'd love to join the party as a co-sponsor as well but I just wanted to thank you for adding in uh that the iau's report will be presented to the school culture and climate safety task force and I again wanted to express my gratitude to school operations Mr Chait on Student Health and Human Services Ms escudero and uh Laura zaf as well for bringing that group together bringing together stakeholders labor Partners teachers District staff as well as students such as myself and students from
203across our district for that conversation as we continue to seek ways to improve and evolve our approach to student discipline I also really appreciate the example that the district is setting for the State of California we heard it on the video talked about it here suspensions are down over three quarters since we ended a willful Defiance and the racial Gap in suspensions the disparity has narrowed but it's not gone entirely and so it's important as always that we continue that conversation and then we're talking about restorative justice in schools and I think the natural next extension of that is leveraging um not only the extraordinary resources of Staff in restorative justice but also uh the unique skills and talents of our student body and so I'm very excited to see what's next when it comes
204to peer-to-peer counseling and looking forward to those conversations and then lastly when we're talking about making sure that students know their rights especially when it comes to discipline and uh and the supports available to them I'm very proud of the student Bill of Rights effort that this board approved and we can expect a launch of the student Bill of Rights very shortly and so this student Bill of Rights is not only a promise between the district and our students of guarantees concrete guarantees of what students should expect in every classroom and how students deserve to be treated it's also part of an informational campaign to make sure students know their rights make sure they know how they should be treated under things like the school climate Bill of Rights know that they have the right
205to a teacher adequate materials and facilities and all of those things so very excited for that effort and grateful again that we can celebrate 10 years of a highly highly successful School climate Bill of Rights foreign [Applause] making sure um also for those of you who are waiting patiently for the 4 P.M time certain uh general public comment we have obviously blown by that time and we'll be to you shortly as soon as we hear comments from this and the vote so thank you for your patience both here and online yes uh I'd like to join in being a co-sponsor of this uh item you may not know because some of you are not old enough to know that in the 1980s Los Angeles Unified was the very first district in America to get rid
206of physical punishment swatting was eliminated spanking was eliminated and it was widespread at the time and it was just about as controversial as this is to say the very least so it's not unusual for this District to be taking leadership in the area of saying that finding ways to help young people figure out better choices is the result of good teaching and good support for them and punitive responses generally not not only don't work but often make the situation worse so I I too want to join in all of this I think very important to me is the idea of us examining data to take a look at whether or not we have enough restorative justice in enough campuses I'm not sure that I believe we do given my own personal look at my own
207school districts and my Board District a lot of schools don't really have a restorative justice program I think we are examining and I understand we're looking at more peer counseling these are things which help young people because kids are going to get into trouble I don't care what anybody says that's not the issue the issue is what to do about it and what caused it and how to deal with it in a way which is a learning situation as opposed to a punitive situation and so I thank you for bringing this motion and commemoration of that but also want to say that I think it's important that we continue the notion that we want to say yes to positive interventions to help young people grow as they make mistakes and learn from them we don't
208want to push kids out of school we want to bring them back in So 10 years later what do I think you've accomplished so far well I think students are happier healthier schools and there are brighter Futures and I think that's a good start for us to look at how we can now push forward on this by making Solutions such as peer counseling and restorative justice universally available at all our campuses from elementary through on and I know the superintendent also wanted to add his comments oh who else Kelly oh Kelly oh I'm sorry as Gomez I didn't know that you were online you want uh no worries go ahead you before the superintendent he won has his comments after we're done go ahead okay thank you so much um well I I too wanted
209to appreciate Ms Ortiz Franklin for bringing this resolution forward and all of those who have come out to commemorate this important anniversary um I think one of the student voices was particularly powerful in noting that while this was a huge Victory we haven't seen it fully implemented with Fidelity at every school and I think that that's where the work lays ahead for the next 10 years um and so I'm so grateful for those who were so courageous in fighting for this uh 10 years ago the students the Educators families and Community Voices and I look forward to the work that remains to really ensure that there is educational Justice in our system that we continue to address systemic racism as it appears with regard to achievement and our school discipline policies and procedures um so
210I would love to be added as a co-sponsor and again thank you for for this important resolution Mr superintendent Mr McKenna you're next no no please please I want to support this motion I want to make a few comments um I was around when the district was still giving corporate punishment I was a dean and they gave me a paddle to swat Middle School boys having been the recipient of corporal punishment in New Orleans Louisiana I know it didn't work and I got it from Catholic priests who swatted me in the name of Jesus the swats didn't change me I was still making fun of things in class I still made jokes so the stuff that got me in trouble in the first place was still funny after I got my swats on my own
211when I was at a middle school I won't call the name of it I stopped sweating students I stopped after about the first six weeks and I was in that school for almost four years because I knew it didn't work and I would take the students with me to recreational activities on the weekend who were getting in trouble more than any others and the teachers would bring them down and say I want him to give five swats I said wait you can ask for sweats but you can't give me a prescription and so you wait outside and I literally would make a deal with the student not all of them if somebody didn't swat at all and didn't even try but someone wanted to teach you to believe that he was swatted so I would
212tell him to yell when I swapped this file cabinet when they waited outside the door a couple of times they'd laugh I said you can't laugh I'm supposed to be swatting you and we agree that he could make that noise like he was being sweated but he wasn't but that endeared many of them to me now I'm giving you as an example of that I think that the enthusiasm of young people is irreplaceable but it also must be tempered with wisdom and what is the outcome expected to be and before you remove things you ought to try to reform them try to realign them before you say we just want to get rid of this because we don't want to see it and then what who keeps the schools safe have people call climate coaches
213cultural coaches many of them don't have a background in any of that but we did the best we could to get people from the neighborhood that's not precise it's a good attempt I understand that when it comes to supervising a school campus being more than good intentions you need rules and regulations that somebody has to enforce and require police officer but it does require a structure where the adults are respected by the students and demand respects so that students can't walk around calling each other the n-word and the b word and nobody stops them from doing it because well that's the way they talk I've only worked in schools that are predominantly black and I'm in Black all my life I've been blacked that that's longer than five of you put together terms of students
214and I went through a lot more than I can talk about but I do know that students can be helped with something called love am I talking about Romance talking about affection I'm talking about understanding I'm talking about commitment I'm talking about tolerance I'm talking about students helping students so if you are a student are not involved in something I call Pure counseling I don't think you know what that is but it's a program if you put it in place which I did at a high school where students are identified in the 11th and 12th grade upper level who are doing well in school academically who are respected by the others that they have a class multiple classes during the day at least 10 students in the class for about four or five classes a
215day led by a counselor and they get a grade for it and they receive students who are referred to them either self-referred or by other students to come in because they need help students helping students not just because students like each other but because they have a responsibility for helping each other to graduate to do tutoring to make phone calls to homes when students of truant or can't get there on time or won't get there on time sometimes we have to come to grips with the fact that some of the greatest dangers in school to a teenager or other teenagers nothing surprising about that because some of the worst things that happen to young people are caused by other young people that's not all young people but that's enough for you to be concerned about
216who drives a car who gets a weapon who's smoking weed who wants to fight who's in a gang who doesn't care about what happens tomorrow you talk about the future they're talking about the weekend those students need other students to help them and you can be influential you are consider yourself leaders to find the students that need leadership that don't believe what you believe and see if you can convert them see if you can bring them to you as opposed to avoid them and I know your parents tell you who to avoid and they should one of the toughest decisions you make as young people is who not to call a friend because everybody who's your skin Focus not your kin Folk they won't always help you and if they encourage you to go the
217wrong way in their group of them you can't turn that group around that group will turn you that's advice from an old folks here old enough to know What It Takes I was in stuff I can't talk about when I was your age in a place called segregation where police would whip you just because you live in a certain neighborhood with billy clubs I've suffered through that I know you may not believe that because you see me appear on the school board but I've been through a lot of stuff and I don't talk about myself I'm talking about you turn your schools into a place of hope and I know you want to do that but do have a strategy not just impose enthusiasm is great but if it's misdirected it becomes chaos you can
218be enthusiastic about a riot and I was a teacher at Jordan High School in the 1965 Watts Uprising the resolution revolt and you're not old enough to know that was the first big one that happened then we had another one in 1992. with the Rodney King decision but the worst part about it is the systemic hopelessness sense of nihilism he looked that up nihlism which is the loss of Hope in the absence of meaning where students walk around wondering why am I even in school I can't even read these books I don't know my multiplication tables and I'm in the 11th grade I can't Factor an equation I don't know what the periodic table is I don't know the biological formations I congratulate you on your effort I was here 10 years ago when I
219left came back after Miss Lamont died and I accepted this seat because the community said we need you on the board you know there's only been one black board member on this board of education since we started having black people on the board that goes way back long before you were born the first black board member was a minister named James Jones they've been many people since then I'm the last one here there'll be another one after Me Maybe but you don't have to be black to care about black people and because people are not black doesn't mean they're your enemy either this concept about black student achievement program is supposed to be targeted to black students I'm Unapologetic about my support for black children and black families but I'm also leery of the fact
220that what are we really trying to accomplish what does it accomplish if we think about social awareness and social wellness and students still can't get into the University still can't pass an entrance exam to work in the post office still can't get a trade when they leave High School but they feel good about themselves admittedly we have reduced gang initiation but we still have it out there we still have trafficking human trafficking we still have drugs in our community we still have weapons in our community because you live in a place called America that likes to celebrate violence as a recreational activity you can't turn on your TV tonight and not find a program where people have weapons to solve the problems that's what they call entertainment and you get influenced by that purpose of
221TV is to influence you to sell you products smell this okay wear this use this put this on your head put this on your feet and you try to buy it nothing wrong with that but just know where you are you're in a capitalistic Society where money is the master you just don't need to be a slave to that keep doing what you're trying to do I applaud that I'll vote for the motion but that's not enough voting for the motion requires the practice what I would like to know if there's somebody that can get that data but the restorative justice programs in the schools where they're working and somebody has already talked about they visited schools Ms Goldberg I think it's talked about that where are they do they really work and how do
222we measure whether they're working on that we need to look at that we can't celebrate an acronym we celebrate bsap that's an acronym what what how do you measure the outcome how do you celebrate and not know the data on restorative justice and he said he said the word pure counselor that's the magic word to me I don't know what you mean by that and I won't ask you here but to me it meant a structured program where students helped each other to get over humps including runaways including domestic violence in the home sexual abuse stuff that was happening to them that they couldn't tell anybody and everything they talked about in that program was absolutely sacred confidential I'm the principal I didn't know about it until it became life-threatening the students could refer themselves
223and they all took this oath I will not talk about this outside of this room it worked it really worked keep doing what you're doing just wanted to share some old folks wisdom with you take it or leave it but I will support your motion because I think you mean well I hope that you continue to try to make a difference in your home school wherever you go back to school thank you for listening thank you for the time appreciate it [Applause] thank you very much I'll be uh I'll be brief for I believe that all the important points have already been made I was not here at the Inception but I certainly rejoiced in the fact that 10 years later I can celebrate this momentous occasion particularly here in Los Angeles I do have
224some experience with these topics I just recall years ago actually about eight years ago bringing in restorative justice to a place where I used to work in a state that probably would not allow it now and doing away with outdoor suspensions I like to be criticized humiliated and threatened so I'm pleased that in this community we celebrate the the arduous Journey towards a better place and Dr McKenna we have probably a number of things in common we've both been teachers principals superintendents I just learned one more we we probably felt that that spanking within the schoolhouse one time to man and you're absolutely right corporal punishment never worked will never work because after he was administered to me I still went ahead and did some good trouble and felt good about it so I commend
225board member Ortiz Franklin in passing this resolution I celebrate the voices and the advocacy entities that were the Genesis of this movement and tell this group that in fact about a month ago we sent a letter to the state advocating and supporting Senate bill 274. to try to amplify the efforts that have been realized here in Los Angeles across the state of California and across the country and to the point made by our president passing a resolution and lofty goals about implementation of programs without accountability and monitoring and actually seeing it in practice is futile and that is why we are conducting as we speak a review of the deployment practice and effect of restorative justice practices across Los Angeles Unified and within the next few weeks we'll be bringing to the board a peer-to-peer
226counseling approach that will have an impact district-wide and why because we actually went to the market to understand what would it take to bring that type of approach across the district with the appropriate training the appropriate engagement of students the parents of school staffs across Los Angeles Unified so that student student voice and impact can be felt and seen and measured over time right move at the right time for absolutely the right reason thank you very much [Applause] we have one more speaker on this item I'm sorry we'll do that and then we'll take a vote want to hear your voice Anna Gonzalez are you here I understand you came in come on up you'll have three minutes to speak [Applause] good afternoon board members my name is Anna Gonzalez I'm a senior at Augustus
227Hawkins High School and I'm a Community Coalition youth leader you know I was only like seven years old when the school client my bill Rights was passed but that feels like such a long time ago but now 10 years later I've learned how important that policy was not only for my life but for other students I've never had a few bad days at school then there's days when I was going through something at home or having a rough day like everyone else and before the school by climate Bill change School climate Bill rights just having a birthday could put you on a path to getting kicked out of school and getting locked up schools that serve black and brown students have historically been extremely punitive and that needs to be stopped the school Bill the
228school climate Bill of Rights is an important win in the fight and it's only the beginning we need to continue to invest in supporting black and brown students and their well-being inner happiness in their community and in their education I appreciate the board for believing in black and brown right students rise to an education and for supporting this resolution that might be that might seem obvious that may seem obvious to stay say but if your education can get taken away for just having a bad day then it's not really a right but more of a privilege and that's not okay a safe supportive healthy Community Education is a human right and even though I'm graduating this semester I promise you to keep coming back and remind you in case you guys get busy and forget
229that thank you for your time that concludes public comments on chapter 15. all right without further Ado emotion has been made and seconded uh um call the rule okay here we go Dr McKenna yes Dr Vivas yes Mr schmurlsen Mr Melvin yes Miss Gomez oh got it we got the yes vote and Mr Ortiz Franklin yes board president Goldberg yes yes and student board member Shin yes okay all right now we will go to thank you there you go uh we are well past the four o'clock time so we will go immediately to public comment okay here we go public comment Maria Palma I see you're out there come on up you'll have three minutes to speak once you begin good afternoon board members and superintendent my name is Maria Luisa Palma superintendent Carvalho last
230week you attended a meeting with delac parents called by them to ask you about parent engagement and Leadership after a parent respectfully made complex comments and questions on bullying and unanswered parent complaints you went on for some minutes stating you would speak with parents on the condition they address you with respect and that you would not speak to a person who yells accuses or insults you we hear from parents here and in committees who have experienced disrespect and intimidation by school and District administrators yeah you chose that meeting where I only saw parents who addressed you with respect to put forth your conditions for your interactions with parents on this respect topic now just to be clear I don't advocate for parents addressing you or anyone disrespectfully but please also attempt to put yourselves in
231parents shoes to imagine how difficult and intimidating it can be for parents to Stand Here parents who do not have a college degree who are not professionally trained as public speakers who may be undocumented who may be presenting comments as a result of their children getting hurt they may speak with emotion they may be angry we are first to look up at you while you sit and look down at us from your pedestals okay then there were comments where I felt like it was blaming parents for kids bad behavior and I felt like we parents were being blamed for the bullying but my position is that you Mr Carvalho and esteemed board members you are the public servants you work for the public not the other way around you get paid with our public funds
232to respond to the public and to serve the public I'm sure your jobs are not easy and I expect that one of the requirements is qualifications an experience dealing with difficult situations such as problem resolution and leading change I'm sure are essential parts of your duties but your statements Mr Carvalho they have the effect of chilling free speech of intimidating parents further and causing them not to bring forth their grievances to you addressing you publicly and expecting answers is our constitutional right I respectfully ask that Mr Carvalho make a formal apology to dilac and parents in general and clarify that he is open to hearing from parents I felt personally that it was Unbecoming to the position of superintendent Mr Carvalho please that was an opportunity to hear from parents and I took it very
233badly to hear that those conditions were placed upon that communication thank you for listening thank you for your time Michelle Aranda are you here Michelle Aranda [Music] good evening board members my name is and I'm a site organizer with inner city struggle and work with the United students chapter at estevani Torres High School in East Los Angeles I'm here today to express my solidarity and support with students and teachers from East LA Performing Arts Magnet in their demand for the removal of principal esto esta in an effort to help restore the beautiful School culture that once existed at ilapa since the beginning of the semester I have been with students and supporting their demands when students first shared with me that they were experiencing anti-black racism I immediately expressed my concerns regarding student safety to
234principal esto esta and watch with my own eyes how he and his team at ilapa did not address the situation properly or even at all when I brought this up I was told teachers and students were not ready for that conversation I have sat in meetings with students who who were having clearly having mental health crises crying and begging that principal and the vice principal to do their jobs has anyone thought about the mental health and the emotional toll that this has had on students elapa has been a school of inclusivity and a safe space for different identities and communities however I watched a beautiful School climate quickly fade and become a school where Auntie anti-blackness transphobia homophobia sexism and misogyny became enabled I can attest to the countless efforts to demand change at ilappa
235from teachers students parents Etc meanwhile I watch little to no action from the district and those capable of bringing that change to ilappa they have written countless statements filed former complaints sat in meeting with District representative Rocio Rivas and others and still no concrete action all while having to jump every bureaucratic obstacle in their place just last week I experienced this firsthand when the Local District East superintendent Jose Huerta refused to meet with a small group of teacher students a parent and myself and another Community representative in a meeting that had already been previously scheduled with him the clock is ticking and teachers jobs are on the line teachers signed their contracts teacher contracts were only signed on the contingency of the removal of estoysa is the district willing to learn is the district willing
236to lose teachers on campus over the individual that cause harm how much more instruction do students need to lose how many more students and teachers do you need to pull out of class to interrogate to believe them I am calling on you Rocio Rivas as a district representative to please take action on your students demands superintendent Carvalho you're new to your role at LAUSD what side of History do you want to be remembered as thank you [Applause] thank you for your time Nayeli Leyva come on up hello my name is Nayeli Leyva and I'm a senior currently attending estevant Torres 11 magnet I along with some of my peers are here today on behalf of the alapa student body to speak about the abuse and mistreatment students and staff have been facing at the hands
237of LAUSD administrators for those of you who aren't aware for the past few months students at aleppa have been coming together in attempts to remove the principal John Edwards Sosa from her school for his hateful and discriminative behavior students have filed complaints to LAUSD spoken directly to the principal had hour-long meetings with LAUSD administrators made signs posters held protests and reached out to social media and used Medias during this time LAUSD Administration such as Local District East administrators Lisa Davis Mr Avila Mr Martinez Mr Perez and our vice principal failed to take action despite multiple students and teachers and parents voicing their opinions and instead turned to coercing and personally targeting teachers and students as a form of retaliation against our movement when a post was made on social media account that spoke out about
238what's happening um LAUSD failed to take any actions which led to more protests being arranged which then gained the um attraction from the media after those happened action was finally taken then the principal was temporarily removed and replaced by a substitute and during that time LAUSD administrators took photos of students protesting individually pulled out students from class coerced them into meetings while failing to inform their parents of such meetings and targeted teachers they even want us for us to Target the student who made the post and harass them and their family just last Wednesday a small group of students parents and staff were supposed to have a group meeting with local district superintendent Jose Huerta but upon arriving they were discovered they found out that the nature of the meeting had been changed without their
239consent or without them being informed and because of this they left I am here because my school is running out of time LAUSD has failed time and time again to do something and take action every attempt to make by students and parents and teachers has been met with retaliation ignorance coercion manipulation or Nothing at All not all more than 10 teachers at my school are looking for other jobs now more than 100 students at my school are considering transferring to other schools elapa is going to disappear if LAUSD continues to refuse to take action about what is happening if you care you can show that by doing the following actions one remove principal esto esta to include the school its families and its students to participate in the search for a new principal three all
240teachers must be allowed to return without harm to their jobs or reputations including Mr Lotter who was denied an elect to work agreement and four have ongoing support to ensure that there is no retaliation we are demanding that you the board members of LAUSD support our school and help protect it and make it a safe environment for everyone thank you for your time Corey troop are you here Corey troop if you're here come on up you have three minutes to speak once you begin hello I am Corey troupe I'm a senior from East LA Performing Arts Magnet and vice president of our black student union our principal John Edward esta West is racist anti-black conduct sexist remarks towards female students his violation of student rights the threats to our teachers livelihoods and the mismanagement of
241our Performing Arts Magnet is why I'm here today but these are things that we should have heard about by now I'm here to let you know that we're running out of time our teachers are running out of time one of our most beloved teachers has not been offered an Ewa agreement despite the fact that he does not want to leave this school this teacher has only been a powerful advocate for protecting the people at this school and the potential of him not being able to come back is heartbreaking this week they're searching for new jobs because they do not have the assurance that he will actually be removed from our school students that have been here longer than he has will not return if he is still our principal but I want to bring up
242a specific incident that occurred last week a group of representatives from our school our community went to the local District East office with the intention to meet with Huerta however we spent an hour of our time there and never even made it into a meeting they refused to meet us as a United group when we were all under the impression that we we would be meeting as a group trying to meet us all into individually after a week of interrupting students class time questioning them without their parents knowledge feels like you're playing games with us I completely understand that there are things being worked on behind the thing behind the scenes thank you Dr Rivas for all the work and communication that you have had with our school I don't want to diminish that work
243that you and your office have put into this matter but we have students stressed worried their mental health declining because they are worried about what will happen to our school and Local District East hasn't provided any resources to help members of Staff or students move through this we are no longer in the phase of rehashing allegations we're looking at the future and how we move forward as a school in order for a lapa to go back to being a safe and inclusive environment for our students and staff we need the following a series of public sessions where staff members and students can speak openly about their traumatic experiences and have it heard and understood no one should feel pressured to move on because what happened at this school has damaged everyone in some way a
244no harm policy under which no one is penalized for speaking out or advocating as a result any Retaliator Retaliator retaliatory measures that were taken against students or members of Staff should no longer be part of their permanent record and that also means that our beloved teacher gets an Ewa agreement lastly we need the support in the hiring of a new principal for alappa we need the opportunity to interview a diverse number of qualified individuals and not the very few Cherry Pig choices we were stuck with last year we need this hiring process to be monitored because we have zero trust in our local District officials to be due right by our school we need answers and we need them as soon as possible thank you so much for listening thank you for your time Diana
245Guillen Dion again so for those of you in the audience we are doing simultaneous translation now which means that Deanna will speak in Spanish and if you wear these headphones and do not speak Spanish you will hear immediate translation in English so if you'd like to hear what she's saying while she's saying it we have these headsets for you everybody good don't be shy it's very cool yeah there's a couple up front thank you okay listos very interesting things in this meeting and I think that it's very interesting what the student Shane said about student Bill of Rights so we would also like something exactly like that but for parents because we as parents do not want this responsibility to fall in the students the parents are here to support the schools to improve the
246school climate but we are ignored there is something that we do think that is a little bit difficult and it's the word respect the word respect I think that this Board needs to know what that means because there are many ways to show respect or to show lack of respect and I'm gonna give you a small example the other day in our meeting that we did our bylaws I asked Miss Reyna Diaz to bring us information about how many school were there per region and the lady had a couple days to complete this information and what she brought us was a map with a lot of little thoughts the lady could not bring us a list of the schools because we said okay well we are going to have a different composition for our committee
247but she was not able to bring us that information so these techniques are really manipulative they think that we as parents are dumb and I think that is a lack of total respect on behalf of the district Personnel that they treat us like that as parents she didn't need to say a bad word she didn't say to erase her voice but she did it was a lack of respect advocating for us as parents to be quiet and to be fearful because you're always talking about the rules of the Quorum you're always talking about the operating rules but you're never talking about ethics that you need to be professional because this district has also shown the lack of professional ethics because first they go by the friendships that you have amongst each other instead of respecting
248the district policy the district needs to respect its own policy that's what we've been talking about also we want as parents you there's a lot of organization talk here that to take away the police but these coincidentally this organization that want the police away are the organization that more money they raise with the students that have are addicted drugs those that don't go to school all these organizations are benefiting and the ones that talk about gangs The Gangs have tried to re recruit even one of my children and I said the day that they recruit I will go outside and protest why because it's not okay what they're doing these organizations have never I said anything against the gangs that it's not good for our community so we really want that the organizations that are
249supporting our community in these types of things to be something that is honest not just to get money but that the crime is not a way to make money thank you here come on up you have three minutes to speak once you begin hello I'm Damian Winfrey student of Norborne High School leader in students Reserve also a leader in rise we understand B sub is not permanent now is to further understand peace out how will it last we question so we demand yearly funding and contract it's better to it's better to listen to those to those who lead and envision and dream of this goal set to be and then lead another's life based on your dream we want B sub to be funded equally among LAUSD and greatly funded bringing together unity in communities
250of sources left to drive students who beat up on more than one color we stand for right we need to understand there is support for those unsupported our communities are growing less things to worry about school police give daily fear daily worry and daily trigger from their causing we know that school police that that isn't the only trigger they have pulled exactly why safe passage passages a community based are necessary Garfield High School children were pepper sprayed is that your idea of safe those who vow to protect leave us with scars by your command Community is family that's all for me thank you for your time Mao Trejo Mao Trejo are you here come on up you have three minutes to speak uh good afternoon uh my name is Mal Trejo I am a senior
251organizer with students deserve and a leader with the police feel I use the Coalition um I don't tend to speak or take up space usually in board meetings but I think it's very important we've been hearing from both community members students and parents that there's a need that there's needs in our schools right so I think I want us first and foremost acknowledge the violence that students in the east side are facing right through the racist and anti-black comments of that administrator that must be fired so I stand this holiday with y'all's demands um to continue to make sure that our schools are safe spaces not only for just black students but other students of color as well we're in the middle of finals students should be enjoying uh spending time with their family studying
252worrying about prom or what they're going to wear not having to come to a school board meeting and tell y'all how to do your job um and at the same time acknowledging right the the issues that are happening in and around our schools uh with recent stabbings and incidents at La High where students have have had to witness violence and a lack of investment in safe passage also Folks at La High recently witnessed and I want to take a moment to acknowledge the life of takisha Harris who was a loved educator proponent of bsap and also worked with the social justice learning Institute who tragically passed away this year and having that an impact on students themselves on campus both at the la la High campus and the girls academic Leadership Academy and I'm also
253excited to be here today in solidarity with youth from BSS Cadre Coco ICS the strategy Center and thousands of other organizations that have been commemorating not only the 10-year anniversary of the school climb Bill of Rights but also acknowledging that LAUSD still has so much more to do for black brown students indigenous students and other students of color um we cannot look back at 10 years and then still see the district spend still spend so much money in uh pushing out students of color criminalizing students of color and then claim a victory as long as police remain on our campuses not only just in our campuses but we as we continue to invest 52 million dollars in policing the the 2013 school client Bill of Rights will not be fully realized it's been black students
254indigenous students students of color who continue to come here and tell you how to do your job who continue to resist and push back against the school to prison pipeline it's not just students um who are academic academic excelling but students who have been pushed out by policies in the schools by policing students who have also been a part of gangs who have also been pushed on that we work to support to make sure that they have the resources that they need and deserve while they're policed and is that said that these various schools exist in historically underfunded black and brown communities and so every day students are pushing back against the school prison pipeline way before it became popular to say that black lives matter and Futures matter we came to the school board
255and continue to to drive policy that can actually support students school board members there's so much more work left to do um are you ready and committed to continue to improve the district with the resources back in brown students deserve it is not controversial for y'all to expand and maintain B-side funding it should not be controversial to ex to invest in additional funding for safe passage programs so that students can get to and home from school in a safe way what is problematic is your lack of action especially from the superintendent and ensuring that we support black students indigenous students and other students of color so when we look at your budget superintendent we hope that you will fully invest in safe passages programs that you fully invest and add additional resource for bsop because
256we're going to continue to come back and amplify the pressure onto the superintendent hears the demands of students to expand and maintain that funding and to uh so we can get to a full abolishment of the LA school police because school police does not belong on our campuses those resources that students deserve belong in our campuses safe passage programs led by community members belong on our campuses so superintendent you got work to do thank you thank you for your time Catherine Gonzalez are you here Catherine Gonzalez come on up you know three minutes to speak once you begin hello my name is Catherine Gonzalez I'm currently an 11th grade academy at seven e Taurus High School although I'm not part of East Los Angeles Performing Arts Magnet I stand here to demonstrate our Unity as
257a campus above about the removal of principal Esta Esta as this shouldn't be seen as a small issue but rather a serious one 12 years of hard work that students put into building a welcoming community and a safe learning environment have been disrupted by principal esto esta all in a span of nine months students of color female and transgender students have been marginalized and victimized by his policies teachers have been harassed at ilapa when they have spoke out on the these issues for disagreeing with the changes implemented by the principal principal estas is in a position where he he doesn't belong he is a man who can't hold himself accountable a principle is someone whose job is to ensure safety of the school and especially its students but rather than doing that he hasn't enabled
258other students who believe it is all right to be racist and sexist without being held accountable the other USC board shouldn't be searching out these issues when it's clear that Mr Mr esta isn't a person that should be working with students let me remind you that the other USC District works for us for students to better education and experience if they truly want the best for their students these demands that have been have been asked for should be met if not 20 teachers plan on leaving if he isn't removed student education shouldn't be impacted thank you that's all for today thank you for your time laquan Muhammad laquan Muhammad are you here come on up you'll have three minutes to speak once you begin laquan okay let's see Ezekiel Mitchell are you here Ezekiel Mitchell
259come on up you'll have three minutes to speak once you begin oh uh good afternoon my name is Ezekiel Mitchell I'm a sophomore at Crenshaw High School and a Community Coalition youth leader this year I got involved with the brother-son sales Coalition and got to learn and got to learn about the importance of the school climate Bill of Rights and normally I wouldn't want to stand up in front of a bunch of people and talk but I felt this was important and because I believe it's important for Youth and students to speak on our own behalf so many times decisions are made about students without our voice but that's what makes today's resolution so important and it's the reason why we're all here today policing and punishing black and brown students doesn't work and it
260doesn't help either fear doesn't help students learn caring does supportive teachers adults and mentors do a good school climate has people who assume their best intentions see your potential and believe in you a good school climate celebrates its students and provides them with resources and opportunities I'm sure that when you look back on yourself in high school you might be able to remember one or two teachers maybe three that really looked out for you but doesn't that seem to like too little what if the whole school and everyone in it cared about you I think it's possible and I think that this resolution gets us closer to making it possible so thank you to everyone for your support thank you for your time Teresa Gaines I see you're online Teresa Gaines please press star six
261to unmute yourself and you have three minutes to speak once you begin Teresa Gaines seriously I see that you're online you just press the star six and you'll be unmuted okay we're gonna give you another a couple of seconds Teresa and then we'll come back to you if um if you don't press star six to hello hi Theresa you have three minutes thank you okay hold on hold on oh my God oh my God just admit yes my name is Teresa games I'm a parent of LAUSD and I'm a parent volunteer with reclaim our schools Los Angeles I just wanted to comment that um after the survey showed regarding this this new school calendar that 70 of our families were in favor of keeping it the way it the way it is and that we
262were ignored and a majority of our families wanted to keep it the way it was and that the new changes just don't seem to make sense to most of us especially since we were surveyed and then once again ignored on this survey and I just want to say that I really believe that we need to re um address this calendar readdress this calendar um that's really not supported by the majority of our families um at all for multiple reasons including you know most of our rooms don't have you know hvacs working the hvacs are breaking down it's too hot or it's too cold um it just it just doesn't work you know these new dates don't just don't work and I also want to say um as a constituent and a family of LAUSD that
263I'm complete support and ratification of the utla LAUSD agreement that has come forth regarding to Beyond recovery platform and most of the um most of the uh requests on on that platform so I'm in complete support of that and we're really happy to see that that has happened uh in support of our our teachers our staff our admin and all of our support staff at our schools they absolutely deserve to be respected and paid on a living right uh thank you so much thank you for your time you have three minutes to speak once you begin okay hello everyone my name is divine ludumu and I'm honored to speak to you all today as a Community Coalition youth leader and as a senior at Washington State Preparatory High School we got a year today to
264discuss the severe implication of primitive discipline as a senior that attend a predominantly black and brown public educational system Aya witness firsthand the negative impact of primary discipline on the health and emotional well-being of student education it is vital it is vital that the educational system serve not only as a positive environment for students learning and growth but as a stepping stone for Student Success overall on the contrary primary discipline work against this Nature by assuming that the black and brown educational system now on the contrary permanent discipline work against this Nature by assuming the black and brown students are simply criminals and less determined of a positive likelihood for instance I myself experience an unnecessary and unreasonable backpack check that um that push that pushes the nation that people of color are nothing more
265than criminals within the system moreover we need to shape our approach to discipline and focus on the restoring and focus on restoring and addressing the underlying cause of misbehavior and promote positive behavior this means providing students with resources and supports such as counseling membership and socially emotional learning program it also makes creating a positive School climate where students feel safe supported and valued so therefore I urge you to support the school climate the school climate bill of right and remember that we are the future of tomorrow's so therefore we should be treated at so thank you thank you for your time Alejandro panuelos are you here Alejandro Banuelos Alejandro are you here okay Escobar you'll say Escobar are you here come on down I you have three minutes to speak once you begin hi everyone
266my name is kobar I am an organizer at utla representing 33 000 Educators we recently ratified our contract with our members and um part of that contract ratification included an mou where LAUSD and utla were together advocate for affordable housing this means this is connected to the bright star issue where we're asking school board members to not waive the zoning permitting process and let BrightStar go before the city council and I see the rest of my time to eloisa my name is that the time is still going minutos good afternoon members of the board my name is today I am here as a mother and I want to say that I hope that you do not support BrightStar because it is a lot of money 32 million dollars is a lot of money and as
267a mother as a member of the community I want to tell you that it is out of your hands it's the education public education because why you have let within you have let within it the charter movement and they're billionaires they have come into LAUSD the charter industry is seeing as a business our students bright star needs to think that those 64 millions that they're asking from LAUSD they need to make more housing fair housing right now Los Angeles they want you as elected members can get to an agreement with Ula to make new housing for 20 000 students that you have when you members of the board see can change the uh Proposition 39 to moratorium so that the charter is accountable for the money that they're taking that the charter industry stops paying
268for political campaign and I saw it in East LA it is uh disheartening to go with so much money at East delay I saw it with Scott I saw with Jackie I saw it with simmer I have seen it all I had the gift of looking at the privatization plan that is being accelerated in Los Angeles why not put a moratorium why not go to Sacramento with all these organizations I unite my Ally myself with them and see how we can do it so that we can stuff the privatization plan in your District because this is coming to it's not about racial Injustice but you know what's happening I call locations is that they're being on there the students are being unfairly uh left without space and the money's coming in without any kind of
269accountability and the families are being affected I as a mother do you know how I felt when Mariana they had a uh steel railing and they said you can't come to this side because the charter industry is there how can you be accountable for that they're not being accountable Gutierrez is in favor of them and right now bright star is asking for a lot of money and also a lot of parents that are fighting for the injustices that they're living with co-location we are it's us parents that are but like for example it needs to change about Jose guerta because we were parents that have been persecuted [Applause] that concludes public comment for general public comment uh back to you believe we still have a couple of uh comments to hear on 18. 17 and
27018. let's finish all the comments before we go now start at the beginning and go through these items well 17's been heard well so it's 18 we haven't heard is that right oh we broke 17 all right all right let's let's finish 17 and 18 so then we can then sure go right ahead just a quick commentary I know it's not allowed to provide direct responses to the speakers but I think it is fair to hear the community's voice and and to let it linger in silence it almost seems that uh it is ignored and that is not the purpose of public hearing so I just want to even though it is not easily visible to the community when concerns are brought to the board or the district or to staff at any level there's
271a process and that process called due process where an investigation takes place you take immediate actions to the extent the law allows and you conduct an inquiry and investigation and then you make decisions on the basis of the findings I just want to assure a number of the individuals who spoke that that's where some of these cases are there are inquiries investigations and once those are completed then we take action that's what we afford anyone and everyone and uh I just wanted to make that comment so that individuals understand that the fact that there's silence sometimes that is not representative of inaction secondly uh no respect is an interesting word right and it is one that this board this Administration values we may not agree on much but we should all agree that any demeaning
272of anyone's Humanity is not acceptable so any type of humiliation of Staff retaliation on students or staff is not acceptable at any level of this organization and once it is known and investigated there are consequences for it and on that we do not abdicate our responsibility to do the right thing even though the eyes of some it may seem may seem that it's delayed but there's a process soon enough you'll understand the meaning of these words as I believe that some of these inquiries will be soon concluded and permanent actions will be taken thank you madam president okay returning to tab 17 the public hearing we had some public comments uh commenters who were not here so I'm going to read through the list and see if folks are here uh Judith Hermosillo are you
273here Judith okay uh Diane Pete are you here Diane Pete okay and and I don't see Jan Perry either so at the end of the public comments I meant to read this statement prior to prior to the um eventually when we take the uh the vote on it the board will be taking action on the charter petition at a subsequent meeting petitions denied may be submitted directly to the Los Angeles County Office of Education or directly to the state for action okay so now we're going on to the second public hearing tab 18 report of Correspondence including William settlement uniform compliant quarterly report summary before action is taken on the report of Correspondence regarding the William settlement uniform complaint quarterly report summary from the director of the educational Equity compliance office a public hearing must
274be held this constitutes a public hearing on the report and a maximum of 12 individuals who wish to address the board in this item shall be heard those who wish to speak and have not already signed up can if they choose sign up in the rear of the boardroom or online speakers will be called by name we have one speaker under this item David tokowsky thank you very much I want to Echo the superintendent's comments just a moment ago and general counsel and and Senior staff should find a vehicle in which it complies with the law but to not allow ad hominem attacks on a board member who knows very much that the superintendent staff is doing the due process investigation even if you run the Fourth Amendment or the 14th Amendment on the bottom
275and talk about Justice something ought to be said when people bring up things that are pieces of the truth and partial truth that is not what a democracy consists of it's the same thing as we've seen in bigger elections lately it's important that somebody should have as well come explicitly to Dr rivas's role as a board member and what the superintendent's team and the general counselor doing but to not respond in a legitimate factual way is dangerous to discussions uh so you can write that down as off topic in the minutes if you want to but I think it's on topic and uh to to the objections and maybe you need an ombuds person's office or something in which people know where they can bring those things so they don't have to necessarily um uh
276do these kinds of jihadist uh activities um let me just say uh I I applaud Jackie Goldberg's office apparently in the Williams in February and March a massive amount of of compliance requests were put in in your District alone I don't know if Deneen Cox helped you or you did it or it was posted in your area or some of the local superintendents did it but I have never seen so many but it was only explicitly in in facilities like the speaker had brought up a moment ago it would be good if we Post in every room in every school what the Williams case is with respect to facility Staffing and learning materials and texts because I I guarantee you that there are places all over the district and classrooms and schools even though somebody's
277signing off and saying yes we have all the materials they don't have all the materials and sometimes people are been teaching and working so long they're used to not having the right materials and they don't even know that they can get the help from senior staff that way so putting the signs up would be very important and lastly it sort of begs a bigger question which I think the classified honoree month brought up is something that I've done a lot of thinking about which would help this District in some way ever all of us know where we go shopping or we go to restaurants we get immediate requests for for uh how was the service do you have any concerns it would be wonderful if either Kaiser gave us some Executives on loan because they
278reform themselves in the last 20 years in customer service like nobody I've ever seen and some of the other big folks who help us to bring that sense of customer service to the parents to the kids to the faculty so that every time you're in a in the front office there's an ability to get a feedback from somebody food for thought thank you for your time and we have two comments for item 19 the final consent item uh Ashley K Washington are you here to talk about the minutes for board approval Ashley K Washington and eloisa Galindo are you here to give comments on the minutes for board approval okay that concludes both the general public comment and the comments on specific consent items item 17 let me double check Martin I don't have you
279on the list in front of me but I'm going to check one more list you're good thank you I apologize for that um good afternoon thank you for letting me speak today my name is Martin Barrera I am the workforce Equity coordinator at jobs to move America as someone who taught uh High School physics for almost 10 years at a charter school here in La I'm here to support the petition for the creation of the future is now CTE prep uh doing during my time I witnessed the struggles to get students to graduate go to college and find a career uh and uh especially with college being so expensive uh and kind of pricing out a lot of students with lower commutative gpas I feel like this uh school that they're petitioning to create would
280be a great opportunity to uh give access to students who may not be able to attain college right after graduation by focusing on Career Technical Training in addition to college readiness it's a useful and empowering way to get students into good paying jobs via college degree or certifications by being on the campus of La trade Technical College and partnering with ibw local 11. we're exposing students to Opportunities and insurance students have multiple routes to access family supporting wages and benefits especially at a time where the national and state governments are making significant financial investments and transitioning our current fossil fuel economy and transitioning it to zero emissions it's key to help disadvantaged youth get into the Green Revolution by educating the engineers designers as well as the welders and the electricians through college prep and
281Technical education to funnel graduates into coveted pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs that will help them achieve social mobility and generate uh generational wealth thank you thank you very much for your comment that truly concludes public comment both general public comment and the comment on the consent items there are folks who wanted to make comment on the consent items and we'll start with those under tab six uh board member Ortiz Franklin I believe you had some comments on Tab six yes thanks um and I wonder if the budget team is available but just briefly this is um about the costs which we're excited to celebrate you know all of the great things from the agreement but just to be clear on a couple of items on the ab1200s um so I don't know if the budget team
282is available um but particularly the cost per remember is uh what I just want to make sure that that we're aware of and I wanted to see if the staff had the range of um how much I'm sorry a long meeting um the range of how much we expect the salaries to go up at one end of the scale versus the other end of the scale because we have the average cost I believe per member um but curious about the range and then also curious if we have the cost per student or if that's not yet something we are tracking or member Franklin I can uh have the team come down and answer some of those questions I believe the last one will require a follow-up because we we don't create a per pupil cost
283but we can work on providing something like that for our final budget development contracts coming before us and the AV 1200 doesn't require it but I think it's just good analysis for the board and this is one opportunity but I you know I would extend this to all of our um uh labor contracts that come before us because it's a large and really important investment um and I think it helps us to understand how much we're spending um per teammate and per student um so look forward to that as a follow-up in the future for the student but if we have the cost per adult I think that's also helpful and maybe while they're coming down if anyone else wants to ask their question anybody else wanted to ask a question on Tab six so
284uh why don't we uh look at the questions on Tab seven and we'll come back to you Miss Ortiz Franklin as soon as staff is here how's that sound that's great thank you all right Mr Melvin on Tab seven the utla contract thank you and my one question is actually for the budget team so I know they're coming down but just a few comments one and I want to thank the superintendent and team for preventing any further disruptions to schools by finalizing these negotiations and I want to highlight as we heard from some of our speakers today a lot of the great things in this contract which I plan to support increase salaries for teachers I think we've you know have publicly announced this but average teacher salary of around 106 thousand dollars plus benefits
285the districts is moving in the right direction to attract and retain teachers and improve the culture and respect and professionalism in teaching the differentiation and the pay scale and some of the equity uh concerns that we've wanted to address when it comes to acknowledging that some positions are harder to fill and harder to retain and so we have differentiation for nurses for special education teachers for bilingual teachers it recognizes the importance of Early Education and provides additional support for our specialized Early Education teachers it incentivizes and has additional supports for our highest needs schools which is something I've been advocating for for a long time it makes a small dent in class size which we know and hear from parents is one of the most important concerns to our parents and our teachers you know
286I don't necessarily agree that many of the policy issues embedded in the contract contract should be contractual issues but I do support the policy aims of what's in there whether it's the support for black students Through bsap The Greening of schools improving access for all angelinos to housing for legal support for immigrants students and families and so well I think some of those would be more appropriate as policy and board resolutions I support their aims and will support them in the contract my one concern in caveats which lead to the one question I have for the um for the budget team is that you know we still have additional bargaining units I know that much of what will fund these Investments are one-time dollars and I know that we have current investments in people through
287covert recovery dollars that are going away and we don't have a funding plan to continue that you know I remain concerned about our fiscal future and this will surprise no one who's met me because I talk about being laid off by this District multiple times but I refuse to accept a future where the district has to lay off teachers again and I want to be very clear on the record that I will not vote to lay off even a single classroom teacher during my time on the board and as much as I love the folks in this building many of whom are here I will protect our schools and our teachers at all costs and so as we vote on a historic contract but also a historic historically expensive contract I want to be very
288clear that we are aware of the financial mechanisms of it and and that I can say on the record that I don't want to be here in a year or two when we're taking something away and I will not stand for that my one question that I'll just prep for the superintendent as our folks are coming down is that the ab1200 and I know some of this will be discussing as we go to the budget in June includes a couple specific adjustments being made to pay for this including money from the inflation protection fund some funds from sr3 some 70 dollars because we have other tsp dollars that we can backfill and I'm just curious if the team can provide some additional examples of what adjustments we're planning to pay for the contract over the
289next three years what programs are we shifting either within Esser or otherwise in just a few examples for the public of how we've pieced this together so that we know we can afford what we're going to approve in the next few minutes so when the budget team comes down I can reiterate that but again there's a lot of exciting things in here and I appreciate the team's efforts on it Dr McKenna you were next on item seven okay um Miss Ortiz Franklin on item seven sorry similarly um I would be curious if the team has the range and maybe that will come with the salary schedules later I wasn't clear Mr celsius if that was part of the follow-up but the reason I'm asking the question on the average per member for both ala and
290utla is I know with other bargaining units the question of compression has come up and I don't think we've talked about it yet so was curious um if the cost of a teacher and their supervisor were getting close or if we're you know still maintaining uh some distinction in the supervisorial role which is so there's the connection between the Allah and the utla question around the cost per member and per student when we can eventually get it yeah all right uh uh is uh is uh Miss Gomez here I am all right you're next great I do um have a clarifying question on the ab1200 but I'll wait till the budget team gets here um but in terms of my comments I just I really want to recognize this as an exciting moment to be
291able to vote on a historic investment in our teachers um during teacher appreciation week not just in a much deserved 21 raise for educators but in our additional commitments to reduce class size at all grade levels provide a college counselor at all of our high schools reducing the counselor ratios for mental health employees and a host of other changes and on all this I'm I'm really confident that these investments will benefit not just our Educators but our students as well and as was noted before you know our district can make these investments in part because we've received unprecedented resources from the federal and state governments as a result of the covid-19 pandemic in the last couple of years that Aid has really allowed us to provide more direct supports to our students which include teachers
292in our classroom and out of classroom support staff I was out of school yesterday and the principal remarked that in the last couple years it was the first time his school had ever been fully staffed um and we know that these relief dollars are going to expire in just a couple of years but um to Ms Goldberg's earlier point it shouldn't take a global crisis for our state to make sufficient investments in public education to serve our students and families we really need sustained and Equitable funding for the long term so that we can invest in the people who support our kids so really heartened by this agreement I'm thrilled to support it and I hope that we can all continue our joint advocacy to really ensure that the state of California adequately funds public
293education so we can provide the just and competitive compensation that our employees deserve and the supports that our students need right very good oh I think that thank you I a part of Ms Ortiz Franklin's question go ahead okay uh board member orchise Franklin you asked about compression between uh teachers and their supervisors I did want to let you know that we are at the table in active negotiations with the supervisors of the teachers who are our Allah members and so that is where we'll be able to address any of those issues okay thank you go ahead we need answers I think Mr belfoin asked the question uh I'm not going to give you a comprehensive answer but I think there are some some elements I think you were seeking some examples right of of
294uh strategic moves or shifts that will impact the budget considering the costs associated with these with these contracts not just utla SEIU but also other contracts that have been negotiated will be negotiated number one you mentioned one we spent a better part of a year preparing the budget for this moment so we created the inflation protection fund which exceeded uh 500 million dollars we are fully using it we are in the process of working out a schedule of collections from a number of different agencies including the federal government totaling hundreds of millions of dollars that the district has committed during the pandemic but we will recoup that money third yes there is an anticipation a calculation of what next year the year that will follow and even the following year what cola adjustments will be
295for LAUSD and their benefit to our system the benefits of debt restructuring and the long-term benefits of it capitalizing on restructuring of our school system we went through a massive reorganization that netted dozens of millions of dollars recurring dollars that can be and have been applied to these to these contracts transitional plans to avoid that calatomous possibility that you described which is two years from now with a sun setting of one-time monies from the federal government avoiding that fiscal cliff so that people don't lose their jobs so are looking at programs and individuals full-time individuals who are currently placing those programs I believe that that was not the most strategic move when those individuals were placed full-time positions placed under Esther funding knowing that they are short-lived but we are working with attrition rates calculating
296the cessation of those funds and making adjustments based on the rate of employment fluctuation for certain key elements within the budget last but not least we cannot discount the zero-based budgeting approach that we started last year and will not uh significant funding in funding savings that will be applied to the contractual requirements under these uh under these agreements so those are just some of the ideas that produce opportunities of Revenue to satisfy these contracts thank you I appreciate that all right um I think that if we want to help people understand that are listening to us if they have a copy of the agenda which is online I'm Not the agenda but the materials online if you look at page 267 it describes the assumptions upon which are we made these decisions and on which
297we are describing how we're going to fund it I think that's a very important page there's also several important Pages uh just prior to that which talks about the Impe impact of the agreement this in this case the utla one on each and every fund for the current year but also for subsequent years and it also talks about the effect on the ending balance we always look at the effect on the ending balance because that is the beginning balance of the following school year and so as I look through these documents I didn't see any ending balances which put us negatively at least through 24 25. so well two years 23 24 and 24 25. so after that I think the dice are rolled but that's a true every time we wait for Sacramento because
298even when we get an information in January the May revises different anyhow uh so it's just you we never know and no agency that depends on state funding and federal funding ever really knows until they tell us all right Mr Hart I think there were other questions were there other questions that people had uh let's see I think uh Miss Ortiz Franklin did you get your question answered gonna get a follow sorry about that sorry about that um I guess the short version is Mr Hart can you share for both all on utla the cost per member I can or at least a projection and to be clear this thing and just so that we have this out there publicly for discourse then the total cost of each package I think is just helpful to
299know Mr Melbourne alluded to these being really uh weighty um amounts because they represent a big portion of our our staff particularly our certificated staff um but so just briefly yes how much per person and how much is this costing us overall I appreciate that so in terms of the uh I'll take them in order uh as follows I will do the um I'll add J and then utility the cost per member and I'll read across sorry to not make eye contact here 22 23 looks to be 29 moves into 2324 to be thirty five thousand one hundred ninety seven and in uh get my years right here 24 25 cost per employee for all AJ 50 273. this is a total cost of compensation is not just the salary but as folks are aware
300many of the costs we incur when it comes down to what is a wage or what is a salary there are corresponding increases that we pay the most obvious is the costs associated with our pension expense in terms of utla uh I'm sorry that's in addition to that's not the total cost that's in addition to what they cost this year these are the costs I'm going to double check that but that is the cost associated with the agreement is the incremental cost I don't have in front of me the cost of the base if you want a all in total we'll have to run that separately okay great I'm happy to get that as a follow-up I don't want to take too much time yes I'm looking for the total not just the increments thank
301you okay uh keeping with uh the incremental cost as it relates to utility appreciating that you're wanting an all-in cost we'll follow up with that um utla the same sequence 22 23 23 24 24 25 the cost per employee uh eight thousand nine hundred and forty one dollars beginning in fiscal year 23 moving to twenty three thousand seven dollars twenty three zero zero Zone and then in 24 25 36 396. again that's a all in cost associated with the increment pursuant to these agreements and we will follow up to get you the total total costs at the next time we are before the board okay thank you Miss Gomez will your questions answered no I didn't get a chance to ask it yet um hi Mr Hart um on page two of the ab1200 public
302disclosure it says that the fiscal impact the unrestricted general fund is 8.5 million and 2223 178 million and 23 24 and 324 million and 24.25. can you just share a little bit more about those numbers we know that the actual cost of the agreement in general fund dollars is substantially higher than that so just trying to understand those specific numbers just to ensure we're speaking if you will Apples to Apples which of the two a b 1200s are you looking at apologies I'm talking about the utla um contracts and the relevant AV 1200. give me a moment in which there are a variety of tables and I'm sorry just to ask you to uh thank you a page two of the ab1200 public disclosure the um I'm not certain if I'm going to be on
303point for to answer in your question but if not just uh please clarify and direct me accordingly so what you're seeing here is when we have these agreements there are multiple costs attributable to the agreements uh different funds have different shares of the costs what you're seeing here is our forecast of those costs to the salaries we pay out of the unrestricted general fund and so there is a by virtue of these agreements and the compounding effect of Prior year in relative terms the costs associated within year one become the costs that are new in year two but they are compounded on the costs that are incurred in year one in year three uh repeat the repeat the cycle and so what you're seeing is an escalation and costs from the cited 8.5 million to
304a total of 324 as it relates to this fund those charged expenses through the fiscal year 24-25 citing what board member Goldberg had said earlier and just to add a point of clarification our forecasts pursuant to an ab1200 are for the current impacted budget and the two related forecast years so that is at 22.23 given that the nature of how an AP 1200 works and we're only doing so through the forecast period of 24.25 when we come forward for the budget for 23.24 our forecast period will shift by one year and we will be Lynn also including the costs associated with uh all known agreements in that forecast period which will which will take us an additional year when One Compares that to the ab1200 thank you welcome yes go ahead just just a follow-up
305um and this was kind of what my question was getting at the superintendent answered but I think that the specific section that misgonis was referring to says what are the specific impacts positive or negative on instructional and support programs to accommodate the settlement include the impact of changes of such as staff reductions or increases program reductions or increases elimination or expansion of other services or programs I.E counselors Librarians custodial staff Etc and our answer which may just be pro forma is just a numbers and so I think what I was trying to get at and I think the superintendent had a compelling response is that budgeting is making choices and choosing a contract that I think you're going to get unanimous support for myself included we are choosing to to not do other things whether
306that's discretionary dollars at school sites or you know and I think that it's just helpful I know some of this was what you know all of it was put together rather quickly in the last few weeks but I think just saying that the cost of the agreement when I think what the intent here is to actually understand are we going to have to reduce staff in some um components are we going to have to cut things and what I heard was was really no the the kind of bridge funding and the cola and the restructured debt but it so it seems like your answer superintendent was a kind of the response to this question here and I think it's helpful for the public to know so I'm glad we're engaged in this conversation yep but
307it is also Fair there's also truth what you just said I mean we've been very deliberate and careful at examining spending Trends in the district and there are budget accounts currently in lusc's budget that have never been spent and so there there seems to be an over allocation with the best of intention scenarios in mind that's never been realized meanwhile to the extent that those dollars continue to be allocated in those programs they are depriving other more crucial needs from being funded so yes you're absolutely right there is an ongoing budget examination not only specific to unencumbered dollars in the budget but also historic Investments have never been fully realized with that said I just want to put it out there black student achievement is protected nobody's going after that there are other elements that
308the board knows well that have sat on large amounts of money that have never been realized allocated not being spent year after year after year when in fact the best investment is in the human resources and our teachers our bus drivers our custodial staff and that's a philosophical decision that is being made and no doubt will have some additional repercussions in years to come there are contemplated in the budget that will be recommended to the board Dr Rivas first I want to say that yeah this every single dollar that was invested in this contract um was more than necessary as you mentioned we're investing in our human resources we're investing in our teachers and our nurses and this was something that um is very yeah it's very historical um and it's ambitious towards at least
309getting towards where um the compensation and the honor and that our teachers deserve so for me yes I mean I and you know I know that the superintendent took um and the staff his leadership staff took a made sure that um we were making a responsible um negotiations that we were addressing not only the fiscal um soundness of the district but also that we were investing in our teachers and I know that every like I said every single dollar every single Cent um that was approved in this negotiation contract was more than necessary so I'm very grateful for all the work that went behind this I know it was a long and arduous process it was not easy but it was something that was more than necessary and um I still feel there's more that
310we can do for um all of our faculty and nurses and counselors so I'm very grateful thanks thank you anybody else I just want to say personally that I think this is a great agreement and I'm particularly happy personally about the changes to bilingual pay extras I think people as a person who struggles learning Spanish most of my adult life and I'm still not good enough at it to teach in it I know that that skill is an important one to many of our students and being able to teach in two languages should be rewarded and I'm glad this this contract has done this it hasn't done it in a long time other than that I don't hear anything else so we'll go on to tab eight thank you very much and Tab 8 approval
311procurement access doctor um yeah Dr Rivas you had some questions questions for um Item B Community Schools go ahead I just wanted to know if um I mean I'm glad I'm not questioning that I just want to know how this um how this item sort of addresses the Community Schools initiative just so the public knows um why this item is what unite La is going to provide for Community Schools and why it's important how is it strengthening our community schools thank you so the United La is a convener of the various stakeholders teachers steering committee and they have help with moving along the community school initiative so they have been an important part they're also written into the utla labor agreement so as part of that this is this is that's why this item is
312coming to to the board for approval so that they can continue with convening meetings and helping us and supporting us and moving along the Community Schools initiative thank you all right anything else item f um I just wanted to know where it just seems like we're adding a lot of contracts to this bench so I'm wondering if why that is so and is there a limit or why are we adding more so every we do we feel we're able to fill these positions this is Administrative only we're not adding any more people in fact we're reducing people um with covid we added additional staff that's starting to wind down our intent was always the higher District of people and when we couldn't fill with District people who use this contract to fill there's still some
313duration on this contract and we wanted to keep that capacity we have things like fires where it requires additional cleanup on a very short notice and this gives us the capacity to react okay so it's for for a variety of reasons too yes and it's only when our own staff are unable to fill that or unable to do the overtime to fill that we always try to use our staff first or overtime and when we can't do that then these contracts allow us to supplement so we're always looking for more contracts to add with the areas that these are actually contracts that we already had under play in place as we were doing the additional cleanup for sanitation for covid but they were done under small one-time contract this bundles them together in a master
314contract that makes it more cost effective and better controls okay thank you good um h on the um I'll go away anybody yeah item eight I just wanted to know the um the training or implementation plan for the assessment um if you can sort of lay that out how is that planned and um makeup makeup classes for teachers who will not be able to make it and just want to understand the um the training process yes so we will provide we will begin with the um training in the summer and so for teachers who are not able to attend the summer professional development we will be offering additional times on Saturdays and different opportunities for teachers to attend there are two parts to this set to the training and there will be ongoing training as
315well so the first part is providing an overview of the platform and um helping the teachers understand how to monitor and Proctor the assessment and the part two is focused on data analysis and planning for small group instruction and the use of the digital tools that are in the new assessment and will there be on-site support for troubleshooting I mean if a teacher is having an issue and the principal cannot help or something's going on who can they turn to to get immediate sort of yeah that is part of the contract it is for them to provide the additional support for professional development for case management that's all part of the of the contract but in terms I'm asking in terms of say they're proctoring the test right and then something happens so how who
316can a teacher of the principal reach out to in that moment to address we'll provide them with troubleshooting information where they can call a phone number like we will I'm sure they will have its available the division of instruction the regions there'll be multiple layers of support that are schools can can contact if they need more information about something that they need at that moment when they're proctoring okay go ahead I'm not sure if there are additional questions or comments regarding this procurement item this is a very important item for this District if we're building seeking coherence if we're seeking the restoration of teaching Time by reducing testing time and if we're looking for tools that simultaneously assess students but also provide powerful information a timely way to allow real-time recalibration of the teaching practice
317in schools then we need something like this not just in some schools but across the district That's The Power of this tool what the board is approving today is also a solution that will reduce how much we're spending at this point across LUSD in assessments by almost close to a million dollars so we're reducing assessments getting more powerful and Powerful information spending less money the board is also approving the equivalent of the ceiling of expenditures to satisfy this contract I need to tell the board that there are still some conversations ongoing with the entity being proffered to the board that I believe needs to do better to satisfy our needs and our demands so this is the ceiling I hope that the ultimate settlement as far as this contract is concerned comes below what we're
318seeking authorization from the board for even though this authorization is already lower than the aggregate expenditure of Assessments incurred by our school system and last one is item r I just want to know the this is money where is this money going how is it allocated where is it going to be used for after resell this is a revenue the revenue yeah where does it go how has it been it is a revenue agreement when we sell the Surplus equipment right and so the district does not pay anything to the vendor who's doing this there is a 10 percent charge that they make to the buyer so it is of no cost um it does go to support the program the the warehouse and the Surplus property uh division or Department to use it and
319whatever well to support their their daily operations okay all right thank you so much all right that takes care of item eight item 13 Dr Rivas my comment was uh really um that I'm very very elated to know that um so much work is being done on Career Technical education so I want to say thank you I did bring it up at the last board meeting that is this is an area that um I really want to strengthen build the infrastructure add more Pathways and I see that it is at least from this um item but what I do would like to know um the only thing I could find online was the increase opportunities for adult education students and the level up uh bulletin on this which is basically the same and I would
320like to know how this item and everything we're doing for WorkSource and and around CTE how does it look what's the comprehensive plan where are we going um what's the infrastructure look like because we're we're voting on these items that I want to see the overall comprehensive plan and based on you know this blueprint it doesn't really give me much it gives me potential it gives me areas that we're working on but I want to see how what we're voting on actually is coming into this blueprint and have a bigger comprehensive plan for our Career Technical education so I'll take that it's a very important question so we have a new leadership and a new North Star specific to two important three important bodies of work adult education Career and Technical education and then Career
321Connections in the earlier grades um the plan that you're asking about is its final stages of review Mr Mike Romero who is in part responsible for that body of work is currently reviewing is going to be presented to me and Senior leadership within the next few weeks we will be bringing to the board probably at the community of the whole the introduction to the restructuring the reorganization then reinvention of Career Technical education and adult education what I can tell you is it is one informed not by requirements of Grants like this one it's one informed by the reality specific to Workforce demands in our community based on key Industries and entry points into those Industries considering necessary training through secondary Education Plus technical programming offered by LAUSD adult education programs offered by LAUSD or Partnerships
322with entities that provide apprenticeship in partnership with local unions so there are about seven to eight key industries that require highly skilled Workforce we should be part of the engine that trains that Workforce that plan answers fundamentally that question we hope to be that one system that emerges from this 50-year decision as a nation that deviated from Career and Technical education is a viable opportunity for young men and women we made a statement that everybody's going to go to college even though we knew that not everybody was going to go to college and we forgot to continue to invest and evolve CT programs and bring additional relevance to adult education programs we're also marrying The Parent Academy and programs for parents of our students as viable future workers within our school system so we're targeting
323sort of the captive audience that we have as parents of our students as prospective students of our adult programs and Career and Technical programs so that plan is being worked on as we speak it's in the final stages and we'll be bringing it to the board to probably to a committee of the whole I believe that was our last agreement within weeks great thank you for that and and I hope in this in this plan that we address the recruitment of students how are we recruiting students the opening up of more classes and spaces since that a lot of them have been closed and also teachers a recruitment and increased pay and job security for a lot of our teachers so I hope that's part of this plan thanks okay uh yeah just in a
324similar vein I was wondering if during this report you could provide um maybe an update on maybe some funding that's out there or something we can do in terms of compensation for for CTE teachers because I know this grant is a lot of money for professional development and for instructional materials and equipment and things like that but I know that for a lot of these fields especially the ones related to technology I saw like a biotech on there production uh and visual arts all those things you know are in highly competitive Industries and this you know is a very extreme case I think I mentioned it before at my own School a couple years back we have an auto shop you know CTE program and because you can make more money you know working privately
325as a mechanic than you can say teaching um there was a difficulty in attracting high quality candidates and the person who ended up running that program at my school ended up running a Chop Shop out of you know the school's auto program so obviously a very extreme example but when we're looking at is competitive compensation for CTE maybe I don't know some sort of pathway for people who are in the process of certification or some way where we can you know look towards people perhaps who are retiring from Industries and and have a pathway for them to get credentials or something like that so that's that's really it the longer issue for me is the fact that some years ago in the state senate and State Assembly sort of a issue of either it's going
326to be community colleges or it's going to be Adult Ed and K-12 schools and who gets the money and we're not gonna and and what they did is they kind of put us at odds of with each other I I think if we're really going to do a good CTE we're going to have to be in cooperation with the community colleges and have the entry-level parts of these trainings happen in K-12 and Adult Ed and have the more uh complex parts of it go to the community colleges because right now what's been happening in Sacramento is there's a competition for this money for career Ed and the community colleges say no give it to us and we're saying no give it to us and I think the answer is no give it to all of
327us and let us put in it a Proviso that you work out how to make this more accessible and possible for the greatest number of people by having a real pathway that starts as early as elementary school goes through Adult Ed and goes on into a Career and Technical education uh at the college level so I think that's one of the issues I hope we'll be working on as you're looking at this larger plan the other issue is is that as they look at the schools that are listed on the pages there are some that have one program and others that have like 10. so I'm hoping that we're going to be also looking to make sure that some of these offerings are available in a variety of a variety of these offerings are at
328several schools rather than just a few that get a lot and and I understand that's the activism of that faculty and that Administration I'm not I'm not faulting them but I also want to make sure that if that hasn't happened because maybe they had more turnover in the administration or whatever for whatever reasons I want to make sure they don't get finished also I I do want to tell you that I am in contact with some folks uh who do the Director's Guild and I'm trying to get them to start some intern programs and I'm going to be calling on you to get some help with how that I should be navigating this turns out that an old family friend is in charge over there these days and I didn't know that so we started
329talking about this already and she's excited about it as well finally I want to say on CTE that I think it's important to understand that all this has a history of cutting Perkins money in federal government uh years ago when I first started teaching in the 60s Perkins money was largely available to everybody and we had huge numbers of wonderful on campus for high schools uh in California and all over the country all kinds of things that we're now trying to reinvent here then of course we had public policy in Washington D.C which says well we're going to let all the jobs anyway that have factories go overseas well that because they pay less and we can get cheaper Goods so why would you train people said the federal government for jobs that have gone
330away from the United States well those jobs are beginning to come back through public policy in Washington D.C and now it is also time in addition to talking to the state is to begin to talk to the federal government again about creating a more Perkins uh Perkins information and funding that takes care of the Assumption for example one of the reasons the auto shop closed at the high school I was teaching at at the time wasn't a lack of Perkins money it was that it wasn't enough money because auto shop needed to become now a computer shop since all the cars were being run by computers and the funding that it took to buy this stuff that it would take for them to learn auto mechanics with those computers was less than the money was
331available so that's when lots of these closed and then you add the further idea that suddenly uh it's not okay to work with your hands anymore it's you got to be only going to college and you see that that's how we got to where we were but I'm glad to see that this is changing people are understanding well I keep saying all the time that I put both my plumber and my electrician I put all their kids through college I personally did that I'm sure so it's not like these jobs aren't high paying and and in demand so I think this is a wonderful thing and I'm I'm glad we're doing it I'm glad we're hearing that we're going into this in a little different way as well all right that takes us to item
33217 Nick on the charter petition yeah I mean inside into this conversation because I I Echo your comments and Dr Rivas is on the CTE Pathways I'm just curious to learn more about this position petition um I've always thought we should try to bring Innovations into the district especially for high needs student populations um like those that that's this petition is looking to serve Affiliated Charters as we've heard from Mr takovsky and others are one way to do it and unlike magnets are a structure that allow us to draw enrollment from Beyond the district and I think a school like this I could see students potentially coming from all around the county I have just you know questions about how it will work and we want to make sure we think through the implications of
333this model but I'm not convinced that our current approach to serving homeless and Foster youth is working particularly well especially given the recently expanded caseloads of our staff supporting these students and so I'm eager for new ideas and this is one and so I know conversations like this have been happening for years but I appreciate the audacity of this position coming forward and look forward to learning more I also like the substance in tacking on the conversation we just had you know I think I remember touring the IBEW apprenticeship program and as Ms Goldberg was talking about there's this false dichotomy of like oh you have to do well in school or you have to go to a trade to get into the apprenticeship program for IBEW you need a c or better in algebra
334so it's actually a real motivation for students to do well because of course you want your electrician to have certain skills and Arc you know engineers and and what have you so um it's uh it was nice hearing from folks today uh from you know all different Industries about this and look forward to learning more uh in the coming meetings item 18 and uh I think Mr takovsky noted that 89 of the complaints were in my Board District um I I really want to encourage all board members to encourage your principals to let parents and teachers know this is the way I think parents feel satisfied and heard because under the Williams project reports when you make a complaint someone has to do something about it absolutely that's the state law and that gives parents
335confidence that somehow or another their issues are going to be heard so I just urge you to encourage as you talk to your principals that you visit schools as you talk to your utla chairs and your SEIU chairs and plant managers these are ways to get help and we urge people to do so all right having done all of that I think we're ready to start voting on all of this we sure are we're going to take the consent vote although I don't think that we had a move in a second so let's get that technicality out of the way all right Dr Rivas moves 10 seconds yeah okay all right go ahead here we go uh Dr McKenna yes Dr Rivas yes uh Mr schmorelson Mr Melvin yes Miss Gomez Miss Gomez we'll come
336back to you uh Miss Ortiz Franklin yes for president Goldberg yes and one more time Miss Gomez uh leave it open until we're ready to close the meeting in case she's just not able to come to the phone uh I think we have not done um 17 no that was on concert everything we've done everything we're done right all right uh we have an adjourning motion and by the way for those of you who are keeping track when we are done we will go back into closed session we have items that we did not finish and when we finish at least four of us will come back and report from the closed session as to what we did there are four of us left so nobody gets to go home all right uh call the
337roll on the consent calendar or did we just do that okay then we have just your adjourning motion thank you I'd like to adjourn today's meeting in memory of Godda Abdul-Jabbar a mother at Hancock Park Elementary School who was tragically killed in the traffic collision on April 25th just before we were coming in here for the committee of the whole Kata was walking her six-year-old daughter to school when a speeding truck struck them both in a crosswalk just yards away from the school entrance and LA's Mid Wilshire area got a tragically passed away at the scene and her daughter one of our students remains hospitalized in critical condition was a loving mother a devoted wife a cherished daughter a beloved sister and a dear friend to many her kind and selfless nature touched the hearts
338of everyone she met and her contagious smile lit up any room she walked into she always went out of her way to help others and inspired so many with her achievements and her generosity her Hearts break for her family and loved ones as well as the whole Hancock Park School Community who we keep in our thoughts and our prayers thank you we are adjourned at 6 25 in the evening [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] thank you [Music]