001Tinas Unified School District to order. It is May 4th, uh 5:30 p.m. 2026. Um do we have any public comment for closed session? Seeing none, then we will adjourn to closed session. >> Mhm. >> Okay, we are reconvening to open session and we have nothing to report out for closed session. Will you please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance? >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Do we have any changes to the agenda? >> No, we do not. >> Do I have a motion to approve the agenda? >> I make a motion to approve the agenda. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Aye. >> So moved. Next
002we have board reports. We're going to do highlights and recognitions. Alhambra High School College and Career Center. Did you want to introduce them or >> I'd like to invite Ms. Janice Quick Collins up to the podium and you can induce introduce your students that you've brought with you. >> Good evening, presidents, trustees, and superintendent. Now in its fifth year, the College and Career Center has grown from over 600 student visits for in its first year to more than 1,200 visits this year, not including workshops attendance. And this reflects the strong and sustained students needs. 50% of the student the center's work is dedicated to one-on-one student support with more than 40 workshops um each year helping students navigate college application, financial aid, and exploration. Our dual enrollment C-CAP program has also expanded from 50 students
003in with two classes in 2021 to 130 students across four classes this school year. And um with that, the data just tell part of the story. I would like to invite students to share their um college and career impact in their journey. We have juniors and seniors and I have them introduce themselves. >> Good afternoon, board. Thank you all for your time. My name is Benjamin Collins and I just briefly wanted to cover what the College and Career Center has been able to do for me as a junior. Now starting with my freshman year, I've been able to complete two dual enrollment courses and four concurrent enrollment courses which has completed my language language requirement and put me only a couple of weeks away from a certificate of accomplishment in social justice. I've also attended
004roughly a dozen lunch and learns during which the College and Career Center hosts various professionals um to basically discuss their fields and any advice they have for the next generation. This opportunity has helped to define my future and provided the knowledge and confidence needed to determine a major to pursue. Thanks to the College and Career Center, I've also attended several events such as a seminar covering the UC system and a presentation on SF State. I've been suggested several internships, opportunities, and programs to build both my college application and personal experience. Thank you. >> Good evening, board members. I'm here to represent an alumni from uh at California Polytechnic University. Uh Good evening, board members. Although I am unable to speak in person, I would like to discuss how helpful the College and Career Center was
005to me during my time assisting me in getting into California Polytechnic University, Pomona. From my freshman year in 2021 to my senior year in 2025, I had many opportunities open to my peers and me. By making it clear there are many pathways after graduation, students can feel fully informed about their choices. Going as far as to take students to Diablo Valley College and having guest speakers for lunch and learns, students can learn about future jobs and what their life may look like after high school and college. I personally took part in dual enrollment, college and career fairs, lunch and learns, and private meetings, which all helped me to feel more stable in college application process to CSUs and UCs. The College and Career Fairs let me and other students see many options at once and
006make connections. According to the California School Board in 2023, 43.6% of students felt prepared with no data prior to that date being reported as it was not on the dashboard yet. In 2024, the dashboard reports that there was a 4.4% increase in students' preparedness in the college and career area. And in 2025, the College and Career data was in the green zone with a 57.3% reported feeling prepared. With over a 10% increase in 2 years, it can be seen by numbers and personal testimonies that the center is vital to help prepare students as they face the real world. Thank you. Isabel Bohr, California Polytechnic University, Pomona. >> Um hello board. Uh my name is Isabella Barletano. I'm a junior and the college and career center has greatly helped me throughout my high school career. I
007started dual enrollment classes with DVC my sophomore year and I've taken many more after. Currently, I'm enrolled in one dual enrollment class and one concurrent class. The college and career center has helped me with signing up for all these classes, helping me get a head start in my college courses, giving me a boosted 4.5 GPA, and even helping working towards my biliteracy in ASL. I've gotten I've also gotten the very special opportunity to study abroad this summer through connections that I've got from the center. With this opportunity in which I've received an academic scholarship, I will be going to Costa Rica for a month learning about wildlife conservation. Through the unwavering support I've gotten from the college and career center helping me schedule my academics and get opportunities to help out my community, I have
008also been awarded the title of Young Woman of the Year and all of these things that I've accomplished and done wouldn't be possible without the support of the college and career center preparing me for my future. >> Hello board. My name is Ryan Perry. I am a senior at Alhambra High School and I'm just here to highlight some of the successes that the outreach of the college and career center has impacted me specifically for my journey into admissions into college in my future. Now through the community career and college center, I have had the possibility to attend numerous dual enrollment and concurrent enrollment classes specifically to highlight the three social justice classes that have put me weeks away from earning my certificate of completion from DVC like uh, Ben from earlier. Now, thanks to these
009classes, I have had the capability to be not just admitted to, but also given multiple scholarships to the Barrett Honors College at Arizona State University, which focuses on very similar topics like community and, uh, close bonded, um, outreach, uh, amongst the college students that attend the Barrett Honors College at Arizona State University. And I can't help to think that these classes, these social justice classes provided by the Community College Center, have given me the, uh, crucial opportunity to have these scholarships that I may not be able to have attended this college without. Now, that is just one of the couple examples that I could think of to note why the Community College Center has helped me through my career. And I know that without it, I wouldn't be able to possibly attend, uh, the colleges
010that I would have preferred I'd like to attend in my future. That's all I have to say. >> Good evening, members of the board. My name's Luffy Ma, and I'm a junior at Alhambra High School. And throughout my time at Alhambra, I've also taken numerous community college classes, whether through DVC or Contra Costa College. I've taken classes that aren't offered here at Alhambra. This includes history of American music. I've taken ethnic studies. And in fact, I will also join the students in receiving a certificate of accomplishment in social justice in just a couple of weeks. Additionally, there was a scheduling conflict last year, and this was between AP, uh, US history and AP calculus. And I couldn't take both of them without interfering with my other extracurriculars. However, since community college during high school was
011an option for me, I was able to take two semesters of calculus at Contra Costa College and now I'm in linear algebra and I'm enrolled in calculus 3 this fall. And through the guidance from the college and career counselor at the center I have also been on track to receive my associate degree for transferring science in mathematics and I couldn't have done this without the center. And it also, I think, makes all those late nights worth it. So the college and career center has given me a lot of opportunities to explore things that I may not have been able to if I was limited to the options at Alhambra. So it's been a great success and I'm excited for the future. Thank you. >> [applause] >> Thank you very much for your presentations and I'm
012glad to hear that um everyone is so successful and that that program is working out. So thank you Janice and students for coming. Any other board comments on that? >> Just want to congratulate you all on all your hard work and coming up here and sharing with us today. Uh hopefully we'll we'll get to uh get updates like we did from one student from alumni report in the future. >> Next up we have highlights and recognition from Meruelo Park STEM Fair. Janice. Um Mr. Stewart, if you want to come up and introduce uh your students. Meruelo Park recently held a STEM Fair that was wildly successful and we're really excited to hear um about your students' projects and the partnerships that you had um to put on that fair recently. >> Yes. Thank you board
013members and district administrators. It's my pleasure to be up here to talk a little bit about um the STEM Fair that we held recently and highlight some of our students and recognize some of our volunteers that help put it forward. I'm going to ask that um our students that'll be presenting today go ahead and line up behind me And I share with you a few pictures from our STEM Fair, talk a little bit about what it looked like. So, it was wildly successful this year. We held it on Earth Day, April 20th, in our multi-use room. We had lots of community partners join us, including the Mount Diablo Astronomical Society, Berkeley Chemistry Department, the Mount Diablo Beekeepers Association, who brought a live beehive filled with bees for kids to look at, some local food vendors
014that came in. We had many many many many many vendors that participated. I'm unable to even tell you how many people came, but I can tell you that the MUR was completely packed for 2 hours of just community members coming in, family members coming in, looking at our vendors, looking at our student projects. We had 44 student projects, which was huge. So, I'm going to share with you a few pictures before we have the pleasure to meet some of our students and their winning projects today. Oh, the last before I do that though, I want to recognize that this would not have been possible without the really hard work of our Merlo Park PTA, Barbara Rousseau, who organized this largely, but also all of our other PTA volunteers were huge in getting together the community
015partners and putting together everything. So, I have to give them the recognition for that. So, I've got a few pictures here. Here we have the College of Chemistry from Berkeley doing some work with some of our students. We have a couple students here with their projects giving us a striking pose. Here we have the Mount Diablo Astronomical Society with their displays. We have another community partner that did some robotics with us. >> [clears throat] >> And here today with me, I have several of our winning STEM Fair projects and I have our students here to present them to you. We have our first grade winning project, Poppy Sankyum. We have our third grade winning project, Rain Saw. And we have our fourth grade winning project um from Elias um Massa, Mateo Aceves, um Oliver Lim,
016and Miles Ardonno, okay. And we have our fifth grade winning project which was Santiago, um Juju, uh Ellis, and Enzo Shergold. So, it's my pleasure to bring the students up so they can share their wonderful projects with you today. Poppy? Here you go, Poppy. >> The pro- The name of my project is Sodas Around the World. My question was, do sodas from different countries taste different? What My hypothesis was I thought I thought that the one from the USA had had the most sugar and I thought the sugary one would get the most votes. What I found out what was the The one from the USA did have the most sugar, but but my one about the taste was the opposite. The The people that I tested liked the healthiest one the the most. What
017They like the The group The health- The healthiest one was was Spain which was healthier be- because it had because it had real juice and less and less artificial coloring. The one from the USA had most sugar because it >> [snorts] >> because it didn't even have real sugar and and and it was and it had lots of artificial food food dye. The sodas I got were from were from Mexico, Spain, the USA, and the Netherlands. >> [applause] >> All right. Thank you, Poppy. She is our first grade winner. And Rain is our third grade winner. Come on up, Rain. >> So, So, my project's title is ways to use the sun's energy, and I did this because um to find out how sunlight can make energy run a fan. I I think the solar
018panels will make the fan spin. The solar panels convert the sun's light through the DC motor that makes the fan spin. You need a screwdriver, DC motor, base, bracket, double-sided tape, solar panels, two of them, fan bracket, screws, and a fan, and a adapter. First, get the blue base, then attach the stick to the solar panel bracket, assemble the DC motor to the solar panels. The same color wires go together. Install the panels onto the bracket with double-sided tape. Finally, put in bright sunlight, and it will start to work. So, the fan started working, and if you put it it in the shade, it stops. As In conclusion, the fan started working in direct sunlight. >> [applause] >> Thank you, Rain, our third grade winner. Next, we have our fourth grade uh group project winner.
019Come on up, guys. We have Elias, and Mateo, and Oliver, and Miles. Who's going to be doing the speaking, guys? >> Um we're all doing it. >> Okay, here's the mic. >> Good evening every everybody. My name is Mateo Savis. >> My name is Elias Massa. >> My name is Miles Gargano. >> And my name is Oliver Lim. And we are fourth grade students at Morello Park Elementary. >> Our project is called which soda freezes the fastest. We tested Coke, Sprite, Fanta, root beer, and Coke Zero. >> Now we have a question. Which soda do you guys will think freezes the the fastest? >> The Sprite. >> I think Coke Zero. >> I'm going to say Sprite also. >> I'm saying Fanta. >> Our hypothesis was that Sprite would freeze the fastest because it has
020the least amount of sugar and no food color coloring. >> We put the sodas in the freezer and checked them over time. Each of us observed what was happening and recorded when the sodas started freezing and when they froze completely. >> Um we found out that Coke Zero froze the fastest and Sprite actually froze the slowest, which surprised us all. >> We We learned that if you add things like sugar into liquid, it can disrupt the bonds that help it freeze. This makes it harder for a liquid to turn into ice. This is called freezing point depression. >> That helps explain why Coke Zero froze the fastest because it has no sugar. >> We also learned that even small differences in ingredients can change how something freezes, not just the amount of sugar. >> We
021also learned that freezing is not just about sugar. Other ingredients in the soda can also affect how fast something freezes. Even though Sprite has no dye, that did not make a difference. >> If we did this experiment again, we'd probably test more sodas and continue learning about what affects freezing. >> Thank you for your time. Do you have any questions? >> I think it's great that you've stumped some of us, so congratulations on that. >> [laughter] >> I'd like to see the test done again. I think it's still Sprite. >> Would any of you like a cool, refreshing Coke Zero? >> [laughter] >> Yes, I would love it. That's so sweet of you. >> You guys all get an A+ for that one. >> [applause] >> I'll I'll take one, too. Thank you. Thank you.
022>> All right, and we have our fifth grade winning science fair project, microplastics in the water. We have Santiago, we have Ellis, and we have Enzo. >> We tested four places around Martinez to test for microplastics, and we had Martinez Marina, the first osmosis, hi- Holiday Highlands, and tap water. And we tested each one two times, once with um filter, and the second time just with a microscope. >> In our testing, we saw that they were pretty clean, surprisingly, but we did find a lot of like sand, and we think we might have found one microplastic. We don't know for sure because we need like special equipment, but there is a lot of stuff in our water. I was surprised. I think we were all surprised. Um >> Um Here we have some photos of
023us at the um like places, and we have a newspaper example. And in our con- In our conclusion, we think that we have found microplastics in our water, specifically in the Holiday Talands. >> [applause] >> Thank you so much. Thank you to everyone. Congratulations on winning, and those were excellent presentations. You all spoke wonderfully, so thank you very much for doing that. Again. >> [applause] >> Okay, next up we have correspondence. >> Thank you. Tonight I would like to share with you the uh letter we received from the Contra Costa County Office of Education regarding the Martinez Unified School District's 25-26 second interim budget report. Um the Contra Costa County Office of Ed has completed its review of our district's second interim report in compliance with the provisions of state law. Based on the information
024available at the time of our review, the County Office concurs with the district's second interim positive certification for the period ending January 31st, 2026. Based on our analysis, the district anticipates deficit spending for the current year and two subsequent fiscal years. Deficit spending, especially in the unrestricted general fund, diminishes the fund balance, limiting the district's ability to address unpredictable state and federal economic shifts, legislative changes, unfunded mandates, and rising costs associated with special education, utilities, and employee benefits. As of second interim, the unrestricted fund balance is projected to decrease by $1.5 million in fiscal year 2025-26, resulting in an unrestricted ending fund balance of $4.6 million. During our review, we observed the district is able to meet the required minimum reserve of 3%. However, we encourage the district to maintain an unrestricted reserve well above
025the minimum requirement in order to protect the agency from unforeseen financial hardships. Thank you. >> Next we have California Healthy Kids Survey, Patty O'Malley. >> Hi, good evening members of the board and cabinet. So, I am here tonight to present the uh some of the results from our California Healthy Kids Survey. We give this survey every year um around November, early December. And what this does, it's a it's an anonymous confidential survey, and it's given to students in 5th, 7th, 9th, and 11th grade, and all students in alternative education. And this in collects important data that really helps us have a good uh snapshot of the well-being, safety, engagement, and climate of our students. And what this does is when we look at these results, we're looking at the LCAP and how this can inform
026our LCAP, improve student support systems, and strengthen school safety and and uh connectedness. So, tonight I'm just going to give you a snapshot of some of the key indicators that we look at when we're giving this survey. So, first thing we do is look at the response rate. Um in 5th grade, you can see it's a little bit lower because families have the um chance to opt out. So, if they decide that they don't want It's not passive consent. They need to either opt in or opt out. With 7th, 9th It's the same with 7th grade, but the 9th, 11th, and the alternative ed, um it's given to everybody. So, our 5th grade, you can see 2006 is a little bit lower, but it's still over 50%. 7th grade, the junior high always does a
027great job of getting them to take these uh surveys. 9th grade, it's about the same. 11th at Alhambra is a little bit higher, and then in our alternative education program was a little bit lower this year. So, here's one of the questions that we do ask um that we feel like really gives us a snapshot is the school connectedness. So, a couple of the questions, just to give you an idea. There's multiple questions, but here's three top questions. I feel close to people at school. I'm happy to be at this school. I feel like I'm part of this school. And when we look at this, the green um line there is the California state average from 21-23. We don't have the uh 24-25. We have the 25 uh 2025 average, and then this year's. And
028so, um 5th grade, you can see uh we're above the state average in every one of these uh grade levels. In fifth grade this year, we're a little bit higher. Same with seventh grade, ninth grade was higher as well as 11th. And all Ed was just a little bit lower this year. Another area we look at is a caring adult at school. And you can see is there a teacher or some other adult from my school who really cares about me? Uh there's a teacher or some other adult from my school who notices when I'm not there. And there's a teacher or some other adult from my school who listens to me when I have something to say. So, again, we're comparing '25 uh and '26. So, as fifth grade, that's increased, which is great.
029Seventh grade, same. Ninth grade, sometimes you see this a little bit lower in this area because it's given at the beginning of the school year and these are ninth graders who maybe have not made that connection yet. Um 11th grade is a little over 50% and all Ed, uh you know, is up there around 60%. This question talks about cyberbullying, asking if students feel like they've been cyberbullied. There's a lot of cyberbullying at school. In fifth grade, you know, a little bit over 20%. Seventh grade, it came down, which is great. Ninth grade came down, 11th grade came down, and all Ed went up just a little bit. And so, that really indicates that the schools like in the seventh grade, ninth grade, all these uh fifth grade and 11th, that they're looking at there
030is a increase in cyberbullying and they put things in place to help with that decrease. I feel safe at school. Again, um if you look at that fifth grade, that's almost 80% um across the board, it's it's up in all categories, a little bit lower in all Ed, uh but overall, that's those are good indicators. This one's always a little tricky. Um for the elementary, the question is have you had one or more sips of alcohol ever? So, that could be anything, just maybe even a sip of champagne, you know, when you're out of your parents champagne when they're in second grade. So it's very it's not that they're chronic drinkers. It's one or ever. For secondary had one or more drinks of alcohol in the past 30 days, used marijuana in the past 30
031days. Now what we find with this uh is that a lot of secondary students are scared, afraid that this is not confidential. Well, we try to reassure them that it is confidential, so we don't know how accurate these numbers are. Um in fifth grade you can see it's, you know, about 12% seventh grade, that's pretty low. Ninth grade, still pretty low. If you look at the average, it's about 12%. 11th, and then when you look at All Ed, which of course is my school last year, um I think they were very scared to say the you know, what really uh was used because people kids are afraid that you're going to see the results. So we really encourage them to be honest and um I think this will encourage us to get more to pay
032uh presentations and uh work with our students around that. Frequent sadness, um and this is really goes back to the last 30 days. So you can see those uh where we're at with their fifth grade has gone down, which is great. Um the other areas have gone down. Alternative Ed went up a little bit. I think we're seeing that because we're getting more students with anxiety and depression at All Ed that are struggling at the at the high school. Consider suicide, and this is again in the last 30 days, and that is considered. It's not attempted, it's not uh moved forward with it. It's just they thought about it and they considered it. In the fifth grade we don't give this question. So seventh grade is a little bit higher, a little over 20%. Ninth
033grade came down, 11th came down, and All Ed uh went up a little bit. But then when you look at wellness and life satisfaction, uh you can see most of those went up, which is great. So, um, you know, we're looking at almost 80% for fifth grade, seventh grade, we're looking at about 60 65% ninth grade, 11th grade, and alt ed. So, what do we do from here? Uh, well, we continue to look at mental health supports, um, and we partner with as many community providers as we have, and that is the use of CYBHA, excuse me, CYBHI funds as we're moving forward. Uh, strengthen restorative practices. I think every site now is very engaged and supportive, um, restorative practices, so that's been very helpful. Enhance any PBIS supports that we have and interventions. We're
034going to have We already presented this to the site administrators so that they can take a look at their results, and we offer a longer, um, information on their results so they can really dig deeper with their staff. And then, of course, our commitment is to always provide safe, supportive, and connected schools for all students. So, are there any questions? >> Does anybody have any questions? >> I have a few. So, um, I saw on some of the charts you had the state average and some there weren't. Was that just because the state doesn't track that or >> They do it They don't do it every year as we do as we do in the site. So, we that's the state average that we have. We'll probably have another state average. >> Okay, and then
035what was the pool for that survey? Like, how many kids could have potentially taken it? >> Uh, well, it depends on what So, for example, for the I'd have to look at, um, the seventh grade, almost every student took that. So, we would look at junior high and see how many seventh graders we have. I have that information and actually, um, it's in a slide, um, that I'll send to the board that gives the information of how many people took it. >> on that, the alternate ed around drug use or alcohol, it was 50. Was that every single student >> or No, unfortunately at Alt Ed, we try to give this survey we give it all in a day, but we try to get kids to take it, you know, more, but sometimes attendance is
036a little bit of an issue. So, we're talking probably it's a little over 50, so probably about >> overwhelming majority. >> Yes. >> And then um Yeah, that was it. >> Can I Can I clarify? That's the percentage, not the number of students. In the in the chart. >> Yes, but for Alt Ed, it's the number, but the chart is the percentage, but when you're looking at like when you're looking at the seventh grade, it was 100% of students in the in the response rate, you're right. I'm sorry, I was thinking when you were asking me how many students took it, I thought you were thinking of the response rate. >> No, yeah, that's just the response rate, but there were obviously more students, but we could assume the overwhelming majority at Alt Ed have
037in the last X amount of days had a substance or a substance of alcohol. >> Well, I don't know that cuz I'm looking at the on slide three the response response rates. And it looks like only about 35% of Alt Ed responded, so what would like I mean, I do not know what that is. >> if we had, you know, 55, 60 kids. Um so, that would be a little bit more than half. >> Less, so we don't know if it I mean, I don't think we can extrapolate that data cuz we don't know. >> No, we can only extrapolate of what who took the who took the the survey. >> So, we don't know. I mean, it's just a sample size. >> Mhm. >> Because yeah, like you said, that was that was my
038question also on the drug and alcohol use last year, no one reported it, but we don't know. I mean, that's probably also likely not accurate. Um but and so 50% of the 35% who responded, so we don't It's hard to know. It's Maybe it tells us I guess is what I'm saying, maybe a lot less than in grades where the sample size is much larger and the response rate is much higher as well. >> I think that's more accurate as well when we have a larger response rate. Um but again that slide's always tricky because students are nervous. I've given that test. I've been in the room and they're very nervous to respond. >> Okay. >> Courtney, did you have any questions? No. I think neither. You've answered mine, too. So, thank you very much.
039>> Okay. I think I'm staying. >> Next we have the children and youth behavioral health initiative MUSD framework of focused teaching and learning, Patty O'Malley also. Could have just stayed up there. >> Okay. So, I'm here tonight to just you know, do a follow-up from the report that I gave in November which was really at the initial stages of the CYBHS which is the children's youth behavioral health initiative through California and tonight I want to talk a little bit about the phases we've been going through the phases, the progress, and the next steps. So, just a quick overview of CYBHI. It's a statewide initiative through California and it expands access to student mental health services in schools as well as charter schools, private schools, and clinics. It's all for youth and their mental health. It
040allows school to bill private insurance companies and Medi-Cal for eligible services. And the goal is to increase sustainability and access to care for all students. So, phase one was implementation and this really started in the 2024-2025 school year with the capacity grant. What the capacity grant was, it was offered to all districts in California through the County Office of Education. And we applied for that grant, it's a $200,000 grant. And basically the idea of that grant is to build the infrastructure to begin this initiative. So it really started with initial planning, with setting up systems, and coordination among many different organizations including behavioral health in the state of California. During that time we also established workflows on who was going to be needing to help us with the infrastructure. So we're working we established that
041documentation and also compliance processes in terms of learning really what is we're able to bill for as a school. We worked on training staff and aligning with all the state requirements that goes with this initiative. And it's important to note that this phase took a significant amount of time to fully build it and stabilize it and get it to a place where we could take it to the next level. Some of the key challenges is it's a very complex system and it had a lot of requirements. A lot to learn around this. We had to coordinate with many departments including mental health but we also work closely with Paradigm, with Carolan who are the two areas agencies that we're working with. And we also had to learn a whole new billing system and how to
042document document this information cuz it's a little bit different than when you're looking at say LEA bot. So phase two is where we're we're working on now. And that's really the transition from planning to active service building. So in that what we looked at is we got the all the MTSS counselors up and running. We did all the training through Paradigm. We also went through Paradigm to understand what services could be billed and what is allowable. This year we worked with the MTSS counselors because we weren't quite sure and I don't think that when we were working with Paradigm there was a little confusion and understanding what services that the school counselors could bill for because it's really a grant for mental health, although school counselors also deal with mental health services. So, they have
043a training this month and then it'll be a full roll out for the school counselors in the fall. The other area that we rolled out was that any psychologist that have an initial assessment for that are asking for mental health services and it's an initial that they can bill for that initial assessment and we've had psychologist put that in as well. And then also there's adjustments in processes that are just tested in real time. We're learning you know, what language to use, we're learning what's worked with other districts, what's going to work with us. So, it's just takes a little bit of time, but we're getting there and we feel really positive about it. So, phase two status, this is a new statewide initiative. So, as you can imagine it does take some time to
044work out all the kinks and to figure out what next steps will be. It's continuous learning and problem solving, but we've come a long way this year in that area. And then the systems are constantly improving as we're gaining experience. We're collaborating there's office hours through Paradigm, which is really the main agency that we're working with that's helping us understand and we're also collaborating within those office hours with other districts and saying what best practices they're doing and what things that they're coming up against and learning from each other. So, next steps, ongoing staff training and support through Paradigm. Monitoring compliance, we need to make sure that we are compliant with the billing and also the accuracy of what we're billing for and making sure that we are billing for the correct information and those
045services are being provided. We're really working towards completing consent forms for treatment and reimbursement and we understand that that is a shared responsibility. So, what I mean by that and what we mean by that is that it's got to be almost now a district district-wide campaign. It can't It's got to be where we are all encouraging this from the superintendent's office to the district office to the sites who have a good relationship with their communities. So, really encouraging these families to you know, sign the consent, put the accurate insurance information in, make sure it's complete because we can put all the services in and the counselors can bill, but we can't get reimbursement unless all of that is 100% complete. Um The way that we could do that and way others other districts are doing
046that is that we really, you know, at back to school night you have iPads out there. We're going to um we have videos out in Spanish and in English that's explaining that there's no cost to families, there is no impact on your insurance. So, really getting people to understand how important it is that you're putting that information in. Um another area we're looking at with that with shared is put it on the Facebook um MUSD Facebook, put it on your social media, put it in in um the principals are putting in their ongoing newsletters. Um there's no We want to make sure they understand and this is a big one. There's no cost to families, no impacts on insurance or benefits. So, we're finding when we're using the bill the the wording do you consent
047to bill be billed, you know, to bill, we're finding that families when we're doing it through Parent Square we're just learning it's an immediate like no. So, we changed it. Do you consent to let the district get reimbursed? And we found a little tweak in that that kind of helps. So, we're just continuing with that. And the next step uh steps would be consent uh will become mandatory field in data confirmation. And so, now when we're doing data confirmation, they'll have to fill out that area with complete insurance information, consent to bill, consent to treat. If they don't, there's also a button that says I do not consent. So, we're not forcing them, they can move along, but we really need that accurate. So, what we're finding is that we have consent to treat or
048maybe we have consent to bill. And then they may say Kaiser, but we don't have a Kaiser number. So, we're really honing down on that. The great thing that I want to add here tonight is that we can bill back and get reimbursed within 365 days. So, there can counselors are continuing to put in um all their billing. We're doing release days to get everything in that they've done since this started in the end of November. And what will happen is through the data confirmation, hopefully, um if this all goes the way that we're hoping and people put their information in, we can back bill 100 365 days. So, if counselors put stuff in in December and we get their information, we can back bill and get reimbursed. Do you have any questions? >> I
049had a question. Um are you also going to put on there with no cost to families that it also doesn't impact their deductible? So, that because some people will say Yeah, this is, you know, They just want to make sure that it doesn't impact anything on their insurance. So, just say that, you know, it doesn't change any of that or you have a deductible portion that you still have to pay. Um and then also um so, what about if you had seniors that left this year and you didn't and they're not going to re-enroll next year? Um is there any way to get that information back so that you could possibly bill? I don't know if there's like an exit survey or if you can send people information to see if you can somehow retrieve
050that information since you do have that 365 days to go back. >> So, my understanding with That's a great question. My understanding is if the counselors, which I know that they put that in, those stu They were still students when they were a senior. So, if we get Well, we won't have the data confirmation, but you're right. We can maybe pull that information and see if we can get it. Um that's a really great question because they're not going to be doing data confirmation. >> Just thinking if there's some kind of a parent square maybe before they graduate or something just to reiterate um if you You given us your information um or maybe have the counselors call people or something. Just a personalized touch just to see if we can get something. >> Yeah,
051I think that's a great idea and even putting it out we print it out to all parents and guardians right now, but putting out actually just uh to seniors and giving that extra information of how helpful that would be and maybe we can like you get some calls going out. >> Thank you. Any other questions? >> So, I heard what you need from the district or what you'd like to have as far as help. Do you feel like you're getting sufficient support from Is it uh the office of education through the county or behavioral health, mental health? Is that >> We're getting a lot of support, but we're there I think that they are trying to work out the kinks as well. And now we're learning we're thinking that we could just put this document
052out or we could put it out through data confirmation without having the opportunity to really look through it because we just didn't understand that you have to have all three components. So, I do feel like we've got we're getting a lot of support um from behavioral health and especially from Paradigm. >> Okay, thank you. >> I'm going to put you on the spot for a minute. So, if you don't know the answer, it's totally understandable, but my understanding is that even though this is a new program, the most recent budget from the state already cut some of the funding to it and also all of the Medicaid cuts at the federal level are also going to affect it. Do you foresee or do you know if cuz I this is such a great thing to
053help us with student mental health. >> Mhm. >> Do you know if there's going to be Is it going to be sustainable or do we have any information about how that those cuts might affect us going forward? >> Well, I I don't have any information, but I can tell you that I do go to a lot of office hours and my and the mental health counselors do as well and that has not come up, but that's a great question that we can um try to get some more information around. >> Okay, thanks. >> Any other questions? No? Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Okay, do we have any comments from MEA? Any comments from CSEA? >> No. >> Okay. Comments from the PTA? No. Okay, we have comments from the student representative. He
054is not here today, so I get to read them. Yay. Um Martinez Junior High, our Bullpups have been working hard in their period two cohorts to prep for SBA SBAC, Sback testing starting this week. As a group, they developed cohort commitments and a motto to keep them focused and committed to their school goal of Trek to the top. Congratulations to MJSS MJHS music program that earned a gold rating at the annual forum festival. MJHS was the only middle school to earn gold, meaning they had rated as the top 10% in the nation. Alhambra High School, congratulations to Kaya Yasaki. She just completed the highly competitive five-month Pathways to Health Internship Program. Kaya gained hands-on healthcare experience and earned her Basic Life Support Certification through Contra Costa College. Great job, Kaya. On Friday, April 24th, 38
055AHS students from the CSF club ventured to UC Berkeley for a campus tour. These students were able to explore the campus, meet students, and learn about what it takes to be admitted to the top public university in the world. Thank you, Mrs. Griffin, for mentoring advising this group of highly motivated students. Opening night for Once Upon Upon a Mattress and our spring art show was this past Thursday and ran through Sunday. I hope you were able to make it to one of these amazing shows. A special thank you to Mrs. Stafford, Mrs. Malki, Mrs. Paradiso, Mr. Willis, all the drama, stagecraft, art, photo, and digital media art students who worked so tirelessly on the show. Your artistry is inspiring. I did attend that one of the events one of the Friday night and it was
056spectacular. If you missed it, you missed out on something great. Uh staff appreciation week at AHS, May 4th through May 8th. A big thank you to PTSA and sunshine committee. Everyday at lunch, there will be a special treat. AP testing began today, May 4th, and it goes through Friday, May 15th. Mr. Alhambra will be on May 19th at 6:00 p.m. Senior sunset will follow at 7:00 p.m. Spring concert will be on May 20th at 6:30. Vicente Martinez Briones independent study. The Contra Costa County District Attorney's office continued its presentation series at Vicente Briones focusing on substance abuse and using Google simulation tools to demonstrate the impact of driving under the influence. CAASPP testing in ELA and math has been completed. Make-up testing dates are scheduled throughout May. Science CAASPP testing is scheduled for May 5th.
057Vicente and Briones students are participating in graduation speech tryouts this week. Cap and gown pick-up has begun and diplomas have arrived. Ms. Burner is taking Vicente students to JME to help with wellness week. Martinez Adult Ed. Thursday, April 30th, 36 students attended DVC college tour. They visited the student services and learned about Dreamers Alliance, toward the early childhood education, dental hygiene, and culinary programs. Monday, May 4th, students from our optical pre-apprentice ship program attended a workshop at the Optical Divide. Kevin, the owner, introduces students to different types of frames and lenses and even shows the students how the lenses are made in his own store. Thursday, May 7th, from 6:00 to 7:00, Sprinkler Fitters UA 483 will be presenting on apprenticeship opportunities. Sprinkler Fitters install, test, and maintain fire protection systems. Starting wages are $30
05830 $13.37 per hour, and once journey level is earned, it's $81.54 per hour. Tuesday, May 19th, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., Boilermakers UA 549 will be be presenting on career apprenticeship opportunities. Boilermakers fabricate, install, maintain, and repair large containers, pressure valves, and vats. They work in power plants, refineries, and shipyards. Starting wages $33.65 per hour. Thursday, May 21st, 10:30 to 12:30, join us for the 27th annual International Fair. Enjoy music, dancing, community, and cultural displays as our students share their traditions. Well, I can see why Matthew gets sore reading this. Long. Um, let's see. But all very good stuff. Uh, next we have Superintendent's Report. >> Thank you, President Bruger. Um, tonight today marks the beginning of Teacher Appreciation Week, and I would like to recognize the exceptional educators across our district. The commitment and care
059of our teachers makes a lasting difference on our students and our community. Last week, classified employees Tammy Dillon, Easy Consuelo, and Charlene Cardinelli were recognized at the Contra Costa County School Employees of the Year program. Director Espinosa held the last LCAP meeting uh of the year last week, and the committee reviewed the LCAP survey results and the draft LCAP will be presented to the board in June. This Friday, Las Juntas Elementary will have a first and second grade music performance and the board trustees will be receiving invitations to attend via email. And finally, thank you to trustee Campbell for his donation of the artwork completed by students at John Muir Elementary School. The student string art interpretation of Starry Night will be displayed at the district office for a period of time before moving permanently
060to John Muir Elementary School. Thank you. Great, thank you. Next we have public comments. The public may address the board regarding any item within the jurisdiction of the Board of Education for Martinez Unified School District. For items on the agenda, the public may comment at the time the board considers the agenda item. For items not on the agenda, the public may comment under public comment. These comments are limited to 3 minutes each. 20 minutes have been allocated for this portion of the agenda. Additional time is allowed at the end of the meeting if there was not enough time to speak during public comments. To comply with the Brown Act, the board may listen to comments from speakers but can neither discuss nor take action on issues presented. Members of the board are very limited in
061their response to statements or questions by persons commenting on items not on the agenda. Looks like I've got a couple here. Uh first up is Layla Mitchell and Genesis Sandoval. >> Good evening, school board and cabinet. Um we are students from Alhambra High School doing a project for our law class and we are presenting our idea on an open campus. Um Uh Genesis will pass out some papers and we apologize we're a little bit short. Um So, we believe that an open campus would strongly benefit students and would allow them to take a break off campus and it would improve focus throughout the day. Um it also lets teachers take a break from responsibility and watching students um during lunch. Um So, for an open campus, we would do a pilot test um next year
062um in the first quarter. Which would be a 20 seniors who are model students and they would have the opportunity to have the benefits of an open campus for 2 weeks. Um the issue with um our students at Alhambra is that they want um increased food options and currently students leave campus anyway without permission. Um having an open campus would boost attendance and it could be used as an incentive. So, days that seniors are usually absent, um those are the days that we could have an open campus. Um We acknowledge that there are issues surrounding the cafeteria and funding and we have talked to um Jeffrey Yao and the vice principals and we are working on a solution. We have also been in contact with Dublin High School who has an open campus and we
063are trying to figure out ways to um combat this issue. Um there would be an increased salary cost if intended to hire new security for the hours that students would leave. Which would be during lunch. Um three people would start at $19.92 an hour um for 2 days a week which is $4,300 um and 70 cents and that'd be for 72 days in the year. >> Good evening school board and cabinet. Um so, in regards to how it would work, students would have a pass that they'd have to pay for and could either be a one-time purchase at the beginning of the year or a monthly payments. And replacements would also come at a cost as well. And the the pass would be a list-based system, so that students can avoid their passes being copied
064and students who do not have access to this pass can avoid leaving. And this is also a privilege for students and who meet requirements such as having 3.0 GPAs, good records, and good attendance. And to put a twist at it, these students are required to do CAST testing. So, upcoming upcoming juniors would have to sign in a commitment form at the beginning of the year to gain this privilege and only students who did CAST their junior year can get this privilege. And of course, because students earn this and ultimately this is overall a privilege, it can be revoked. And oh, is it done? >> Yes, your time is up, I think. Yeah. Thank you. >> THANK YOU. >> [applause] [cheering] >> WHAT WAS THAT? PASSING THE THINGS OUT? >> YEAH, CERTAINLY. YOU CAN pass out
065whatever you want, yeah. Sarah Stafford. >> I love our students. They're amazing. [laughter] I just wanted to take a few moments to sing the praises of Joe Gangler. He was a huge help to the theater program for our production of Once Upon a Mattress. He helped us with sound yet again, made his sound beautiful, but also made our lighting system magical. He set up a 10 uh he set up 10 LED lights that made it possible for us to have changing colors that reflected the different characters, time changes in scenes, and highlighted our actors beautifully. He also helped teach my techies and was a pure joy to work with. We are already planning how we can up our game next year, especially when we present Chicago, April 29th through May 1st, 2027. Yeah. So, thank
066you so much, Joe, for everything that you do for us. Um just such exciting, important work that we get to do, and just making our kids look beautiful. Really appreciate you. >> [applause] >> Thank you for that. Congratulations. Yeah. Good job. Um do we have any changes to the consent calendar? >> No, we do not. >> I would like to recognize um gift donations. Uh Kiwanis Club donated $300. Skilled Labor Fund donated $3,000. Another Kiwanis Club, or again, donated $4,000. And oh, there's Kiwanis Club again for 300. They listed them all individually. Um so, thank you for those. Do I have a motion to approve the consent calendar? >> I'll move to approve the consent calendar. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> Aye. So moved. Next up, we have review of school calendars
067for school years 27-28, 28-29, 29-30. Janelle Ayet. >> Thank you. Earlier this year, we convened the calendar committee, which was comprised of representatives from parents, certificated and classified staff, as well as administration. Um and the purpose of the committee is to review and develop proposed instructional calendars for the 2027-28, 2028-29, 2029-30 school years. Um the committee considered key factors, including input from stakeholder surveys, our employee contractual obligations, and the goal of maximizing attendance and continuity of learning for students. Um and going to share um, a bit of information about who um, comprised our committee. So, these were the representatives who participated on the committee. Um, the goal of the committee was to establish consensus, which we were able to do. And the first part of our process was to review our parameters of our instructional
068calendars, which is of course the school year must have a beginning, must have an end. We will have a winter break and a spring break. We must honor our federal federal holidays and our bargaining unit contracts and we need to have at least one work day in June for payroll purposes and we also need to embed three emergency makeup days um, within the calendar. So, that's where we started and then the committee began also discussing our other primary interests, which is student and staff attendance as well as student learning. And from there we created a survey, which was sent out to all of our stakeholder groups and um, the first question was how important was is it to you to have a full week break for the Thanksgiving holiday. So, as you know that we
069currently have had a full week break for the Thanksgiving holiday and the committee was wondering how important that was to our stakeholders and whether there would be an interest in shortening that Thanksgiving break in order to have days off at other points in the year. You can see um, on this question it was a one through five scale, one being um, not very important at all and five being very important. Okay, so you can see the majority of our parents um, value having that full week break for Thanksgiving. And our certificated teachers also do um, with 80% saying yes, they want that full week off at Thanksgiving. Similarly with our classified folks, over 70% and then finally the administrators also at 66%. So the committee from there said, well, we were going to move forward
070with continuing to have a week off and so any calendar draft that had less than a full week off of Thanksgiving was eliminated. Question two was how important is it to you to have a full week break in February. So as some of you know, some of our neighboring districts have added an additional week off during the calendar year. The The committee did discuss whether that additional week could be offered in the fall. However, in order for that to happen, the school year would have to start at the very beginning of August, which would mean in some years depending on how the calendar falls in August, staff would be returning at the end of July. Which makes for a very short summer as well as it presents problems for payroll because our employees are paid
07111 months. And so the question second question is how is important is it to have that full an additional week around President's weekend. And so the parents again the same scale one through five one being not very important and five being very important most parents said not important. Okay. Teachers were very split. This is our certificated members not just teachers, sorry. Very split pretty much evenly in terms of not being important and very important. It was very divided across our certificated unit. Our classified members aligned more with the parents, which is not very important at all to have that extra week and finally our administrators also said not very important. And then Then had the third question, which was um for that if we had an additional 5 days to take off during the year,
072would you prefer to have those days spread across the year as additional long weekends or taken um with an additional week break? And this is the result um from those four groups. Um you can see from our parents um all for the majority of our parents indicated they would prefer to have a additional school days spread throughout the year for a long weekends. Similarly, um to the other question, our certificated staff were pretty split in terms of that additional week break or the additional days off. Um our classified definitely preferred the no school days throughout the year as did our administrators. So, based on that, the committee moved to reviewing three different drafts for each of the three um school years. And ultimately, um after a discussion of the uh the results of the survey
073and everyone's interest, um the committee did reach consensus on draft A, which um is is attached to the agenda. So, tonight I'm just bringing forward the recommendation for draft A for the three school years, and uh the board this will come back for action at the next meeting. >> Thank you for that. Anybody have any questions? >> It I I just, you know, like not spending a whole lot of time looking at it, but looking at it, it looks like it's very similar to this past year. Is that a correct assumption? >> Yes. >> Any other questions? Public comment? Okay. Thank you very much. Next we have the volunteer registration process, Janelle Ayet. >> This information is being presented because um we are implementing some new procedures regarding our volunteer process. Um and we want
074to make sure our community is aware of the new requirements um for having volunteers in our schools. And this really is driven by some key um board policies as well as new legislation that has been passed. Um and we need to adjust our procedures in order to align with those requirements. We have current um board policy and administrative regulation that says uh we require fingerprint clearance for those who support with student activity. Um and those would be um sports, um cheer, um those are what we designate as student activity volunteers. And we also require TB clearance. Uh there's been new legislation that um does require school um any school volunteer to um uh provide fingerprint clearance as well as participate in child abuse prevention training. Um and most significantly um effective July 1st, there's new
075legislation from Senate Bill 848 that has also expanded the definition of mandated reporters. Um we as school employees have um completed mandated reporter training and sexual harassment prevention training for a number of years. And with the change in this legislation, the volunteers as well as school board members are also now considered mandated reporters and will be required to complete um that annual training. So, in order to um comply with these new legal requirements, there um will be some new procedures put in place. I do want to clarify the difference between a school visitor and a school volunteer. Um there are a lot of activities that happen at all of our school sites that we invite community members to um that we have visitors on campus that don't constitute volunteers and those individuals would not have
076to comply with this procedure. If if individuals come to school for an event like Once Upon a Mattress or things like that, that's a that's a visitor on a school campus not participating as a volunteer. Attending meetings, attending school events where they're supervising their own children like at a math night or a movie night on a school campus. Um, if people are visiting the office for business purposes or parent-teacher conferences, things like that. Those all fall under visitors. However, a volunteer would be someone who has direct contact with students under the supervision of district staff. Those might be individuals who come and support in classrooms or support other school activities, maybe help with lunch duty or field trip chaperones. Um, and additionally we have also volunteers who help with driving. And those might be volunteer
077drivers for field trips or for athletic events. So, as part of our volunteer requirements, we've separated the volunteers into two separate categories. Level one would be clearance for all events but no driving clearance. Those volunteers would be required to complete a volunteer registration on Arbiter which is an online registration tool. Arbiter has been around for a long time and has done a lot of sports registration but they are also doing volunteer processes. So, it's an online portal that people who want to volunteer can register themselves in. The volunteer would be required to complete a live scan fingerprint clearance, complete mandated sexual reporter and and prevention harassment harassment prevention training. Um the applicant's name would be searched on the sex offender registry and then also the TB clearance. Our level two volunteers, those would be the
078ones who would be doing any volunteer driving for field trips or athletic events. That has an additional requirement of submitting the DMV driving report um and the proof of the auto insurance with the insurance declaration page. Okay. So the process would look a little bit like this, which is that um the volunteer would submit their online application at Arbiter. Um through that process they would upload um any required documents with the application such as the TB clearance, um their DMV record, um upload the completion of the mandated reporter requirements. Um they would have access to the Live Scan form from the district, which would be taken to any um fingerprint uh scanning location of their choice. Um drivers uh only would submit their DMV record and vehicle information as well as a copy of the
079insurance declaration page. Um all that information would be submitted to personnel and our personnel staff would review those documents for completion and determine if the individual is cleared to volunteer. Um and the volunteer would receive a confirmation from staff and the volunteers name would go on in a master list, which our school sites would have access to to see who would be cleared to do any volunteering at the school sites. So um after tonight, um we will be sharing this information with our community. A message will go out to families um via Parent Square about the new process. We will be activating the volunteer registration portal with Arbiter >> [clears throat] >> and there will be a new volunteer page on the district website where all of this information will be available including a volunteer
080handbook FAQ all of our forms links to register and we are also in process of exploring opportunities for fingerprinting services at no cost to families through a community partner so that individuals who would like to volunteer can have their volunteer clearance ready for the new school year. >> Thank you. I did have one question. So um child's a ninth grader they sign up in ninth grade they're still good for the whole four years. They don't have to re sign up every year. >> Correct. So the once you complete fingerprints it's your good for the amount of time that your child is enrolled or the time that you want to volunteer that the annual requirement is the mandated reporter. >> And what about the insurance card for the drivers? >> Um every time it expires you
081have to submit a new so they usually expire every six months or every year however with the term of the insurance is yes and so staff will send out a the people will receive an automated response saying your insurance is about to expire please make sure you upload a new declaration page. >> And then I did one other question if a so a lot of times in elementary schools you have volunteer opportunities and they have a field trip and all of a sudden they're like oh I don't have a parent drive and need an extra person is there still going to be an ability to sign up if they get their fingerprinting and everything and their driver's license and insurance card I think they'll be able to do it last minute or >> No. Not
082if they haven't already cleared fingerprints. People people will need to be prepared for delay. So a teacher who says can you to a parent can Can please come tomorrow and help run stations or come help on a field trip tomorrow and they haven't already been cleared, that's not going to be able to happen. Um, we at times when there is not a heavy load of clearance from the Department of Justice, I mean, it can take me maybe as fast as 48 hours, but it's not going to be sooner than that. Just wanted to make sure everybody heard that, so thank you. Any other questions? >> I just wanted to clarify so we have our board policy and administrator regulations, but the two the AB and the SB, those are like out of our district's control.
083This is These are statewide >> Right, state legislation. >> Got it. >> Okay. And they both go cuz the SB you said it goes into effect July 1st. Is AB 506 that's already >> in place. >> Okay. Thank you. So, I know that um we have a lot of parents in this district that are very helpful. And I foresee the reviewing documents for completion and clearance to be potentially a pretty heavy workload for somebody. Do we know who what positions might be doing that work? >> This work will be in the personnel office or two personnel technicians. >> Some of my concern was around parents that English is a second language. So, difficulty with navigating that process. And then with uh Arbiter I guess some of the concern might be uh whether that information is
084shared. It So, Arbiter is just a facilitator and then we get the information and then we don't share that with anybody else. >> Correct, that's confidential. >> All right. Thank you. >> Do we have any public comment? No, okay. And I know when we get more information, we'll look at this again, but um they are We are looking at for people that um have a hard time getting to getting fingerprinted during the week. We're looking at some Saturdays in August where parents can do it like she said with a business with a community partner where we would they would be sponsoring the fingerprinting and the TB testing. So we want to make sure that everybody has the opportunity to volunteer if they want to and they can help you know someone can be there to
085help with the forms uploading them and things like that. So. Perfect. Thank you. Next up we have declaration of need for fully qualified educators for the 26-27 school year Janelle Ayres. >> This item is being brought back for action tonight. Every year just as a reminder we do bring this forward to the board to request approval of our declaration of need. This is a prerequisite for the Commission of teacher credentialing to issue any emergency permit or limited assignment for new employees for the new school year. And so I'm asking in the board to approve our declaration of need for fully qualified educators for the 26-27 school year. >> Thank you. Any questions? Any public comment? Do I have a motion? >> I I make a motion to approve declaration of need for fully qualified educators
086for the 2026-2027 school year. >> I'll second. >> All in favor? >> I. So moved. >> Next up we have approval of employment agreement for the interim superintendent. So basically we are um Janelle Ayres has agreed graciously to be the interim superintendent and we're going to match the salary of the prior superintendent of 250,000 with the and we're also going to add in her longevity increment because she has been here for a while and that is 6%. So, her actual salary will be 265,000. Do you have any questions? >> [cough] >> I think you just answered my question. I that paragraph two that per diem compensation is a is pretty wordy and doesn't actually give a dollar amount. Is there a reason why we did it that way? >> Um that's what the attorney drew
087up because we wanted to add in the language for longevity. >> But that so cuz I haven't actually done the math. It's 265? >> Yes, so 250,000 6% of 250,000 gets you to 265. So, that is her actual salary. >> Okay. And then there's some other numbers in there. Is there Can you just explain what what the rest of it means? >> Yeah, Andy is happy to do that for me, right? >> Thanks, Andy. >> Uh sure. Um and I can tell you that on First Street I had the same issue and so I worked out this a little bit through the day and I backtracked on the the amounts and what we do there. Um so, the essence is um you can look at this as if it was a full year contract. It
088would be up in that 265 range. This is not a full year contract. So, essentially this is a bridge contract that takes um interim superintendent Ayres' current salary and then brings it to the end of the fiscal year, which is about 48 work days left. So, the $135.96 is the additional per diem rate that she will get for the next 48 days of this fiscal year. If the board were to choose to extend that to next year, there would be a new contract or an extension to this. So, this is just for that gap. Um and that 135 is based on the difference between the per diem rate of the former superintendent at $250,000, Janelle's salary rate at base rate, which is 221. And so, when you find that difference, multiply it by 6% because
089she gets a longevity stipend. That's where you come up with the 13596. So, I was able to validate the math. Um all told for this fiscal year, it's an increase of about $6,500 to the budget for this fiscal year. There may be impacts on next year, but that will be determined by board action at a later date. But, for right now, the fiscal impact is about $6,500. >> Okay, thank you. Any other questions? Do you have a question? No. >> No. >> Um public comment? Okay, do I have a motion? >> I'll make a motion to approve the employment agreement for interim superintendent. >> Second. All those in favor? >> Aye. So moved. Next, we have review and adoption of resolution 2026-23, final resolution to decrease the number of certificated employees due to a reduction
090or elimination of particular kinds of services. Janelle Ayres. >> Thank you. Tonight, I'm bringing forward the final resolution um to reduce uh the number of certificated employees based on prior board action in February um due to continuing need to reduce or eliminate positions based on our budget reductions that the board took action on. So, I'm asking um the board to approve the attached resolution. >> Thank you. Any questions? Public comment? Do I have a motion? >> I'll make a motion to adopt resolution number 2026-23. >> I'll second. All those in favor? >> Aye. So moved. Next, we have review and adoption of resolution 2026-24, final layoff resolution for classified employees. Janelle Ayres. >> Um >> I'm also asking the board to approve uh this resolution as it relates to the elimination or reduction of classified
091employees due to prior board um budget reductions. And uh this resolution will reduce the specific positions specified in the resolution um and employees will receive notice that their services will not be required for the 2026-2027 school year. >> Any questions? Public comment? Do I have a motion? >> I'll move to approve uh resolution 2026-2024 final layoff resolution for classified employees. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I. >> So moved. Next we have board reports. Do you want to start us off, Courtney? >> I don't have anything today. Thanks. >> Um The first one was the CSEY awards. Uh I forget how many staff we had, but we had at least four, I think. Right? >> There were three recognized. >> Three, okay. Uh and uh I was in attendance with Janelle, Tonya, and
092uh Trustee Leal. It's very exciting. Uh and then uh I want to thank Sarah Stafford and everyone involved uh and all the sponsors for the beautiful play. I didn't get to see all of it, so I was a little disappointed. But that's not you guys' fault, that's mine. Uh but it was beautiful. It was better than the last one. Um and I'm looking forward to the next one as well. Uh all that artwork from the stagecraft up to the performance of the kids, like I expect to see them in like 10 years or so in some movies. I mean, or musicals. Very impressive. And I've never been like a a guy, so but you guys have uh turned that around. And then um it's a as uh Janelle mentioned earlier, it's staff appreciation week uh
093all week, and that includes the district office, uh alternative ed, or the adult school. Um I was able to bring uh bagels and donuts to all of them this morning. Uh I think somebody else dropped off some like really good delicious burritos. I was tempted to take one at the uh middle school. So, thank you to whoever did that. Uh and even though it's just this week, you can I'm sure any point you can drop off stuff. And then I think that was I think that was it. >> Well, I will echo on the musical I was able to attend on Friday night. Fabulous, as always. Looking forward to Chicago. That will be great. Um but I want to give a special shout-out also to the gallery, which is open during the performances. So, such
094incredible art on display from our students in lots of different medias, you know, digital art, um really like sculptures. I don't know. I saw lots of really really good stuff. So, I I always love that, too. It's a nice little intermission moment. So, um congrats on another successful run. >> Yeah, I also attended the musical on Friday night, and I saw Annie there. Um and it was wonderful. It was really great. Uh just it's fabulous, and I'm looking forward to Chicago next year, as well. That was really wonderful. Um on Friday, I also on the May Day of Decision Day, I had the opportunity to um pass out donuts to the seniors, and we saw all their different if they were UCLA or where they're going, and Matthew's not here today, but he um had
095his UCLA shirt on, so he is going to UCLA. So, uh congratulations to everyone for getting your making your decisions and um yeah this is AP testing this week and next week and I know a number of people yeah the AP testing is kind of crazy cuz if morning run they go at 7:45 they have to be there and afternoon it's I think you have to be there by 12:00 or 11:45. So um good luck to all the students for their AP tests and um I think that's pretty much it. For board reports and we don't need any additional comments from the public. We don't have any additional time. We don't need to go to closed session. So we are adjourning at 7:54 p.m.