001Good evening. I'd like to call to order the April 22nd, 2026 regular board meeting of the Mount Diablo Unified School District. And we're going to start with our land acknowledgement. We recognize that the Mount Diablo Unified School District sits on the territory of the Federated Villages of Lisjan, the ancestral and unceded land of the Bay Miwok and the Northern Ohlone. The successors of the sovereign Verona band of Contra Costa County. As members of the Mount Diablo Unified School District community, it is vitally important that we not only recognize the history of the land on which we learn, but also we recognize that the land we inhabit and learn on is the ancestral land of these people who are alive and flourishing members of the Mount Diablo Unified School District and broader Bay Area communities today.
002Thank you and please join me in the pledge. 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. All righty. Now, I will we will have 6.3 review and potential approval of the minutes of the regular board meeting for April 15th, 2026. I move I move we approve the minutes for the regular board meeting held April 15th. Second. We have a motion by Trustee Enzevia and a second and by Trustee Mayo. Uh Trustee Herrera, Briana, are you going to vote or abstain? I'll vote uh say yes. Okay. That passes with support of our board. Uh review and potential approval of the agenda, Dr. Clark. Yes, Madam President. I have one change. I would like
003to move item 11.1 and make that item 8.1 and make 8.1 now 8.2. I'll entertain a motion. Madam President, I move we approve the agenda um making the following changes changing 8.1 to 8.2 and 11.1 to 8.1. Second. We have a uh motion by Trustee Mayo, a second by Trustee McDougal. Trustee Barrera-Ariana Ariana, how do you vote? Yes. And that passes 5-0-0 with support of our student trustee. Dr. Clark. 8.1. 7.1, ma'am. Oh, wait a minute. Okay. Report out of closed session. We didn't have anything to report out of closed session. That's why I was moving right into the next item. Yes. Um so, Madam President, we are now going to hear report from our um from our IB programs. And so, with that, I'm going to call up Ms. Kelly Kelly Hoover. But I
004do just want to take a minute and and recognize previous Acalanes Trustee Trustee Coppersmith in the audience who who hired me a long time ago and hopefully I'm doing making her proud. So. All right. So, if all of our IB people could come up. Ms. Hoover, who are all these wonderful people you have with you? Wonderful IB students here to share with you tonight. So, good evening Dr. Clark, Madam President, and Board of Trustees. My name is Kelly Hoover and I'm the District IB Coordinator and tonight we're going to share with you IB updates from each of our sites. This is our first year with all four of our IB sites being authorized as IB World Schools. All of them are listed above. And here are all of our site coordinators and heads of school
005that have helped coordinated our presentation for tonight. So, first up we welcome Money Gardens. I won an art contest by the mayor. I got the email about the contest. Do you want me to start again? Yeah, I'm sorry. Yeah, start again. This is okay. I won an art contest by the mayor. I got the email about the contest before the deadline. All I could think of was I'm not going to make it. But, I decided to at least try. I finished in about an hour, turned it in proudly, and hoped for the best. Later that fall, our principal came into my class to announce that I won the contest. I was shocked. I was inspired to take a risk because of my school's IB profiles, which you'd probably call risk-taker. I want to introduce them.
006This is This is Isabella. She's our fourth grade student. Um my name is Eleni Castellanos. And uh this was our first accredited year and I will say that our teachers did a great job this year um giving students the opportunity to be with the community. Okay. Okay. Hi, my name is Alexander Sneken. Our teachers' name are Ms. File and Ms. Abadi. Our sustainable goal is clean and affordable energy. My line of inquiry is we need clean energy to protect the environment from pollution. Hello, my name is Ismail Ahmad. My line of inquiry is clean energy and its ways of obtaining it have evolved over the years. Hello, my name is Levi Kananen. My line of inquiry is there are many ways to get renewable, efficient, affordable, and reasonable energy in California. Hello everyone, my name
007is Malcolm Pasini. My line of inquiry is we can take take steps to make affordable and clean energy available for all. My teacher is Ms. File Ms. Avadia. Our sustainable development goal is affordable and clean energy, number seven. Hi, my name is Ava. Our teacher is Ms. Wilson. Our sustainable goal is zero hunger. My line of inquiry is there are many patterns of hunger in communities. Hi, I'm Josie Coppersmith and my line of inquiry is the impact of hunger on children's lives. Hi, my name is Primrose D Teaching my line of inquiry is the consequences of food insecurity compared to having reliable access to food. Hi, my name is Riley Lam. Our teacher is Ms. Anthem. Our sustainable development goal is responsible consumption and production. My line of inquiry it is is it is our
008responsibility to stop responsible consumption and production. Hi, my name is Brooklyn Chang. My line of inquiry is our My line of inquiries are overconsumption and production impacts all living things and we are wasting water. We need to stop. Hi, my name is Sebastian and my line of inquiry is how has consumption and production increased over time? I want to say I miss Abadi. I'm Kim Abadi and all these kids wrote those lines in pre themselves for their end of the year PYP project and they've been doing amazing job. So thank you for your time. Oh yeah, and we want to invite you to the exhibition on May 15th. You all get I have flyers to hand out. You know, can I I I before the next group comes on, I just I really want to
009thank the young people who are working to save this planet. Unfortunately, many of the adults here have lost our way and we have been doing un reversible damage to our planet and to our environment and so I am so excited to hear of the work that you all are doing especially on this being Earth Day. So big round of applause to all of you who came up and spelled uh Hi guys. I'm Jill Grover, I'm the IB coordinator at Oak Grove and we just wrapped up our eighth grade community project and board member Mayo is really awesome to have you join us that evening. So thank you. Tonight we have four of our stellar students who just knocked the project out of the park and they're here to kind of explain their process to you.
010Hello, my name is Melanie Beer and this is our eighth grade community project. Good evening Dr. Clark and board members. My name is Gia Ishit De Mesa. Good evening Dr. Clark and board members. My name is Sana Anwar. Good evening Dr. Clark and board members. My name is Hanya Mae Real Jewel. The animal shelter is struggling because it doesn't have enough staff or supplies. As a result, injured, or scared animals don't always get immediate care and basic tasks like cleaning and grooming are sometimes delayed. Being new, the shelter also lacks essential items like food and blankets, making it harder to keep the animals safe and comfortable. A few of the skills that we learned in this project helped us grow in teamwork, listening to each other, and sharing responsibilities to get things done on time.
011A few of the IB traits that we used to emphasize these skills were not communication, being open-minded, being knowledgeable, and caring. By showing the IB trait caring, I support the animal By showing the IB trait caring, I support the animal shelter by ensuring that By ensuring that the animal shelter is Showing the IB trait of caring, I support the animal shelter by helping ensure that animals are safe, healthy, and being treated with kindness. We used the IB trait communication by listening carefully and expressing our ideas to help others understand how to help the animal shelter. Being knowledgeable means showing an understanding of concepts and using what you learn to make informed decisions. Being open-minded reflects the ability of learning, listening, and understanding other people's perspective. Overall, the community project really made our minds open to
012the importance of animal care and their priorities. The more we got to spend time with them, the more we got to connect with them and notice their needs. Cuz not only us humans need support and have struggles, but also our animal companions. And that concludes a little glimpse of our eighth grade community project. We're really honored to have this opportunity to present in front of all you guys, and we're really grateful that we have been chosen by our wonderful school district. Thank you so much for listening. Could I ask real quickly? Great job. Could you hold it Would you mind maybe holding up the display and then show the audience as well cuz it's fantastic. So I would just like to say to the to the Oak Grove students who just who just presented that
013um um uh sometime back when I was having rough days and hard days, I would go to the Contra Costa Animal Shelter and go and visit the dogs there and and then I ended up bringing one of the dogs home. So So yes, so it has brought me great joy, but I saw your I saw your project online and and it really touched me and so just like I told the other students, sometimes us adults don't make all the right choices and things like that and so I am so um excited that we have young people coming up and really carrying the torch on these very very important issues. So thank you all so much for your presentation. Good afternoon board members. Thank you. My name is Shabnam Sultani and I'm an IB Diploma candidate
014at North Valley High School. Next to me we have our um head of school Amanda Lucian and then our one of the IB coordinators and the math teacher Tabitha Box. This afternoon we are going to briefly describe our IB community the experiences, growth, service and how IB brings how IB students impact us. This year one of the most meaningful experiences has been connecting with students from Mayarietta High School um from East Coast through a live Q&A where we discuss our IB experiences, school traditions and the post-graduation plans and how our IB pro program prepares us for college and future careers. Connecting with another school that's also doing the IB program and are going through similar experiences and challenges was both reassuring and inspiring to us to just explore and talk to them. Thank you so
015much for your time. Good afternoon, members of the board. My name is Paulina Arteaga Gomez and I'm proud to be an IB student at YVHS. What makes the program really special is that we we we learn how to connect learning with real impact. We partnered with Our Middle School where we tutor students in math and in Libre Cabo Box activities to build problem-solving skills. This coming year we will have an incredible growth in the IB program including a 75% increase in diploma candidates, along with continued expansion and overall IB enrollment for next year. Good afternoon, members of the board. I'm Josue Cienfuegos and I am an IB scholar at YVHS. Um part of the IB curriculum is our internal assessment, which is done for every class we take. So far, I've started working on my
016IAs for history, English, and math and I have learned a lot from them. I had never written a research paper about topics I was interested in and I had chosen. And this freedom led me to devote myself to writing the best to the best of my abilities and learn many skills that I will need for college. As IB students, we more than double our chances of being accepted into the universities we apply for. This year, seniors have been accepted to various universities such as UC Berkeley, Cal Poly, University of Oregon, Fisher College in Massachusetts, and Saint Louis University in Madrid, Spain. We are proud wolves and we're excited for what's ahead as IB students at YVHS. Ooh. And uh Mr. Uber, I just I just want to say to our to our YV students, first
017of all, connecting with other students across the country, I think that really shows how much we have in common with one another, right? And even though they may live on the totally other side of of the country, I'm sure as you guys connected, you were able to to make connections and find that you had things in in in common and then also going and giving back and working with our middle school students within the district. I really applaud you all for that and um I know of the benefits of being an IB student and so I'm very proud that um some of your colleagues have got into the into the top universities and colleges of their choice, but then also that they have that skill set to take inquiry and project-based learning out into the
018real world and achieve whatever it is that you all set your hearts to. So, I really want to thank uh uh Ygnacio Valley High School, Oak Grove, Sequoia, and uh Monte Gardens for for their presentation. Now, take it over, Ms. Hoover. Thank you so you do. I just want to tell the kids from Ygnacio Valley High School for the last 2 years, I come to I believe it's your gala where you recognize the teachers and the students and there's such a feeling of camaraderie and community. The parents are there, the students all support each other. It's just a really one of the events I look forward to coming to because it's very positive. So, thank you for that for inviting us. Thank you. Thank you for supporting our International Baccalaureate program. All right. Thank you.
019Would you guys like to take a picture up here with the board? Can we have all the IB students come up here before you guys leave? Come up and stand up here. When do we sit here? Oh. Okay. We're short. Maybe Yeah, we'll be fine. What thing? >> Where are we looking? Look at Teresa. Good to see you again. All right. Well, that was a great way to start a meeting. Yes. Now, let's >> Now, we'll go on to our public comment. We've got Jorge Silva. Hi, good evening board members. My name is Jorge Silva and I am speaking to you today as a newly elected ELAC representative at Bancroft um Elementary. Um tonight, I'm here to tell you that the elimination of the Spanish program at Bancroft is no longer contained within this room.
020Bancroft family My family is continuing to appeal the uniform complaint decision to the California Department of Education and some families, as you know, have taken additional steps to filing legal action against the district. This should concern everyone in this room because this didn't have to happen. Families came to you early in good faith asking for a pause to follow the law, asking for transparency, asking for solutions that would wouldn't harm children. Instead, the district dismisses this dismissed these concerns, ignored our questions, and pushed forward and issued findings that failed to address the real questions and issues at stake. Now, the state will review what you chose not to fix. And while this process unfolds, families are dealing with the real-world consequences of these decisions, the district made a promise to Bancroft families that and that
021if we enroll our children, we'll have continuity in the program. That promise have been broken, and now the district is going even farther. Uh despite promising to families that they will have a choice whether their kids will be going to the siblings of enrolled kids will be going to Bancroft. We're getting denial letters to the families of siblings that have that have siblings currently in Bancroft. That is just not bad policy. It's harmful. It disrupts families. It destabilizes young kids. And it sends a message that the district does not prioritize our students or our community. At every step there has been a choice for the board to act. A choice to listen to us or not. A choice to meet with us or not. A choice to mitigate the harm or not. A choice to
022keep the beloved program active or to let the district dismantle it. A choice to protect the access the access to Latino students to Bancroft or to kick them out. A choice to lead or a choice to deflect. Right now you still have a choice. Pause this process. Allow the siblings to transfer into Bancroft. Engage with families in good faith. Because if you don't, the harm to these families will be irreparable. It continues to escalate as to the state. And I actually want to play something from a from somebody that I heard in in a couple of months ago. I mean responsible to our family and our students are being successful. That's true. Right now we're not engaging with the families. We're dismantling a successful program. Thank you. We're being hurt. Um this one's hard to
023read. Lucilia? Okay. The surname is a hard part. Okay, good evening board members, superintendent. My name is Lucy Lagu show. I'm a Bancroft parent with a third grader and a first grader currently enrolled in a dual immersion program. My children's My children are English learners, a group the district explicitly acknowledge requires additional support and careful consideration before any program changes are made. I'm here tonight because the district made me a promise in writing and then broke it. On February 10th, Principal Flynn sent a communication to Bancroft families. One of the questions addressed was exactly my situation. A transfer family with an incoming kindergartner who has siblings in the two dual dual immersion program. The answer from the district was clear and I'm going to read it directly. Yes, your incoming child will transfer into Bancroft
024under the sibling priority, which is a higher than program priority. The same day at the PFC meeting, Dr. Aguliar confirmed it in a PowerPoint slide. Transfer families with incoming kindergartners may select Bancroft under sibling priority, priority level two. My daughter applied. She was rejected. Again, she was rejected. I want the board members to understand what this means for my family. My youngest will not be able to walk into school every morning with her brother and sister. I will be managing two school schedules, two drop-off, two set of aftercare arrangement at schools miles apart. My older children will lose the role of being her guides and protectors in a new school. The sibling bond in a bilingual environment they have all grown up expecting to share will be broken from day one. And as an English
025learner, my children depend on program continuity in ways the district itself recognizes as critical. Changes affecting English learner students are supposed to require additional notice, community input, and careful planning. None of that happened here. This broken promise feel retaliatory. I file a uniform complaint form. I file a CD appeal, and now my incoming kindergartner, who has two siblings at Bancroft, has been turned away from the school where brother and sister attend. I'm asking the board tonight, honor your word. Approve my daughter transfer, and explain to this community why a written promise made to families was quietly discarded. Nobody is above the law. We are not above the law, but you are also not above the law. So, we should follow it. You should follow it as well. We've been coming here. We've been trying to
026talk to you, Dr. Clark. We never had a chance to actually speak to you directly. At the meeting that it was held at the multi-use room, you took like five papers, and you said, "I'm going to address each of these questions, and I'm going to come back to you." Till today, we are still waiting for that. We never converse. We never have a conversation. Thank you. Thank you. Jane Enloe. Good evening, Superintendent, board members, student. Uh my name is Jane Balch-Enloe, and I've been a teacher in this district for 31 years, a teacher for 35. I'm here tonight to speak about something that might seem small at first glance, but in reality in reality reflects our values as a district, the condition of our stage at Sequoia Middle School. I've come for the past 15
027years or more, when I was teaching um, drama, trying to get the stage fixed, and it has never been fixed. It is a safety issue. Right now, the stage is not truly a stage. It's two sets of risers stacked on top of each other. That setup is not is not only inadequate, but it's also unsafe. Students are are expected to perform, present, and move on a surface that was never designed for that purpose. The risk of falls or injury is real, and frankly, it's preventable. Equally concerning is that this setup does not meet ADA compliant standards for the lift in any meaningful way. The lift doesn't work. We are sending a message, intentionally or not, that not all students have equal access to participate. That's not who we are, and it's not what we should
028stand for. A proper stage is more than a structure. It's a space where students build confidence, express themselves, and feel seen. Concerts, assemblies, presentations, these are the moments that matter, and every student deserves to access that space safely and with dignity. Right now, we are asking students and staff to make do with something that doesn't work. We can do better than making do. I urge the board to prioritize building a proper, safe, and ADA compliant stage. It's about safety, it's about equity, and it's about showing our students that their experiences and their well-being matter. Right now, the music teacher has to not use the whole stage cuz she can't. She has so many students. If she tried to put everybody on the stage, she used to have to put tables where drummers were on the
029tables in the back. This is an unsafe stage. I've been saying it for over 15 years. I would really like somebody to And I know people have come out to look at it. I I think it needs to be looked at and addressed very, very soon. Otherwise, we could have a liability on our hands. Thank you for your time and consideration. Thank you. Next we have Sarah Henley. Good evening, board members. Um I hope that you are able tonight. I really I implore all of you tonight to listen to all of us with patience, with curiosity, with compassion, and with humility. Thank you. Um On February 2nd, a Q&A was posted to address the questions related to the change at two-way at Bancroft with the two-way dual immersion program. I want to read to you
030one of the questions. Um I'm paraphrasing, but the question was, "Is this about reducing enrollment at Bancroft?" In that same question, "What is the rationale for this change?" The answer that was given was that this is not about enrollment. It is to preserve the pedagogy. Um board members, the pedagogy is not in peril. Bancroft two-way dual immersion is a shining example of how it works. It is done right. I understand that having cohorts remain together in middle school is ideal, but it is not necessary to preserve the pedagogy of the two-way dual immersion. Second, regarding enrollment, at least 31 kindergarten seats have been eliminated from Bancroft during this change, thus denying many the opportunity to keep their siblings together at Bancroft, despite, as Lucila said, being told to choose. My family agonized over this choice.
031Since we heard and we went back and forth, back and forth, back and forth thinking that we did have a choice. I just received my son's denial letter so that he will not go to school with his sister. The rationale does not hold up. And regardless as what of what is touted as explanation, The optics tell a different story. We are all still wondering what is the rationale? This makes no sense. The only thing that I can come up with is that this looks like a problem or a set of problems that are attempted to be solved by reducing enrollment at Bancroft by terminating the two-way dual immersion program at Bancroft to funnel children into Oak Grove and Ignacio Valley. If that's not what's going on, there needs to be a clear explanation as to
032what is. We continue to ask for clarity and we do not get it. We continue to ask you to please work with us. We are not being worked with. If you care about the families, what are you doing? Why do you continue to let this go on? Look, we don't have a lot of control in our lives. None of us do. Our country is I I can't even go there, but listen, our children, our families are what matters. I want my kids together. Lucila wants her kids together. Please pause this hasty decision. Thank you. Thank you. Annie Malakzad in You gave a great effort. It's Annie Malek-zadeh. Um I come to you from Vahalla. Thank you very much for hearing my public comment. Um I have come to you with a literacy concern across our
033district. For background, I'm a former educator with an MAT earned in Tennessee with experience teaching in California, Virginia, and the state of Tennessee. I did my year-long student teaching in Appalachia. I was appalled to learn that my children's school had a most recent third-grade ELA CASP score of 63.41% proficiency. To be fair, that's better than the district's overall score, but equally dismal if our goal is to have almost all students on grade level by third grade. I recently reached out to the board to document my experience in seeking intervention. I did receive a response. Thank you. Um this is regarding intervention with my middle child, a current kindergarten student. We received a DIBELS score directly from the district. It was not communicated from our school. This was the score received in January. The prior score
034was never communicated. I was not granted an SST meeting for a full 3 months. During that time, I was appealing to my administrator. I learned during that meeting, which occurred yesterday, that my student had a prior score that was lower and that she is in the 21st percentile. She has very little chance of reading without intervention. During our meeting, which was cut short, I was told the school does not offer pull-out intervention. Her teacher is responsible for intervention, and her teacher consistently requests smaller class sizes, a dedicated aid, and in short, she lacks the necessary support to affect change for my student. I have been doing the intervention myself at home with the guidance of a friend who has a PhD. Our current curriculum is clearly not effective in reading intervention per our CASP scores.
035Both San Ramon Valley Unified and Sacramento have adopted UFLI, which is the University of Florida Literacy Initiative, which is a phonics-based program, and it's working for them. SRV's third-grade CASP score last year was 79.84% with only 7.28% of students not meeting the standard. I implore you to add to the next agenda review of Wonders' efficacy throughout the district and to consider adopting UFLI as a tool for teachers to use in the classroom, and to consider additional elementary supports and smaller class sizes. Thank you very much for your time. Thank you. Ignacia Perez Boto? Thank you. Yes. Hi. Um Sorry, one second. Welcome. Um thank you to to allow me to be here and speak today to members of the board and Superintendent Clark. My name is Ignacia Perez Boto, you said it well. I'm a
036parent of Bancroft Elementary School, and I'm also a marriage and family therapist. I work with local families. Um my son goes to first grade at the two-way dual immersion program, and I have a daughter who is this will be starting kindergarten this fall. We understood sibling will be able to remain together at Bancroft if we chose the monolingual track. Losing the Spanish was a big take, but we said, "Well, we wait on see what the answers are. At least our children could be together." That's not the case. My daughter got rejected. She cannot go to Bancroft like her brother is. Right now, the alternative is Woodside. It's not feasible for our family. They have different child care, extended wait list this time of year. I reach out to the principal, join the wait list and
037see what's going to happen. We don't know. So, that's where we are right now. As both parent and as a clinician, I want to emphasize that separating siblings this age can increase anxiety, disrupt child's sense of stability, and bond with siblings, connection with family, and families will go into huge amount of stress that we have already gone through since January, but that's still going to be continuous because we don't know anything about this new school. We don't have any certainties about how the races will be, and kids will be separated at very young age when it shouldn't be. What has been most difficult is that we have not felt heard at all. Despite our reach, it feels like option has been closed without any window for collaboration or problem solving with families. We come here
038Wednesday through Wednesday, and we doesn't we don't hear much. We just see what you have to say with your faces, but you don't ever reach out to us with answers. We just ask questions, and you send memos, and that's all. Um so, we don't feel heard at all. I respectfully ask the board to review the process, ensure family stability, meaningful engagement is truly prioritized. And just to finish, I want to say that this August, we as a family will have to divide and see who's going to be with my daughter at her very first day of school in her life, and who's going to be with my son, who's very excited to to second grade. So, we have to see who goes with her. Thank you. Thank you. And that concludes our public comment for
039this evening. I don't think we have any communications this evening cuz it looks like our rep is not here. So, that takes us to recognitions and resolutions, Dr. Clark. Madam President, we have a few resolutions tonight, but the first one that I would like to present to the board is resolution 25/26-64 in recognition of autism acceptance month being April 2026. Whereas autism acceptance month provides an opportunity to recognize and celebrate the strengths, perspectives, and achievements, and contributions of autistic students, autistic staff, autistic family members, and autistic community members. And whereas the Mount Diablo Unified School District is committed to creating safe, affirming, and welcoming learning environments in which every student is seen, valued, supported, and empowered to exercise their own autonomy to learn and to thrive. So, now therefore, be it resolved that the governing
040board of the Mount Diablo Unified School District hereby proclaims April 2026 as autism acceptance month in the Mount Diablo Unified School District. And be it further resolved that the governing board encourages schools, staff, students, families, and the broader community to observe this month by promoting acceptance, inclusion, understanding, allyship, and appreciation for autistic people, and by helping create school communities in which every autistic student can thrive. Madam President, I now leave this resolution in the hands of the board. Thank you. Madam President, I move the board approve uh resolution 25/26 number 64 in recognition of Autism Acceptance Month, April 2026. Second. Okay. We have a motion by Trustee Mayo and seconded by Trustee Enzminger. Trustee Guerrero Oriana, how do you vote? Yes. And that passes 5-0-0 with consent from our student board member. Madam President, I
041bring to the uh Board of Education resolution 25/26-67 in recognition of California Day of the Teacher, which is May 13th, 2026, and National Teacher Appreciation Week, which will be May 4th through the 8th. Whereas Wednesday, May 13th is California Day of the Teacher, and the week of May 4th to the 8th is National Teacher Appreciation Week. Whereas, the Governing Board of the Mount Diablo Unified School District recognizes the invaluable contributions of educators to the success of our students and the strength of our community. And now, therefore, be it resolved that the Governing Board of of the Mount Diablo Unified School District hereby uh recognizes those previous dates that I gave as California Day of the Teacher and National Teacher Appreciation uh National Teacher Appreciation Week. Madam President, I now leave this resolution in the hands
042of the board. Thank you. Madam President, I move that we approve the resolution 25/26-67, California Day of the Teacher and National Teacher Appreciation Week in May. I'll second. Okay, we have a motion by Trustee McDougal and a second by Trustee Barrera Oriana. Trustee Barrera Oriana, how do you vote? Yes. And that passes 5-0-0 with consent from our student trustee, Dr. Clark. Yes, I bring to this board resolution 25/26-68 in recognition of May as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Whereas, the US Census Bureau reports over 20 distinct Asian American and over 30 distinct Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander ethnic groups, including Asian Indian, Bengali, Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Guamanian, Hawaiian, Mong, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Malaysian, Okinawan, Pakistani, Samoan, Thai, Vietnamese, and others. And whereas, in the Mount Diablo Unified School District, 14%
043of the 2020-2024-25 student population identified as Asian, Filipino, or Pacific Islander, the third highest demographic. Yet, studies have found that the academic needs of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander students are frequently overlooked. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Governing Board of the Mount Diablo Unified School District hereby recognizes the month of May as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and calls on all schools to commemorate this occasion accordingly with appropriate instructional materials, discussions, presentations, and projects. Madam President, I leave this in the hands of the board. Thank you, Dr. Clark. I'll entertain a motion. I move I move to resolution 2526-68. Um making May Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Second. Okay, I have a motion by Trustee Zavier, a second by Trustee Mayo. Trustee Barrera Oriana, how do you vote? Yes.
044And that passes 5-0-0 with consent from our student trustee, Dr. Clark. Yes, um Madam President, I bring uh before you this evening resolution 25- uh / 26-69, May as National Foster Care Month. And I just um I just want to say before I read this is that um we have uh many students who fall into this category for one reason or another, they have found themselves in the foster care system. And tomorrow night at the um AXA Region 6 um celebration, we will be recognizing our own Dr. Rosie Reed who has been um nominated and has been named um um student services administrator of of our region, which counts all Contra Costa County and all Alameda County. So, we we all will be out there to celebrate Dr. Reed and others. So, whereas all children
045deserve a safe, loving, and permanent home, and the primary goal of the foster care system is to ensure the safety and well-being of children while working to provide safe, loving, and permanent home for each child. Whereas unique challenges can prevent students in foster care from attending school, making them more likely to be chronically absent than the other underserved youths due to the home placement changes, school transfers, court hearings, and and parental visitations. So, therefore, be it resolved that the Mount Diablo Unified School District number one recognizes National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges that children face in the foster care system. Number two, acknowledges the unique needs of children in the foster care system. Number three, recognizes foster youth throughout the United States for their ongoing tenacity, courage, and
046resilience while facing life challenges. Number four, acknowledges the exceptional alumni of the foster care system who serve as advocates and role models for youth who remain in foster care. And lastly, number five, honors the commitment and dedication of the individuals who work tirelessly to provide assistance and services to children in the foster care system. Madam President, I leave this in the hands of the board. Thank you, Dr. Clark. Will you entertain a motion? Madam President, I move the board approve resolution 25/26 number 69 uh with May as National Foster Care Month. Second. Okay, we have a motion by Trustee Mayo, a second by Trustee McDougall. Trustee Barrera-Oryana, how do you vote? Yes. And that passes 5-0-0 with consent from our student. Great. And before before I read the next resolution, I'll just let the audience
047know that during my superintendent's report, I will answer a few of the questions. I will give an um I will reiterate a few of the reasons of the Bancroft switch if those people um who brought that up would like to remain to hear a few of those uh statements. Um resolution 25/26-70, School Lunchero Day. Whereas, nutritious meals at at school are an essential part of the school day. Whereas, 191 staff at the Mount Diablo Unified School District Food and Nutrition Services nourish students for academic success every day. Whereas the women and men who prepare and serve school meals nurture our students by creating a warm and welcoming cafeteria environment. Um now therefore be it resolved that the Mount Diablo Unified School District Governing Board expresses deep appreciation to these valuable employees and commends their tremendous
048work on behalf of children and encourages all to celebrate nutrition professionals and their one-of-a-kind superpowers. Madam President, I leave School Lunch Hero Day in the hands of the board. Thank you, Dr. Clark. I will entertain a motion. Madam President, I move that the board approve uh resolution 2526-70 in recognition of School Lunch Hero Day. I'll second. Okay, we have a motion by Trustee Lawrence, a second by Trustee Guerrero-O'Hara. There's no comments, so we'll go ahead and vote. Trustee Guerrero-O'Hara? Yes. And that passes 5-0. 0-0 with support from our student trustee. Yay, Dr. Clark. Just three more to go, people. So, resolution 25/26-71, School Nurses Day, which will be May 6th, 2026, and National Nurses Week, which will be May 6th through the 12th, 2026. Whereas School Nurse Day was established to foster a better understanding
049of the role of nurses in the educational setting and is celebrated annually on the Wednesday within Nurses Week. And whereas the governing board of the Mount Diablo Unified School District wishes to express its appreciation to the credentialed school nurses and licensed vocational nurses for their commitment to supporting student health and provide all students with access to school activities. So now therefore, be it resolved that Mount Diablo Unified School District hereby recognizes May 6th as School Nurse Day and the week of May 6th to the 12th as National Nurses Week. Madam President, I leave this resolution in the hands of the board. I move. I move to approve resolution 25-26-71 in recognition of School Nurses Day and National Nurses Week. Second. We have a motion by Trustee Etcheverry, a second by Trustee Lawrence. Trustee Vera Oriana,
050how do you vote? Yes. And that passes 5-0-0 with support from our student trustee. Okay. Uh Madam President, I bring to you resolution 25/26-72 in in honor of Armed Forces Day, which is May 16th, 2026. Whereas the United States Armed Forces are comprised of courageous and patriotic men and women who have sworn an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Whereas this day, observed on the third Saturday of May, offers an opportunity for all Americans to pay tribute to the men and women who are currently serving in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Space Force, including the National Guard and Reserve components. And therefore, be it resolved Governing Board of the Mount Diablo Unified School District that we do hereby officially
051honor and recognize Armed Forces Day as the third Saturday of May, and we will commend all the men and women of the United States Armed Forces for their service, sacrifice, and acknowledging their efforts to safeguard the liberties we hold so dear. Madam President, so I now leave this resolution in the hands of the board. Thank you, Dr. Clark. Madam President, I happily ask for approval of Resolution 2526-72 honoring Armed Armed Forces Day. Second. Okay, we have a motion by Trustee McDougall and a second by Trustee Lawrence. Trustee Barrera-Oryall, how do you vote? Yes. And that passes 5-0-0 with consent from our student trustee. Madam President, I bring to you our last resolution, um 2526-73, recognizing May as Jewish American Heritage Month. Whereas National Jewish American Heritage Month celebrates and recognizes Jewish contributions to American culture,
052history, military, science, government, education, and all areas of American life. And whereas the Jewish the history of Jewish Americans in American life often remains neglected or defaced by misunderstanding, bigotry, and anti-Jewish hate in the forms of crime and speech. So now therefore, be it resolved that the Governing Board of the Mount Diablo Unified School District hereby recognizes May as Jewish American Heritage Month and supports opportunities for all students, staff, faculty, and members of the public to honor and learn more about Jewish American history and culture. Madam President, I leave this resolution in the hands of the board. Thank you, Dr. Clark. Madam President, I move the board approve resolution 25/26 number 73 in recognition of May as Jewish American Heritage Month. Second. We have a motion by Trustee Mayo, a second by Trustee McDougall. Trustee
053Barrera-Oryana, how do you vote? Yes. And that passes 5-0-0 with consent from our student employee. I just will say you can certainly say we are very inclusive here at Mount Diablo Unified School District, and I think that's a good thing. We are now to We already had 11.1, so 11.1 becomes now annual report for 2023-24 by the 2018 Measure J Citizens Bond Oversight Committee. And we have Gina Hayes to do that for us. Thank you. Good evening. Sorry. Good evening, uh Madam President, members of the board, Dr. Clark. Um I just wanted to introduce Gina Haynes as our um uh chair for the Measure J Citizens Bond Oversight Committee. For many years, she's participated at this volunteer level since 2019. Um and so I just want to recognize her because after this evening, a little
054bit later in the agenda, um you will see that Janet Gina is stepping down from her current role and her involvement, and I just want to extend our appreciation um uh for the years that she's volunteered with us. So, Gina, take it away. Good evening, Board President Mason, Trustee Superintendent Clark. I'm Gina Haynes, former chairperson to the Measure J CBOC, and I'm here tonight to present the annual report from July 1st, 2023 through June 30, 2024. Just to give a little background, in 2018, the Mount Diablo Unified School District placed a $150 million school bond on the ballot that passed. To date, the district has sold $95 million in bonds and has expended just over $31 million. Now, remember, this report is 23-24, so things have changed. The specific ballot ballot language for the Measure
055J bond was to improve and upgrade science, technology, and vocational class education classrooms, replace outdated plumbing and electrical wiring, upgrade alarm emergency communication systems, improve student safety and campus security. After the election results were verified, the district formed the Measure J CBOC as required by Prop 39. The committee is composed of a cross-section of community members, including district residents, parents, business people, seniors, and taxpayer advocates, all volunteers. Here's a list of our current members and the organizations they represent. During the reporting period of July 1st, 23 through June 30th, '24, the Measure J CBOC held four regular meetings and three special meetings. At our regular meetings, district staff updated the committee on board actions related to Measure J bond projects and expenditures. The special meetings were called to discuss concerns with the Schneider Energy Savings
056Contract, the need for independent legal assistance, and the refusal of the district and school board to provide access to legal assistance, and approval of the complaint to the Contra Costa County District Attorney against the district for violations of Government Code Section 1090 related to the Schneider Energy Savings Contract, and approval of filing complaints with the Contra Costa County Grand Jury concerning with concerns over the $50 million energy savings contract. The Measure J CBOC is frustrated with the lack of concern by the district and Board of Education related to the award of a $50 million energy savings contract with Schneider Electric for track one and track two scopes. To put it in perspective, a third of our bond money money went to one single vendor, Schneider Electric, for projects that were supposed to reduce a facilities
057energy use and operating cost. Instead of just installing new equipment, the goal of the energy savings contract, or ESCO, is to make upgrades that pay for themselves over time through energy savings generated. Understand this is not a typical design-build-bid project generating competitive bid prices. It was one CBO and two outside consultants that handed the project over to Schneider Electric despite them not being the preferred vendor chosen by district staff and allowing Schneider to not have to provide any guarantees that the project saves the district money over time. The district ESCO projects, that's the LED lighting upgrades and the HVAC replacement and controls was supposed to save the district $50 over the next 20 years. But there is nothing in place to hold Schneider accountable nor has the district done any kind of analysis to confirm
058they're actually getting that savings. It's not working. That's the last slide that we have here. Thank you. That's why. In summary, the CBOC reports there are questions as to whether state contract law has been violated with the Schneider contract amendment for track one and track two. There are legal concerns as the district and the governing board has denied the CBOC access to independent legal counsel. The CBOC has filed complaints with the Contra Costa Contra Costa County Office of District Attorney and the Civil Grand Jury regarding the legality and appropriateness of the Schneider energy savings contract. But other than that, these issues with Schneider Electric, the CBOC concludes that the district has spent the capital funds appropriately. In closing, I would like to share with the Board of Education the actual data collected from 2017 through
0592024 showing that the showing the consumption at each district facility. District-wide energy consumption has increased 63% from 2002 to 2024. Remember the lighting contract track one was awarded in May of '22 and the HVAC and controls track two was awarded in March '23. Schneider promised savings for the lighting, just the lighting contract, $900,000 annually annually on gas and electric once it was complete. Instead, this project is costing the district district an addition additional $2 million a year and that number is just for 2024. And remember, this is based on consumption. It's not the cost of PG&E going up. I'm assuming this this will continue to rise making our alleged $50 million savings a $100 million loss. The project cost plus the increase in energy consumption. Had the Mount Diablo School Board paid attention to the
060oversight committee's concerns instead of ignoring them and burying their heads in the sand, the district could have avoided millions of dollars in unnecessary costs. The district and the board's neglige- negligence has costed tax taxpayers millions of dollars and has denied students the improvements they deserve in their classroom and facilities. The fact the the this failure to act is not a matter of oversight. It's a failure of leadership and it demands accountability. In regards to the Schneider contract, the wheels of justice turn slowly but they are indeed turning. I am confident that the concerns raised by a majority of the oversight committee will ultimately be validated and those responsible will be held accountable. I'm optimistic that the taxpayers and the voters of the district will hold this board accountable in the upcoming election. As for another
061bond measure, the prospect of the district asking taxpayers to approve another bond this time for 500 million without demonstrating the experience or competency to properly manage bond funds is deeply concerning. Entrusting such a significant sum under these conditions is not just questionable, it's irresponsible. I'm here if you have any questions. I also have the uh summary that our CBOC did regarding the PG&E bill since 2017. Well, while you're passing that out, Gina, I thank you for serving all these years. I know you're a busy person, but I know you bring a lot of expertise with you and we thank you for that. And I concur with Mrs. Mason's statement. Thank you. Uh You might have a question here. I guess my my question would be a for uh our superintendent and our our head of
062M&O from one of them just in terms of um our path forward here and our response um to the the presentation. Well, it says that at end we conclude that the district has spent capital funds appropriately taking out the um the Schneider uh portion of it that has to do with um that has to do with the switches. Now, what I will say is um we during the time when this contract was awarded, we were um in the middle of a pandemic that was um that was being transmitted uh through the air. And at all of our sites, we had aging um we had aging HVAC systems, and we had a failure in our HVAC systems, especially once we installed all of the MERV 13s. Um and so, what the contract has brought us was
063um was multiple hundreds of HVAC systems that have been um that have been installed and are properly working at this point. The controls, if we ever are as the district are going to control our consumptions, we need some sort of centralized control. So, um although although our schools have been built in different years, under different specs, with different designs, different HVAC units, um all of those put together, it has been a challenging um endeavor for any um you know, for any contractor to take on. I will say in terms of the CBOC wanting um their own legal counsel, within their own bylaws, it says that the CBOC cannot incur funds through through hiring their own attorney. So, so again, I I I accept the report, I accept the recommendations, I appreciate the CBOC for their
064work, I appreciate them um working to hold the district accountable, but it's um you know, it's it's what are you going to do? Are you going to get HVACs? Are you going to get HVACs um replaced? Are you going to break your own bylaws and go ahead and open up an open tab? We did, and just to go back in history, I did offer legal counsel to to the CBOC against um you know, the bylaws. However, the amount of hours that I offered them, they refused. And so therefore, it was going to be an open um it was going to be basically an open PO for them to incur legal costs that the district would then have to would have to pick up because by law, we cannot use the the the measure funds for
065for that price. So, again, I thank the CBOC for their for their reports and for their oversight. And of course, we will take all the recommendations of all all the information, and we will try to um go forward with that. It is a $150 million bond, and um and so uh besides the discrepancies with the centralized controls, things have gone off very, very well within the district with the upgrades that we've done and that we continue to do. So, hope that answers your question, Trustee Lawrence. Yep. Can I please respond? So, um Dr. Clark, a design-bid-built project for HVAC would have been a far better decision. That would not not have cost us $24 million. It's a competitive process. So, that is one of the things that we were trying to convey to you before
066you awarded the HVAC. And as far as the legal, we we never intended to use bond funds. That is inappropriate. That's our job. We knew that. We had a proposal with a certain number of hours. We weren't asking to exceed those hours, but you were not offering us the money to cover that proposal. So, um in addition to that, you wanted us to use one of the district consultant lawyers that has been doing uh business for the district for the last 30 years. That is not an objective legal opinion. So, I just wanted to respond to those comments. I'm telling you if this bond measure 500 uh million-dollar bond measure goes through, please do better. Our kids deserve it. Okay, that takes us to Can I make a comment, please? Um this is a troubling
067report, Gina, and um I I hesitate to say let's go for 530 million when it's three and a half times what we spent on Measure J. Uh what I would suggest is that we if we're going to go for this 530 million, we at least put project managers into the uh proposal that will manage the um project to the effect that we make sure that that we get the benefits that are are listed on the the uh bond issue. And I'm uh whether it's going to be one bond manager or two bond managers or more, I think this is something that we need to do in view of the fact that the CBOC doesn't have the authority to make those corrections. So, I ask that if we proceed on the bond issue, we put in
068project managers that will manage the spending uh exactly as we want them to spend it. And that's what I'm proposing. I think that's a smart decision. I think the workload for Melanie is just not fair to be managing the bond as well as her department. So, I absolutely agree. You need experience. You need to pay experienced people. So, I do agree. I agree. This is something where we've got to use the expertise that's available. And uh we I'm not an expert in this. We have the CBOC that has expertise on this. And I think we ought to hire a project manager to to use their expertise to spend the money well. And it may cost uh I'm ballparking this, maybe 5% more on the bond measure. It may be 10% more. But that's money well
069spent in my view to make sure the money is spent well because this is eventually coming out of your taxes, my taxes, and everybody in this room's taxes. And so, we want to make sure it's spent efficiently. Okay, so that would be for future projects. But for this project, we're supposed to vote to accept the the report. So, I'll entertain a motion to do that. I move that we accept this report as stated. I have a second? Second. Okay, I have a motion to accept the report from Trustee McDougal, a second by Trustee Lawrence. Trustee Herrera Orial, how do you vote? Yes. Technical difficulties. >> And there we go. That was his 500 with support from our student trustee. Once again, thank you, Gina. Thank you. Okay. Now we're with two board member report or
070no, facilities update. Yes, so we have a facilities update. We have uh Mr. Vargas and we have Ms. Coslow who are going to provide us with an update on facilities, maintenance operations. All right. Thank thank you, Dr. Clark. Um so I I'm going to introduce Melanie Coslow, our executive director of maintenance operations and facilities, and she's going to go through um her departments, but the the bigger focus is on facilities tonight. And interesting enough, it's about the things that have been um brought up in the previous presentations. So, I will touch on those topics, and so with that, I will let Melanie do her thing. Thank you, Adrian. Thank you for having me up here again. Uh Madam President, members of the board, Dr. Clark, and our audience, thank you very much. I'm going to
071try to just keep my glasses on just for a couple little note so that um I'm not going on and off, but so good evening. Um thank you for having me here tonight. Tonight, we wanted to share a little bit about the maintenance operations and facilities department, and we'll walk through our current investments, system needs, planning, um and and just sort of touch on some of the things that we've discussed and some of the things that have been coming up that at prior board meetings. Um so department overview, um you know, everything that gets done in the maintenance operations and facilities department are the things that, you know, happen behind the scenes every day to ensure that our schools um sites are safe, functional, um and ready to support not only students, which is obviously
072our number one goal, but also those school site um and other staff members that directly support our students. Um, this includes everything from daily maintenance, grounds, custodial operations, supporting the other programs that take place at all of our school sites, um and then obviously larger scale capital improvement projects. We also oversee safety and compliance, um all the requirements like, you know, fit inspections and fire inspections and health department inspections. We deal with uh workplace safety items um that come up with, you know, uh maybe injuries that happen on our campus, if staff have concerns, all of those things, um and then just regulatory mandates. You guys will probably remember that last summer we really took a big push to make like all of our TK our what used to be considered a kindergarten play structure,
073which is now TK K play structures, we had to get compliant with all of those. And so, we do those different mandates. Um, together the services that we offer just help our campuses operate efficiently. We broke out the uh presentation tonight in three different um topics and so, we're going to talk first about our facility investments in progress, including those major major Measure J um projects as well as other key projects, maybe not necessarily funded by Measure J. Um, we're going to talk about our current system needs specific to HVAC because we keep hearing about that and we're all interested, as well as I'm going to give some information on solar and then finally planning and next steps. What we're looking at as the district and the board and the community looks at what exactly
074do we need and how are we going to accomplish that. Um so, facility construction program management, you know, I know Gina shared in her slide and I'm sharing here as well that a measure J passed with a 70% vote in 2018. And so, that was a really high percentage of community support and I think that the work that we have done with that money has really met the obligation of modernizing our campuses but looking at the key components, not all components that were shared but a lot of the key components while still with other funds taking care of some of the the most shared need from our community. Um so, importantly, I just want to share that while we are still actively completing measure J projects, all the money is spoken for. So, it's a
075listed as a program and also to share where that where that goes under our key projects. So, as many of you remember and one of the biggest things that I'm proud of in my career here at Mount Diablo USD is our elementary campus modernization that we completed over a two summer progress at Mount Mount Diablo Elementary, Meadow Homes and Rio Vista. I think that, you know, doing a comprehensive upgrade to really take those 1950 and 60 era structures and bring them into modern day 21st century learning. We've made a huge impact in those communities and I think that it really comes through with how students are using the spaces, the way that our students our staff and teachers are interacting with the with the mobile 21st century everything is mobile movable and we're not just
076like lecture style teaching and so it's just it's even exciting for me, you know, almost a school year later to show up and see how see how those spaces are working. And we sort of we touched on like just improving the safety and functionality of just the entire campus. Another very large investment that we've completed with the Measure J funds is our technology infrastructure projects. And so we have six sites completed. We have two sites in progress. We have one bidding and we have more planned within the Measure J allocated budgets. And so district-wide network and Wi-Fi. Currently we're under construction here at the Dent Center. And the Dent Center is a special site because everything from everywhere else, all of our 54 other locations feed in here. And so it's like when we have
077those hesitations when you guys are doing your voting like we're going to eventually get past that as this project as this project continues. But we're also transitioning to where we should be. VoIP phone systems, updated emergency response. I think maybe I had heard I can't remember was it this meeting or just another comment, you know, it's not just a clock and a speaker. It really is like the the basis of emergency response. How we can utilize what we're installing in these projects to really ensure that we are able to handle handle a safety situation should, you know, something unfortunate happen. And just updating all of our connectivity. It's been pretty exciting to see those projects lay out. Middle school kitchen and MUR updates. So, we've completed one project, which was Valley View. I think most
078of you or some of you have seen it. We're currently under construction at Eldorado Middle School. I was actually over there this afternoon before coming over to the Dent Center just to see the progress. It includes a complete full gut, all new a kitchen a whole new kitchen at that middle school level. It's really taking the initiative out of our director Alex Emmett and her staff over at Food and Nutrition Services to be able to bring in that scratch cooking to make sure that they have everything they need. Proper storage, both refrigeration and freeze dry goods, all updated equipment, proper electrical where it needs to be so we can have those salad bars, those free fruit bars chilled to the proper temperature that the health department requires us to be and just really sort of
079take that whole initiative that we are we are doing as a district to utilize not only our universal food program, but also just that good food entering the stomach of our students. And so, those projects are happening and we are going to re-evaluate what school sort of comes next and we'll be seeing that come down the pipeline soon. And then obviously as we've discussed the HVAC and energy efficiency efficiency upgrade. And so, that included the LED lighting retrofit, building control upgrades as well as replacing 250 of our aged HVAC and I'll get into a little bit more sort of in a future slide. But we've done quite a bit of good work with that measure J bond. I think one of the things that we need to remember is you know, we've a lot of
080sites and a lot of needs and $150 million is a huge investment for our community, but $150 million goes so far in a district in a district our size. Um uh facility improvements beyond Measure J. We have lots of different funding sources that feed into us. Um and so, you know, Measure A health and safety, developer fees, um we have a new COP, um which is a certification of participation. Uh we have had at different times deferred maintenance fund. Um I just want to state that that fund has now been depleted. Um and then we have our routine restricted maintenance. And so, a key component is our health and safety fund as well as our routine restricted maintenance fund are funded by the general fund. It's not other funding sources where like the COP and
081our Measure A, you know, they feed in from different streams. Um but we've done a lot of really good um projects with um those funds. And so, district-wide roofing replacement, um we do have a contract that went to the board last week, right? For two for two roofs. Um so, after this coming summer, all district site roofs will have been replaced with the exception of uh three now. Three. So, we'll hit we'll hit those next year. Um playground safety and compliance, exterior painting, aquatic center replacement. So, we're in design currently with the state um for that um aquatic center upgrade that we're required to do at Pleasant Hill Middle School. Um but we are really excited for the high school programs and middle school programs that are going to be able to utilize it. Stadium
082field and track replacements, help you know, safety items, trip mitigation, athletics, all of that. So, we we have a lot of um investments that have happened on top of Measure J, but those funds start depleting. Um and so, you know, we have lots of We have lots of need with lots of infrastructure challenges. So, I want to just do a little bit on our HVAC um current conditions. So, as you will recall, I came in 2024 and did a presentation specific to HVAC. And so, in that presentation, I reported that um uh the our assessment showed that about half of our over 2,000 or about 2,000 over 2,000 HVAC units were at life expectancy. And so, that means, you know, a thousand or so units are right around 15 years, and a thousand or so
083are are below 15 years. And so, it all it all just depends. So, we took a look at that. We took a look at the contract that we had available in front of us. And so, um on on with the Schneider contract, we replaced 250 units that had exceeded life expectancy, where we were able to do a maintenance-type exchange. So, um which is a little bit different, which I'll touch on on on on what it means when we're doing a full mechanical modernization, but we really tried to take extend the funds that we had available within that project to choose the the units that needed to get replaced the most for the money that we had. Um uh We've also replaced about an additional 25 um other units. So, since that 2024 report, we've replaced
084275 units, give or take a couple, um within that time period. And so, that's about an eighth of the district's HVAC equipment, if you look at it that way. Um and then I just also want to mention we still have spaces within the district that have never been air conditioned. So, during the two big initiatives early 2000 with the original measure C as well as our second measure C in 2010, spaces like gyms and MUs were not air conditioned. We are picking up some of those, um, like with our middle school modernizations, kitchen MU modernizations, we are air conditioning those. But, just sort of take into account the numbers we have, there's still spaces that need, um, to be air conditioned. Um, and so all of this just sort of, you know, remains that our
085challenge is still there. We've taken off a bite, but there is so much more that we still need to tackle as a district. Um, make sure I didn't miss anything. Um, one of the things I mentioned was that the DSA requirement. So, the reason that we chose the units that we did, again, is just because sort of like a cost factor. How much could we get done for the for the amount of money that we had. As we look at future projects, or someone might say, "How come you replaced this and not that?" We had to look at, like, is this going to be a full state directed, um, mechanical modernization? And I think that we need to be realistic that we have stuff like that. Um, I'm uh let's look at, you know, our
086two newest schools, right? Delta View's about 21 years old and uh Diablo View is 35, almost 36 years old, I think, after this school year. And so, we were able as a maintenance replacement at 20 years to replace the equipment at Delta View last summer. It qualified for a maintenance replacement. So, our newest school has brand new mechanical equipment. Looking at our second newest school, 35 years old, all of that equipment has exceeded its life expectancy, but also no equipment is made anymore that can just swap for that. Electrical requirements are are less now and the refrigerant is completely different. So, looking at a campus like you go up to DaVinci, it's a beautiful campus, too. It's got 35-year-old equipment that's going to need to be replaced and it's going to be a significant project
087because of those additional components. Um so, I just think that addressing our HVAC, you know, just we can do what we can do. We are responding. Um we still have some vacancy in the shop, but we have filled one of the vacancies and so we have a three-man shop for HVAC, which should be a five-man shop. Um we are getting outside support and we have um a few different companies that are able to be called for work orders. Um they're very familiar with our sites. They they know our procedures um and we're doing the best that we can. We are we have a high response time, so we are showing up as quick as possible, um but there are still times parts are just not available or we're waiting and unfortunately just, you know, that
088puts added pressure on the teacher, the students in the classroom when we're waiting for parts and pieces, but we really are trying to to respond as quickly as we can to all of those things while we have that opportunity to get back up, um meaning those outside vendors that are supporting our technicians. Um it's just a long-term investment that we need to be planning for. Um okay, so solar update, I just want to uh provide some information on this. Um I brought forward a contract recently um and answered some questions. Um, so SunPower was the original contractor um who installed solar for us just like many other entities. Um, and they filed for bankruptcy which impacted us uh not only because of the monitoring that they did for us, but also the maintenance. Uh, we
089have not had anyone in a resource conservation type role in many many many years. And so we really relied on SunPower to tell us when we had a problem and then to take care of the problem. Um, and so in response to the bankruptcy and how it impacted us, I brought forward a contract for district-wide inspection. Those inspections started over spring break. They are expected to be completed within the month of June. Um, and so I'm actually meeting with them, I think on Friday just to go through the first initial, I think, eight inspections that are done so that they can share with me what their finding. Um, but I will come back and do a presentation once I have all of that data. Um, because I think that we're all in in the same
090boat, that our solar systems are supposed to be reducing our consumption. And so it's our job to make sure that they're functioning. If they're not functioning, what are they doing so that we can really inspect the data between our consumption and our our use versus our savings. Um, and so the work is very critical um to develop a long-term strategy on how we're going to handle it. So once we have all of that information, we'll go out for bid for some sort of maintenance program that SunPower did for us and I'll be be sure to come back and share information on that. Um, another thing that is coming um uh or is happening is a facility master plan update. So, we did a facility master plan in 2019. Um started in '18, completed in '19.
091For those of us who remember, it was sort of like in line with Measure J, but not Measure J was never expected to like fund the program. Um and uh we are currently working with our architectural vendor LPA to make sure that they have all the information on all the projects that we did since they were last year. We'll be engaging in a core group um to take a look at our Ed specifications, our district standards, all of those things, as well as going out um and contacting our site administrators to review the past master plan, incorporate any new items that we need, so we can come back and present some information. Um in the future, uh the updated facility master plan is going to serve as a road map for us, not just with
092this bond or that bond or any funding. It's a long-term plan for us. Um and so I think I'm going to go ahead and turn it over to Adrian here to talk about our next slide. Thank you, Melanie. Um so, I'm Melanie has talked about our challenges and um so, with that this leads us into the work that we've been presenting to the board and and what we've been talking about, and that's the bond planning for November of 2026. And so again, we've already done the survey, we've gotten the results. Last week I talked about the work that we're doing now, which is three mailers that we intend to send out to the community. Um that, you know, like the first mailer has a tear-off survey and also an online online survey for uh the
093recipients to participate in, so we can get more data. Um so again, we are doing what we can to prepare for the future facility improvements. And as Melanie has discussed, like I I'm not an expert in facilities, but I can tell you like what comes across my email is HVAC just about every day, whether it's heat or cooling, um and also infrastructure projects. And I I'll give you a little tidbit as we were preparing this uh PowerPoint, you know, Melanie and I were talking about the infrastructure projects, and she talked about plumbing, and then it just clicked in my head. I said, cuz I remember Trustee Mayo asking about Roto-Rooter. And I I was like, oh, that's the Roto-Rooter. So, I mean, I'm I'm learning, um but I just think about all the need in
094the district. I do reflect, you know, coming to the district in 2023, and learning about the facility master plan, the $150 million bond, and just kind of seeing things that were in my office, and some of the the emails that I saw in folders, and ultimately, you know, it's just a reminder for everyone that the $150 million was kind of the kickoff for Mount Diablo, because that facility master plan, if I remember that number, which is pretty common with a district this size, was somewhere in the billion-dollar range or something like that. And so, that's what I do remember is that we wanted to start with a small amount, so we could learn. And, you know, as we've heard, we've learned we've had a lot of lessons to learn from. And, um and then we
095would go for a bigger bond. And so, that is what we're working on. And again, Melanie has touched on, you know, some of our bigger challenges. And, you know, we are doing the you know, what we can to address those challenges, but ultimately, if there's not a different funding source, then we're going to continue to put band-aids on the things that are breaking down at our 55 plus school sites. Um so, with that, um that concludes our presentation and we'll take questions. I don't have a question. I just want to uh make a comment. Um and it refers to the uh uh LED retrofit. Um I have been I believe the LED retrofit is the third one that I have observed since my children have been involved in the district, the uh lighting retrofit. I
096remember complaints from teachers in the classrooms because black tar was dripping from light fixtures because of the uh ballast was burning out. I believe that was the proper description. I um recall classrooms such as some classrooms at Cambridge Elementary School. There were a couple at Ayers Elementary School. There were some in the Baypoint Elementary School, where when you walked in the classroom, you could not see the word wall because of the um poor what I would deem as poor lighting. And we had students who weren't in our uh student for the blind program, but were regular students in classrooms that could not see well in our classrooms. I want us to remember that the LED lighting project touches every student and every classroom in our district. And for me, this is profound. If you sit
097in this boardroom even over the years, that back wall used to be dark. Um we used to have to turn on bright Well, these lights up here were never adequate. I believe and also every workspace for every employee in the district has improved lighting. To me, that is a very profound change across Mount Diablo School District and we have to remember that fluorescents are no longer allowed in California. So, we are a little ahead of the curve. Uh we would not have been able to purchase enough supplies to last us another 10 years, for example. So, I believe although there is controversy around the Schneider electrical retrofit and the um controls, I believe there has been a major benefit for every student's learning environment. So, thank you. Um so, I would agree with a lot
098of uh what Trustee Mayo just shared, but I think a couple of my questions would be I would like an understanding of what our essentially PG&E bill has been over the last few years. Like, what is the increase um in the bill that we're actually seeing uh because that goes towards the efficacy of of the solar. As well as um I guess one of my open questions is as I look at the the chart that was presented to us in the previous um uh report and just trying to understand where, you know, I'm kind of looking at like 2017 compared to 2024 as a point of comparison. So, please tell me if there's there's a better way to think about it. But I see that at some schools like Bellaire in 2017, the usage was
099um around 70k. In 2024, it's 323k. So it four x's. Other schools Keep going. Keep going. Other schools, there it it's relatively constant or sometimes even dips. And so is that um going back towards the are we um putting H back in those MRUs and gyms? Is that part of the impact? Or I'm just trying to understand um what some of those impacts are and and how confident we are in in the data that was presented to us uh in the previous uh session. So staff is going to respond. They have not had a chance to look at this. Um this is not a report that that we put together. And so they will definitely look at this and give some sort of official response to um to something. We usually do not accept documents
100at board meetings and and without um without them being presented earlier. Um so they will definitely respond, which is a fair question of what is our energy bills and what are the what are the savings or the money that we're losing because the panels um haven't been operating to the fullest. Um so just to respond to your question and uh collaborate with what Dr. Clark stated, you know, we haven't had a chance to look at that. I didn't receive a copy, but I'll get a copy. Um I think that there's a few different factors, but I will feel more comfortable sort of uh after our solar and assessments are completed to be able to come back. There are several different factors just to consider. A, all utilities have have updates every two to three years.
101Sorry, increases every two to three years. All of our utilities have gone up since 2017. Um, we also are now in building code compliant with our HVAC systems, meaning during occupancy hours, even if it's not heating or cooling, the fan is on, which allows us to be in compliance, which allows us to have that fresh air. So, that's another factor. So, we're shutting off at night, but we're running longer during the day, and a few other factors. And so, when we look at like where our um generation from our solar should be, but we'll come back and bring that data in the in a future presentation. Or it can just be in writing that I could share with the board and post on our website. So, you get it quicker. Thank you. It just My
102dad used to tell me things all the time that wasn't true, but he used to say they'd start at one end of the the Golden Gate Bridge, and when they by time they finish the other end, it was time to start back there. I feel like that's where we are. As soon as we get think we got the last thing replaced, we're back to having to replace though. It's it's hard and frustrating. And and I just want to just bring back to the board's attention when we when the facilities master when the first facilities master plan was done, there was well over a billion dollars of need. And so, a $150 million bond project is not is is not going to um address all of those needs. I would I would prefer that the state
103um provide us with dollars to um to upkeep our facilities that some are 75 years old or or or even older. Um, that would be a first choice. Um, I don't want to go out and ask the taxpayers to have to fund this, but this is the this is the system that we are in. And um and if you look at your tax bill, regardless of where you live, um there are school bonds, parcel taxes, and things on there that um I don't necessarily feel that we should be paying, but as a community, sometimes we have to come together and and and fund these things. It's the It's the rules of of It's the rules of the system, and although we may not agree with it, it is what it is. But, I do appreciate
104the work of our maintenance and operations department and our facilities department. Um you know, again, if you've ever done any any home projects or home construction, and you think about 55 schools, some over a century old, um they have truly been miracle workers through this system. And just in closing, when we had the power outage over at over at the um over at the Pleasant Hill School, um the reason why we had to keep the generators for so long was because our system is so old and outdated that you you can't just fix things the way that you the way that you used to. So, we had to bring the semi truck uh semi truck generators just to keep the the power going. And although, um you know, people came and criticized us for that,
105it was a Herculean effort to get that to get that power going and keep those students and staff warm there. So, again, thank you to the maintenance and operations department to this presentation. And this this conversation will continue because obviously, if there wasn't a need, we wouldn't be going out to ask our community to help address this need. So, thank you. Okay. That takes us to board reports. You want to start us off there, uh Trustee Barrera Oriona? All right. Uh coming back from a spring break last week, the program 15 minutes came to Concord High School and discussed the dangers of drinking and driving. The program had a profound impact on me, showing me the power we hold when we drive and the responsibility we have for our own lives and others. But on
106the other hand, we also have AP tests coming up in less than 2 weeks and I'm wishing threes, fours, and fives for all those taking their exams. Uh make sure to spread out your studying and to also get some good sleep before the exams. And for all our seniors, make sure to soak up these final moments with high school coming to an end. So also not to forget that these past years are a stepping stone for greater things to come. That your follow up? Okay, trustee. You do it. Uh it's a short time since our last meeting, so there wasn't time for a lot of other extracurricular activities, but on the 17th of April, I attended the Rocketship uh Charter Schools Neurodiversity Festival. And uh I was amazed at the parent participation uh with the
107students. Uh they're running booths and conducting races and that sort of thing and it was uh very evident that um the school succeeds because it brings in the parent participation. On the 20th of April, I went to the Montebello Business uh Alliance meeting and we had our spring session meeting with local business input. Uh and it was very educational and I think this is being done very well. And I want to make a comment uh back to the report that uh Melanie made uh about the um Almonty Middle School um renovation of their kitchen. Um I want to commend the video that was made and put out by superintendent because it really was uh well done. Uh the student interviewers were very good and they interviewed and asked very good questions of the people working
108on the project. And I think we ought to take that video and show it to middle schoolers and even grade schoolers because it talked about how these guys made decisions on getting into this job. And I think that might be instructional for all the students to hear. So, I really wanted to commend that the video cuz they did an excellent job on it. Um and then finally, I do want to announce that I'm going to do a town hall on May 4th at the Concord Library with the odd hours of 6:45 to 7:45 only because they close at 8:00. Uh May 4th is Star Wars Day and I learned that it's May May the 4th be with you, right? Thank you very much. We were here last week. I will pass. I failed to mention
109last week because spring break was so long ago that the Friday before spring break Yeah. Um Sorry. I got to accompany the Northgate High School Ethnic Studies class to a visit to the Black Black Panther Museum in Oakland um which is on Broadway and between 14th and 15th. Um it's been open I think for about 2 years and I I think most of you know Black Panther Party was founded in Oakland. And it's a very small but beautiful and meaningful space. Um and the tour of it is a sitting tour. So, the the docent gave us just the entire story. And I just wanted to share I only took a picture of half the wall. Like why didn't I get the whole thing? I mean the whole thing wouldn't fit, but of just all the
110things that the Black Panther Party did that we that in establishing in Oakland um that we can sometimes take for granted today um that cuz they're more common throughout our communities across the country. Um so Alameda County volunteers said a volunteer core benefit counseling um black student alliance so which becomes the black student union at many schools, child development centers, consumer education classes, community health classes, the East Oakland Center for independent living branch, a community pantry, the free food program and we know they started the free breakfast program and free lunch. Um disabled person services and transportation and attendance um drug alcohol abuse awareness program, drama classes, drill team, employment referral service, free ambulance program, free breakfast for children programs, free busing to prisons program for families to visit, um free clothing program, free commissary
111for prisoners program, free dental program, free employment program free food program broadly, free free film series series and that's all that my camera captured. So I clearly I got at least partway through the F's. Um and but it was the really great thing as we got to see such beautiful presentation from our students was getting to hear the questions and and even they were quizzed by the docent um of of our students at the high school students of how much they came with inquisitive minds but also how much they'd already learned um to that point and then just got to see it in place. So shout out to ethnic studies at Northgate High School. So they'll have to bear with me. I have a few more than a few comments to make tonight. On um
112April 17th, Dr. Clark and I attended the San Ramon Valley Council PTA Advocacy Day event in San Ramon. Um and this event was uh went from 8:30 until 2:30. And um so there were panels and speakers that presented at the event. Um it included uh comments from um the California State PTA Director of Legislation, Robin Claw, on proposed national and California legislation. There were four panels moderated by EdSource's Editor-at-Large, John Fensterwald. And you know, sometimes he can be a little spicy when he's uh presenting interview questions. Um the first panel was with the California Department of um it was on California education finance and it featured LAO Principal Analyst Ken Kappahan, and Capital Advisors Group Founding Partner uh AB Abe Ajala. Um and they presented both their views about income for California. Um both of
113them anticipated more income than the governor's budget originally um projected in January. But then there was a difference of opinion on how that money would be used. And um uh solutions for uh public education as well as recognition that the non-Prop 98 uh side of our California budget uh has a shortfall. Um the second panel was a student panel. And as you know, students are very candid, uh answered questions um with uh passion. There were eight or nine students on that particular particular panel. The questions included AI, uh pouches, mental health, student wellness, they just laid it out in their own opinions. The 90-minute superintendent panel featured seven superintendents including Dr. Clark whose remarks were very well received. I received quite a few very positive comments about how fortunate Mount Diablo School District is. The
114fourth panel featured Senator Grayson and he ended up being a solo because the other two panelists were not available at the last minute and I won't mention their names at this particular time. The PTA San Ramon Valley Council has been active in a campaign called raise the base. They would like to see increased base funding because they are one of the lowest funding um funded districts in the state. Um and with that there's it depends on where the source of those funds come from when you raise the base. If it's from within Prop 98, then it's going to take the money from another program from the Prop 98 or if it's what we would prefer maybe is that the funds come from outside of Prop 98. Um and the equity what do I want to
115say? The equity assurances are afforded for our districts in greatest need. The um So please pay attention to raise the base. I think it was three or four years ago there was actually legislation but it did it was not successful regarding uh raise the base. The um I also attended the Business Education Alliance meeting on Monday and we had a overview of the three pathways at Mount Diablo High School, Ignacio Valley High School Health Pathway, and Ignacio Valley High School Education Pathway. And it was very informative um and um uh of course, faculty members are very proud of their programs and their students. And then I also went to the um budget advisory meeting on Monday. Uh transportation director Chris Lepe presented uh his report to the committee and committee members were engaged and Mr.
116Lepe was able to answer all of the questions showing his knowledge of transportation requirements from the budget, from this legal standpoint, from the service, mechanical um everything. Uh it was and I think the committee members were very impressed with his presentation. Last night's special education CAC meeting included a presentation by Ann Byrne for setting the limits that guide and empower. Uh the slide deck will be posted on the CAC's web page soon and the CAC nominating committee has started its work to identify a slate of officers for uh next year 26-27. And nominations may be made from the floor at the election meeting. Uh CAC members who are interested in serving or who wish to be nominate a committee member should contact the CAC chairs uh chairpeople. The committee will work with Dr. Aguiar and
117staff to address several matters and plan the upcoming legislation day in Sacramento. And I want to remind everybody that the spring fling is planned for May 19th at Monte Gardens Elementary School. Um, there are two other forums um that I think you might be interested in knowing about. The Contra Costa County Superintendent Forum will be held May 8th at 6:00 p.m. at the County Office of Education Board Room. Two candidates have filed for this uh election. Seating is limited, so please register and submit questions. Uh the event will be moderated by the Diablo Valley League of Women Voters, and it's co-sponsored by the East Bay Leadership Council and 32nd District PTA. And although the superintendent role at the county level is different than our own school districts um um superintendent's role, uh I think it's
118important for us to recognize and be aware and informed about who we're voting to elect for that position uh particular position. And then there's a state superintendent forum uh that's being uh aired tonight and tomorrow night from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. It's virtual, and three of the six candidates are being interviewed tonight, and three will be interviewed tomorrow night, and you can register um for tomorrow night's event because you're here tonight, right? Uh and you will receive a recording of both sessions, so you'll have an opportunity to uh review uh the questions as they are answered. And to um register, please go to uh www.edsource.org to sign up, and uh you You your link within 30 seconds. Thank you. I'll be very brief. I went to the African-American Families Meeting at um at Meadow Homes
119and it was really kind of cool cuz really for the families to give their input. So, Mr. Clark and Dr. Clark can have it for the the L Cap. So, um staff sat on the outside, parents ran the show in the middle. That was very informative. I went to um Holbrook as a Dr. Clark for the Cafecito on Saturday and he helped me figure out how to put my terrarium together. They always have a fun activity for the families to do together and they shared information for all the families for things that are available for their kids to do over the summer and programs to take advantage of. I too was at the Pathways Meeting with uh Trustee McDougall and Trustee Mayo and was glad to see snacks were provided by our Serendipity again. Hadn't
120seen that in a while, so that was really cool. And then I was at the CAC meeting with um Trustee Mayo last night and she already gave a thorough report on that, so I'll pass it to you, Dr. Clark. Thank you. So, I'll I'll touch on a few things. First of all, I want to I want to thank uh I want to thank Trustee McDougall for bringing up the the video that happened at El Dorado. I can't take any credit for that. All I did was forward it to you all, but El Dorado has a uh has a teacher there who is teaching they have a um they they do a podcast. They have a a little class there and our maintenance and operations department and I believe um Han helped help uh pair the
121students up with those workers, but then the students took over and those interviews were absolutely excellent. I was thoroughly impressed by everything and I was very impressed with the with the contractors. Um and I had kind of a starstruck moment. The next day I was driving by uh El Dorado and I saw one of the gentlemen from the interviews, but I don't want to yell from my car at him cuz of that. I was "I just saw you yesterday." So, um so it anyway, thank you thank you for that. Um so, I'm going to address the um some of the some of the Bancroft stuff real quick before I jump into to the my report. Um You know, we we make decisions in this district. Um you know, I as the superintendent, I make decisions
122every day. And I've said before, I make a decision and half the people think I'm a genius and the other half think I'm just the worst thing that's ever happened. Um when this when this um you know, when we decided to make this decision, um it obviously um you know, we knew it was going to impact families. We we fully understand that. Many of the the of the decisions that we do do impact families. And we do not um just um you know, there's a whole and and when I go over my data report, you will see that we have some schools that perform lower than others and we have some schools that perform higher than others. We don't make decisions on which school is performing higher than others on whether or not they get
123an intervention. So, what I mean by that is is we don't go to a school um two schools need H vacs and one of them has high test scores and one of them has low test scores, we don't say we're going to change the the uh H vac at the high test scores and not do the low test scores. So, we really don't discriminate in that way. We really look for need. So, um I shared with the Bancroft community because I called them um I called a meeting and we held it in the multi-purpose room. And I spent not 5 minutes, I spent at close to 20 minutes or a half hour explaining the big picture of why these uh decisions are important. And what I started off with is every single large district around
124us is defic is in the deficit and is laying off employees. Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, San Ramon, Sacramento. I can just go down the list. Mount Diablo is not because we um monitor our enrollment, we make uh sound decisions, and um and we work extremely hard to make sure that we are not massively laying off people like so many districts in this time. So, I I opened I opened with that, and so we make decisions to number one, increase our enrollment, increase our investment in programs, and to um utilize our facilities. Bancroft is impacted. And what that means is it's overcrowded. There's no space at Bancroft, and I've talked about that um numerous times. We've had to move our um specialty class programs off of Bancroft. Those students can't attend those programs. Bancroft used
125to have steam labs, things like that that they want to bring back that they've been unable to do. So, there has been a need to um to lower the impact of at Bancroft. On top of that, just this year we have heard from the after school program at Bancroft, and we heard from all sorts of parents that because the school is overcrowded, they can't get after school care. Um so, we've heard that, and we've heard that for for for years, but we did hear it this year. We've also heard because of the trajectory in which the students take. Now, we want to create pathways. So, you go and learn a skill at one school, and then you go to a next school and learn a skill, and then you go to the next school and
126and hone that skill out, elementary, middle, and high school. Um and so, I explained at Bancroft, there's a there is a successful two-way dual immersion program. But after that, all there is is a Spanish program at Foothill, and although it's a it's a it's a good class, it is not um Foothill is not predominantly Spanish-speaking. Um it is not a place where in the hallways you're going to hear different languages being spoken. It is not a place where you are going to day by day practice your Spanish. And so, right down the road from Bancroft, we have Woodside, which is in which is in better shape structurally than Bancroft. Um and Woodside is only a third full, and Bancroft is pretty much at capacity. Woodside then feeds into Oak Grove, which we just heard from
127the Oak Grove student here that I that I see um as excellent students and as, you know, Oak Grove is doing good things for our students, but they have an International Baccalaureate program. It It is a place where language is part of the program. Um language is enhanced. The kids there speak multiple languages at at at Oak Grove. So, if you're going to have a dual way program, it would make sense to have it feed into to Oak Grove that then feeds into Ignacio Valley. So, so that's part of the of the of the pathway um um argument or side, which makes sense if we're going to, number one, build up Oak Grove, build up YV, build up uh Woodside um as as schools, which are all our schools. And yeah, their test scores, um
128you know, may not be as high as some other schools, but if you go to those schools, you have dedicated teachers, you have dedicated staff, and you have wonderful students at those schools. The other issue is is that Foothill is impacted and as you have people who transfer in to Bancroft and and even if we tell them like Foothill's probably going to be impacted, they come to this board year after year after year after year saying our kids can't go on to Foothill with the rest of their students because we are not slated for that for that particular school and so then we hear the the same things, the upset students, the upset parents, things to that nature. So we've been being told for years to fix that. So So this is one of the
129ways to fix it. We have engaged with the communities. However, immediately we were served with a you know with the uniform complaint process which we then have to respond in that way. So like when it starts going into the legal system, then we can't just go back and forth in in dialogue and things like that. So we will they they submitted several UCP complaints against the district. We investigated it, we created a 17-page response which takes time, money, effort, all those things, submitted it back. They also had submitted a different complaint also that we had to respond to. Submitted those back, they've appealed them, so now they're at the state. They've also gotten a lawyer and and tomorrow we'll be in court again again dealing dealing with this issue in court and that's and that's
130fine, but again, I I I can't say things to parents and then go into court and and say things as well because now it's a legal process. So now the lawyers are going to talk, I'm not I'm not talking. When we have engaged with parents, I understand this is a very emotional thing, but they've usually in the end have deteriorated to you know to just people being upset. I've I've sat here listen to the public comment. I've been questioned you know, a lot of it false about my commitment to bilingual education or multilingual education. We spend millions of dollars on multilingual education in this district. We have a whole school Holbrook school which goes all the way K through eight in bilingual education. Uh Um Ygnacio Valley Elementary School Monte Gardens um you know, out
131in out in out in Bay Point Shore Acres. We are we are invested in this and we work extremely hard to make sure that our multilingual learners are progressing at the levels that they need to and we have had a major focus this year on revamping our programs and making sure that we are redesignating our students at high levels. So, yes I feel I feel for the parents. Everyone knows that when you put in a transfer the first thing that comes to mind regardless of any priority is space. It's always space. Yes, you are absolutely right. We said you would keep your priority but that is number two. Space is first siblings is number two and so in my response to whoever emailed me, I stated that yes, you know, I feel for you. I
132was very empathetic in my response. I was not you know, someone who doesn't care about this and I just said let the process play out and if there is space if something opens up things things could open. We could always add a new class there if there's you know, if there's if there's a need but we are shutting off transfers to our schools that are impacted and Bancroft is one of them. So, so anyway, I just thought you know, because I'm being told that I'm not responding and I'm not talking. I've shared every single thing that I've shared is out there. It's our policies. I went to our transfer policy and it says, "Number one, if there's space available. Number two, siblings." That's That's where they are. I have been accused of not following the
133law, so the lawyers will figure that out. And so, if the lawyers figure that out and say, "Mount Diablo, you have the right to move a program," then then so be it. If it tells me, "Mount Diablo, you do not have the right to move the program," then we won't move the program. But, I'm pretty confident that we'll be able to move the program. And not only that, it's a five-year move. So, we could have just moved the entire program, you know, next year. Everyone is all moving to to wherever we place it. It's five years. So, I think that that is, um, you know, that that that is, um, more than enough time. If, um, if we are going to release someone, if we have to lay people off, we have to let them
134know on March 15th. People's livelihoods, people's lives, people's mortgages, people's health insurance, we have to let them know, um, um, March 15th. We let this We let the Bancroft folks know well before that. Well before that. It's been It's been months since we let them know in the two-way dual immersion program that Not that we were shutting the program down right then, that we were just any new kids, the kindergarten would be being shifted over to Woodside and thereafter the, um, the the every year we would add it We would add additional We would add an additional year. So, that is, um, that is my update on Bancroft. If someone would like to send me an email that's not a form email that every, you know, that is just cut and pasted and you have
135some specific questions for me, I would be happy to answer. With that, I will go on to our um to our superintendent's report. And as always, I share our LCAP goals, um which we are in the process now of getting input from all of our different parent groups. We've had a survey up on the website and things like that, and so if you have input to the LCAP and and we collect LCAP input once a year. We don't collect LCAP input like whenever we're going to make a change or whenever we're going to whenever we're going to do something. So, we're collecting this input from now until the end of June when we submit our LCAP. So, um I would suggest anyone who um wants to see us go deeper in these goals or have
136other goals, provide that input. Um I've shared this before, uh Mount Diablo Unified School District is our Renaissance Renaissance Star Assessment Program. We We um We test our students at the beginning of the year, middle of the year, and end of year. And so, what I have for you now is our um is our data of that of the fall, winter, and spring. So, I'm going to I'm going to go over this super quick. Um what you have in the first column is fall, and then what you have in the middle is winter, and then you have spring, and then the change is between fall and spring. So, it's where there is either growth or decline um across the entire year. So, you can um you can just go down your list, you can look
137at Ayers, uh Bancroft, Bel Air, uh Cambridge. You know, when I shared this with our principals, I said I wasn't going to call out any schools either positively or negatively, um but it's really hard when you see some big gains there, and um and the one thing I'll say about the reds is that if you ask any of our principals who's in the red, they can tell you exactly what they're doing to address it and what they've done to you know to address it in the beginning and what they are going to continue to do to address it in the same thing where we have the big spikes or we have people who are are level and I think that is a place where our principals are where maybe they they didn't have access to
138this some years back. So that's our first page. Second page here more of the same you know going from Mount Diablo L Pleasant Hill Rio Vista Sequoia Shore Acres Silverwood Strandwood Sun Terrace Valhalla again not every negative is is red but the ones that you know the ones you know we highlighted it so everyone sees it everyone's aware of it. This is this is posted for all of our parents to see all of our staffs to see and everyone will be able to see where their school falls. Um Here you have Val Valverde Walnut Acres Westwood Woodside Ren and Ygnacio Valley. Then we go to we go to third grade. I know we we have data for every grade but I did want to put the third grade there and so you can see where
139our district wide third grade star scores fell. Then we go to middle school. Now I am going to I am going to call out middle school here because we got pluses all the way down the all the way down the the the list here with with pluses and and Holbrook which is which is our um which is our our school that is a dual immersion school you see the growth there and I called out the principal on this, and I said, "Well, you only have 50 middle schoolers at the school." And she quickly corrected me that they have a they have a couple hundred. So, she she was extremely proud of that number, and and so on and so on. But, I'm proud of our middle schoolers. If you go to a middle school campus,
140those kids are squirrely. They're middle schoolers. They have all kinds of stuff going on. And for them to really focus on this on this literacy has been something that they carried over from last year. This is our high schools. You can see high schools. I'm I'm always I'm always going to call out college now. And I absolutely think that that's one of the best programs we we offer in this district, and and I would just encourage more and more Well, I know I know we've already we've already done the registrations for them. Where's Heather? I thought I saw Oh, there she is. We've already done the registrations, but every year I've been here continues to grow, and I know this board really likes to go and interact with those with those students there. And only
141because she's in the audience, I'll call out Miss Lucian from Ignacio from Ignacio Valley High School with a 12% 12% gain there. So, So, that's that's high school. Then we go to math. Um The numbers on math math historically is always a little lower than than ELA, but I'm not making excuses. This falls on me. But, you can see where we have a lot of flat scores, and we don't quite see the the huge jumps. I mean, we do have a nine nine-point jump on this page, so that's nice. Um And we do have a seven-point decrease on this page, which I know that that person is working on and addressing and is is working to fix. Um here go the rest of our elementary schools. Um, again, you can see our green there. You
142see a little bit of red, but I see more green than red. So, um, so we like that. And in third grade, that's what they are in math. And then we go to middle school. Not quite growth in everywhere, but um, Holbrook again, I mean, they're they're up there they're at 13 there. So, um, so I mean, you know, that seems like a successful program over there. Um, and I know they got a couple hundred middle schoolers over there. So, I'm not going to I'm not going to tease her anymore. Um, but uh, but you can see, um, just three schools went down and one one remained flat and there's growth in the in the rest. Then we go to high school. Um, college now, you see that 17 points there. I'm not going to
143I mean, home hospital, you know, obviously, you know, when you're when you're working with data, if you have a small sample size, a couple couple students. I'm not I'm not discouraging that 23-point growth there, but I just want to put it in context. It's it's students who are at home and not at school. Um, so they got more time to study and things like that. But it's actually we should really should recognize that because I don't know I don't know what those kids could be going through and for them to keep their education as a at a high priority, um, more power to them and I'm and I'm pumped up for that. So, um, so again, we see some we see some red there. I don't know Ygnacio Valley High again with the 10-point with
144the 10-point uh, growth over there. Very nice. I got to I got to call that out. And um, so, that's our that's our math. That's our that's our data. This is posted on the um, on the agenda, correct, Laura? So, hopefully our our parents, our teachers, um, I wish we had um, I wish we had Miss Ortega here tonight so she could see this and and comment or or whatnot, but um but that's our data. We're gearing up for the um CASAS testing, and um and I know that our students will will do their very best, and um and our uh teachers will guide them through this process. And just one thing I want to say about this is that we have fallen short in doing makeups for students who who miss, and so um
145it is top of our list to make sure that we give every student an opportunity to show what they know through the exams, and we're not going to let any students fall through the cracks and get dinged, cuz we get dinged if not enough students take the take the exam. So, happy to open up to questions, either what I said about Bancroft or the data. I'd be happy to respond to the board if you have any questions. All right. I know. Okay, there we go. Um I move that we approve uh the items listed under the consent agenda. Second that. Daily? Google? Let's see. Uh Oriana Google? Yes. Kelly, it looks like all your people are getting ready to abandon you in like 10 seconds. I mean Gosh. Boy, it's a rough crowd, huh? Make
146a comment while we're waiting to fill the void. Uh just I I I wanted to give some perspective on when we talk about measure measure J, the 150 million spread across more than 50 schools. That ends up being less than 3 million per school. On this consent agenda, one of the things we approved was a new turf synthetic track and field for for Northgate High School, which is over 2 million dollars. So, that one item takes up 2/3 of that school's budget. Just to give a sense of the perspective of that 150 million dollars spread across all our schools compared to a projected with the master plan billion dollar plus just gives a little perspective on it. So, thank you. We have been going through and replacing all of our athletic fields, but it takes
147time and we'll try to get to everyone who we can. >> Thank you technical assistant over there. Okay. All right, and um in in true Mount Diablo form and just to show that we do work very hard to save money. Although she was wearing a IB hat earlier, come on. Come on up uh Ms. Hoover. She is also our arts and You all can leave if you were going to leave. Go on. Just What also She's also >> They want to support their team. Not until I said it. Thank you. She's also our uh Prop 28 um person. You know, they give us this money and then they think it's just free money um but you have to get an administrator to oversee it and then we get dinged for having administrators and things like
148that. So, we're being very um you know, uh we're being good fiduciaries by having Kelly be so willing to wear two hats. So, Ms. Hoover, I know I've embarrassed you enough. I'm sorry. Yes, she wears plenty of hats here. So, thank you. Good evening again. Again, my name is Kelly Hoover and I'm the visual and performing arts curriculum specialist and tonight we'll be sharing an update on our strategic arts plan and Prop 28 funds district-wide. As we go through our slides, you will see photos of some of our visual and performing arts programs throughout the district. Here are some of our photos from Meadow Homes and Sun Terrace art projects. So, first we thought we would just go through a couple slides with some broad updates about our strategic arts plan. Our first goal for
149our strategic arts plan is um our strategic direction is content arts teaching and learning. And so, here's some of the highlights of um what we've been working on this year that falls under this goal of our plan. We've been working on revising our arts courses of study, and we've also offered some new course offerings with the help of our Prop 28 funds as well. We also have new elementary art programs with Prop 28 funding. We've restored the music program at Mount Diablo High School, and they also had their first area festivals. I hope some of you were able to check them out last month. Um it was really amazing. Um and then we've provided some art and music workshops for TK, and we've also added a preschool music art specialist at Robert Shearer this year.
150Our strategic direction number two is about infrastructure and resourcing the arts. We had to with the addition of Prop 28, we created a bunch of new art programs at the elementary sites, and so some of our funds went to creating new art spaces for our elementary schools. We've had also art showcase opportunities through the county. We revised our elementary itinerant music teacher job description, and I know you saw that probably in the newsletter. We Northgate hosted the their first film festival right before spring break. I mean, we continue to hire for our vacant art positions. Strategic direction number three is about sustainability, inclusive diverse equity through communications and engagement. And we have a district of app calendar that we have added, and we've also showcased our events in the district and site newsletters. We were
151able to celebrate music in our schools month last month with our area music festivals, and we've also been able to provide wonderful presenters for our teacher PD days. Our high school art team participated in a workshop at Bedford Gallery, and we were able to offer our visual arts team a visit and workshop at Adobe this year. Look at all those choir faces. That was our big choir event. Yeah. Um That was at the church. Yeah, it was at the end of March. Um sponsored by MDMEF. Well, Rest the Creek Presbyterian. Yes. And we had our elementary honor choir as well as our middle and high school groups as well. And they they got this great group picture all together. Yeah, it's really great. All right. So, that leads us into some of our Prop 28
152updates. As we um will be um giving you the annual report at the end of this. Uh but just to give some reminders for those at home and maybe those that are new to our district that um about we get about 938 million annually statewide with funding that was released in 2024 specifically for arts education in public schools. These are all of the programs that can be that the CDE defines as art education. So, anything within this list can be supported with the Prop 28 funds. The uh funds from Prop 28 are tied to Prop 98. They are a percentage of 98. So, as 98 varies, our Prop 28 will vary. Um and it is received as part of the monthly principal apportionment. It is distributed based on the following formula with 70% based on
153um enrollment. So, as a school's enrollment fluctuates, so will their amount of Prop 28 from year to year. And the other 30% is based on their share of economically disadvantaged students. For districts of over 500 students like ours, one of the rules is that 80% of the funds must be used for additional certificated or classified FTE. So, they must be district employees to provide arts education and support in our arts classrooms. 19% can be used for instructional materials, supplies, and equipment, as well as partnerships and contractors. And up to 1% can be used for administration for indirect costs. Another rule for the funds is that we supplement our arts programs and we do not supplant. So, we every site creates a spending plan each year and the school site administrators make the decisions for how
154to spend the funds with input from their stakeholder groups. This allows sites to provide programs that their communities would like to see grow and it also means that the programs will vary from site to site with what's been funded with Prop 28. So, here's some of the things that our elementary programs have done this year. We've added and maintained 24 arts staff members. Um they've purchased arts supplies, theater scripts, uh furniture for new art spaces, instruments. We have some sound trap software, a bunch of various music instruments. We've done some performance assemblies and some partnerships with the Missoula Children's Theatre partnership. Our secondary programs at the middle school level, we've added 32 sections of the arts with our Prop 28 funding and at the high school level level, we've added 15 sections of the arts
155with an additional eight arts specialist supporting roles. And here are some of the many supplies that they've purchased as well. We've gotten arts materials software. We've provided festival and conference fees, musical rights, and symphony tickets for our students to visit the San Francisco Symphony. And I'll turn it over to Gustavo to talk about the fiscal part. Thank you, Kelly. So, as of um March 31st, uh the district expended roughly 88% of the 23-24 allocation. Um by the end of the year we will expend it fully. Um, and to note, uh, next year's allocate, well, 24-25 allocation is 4 million. And the projected 25-26 allocation is 4.9 million. Um, and with that, we've already expended 20 some of 24-25 expenditures in the amount of roughly 2 million. So, it's So, at the end of the year,
156at the end of June 30th, we are anticipating a a fund balance of roughly 6.7 million, um, for the two remaining years. And with that, I'll turn it over to Kelly. So, just just so you know, each year funding is alive for 3 years. So, we have 3 years to spend each year. So, this first allocation, our 23-24 was the first allocation we received, and we didn't receive it until March of that school year. So, we ended up Most of our sites are spending a year behind because then they use the 23-24 funds for the 24-25 school year because we received them so late. Um, and so this is our first fund that's going to expire. And so, our expiration date for the 23-24 fund is June of 2026. So, from now on, every June
157one of our years will expire. Right? So, there's always 3 years of live funding. One's in the first year, one's in the second year, and one's in the third year. So, our annual report tonight is, uh, talking specifically about our 23-24 funds, um, and acknowledging that they are almost finished. So, yes. All right, with that said, we do have our annual reports. One of the, um, one of the requirements for receiving this money is not only finding following the guidelines of spending, but uh, annually presenting a report to the board, which is approved and then submitted to the state. So, tonight we are presenting our arts and music in schools funding guarantee and accountability Act 25-26 annual report for your consideration and approval. And I'll just say I think it's a celebration. I think this
158is our third report we're presenting and I think in that very first year we had one school that was able to use these funds between March and June and now it's all of our schools and we can we've been able to watch this grow in our schools, the arts grow. So, that's exciting. Thank you. Okay, any questions or comments or motions? Madam President, I motion I move that we approve the Monte Diablo Unified Proposition 28 Arts and Music in Schools Funding Annual Report. Second. Motion by Trustee McDougal, second by Trustee Lawrence. Trustee Murillo Oriana, how do you vote? Yes. And that passes by 5-0. Support from our students. Thank you. >> All right, thank you all so much. Thank you for supporting our arts programs. Thank you for what you've done with it. Yeah. Yes,
159the leadership has been great. Yes, can I Miss Hoover, can I ask you a quick question to settle a debate? Uh at one point were you the vice principal at Foothill? Oh my goodness. I got missed that. That's before your time. Yes, it is. He asked me that and I was like, "No, she wasn't." Kim and I came in together. See? We were we were in Santa Monica, moved to the hills together, so. I told him you were just a I said she's a music person. Right? I didn't know you had I didn't know you were out of middle school like cracking skulls and stuff, right? Delete that from the record. No, thank you. 17.2 review and potential approval. I should have started sooner, got you out of trouble. Resolution 25/26-24 implementing certificated layoff. Uh
160I assume that Mr. She is going to do this. Did the room cleared? Yes, so nobody wanted to stay and hang out, I guess. I have that effect on people, I guess. Uh so tonight we have uh the review and potential approval of resolution 25/26-74 implementing certificated layoff. These uh layoff notices came to you prior to March 15th. The initial notices were were delivered uh to individuals in tonight. By May 15th, we have to issue the final layoff notices. These these positions uh some of them you approved tonight a a new job description for an admin wellness administrator uh wellness administrator. And some of these uh will be able to be reassigned into that position. However, there will be some uh final layoff notices issued based on this action tonight. Thank you. Are there any
161questions? If not, I'll entertain a motion. I move to approve the resolution 25/26-74 implementing the certificated layoff. Thank you. Second. We have a motion by Trustee Zahui, a second by Trustee Mayo. Trustee Barrera Oriana, how do you vote? >> Yes. The last meeting you have to vote no one. >> I was just thinking the same thing. I was thinking the exact same thing. Just go ahead and fire him. No, there was a cross the board. That passes with support from our student trustee. Thank you. Okay, 17.3 rejection of all bids for bid number 1974 to 2026 roofing project for Glenbrook Middle School and Dent Center and information summary bid evaluation committee hearing summary. That's a lot. I'm glad that you said it all. So, I as it says, we are looking for approval ratification of
162the notice of cancellation for bid 1974 the roofing project for Glenbrook Middle and the Dent Center. There was a summary provided within the board agenda cover page. Ultimately, we did conduct a bid evaluation committee hearing and we did come up with a recommendation, but I think going through that process and talking with staff, we thought it was in the best interest of the district at this point just cuz of some of the questions that got brought up was to cancel or reject all bids and and start the process over for these two particular projects. Thank you. Any questions? Isn't isn't there a legal action that's now been taken on this? That I'm not aware of. I thought I saw a letter today that was threatening legal action. There was a letter threat potentially threatening threatening
163Madam President, I move the board ratify the rejection of all bids for bid number 1974 the 2026 roofing project for Glenbrook Middle School and Dent Center. Thank you. >> Second. Okay, we have a motion by Trustee May, second by Trustee Lawrence. Trustee Barrera Oriana, how do you vote? Yes. And that passes 5-0-0 with support from our student trustee. Next, 17.4, review and potential approval of changes to board policies and administrative regulations for California School Board Administration uh Association, rather, recommendations from March 2025. And this one is for action. Madam President, I move that the board approve changes to board policies and administrative regulations per uh CSBA recommendations, uh March 2025 quarterly update. Okay. We have a motion. Second. Motion by Trustee Lawrence, second by Trustee Enzehwe. Trustee Barrera Oriana, how do you vote? Yes. Thank
164you. And that passes 4-1 with Trustee uh Trustee McDougall voting no and Trustee our student trustee in agreement. Okay. Review and potential approval of changes to board policies and administrative regulation for California School Board Association recommendations for June 2025 quarterly update. And is this one for This one is for info or or action or both? There's one back for approval. I move to approve AR 5131.41 as presented. Second. Motion by Trustee Enzehwe, second by Trustee McDougall. Trustee Barrera Oriana, how do you vote? Yes. And that passes 5-0 or with consent from our student trustee. Okay. Review and potential approval of changes to board policies and administrative regulations administrative regulations California School Board Association recommendations January 2026 quarterly update. This one is also for info or action. Or both. Madam President, I move with the board
165approve changes to board policy 5125 AR 5125 BP 5125.1 AR 5125.1 and exhibit 5125.1 as presented. Second. Thank you. We have motion by trustee Mayo. Second by Trustee Morello Oriana, how do you vote? Yes. And that passes 5-0 or with support from our student trustee. Review and potential approval of changes to board policies and administrative regulations for California School Board Association recommending January 2026 update. This one is for information. And that's a wait. That was the last one. So this was for February 2026. No comments. There are no other comments then we are adjourned. Thank you, folks.