001Ready? Okay. We're now going to reconvene into open session. Which we always start with our land acknowledgement. So, we recognize that the Mount Diablo Unified School District sits on the territory of the Confederate Confederated Villages of Lisjan and the ancestral and unceded land of the Bay Miwok and Northern Yokut. The successors of the sovereign Verona band of Contra Costa County as members of the Mount Diablo Unified School District community, it is 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 live and flourishing members of Mount Diablo Unified School District and the broader Bay Area communities today. We will now do our pledge of allegiance, please. And just for
002the record, we will not be joined by our student trustee tonight because he isn't feeling well. And now we will go to the review and potential approval of minutes of the regular board meeting held on March 25th, 2026. Madam President, I move that the board approve the minutes for regular board meeting held March 25th, 2026. Second. We have a motion by Trustee Lawrence, a second by Trustee McDougall. And that passes 5-0-0. Okay, next we will uh look at our agenda. Dr. Clark. No changes, Madam President. Can I offer one? Oops, that was loud. Can I offer one or Do I uh well, I wonder we got a lot of feedback from uh a public comment right before it was in the 4:00 hour on the autism acceptance month, and I think it's worth looking at
003and um changing some of the language. If and since we're meeting next week, if we perhaps just move it to next week and potentially make edits. So, that's my I don't Does that Is that a motion? Okay, so sorry. Okay. Um I move that we move 10.4 to our next meeting. We have a second? Second. Okay. We have motion by Trustee Inzayli, a second by Trustee Lawrence to move Which one was it? 10.4. 7.4 to our next meeting. So, now I'll entertain a motion to approve our agenda with that change. I move that we a- approve our agenda with that change. Second. Okay. Motion by Inzayli, second by Lawrence. So, you want to add verbage to that autism one? I'd like to um consider that the suggestions offered by public comment. Okay. Um Inzayli and
004Lawrence. And that passes 5-0-0. Okay. Takes us to our next item, which is report out of closed session. 7.1, report out of any action taken in closed session, anticipated litigation. The board met in closed session with legal counsel to discuss the matter of anticipated litigation, significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code 54956 .9D2. In the matter of one anticipated litigation, the board voted 5 to 0 to give uh uh to direct counsel. Sorry about that. Next item in closed session that we are bringing forward is 3.5. So, who has 3.5? Which would be Uh Madam President, I move that the board approve the expulsion of student 12-26. Prior to readmission, student 12-26 is required to meet the following conditions. One, student must not enter the grounds of any MDUSD school at any time for
005any purpose. Two, student will not attend any MDUSD school sponsored activities whether on or off campus. Three, student will complete his coursework at his new site. Four, student will complete 25 hours of counseling to address anger management and conflict resolution. Five, student will demonstrate successful school experience, which includes one, no violation of school rules and education codes 48900, 48915, or district rules and regulations. Uh two, satisfactory academic uh progress, 2.0 GPA or better, and earn 20 credits. Three, satisfactory attendance, 90% attendance and no excessive tardies. And the uh six, student must not commit any expellable offenses as defined under the education code. I second it. Okay. We have motion by Trustee Lawrence, second by Trustee McDougall. That passes 5-0-0. The next item is 3.6. Madam President, I move that we uh approve the stipulated expulsion
006agreement for student number 13-26. The board approves the stipulated expulsion agreement for student 1326. I shouldn't read that yet. We haven't approved that. Prior to readmission, student 1326 is required to meet the following conditions. Student, number one, student must not enter the grounds of any Mount Diablo Unified School District school at any time for any purpose. Number two, student will not attend any Mount Diablo Unified School District school sponsored activities whether on or off campus. Number three, student will complete her coursework work through attendance at Golden Gate Community Day School in Richmond. Number four, student will complete 20 hours of counseling. Number five, student will demonstrate a successful school experience, which includes point one, no violation of school rules and education codes 48900, 48915, or district rules and regulations. Point two, satisfactory academic progress, earn
007a minimum of 35 credits. Point three, satisfactory attendance, 90% attendance and no more than 10% tardies. And the final point is the student must not commit any expellable offenses as defined under the education code. Thank you. We have a motion. Do we have a second? Second. Okay. Motion by Trustee McDougall, second by Trustee Inzayli. And that passes 5-0-0. And that takes us to public comment. >> Okay. The public may address the board regarding any item not on the agenda. The public comment will also be allowed on each specific agenda item prior to the board action thereon. In accordance with the Brown Act, the board may not take action or engage in dialogue on items that are not on the posted agenda, but you can be certain that the people that need to hear what you
008have to say will hear it as you speak. So, first one, Heather Hollis. Good evening, board members. I'm coming here tonight as a frustrated parent. I've tried to resolve this for months at site level. >> [sighs] >> I've tried emailing some a little bit at the district. I don't feel like I should have to beg and plead for my daughter's education for her to have a safe learning place. She has problems with a student. That student's parent so happens to be a teacher. So, everything that is happening they're only taking one side of it. And we have proof of that, but it is still not enough. I'll give an example. One, they if they accuse my daughter of threatening to fight the student and it was said on the bus. That day in question, my
009daughter was never on the bus. [clears throat] I get I've gotten a matter of about 15 phone calls in 2 weeks that my daughter is disobedient, she's disrespectful, loud. I email all six teachers. I have proof of all these email threads. Each teacher in her those six classes state that it was not them. It did not happen in their class. So, when I contacted the school again, please give me what teacher observed this, what class? We can't tell you. We have to protect identities. So, what class is it happening in? Does she have a seventh period that I don't know about? It's to the point where she went from straight A's to straight F's. This is how bad the drama is affecting her. She's also on a 504 to where her 504 accommodations have been
010denied. She is also on prescribed anxiety that is PRN, which means whenever she needs it. As a parent, I'm not really fully on board with giving medicine whenever. So, we have steps that she's supposed to take. One of them is to call me to calm down. We do breathing exercises. She was left alone in the office for 4 hours and was not allowed to call me. She had a full-blown panic attack and not a single adult in that office helped her. Instead, I'm constantly told and these are the exact verbage that she's disobedient. When I retort back that she is not a dog. That I was told that they don't believe that her diagnosis is are correct. They're not a psychologist. They're not a psychiatrist. My child has been in therapy since elementary school. I've
011taken all the steps to address her disabilities since she was young to help give her advantages as she progresses through school. And it's just the VPs and the principals have a very personal friendship with this teacher. So, it is not we're not reaching anywhere. I got I had to have her removed from one class because a teacher said, "Well, she looks very intimidating. I'm afraid that she's going to be violent towards me." My child has never been in a fight. She has never hit anyone. She has never done any of that. She is very She may be outspoken to a point, but she's not aggressive like that. She has OCD and high anxiety. Those things sometimes it makes her focus on things or she'll do things a certain way that some people don't like and
012I understand that, but that's not their decision to like it or not. It's she may have to walk a certain way and Oh, sorry. I'm done. Thank you. Thank you. Ms. Hollis, Ms. Hollis, Bruce Steel, our secondary director, will talk to you outside and specifically about this. Thank you. Elizabeth Silva. Good evening. Uh 1 week after the district announced it would remove the Spanish dual immersion program at Bancroft Elementary, a group of parents filed uniform complaints to the district detailing that the district had not followed the proper procedures to phase out the program at Bancroft Elementary, including notifying the ELAC, the DELAC committees, the school site council, and having a public hearing with families. No equity assessments were done to explore the demographic impact. This program is a magnet for Latinos and closing this program
013is going to close the the door to Walnut Creek schools to many Latinos. The district had 60 days to review our complaints and responded by ignoring the key issues raised. For that reason, families have appealed to the California Department of Education to review the cases. The California Department of Education's Equity UCP offices recent legislation, AB 715, effective this January 1st, aims to increase public awareness of the their renewed commitment to equity and and addressing suspect unlawful discrimination promptly and ameliorating it swiftly and effectively. This is exactly what we need in this case. Phasing out the Spanish immersion program disproportionately harms the majority Latino population, eliminates access to a high-performing school pathway, and was made without any legal stakeholder engagement that needed to happen. We have four key reasons in our appeal. First, the district's decision
014to eliminate the program that has operated for over a decade is not aligned with the LCAP and what it promises to deliver. The LCAP is obligated under board policy 0460 to solicit meaningful input when making major programmatic changes. We all know that didn't happen. The district's response doesn't respond to whether meaningful stakeholder engagement occurred as our second point. When was the decision made? We don't know. They won't release the details. Was the school site council consulted? That was not responded to in the district letter, but we know the site council was not consulted. We know the ELAC was not consulted. We know the DELAC was not consulted. Uh that we um the Was the decision specifically communicated um to families before January 28th? No, it was not. The third reason is that the district says
015the program um that they took community input over several years regarding co-cohort splits in the enrollment capacity. They took public comment when they made their determination. We know that the grievances about the co-cohort priority system and are not related to the need to relocate it. None of the cited public comments called for the elimination of the TWDI program. And finally, the discriminatory impact on Latino students has not been studied. Uh the failure to conduct any impact assessment is a violation of the procedure and it is exactly what the what the California Department of Education's scrutiny under this education equity law is supposed to respond to, which is why this is such an important issue. We're asking the board to please intervene. Thank you. Elaine Newlin. Hi, my name is Elaine. I have a daughter in
016the second grade in TWDI and a son who I'm very much hoping can do the program when he goes into kindergarten the year after next. Um I am in boundaries for Bancroft, Northgate, and Foothill. And this program has been really important to us, but for logistical reasons, if it moves to Woodside, we would not follow it. A lot of reasons for our family and a lot of families in a similar state where this program is so important, but um it going to Woodside would mean we wouldn't be able to participate. From what I've seen from a lot of the different presentations about moving it to Woodside, one of the reasons for that is to solve an undercapacity issue at Woodside and an overcapacity issue at Bancroft. And I just want to make sure that this
017group is thinking about the number of students who wouldn't be going to Woodside and solving that problem. It's just leaving students at Bancroft who don't get to do the program anymore. We actually bought our house up the street from Bancroft cuz we were so excited about this program. Um and we wouldn't be able to go to Woodside. Um we have met the threshold for keeping this program at Bancroft. And even if you kept one teacher who simultaneously taught English and Spanish, um we could easily fill that class without issue. You're going to have to have a teacher for those kids anyway. So, we would love for that teacher to be one of the amazing teachers already at the program who can keep it going. Um we really appreciate the time that you've taken to listen
018to us about this. We know we show up week after week. This is clearly so important to us and um we're going to follow every pathway that we have to hopefully keep this amazing program. Um the other thing I wanted to just say if if I don't run out of time is my I was part of an inaugural class at a new school uh back when I was in first and second grade. It took a number of years for that school to get where it needed to be for good quality programming. The teachers had to ramp up. The resources had to go into place. And we just think there's a lot of value in the Bancroft program continuing in tandem with the Woodside program ramping up just to ensure that everyone can be successful and
019support each other. So, we respectfully again week over week ask you to consider keeping the program at Bancroft, even just one class as the other ones ramp ramp down. Um and thank you for your time. Thank you. Jessica Lee. Hi, good evening, board members. At the last meeting, um Vice President Enziwe suggested that families advocating for Bancroft TWI may simply be the loudest voice and that the board members also must consider those those that remain silent. Respectfully, families are not here because we are loud. We are here because this district made a major decision affecting our children without meaningful stakeholder engagement beforehand. Referencing silent voices after the fact does not replace the outreach that should have occurred before the decision was made. I also wanted to address the implication that because Bancroft is located in
020Walnut Creek, the families advocating for this program must somehow be privileged and therefore less deserving of consideration. That assumption is inaccurate. Our families include working families, immigrant families, military families, bilingual households, renters, and parents from many backgrounds who make significant sacrifices to provide opportunities for their children. Reducing legitimate concerns to stereotypes about where families live is not equity. It undermines it. Also, um again, who benefits from the immediate removal of a successful program at Bancroft? Because today that has not been clearly explained. What has been made clear is the harm. Students lose stability. Siblings may be separated. Teachers face disruption. And a successful program that has served this community over a decade is destabilized. What we are asking we are not asking for special treatment. We are asking for what every family deserves. A lawful
021process, transparent decision-making, >> [clears throat] >> meaningful stakeholder engagement, and decisions grounded in demonstra- in demonstrated educational benefit. We will continue to show up not because we are loud, but because accountability requires persistence. Thank you. Jorge Silva. Hi, good evening. Um What happened uh in Bancroft Elementary is simple and is deeply troubling. The district made a decision to phase out the dual immersion program before consulting with families, something that is just the fact. And it's the law. The that consultation has to happen before and it has to be meaningful. California law is clear. You must engage the parents, English learner families, and educators before making the decisions like a decision like this. And the impact isn't neutral. This program sells serves Latino and multilingual students and it's integral to the educational setting of many of
022these families. Uh This process happened without a clear analysis of equity concerns, of impacts in demographics, and the risk of pushing Latinos out of a high-quality diverse learning environment is was never considered. That is exactly why the state passed AB 715 that it came came into effect not so long ago in January uh to strengthen equity enforcement. We have now appealed to the California Department of Education because our uniform complaint uh that we submitted was uh came back and saying that they were they the district actually dodged the question and they say that they we alleged that there was no meaningful engagement and they said that they did not answer that. They just say that they were entitled to move the program without any consultation. But um you don't have to wait until the state
023acts. You can fix this. You can take action. But what I wanted to to let you know in the last minute that I have is that um we are appealing this complaint. Some parents have taken legal action. Other parents are organizing in other way. We are exploring a local ballot measure ensuring that parents' rights are respected. We are exploring creating a political action committee. We are reaching out to gubernatorial candidates. We are reaching out to local and local and state elected officials. We are working to draft legislation to ensure that parental consultation in bilingual programs that affect Latino students or multilingual learners are explicitly consulted and required to explicitly be consulted by law before terminating a program like this. And we know that our parents are really highly motivated to keep this program because it
024it matters. It matters to a lot of them. And we will make sure that we support candidates and and elected officials that support this program that support keeping the program at Bancroft. And we know that this board is going to look different in November. And we want to make sure that we have champions in those seats. Thank you. >> Thank you. Angel. Is it on? Good evening uh board members, President Ms. Mason, Superintendent Mr. Clark. So good to see you guys after a long uh spring break with all of you. It is a world good to be back. I wanted to um come and share um some concerns and some um suggestions that I have with all of you. A few uh weeks ago I um was um in the hospital a few weeks ago
025because I had a quick um accident involving uh a Paralympic sport. But most of all, I'm doing okay, just taking it easy. But overall, I just wanted to share with all of you guys that I also have another concern that I wanted to bring up with you. A few uh days ago I was visiting uh uh an old friend of mine. Oh. >> [sighs] >> Um um me and her we both went to Concord High together and um and ever since um we hung out, I I wanted to give her name. Her name is Sarah and me and her we both been friends since Concord High. She's at Bridge right now. And whenever when when um when um when she first came here here to Bridge, she was a little bit, you know, shy, but
026when she saw me, she kind of like reconnected. And then um and then fast forward to two weeks ago. I was visiting visiting her and all of a sudden my dad um kind of lashed out at at me for no reason, all because I wanted to visit her. My my dad was a little concerned that um I wasn't like uh posing a threat to her because um I had an incident before with that particular student. And I don't want to go into too much detail, just to be safe. But you know, um but for the, you know, safety of others, you know, I always try to maintain, you know, a good boundary, you know, in when it comes to, you know, people's space, you know. But overall, you know, I also um wanted to share
027with you the the attacks that I had, you know, with with my with my father because he has no right to just assault me in that particular way. For the sake of my safety and others because um it's just her, you know, heartbreaking to um just take in all the trauma and at that point I had a bit of a medical emergency, too, and I had to be rushed to the hospital, too, and had to file a police report against what happened. And for the safety of others, too, I am I am trying to focus on the positive things, you know, that's happening lately, but most of all, I do want to Oh, thank you. But overall, thank you so much for your time and I'm sorry. Thank you, Angel. You're welcome. I think we
028have one more card that got turned in. Demless. I should say your whole name, Johnson the III. It is quite all right. >> [laughter] >> Well, good evening, board members, Superintendent. Um as mentioned, my name is Demless Johnson the III and I bring you greetings from Rocketship KIPP Delta Academy located at 2351 Oliver Road. Um just wanted to stop by and invite you in person to our neurodiversity carnival taking place tomorrow night, April 16th, from 4:30 to 6:30. Once again, located at 2351 Oliver Road. More details are in your inbox. Um but as mentioned, just wanted to stop by and invite you in person. Thank you to those who've already RSVP'd. We look forward to hearing from others and look forward to seeing you all tomorrow night. Thank you again. Thank you. Wait, did you
029guys hear the card? Is that a public comment card? Did you see the first Okay. >> Good evening, President Mason, trustees. I want to make sure I have my glasses. >> [laughter] >> Dr. Clark, members of the audience. Um I would like to welcome everyone back from spring break. Um happy to be back. Um I had been [clears throat] ill, so I was able to take a short break, but I'm getting better. Um today I would like to bring to the trustees' attention a piece of information that I was reading the other day. According to the district salary schedules, which is a document that anyone, anybody in the audience, can find on the district website. So, since 2017, the adult ed administrators have earned ongoing salary increases, whereas our adult ed educators have not. So,
030for example, in the 2017, and I have a document here that you can also look up. Um the adult ed administrators have earned ongoing I'm sorry, for example, in 2017, the adult educator uh administrator's starting salary was $99,973. In 2025, their starting salary jumped to $143,076. That is a 49.07% increase over a 7 to 8-year period. During the same time, our adult ed teachers received zero, zero, zero, and zero, and zero percent increases. I also want to point out that our current TK-12 educators received a $46.71 hourly rate for the work they spend outside their site time. Sadly, the district is not offering our adult ed teachers the same hourly rate that their TK-12 colleagues are receiving. Many of our adult ed teachers teach part-time and do not make nearly enough to support themselves or
031their families. My ask to you, trustees, is to please direct our bargaining team to come to the bargaining table with a livable wage for our adult teachers, adult ed teachers, to also provide them with some prep time, and to provide retirement benefits over other items that we have um pending on on our bargaining table. I just wanted to bring that to your attention cuz I'm not sure if you're or even aware of what's going on and the data that you can easily um look up. So, again, as always, if you have any questions, you know where to find me. I'm always available to answer them. Thank you. Okay, that takes us to recognitions and resolutions, 10.1, review and approval of resolution 25/26 recognizing April 28th, 2026 as bus driver appreciation day, Dr. Clark. I'll wait.
032So, um I present to you uh resolution 25/26-60, school bus driver appreciation day, which is going to take place on April 29th April April 28th, 2026. Whereas bus drivers in the Mount Diablo Unified School District are essential to our students' support system. They improve access to education by providing safe, dependable transportation and promoting school attendance. And whereas school bus drivers are patient and work hard to keep students safe even when road and weather conditions change. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Mount Diablo Unified School District joins with the California State Assembly declaring Tuesday, April 28th, 2026 as school bus driver appreciation day and commends all school bus drivers for for for providing great service, showing strong commitment, and making positive making a positive difference in students' lives each day. Be it further resolved that
033this resolution will be distributed to all schools throughout the district. Um before I put this over to the hands of the board, I just want to let you know that um during the spring break, while many people were vacationing, I took a little trip over to the bus yard and visited it with some of our mechanics and also some of the drivers were still there transporting students who attend non-public schools. And there were also um several drivers who were there doing extra training and making sure that they were all up on their certifications. Um we owe all of that to our leader in transportation, which is Mr. Chris Leppe, who is um in the back there and um he is also here in support of this resolution. So, with that said, I'll leave this resolution
034in the hands of the board. Thank you. Madam President, I move the board approve resolution 25/26-60 recognizing April 28th, 2026 as school bus driver appreciation day. Second. Okay, we have a motion by Trustee Mayo, a second by Trustee Lawrence. And that passes 5-0-0. And thank you and thank all your bus drivers on our behalf. Can I can I request Mr. Leppe to come up and just say just a sentence or two? Or two. Yes, okay. This this um recognition, we wanted to do it last year and I will be totally transparent as always. Um I I didn't know how to do it. Laura Geranic helped us with that. We put it on our calendar for this year to do it. Uh we felt it was important to recognize our drivers on a day and just
035make it their special day. Thank you. Perfect. Thank you. You're my my best friend's mom A quick sale around. My best friend's mom who um her daughter went to school with me. She was worked at the bus garage for years. So, I I I have bus drivers are very dear to me. Dr. Clark, I'll just let you take them from here. Yeah, just I'm very excited about this next resolution. We have resolution 25/26-61 in recognition of Earth Day. Whereas the global impact, urgency, and magnitude of the challenge of addressing climate change calls for leadership in all sectors of society, all institutions, and among amongst all elected officials. Whereas California has been profoundly affected by several natural disasters made more severe by climate change including droughts, record-breaking wildfire, flooding, and coastal sea rise with with impacts
036on coastal nearshore ecosystems. Whereas climate change impacts human health making illness ranging from allergies to heart and lung disease, kidney problems, pregnancy complications, and skin cancer worse. And whereas um we're going to encourage um encouragement of environmental K-12 education and climate science, improvement of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning HVAC systems by replacing aged and inefficient heating ventilating equipment with high high efficiency heating ventilation and air conditioning systems, in installation of modern LED lighting to broadly reduce energy uh consumption, utilization of health-conscious pesticide and chemical products in ground keeping um processes to reduce exposure to pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides. So, now therefore, be it resolved that the Mount Diablo Unified School District Board of Education hereby recognizes April 22nd, 2026 as Earth Day reaffirming our commitment to be part of climate change solutions and to educate
037our students about climate change and beyond. Um Madam President, I leave this resolution in the hands of the board. Madam President, I move that the board approve item 10.2, uh resolution 25-26-61 in recognition of Earth Day. Thank you. Second. We have a motion by Trustee Lawrence, second by Trustee Mayo. And that passes 5-0-0. Hey, Dr. Clark, can I have my three? I have one more resolution um besides the business resolutions, but we're going to do resolution 25/26-62 commemorating Italian Liberation Day, which took place on April 25th. Whereas April 25th, Italian Liberation Day marks pivotal uh a pivotal moment in history commemorating the liberation of Italy from Nazi fascist occupations and the triumph of the Italian resistance. And whereas on this day in 1945, the Italian people united in their struggle for freedom, rose up against
038oppression, paving the way for future for a future of democracy and peace. Um whereas California is home to approximately 1.3 million Italian Americans who have made significant contributions to the state's agriculture, um viticulture, and fishing industries. Now therefore, be it resolved that the Mount Diablo Unified School District celebrates the past, present, and future contributions of Italian Americans to American society in the state of California, recognizing and honoring April 25th to be a Italian Liberation Day. Madam President, I'll leave this um resolution in the hands of the board. Thank you. I have a question. Mhm. My for I don't know, we might have an expert on the board here. Mhm. Uh to my recollection, this is the first day at least when I was previously on the board. I don't think we've had this before. Is
039this a new resolution for us or Last year was the first. >> Last year was the first. All right. I I I'll I'll I'll go ahead. I'll I'll go ahead and make the motion. Uh uh knowing who I'm sitting next to. The the the the dangers if I don't, um but I would move that the board approve item 10.3 uh resolution 2526-62 commemorating Italian Liberation Day, April 25th. Second it. Oh, thank you for the support over there. Um you know, America's named after an Italian and I think what that symbolized happened on that day is very relevant to us today. So, having said that, with the motion by Trustee Lawrence and a second by Trustee McDougall, I'll take the vote. And passes 5-0-0. Thank you. Great uh Madam President, I now have um item 10.5
040and that is review and potential approval of board resolution 2526 and I have Leanne Medina Estrada and we will go ahead and hear the resolution before the comment. >> [clears throat] >> Thank you, Superintendent President. This evening we present this resolution for your review and approval to authorize the district to apply for provisional intern permits for two teachers while they take additional time to prepare for their intern credential program. And with that, I leave this in the hands of the board. I just wanted to speak on this item. Um as I understand and I've you know I work closely with HR and Ryan Sheahan. And we are always trying to um recruit and retain the best teachers in our classrooms. My concern is with this particular one, I just want to make sure when you
041hire these PIPs, these teachers, um they're not credentialed teachers. They're working towards it. And so they do not qualify for our TISP mentors. And so many of these um wonderful new up-and-coming vibrant new teachers come into our programs, go into our classrooms, loving our students, but they don't always get the supports. And so what happens is that they've invested their time, they've invested their energy, they come into these communities, they come into these classrooms, and then they drown. They call us, they they're media members, and they say, "I need help." And so I always want to bring this forward and say, "Okay, fine. You make the decision, but let's not forget that these are the teachers, brand new, and I don't want to scare them away. I want them to stay. We're investing time and
042energy, money in them. So, let's give them those supports. Do you have some wonderful people around them? Um a lot of mentor teachers. I used to be a master teacher. I used to help them, but then they leave because they feel like they're not being heard or given what they need. So, I just wanted to bring this forward to let you know that we do need to support those brand new brand new brand new members to our community. Thank you. Thank you. I'm I move that we approve resolution 2526-65 provisional internship permits. Second. Okay, we have a motion by Trustee Ezewi, a second by Trustee Mayo. And that passes 5-0-0. And I think one more there, Dr. Clark. Yes, so we have um item 10.6 and this is potential approval of resolution 25/26-66, declaration of
043need for fully qualified educators and I um Leanne E. I'll take it. Thank you, Superintendent President and Trustees. Thank you. Uh this evening we present this resolution for your review and approval. This is an annual requirement for the district to take this declaration of need. We have anticipated numbers by credential type larger than our anticipated need so as not to request from the board a second identical action later in the year. So, this holds us for the next school year. The number of teachers hired or rehired under emergency permits include substitutes, current employees required to reapply for a permit, and summer school teachers. And with that, I'll leave this in the hands of the board. Thank you. Madam President, I move we approve resolution 25/26 number 66, declaration of need for fully qualified uh educators.
044Second. Thank you. We have motion by Trustee Mayo, second by Trustee McDougall. And that passes 5-0-0. Takes us to 11.1, review and potential approval of certificated personnel appointment, Dr. Clark. All right, always super excited to add a an additional person to the team and with that, I'm going to turn this over to Dr. Emmendorfer. Good evening, Madam President, Trustees, Dr. Clark. The Human Resources Department is bringing for the board's review and potential approval the appointment of Sarah Nowinski as the principal of elementary site to be determined. Sarah's career in education has afforded her opportunities to support students in grades TK through 12 in various roles from teaching to administration. For the last 17 years, she has served in the capacity as the TK through five principal at two different sites that both succeeded in continuous
045growth over time for all students due to the dedication of all staff and community. Sarah earned her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Master's in Educational Management. She earned both a multiple subject teaching credential and single subject teaching credential in English prior to obtaining her administrative services credential. Sarah is a mother of five young adults and enjoys watching them take on life. She has always felt lucky to have the career that she has and wouldn't change it for the world. With that, I leave this appointment in the hands of the board. Thank you. Madam President, I move the board appoint Sarah Nowinski as principal at an elementary school site to be determined. Second. We have a motion by Trustee Mayo, second by Trustee McDougall. One second. Oh, I'm sorry. You see, cuz of my
046mistake, you're having to sit there and wait. There you go. You come up and say a few words? Yeah. Like it's like Dancing with the Stars. Yes, yes. You don't know your score. Um nice to meet you, Dr. Clark and board, and thank you for your vote of confidence. I'm very excited to be here. Um I have my sister here with me in the audience. She works uh local lives locally, works has worked around the area. Um my husband and I and our youngest daughter are moving to the area and I'm looking forward to becoming a part of your community. So, thank you very much. >> Welcome. >> Yeah. Thank you. Okay. That takes us to board member reports. You want to start us off, Trustee Mayo? My pleasure, Donna. Okay. So, like Dr. Clark
047said earlier, it's been a while. Um on April 1st, I attended the Oak Grove Middle School 8th Grade IB Community Project Exhibition. Um the students uh in the quad area presented their community service projects. It was um amazing. They had to work in teams. Uh they had poster boards. Some of them had PowerPoint presentations. The students were able to speak eloquently about their projects and they shared um the um responsibility of informing individuals in the public with one another. So, they tag-teamed with their presentations. So, it was obvious to me that the uh staff has worked hard to support these students in their learning and their presentations. On April 3rd, I attended the Pleasant Hill Middle School Career Day. More than 24 business professionals shared information about the passion for their careers and the paths
048that they took to reach their careers. The students rotated through the classrooms to hear the presentations during the day on Friday just before spring break. On April 3rd, I also attended the First Robotics California District Contra Costa competition at Pittsburg High School where Ygnacio Valley High School Project 212 team and the College Park High School Falcon X team were competing. Project 212 officially qualified for the Northern California District Championship held April 10th and 11th at the Cal Palace and I don't have the results of that at this particular time. So, stay tuned. Um April 14th and 15th, which was yesterday and today, Concord High School presented the Every 15 Minutes event for juniors and seniors. The presentation and planning and execution of the event was excellent. At today's memorial service during the present station present
049state presentations, the students were so engaged, you could hear a pin drop. It was both remarkable and sad to observe students stand as they identified with a personal loss caused by a drunk driver. And I think that part of the ceremony was probably the most profound of the event. So, thank you to all of the emergency responders, the volunteer teams at Concord High School, the parents of the living dead, and everyone that happened to be involved. There it's a very emotional event. And um as a parent, as a grandparent, and every time my kids or a family member walk out of the house, I'm always hopeful that they come home. Because drunk driving does contribute to many deaths in our communities. I wanted to announce that there is at least one community forum for the
050seat for the Contra Costa County Superintendent, which is up on the June ballot. The one that I can announce publicly tonight is May 9th, from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. The location will be in Concord. You will be given the specific location once you register. And the forum will be moderated by the Diablo Valley League of Women Voters and there are two candidates. So, please take some time to be informed and vote. Thank you. Cheryl Teen Dewey. Welcome back from spring break, May love. You know the number of days. 33 days to make it to the last day of school. I know people are like, let's do this. So, let's do this. Students, teachers, staff, families, we're almost there. I hope everyone had a really good spring break. I'll be representing board members. I'll be representing
051us at this um Bay Area Board Leadership meeting on Friday sponsored by hosted by the San Francisco Unified School District Board. So, I'll come back with whatever happened there next week. And I thank you for taking that on for us. I appreciate that. Okay. Tracie McDougall. >> [laughter] >> I think he should be acknowledged for that. Yeah. Okay. On the 27th of March, there was well, for about 3 weeks there, I attended the math curriculum review at Willow Creek Center and was intrigued because we had to go through four vendors on math programs for the high schools. And uh it was a lot more than I expected to be have to do. I think I spent a couple hours looking at the curriculum. So, very interesting though. On the 4th of April, which was a
052Saturday, I went to a Passover Seder meal conducted by a Messianic Jewish congregation in the Clayton Valley Charter School. They taught about the connection between Passover, the Jewish feast, and Easter, the Christian resurrection day. Then on the 9th of April, I met with some members of the uh Citizens Bond Oversight Committee to discuss current and possible future bond issues. And then today, we had a special committee meeting here in the boardroom regarding consideration of a complaint on an award of a contract for two roofing projects. And I thought we'd never done this before. And so, it was all news to even to the lawyers. And so, it was interesting to see the procedure. I hope we don't have to go through this very much, but it was still interesting. So, that's my report. I thank
053you. Um so, welcome back everybody. Prior to break, Dr. Clark and I were panelists at Northgate High School. They did a uh leadership conference for middle schools. And so, the two of us as well as other distinguished guests had the opportunity to to do that. Um afterwards, I don't know if Dr. Clark got got buttonholed the way I did, but some great questions including like um what are the advantages and disadvantages of AI in the classroom and just some really thoughtful uh conversation afterwards. So, I enjoyed being part of that. I do want to make mention previously when I was on the board, one of the things I had pushed for was a two-year calendar. And I think that you know, to my understanding, I think there's been a a bit of a a twist
054to it and I think it it's always been a little bit fuzzy since then. My my intention had been to give families the ability to plan two years out for especially you know, as our our summer break has crept earlier into August. And to have that ability for for families to plan for things. And the idea was to continually plan two years out and not have it be instead I think it's morphed into a two year at a time. So, for one of the years it works really well, but the other year we're we're back. And so, I did mention this to the superintendent and obviously this would take agreement with our bargaining units, but that is one of the things I would like to advocate for and for us to consider for the future
055is the idea of going back to we would do it yearly, but it would be for two years out for for the calendar. Um and then my final item is that I wanted to mention the passing of one of our Walnut Acres teachers, Heather Garcia Roy, who uh one of my children had as a teacher, but all four of my kids knew and adored her. She passed much too young. She there is a uh a celebration of her life out Walnut Acres next week. Unfortunately, it is April 22nd at 6:00 p.m., which is when we will be here. Um but it is a very fittingly a Disney themed uh and encouraged encouraged people to wear Disney attire, which I can attest of her love for Disney. And so, I wanted to make mention of that
056and that concludes my report. Thank you for sharing that. Um Before the break, I had a chance to go I went to Ygnacio Valley High School to visit a teacher cuz I always like to brag on the people I hire. I had hired him as a teen to work in our after school program. He's now an IB teacher at Ygnacio Valley High School, Sam Garcia, and he has a science class and he had a student in there with I went on his um his uh with prep period, but he was had a student in there he was helping, but it's just really nice when you can see a kid you watched grow up in your community, you gave him his first opportunity a job, and now he's apparently a very popular teacher cuz a lot
057of the kids kept coming by the room on his prep and saying hi to him. So, he's over there at Ygnacio Valley High School and I'm very proud of him. Sherry Crus Elementary had like 30 40 parents at their ELAC committee and it was very good because they were going through the importance of the reclassifying and telling the parents how to have their kids prep to be successful. Always enjoy my meetings over at Sherry Crus Elementary. Um Riverview Middle School students participated several years ago um PG&E bought property and they inherited a pond that's contaminated from Shell. And so, for years they've been trying to get this pond cleaned up. When they first started to do it, they had a big event out there and all everybody came from PG&E and they asked me to
058speak as the head of the MAC and I went out there and so when the big shot from PG&E was there I said and when this is cleaned up we'll have would be nice if PG&E could put a dose in center out here cuz our kids have no idea of all of the wildlife that's out there peregrine falcons and cranes and egrets. It'd be nice if we could draw kids down there to see it. And I don't even know if the guy's still alive. He said yeah, he'd do it and I said I'm sticking around till you do it. Pond is still not cleaned up. They had to go a whole different route environmental route which is a good thing but someone at PG&E heard me and so they've started partnering ever since then several
059years now with Riverview Middle School to have students from Stafford Sacramento State come down study our Marsh and our water area and then partner with the Riverview kids the science class go down there. They find out what pickle weed is and they find out all the different things down there the cranes and the peregrines and walk all the way down to the waterfront and then they come back and the a Stafford Sacramento State kids do activities with them teach them all about the different things out there and then we serve them lunch. So it's always a lot of fun. I have to tell you I was handing out the notebooks and the pencils to and I think there was about there was two science classes. So I'd say had to be over 50 kids out
060there and every single one of them said thank you when I handed them and they had no clue who this woman was. I was just down there at the waterfront. And then another topic I usually try to keep my things specifically to school but um on March 31st the SRO out at at the school resource officer Jasmine Smith and Lieutenant Daniels from the Sheriff's Department we do our turkey giveaway every Thanksgiving and this year our donors were very um generous and we had some money left over so we held some of it back and so we went out and went door-to-door to two families in the community or to 10 families in the community giving them gift cards of $200 because we have worked with the schools the schools identified families that could use a
061little help and students that have been trying really hard. So it was really fun. The only thing is we showed up at the first house and I told the I looked at the sheriff there's two sheriff cars and the big SUV and I'm like, we did tell them ahead of time we're coming correct and they're like, no I said, you better start letting them know before we come that it's not a raid that we're actually here to do a good thing. But it was wonderful. All the families were very grateful. All the kids knew the officers by name which really made me very happy. So it was a really fun event that I was able to take part in and I wanted to share that with you and that concludes my report. I have a
062short I have a short report tonight so I know you guys will be appreciative of that. Just just again I always like to start off with our with our LCAP goals and and as we do this work each and every day it it is um it is work to meet all of these goals to ensure that all students at every school every one of our schools has a high value every one of our classrooms have something unique to offer and every one of our students deserve to be treated with the utmost respect regardless of where their zip code is or or any sort of family background or anything like that and so we work extremely hard on that goal one. Goal two we're going to continue to to have highly qualified and engaging staff at
063all levels working with our students and we will always continue to partner with our families and keep them informed and and work with them to improve student outcomes. I really like goal four and five because we're calling out specific student groups or schools where historically students have not experienced the same success as at some of our other schools and since doing these we have seen considerable improvements in all of the groups and schools listed but there's still much work to do. We're going to still you know we're going to still ground our work in educational equity learning acceleration and taking care of the social emotional learning of our of our students families communities and employees. Um as I as I share that I am I want to echo the sentiments of uh of trustee Lawrence
064around the teacher who we lost at at Walnut Acres. Um you know we had a we had a team out there following led by Aaron DeMartini um and and also out of our student services department whenever we have a tragic situation like this take place we always offer counseling to either students or staff and and I did go by the school to check in with the principal to see if there was anything that she needed and and they have just a very very supportive family and base out there and so just continue want to send our our our hearts out to the Walnut Acres community. Um same with the with the Sun Terrace community you know we had that tragic event that took place before the break and I just really wanted hats off to
065our care team that showed up with four counselors all highly trained in counseling students and adults whether they be teachers support staff classified staff or students all the way from TK up to fifth grade really just want to give give hats off to them and to that staff for pulling together and dealing with these unfortunate things that that come into our purview as we serve all of our communities and sometimes things from the communities do play themselves out in our schools. We are we are we have just finished our our Renaissance Star testing and so throughout the district we have given a beginning of the year assessment we've given a middle of the year assessment and we just completed our end of the year assessment. We have that data we'll be talking about it with
066our principals and with leadership with our leadership team tomorrow 8:00 Willow Creek if any of our trustees want to come and attend but we will be going over over some of that data and and planning as we're going to take on the next 35 33 days left in school. Um many of our English learners have been taking the ELPAC and and so this is how the ELPAC is broken down into listening speaking reading writing. I want to give kudos to our to our multilingual Department because they have been working extremely close with some of our families who attend DLAC and hopefully pushing that out at the sites as well on really helping our parents explain this process and what to expect and ways that they can support their students becoming reclassified as as English speakers.
067So kudos to that so that's we should be finishing up that process now. We're getting ready to go into smarter balance and so each test window is a is a minimum of 25 instructional days so so some of our schools will be starting we may have had a school start this week but the majority of them will start either next week or the week after. They'll test for for 25 days this includes makeups and and all those so kids won't be doing 25 days of testing. They can actually knock it all out in about three days three maybe three and a half days but ensuring that we do all of the makeups because we have a certain we have a certain level of percentage that we have to get to to make sure that we
068get full credit for all of our students and if we don't hit that number then those students fall down to the lowest possible percentage that they could receive in that area. So we want to give all of our students the opportunities to to demonstrate their their knowledge and we also want to give all of our teachers the opportunity to have students be able to really demonstrate what they've learned throughout the 100 and 47 days or so that they've been in that they've been in school. So that's going to take place once the once the testing is complete the students will fall into one of the four categories. You know either standard not met or standard nearly met or standard met or standard exceeded. We really focus on our students standard met and standard exceeded but
069some some interesting things that are happening as we look at our star results a lot of the percentages of standards not met at least in star we've been shrinking that number. So unfortunately we're not necessarily growing the number of standard exceeded but we are shrinking that number of standard not met and so just excited to get into our to get into our state testing and to really demonstrate what we've been I mean essentially spending 500 million dollars on because that's our budget and really our budget goes to educating students. That's our job. That's our only mission in this district and so very curious to see how how that turns out. So half of our students will be participating in this in the state testing. Couple things coming up our African American parent advisory will be
070meeting April 16th at Metal Homes and they will be this meeting specifically will be asking for input on the LCAP and so we are in I don't see Christina Filios here today. I think today might be a special day for her and so um so she gets a pass from attending the board meeting because it's her birthday but um but anyway it's it's that time of year where we're collecting input for the LCAP and so at all of our parent groups we'll be doing this and and there's also a link on our website for LCAP survey and so we're just in in LCAP input season and so we're kicking it off at our PAPAC meeting. Also this Saturday out at Holbrook our coffee with the counselors will be taking place. I just you know I
071I rave about these four amazing counselors all the time about just above and beyond that they go to make sure that they are reaching their community. They hold these sessions in Spanish. The topics I mean the topics are too small for everyone to see but they are going to be they're going to be talking about finishing up the school year strong talking about summer activities and and then also not only summer school activities but also enrichment activities. You know many of our many of our students look towards Mount Diablo and our programs to provide some summer engagement and so through our ELAC team we have many of those but we want to make sure that our that our families hear about it and so so anyway these four amazing counselors will be holding their last
072session of the year which will take place this Saturday. And and then we as a as a board we get to along with with many of the folks in the audience but we really get to see the product that we've created and supported and nurtured over the last 13 years with with some of these students and that's our that's our graduation schedule. So there's 10 graduations up here. We are we are going to go to each one and we are going to celebrate those students celebrate those families celebrate the staff that show up there and and and really congratulate everyone on a on a year well done but for many of our students on a on a career and this is this is what we do in Mount Diablo's. We prepare our students for college
073college and or career and so this is that you know this is this is that going away going away gift that we all get to be a part of. So so really looking forward really looking forward to this and so we we have this out here. I know all the board has had an opportunity to sign up and and accept each of these each of these classes and and we are really looking looking forward to that. I just want to share two fun pictures. This is a career day over at Mountain View and I you know in our LCAP goals it really talks about partnering with with families partnering with parents and being a part of that. Well all of these parents that you see there sitting there took time out of their day to
074come and give back to the school and share their career. Many schools do this but this I just thought this was just a great picture that just really identified some of our our committed parents and they spent the day over at Mountain View and there were lots of pictures of interactive sessions that they were having with students but but this is always just fun when you know you never know what types of questions are going to come going to come at you and and just like Trustee Lawrence said after our after our panel we you know we got peppered with with questions and I always get you know I I ask the kids like are you excited for state testing? So that that initiative yeah that goes over very very well and you heard when
075I said that to the crowd they they probably weren't too appreciative of that but um but I just I want to I want to highlight that and then this was another picture I wanted to highlight is over at Mount Diablo High School and Concord High School they they did a series of trips and this is just one but but to bring our students out and to and it's a I don't know the guy looks you know 12 years old who's working on that car. I mean he's a young guy but for our students to see people who like reflect them doing work and and you know to do this type of work is is amazing. The these garages do not look like they look like you know when I had my '63 Plymouth Valiant and
076stuff and I could do things like change the water pump and stuff like that you know but a lot of computers and and you know so here they visited this this mechanic but they also went to Costco to go see the tires being changed. I know they've been to our to our bus yard and just seeing that but but I just just wanted to share these two pictures of just different ways when when our students leave the house regardless until they get home everything that we do is contributing to their education. So whether it's sports whether it's VAPA whether it's some sort of club whether it's some instruction whether it's recess all those things are all learning opportunities and we just have so many opportunities for our students to learn and to engage and become
077motivated and to just you know really get all they can out of what we're offering and and there's no way that we could provide a one-size fits all to all of our students and and hit all the unique needs. Just a couple more things Friday I'll be attending the the PTA event out in in San Ramon and I'll be there. It's an all day advocacy event but I'll be on a panel with with the superintendent from Acalanes from Moraga from San Ramon Pleasanton Fremont Dublin maybe a couple others but again just trying to advocate for issues that we see in in public education and ways that we can make it better and more accessible for all students and all of the adults that that educate our kids. So we'll be we'll be advocating for that
078on on Friday. So I I won't be in the office on Friday I'll be down in San Ramon. So with that that concludes my concludes my presentation and have any questions for any trustees if not we will move on. Thank you Dr. Clark. Okay that takes us to consent agenda. Madam President I'd like to remove item 14.4 for separate consideration. Looks like that's all. So you want to go ahead and make a motion for the rest? Madam President I move that the board approve the consent agenda as presented with the exception of 14.4 which would be for separate consideration. I second that. Okay motion by Trustee Lawrence second by Trustee McDougall. Pick you out? Okay that passes 500 and we will now talk about what becomes 15.1. I I would just look to the superintendent
079and staff for more information. This is regarding our potential bond measure doing additional outreach. I think it ends up being the additional cost is around $162,000 and so just if we could get more information as to what would be entailed there. I'd also like to make some comments. Thank you for pulling that Brian. 162,000 in additional funding to help promote the possible Mount Diablo School Board bond issue on the next ballot. In the report by this organization Civics CivX a month or so ago the policy showed possible support for of low to mid 50% approval on the bond when they interviewed I think about 600 people. Those figures tell me that this will be a hard slog for approval when 55% is necessary to pass. Secondly the possible bond amount of 528 million represents a
080bond issue of three and a half times our recent Measure J of 150 million. Even if the bond amount is the lesser choice they did have a second option that was about half of that it would represent nearly a doubling of the recent Measure J amount. Consider [clears throat] that this June the Contra Costa College District is asking for approval of 920 million dollar bond plus several other tax increases on the November ballot. I think it will be very difficult to get approval for a new Mount Diablo Unified Bond. Finally a large 50 million dollar contract under Measure J promised over 30% savings from solar power and LED lights conversion. But in fact our power bills have come in significantly higher uh at 50% higher and more than previously. So, I know we're going to
081be voting on this uh now, but what I'd like to suggest is that we add an agenda item in future, hopefully next week, uh so that we can just discuss this last point about the uh uh $50 million contract that did not produce savings. So, uh that's my comment on it and uh Okay. So, um to address the specific question about where the additional funds are going to go, so most of it, probably roughly about and 20 to 130,000 is earmarked for three mailers that would go out to the community, um just educating the community on the need for a potential bond in November. And then uh roughly about 30 to 40,000 is for a subsequent polling that we would do prior to putting a resolution in front of the board to actually go out
082uh for the bond. Um and that is just to see if if the campaign increased the numbers cuz we were right at about 54, 55% um based off that presentation and the polling that was completed in late June, early February. So, to answer the question, that's where the funds would be going uh to educate our community about Mount Diablo and what we're doing and kind of uh address the questions that got brought up during the polling. Would that additional polling be done before the three mailers? It'll be done after because you want to see the effect of So, the the mailers would be going out, three mailers, then the polling, and this would be before we vote on it as a board? Correct. So, we're expecting to vote on it in June, probably, I guess.
083Uh that would be the the timeline, right around June. Just wanted to get that timeline. >> [clears throat] >> Go ahead. Um so, I will be voting in favor of this because um we do not have the opportunity to engage every household and every voter in our community through any other means. The emails that are available are not um what? Accurate. Uh so, the mail to the household is the only way we can reach them unless all of us are willing to go to every registered voter in our district, which is what now? Approximately 150,000. Um so, the mailers are our means of communication. Um we don't have newspapers to reach out to the public like we used to many years ago. Uh so, and we can't buy ad space necessarily in the newspaper. I
084don't know how many people actually read uh the news online anymore. The um the other thing I think is it will present information about the great work we're doing, but it will also show what our need is uh and whether or not we move forward, we will have done a public education campaign about the Mount Diablo School District. Uh the need will always be there and um in my recollection and um I pulled some information from our 2010 Measure C campaign, the data for the initial polling was about the same, and we were successful through yes, a hard-working campaign, but we were successful. But we need the public relations piece first. And I would just say in recent conversations with one of our state representative's office people, they're already very nervous that there's so many
085propositions that are going to be on the ballot, state, local, that they're getting worried about it, just people get so many and they just know all the way. So, that But, you know, we're in for a penny, in for a pound. We might as well finish this part of it and then make our decision. Madam President, I move that the board approve item 15.1. Second. Passes 4 2 1 with uh Trustee McDougall being a no. Okay. That takes us to business. 15.0, uh review of potential approval of changes to board policies and administrative regulations for California School Boards Association recommendations, March 2025. This one we're voting So, yeah, this is info um info only two for first read. 11. And the next one, 17.2, review of potential approval of changes to board and administrative regulations
086for California School Boards Association recommending recommendations through 2025. This one for first read, info. Yeah. Next item? Review of potential approval of changes to board policies, administrative regulations for California School Boards Association recommendations, January 2026. This one is for information and action. Is Trustee White You might not hear my call. Thank you. Thank you. And and for that, there's two for approvals and five for first read. And that's info action. Um I'll move to approve changes >> [clears throat] >> to board policy 0450 and AR 05 as presented. Second. Okay, so we have a motion by Trustee White, second by McDougall. Was that McDougall? Okay. And that passes 500. Next is meeting extension. I don't think we need a meeting extension. We're done with closed session. I think we're done. >> So, if one thing
087just on um on Trustee McDougall's request, I just want to bring to the board's attention that as I'm looking at next week's agenda, we have a um we have a facilities update, uh maintenance and operations update, and so um I would imagine some of those topics might be covered. And then we also have an annual report um that's the Measure J uh uh oversight. So, we have two items that if there's questions need to come up about the about that project, I think they can both be they can be covered. So, that is that is coming up. That'll be next week. So, if you have questions, if you guys want to send those to me ahead of time, then I can I can have our staff uh make sure that they get those and and
088get information that you all that you all need. All right. Yeah. And with that, we're adjourned. Yay.