Mt. Diablo USD Board Meeting 9/24/2025 Part 2

001Good evening. Um, today is September 24th, 2025. It is um what 6:10 p.m. and I'm calling uh reconvening the meeting uh of the Mount Diablo Unified School District Board of Education. The um preliminary business is our land acknowledgement. We recognize that the um Mount Diablo Unified School District sits on the territory of the Confederated villages of the Lassan, the ancestral and unseated land of the Bay Miwok and Northern Yokott, the successors of the sovereign Verona Band of Contraosta County. As members of the Mount Diablo Unified School District community, it is vitally important that we not only recognize the history on the of the land on which we learn, but also that we recognize the land that we inhabit and learn on is the ancestral land of these people who are alive and flourishing members of

002the Mount Diablo Unified School District and broader Bay Area communities today. Would you please stand for the pledge of allegiance? Aliance 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. So um first I would like to advise and welcome um that student trustee Barrera Oriana has joined the meeting. Welcome. And uh that's trustee Enzi is participating from Marrison Morrison Clark Historic Inn 1011L Street Northwest Washington DC and she joined us in close session at 5:11 p.m. Trustee and Zwei, can you hear us? >> Yes. >> Thank you. there will be a little bit of a time lag. So that's that's why we are pausing between uh comments. Okay. So um item 6.3 is uh potential approval

003of minutes for the regular board meeting held September 10th, 2025. >> I move to approve the minutes for the regular board meeting held September 10th, 2025. >> Second. So, we have a motion by Trustee Mason with a second by Trustee McDougall to approve the minutes of the meeting held September 10th, 2025. Uh, Trustee Barrera Oriana, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trustee Mason, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trusty McDougall, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trustee Enzwi, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trustee Lawrence, how do you vote? >> Yes. and I uh Trusty Mayo vote I as well for the audience because one of our board members is participating remotely um we need to do >> yes so the board members here will be voting electronically you heard the

004oral vote trustee and Zaywei voted yes and um our uh board secretary will record her vote so the motion is adopted on a 500 vote with support from student trustee Barrera Oriana. Okay, it's a mouthful. >> We're going to move on to the uh agenda. Dr. Clark, are there any amendments to the agenda? >> No changes, Madam President. >> I make a motion we approve the agenda as presented. >> Second. So, we have a motion by trustee Mason with a second by Trustee Lawrence. Um, is there further discussion on the agenda hearing? None. Trustee Ber Barrera Oriana, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Uh, Trustee Mason, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trusty Lawrence, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trusty McDougall, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trustee Enzwe, how

005do you vote? >> Yes. >> And Linda Mayo votes yes also. Whoops. Have to vote on the machine. And the motion is adopted on a 500 vote with support from our student trustee. Um so now we will move on to 7.1 which is the report out of action taken in close session. Um, on the liability claim of John Rubio versus the Mount Diablo Unified School District, the board met in close session and by a vote to 5 to zero voted to reject a liability claim for damages pursuant to government code section 54956.95 by John Rubio against the Mount Diablo Unified School District. And then um on the superintendence evaluation by a vote to 5 to zero the board voted uh in close session to approve the superintendent goals for 20 uh 526 and uh those

006goals will be posted on the website. Thank you. And then we're moving on to 7.2 to stipulated placement agreement for student 406 >> that was approved and then I'm doing >> uh that particular item um was we were able to address that item in closed session and the placement was agreed to um on a vote of five to zero um by the We're moving on to 7.3. The stipulated expulsion agreement for student 5-26 must take place here in open session. Mr. Lawrence, >> Madame President, I move that the board approve the stipulated expulsion agreement for student 05-26. Prior to readmission, student 0526 is required to meet the following conditions. Student must not enter the grounds of any MDUSD school at any time for any purpose. Student will not attend any Mount Diablo Unified School District

007school sponsored activities whether on or off-campus. Student will complete his coursework through attendance at the onward program at Horizons. This program meets 1 hour weekly individually. Uh in addition, academic help is available through consult hours daily if the student chooses to access them. Uh four, student will regularly attend and p uh participate in his ermhs counseling through his IEP. Student will demonstrate a successful school experience which includes no violation of school rules and education codes 48900 or 48,90048915 or district rules and regulations. Two, satisfactory academic progress earn 30 credits. Three, satisfactory uh attendance 80% attendance and no excessive tardies. Six, student must not commit any expelable offenses as defined under the ed code. Uh and uh move to deny the stipulated Oh, sorry. That was it. >> So, is there a second to the motion?

008>> Second on that. So we have a motion by trustee Lawrence with a second be by trustee McDougall regarding the stipulated expulsion agreement for student 05-26. Um the uh we have a roll call vote on this item. Is there further discussion? Because it's a close session item. Our student trustee is not privy to the discussions in close session. So therefore I'm not being discourteous. We just don't call on him to vote. Um, Trusty Lawrence, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trusty McDougall, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Uh, Trusty Mason, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trusty Enzi, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> And uh I vote uh yes as well. And the motion is adopted 500. Um as presented. Uh we are now ready for public comment. Uh the

009public may address the board regarding any item not on the agenda. Public comment will be allowed on each specific agenda item prior to board action. In accordance with the Brown Act, the board may not take action or engage in dialogue on items that are not posted on the agenda. Speakers must submit a speaker card to the board secretary and speakers will have um three minutes each or a total of 30 minutes for all speakers. If there are multiple speakers on any one subject, the public comment period may be moved to the end of the meeting. Speakers are not allowed to yield their time. Okay, so we have the timer set for 1 minute and 30 seconds. The first speaker is Rebecca Barrett. Welcome, Miss Barrett. She's a trustee in Contraosta County. Um, yes. Thank you.

010>> And an MDUSD grad. >> Yes, I am an alumni of high school and a lot of my early political engagement actually started right here in this room. Um, lots of my high school peers who got very involved with trying to save high school dance programs during these cuts of 0678. I'm here today in spirit of that talk about teachers individual teachers and their ability to take often times it's not the system. Oh dear. Well, dear okay because oftentimes it's not the system that has the power to change students lives. It's the individual teachers. I myself am a dyslexic student um at a time where dyslexia wasn't really something that was treated or looked at in a school system, but individual teachers took the time to make sure that I could get the notes and

011support and extra time on tests and quizzes that I needed. They saw me. They provided extra help and support. oftentimes to be frank at times where this district office refused to provide support. Teachers have the power to change lives. Teachers like Mrs. Mayor Cororeth who I got to meet last week at an MDUs um at a media meeting um who is still active in her union and still teaches at Conquered High School. Our teachers aren't asking for the world, but we often say that they're worth it. And I hope you take a moment today to listen to the parents and listen to the teachers and come back to the bargaining table. Thank you. Thank you. >> The next speaker is Carolyn Dowen followed by Carolyn Meamemed. Carolyn, welcome. >> Hello. >> My name is Caroline

012Mamedi actually. Yeah, >> the other Carolyn is first. >> Oh, Caroline. I'm sorry. >> Stand stand by. >> Stand by, please. >> Yes, Carolyn, please. >> Hey. Um, my name is Carolyn Bowen. I am not a teacher in the district. I am not a parent, but I'm a substitute and I have uh only been substituting for a couple times, uh, a couple years rather. And, um, I want to speak specifically to class size and what's happening at the very lower grades. This week I was in a class at a particular school and it was a TK class and there was one one adult for eight students. The kids were great. Things went smoothly. There were no issues. Everybody got potty breaks if they needed them. Last week I was in a couple different classes at

013kindergarten. One substitute for 32 students. It was insane. The week before that I was a substitute a couple times in first grade. The same thing. What I'm saying to you is that you are putting too much of a burden on your teachers, especially in the lower grades who are not able to address all the issues of the kids as they're as they're growing, as they're developing. I mean, the development between a TK and kindergarten is minimal. Sometimes it's one day. Sometimes because of the rules, a kid ends up in TK or in kindergarten and they're only one day younger or older than a student who's in the other grade. So, as a taxpayer in Contraost County, in the Mount Diablo Unified School District, as someone who cares about the community, as someone who's been through

014education, as someone who um wants to help, it's hard to help when you're not providing that support. Thank you. Carolyn Manid, followed by Joe Hemsley. Carolyn Mamemed followed by Joe Hensley. It's unusual to have two people sign up with the first name being the same. [Music] >> Actually, my name is Caroline, but I answer to Caroline sometimes. Um, so I'm a parent at um Delta View. My son's Ari, and I actually I brought him today. Um, he's in first grade, and I'm representing Delta View with other parents and teachers. Um um I'm a teacher myself. I'm a preschool teacher. So I've been working in Monasuri for about 25 years. Um I've worked in conquered for four years. Um so I've seen a lot of students and um different different environments. I've um also um volunteered

015at Delta View. So with the time aotted, I'd like to com um share a couple of experiences that our our um our parents and our teachers have shared with me and um so a student was brought to tears. One instance that a parent shared um because there's a lot of parents volunteering at in our school. Um they actually our classes are also full of 32 kids to one teacher and so a lot of us have to volunteer um multiple times a week like five times a week some parents are volunteering um just to like make the ratio smaller and just for the classroom size to work. Um a student was brought to tears because she wasn't able to access an assessment test during the designated time in the first weeks of school. One teacher was

016expected to support well over 25 young students with logging in and navigating the computer system to test. These kids have an array of needs and they're not being met. So, >> thank you very much. Joe Helmsy followed by Kylie Baker. Joe Hemsley followed by Kylie Baker. Just get it done. Just get it done. Okay. So, I want to us to hold on that comment. We'll talk about that later. I want to qualify. I'm Joe Hemsley. I work at Valley View Middle School. I'm a special education teacher with full inclusion. Uh I have 25 years of experience in education. Uh and I want to lay out I've worked in five uh districts in the Bay Area. Uh I worked in Hayward for one, San Francisco for one, Oakland for five, Berkeley for two, and 16 years

017in uh Mount Daba district. And I say this because I've seen many teachers across the Bay Area. And I and I just want to bring up that these are some of the best teachers in the Bay Area. And uh what does that what does that mean? Well, uh these are high level teachers. We we bandandy the term elite, but I'm talking I'm so impressed every day with the organization, the processing efficiency of these intelligent people. They could do anything, but just get it done. That's what we hear a lot. Classroom sizes are 31. Sometimes we have eight IEPs, uh, six 504s. What are we told? Just get it done. And we do. Uh we have new curriculum, we have math, we have a whole whole new curriculum. Just get it done. And we do. Uh

018we have trainings beyond our contracted time. Do we say we're not going to build our skills? No. We just get it done. So I would ask this board to just get it done. Thank you. Kylie Baker followed by Haley Roven Cam. >> Does it start? >> Go ahead. >> Oh, hi. My name is Kylie. I have a six-year-old son at Monty Gardens. He's in first grade. Um, he has 32 kids in his class. I don't understand how anyone would expect a single teacher to provide a meaningful education when it's basically like a daycare. I volunteer in the class. It's so difficult to care for 32 kids all at the same time when they all need something, they need help, they don't know how to log in. It's chaos. It's chaotic. Um I think that there

019needs to be a lot of transparency with the budget to provide um easily accessible public audits to the community so that they are assured that the funding isn't being diverted away from direct student support. Um our teachers are incredible. they deserve better and they they're working with what they have and I truly appreciate that they are doing that because I mean they're not being given much other than I mean I just feel like the class sizes definitely need to be reduced. Uh, my son thankfully had an incredible kindergarten teacher last year who set him up with opportunities with the counselor, but I feel like if she hadn't been so incredibly involved, he wouldn't be able to get that um, support because the teachers are so focused on just trying to survive the day with the

02032 kids in each class. It's ridiculous and it needs to change. Thank you, Haley Racamp, followed by Carol Watkins. >> Would you please pronounce your last name? >> Ruvacamp. >> Ruvamp. >> Thank you. >> Hi, I'm Haley. Um, first I want to start out by saying this is an impossible job and the teachers do amazing. So, thank you all for what you do. Um, I really want to talk about the class sizes. I volunteer in the class weekly. I'm a former teacher and it's abysmal. It's so awful. It's to the point where my son in kindergarten was bullied so severely and the teacher couldn't do anything cuz she was so overwhelmed. A six-year-old a 5-year-old at the time shouldn't it just shouldn't happen, right? And the teachers have no support. I'm there weekly and I

021see it and I I can only do so much. I my daughter can go to TK now. I held her back. I don't want her to go because I know there's no support. I know the class sizes are so big and I understand that TK it's 1 to8 right now. I don't know. It's just it's hard as a parent, right? You're trusting the district with your children, with your whole world, and you guys are failing them. And I encourage you to go into the classrooms yourselves and try to try to deal with 31, 32 kids, kindergarteners, first graders, second graders, like like he said, get it done. That's it. Thank you. Carol Watkins followed by Sarah Brinkman. Carol Watkins. Hello, my name is Carol Watkins. I have a California teaching credential lifetime. I have a

022master's degree in special ed. I have I'm qualified at the master's level as a dyslexia specialist. I had my own business as a dyslexia specialist for 10 years and I retired because my husband got sick. So after he passed, I've started volunteering for the Mount Diablo district. I have been almost 10 years volunteering twice a week at a local school. I love the students. I love the staff. I love the admin. What I don't love is the fact that every time we try to get somebody tested, the push back is, well, they're absent a lot. And I ask you, are they absent and that causes the problem or are they absent because of the problem? Please test all of our kids. Yes, it's expensive. It's expensive. You paid my salary for taking care of a

023kid with dyslexia and it took three years, but he was doing fine. But the cost to you to get that testing done is insignificant in terms of the cost to the community when testing goes undone. >> Thank you, >> Sarah Brinkman, followed by Dale Bentassel. you start. I'll push the button. Appreciate you. Thank you. >> Hi, my name is Sarah Rickman. I have a first and second grader at Mount Aba Elementary. I am also a member of our PFC executive board. I volunteer on campus five days a week and I'm also the school mascot. I am here to talk about um I am here to address um the acoustic issues that have come to light at our on our campus. I have, and this is also to follow up on the formal complaints that I

024have filed with the district, the board, and the uh department of education. Um, we currently have nine full-time classrooms that do not have acoustic tiles. We are so grateful and thankful for our renovation and appreciate the work that the district has put in. Unfortunately, our students are suffering and we have major educational deficiencies that are occurring because of the acoustic tiles being missing. This is not only affecting the teachers and the students, but just to give you an exact outline of what's happening, it's affecting two first grade classroom, 57 students. Two second grade classrooms, 62 students. One third grade classroom, 61 students, affecting 150 students every day for 6 hours a day on top of their full-time teachers. I work in those classrooms 5 days a week, and the sound is unbearable. We have 761

025students on the Mountel Elementary campus. These classrooms also include our art and instrumental music, our garden room, and our um instructional aids. These rooms do not have acoustic tiles. This needs to be addressed immediately. We have gotten contradictory responses from the board and the district on numerous occasions. The panels have been ordered. The panels are in in progress. The panels are going to be scheduled. The last email that I got from the board, thank you very much. I appreciate your time. Gail Vantasel followed by Amanda Graves. Good evening. I'm Gail Vanassel. I'm the president of the Conquered Historical Society. I'm here to invite everyone to our open house on October 5th on our Conquered Heritage Center, 1928 Clayton Road. the museum which is filled with conquered history including the Mount Diablo Unified School District. Bertha

026Roma is up on the wall. The 1904 high school is up on the wall. So please come down to see that. But one of your favorite teachers in this district, Miss Ruth Galindo, her home is also open for tours that day. DVC is bringing their jazz band to come. We have Corey Barton reading C is for conquered that day. And we also have the exciting movie Wild Ride made in 1960 right here in this town in Clayton with Jack Nicholson as a very young hood person in this one. So we are really asking you to come down. We have exciting things going on there. We need community to come see what we've done and also to celebrate conquered's diverse history. So you can see everything from the early people, the Troopcon people. The conquered art

027association has created a beautiful mural of the Tupcon people. You can move on into the Pacheo and Galindo histories and move right in through the high school, the number of Japanese people who lived here in this town and also disappeared during the war. move right into the uh square and see what businesses are here. Thank you. See you on October 5th. >> Amanda Graves followed by Christy Nella. >> Good evening. I'm speaking tonight as a parent of two in Mount of the school district and as a third grade teacher in the school district. The school I teach at has around 690 students. I've been to the board meetings before. I've mentioned that multiple times. We have one counselor two days a week. One counselor two days a week. The elementary school down the street that

028we share counselor with has our counselor for the other three days. My daughter's middle school has two full-time counselors. My son's high school has multiple full-time counselors. Why don't we have full-time counselors at every elementary school site? Where is the counselor where myself and colleagues are getting yelled at, pushed, or kicked? She's down the street. Um, I do short um I do want to shout out all counselors in MDUSD. They are amazing. Um, they are. But as a parent, I want to shout out and thank Miss Stewart and Mr. Con for helping my children. Without them, I don't know where my kids would be at. So counselors are so important. I really don't understand why we can't find um the budget to get counselors in elementary to help our children when they're young, to give

029them the tools when they're young, to help them when they're in middle and high school. So again, shout out to all the counselors. And that's it. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Christine Nellis, followed by Spencer Ericson. Hi everyone. My name is Christine Ella. I am a parent of a kindergartener at Gregory Gardens and I left my three-month-old with my husband tonight because I'm having a really rough time with the class sizes. My daughter started off at Robert Sheer special needs preschool and excelled. She did amazing and she did TK at Gregory Gardens. She did great there. And now in kindergarten, there's 28 children and one teacher. I went down to working part-time because I would fight the world and advocate for my daughter to have a successful life and a successful school. She now

030hates going to school and it breaks my heart every single day. I noticed a regression in her from going into general education with this size of a classroom. She's very high functioning. She's raising her hand trying to get headphones because there's too many kids. These are the pandemic kids coming in. So, this is different. These are kids that mom and dad had to work from home, so they sat in front of screens. There's a lot of ADHD going on. And I volunteer every week in the classroom, stretching myself thin to try to fight and help my daughter. And I really want you guys to consider these smaller classrooms, especially with these pandemic kids coming in. I feel like we're just setting them up to fail. And education is really huge for me. The teachers are

031great. I couldn't say enough things about Gregory Gardens and the principal, all of the teachers. That's why I took my time on two and a half hours of sleep today to come and support the teachers because I love the community that much. >> Thank you, >> Spencer Ericson, followed by Brett Halped. Good evening. My name is Spencer Ericson. I'm a parent of two children who attended uh Mount Diablo schools. My oldest is a sixth grader at Valley View Middle School and my youngest is in TK at Gregory Gardens Elementary. Both of our boys are happy and thriving at their respective schools. And you do you know how we have to thank for that? Their teachers. There are too many to name and this um my time will be up soon. So just know that uh

032all of their teachers are we are eternally grateful for them. My only wish is that you would show these teachers and all of our district colleagues even a fraction of the respect that they deserve. You claim that students are your top priority, but who will take care of our children if you don't take care of their teachers? From everything I've heard, your teachers are asking for the bare minimum, a salary that allows them to pay the rent, health insurance so they can go to the doctor, and classrooms in which they can hear themselves think. You have over $150 million to pay for these things and you still won't budge. That's a problem. What exactly are you spending these things on? I have an idea. How about the best educators, the best class sizes, and the

033best support staff? You have the power to do that. You have the power to make that choice until you start investing in your teachers. However, the ones who truly took look after my children do not claim to be for the students. Do not deprive them of the opportunity to succeed. Make the right choice. Thank you for your time. >> Brett helped followed by Pablo Benanti. >> Board members. Dr. Clark. Thank you. I am a parent of a four-year-old in TK at Pleasant Hill Elementary and a teacher at Sequoia Middle School. My wish and the wish of all parents in our district is pretty much the same. We wish for our students to be able to be supported in all the ways that they need. We wish for their teacher to be able to get them

034the time and get to them every school day and to have meaningful class sizes that they can be able to address all of the concerns of all the students. I want my son to grow up in a district where there was a counselor there every day of the week. I want my son to grow up in a district where there was a librarian at a school every day of the week. I want my son to grow up in a district where there are speech language pathologists that are there for him and don't have over hundreds of other cases to deal with. First, I want my son to live in a district that where if he needs counseling or counseling services, there aren't 699 other students waiting in front of him. I want my son to

035grow up in a district that values these educators, that values the holistic um experience of a child, and these things are pennies on the dollar to all of you. Please give our educators the support they need. We stand behind our specialists. Thank you. >> Our final speaker is conquered city council member Pablo Beaneti. Welcome. Hello trustees. Um I'm Pablo Navvente as you said, city council member here in the city of conquered. Um, what it really comes down is respect. Our teachers are the backbone of our community. They show up every day to shape the next generation, often above and beyond with far too little. Yet, here we are waiting for a fair contract. It's time to finish the deal. As they said before, every delay sends the wrong message to the people who dedicate our

036lives to our kids. A strong, fair contract isn't just about salaries or benefits. It's about valuing the work that happens in every classroom every single day. We owe it to our teachers, our students, our future to get this done is now. No more excuses. Let's finish the job and give our educators the respect and support they earn. Thank you. That concludes public comment. Uh we're ready to move on to 9.1. Uh communications district organizations. A single spokesperson of each recognized district organization may make a brief presentations. Imit are lied items are limited to those which areformational. Mrs. Ortega, welcome. Good evening, President Mayo, trustees, Dr. Clark, members of the audience, and those watching online. For those who do not know me, my name is Linda Ortega. I am the proud president of the Mount Diablo

037Education Association representing over 1600 bargaining unit members. We are the largest bargaining unit in the district who educate and support our students and over 50 school sites. I also want to thank the parents that came out in support of our educators and for sharing your stories. Thank you. I know that our our teachers appreciate the relationships they have developed over the years with caregivers and parents in the Mount Diablo Unified School District communities. As I also had my own children attend these schools. To all the parents, please know your teachers want what's best for your students. Every teacher enters into this profession because we believe in the power of education to transform lives that a great teacher can make a difference in the lives of children. I would like to state again that our educators

038are dedicated members of our community and schools. They are committed to ensuring student success and I have always appreciated the collaboration I had with my own children's teachers. Second, I would like to congratulate Dr. Clark um on the trustees decision to extend his contract for another four years. I was just surprised to see that this item was on the agenda given that the district still has not settled on a contract with media and the educators that serve our students. You have educators who are forced to have a second job just to make ends meet. You have educators who are worried they won't be able to keep up with rising costs of medical bills because the district won't step away from fully paying our life health insurance. These are your teachers. With all due respect to

039the board, and I do mean this, seeing this item on the agenda now is a bit hurtful. We can see the district takes care of its highest paid employees but not settle a contract with its over 1,600 educators. who work directly with our students every single school day. You can't say you value your students when you devalue those who teach them. That is why media has always been very clear on what our teachers need to succeed because our educators success is directly tied to student success. We need smaller class sizes and case loads, fully staffed classrooms, more time for library and music, fully paid medical benefits for educators, and a salary increase that keeps up with the high cost of living in our area. All of this can be paid for by the district prioritizing

040its students and educator success over contractors or hoarding money for some rainy day because that time is now. Let me repeat this again. Show me your budget and I can show you your values. Studies show educators remain one of the most respected professions in our community. We work tirelessly to change lives, support all students, and provide them an education that can transform lives. I hope this district can I hope this district and each of our trustees will value its educators and students. You do that by prioritizing us in your budget, settling our contract like you did with the superintendent. Thank you. We're ready to move on to um recognitions and resolutions. The first resolution is 10.1 in recognition of dyslexi dyslexia awareness month. We'll wait for the room to empty. It's good. All right. >>

041Thank you, Madam President. I have for this board um resolution 25/26-11, dyslexia awareness month. Um whereas dyslexia is a neural neurobi got to get these glasses on. neurobiological variation that affects how individuals process language which can impact skills such as listening, thinking, speaking, reading, writing, and spelling. Individuals with dyslexia may experience challenges in reading comprehension and may have fewer opportunities to engage with written text, which can influence vocabulary development and access to background knowledge. Now therefore, be it resolved that the governing board of the Mount Elbo Unified School District acknowledges that dyslexia has important educational implications that must be addressed and affirms its commitment to providing all students with equitable evidence-based literacy instruction. The board further commits to ensuring educators are equipped with the knowledge, training, and resources necessary for early identification and effective intervention.

042The board hereby designates October 2025 as dyslexia awareness month. Madame President, this resolution is now in the hands of the board. >> Madam President, I move that we approve the recognition of dyslexia awareness month for the month of October. >> I'll second. >> Oh, okay. So we have a motion by trustee McDougall with a second by trustee Barrera Oriana. Um is there further discussion on this motion? Trusty Barrera Oriana, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trusty McDougall, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trustee Enzi, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trustee Mason, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trustee Lawrence, how do you vote? >> Yes. and uh Linda Mayo votes yes as well. >> Thank you, Madam President. I now >> the motion is adopted on a 5000 vote zero

043vote with U support from our student trustee Barrera Oriana. Dr. Clark, please continue. >> Yes, ma'am. I have uh resolution 25 uh 226-12, which is disability awareness month. um something that's very critical within our schools and throughout our communities. Whereas disability is a natural part of the human experience and nearly everyone will experience disability whether temporary or permanent at some point in their lives. And whereas disabilities can be both visible and invisible with diverse meanings and lived experiences. Whereas the Mount Diablo Unified School District affirms that students with disabilities are general education students first and that all educational, operational, and budgetary decisions must begin with the belief that students with disabilities have both the right and the ability to learn alongside their non-disabled peers through equitable, inclusive, and meaningful opportunities. And be it finally resolved

044that the Mount Diablo Unified School Dist Unified School District Board of Education strongly encourages all schools across the district to teach and celebrate disability awareness and history month in October 2025 and to embed its values of inclusion and respect throughout the school year. Madame President, I leave this resolution in the hands of the board. A motion to approve resol resolution 25/26-12 in recognition of disability awareness month. >> Second. >> So we have a motion by trust our student trustee Barrera Oriana with a second by trustee Lawrence to recognize disability awareness month. Is there further discussion by the board? Hearing none, uh we'll go to the vote. Uh, trustee Barrera Oriana, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trustee Lawrence, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trustee Enzi, how do you vote? >> Yes. >>

045Trustee Mason, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trusty McDougall, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> And Trusty Mayo votes yes. And the motion is adopted on a 500 vote with support from our student trustee. um recognizing October as disability awareness month. We're ready to move on to 10.3 uh recognition of Indigenous People's Day. >> Yes, Madame President. This is resolution 25/26-16. Um whereas the Mount Ela Unified School District Governing Board formally recognizes October 13, 2025 as as Indigenous People's Day to celebrate and honor the invaluable contributions and resilience of indigenous peoples. And whereas the office of the governor of California first proclaimed for our state in 2019 the second Monday of October as Indigenous People's Day. In making this proclamation, we pay respect to the cultures populations that existed long before European contact.

046We celebrate the contributions of all indigenous people to the culture of diversity, innovation, and resilience that has marked California as a leader on the global stage. Now therefore, be it resolved that the mount that the governing board of the Mount Alba Unified School District fully endorses the significance and meaning of California Governor Nuome's proclamation hereby recognizes October 13, 2025 as Indigenous People's Day. Madame President, this resolution is in in the hands of the board. >> I move to approve resolution 2526-16 in recognition of Indigenous People's Day. I'll second. >> So, we have a motion by Trustee Mason with a second by Trustee Barrera Oriana in recognition of um Indigenous People's Day. Is there further discussion? I appreciate this resolution. Thank you. All right. Um we're ready for the vote. Trusty Barrera Oriana. >> Yes. >>

047Trustee Mason, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trusty Lawrence, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trusty Enzy, >> yes. >> Trusty McDougall, >> I abstain. >> Abstain. Um, and Trusty Mayo votes yes. So the motion is adopted on a 40 vote with one obstension and none absent and support from trustee uh Barrera or O or Oriana in recognition of Indigenous People's Day. Thank you. We're ready to move on to resolution uh 252617 uh recognizing October as Filipino American History Month. >> Thank you very much, Madam President. Whereas it is necessary to instill in our youth the importance of education, history, and self-determination in creating imminent role models in establishing a proud cultural identity and producing exceptional citizens of this nation. And whereas today FilipinoAmerican community is the third largest AsianAmerican group in the

048United States with an estimated population of 4.6 million people and a makeup of 4.1% of the district pop student population. And whereas efforts should continue to promote the Filipino American history and culture because the roles of Filipino Americans and other people of color have been previously overlooked in the writing, teaching, and learning of United States history. And therefore, be it resolved that the governing board of the Mount Diablo Unified School District proclaims October as Filipino American History Month, and that all educational sites are encouraged to commemorate this occasion accordingly with appropriate instructional materials, discussions, presentations, and projects. Madame President, I now leave this item in the hands of the board. Madame President, I move on resolution 17 recognizing October is a Filipino American History Month. >> Second. >> We have a motion by Trusty McDougall

049with a second by Trustee Lawrence uh on resolution 2526-17 recognizing October as Filipino American History Month. Uh any further discussion? Not we'll move to the vote. Trusty Barrera Oriana, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Uh Trusty McDougall, >> yes. >> Trusty Lawrence, >> yes. >> Trustee Mason, >> yes. >> Trustee Enzi, >> yes. >> And Trusty Mayo votes yes also. And the motion on um resolution 25/26-17 is adopted on a 5000 vote. Um, with support from our student trustee, uh, Barrera Oriana, we're ready to move on to item 10.5, resolution, uh, 25 26-18, recognizing October as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning history month. Dr. Clark, would you introduce it? And then we have three speaker cards. >> Thank you very much, Madam President. Whereas lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, LGBTQ Americans have

050made and continue to make lasting contributions to strengthen the fabric of American society. And whereas the month of October has been established to remind all cultures within our wider communities of the important roles LGBTQ plus people have taken in creating the social, historical, legal, and political worlds we live in today. And whereas the Mount Alba Unified School District Board of Education appreciates and recognizes the importance of LGBTQ plus History Month as an effective means of educating and calling to action the community to work together by fighting prejudice and discrimination in their own lives. And be it further resolved that the Mount Diablo Unified School District Board of Education encourages all schools to utilize highquality curriculum and training and resources. Madame President, I now leave this resolution in the hands of the board. >> Thank you.

051We will have our uh public comment first. First speaker is Pablo Benavvente. How much time do I have? >> Three minutes. >> Oh, well, I'll keep it at two. How about that? >> Uh, good evening, trustees. My name is Pablo Nvente. I'm also a council member here in the city of the conquered. Um, um, I want to take a moment to express my strong support for this resolution recognizing October as the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questing history month. This is about much more than a celebration. It's about honoring the essential roles the LGBTQ plus people have played in shaping the societal, historical, and legal and political worlds we all share. As Conquer's first openly LGBTQ plus council member and the son of an immigrant, this resolution is deeply personal to me. Representation does matter.

052It tells every student and every family in our community that they belong. It says their stories matter and that they are part of a larger history that has moved our society forward. We know that disability and education changes lives. When students see themselves reflected in the lessons they learn, they grow with confidence and dignity. And when their peers learn about the contributions and the struggles that LGBTQ plus people throughout history, it builds empathy, understanding, and unity. By adopting this resolution, you'll be affirming that our schools value diversity, champion inclusion, and stand firmly against discrimination. You'll also be sending a message that every student, regardless of who they are or who they love, deserves to learn in an environment where they feel safe, seen, and supported. Thank you for your leadership and for the work you

053continue to do to build a more inclusive, equity, and equitable community for all. I urge you to support this resolution wholeheartedly. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> The next speaker is Carolyn Bowen. You're a frequent flyer tonight, >> I guess. So, I was about to leave and Pablo said, "Hey, stay for this." Okay. Um, I am one of those kids, as you could probably tell, that when I was young, I was in school and it was obvious I was different. And in the 1960s and 1970s, that was not okay. I was bullied. And that is not okay. That's why this is important. That's why this is so important for kids, little kids in the fourth grade, fifth grade, sixth grade, when they're just trying to figure out who the heck they are. I

054had no role models. I came out just fine. I've had a productive life. I'm now 67 years old. I'm retired and I'm substitute teaching for this district. And I'm so happy to see this. And I see kids in the classrooms that might be struggling. They need to know that it's okay to be their whole selves and they don't have to hide. And if they're bullied, they can come to someone. I couldn't. I got beat up. I couldn't. So, this is important. I wholeheartedly support this resolution. >> Thank you. Next is our community college district trustee, Rebecca Barrett. >> Thank you. I have the mic on fully this time. All right. Um, so like I said before, I'm a proud graduate of this district. I was here at class of07 and to me this resolution really

055is um a full circle moment and a living demonstration of how the arc of the universe bends towards justice. No ever however slow or small that bend might be in 2007. It wasn't particularly a great time or place to be a member of the LGBTQ community at MDUSD schools. Um, we had a fledgling gay straight alliance club. Um, and it was something that many students in my generation were talking about and trying to provide support for each other, but there just wasn't again that institutional systemic support to affirm all students and their identities. Skip ahead to 2016. I met uh um a college park student who again had formed a gay straight alliance club, had made bold bright t-shirts, and again ran into problems with parents or ran into problems with members of the community

056of like, ooh, like don't be so out and proud about that. That's a little uncomfortable. And I think about our roles as being trustees and I I've never met a child that I haven't want to affirm who they are as people. Being a child, being a student, you're in this exploratory phase of life. You're trying to figure out who you are. And it's our job as an educational system not only to teach them math and English and language and history, but how to move into this world as a proud and stable adult. And passing resolutions like this provide that systemic institutional support for your educators, for your administrators, and for your students to see this is what the top thinks. that that this is a basic affirmation that all students, all community members are seen

057and valued and it's incredibly important and so I urge all of you to please vote in support of this. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. Okay. Um we're ready for a motion. >> Will will there be discussion after the motion? >> Most certainly. >> Okay. Just wanted to make sure review. Uh, Madame President, I move uh, approval of resolution 2526-18 recognizing October as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer questioning history month. >> I'll second that. >> So, we have a motion by Trustee Lawrence with a second by Trustee Mason in um, for the approval of resolution 2526-18. Um so um let's go in order of who made the motion. Trustee Lawrence, would you like to speak first? >> Yes. Thank you, Madam President. Um I I would start with uh what is printed on our

058money? What is our national motto? E Plurabibus Unum. Um from many one uh I truly believe the United States is the the greatest country on earth. But not because of uh that we have a perfect record but because of how how we grow, how we evolve, how we uh transform this country and a recognition of uh who we are. And I believe there is a a notion of foot at a federal level today that uh is rejecting who is coming to our country. I believe we are a country that welcomes people that every person needs to be affirmed. I believe that um every uh student in our district needs to be supported and acknowledged. And uh I think many people might question why are we having all of these resolutions? And I think it is

059an opportunity for us as a district to say that um people are welcomed regardless of their background. That we welcome all students. We are here to love all students. We are here to educate all students and support them. And so um if if people have uh religious beliefs that are contradictory to this, that is absolutely their right uh to to have those private beliefs, but I believe that we as a school district uh need to remain inclusive and welcoming. Thank you, >> Trusty Mason. >> I'm good. I think the resolution speaks for itself. Uh, Trusty McDougall. >> Thank you, Madam President. I would like to make some comments. As stated back in May, I object to the number of days that are recognized for LGBTQ people. The partial list I have here denotes the days,

060weeks, and months that are designated for LGBTQ. I count four whole months, six weeks and numerous single days which in total number 195 days. This is more than half the days in the calendar year. Let me identify just a couple of the months. March is the bisexual health awareness month. June is pride month. October is LGBTQ history month and November is trans awareness month. My question is why are 195 days designated for LGBTQ when we don't do more than a few days for our military, our police, our first responders who put their lives on the line every day. We need to stop this silliness of four months and six weeks in a total of 195 days for this group. Thank you. >> Trusty Barrera Oriana, do you wish to say anything? >> No. >> Okay.

061Trusty Enzwi. >> Uh, all of you. >> Trusty and Zei. >> Okay. Thank you. Um, I want to start with just honoring some folks, some LGBTQI folks in history. Um, one of my favorites is Langston Hughes. He was an American poet, a social activist, a novelist, a playwright, um, a leader of the Harlem Renaissance um, over 100 years. Yeah, over 100 years ago now. And a well-known poem of his is, "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun or fester like a soar and then run? Does it stink like rotten meat or crust and sugar over like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load or does it explode? But my favorite poem of his is called warning. Negroes, sweet and docile, meek, humble

062and kind, beware the day they change their mind. Wind in the cotton field, gentle breeze, the wear, the eye, hour, it uproots trees. Another figure, Julia sa Jenny is an is an accomplished twospirit multime media artist who's best known for her photographic work rooted in visual Native American sovereignty. She was born to the bear and raccoon clans of the simol and muscoi nations and the sini jenny clan of the Navajo nations. Kaoshi Koraya was born in a Japanese American interament camp during World War II and grew up to become a committed civil rights and anti-war activist. He acted as a personal assistant to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and was one of the founders of the gay liberation front and served as an openly gay delegate to the Black Panther Convention that endorsed

063the gay liberation struggle. Harvey Mil, who we know has a history within our district, was a US Navy veteran who served during the Korean War and was widely known and nationally recognized as the first openly gay man elected to public office in the United States. And in 1977 is when he won his seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, but as we all know, he was sadly assassinated along with Mayor George Musonei only 11 months later. Alio Robilles Aila. Now he was born in 1889 and didn't die until 1984. So lived an extremely long life, but he adopted a male identity not as a survival strategy, but because of a strong desire to be a man. His male identity was accepted by family, society, and the Mexican government. And he lived as a man

064from the age of 24 until his death. We heard from Conquered Councilman Pablo Benvente, who is Conquered's first open openly gay city council member. And then Sally Ry, she was a lesbian engineer, physicist, and astronaut. She completed a double major in physics and English unfortunately at Stanford University. You know, I am ride or die. Go Bears and then she joined NASA in 1978. Then there she became the both the youngest American astronaut and the first American woman to travel to space aboard the space shuttle Challenger. My fellow trustees and I have received a very small number of emails over the past few months with parents and others concerned by our schools flying the pride flag saying the act quote is creating division and exclusion or this is a quote what I don't understand is what

065their sexual preference or identity has to do with their contributions. When we teach about astronaut Sally Ride, we teach about her accomplishments as being the first American woman in space and the youngest American astronaut in space. We applaud her for her education and her advocacy of women in the science field. There is no need to teach children what her sexual preference was. Yet, she was gay. That has nothing to do with her accomplishments and her contributions while working on the space shuttle. Fellow trustees, when people raise these concerns, what they would rather is that we don't honor people's full humanity. I am a black woman, a black mother, a black daughter, a black wife, a black elected official, a black nonprofit leader. None of these accomplishments of mine can be separated from my blackness. To

066do so is to deny my full humanity. The same is true for our LGBTQIA siblings. They are artists, activists, historians, elected officials, scientists, arth authors, doctors, researchers, lawyers. And when they live in a nation that oppresses them because of their LGBTQI identity, it is our duty that when we teach our children about them, we teach about their full selves. Our students can't be what they can't see. And we have plenty of LGBTQIA students, and it's our duty to teach them their full history. It's our duty to teach them that when they are their full authentic selves, they can accomplish anything. To do anything less is shameful, harmful, and immoral. I can't wait to vote for this resolution. >> Thank you, >> Madam President. I have a comment. Um, I'm just going to say as the

067leader of this district and someone who puts these resolutions on, um, it's disappointing to, um, you know, when you hear comments and people say things about your commitment to kids, um, because of of whatever case or whatnot, but um, I have been nothing but supportive of all students that walk in our building. And so when I hear comments that this board doesn't care or this superintendent doesn't care, they are just flatout wrong. >> Thank you, Dr. Clark. Trustee and Zwee um has uh spoken most powerfully. My comments won't uh come close to hers. I agree with her statement that we have to recognize the full humanity of all of our students across the district. This is a history month recognition and there are so many powerful and important people who are in this category who

068have contributed to our everyday lives, our health, our science, our engineering, our uh arts in particular and music. We owe much to these great people. Representation matters. And I just wanted to point out that this uh California Department of Education uh has a list of recommended websites and information and instructional materials for families and our school staff. and the one that's included on the resolution is a recognized Department of Education um resource for use. So, if we're ready for the vote, um we will move forward. Okay. Uh Trusty Barrera Oriana, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trustee Lawrence, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trusty Mason, >> yes. >> Trusty McDougall, >> no. >> Trusty Enzwi, >> yes. dress and Mayo U votes yes. So the motion to adopt resolution 25/26-18 recognizing October

069as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer questioning history month is adopted on a 4 to one vote uh against um zero abstensions and uh with zero uh trustees absent and with support of our student trustee Barrera Oriana. That concludes the action on this item. Dr. Clark, we're ready to move on to 10 points. >> Thank you, Madam President. Uh resolution 25/26-9, California week of the school administrator, which is October 12th through the 18th, 2025. Whereas approximately 17,000 certificated and classified school administrators are employed in the public schools of the state of California. And whereas the title school administrator is a broad term used to define many education leadership posts which include the district executive team, principles, assistant principles, special education and adult education leaders, curriculum and assessment leaders, school business officials, classified educational leaders, and other

070school district employees. And whereas administrators set the tone for the school and their division departments and advocate for all students and ensure that students are supported through a multi-tiered system of support. And now therefore, be it resolved that the Mount Alba Unified School District joins with the California Department of Education declaring October 12th through 18th, 2025 as the week of the school administrator and commends the many outstanding contributions and services provided by administrative teams in our public schools. Madame President, I leave this resolution in the hands of the board. A motion to approve resolution 25/26-9 recognizing October 12 through 18, 2025 as California week of the school administrator. >> I'll second that. >> So we have a motion by trustee Barrera Oriana with a second by trustee Mason regarding the recognition of October 12th through

07118th as California week of the school administrator. Is there further discussion? We'll move to the vote. Trustee Barrera Ariana, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trustee Mason, how do you vote? >> Trusty Enzwi, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trusty McDougall, how do you vote? >> Trusty Lawrence, >> yes. >> And uh Trusty Mayo votes yes as well. The motion to adopt rec resolution 25/26-18 is approved on a 5000000 vote with support from our student trustee um Barrier Oriana. Uh let's move on to item 10.7. Dr. Clark. >> Right. And Madame President, we have three left. And I and I just want to reiterate that I think it's important that we put these resolutions forward um just to let folks know where we stand and what we support. So celebrating National School Lunch

072Week, October 13th through the 17th. Whereas in 1946, then President Harry Truman signed the National School Lunch Act. Whereas the National School Lunch Program is now the largest federal child nutrition program. Whereas approximately 30 million students nationwide are served daily meals through the National School Lunch Program. And whereas the Mount Ela Unified School District serves over 13,000 lunches daily and over two thou 2 million lunches annually. Now therefore, be it devolve, be it resolved that the Mount Alba Unified School District Board of Education that it celebrate National School Lunch Week from October 13th to the 17th and this year's theme, Taste the World, your school lunch passport. Madame President, this resolution is in the hands of the board. >> Madam Chair, I move to approve resolution 25/26-20 in support of National School Lunch Week 2025.

073A lot of our students, that's the only food they get. I appreciate the fact that in recent years, the district has moved to highly nutritious and fresh meals for the kids. And if our kids aren't wellfed, they're not going to learn well. So, I appreciate this week and I appreciate all the hard work that our um food service has done for our students. >> Second the motion and second the statement. >> We have a motion by Trustee Mason with a second by Trustee Lawrence. Uh, is there further discussion on this resolution? >> Occasionally I hear from people that um they they resent that their tax dollars are going to provide free lunches. And I will just say that um hungry children don't learn. And um you know I I have two kids who are eating

074those school lunches. But even when when I no longer um have kids in the MDUSD schools, I am happy to have my tax dollars go towards providing nutritious meals for students. As Ms. Maine said, for several so many of our students, this is the the only solid meal that they know that they are getting each day. And you know, I think about who our future teachers, our future doctors, our future airplane pilots. I want them to be well educated and again hungry students don't learn and this is a great use of taxpayer dollars and I am proud to support it. Thank you. >> Any further comments? >> Trusty Barrera Ariana, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Uh Trustee Mason, >> yes. >> Trusty Lawrence, >> yes. >> Trusty McDougall, >> yes.

075Trusty Enzwi >> yes. >> Trusty Mayo votes yes as well. And the motion is adopted on a 500 vote with support from our student trustee uh Barrera Oriana. We'll move on to 10.8. Dr. Clark. Madame President, uh, I present to you resolution 25/26-21, anti-bullying awareness month, which is October 2025. Whereas the Mount Diablo Unified School District's local control and accountability plan goals indicate that all students will receive highquality education in a safe and welcoming environment. And whereas staff fully supports an anti-bullying awareness month in which the schools will have flexibility to carry out anti-bullying activities within that month. The students participation in anti-bullying activities should provide the opportunity for the following to occur. I'm not going to read all of them, but I'll get a couple. Allow students to speak honestly about their experiences with

076bullying and find soloulless in the knowledge that other have been in similar situations. Allow students help empower students to help empower students in the recognition of the role everyone plays in addressing and reducing bullying with the goal to eradicate bullying on all school campuses. Now therefore, be it resolved that the Mount Alba Unified School District of the uh district declares October as anti-bullying awareness month and the superintendent and other appropriate staff will initiate anti-bullying activities at all schools among all students to be planned, coordinated, and implemented by the individual school site students and staff. Madame President, I leave this resolution in the hands of the board. Madam President, I'd like to move that uh we approve resolution 25/2621 in recognition of anti-bullying awareness month. >> Second. >> I'll second. >> We have a motion by

077trustee McDougall with a second by trustee Barrera Oriana on the in recognition of the anti-bullying a awareness month for October. Is there further discussion? Um I will just say this is one of the most important resolutions that we have on our agenda tonight. Um all of them are important but the health and well-being of our students every single day is of critical importance and each of us are aware of young people who have indicated they've been bullying and how painful it is. And we even had an adult member today become emotional when uh they shared how painful the bullying was over 60 years ago. So um it's with honor that I will vote yes on this particular motion. Trustee Barrera Oriana, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trustee McDougall, how do you vote? >>

078Yes. >> Trusty Mason, >> yes. >> Trusty Enzi, >> yes. Trusty Lawrence, >> yes. >> Trusty Mayo votes yes. Oops. And I forget to use the computer. Uh the motion is adopted on a 5000 vote uh to recognize the anti-bully bullying awareness month in October. Dr. Clark, item 10.9. >> Last one. Thank you board for just for hanging with us here. So resolution 25/26-22 proclaiming October as youth justice action month. Whereas youth justice action month is observed each October to raise awareness about the importance of creating fair, equitable and developmentally appropriate approaches to youth justice. Whereas many youth who come in contact with the justice system have also experienced systemic in inequities including poverty, unstable housing, discrimination, and limited access to health care and educational opportunities. All of which directly impact their educational success. The

079Mount Diablo Albo Unified School District offers expanded supports for students through a welcoming intake process and ongoing support through the SOAR program, which provides academic, social, emotional, and behavior interventions to help students remain connected to school and a pathway to success. Now therefore, be it resolved that the governing board of the Mountiaba Unified School District proclaims October as Youth Justice Action Month and encourages staff, students, families, and community members to engage in activities, learning, and advocacy that uplift youth, promote equity, and build stronger and more just communities. Madame President, this item is now in the hands of the board. I motion to approve resolution uh 25/26-22 proclaiming October as youth justice action month. >> Second that. >> So we have a motion by trustee Barrera Oriana with a second by trustee Mason uh approving to

080approve the resolution 2526-22 proclaiming October as youth justice action month. Is there further discussion? Let's go for the vote. Uh, Trusty Barrera Oriana, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trustee Mason, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trusty McDougall, >> obtain. >> Uh, Trusty Enzwi, >> yes. >> Trustee Lawrence, >> yes. >> And Trusty Mayo votes yes also. So the motion is adopted on a four yes nos one abstension none absent and support of our student uh Barrera Oriana pro uh so that it's adopted uh proclaiming October as youth justice action month. Dr. Clark we're ready to move on to 10.10. >> Yes. So this is a resolution but it's a business resolution. So, it's for provisional internship permits and we have one teacher out of Mount Davo High School that we're asking for

081uh potential approval for. >> Madame President, I move that the board approve item 10.10 uh approval of board resolution for personnel with provisional internship uh permits. >> Seconded. So, we have a motion by Trustee Lawrence with a second by Trustee McDougall regarding board resolution 25/26-23 for personnel with provisional internship permits. Is there further discussion? Seeing none, Trusty Barrera Ariana, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trusty Lawrence, >> yes. >> Trusty McDougall, >> yes. >> Trusty Enzi, >> yes. Trusty Mason, >> yes. >> And Trusty Mayo votes yes also. And this motion is adopted on a 5000 vote. This was resolution 25/26-23. Thank you, Dr. Clark. >> One more uh business resolution is for variable term w uh waiverss and we have two teachers, one out of Bair and one out of Sunrise Elementary. um

082and it's around um uh counseling. We're asking for approval. >> I'll move to approve resolution 25/26-24 variable term waiverss. >> Second. >> So, we have a motion by Trustee Mason with a second by Trustee Lawrence um regarding resolution 25/26-24 for personnel with variable term waiverss. Is there further discussion? Seeing none, we'll move to the vote. Uh, Trusty Barrera, Oriana, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trusty Mason, >> yes. >> Trusty Lawrence, >> yes. >> Trusty Enzwi, >> yes. >> Uh, Trusty McDougall, >> yes. >> And Trusty Mayo votes yes. And the motion is adopted on a 5000 vote with support from our student trustee Barrera Oriana. We're me ready to move on to a public employee appointments 11.1. Dr. Clark. >> Yes, we have a we have something fun here. And so we're extremely

083excited to uh bring before this board um for the principal position of Sun Terrace Elementary School. Um, I'd like to present to you Sheila McCumber. Um, the human resources department is bringing for the board's review and potential approval the appointment of Sheila Sheila Mccumber as the principal of Sun Terrace Elementary School. Sheila is an experienced and strategic school leader with a deep commitment to student centered systems. Her focus is on building sustainable structures that support academic rigor, social emotional growth, and authentic collaboration among staff, students, and families. Sheila earned her BA in French from Central Michigan University and her MA in education educational administration from Cal State University of Northridge. Outside of work, Sheila enjoys hiking, running, and spending time with her family and pets. It is important it is is important to her to

084bring creativity in both her personal life and professional life. Sheila is always looking for thoughtful ways to make to make school feel welcoming and connected. With that, I'll leave this appointment in the hands of the board. >> There a motion. >> Sure. Madam uh president, I'd like to move that we approve Sheila Mccumber as the Sun Terrace Elementary School principal. >> Second that. So, we have a motion by trustee McDougall with a second by trustee um Mason regarding um appointing ratifying the appointment of Sheila McCumber as principal at Sun Terrace Elementary School. Is there further discussion? Trusty Barrera Oriana, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Uh Trusty McDougall, >> yes. >> Trusty Mason, >> yes. >> Trusty Lawrence, >> yes. >> Trusty Enzwi, >> yes. and Trusty Mayo votes yes. So the motion is

085adopted on a 5000 vote. Congratulations with support of our student trustee. >> Just a couple words. Thank you. >> Good evening. Um I want to thank you for this opportunity. I'm grateful for your support and I am honored to have this position and to be able to move forward and serve as principal at St. Harris Elementary School. Um, this role, I know that it carries a lot of deep responsibility and I plan to approach it with a strong commitment to our students and families. I look forward to working in partnership with our community, strengthening what's working, um, listening closely to what's needed, and lead in ways that support both academic excellence and social emotional growth. Thank you again. >> Who did you bring with you? >> What's that? >> Who did you bring with you?

086Um, this is my son, Alex. >> We always want guests to be introduced. >> Alex, >> he's just make him speak, but we just wanted to. >> So, this is my my son, Alex. He um he will be 20 here in a little over a month. And my pride and joy. >> Welcome. Thank you. Congratulations. Okay, we're ready to move on to 11.2, review and potential approval of the first amendment to the employment agreement for Dr. Adam Clark as superintendent for the Mount Diablo Unified School District uh through June 30th, 2029. Um, our general counsel, uh, Suzanne Stucky Kim will, um, provide us with some, uh, key points regarding this item. >> Okay. In accordance with the government code, I have to read out the key terms. The key terms are that it goes from

087July 1st, 2025 through June 30th, 2029. This is a first amendment, so it's only the only change to the current contract is the term. Uh the other but I do have to read out the other key terms which are a base salary of $326,350. Um and the district will contribute to a tax deferred compensation plan in the amount of $24,290 annually. Health benefits and health benefits for 12-month employees. Those are the key terms. Thank you. Thank you. We have two cards for public comment. The first is Sarah Brinkman. >> Hello again. Um again, my name is Sarah Brinkman. I'm speaking on behalf of Mount Devil Elementary. I have a first and second grader at that school. Um Dr. uh Clark's employment contract with Mount Dav Unified School District is not in the best interest of

088the district students or educational community. Dr. Clark, I met you at Mount Diablo Elementary's um ribbon cutting. You said hello but failed to introduce yourself. Um you showed little interest in our school um or our excitement. I saw you for a second week last or second time last week at our PA PAC meeting where I was um devoid of the opportunity to have uh public comment. Um our communication has been vague um insincere and effortless. I again emailed you last Wednesday u morning with additional concerns after the PAC meeting. I am still awaiting a response. Um Mrs. Mayo and Mrs. Mason, I am very grateful for your responses. Thank you so much. Um, as of 9:1725, the school board has informed me that the contract to install acoustic tiles and window coverings at MDE was

089approved on the 10th. We are still awaiting a start work order. And not to beat a horse and talk about the same issue over and over again. But best case scenario, if that start work order was placed on Monday, that's 88 days, which is what I was informed, that leaves us in February. That leaves my first and my second grader in educationally deficient classrooms. until the beginning of the first of next year. And that is unacceptable. Swift action can be taken. Parents and classmates and people around our school community have said, "We could go to Lowe's or Home Depot tomorrow and install acoustic tiles and have it done. Bada bing, bada boom. Spend the money. Take the time. Find the manpower. Fix it." And it's not just our school. It's Rio Vista and it's Meadow

090Homes. These kids are having a very hard time in school. My six-year-old should not have to wear sound cancelling headphones every single day in class. Her first grade teacher is having to rotate these headphones because there aren't enough at our school. I stepped on a nail last week and pulled it out of my shoe. I saw a kindergartener pick up a razor blade. Please come and fix our school community. I am a small business owner. I own a business that works with children from 2 to 18. So, I completely understand your environment. Granted, it's much smaller than your 29,000 students, but I understand how important children are and how important their learning environment is. Apologize. I'm getting emotional, but this it's very important to our school community. It's very important to our educators and our

091teachers and our parents. We are not asking for much. And like I said earlier, we are so grateful for the school you have provided us. All we're asking for is for our young children to have a place where they can laugh and thrive and grow and make connections with each other. And Dr. Clark, I just don't feel that you are meeting that expectation right now. And I hope that the school board and the community and those in this district can see the same. Thank you. Thank you, Kora Mitchell. Welcome, Kora. >> Thank you so much. Um, good evening, everybody. I'm here also to um ask you all to slow down. Um, not stop, but slow down. I feel like the consideration of this extension is really premature. His contract does not um end until 2027,

092but we currently have teachers working without one. The optics around that isn't good. Um, but optics aside, um, there's also still the pending test results from last year that have not been published, and I feel like that's information that should be able to be taken into consideration before a decision is made, especially considering the new clause regarding the 41 vote required if you were not happy with his performance um, in order to end his contract. So, it's much more restrictive. And I think that stretching this out until 2029 puts us in a bit of a bind if the test scores don't support um the efforts that he's putting in. In addition to that, there are a couple other things that I want to point out. Um there have been other issues, student achievement stuff aside,

093um which not that I don't think that's important, I think it's very important, but we also have um the findings from a grand jury that were not very favorable regarding um a legally mandated community oversight board for a bond measure. Um that I think should be taken into consideration. Um there was also an additional scandal after that regarding the dismissal of that committee which didn't look good. Um, we have the unresolved issue regarding the food truck, which you all were warned about. That probably wasn't a great idea to proceed with, but you chose to anyways. And now we are embroiled in another legal um issue. We have $3.3 million missing from our after school program that still is um pending a criminal case. Um, also we are apparently being sued by the former HR, John

094Rubio, whatever his position was. It just seems like there's a lot of things that have gone on that maybe aren't seamless. And I feel like the public deserves an opportunity to see what information you are considering before you make this decision. Um, he's a public employee. You guys are public representatives and just having the um item on the agenda doesn't really explain what information you are using to determine whether or not you feel he continues to be a good fit for this district. Um, you know, we all have our opinions, but I I think really basing it on what the criteria is for how you are assessing his performance as a public member, we all deserve that. We're taxpayers. We are um your constituents. We are community members who contribute to this district as well.

095Um, and I think that we all deserve an opportunity to see what is going on behind the scenes when it comes to making this decision, as well as giving more robust public comment about the specific things that are being used to determine whether or not you're going to extend it. Um, but above all else, again, this is not a decision that you have to make today. There is absolutely no reason to do this now. His contract is good until the end of the school year 2027. Um, so I just don't see the rush. I think we can take our time. Thank you all so much. Thank you. So, um you're you've received the um um docket. Board members, are we ready for a motion? I will make a motion that the board has reviewed and

096we want to approve the proposed first amendment of the employment agreement. Is that the right motion there? Yep, that's how it um for superintendent for July 1st, 2025 through July 30th, 2029 as presented. I probably can say I'm the only person in the room that can say I've been involved with the school district from kindergarten to today. And I can tell you this is the first time since Dr. Clark has been here when I feel like your kid could be going to school in Walnut Creek and Baypoint and be getting the exact same services. That was never true for my community before. I worked to the district for 22 years. I never saw a superintendent on our site for anything but a ribbon cutting, not to mention just interacting with the kids when they get

097there. Uh, as a community, we felt ignored. That doesn't happen anymore. I've never seen and you'll hear in my report tonight so many so much scaffolding, so many agencies, so many things going toward what's good for our kids and being at every level to catch them wherever they need to be caught. And I don't and that's whether it's kids needing uh well you'll hear when I do my report tonight because I was astounded when I went around and visited schools at where we are today compared to where we've been in the many many years that I've been improve involved with the school district. And why now is because we're all rowing in the right direction. We're all seeing the changes we want to see and we don't want a chance that somebody else will tempt

098Mr. or Dr. Clark to leave us. That's why I am in favor of renewing the contract. Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> We have a motion by trustee Mason with a second by trustee. Yeah. Yeah. >> Sorry, the a student board member. You can't do the second. Okay. Second. >> All right. Um the um >> still appreciate you. >> Yes. Uh is there a second? >> Second. >> Okay. Okay. Well, Mr. Mr. Lawrence beat you to it. Trustee and Zwi. Uh, so we have a motion by Trusty Mason with a second by Trustee Lawrence. Um, further discussion. Okay. >> Thank you, Madam President. Um, right ahead. Right. >> Trusty McDougall is first, then you're next. >> I I give way to uh Trustee Enzwi. Trusty McDougall has um is letting you go first,

099Trustee and Zwee. >> Um I am so proud to represent this district and so proud that Dr. Clark is our superintendent. Um I know that the so he does well I don't know what he knows, but I know that I when people when several people from the community have said I'm so frustrated and d and and I say have you talked to Dr. Clark and they're like, "Wow, can I do that?" And I say, "Just call his office." And then they get an appointment and then they get to have a sit down because he's extremely open um to our community, especially um when So, okay, let me be real. Sometimes people come with an automatic negative attitude and that's going to put that's definitely going to put me off. ific any of you have had

100the uh the benefit of my email replies occasionally. It's very rare but sometimes um I don't behave in the best way but um when people come respectfully and express their frustrations, express their concerns when they've come back to me and say, "Oh my gosh, I felt heard. I don't know what he can do or if he will do anything, but I've never felt more heard." Um I don't think that we can take the well I know that we are basing this um decision on facts and on results on the you all will see as they're posted the extremely audacious and necessary goals uh that he will have over the next few years for our district um that will move all of our children forward, move everyone forward in the ways that we want. And there

101is no one more committed to children. And I think that's what frustrates people so much is that he is like his north star. His um sole focus is on our children. And that's what we we want should want. And that is absolutely what we need. He's a skilled leader, an honored leader across the country. We are lucky. I feel lucky to know board members across the nation. And we have got it so good. You all just don't know. we could find out if he were to choose to leave or if he would choose to to not um renew his contract. Um I've un um without hesitation always voted to extend his contract with each of our um evaluations every he's evaluated every year and we've extended his contract every year. Um and I I will

102continue to do that without hesitation today. I'm I feel so lucky that all the struggles that I've been through in this district as a parent um and now as a la this is my last year as a parent in this district that most of the time we spent here was under his leadership and I can see the growth and the difference um that he has made in how I get to be as a parent at my child's school and the experience that my child and her classmates had and that wouldn't have happened under any other leader. So, I absolutely support the extension of this contract. >> Rusty McDougall, do you have anything further to say? >> Yes, thank you. Um, I'm going to abstain on this because uh that usually means uh the person needs

103more time to study it and that's what I want. I'm new. I've gone through the evaluation process only once. Uh this is the first time I've gone through union contract negotiations and so I feel it's time to um study it more before I approve something like this. >> Uh Trusty Lawrence. Um, so I think back to uh during my my first tenure on the board in 2020 and uh then trustee Joanne Derky and I were were both uh preparing to leave the board. And one of the things that was incredibly important to us was to make sure that the district was in good hands as we departed. And um that was why uh we were so thankful uh along with Miss Mayo and Miss Mason who are also on the board at the time to

104bring on Dr. Clark. And uh you know bluntly one of the reasons why I returned 5 years later is because Dr. Clark is still here. That played an important consideration uh for me in in uh putting myself forward. And you know much like uh you know I mentioned earlier that we as a country are not perfect. He is a superintendent is not perfect. There are challenges. There are times where we've disagreed on things. But I have a great deal of respect for him. I believe uh we are very lucky to to have him. I uh considering that he is now ti time time flies but the fourth most tenured uh uh superintendent in Contraosta um says something and I think that um you know some of the the comments I heard tonight I I will

105say that in a district our size we always get sued and it it you know there will always be lawsuits. I I think that is a um course of of doing business in a 29,000 student uh district. Um in terms of test scores, that was something that means a lot to me. I think that we um the the data will be fully publicly available next month. Um but what I I can share is that the preliminary uh reports that that we've received show progress in that and uh the number one criteria that the board has agreed with the superintendent to look at is to raise student achievement in ELA and math. And I think um something that Miss Mayo has pointed out is really a lot where you see improvement uh from a superintendent is

106in those uh multiple years and that you know bluntly if in year one or year two there's an improvement. Um I I don't know how much of that you can attribute to a superintendent because there is a lag on test scores. There takes time to implement systems to put structures in place and I think we are seeing the results of the efforts that have gone on over these last few years. Um I would also note that the amount I if the board did dismiss the superintendent, the amount that we would pay him does not change under this agreement. as well as the fact that um his uh salary remains the same at this point. And so um you know I think that is important but I think it is a strong statement from this board

107that uh we work together as a governing structure and that this is a partnership and that we have a superintendent who we believe in. Uh this district is headed in the right direction. there are rema there are challenges there are problems uh those continue to be addressed but I believe that uh the direction we are headed in is one I'm excited about and proud and uh I I'm excited about the opportunity for Dr. clerk to continue to serve here. Thank you. >> Thank you. Um so, uh I appreciate that, um Trustee Lawrence took the words out of my mouth regarding the academic success of any district is based and can be proven on the longevity of the superintendent. Dr. Clark has led this district um superbly since he joined us in 2020 and uh brought

108us through the COVID crisis, reopened our schools and has supported our students across the district. um he is the one that recommended and brought forward to the board that we modernize the three elementary schools and I think that is one of the outstanding um recommendations for our district because it has brought new life uh to those schools and our Bayoint community, our Meadow Homes and even Mount Diablo Elementary can be proud of their schools again. You know, I I wish that we had another facilities bond so we could do all of our elementary schools in treat them in such a manner. I also wanted to address the fact that there were folks that have argued that be we should be settling this agreement before uh contract negotiations are settled. Uh we didn't bring forward this

109extension in June because we completed the evaluation in the last uh meeting in June. uh we have been working on the goals and I think I know you will be astounded by the goals that have been published on the website all this time for the years that Dr. Clark has been in the district. I wanted to also address that for 20 the years 20 to 2023 media received a 10.5% increase over the three years and then for the year 2425 media receive members received a 9% increase and for the last two years the media remembers and all members of our district received full employee benefits medical benefits. This is due to the leadership of Dr. Clark in conserving funds across our district so that our employees are recognized. Yes, we are in a disagreement right

110now. It will be resolved. I hope it will be a positive resolution, but the previous if you add it up in simple terms, that's 19.5% over four years. That is huge. Um so be based on the direction that we have set and the direction that uh Dr. Clark has led us in and the improvements that have occurred in Mount Diablo School District. I will be supporting this motion. So my question is may our student board member uh voice their vote? >> He could voice a preference. >> Okay. Um, does anybody else want to speak? I'm sorry. >> Okay. Trustee Barrera Oriana, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trustee Mason, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trusty Lawrence, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trustee Enzwei, how do you vote? >> Yes. >>

111Trusty McDougall. >> Abstain. >> Trusty Mayo votes yes. I would like to thank you board for your support. >> I need to announce the vote. >> Sorry. >> I want to announce it purposely and intentionally, >> Mr. Lawrence. >> I'm not seeing it. I don't have I don't have it. >> There you go. >> There. Okay. Thank you. Uh the motion is adopted on a four yes one obstension and no board members absent with support from our student trustee Dr. Clark. >> Again I just as I've said before I'm I'm extremely proud to serve this board. Um I believe that we are taking this district in the in the right direction. It's uh being a superintendent is not an easy position. You know, you make a decision and people think you're a genius and other

112people think you don't know what you're doing, but you hit the nail on the head when you said that I'm all about kids. That is what I care about. And I care about every single kid that walks through our doors. And I tell students all the time, every single thing you see in this district, every person is here for you. Not for the teachers, not for the principles, not for me. it is here for our students and I will as long as I'm leading this district I will do everything in my power to support our students. So again I thank you all for your support and I look forward to continue to operate as a high functioning governance team. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> With that we're ready to move on to board member

113reports. Um Trusty Barrera Orana would you like to present first? Uh over the past two weeks, I've had the pleasure of attending two very special events, including Conquer High School's first football game where I saw Dr. Clark on the field and where Conquered High School got the win over San Lorenzo. And I was also able to attend a school site council meeting at Hullbrook Language Academy where I was able to familiarize myself with procedures like not the Robertsville yet, but I was able to so I could bring it further in my meetings for the student advisory committee. In addition to that, I have been reaching out to the high school principles and I was able to receive all the necessary names for the student advisory committee. I'm planning on having our first meeting next week,

114October 1st, at Conquered High School at 5:00. I've already sent out the invitation to all the members. >> Thank you. Uh Trust Trusty McDougall, >> thank you, Madam President. Uh had a few activities in the last couple weeks. On the 11th of September, I attended the Silverward Elementary PTA meeting. There were about 30 in attendance including the principal. I was impressed by the full slate of activity activities that they're planning for this year. On the 13th, which was Saturday, I went to a volunteer chaplain's training in Martinez. I've done this for the past 30 plus years. On the 15th, had a phone conversation with Lynn Mackey, the superintendent of Contraostic uh Office of Education about the KVHS radio station. They bought the license from us for a dollar and have moved the transmission equipment to

115the top of their Pleasant Hill offices with little loss of broadcast range. I hope we can have our Mount Diablo USDC pathways avail themselves of the training they hope to implement. And I'm looking at Heather. um by moving the transmission equipment they eliminated the many thousands of dollars that we paid for those rights. So it was a good move. On the 12th or excuse me 17th of September uh it was constitution and citizenship day. I had hoped to attend the training on the constitution that we are required to hold annually uh under federal statute. We didn't have any constitutional trainings and therefore we are not in compliance with the 2004 federal law. On the 18th, I attended briefly the Rocket Ship Futuro Charter School Celebration of Hispanic Heritage and it was very educational to see

116how involved they all get. On the 19th, after reading your Friday letter, I realized that that football field over at Mont Diablo was fixed much faster than we thought it would happen. And so I I had other plans, but I said, I got to go see this. So I uh I didn't stay for the game, but I went down there to see how the field was doing. They don't have the logo in the middle yet, but it's uh they played on it, so they did quite well. Um, so the field is operational and I'm glad to see that uh our money is well spent on that. On the 22nd of September, I attended a monument youth drug and alcohol event where they were talking about the number of uh alcoholic sale outlets are in conquered

117and Martinez and Pleasant Hill and Mik Creek and that sort of thing. And it really is too many. And so I I applaud their efforts to really see if we can shrink that number of alcohol sale outlets. And finally, yesterday attended the Montiablo Business and Educational Alliance event at the Montiablo High School serendipity restaurant. And I think it was a very um productive session where we broke up into uh groups and had uh uh plans or ideas for how we can improve the completion rate on the CTE programs. And I'm I'm glad to see this is happening and I do applaud Heather for all the work that you and your staff and it's the staff too have put into this. And so I thank you for that. Trusty and Zwei >> um in honor of

118so we earlier we honored week of the um school administrator but I want to give my school my school principal Dr. Richardson a shout out because the man knows how to work a room and probably to the displeasure of students because why are you paying attention to me? But at last week's College Park choir concert, um he when I arrived, lights are up, everyone's gathering, it's a potluck, people are eating, and the man was talking to every student in the room and every parent. And I know that as a parent how much like to feel to feel like you're seen and heard, how that's so important and creates a sense of belonging and a sense of community at our schools. And so not no other administrator should be upset because I didn't call them out.

119I just wanted to use that as a very recent example of of an amazing administrator in our district and I feel really lucky to get to experience him for this year. Um, second, I just want to mention that last week, uh, no, two school buses filled with students got to go to the H.B.CU fair at Pittsburgh High School. Um, and I was not a part of that. I just had to get up early and drop a child off to catch a bus. But it was fun to see all the students who showed up so early in the morning to catch the bus and who got off the bus with really cool Fox lunches and college acceptances and scholarships andor um ideas of where they can apply to all across the country. Um, and this opportunity

120was I love that there was this partnership with Pittsburgh Unified and I love that this opportunity was open to all students in our district and that two full bus load I don't know if they were full but two bus loads um of students um took advantage of that. And like I mentioned last I think last spring was the last H.CU fair. It's just a really great opportunity um when students go and especially because we encourage all students to go if they don't consider that they can go to college to like get affirmation on the spot because they take their transcripts and everything. Um it's is so inspiring to folks and lets them know, oh, I can go to college. Um, so I'm really appreciative to the the partnership and the the continued um effort to

121have not just the H.B.CU fairs, but the general college fairs that we have throughout our district throughout the year. Um, that's it. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Trusty Mason. >> Okay. No surprise. I've been busy. Um, I went to the Apac meeting out in Baypoint and uh Dr. Frances had several service providers that are working with our schools, working with our youth. He did a review of all the outstanding activities we had last year and a preview of all the good activities we're going to have this year and they're going to be moving the show around and meeting in different places this year. So, I'm looking forward to that. So, that's one resource. Thank you, Dr. Clark. That we now have here. And then, um I went to uh Java with Janice. The parents

122are very happy with the school. you know that they're uh there had a lot of suggestions on how they could even get the traffic moving better through the bus circle, but that was very uh positive. I went to Mount Devil High School, Olympic High School, and Riverview Middle School promoting the youth summit that was hosted by Supervisor Preston Scales out at LMC. And then um on Saturday, I went out and met with Mayor O'Berin Park. And um I met a young man there who was a graduate from Mount Eva High School and is coming back and wants to work with our kids and also worked with two kids from our district. So they were out there involved in that. Then I went to the pack meeting. Well, first I went to shout out to Christine

123Filios for the amazing pack training. You know how I am about process. I had my checklist there. They they hit all the all the spots and then I went to Dr. Clark and said, "Now are all the principles having their meetings?" So that was good. And then um I went to the pack meeting where Dr. Clark spoke to many parents. It was very well attended. Went over our goals, continued to tell the parents how we're we're dedicated to helping these kids get where they need to be. And hopefully a lot of them will come back and join us as employees. And then I went to Olympic High School for their back to school night. And they had Mount Diablo in the house. We had our food services there. We had our attendance people there. We

124had um our adult school there. It was like a party. And a shout out to The Foundry, the newest um career pathway. They were selling the best watermelon um frescus that I've ever tasted. And so now they're thinking about maybe going over to the looking into going to the um uh farmers market and selling it there. It was very good. There was a lot of kids there. They had food. They had haircuts and then I had to leave there to come to the DACA meeting which was packed. >> Enjoying the DAC meeting. Now it's very inclusive. There are lots of different um ethnicities coming there and sharing. And then um Dr. Clark, what was it you were up to with that there? It was like what is Dr. Clea everywhere? Oh, it was um what

125was the the thing that we were Oh, the new uh reclassification. We finally have gotten to where we can get more kids reclassifying. There's always been this little hurdle tied to their grade by the teacher, but now there's going to be another option so we can get more kids reclassified because we need to get them reclassified before they go to high school though so they can take more classes toward going to college. And then this what was this meeting? Oh, DACA again more activities for our kids educating together which is going to be um our parent conference that we have. Unfortunately, I won't be able to be there because I'm in Sacramento presenting on agriculture in the classroom that day, but I will be there in spirit. And then I went to the youth summit

126and worked the youth summit for 6:00 in the morning till noon. saw some of our students come, some of our parents come through, some of my ex- employees come through. So, that was a fun day. And then, um, what else did I Oh, and then I went to serendipity to get caught up on all the amazing things that our career program. And again, our career pathways, we have a parents night coming up. We have all of these partners. I think they have like almost 20 partners now. We have staff, some of them that include our graduates, Dr. Clark. So it was as I was going through all these getting ready for the meeting I'm like this is really amazing that we are offering at all these entryways p place places where parents and kids can

127find a niche find what they're interested be supported get the information they needed and I've never seen it happening to the degree it's happening at this time so that's why I thank you Dr. Clark and that's my report for tonight. >> Very nice Mr. Lawrence. >> Thank you. Uh I had the opportunity to to visit uh Foothill Middle School uh meet with the princip principal uh Crystal Stall. She showed me around campus. Uh lots of exciting things happening there. One of the things she showed me was um they have a huge number of students and I see this myself uh riding bikes to school. They're they're kind of bursting at the seams. They're trying to partner uh with with uh Street Smart to get more bike racks. Um which uh one of my favorite things

128was uh years back I did uh I think it was at Pine Hollow where um they had the um the stationary bikes and you'd ride the bike and and make the uh the smoothie. Uh so I'm always open for any invites for that. Those were delicious smoothies and a good time. Um, but one thing I will say that really concerns me is I see this all the time uh when I'm driving around our neighborhood schools. The number of students who are on electric bikes who are 12 and 13 years old going at incredibly fast speeds, a lot of them not wearing helmets. Um throughout our district, we've had some serious injuries already and I think we are on a a path to unfortunately I think we will see even more more number and more severe

129injuries. Um and it's something that you know I I think that we should be partnering with the police departments uh in in our uh district to work with them on safety because I think this is a very very real concern uh that we have out there. Uh I did want to make mention I I failed to one of the things I've noticed when I go to schools they'll often mention oh do Dr. Clark was just here and so I think there's such an appreciation for how often he was out in how often he is out in the community um one of the new teachers at Northgate I was walking through and she had a giant Raiders flag and I mentioned oh I'm sure Dr. Clark and she's like, "Oh, he already saw it and he

130told me told me that anything I need, just let him know." Um, and so, you know, that's a little tip uh for for folks out there. But, um, so I was able to do that. Um, I wasn't I wanted to go to uh the the Mount Diablo uh game. Fantastic that that um their uh field was repaired so quickly. I ended up going to the Northgate Clayton Valley football game that same night instead. Uh, I got there at halftime. Northgate was down 277. They battled back. It was 3933. So, my apologies. I should have gotten there a little bit earlier. Um, that they, you know, they just ran out of time. But, uh, a successful fake punt and a successful onside kick helped power that second half comeback. And I I just think one of

131the true joys is going out, you know, Friday night lights to all our different sporting events. um and and seeing the the support out there, seeing the families and seeing the kids do things that they love. Um I've also, you know, I've mentioned it before, but I continue. One of my favorite things is now I'm like the official uh down marker person for girls flag football, and it's so fun to one, you get all the girls and the coaches behind you and hear them, and then you can talk to the ref, and you got the best view in the house. So, uh continue to enjoy doing that. And I will say that uh last week the Northgate uh JV flag football team, first time in school history to win three games in a week, which

132is also because now that's the first time they've had three games in a week, but still great accomplishment, including uh they had a last second win, you know, last play of the game touchdown pass, which was really fun to to be a part of. Um so great deal of enjoyment there. Second, I did want to I think one of the unfortunate things we hear from so many of our teachers um and and community members around contract negotiations and recognizing uh you know some of them have to rush home and uh fix dinner or prep for school tomorrow and the various things. And so it's it's a bit of a one-sided conversation. And so I wanted to take a moment to to just share a couple of my thoughts. Um, you know, first are are teachers

133uh and and our other staff throughout our district are are educators underpaid. Yes, absolutely. I truly believe that. Um, and I think as Ms. Mayo mentioned, you know, this board in the last uh few years has invested significantly in raises. Um, last year a a 9% raise. Uh, it's been raised that there was over a $200 million uh budget surplus. And I think it's very appropriate that the board made the move to invest in our and our educators. Um that the result of that is a $44 million operating deficit last year. And so you can only do that for so long. That is um not something that that is sustainable. I think when people come in and they say we think teachers deserve a raise. We think we should have more librarians. We think we

134should have more speech pathologists. We should have more counselors. We should have more librarians. We should have smaller class sizes. I think that every single member of this board and the superintendent uh all believe in that and and all support that. But it is a question of finite resources and what we can afford. And so when you look at a $44 million operating deficit and then if you cost it out what it would cost for if if we just uh accepted just those proposals that I just mentioned, this district would be bankrupt at the end of the next school year. That that is the calculation on it. And so while I heard many people talk about here's the thing we want to spend money on, the question is where do we want to make cuts

135in order to pay for that? Because that is not sustainable. that is not possible. And it and and it is absolutely true that show me your budget and show me your priorities. And I think that we as a district need to one invest as much as fiscally prudent into our staff um and closest to the classroom. But that is the ongoing conversation. And so if we as a board just accepted everything that was proposed, it would be fiscally irresponsible and this this uh district would be bankrupt in very short order. So um I wanted to mention that and then the third thing I will mention I um I have shared that I do believe while I have this platform one of the things I will talk about is what's happening on on a federal level

136uh in education and there are a plethora of things that that I could talk about but I will take a moment to talk about uh vaccines and the push from the federal government uh the current administration to frankly scare people and uh limit access to vaccines. Um, one of the reasons we have not had any board meetings around the polio epide uh epidemic or the uh smallox epidemic here in Mount Diablo is because of vaccines. Vaccines are safe. They are proven. They have been tested. It is part of why our community has been safe. And um I I think that taking advice from a president who has also benefited I I mean let's just be blunt in in his first term he almost died from COVID. He was very close. It was emergency medicine uh

137extreme measures that allowed him to live. Many members of the administration were the very first people who as part of uh president then President Trump in in 2020's effort for uh operation warp speed. They are the very first one in line for vaccines. And I think that what is happening right now is scary. It is a travesty um to scare people and to not recognize science and the efficacy and proven safety of of vaccines. And that is a threat to our community. and it's one that I continue uh to speak out about. So, thank you. That concludes my report. >> Thank you. >> Excellent board reports. Um I think mine will be very boring, but it'll be quick. Um on September 16th, I've attended the pre uh parent advisory meeting with um Trustee Mason. And

138um on September 18th, we attended the district learner advisory committee meeting. And next uh month they will be having an election of officers. So um if individuals are interested in serving on the district learner advisory committee, they should attend the meeting. Um the September 27th parent conference was called out by Miss Mason. It's being held at the Loma Vista Adult Education Center with an 800 a.m. registration for families and or adults. Um there's child care back free backpacks. Lunch will be provided and two um workshop sessions on a what a plethora is the only way to describe it. Um list of workshops. Um the topics are amazing and um these were the parent conference was something that I went to as a young parent and uh other families from my elementary school. We attended it

139together. It was a great day and I hope that everyone can turn out for it. Um and then I wanted to announce that on October 14th there is a potential board study session. Um this is tentative so mark your calendars as tentative and the topic will be the 2526 budget. >> I believe we are obligated to take a comment on board reports. Uh Kora Mitchell, >> hello again. Um I just want to quickly address the question about where would we cut from? If you're earnestly asking that question, I think most um community members would agree that um looking at the top is generally the furthest place from the classroom. And in looking at the most recent reporting of staffing from the CDE, which is reported by staff members at this district, we have 200 less

140teachers today than we did 5 years ago, but our number of administrators has remained consistent over the last 5 years. um that seems skewed and um I think it would be worth taking some time to look into why that's happened um and really where the need is and where we are putting our funds. Um I'm sure you all know that administrators tend to make a lot more money than u most of our teachers do. And so um where can we get the most bang for our buck for our students? Um I would highly recommend looking into that. Thank you. >> Great, Dr. Clark. >> Yes. Um again just I I want to again thank this board but you know the um I I none of this work happens in in isolation or happens alone. There's

141a tremendous um there's a tremendous team that is all working together to reach these goals and everything that is brought up is um you know is not things that I'm out there doing but I do set the tone. I set the I set the vision. I provide this support, but the team is the are the ones that are out there doing it. And I can just go on for hours and hours talking about all of the things and committed folks that that we have in this district working to support each and every each and every student. So, I amum I'm doing something different tonight with my um with my presentations. I'm kind of following your guys' lead except I don't have any dates and times, but I will say um over the last week or

142two I visited Elmont. Um Elmont is a school that uh made uh uh gains in on our on on the caps in both ELA and math. There I visited teachers classes. Um I visited one class in particular. Um they were they were doing math. Um they were working in groups. They were using um our TNTP training, building thinking classrooms. Um all students were engaged. Students were um talking about the math problem. You know, on our standardized test, math, there's a lot of word problems in there. So, you got to have vocabulary. And this teacher was doing an excellent job at having his students read out and work together. And I was just I was just very much um inspired by that. I visited the TK classrooms. They were dismissing. They were sending home late friends

143and they were sending home early friends and late friends were coming and just spoke with those teachers and aids in that classroom and um and they were just super excited and there was so much going on there. Um I also went and I didn't eat lunch but I went and spent time in the cafeteria with the kids eating lunch. While I was there I spoke with the cafeteria team, thank them for for all they do. Spoke to the custodial team. Thank than thank um thanked her for her work and keeping such a a tidy campus. Um I visited with multiple grade levels of students. These these students were so engaging and just so um you know just so excited to to be at school and to be learning and talking and sharing their things with

144the superintendent. Um I also am um it's too bad that the um that the parents left, but I also went and visited Mount Diablo Elementary School and spent some time there. They made gains in ELA. I first went to the cafeteria. I spoke to the servers and I spoke to the students students getting lunch about whether or not they like their food. They were all super excited. I then went over to the TK um yard where they were eating lunch and um I don't know if it's some new thing, but all the little TKers were bringing up to me their frozen ice packs that came in all different shapes, sizes, and colors. And um they always offer me food or grapes or uh uh uh goldfish and things like that. Um, by then the principal

145and VP came and and got me out of there because I was having too much fun and I went around to some of the classrooms with the with the tiles to go in here and see for myself. But I did um just I visited two amazing classes, a second grade and a fourth grade class and they were doing amazing activities. I talked to, you know, talked to all the students. I even had a teacher come to me at a training a couple days later and she said I came into the her son's class, knew his name. I actually read it on the on the desk and stuff. Shook his hand. He said he wasn't going to wash his hand for a week. I told her to please tell him to wash his hand. I'm really

146not that important. Um I then went over I I then spent another uh period of time over at Sequoia Elementary School. They made gains in math last year. Um spoke with the office staff. I visited with the third graders during recess. I was super impressed with their school spirit. Every third grade class had decorated t-shirts. Um tie-dye. That's back from my era. And so I was asking the kids how they did it still with the rubber bands and all those things and they do. So I was um very excited about that. I then went over and visited some kindergarteners in their class and they were playing with what I thought silly me was play-doh but it was actually kinetic sand >> and um and I asked them if I could take some with me and

147it doesn't age well because I got sand all over my car and all over my all over myself as I as I took it with me. I kept it for the rest of the day. It's actually kind of soothing to rub it, but it it um dried up and died out on me. I then was invited into a teacher's class and I watched an amazing I watched four students do a PowerPoint presentation on wellness and what their topic was was the benefits of sleep and getting the correct hours of sleep and for students and they were just talking about the the mental health of it and what it does for growth and all those types of things. So, they were super excited. um they were using very big words and they had they had one

148student there that was correcting everyone and helping but but doing it in a very nice way and just it was it was it was a a very good visit to that class. I then went out they were doing a science project and they were um they were using uh sund dials to track the times and and things like that and they were all just just very engaged. Super impressed with with what was going on in those classrooms. I went over to Oakrove Middle School another day. They made gains in both ELA and math. And I spoke with the office staff, spoke with the support teams. Um, as I was walking around campus, I saw the principal out during passing period. So, I started hanging out with him. We were talking to students. Um, we visited

149a classroom where a teacher was having an engaging conversation about the law that's coming up around restricting cell phones in schools. And so, she was she was asking her students, we don't have any we I know we do the yonder pouches in high school, but we're not doing anything yet in in middle school. So, but that will be coming. Um, so, so we had a we had a great talk with the students there. Um, I then visited their wellness center. They have a a great wellness center there. There were students in there meeting with staff in there and I I spoke with the students, spoke with the staff and just a very very positive environment uh taking place. Um, I also visited Diablo View Middle School. They made gains in both ELA and math. Um,

150I visited the office. one of my ex- studentents is actually one of their um office staff there and so I always see her and I still recognize her as a middle schooler but she's all grown now and working there so chatted with them. I went over to sixth graders who were who were having lunch. Um I also went to the library and thankked the the library staff for having the library open at lunchtime because there were kids in there enjoying that time. It was a super hot day and there was air conditioning in there. Um, I went to their wellness room, um, which was just, I mean, I I just I was just gushing all over the place because it is a, um, it the the lights were dim. Uh, students were in there reading,

151talking, just these were sixth grade, middle school students. Middle school is a very difficult time. And to have a safe space where these students can go at lunchtime and either get support if they need it or hang out with a friend or whatnot, it was just, it was very nice. Spoke to every single student. They were all very engaging and respectful. The bell rang. I followed the sixth graders into class. I visited three sixth grade classes. They were doing ELA right after lunch. Talked to the students about their textbook. Uh sixth grade ELA textbook is a with the anthology is very thick. Students said they enjoy reading the stories. Talked to the teachers. Um it was it was great. The bell rang. I then went to lunch and went and visited the folks in the

152cafeteria. They have a extremely um orderly line there at uh Diablo View. Students got in, got their lunches, salad bars and things like that for middle schools is something that you would that you just don't you just don't you know, it just still is shocking to me that we have salad bars for our middle school students. Um I also went into the cafeteria because there the SDC students with severe disabilities were having lunch. Um and so I went in there and um hung out with them. I was also offered goldfish. Um, but there were some non-verbal students in there and there were some students with some real with some real um with some real specific needs and um you know they were excited to see me, excited to engage how they could and um I

153thanked all their um all their aids who were working with them. Some were employees, some were contracted, but um just really gave them their time. And then of course I I went and talked with uh seventh and eighth graders as I left. Uh my uh other visit went to Mount Diablo High School, went to go visit our teacher of the year, David Pentado. I spoke to students in his class and you know if you've ever heard uh Dr. Pentado, the energy and the um enthusiasm that he shows for learning, it is um it is infectious. And the kids in that classroom are just so engaged. They were so excited to have a visitor. They were so excited to to um you know explain things. Mr. Dr. Pentado was trying to take pictures of he and

154I. A student came to save him because he he didn't quite know what he you know he wasn't working very well and I was giving him a hard time about that. But um it was a great visit to his class. I then heard the band and um to walk on the Mount Diablo High School campus and hear the band playing was magical. I went in there, they were playing music. Um I danced. um I could not help myself and uh the teacher was excited, the students were excited, they were preparing for the game that night and um and just I mean just just a great thing. So I mean these were these were six schools that I that I visited just I'm there to talk to people, get see with my own eyes what's what's

155going on, get any feedback. They're all positive. every last one of them, every school that I've been to has been positive and and like I'm I'm so excited to see our kids flourishing um and just and just doing well. Um I am extremely thankful for Linda Ortega being media president. Um we're in challenging times now, but I think that uh I think Linda is is reasonable and um you know her heart's in the right place and I think you know she'll at some point we'll be able to figure this out. But I am extremely thankful for um for Linda Ortega. Some very extremely disappointing news that I have to share. Um this isn't disappointing, but I went to Constitution Day over at Adult Ed and um I was there along with Mayor Obringer and uh

156and um I addressed the students and staff there and um it was just a very engaging conversation. The students there were super excited. Tal of course I talked to students. We had some uh uh College Park graduates there, Mount Diablo High graduates there, and then just just all all all walks of life. Also, while I was there, I visited the daycare that we have in this district for our adult school learners. Um and so, um just just amazed. I mean, we offer daycare for adult school learners. I mean, so was was very excited about that. And of course, I visit my my students over at over at Bridge. Um, some of the students were out, and this is the disappointing part I got to share. Some of the students were out as they go out

157on field trips and they go and visit uh businesses and they're working on getting internships, but I'm going to read the I'm going to read the um what's on our website that describes the bridge program in case you don't know what it is. The bridge program is for persons 18 to 22 with disabilities who have completed four years of high school with their certificate of completion. So they don't have a diploma but a certificate of completion. These are severely disabled kids um who are working toward the um who completed or are working towards a certificate of completion and have turned 18. The goal of the bridge program is to provide individuals with the knowledge and skills they need in order to make successful transitions to adult life. The bridge program assists individuals to increase independence

158and to access vocational, social, and recreational opportunities in the community. So, we have fought just as staff and as folks in public education to provide um to get paid internships for these students, paid working experience because you go to a Starbucks and they want to you want to hire someone who's who's disabled and has severe needs and they may not want to pay them. And we can come in and say, "No, please give them this experience. We we have grant money to to um to help pay. $300 per student per year is what they can earn. All right. It's been cut by the federal government. By our own federal government, it's been cut. Now they can make $120 in a lifetime. So when I talk about uncertain times that we're facing and why it's important

159to have strong leaders who will stand up and why it's important to be prudent with our dollars and to make the right decisions because we do not know what's coming next. If this program for 18 to 20 year old severely disabled people is going to be cut, that is a problem. And I don't know the reason why this was cut, but um it's it's it's gone. We have to um you know, we we we have to we have to do that. And um and and that's disappointing. There's also there was an article today and it's going to affect us. Um the the in DC they will cancel nearly $168 million in school-based mental health grants that funded hundreds of school social workers, counselors, and wellness coaches in California with the with the amount of um

160youth challenges, with the amount of students who are in our schools who we have to call 911 because they want to harm themselves and things like that. with the amount that that's going on. And I know, you know, folks are going to say it's our fault and we're doing this and that, but like it's happening everywhere. And even in this article, rural rule, we're not rural. Rural lowincome school districts have severe mental health provider shortages and higher rates of youth suicide than the rest of the state. So, we're all we're all paying we're all paying the price here. So, um, as we go forward, I don't know what the future of public education is going to be. I don't know what our funding stream's going to be. Um, you know, I I'm very proud to

161know that we gave a 19% raise over over my tenure in this district. Also, we've up we've updated and I know we have some challenges in our math right now, but we've updated all of our curriculum. We've updated all of our board policies. when we were going to board policies, the policies were last updated in 2010. So, again, I I I take this position openly. I know I'm going to have detractors. Um I understand that. I don't mind that because in my heart, I know we're doing the right things and I'm going to continue to do the right things. But this is a scary time for public education and it's uncertain. And so, um, I'm going to continue to lead this district with caution, with empathy, with care, and make sure that we're doing what's

162best for our students. And the last thing that I'll say, um, the the the program that Dr. Fontella runs um, for our students is um, is amazing with the opportunities that they get. and I would have been at that meeting, but um I I drew the short straw and I had to go to the Giants game to watch to watch our choirs sing the national anthem. But I was so proud to see them. Um they were dressed in in choir in choir gear. They were wearing all black and they stood at attention right behind second base off the off the infield and they sang that national anthem. May put goosebumps through you. They had Mount Diablo on the big screen at the um at the at the um you know on the on the jumbotron

163and it was it was a very proud moment. I sat there in the stands with uh with the parents and um and other students and and friends and families. Our Dr. Richardson was there. he was working the Giants game like talking to everybody and and um but just just amazing things happening in this in this district and um you know we're going to we're going to keep pushing it forward and keep doing everything we can to to support our students. So that that concludes my report and um we're going to keep on keep on pushing on. Thank you. >> Thank you very much Dr. Clark. We're ready now for the consent agenda. Approval of uh the items on the consent agenda are considered routine and will be approved or adopted by a single motion. There

164will not be a separate discussion on these items. However, any item may be removed from the consent agenda upon the request of any member of the board and acted upon separately. Are there items that um you would like to have pulled? Uh, Madame President, I would like to pull item 14.15, please. >> Any other items? If not, let's have a motion. >> I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda with the removal of item 14.6. >> Second. So, I thought I heard you say, >> "Yeah, it's 14.15." >> Sorry. 14.15. Okay. >> Um, >> second that. >> So, I'll speak slowly so that staff has the time to pull that item and rearrange our agenda. Um, we have a motion by uh Trustee Mason with a second by Trustee McDougall on the approval of

165the consent agenda as presented with the exception of item 1415 which will be considered separately. There further discussion. Trustee Burrera Oriana, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trustee Mason, >> yes. >> Trustee McDougall, >> yes. Uh, trustee Lawrence, >> yes. >> Trusty Enzwi, >> yes. >> And Trusty Mayo votes yes. So, the motion is adopted on a 5000 vote uh regarding the consent agenda with the exception of the former 1415 which will now be 15.1 I believe. Okay. Oops. 1415. Okay. Mr. Lawrence. >> Madam President, I move the approval of a piggyback contract for art supply kits for CARES extended learning program and then I'll have a comment. >> Okay, I'll second that. Um, so I a a fun fact, I actually failed art one year, which I thought was incredibly unfair because I

166actually showed up and I tried and it was purely on the basis of like my art itself, which was very damaging and I didn't have any art supply kits at the time. So could have changed everything. Uh, but my question for for superintendent and staff was if we could just have a brief explanation. Uh, it is a a very significant amount of money. um you know, $676,000. I was hoping just to get a bit more information as to like what was actually in these these art kits. >> Oh, um Trusty Lawrence, when you when you brought this to my attention, I had to look up what some of these um what some of these art kits were. And um there's they're actually quite um >> elaborate. >> Yes, they are. And um I do have

167our our team here. I will speak on it, but if if if you would like to come up and speak on it, Linda or Robert or whatnot or Oh, Sheree. Here we go. Please, because the little the little bont boxes, what are the what are they called? Um bent what? >> Well, I mean, they were the little boxes they were all making throughout this whole Okay, thank you. >> Yes. So, it is all inclusive and this is a scope and sequence from the beginning of this year all the way through summer of June um of 2026. So, it'll go all the way through our summer program. We have a TK curriculum now that we have a million TKs. They're wonderful, but they need a lot of things to do that are age appropriate. So, Moxy

168Box has developed an age approach appropriate TK um curriculum in the fall and the spring. So, all of our TKs will get a fall curriculum and a spring curriculum. We also partner with Tyson Knight, who is an international um acclaimed artist and filmmaker, and he's actually coming out during fall break if you want to see him at one of our schools. He works with our kids in partnership with Moxy Box. So, they've developed art kits based on his artwork, and he comes and does that with all of our students. He'll be doing that over fall break, spring break, and summer and some of our inter session days. And then each of our kids, we have almost 3,000 students in our program every day after school. So this is TK through 12. They will get a

169fall kit, a winter kit, a spring kit, and two summer kits. >> Korean box. >> What is that? Tell me about that. >> And every then the great thing about this is everything that the student needs is in the kit. It's 8 to 10 hours of curriculum. Um it is hands-on. It is our teachers teach it and our staff, our after school program staff. So, it's very versatile. Um, but the boxes, those they create like a almost like a jewelry box, I guess, is >> like that's not exactly what it is, but they get to build that. They have other ones that are like paint. They work with different uh mediums. They get to experience all different types of art. I myself cannot draw a stick figure. When I was in the classroom, they would

170always say, "It's okay, Mrs. Gan. We know you tried your best." So, this is I've actually sat and done a lot of the art kits with them and I I'm much better than a stick figure now. I have a very long way to go, but thank I mean, who knows what I could have developed into if I'd only had access to these type of teachers and this I I just might take you up on that and I appreciate the invite. So, thank you. >> But woe is you if you use a a box that's not yours. Um, any further discussion on this item? Okay. Uh, Trusty Barrera Orana, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Uh, Trusty Lawrence, >> yes. >> Trusty Mason, >> yes. >> Trusty Enzi, >> yes. >> Trusty McDougall, >> yes.

171>> Trusty Mayo votes yes. Mr. McDougall The motion is adopted on a 5000 vote with support from our student trustee. Thank you. We're ready to move on to the business of the meeting. Uh Dr. Clark. >> Yes, Madame President. See what's on my list here. 17.1 conduct a public hearing on uh regarding sufficiency of textbooks and instructional materials for the 2526 school year. This is this is an action item, but I'm going to have uh Samantha Allen and Christina Filios come and take this take this item or open up the hearing. >> Maybe you get to bang the gapple. >> Oh, you want me to bang it now? >> Bang it. But >> it's best part of not being president. Tap it gently. I open the hearing. >> Yes. >> Good evening, President Mayo, Vice

172President Mason, Board of Trustees, Superintendent Clark. Oops. Right. So, tonight we are presenting the textbook sufficiency resolution to the board. We have identified a few areas of insufficiency, specifically science texts for transitional kindergarten and kindergarten. These insufficiencies arise from the expansion of classes necessitating the purchase of additional materials. We have already ordered additional science texts which are expected to be delivered this week. I am pleased to report that the insufficiencies at Ignasio Valley Elementary have been resolved with book orders processed through the district warehouse. Likewise, the international balorate math texts for Agnosio Valley High School were ordered and arrived on site yesterday resolving that insufficiency. We will provide the board an update at the October 15th meeting confirming that all insufficiencies have been resolved. So, um, do we have any public comment cards? See one,

173seeing no one rushing to the microphone to speak, I'll close the public hearing. Thank you. Board members, we're uh, ready for a resolution and then you can ask questions of staff if you'd like. Madame President, I move the board approve item 17.1, uh, resolution 2526-13, sufficiency of textbooks and instructional materials. >> I'll second it and then just ask there when my kids were in school, there was always a disconnect because I'd come to these meetings and I'd hear this and then you go to back to school night and the teachers, we don't have enough books. And so I tell them, go down to district office because they say you do have enough books. So we do have enough books for all the kids in need. Correct. All right. Um, Trusty Lawrence, do you have anything

174you want to say? >> Okay. >> I would just say as a parent that the Oh, they don't have textbooks for me. Yeah. That that this is a confirmation that >> teacher tell me. >> I I I'm telling you, I've had children tell me that as well. So, I'm just saying you you get it. Yeah. >> Okay. Um, I hopefully there's more meaningful conversation. >> Wow. >> All right. Uh, not seeing any more comment. Trusty Barrera Oriana, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Uh, Trusty Lawrence, >> yes. >> Trusty Mason, >> yes. >> Trusty Enzi, >> yes. >> Trusty McDougall, >> yes. >> Trusty Mayo, oh, I vote yes. I'm going down the list. Uh, So good. >> The motion is adopted on a 5000 vote with support from our student trustee regarding sufficiency

175of textbooks and my apologies to trustee Lawrence and trustee Mason. Okay, we're ready to move on to 17.2. Dr. Clark and thank you staff for the presentation. Yes, we have um we have uh review and potential approval of changes to board policy. This is info action. We have two back for approval. Um on this one, >> this is uh board policy 3100 and AR3100 that the motion would >> I would make a motion to approve the revisions made to BP 3100 and AR3100 as presented. >> Second. So, we have a motion by Trusty Mason with a second by Trustee McDougall uh regarding the um um board policies and AR 3100. Further discussion? Trusty Barrera Oriana, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Trusty Mason, >> yes. >> Trusty McDougall, >> yes. >> Trusty Lawrence, >>

176yes. >> Trusty Enzwi, >> yes. and Trusty Mayo votes yes also. And the motion is adopted on a 5000 vote uh in support of the um changes to 3100 uh board policy and AR 17.3. Dr. Clark >> 17.3 um uh review and potential approval of changes to board policies. We have uh one for first read here and two for approval. >> So the motions uh the board policies for consideration or board policy 9224 and 9260. >> So I would make a motion to approve the revisions of BB 9224 and 9260 as presented. Second. >> So there's a motion by Trusty Mason with a second by Trusty McDougall regard regarding the adoption of um board policy 9224 and 9260. Is everybody ready to vote? Trustee uh Barrera Ariana, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Thank

177you. Trustee Mason, >> yes. Trusty McDougall, >> yes. Trustee Lawrence, >> yes. >> Trustee Enzwi, >> yes. >> And Trusty Mayo votes yes. And that motion is adopted on a 5000 vote with support from our student trustee. Um, and one of these times I'm going to say trustee dusty trustee Linda Mayo once. Yes. Um 17.4. Dr. Clark, we have >> This is This is going to be our last item. Before I do this and before Suzanne could stop me, I just have to make one correction in my report. I said $300 per year. It's actually 300 hours that those students um were eligible for. It's hours and and not dollars. So hours. I know it is. >> It's been cut to 120. Is that >> 120 for a lifetime? All right. >> A lifetime. >>

178Yes. It's >> to stay on to stay on on on it, Suzanne. I'm sorry. All right. All right. 174 review and potential approval of changes to board policies and administrative regs. This is for info only. >> Right. So, if you have any uh questions about these changes, please contact uh Dr. Clark. We don't need a meeting extension. We don't I don't think we're going to u carry over anything to close session. and um the future agenda items. Are there anything that you want to bring up? >> I I would just say thank you. I appreciate uh I know it's tentative but >> tentative >> uh the uh uh first session on uh budget uh so I'm looking forward to that and I appreciate that. >> Mr. McDougall. >> Yes. Um, I believe I don't know

179how to suggest this, but I'd like to see that the district uh has an observation on every September 17th for Constitution and Citizenship Day. Uh, it is a federal requirement and we are out of compliance. So, I'd like to see how we can get this district back into compliance on this. >> Thank you. Um, we've heard your request. The with that being said, should I hold us for two more minutes or adjourn at 8:58? Thank you everybody for attending.