PCS Board of Education Meeting: April 22, 2025

001I'm calling this. Okay, perfect. Hello, everyone. The meeting is now called to order At 6.05. There's nothing to report from closed session. Can we all… Do the Pledge of Allegiance. Thank you. Okay, now we get the, oh, can I have… Ellen or Caitlin, can you give a kiss? Recognition of students of the Month. So we'll start with Kenilworth Junior High School. Kenneworth Junior High School is proud to announce our April Student of the Month, Emily Boutini. Emily has been chosen Student of the Month because she is one of Kenilworth's best students, finest citizens, and hardest working student athletes. Emily is described by her teachers as exceptional, self-motivated, and an inspiration to her peers. Emily readily collaborates and supports her classmates, displaying kindness, patience, and empathy. Impressively, Emily has maintained a 4.0 grade point average with

002a challenging schedule of classes that includes advanced English. And accelerated math one. Emily has also been an important member of the Colts basketball and wrestling teams Mr. Talent, Emily's wrestling coach for two years, shared, Emily is an extremely coachable, hardworking student athlete. Emily led by example in wrestling as she does in the classroom. Emily was always willing to put in the work to improve her wrestling. Emily is an outstanding example of what a Kenneward scholar athlete represents. The wrestling team is proud she was one of us. Mr. Talon also enthusiastically shared that Emily won a gold medal in the Girls League Championships after winning all of her matches. Along with Emily's academic and athletic prowess, she is also a talented woodworker, having excelled in woodshop for two years at Kenilworth. After high school, Emily would

003like to attend college and perhaps pursue a trade. Thank you so much. Congratulations, Emily. Can we have your parents and friends stand so we can acknowledge them also? Kenilworth Junior High School is proud to present our April Student of the Month, Alondra Alamia Barrera. Alondra was chosen Student of the Month because she is an excellent student, exemplary citizen. And a talented musician. Though not outwardly vocal, Alondra's consistent hard work and dependable nature do not go unnoticed in the classroom. Alondra's teachers describe her as positive, empathetic, whose work ethic is a positive example in the classroom for her peers. Not only is Alondra an exceptional student. But she is also a talented artist and musician. Alondra has been an important member of the Kenilworth Band for two years. Alundra's band instructor, Mr. Klemenoc, enthusiastically shared, Alondra

004is one of my top students. She is one of the leaders in the symphonic band. Alondra was a fantastic flute player in seventh grade and then decided to play the oboe in eighth grade. The oboe is an extremely difficult instrument to play and Alondra has done a tremendous job picking it up. The quality of Alonja's work is always among the best in the class. Most recently, Alondra proudly represented the Kenilworth Band in the Butter and Eggs Parade. After high school, Alondra would like to attend a college. And pursue a career as a lawyer. Kenilworth will miss Alondra, and we are confident she has a bright future ahead of her. Congratulations, Alondra. Can your family please stand? Thank you. Next, we have Petaluma Jr. Petaluma Junior High is proud to introduce our April Student of the

005Month, Josie Visor. Josie was chosen as student of the month because she has shown incredible drive, integrity, determination, and resilience. All of Josie's teachers have been honored to be part of her journey in realizing her true potential and achieving the goals she has set for herself. Mr. Lemanski, Josie's history teacher, said that Josie is one of the most motivated students he has ever had. He's impressed with Josie's mature ability to ask for help or clarifying questions. He also noted that Josie is an advocate for others who may not be able to speak up for themselves. Josie demonstrates genuine curiosity about the world and asks meaningful questions in order to learn more. Josie's family is incredibly proud of her achievement They said that Josie has demonstrated remarkable determination and resilience. She made a conscious decision to

006turn around her academic performance and with focus and ambition, she has not only significantly improved her grades, but also rediscovered a passion for learning. Josie is looking forward to meeting new friends and teachers at PHS in addition to reuniting with her favorite seventh grade teacher. She hopes to go to college to study psychiatry. We're lucky to have Josie representing PGHS as our April student of the Month. Congratulations, Josie. Can your family and friends please stand? Petaluma Junior High School to pronouns are introduced our April Student of the Month, Ian Lopez. Ian was chosen as Student of the Month because he's a standout bantam. Mr dosery shared that ian is someone you can always count on. He is responsible generally positive and a great team player. He shows up, puts effort in, and supports others along

007the way. He's a great example of what it means to be Bantam. Ms. Garvey, Ian's math teacher, said that Ian is intelligent, organized, and has great work ethic. As a team member, he often helps his fellow students understand and work problems. During class, he participates in class discussions and is a positive influence for on others. In addition to being an outstanding schooler. Ian participates on the PJS track team. Outside of school, Ian plays hockey. Ian is excited to meet new people at BHS. After high school, he would like to attend a nearby college. Ian's family is most proud of him. Is most proud of his strong work ethic Kind personality and the great example he sets for his younger siblings. We are lucky to have Ian representing PJHS as our April Student of the Month.

008Congratulations, Ian. Congratulations, Ian. Can your family and friends stand so we can acknowledge you? Excellent. Now we have Casa Grande High School. We have somebody from… Do you have the… I have it. Thank you. The reader isn't here. I'll get it for you, Ms. Noon. Thank you, perhaps. There we go. Thank you. You're welcome. No problem. Probably emailed to me. I didn't know I was reading today. Thank you. All right, we're going to start with Emily since she's here. Thank you. Oh, yeah. No, this is michelle Webb. This is Michelle. Yeah, Dave, I'm switching it. There we go. Beautiful. That looks more like it. All right. So hello. Proud to produce, produce, introduce. Emily Ramirez our april student of the month. Emily is a senior at Casa Grande High School who has dedicated time to

009maintaining good grades while taking a multitude of rigorous classes. Emily has taken over 15 honors AP and college courses at the local junior college. She has won AP Scholar Awards for excelling in her AP tests. Apart from academics, Emily has also spent time volunteering to broaden her empathy, leadership, and teamwork skills. Emily has devoted time to giving back to her community by volunteering at Liberty Elementary. Not only this, but she has volunteered at sixth grade camp to help give the kids the best experience possible. She is excited to be committing to UC San Diego, where she will be majoring in neurobiology. She is striving to go to medical school to become a doctor. Congratulations, Emily. Bye-bye. Congratulations, Emily. Is there family here? Very good. Congratulations. Great school. And I'll read Michelle's also, even though there

010might be some people watching on the on the recording. I know Michelle couldn't be here tonight. So Michelle Webb is a hardworking student who is dedicated to her schoolwork. Just recently, she committed to UC Davis for the fall 2025 quarter. She plans to major in biomedical engineering and is eager to try out for the UC Davis cheer team. She fell in love with cheerleading during her junior year, but she took a break during her senior year for her mental health. When she's not at school, she likes to listen to music while doing homework, and she associates different artists with different subjects. She is a transgendered girl and she is continuing to fight for transgendered rights. She's usually very reserved, but once she warms up to you, she's extremely social and loves to challenge herself with

011schoolwork. By taking as many AP classes as she can. She tends to lose focus, but she's able to catch herself when she realizes she's losing focus. She also loves traveling and is going to London over the summer before college. Please congratulate her from us. I absolutely will. Thank you. All right, Petaluma High. It doesn't consume with me. Okay. Maddie Evelyn plans to pursue a degree in biochemistry at UCLA. Wait, sorry. She has been heavily involved in the Interact Club on campus for all four years, becoming the vice president her sophomore year. And then the president, her junior and senior years. Through the club, she installed a peace pool on campus. She has completed over 100 hours of community service and her favorite volunteer spots are Miracle League and the Petaluma Music Festival. She was a

012part of the PHS marching band for three years and played the alto saxophone. She currently works at Code Zone as a game master when she is free from ballet. She has danced for 15 years since the age of two. Her training includes six years. With the company North Coast Ballet California and Summer Intensive at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet San Francisco Ballet and American Ballet Theater. She plans to continue dancing in college. Congratulations. Congratulations, Maddie. I love your name. And I know your family's here, so can they stand? Issa Rico is a senior at Petaluma High School where she has taken various honors and AP courses as well as been an active member in varsity sports for all four years. She has participated in being a link crew leader for both her junior and senior year.

013She has spent lots of her time volunteering and being an active member of her community. She is very grateful for all the amazing opportunities that Petaluma High School has offered her and would like to thank her parents, teachers, and other school faculty for their unmatched support that she accredits all of her successes to. Next fall, she will be attending Cal State Monterey Bay to study kinesiology with the intention of pursuing a career in the medical field. While she would love to stay a PHS Trojan forever, she feels ready to take on her next chapter. The countless hours of studying, playing sports, and volunteering have prepared her well for her future endeavors. Congratulations. Excellent. Good job. Can her family please stand? And we'll acknowledge you. Okay, now we have students of the semester. We start with

014San Antonio High School. Right. Good evening, board members, staff, parents, and students. My name is Gustavo Shenzado and I have the great opportunity to introduce our student of the semester for San Antonio High School, Ruby Castro Zarco. Ruby is a phenomenal student and every day she comes in with exuberance and demeanor that can be quiet, infectious. Ms. Murilla says of Ruby, she's the kind of student that makes me love being a teacher. She brings happiness and joy every day. Ms. Pagiri shares, oops. I'm always impressed that Ruby's appetite for learning new things. She has participated in the cooking club, including helping making this year's gingerbread house. And in class, Ruby demonstrates engagement and curiosity in English. Her responses show thoughtful consideration of the readings And a huge capacity for empathy. Ruby has definitely turned things

015around and is on track with graduation and is looking into various careers spanning from opening a bakery to getting a degree in business administration. We're very proud of the transformation and hard work that Ruby has demonstrated. She has become a model student and is a great asset to our school. Ms. Grisbeck, she says she always comes in with a smile And it's kind to everyone around her. I also love that she's found a passion for yoga and lights up each time she talks about it and experiences already at SRJC. So once again, our student semester for San Antonio High School, Ruby Castro Zarco. Congratulations, Ruby. Can your family stand so we can acknowledge them? Yes. Yes. And then we have Sonoma Mountain High School. Good evening. My name is Dave Anderson at Snow Mountain and

016Carpedium High School, and I'm proud to present Marcos Aguilar Aguilar as the student of the semester. Marcos is a 10th grader who joined us at the beginning of January this year. Where he has demonstrated himself to be an exemplary student, consistently attending school and earning A's and B's in all his classes. Marcos previously attended McDowell Elementary, Kenilrith Junior High School, and Casa Grande High School. His teachers unanimously selected Marcos for this award. And specifically mentioned his strong work ethic and his proactivity in supporting his classmates when they struggle. Outside of school, Marcos enjoys hanging out with his friends and spending time with his family. Marcos has not yet decided what he wants to do following high school, but has shared his interest in working on cars and possibly being a mechanic someday. Congratulations, Marcos. That

017is wonderful. Can we have his family and friends standpoint. Good job, everyone. Really, it's really inspiring. Now we have site reports from Casa Grande High School first. Are you guys doing it together or separately? Okay. Okay, so I'm Sophia Campo Piano and this is Casa Grande High School's site report. So the ASB class hosted Unity Week from March 31st through April 4th Unity Week hosted clubs of all kinds in order to bring our school community together before spring break. The week included events from METHA Interact and ASB, And in these slides, we talk about interact and the Rotary Club, which work together in order to put a peace bowl on the Costa Grande campus. It features the quote, may peace prevail on earth in a bunch of different languages. And on Thursday, April 3rd, the

018Casa Grandes Metra Club performed a traditional dance on campus during lunch. Casa Grande High School, we also had our spring market during Unity Week and all the clubs and grades were able to sell items in order to fundraise for their organizations. The drama department hosted their spring musical Mean Girls on March 21st and the 23rd and the 28th and 30th. Their musical was very successful and they sold out on their closing night. The Casa Grande softball team placed third in one of the most prestigious softball tournaments in North Carolina. Northern California. Third place is the best rank. The Casa Grande High School softball team has ever received in the program history. The Casa Grade track team competed in the league meet on April 2nd, 2025. The girls team placed first while the boys placed second.

019Jack Du4, Acosta Grande track athlete. Competed in the 800 meter race and completed it in 1 minute and 57.7 seconds, breaking one of the meet records. The week before spring break, our hatchery class had their annual happy week. Students came together to test their knowledge and teamwork skills while wearing bright colors in order to spread positivity. Our ASB class came together to celebrate the Casa Grande's admin team. We thank them for all the hard work they do around campus. And Hosa had a leadership state conference in Sacramento. They competed in competitive events across other hosted classes from all over California, and our team placed second and fifth in their respective categories. The National Spanish exam. Maestro Marisa and her Spanish class participated in the National Spanish exam and their results will be given within the

020first week of May. This is an exam that recognizes and promotes students for their understanding of the language and many students from CASA have participated in this exam and will continue to do so. On April 19th, 2025, CASA had many clubs participating in the Butter and Eggs Day parade. The clubs would include robotics, marching bang, wrestling, and more. The Casa Grandes marching band had a tremendous performance and it was loved by the Petaluma community. And the Farm's leadership program provides innovative hands-on experience to Sonoma County students who are invested in agricultural, environmental, or conservational careers. The program visits local farms to help with environmental and conservational restoration. And finally, METHA had a field trip to the San Francisco Zoo on April 18th, 2025, along with the ELD class. This was an opportunity for students to

021learn about animals or have an experience they have not had here yet in the US. Thank you. Excellent. Thank you. Nice. Okay, Petaluma High. My name is Ella. Nice to see you guys. This is my last site report. I'm kind of sad. But yeah, let's get started. Okay. First up, our Trojan Quarterly event was very successful. This is a project I was a part of. We raised $8,000 to go towards prom. It was really fun. All the guys there had 70s theme outfits. They did some dances. Sing some songs. And yeah, we raised a lot of money. This was a fundraiser we had also for prom called Splash a Senior where you basically could pay to splash someone with water. That was also very successful. We even got to splash some of our teachers, which

022was fun. I'm surprised they agreed to that. Our baseball team was invited to play at the Oracle Park where the Giants play and they won Seven to zero against Tamil Pius, which is very impressive They didn't score against us, which is really cool. Yeah, I think it's going to be a, I think our team will get invited back in the future, hopefully, so that's good. Pef scholarships recently happened. A lot of our students won money for college, which is really awesome. Thank you to Petaluma Educational Foundation. It's a picture of Ms. Mcclelland my favorite This past Friday, our ASB class got invited to Valley Vista where we basically spent a few hours partying with them. We got to play some fun music and we ate some donuts with them. It was really sweet. It was

023so fun. I love making connections with younger kids. And now as that has happened, we've been invited to other schools. So I think it's going to become a more regular thing. Which is awesome. Our Trojan broadcast channel Class got invited to attend the NorCal Public Media's auction and they got to be on the production team of that, which is really cool. They were using very professional equipment. They were helping… They were helping with filming, editing, producing, all the aspects of like broadcast, which is really impressive. Class dodgeball recently took place. This is a competition between each grade. The juniors, that's a picture of them. They won. And then they played against the staff, which was very fun. And they won against the staff as well, which is pretty impressive. Recently, we had a donation drive

024for the United Cerebral Palsy Foundation. And the deal was if we fill up a truck with donated items, we would receive $500 from the school and I believe we didn't quite fill up the truck, but we still earned some money from them, which is really nice. And we, yeah, we raised a lot. That's a picture of the truck, I think. In the middle of the drive. So I think we had even more stuff than that. Yeah, that was a really big success. I think we're going to try to make that an annual event as well. Oh, this is a fun one. On Wednesday, we got to go to San Jose. This is ASB. And try a bunch of fun foods for prom, which will be coming up. And we were very, we ate a lot

025of food. We were very full by the end of it. But we got to decide our menu. That's a picture of all the yummy desserts we got to try. That was a pretty fun day. Ooh, recently in our anatomy class We got to dissect some eyes, which was really interesting. We also got to dissect hearts, but I didn't show a picture of that. That's a little… Too bloody. I didn't think you guys would want to see that. Well, yeah. You shouldn't see the heart then. It was… But it was very cool. This is a really cool opportunity for people that want to go into any sort of medical field or research. So that was a really really good opportunity. And then upcoming events, we have Special Olympics this Friday. This is an amazing program. Put

026on by the Kama family for kids with disabilities or special needs. They get to participate in sports. I will be volunteering at that. Super spring week is coming up where we have flag football class competitions. We have our senior rally. We have prom coming up, which will be at the Asian Art Museum on May 25th. Super exciting. And then Link Crew has their May Day coming up, which is where the new Link Crew leaders get to get introduced into the program and start learning how to welcome the incoming freshmen for the class of 2030, 2029? I don't know. I can't do math right now. But yeah, and that's it. Thank you. Thank you, Ella. I just want to say you've done a great job. We get very attached. Where are you going to go to

027college? You haven't decided yet? Okay. All right. Okay. San Antonio High School. And Valley Oaks, are you doing it together? Hi. My name is Adrienne Fitzhugh and I'm a fifth year student at San Antonio High School. I came to San Antonio as a senior with only half the credits I needed to graduate. Once here, I started to recover credits but couldn't do it by the end of my senior year. Since I wanted to better my education, I decided to return for a fifth year, now in my second year, I've made friends and my motivation has changed. I am now on track to graduate in June. What? What I like most about our school is how welcoming our teachers and staff are to all our students. Whether you are new here or have been here for

028a long time, you are a part of the community. I'm happy to share what we've been up to since last reporting in October. We started the year with 65 students, over 50 of which were seniors. So far, we've had a smooth year. And have had up to 25 graduates of both fourth and fifth year students. We will have up to seven more graduates this Friday and another nine students starting this Monday. We continue to hold award ceremonies at the end of each grading period for both attendance and academic success. Pictured are our latest two students of the grading period and our current student of the semester, Ruby. Ruby Castro Zirco. Our academic counselor, Mr. Shinzato, has taken students on field trips to both Indian Valley College and Santa Rosa in Santa Rosa Junior College. While

029there we toured the campuses as well as visited the automotive programs and dental assistant programs. And some other traits. I attended both field trips and found it valuable learning about college life and the opportunity college offers. In December, we went on a school-wide field trip to Luma Ice. Students and teachers enjoyed their time away from our campus and had fun skating, something that some of our students have never experienced before. In the top left photo, you will see Giovanni posing with his little sister as McKinley Elementary was on a field trip at the same time. We didn't hold a pool tournament this year. However, Mr. Shinzado did organize a cornhole tournament for us. There were 10 teams and the teams consisted of both students and staff. They played during our break time over the course

030of two weeks until the champions were finally determined. The top teams received prizes for their fruits. Last month, we walked to the Poly Class Theater to watch Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet performed by the San Francisco Shakespeare festival. It's a tongue twister. The performance allowed for students to participate with the actors on stage. The play was both dramatic and funny at the same time, while still being a tragedy like Shakespeare had meant it to be. In Miss Marilla's class, students are currently learning about the life cycle of the steelhead salmon. We set up an aquarium and classroom, received fish eggs under a special California department and fish life permit. And observed the fish as they hatched and developed. In May, we will take the fry to the Warm Springs Hatchery, where we release them into the

031Russian River and take a tour. Miss Campos, our student advisor and college and career coordinator, has continued her series of Friday workshops for interested students. Each Friday there is a different topic presented. Some topics included this semester were how to write a resume, how to dress for an interview, Latino service. Providers and how to work And how to earn work experience credit. Two weeks ago, we held our annual career and wellness symposium. Mr. Smith organized over 20 speakers and presentations over the course of two days. Listed on the slide on the current slide are some of the people and or organizations that volunteered their time to educate us on their field of expertise. Last week, several of our students attended the fire camp hosted by the Petaluma Fire Department. The students learned about being a

032first responder and a firefighter as well as trying out the equipment. Used in the tree. Here is a list of the upcoming San Antonio events. Thank you for your time and thank you for continuing to support alternative education. Thank you. And we'll see you at graduation. Very good. Okay, now we have Valley Oaks. All right. Hello. Thank you all so much for coming. My name is Annabelle Thatcher. I've been a student at Valley Oaks Independent Study School since my freshman year. I just recently graduated early in December of 2024. I love Valley Oaks and I'm very excited to share with you what we've been up to this year. So starting off, we hired five new staff members. We have Ms. Sophia Berry, who is our social studies teacher. Miss Vicki Barone, who is our English

033teacher. Miss Beth Gooch, who is our science teacher. Miss Mary Leland, who is our resource and community service teacher, as well as Mr. Erin Long, who is our math teacher. All of the staff at Valley Oaks contributes greatly to our goal of creating a supportive and personalized learning environment for all of our students. Next up in January of this year, our English teacher, Ms. Barone, as well as our longtime science teacher, Ms. Parker. Attended the California Consortium for Independent Study Conference. At this conference, they were provided with new resources, training, and advocacy for better supporting our independent study students. Every month we award one student with the Student of the Month Award. This is unanimously decided on by the staff. This award isn't necessarily about getting perfect A grades, but for honoring a student who

034has demonstrated exceptional upward trajectory in their studies as well as character skills and community involvement, which is something we really value at Valley Oaks. Most recently, our student of the month was Gabby De Freitas. We also award honor roll students at our assemblies. We have four assemblies a year. Let me flip my page. Hold on. We have four assemblies a year at these. We acknowledge achievements such as science fair project awards. As well as honor roll students. We also use these as an opportunity for students to workshop their digital port Students are required to create a new digital portfolio every year to showcase the work that they have been doing at Valley Oaks. In November, we also had a potluck at one of our assemblies, which I was not able to attend but looks very

035yummy and fun. Science labs. Science labs were definitely my favorite part of my time at Valley Oaks. It is a great opportunity for hands-on learning and an opportunity for students to connect with other people at a smaller school. I never got to do one with a live chicken. As cool as that looks. But I did get to dissect a shark. Which was definitely a small one, small one. And it was pregnant. Surprise. We cut it open and had two baby shark babies in it. Anyway. It was very exciting. The science labs are a whole lot of fun. Community service, our students are required to complete five or more hours of community service per semester. We provide resource, Ms. Mary Leland provides resources through our community service Google Classroom so students can find an opportunity that

036caters to their needs and likes. One of these opportunities was a community service field trip we had at Unavita. Where students helped pack bags of food for those in need. Another one was creating comfort kits. Students created over 46 comfort kits with donated hygiene items to hand out for the safe team to hand out to unhoused people in the area. Finally, this year we had six early graduates. One of them is me. Our graduates have a bell ringing ceremony where they present their final digital portfolio and recap their time at Valley Oaks. As well as putting on our cap and gown and ringing the graduation bell. These students are also welcome to walk at graduation in June. That's all I have for you all. Thank you so much. Well, thank you all. This was just,

037I'm just inspired. Thank you. You guys are, congratulations and you guys are all Amazing. Really, truly. So we're going to take a short break. We'll be back in, let's say, five minutes. I don't have, nothing's working. I call the order. Call the meeting back to order. Wow. Okay, next step. Comments from the public on non-agendized items. Or special recognition reports or presentations. I just want to read the board language. For public comment. Under Government Code Section 54954.3a, members of the public have the right to address the governing board on any items of interest. Providing it relates to the quote subject matter jurisdiction, unquote, of the school district. While government code allows speakers to criticize the district's policies. Procedures, programs, services, and or employees The district does have a policy. Bp1312.1. Specific to complaints against employees.

038Should comments from the public pertain to a specific district employee? The board requests that the complaint first be submitted in writing to the employee's immediate supervisor for investigation. If the comment is about something that is not on the agenda, it will be heard only during That public comment on non-agegendized items, period, which is now. Once that part of the meeting is over, comments will only be taken on agenda items during the discussion of those items. The board values public comments. And although we cannot take action or discuss items not on the agenda, we listen carefully. And appreciate input from the public. Public comments are subject to three minute per person limit. Or a 20 minute limit per subject matter, commenters may not see their time. To others. So we have two people. Krista, would you

039like to… Krista O'Connor for the k Cap Kabek. So I just wanted to say I did not prepare anything but I wanted to just mention that when we last met in this room. It was the night before we left for the Kabe Conference, Petaluma City Schools, all of you, sent a team of about eight or nine teachers. We had an elementary, middle school, and high school represented. It was Gloria Estevio who took the team. And we spent Wednesday, Thursday. Friday and part of Saturday. So it was just fully engaged in sessions, keynote speakers. Workshops. We coordinated so that most of us were in a different session at different times The Kalbe Conference is the California Bilingual Educators Conference. Dr. Lori Olson was one of the keynote speakers who authored the roadmap, the EL roadmap. And

040so we were having, Maddie and I were having a conversation just before we left about that roadmap. Lori Olson was there to reaffirm that that is still the guiding document. For English learner education in the state of California. And we had time. Over the few days to talk and confer. And I know that Gloria has the intention of bringing information to this board, if and when the board is able to hear an update on The progress that we're making as a district, but also the progress that we're making in the state. And I just want to say thank you for allowing us to go and for allowing us to have that collaborative time. Joe Tennis at Casa and I had some significant time for communication collaboration and also to be there with our middle school

041and elementary teachers, it really was, it was a fabulous experience. So we have lots more to share. But not in one minute and 15 seconds. Thank you very much. Thank you, Krista. That was great. And now we have Dan Osterman. Hi, everyone. Dan Osterman and College Career Pathways Coordinator for the district. And here in the capacity leading the district environmental literacy climate action committee Luann asked me to make some comment tonight. It's an honor to be here to celebrate Earth Day. 2025. And I want to thank you all for your service and your leadership here in the district. Earlier today, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced 29 schools, seven school districts, and three county offices of education that have been honored for the 2025 California Green Ribbon Schools Awards. Among these recipients, five

042have achieved the highest distinction as green achievers. These honorees are recognized for their outstanding efforts in resource conservation, health promotion, and environmental literacy. To quote Superintendent Thurman. Our California Green Ribbon schools exemplify the values of innovation, resiliency. And creativity that drive our efforts to make every school community a healthy and sustainable learning environment. For our students and so Petaluma City Schools had a very strong showing this year for Green Rubman Schools Awards, with the district earning Bronze award. Mary Collins at Cherry Valley. Earning a silver award. And McNair Elementary School earning the highest honor possible. Green achiever. Please join me in applauding these incredible accomplishments. We were working on a proper press release that will be sent out via Parent Square and local news media. A few thank yous. The team of 18 Climate Action

043Pathways for Schools high school interns who took the lead with Pillar 1, which was all of our data collection analysis. For energy, water. All of our district office staff, particularly the staff in the business office and of course maintenance facilities and grounds who helped us collect all the data. And reflect on that as well. Special shout out to our food service director, Mr. Brian Dufour. Very special shout out to our district, environmental literacy coordinator, Ms. Kirsten Franklin. Thank you to all of our principals and staff who contributed throughout the application 45 pages worth. And finally, thank you to our fantastic PCS, Environmental Literacy and Climate Action Committee, which is meant monthly for the last two years. Last but certainly not least, I'm rocking my cool button in 50 seconds here. I want to draw your

044attention to Future Fest. Pcs is very proud to partner with the City of Petaluma and Cool Petaluma For a free citywide community event featuring student showcase from here in Petaluma City Schools Workshops, guest speakers, music, food trucks, resources, inspire climate action, build a more sustainable future for here. In Petaluma. Future Fest will be held on Sunday, May 4th. From noon to 4 p.m. At the Petaluma Community Center at Lucchese Park. We hope you'll join us. And thank you again for your partnership to foster sustainability in our schools. And we very much look forward to building on the great work and achievements thus far. Thank you again. And congratulations to all of our awardees. That is really, thank you for coming and telling us about that. Amazing. Excellent. Okay, now I need a motion to adopt

045and approve the agenda. I move to adopt and approve. I second. All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Saying none. Passes. Now I report on the activities and correspondence of board members. All right. We're busy. We went to the safety and climate committee meeting. Casa Grande High School play. That sounded fun. Good. The cell phone committee, LCAP, the PEF Awards. Then we have a meeting with the McKinley parent group uh with Luann, there was a peace poll ceremony with Casa Grande in Iraq Club that Ava is president of. It was awesome. The PEF scholarship event. They gave away $300,000 in scholarships to our students. It was pretty amazing. For college and non-college bound students which i you know and um it grade point average from 2.0 to four point plus. So it was a very

046diverse, inspiring group of people. And then I have… the PEF scholarship Awards, the Petaluma Women's Club Scholarship, the Cal OSA state leadership conference And I have your one. Class dodgeball. Phs PTSA meeting. Spirit mourning. Press Democrat Scholarship Awards. Donuts and Dancing with Valley Vista and prom food tasting. So, um. I hope that at least our student board members will report on what they did. I just want to talk about two of those things mainly. First, we had a really fun spirit morning to welcome people back from spring break and it was really fun again definitely a new tradition that our ASU kids like. We have to wake up early but that's It's okay. But it really like brightens up everyone's day. We have music and we just kind of like yell at people when they

047come in the parking lot. So it's really fun. And then we did a new thing, Donuts and Dancing with Valley Vista, our PHSASB walked over And got to just… literally dance and eat donuts with all of the kids and they are all adorable And they had a lot of fun. We had a lot of fun. It was a lot of energy. It was very hot in that room. We were dancing so much. It was really fun. And Grant asked us to come and that's where I went to elementary school, so I'm really excited. Hopefully we can get that going this year. Yeah. That's it. Our peace pool ceremony was amazing. We've been working on it for Interact Club. We've been really working on it all year. It was an idea brought up in one of

048our earlier meetings in the school year and everyone seemed to really like it so Sitting down and like voting and narrowing down on the eight languages that we decided to have recognized on the peaceful such as may peace prevail on earth And let's see if I can figure them out. English, Mandarin. Spanish, French. Coastal Miwalk. Arabic and Italian, and Braille. I think that's it. It also has a pride flag on the side of it. And we have it located in the kind of the corner of our school where all of the different language classes are our Spanish and french classes So that was just a really awesome thing. And we're hoping in the future we can get a few more things like established in that field. It's just like a open area of grass right

049now so I think something for next year they're thinking about is A buddy bench made out of recycled plastics i think so That would be really cool. And also going to the Calhosa conference This is my last conference now as a senior and i've gone I think there's like six across the country Just throughout high school and so it's been really awesome and it was really nice to go out with a bang getting second place out of 40 teams in our event. Thank you. Oh, and we also hosted workshops for people to attend and we had I think over like 200 people fight in line to come in. And somehow we accommodated for all of them. What was the topic of your workshops? Um so Stella and I, my partner, for all the mental health

050stuff we do together, we call ourselves the positivity Project. And so the title of our workshop was squeeze your stress away with the positivity Project. And we just did DIY stress balls And a lot of the workshops there are super serious and they're kind of like lecture based So it was really fun to offer something hands-on that helped people kind of Because it's a really stressful environment there. Everyone, almost everyone is competing in different events and it's people spend the entire year working towards these and just like being super just locked in on those. So it was really nice to offer like a mental health De-stress opportunity. Excellent. You too, just… You're so amazing. I did forget a couple of activities. Another board member went to the LCAP committee meeting and uh KJHS track meets.

051And then does anybody else have anything that they want to comment on? I just was able to attend a butter and eggs festival and it was fantastic to see uh the marching bands at Kenworth Peddlewood Junior High and Petal Mahai and Castle Grande march in it and see a… all our students out there. It was fantastic. It was a lot of fun. Did you see the robots? Yeah. The chicken robots, weren't they adorable? Yeah, I know. I know. I love them. Okay. All right. Onward. Thank you so much. And now we have comments from the public on consent items. Seeing none, we will continue with approval of the consent agenda by consolidated motion. I move to approve the consent agenda by consolidated motion. All those in favor? Aye. Aye. That's it. Now, comics, nothing, does

052anybody have any Anything to say about the consent agenda? Well, we just passed it, so it doesn't matter. We can still have discussion. Okay, comments from the public on action item. Seeing none, we will go on to action items. Alrighty, thank you. So May is recognized by United States Congress as Jewish American Heritage Month. Recognizing the contributions of Jewish Americans living in the United States. If approved, this resolution would mirror the same recognition within Petaluma City Schools. So I asked for the board's approval. And if a trustee would be interested in reading the resolution. I believe Ellen has asked to read it. Oh, no, she's right. They're backwards. President. She's attached to the Odyssey one. All right, let's start again. Whereas between 1995 and 200 Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush made proclamations that may

053would include Jewish American Heritage Weeks. And on April 20th, 2006, President George W. Bush issued the first presidential proclamation which designated May 2006 as Jewish American Heritage Month. And whereas May's Jewish American Heritage Month, established by the United States To recognize centuries of Jewish contributions to American culture. And whereas Jewish Americans, in the face of unspeakable discrimination and adversity. Have fought tirelessly to realize the promise of the nation's freedom and continue to teach us empathy and compassion, and whereas Jewish Americans have helped bring about enduring progress in every aspect of society. Shaping our country's character and embodying the values we hold dear while continuing to confront hostility and bigotry And whereas, thank you. And whereas Jewish Americans have contributed to every aspect of American society and are recognized for achievements in education, social services. Public

054safety, health. Business, fine arts, entertainment, science. Politics, law, engineering, technology, and more. And whereas the Petaluma City Schools Board of Education recognizes that each student needs an opportunity to understand the common humanity underlying all people, to develop pride in their own identity and heritage. And to understand, respect, and accept the identity and heritage of others. Now, therefore, be it resolved that Petaluma City Elementary and Petaluma Joint Union High School District's Board of Education does hereby recognize the month of May as Jewish American Heritage Month and encourage all Petaluma families, students. And staff to investigate and celebrate the contributions of Jewish people to the community of Petaluma the state of California and the United States. Thank you. Well done. I need a… a motion to approve. I'll take a motion to approve. I'll second. All those

055in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? The motion passes. And now… back at you. May is also recognized by the United States Congress as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Recognizing the contribution of AAPI people living in the United States. If approved, this resolution would mirror the same recognition within Petaluma City Schools. And we asked for the board's approval. Thank you. Okay. Do we have someone who can read it? I can read it. Whereas the United States designates May as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the contributions of generations of AAPI people to this country's history, society, and culture. And whereas the month of May was selected for AAPI Heritage Month because the first Japanese immigrants arrived to the United States in May 1843, And the first transcontinental railroad was

056completed in May 1869 with substantial contributions from Chinese immigrants. And whereas the Asian American and Pacific Islander community is an inherently diverse population. Composed of more than 45 distinct ethnicities. And more than 100 language dialects. And whereas despite hardships and barriers. People of Asia and the Pacific Islands who have come to this country and their descendants make substantial contributions to California's development in every way. And whereas according to the California Department of Education data, at least 3.3% of students in Petaluma City Schools 1.6% of its classified staff and 2.4% of its certificated staff identify as AAPI. And they contribute to a cultural mosaic that is a strength of the school district and community. And whereas core values and the governance Petaluma City Schools include the beliefs that all students reach high levels of achievement through

057rigorous and culturally relevant curriculum. And diversity is an asset that strengthens and enriches our learning community And whereas the Petaluma City Schools Board of Education recognizes that each student needs an opportunity to understand the common humanity underlying all people to develop pride in their own identity and heritage And to understand, respect, and accept the identity and heritage of others. Now, therefore, be it resolved. That the Petaluma City Elementary and Petaluma Joint Union High School District's Board of Education does hereby recognize May as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and encourage all Petaluma families, students, and staff to investigate and celebrate the contributions of AAPI people to the community of Petaluma, the state of California. And the United States. Thank you. Okay, I need a motion. I move to approve. Well, second. All those in

058favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. We have another resolution. Oh, I'll just do it. Jason has a swimming. Oh, no, I don't want it. I was just going to introduce it. You can read it. I will read it, but. So Petaluma City Schools wishes to honor the contributions of teachers who've dedicated their lives and their talents to education of our children. I would like to declare May 5th through the 9th, 2025 as week of the teacher in Petaluma City Schools. Thank you. I will read the resolution. Whereas the California Education Code 37222 sets aside the second Wednesday in May as the day of the teacher and encourages suitable commemorative exercises directing attention to teachers. And the teaching profession. And whereas the Board of Education of the Petaluma City Elementary and Joint Union High

059School districts has the utmost respect and admiration for Petaluma's professional teachers. Who have dedicated their lives and their talents to the education of our students. Who are truly our most precious and important resource. And whereas the Board of Education recognizes the truly vital role of teachers in realizing the vision of the California State Board of Education for California public education. All California students of the 21st century will attain the highest level of academic knowledge, applied learning. And performance skills to ensure fulfilling personal lives and careers and contribute to civic and economic progress in our diverse and changing democratic society. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Board of Education at the Petaluma City Elementary School District and the Petaluma Joint Union High School Districts hereby proclaim the week of May 5th through 9th, 2025, the

060week of the teacher. Extending its sincere appreciation to the teachers in the districts who make our public schools successful. I need a motion. I move to approve. I'll second. All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? No. The motion passes. Is it back to… Cheesen. Petaluma City Schools also wishes to honor the contribution of our classified school employees to the quality education and declare May 18th through the 24 2025 as classified School Employees Week in Petaluma City Schools. Okay, do you have it, Ellen? Okay, Ellen's going to read the resolution. Whereas classified school employees provide valuable services to the schools and students of the Petaluma school districts. And whereas classified school employees contribute to the establishment and promotion of a positive instructional environment. And whereas classified school employees employed by the Petaluma School District strive for

061excellence in all areas relative to the educational community. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Petaluma school districts hereby recognize and wish to honor the contribution of the classified school employees to quality education in the state of California and in the Petaluma school districts and declared the week of May 18th through 24th 2025 as Classified School Employees Week in the Petaluma School Districts. I made a motion. I move to approve. I'll second. All those in favor? Aye. All those Opposed. The motion passes. All right. Business services. This is a joint. I will let Jason. Introduce it. I mean, nobody was excited about it. I'm so excited about this. So we are excited to bring the tentative agreement between Petaluma City Schools and the Petaluma Federation of Teachers for the 2425 school year. So we've attached

062the tentative agreement and the exhibits with it. Then with that. Along with that, the state required AB 1200 that shows how we will pay for the increases. For current year, which is retro back to July 1 and the two subsequent years. Excellent. I move to approve the tentative agreement. Second, and AB 1200. Second that one too, just in case. Any questions or comments? All right. All those in favor? All those opposed? Nobody. The motion passes. Good job, everybody. Okay, now we have another one for the approval of Calendar Associates proposal of landscape architectural services. Yes, thank you. So I wanted to put this under action because this tentative proposal was briefly discussed when we were having our study session. On the facilities master plan. What this would do, it would help the district have a

063landscaping plan moving forward. Which includes like what types of plants and trees work best in each climate. I think that this would be a great move, especially as we look to continue to work with other outside organizations on improving our planting. This also will help us align irrigation. With our current, almost current facilities master plan. Restricted fund, either bond funds or developer fee funds could be used to pay for this contract. Excellent. Any question? Oh, yeah. I have a couple of questions. So was this proposal put out to bid? Is it a sole source proposal? So this is under our CUPCA limits. So we were able to do an informal bidding process. This company is… subcontracting work on the facilities master plan. So they've already done quite a bit of work through that and through

064that is where we came up with them. As a follow-up, so this is like a phase and tiered approach. Can you talk a little bit more about what that looks like and are they also going to be helping implement some of the recommendations from their proposal? That's great. So the phase in what this will do, this will kind of give us just like we will have a written facilities master plan document This will give us that. So it will be the living document that we use that they can up Update if we want to make changes and things like that. But as for implementation on actually doing the work. They are a landscaping company that if we went out to bid or did informal bids that we could potentially work with in the future, but

065that's not included in this contract. Yeah, so I understand that. And so I think what Just my one flagging and slight concern is, again, on a sole source kind of contract, I know they are experts already working on this. So I appreciate, you know, not reinventing the wheel. But as we are implementing and doing more work on this, just, you know, I just want to continue to emphasize that, you know, we continue to bid and continue to bid Try to save taxpayer dollars as much as possible. On all our projects. I know you're already doing that. So that was just my concern. Anybody else? Nope. Along those same lines. I appreciate that. I assumed that they were already doing some work for the facilities master plan and that's and but they're also from burlingame I

066think we have more landscape companies per square inch in Sonoma County. We're the home of Luther Burbank. So I would really like to in the future find local and bid. For local companies and contractors. We're paying them to come up here. They're asking for travel costs and support. So they're going to be in hotels. So that's extra expense. That I think is unnecessary. I think we have really good people here. So that's just… comment on it going forward is that, you know, we've tried over the past few years to try to keep as much local businesses, especially in this environment, it's so difficult. But I totally understand and I respect what it's fine for now just going forward. I'm happy to reach out. So this is they are um a landscape architecture firm, not a

067landscaping company. So I do want to clarify. But I'm sure we do. I'm happy to reach out to other local companies if you would prefer. I agree. I don't think we have to reinvent the wheel. I don't think we're going to, I just think that it's $90,000, which is a lot of money. And yes, we have a rather large bond but I also just want to support our local people. I would not ask for this to be changed. Just going forward. I don't know when anybody else has any comments on it. Are they working with the master? Plan people or plan people I don't understand the connection. So through the facilities master plan, there is a landscaping field assessment process that took place. So one of the reasons this is I know $90,000 is a

068lot of money. I anticipated when we originally were looking at it to be higher. Because they've already done all of the field assessments and maps. So all of that is part of our facilities master plan. What is not in that plan is the types of shrubs, the types of trees. How irrigation. So this is a more detailed of when we move forward with landscaping. It's common as part of, well, through the state, through DSA, you do have to include a certain amount of green space for the projects that you're doing. And oftentimes what we've previously done in this district is we've done it as an ad to the contractor who is doing the work on the actual building and they bring in subcontractors. If in the future, if we did it that way or when

069a different way, what this is, is this is a document of the allowable. It's just not leaving up to whoever the contractor is to choose So it's really, it's just like the facilities master plan, but for shrubbery and trees. It's a lie. And I appreciate that that was put in to the master plan. So that's great. Anything else? Okay, I need a motion. I move to approve. All those in favor? Aye. Aye. All those posts carrying none it passes Now we go to resolution. You're on a lot tonight. 2425-43, closure of fund 05, previously used by Gateway Academy. Yes, so… Fund 05, which was used for the Gateway Academy, has been inactive since fiscal year 2223. We do need to close it in order to reopen next. Found 05 for our new charter school. All

070of our charters live outside of our Fund 01, which is specifically for our elementary and our secondary district. And we use fund numbers from 01 through 10 in order for your charters and things because they all roll in to what we call our general fund. So now we've now we've used all of those. So now we're trying to, we need to recycle I move to approve Resolution 2425-43. I'll second. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? The motion passes. And so we go on to resolution 2425-47 Open Fund 05. For Valley Vista Public Waldorf Charter School. Yes, though we are still waiting for the charter number and then the CDS code, this is the next step in order to get the new charter school up and running for next fiscal year. So if we

071open one more charter, are we out of numbers or are we allowed to put 11? That's what I said. And people laughed. I don't know if at some point, I'm not sure if that means like we skip some numbers and then go up to some because there's like funds one Fundo one through 99 for, but they all have different meanings um We could potentially be in a position where we share funds just like our elementary and joint union. They share a fund. We use We have a year code, so everything is coded either a one or two, one for elementary, two for secondary. We could be in a position where we just doubled up our charters too. Wasn't like a hard cap on no more charters ever again like yeah okay I move to approve

072Resolution 2425-47. Second. All those in favor? Aye. All those posts. The motion passes. Now we have adoption of resolution 2425-51 entitled Resolution of the Board of Education of the Petaluma City Elementary School District authorizing the issuance and sale of not to exceed 23 million two hundred thousand aggregate principal amount of general obligation bonds. By a negotiated sale pursuant to a bond purchase agreement. Prescribing the terms of sale, approving the form of and authorizing the execution and delivery of a bond purchase agreement and continuing disclosure agreement, approving the form of an authorizing the distribution of an official statement for the bonds and authorizing the execution of necessary documents and certificates. And related actions. Can you explain that to us? So tonight I will be bringing forward a total of four resolutions. Two, to sell the first

073series and two, to potentially refund current bonds. But before I do that, can I give a quick market overview update. As to the why. All right. All right. The menace. The pole bond market is currently experiencing heightened volatility due to recently announced tariffs and their impact on the global economy. This has created challenges for all California K-12 school districts looking to sell bonds. While we still have access to the market and the ability to move forward with bond sales. The process may take longer than usual depending on each district's circumstances. That said, Petaluma City Schools is well positioned in this environment. Our AA general bond obligation rating from Standard & Poor's combined with the large size of our issuance, it will be a total of $75 million between both districts. Makes our bonds especially attractive

074to investors. This strong credit rating combined with the scale of our offering provides the stability that investors are looking for during uncertain times. When it comes to the refunding, which is essentially refinancing our existing bonds to secure lower interest rates. We are closely monitoring the market with so much unpredictability, opportunities to refinance can appear and disappear quickly. Rather than committing to a fixed timeline, we're staying flexible and ready to act when conditions are right. Our primary objective is to maximize savings for both the district and our community by securing the most favorable rates possible. If the current tariffs are lifted or scaled back, we expect much of this market volatility to settle down. Economic trends before the tariffs pointed towards a more favorable borrowing environment. One marked by lower inflation, steady job growth, and falling

075long-term interest rates. Our financial team remains highly engaged and will continue to partner with us to determine the best timing to enter the market, ensuring we secure strong rates and act in the best interest of our taxpayers. So throughout the whole November election, we spoke a lot about selling our first series in July. Everything we've been doing up until this point. With our facilities master plan and all of that put us in a great position. We've been meeting with our financial advisors and the mood is, is to get ready now and then be ready, willing to wait. What we're looking at is once if these resolutions are passed this evening. We could sell anywhere from the beginning of May. We still have quite a bit of work We have to have a ratings call and

076more to do and hold off to as late as August. And just we will be ready to go if the market allows. With that being said, the first of the four resolutions is for the Petaluma City Elementary School District with the initial issuance of $23.2 million. I move to approve Resolution 2425-51. Second. Yeah, yeah. Thank you, Amanda. Thank you for all the work that you are doing and your team. This is incredibly important and to see how, again, how federal policy is impacting us at the local level It's just a constant reminder of the uncertainty of the future as impacting all of us and potentially putting delayed projects or funds sources or increasing costs at the local level. So with that, when you are, we're looking at the market and when we're going to pull

077the trigger. So you're saying anywhere from may to august what are like the factors that are like the factors that are going to, you know, that you're going to look at to look at Issue the bonds. Is it a specific rate? Is it just calmness? Is it um Yeah, so I'm just curious about what is or what is uh are you and our financial team looking for? So luckily, this is a decision that I do not have to make. So we work with great partners on this. But really what they've been looking at is how is the market closing at the end of the day? What is going on in the news when the stock market opens in the morning? What are buyers doing? Specifically, like in our region, that's about my knowledge of what

078he's looking for. They are looking for right there. I'm happy to have the team come to our next board meeting to give more information. But that's kind of my understanding. We have a motion on the floor. All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? The motion passes. Okay, very good. We are going on to adoption of resolution number 2425-50. I move to approve or adopt resolution 2425-50. Any questions? So my only question, I'm a little confused about the refund. Is the refund on the existing bonds that we already have out, not the ones we're thinking about issuing? Yes. So the refunding is and we kind of have a threshold when when it makes sense to refund. Is between $750,000 to a million dollars of savings. I want to make clear that this is for our

079taxpayers. What it is they would be paying back on the current bonds sooner, we will not receive any additional funding. But that's really what two months ago we were sure when we started this process that we could get a million dollars. That's why we were talking about it. So this is another thing. This is even less of If we're not seeing the growth that we want by August, this is something that we would hold off on. And then bring another resolution forward and just be prepared. To refund if… If the market allows. So at worst, taxpayers won't see a change in their the bond item on their tax Bill, but at best, maybe it'll go down if we get to a refinance. Yes. And these are for the 2014 bonds. Great. Wonderful. And that's from

080the 2014 bond. Okay. I need a motion. We already did it, sorry. And it has been seconded. All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. We have adoption of resolution 2425-48. I'll move to approve resolution 2425-48. Second. Any questions? All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. And our last resolution for our bonds are resolution number 2425-49. I move to approve Resolution 2425-49. Any questions or comments? Yeah, sorry. One question. Again, just like what Kaylin is asking, can you just uh clarify uh the bonds and the threshold amount that you're looking for in order to refinance or refund. All right. So this is this resolution is to along in conjunction with the first elementary resolution for a total of 750 to $1 million of state savings for the taxpayers for refunding.

081Thank you. Okay. So then this one is for the high school district, basically, and the other one is for elementary. All right. Do we have a motion? Yes. And it's been seconded. All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Any post? Motion passes. Excellent. Next, approval of 2425-54 resolution of the Board of Education. The Petaluma City Elementary and Petaluma Joint Union High School Districts. Designation of specific material, product, thing, or service for procurement Notifier fire alarm products. Yes, so this resolution allows us to sole source with our current fire alarm company. We have in the past, we had three different companies, which is very confusing, especially in an emergency. So as we bring on our new McKinley modulars that the anyways This is in order to move forward with our current company that we use. Do we

082have a motion? I'll second. Any questions? All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. All right. Nothing from Ed Services or Student Services. Comments from the public on discussion or information items. Seeing none, we go on to discussion information only. The Williams Settlement Quarterly Uniform Complaint Report. I believe it's you, Jason. At least it always is. Yeah, it is tonight too. And we're happy to report that we had no complaints received. So. Excellent. Okay. Now we have our first reading of board policy 4112.2 certification. Yeah, so this update, there were some minor changes that you could note in this policy. But the two significant ones was around, first was around parent notification. And there was, there was more information that was added to this policy that wasn't in our original policy. And then the

083second factor is the additional qualifications for transitional kindergarten teachers. Right now, the requirements are really circle um The requirements are focused on ECE, early childhood education units And licensing and this board policy, which is consistent with with other other districts is the the approval of the board approving experience in educational settings with preschool age students as also qualifying For teaching of TK and we've done it that every one year would equal to 12 units. So for example, if somebody had been teaching with preschool age students for two years. They would meet the requirement for being able to teaching TK. Excellent. Any questions about this? Okay, good. We move on to administration regulation for the certification. Is there anything to add for that? The first reading of administration regulation 411 2.2 certification. Just what's outlined in

084the situation is that there were some There were just some minor changes and then a couple areas that were a little bit more significant but it was just being a little bit more specific about those areas and how we administer the policy. Excellent. Now we're back to business services. The first reading of board policy 3312 contracts. All right. Thank you. Tonight we bring forward board policy 3312 Which has been updated to reflect current legal standards and best practices within the state of California. Do you have a comment about that? That is your comment. Okay. All right. Well, going through these. So our next one is the first reading of board policy 3516 0.5 emergency schedules. All right. I would like to point out on board policy 3516.5. That you can see that the start date

085is September Second, 2021. This date is based on Ed Code 46393, which was amended by Assembly Bill 153. And Senate Bill… Senate Bill 153 and Assembly Bill 176, which allows districts to claim apportionment for Emergency-related attendance losses going back to September 1st, 2021. September 2nd is often used to align with state guidance and reporting practices. So it doesn't actually have to do With our first day of school that is the date that the state uses to signify statewide the first day of school. So this is retroactive districts if they have the correct documentation for any of the closures where they could have received ADA. They can submit for apportionment. Is that in line with having to have it like an extra five days in case of an emergency what's the So this one is retro

086back to the school closures really do too i around the pandemic, I do believe that the state will continue to require The emergency days built in, I think. Those really preclude those Yeah, COVID, where that was natural disasters really centered around schools that have weather and things like that. So I don't think we'll see any changes. In that they do expect you to have it built into your schedule in order to apply for a waiver, a J-13 waiver. Though you don't necessarily have to use them. You have to show that you have them. Yeah. The other question? Excellent. That was my I was really thrown by that. But thank you for very clear explanation. Okay, the last one for you is a first board policy administrator administrative regulation 3580 district records. So the board policy

087and AR. 3580 have been updated to reflect current legal requirements. And record management practices. Any questions? All right. Next we go to ed services tony board policy, first reading, 0420, school plans and site counts. Yes, so this is just an update CSBA language around school plans and the responsibility of the school site council to develop and approve the school plans. It lays out requirements under federal program categorical programs, schools that receive Such as Title I funds required to developed the CIPSA and have it approved by the school site council. As well as have it approved by the board when there's material changes. So after the board has initially approved The school plan, for example, if there's any additional material changes every year, it needs to be brought back to the board. But if there's not

088material changes, it doesn't necessarily have to, but it does have to be approved by the school site council. So it just lays out that process. However, the board can request approval every year, regardless of the language in here, as we've done in the past. So that's something the board can decide but That just lays out the updates and also the requirements of the school site council and the makeup of the school site council, ensuring that That the participants is reflective of the school community. In that the majority of them are families, parents, especially if they have population of English learners with students with disabilities that there are parents represented in schools I counsel for for that committee. And those were changes that were that are being proposed? They are just updated language around requirements. Yes.

089Okay, any questions? Okay, well, that's good. So now our first reading board policy 0510. School accountability report cards. This is also updated language from CSBA. It really lays out ensuring that the templates that we are using align with the requirements. With the state as well as reiterating the deadline for the school accountability report card, which is typically February 1st. And ensuring that any SARCs that are that have representation of families that speak another language of 15% or more is required to be translated in that language as well. Very good. Any discussion? Do we have any, I don't think we do. Do we have any school sites where there's 15% or more of a language that isn't Spanish? I don't think so. I don't think so. Okay. Cool. Thank you. Alrighty, moving on. First reading of

090board policy 0420 dash 0.41 charter school oversight. Yeah, so this is just update language around requirements at the district level when we When we have charter oversight, things like requirements of visits, monitoring of performance. Revisions of um you know any charter petitions that happen, any technical assistance that need to be met if a charter school falls under technical assistance. And also any violations that may have happened need to be reported to the board. To ensure transparency. So just language around making sure that those criterias are being met for oversight on our part. I really appreciate this. I don't know when the last time this was looked at. 2013. But, you know, I, I just was appreciative of a lot of the things that You know, just that there is an oversight that there that there

091will be accountability that they're going to fall that our new charter or any of our charter schools have to Follow um that just it just feels like there's more teeth in it than I've seen in the past. So it looks good to me. It was my only comment. I have a big yes on the side of my Anybody else? Agreement with what you just said. Oh, good. All right, our last board policy revision is 0420- for two charter school renewal. Yes, so this is update language around the renewal process. Ensuring that for things such as, you know, we obviously don't approve any for-profit charter schools, for example, and that the renewal process goes to the board And that as long as that the charters meet the standards. That there are signatures that are required within

092the renewal process and there's a review of data to ensure that schools are performing at the level they should be performing at and none of them are in any kind of technical assistance. Before any renewal process or discussion around renewal that the board would take action on. So just updated language on the process of renewals. I'm going to admit that I did not get to this. And so I just want to, I was just curious to know whether there is I got everywhere else and then i got distracted. Are there criteria for denying a renewal? There is language around determining whether to grant the renewal or not based on things like performance of the school. You know, if there's any violation of the charter petition or any violation that violates any board policies So there's

093isn't so much a, I don't think a language around it different oh yes denying the renewal Oh, yes, I have notes on that. Oh, it is right here? Yes, yes. I was like, oh, where are my notes yeah so yeah so things like I had mentioned, you know, um. The standards criterias that apply to new charter petitions shallow. Charter schools in those shall not be denied based on the fiscal impact of the charter schools. But things like performance and the data that we would review before the board makes the decision to renew the charter schools or not. Thank you. All right. Any other questions? All right. Well, we're at Future Business. Does anybody have future business for us? Yeah, I would like to have a conversation on conversation Oh my God, now I'm forgetting the

094name. The folks that came and talked about There's CSEA staff that are, I can only think of the words that students call them. The yard duty is the supervised student advisors, yeah. Beefing up how we can beef up their job duties and lean less on contracting out services and lean more on them and their connections and communities. I think there's still plenty of room for North Bay's security, but… If there's more student advisors can be doing i think in In general, it's better to not be contracting out all this important work. And so, yeah, they had brought papers with all the things they do and i Yeah, I don't see how it's cost effective. To have to have North Bay Security Services doing that. There's plenty that they can still do and definitely escorting people

095on home visits and things but If it's helpful, I know that the CSCA president and I are meeting with With those high school student advisors because they're the only ones that are doing the list of what they gave it's not Totally. So we're going to be discussing that with them and how those duties might be incorporated into a high school student advisor. So once we get that, I can also bring that back. Perfect. No, that would be great. I don't think we need a presentation or anything, just knowing that there's movement. We're moving on it. How it interfaces with North Bay, I don't know, but right now we're just talking about the distinction between maybe what some of the duties that could be happening at all the high schools with student advisors and trying to,

096instead of just having it be a couple of people that are taking initiative, make it part of that work at that level. We will have, I can share that information once we get farther on that. Perfect. Yeah, I think that's all I'm looking for. Would that include junior highs? All secondary? That remains to be seen. Like what we have right now is we have two high school student advisors that have said. Here's some great things that we're doing that are not in our job description. And I don't know what they're doing is also applicable to junior high or not. And that would be part of our discussions because They are different environments, but there's also some similarities. So that's all of the discussion that we will be having Is are these reasonable things to be

097asking of all student advisors at the high school? Does it translate into also the junior high or not? Yeah. And once again, I'm going to bring up secondary math assessments. I think this is the third time I've Said for future business. Several years ago. The elementaries adopted those. The secondaries wanted more time And I think they've had enough time. So I'd like to know what's going on with those. I know there are a lot of, not a lot, but the people who are affected by it are really concerned at CASA. I think there's been like rumors of rsp english being removed. I don't know anything on what that looks like what that entails. I just wanted to put that out there and let let you know that there are rumors of that and students who

098are in rsv english are very scared right now. We'll look into it for sure. Thank you. Anything else? I think. More. About from the previous meeting. And building on what Caitlin was saying about how can we use our student advisors more, especially as we look at strengthening our MTSS systems and interventions. And get really specific and intentional with how we're using all of our staff. That's one piece. And then the second is we only see the all the ed students in the month like twice a year. But then we just heard on the presentation that they have students of the month every month. So can we just Have them come every month. Instead of, again, having like separate circumstances for alternative education so I'm sure that would have to wait till next year, but I

099would just like to see them more often. All right, my turn. So my favorite point of conversation is, you know, going back to the budget hearings and some of the positions that were up in the air. You know, I think the deadline for the May deadline to make the final decisions. May 15th is coming right up. So hoping to hear updates and, you know. In particular, a funding source for funding for the fourth nurse position and just continue that dialogue and have a public conversation. On the final recommendations. I have a couple. I would like to, I would request… How unusual. Our last meeting is May 27th, and I'd like to have a CAPS presentation. Like we did last year, but last year it was after graduation. This is the student interns have their presentation

100at the same time that we would be doing having Dan Osterman. Present a draft resolution on climate action. And that's my request for that meeting. Hmm? Yeah. So he just thought, I mean, the presentation was so awesome last year so It would be really cool to have that in combination with the the climate action resolution. Which has all of that stuff in it. And then the other thing was the other thing was I saw the robot chickens. At the Better and Egg Day Parade. But they also had an electric car And that Stan Mander and his students have created. And there was a student there. He was working on it. He was redoing the gears and I mean, it has like these electrical boxes on it and I think it would be awesome if we

101could have them come Bring the car, bring the robots, just have it presented out there So that we could see what they're doing. I mean, this car is amazing and the work that they do on it. The young student, I don't remember his name, but he's really into it. He agreed that he would come. Sten would come at the drop of a hat. So I'm requesting that we do that. And I'd like the student to present it. And… Sorry. I would love to have an update. On the EL roadmap. Thank you. I mean, I don't remember the last time we had that, but it's been a few years. Yeah. Well, and so we're we… I was much younger then. I'm sure it's probably the Rolling Stones. Okay, the only other thing I have to say

102is an announcement that are safe routes to School Task Force. Is their last meeting of the year will be May 15th. From 4 to 550. 30 and it's here. In our board meeting, our board at the district office In our boardroom. So I encourage everybody to come. It's awesome. They're going to be talking about a lot of different things and one of them One of the things they want to talk about is whether to continue the task force. And as I have said ad nauseum, the task force is really awesome because it has both the city and the school district talking together. It is. And so it'll be here. Yes. I just want to share that I'd like made me meet with our board president to prioritize the list of about 10 things that we

103want to have done between now and the end of the school year. So I'm happy to strategize with you to prioritize and figure out what we want to present at our next three board meetings, because the last two in June are really budget and LCAP, but we still have three board meetings. So we can look and prioritize and decide what we want to do. We will do that. Okay, because I don't think it's all going to happen, but I'm happy to strategize with our board president so Thank you. Thank you. We can always have Sten come like after the graduation. Okay.