001Okay, recording on. Hello. I call this meeting to order at 5 o'clock. Um, and I just want to acknowledge our meeting status before close session. Members of the public may directly address the board by attending in-person meetings and submitting a public comment card. The board will not take public comment through the online platform and does not guarantee online streaming should that platform malfunction for any reason. Members of the public are encouraged to share their thoughts and concerns with our board president Mattie Cloud at mcloudpk12.org if they are not able to attend in person. Do we have comments from the public on closed session items? Seeing no public, we are adjourned to close session. Um, we are reconvening and I'd like you to um we're going to do the pledge of allegiance this week. Thank you.
002I will uh I want to report out on um the uh action taken during close session. Pursuant to government code section 54956.9, the board voted 50 to approve the settlement of case number SS2425-05. Um, and now we go to the fun part. Uh, we have a recognition of students of the month. We'll start with Kennallorth Junior High School. Okay, Kennwood Junior High School is proud to introduce our March student of the month, Lindsay McCall. Lindsay was chosen student of the month by our teachers because she is a wonderful person and a fantastic student. Lindsay has consistently demonstrated academic excellence, exemplary citizenship and has been a dedicated campus leader. A 4.0 student, Lindsay's teacher described her as cheerful, curious, enthusiastic, kind, and a tireless worker. Mr. Mono Lindsay's leadership in US history teacher shared, "Lindsay is
003amazing. Lindsay puts her maximum effort, enthusiasm, and work ethic into everything she does. Lindsay is incredibly kind and shares that kindness with everyone she meets and works with. Lindsay embodies everything it means to be a caring Kennorth cult. While Lindsay excels at Kennallorth, she is also involved in and shines in many community activities and sports. Lindsay is a dedicated gymnast, a member of the Pedaluma Panthers cheerleading team, and as a Girl Scout, she earned the silver award, one of the highest awards a Girl Scout can earn. After high school, Lindsay is planning on attending a university, specifically a university not here. Lindsay would like Lindsay would like to earn a degree and work in the medical field. We at Kennorth are proud of Lindsay and look forward to celebrating all of her future accomplishments. Congratulations,
004Lindsay. Thank you so much. Congratulations. Can we have the f her family who has come stand please Junior High School is proud to introduce our March student of the month, Trey Strickland. Trey has been chosen student of the month because he is one of Kenoworth's most outstanding and multi-talented students. Trey is outstanding academically, a talented musician, a leadership student, and a multiport athlete. Trey is described by his teachers as conscientious, thoughtful, hardworking, and caring. Mr. Clemanok, Trey's band teacher, enthusias enthusiastically shared, "Trey is one of those rare individuals who can combine athletics and the arts and excel in both arenas. Trey is the most accomplished reader of music I have in my symphonic band class." Mr. Clemenok also shared, "Trey and his tener sachs were chosen to participate in the Sonoma County Honor Band, which
005featured the best junior high and high school musicians in the area. The Kennorth band has been very fortunate to have his talents and I'm really going to miss him when he promotes to Kasa Grande. Not only is Trey a fine student and a stellar musician, but he is also an impressive multisport athlete. Trey plays competitive baseball, basketball, was a pedaluma panther in football, and is currently an important sprinter and high jumper for the Kennorth track team. After high school, Trey would like to attend either UCLA or the University of Michigan and study engineering. Congratulations, Trey. Can your family please stand so we can honor them, too? Thank you. Congratulations. You guys are amazing. Okay, Pedaluma Junior High School, can you come on up? Pedaluma Junior High School is proud to introduce our March student of
006the month, Wyatt Jensen. Wyatt was chosen as student of the month because he sets himself apart from his peers as a dedicated scholar who serves as a positive role model for his peers. Wyatt is a leader in groups and is always willing to help others. Wyatt's positive attitude and outstanding academic integrity are appreciated by all of his teachers. Wyatt enjoys playing football with his friends at lunch, especially when Mr. Mcccleintoch joins in. Wyatt's favorite subject at school is PE. In his free time, Wyatt enjoys working on his 1972 Chevy long bed truck and camping, fishing, and hunting with his dad. Wyatt is excited to take a based electives in high school. After high school, Wyatt would like to become an expert welder, oversized truckload driver, or a heavy equipment mechanic. Wyatt's family is also very
007proud of him. In particular, they appreciate Wyatt's warmth, kindness, and mindfulness. In addition, they are impressed with Wyatt's ability to see failure as a stepping stone, adding to his drive and resilience. We are lucky to have Wyatt representing PJHS as our March student of the month. Congratulations, Wyatt. Congratulations, Wyatt. And your family, please stand so that we can honor you. Thank you. Pedaluma Junior High School is proud to introduce our March student of the month, Sydney Eli. Sydney was chosen as student of the month because she is a kind, respectful student who is well-rounded in her abilities. Sydney stands out from her peers because of her excellent work ethic. Miss Garvey, Sydney's math 1 teacher, says that Sydney is a has a calm demeanor and that she elevates work quality and productivity in her math
008team. At PJHS, Sydney enjoys spending time with her friends and participating in track and field. Outside of school, Sydney is involved in dance. She's looking forward to meeting new people in high school. Sydney's parents are also proud of her achievements. Cydney's mom said, "Sydney is a creative, smart, witty, and talented young woman. She is a responsible student and a thoughtful and loyal friend and a loving daughter. We are so very proud of her and are excited to see what her future blossoms into. We are lucky to have Sydney representing PJHS as our March student of the month. Congratulations, Sydney. Uh, can we have your family stand? We do. Well done. Okay, Kasa Grande. Okay. So should Okay, I'll say could I say hers first? Okay, so Sophia Campopiano is a current senior at Kasa Grande
009High School who strives to challenge herself academically and holistically. She has taken various AP, honors, and dual enrollment courses in order to hold herself to the highest academic standards and to develop a unique perspective of education. Sophia also challenges herself by not only achieving academic goals, but by becoming a core member of her school's community. She has dedicated her time to being a member of ASB and playing soccer for Kasa's girls soccer team and for club soccer. She plans to study English at a 4-year university and then apply to law school since she dreams of becoming an attorney. Thank you. Congratulations. Uh, is your family here or or friends? Very good. Congratulations. So, Pradon couldn't make it, but I'll read his, too. Um, Pradon um is a senior at Kasa Grande High School with a
010passion for learning and innovation. He's taken a variety of rigorous courses, including several AP, honors, and SRJC classes while also learning the school's computers leading the school's computer science and chess clubs as president. Outside of the classroom, Pradon is a player on the varsity tennis team and has developed an iOS app to help users find allergens in everyday food products. He is deeply involved in community service working with several nonprofit organizations. Specifically, one where he helps underprivileged students from across the country with academics and another where he teaches fundamental math and coding skills to elementary school children. Pradon balances his school work and internship internships with a part-time job at the Kuman Math and Reading Center of Pedaluma where he helps young leader learners build a strong academic foundation. In the future, Pradon plans to
011study computer science at a 4-year university with a focus on artificial intelligence. In his free time, he enjoys reading, play at B, playing basketball, spending time with friends, and watching LeBron James highlights. Congratulations. Thank you. Well done. Okay. Pedal Luma. Hi. Hi. Okay. First up is Emerson Briggs. Emerson is currently a senior at Pedaluma High School. If you know her, you know that she jumps at every opportunity to be involved on campus. Her sophomore year found her junior varsity cheer captain cheering on the sidelines at football games in the fall and competing at a world-class cheer competition in the winter. Her senior year, she was captain of the varsity cheer team, helping to organize practices for 48 athletes, holding an extra hour of pre-practice to teach cheers to newcomers, facilitate team bonding events, and participating
012in community building and outreach activities in Pedaluma. Beyond repping the cheer team, she also shows her school spirit, working with the Trojan Broadcast Channel. In this class, she helps generate content that represents the school or community and provide entertainment to the student body. She loves the feeling of being able to present her visions on screen to the whole school. As a third-year broadcast student and senior, she is a production lead who mentors others in equipment use, editing platforms, overviewing segments, and production of the daily broadcast as a whole. Throughout her high school experience, she's always placed an emphasis on building community. Whether through her cheer team or through her broadcast family, she's always trying to bring people together. Another way she cemented this goal was through coaching. Over the course of three summers, she volunteered
013to teach the youth of Pedaluma to row through a local rowing program. She would run warm-ups and conditioning as well as stations that helped teach foundational rowing skills. She instructed campers on how to row on the water and work as a team. Being a volunteer with this program allowed her to build confidence in her ability to lead others as well as further connect to the Pedaluma community. If she's not stressing about school or sports, you may find her working at a boutique in downtown Pedaluma. Emerson is currently employed by an ethical boutique focused on helping women discover their own personal boho style while providing a wonderful customer experience. This opportunity has allowed Emerson to learn soft skills like communication and adaptability, as well as getting to meet many of the residents of Paluma. After high
014school, she plans to attend a four-year college in California and major in biological sciences. She doesn't know what career she wants to pursue, but as long as she's helping people and making the world a better place, that's okay with her. Congratulations. Wow. Congratulations. Uh, do you have family and friends here? Here they are. Wow. Congratulations. Next up is Camille Reynolds. Camille was born and raised in Paluma and she spent most of her childhood dancing, especially with friends and family and playing other sports like soccer, basketball, and softball. She attended Grant Elementary School and then Pedaluma Junior High School before she came to PHS. At Pedaluma, Camille is part of Link Crew, which is a group of upper classmen that help incoming freshmen, and she is the publicity director for the debate club civil civ civic
015leaders of America. Throughout Camille's high school years, she has taken eight APN honors classes and Spanish classes every year because she feels it is very important for people to learn global languages. Post high school graduation, Camille plans to attend a 4-year university and major in political science or pre-law. She aspires to become a defense attorney in hopes of helping people who cannot advocate for themselves. She believes that studying political science and then going to law school will help her fulfill her dreams. Throughout her journey at a university, Camille wants to be part of a dance team or dance program so she can continue her passion while also focusing on her future. Camille loves to dance and she has been on Studio C's Academyy's competitive dance team for 13 years. Outside of school and dance, Camille
016enjoys concerts, reading, volunteering at her dance studio, shopping, traveling, swimming, and spending time with family. Being student of the month means a lot to Camille, and she gives her thanks to everyone, especially her family, for always being there for her. Congratulations. Wow. Congratulations. Uh, can your family and friends please stand so we can honor them? Congratulations. Uh, so now we have a site report from Pedaluma Junior High. The Bandoms right here. Okay. [Applause] [Music] Hello. Stop. Time's down. [Music] Thank you for watching. [Music] Good afternoon. My name is Anna Sophia Ram Roma and I'm in eighth grade. My name is Riley Eberly and I'm in eighth grade. My name is Casey Frame in seventh grade. My name is My name is Miles Quinn. I'm in eighth grade. My name is Nathan Shaw and I'm in
017eighth grade. I'm Avery Eaton and I'm in seventh grade. For this presentation, we want to share um three key highlights from this year. Our youth truth survey results, what trust looks like at PJHS, some and some highlights of our campus culture. A lot of emphasis was given to the L youth truth survey this year, and I know that students were excited to give their feedback on the school. Let's check out some key results. One one category of survey questions measured the relationships of campus and how students feel supported. We saw an 11% growth between last year and this year. And one way I feel supported on campus is from our student adviser, Miss Christie, and how she's always available when I need her. The next category was belonging and peer collaboration, and it measured how
018students feel welcome at school. We saw a 17% growth in this category. And one way I feel welcome at school is definitely through like all my friends and a lot of the staff are really nice and they say hi to me and greet me all the time. The engagement category measured how students perceive their connection to school and their education. We had a big jump in this category with a 20% gain. And one way I feel connected is through my engaging teachers, supportive staff, and my great friends. The academic challenge category measures how much students feel challenged by our coursework and their teachers. This was our biggest growth with a gain of 23%. And one way I feel challenged academically is when I think I complete an assignment, often times my teacher my teachers push
019me to expand and think outside of the box. The last category is one that we pride ourselves in at PJHS and that is school culture. We had another huge jump with a 22% increase. And one that I value our school culture is how everyone cares for each other. No matter what you're going through, there are staff and peers to help you get through it. If you thought those results were good, just you wait. Let's look a little bit more closely into what trust looks like at PJHS. The concept of trust is incorporated many different ways around campus. Whether it be through classroom circles, teachers and staff showing us that they care for us when issues come up, or even through classroom activities. Check out how some of our seventh grade PE classes build trust into
020[Music] some. Like you've heard a couple times already today, a huge reason trust is a priority at PJHS is because of all the caring staff with many being viewed by students as their trusted adult. Let's see who some of the trusted adults on campus are. Ask students who their trusted adult is on campus. Christie. Miss Christie. Uh cuz I feel safe. Miss L cuz she's like really caring and stuff. Probably Miss Brown cuz she's my counselor. I'd probably go to Miss Abate because she's really soothing and comforting. Probably Miss Brown. She seems like the most inviting. Speaking of trusted adults, remember those youth truth survey results? Well, each year more and more students at BJHS report that when they feel upset, stressed, or are having problems, they have a trusted adult on campus that they
021can go to. This year we ranked in the 86th percentile of schools nationally who participated in the youth truth survey. This means from 2022 to 2025 PJHS has had a gain of 61%. While this is an amazing number, anyone who walks onto campus can see and feel the positive and supportive vibes all over PJHS. Come and check it out sometime. To finish off, we'd like to share what some of our personal highlights of the year have been and how our school culture makes coming to school every day fun and engaging. My highlight of the year has been being on our basketball, volleyball, and track teams. My my highlight has been all the dances and after school events we have had on campus. My highlight has been Friday music and games in the courtyard and seeing
022all of the positive vibes as we head into the weekend. My highlight has been all of our rallies, especially the rivalry between our students and staff. And yes, students are currently in the lead. And last but not least, I think my highlight of the year is when students got to pie Miss Philippo and Mr. Mcccleintoch in the face at our winter fest in December. To sum things up, [Music] Keep me. You keep me feeling. [Music] Thank you. Thank you. Really well done. Thank you for all that information on the youth truth survey. That was fabulous. Thank you. Um I think be I think I'm going to just continue with um the introduction for the new principal at Valley Vista Public Waldorf Charter School before and then I'll release you all. All right. And I'd like
023to invite uh Cat McY to come up to the front. Pedaluma City Schools is excited to welcome Cat Mcy as the new principal of Valley Vista Public Waldorf School for the 20 2025 2026 school year. With 30 years of experience in both public and Waldorf education, Cat is passionate about bringing the Valley Vista and live oak charter communities together on one campus. She deeply values the role of public Waldorf education in Pedaluma and is eager to help create a thriving learning environment for TK8 students. Cat's career began in Topeka, Kansas, where she developed a strong commitment to educational equity. She appreciates how Waldorf education meets children at each developmental stage, and is dedicated to making learning accessible for all students. With a bachelor of science, a master of education focused on English language learners, two
024Waldorf teaching certificate, and experience as a TK12 Waldorf administrator in Sacramento, Cat is wellprepared to lead this new chapter for Valley Vista Public Waldorf Charter School. This spring, Cat looks forward to bringing to working with students, staff, and families to honor the histories of both schools while building an exciting future together. She's committed to blending the traditions of Live Oak Charter's 21 years and Valley Vista 70s years into a shared vision that will launch on opening day 2025. Cat and her husband Chris, a retired Waldorf teacher, are in the process of moving to Pedaluma. They enjoy gardening, writing, and hiking, especially exploring the geology of the Pacific Ring of Fire. They also look forward to being part of the Pedaluma community and spending time with their four adult children and three grandchildren. Please join us
025in giving Cat a warm welcome to Valley Vista Public Waldorf School. Just say I'm honored that I get to take up not only this educational task but this social task on behalf of Pedalum Pedaluma City Schools. Thank you. Thank you. Congratulations. Okay. Uh we're going to take a five minute break. Uh we'll be back uh about 6:30. Okay. Or 6:31. Oh yeah. All the students come up here. I'm sorry. All the students come up here. We're taking a big photo. We are back in session. Okay, we are about to um have our comments from the public. Uh special recognitions, reports, presentations, and this is on non-aggendaized items. Um I will read our um language for public comment now. Under government code section 54954.3A, members of the public have the right to address the governing board
026on any items of interest providing it relates to the subject matter jurisdiction of a 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. Should comments from the public pertain to a specific district employee, the board requests that the complaint first be submitted in writing to the employees immediate supervisor for investigation. If the uh comment is about something that is not on the agenda, it will be heard only during the public comment on non-aggendaiz items period, which is now. Once that part of the meeting is over, comments will only be taken on agenda agenda items during the discussion of those items. The board values public comments and although we cannot take action or discuss items not
027on the agenda, we listen carefully and we appreciate input from the public. Public comments are subject to a three minute per person limit or a 20 minute limit per subject matter. Commenters may not uh see their time to others. Tonight we have several um people who will be um giving their public comment in Spanish and we will be having translation. translation will be uh through the TVs. Uh and so that's where you will hear it and uh you have extended time. So for those that are speaking Spanish to us and getting it translated, you have six minutes instead of three. Okay. All right. Our first um our first commenter is Dana Levy. Hi everyone. I'm Dana Levy. Uh I'm the education specialist at Valley Vista serving some of our most vulnerable students. I'm also a
028Live Oak parent of a third grader. And I've been a school teacher for 18 years. I've taught in Brooklyn, New York City, Guatemala, and Sacramento before coming to Paluma. And I've always believed that public schools have the potential to be a great equalizer. Unfortunately, the transition between Valley Vista and Live Oak has raised concerns about how decisions are made and who gets to shape these decisions. When this merger was approved, I had great faith in the Live Oak community, my community, and I consistently supported their good intentions. While we may not fully understand the reasons behind the decision to not have Jaime as the principal of Al Vista, we as educators are now left to navigate the impacts of that choice. This includes the challenges of adjusting our students to a new environment and culture
029and helping the students through the changes they are going to be experiencing. There are now 85 students left at Valley Vista and I urge the district to carefully consider how they will communicate this to these students and families. Even with the district's commitment to ensure that every Pedaluma City student has a trusted adult in their school, the removal of a key support person at Valley Vista has left a huge gap in the community. The Waldorf philosophy continues to thrive in the teachers and parents of Liebok. We had the advantage of having both a seasoned principal who understood the needs of the neighborhood families and a new leader who carried forward the Waldorf principles. What I am concerned about now is how we as a community can rebuild and create connections with those who may feel
030harmed or displaced by these changes. It's deeply disheartening to see both communities in this situation instead of coming together to learn and grow. As educators, we know that trust is foundational to learning. And when trust is disrupted, it becomes harder for anyone to feel safe and supported. Thank you, Intel. Hi. Uh, my name is Kylie Mento and I am the office manager at Valley Vista Elementary School. When I tell you that I am so lucky to love on each and every one of these kids, I I truly mean it. I have hugged away owies and wiped tears. I've played and laughed, provided snacks, shoes, jackets, and more. I don't say this to brag. I truly say this because my protective instincts are out and I'm angry. From the beginning of the merger process, I have
031trusted that the cabinet would make the right decision for our kids. I have been in support of keeping our doors open. From the very beginning, this is a neighborhood school. These are neighborhood kids. They need a school to walk to. It's not out of a choice. It's out of necessity. I am angry that I have told these parents that whatever has happened, whatever will happen, their kids are at the forefront of every single decision that we make. that regardless of what ca what what may come uh they can rest easy that and know that they have an advocate in us for their children. So imagine the shock when they found out that the person who has been their champion the last three years is stepping away from education and stepping down from being the principal.
032So did I lie through my teeth? Is the number of students on our campus more important than their children? How are you going to ensure that this stays equitable for them? The 85 kids who are staying next year are going to walk into a school with over 450 students. The walls are staying the same, but everything is changing. I understand that what is done is done. The loud few have screamed and kicked and threatened, insisting that Waldorf training usurps everything else. The message received. my kids and their needs. Not important. I hope that moving forward that as new classes are formed and teachers are trained, we don't lose sight of those students, especially our English learners. We need to be intentional about how we serve them in this process so that their needs aren't overshadowed
033or overlooked. Our kids deserve that and they deserve more than just a seat at the table. They deserve to thrive. Thank you. Thank you. Mario Vasquez. Hey everyone, my name is Mario Vasquez. I spent 11 years in Val Vista as a parent as a um elac and duct and I continue on junior high in high school. I am so disappointed because of the communication especially through our community and uh the heart of the Baliv Vista was broken since the first day they came and say that we were going to talk about a merger because no one has been clear enough to tell us in our own language or in any language of how the transitions were happening. Everything we learned from the beginning, it was just rumors. So, and then I find out that Miss
034Bushman was not it was the pig and then then it wasn't. It got me really angry. Who made that decision? Or why is she stepping down or why or someone push her to step down? We spent 25 years with Latin where the community will gather and their videos, records and everything. Some of you were invited at the male and Christmas. And um what got me off on from the beginning was when I asked was your population of any other backgrounds on your school and no one told me how many people from other backgrounds were in the school. They was kind of merged and since everybody panicked obviously first year everybody take the kids out. Luckily mine graduated last year. If not, I'll be literally chopping heads probably. Not literally, but uh really angry about it.
035And I even be pushing for English learners a lot. No one has explained how the new process is going to be. So we all confused because honestly we don't have the right information. There are talks but no one has specified how it's going to be or how many Hispanics are left on Valiv Vista English learners or the newcomers. So I tried to put my kids on Lifewalk and I was on a waiting list for two years. It never happened. So what that tells you who's in charge? Who's who's going to do the talking? Who's going to come and communicate with us? Even though I'm not in Val Vista, we're still involved in Val Vista. My daughter came the other day and she says, "Um, a counselor told us that we should go back to elementary
036schools to uh show the kids that we made it." And she says, "Who's going to be there?" Sorry, you have 30 seconds. You can continue. So, uh, all the teachers that help her be who she is with a dis with disability, they're all gone. All the teachers that she appreciated, they're all gone. So, and that's because of the merge of the schools. So yes, it's sad that we don't still this day we don't have a clear future on what's going to happen in school. Alison, thank you. Thank you, Brenda. So we'll hear translation for this from the Brenda. Hi, good evening. My name is Brenda. Vista. I'm a mom of a student uh in Valley Vista. [Music] Um, I would like to know what happened after the principal was [Music] selected. He thought that Miss
037Bushman would would be the assistant principal or the principal at the school. Because during her stay at our school, she had she gained a lot of experience. And we believe that they could be a good team in order to help the school. We would like for you to explain to us how the how how you've selected the principles and assistant principles because we are very concerned our Hispanic community and how the school will work for us now. Gracias. Thank you. Thank you so much. Uh let's see. I have Mariach. Good evening to all of you. My name is Maria Coyo and I have two children who are students at Val Vista. One is 12 and one is turning 10. I'm very concerned and very sad because now that we found out that the principal will
038not continue at Valley Vista, my youngest came home after hearing the news and he was crying. He was very sad. [Music] and Miss Bulman has been very good to us and I am a witness to how much she's helped us, how much she's helped all the parents and our community, especially the Hispanic community. and I'm very sad. I'm very disconcerted because of all of this. And I have my faith in God that this will be resolved in in in a way because to be honest, we really need Miss Bushman. [Music] And Miss Bushman has helped us um she helped me very much to get my children into the program. I believe it's called the AP program and she's really supported us throughout that especially with my youngest because he has a hyperactivity uh situation and
039she's been very supportive in that respect. Well, and when uh my son heard the news about Miss Bushman leaving, he was was really really sad. said he was asking me the what is school going to be like now? Is it true? And he was saying that it's not going to be the same without her around. And he I I said to him that I don't really know. I'm not fully aware of everything that's happening. But um he was just incredibly sad and he was crying and he was very very sad. and she's she's really uh she and she gets along very well with both my my kids. And the thing is is that Miss Bushman has been very supportive to all with all the families. She's been very helpful. She's been around. Whenever we have
040an event, she's there. She's present. Vista and well, I don't know how this will all resolve. And uh we really need Miss Bushman at Valley Vista. Let's see how the votes turn out. And we do hope that she stays around because she she's a very good person and she gets uh she gets along well with all of the parents and she's very supportive. And I think that all the parents at Val Vista uh are very upset are very concerned and very disconcerted about everything that's happening in Valley Vista. We don't fully understand. And I really think that or I hope that it won't become a much worse situation. I mean, the school without Miss Bushman will not be the same because whenever there's an issue, we go to Miss Bushman and she will resolve it
041and she will help us figure it out. 30 seconds. I do believe that we are all thinking about our children's well-being. Thank you. Thank you. I have um Maria, another Maria. Hi, good afternoon. My name is Maria. Um, [Music] I my my children have been at Val Vista from the oldest to the youngest and I decided to take my oldest daughter to Val Vista because I knew all the teachers. [Music] And ever since I heard about the merger between Valley Vista and the school, I was very worried because change is very difficult. And I decided to stay at Valley Vista because my daughter feels safe and valued. And now that I've heard about Miss Bushman's decision, I'm very worried because uh in any case, any change is is difficult. But this change will be especially
042big, but I felt confident knowing that Miss Bushman would be there. Maybe you don't have children at Valve Vista and you're not concerned about this. At least for us as parents, I'm affected by what affects my daughter. And this is why I'm here. My worry and concern that Miss Bushman will no longer be at Val Vista. And I I would ask you if you have a way of speaking with Miss Bushman, try to revoke the decision or try to get her to change their her mind if that would be possible. And thank you for listening to us. Thank you so much. Gracias. Anna Sophia. Good afternoon. Um, I am a former Valley Vista student and I'm speaking for ELAC and DACA parents. Uh, they have written a letter for you all that I will be
043reading. Mr. Jason Sedar, assistant superintendent. We would like to inform you that that on March 18th, 2025, we attended our regular ELAC meeting at Valley Vista Elementary to talk about our regular issues in regards to the program and our children. Yet, due to the latest news about our dear principal Jamie Bushman, that she won't be able to join us in 2025 2026 school year and in the future, we won't be able to have her around. Due to this, all ELAC agenda was set aside. Our Latin community is feeling disappointed and left out due to the lack of support from the PCS district. The sentiment is due to the fact that we are not counted on when you take decisions to concerning our Valley Vista school. Seems like you are listening and paying attention to the
044voices of Live Oak but not our voices. The process were so confidential yet you do you did not take us seriously and when we are the ones who have been most at lost in the situation. We have been involved in almost harmed by your decision. Originally, you presented to us the project as a fusion or merging of the two schools. But now it is all about what the Waldorf school wants. Many Valley Vista families were supporting such merging, opening their doors of our dear school to them. And now it seems like they're taking over and leaving leaving us out or behind. This is also our school and we belong to the district. This process has not been fair or transparent enough. Sincerely, Alac Val Vista Elementary. All the parents have signed and this will be
045further presented to you. Thank you. Excellent. Thank you so much. Thank you all for coming. This is really um heartbreaking. Uh and I really appreciate you coming. Uh, and I I hope that uh the translation Thank you, translator. If anybody else would like to say something, please come forward. Uh, we really want to hear what you have to say. Anybody else? Okay. Okay. Well, if you change your mind, we have one more person speaking and then we can come back. Okay. We have one person, Sandra Larson. Follow that. My name is Sandra Larson. I am longtime resident of Pedaluma and president of the Federation of Teachers. I will just throw in I taught at Valley Vista for over 20 years and it'll always have a place in my heart. I love Valley Vista. Um, I
046just wanted to come with any luck. I'm on vacation at your next school board meeting and I wanted to thank the board for their support during our negotiations. We're having our um ratification vote Thursday and Friday. So, we will present that, but hopefully I'll be somewhere in Italy when that happens. So, we're let that go. Um, I also want to say that the Pedal Federation of Teachers supports our brothers and sisters in CSEA. We understand the cost of their raise. It's much less than the cost of ours. So, holding them to the same percentage that we are given, it's apples and oranges. Um, I see Kathy Chambers sitting back here. And as I was thinking about how important people are that work with our children and how um when I moved to Valley Vista in
0472000, I was lucky enough to have Kathy Chambers. We all had AIDS then, right? And she came in to help me and I'd been teaching junior high. And after a couple of days, she said, I don't know if you remember this, but she said, "Sandra, do you want to know how the other teachers are handling this?" Why? Why yes, I do, and thank you. And not only did she save me, she saved the 30 children that were in there that I was going to treat them like they were in eighth grade. So, I think our our partners, they work with our children in every way. There's not a school or a place that can run without them. and we just wanted to let you know that we absolutely support them getting a fair contract and
048we need to pay them so that they'll stay like Kathy has and and been here forever. So, thank you. Thank you. Wonderful. We have another speaker and your name. Um, hi everyone. My name is Angie Angie Ciderees and I'm the student advisor at Al Vista. So as all all you hear all the the comments is really sad because in the beginning we said we want to move with respect integrity and love and in the end was kind of it was not very nice. So I think that's it. I don't know if you can do something for everything to go back and we can I'm just worried we need to start this beautiful project because actually it's a beautiful project. I believe in it. I just wish it's a way we can start with the right
049foot to raise things and start and with something nice, something beautiful. It is nice. I mean, we have 400 something kids. It's beautiful and and it's just I'm sad because uh Miss Bushman has been really helpful. She support everything we wanted to do. I tell her, "Miss Bushman, I want to do this. Can we do it?" Yes. Always always a support. And um I'm sure we're gonna have that keep going, but it's just really sad. We are all sad for what happened. So I just hope we can we can start with the right foot and I don't know what you can do about that. And that's it. Thank you. Thank you so much. Um I really, as I said before, I really appreciate you coming. I wish I could say that in Spanish. Um, so,
050uh, we are going to continue on with our agenda. Uh, we can't respond to public comment, uh, on non-aggendaized items, but just know that I speak I think for everybody that, uh, your input was extremely valuable. So, thank you for coming. It's really important. Okay. Thank you. I need a motion for an adoption and approval of the agenda. I move to adopt and approve. I second. All those in favor? I I. All those opposed? The motion passes. I just Okay. Um, we're going to report on the activities of our board members. Uh, we've been busy. Uh, Kennallorth Junior High, uh, track meets, LCAP committee, uh, agenda review, continuous improvement committee, cell phone committee meeting, Vapa committee meeting, superintendent check-in, LCAP meeting, uh, a study session on the facilities master plan. From our students, we had,
051uh, Pedaluma High baseball game and the Paluma High spring market. And I was thinking that Olivia could speak to the spring market. Yeah. So, our spring market was during lunch a couple weeks ago and um it's basically a way for all of our clubs and classes to raise money for whatever they want to do. Um it we had a good turnout this year. The seniors did not do a table because we were exhausted from TQ, but um it was really really fun. There was great like baked goods and other things and um there was a lot of money raised so I'm the clubs are going to be able to do a lot of fun things. Yeah. Thank you. Uh Ava's at a um HOSA convention so we'll hear all about that when she gets back.
052Um I had forgotten a couple of things. Um, I went to Grant School for a visit for um, it was kind of a professional development with a man named Dave Nettle and he does um, some remarkable work around um, you know, kind of like how to bring a class together and how to um, you know, uh, I don't know what, but he's kind of magical. And so I I sat through a third grade class watching him take over and kind of and the teacher taking notes. It was really really powerful. And the other one was safe routes to school task force. I know I say this every time, but I'm I'm mentioning this specifically because after last night's facilities master plan, um we the the task force does walk audits of all of our schools
053in our district. And so they it's uh through safe routes to school in Sonoma County and it's um uh Christina Panza is the director and then we work with the city and so the city is at all of these walk audits and the city looks at city streets and tries to figure out kind of more inexpensive and expensive ways of making our streets safer around schools. Um and uh and then they um and so then we I'm kind of the the school representative. But I thought it I thought it'd be really good if they um if our um consultants maybe we could work out a meeting of some kind with them um because I think they have all the info about what parents and teachers and staff think is needed. So anyway, all right. Anybody
054else want to say anything? I forgot to send mine to you, but I went to adult ed office hours, which is always great. I get a whole tour and get to visit the classrooms and get to talk to everybody. So, that was delightful as always. They really show up. It's great. Okay. All right. Uh comments on the from the public on consent items? Seeing none, we go ahead to 13. Approval of consent agenda by consolidated motion. Do I have I move to approve? Uh do I have a second? I'll second. Uh any questions? I do have a question about the employment report. There was a about the stipens for the CASA counselors and theou. I was just kind of needed some reminders about what this is and uh you know I know it's on the
055employment report so there's no action on it but I just wanted to some info. Yeah, no problem. So, um, so we have a aou that we signed this year with, uh, PFT to address, uh, supporting our counselors when we are short staffed and unable to find a sub. So, for example, we had a counselor that was, uh, out on leave for this entire year and finding uh, subs for counselors has been challenging. Uh so the the team there took the case load of the counselor that was gone and it had to divide that up between all of them. And so theou states that we pay the staff an amount to cover the extra workload that they're taking on during that time. We then did find a sub. So that ended. So, it was it's for
056a finite period of time and we found a sub uh a wonderful sub, a retired counselor that is amazing and came into just made a huge difference in the department and then we had another counselor recently go out. So that is it's so when they're out for an extended period of time and having to redistribute students onto other people's case load is when we're activating thisou to compensate the staff for that additional workload because it's a considerable number of of students. I think each of those counselors have like 400 students on their case load. So we're dividing that between the other 400 staff. Uh, so that's the the background on theou and why that's showing up on the employment report is because that's been activated again because of another longer term leave. And so that's
057until the end of the year. Is that the idea? We don't know. No. Um, it's until until we either find a sub or that person comes back from leave. I I think in this case we're expecting that it will be it it's not if somebody's gone for like they have a cold and they're gone for a week that that it it's when it's when they have when an an employee has an established leave that they're working through human resources and we have an ex an a finite period of time. So we expect that this will end um if medical leaves have a life of their own. So um sometimes we think people will come back and they aren't able to because our bodies don't always respond the way we expect. So, we're expecting that that
058will end um that that we will be fully staffed in the near future, but you do never know for sure. Thank you. I had the same question because I have a kid at CASA and when we had the first leave, there was a communication, but we haven't had a communication about someone else out. So, do we know did the lists get redistributed? Is I'll follow up I'll follow up with Casa on that. Yeah. No, thank you for that for that feedback. Um I'm sure that that that if the students that were affected by because it's only the students on this particular case load. Okay. Um are the only ones that are affected if that if that employes um students are the only ones that we would communicate with um most likely. Okay. Because last time
059it was I think it was everyone. Maybe because it was distributed. Maybe. Yeah. I'll I'll follow up and see. I I will I will check in and see what um what we have done and if we've missed a step in communicating, we'll make sure to to fix that. Okay. Yeah. Thank you. Anything else? All right. Uh I call the question and the vote. All those in favor say I. I. I. Against? Seeing none, the motion passes. Comments from the public on action items. Seeing none. Uh the first action item I know the approval of the annual transportation plan. It's it's home to school. Yeah, it's home to school. Yeah, we I am very excited that you are all excited about this annual report. So the only updates from last year's report is updating with this
060year's numbers and funding spent on our home to school or what we usually call schooltoschool transportation. Any questions? Do I have a motion? Move to approve the transportation plan. Second. Uh all those in favor? I. All those opposed. The motion passes. Uh Ed services over overnight field trip requests. Yeah, this is um Maidal's um overnight field trip. I believe they go every year um to uh Citus Creek. It's part of the NGSS uh national um sign standards, next generation science standards um that they will be applying to this camp. Um I know that we I know this is still the old form. There is one update that we had just made uh which is um a check mark to say if this is an annual travel or if this is new so that the board
061will know this is something they go to every year or this is actually a new kind of overnight field trip that will be on the new form. So uh that should be coming as well. Okay. Any question? Do I hear a motion? I move to approve the overnight field trip requests. I'll second. All those in favor? I. All those opposed. The motion passes. Um comments from the public on discussion or information items. Seeing none, we will go to uh 17. the discussion. Um, first reading of the board policy administrative regulation 3311 on bids. Amanda. All right. Thank you. This is updated information um that up updates with current laws and state policies. Um, nothing no major changes though. Anybody have any questions? Okay. And then the first reading of board policy administrative regulation 3311.1 uniform
062public construction cost accounting procedures. Yes. Um, since the board adopted a resolution just over a year ago to become a CupKa district, we now will need to annually update our board policy and AR to for the new requirements or the bid thresholds that come out each year. So, this increases from 60 to $75,000 for public projects and from $200 to $220,000 for um being able to informal bid public contracts. Excellent question. Okay. All right. We This is crazy. It is 7:20 and we are at future business. Welcome. No. Do we have any future business? No, not right now. I think there's a lot coming out in April, so I don't know if I want to add any anything at this point. Yes. All right. I believe we will be adjourned.