PCS Board of Education Meeting: February 25, 2025

001This meeting to order. At 516. Now I'm going to read the acknowledgement of meeting status. Can everybody hear me? I've got a Okay. 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 malfunctioned for any reason. Members of the public are encouraged to share their thoughts and concerns with our board president, Maddie Cloud. At mCloud, at petk12.org if they're not able to attend in person. Do we have any comments from the public on closed session items? Meeting is… Begun. Hello. I think we're going to start with one of the best things, and that's our special recognitions reports and presentations. We're going to start with students of

002the month. Let's start from Kenilworth. Yeah, yeah. That's right. Perfect. Introduce our February Student of the Month, Zoe Foster. So it has been chosen Student of the month because she is one of Kennaworth's hardest working students and most inspiring success stories. So it hasn't impressed all of her teachers. With her work ethic, positive attitude, perseverance, leadership, academic excellence. So it has maintained a 4.0 grade point average at Kenworth and is and is an important member of the Kenilworth Leadership Class. Ms. Romano, who has Zoe in both her leadership and U.S. History class, enthusiastically shared Zoe Foster is exceptional in every way. Zoe brings her full effort and focus to all that she does. Zoe is exceptionally giving positive and engaging. She always has a smile on her face and sprinkles kindness everywhere that she goes.

003So is the first to raise your hand for anything. So is dependable, responsible, and simply a joy to be around. Outside of school, Zoe is a decorated and talented ballerina, so he has been dancing for the Petaluma School of Ballet since she was three years old and most recently earned a lead role as Clara in her company's performance of the Nutcracker After high school, Zoe would like to attend the Gonzaga or Butler University where she plans on studying dance. Congratulations, Zoe. Congratulations, Zoe. Can your family and friends Stand up, please, so we can acknowledge them also. Kennewick Junior High School is proud to introduce our February Student of the Month, Alexander Michelson. Alex has been chosen Student of the Month because of his continuous academic excellence and because he is one of Kenworth's most outstanding

004student athletes. Self-motivated, bright, respectable, and all-around great guy are just a few of the ways Alex's teachers and coaches describe him. Ms. Moneris, Alex's math one teacher, gladly shared, Alex is a pleasure to work with in math. He has fantastic math skills. Alex is friendly, kind, and polite to his classmates and table partners every day. Alex is well prepared for success in high school. Ms. Fahey, Alex's PE teacher, added. Alex is an extremely hard worker. He holds himself to the highest standard. Alex works ethic. Helps him inspire his peers to try their best as well. Not only has Alex maintained a 4.0 grade point average, but he was also a valuable member of the Colts 10 and 2 basketball team. Alex is particularly proud of his 13-point effort to win over in a win versus

005Santa Rosa Junior High School. After high school, Alex is planning on attending college and has his eyes set on Stanford or UC Berkeley. We at Kenilworth are proud of Alex and knows he has a bright future ahead of him. Congratulations, Alex. Congratulations, Alex. Can your family and friends please stand so we can acknowledge them? Congratulations. That's great. Okay, Petaluma Jr. Petaluma Junior High School is proud to introduce our February Student of the Month, Kate Walsh. Kate was chosen as Student of the Month because she is an extremely consistent and hardworking student who brings a great attitude to PJHS and is always respectful and willing to help out She was also a member of our track and field team last year. Kate's family had this to say. We couldn't be more proud of Kate. She is

006so independent, determined, smart, and above all, one of the sweetest people we know. Watching her grow into the young lady she is today has been amazing. We can't wait to continue watching her grow and succeed at whatever she puts her mind to. For her future. Kate said that she enjoys the welcoming and friendly staff and students at BJHS. Outside of school, Kate shows pigs for 4-H and does community service through FFA. Kate is an avid volleyball player as well. After high school, Kate plans to attend UC Davis and pursue a career as a large animal vet. We are lucky to have Kate representing PJHS as our February Student of the Month. Congratulations, Kate. Can your family and friends please stand so we can acknowledge them? I love pigs. Petaluma Junior High School is proud to

007introduce our February Student of the Month Liam O'Neill. Liam was chosen as Student of the Month because he is kind, thoughtful, and hardworking. Liam is a creative and independent student who sets an excellent example for his peers. Liam's family said, Liam is very conscientious and self-motivated. And self-motivated student who takes pride in his schoolwork. With his strong worth ethic and internal drive, we know he will excel in whatever his career Wherever career path he chooses. We have enjoyed watching him mature into a kind and ambitious young man. Liam says that one of the things he enjoys most about PJHS are his art and English classes. Liam played CYO basketball and competitive soccer. He also volunteers as a camp counselor and is learning to play the guitar. Liam is looking forward to new experiences in high

008school and plans to attend a university after he graduates. We are lucky to have Liam representing PGHS as our February student of the Month. Congratulations, Liam. Can your family please stand? So we can acknowledge you. Great job. Okay, you can sit. Good. And now we have Casa Grande. Dylan is a senior from Casa Grande who takes pride in achieving tasks with integrity and wit While he's taken his fair share of honors, AP, and JC classes throughout his time at Casa Grande. It is not the class rigor that matters to Dylan, but rather the material that Dylan is able to take from his classes. To Dillon, the journey to becoming a more well-rounded, nuanced, and congenial person is never-ending. Outside of academics, Dylan is a prolific runner. During his time at Casa Grande, he's ran varsity

009cross country for four years and varsity and varsity track and field for three years. And in the process, he's won multiple league championships as well. Dylan also has held a part-time job at In-N-Out Burger for the past three school years where he spends his time trying to give each customer valuable experiences. Well, Dylan is… uncertain of what his career will be in the future. He hopes that whatever job he has, that he is able to follow the moral code that has cemented his character today. He hopes to be able to give back to his community that's propelled him to where he is today And in addition, he hopes to elevate the voices of communities with less opportunities in society So that hopefully one day we all share one equal voice. Congratulations, Dylan. Well done, Dylan.

010Is Dylan's family here so we can acknowledge them. Wow, good. Ellie is a senior from Casa Grande who has dedicated her high school career to achieving high standards Both in and out of the classroom. Challenging herself with various honors and AP classes Ellie has been a driven student working and pushing herself academically to succeed in these rigorous courses. Outside of school, Ellie has participated in both cross-country Her freshman and sophomore year, and soccer, which she has been playing her whole life. She also enjoys spending time volunteering at her local church cavalry Chapel Petaluma. After high school, Ellie plans on attending a four-year university to pursue nursing. Congratulations. Congratulations, Ellie. Well done. Is your family here so we can acknowledge them. Excellent job. Okay, Petaluma High. Okay, first up we have Teague Velos. Over his last

011four years at Petaluma High School, Teague has spent his time working hard towards his future. Teague has been a member of the high school band playing the alto saxophone, which allowed him to go on multiple exciting trips to places such as New York and New Orleans. Teague is most happy with spending his last year at high school meeting new people before college. The best part of senior year is the feeling of accomplishment that You are almost done with a big milestone. Teague would like to thank all of his friends for making these last four years so memorable. Teague is very grateful for his time at As a PHS athlete on the soccer team. Being able to play with a large team that consists of high-level players was a very fun experience for him. The best

012part about being a part of a sports team is getting to know more people around the school and form new bonds. Training together and having shared experiences, whether it was being exhausted, running laps, or just winning a game. Brought the team closer together. Sports create an atmosphere of discipline and unity that is important to bring into your life in high school. While Teague is excited to be entering a new chapter in his life, it is also important to remember what has happened And who has helped him get to where he is, such as his parents and older brother. Next year, Teague hopes to attend UC Santa Cruz with his older brother and major in math. Congrats. Congrats, T. Is your family here so we can acknowledge them? There you go. Okay, next up we have

013Mira Middleton. Mira is a senior at Petaluma High School where she has attended all four years of high school. She has played volleyball for all four of those years where she played middle hitter and recently won league with her team. Which made up some of her favorite memories at Petaluma High School. Mira has shared her passion for volleyball by volunteering with Girls United and Grit Camp to help coach young volleyball players. She has also worked with Link Crew to help freshmen adjust to high school. Mira is the co-president of the America's Future Medical Professionals Club and is currently working with the club and the American Red Cross to organize a student-run blood drive at Petaluma High School. She volunteers at the Petaluma Valley Medical Center as well. In the future, Mira is hoping to continue

014helping others and is looking forward to pursuing a career in nursing for pediatrics or labor and delivery. She is expecting to graduate and either go directly into nursing school or major in public health before nursing school. She is also hoping to work abroad with communities in need after college. In her free time, Mira enjoys hiking, reading, going to the beach, and spending time with her friends and family. She's very appreciative of her family, especially her little sister, who has always been supportive of her endeavors. Congratulations. Congratulations, Mira. Kenya's family stand, please? And we can acknowledge you. Excellent job, all of you. That is very hard to do to get up here and get students of the month. So congratulations Okay, so now we go to the site reports from Casa Grande Are you doing it

015together? Okay. And Petaluma Okay, I don't know who's doing the casa part, but I guess I'll start. Oh. Okay, my name is Ellis Steiner. I'm representing Petaluma High School today. And I'm Eric. And I'm Erica Noon, current interim principal at CASA. I'm standing here for Lila because she's at the softball game. Okay, so we're going to start with Petaluma High School. Our first recent event was the marine science class, one of their annual Monterey trip. It's a three-day trip. They went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium as well as whale watching on boats which is really cool And yeah, that's a picture of some girls at the aquarium. That's the whole class. And that's, I think, a picture of them kayaking, I believe. Next up, Sweetheart's Dance. That's a picture of me and one of my

016favorite teachers, Mr. Brazil. A little backstory. There's a tradition at our school where the seniors, instead of wearing formal dresses, they dress up in funny outfits. So me and Olivia dressed up as dads. So that's why my outfit looks like that. And that picture there is a picture of the catering company. We had Tacos Don Pepe, which was so good. And we hope that they can, that was the first time we've had like catering at a school dance. So that was a big deal. Okay, next up on Valentine's Day, Troy, our mascot, delivered carnations around the school. So some lucky people got a carnation from a secret admirer or a friend or a coworker and it was a really, really special way to celebrate Valentine's Day. This is very exciting. Our baseball team has been

017invited to play at the Oracle Park where the San Francisco Giants play. It's a very big deal. And that's a picture of the whole team there. And I believe the way you get a ticket to the game is You purchase a ticket for a Giants game and then that gives you free entry to the Petaluma High School baseball game. So I'm planning on going. I'm a big baseball fan. Hope to see some of you there. Next up, our Trojan Broadcast Channel program They are going to Florida next week. For the annual Student Television Network Conference where it's basically a competition. So a bunch of schools from around the country always go to one place. And they get there and they have 24 hours to make a film. And they go all around the city and

018film last year's in Los Angeles. And they go all around the city making a film and they come back the next day and that's how it's judged. It's really cool. That's a picture of them on their trip last year. It was in Long Beach. So yeah, we're wishing them luck. Right now, our girls varsity soccer team is at their semifinals in Castro Valley. That's happening like right this moment. Which is really exciting. That is a very big accomplishment. They've had a really good season overall. They've won most of their games. This Friday and Saturday are drama department is having a show called Almost Maine. There's all the information there. There's tickets at the door if you're interested in going. There are three showings. In the Petaluma High School multi. I know this is a big

019deal because I think from COVID they had a lot of issues of having these productions put on. So this is the first time they've had a big production in a few years. So it's very exciting. Okay. Yes. Next up, this is a project I'm a part of as well as Olivia, Trojan Quarterly. This is our ASB's annual mock beauty pageant talent show that we put on. To raise money for prom. So this year, as you can kind of see, the theme is Saturday Night Fever. So disco 70s. That is the official poster for the show. You can see they're decked out in their fun outfits. Here's some more info. So recently… We all went to Cal Skate to film a promotional video as well as some content for the show. And all the guys were

020on roller skates dancing to 70s music. It was so fun in their outfits. And we were getting some weird looks from other skaters, but it's okay. And that's a picture of them attempting to do the lift from Dirty Dancing. Which we might have in the show. So if you want to see that, make sure to come March 8th at 7 p.m. Tq, Trojan Quarterly. Oh, March 8th, 7 p.m. Tickets sold at the door. Okay, and then we're also having a fundraiser. This Friday called Splash a senior where all the contestants of the show will be sitting and you can pay to basically throw water at them. So… We're hoping to get some money from that. Or for $5, you can throw ice water at them. So that's going to be interesting. And that's a picture

021of them at the winter rally, which we recently had as well. And that's where we revealed the theme of the show and introduced the cast. And also recently our cheer team, our recent Hollywood Bowl national champions, which is a very big accomplishment. Yes. That is a very big competition. Lots of teams compete and they competed in a pretty advanced division. So that is a very big accomplishment. And then upcoming, we have… one of our own wrestling team members, Spencer Madison Castillo, is going to a state tournament in Bakersfield, which is pretty exciting because there's going to be a lot of people there as well. Those are some photos from the wrestling season. They've had a pretty good season overall. Yeah, they're doing good. And then this is a… video link. I was hoping someone could

022play in the back there. This is something that our engineering program created so yeah we'll have a look. My name is Keith Benson. I am the automotive and manufacturing instructor here at Petaluma High School and the department chair for our engineering. Electrical is everything these days and everything has a computer, a circuit. I mean, your seat has its own computer, your Windows, and today's technicians need to know how to diagnose all the circuits, need to know Ohm's law. And the switch vehicle is an interesting and easy way for the students to learn about all aspects of that and learn the diagnosis for electrical vehicles. The nice thing about the Relay Lab Kit, it's very compact. I mean, you could potentially put 30 of these in a classroom versus the amount of space it takes up

023for an actual entire switch car. This is a lot less intimidating than a car. You put it in front of a student That can be very intimidating the first time they have to take apart a controller. Where this is i think a little more friendly. It's just a smaller version of the entire vehicle. So the concepts and what they're learning is the same, except you don't get the driving. I look at our students and they have lived in a two-dimensional world, computers I'm talking about in tablets. You get them out in the shop. And a lot of times their first experience in what I call the 3D world, manipulating objects in three-dimensionals, cutting things. So they learn a ton with project-based learning. And I think the trend is going more that direction, especially with this

024generation. They're very interested in using their hands, learning about trades. And this stuff fits right in with that. As far as the relay kit specifically, they can take what they learn here and apply it to You know, commercial applications, robotics, buildings, et cetera, networks. It all goes hand in hand. The switch relay kit and car gives us that opportunity with something that is I would say low stakes compared to the cost of like, say, a Cybertruck or something, you know, where you got $100,000 electric vehicle The cost is effective for education. I would recommend it to every auto shop that wants to teach modern equipment, our modern technology, modern transportation. This is the direction things are going. Electric cars are here to stay. They're getting better and better. But the fundamentals of electricity, as far

025as I know, aren't going to change. So if they can learn this, it can take them throughout their entire career. All right. And I believe that is it for Petalum High School. That is great. I think you should sell that to that company and have them use it for their marketing. Okay, so good evening, everybody. Erica noon again. From CASA. One of the things we have coming up this Friday, ABC News is coming to do a story on our hatchery. Mr. Hubacher's program. So there's a few pictures there of some of our kids doing field work. Right now they're working on tagging fish before they release them back into the creeks. And that's what they're doing the story on. So that'll be this Friday. Oh, I have the clicker. Oh, wrong way. Thank you. Okay,

026another one of our science department work that's happening is in our one of our teachers, Ms. Kula is having A guest speaker from Medtronic to come and do some test air testing from around the campus, but these That's also coming this Friday, so I didn't have any pictures yet because it's in the future or Thursday, sorry. But these are some of the The photos from her class As they're learning about outer space how everything works around us. Environmental science. In the sports world, our wrestling team has been doing amazing. They're not done yet. They're headed to state. A couple highlights. Camden Bushy with 100 wins and 100 pins. Took fifth in NCS. He's one of our seniors And then Kayla Zedler She's one of three Ziedlers that have come through our women's wrestling program. And

027she took second for NCS and she is a third time BeVal champ. We're very proud. Our boys basketball team is up and coming. They took first place in the Vine Valley Athletic League. They were tournament winners and they are still playing. I think they're still in playoffs. They're still alive. Cheer. I didn't care if they're not a second photo, but that's okay. Our girls went to nationals And they took, I think, 14th out of 29. It's around the middle of the pack, but they did win their local NCS tournament. And spring sports are up and coming. There's some track and field and softball and esports. Which starts in the spring. Really excited to get those started. And then just from today, 10,000 Degrees hosted in our multi a really kind of inspiring opportunity for our

028kids to learn how to pay for college. It's all about money matters and how they can take themselves where they want to go. A little shout out from our boosters First annual crab feed. There's Luann with a crab hat. Yep. Yep. We forced her to come and hang out with us. I think that was even technically before she started. And that's all I got for you all today Lots happening. Okay, I think we're going to take, thank you all for coming. And we're going to take a short break. Five minutes and come back. I don't have my phone. We'll be back at 635. Hello, everyone. Hello, everyone. We are back. And we are going to have comments from the public. On special recognition, reports, presentations, and non-agendized items Before I begin that, I'm going to

029read our our board language on public comment. 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 a three minute per person limit or a 20 minute limit per subject matter. 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 subject matter jurisdiction of the school district. If the comment is about something that is not on the agenda, it will be heard only during the public comment on non-agendized 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. While government

030code 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. You can submit your input in writing by email or other means to the superintendent, board president. Me, mcloud at petk12.org. Board members or other designated staff member Additionally, a public speaker can be cut off for exceeding the allotted time. Or for willfully causing an actual disruption to the meeting. Before cutting a person off or removing someone, the board will give at least one clear warning. If you were cut off or warned last time, please consider that your warning. Okay, and now. We will continue. So I believe we have… Kaya Kirshner. Is that right? And Paige Lesson? Lisa, I'm sorry. Hi, I'm Paige Liesema. Hi, I'm Kylie Kircher. We're both

031juniors. I'm ASB secretary and she's an ASB. As you guys know, we have advisory next year in the new Petaluma High schedule, and we propose that advisory should be optional for seniors in good academic standing. And here's why. First of all, seniors have learned to manage their time outside of school. If they haven't learned leading into college, trade school, or other workforce, learning to managing our time outside of school. Is necessary. With seniors being the only class allowed an off period, we should be able to choose if we come back on campus or not between off periods and an advisory. With our senior class being the first senior class to be limited to one off-period or TA period, like we have to be on campus for six periods. We have a lot less flexibility in

032our schedules. Than any other prior classes at Petaluma High. To add on having an optional advisory will give much more time outside of school to students who have internships, jobs, or community college classes, which are all necessary leading into adulthood. Many seniors are in varsity sports and leading clubs, including both of us, so having more time outside of school where we can choose to time manage would be really helpful with AP classes, planning out for clubs, going to the gym, getting part-time jobs and Meeting with people and planning for our future. That's all we have. Thank you. Is there any questions? Are we allowed to do that? Okay, sorry. No, we can't do that, unfortunately. You bring up many good points. Thank you very much. Thank you for bringing that to our attention. Great. Okay,

033now we have adoption and approval of the budgets. I have a motion. The agenda. The agenda. Did I say budget? I move to adopt and approve the agenda. I second. All those in favor? Aye. All those posts? Motion passions. Passes. Now, we have reports on the activities and correspondence of school board members Last week. Pretty much there was no school. So for most of us So we have. Several, actually. We have the lcap meeting Office hours at Petaluma Junior High School and at Casa Grande High School. The PHS music fundraiser at the Mystic And La Cienne Forum on Mental Health and Bridging the Resource Divide. With technology. And Petaluma Blacks for Community Development, Black History Month Community Event. And safe routes to school walk audit at Grant School Does any school board member want to

034comment on that? Anything? I know jazz night was so much fun. Our band was amazing. And then they had the other lady gun held after and she was great. It was a great night. Thank you. I was just going to say our student board members went to the jazz Also, which is great. And at the Mystic, is that the first time they've done that? No, no. Is it? Yeah, it's a major fundraiser. It's great. I love the mystic. Okay. Okay. And so our student board members went to the jazz band performance and TQ practices And then Ava is going to present hers. I just asked her to do it. So I, for the last three years. Have been for some people who don't know. Have been working on an organization in our community called the

035Positivity Project. That me and some of my best friends like started together And over the last few years. We did this through the organization HOSA. Which is for future health professionals. And we got to compete in healthcare related events And with people against First, you do it with people in the state and then you do if you make it in the top five or top three you get to go to the international conference. And last year after reporting all of the success and Amazing things that we got to do for our community We got third place out of everyone in California. So that was really exciting. And this year we wanted to keep that streak going. And so we're competing in a new event about public health education. And so where we pick a specific

036area that we could see we need to like educate people in a specific demographic in our community. And we decided that Because the whole reason we started the positivity Project was because of drug overdoses that we've witnessed on campus. And we decided that our project this year for public health education. Would be to go and present to all of the freshman classes, all the Success 101 and human interaction courses. About drug abuse, mental health and like the fentanyl crisis that's happening in sonoma county And this is really… awesome experience. Not every student gets to go and talk to this many people at once. And as a student myself and going off into adulthood, just being able to like know that I've planted a seed for these kids like Hopefully, now it's their decision. To do

037what they will with that information. So I am hopeful that make good choices. And… Beyond that, in a more exciting and positive, happy aspect. Our hosted chapter at Casa Grande. Is preparing for the next round of judging for our state leadership conference this year. My team, as we created a like 20 page portfolio about all of our planning And the learning that we've done for learning our community and why we think like dual diagnosis and substance abuse is something really important to teach freshman students about. We got… what's the word? We got judged very well, apparently. And they want to see another submission from us the judges So hopefully we'll just keep going and get metal again that would be cool. And last thing is our Casa Grande Interact Club. We work very closely with

038Rotary Club. And we officially got approved on campus and were able to purchase a peace to build for our school and so that is essentially like big pole and it's very cool and it has the word like I think it's like peace or peace be upon earth. And a bunch of different languages. And so we chose the languages that we see are like for students that want to be or like we know should be represented on campus so we have it in english And we have in Spanish and French. And then a Native American language And I think we did Arabic. And braille too. So that's all really cool Yeah, it's really, so I don't know. I was hoping we could do Braille. That was my idea. And then they're like. Oh yeah that's possible.

039Actually, I didn't think it would be but So that's really exciting. That's all I have to share. Thank you. That's yay. Thank you. Our student-born members are Thank you. Okay. Now comments from the public on consent items. Nobody commenting on a consent agenda. Okay, seeing none we go to number 14, approval of the consent agenda by consolidated motion. I move to approve the consent agenda. And second. Does anybody have any questions? Okay, I do. Under contracts. Jason, it's contract Number 2425. For Western Governors University. And… I just had a question about it. Maddie, which item are you on? I am on, I'm sorry. 14.2.1. Under the consent agenda okay And it's under contracts. The ratification for contracts yeah it's like under mous i think yeah oh yeah you have to scroll down to it. Clinical

040experience agreement. Oh. This is for This one is for an agreement for a student teaching like an internship placement for clinical experience. So I'd have to pull up that. We've had a couple of them come through. I'd have to pull up which that one specifically was, but it was a pretty standard agreement around partnering with the Western Governors University to provide an experience for one of their students in our system. So then it has like a mentor teacher And a clinical supervisor, are those our employees? Oftentimes the mentor is and the clinical supervisor is usually from the university. So yeah. So I'm assuming it's an online university That one. Or at least that program. What's that? Or at least that program. I have to look to be sure. I'd have to look back and be

041sure on that specific one. So I'm sorry, I don't have that answer for you right now. It's okay. I was just curious as to how it was different from our our credential program at SSU. Yeah, and most of like the um most of the credential, we're usually most of our people are through Sonoma State. We have a couple of you like this is one university we have a couple of these universities that we just have One-offs like one student is with that university and wants to place with us. So sometimes we have these specialty agreements that we've done just to provide a space for one student. Or just a small number of students. The majority of them are through Sonoma State. Thank you very much for that clarification. Okay, I call the question and the

042vote. All those in favor of approving the consent agenda No. All right. That is passed. Comments from the public on action items. I have 22. Four. Oh. Yours isn't on… I think I should have gone. I think you should have gone earlier. I'm sorry. I'll put you first. Okay, so we'll start with this is on the action items. Anything on the action agenda? Okay, Sandra, you can be first. Sandra Larson. Oh, yeah. Oh, I should say that if you want to sorry I should say that if you want to speak, then there is cards in the back. And it looks like you all get three minutes, so we're good. I'm about a month late, but I wanted to come and acknowledge the, for me, it's an amazing thing that the board did with the help

043of Amanda our CBO. That's getting the adult transition program their own campus. I feel like we should have had a huge banner up. Sorry, I don't know. For as long as I can remember, that's been such an issue there at Lucchese at the junior high as adults. Places with no restrooms and not being treated with the way students really should be treated. And I so appreciate Amanda's leadership when she heard about it and finding a way to make it happen and the board for making it happen. That program is amazing. If you don't know what they do, they take students who just need life skills to build a much better life. And this program gives them that to have the fullest life they possibly can so just Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And when

044it opens, we'll all have a party. Thank you. Okay, so now we go on to action items. My apologies. Oh, the public comment. Yes. Okay. Diana Cannon, on behalf of Katie Gill. Hello, everyone. Ashino, I'm Diana Cannon and Katie Gale could not be here in person. She's watching via Zoom. And I was brave enough to stand up here. First of all, she says, thank you for hearing our concern regarding the proposed elimination of a PCS nurse and working to find the funds to keep our invaluable nurse Monica. Our community appreciates your efforts and we continue to urge you to keep down the path of not cutting a PCS nurse position. So thank you. Next, I emailed last week encouraging the board to look deeper into numbers at each site before cutting Ms. Carmen from our

045site. I hope you were able to do your diligence to help give you a better idea of how to vote for tonight's budget. Please remember McKinley and Pax are two schools on one campus. Tk through 8th, McKinley is a Title I school. Mckinley and Pax hover around 500 students. And our community and staff rely on having a full-time bilingual secretary. Thank you very much. Thank you. Shana Friedman. Good evening. My name is Shauna Friedman. I'm in my seventh year as a school counselor at Casa Grande High School and in my third year serving on the PFT negotiations team. I'm here tonight to acknowledge the efforts of the Budget Advisory Committee and to urge the board to support the committee's recommendations. The committee made these difficult recommendations with the intent to preserve staff that works directly

046with students. This year at Casa Grande was without a school counselor for several months as one of my colleagues went out on maternity leave. Recently, another colleague was forced to take an unexpected leave. The absence of any staff member working directly with students is immediately felt by the entire campus community. Especially for roles such as school counselors, school psychologists. Mental health counselors and school nurses who do not have sub subpools readily available to cover absences. When we look at what positions cannot be sacrificed, I can sympathize with the intention to preserve management positions leadership roles that direct the vision of our district. But when we focus too much on preserving that vision, we lose sight of who is actually accomplishing the task at hand. In the past year, my team has been pulled away from

047work with students to be trained to use a college and career platform that we have already been using for years. We've been interrupted during our busiest registration season to gather information to be used for district social media communications. Our registrar has been asked to resubmit data that was correct the first time. After a district hired consultant undershot our enrollment We forget that the people on the front lines are often the best resources because we are the ones doing the work every single day. And vision is nothing without the human capital necessary to execute it. This past week has been one of the most tragic in recent memory. If the daily fear of ICE raids wasn't enough trauma, neighboring districts have experienced loss of students to fentanyl overdose and suicide. In a time when we need

048more caring adults working directly with students, Santa Rosa City Schools plans to cut dozens of certificated and classified staff providing direct services. Our district cannot afford to make the same mistake. The lives of our students are at risk. A few months ago, I received an email from a grandmother of one of my former students thanking me for the kindness effort and time I made to support her grandchild while a student at CASA. One of the reasons I was able to support her grandchild was that our school nurse, Kristen, was on site at Casa Grande and administered Narcan after the student overdosed in our bathroom. This student is alive today because of one person working directly with students. If you choose to cut frontline staff tonight, know the lasting impact will be felt more by students

049than by the budget. The risk of our students is too great. Thank you. Thank you. Pause. Pod ciders? Good evening. I'm also on the Budget Advisory Committee. We agreed as a consensus that we would try to avoid at all costs any student facing positions. We submitted our recommendations and they were rejected. We came back a second time. These meetings are kind of like bloodletting. We look at each other and we think, okay, well, we're going to have to cut you. No, we're going to have to cut you It's a terrible position for a position for us To negotiate. Yet we were able to come to a consensus site admin classified, certificated pft csca and members of the public. It's an achievement. And yet when we resubmitted a second time. Again, the answer was no. Our

050cuts would not, our plan for the cuts would not be accepted. It's very difficult to state this diplomatically. But I think it does need to be stated. I believe that if the board does not approve our cuts, then the board is going to have to be able to justify to the public how the position of the superintendent On leave, rejected these cuts. Is traveling the world. To some extent on PCS budget money. And that person can reject our work the anger. The frustration, the concern. The feelings of ill faith are spreading throughout all of the people who work in the district. You have an awesome responsibility if that's what you're going to do. As chief negotiator, we often talk about trust. Building trust, maintaining trust. I'll put it as simply as I can. This is

051your time to prove it. Thank you, Todd. Kiana? Hello, my name is Tiana Gresbeck. I'm a parent in the district as well as a teacher at San Antonio High School. I also participated in the budget advisory meetings over the last two years. And gathered that from that everything was student-faced centered first. So I too would like to echo some of what has been said before me. Is what is our priority as a district. We all like to think it is the children, and now is the time to act that it is for our students. Therefore, my question to you as a board is when making budget decisions to key positions, are you making student first centered decisions or are you making cabinet district office first decisions. What is your priority? Thank you. Thank you, Tiana.

052Andy Schrader Good evening, board. I was also on the Budget Advisory Committee. I've been up here a bunch of times. I submitted a detailed letter on why we need to keep the coordinator of career technical education position. The bottom line, and I won' go over everything again, but as testified last meeting by Kathy Goodacre, the CEO of the Career Technical education fund, the person in that position has brought in $4 million to this district. And instead of getting rid of this position, why don't you just focus him on raising more money And closing the budget gap. That would make sense. And that would be a good decision. Thank you. Thank you. Is there anybody else that wanted to speak and did not fill out a card? Okay, Deb Fox. Yes. Hi, you all. My name

053is Deb Fox. I'm a parent. Of a freshman at CASA, and I also happen to be the city's climate action manager. I'm here tonight because I was actually participating as a parent in the groups to give feedback on the ways in which we can support our students most effectively, and it relates to the fact that we do need grant writers People like Dan that go and the CTE coordinator that fund the very work that supports our students to be able to have a career pathway to go from school all the way to the local jobs is such an important element as it relates to our city's Sustainability as a community so that kids can stay here in our community. And that is what that position is helping to do. Directly related to the work that

054I do as the climate action manager, which is making sure that we have local jobs to make our community sustainable as it relates to our streets, to our energy efficiency, all those different elements. Those are one of the ways that I have been working with him at the city. In that position. And so it's a really important position, as I know, working in the city, having people that have the ability to fund themselves through grant writing is priceless. And that is the conversation that I heard directly participating in the Lcap discussions, excuse me if I use the wrong acronym. But those elements to be able to have people fund themselves is not something that happens. To understand the nuances of the district and to be able to then create those grant opportunities and partnership opportunities.

055Are things that you can't replace and that hiring consultants to do that stuff is very expensive way in which to do that. So we just want to really advocate for that position. As it relates to our whole community being able to be supported. So thank you. Thank you. Okay, anyone else? Okay. All right. So we're going to go on with our action items at this point. Our first action item is 16.1.1, a resolution on Women's History Month. Would someone like to be, do you want to read it, Ellen? Great. Whereas the origin of Women's History Month dates back to 1978 in Santa Rosa, California. When the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women planned a Women's History Week celebration. During the week of March 8th to correspond with International

056Women's Day. And whereas Women's History Month is celebrated in March to highlight the contributions of women throughout history. And whereas women of all backgrounds and identities have served as leaders of every major social change movement, including civil rights movements. Labor movements and LGBTQIA plus movements. And whereas women have played a unique role throughout American history by providing the majority of the volunteer labor force. And being key to the establishment of many philanthropic, educational, and cultural institutions And whereas these Despite these contributions, the impact of women leaders has been consistently overlooked in media, history books, and academic curriculum. And whereas the Petaluma City Schools Board of Education recognizes that all students need opportunities to understand the common humanity underlying all people. And whereas the Petaluma City Schools Board of Education is committed to enhancing committed to

057enhancing equity, inclusion, and diversity in curriculum and remains dedicated to providing schools with resources and supports to effectively implement the history social science standards And build civic engagement amongst students. Now, therefore, be it resolved that Petaluma City Elementary and Petaluma Joint Union High School District's Board of Education just hereby recognize the month of March as Women's History Month. Thank you. Do I have a motion? I'll move to approve. I will second. Oh, any discussion. All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? The motion passes. Okay, 16.1.2 approval of resolution. 2425-36 of the Board of Education. Of the Petaluma City Elementary and Joint Union High School reducing and discontinuing particular kinds of services by an additional 5.4 FTE for the 2526 school year. Jason. Yes. So just as a reminder, particular kinds of service is a

058reduction for certificated staffing There's two different PKS resolutions on here. This first one represents The reductions that went from budget advisory to cabinet and to the superintendent and Represent those certificated positions that came from that recommendation from the superintendent and cabinet. To reach that target of $2 million. Okay. So what I thought we'd do is have every board member have questions of Jason? And uh and you know if you choose to speak, you can or not. Ryan, would you like to start? You want to pass? I'll pass to start. Okay. Caitlin. I can start. I know one of the things we had discussed last time is looking for other funding to try and keep some of the positions that are named here and on the next resolution But we can continue to do that. Even

059if we were to approve these resolutions with these positions, that doesn't preempt us from looking for outside funding In the future before in the next two months. Yeah, that's a great question. And I tried to put in the situation there that we did hear the board that there were some Specifically, we heard from the board um pretty unanimously about the nurse position and the desire to preserve that one. And then some discussion on the see on the CTE coordinator position So we had put that in there. When we do this resolution, we are we are putting it on notice, but we have until May 14th to actually find additional funding. The request was, can we find other ways to fund those positions And so we're suggesting that we put those on the list now and

060then Between now and then between now and May 14th, find that additional funding so that we don't actually need to move forward on those positions. The board wants to preserve. Okay, thank you. Anything else? Okay, Ellen? Actually, Caitlin said what I was going to say. So great minds. Joanna. So I also have the same question that Kaitlyn had. So thank you, Caitlin, for reading all of our minds. And then I also I know we had talked about potentially using Title I funding. So what, I'm not sure if that's the appropriate use for that funds for the nurse. So then how is it determined which funds are going to be used potentially for each position. And then will that come back to the board as well? To decide on which funding source. Will be used for

061each position. Yeah, I think that we interpreted what we heard from you was that you wanted some there was some questions about Title I or not Title I. And so our interpretation was that there The board wanted further discussion on what his actual exact funds would be used for that. So that's what we were anticipating was to come back with possibilities and as we are able to determine those and then get direction from you on how we move forward. I think my main concern with using Title I funds is taking from the students. If the positions that we choose to save aren't serving Title I schools. So then how does that get determined And then also what is the implication if we use Title I funds to say position, then how does that impact All

062of the sites and how they serve the students directly. Yeah, we did hear those questions and we'll be able to come back with more information for discussion for the board. We weren't prepared to to answer those questions at this point, which is why we didn't suggest another funding source because we know that there's more work that needs to be done in that regard. Thank you. My concern about using Title I funds is it's a federal program. And we don't know. What the feds are going to do. We have an idea. So trying to put a position based on Title I funds when Our fearless leader may be cutting those so That was one of my concerns is we can say, yeah, we're going to use it. And then if we run out of funds. Or

063we don't have those funds anymore, then we're back in the same place. So I would like to find a different funding source. Okay, thank you. And then just my understanding to believe what Ellen was asking would It sounds like this is carry over Title I funds. Is that right? And I'm looking at you either. Yeah, potentially. You know, depending on how much care over we have at the end of the year, we could support a position. Again, it would have to follow the restricted requirements under title one provide the services to the schools that are receiving the funds but We anticipate there will be carryover that could support it, but at this time, we'll have to dig deeper and make sure that it It passes everything. And if it is carry over, then it's just

064for one year. So then a year from now, we could potentially be in this Position or if like Ellen was saying that the federal government shuts down the Department of Ed, which looks like they're moving that direction, then it could be a greater impact. Potentially. Thank you. Yes, right. Yeah, circle back. So I thought the last board meeting, we gave pretty clear direction that we did not want to cut the nurse position. So I'm disappointed to see it in the resolution here, even though we still have we're undecided on exactly what source of funding it's going to be. I do think it does say it's a value statement and it's direction from the board And we wanted to be clear that we wanted to keep this position So let's circle back. If it's not title

065one We previously first discussed that potentially a LMFT could be moved into I believe it was like the medicare What was the funding mechanism? Yeah. Medi-cal. Medi-cal, sorry. Medi-cal funding. Opening up funding for the nurse position. Is that still available? As a potential avenue I defer to Esmeralda on that, on how many can be moved in there. Well, because we've moved some Already, right? That was part of the original movement from that recommendation from the Budget Advisory Committee. So I think what was discussed last meeting was that there would potentially be funding in there for one year. But that the committee, based on the Medi-Cal reimbursement And what is possible ongoing, there was enough to cover one LMFT ongoingly. And potentially could potentially for one year, use some of the some of the funds that

066are in that pot. But there wouldn't be necessarily the capability of funding ongoingly. Understood. My question is for the resolution. I mean, I would, I still believe that we should not have included the nurse position in the reduction. I know that we have two different potential pots of I think sources of funding at this point. What is the problem, I would say Including the nurse position Or like, why is the nurse position still in the request for elimination at this point. So the nurse position was still included at this point because at this time we hadn't identified what that other source of funding was. There was discussion about going with Title I. And then we also heard concern from some of the board about whether we should use Title I. So we didn't have clear

067direction from the board on where we would on how we would Move that position over from our last meeting was our meeting how we interpreted the direction we got from the or we got from understood the board's understood in desire and intention to keep that position. And it was left on its resolution until we knew that we have what funding that source that would be able to support that. Obviously, as a board, in the past like you have the authority to amend the resolution and remove that but We didn't feel that we had clear enough information about how we would fund that position. To still meet the target that was set of $2 million and come with a reasonable resolution for you. I mean, that's how I understood it as well that we were going

068to look to a different funding source, but until we had identified the funding source. It was going to stay on, but I don't know if anyone else understood it differently. I understood it like that as well. That we're going to look for other funding sources and we need to identify them and it needs to be a long term. I don't want to have to go through this every year. You know so finding an alternative funding source that would be more than a year Is, I think, important. To maintain i mean i want to keep the position as well. I don't want to cut any of these positions actually But we do have to identify how we're going to pay for it before we can Assume we can pay for it. Are you, you feel Do

069you have more questions or do you feel like… I think this is a important enough position that if we do have one year off funding as like at a very like emergency like minimum. Like we heard from the parents, there's a lot of concern from the increased need Time and attention on diabetic students. We've had a tenfold increase within the school district. We have… really a really We have a tragic citation that almost ended in a death, which is mentioned by one of the teachers. And we have had two students up in Santa Rosa who passed away this last weekend. I think… that it is a… statement of our values and the importance Parents rely on us and keeping their kids safe is the biggest, I think. Hurdle and jump like a parent can do

070i just I'm a parent of a of a almost a three and five year old and dropping your kid off at TK for the first time And you're trusting your trusting You know, everything in your life. To someone you really haven't met and you trust the school district will be there to support your students and being sure that they are safe I think that We'll go into some discussion, but I'm not supportive of eliminating the position, the nurse position in the resolution. We did hear from a lot of parents from McKinley and i absolutely more than empathize and can't imagine the stress of having a diabetic child. But I have also heard from folks in the Penn Grove community that they didn't have a nurse come visit their campus at all for two months. So

071I don't know if that's true. That's just what I've heard but i I guess my question really is What can we have health techs and other staff help support for help support for just to make like even if we do have four nurses, how can we make sure that there is Health tech support so that nurses can freely travel to all of the Science. I'm not sure I'm understanding. Is your question, can we increase whether or not we… cut a nurse right now. I think it's that I want to know regardless that there are other staff that can administer Narcan that can at least watch a diabetic student's insulin and support that if a nurse does need to go to another campus for a few hours. Yeah, no, I can't speak to the Narcan. I

072can say that we we have We have diabetic support with our classified staff in place. One of the things that was brought up, I think, before in public comment and is true is that when a classified staff is out, a lot of times nurses have to cover those positions. So like if if the If we have someone that is out for a couple of weeks for a medical leave. Like there's no that time there's no time There's no classified coverage. So we do have coverage in place. It's a matter of the depth of that coverage and that the nurses are often called to support when they're when they're not When they're not there. Yeah, as in addition to, I can't speak to, you know, Esmeralda or the nurses could speak to all their duties. Should

073they have other things and they are probably covering some of the diabetic support. In addition to our classified staff, but I do know that that's a very A big pressure point is that when classified stuff are gone. We don't have sub, we don't really usually have sub diabetic support classified staff. A nurse goes and supports them. Yeah, I would just echo what Jason is saying. Our nurses always, they are the point people. Yes, we have our diabetic aids and some health assistants that are in some of the school offices, but if they're ever absent, and our nurses are always overseeing insulin levels, even if they're at the other site, they're always overseeing. What is happening with our diabetic students in our most medically fragile students. I would also, and I don't know if this is

074along those same lines, but I know in some of the responses from President Cloud, there was talk at one point of having coverage, like working at one point there was conversation with CSEA to Have higher health assistant or health techs to oversee some of the diabetic support if we weren't able to fund to keep this 1.0 position. So that's sorry, that's point part one of my question and then Part two, like Ryan was saying at the last meeting, it was mentioned that at one point there was one diabetic student, now there's 10. Do we know which sites and which ones would need coverage? Are they all at McKinley? There's a couple of questions. And I was like okay so um so your first question was about so We aren't budgeting to increase at this time

075our our or support what we have an agreement With CSEA, we have come to agreement on and are working through ratifying that processes. Is that starting July 1, right now our support is organized in that classified staff that are supporting your diabetic students are hired in as instructional assistants. And then given a stipend instead of hiring them in as health assistants, which would be And our plan is to move those positions to the office so they're giving overall health support rather than being an IE in a classroom and supporting a student with a That needs diabetic care, hiring them in as health assistants that would be in in the office and provide diabetic support for those students and other health needs as their schedule allows for the school in general. So it's a shift of

076their job title and the kind of how they operate within the day still the task of supporting the diabetic students would remain the same. So it's not to be clear, it's not an increase we're not at this point discussing an increase or budgeting an increase of that staffing level. So the staffing level is classified to support diabetic students at this time isn't planned to increase. And you had a second question. There was also a question about the number of diabetics across our sites, and they are more than just McKinley. We've got the diabetics across the majority of our elementary sites. Four out of seven at least. And secondary, of course, yes. And I think if we are discussing Title I funds. I would also like us to consider if we have till May 14th. Because

077Title I is specific to low income English learners, students with disabilities, migrant, fostered homeless, etc. And so just what we've heard about the support from the the school secretary at McDowell, especially not McDowell, sorry, McKinley, and especially at this time right now with people scared to come to school. People feeling disenfranchised because of their citizenship status or just fear in general. I would ask that we look at that as well. I don't know if there's enough funds to preserve both positions, but I would also want that looked at. Um and I understand that most sites have a 1.5 FT, which is why This position was looked at. But I just think at this time we need to make sure that we're ensuring support for our folks who already feel marginalized in general in our community.

078And then even more so with the recent political landscape so I mean, I hate for us to all fight for the same pot, but I think if we're going to look at Title I usages. Like English learners are specifically called out. In Title I. So I would want that to be looked at as well. And then I'll save this for future business, but I am going to ask more about the CSEA and the health assistance. Just because I'm still not clear. So thank you. I wasn't able to attend the last meeting and so I just have a clarifying question about the nurses. And about how they… they rotate, right? So you don't have a nurse that's stationed at each site. They rotate through different sites are they are there um are they responsible for different

079sites or did they all go to different sites? I'm kind of need some clarification about And I'm sorry I wasn't able to attend the last one. So we look at distributing the number of students district-wide in a way that, and we look at acuity levels as well. And so that's why we have some nurses that are very focused on diabetic care because some of that work is concentrated at specific schools. All of them have multiple sites. We have one of our nurses that is at Five, another that isn't at that five another that is at three with higher acuity levels, higher student enrollment at one of the schools. But they all hover around the same number. And then if they have a little bit less on their caseload, so to speak, if their acuity levels

080are higher. For example, our nurse that oversees a lot of the diabetic care. That number might be a little bit lower, but the level of acuity and the need is much higher. The nurse team does a really nice job of sort of distributing those needs so that all of those medically fragile students as well as all of the other vision and hearing screening, medical 504s, all of the other responsibilities are also divvied up as best as they can. So what would be the impact of cutting a position in terms of that distribution. So it would take us back to the pre-COVID time. So it would basically mean taking about… four to five schools and adding those to the three remaining nurses. So those nurses would have more acuity levels and care to take, obviously students

081to take care of. It would just mean their caseloads are higher. Okay, thank you. All right. Yes. Yeah. I want to circle back and we jumped right into the questions. I want to thank the staff. Jason, as well. Tony, Bree, and Amanda's out on a work travel right now. And Luann this has been very long. I know Amanda was very involved and spent a lot of time after our time with The all-volunteer budget advisory committee. So I want to thank them as well. We are not disregarding. You set the foundation for this conversation and we are incredibly grateful for the hours and time that you put into this. We… because of the work that I think the staff has done and again our the fantastic advisory committee um we are not in the position of

082some of our fellow school districts. Sonoma Valley has just cut 33 full-time jobs since closing of school We've seen all the headlines. Santa Rosa, over 150 staff are being laid off and four schools, three and a half schools have been closed Marine Con Valley, 65 full-time jobs being let go. We are very grateful to the community support And to the staff for putting us in a position where these are tough choices but It's not. School closures. You know, we are very grateful With that, if we go back to… right when COVID, so let's go to 20 Gosh, 2020. 2020. Let's go 2020. Where are we in staffing? Compared to 2020. Like, have we seen an increased support staff since then? Or have we seen a decrease? We have seen we have overall have an increase

083in our staffing. We actually, one of the things the budget advisory committee looked at was We did Amanda's department did run a report that was showing staffing Staffing before and staffing after. The numbers, the way that report read was a little misleading and confusing. Like we were looking at it and I know that as we were talking as a group, we're like, why is this one like that it was It's tough because also some, I believe that also some positions have changed or Those kind of things. I can say that if I compare The budget advisory discussions this year with the budget advisory discussions last year. Last year, we looked specifically at the positions that were added within from 2020 on. And there was a list and we started as a budget advisory with that

084list. Here were the positions that we added. What is interesting is that we cut some of those positions last year. There were still a lot of them remaining. And in those conversations. Very few of those positions we added. Are on this list. Like a lot of the positions that you know i can think of We had student advisors that we added at every school. We had TOSA APs at our larger elementary schools that need more administrative support, we had Added other positions as well that are on that list and we were looking at the big picture because many of those, some of our mental health support the group and I think the collectively felt that those needs are still there. They're not gone like we added that Because of the needs of COVID. And they

085aren't diminished, even though we're back in person and all of that, some of those same needs are still there, which is what you as a board echoed at the last meeting. So the long-winded answer to your question that we do have, I believe we do have more positions because some of those positions that we added. We aren't even discussing about cutting. But there's also staffing is also dynamic. Like we've added positions, we've eliminated positions. It's a little bit tough to, when we look at the numbers, it's an interesting story. I think it doesn't it's not a clear picture. Okay. Thank you for that explanation and So where are we with the Budget Advisory Committee? Where are like I would say the differences between the resolution that's in front of us and the recommendations from the

086Budget Advisory Committee. Just so we're clear and on the record where are the differentials. Let me… I don't know if you have that. And real quick, Jason, was the fourth nurse added with COVID dollars? Yes, the fourth nurse was added because all of a sudden when anyone and uh With COVID came all kinds of monitoring, all kinds of oversight. There was this huge spike and the nurses I mean, the nurses are always working hard. And during that time they were working they were working 14 hour days every single day. It was nuts um what our nurses were asked to do in that time and um So it was added in COVID when we went to COVID. And those dollars are now gone. Even though the needs are the same. Yes. So to your question, Ryan.

087The original we shared the original recommendations, the positions that were on the original recommendation that we're that superintendent and cabinet recommended to retain was the communications coordinator, a 1.0 FDE communications coordinator, and a 0.6 FDE VAPITOSA. So the Vapitosa is the vapasa really spearheading our plan around BAPA and that work. And that's what was added, what was added was the 1.0 FTE COVID funded nurse which to be clear was shared that that was voted on in a reached majority but did not reach a super majority. It didn't reach the consensus of the group. It was a majority, but it was not a super majority. I think also the LMFTs was on the original list, right? Two of them. That was in the original recommendation. From the committee? No, to move them. Not to eliminate them,

088but to move their funding. So there's a savings to the budget by moving them into restricted funding. But just to clarify they were on the original budget advisory committee's list the lmf i mean the mf so teams so we moved to LMFTs into different positions which created vacancies and we're proposing eliminating the vacancies. So we are eliminating the positions, but it's because But the support LMT support hasn't changed. Those people, like for one, we have a grant at McDowell that has a bilingual coordinator and one of our LNFTs applied and took that position, which left a vacancy and those two vacancies were the ones that we were recommending closing. So the other thing is we added the elimination of a COVID funded COVID funded floater custodian, which was vacant as well. And we are suggesting

089the elimination of gate identification funds for testing sipen subs and all that, which is about $20,000. So those were the changes that weren't part of the original. Thank you for the original recommendation. So was the COVID funded nurse originally part of the recommendation from the Budget Advisory Committee? It was not. Not in any way, shape or form. No, the original recommendation only brought back things that we got a little bit over $2 million with everything at a super majority. So as I mentioned, that was voted on and it didn't reach a super majority. It was removed from the recommendations. Wasn't the CTE coordinator Also. Reached a majority but not a super majority. No, that was a super majority. Oh, it was? Okay. The nursing as i i'm… Coming from my memory, but my recollection is

090the nurse was the only position that was actually voted on that didn't didn't reach a super majority. All the rest of them that the group had a very good working flow and a lot of dialogue and everything else um i think that we voted on, as I recall was pretty clear as a supermajority. Okay. I was wondering if we can't. So we want to make sure that we want to make sure that we look at all possible sources of funding. To call back the nurse. If we can't find the funding. By March 14th, is it? May, I'm sorry. Can we… you know, bring that position In any case and just as a board as a board directive to bring that back, even though we can't find separate funding for it. I'm just trying to figure

091out what would happen if we can't find the funding. And what happens tonight if we pass this resolution? Yeah, I mean, the answer, the short answer is yes, you're the board. So if that's how you want to move forward, yes, you can. I think that whether so from the HR perspective, we notify any staff that are Any staff that are in positions that we've identified, we notify them by March 15th that they may be released and then we finalize by May 14th if we're directed not to move forward on that secondary finalization, whether for funding or in your case, if we didn't find funding then We wouldn't move forward in that position is then not reduced. Okay, thank you. And then continue to talk about the alternative funding potentially for the CTE coordinator. I see

092that on here as well in the narrative. Yeah, so, you know, we're looking at you know other possible fundings particularly grants and we've we've submitted some grants that could potentially fund disposition in addition to other positions that we feel are critical. Such as counseling and And some consultancies work around the work that the grant would would provide. So right now, because we're just waiting on the results of that grant, it's hard to say. And so we don't want to be too definitive. About it. I mean, personally, I'm confident about it But again, it's just waiting for the next two, three, four weeks before we we will finalize the results of the grant. So are you waiting to hear back from to see if you got the grant or is this like a budget revision to

093an existing grant to include that? Correct. Salary. Yes. So right now, like, for example, the Gold States Pathway grant is uh It's funny that we received, but we have to finalize the budget on it. And so that's what we've done is submitted a budget for that grant for approval. And that grant allows for retaining the CTE coordinator. Potentially, the work is aligned with the grant itself so um There may be some job description changes. There may be some HR technicalities that need to be in place, but But yes. Okay. Great. All right. I just want to say I understand wanting to cut the communications position. I understand that that's a district level position. I really do hear everybody and their concerns. And I at the same time I wish we didn't have to market our

094schools. I wish everyone just went to their public school and valued their public schools and we didn't have to freaking peddle all of the amazing things staff deal. That position works a lot with enrollment. We're one of the only districts that is maintaining enrollment when so many other Districts are losing enrollment. So I hear you, but I just want to say that as well. Yeah. Thank you. Yes, Ryan. Yeah. You know, to follow up i mean We didn't talk about that on the differences between the budget advisory committee and the recommendations from the cabinet. Was there any discussion about returning this to a classified position like it was You know, back, you know, prior to I don't know, it was 2019-ish no 2022, I believe. I think it probably was 2022, maybe. I think you're

095right i was um there was… there was not discussion in a discussion. I mean, there was discussion about that. That wasn't the way that That the recommendation came forward. I think the the the view of the superintendent and cabinet was that the role as a certificated person with a lot of the work that we see being needed to be done has a good portion of it has to be with Also working with principals on communication we have over the last, as we've come out of COVID. The amount of emergencies at schools, threats. Situations. Evacuations things that involve law enforcement, those type of situations. Communications coordinator has been very involved and a certificated person with experience as a principal. I know knowing it as a classified position, the role has changed. Both of them do very

096good work on what they're doing, but the focus has changed and so My understanding is, you know, how I see this is that the feeling is that is still a need that that position needs to be able to support. The administrators in working with the public and addressing communication that goes out. To the newspaper and families and that sort of thing. So it was discussed, but didn't know. Go that way. I would also say as a district, we do a lot more communication than we used to. And that was a priority of our board. Yeah, I know I spoke to this before. I think it's essential. To have good communication. I ran on that when I was running for school board. That we had no good communication that our district really didn't put any energy

097into that um i think it crosses a lot of different things and it does It does kind of touch. A lot of different areas such as students, it touches teachers, it touches sites it touches all kinds of things. We have our Sonoma State Promise, hopefully. But we've had all these eighth graders that then, sorry. Yeah, they were eighth graders that went to Sonoma State and our coordinator. Organized all of that and and it was really amazing. And then also all of the visits to our high schools so that Our high schools now are growing instead of losing students. I just think that it's in this day and age where communication is where most people live on their phones, whatever. I think that we definitely have to have a communications coordinator. But I've spoken to that

098before for a lot of different reasons. I hate that it has to be… I mean, you know. None of us want to have this be an either or situation. I would also like to say that prior to having a credentialed person. The coordinators mainly coordinators was involved with our social media presence. And since… then the job has grown tenfold. And… I agree with maddie i think that position touches a lot of different places. So we talked about student-faced and You know, she's organizing. Trips to colleges and trips trips for eighth graders to visit high schools and putting all that together. So I think that's one of the reasons why we wanted to keep that position. All right. I think, are we ready to uh I have a motion. Do you have anything that you Yeah,

099I'll start off. I mean, I would So for, let's see here, it's two, four, two, five, three. Yeah, we don't. We need a motion. Right. So a motion to amend to remove the uh the nurse position from the nurse from the positions that will be limited. This is one now. Is it in that one? Es36. Right. Do I have a second? We do not have a second. So the amendment does not pass. Do I have an amendment? I mean, I'm sorry. I move to approve resolution 2425-36 as stated. I'll move to approve. I second. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? No. Although, okay. I need a motion to approve resolution 2425-37. Should we talk a little more about this one first? Oh, yeah. So, all right. I thought we had but okay Let

100us talk about that one. Sorry, Maddie, we brought in the discussion organically some of those positions. That's what I thought. I'm sorry. So that's why I was just kind of like. But if anybody has comments about this one, this would be 2425-37. Yeah, so again um i'm in the new board member. So we have received a lot of public comments about um how one like a specific, you know, we are limiting one position as a category and they're tying it to a specific person so can you Has that been like, is it is that correct? Or are we going to, is the school district going to, or, you know, evaluate all the positions for like again like a rebalancing between the schools to ensure that there's correct support staff, so it doesn't necessarily mean this

101particular person. I'm a little confused by that. Yeah, that's a great question. So just to back up one step, like this one is the RIF. The other one is the PKS. This is the RIF, which is our classified staff. This was the classified portion of The budget advisory discussion. So to answer your question, Ryan. We are eliminating positions and often those positions are located in a place. So this particular one secretary school two is is that position. There aren't a lot of secretary school twos that one position is the 1.0 was at and is currently at McKinley. And the committee was looking at overall staffing at the schools and seeing that whereas it's hard because every school is different. They're all different sizes. They have different situations. Some schools are two schools in one. We

102have that at McKinley Pax. We now have that at McDowell, the McDowell has a elementary and they have the new seventh and hopefully eighth grade next year program. We have Cherry Valley, which is a TK through eight, which is, I think at this point, our largest enrollment. So there's all these different factors. When we looked at the staffing in the offices of those schools. This staffing was significantly higher than any other school. Most of our schools are about one and a half, like Cherry Valley, for example, is a TK8 at about 500 and some like and there are 1. Fte in the office. They have a office manager and they have a halftime secondary position. This school had 2.5. So… There are two parts. This one is needing to eliminate one some position. And the

103second part is what you were mentioning about looking at how we're staffing across the board. We did that this year with our supervision at the sites, we looked at all of the elementary sites and looked at what their supervision was compared to their enrollment. It was out of whack. We readjusted and we did that also with the secondary schools and made some changes so that it was more in alignment Our next move was to do that with the office staff as well. So if we move forward with this, in addition to that, we would be looking at at the staffing to make sure that we do have some equity in staffing with the sites and it's not just their enrollment because it's not just because Some schools have higher needs. They have other populations of

104students that we might feel need more support in the office. There's a lot of factors that go into that. So that would be the next step. That's very helpful. So let's say post analysis. You know we are going to cut one position that's looks like it's pretty much at this one site, but we could come back three months and the school would be like, okay, stuff is out of balance. We actually, you know, Cherry Valley and Mckinley. Deserve two full-time off, you know, two full-time positions. And then you'll work with our labor partners to balance that out and staff. And is that what potentially like, you know, three to six months down the road. Potentially, it's potentially like we're really talking about a July 1st, like doing Doing any movement for july 1st, but what

105it could look like is if we're eliminating one position if we just eliminated and left it alone we then have like one of our largest schools that actually has, as we heard in the public comment, like they actually are two schools there With only one and a half people in the office, which some schools have like 1.68 and they're smaller so So we would definitely be going back to look at the staffing and rebalancing what that staffing looks like across all of them. Is moving. We can move a person's assignment, but we can't we can't really move part of their hours. We can't be reducing like, oh, sorry, you're going to go down by two hours and we're going to give it over here. That isn't what we do. So it's a little bit of

106a combination of Of moving some positions and it might also be some some readjustment through when there's attrition. So there's some of that as well as as making adjustment when positions change or people move into different spots. Thank you. You talked about looking at the equity of staffing. And so I assume that's how this position ended up on this list but How did we actually look at that And how do we continue to look at that moving forward when you're looking at all the staffing? Because of what I'm hearing is equality like everyone has to have a 1.5 instead of looking at actually like the needs of the schools. So how are we looking at the equity of what that school actually needs because that's true equity Because some people might need a 2.5 and

107someone else needs a 1.5 so yeah So I guess I'm wondering like how that got on the list. Was it just the equality or and then moving forward how are we looking at the equity of Staffing in these schools? That's a great question. And let me clarify i The equity in staffing was not In this process. This process was just looking at we were discussing It was looking at we had, I think. I don't know that it was explicitly stated, but I know the committee looked at we left the additional administrative so like the administrative support at those three schools was left in place. And I think that the committee started looking at where how do we how do we make adjustments to accommodate that and I think that was why we ended up with

108cuts that were at Cherry Valley at classified cuts at Cherry Valley at Pen Grove and at McKinley. Another part was that it was so much more than any other school. The equity and staffing piece is a formula that we use that takes into account not only enrollment, but also non-duplicate student like that student count, and there's an equation that we use. I think it's from from cash That is how you figure out the staffing based on Mathematically how you might identify the needs. That doesn't take into account things like, oh, we actually have two schools here, or we have these other these other interests, which we'd have to take into account on our own. But the mathematical part hasn't been done. That part does have a formula which accounts for that accounts for not only

109the number of students, but also what are the needs of the students. Yeah, I think I would want to hear more about what are the needs of the schools. Like I understand that these schools also have TOTAS, which By the way, we're also COVID funded, so we might be looking at those next year too. So were we just looking at the Like, is that in terms of the office staff support, the TOSA? So that's the first part of my question. And then also, I would love to, I guess, hear more about the um the calculations likely at a future meeting but before we make any final decisions on that. Yeah. Especially if that piece hasn't been done yet. We can come back at a future meeting with the calculations to be to be very direct

110about how this position came up when we looked at staffing. I looked at the staffing. Amanda and I shared the staffing with the committee and we noticed that this one This one office was staffed much higher than any other school. So that was it. Yeah. Oh, sorry, go ahead. I just, we had a discussion at our last meeting about trying to keep trying to keep bilingual staff. Because they're in short supply. So I'm a little concerned about this one because I know she's bilingual. I know we're supposed to be talking positions, not people but It's pretty obvious. So I'm kind of curious about how that came about a bilingual office person. Well, and it doesn't mean that we're losing the employee. Csea have bumping rights. There's other positions To bump into so So it's just

111talking about eliminating that position, not necessarily that employee. And traditionally, when we've done eliminations where I've worked like the last Last year when we did eliminations, we got every employee a landing spot. So we try and hang on to our employees because we always have openings. So again, this was was looking at the position. It's a school secretary too. It's not a label it's not a bilingual position the the person that happens to be in that position is bilingual And has been doing a great job there for a number of years now. So chances are she would land somewhere else in the district is what you're saying? I'm saying that there's a bumping process, so yes and Even when someone has nowhere to bump. We look to take care of our employees. So there's always

112things that are opening up and and human resources, we're always trying to work with our staff to to keep them in the organization and support and working with our students. And there are other bilingual staff members, correct? I would need to look, but I believe so. Just a point of clarification. The physicians on this resolution were also recommended by the Budget Advisory Committee. Yes. So if we go through it. So we have… LMFTs on here. And we have student advisors on here, right? So the custodian floater is the only one that was not recommended by budget advisory that was a vacant position. The mechanic helpers, the student advisor, the school secretary to the coordinator, district guidance, those were vacant. Those were the vacancies, the two vacancies of our LMFTs. So it's No one's in those

113positions right now, so it doesn't diminish our LMFT support. And the coordinator of budget and accounting is also vacant right now. And those were all approved those role recommendations from the budget advisory. It was the custodian voter, as I recall was the one that was added added later. Thank you. As I recall, no. Yeah. I mean, it's not totally, it's kind of related. So maybe it's better in future business, but if we were ever to want to specify that a position had to be bilingual, which I think is something I'm interested in in the future, but that would have to be something negotiated with our labor partners, correct? Yeah, that's correct. So we have so there's there's two so we have some positions that are bilingual like we have bilingual instructional assistants. We have a

114bilingual clerk typist the the bilingual is part of the requirement of the job, and it also includes it Those positions are usually at least one range, which is 5% higher than their non-bilingual counterpart. And then any other CSCA position, like none of our secretary positions, there's a family of secretary positions. None of them, there is no bilingual secretary position. And anyone that's in any other position that is bilingual and uses their bilingualism regularly in the course of their work, then there's a stipend that's associated with that. Our secretaries. That are using that. I know for my department, I have a number of of our staff that are using it all the time and they get a stipend on top of their position. But it's not a requirement of their position. So to get that. Would

115be something we'd have to negotiate. Learning so much about human resources, Jason. More than you ever wanted to know. Are we ready? Okay. I move to approve. Resolution, whatever it's called. 242537. I'll second. Yeah, I just don't have the number in front of me. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? The motion passes. Okay, we go on to approval of resolution 2425-38. Which is… They're reducing or discontinuing particular kinds of services by an additional 1.9%. Fte. And this is… Oh, these are. So this is a PKS. This is separate from the budget advisory. These positions are uh each of them for different reasons were for different reasons positions that were put in place. With the intention of being temporary. So the principle on special assignment was put in place this year because of knowing that

116we needed a leave and we need support in that area. The teacher on special assignment professional development was put in place this year for a one-year purpose to support our professional development. With our CIC committee and then the DLI teacher on special assignment that was grant funded and that funding runs out at the end of this year. So that's why these three were separate because I didn't want to conflate budget advisory committee had done and these kind of Positions that are running their course with funding you know by design. Okay. Okay. Do we have any questions for Jason? All right. Do I have a motion? Second. I move to approve. My God, I keep losing the number. 2425-38. I'll second. All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye. All those opposed? The motion passes. Next approval

117of Resolution 2425-39, eliminating classified and classified management positions effective June 30th. So this position is being put forward for elimination because it is currently funded out of Title I at Valley Vista. It's been a position that's been there many years and with the closing of Valley Vista and the reopening of the Valley Vista Public World Charter, that Title I funding is no longer there. So we need to let This position needs to be eliminated because the funding is being eliminated essentially. We do know that there will be a need for instructional assistance at at the school so i'm at school I'm optimistic for our staff, but this is a formality in terms of the funding and how the position is arranged. I move to approve resolution 2425-39. Second. All those in favor? Aye. All those

118opposed? The motion passes. All right. 16 point. 3.1 overnight field trip trip requests for educational services. They're hopefully not as long conversation around this action, but it's just a field trip for mckinley to have an overnight social studies enrichment opportunity for the students. Something that they're excited to go to and hopefully something the board can approve. I just, whenever I see these and i see TRIP is being funded by fundraising and parent donations. I'm always very curious about how that fundraising is going and what happens if they don't fundraise enough money for kids who can't afford to go. My understanding is that… no students are turned away if they don't if they can't find funding or they don't have enough donations. We can ask school sites to maybe put language in their justification of what

119that might be and if there's not enough funding i know we've Just recently updated the field trip forms too for review. Um that that um that Kind of gets into more detail about how much funding how much fundraising, how much donation, how much PTA, so that we get an idea that it's not 90% parent donations and 10% fundraising as opposed to So that's going to be more clear. In the future. Field trip forms but But we can also ask or have some kind of language around what the school plans to do if there's not enough funding for all students that want to go. Or for all the class that's supposed to go. Thank you. Any other questions about this field trip? I move to approve the overnight field trip request. Second. All those in favor?

120Aye. All those opposed? The motion passes. Oh, everybody left. I'm sorry. Not everybody. Hello, Peter. Okay. Oh my goodness. Okay, what? Let me do a closed session. I know there's also future business. So thank you. For coming. I appreciate it. Thank you for all of your comments. It's a difficult night for everybody. Okay, so we have no discussion items. So on to future business. When I was at Casa Grande office hours. The entire PE department came to talk to me. About the current use of exemptions for pe 10 And I suggested that the best thing for them to do, I mean, they gave me a handout. So I told them the best thing for them to do would be to make a presentation. Give everybody this handout. And talk to us about their concerns. So…

121I promise I would contact one of them and let her know. If we could do it. Maybe the second meeting in March, would that work or just let me know and then I'll let her know. So they're asking to do a presentation or is that what you suggested? Well, they weren't sure how to approach it. So you're asking for a presentation about it? So I suggested that they do a presentation and give us their info sheet. That they gave me because they gave me because I had no idea about some of this stuff so That's what I'm suggesting. Sounds good to me. I know there's been confusion. I've had parents reach out to me and say, the board approves the exemptions and I'm like. Maybe in theory, but not. Really? So I think that would

122be good. And another one that I think I've heard from all of us is definitely a discussion about Title I fundings and how to use at the very least the carryover. Title I funds to support a position. And so how much it is. And what we can possibly fund. With it, even if it is just for one year. I would also want to know the impacts on the It's like how much Title I allocation would they lose. If we were to And then how would that affect the students? Because again, we only heard, like Caitlin was saying or hearing from mckinley But I know that the nurse goes to other schools as well. So I would want to know Would the Title I come out of the title fare allocations. They're not even all Title

123I schools and then Just the overall impact of that. On the students. Which schools are Title I? I know McDowell is. Ms. Mckinley. Mcdowell McKinley. Well, Vala Vista was. Kind of worth. Casa Grande. The alternative sites are all Title I as well. Okay. But this, the COVID funded nurse going Finley, Penrove Valley Vista, and McDowell, correct? But I would imagine that you could take some off of one nurses caseload and put them on another caseload so that Yeah, I think that's definitely worth discussing to see what that title one Caseload would. Right. And then would if they went on a different caseload, then does that mean that they would have to pay out of their Title I allocation? And is that what they would want? Like, would those fit the needs of the school according

124to like their CIPSA and all of that stuff? You would have to go through the process of them having a needs assessment and determining that be the case. I think we were talking about carryover, which wouldn't necessarily be redistributed to the sites per se. But we would probably need to time to pull the exact amount and what we would be looking at for next year as some schools that are currently not Title I do technically qualify as a Title I school. Because they meet the threshold of low income socioeconomic disadvantaged. Populations. So we'll have to see how many schools will apply for the for Title I funds. Potentially more schools and I would imagine more schools in the future will probably qualify or meet the threshold. Is there any way to work in a way

125to a nurse into the LCAP. So to serve. Are unduplicated students are so It would have to go through a very similar process that through the CIPSA. If you're talking about Because the LCAP has multiple funding sources. Supplemental and then you know our base and everything else. So are we saying should a nurse be funded at a supplemental or general or base funding out of LLC? That would be a conversation we'd go through with the LCAP community looking at our actions and seeing if that's appropriate use of supplemental and or other LCAP funds. I would… Possibly. But again, there's only a limited pot of money And so we'd be pulling from something else. So to piggyback on that conversation. I would like by the end of March. To have a discussion and options of funding

126sources for the nurse position So we did not include that in the general budget tonight, but we have I think we have a clear intention of keeping this position and I think It provides clarity on our employee and on the community. To get this handled sooner rather than later and give us, the board, you know, the clear you know options and then we can provide guidance and how we prefer to move forward because We would like to, you know, we are going to keep that position and it's just about identifying the right source for this next year. And then we can move into a conversation about long term. Lcap would be long-term. Because it's a three-year. Isn't this year one of the this is year one. And so we're in year one. Year two. And

127then the third year we'll be actually redeveloping the three-year plan. I have… kind of an unformed future business. Around the field trips. And I was speaking to a wonderful parent today And trying to figure out how to figure out how You know, I mean, I know that you were looking at how much it costs for all of these field trips and that we could maybe find some kind of funding. I don't know how since we just did this somehow or another in order to create more equity amongst the different schools. And also to take some of the not the burden off of PTAs, but to have the PTAs work together. As with the district. To… kind of create something that would work for them. And for us. So that we could make this situation just

128more equitable and and less fraught. With so much of a burden on parents. You know, it is constantly a $250, $300 handout, you know, and it's not just for field trips so if we can look at something, I really do think that that's a a future business that we have to look at. And I know that the PTAs would be Very receptive to that. So that's mine. I have one more. Speaking of budget advisory committee um Can we look at combining that with the LCAP committee? Yeah, typically budget advisory usually is a part of LCAP or they work in sync because the LCAP is what drives the budget. Especially if we are going to have to do this again next year. I would like for it to be a bigger discussion with the LCAP committee.

129And with the understanding of like what's coming out of the budget advisory committee. Is it recommendations or is it like directives? Because I feel like that is… where the concern is. It sounds like some folks thought like whatever the budget advisory committee was going to move forward With no exceptions, but other folks understood it as a recommendation. So I would just want that to be very clear. Clear. And again, part of the LCAP committee One more. For potentially April timeline, but… I would like an update on Penrove traffic safe routes to school what is the Yes, I know. I know. Well, that's what my What are they even a city? What are they? What are they? No, I'm on it. I'm for real. No, for real. I mean, what my point is that it looks

130like we have a good partnership with the city of Petaluma on with with our you know our sites within the city limits, but that seems to be failing Penrove and that seems to be a real Issue. I mean, I think we all know, but we built there's a school on a hill and with one driveway and that's problematic But I would like a review on what we can do as a school district to follow up on our safe route to school Task Force for Pengrove and any other you know um improvements that we can implement going into this next year, but just having an overall update on what's going on with Penn Grove. I know once upon a time our former CBO went to some type of town hall in Penn Grove about traffic safety.

131But other than that, I don't think it's been addressed since. And I don't even know like what the governing body was there. Do you know? It would be the county. Oh, it's the county. Okay. Okay. So maybe it was like a town hall or something? Okay. They were discussing a lot of Just the traffic on Petaluma hill It's a mess. All right. Any other future business? Okay, we are adjourning to closed sessions. Thank you very much. All those in 10, you can hang out. We'll be back to on a public report of action taken in closed session. Thank you