PCS Board of Education Meeting: May 28, 2024

001Right, everybody already. I reconvene this meeting at 6 0 6 thank you all for your patience while we squeeze all these wonderful community members in and I'm going to ask Trustee Cloud to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. See the Let's see. One. And our agenda says we have a public hearing, but we do not. So we're going to move straight into special recognitions, reports and presentations starting with introduction of the new assistant principals at Petalima High School. That's right. We have got 2. Principles that we want to introduce tonight. 1st I want to ask Alice Witt to join us up front. We are pleased to announce Alice Witt as the new assistant principal of Petaluma High School. Alice will assume her duties on July 1, st 2024. How, William Calper once said, variety

002is the spice of life that gives it all its flavor. If his statement holds true, Alice Whit brings a flavorful life experience to Petalima High School with a diverse professional background spanning Marin, San Francisco, India, and Petaluma. Alice has taught regular, special, and adult education. She's even served as the assistant principal of an overseas American international school before her career in education, Alice worked on wireless test equipment for agile technologies in Runner Park and managed the Chicago International Hostel. Alice's unique perspective shaped by these rich life experiences is a valuable addition to our team at Petalumahi. Alice's educational life is no less rich. She earned her bachelors of fine arts from the School of Art. Institute of Chicago and her master of special education from Sonoma State University. In addition to our education specialist teaching

003credential, Alice added her autism authorization certificate. Most recently she earned her Masters of Education Administration from San Francisco State University. On a personal note, Alice is a visual artist, has traveled the United States via Amtrak and is super talented at playing Fortnite. She likes spicy food, music history, and Bay Area history. She spent time volunteering at the Petaluma Arts Center and Petaluma Wildlife Rescue. Alice currently gives historical walking tours with the Petaluma Historical Library Museum. Portraying Clara Belle Jewel. Ivanovitch, a notable woman in Petaluma's early history and graduate of Petaluma High School's class of 1877. Our next 2 walking tours are Saturday June second and Saturday July, the 20th 1030 a. M. If you're interested. It's on the museum steps. Alice looks forward to becoming a Trojan and connecting with the Petaluma High community. Congratulations

004to Alice on her new role as a assistant principal at Pedalima High School. We're fortunate to have her join us. Thank you. I'm really excited about this school year. It's going to be wonderful. Thank you. Alright, and next we would like to invite Tyler App. We're, we are pleased to announce Tyler F Tabs assignment as the new assistant principal of Petaluma High School. Tyler will assume his duties on July 1, st 2024. Ter comes to Petaluma City schools with 13 years experience in education. He started out as a Spanish teacher, New Jersey, where he worked for 11 years. He served as a department leader in a middle school and then moved to a junior senior high school where he spearheaded a parent ESL evening course and other outreach initiatives. Tyler moved to the Barry in

0052,022 and has worked at Technology High in Rona Park as a Spanish teacher and halftime assistant principal. Tyler leads multiple school safety and climate initiatives such as PBIS, school safety team, say school ambassadors and staff development in his current role. Each other has been married 10 years and has a wonderful three-year-old daughter. He still has some family on the East Coast but moved out here to be closer to his brothers in the Bay Area. Taylor is family oriented and an active member of the Persian community in the Bay Area. He has lived in Spain, Argentina, and Peru both as a student and as the program director of multiple study abroad programs. When asked about what he is looking forward to, Tyler said, I'm most happy to finally call Petaluma home. Tyler is excited about getting

006to know the Petaluma High community of students, families, and new colleagues. He's eager to contribute to the collective experience of being at Pedalima High and helping improve that experience for everyone. Please join us in welcoming Tyler Ft as the new assistant principal at Petaluma High School. Thank you very much, Jason. I am very excited to make Petaluma home. So thank you very much for inviting me and the wonderful opportunity. Okay. And then we're gonna keep it with Assistant Superintendent Jason Sutter to announce our PCS rock stars. Our employee recognition. Tonight we are excited to honor and appreciate some special employees who make a big difference in our district. Last quarter we launched our employee recognition program asking our employees to nominate stellar colleagues, departments, and teams who make PCS a special place. Our committee. Reviewed

007many deserving individuals and groups working in PCS. However, 2 groups of employees stood out as deserving special recognition. The 1st group of employees we want to celebrate is our custodial team. We all know that it takes a village to keep a school running and we could not do it without our beloved custodians. Our custodians are the unsung heroes who walk the halls every day making sure our students and staff have clean and safe place to learn. Teach and work. Our custodial team exemplifies hard work, dedication, and excellence. Their efforts ensure a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for students and staff. One school site shared that their custodian is constant helping presence on campus, no matter the task or how many times their name is called over the They respond with a good-natured be right there.

008Our custodians are loved by staff and students alike and are a major part of the positive steady pulse of our schools. Staff member notice noted that our custodians do a fabulous job with regularly assigned tasks and go above and beyond to develop positive relationships with many of our students. Many of our are the trusted adults for students at every school level in our district. Please join me in honoring our custodial staff who serve school sites in departments as this quarter's PCS rock stars. We've invited our custodian supervisor, Carlos Sesanoa, Espinosa Cardenas up to congratulate our custodians. And when custodians, if you're here, when your name is red, please come forward and receive your certificate and take anything you like from our appreciation tables. So first, st David, I'll call it Trujillo. Lynn Foxman. Maria. Otelo.

009Renee Campbell. Catalina Cardenas de Espinoza. Apollo, Apollonia, Cortez Roman. Jose as well. Justin Friedman. George Gitel. Evangelina Gonzalez. James Johnson. Jaime Lopez Via, Laura Madrigal Perez. Maria Martinez. Consuelo PAS. Yes, and, on's Corona. Ramon Ramirez. Maria Saldana de Salazar. So, Whoa! Thank you so much. Thank you so much. You can take 2 if you like. Yeah. Michael Starika, Victor Teodoro. Ross White. This is. Awesome. Aubrey White, Miriam, our cola Trahill. Jorge Cruz Hernandez. Andres Flores, Bolivi. For Levy, I'm gonna go with the Levy. I can't say we'll leave his last name very well. Adrian Ortiz Avalos. Momo? She's. Stephen Santano. Sean Karzan, Norma, ortiz Ramirez. Ada Aguiler Sanchez. Aden Flores, Hey, Roe. Thank you. Ricardo Mario. Francesco, Teresa Wiliard. Tony Baka Alfredo D. Mideiros Clayton Werner Dion Wilson. And Lisa, Espino, Rivera. All right. Looks

010like we have one or 2 people in the back. We are Maria. Yes, I'm Anna from Luma High School. In the back we have a Heimil Lopez. He's our dishw, Paloma City schools and he works for the district office. Okay. Good everybody any more hiding friends? All right. Well, let's give one more round of applause for our Our next group of PCS rock stars is our under appreciated and indispensable assistant principals. Our assistant principals serve our 2 comprehensive high schools, 2 junior high schools, and Petaluma. Adult school and the TK 8 school at McKinley Packs. While they may not enjoy the glamour and fame of our illustrious principals, assistant principals must make the same tough decisions moment by moment, often on the fly. According to one staff member, these individuals work tirelessly on a daily

011basis to keep our campuses running smoothly. They run from task to task and rarely have any downtime. They are the workhorses of our biggest schools and we are excited to celebrate them tonight. The job of an assistant principal is not an easy one. They wear many hats. As many people know, they take care of student discipline, investigate concerns, administer AP tests, supervise late-night sporting events, and evaluate employees. They attend countless meetings with students, parents, and teachers respond with carefully worded emails and prepare reports and paperwork. However, you may not know about their other duties as assigned. Principles are also The official checked the bathroom people. We often find them wandering the parking lots before and after school or setting up chairs for a last minute event and when an emergency occurs on campus they are

012the true 1st responders. Perhaps most importantly they drop all their work in a moment when they are called to fill in as a substitute teacher. Our PCS staff appreciates our assistant principles for their big hearts and endless energy. They bring humor and joy to students and staff. They are warm, welcoming and supportive. Please join me in celebrating and supporting their ongoing work with NPCS and beyond. Let me, when your name is red, please come forward and receive your certificate and take anything you'd like from the appreciation table. Carly, Costello, Petaluma, Excel already Laurie Dean, adult education. Okay. Okay. Thank you, Nancy. Jessica, Dennon, Kenilworth Junior High School. Terry, Philippo, Petaluma Junior High School. Louise, at Casa Grande High School. 80 Peshoda Casa Grande High School. Erica Noon, Casa Grande High School. Rebecca, in Petaluma High

013School. And therey Reynolds, Panelama High School. Let's give one more round of applause for all of our assistant principals. And if you received a PCS Rock Star Award in a few moments our board will give us a quick recess in our meeting and we'd love to get a picture of you up front so if you can wait a couple minutes we would love that. Yeah. Alright, I am reconvening this meeting at 6 26. And we'd like to make a special moment to talk about the national spanish exam winners so if you all could come up and tell us a little bit about What you all have been up to, we would love to hear it. That's it. Kind of a long year. We'll make sure to have time for pictures after 2, I promise. Yeah.

014That's wonderful. Okay. Good evening, board members and audience. Thank you for allowing me to explain the National, Spanish exam program and thank you for recognizing my students. Access in this national contest. The National Space Exam is a motivational competition whose main purpose is to recognize academic excellence. In the study of the Spanish. This exam is sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of the Spanish and Portuguese. And the main mission of this organization is to promote the learning and teaching of a Spanish by addressing national standards. This is a, days back to 1967. Okay, so you're on the students have participated in this competition since 2,019 and our students have received perfect score, gold, silver, bronze, medals as well as honorable mentioned recognitions. This year, I Over 80,000 students participated in this competition and our

015students place Casa Grande among the high performer public and private schools. Gasagrande High School and San Antonio High School are the only schools in Sonoma County that participate in this competition. This year, Gasagra and the CEOs receive 11, honorable mentioned recognitions, 3 bronze medals, 4 silver medals, and 3 perfect score, gold and gold medals together. So. Thank you to my dear students who took this intensive training with professional Thank you to Senior Madi Cloud for presenting the medals to our students. I know. Thank you. Louis Garza, Miss Gricious and administrator here in Casa Grande and my dear world language colleagues for supporting my students and above all Thank you to our D parents for supporting their children. Yeah. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Thank you, board members for your time. And I'm

016going to introduce, for your time. And I'm going to, introduce, Mesa, Kruse, Cruz, who is a silver medalist, MISSILE TROUSE who is a silver medalist and she wants to address the board. He Good evening, board members and audience. My name is Sally Cruz. I'm a freshman at Casa Grande High School and this year I had the honor to represent my school in a national Spanish exam competition. This is a very challenging training, but this hard work paid off. I feel humbled on my heritage language has been recognized in a national competition and that I'm able to speak to you today on behalf of my school. I think I think my parents for their support and encouragement in my studies and for showing me the importance of being bilingual and by cultural. I think my teacher,

017Miss Burroughs, for setting high standards for students and for her guidance in this competition. I think Mrs. Katie Cloud for attending the ceremony and presenting the medals, cheering us on and encouraging us to continue with the study of Spanish. Finally, I think Mr. Louise Garcia for supporting our Latino student population at Kasa Grande. Thank you, board members for allowing me to speak and represent Casa Grande. Okay. Now I want issued my students to introduce themselves and tell the board what, the recognition, medal do you received? Senior speed. Journay or at the core people? Yeah, There you go. Okay. So. Okay. Okay. See. I can't see. Thank you. Thank you so much. Okay. Which for the It's like you want to do like 2 rows. Thank you. 2 rows. So it's this. If you guys can,

018some of you can come in the front. Okay. There we go. Okay. Well done. Got it! Congratulations! We love you guys! We love you! I just wanna say it was my privilege to give all of these students their medals and their certificates. Their accomplishment really was stunning. And I wanted to make sure that they were recognized for what they did the hard work. I want to reiterate something. There are 80,000 students across the country. That took this exam Most of the students are in private schools or high performing schools, which I think CASSA is a high performing school. Bye! It's hard. So I just wanted to say a couple of things. Out of The 80,000 students that took the test. In the whole country, there are 403. That had perfect scores. We had 3. We

019have Thank you. There were 4,500 gold medalists We had 3. There were 8,000 a little over 8,000 that got silver. We got 4. There were about 8,000 bronze medals. We had 3. And then we have, I forgot to count. And we had, we had 11 honorable mentions. I just wanted to make sure that you're all aware of the tremendous and you parents just be proud. I'm really proud that they're part of our district and that they work so hard for this and I just kind of get to just kind of give them metals. I don't do anything. So, thank you all. Thank you, Marisa, for a tremendous. Ability to really bring these inspire these kids. Well it's all of our support so I just get to come. Thank you. I mean. Bye. I'm reconvening the

020meeting at 6 39 and we're gonna move on to the governor's revised 2425 budget presentation what is governor knew some up to okay thank you the only thing more exciting than learning about our own budget is when I discuss the governor's budget. So you're welcome. All right. So there have been quite a few changes from his January proposal to his main and I'm going to just do a brief overview. Starting by what the revenue in the state looks like in the 1st months of 2024 the trend of study but slowing economic growth has continued despite persistent inflation in economic growth has continued despite persistent inflation and high interest rates. The May revision and high interest rates. The May revision and high interest rates. The May revision provides an update on the state's revenue. The May

021revision provides an update on the state's revenue forecast, revealing. The May revision provides an update on the state's revenue forecast, revealing mixed results in the 3 major revenue forecast, revealing mixed results in the 3 major revenue forecast, revealing mixed results in the 3 major revenue sources since the January budgets in the 3 major revenue sources since the January budget proposal since the January budget proposal. Personal income tax shows a slight increase while corporation tax in sales and use taxes are down. Key highlights include the US real gross domestic product, the GDP grew on an annualized rate of 1.6% in the 1st quarter of 24 this follows 6 consecutive quarters of growth exceeding 2%. Driven by strong personal conception. The May revision forecast projects that the GDP will grow at a study but slowing rate from

022mid, 2,024 into early 2,025 due to tight financial conditions. Reducing consumption. While inflation in both the US and California has slowed from its peak in June of 2022 US inflation saw a recent increase to 3.5% year over year in March of 2,024. The most significant near-term risk to the forecast is the possibility that interest rates will remain high for an extended period, especially if inflation does not continue to decline. High interest rates could limit consumer spending and business investment slowing economic activity more than currently projected. Additionally, prolonged high interest rates could undermine business and consumer confidence, increasing the risk of a nerd, near-term recession. These are all things that we want to keep in mind though the governor does not anticipate a recession in the future. Considerations on the May revision to tackle production projected

023budget shortfall and multi-year operating deficits, the budget proposes both one-time and ongoing general fund solutions. These measures aim to achieve a balanced budget for 2425 and 2526 fiscal years and significantly reduce projected operating deficit over the multi-year forecast. The budget allocates 109.1 billion for all TK to 12 programs with Pew Purple's Pier. That per pupil spending at 23,278 from all sources including $17,502 from state funds. Key proposals include spending cuts. There are significant spending cuts to government operations and reductions to programs outside of education, though we are seeing small cuts within education. He also plans to put a pause on new investments. Good news is that there are no mid-year cuts. There are no proposed deferrals or program rollbacks. One of the ways that he is short shortening the deficit in next year is by

024reducing current year spending. So what that looks like is rather than having deferrals or cutting programs in this year, monies that are not spent or given out will remain at the state level. Following programs that will be maintained. Even with other cuts include expanded learning opportunities program, universal transitional kindergarten. Universal Meals, California Community Schools Partnership Program, Home to School Transportation, and Special Education funding. Proposition 98 is being used to address the budget gap. The rainy day fund will be utilized as follows in 2324 there will be a withdraw of 5.8 billion dollars in 2425 there will be a withdraw of 2.6 billion dollars the may revision proposes maintaining a balance of 2.6 billion dollars in the public school system stabilization account after the 2324 school year ensuring the 10% reserve cap is not triggered for

025next year. So this is new information for us. Alright, one of the The main source of information that we use for our budget is the school services of California financial projection dartboard. These are the planning factors. I went ahead and highlighted fiscal year, 2,425 in yellow. One of the things I think I mentioned at the last meeting is the cola is up now in next fiscal year. So in the 2,324 enacted budget we expected the cola to be 3.8% next year January budget it fell to point 7 6% so we're seeing a little bit of an increase. Calisters employer rates are maintained at 19.1% and we are seeing the growth to our Calpers employer rates, which has something that we've been discussing the cost over the last few years. And they will continue to climb

026to 29.2%. In the fiscal year 28 our unemployment insurance is back down to point 0 5 of a percentage. If you're remember one of the greatest impacts of the kovat on our resources or expenditures. Was the increase to the unemployment insurance? California lottery, the mandate block grant, excuse me, the California lottery is expected to stay the same. The mandate block grant is expected to see the the 1.0 7%. This is our LCFF funding factors for next fiscal year. As you can see, we have the current year base grant with the cola to all grade spans. Our gradeespan average we receive for TK through 3rd grade and 9th through 12th grade. The supplemental Grant ADA, you can see in next year our district does not qualify. For concentration grants and then we are in anticipated to

027receive the TK add on of just over $3,000. One of the things that we're waiting to have more information on on the enacted budget is what the governor plans on doing with the TK ratio. It's currently set at a 12 to one ratio. Where he has been saying for the last 3 years that it will only go to a 10 to one in 2526. If there is funding the May revision did say that though it does not look like there will be additional funding, we will need to maintain a 10 to one ratio in the 2526 school year so it's something we've already been discussing in cabinet and planning for because that will have an impact on our budget and our staffing. And that is really it. The next steps is for the legislator to

028approve the budget by June, the 15.th We will have already posted our draft budget for our June, the 18th board meeting. If there are, you know, there's not a lot of time before our second board meeting to make any major changes. So if there are any big material changes in the governor's budget, we will come back and do a 45 day budget revision. But right now with the really the only changing factor is the cola and the programs that we participate in do not look like they're going to be greatly reduced. So any questions? I, have been reading about the 8.8 billion dollars that, They, gave us last year, and that we all spent. And that because there was a you. So they've been talking about it being so they're not going to Change our

029funding. We're not cutting education. We're staying with Proposition 98, but There they want to. Pretend it's alone and have us pay it back. So could you kind of it does that impact us next? Do you how does that impact us and is there a way to stop? So, I, if I could find a slide real quick, I, it's from the school services put on a presentation and I almost wanted to add it to our presentation and I decided not to but it basically it's right here. Oh, so I'll fill in. Basically, I'm sorry, I was going to say that this is the craftiest budgeting that California has seen in a very long time and what it is is in order to say and 2 fiscal year, 2 years out that we have a balanced budget.

030The plan is to borrow against. Current year by not having carry over for funds and spending down prop 98 right now it they're not saying if there will be Okay. Having to pay it back or something that's 1 of the things that I think where we could see differences in between the May revision and what is enacted by legislation. Where those cuts are going to be. It could be in some of the programs that I mentioned, like the expanded learning opportunity. There's no planned cut. Right now there's planned in fiscal year, 2526 to have a tier 2 approach. So if you do not spend the funds you'll have 2 fiscal years to spend we're seeing at the end of this year it's going to be the 1st give back. They're saying that they're going to

031allocate those funds in a tier 2 for districts that need more. I see something like that maybe going away because those funds haven't been allocated. We're already, they haven't said the cuts to universal, TK, but you're already seeing it by him saying we will do the 10 to one though there's no more talk of funding. So I think there's going to be some creativity in some of the programs that are right. Now, there are also cuts to some other, that I think that's where we'll see it. I don't really anticipate a change in our cola or CFF funding, but you know, you know, last year we did see the cut. Arts and music discretionary block grand at the end of the year. So what really is Where we will really see it is from the

032enacted budget to when we're closing our books. But I, I think things are going to stay pretty, you know, with if you look, there's really no major changes, but I'm not expecting usually we see a lot of brand-new one-time, there's always this continuation of one-time funding that I think that those will also take cuts. There are the state is still considering or they're still looking at moving forward with the state facilities bond. There is some other language in his budget for state matching for facilities. I think as the assembly, if they continue to bring forward the state bond, that will be another source of funding that will fall off. Kind of the robbing Peter to pay Paul effect. This is where we are. Look, we're not, you know, we're spending down reserves. We're not in

033a deficit, but oh wait, we're not going to actually do these programs. So he's over the last few years other than last year with the cut of the arts and music which I I think a lot of people didn't think would actually happen. I myself was a little surprised that it was cut nearly half. He doesn't generally cut funding once he's put it out there. So this is going to be. Very, interesting. Can I just say for the record that proposition 98 is not a ceiling? That proposition, 98, which we voted on in what? 1995. Was supposed to be a minimum amount of money, 40% that would go to. Schools. Yep. And so to say that they overspent 8.8. Is actually not accurate. Yeah. Right. Just wanted to put that on the record. Yes. Any

034other questions or comments on the budget? Thank you. We'll be waiting and seeing and Yeah, it's. A weird year. It's a very weird year. Moving on speaking about one of those grants from the state, let's get a community schools grant update. And show them that they need to keep. Doing these grants and this money so we can Keep investing in our amazing schools. We do. Yes, or Okay. Yes. She. Okay. Alright, well we are happy to provide you with a brief update on where we are with the California Community Schools Partnership Program update. Molly Nagel has been our community schools coordinator this year and her whole role and emphasis has been on preparing. Our school district and doing a lot of all of the work behind the scenes. So we thank Molly for that. So

035tonight, we just want to share with you recent news, exciting news. So the State Board of Education. Did approve our California Community Schools implementation grant. On May 8.th The McDonald Elementary will receive a community schools implementation grant of $1,187,500 over a five-year period. Here's 1 through 4. They'll get 250,000 a year and then in your $587,500. And then our next steps is that we have 2 deliverables to provide to the CDC by June 30th to 2024. Which would be the closing of our planning grant in order to receive the implementation grant funds. And so the annual performance report is really all the planning that we had done throughout the year. The needs assessments and asset Okay. And then a lot of our committees and then the budget expenditure report. Because it was originally, it was

036originally a 2 year planning grant and we're closing it out in one. This is Ruth. Okay, hello everybody. Can you hear me? Yes. Yes. Hi, I apologize for not being able to be there live in person tonight, but I'm really excited to be able to share this news about our community schools. Grant, thank you so much, Molly and Esmeralda, for helping to make this possible. So what is this going to mean for McDowell School? . Number one is to look for a wellness coordinator. So this will be a person that will help to coordinate the efforts of having People have a wellness center fully staffed and making sure that we have services provided for our students, but also this person will be receiving professional development in order to provide professional development for teachers as well.

037And so that we can be implementing a strong social emotional curriculum throughout all of the grade levels. Another area that we're going to be able to see growth in. Thanks to this grant is we'll be able to hire 2 bilingual behavioral instructional aids. Our wellness coordinator will help oversee and train these instructional aids and so they will be able to help with the behaviors and help support the needs of our students throughout the school which will also have a lift in support for our teachers in our classrooms. And then like I said, the professional development, our wellness coordinator will be able to push into the classrooms and help provide the support as needed. And then the number one request that came from our students when we were surveying them was to have improved outdoor play

038structures for them. And so this is something that we're going to also be able to fund. So that our students will have more opportunities to get physical exercise and learn about cooperative play. And just have fun while they're at school. Okay, so our next steps are to finalize our wellness coordinator job description. We want to submit everything for the planning grant and close that out before June the 30th posting positions for the bilingual behavioral IAs and then collaborating student services in conjunction with McDowell on all of the implementation grant requirements and supporting McDowell becoming a full-fledged community school at which they're well on their way. How is that? I just I think it'd be important to note here sort of why you know why McDowell and why not other schools what was the once, we

039can just give a little background about why was it that McDowell qualified and other schools didn't, cause we certainly would love to see this at all of our schools. The reason that, McDowell qualified. Is that they had to meet a threshold of 70% unduplicated people health. And which are as far like English employers. In our foster youth. And socioeconomically disadvantage of families. They were at 89%. And our other school sites have not met that threshold. So that is the reason. Good. And so we are already on our way. We meet a lot of those requirements in the fact that we have our family resource center there, which provides a lot of education and resource for the families. We have the food bank that comes every week. And provides food to over 150 families in our

040community. We also have the mobile clinic that comes with the Pelima Health Center and that comes twice a month and that helps to provide the physical health needs for our families. So those are all those wrap around services that we are already providing and that's what made us a really good candidate to become a community. My only question is can we let the August courier know? Can we work on a little email to them and see if they want to cover this really exciting? Development. Sounds like a great plan. Yeah. Can you tell us a little bit about long-term sustainability? Cause I can see. You know, looks like personnel is a ton of what this is gonna be spent on it's a 5 year grant. We love those. 3 to 5 year grants and we

041know they come to an end. And so actually the state of California in releasing their multipayer program now so that we can actually build back the services not just from the special education side of the house, but actually services that were providing to all of our students. We are beginning our work with SCO to be able to be a part of the capacity grant, which is getting our operational readiness. And structures to be able to implement the multipayer. And so we feel that we have a model that would be coming in the next 1824 months, that we can begin to recoup. Some funds to continue. Programs like this and staffing like this at McDowell. And I wanted to ask. Molly, you know, you mentioned you did that the other schools hadn't met the threshold at

042McDowell did, but have some of our other schools met the threshold of qualifications for an implementation grant. So at this time, and I do wanna say that the state changes the criteria every year. San Antonio did meet the criteria. But the site didn't feel they were ready at the time. Sure. But we can apply for an implementation. Just then Antonio? The others did not qualify for that threshold for the current threshold. Percent if you had a planning grant, 80% of you did not have the planning grants. And our school all of our other schools besides San Antonio McGow are below. 70. Any other questions or? No, thank you all. Yeah. And next up we have an update about ethnic studies. Hi everyone. Good to see you all. So ethnic studies, just a quick update of

043where we're at in in our process. I wanted to start out by just reminding us of some of the requirements that have been put into place. Assembly Bill 100, and one was signed into law in October of 2,021 and this added a next studies requirement to the graduating class of 2,030. And as part of that bill, we are also required to start offering a course. In the 25 to 26 school year it needs to be at least a semester long course. After the bill was signed into law the CDE developed a model curriculum that was then adopted by the State Board of Education. And the model curriculum really focuses on the 4 kind of original groups from the ethnic studies program, Native Americans, African-americans, Latinx Americans, and Asian-americans. So where we've been, we started our

044journey with a really close partnership with the County Office of Education. You may remember Matt O'donnell coming here and doing an information presentation. He really worked, he was there really their ethnic studies expert. He had taught ethnic studies, he had developed ethnic studies courses. And he really worked with us to come up with a plan. So that model curriculum I mentioned is 700 pages long. So as part of our process, we need to really engage our community and figure out what our priorities are because we're not going to be able to cover all 700 pages of that. So he had really worked with us to develop a plan to have authentic engagement with our community partners with our educators, with our students, with our families. And that started, you know, coming here and doing that

045info session in November of 2022. He also supported us with a family information night in February where we were on zoom and we had a lot of really good questions from from our family is a lot of excitement, some questions that came up that he was really able to address some of the concerns from some of our families. And then throughout the spring, we did some educator info sessions. We had one at Casa, one at Petaluma High. We invited the Alt Ed staff to come. And then we had a 3, rd I think it was here at the DO where we opened it up to all K 12 educators, anyone who wanted to know what was happening with ethnic studies. So really our partnership with with SCO was really not just content and developing the

046what of the course, but really the process and the decision-making that was going to be happening throughout the development. Hello. All throughout that year 2, Sco had partnered with San Mateo County Office of Education. I think the 2 of them had a grant together for ethnic studies PD. And so they had a virtual, series of professional development throughout the 2223 school year. I took part of some of it, not all of it, wasn't able to attend all of it. And then a couple of our teachers also were part of that PD. So that was that was kind of our plan and then we had to make some adjustments. Matt left the county office at the end of the 2223 school year so we had to make some adjustments. Matt left the county office at the

047end of the 2223 school year so we were kind of in a holding pattern for a little while. While Sko was really trying to figure out what their service model was going to be for ethnic studies. We learned in like mid November that they weren't going to be offering the level of service that we had really planned on. It was really more support for content development and not the community engagement and the process piece of it. So we talked about it for a while and then you know in in November, December, we really decided that we needed to pivot because we weren't going to be getting the level of support that we felt like we needed. So between December and March, we explore different providers. We had a number of names that were recommended by

048Matt O'donnell. We met with a couple of them, a couple of them were available. And I think where we've landed is really trying to do a partnership with the Asian-american. I think where we've landed is really trying to do a partnership with the Asian American Education Project. Tony and I had met with them via Zoom. They it feels like there there would be a really good fit for us. And then we had some of our teachers who have expressed interest in participating in the ethnic studies. Development committee, they were on a zoom with Tony and myself and the Asian American Education Project. And we just wanted to get the educators questions answered and, you know, see if, see if any concerns rose, rose from that. So if feels like It feels like that might be

049the direction that we're going, making a contract with that organization to help us with our community engagement to help us with that process development. And you know, they've done this work before. They hold that expertise. They, they hold that experience. They've done this work in LA. They've done it in New York City. They've done it in Texas. So they're bringing a lot of experience to the table that we just don't currently have in our district. So, and I think Tony maybe having them come into a board meeting in June, so. So you all would have a chance to interact with them and get questions answered. So looking ahead, we will be doing community engagement really figuring out what the priorities and the. Things that our community wants to make sure show up in an ethnic

050studies course. We will be doing committee work and course development with that and then we'll be offering a course in the 2526 school year. That year if we decide that. The course is going to be offered as a freshman level course, for example. The class of 2023 their freshman year is 2627 so it's that 2627 year where we would really be in full. And implementation of it and the 2526 years we could almost think of it like a pilot. You know, it wouldn't have to be full implementation. It could just be, we just have to offer it. So it could be a section or 2 or whatever the interest was. So that's kind of where we're at and where we've been and where we're headed. So when you say full implementation. So that means that

051all students will be required to take it and so your are you thinking that it would be a freshman level chorus or we don't know yet we don't know yet if it ends up being a freshman level course we would need that full implementation. I think it's pretty common that it's a freshman level course. Concerns that you know is that too young and too early, you know, to really go in deep and with with the content. But then on the other side, there's the argument that. Offering an ethnic studies course freshman year can really pull kids in who might not be pulled in, and we want to grab them freshman year before they're they're more disengaged. So all to be decided, but there's lots of thinking about where the best spot is for it. I

052always thought that we were gonna make it a like a graduation requirement. It does not have to be a graduation requirement. It has to be for the class of 2030. So is that the 2526 full year, right? So the 25 in the law? No, so the class of 2,030 will be freshmen in 2627. And that's when it has to be a graduation requirement. So we have to offer the course in 25. And we could decide we're gonna make it a senior level course and we wouldn't have to decide we're gonna make it a senior level course and we wouldn't have to go full implementation until the 2930 school year. All to be determined. We cannot wait till 29. Until 2029. No, definitely. We've been asking for this. It's 2019. So I think. So the course

053would be offered. From 2526 on we're required to do that it's just where does that full implementation happen is that happening with freshmen in 2,627 or is that happening with juniors? 2, 3 years later, whatever year that is. So. I've only heard, I mean, am I limited, you know, working in high schools. Like the required. I thought the norm was for freshman. I've never heard an argument against it. I don't know if anyone there is no requirement where we place it. Many districts do it freshman year. And then there's also concerns that I've heard that, you know, if we really wanted to be meaningful and deep and, you know, thoughtful, waiting until they've had a little bit more content in US history, for example, might give a little bit more of a lens to go

054deeper with the content. And if they already are required of PE and HI and all these things freshman year, maybe it's better for student choice to like. Not require everything freshman year and let the especially if we have 7, 7 bells, 7 Periods at some point. Letting them have a little bit of freedom to decide. But. Yeah, and it just needs to the requirement is that it's a semester long course. So. There's that to consider too. Oh, sorry. And eventually, can it it can be we could decide to Do it so that there's 1 semester ethnic studies and maybe multiple offerings of like one semester of African-american studies or one semester of Native American studies if and when we have the bandwidth and the teachers and the curriculum. Is that the very 1st thing we

055offer is going to end up being a survey course, you know, where we're hitting the 4 groups that are represented in model curriculum. And then yes, I would love to see it expanded out to where kids have choice and if they really want to lean in to, you know, a particular group's experience that we could offer that. But I think. We that's something we can you know have as a vision and build to eventually So you're gonna work with the Asian American Education Project. Is that gonna be for the whole? Of like for the whole course because I know that you have to work with the where you have to cover the 4 racialized groups. Is this gonna just be for the Asian American groups or do they? Help build curriculum for all 4 of

056the racialized groups. Thank you. Great question. So in our conversations with them, you know, they're really going to be guiding the process and helping with the curriculum for the Asian American part of what I'm again predicting is going to be a survey course. And then they would bring in other people to help develop for the for the other 3 groups. They were really, I really appreciated their frankness and candor and talking about, we want to make sure that we have experts in all of those areas working with you. They sure they know some stuff, but they really want us to have, you know, really content experts for those areas. Excuse my ignorance on this. Does this legislation require us to build out a new standalone course or can and it be the content of an

057existing course modified? It can be the content of an existing course modified. It needs to be the majority of that course. So one of the things that I was hoping for is can we get a rubric so we can use it against an existing course and see if it meets the criteria and We haven't found that yet. So yes, it can be incorporated into. Into an existing course and all of the teachers who teach that course would have to use that modified curriculum and get trained on it. And is that part of the discussions in the fall that you're planning on having of which route we want to go. How would it fit into the curriculum? Right. Yeah. So I think having it as a standalone course really elevates it, you know, and having it

058embedded within another course, you know, just makes it makes that courts more rich. So there's I think there's positives to both approaches. Has there been any partnership with Santa Rosa City schools? I know that they require 1010 units of ethnic studies and they seem to have a lot of offerings. Is there any that we can just like look to the same curriculum that they're using in the same course outline to just to move it up through a little bit quicker. But I mean there's course outlines all over the place. So Hieldsburg, it's been a graduation requirement with them for a while. And, Yeah, all throughout the state. There's a ton of. Of course outlines. Is this through a committee or how is this, I guess, looks like it. So is this a new committee that's

059going to be looking at? At what? I guess it's like I'm wondering sounds like so I guess 2 questions is this a new committee? And what will this committee be looking at in the fall slash winter? So I think, yes, we don't have an existing committee, so I think it'll be a new committee. I think part of their task is going to be to review the information we get from our community engagement efforts and to use that to help make some decisions about. What it is developed in the course. And then working with the consultants to really develop that content. But so. And then who are the consultants working with the committee? We don't know that yet. Education project. So it's. Dr. Virginia Lowhagen, she is the co-executive director and she is also from San

060Diego State University and then Ashley Chu is the curriculum director there. So those are the 2 that we've been working or talking with so far. How much student input will be part of this community engagement? I think, I mean, I definitely think we have to have that student input. We, we don't have it all sculpted out yet, but it will definitely be part of it. And then have what will the committee look like, how many people, like what is it going to be representative of those 4 racialized groups, how are we going to decide, how many, I don't know, teachers, staff. Parents, students, all of that. Community partners. Will be on the committee. None of that has been determined yet. One thing that we definitely talked about during our Zoom call last week was really

061trying to bring in educators of color. Into the committee because most of the people on the zoom are white. So. I think we need to do a really concerted effort into, you know, bringing, bringing more voices into that committee. We have a lot of local expertise, regional Bay Area on this topic. If if we need more resources. Great. I mean, it's been piloted. I mean, they've been doing it at SF USD. HI for 1520 years. It's the Asian American Education Project local like Sheldon was. Okay. Okay. Well, I mean, one, but I don't know where the organization is. Okay. Okay. Okay. We've been discussing, having deadlines. And. This is really nice, but it does it feels real mushy. And the fact that there's so much of it that still has to be determined. Before the

062committee work starts. So I just have a couple of. Suggestions is well or maybe not suggestion that that it needs that the committee work in the course development has to be like 95% done. By the time that the kids sign up for that class for 2526. That's December. So I think that these questions that, you know, Joanne is asking and that, you know, you're already aware of need to really. Be set, they need to be there needs to be like, no, you know, the meetings maybe will be accelerated. And maybe not just, you know, like once a month or something. I feel like this needs to really be accelerated at the story. So that's my recommendation. And. I can't remember the other. Yeah, it. You know, our original plan was to have a course being

063piloted in the beginning of next year. I understand that, but it didn't happen. And so we need to. But I say that because I share your urgency. With it. Yeah. So what that's good to know, Lindsey. And then what happened? Where's our course? It's supposed to be this fall. That was in the original plan and then our plan left when our support left and we were we were really on hold for about 6 months. So if Sko can help with curriculum development that seems like A lot of what we need. Help with so I don't really understand why we need a consultant just to help us with community. Outreach or maybe the scope is a lot smaller than I'm picturing but it like camps go help us with the curriculum development still don't they have

064a whole thing for this? Yeah, they had what they developed was a really kind of canned series of, meetings that wasn't really flexible to. What our needs were it was, you know, come up on these 4 days and do what we've planned. So it was a it was a very big shift from what we had originally planned where we would be basing the content based on our community engagement, right? And so we, since that community engagement piece. Was put on hold. Developing the content just felt a little premature. Okay, so that's, so how will the community engagement or how would have the community engagement informed. The course outline because it's still has to be like 2 state standards. I'm sure there's like certain criteria. I'm not an ethnicity expert. So forgive me. I'm sure that

065there's like criteria has to meet so. Not necessarily. We have a ton of flexibility. So, I mean, the model curriculum is developed. There aren't a set of standards like there are for history. The model curriculum was developed and adopted by the model curriculum was developed and adopted by the state board and it's just there to help you as a resource. And you have, you know, if we decided in Petaluma City Schools that we were only going to do an African-american studies course, that is up to us to decide. While the requirement is there, how we. Make that happen is completely up to us. Which is nice and Because I think there's a lot of opinions about this particular subject. It's something that I think we need to really ensure that we're doing correctly and not

066just picking a curriculum off the off the shelf, which some you know some districts have done and then they've ended up ultimately undoing and doing their decisions to do that because some curriculums out there are Not necessarily super inclusive of all groups. And so we just, I think we just want to really be careful. With how we move forward. Can you come back with a committee? For us at the beginning of September, is that possible? And then have it more than, I mean, who do you envision on this committee? I mean, I think ideally it would. And I think there's different phases of the committee. I think for decisions about when and where and you know is it freshman year is it a year long? Is it a semester where where that's happening? I think

067we need to have administrators, students, counselors, teachers on that, families on that for kind of that decision-making part, but we don't when we're developing the content, we don't need the counselors there, for example. So I think depending on the the scope of the work at that particular time. I'm guessing that the committee might change and flex a little bit. So, but the community engagement needs to be done before the committee work. It's been saying. I mean, so when is the community engagement? How many days? I mean, how do you, I mean, who's in that community? I mean, it just seems, I'm sorry, I'm really not. I don't mean to be. I just, how this is going to all come together by December. And so, and we really do not want this to be another year.

068So I think, the details that they're just not there yet because we're not, we, don't have a contract with a provider yet and we haven't really formalized. Yes one of our questions is do we need that? I believe so, yes. So what is the community work entail? I think it's hearing the the concerns that some of our families have some of the concerns that came up from some of our families on that engagement call that we did with Matt. I think he did a really good job of being able to talk about how other districts approach it and he really knew that model curriculum backwards and forwards so that when very specific points of the model curriculum were brought up, he knew how to address that. And so having that, I feel like having that

069expertise and having someone who's been through this before guiding the process is valuable. Well, we're some maybe I don't know what were some of the concerns from the community prior. I don't know if we ever, did we ever hear about those? Only like a couple kind of racist ones. But I'm just wondering what yeah what what were the prior concerns and then what are we hoping to get from the future community engagement that could be different? That would guide this work differently. Yeah, so some of the prior concerns were about, you know, very specific language in the model curriculum that uplifted. You know, equity and marginalized communities and there were concerns about if my child doesn't, if we're not teaching my child to believe in those ways, is that going to impact their grade? So

070there were some concerns out there. And I think, you know, like I said, the model curriculum, 700 pages long. So I think that community engagement will help us determine we're not going to be able to do all of that. So really what we're gonna elevate and make sure that is a priority for our community that we make sure isn't incorporated into the course. See those types of thoughts changing though. You know, like if people had that opinion a year ago. They're going to have that opinion now. So I guess it goes back to what some other folks asked. Like. What is the community engagement? Like what are we looking for it to tell us? That's what it told us before. I think it's twofold. I think it's not just telling us, but I think it's

071also us informing the community and maybe dealing with any misconceptions. So I think it serves 2 purposes. Okay, so we're gonna get feedback, but we're also gonna get feedback, but we're also gonna tell people what we're doing. Okay, so we're gonna get feedback, but we're also gonna tell people what we're doing. But we won't know what we're doing yet until after the committee work. I think it's more telling the community what? I think it's more telling the community what the requirements are. I think it's more telling the community what the requirements are, all of the resources, all of our options, you know, it's doing, it's doing some of that informational piece. And then I think you're right, probably following up and here's the decisions we made and why and based on, you know, the, the

072different feedback that we've received. Okay. Anything else? No, I think, I think we're good. Thank you. So what I'm hearing is that I've got a lot of notes here, but next steps coming back in in early September with committee members and a clearly articulated plan for that needs to be ready by December. I think we need the plan before September. The committee in September is one thing but we can't only get the plan in September. Yeah. Yeah. Got sounds good. Thank you. Yeah, Alright, and next up we have a parcel tax presentation. Charles Heath will be joining us via Zoom, to give an update on our partial tech selection. There he is. Good evening. Can everyone hear me? Yeah, thank you. Yeah, that would be great. Thank you. Okay, shall I go ahead and share

073my screen and just launch into the Presentation. Let me share here. You all see that? Yeah, looks good. Okay, good evening. I'm Charles Heath. I'm a partner with Team Civics. We've served as the district's, strategy and communications consultants on the recent measures. P and E effort as well as prior bonds and parcel taxes in the district. What we wanted to do tonight was, Just provide a brief analysis and retrospective on the measures be and ease that we're on the ballot this past March. And then I also know there's been to some discussions in the district about potential other ballot measures going forward. So I have some thoughts to offer on that and potential timelines. So let's just jump in here. 1st of all, just in terms of the outcome of measures B and E, measure

074B was the $89 8 year parcel tax that was on the ballot for the high school district. Measure E was also an $89 a year parcel tax on the ballot in the elementary school district. Both measures independently required a 2 thirds vote 66.7% and as you can see in the final votes cast here. Measure B came up about 798 votes short of the 2 thirds requirement for passage received about 63 and a half percent. However, measure E did surpass the 2 thirds requirement. Bye about 200 votes receiving, about 68.5%, overall support. So, you know, in the elementary district, we did a little better, came up a little bit short in the high school district. I've got some additional data to share with you that kind of walks through why that may be the case. So

075as you probably remember, last during the winter months. At the end of 2023 we conducted a survey of registered voters in both the high school district voters in both the high school district and the elementary school district. To present to them potential parcel tax proposals. And measure potential voter support. That's the data that was used to develop the proposals for the ballot. And what you can see at the top of the slide here is a summary of the results of, that survey that was conducted. So in the high school district, we asked voters 3 times over the course of the survey, whether or not they would support that. $89 a year parcel tax proposal. As you can see in the high school district, support was always hovering right around the two-thirds mark. So that 1st

076test was just when people were presented with just the ballot information. The second test was after they heard positive information about what the measure would fund and arguments in favor. And then the 3rd test was after, they were exposed to both. Pro and con arguments. So you can see the high school district measure. After, you know, simulating a little bit of opposition, we did see that the measure fell short of 2 thirds. In the elementary district, we had consistent support above the 2 thirds mark even after opposition. We were still 67%. So if you compare the final results there at the bottom of the slide to the general support level. We were seeing in the polling. You can see that support levels on election day were pretty similar to what the polling anticipated. Yeah. Certainly

077within the plus or minus 4 and a half percent margin of error the survey. You know, we'll talk about this in a minute, but there was definitely an opportunity for some more robust campaigning in the favor, of both measures, which is why I think that the, results ended up closer to the, that 3rd test than they did, kind of the high watermark potential, which would have been the second test. What's the level of confidence on that margin of error, please? 95%. So the polling we can be 95% sure that the results of the survey are within the margin of error. What we would have found if we talked to every single likely voter as opposed to just taking a sample. Continuing to look at some of the data behind the election so Big into any

078poll result is an assumption about what voter turnout would be. What we saw in this election is that voter turnout was lower than what we typically see in statewide primary elections. You can see there at the top. Based on what you might call a typical primary election in your district. This is specifically in the high school district. We would have expected about 65% turnout. We ended up having about 54% turnout in the high school district. That's not unusual to your district. Turnout was low statewide. And in fact sort of looking at that more specifically, we can look at a breakdown of turnout bi partisanship and age and other dem This slide shows how actual voter turnout by party. Compared to the relative share of voter registration for each party. So here you can see that

079Democrats turned out at about 59%. Republicans turned out also at about 59% almost equal turnout. Other party minor party independent voters turned out at much lower levels That's typical for a primary election, just because they tend to be very partisan elections. People don't have strong partisan but when we look at the comparison of the percent of votes cast within each party to the percent of voters, registered within each party as a share of the ballots so while turnout was lower that didn't translate into big skews in terms of partisan participation as you sometimes see. However, when we look at the same data, but looking at the age cohorts, this is where we see some more. Dramatic impacts of that lower voter turnout. So same analysis here. You can see the percentage of ballots cast from

080each of these age groups. Only about 3 and a half percent of the ballots cast were from 18 to 24 another 6% from the 25 to 34. And you can see how that. Percent of ballots cast increases dramatically as you get into the older age groups. So you can see that the older age groups outperformed their share of voter registration quite dramatically. And the oldest voter, 65 plus. A voter turnout among that group was over 78% so a strong age correlation between age and likelihood to vote. And as we know in school elections, oftentimes, you know, those voters outside of the parent age group. Are often times the hardest sell on a revenue measure for education. So definitely, some headwinds there associated with just the, the age profile of who voted in this particular election.

081We also looked at voter turnout among some key voter segments. 1st of all, parents of school of students in your district. They actually turned out a route reasonably high level about 50% voter turnout that's higher than we see in a lot of districts. And, they made up about 8 and a half percent of ballots cast. So a little lower than the share of voter registration. Couple other targets we looked at that get out the vote target. This was a group that the campaign focused on reminding to vote and mobilizing to vote that group did turn out at a higher level, about 60%. So those efforts to remind those voters to vote had an impact. There's also a group of people that the campaign identified as supporters of the measure and then followed up to turn

082them out to vote. While we only talk to a relatively small number of voters overall. That the volume certainly could have been larger. Those that we did contact and engage with. Turned out at about 79% so you can really see the power of engaging and turning out people when you have that direct impact. Obviously in order to have a significant impact on the election, it just, to happen at a larger scale. So, a few different just general conclusions. About the election looking back at measures being, 1st of all, Turnout was in line with the generally low voter turnout trends we saw across the county and across the state. We saw that, while the partisan mix of voters was generally helpful in create a negative skew in the election. The age profile was definitely a challenge.

083With all those older voters voting in higher percentages. Those voters that the campaign was able to engage with did turn out at higher levels. So that's definitely a positive. But, the volume of those contacts was, less than what it what it needed to be to have a significant impact and you know with measure B coming up just about 700 votes short, you know, with some additional voter contact that could have definitely made the difference. But also there was a need for more persuasive messaging to, Make sure that both voters both heard the good reasons to vote yes and also were motivated to. To turn out and vote. So from there, why don't I pause for a minute, see if there's any questions about measures be any specifically. If not, we can turn our attention to

084looking to potential future ballot measures. I have a question about what was the opposition. Cause we didn't hear very much. Yeah. Yeah, I there there really wasn't organized opposition. We definitely saw some negative chatter on social media and whatnot. I think that, you know, the, negativity had more to do with just the general electoral, electoral environment in this election and the fact that there wasn't a lot motivating kind of our base of support, parents and younger voters to turn out in the election. So that was kind of creating some natural opposition just based on the overall election dynamic. And you know, with a 2 thirds vote required, 2 thirds is a tough number to hit. You know, you really need robust positive campaigning to both influence turnout and persuade voters to maximize voter support. And

085so then your assumption is that the older voters voted no. In larger in larger proportion than voted yes. Yeah. That support was lower among those older age groups. We saw that in our initial polling. We can't analyze that specifically in the election results because it's a secret ballot so we can't analyze that by demographics. We can look at turnout demographically but not the yes no vote. But I guess that was my question. Is that the assumption is that if you have 78% of those voters coming out that they're gonna not be real. In favor of a parcel tax? Is that the, I mean, is that just an assumption you make? As a. That's an that's an assumption that's based on our pre election polling where we saw that younger voters were more supportive than older

086voters. I think the main I think the analysis you just, summarize the, most, I don't know what the word I'm looking for. The one that popped out for me that seemed like the, the low hanging fruit was 50% of parents showed up, which is, you know, the most directly impacted by this. So it seems to me like the lesson is, Turn out the parent vote. Yep. And there's always a correlation between age and likelihood to vote parents or, you know, generally a hard group to get to turn out. So it really just takes a robust get out the vote grassroots engagement program and a campaign do get those people to vote. Any other questions? Alright, I will keep going then. So looking ahead at. Future election opportunities, obviously we have a presidential election coming up

087this November. That is an opportunity to potentially place either another partial tax measure on the ballot in the high school district. Try to get to 2 thirds for that or an alternative would be to seek a bond measure that instead of requiring 2 thirds support would only require 55% support. Those measures could be placed on the ballot in both the elementary and high school district. The So just, you know, some specifics and rules related to those 2 types of measures so for the bond measure again oops I didn't mean to go forward there for the bond measure it requires 55% support However, bond measures are limited to the regularly scheduled primary and general elections and even numbered years. So we can do one in November of 2024 the next opportunity for bond measures would be

088in 2026. Your last bond measures were last, were back in 34. One thing to note on bond measures is because they fund facility improvements and you have architects and contractors that have a business interest and helping to spend those bond dollars typically fundraising for a bond campaign is easier than a partial tax just because you have a built in fundraising base. So another option would be to pursue a potential partial tax measure in the high school district. And again, that would require 2 thirds voter approval. We do have a lot more election opportunities for potential partial tax, measure because they're not limited to the primary and general elections and even number of years. You can also do the special elections a number of years ago in 2,007 we did a special election for your current

089partial taxes that are on the book so that's something that has been done in Petaluma successfully. So that might be an option to consider, in a future year. One thing I would recommend is that if you are looking at putting a follow-up measure on the ballot in high school district. Consider reducing the tax rate, even modestly. Whenever you come back with a second proposal, voters are asked what's different. You know, what did you do in response to the community? Oftentimes just reducing the tax rate around affordability is one of the key. Things you can do to sort of show a concession. And help build support. But if we are going for a parcel tax with 2 thirds voter support required, it's going to take a strong campaign to to be successful. And you know, our

090polling showed that as you get further away from kind of the core of the city of Petaluma, support was lower. So the high school districts always going to be the more challenging area to pass a parcel tax. So just to put a, finer point on the election date opportunities, these are all the dates that are available to us. In 2024 25 and 26 related to potential parcel tax election so lots of options. Some of these special elections would be regularly scheduled special elections. Where people have all the normal voting. Opportunities available to them. We also have the opportunity to call an all mail it all mail ballot special election in certain elections so May and August are those election dates that are available for all mail bowed elections. That's the type of election we used

091in 2,007 in Petaluma and then you can see there the primary and general elections where you also have the opportunity to put upon. So just in terms of process, what we would recommend, depending if we're looking at a bond measure this November or a parcel tax, in the longer term or even a partial tax this November, some updated polling to understand what voters might be willing to support, what arguments they find most persuasive. That's where we would want to start. For a November measure that's gonna have to happen quickly because we're gonna have some deadlines coming up on us pretty quickly here to Get a measure on the ballot from there, we would need to engage in awareness building. School district can tell it story about facility needs that exist or funding needs that might

092be addressed by a parcel tax. That typically is an important precursor to Advocacy campaign in favor of the measure. If we are looking at a November ballot measure August 9, th it's the deadline to qualify for the ballot. So I think you have 3 board meetings between now and that August 9th deadline when we would need to make progress towards, identifying a measure and putting it on the ballot. And then we would move into that independent advocacy campaign phase. So that's a little bit about timeline and process. Oh, for any of those future special elections, the deadline to qualify for any of those ballots is 88 days roughly 3 months prior to the election date. So those are the relevant deadlines to qualify for any of the pellets. So without happy to answer any questions.

093I have a question. Can. Could a campaign committee form? To support. The 2 bond measures and a parcel tax at the same time and thus make it easier to fundraise for that parcel tax like could we run? Say support measure A, B, and C. Campaign with A and B being bond and see being parcel tax. Yeah, it would be, I mean, it would be challenging to have all 3 measures on the same ballot at the same time. Yeah, like legally. Yeah. Yeah. You could certainly set up a campaign committee. Raise money for a bond measure. You didn't expend all those monies in the bond campaign. Those funds could definitely be used for a future parcel tax. That is a viable strategy and one that school districts often use. I guess I would picture running all

0943 at once, which I know is slightly insane, but just voter turnout. Is so abysmally low and speaking as a Jaded Millennial that I mean, I've majored in political science and I don't even want to vote when both parties are supporting the genocide, why vote? So I think the general really is our best chance to get younger voters. And so that's only my big hesitation with putting the parcel tax on a special election or something. Those are just my thoughts. It's not really a question. Sorry, Charles. Maybe that will be forming into a question. The 3, sorry my back's coming. If you put all 3 on the ballot, Charles, what? What? Opportunities and challenges do you see with doing that? Well, so voters in your elementary district, yeah, would be voting on an elementary bond,

095a high school bond. And a high school parcel tax. I think it's it's a challenging scenario to get. You know, voters in that area, even though they tend to be the most supportive. To say yes to all 3. So now voters start picking and choosing between those and that's when you start dividing the electorate and it's hard to get. It's hardest to get to 2 thirds for the the partial tax, right? So that probably struggles the most in that scenario. 55% is probably more manageable. My recommendation would be, you know, I think there, you know, a bond measure in the near term to help. Aid some fundraising so there's more resources available to communicate with voters that makes a lot of sense to me. I would put the parcel tax on a future election. Even

096if it's a special election. And, you know, using the kind of strategy we did back in 2,007 where we chose a single issue special election, we were the only thing on the ballot and we really rallied to get parents and other supporters to vote in large numbers and kind of overwhelm that small turnout with the turnout of our base of support. I think that could be an effective strategy for getting a parcel tax to 2 thirds. I wanna ask, Matthew or Amanda, you know, briefly for how the listening tour is going on. Facilities, you know, the bond issues and the facilities. And. I can't remember that. That's what I wanna ask you. What's the update on that? All right, so, last week we had 6 of our 12 meetings and, the people that came seemed

097very supportive. They were excited to talk about facilities. A lot of opinions and we're also doing a survey and on like within hours of the survey going out there were like 58 responses so I haven't checked in this week to see where we are, but so far quite a bit of support. In the I think one of the things is that People have an understanding that schools do not have enough funding to maintain facilities and add additional things. It's easier to explain facilities. You can see them, you can understand them. People that don't really understand the funding formula that when we're going out and we're discussing parcel tax, I think to them those are they don't understand that that's not being funded so the great thing about these meetings in every meeting I get to

098start by saying generally is the CBO I tell you all the things that we don't get to do. But like what what do you want to see and it's been really great to hear a lot of the same things at the different sites. A real interest in expanding facilities, infrastructure for athletics, the performing arts center and things like that. Who's showing up? Who are we serving? And and what's the status on our physical master plan? So we are the survey is been going, the principals have been sending it out, we're sending it out, we've encouraged people to to parents and families, but we've also been encouraging to send it out far and wide into the community. We're going to be posting it on social media because really it's a community input. It's not just about

099for our families. We have had a mix of families and staff members attend the community meetings and the sites. We have 2 more on Thursday and then the rest the following week and the principals have been great about getting out the message to join the meeting. But we definitely, we have the surveys going to go until June, 15, th and it can be extended a little longer, but I think that. Far after school being out, people are not going to want to keep getting emails from us over the summer. So we have walked all of the sites with the architects and the principals or other staff on site and Ray, director of facilities. Oh, another big. Topic of conversation has been our food service and our kitchen in our facilities. So a lot of excitement

100around bringing on our own program for next year and the need for better facilities. So we've done that so the goal is to bring to the June, the 28th board meeting a a draft of all of the results from the in-person meetings, the surveys, the estimated costs for the projects on what are our facilities needs in order for you to make the decision at our July meeting and then I do believe regardless of if we decide to go out for a November election. We do need to do the phase continue the phase 2 of the facilities master plan to have a true living document. So the goal is to keep working with that, but everything is on track to present you with I I believe enough information to make. Present to you in June, you'll

101be able to ask your questions to make the decision for July. I believe the meetings July 23.rd So in time. Not sure. I left anything out. Thank you for all of that. That's a lot to meet with them and to come out with a positive feeling about it. So, so far so good. It's been great. Thank you. Any other questions or comments about anything bond or parcel tax, especially that Charles might be able to answer? I just think, I mean, I guess that this guy, the discussion needs to happen at some point soon around. Next steps in some direction. Yeah, can that be an action item to be filled in later at the next? Yeah, some future business. And I would I think a part of that discussion could be a summary of what you've

102learned so far on the listening tour and I would I think the part of that discussion could be a summary of what you've learned so far on the listening tour and the surveying and what we're Alright, awesome. Thanks, Charles. Thank you. Alright, with that we're gonna move on because I know we have some public that has been waiting very patiently. So I'm going to move on to comments from the public on non-agendized items. I have to read my blurb real quick. Under government code section 5 4 9 5 4 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. Well, government code allows speakers to criticize the district's policies, procedures, programs, services, and or employees. The

103district does have a policy specific to complaints against employees. Should comments from the public pertain to a specific district employee, the board requests that the complaint 1st be submitted in writing to the employees immediate supervisor for investigation. If the comment is that something is not on the agenda, it will be heard only during the public comment on non-agendized item period. That's right now. Once that part of the meeting is over, comments will only be taken on a agenda items during the discussion of those items. The board values public 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 3 min per person limit or 20 min limit per subject matter. Commenters may not cede their time to others. And with

104that, we'll start with Deb. Hi there you all. My name is Deb Fox. I'm with the cool Petaluma program and I was coming today to last time I was here I talked to you about the May walk and roll to school day. So I want to give you an update. We just got all the data in and I just wanted to report out that Petaluma, actually the whole county, blew the numbers out of the water, but Petaluma in particular had the water, but Petaluma in particular had the highest percentage increase of bicyclists in the jurisdiction increase of bicyclists in the jurisdiction of the whole county increase of bicyclists in the jurisdiction of the whole county and in particular there was a 3 times the amount of bikes. Overall for Petaluma. Petaluma City schools had 3

105and a half times more bikes out at all the schools. And so I know, right? And so, it's really goes to show that our kids wanna ride their bikes to school. And so I wanted to just share a little bit about a little bit of information that happened about that day. Myself with a I helped coordinate a variety of organizations and agencies to make this possible for this many schools to ride. There were 12 trains bike trains happened in Petaluma on May, the 8.th We worked with the city of Petaluma, the safe routes to school program, the bike coalition, the Sherma County Bike Coalition, Petaluma City Schools, Dan Osterman was really phenomenal in helping make this program really go for Petaluma City schools. The Safe Treats Petaluma Program really connecting all those dots so that

106the schools really the important piece is with anything as it relates to climate action is that people see that others are doing it as well. And so there was a map that went out that showed where all the trains were that encouraged people to get on trains. We had schools that like Cherry Valley. There was just one family riding. I helped connect a couple other families along Peoran. They ended up having 13 writers on that day and they just navigated right up to Cherry Valley. Cherry Valley had the highest increase. And I'm sorry, the most number of participants. That's what theirs was. And there's picture, the pictures are incredible. Another couple of items to note is that there was a bike rally at Wikushim Park where there was schools from McNair, Spring, Spring Hill, Petal,

107Mahay, McKinley, and Live Oak. There was a bike bus that went down D Street waved at the fire department that was out there that bus. Basically, it meant that we rode in, multiple numbers as opposed to train a single file. There were, 24 students from Live Oak, 2 writers from a Kenya about 20 seconds. Okay, 16 parents, long story short, 1416 cars were off the road that day. This is the most important thing. I'm here to really encourage you to do is to make it a district policy to support these types of programs because this is how we change the way we get to school, that it's not about getting in your car and writing an individual car. It's about riding our bikes and then our walking to school. So thank you so much. Okay,

108thank you, Deb and thanks for coming back with the numbers. Like to hear how things went. And next up, we have Piper. Thanks guys. Nice to be back here. Nice to, Joanna. You weren't here last time that I was here, but I have gotten updates from you all about actually reaching out to T-mobile. So I really thank you for taking initiative on this hugely important issue. And just a little bit, I am a local teacher and I'm also the environmental health trust safe tech and schools outreach coordinator for California. And I am currently working with Heather Gallagher, who is a parent at Casa Grande and her attorney Robert Berg on the matter of T-mobile as illegally operating an industrial cell tower on the Casa Grande High School campus, which they have been doing illegally for

109over a decade. For the public record and for the short amount of time I have to read this, I want to read a following statement from Attorney Berg to the board, which I feel is timely and super important for this issue. I attorney Robert Berg sent a letter on April, the 16, th 2,024 on behalf of Miss Gallagher, explaining in great detail why the T. Mobile cell tower at Kasa Grande High School is illegal and how to terminate the lease immediately. Which your attorneys awesome had already looked into that as well. The fact of the matter is that for the past 17 years the school district has allowed an illegal cell tower to operate on its property. Under the city code, such installation and operation Const, constitute an illegal public nuisance and must be abated

110at the last school board meeting. We were very pleased to hear that on April the 11.th Before our letter was sent to the board, the school board indeed notified T-mobile that it had terminated the lease, which had allowed T-mobile to operate the cell tower at Casa Granny High School because T-mobile had failed to obtain the required government permits. And is stated in the lease, the school district is permitted to terminate the lease immediately and without penalty if required permits are not obtained or maintained. Now we understand that in response, T-mobile sent an email stating it is not in breach of the lease and T-mobile threatened to seek an injunction preventing the district from terminating the lease. Team mobile said it would provide a further explanation, explanatory letter, but it has not done so as far

111as we know. A month and a half has passed without further word from T. M. And this is the important part. I'm Mr. Berg and fully familiar with T-mobile's delay tactics. T-mobile is unlikely to do anything unless the school district follows up. School district must immediately send T-mobile another letter reminding T-mobile that the lease has been terminated and that it must arrange to immediately remove the tower. 20 seconds the school district will hire contractors to remove the cell tower at T-mobile's expense moreover the cell tower at T-mobile's to remove the cell tower at T-mobile's expense. Moreover, the school district must not accept T-mobile's expense. Moreover, the school district must not accept any further lease payments from T-mobile for the school district must not accept any further lease payments from T-mobile for the Casagrande's from T-mobile

112for the Casa Ronde cell tower because the lease has been terminated. It is urgent that the school district act now, otherwise it will jeopardize its legal position. Thank you. For the initiative you've already taken on this matter. It's vitally important right now that there is clear decisive follow-through. The impacts will not just be for the school, they will be for the rest of California. Thank you, Piper. And next up we have Mara Serrano. Yeah. Hi, I wanna clarify, if she's gonna translate, I know per person is, yeah, okay. Okay. Just. My name is Mario Sarano, director. It's Dr. ValePPPPPLAUSE. So, she's gonna help me to introduce in English because my English is not very well. And it But, Apply for, to use the facility at McDonald's Okay. It's a complete control of the casitos. It's

113a medical canyon. Lapasunakimi, you though, Mason who healthy. Maybe, Tommy that I was gonna pay. Hour. All the payments. Same amount. They never told me that they changed the amount. They never told me that they changed the amount. They never told me that they changed their amount. They didn't ask me for any documents. Pay the incremental. Before September to September to September to September. This person, Yeah, I have my contract. Kelotonic or what I said and I have to do it. You will be a me is the secretary in McDonald. A, they send me an email. Telling me that there has been increase on the price. Okay. They told me 1st that they were gonna respect the 1st contract. From September to June. Maybe you don't see. That I have to pay the difference. You,

114you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, this is a program for low income. And we are nonprofit organization. Okay. I only charge $50 a month for each student. That is to the under. By the uniforms, equipment, equipment in all the costumes for the dancers. Maybe Hoka Deniakay, a Bagar L. The, tell me that I have to pay all the difference from the whole year. E in It does this. Now they're charging me. $49. They told me that I have to pay last year. There, like if it is a different demanding paying the difference. Okay. Are they trying to charge her as a normal price instead of a nonprofit organization. And the month they told her that she has to pay is 5,000. Almost like around $5,000 from the last year. Not this one, correct. So she wants

115to she wants help to understand the contracts, how it works, how it's possible that they've been asking money from the past when things have been pretty much settled down on a contract. How much and now they said that because she didn't. Have the paper assessed. I'm not profit. She has to pay the difference as a normal organization that is profiting or something like that. Already. So right now I'm in the process. General and nonprofit very soon. Profit. In a a number they'll send me the I, I'm in number, they send me the I. I'm in number. The IT tax number. Good luck. License. They send it to me regular. Know where to get this money so we can continue with this program in McDowell. This is a nonprofit organization. We don't charge a lot of

116money to this students to just dance. Thank you very much. Thank you for everything you do. For our students and we'll make sure that staff. Follows up, okay. Hi, my name is A Tally Valencia and I'm 1 of her students. Natalie, I need you to fill out a card after this. You can you can talk for 3 min, but then you need to go fill out a card just so I have your info. Okay, yeah. And I just wanted to talk about the importance. About how this how important it is for me. I've been here for 10 years now. I've seen her low seen her eyes. For me is not only a way to get exercise and improve my condition of my body, but a way to continue my family's and improve my condition of my

117body, but a way to continue my family's culture. Dance has helped me in so many ways, one of them being handling stress. School can be very stressful with the homework, projects, essays, exams, and especially with finals right around the corner. But whenever I go to go dance and practice, it just completely, I forget about it. And I just love to have fun with all my friends and. Yeah. Studies have even shown that like dancing and choreography hasn't helped increase memory span. But, all in, what the teacher does is just amazing. Teaching for Clortical is incredibly, incredibly valuable as it passes down cultural traditions from one generation to the next generation to the next, that it passes down cultural traditions from one generation to the next, ensuring that the art form continues to thrive. By teaching

118for critical individuals can connect with their heritage, learn and educate the history and diversity of Mexico and develop a sense of pride in their culture. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Hi, my name is Daisy Petruchi. I will fill something out, I guess. I am, a mom of 3 and my girls. Have been with Balafotica for almost 2 years. It's beautiful to watch. We've been loving everything that Maria does for the community. I'm here to represent Maria Sinaro who has all the characteristics of professionalism. She has much respect and integrity for the facility that she runs here with the district of professionalism. She has much respect and integrity for the facility that she runs here with the district. Always making sure her students are respectful of the space and she's always cleaning up.

119After every class, she has a strong ethnics. And is trustworthy to put a simple money as always about following rules, policies, and norms. Money assigned to a contract with they set with a set fee monthly fee which has now changed. A notice with this change, an increase of rent was never mentioned to only to be blindsided by this and neglect of management and this contract is not muddy as fault. I believe it needs much reflection. A back charge seems out of compliance generally once a contract has been signed with both parties agreements. One cannot retroactively change the terms of the contract that was signed. In the original lease. Is this even legal? I believe that Maria should be should not be obligated to such fees and hope you guys to consider. So basically a rethinkative

120as rent you signed a contract. This is how much I'm gonna pay a month and they decided to up the rent. That's fine. But it was never mentioned to Maria. I don't, I'm actually a little shocked on how this was even bought up and how anybody could even think of. Well, you owe us this much because we changed it, but yet nobody. Mentioned it, nobody said anything, not her fault that nobody looked into it. And I hope you guys consider. Helping her out. Okay. Thank you. Yeah, if you 2 can just fill out a little either yellow or white card in the back just so we have your name and contact information. Thank you all. Grazias for compartier, Konos, Noisros, no so throws. I gotta, gotta practice more. Yeah. Alright, I'm gonna give us a

1215 min recess. Reconvene the meeting at 8 24 I tried. Moving on to. Adoption and approval of the agenda. Do I hear a motion? I move to approve the agenda. And I'd like to propose. an amendment to the agenda. Proposed to a move to move item 15.4 educational service student board member resolutions to up to above the consent agenda oh no not to above the considered agenda but immediately up now and also we need to amend on that amendment. Alright, all in favor of the amendment to move. Up the student board member resolutions, please say aye. Aye. Any other amendments? We like to pull item 15.3 point 1 as well as 15.3 point 2. We had originally. The intent was to have a public hearing tonight and it was actually advertised in the newspaper but wasn't

122we have public hearing here but we need to put more detail under public hearing so we'll be bringing it back at the next meeting. It's our own developer fees. Can I hear a motion? Okay. What he said. The 2, a man, to pull, 15. 3.1 And 15.3 point 2 from the agenda. Okay, we got a second all in favor of pulling 15.3 point 1 and 15.3 point 2. Hi. All right that amendment. Carries. So now we are approving the agenda as amended all in favor. Aye. Any opposed? Any of Hearing none, we have adopted the agenda as amended. That's too many A words in a row, but I got them in the right order. And so now we will move on to our student board member resolutions. And since Tony is not here, Matthew, do

123you want to introduce these? Thank you. Yes, so. We really want to. Appreciate, recognize and thank our 3 student board members who have served served as well this year and given lots of. Input and ideas and we've even we never we haven't had a student board member handbook and that's no happening thanks in large part to the work that Jane's done and so these 3 resolutions are to to really to recognize their work. We do have a little, I think it was maybe was it Philip who asked about the the stall was it didn't so we are we are working on getting you guys a stall to wear that graduation they'll have pedal the same film city school school board member and as well as a little swag back for all of you will be

124making a special delivery for the 3 of you. So with that, we have the resolutions doing a read. Me to read, I can read through the resolutions and they're all 3 the same. You said the names, you want to do them all 3 separately or do, together? I think we should do all 3 separately. Can I hear a motion to approve resolution? 2324, dash 47. Okay. Alright. Joanna, do you want to read resolution, 2324, dash 47? Until the record. As Jemaya. Yeah. I'm sorry. Okay. We're as Shemaya Telford successfully completed her term as student representative to the Board of Education and has performed her duties and has performed her duties and exemplary in an exemplary manner to the Board of Education and has performed her duties and exemplary in the Board of Education and has

125performed her duties in exemplary manner in Shamaya, whereas Shamai is an articulate, intelligent. an Antonio high school student and her participation in Antonio is an articulate intelligent San Antonio high school student and her participation engagement have been well organized, comprehensive and Antonio high school student and her participation engagement have been well organized, comprehensive, and delivered with clarity in sincerity. And sincerity, sorry. And whereas the Petaluma City School District Board of Education has welcomed her interest, concerns, and advice in many topics that come before the board and whereas Shamiya has been a loyal member of Panama City schools. Demonstrated in her dedication and commitment to her studies. When Shamiya is not in school, she keeps busy helping her mom with her catering business. She also enjoys singing, playing video games, cooking and reading as well as

126a love for drawing and painting. After high school, Shemaya plans to attend SRJC to study psychology. After her studies at the JC, she would then like to train to be a certified nursing assistant with the hope of ultimately attending the historically black college in the South. Therefore, be it resolved that the governing board of Petal in the city schools commence to Maya Telford for her dedicated service expresses its appreciation for her warm friendship and extends its best wishes as she continues to pursue her life goals. Yeah. All in favor? Aye. I'm not gonna ask for a pose or abstention. I, I know we awesome part. Fabulous. I'm sad she couldn't be here tonight, but we've really appreciated her. Insight and I'm excited to see that her next steps are to go to the junior college

127and study psych and Hopefully. Keep in touch. Next up we have. I don't remember what number, sorry, 48. Maddie, would you, oh, I need a motion. I'm going to approve. A second. Alright, I'm gonna have Maddie read this resolution into the record. Whereas Philip 6. Successfully completed his term as student representative of the Board of Education and has performed his duties in an exemplary manner. And whereas Philip is an articulate. Intelligent Casa Grande high school student in his participation and engagement has been well organized, comprehensive, and delivered with clarity and sincerity. And whereas the Peloton City School District Board of Education has welcomed his interests, concerns and advice in many topics that come before the boards, concerns, and advice in many topics that come before the board. Concerns and advice in many topics that come

128before the board. And whereas Philip has been a loyal member of the Olympic City Schools demonstrated its dedication and commitment to a studies, community service, and extracurricular activities. A competitive person by nature. His determination has led him to play 2 varsity sports at CASA and also participate in as many sports related activities as possible in his free time. His love for sports is why he plans to pursue a sports management degree in college. But since the major isn't available in at very many schools in California, Philip plans to apply to those other majors such as business. Hopefully with hard work and dedication, he can become a sports agent and organize 1 million dollar contracts and endorsements. For professional players now. Therefore, be it resolved that the governing board of Pablo City Schools commends Philip Lou

129for his dedicated service expresses its appreciation for his dedicated service expresses its appreciation for his warm friendship and Okay. Its best wishes as he continues to pursue his life goals. Be it further resolved that a copy of the resolution be made. Great. All in favor? With that, congratulations and thank you, Philip. Where will you be studying next year? Please tell the tell the crowd. UC Berkeley next year. Okay. And Philip, you wanna share anything, any final part? Just thank you guys for the opportunity. I've learned a lot, about how the district works and though I wish I could have been at more meetings some sports conflicts and all but I'll definitely remember these times and I look forward to keeping touch in the future. Thank you and No, he was like 2 years. He was

130the cutest little boy too. So this is really cool to see him through his whole preschool, K through 12 and yeah I got to see him play basketball too. Yeah. Amazing. So thank you, Bill. Awesome. Thank you. Anyone else want embarrass Philip before we start embarrassing Jayden? Alright, moving on to resolution 2324 dash 49 commanding Jayden Gregorio to hear a motion. I moved. Go ahead. I still move. Alright, Sheldon would you please read this resolution into the record? Yes, Jayden has been my desk mate for the last year. I really appreciated the banter and great ideas we get from him. Where is Jayden Grigorio successfully completed his term as student representative of the board of education has performed his duties in an exemplary manner, and whereas Jayden is an articulate, intelligent, peddling a high school

131student and his participation in engagement have been well organized, comprehensive and delivered with clarity and sincerity. And whereas the Pedala City School District Board of Education has welcomed his interest, concerns, and advice in many topics that come before the board. And whereas Jana has been a loyal member of the pedal in the city schools demonstrated in his dedication and commitment to his studies, extensive community and school hobbies and extracurricular activities. Outside of school, Jane has been a member of the Petaluma Youth Commission. A youth group that has done environmentally conscious projects like TRE, Mulching, tree planting projects at various petal locations for the last 2 years. Participate in LCAP advisory panel and address issues of racism and homophobia at PHS and done personal private commissions of graphic design work. Jen's very core, his number one

132value is taken care of and serving the pedal in the community, seeing how prejudice and discrimination has affected Jayden personally and others. Jane aspires to serve marginalized communities in the future. As of right now, Jane plans to major in public policy analysis. Political science or law. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the governing board of Plymouth City Schools commends Jaden Gregorio for his dedicated service. Expresses its appreciation for his warm friendship that extends its best wishes as he continues to pursue his life goals. Okay. All in favor? Aye. Alright, congratulations Jayden and thank you for your service and you know I have to ask where where are you going next year? I'm also going to you see Berkeley go bears I really wanna thank you for really bringing. You're you know your insights into our

133board and asking the hard questions of us of our community. And I really, really appreciate it. I think you're going to do wonderful things. Do you have any parting words for us? Yes, it's been a privilege to be in this position and work with you guys and I mean so many valuable connections. I've had many valuable experiences. I've literally been in PCS for 12 years. Been here since kindergarten and It's kind of fun, you know, like. Being in this role now being here. You know, I always encourage my mom, like even when we move to different county or like cities, I was always like, I wanna be in PCS. So my heart will always be a PCS. Yeah, I just I just really enjoyed this experience and it's really given me good leeway to, you

134know, whatever my future career is. Actually, I landed in internship with Congressman Jared Huffman and I wrote one of my application questions about it was like Like what's an important issue that you think needs to be addressed like legislatively? And I was like, you know funding for public education And that got me the internship so I do really care about this stuff. So I hope my, opinions were valuable and I, yeah, I really enjoyed this experience. Thank you guys. It's been really cool to like see you grow as a student leader. Jayden, I'm sure a lot of you know he was on the channel was that in March? If you have not had a chance to watch, I believe it's on YouTube, him along with 2 other, 2 or 3 other PCS students. 2 others

135share their experiences and very honest and just a lot of good food for thought. So thank you for that as well, Jayden. Yes, I feel like every year we get luckier and luckier with our Student board members. So we're really appreciative of all the work you do to represent. You know, just over a thousand other. Students as well as your own interests and ambitions and goals. So thank you all for your your service and think about continuing that when you go on to Berkeley, especially run for student government there. Yeah, thank you. Thank you both. And with that, we will move on to less. Let's shiny stuff. Important stuff but not as shiny and fun. Yes. Yes, we gotta. Yeah, we'll see those stalls. See those stalls. Hmm. Alright, and now I'm gonna report on

136activities and correspondence. I may be missing some stuff because I sent out there reminder later so I'll leave plenty of time for people to add there, I sent out the reminder later, so I'll leave plenty of time for people to add their things. Board trustees attended the McDowell open house, board trustees attended the McDowell Open House, Valley Vista Open House, Pax McKinley Open House, board trustees attended the McDowell Open House, Valley Vista Open House, Pax McKinley Open House, Grant-macked the McDowell Open House, Valley Vista Open House, Pax McKinley Open House, Grant Open House, Pax McKinley Open House, Grant Open House, a CTE meeting, the May budget revise, a CTE meeting, the May budget revise meeting, the spring band concerts, safe routes to schools, task force meeting, our special board meeting, the National Spanish language exam

137ceremony for medalists, and a climate roundtable. And student board members attended a baseball game, a cancer relief meeting, and a black student union meeting. And if anyone wants to add anything. But I didn't get, please feel free. I went to the Sco AAPI celebration. Okay. It was really cool. They had, performance from. The LC Allen Ethnic Studies dance class actually. And, one, and that was amazing. But then one of the speakers had like, she was talking about ethnic studies and just said, with encouraging educators to ask 3 things about ethnic studies and about their schools. And those were what are schools doing to reflect and honor the rich and diverse experiences of AA and HPI youth in the classroom. How can we partner with community organizations to support students and teachers. And what systemic changes

138are schools making to create welcoming spaces for AA and HPI and BYPOC students. Awesome. Any other? Just have a couple of, just an announcement from this, safe routes to school. They do walk audits of the schools. So the walk- audit of CASA is going to be June the 3rd which Probably no one here is gonna go to, but I will be there. From 8 to 10 in the morning. Casa. And so they're going to be they walk all around the school, look at all of the streets, look at all the crosswalks, look at all the dangers, and then on June 20th on Thursday at their regular meeting. Bjorn, who's a city engineer, then does a presentation of their of the results. And the only other thing is like, I mean, those kids from the national

139Spanish. Language exam. Metalists were pretty amazing. So I'm glad that you allowed. Them sometime because they were so cool. No, that was fabulous and so great to see so many award winners and their families and. It's what it's all about. Alright, moving on to comments from the public on consent items. I don't have any cards for consent agenda items. The public looks. Appropriately welcomed not overwhelmed not underwhelmed so we're gonna move on to approval of the consent agenda by consolidated motion. I move to approve the consent agenda by consolidating a motion. I second. Alright, are there any questions or comments on our? Consent Agenda. You, you can have questions and come. So the contract. For champions. It said it was a draft and it had no fee schedule. And it had no description of the

140program. Did I not have the right? Document? I mean, I don't know how I can vote on that when those 2 things aren't there. So that is, what we are asking to approve tonight is a draft contract. Because we, want to create our own contract since we will be using it for numerous providers and then. The board will give authority for the superintendent or designee to sign and then bring it back for ratification. And this gives time. We actually need the champions and so it's the same contract for both, but we need champions and boys and girls club. To sign it 1st before we sign it and just the timing with approval on last Tuesday night until posting there was not enough time for their legal to Do everything they needed to do also. Thank

141you. See, no other questions or comments. I'll call the vote all in favor. Say aye. Any opposed? Any abstentions? Hearing none, we'll move on to comments from the public on action items. I have one public comment any other public all right. Sandra, you can come on up. A message from the adult, adult school teachers as they could not be here tonight. Pelima Adult School teachers would like to express our heartfelt gratitude for the recent salaries schedule adjustment for our permanent contract adult school teachers and the 9.5% raise for all PH, PAS teaching staff. This sends a powerful message about the value and importance of adult education, which empowers individuals in our community to learn English, secure better jobs, develop parenting skills, support their children's education, obtain their high school diplomas, and become US citizens. Thank

142you for your leadership in making the significant investment in our teaching staff your efforts to promote equity and acknowledge the hard work of our educators is deeply appreciated. And I want to say, I don't even know how long ago it was when there, I learned that there was this thing called Adult Educators and I needed to go in and negotiate. And I was absolutely shocked at how they were paid. It was shocking to me. I went back to the PFT board and like you're not going to believe this. There's these 3 or 4 teachers. So it's been at least a 10 year journey and I think the summer when I finally relaxed I made a huge smile on my face because I so appreciate what you did to correct this. The saddest thing I ever

143heard was an adult educator tell me I think I have to leave. I love my job but I can never get a retirement if I stay here I have to go do something else. So thank you Jason, Amanda, Matthew, and especially the board. This was an amazing accomplishment and we appreciate it very much. Thank you. Thank you. It's. Team effort. So we are grateful to our. Labor partners and the small but mighty bargaining unit. Kind of my adult school. All 3 of them. Great. So now we'll take action on those action items, starting with resolution, 2324, dash 43, declaring the month of June as pride month. Do I hear a motion? I so move. To adopt the resolution. 2 3 2 4 dash 4 3. A second. All right. Does someone else wanna read it

144into the record? Because I will cry no matter what. Sure. I can't. Yeah. Whereas in the United States, June is traditionally designated as Pride Month, a time to specifically highlight and celebrate the inclusion and contributions of LGBTQIA plus people in the nation and to honor the 1969 stone wall uprising in Manhattan. And whereas according to the American Civil Liberties Union there have been over 500 anti-LGBTQIA plus bills proposed in the US state legislatures in 2024 so far. And whereas those bills and laws aim to restrict for LGBTQIA plus people, some of the basic freedoms and supports enjoyed by all Americans. Including accurate identification. Free speech and expression, healthcare. Public accommodations and curriculum schooling. And whereas sexual orientation and gender expression biased bullying is among the most common forms of harassment in schools and peer harassment.

145And whereas harassment and bowling contribute to significantly higher rates of school dropout. Economic failure and school disengagement. And whereas education regarding LGBTQIA plus issues increase understanding cultivates respect for LGBTQIA students, staff and families and creates a culture of allyship. Whereas the Fair Act of 2,012 called for positive inclusion of the contributions of LGBTQIA plus Americans in social studies curriculum. And the students success and opportunity act of 2,013 strengthened protections for transgender students and affirm that all students should be recognized. And participate in activities by their gender identity. And whereas Petalimacy School celebrates the rich history, acknowledging the contributions of LGBTQA plus individuals who have made and continue to make. To strengthen the fabric of American society and its promise of equal rights for all. Now, whereas Yeah, no, whereas, Palm City School strives to be

146an inclusive school community and will continue to build and an environment where every student feels safe and supported at school. And whereas pedal in the city school's Board of Education recognizes that each student needs an opportunity to understand the common humanity underlying all people. To develop pride in their own identity and heritage and to understand respect and accept the identity and heritage of others. Now therefore, be it resolved that Board of Trustees recognizes and rejects the shameful history and present day manifestation of bias against and oppression of LGBTI plus individuals and heartily celebrates each LGBTQIA student staff member and family member as valued members of the Pedalima community. And by recognizing Pride Month, we support other policies, practices, and curriculum that honor and respect LGBTQIA plus students staff and families. And be the further resolved

147that Ped Limacy schools hereby issues this resolution in honor and recognition of June as LGBTQIA plus Pride Month along with recognizing Harvey Milk Day on May 20 second. And be it there for a result, be resolved that. Pedalimacy schools hereby directs all school sites to fly the pride flying starting May 20 second on Harvey Milk Day through the month of June and every future year from May 22 through June. Thank you. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Any extensions? All right, the resolution passes. The Pride flags are already up and flying based on last year's resolution. Okay. We'll move on to resolution, 2324, 44, recognizing June, the 19th at 2,024 as juneteenth. Do I hear a motion? I move to pass resolution 2 3 2 4 dash 4. Alright, does anyone wanna read this one

148into the record? Okay. Whereas, oh, I have. Okay. Whereas the United States Congress has designated June 19th as Juneteenth Independence Day and Juneteenth is now celebrated in nearly every state in the nation as a special day of observance in recognition of the emancipation of all slaves in the United States. And whereas in news of the end of slavery did not reach the frontier areas of the United States, in particular the state of Texas and the other southwestern states until months after the conclusion of the Civil War, more than 2.5 years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. On January 1, st 1863. And whereas on June 19, th 1,865, Union soldiers led by Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas with news that the Civil War had ended. And they enslaved were free.

149And whereas African Americans who had been enslaved in the Southwest celebrated June, the 19, th commonly known as Juneteenth Independence Day. As inspiration and encouragement for future generations. And whereas African-americans from the Southwest have continued the tradition of observing Juneteenth for more than 150 years. And whereas Black history is a part of American history. And as educational leaders, we have a responsibility. To educate students throughout the entire year about the contribution. Of African-americans. And whereas Juneteenth is an opportunity for the people of the United States, regardless of race, ethnicity, or background. To learn more about the past, to better understand and reckon with the experiences that have shaped the United States and to recognize that the observance of the end of slavery is part of that history and heritage of the United States. And whereas,

150you know, the Pedalima City School Board of Education recognizes that each student needs an opportunity to understand the common humanity underlying all people to develop pride in their own identity and heritage and to understand respect and accept. The identity and heritage of others. Now therefore be it resolved, the the city schools board of education recognizes June 19, th 2024 as Juneteenth. And remains committed to celebrating diversity. Addressing the inequities. I'm sorry, addressing inequities and establishing safe environments in our schools and community. Thank you. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Any exceptions? Any comments on this resolution and classified staff who are who would be otherwise be scheduled to work on this day have a paid holiday on this day I believe so Alright, thank you all. Moving on to approval of the tentative agreement to

151the collective. Bargaining agreement. And approval of AB, 1,000. I move to approve the tentative agreement for the adult educators. My second. Any questions or comments? Pretty. Straightforward that's Do, that, overdue. So I'm glad we can vote on it. Alright, all in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Any abstentions? Hearing none, the kind of agreement passes unanimously. And we can move on to approval of the provisional in permit request. Do I hear a motion? I move to approve the provisional internship permit for, Alright, we've seen a bunch of these this year. Does anyone have any questions about what a PIP is at this point? Oh, good. All in favor, please say aye. Any opposed? Any abstentions? Hearing none, we'll move on to business services. We'll skip one. We'll skip 2 because we pulled those. I'm moving on to

1523 pedal limits city. All of our school districts, parcel tax, citizen oversight, committee member appointment authorization. Amanda, can you tell us a little bit about what we're voted on on this one in the next one. Yes, thank you. We have received another application to fill a vacancy in each. So far we've been so lucky that every person's willing to serve in both capacities. So this will give us an additional member which is super helpful because now if one person's out, we will still have a quorum. Okay. Yes, I do need a motion. I move, to Approve. The parcel tech citizens oversight committee member appointment. I second. All in favor? All right, moving on to the same thing for the bond. Citizens oversight committee member. Do I hear a motion? I move, to approve this authorization.

153All in paper. Alright. Now we're moving on to approval of the 2324 salary schedules for PFT adult educators. It would be weird to pass the actual contract and not the salary schedule. So does anyone have any? Questions? All it. Oh, no, I need a motion. I got too excited. I move to approve the 2324 salary schedules for adult educators. I second. Any opposed? Any extension? Hearing none, they have a salary schedule too. Awesome. Moving on to. Live oak. Yeah, Amanda, can you tell us a little bit about this item? We've been working with Live oak on their initial Prop. 39 request to see if we could come to an agreement of in Lou and we have offered them custodial and maintenance work. Not to exceed, 20 h per week for one year only and the MOU

154is non-president. Setting? No. Oh, gosh. Sorry guys. And, though live oak was not be able to be here this evening. Jessica, they're for chair did send asked me to read something real quick. Okay, she says she's sorry to not be here in person to support the MOU. Please let the board know that live oak supports this resolution to the Prop. 39 process this year and has gratitude that the district engaged with us in a process to figure out how best to meet our needs for our students. Just as a reminder, so the prop. 39 process started back in December, November, December, November, December, November, and it was a request really for space. So a typical propane request is we would like some space for the students who reside within our school district within P Tennessee

155Schools District. It's about 55% of their students. We have a responsibility for those. Our students who live here and are going to an independent charter school. This is the 1st year that they've ever done a Prop. 39 requests, which is start all sorts of conversations. But, we we offered, I think 4 classrooms at least 3 classrooms at Petal the Junior that was not going to meet their needs. And so this was really just sort of ongoing negotiations and talking with them about their needs. And so this is a 1 year agreement to help support with their, cause their custodial really their maintenance, the maintenance issues that they're having. On at the fairgrounds. This satisfies prop 39 requirement. I mean this for this year. Yeah. Or well for next year. Yes, yeah, 2425. Yeah. Any other

156questions? Did I hear a motion? I move to approve this, prop. 39 agreement. I second. All in favor of approving this. Hi. Any posts? Any? Hearing none that is adopted. And we'll move on to approval of the amended classified employees auxiliary schedule salary schedule. I've been doing in the wrong order. Sorry, do I hear a motion? I move to approve the amended classified employees auxiliary salary schedule. Hi, second. All right, Amanda, can you tell us what was amended? Remind us. Yes, so, the auxiliary. Salary schedule is based off of the classified. Salary schedules. So once that was approved, we needed to bring this back to update to the current rates of the 9 and a half percent salary. So an auxiliary schedule, right, is typically our substitutes. So when we hire a, for example, a

157substitute. Senior secretary. Well, we base those rates off of the current. So we're up we're just updating it based on the classified schedule. Great. Any questions or comments on that item? 10%, sorry. It was right on the in the writing, that's what mattered. All right, all in favor of the amended salary schedule. Any opposed? Any abstentions? Hearing none that has been approved. We handled all of the ed services items. We'll move on to student services, approval of the secondary schools, comprehensive school safety plans to hear a motion. I move to approve the secondary schools comprehensive school safety plans. My second. All right, Esmeralda can you tell us? Why these are backup in front of us at the end of the year? Yes, we made some changes to, to our plans and our process and so

158they're coming to you later than we would normally. We'll come go back to our regular routine and bring you them to you in January, February at the latest. And, So this is just the doing our annual, we have to approve these no later than October, 2,024 for this current school year. So we're still sticking it in. And it's our annual responsibility to bring these to you. And what you have before you were the secondary plans, which mirror the elementary plans in the format. Okay. Any other questions or comments? I do appreciate the. The separate culture and, climate plan in each one of the safety plans that just directly was addressing and had strategies for those board goals. So was that something? I mean. I'm assuming that was new or before, but it was, I'm really

159glad that that's included. Yes, thank you. It is new for this year. Yeah. Good job. And also, I appreciate the same thing. And, I know that we have been like talking about Title 6. I just heard that Jason was in Phillips. Gov and ecom class talking about title 6 so it'd be great to identify title 6 officer at some point at each side as well for the students and continue educating them about this. So. Sounds good. Any other questions or comments? All in favor of approving the plans? Any opposed? Any abstentions? Hearing none, the school safety plans are approved. Comments from the public on discussion and information items. Part of the public is young. The public is not rushing the stage. The public is not rushing the stage. The public is not rushing the stage

160so we will move on to the discussion information items starting with I feel like it's on every agenda. I know that's like not physically possible, but the Williams settlement, what's What's good with the Williams settlement? It was good. I mean, this one, this one, they shared that there were no visits to reviews and whereas the accommodation for our professionalism and we're as a combination for our professionalism and, meeting our compliance requirements. Okay. There we go. We love to hear it. Then item number 2, the superintendent's request to take an unpaid leave of absence for the 2425 school year. Matthew, do you want to say anything about this one? Yeah, I think just out of out of transparency, I wanted to bring this as a discussion item so that was, you know, made in a public

161meeting. It's been very tricky to figure out the timing of all these things and so it doesn't really come as a surprise as that the message went out last week to the community. But it's been a it's been a very emotional last last week, last few weeks for me both professionally and personally and I think that you know as I've shared with you I'm requesting to take an unpaid and unpaid leave of absence for 10 months of next year of the 2,425 school year. Beginning towards the end of August. I think part of that the timing is to allow for all the summer work that happens with board governance training and vision setting in goals, setting up some metrics, working with our leadership team really sort of you know as we suggested to get a,

162start to the, to the school year. I, this is my finishing my 12th year here in Pelm City Schools as administrator. I love Pedal City Schools. I love this district. And I never wanted to do anything to put the district in. I wanted to make sure the district was well taken care of and putting it in a good place. And at the same time, in my personal life, these last few years in particular weighed very heavily. On me and, and my children, my wife. And I'm really needing just needing some time to take a step back. And spend some time with with my kids with my wife and it's just, it's time. I've been feeling this way for quite a while and, I yeah, so this time, you know, we're sort of a lifelong dream

163of ours before Elizabeth had kids we talked about wanting to travel widely with with our children. The timing of this. It's sort of, this is, this is the time for us. During my time away, as we discussed, you know, we will have 2 acting part-time superintendents, wipe part time, why why 2? Because one will be in the fall, one will be in the spring. When you look at retirees, there's a cap on earnings limit that has to happen. In the fall, Dr. Esmeralda, the former superintendent, Calistoga, will, lead. And in the spring, Dr. Luann Carlemagneo, who's retiring for help from Hillsborough this year, meaning that she can start to do some rotary work in starting in January. So she'll start in the spring. Both acting part and super ts are very accomplished individuals and i

164am so i'm eternally grateful for them for stepping up to allow me to take this space. I will be presenting them at the June 18th board meeting along with some more information. In addition, Mr. Tony, who our assistant soup of services will be, I know he's not here. I'm afraid this chair will be. Will be stepping up as a deputy elevated to deputy role to sort of create that seamless leadership structure. Our acting supernents will not be here full time. So when there's, when they're enacting, that's not here, we'll have a clear. Sort of succession or chain of command there when there are emergencies and things that need to happen. Split second decision. I think I am thankful for the to the PCS board for for the for the support and allowing me to take

165a step back and really focus on my family. At the request of the board, I have agreed to to stay connected. It feels like more and more issues. Cleveland, oh gosh, we're gonna have to make sure, stay connected for that issue. But really to support our acting part time superintendents and the team from afar. It'll be very minimal our part-time, but I have utmost confidence that this team is going to be able to continue to move our goals for our vision and our goals forward. And and the the plus side for me is coming back in July of 2,025. Refreshed and I'm hoping very refreshed in bringing some fresh perspectives to to our work together. That's that will be the request. Any comments? I know we don't have questions at this point. Yeah, I just

166want to save for the record for the public that they're on our agenda. There is a letter of support from the Board of Education in support of this sleeve of absence. I think it's important for the public to understand our rationale for this, but in short. You know, I think the board wants you here for the long haul. We think you've done an amazing job leading this district. And we recognize that, you know, it is all consuming job and when for you to have that long jeopardy, we need to carve out space and time for you to recharge and reset. So we're really pleased that we're in a position to do this. And I'm really grateful for the 2, individuals can be stepping in to work with us. Thank you. Well put any other Yep.

167Just wanna add that we also have really a lot of confidence in the team that we have and you know I just want to add that we probably it would have been a much more difficult decision I think. So thank you. We have an incredibly solid cabinet team and I have a lot of confidence that they're going to be able to Excel next year. Wonderful. Alright, moving on to business services, new BP and AR about electronic signatures. I am excited about this. You are probably more excited about this than I am. I'm bringing all of the good things tonight. I'm like, that's not sarcastic. I'm very excited about electronic signature. I love a good policy. You guys have probably never that out. So, alright. Government code section, 16.5 authorizes public entities to utilize digital signatures

168in any written communication where a signature is required. It emphasizes that digital signatures hold the same legal weight as manual signatures. However, for a digital signature to be deemed valid, it must meet specific criteria. It must be unique to the visual using it. It should be capable of verification. It must remain under the sole control of the person using it. It must be linked to data in such a way that any alteration to the data would invalidate the digital signature. And it must conform to regulations established by the security of the state. Additionally, the uniform electronic transaction act outlined in civil code sections. 1 6 3 3.1 mandates that all parties involved in the transaction must consent to it, conduct it electronically. Although we utilize software and programs for digital signatures that meet all of

169the above requirements, we currently do not have a board policy or administration regulation regarding the use of digital signatures. So I wanted to bring it forward for your review. Overdue. It's good time. Poor Bree has to. Heard me over here on the side of town to sign things. Yeah. It's 2024. We, we can do this. Any questions or comments? Alright, moving on to future business. What future business do we want with the reminder that it is about to be graduation season and budget chaos season and all of the seasons. So be gentle. We definitely have a partial tax bond measure discussion that we need to. Need to have, I think the sooner. The better. Because we need to have an official vote. It sounds like at our July meeting. The information from DTA will not

170be available until the second June board meeting. Okay. I would like to. I think at the last meeting, I might have said this, but I'm going to reiterate it to revisit the climate action resolution. Going to all these meetings with safe routes and the climate roundtable just our and our goal of of climate action. And the fact that in October, they passed AB. 2 85 which requires science curriculum in grades one through 12 to include an emphasis. On causes and effects of climate change. So now it's a state mandated local program. So, I don't, it is supposed to begin this year. But in any case, I'd like to just kind of really, I think our resolution is super good, but it just needs to be tightened up, changed a little bit and I would like

171to put in some goals. You know like by 2030 we will do such and such or whatever we think is reasonable. Along those same lines, I've had many people ask me for a bike rack audit. Because at each one of our. Schools so that if we have all these students writing to school, there's no place to put their bikes. And so, and it's all over the map at all of our different schools. And I know it one of them, the bike rack is way in the back. And so it isn't practical. So if they need, if we need to. Provide bike racks or change the configuration something like that. And it will encourage kids. And we've been it's been It's been a conversation that sites when we go out and visit and see. I don't

172know any school that doesn't have a bike rack, but the placement and the amount of the size and how many we need. And then, and this could probably go on to next year, but it goes into this whole thing is to develop a plan with policies. To work with various community groups, like Cool Petaluma, Safe Streets Coalition, Safe Routes of School Task Force, Urban Chat, PTAs, Site Councils, City of Petaluma, the kind of figure out how we implement our climate action goals. And then. You know, kind of coordinate it, collaborate with them and figure out a plan of action. Because I go to all these things but it's just me. And so, and I'm not always able to bring it back to you guys. So if we could develop some kind of plan where we're

173working with all these various groups. Towards climate action. And it would be much more powerful. I mean, we saw what happened with just walk and roll the school day. So can I just ask your Manny? So you, you talked about 2 different things. Yeah, the bike rack. I mean that yeah, we can, revisiting the climate action resolution and a plan for working with community partners. Do you see that as a couple board members starting to work on that? Do you see that as a couple of board members starting to work on that? Do you see that as a couple of board members starting to work on that? Do you see there's a discussion item coming to the, future board meeting and then a couple of board members working on a resolution. How do you see

174that? Yeah, maybe. I think we can just have you work on a the resolution like I'm sure Bree can, don't mean to volunteer you for stuff but she can find the old resolution and if you and one other board member wanna make. Yeah. There's no rush on it. I think our resolution is pretty good, but it would be nice to, you know, most other resolutions have those. Deadlines, you know, and and also to incorporate this. Oh, I could have Yeah. Yeah, I don't know. We haven't had a meeting, so. I know but I haven't. Yeah, I'm sure that they are. Yeah. So that's right, that's what's coming before us. Okay. So he might already have this plan, although he's someone. So maybe we should, maybe we should do a present climate action committee presentation or

175update. He can. Any other future? Question for Amanda. I know we've talked about this off and on before over the years just about transparency and fundraisers. Just talking with parents in the last couple of months, just wondering. When they're donating money and it's not going through Rev track. Where is it going and Hmm. What is it being used for? Especially when folks are collecting cash and other things. So at some point I would just like to know. All of those things. Do you like me to do a presentation on it? Yeah, no, no, no, this is future bit future. Yeah, we use it as well if you want. Yeah, okay. Thank you. That would be good to know. Okay. Like in August? I think, yeah, definitely August. Before we start asking for more donations they

176end up start of the school year. Yeah. Any other future business? If not, I'm gonna report out on action taken in closed session. We would like to report on student discipline from closed session. We reviewed the readmittance of 2 students who have met their terms of their rehabilitation plan and will return in the 2425 school year. And with that, I am going to adjourn our meeting at 9 21.