001Thank you for your patience and realize we're running a minute behind here. All right, we're going to go ahead and start with uh welcome student board members joining us tonight um on the first time for the dis and welcome. We look forward to you being up in the hot seat here next month. Um so in item four, our reconvene and open uh we're going to go ahead and do a quick uh report out item 4.1. Item 3.2 two conference with legal counsel regarding anticipated litigation. Uh report out for case one uh was to approve a special education agreement. We had a first by Trusty Jeff, a second by Underwood, and a 50 vote. Report out case two was also a special education agreement. We had a first by Trusty Jeff, a second by Trustee Lake
002with a 50 vote. I'll also um address a report out for initiation of litigation pursuant to government code 54956.9 subdivision D4. That one case, no action was taken. Uh trustee board clerk Duncan. >> Yep. So uh report out uh uh on um on put discussion with uh with legal counsel. discussion was made and uh action was taken and we will follow up with that at the next close session. >> Thank you very much. >> All righty. Item 3.3 and 3.4 were not able to be addressed. So, the board will reconvene in close session and report out should any actions occur following that close session. My apologies and thank you. All right, we're going to go ahead and move to item five, our organization and welcome and pledge of allegiance. So with that, if you will
003please stand. >> Trusty Jeff, will you lead us in the pledge? Sure. >> Aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. We want to welcome all of you here tonight. We appreciate you taking the time to come out, to listen, to to speak, to advocate. Um, and with that, I just wanted to make a quick statement that tomorrow marks the start of Constitution Week. Um 238 years ago um our founders uh signed the the US Constitution and uh the federal government has designated the 17th through the 23rd to be our constitution week and it's fitting as our new trustees are sitting with us here. They were sworn in their oath of affirmation um just
004like the rest of the board members sitting at the dis um with a reminder that um that we will support and defend the constitution. Um, our board remains dedicated to fostering civil discourse and ensuring a safe space where all voices can be heard, rights that lie at the very heart of both our constitution and our schools. So, our district celebrates our civic engagement last year. Um, we took the initiative our staff to begin um honoring our students with the state seal of civic engagement and we recognized those students. one of our trustees who's not here tonight earned that award last year and it'll be on her transcript and on her diploma which is excellent and all of that is to say that um it's about honoring their commitment to democracy and we we value that.
005Um we also want to welcome those um all those with differing perspectives and views. Um, it's important in this country to engage uh respectfully and in good faith in civil discourse. Um, I feel like it's foundational to our founding documents, enshrined in our documents to find common ground through through open dialogue andor debate. And for our community who received my LA letter last week, this won't be a surprise, but I wanted to share a quote. When people stop talking, that's when the violence happens. These words are from Charlie Kirk who recently passed and in my generation there has not been a political assassination until last week. Um, thank you. These a public assassination and these words. Excuse me. Excuse me. Those who are speaking out, I I want you to be here, but if you're
006disrupting the meeting, I'm going to ask you to leave. >> Please be respectful. That'll be the last comment. People know who's talking and we'll be you'll be asked to be dismissed. >> This reminds us of the value of respectful discussion. So, we're glad that you're here. We look forward to hearing from you tonight. We value you and especially uh we value this in our places of learning. So, I'd like to take a moment. Please join me in a uh in a moment of silence to honor Charlie Kirk, a peaceful American who lived the principles of free free speech and civil discourse who was murdered at a school. Thank you very much. >> Point of order. Thank you for being here tonight. Thank you for joining in this reflection as we enter Constitution Week. Let's keep
007these values alive in our community and uh continue with respectful discourse. All right, with that being said, uh this meeting is being video and audio recorded and we're going to go ahead and move to item 5.2, the approval of our agenda. >> Do I have a motion? Motion to approve. >> We have a first by trustee Duncan and a second by trustee Lake. All in favor say I. Starting with our student board >> board. All in favor. >> I. Motion cast passes unanimously. Item six, reports and communications. We're going to begin with item 6.1, our board reports. This time is allotted for members of our board to conduct discussions on events in which they have participated and correspondents related to district programs that they wish to share. Do I have someone who would like to
008go first? >> I'll go. So, I'm happy to uh state that uh at this moment I think it is it's happening. Um the tennis courts at Delore High School are being resurfaced at this point based partly on the work that the um district has done to to support that financially. uh and otherwise as well as um support from the local community and a number of businesses. So, uh that was a great pull together for for everyone in the community and that's a definitely a resource that the community will be using. Um later this week and also next week I'll be at Kfax High School and Deloro High School for their uh young voter outreach program that's run through the plaster county office of uh elections. Uh, and I'll be answering questions to to students at
009KFax and Deloro about, you know, what it's uh, you know, why local elections are so important and what's like to be a local elected official, uh, and that kind of stuff. I participated in those last year as well. Um, and it's a really, uh, great opportunity to answer questions because, you know, students typically have a lot of questions in this arena. This not something a lot of them are exposed to. Um, so I'm looking forward to those those two events. >> Excellent. Trusty Underwood, would you like to go next? Yeah. Um to me the big one of the big issues facing our district we're experiencing is our budget woes that we're really having. So the principal at uh at Kofax is chassity is leaving and uh we had a special board meeting to decide what
010is the best way to go in terms of looking at the budget and looking at who can replace her uh as acting principal. And after a a significant discussion, we chose to take Trent and he's going to uh become the acting uh principal at at CPAC High School. I know he will do a great job. He's uh he's got tremendous skills. I think in the district uh he's held at least six different positions, you know. Uh am I correct on that, Trent? >> I I don't know exactly. >> Been quite a few. So I know this is a new one for you and I I know you do really well. Um, so the budget I I'm I'm concerned uh at at what the future is going to hold in terms of what revenue we're going
011to be getting in that we're not going to have to make major cuts at all. And uh can't look in a crystal ball and and know exactly where we're going. That that that concerns me. So, as Trent's taking that position, that will save us a little bit of district money. Um, and not hiring someone outside coming in. Um, living close to uh the high school, I hear everything on top of the hill. I'm less than probably I used to walk into my classroom and from my home, I can get there in seven minutes. And no one wanted to walk up top of a hill where I live. But I hear everything and and there's always music going on and there's always a buzz going on and and it's exciting uh as the school year is
012starting. Um it really is to see the kids that are engaged and choosing their uh making all the choices that are significant in terms of clubs. The club rush for example, you know, that's really exciting. And it made me think about when I was at Placer, we the club that I really enjoyed was called the uh political a political agenda. It was a it was down the line where kids could bring in any issue at all uh related to what's going on in the community or politics etc. and we could discuss it. Didn't lean left, didn't lean right. And uh so when I saw the club rush, I my memory went I really enjoyed that. That was fun. Uh it was it was quite popular with a lot of the kids because it was very
013empowering and and to me as I look at my whole career in education, the one word I think uh best addresses what our role is as trustees uh is the empowerment of our youth. making them really feel successful, making them uh become the person that they want to become to have all the support uh in terms of the journey that they're going to be taking. It's one of the most critical times in life, adolescence, and uh it really is. Uh I'm a family therapist, too. And and uh kids need to have that support and able to as they look at life to make the key decisions they want to make. On a social level, I was I I love plaster football. I must tell you, it excites me. I I think are I love the
014sports program in the district but my heart's with plaster because I worked there for 39 years and after that lost to Deloro where they they did wow 4314 or whatever it was you know that's so atypical because plaster can play with anybody competitively I really they really can and so when they played analopee that It was really exciting as they won 31 to nothing. And so that that was good. That's it excites me, you know, to uh see that because I I I really although I played basketball all my life, that was my sport in college and professionally a little bit. Uh I think football is what brings the community in and brings the support in the school. So I'm a bit avid football fan, lesser high school football fan. Um, I a thought that
015I think about a lot is is how we're going to finally come to our final decisions and conclusions to hopefully rectify and get our grading policy in order where we're not going to have any type of uh people that are going to be feeling that they're being left out or they're not being successful in terms of what we're doing on the board. So, uh, a lot of thoughts. Big thing is is our budget issues. That concerns me, but, uh, excitement is here at all our schools and and that's wonderful. >> Thank you so much, David. >> Madam President, if I may, we have to do a public hearing at 5:40. >> Beautiful. Well, you know what? Let's take a pause there and we'll go ahead and move to the public hearing. We're going to go
016ahead and move to item seven for those who are tracking that. uh notice of our public hearing for sufficiency of textbooks and instructional materials. We're going to go ahead and open that public hearing. Do we have any uh report from staff that's coming later? >> Yeah. Uh I'll just mention it now. So as you know annually uh we're required to uh provide this opportunity to the community um our uh marketing partners to um uh get an opportunity to comment on our sufficiency of instructional materials and textbooks within the um actual resolution. There's a link that uh our wonderful Michelle Isham has collected and gathered all of the texts that we use both supplemental and textbooks for each of our subjects. And so, uh, when we get to the resolution part, we are going to, uh,
017make the statement that we are providing sufficiency textbooks to all of our students. >> Excellent. Thank you. Do we have any public comment on the for the public hearing? >> Seeing none, we're going to go ahead and close that public hearing and head back to item uh, 6.1. Thank you, Trusty Lake. >> Yeah. >> Hello. I'm uh I'm excited to uh provide an update. Uh I had the opportunity over the past month to do a site visit at Plaster High School. Um and it was exciting to see that uh other teachers are are implementing uh the Khan Academy uh tutor assistant, the AI assistant. Um, for those of you that don't know, a lot of our students throughout our district are are are using AI, whether you realize it or not, as parents and teachers.
018They're they're at home. They have limited access at home. Um, they're taking pictures of math problems and they're getting the solutions and um it it's not really instructive. It's they're they're getting the answers to these things. And so the benefit of this uh of this con it's called conigo is an AI uh tutor assistant that follows more of a Socratic method where it doesn't give you the answers. It can basically meet you at whatever level you are and it can patiently walk you through whatever issue you're having and it can literally kind of diagnose uh where the limitations are in your understanding regarding particular problems. Um it's it's very promising and uh the cost of this program right now we're doing a uh it's there's no cost. We're in a trial period for three months
019and then we have to make a decision if we want to if we want to continue. The cost is $15 per student per year. Um that's what it would cost our district. And uh the feedback that that that I'm receiving is that this is another benefit is teachers can track these conversations that are that are happening with the students. They they have access and they can see these threads of interaction where they're working through finding where the uh the laps and understanding are taking place. And um turns out that a lot the students that seem to be thriving most are ones that typically don't speak up in class. they typically uh are um the quieter students. Um anyway, I'm excited because I think it's going to be a huge assist for for for teachers in
020our district, not just in mathematics. There's other there's other courses that are available. So, this is a call out to to teachers in our district. If you have any interest in seeing what the potentials are with your instruction, uh please reach out to the district and uh and they can quickly give you a login and you can quickly be uh discovering what is available, what resources will be available to you uh using this uh conigo. Um I'm I'm hopeful. I don't know uh how many of you guys are aware but whether it's ESPback testing or uh um there's gold standard testing that the the federal government does this has this ability to test throughout the whole nation and um it's it's actually pretty interesting but they can basically sample and they can tell the trajectory
021of education and uh and it's the trend has been doing this. The trend is going down and there's a lot of speculation and there's a lot of like uh you know there's a lot of reasons why that might be but uh there's serious challenges that face our teachers and uh if you can provide a very lowcost uh assist assistant to to help tutor and uh and and have an available assistant whenever you need. I think it's uh I think it's really promising and I and I hope that we can uh have board support moving forward and finding a way uh with with with Trent uh picking over over at U KFax High School, it's going to save a ton of money that would more than make up the cost of this program. So, I uh
022I'm excited to see more teachers uh find out what the opportunities are for inside their classrooms. And um the other thing is this, we've been using uh the Alex program for how long? >> About three years. One to 10. How would you describe the roll out in regards to uh the ability for teachers to I'm sorry. Should I? Okay, we can't have a discussion, but I can say this. >> Thank you. He felt me moving to the mic like we're staying out of that territory >> without having a discussion. Um, there's challenges with rolling out anything new, right? So, all of the math teachers are are compelled to use this Alex program. There are there are a few teachers who have really put in the time and effort. I mean, I'm talking hundreds of hours
023dedicated to understanding the full potential and unlocking the full potential of Alex where whereas I mean I don't know how many teachers are excited about spending their summers uh learning and and and doing all of this work without really being paid. But uh some teachers have done this and I think it would be really beneficial if we could streamline and and and and get the full potential uh of Alex in conjunction with Kigo as a tutor. I think it would uh I think it would be really remarkable for for the math instruction. How would it be if teachers could really focus on teaching and uh and motivation. I mean, they still have full freedom, but this would be a way to kind of standardize how IM1, IM2 are are and IM3 are are instructed in
024our district. I think it's really exciting. Um, so that's what I'm that's what's on my mind. That's what I'm uh that's what I'm concerned about. And uh I think that in short order, I think we can see uh the trend in our instruction and our testing. I I think it can turn around. I think it can increase. So anyway, thank you. >> Thank you so much, >> Brook Duncan. >> Uh first, uh just to uh trust the Underwood's point, um just want to thank Superintendent Ali for his leadership in uh in the decision on uh uh filling the principal seat at KFax and Trent for his uh selflessness uh in this situation as well. So, thank you. Um you've got a good team and uh and everyone's going to be working really hard to to
025work with each other and cover for each other. So, thank you guys. Um I love I love following uh Trusty Lake because he's he's deep into the math and and I appreciate it and it gets me energized and I've been kind of waiting on the sample time now to go in and take a look at uh stop by Deloro and start to talk to some teachers and see how things are going uh as we reach uh this point in the in the semester with the grading and the curriculum and we put policy together, but it's also on us to get out there and and get get some reaction on how things are going. So, that's a plan for me between now and the next board meeting. Um do football's off to a three and 0
026start. Uh I did not get to go to the game next week uh last week, but I am going to the game this week against Oakidge, which going to be tough. Oakidge is ranked number two uh in the area and uh but this team, this Delo team looks pretty good, so it's going to be a good battle. Um golf, I've had a chance to be part of that. Uh both of our daughters play JV and uh uh I love I'll just say my my daughter has never played golf before and she tried out and she made the team and uh says a lot about coaches. Uh Kenny Kellogg is an amazing coach and he cares about each one of the kids uh and has given her this feeling that she's she can she can play
027it and she can do it even though she's only four weeks in. So, it's a testament to the coaches we have out there, too, which is really cool. And, uh, it's fun to see. Um, um, my Yeah. Anyways, I won't go any deeper than that. Um, uh, getting ready to participate in an interview for, uh, for the Del Varsity baseball coach, um, which will be a good opportunity as a board member. Um, also I'm going to be attending DO uh, student voice next week. I got to do a video, a promo video with uh board member Petty here. Uh my five-year-old recorded it uh and it was pretty good. Um and then just finally on uh on that piece, uh it was uh last Wednesday, there's a lot of clubs on campus. Uh and last
028Wednesday was the startup for the Jesus Club uh at Del uh and uh my daughter's gone to that before. Um, and uh, it just had me reflect on on this last week um, and the difficulty that our country's gone through with the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Um, and our students in this district have been affected by it. Um, and it would be remiss not to say that the foundation that he's built was built upon was a foundation of God. We talk about it when we start these meetings. God's in in our discussions. Um that foundation gave him strength to feel confident in having public discourse and debate in order to seek to understand and we are all different. Um but it's beautiful that he did that and it's unfortunate that it was met with violence
029and it's truly sad. Um we should feel safe in debating in this country. It's important for our youth in this district to learn how to debate civily and respectfully and with care and still with what happened to feel as though still the bravery to go do that and to hear from others and to have their point come across too. You know, he wanted to help students across America understand both sides of the topic and make a decision based on what they learned at that point. And so Charlie's death reminded me that um I'm not shy about who I am, but I also don't I'm not outright about it sometimes. And I I'm a disciple and a believer in Jesus Christ um and God the Father. And I didn't always have that foundation. And um with
030that foundation, I have a p a clear path in life. And I'm happier and I have joy because of it. And I'm grateful for the uh the person that Charlie Kirk was and what he taught our youth, taught us, but also the youth and the students uh about public discourse and debate. >> Thank you so much. Thank uh to each of our board members for sharing um their heart um what they're passionate about, their their concerns. I think it's I think it's really important that um the community hears from their elected officials on on what what's going on and uh and what we're up to. So um that you guys get to make that decision every couple years um on who's who's in these seats. Um just real briefly, if you guys noticed at the
031if you're if you look at our agenda, if you have a copy of our agenda, for the first time, we have our board expectations on our agenda. And this was an initiative that we we worked on over the summer in a special meeting and a workshop and that we um essentially codified and took action to formally approve and now it's there. And so I just wanted to read those for you guys as we have conversations that we're reflecting on what we expect from our staff, what we expect from one another and um and what we expect for our district. And so just as a reminder, I'm going to go ahead and read them out. Um, and this may be a practice, it may not, but I think it it uh serves a purpose in reminding
032us why we're all here tonight. Um, that exceptional teaching and learning. We're committed to delivering a teaching and learning experience that is second to none. Innovative, engaging, and deeply impactful. Prepared for life. Every student will graduate ready to thrive in college, pursue meaningful careers, and lead fulfilling lives. most districts, we we said it too, you know, that we're college, career, life ready, but um we wanted to say that we're going to graduate with um being fully ready. Safe and supportive schools. Our schools will foster environments where every student is safe, supported, empowered, and able to reach their full potential. to your point um and to the points that me we mentioned earlier and and in my letter I want all students to feel safe to express themselves to debate and to learn from one another
033comprehensive education through highquality curriculum which we've now proven that we have all the curriculum uh necessary and available for our students through high quality curriculum extracurriculars and outstanding educators and staff students will gain a rich balanced education and school culture and last is transparency and accountability. We will lead with integrity utilizing sound governance and business practices while remaining open, transparent, collaborative, and accountable to our community. And we will always strive to do that. Um, I've had multiple meetings with staff. I'm going to keep this brief. Uh, I attended the PCOE's governance institute training, their last and final fifth module. I was told that night that I was one of only a few that went to every module. and the competitive nature in me was like, "Come on." Yeah, I was one of the only ones.
034I loved that. Um, apparently we're going to be recognized. Um, but, uh, I'm grateful that our county is is involved with our boards and provides free training for our trustees and for our staff. I think it's instrumental. Uh, we we need to be collaborating. We're dealing with the same things and they have resources and specialists um that they have access to on a daily basis that we don't. Uh so I'm grateful that they've uh provided these modules and these trainings. It's excellent. Um I had a two by two meeting with Auburn Union uh school district trustees, both President Holt and Amber P along with Trustee Lake where we had a a meaningful conversation around tech um on our schools. Uh they're working on initiatives to fully be a school-free or excuse me a a school
035free zone, a a phone free zone. they they they don't have it during passing periods for their middle school. Uh the students are once they see them they are in the office that they are trying to complete completely keep that out of it and actually making doing some initiatives to limit their their screen time for uh TK through third completely. They don't want the kids living on their Chromebooks either. I can tell you um when I had four students home during the pandemic all looking at screens all day. I had a preschooler that was supposed to do speech therapy via Zoom. It was it was a joke. It was awful. Um and I think our our house multiplied electronic devices by five over that period of time just trying to keep everything afloat. Um it's
036time to kind of pull some of that back and make sure that our kids are having um a different experience. But they they had mentioned because uh uh trustee P has a student for the first time at Placer High School and uh they shared some concerns around digital ID. They shared some concerns around um students access to their phones during passing period that our children are forgetting how to communicate with their friends the second they have access they're like glued to it between classes or at lunch. um and encouraging us to to maybe tighten uh our policy to keep the kids off the phone so that they're forced to engage with one another. And I and I don't think they're wrong. Um I think at some point we need to have a conversation as a
037board. Um and I'd like feedback, you know, how it's going. Um I know it's different at every site. I know different teachers have different uh protocols. I know that we're using lockers in some and sleeves in others and others do it other ways. Um but I think it's worth revisiting. Um there's so much data now that shows the the negative impact um of technology and our our students, especially our students whose brands aren't fully developed. Um that's a thought and a concern. Um and I want to make sure that we are being responsive to that and being responsible with the technology that we're using in our classroom and what we allow on our campus. And um on September 10th um I participated um in a board president and delegates call um and this is a
038time where California schoolboard association creates these presidents and delegates call so that we get to hear what's going on in other districts from their leaders. Also attended the DO plaster game. Brutal guys. That was super brutal. But way to go DO um I have a split heart. I love you all so much. I love our kids so much and I'm so proud of everything going on at every campus. But that was a tough one. That was it was a tough one. Justin, um our one of our new trustees, Trusty Petty, over there. Um he he found me during the game apparently due to my laugh. Uh but he found me and it was it was a at a rough point of that game already and my husband and I were pacing at the 50 yard
039line in the back going, "Oh man, we are not going to pull our way out of this one." So, but well done. Excellent team. proud of UDO. Um, next week, um, as a CSBA delegate, I have the pleasure of visiting Tahoe Truckucky Unified School District to validate their Golden Bell nomination. So, I look forward to hearing from them. And I'm also participating in a policy uh, a policy toolkit pilot. So, they're they're working on some new initiatives for trustees. So, we're we're in in the trenches all day, every day. um and grateful to be doing so on behalf of our community and for our students. Okay, with that being said, let's go ahead and move to item 6.2, ad hoc committee updates. Trustee Jeff. >> All right, so a couple of meetings back um Trusty
040Spade and I um were voted to create an ad hoc committee to review board policies. Um so we met um was it two weeks ago? >> I think it was about two weeks ago. We met for several hours and started that process of going through and looking at uh what board policies um are really not needed um and what can be um tossed out, what can be revised uh and what policies um you know we definitely need to keep. Um so we started going through that process and we'll be bringing back some suggestions to recommendations to the board um for you guys to vote on as far as policies that we feel like um could be disregarded and removed from our our our policy manual. um as well as other policies that we think might
041need to be tweaked or uh adopted uh or changed or modified. So that that'll be coming in the future. >> Um in in line with that um we've been in collaboration with our staff as we have uh filtered through and we're going chronologically. I can't help myself. We're not jumping around. We started in the zeros. We're working our way through. And just so you know, um the policies that were required are very few uh in our entire uh policy manual. And so some of them are conditionally mandated. Some of them are mandated. And so we have tasked staff through Superintendent Omali to review when we see that it's not mandated and we don't feel we want confirmation whether or not it's a policy that we're referring to that it's in the handbook if it's somewhere
042else that is necessary for us um to provide their recommendation as well as we are sifting through. So um there'll be more on that next month and we'll we'll start that process to to clean up our policies. Uh BB912 board members for electronic communications Do we have an update? >> This is another ad hoc committee that was formed um some time back and Trusty Lake and I sat down and um and examined that board policy and made some suggested revisions to it. Um so that'll be brought here in the near future that'll be brought before the board as well to um to look at adopting those changes. >> Perfect. All right. Great. Item 6.3, student board member reports. >> Thank you. >> You guys hear me? >> Yes. >> Okay. Hello. Good evening everyone. I'm
043Adam Wanger. I'm the student board member from Kfax High School. I'm super excited to be able to update you on what's been going on here at KFax uh last few months. So, just to start it off, we received word on how our IB diploma students did on their IB tests over the summer. So, I'm very excited to announce that five of our uh diploma receivers entered as sophomores at their respective universities, which is really cool to see. So, what that means is that through the IV tests, they scored so well that they were able to skip their entire freshman year. So, it's really cool. Uh we also had our highest uh scoring IB diploma student. Um he scored 33 points, which is certainly high. For reference, a passing course for is 24 to receive your
044diploma, which is very impressive. To start off, our year, we had back to school night on August 7th. Um, just a great way to kick off the school year. Great success. We had a lot of different speakers. So, I spoke uh our ASB president Kamal, Miss Mitchum, our leadership uh advisor, and Dr. Raokia. Um, this is a great way to see students and parents coming to learn about what KFIX is all about. uh with teachers and link through there to teach them. Um it was really nice to see a lot of the district staff members there. I know I saw a lot of you guys there. It's nice to see you all. So, moving on to sports. Our last week our volleyball team won all three games against center. Super excited about that. Our football
045and flag football teams have been doing really good over the last three games. Uh I haven't been able to see one, but I'm looking forward to seeing them. Uh moving on to his facilities. Um, luckily over our past few football games, Delaware has been able to host our host our games um because our turf field is not quite finished yet. So, big shout out to Delaware for doing that for us. Um, as well facilities, our new chairs on campus are a big improvement to our old ones. Uh, the old desks would kind of collapse sometimes, so we're really glad to get that improvement. Um, the mobile desks serve as a great learning tool. They have the whiteboards and have like a puzzle beast kind of formation, so students can and encourage team work. Uh our
046PA system is fully functioning now. So the bells work and recently the there's been music playing. So kind of it's been a fun way to get the day going. Teacher have been prep teachers have been participating in instructing students to get to class. Um and in Miss D's case, Miss Dedric's kind of making a fun semi-creepy start to the morning. Um to end off our facilities, our locker rooms got facelifts, which which is really cool. All new lighting, new coats of paint on all the walkers and the benches got sand and revitalized um as well as updated countertops. So, kind of moving into student body news. Um we had our senior sunrise to start the year. Uh our leadership put on this awesome event. It was really great to see all the seniors come together
047on the on the softball field and enjoy breakfast by the pancake dads and enjoy games and speeches from our class adviserss Miss Brad and Miss Dedric. Um we had our rally our welcome back to the nest rally. It's a really awesome event that I look forward to at the beginning of every school year. So each of the individ individual classes compete in fun competitive challenges and rally to support our our football team at their game. Uh last Wednesday we had club rush which uh I know you guys mentioned it was a big success. We had our Spanish club win best booth followed by yearbook club and then finally spike club close. So really cool to see that. In the two booths that I participated in we had 60 signups for our Leo's volunteer club and
04870 signups for our modu club. So a lot of great participation with the students with the club. So it's really great to see that. Uh to end it off with our seniors we had the senior parking spot painting last weekend. That was a ton of fun. Again, we saw the seniors come together and assemble in the parking lot this time to create our own individual personalized parking spots. So, they turned out really good. So, right now, we're kind of looking forward to homecoming in a couple of weeks and excited for the field dedication on homecoming night uh taking place in between our JV and varsity games. So, a couple of student voice topic suggestions were maybe like facility concerns and like appreciation for all the updates we've gotten, uh, school climate and how students treat
049each other. Uh, workload balance between the students, like how are they managing school life, all that kind of stuff, and then class availability, like is there enough diverse coursework that is offered at our schools? Like, are students feeling like they have the the freedom to pick what they want to pursue? Uh, college and career readiness and school spirit, campus inclusivity. So to end off my report, I'd like to thank our senior principal, Dr. Casty Raakonia, back there. Right there. So, so it is so sad to see you leave, but we are grateful for you to have as our Falcon family. Um, where you dutifully served with commitment and integrity. We wish you the best in your future endeavors at Western Plaster Union Pine School District. Thank you so much. [Applause] Uh we are glad to
050have our executive uh director of education services, Tren Wilson. Uh Stephen is our interim principal. I really enjoy getting to know you here at the district, but I look forward to working with you as our principal. Thank you guys so much. >> Question for you. >> What was the name of that club you got 60 signups for? You said Leo Club or something. >> Uh Leo's like volunteer club. It's a like a studentr run community service club service. Oh, that's cool. >> Yeah. Awesome. >> Thank you. >> Thanks. >> And student board members. That's how a student board member. That was an excellent example of a student board member report. Thank you so much. >> No pressure. A little pressure. Welcome to the DAS. >> All right. I figured out how to use the microphone.
051I feel like this is awesome. Um, hi everybody. First, I just want to thank the board and district for this incredible opportunity. I'm so grateful to be here. I truly feel so blessed to be able to sit here amongst you guys. The school year has been off to an incredible start at Delor Confluence West and part of my plan as student board member is to meet with many different people and come to a consensus with what our student body believes and then report out at these meetings. So to start, I had the I kind of started this in my sophomore year. I was so excited. So I had the opportunity to meet with a Plaster County School Boards Association executive committee member on 425, attend a full day at Kfax High School on 427, attend
052Plaster High School Student Advisory Council with President Spade, Assistant Principal Warden, and Mrs. Barbario. And an awesome takeaway from that is uh with the help of Cooper, our trusty uh bar, we uh got to bring the student ambassador program to Deloro. So Deloro has a new uh opportunity for student voice, which I am so stoked about. Um I additionally attended student visitations, which is where we get to meet with our eighth grade theater schools on 52 and the welcome party for DO freshman families. Following this, I got to lead the last student voice meeting of last year and students had amazing conversations about math and I wrote this beforehand, but uh they were in a pretty much disagreement for disliking the Alex program and wanted something fresh in there. So, thanks to uh Trusty Lake,
053we have that opportunity. Um they but they were also on the same page about how they believe uh paperbased learning works better than computer-based learning. Over the summer, I got to meet informally with this year's student board members and take part in the student board training. I got to represent our district from a community nomination at a leaders seminar at Menllo College uh at the Hugh O'Brien Youth Leadership Conference. And even on vacation, uh I ran into a staff member on a district and we got to talk policies and everything. I am like locked in as they say for uh this board position. I also got opportunities this year to meet with our Deloro parent club president on 6:11, Deloro's new athletic director, Mr. John Hilton on 9:15, present to staff on at 8 on
05487, and present at a parent club meeting on 8:25. And I had the honor of giving CTA president Mrs. Lamelli a tour of Deloro. Uh, more great news is that President Spade and I reached out to the VAPA department at Deloro, and Mrs. Freed, the dance teacher, said her dancers will audition for the CSVA performance program. So, big thank you to President Spade for bringing this program to uh to light in our district. And I think I don't know if I haven't heard back if they got accepted, but I know they were pretty excited to audition. So, cross your fingers, say your prayers, do it all. Um, as for Delor accomplishment highlights, we started the school year off at the back to school rally where our freshman are welcomed in open arms alongside our freshman
055orientation that Trusty Jeff uh helped to run this year. And later on, uh, just last Friday, our freshman got to participate in a tailgate put on by Deloro leadership. Club rush has also happened at Deloro, which is a stellar way for all different people to find their groove at Deloro. I always say people think there's athletics, there's academics, and there's sports, but there's also clubs, and clubs are so awesome, and we have such a wide variety of clubs. We have a cheese club for any cheese fans. We have a math honor society which uh Trusty Lake brought to our uh help bring to our district. Um and then other clubs such as the Jesus club that Trusty Duncan mentioned, the outdoor adventure club which goes on field trips everywhere and the helping hearts club which
056is a service club. Another great new initiative has been the cart policy that our new sisby has implemented. So Jordan uh is our new sisby at Deloro and he decided that he is not going to have an office. believe that he is on a rolling cart throughout Deloro and he's able to check in with students, make connections and I was like wow this like we need more of this like this is so awesome. I I I I saw it today and I was like can I highlight this and he's like that would be awesome. So big shout out to Jordan. Uh we took the huge W in the football game against Plaster High School. Uh I got to see President Spade rub it in her face a little bit and I told everybody all the
057football players at Deloro I said our board president is a Plaster fan. We need to beat them because at the next board meeting I need to say something and it looks like we did it. So sorry Cooper, sorry uh Trusty Underwood and sorry President Spade, but we saw who the best PUSD school is. Um in addition to athletics, the girls volleyball, girls tennis, girls flag football and boys water polar team have also been a buzz and have had grown in such great community in just a month. New in athletics is the all parent sports night. Um that's done by season. uh the athletic newsletter that's sent to faculty to highlight not just football but our tennis programs and our volleyball programs and all the different programs. Uh the coaches mentor program which is pretty cool.
058If you have uh been coaching for two years or less, you get paired with a veteran coach and you get to just learn from each other, have those awesome conversations. Uh I thought I thought that was a great initiative that our athletic director has started. Uh the athletic director also asked me to um let you guys know that we are trying to make attendance at these games so huge. I know I've tried to uh watch a few games here and there and uh he invites you to uh pick a night to watch a game and to support. Um the black and gold cup is another new athletic which I love. All varsity teams are separated by gender uh to see who is the best overall program at the end of the school year. It's based
059on GPA, community involvement, and success in athletics and campus support. So, uh, it's not just who is the best player on the field. It's also who's the best person and what are we doing to make our athletes not just athletes, but incredible people in society. The fun, light-hearted stuff at Delo has also been a buzz. And Mr. Walters started a ballroom dancing intervention class. So, um, if any of you want to take up ballroom dancing, I'm sure Mr. Walters would love to teach you. uh Mr. Feffr who's in the house with us uh did some science demonstrations that uh people have been talking about and the new Yukody gym if you haven't checked it out it is a must it looks so good. Moving on to Confluence West highlights there has been weekly volunteering at
060the senior center um there is a sewing group at the senior center and uh they ended up a student was able to get their pants fixed. They had holes in their pants and um a volunteer at the senior center offered to fix them up for him which is I think so cool. It just shows how much our community is is invested in us and I love that. Internships at the hot metal fab in Lumis H. Clark Powers Lake View Ranch Estates. They started their who am I activity which connects you with internships. from stepping into this position. Uh I also believe it is very important to highlight concerns students have brought to me with QR codes in every classroom, videos to enhance appro enhance approachability and conversations conversations throughout the school. I get a lot
061of feedback. Um someone recommended that we should be the Deloro Golden Geese instead of Golden Eagles. Um but all jokes aside, uh I did get some really good feedback, too. And I love that. I think that that's great. Uh because apparently geese fly higher than eagles and they want they think delo fly size. So who knew? Uh but seriously, class sizes this year have been through the roof and many people have expressed that this makes it more difficult to connect with their teachers and they feel like this negatively impacts their learning environment and capabilities. I can attest this. My pre-cal class is at 38 students. Um it's packed in there. It is really really packed in there. Additionally, concerns have been raised regarding the reduction in advanced course offerings uh specifically in upper language level
062uh or upper level language classes. So, um, they feel like this, uh, as Trusty Weinger was saying, they, uh, don't have as much autonomy when they're picking classes because a lot of them, uh, one of the teachers that teaches the an upper language upper level language class. Uh, a lot of students want to have and they have not had that opportunity, which is unfortunate. uh this has a perceived impact on the rigor of our academic program and many students do not believe that their learning needs are being as thoroughly satisfied as a result in the language department specifically. Uh this is hence uh my recommendation for the student voice topic to be discussed on class sizes, class offerings and classroom materials uh including uh academic electives and the use of AI in classes. Speaking of
063the student voice meeting, I'm excited to pack the house with both quiet and loud students. I've asked staff to give me two quiet students, three loud students. I'm compiling a list and I'm getting every single Confluence West student in the house. So, um I want to make sure that we're hearing from them. Uh and I'm so grateful for Trusty Duncan. Trusty Duncan uh filmed a video with me and we got to share uh the ways to get involved by using your voice about the student voice meeting. And uh his 5-year-old did film it. So, uh, someone said that they felt like they were getting car sick while watching the video, but at the same time, I love it. It just shows how invested, uh, Trusty Duncan is in the community and, uh, that they I
064think that the all around students were very happy to hear the feedback from both, uh, Trusty Duncan and I on the student voice and how much the students feel like their voice matters. So, I know Trusty Duncan and I are excited to hear from those students next week. Finally, I have uh received a few concerns about the hiring processes that are currently in place in sports. I also feel like it is both my obligation and duty to acknowledge the recent passing of Charlie Kirk. I thank President Spade and Trusty Duncan for their messages uh sent and shared on this and it has honestly taken a hard toll um at Deloro. I've uh I I've seen people crying. I have seen people in classes just having to converse about it. Uh wherever you stand on the
065political spectrum, it it it still is never right for a murder, every life is valued. And uh the students have been hit hard by that. But at the same time, um I thank President Spade for her message. And I want to reiterate that I hope that this encourages us all to have more confidence in using our voices and speaking out to make a difference in this world. Let us be united as one. and not as separate voices but as one all learning how to be young adults. So that's about it for me. Thank you all again. >> Thank you so much. [Applause] >> Cooper, is it is it green? >> Yeah, you're not alone. All of us have had troubles with that microphone. >> Okay, now we're working. Okay. Um well, first off, I'd like
066to thank the district opportunity um so I can represent students at Plaster and Confluence and Mighty as well. And I'll try to do my best to give you some news on all three sites every time. So, first at Confluence, I reached out to Mrs. Rebecca's site who's in u in charge of their internship program over there. Um I thought it was pretty fascinating. They offer an opportunity for these students to get real world experience. Um but they get school credit at the same time. So, it's pretty interesting. Um so, they'll put in about 8 to 16 hours a week. Um for those students, about two to three days a week. So over those times and they get to participate in a lot of industries. So they'll do auto repair, um animal shelters, restaurants, construction. So
067they get to do a lot of fields. It's pretty neat. Um so that's Confluence. Um over at Maidu, um they just launched their early college program last month. Um I found I talked with Mrs. Kristen Miller. Um she said 26 of their students are taking um classes that the program offers and they hope to have 40 students by the end of the year. Um and all of those 26 students are on the Cal GETC path. Um which basically helps them get general education credits for college. Um it'll help them transfer from a community college to a UC or CSU if they want to continue on that path. Great opportunities for them over there. They've also moved into a brand new space and they're really excited about their new student lounge and collaboration center over there
068as well. Um they also received two grants over the summer um which totaled $350,000 which is pretty crazy. Um and they said they're incredibly grateful and excited to utilize that funding for that early college program. Um over at Plaster um for sports, our girls tennis team just played in their first ever like tennis tournament in Fresno. Um apparently they they only do matches but that was their first tournament. Um, our flag football team is actually playing right now. Um, and they're undefeated at home this season, so we like watching them, hearing about them. Um, and the cross country team raced in Modesto last weekend and every single runner that competed at a new personal best in the 5K. So, that was pretty cool to watch as well. Um, moving on to academics at Placer, our
069science students or our science teachers, um, they're starting on a path to become certified to teach the project lead the way program um, which is pretty interesting. It has curriculum that's like very on very like career focused um and it's project based and it prepares them for college and it teaches them those important career skills not as much as a focus on like college readiness but also gives them like career skills um in case they want to go into career right after high school as well. So both ends of the spectrum there was interesting um we also have a new child development class I believe it starts um next spring so they'll actually our kids will go out to feeder schools in the district and they'll just help teach elementary school kids interact with the
070community. Um, I thought that was pretty fascinating as well. Um, and last week we had our first site council meeting with our parent, it's a parent student community um, all made up there. And we had our first student advisory council meeting which we love at Placer. We hope to get that going at Delo as well. Um, just hoping to provide students with a voice to speak out and I'll bring it to you guys if they have anything interesting. So, um, also a lot of kids are also excited about the return of the homecoming parade which I don't even a lot of our teachers didn't even like existed. Apparently, it's been a long time, but uh each grade is starting to build their floats and apparently the winning float gets $500 for the grade that built
071it and that'll go into their um ASB fund and it'll help us fund events like prom or senior sunset. Um all those fun events that we love. Um as far as student voice, um I've receiving nominations for um the meeting from some of our department chairs at Plaster. Um so I don't have to send an email to every teacher at Plaster. That'd be kind of take a long time to type out. Um, and we're trying to include um some students and representatives from Confluence invited as well. So, we look forward to hearing from them and uh seeing at the meeting. Um, yeah, we've reached out to cafeteria staff. Hopefully, we can bribe our students to have a good lunch as well, get get out um early and get late to fourth period. And we've got
072the learning commons, everyone's favorite classroom for the meeting. So, everything's on track for next week. And uh yeah, actually those those topics I kind of agree with Justin probably most common topics that I've heard on campus. So, um those are my recommendations as well and uh thank you. That's my report. >> Thank you so much and we've got an incredible student leaders. I'm just so glad you guys are here and thank you for sharing all the wonderful things um going on in your worlds and uh for the great feedback from your class. >> Thank you. Trusty Mark Kez had something she wanted me to read too. Oh, if that's okay. Go >> ahead. Yeah. Yeah. >> Oh, thank you. Sorry. >> This is Forest Hills trustee by the way. She's playing in a game, a
073flag volleyball. She's playing two sports, right? She's flag football and volleyball >> cheerleader >> and a cheerleader. That's the beauty of Forest Hill. Like you wear a thousand hats up there and that uh that's amazing. So yes, go ahead, please. >> Thank you so much. Yeah. So uh this is directly from uh Trustee Mark Marquez. So I just wanted to make that clear. Um although our school year at 4 still has only just started, we have already accomplished many great things. Our girls varsity flag football team beat Placer during their foundation game. And although it didn't count on our official record, this victory led a massive rise in confidence and pride for our girls flag football team. Our girls aren't the only ones with great wins though. Our boys football team is currently 3 and
0740. Much cheers to the boys putting up with the complicated scheduling and still earning victories. Unfortunately, the team has already had two home game cancellations, one being our homecoming football game. This led to our homecoming game being moved to this Friday at 7 p.m. even though our dance remains on October 4th. Besides athletics, Forest still has done a massive boom of clubs on campus and went from previously having seven clubs to now having 16 total clubs and social groups. This type of community engagement is huge for Forest Hill as a small school. Speaking of community engagement, with the student voice meeting come up, I've already met with my site principal, attendant staff, and lunch staff to make this meeting great. I am currently working on finalizing the list of students attending the meeting. During this
075meeting, I propose that AI use in classrooms be discussed. This is because it has become a large concern to students. Not only AI use by other students in the classroom, but more commonly AI use by our teaching staff. This is what I propose to be the topic of the upcoming voice meeting. Thank you for your time. >> Excellent. Thank you guys so much for your time and for your reports. Item 6.4, superintendent's report to the board. >> Good evening. Nice job, kids. Appreciate you being here. Um, superintendent showcase criteria has been determined and we've shared that with the principles. We're going to put a little bit of a cap this year as far as eight slides and we're going to try to keep it under 15 minutes because as good as our schools are, I
076think we carry on for quite a while, but you know, we got things to do this evening, I guess. Um, so on those basically the criteria is going to be progress and celebrations on at least one of the board expectations. So they're going to focus kind of their their school around the board's expectations and share with you the great things that they're all doing. Um, all trustees and superintendent board members along with myself and deputy superintendent Camoniti have been registered for the December CSBA CSBA annual education conference in Sacramento. Uh the student board member workshop is on the 2nd of December. The regular conference is from 123 to 125 and we are working on transportation for that for the students and for us all. So we'll have more details as that gets closer. Um I
077attended the meeting of the California High School Coalition of Superintendent down in Long Beach. kind of the one of the major topics was us dealing with SB88 as deputy superintendent Estu I'm trying Peter um is more than familiar with just deals with transporting our students and all the requirements around that. It's kind of it's constricted us a little bit. Um also I wanted to point out I had an opportunity to visit our transition to adult living program which was great and I would strongly encourage you all to go visit that. It's it's phenomenal. You can check in with director Warda and she'll give you a wonderful tour. And I do have to give her props because she knew every kid there and also every kid knew her and so the relationships are strong there. It
078it was just it was a great day for me and I really appreciated that. Um we have a um board workshop scheduled for uh October 28th and one thing we need to talk about are basically time that you all would have and topics. Um, one of the ideas that came up was negotiations just because we're in kind of that time where negotiations might become a little bit challenging based on our financial constraints. I don't know if you want to just you guys check your schedules and and we'll work with you to see if we can schedule that or however you want to do that. Um upcoming Auburn Chamber of Commerce celebrate the community night on 9:25 and uh Superintendent Estu will represent the district in honoring Randall Fee who is a wonderful man by the
079way. Um I'm presenting at the Auburn Gold Country Rotary on the 18th and Auburn Rotary on October 14th and our next regular board meeting is October 21st. Thank you. Okay. Uh, two quick items for me. Uh, we have been working with, um, our ED services team as we look at transitioning, uh, Mr. Wilson to Kovex. He's, he looks like he already left and went there right now. Um, and without a thank you to um, Adam for your presentation. We do want to thank um, Dr. Dr. Rapania for her leadership um and her dedication to this district over the many years that she's been at a lot of our sites and on the front lines of a lot of amazing initiatives. So, you will be missed. Um but we're working on uh picking up the pieces
080with um so Mr. Wilson can give his full investment at KFax High School and supporting him through that. So, we're just looking at kind of that transition piece. Um we have our October inservice on October 15th. So that will be site based and there'll be more information to follow and terms of how the board can can get involved um by attending or stopping by as um we have only have a several days during the year that we have a full day of staff PD and this is our first one for October 15th. Um it'll be sitebased meaning they'll all be at their own sites doing various things that um they see as important goals and mission for their school sites. And that concludes my report. Thank you so much. Item 6.5 are Associated Teachers of
081Plaster CTA NEA ATP presidents report. >> Welcome. >> Thank you so much for having me. Um Cooper, first off, ask for help. Don't type in all the teacher lists, please. You can see Mr. Bellis or you can see admin. Like, don't don't do that, right? Um, Justin, I'm going to forgive you mostly for the comments about plaster, but only because you were a good tour guide, but I'm saying this publicly that it's I'm going to hold a little grudge. Okay. Um, in terms of the So, some feedback that I've gotten, so um, as you all know, I have the president release days on Fridays and so I'm using that time to, um, connect people with resources and then also to kind of get a feel of what's going on on all the campuses. So um
082one thing that keeps coming up that's come up at all the campuses is um there's a feeling that they are trying to move forward but they don't know exactly where we're going yet. So hopefully thatou is going to take get taken care of uh very soon because um despite the fact that we need to put that stuff in place um pieces have been pushed forward as as some of the items that we're doing during our um our PD time and so um there's some concerns about are we doing it right? Um because those pieces haven't been put into play. um can we talk with the other schools and we just heard now that um October 15th is going to be sitebased and I think there was some hope that we were actually going to meet
083as a full district so we could have conversations meaningful conversations about um how we're doing the grading. Um and this would also be useful in a sense of um there have been concerns in the past of uh teachers being in different places even if they teach the same subject. It's kind of hard to do much about that if we can't all talk together. Um so just putting that out there. Um in terms of the um oh this will be something that you'll like um trusty leak. So we're talking about um AI and another thing that came up that um I absolutely have to do a shout out to this person. So Lauren just at Deloro was showing me something that I'd heard about but I hadn't seen in person. So, she um teaches study skills
084and she was using chat um GPT5. She um it's 20 bucks a month. She pays for it um on her own, which as a union president I'm not like super excited about, but I get how it happens. Um and it allows her to help her students out as individuals. So, one thing that's a problem and it happens a lot in math is that um the people that do study skills don't necessarily know all the different subject areas, right? And so, she was showing me how she scanned in this kid's test. She doesn't understand the M material herself. Um and it did a breakdown grading the the kids test. it went through and she could then turn around and ask um the the program to break down all the steps for doing it and then she
085turned around and had it give a practice test um to go through and hit the weak points and I thought that was really quite cool and um she gave me permission to share not only with you but also um there's a couple people from other sites that have said hey this is a problem like I don't even know how to help these kids when this isn't my area and um I was like wow that that is problem solving in action. Um the public works courses I do have to make um just a comment on this on the side. So um I think you kind of know how I feel about the fact that we had a number of hours to go through and do without any time or compensation given. My son just got um
086a job in the engineering building. And so it's kind of funny because um President Spade's um son Jack is an engineering student and out of all the places for some reason he got offered this job in the engineering um building at ASU and they both attend ASU. Um he's getting paid for those courses he has to take before he goes through and does his job. So did my daughter. So my my little peeons from my house are getting paid for doing those courses and I'm not with all the education and experience I've had and um that just seems like a significant disparity and it feels like you know once again and I know trusty like you're probably going to say this but it's that teachers doing stuff on their own time. We we want to
087because we care about what we're doing, but at the same time, we also really want to be treated as professionals and be given the time and be paid accordingly. And if there isn't the money there, um the time would be a a great thing to to be looking at. Um and are there fewer asks that could be made um if if the money is not there? And I know we're going to sit down and look at that. Um, the last piece that I wanted to address today is probably the hardest piece for me because I think I've talked in the past about how I really wish our board did not go the direction of political action. Um, I feel like student needs need to be front and center and I hear um the time that
088you guys put in. I see the time that you put in. Um, my big concern there is you're saying it's 95% of the time now that it's a district focused, but going this path of political action, I don't think you're going to be able to help it. You will not be able to keep it at 95%. I look at um the justification for talking about even Prop 50 tonight and I feel like if there has to be paragraphs written justifying why we're talking about this at a board meeting, it doesn't have enough to do with our district. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. All right, we're going to go ahead and skip item seven because we already did it for our public hearing. Um so we're going to go ahead and move to item
089eight, consent agenda items. Do we have any changes to the consent agenda? Trusty Jeff, >> I would like to pull 8.3 for discussion. >> Any other items? Trustees >> hearing? None. Do I have a motion? >> I second. >> We have a first by Trusty Lake and a second by Underwood. Any other questions, comments? All in favor, starting with the student board. I >> board >> I all oppose. >> Motion passes unanimously. All right, let's start with item 8.3. >> Trusty Jeff. >> All right, so I had this item pulled for uh two reasons. And one, I already have the clarification uh that's been provided by the superintendent, but for the purposes of public transparency, I wanted to mention that I looked at pay warrant 814 and I had a question about uh an expenditure
090there. Uh it was I think it was 300 something uh for teachers pay teachers, which is a website um where teachers can purchase worksheets and curriculum ideas and content for teaching and that kind of stuff. Um and uh Superintendent Amali uh got right back to me and let me know who the teacher was and what the curriculum was that was purchased. Um it was some social studies uh curriculum. So I just want to you know throw it out there that I had that question. Uh the other question I had with was with respect to the 820 warrant. Um and well sort of with respect to the 820 warrant. So, I saw on the A20 warrant uh another significant expenditure in the tune of $7,600 to Lozano Smith, which is one of our law firms that
091I thought we discussed as a board that we weren't going to be using anymore. Uh because we've gotten some uh poor legal advice from that firm, unfortunately. Um so, I saw that there was an expend a significant expenditure there. And so, I'm wondering like what's the situation with that? Are we still using Lozano Smith? Are we not using Lozano Smith? Remember, we um agreed to $20,000 this year to finish off the trademark thing. So, we're almost done. We actually have official trademarks >> for the DO and the Forester logo and we're almost done with them. So, >> all right. Thank you, Peter. >> Welcome. >> Sure. >> And then I actually had two questions on these districts issued warrants as well. Um, regarding the um warrants on both 93 and 814, uh, there are two
092out of four of our previous student board members being paid varied amounts, $625 and $2,200. There's obviously a large discrepancy between these two amounts. And uh my my my additional concern is that there's only two out of four being paid and it's in relation to this year when they served last year. So I'm just wondering why that was made out. >> Give you my best guess, but I'm going to let Peter go ahead and take that away. >> On uh it was on both 93 and 814. >> It's probably the scholarship um >> checks for student board from last year. They receive $1,500. You get it in increments of each semester >> and it's $2,200 >> unless they got other scholarships from other places from the district. >> That makes sense. >> Foundation. >> Gotcha.
093Thank you. >> Awesome. All right. With that, are there any other questions on 9.3 or uh clarifying clarity? If not, um do I have a motion? >> I'll move to approve. >> We have a first by Trusty Jeff, second by Trusty Duncan. Any other questions or comments? All right, we have a motion for 8.3 district issued warrants. Uh, all in favor starting with the student board. >> I >> board. All in favor say I. >> I. >> All oppose. Motion passes unanimously. Let's go ahead and move to our action items. Item 9.1, certificated personnel report number 225 through 26. >> Yes, madam president. As you can see, it's another really long list of people that are um working really diligently for us from everything from um substitute teaching to all the additional duties such as
094E3 mentors, direct instruction activities, department chair, um a variety of them. Um I would also need to um acknowledge and appreciate not only Chassity but Greg Kellerman for coming back and supporting us for this semester. And um Chassity will be missed. I will miss her a bunch as a fellow administrator. And so on the behalf of the superintendent, I would recommend the approval of the certificated personnel report. >> Do I have a motion? >> I move approval. >> First by Trusty Underwood, second by Trustee Lake. Any comments or questions? I'd also like to thank you for your service to this district and I know you've worked at nearly every site or maybe all sites. Has it been all four comprehensive sites? Three. >> Okay. I was like I know you're real close. I don't know
095how many um staff members can say that. Thank you for your dedication to to student to student learning and and providing a great space for our kids. Best of luck. >> Thank you, Chassity. >> Thank you. We have a first and a second to approve item 9.1 certificate of personnel report number two 25- 26 starting with the student board. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Board. >> I. >> All oppose. Hearing none. Motion passes unanimously. Number 9.2 classified personnel report number two 25 through 26. Yes, we are also very busy on that report as well with all the activities and sports um going on proctoring for our students and of course we cannot forget the volunteers that spend so much time working with our school sites, our students and making sure that all
096these things are happening and allowing that. And we also want to recognize all these student tutors that are working with our students as well as a student worker. Um, so we appreciate their willingness to take that on as well. On the behalf of the superintendent, I would recommend the approval of the classified personnel report. >> I move approval. >> Thank you, Trusty Underwood. We have a first by Trusty Underwood and a second by Trusty Jeff. Any questions or comments? >> I did have one question. Um, what is the student tutor position? And, uh, I did not see any of those from Deloro High School. They looked like all plaster. What are these individuals being used for? >> These positions are sightbased and we it they are used during the afterchool or before school tutoring programs
097with the teachers that are supervising during those times. So it would be dependent on the site and how they want to uh use their funds or if they have a need for that to happen. So each site decides that and they add they're added all throughout the school year. So we have some that are added um in August as well as some as January or March depending on what the need is and if there's students willing to take that on. >> Awesome. Thank you. I saw that and I was like there's no Deloro people on here. I wonder what that is. So thank you for providing that. >> So Plerser's winning is what I just heard. >> We'll take it. That is what I heard. I will say that I'm pretty I've seen a whole
098bunch from KFax as well. >> This is true. This is true. This is true. Um, do I have a motion? >> I already did it. Just kidding. We're coming back to that. That was a question after the motions. Thank you, Dez. Thank So thankful that you keep us on track. Um, I did want to acknowledge our I saw that long list of student tutors as well. Um, I love when the kids can help and mentor one another. I think it's a wonderful program. So, thank you guys for getting those through. All right. All in favor starting with the student board. >> I >> um board I all oppose hearing none. Motion passes yet again unanimously. >> And I do want to add that um I don't know if this program continues but at Delo they
099had volunteer students who um did the same activity working with their math teachers primarily in math. I know because my son was one of those that was >> doing it right. So, we also have student volunteers that do this work as well. So, I do want to mention that and we appreciate their work as well. >> Absolutely. Thank you for that uh clarification. Item 9.3, teaching outside credential pursuant to education code section 44258.3. >> I keep promising that this will be the last time, but um it Greg Kellerman, as I mentioned earlier, came back and we are very appreciative of him coming back and returning and supporting us. um we do need a local board authorization for him as well as one of our newer teachers up at Forest Hill High School. They have both
100gone through the process. They've identified either through background work, coursework, all those different things. The department chair will sign off on those things to make sure that they meet the needs of the students. And so on the behalf of the superintendent, I would recommend the approval of the local board authorizations. >> I had a question just what prompted this? Is there a teacher the left in both cases or >> so Mr. Kellerman? Yes, we well not left transitioned to a different role. So Mr. Powers, Clark Powers went from being a math teacher to the world wood shop teacher and um math is one of the more difficult um teaching credentialed staff to get and it was later in the summer. And so we are um working towards making sure that we get the best qualified
101candidate possible versus um hiring somebody that may not be the best fit. And so at this time, Mr. Mr. Kerman came back for a couple of ter uh sections as well as Mr. Reer has taken he's working on his prep and supporting. Is that not correct? Yeah. And next semester we do have an opening right now. It's being flown right now and we will see what will happen for next semester. Thank you. Do I have a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> I have a first by Trusty Duncan and a second a whispered second by Trusty Lake over there. Any other questions? All in favor starting with the student board. >> I. >> All board. >> I. All oppose. Motion carries. Item 9.4 resolution number 7 25 through 26. Efficiency of textbooks or instructional materials.
102This is back to our public hearing. This is the item. >> Yep. So, as I mentioned before, annually we are required to have this resolution uh review our sufficiency of textbooks. And so, like I said, if you keep going down that list, there's a little link there that shows all of the textbooks, which is a pretty exhaustive link that Michelle Isham has been able to uh keep for us. And um so it pretty straightforward. Any questions? I do not have any trustees. All right. Do we have a motion? >> I move approval. Second. We >> have a first by Trustee Underwood and a second by Trustee Duncan. This is a resolution which requires a roll call vote. Take it away, Superintendent Omali. >> Trusty Underwood. >> Yes. >> Trusty Jeff. >> Hi. >> Trusty President
103Spade. >> I. >> Trusty Duncan. >> I. >> Trusty Lake. >> Hi. >> Motion carries. 50. Oh, sorry. Student boards. My bad. Forgot y'all. I'm new here. Let's not forget that. >> Rusty Penny. >> Great. >> Hi, >> Rusty Bar. >> Hi. >> Beautiful. >> Carries. >> All right. Item 9.5 20 uh 2024 through 25 unodudited actuals financial report and accompanying certificate. >> Evening everybody. >> Good evening. >> Um an anomaly for me. Usually this is director Miss Susan Kaine. Um, as I told her before she left, when you go on a boat with 500 people, you're not going to come home feeling well. >> So, she's home, but she will be feeling better hopefully, and we will see her soon. And so, what you have in front of you is what people most commonly
104refer to as close of the books. And so, uh, I want to start off with a brief little thing. We did close the books a little bit better, but I also want to still mention, um, we're still deficit spending. So instead of deficit spending X, we're X Y minus Y. So it's still in a predicament. We are still borrowing from fund 17 to help offset that deficit spending. Um and we're still going to be zero net fund 17 three years out from now. So um just want to paint that picture before we get into this. But thankfully we did a few things um in 2425. Uh staff did their job in saving where we could. And as an example, when we say closed books, if you have a purchase order, you open for $10, you
105only spend nine. That's a dollar there. And then we had some other things that didn't come as expensive as we thought. Our mid plaster bill back and we actually saved a little bit on special ed even though special ed still was the highest we've ever had before ever. So going to that um we'll look at the first slide. These were the revenues uh for 2425. And so you see money from the state, from the feds, the miscellaneous state funding and local funding. That's Prop 28, other grants, dual enrollment, CSI, learning recovery grant, a lot of those onetime funds that we are no longer going to be seeing in the future. So, that's our fund reser revenues, uh, expenditures, as you can see, more than our revenues. Um, you got your salary sitting around 82%. If
106I did my math correctly, books and supplies, services such as legal fees and utilities, um, and then benefits and things like that. So, those are our expenditures. On page three, these are contributions made from the general fund to offset um costs. So, as an example, routine restricted maintenance, we're supposed to put in 3%. So, that's just about $2 million that goes to the general fund into that account. Um the money does not come in to support special ed from the feds to the state. And so, we're covering the cost at a tune of about 4.6 million. It's about six two 6.2% 2% of our budget for 2425. Um, as was pointed out to me, it's been the highest ever um in the history of the district and that's with less students than we had 10
107years ago. Uh, so costs are going up, the needs for students are going up. Um, so there's that for a total contribution from the general fund of 6.5 million. other financing sources for revenue. Um we have money from fund 17 we're earning some interest on that goes the tech endowment that $96,000 is spread across school sites for technology needs at their school sites. Um fund 25 is our developer fees. We charge an administration fee for the monies that we collect from that to offset the costs that we incur for our assistants to do the work collecting the developer fees. And so that's what that money is. So it's an infusion of money if you want to call it. So the overview you see our unauedited actuals from 2324 we ended up with a balance of
10811 million.5 and then 2425 7.7 2526 we're predicting 7.1 you see a negative 599 that would have been about a million but we came in about $400,000 better but again in the off years we're going to be borrowing about $2 million from fund 17 just to maintain our deficit spending um and our plan and talk about a few of those topics when we get near the end. Maidu, next slide. Fund 09 doing pretty well. I know it says revenues at 1.7 and expendure at 1.774. Um, but they had a nice fund balance going into the 25 26 year and so that's why you see a $435,000 extra sitting over there. Um, so Maidu is is doing pretty well, holding steady with their students and so so far so good. our other funds. Fund08 is our
109ASB clubs. So, uh, as we always tell them, I know you have an ending fund balance, but you're supposed to spend this year's money on this year's kids. A lot of them have plans. You know, if you're the class of 2030, you know, or 2028, you know, you may want to start saving money for that class your senior year. So, sometimes they set aside things for that, but this is all of the ASP clubs put together. Fun 11 is adult school. Uh sitting pretty well. Without having Stephen come up here, I know he might be a little nervous. You never know what the state's going to do with adult school, but so far so good. Um in terms of the news out there, it kind of comes and goes, but you never know which way
110the wind's going to blow each day that it comes. Other funds we have, fund 13, our cafeteria, child nutrition, still doing well. Um a lot of that infusion was from onetime grants that she had. Those are kind of fading away as time goes along. She has a little bit of money left. what's called kit grants, kitchen grants, basically buying a dishwasher, uh walk-in freezers, things like that. Uh but thankfully still sitting on a healthy uh ending ending fund balance. Um if students want to help out the cafeteria, I know people complain about the burgers aren't as big as In-N-Out Burger, but it's still good food. Um and it's free, so I really don't want to hear kids complain about that. I was at KFax the other day and they had five choices for lunch, so
111that's a pretty good choice. Um, fund 14 is our deferred maintenance. That's money that we put into uh there is no automatic funding from the state. We chose to put money that from the general fund. You can see that we have not transferred any money for the last couple of years. We're not planning any transfers in for 2526. So, Don's sitting on about $95 million that she needs to spend or would like to spend. Um, you have a broken air conditioner. You can spend that money in a day. >> 85,000. Correct. >> Well, 85. Oh, okay. I was like, "Wow." I mean, that's a pretty good number. >> 95,000. What did I say 95 million? >> Yes, you did. >> Okay. I was all Peter. >> I wishful thinking. >> I was waiting patiently. >>
112Couple zeros. Come on. >> Thank you. >> We wish. >> Okay. So, fund 17. This is the one we were speaking about earlier. Um, if you notice on there, um, we had a balance of 3.6 million in 2324. We had a balance of 3.7. Now, we have a balance of 1.6. two million is being taken out to offset deficit of spending over the next couple years. So that's where that's coming up. So it leaves unending balance there. Fund 19 scholarship balance, we can borrow from that fund, but you got to pay it back that scholarship for the students. That is sitting very healthy as David and Emerson have reported before. Uh thank you to the stock market. Um we have done that the the fund there has done very well that money back for our
113students. So that's a nice thing right there. the next two pages. This first one here, um, again, the snapshot in time, end of June 30. But as I've been saying before, we are almost, we're about to start work, getting close to the last bit of work at Delo, which is the 500 hallway. Once that work is done, this money will be depleted. Um, and hopefully I'll be coming to you in a couple of months, basically closing out uh the Deloro bond. Um, but a lot of things happened there, which was you see a list up there. I can tell you the gen well well we're not doing the generator project but um there's so many other projects that we did that were not on there example the 500 the ASB the 100 wing those were
114not originally on the pro on the project list but because of savings throughout the bond um it's amazing how much interest you can earn when you stick 40 million in the bank uh so it was smart that we actually did the withdrawal of the bonds way back early and sat on it for a while but then spent that down because we earned some interest off of that so a lot of work and then also want to mention as you know we received received $15 million from the state as new modernization money for a total of 55 million that was spent at Deloro. So, a lot of great things happening there and we'll be finishing off. And um just a shout out to Liz. She's been a great um facilities administrator at Deloro and working with
115her and and getting work done in that 500 hallway. Same thing with Fun22 Plaster High School. We're about finished up with there. Um, I did hear from, um, it was Jeff Patton who was telling me, um, just got a chance to play golf with him last week. He mentioned to me that the last piece of the Earl Crab floor went for $3,000 at an auction. >> Wow. >> And the piece is only about this big. >> So, I said, "Well, I have some at home. Maybe I'll just start eBaying it." But anyway, um, so very excited about some of the extra work we did with that bond money. Same situation as Deloro, finishing off the HVAC and the 600 wing and miscellaneous projects. And we'll be closing this one out as well for this year
116so that Delo and Plaster by the end of this school year there will be no more bond money. Will we be done? Fund 25 is our developer fees. Um we've been seeing some nice development throughout the area. We don't compete with the development you might see in Rockland and Roseville, but we get our share. It's what's paying for the uh synthetic turf installation at KFax. It's what helped pay for the snack bar concession stand at Forest Hill. It's what's helping pay for the Boington parking lot when we do the arc engineering and eventually the paving. And so that's where that money's been allocated as you go throughout the years. Uh fund 40. This is probably why they had the million in my head. Um I've talked about this before and I'll talk about it in
117the staff report. Um this is money that we've received from the state for projects that we've done. Um we did matching uh funds from that. The bonds for plaster and delo brought a lot of that they basically reimburse us or give us money for projects that we did we paid for and since it was paid out of the bond money we're able to get that state money back because bond money is local not state money. So um we're trying to get one of my presentations of staff report we'll be looking at proposition two there is no more money left for myization but getting in line for future but hence a nice healthy healthy balance sitting there about 12 million. Um, I did mention that we did sell the property at 49. Um, that money was
118supposed to go here. We're actually earmarking it for the general fund and so that will help for 2526. Um, I do want to mention a lot of what you're seeing right now, what I spoke about earlier. It'll be completely different in December when we do first interim >> because there's as an example, the million dollars is not noted yet. um other reimbursements from some other things we have and so that'll be a little bit different when we get there hopefully more positive but still deficit spending but that's where I had the million dollars in my head was because of fund 40 fund 17 or fund 71 excuse me is what's called OPIB um it's our retirey benefit so teachers other staff members who retire as you know we have a benefit that pays some of
119the cap for your health benefits for a few years um several years ago the district decided to fund this unfunded liability Um, we just had a phone call today with the people who handled this. Um, we're about half of that balance. Um, we'll have an actuary report sometime in the future. They said we should have about a million in there. We have about a half million. So, we're about 50% funded, which is better than zero. Um, we always wanted to be around that number. People always get worried about unfunded liability. That money would be if everybody decided to retire at one time. Well, that's not going to happen. Okay. is when people panic about Stirs who has billions sitting there and they say they need money in there. It's like no, there's there's billions. You'll
120be fine. Not everybody's going to retire at one time. So, uh sitting on a healthy OPED budget, but we have not put money in there. There's been three times we put money in there and so uh we're not projecting putting any money in there anytime soon. Obviously, it would come from the general fund. We don't want to do that right now. So, again, last slide. These are just a couple next steps. We are going to be re reestablishing the budget advisory group. One of the first things I'll be doing this week, early next week, is reaching out to the principles like we did last time. Uh getting those names of people who sat on this group, getting them together. Um one of the first things is kind of rehashing this with them, tell them where
121we're at with depth of spending and start going through a fine tooth comb, what we call the sax report, all the things we sell on books and supplies. Other things that we where can we start cutting money before we get to people and that's always been the conversation. You know, we talk about what we did with the teachers. Um, if you raise the staffing ratio, you get to hire less teachers. We lose them by attrition. We're doing the PARs incentive grant to see if teachers are looking to retire. So, you offer that up so that we're not laying off teachers, but we're losing them by attrition. We have several P positions that we have not hired for in the classified staff. There's four or five positions in maintenance alone that we have not hired back
122for. Um, the same thing with the district office and then looking at other levels as well. that's coming down the pike, but that will be talked about at the budget advisory group. And our intent is then to present a lot of that information when we have the first interim report in December. So, that's kind of where we're at. Just to hit on um we're still in a predicament. We still have special ed. Um, one of the few things that is not able to mention because we just did it, but if you notice in consent today, we had five or six non-public school placements at a total of $575,000, which was not budgeted for 2526 yet because it just happened. And, you know, we approved the budget in June. So, right off the bat, you're you're
123hitting on that. Um, our enrollment, I joke with people, we need 100 kids. We got 20. That's a that's a drop in the bucket. We need we need 100 kids. Um, and I say that because you need 100 kids because you get 100 kids at 15,000, you're looking at 1.5 mil, maybe you hire a couple teachers for 300 grand, you're still making well over a million because we don't need to hire anybody else besides teachers for that. So that's that's where we're at. And so not trying to paint a bleak picture, but it's it's bleak. How's that? >> The truth. That's what that was. Um, yeah, the the hard truth. Um to Trusty Underwood's um point early in the meeting during his board report, I think that this has been weighing heavily on all of
124us, certainly our district staff and our new superintendent who is coming in here trying to support um support the team here to to navigate all of this. Um I appreciated that you pointed out that you know while the the slide earlier on and uh trust uh superintendent Ali and I discussed it that it looked like we were only just well just under 600 million you know um >> 600,000 >> look at look at what you've done look at what you >> positive thinking >> $600,000 that we were a deficit spending that it's actually closer to 2.5 or 2.6 six, excuse me. And so I know that yeah, that's going to that's going to the tightening of the belt will continue and we're going to have to find cost savings in certain places. I like to
125be proactive and what can we do to increase our value to your point of 100 uh students would be amazing. I think that there's I think there is some opportunity for that with u Maidu um the virtual charter academy um and some other things that have been discussed which you know we'll see how all of that plays out but marketing and creating a second learning environment is going to contribute to that. Our schools are amazing and um we've got to figure out how to make sure that we're not losing them to other programs um and that starts with you know in the classroom and um is supported by this board. I still one of the pieces because when we did the budget advisory group a couple years ago that was one of the comments was
126how do we increase revenue >> we don't sell things so we we we sell an opportunity but but one of the things came up was okay attendance >> hence the change of not doing a school during Thanksgiving because we lost a lot of attendance there so might change that a little bit um increasing just one percentage point is about a half million dollars over time it doesn't happen like right away and I don't have a confirmed confirmed day today, but we've actually are trending that way right now. We're about one or two% higher than we were a year or so ago. And so kudos to the school staff because that message isn't coming from Mr. E, the assistant superintendent administrative services. That's coming from the school sites of telling kids, hey, come to school. It's
127a great thing. You know, Mr. E's comment is, I have a headache. Take an aspirin. I only here for one period. Okay? But we want them all day. We want them in school, you know, to be active, to be participatory. Um, you know, school's the best place. There's free food, so and your friends are there. But, uh, a kudos to the to the principles and their school staff for and the teachers for convincing kids that school is the best place to be right now. >> I think, uh, Miss Kimberry was also a large part in in supporting that staff as well. And the former board, you know, we discussed this very topic like, well, how do we increase attendance? And I think um people there there was some misnomers like how does how do we
128really get funded and having an excuse absence? We still don't get funded. It's just excused. So what does that look like um in terms of of finances for our district? So there was a campaign to educate too. I feel like that's helped. Um it's clearly the data is moving in the right direction. Um and hopefully it continues to do so. So we want you in class. Um, and our our uh our duty is to provide a wonderful environment for you um to be there. So, um any questions or comments on this, guys? >> Madam President, do you mind if I throw out a couple things? >> Please. >> Um so, when I first got here, one of the first things I had um Peter and his team do is print off last year's budget because
129I knew I was going to find all the answers in there and we tore through basically all of the services that the district subscribes to um which are all utilized. I kind of thought we'd see some dead weight there somewhere in this I want to say it was $12 million that we would find something and and we just couldn't. Um when you look at a fiveyear history of our utilities essentially they they've all doubled. So if you were we looked specifically at at PG& which went from just over 700,000 to 1.5 million in five years. We also have an assessment of AB218 claims and that's the sex abuse uh statute that says you know you can file a sex abuse claim going back to any time in history against a school district or any public
130agency. We're in a um in an insurance pool called self along with roughly 40% of the school districts in the state. So every time LA Unified settles a case for 85 million we're going to pay a chunk of that because it's you know one for all and all for one. Um, our assessment last year was $200,000 roughly and this year it was 400,000. Um, AXA estimates there are roughly 30 billion in claims out there. So, um, this is starting to show up in the u in the news a little bit because this is becoming a massive problem um for all school districts. Like these are budget breakers at this point, especially, you know, the district I came from, it was five years of assessments that doubled every single year. um obviously a much smaller district
131but you know went from 10 to 20 to 40 to 80 so I guess it was only four years so those are things that are out there on the horizon and when we look at the unrestricted side of the budget um you we spend 82% on personnel and and superintendent school tells you that that's not bad but right now we're incurring so many costs out of our control IEP and AB218 that that that 82% is now high and so um I bring this all up just to kind of bring your attention to this that the unrestricted side of our budget is is not good. And that budget committee's work is going to be critical for us to bring you recommendations so we can keep everything as far away from our students as possible and still
132offer the worldass second to none education that we're going to do. But we do have some tough decisions coming. So just wanted to pour a little reality into the meeting. >> Yeah. And and thank you, Superintendent Mi, because the the case is end losing. That's what the self pool is for to pay it off. Problem is when you've paid $500,000 over a five or six year period to supplement that pool, you may not see that money back. Even though there's no case in your district, type of thing, or a case that was in your district got settled for a small amount of money. And every day we're hearing a case or every other day. You know, there was one down in down south again. it was $25 million >> and the wording was basically just
133because it was from the 90s and there was a lot of backup so it seemed like the number to do CSBA sends those out all the time my my words that those words and so it's just that aspect of of what we're dealing with >> that was never there 10 years ago. >> Yeah. No, I I I think we're all we're all uh tracking the issues with PG&E and thank you for bringing that to our attention. It's an issue that Superintendent Amali shared with me um a few months ago and that that may be impacting our district and I've spoken with our assembly members staff about it. I can tell you that legislators do not want to touch that with a 10-ft pole. Um obviously people who have had something dramatic happen to them um
134they deserve their their day in court, especially if it's one of our students in a classroom. The insurance side of it though doesn't seem totally fair on our small school district's budget to be paying large portions of LA Unifi's claims. I feel like that that issue and I don't I don't want to go any further on that, but um I would like to see what other insurance options we have and if um if there's anything that could potentially replace that where we're not in that situation um in in hopes to have some cost savings. um in relief. >> Well, and just to be clear, I think Superintendent M, we met schools down in LA Unified is self-insured on its own. >> The district itself, they actually took out a half billion dollar bond just to
135pay for theirs. >> Wow. >> So, them as a district, but the outer parts of LA are part of that something. >> Okay, >> Peter, how does it look in terms of our enrollment, the the degree that we're declining? I mean, have we started to stabilize where we're going to get more ADA coming in or >> Well, it's it's hard to say, David, because when we look at say Auburn Union or Lumis, they predicted 40 to 60 kids higher, but that's from K to 8, not just eighth graders. So, for us, it it won't come in as 60 kids in nth grade. It could be a few kids here and a few kids later and a few and we may not see that whole group because that's eight levels. We only have four. And so
136now when we shared um at our counterpart meetings for with the county office, there's no one really growing around here except Roseville and Roseville City >> and we don't see those students, but Lumis and Auburn Union, you know, Forestville Divide gets excited when they get 10 kids. >> Well, that doesn't help us overall. Helps Forestville High School. Um but overall, you know, 20 kids is not is not balancing it out for us. So since we're >> so we're going to stay stagnant but everything else is going up. So you know when our costs are rising two when our revenues are 2.3 and rising but everything else is 5 10 15% it's not keeping up. >> There should be some government subsidies with this PG& situation. It's crushing districts um government agencies. Not that I want
137that on the back of anybody else but it's killing it's just absolutely brutal. I've had conversations with like a lot of people about attendance lately and I know the videos that Principal Zurwas makes are pretty awesome and I I watch them and uh they always have great pieces of information about attendance to educate our students and same with Miss Barry. I know Miss Barry being the former um principal of Deloro, she's also had a pretty great impact on attendance. But when it comes down to it, I'll ask a student like do you know that our district loses money when we are when you're not here? And they're and now that people know it, they'll be like, "Yeah." And I'm like, "Then like, what makes you want to be at school?" And to be honest, it's
138those people that are playing sports and they're like, "Hey, I have to be at school, you know, the the game day or it's someone that's super involved and they want to, you know, join that uh leadership uh activity at lunch." So I think definitely like the increase of those types of activities now that like thank you so much principal uh Zurwas and uh Mrs. Barry for making us so aware of those um those uh information and data. But now I think it's just it's up to the students who are not involved in school to be at at school. cuz I know that the ones that are involved like they'll have something at school and they'll say I'm rescheduling that dentist appointment next week now because I want to be at school after school. I'm telling
139my mom I have to do that. So I think that definitely our problem in attendance at Deloro lies with those students who maybe have not found that connection yet. And I think that that's where um I'm hoping to bring more uh light onto those students at Deloro. >> Thank you for that feedback. That falls directly in line with one of our board expectations. We want all kids to be involved in and participating. All right, y'all. Um, do we have a motion on item 9.5? >> I move approval. >> We have a first by Trusty Underwood. >> Peter. Excellent. Charles, >> second by trustee Jeff. Any other questions or comments? Hearing none. Starting with student board. All in favor say I. >> I. Board. >> I. All oppose. Motion passes unanimously. Item 9.6, resolution number 6,
14025 through 26, establishing appropriations subject to constitutional limits. The GAN limit. Everyone's favorite item. >> Well, this is just the state basically telling us what number, you know, it's, if you remember, especially the last couple years, um, it's a way of making sure that if the state takes in too much revenue, they just can't go figure out where to spend it beyond the budget they've already done. And so they do that with school districts, too. We're not in any danger because we're not getting an increase in revenue more than what we get. And so they just established a baseline of of that expenditure. And so that's what this resolution is. It's just acknowledging that number. >> All right. Thank you. Do I have a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> First by Trusty Duncan and
141a second by Trusty Jeff. This is to approve item 9.6 resolution number 625-26 establishing appropriation subject to the constitutional limits, the GAN limit. Any questions or comments? Hearing none. Starting with the student board, I'm gonna turn that over to Superintendent Omali for a roll call vote. >> Starting with the student board. >> I. >> Trusty Underwood. >> I. >> Trusty Jeff. >> Hi. >> Trusty President Spade. >> Hi. >> Trusty Duncan. >> Hi. >> Trusty Lake. >> Motion carries. >> Thank you very much. Item 9.7 resolution number 825 through 26 opposing Proposition 50. This is a document that I brought forward. Um, this has been an interest of the community. Um, and in collabor collaboration with other trustees in our area concerns related to this, but I wanted uh board if you'll draw your attention
142to your folder. Um, trustee Duncan submitted some uh possible revisions. So, I'd like you guys to kind of look at that as we are going back and forth here. Now, am I want to make sure I'm looking at this correctly? This is original. This is your Okay, perfect. >> Okay, so there are some strikethroughs and some blue um changed language, and then there's the original, which I'm sure you guys all reviewed um on the packet online, but I just like to go through um that. But before I do so, let me pull my notes here. All right. So, I want to acknowledge we talked about our board expectations. This resolution addresses the following expectations um which I'll go into a little bit later, but uh safe and supportive schools. Our schools will foster environments where
143every student is safe, supported, empowered, and reach their full potential. Um safety is a part of this resolution, and I'll explain why in a moment. The second is transparency and accountability that we're going to lead with integrity utilizing sound governance and business practices while remaining open, transparent, and collaborative and accountable to our comm uh community. I just want to share that as a member of the Pler County um school districtricting like committee. So they call it the Plaster County Committee, but essentially I sit on a body with a number of trustees and some who are who are unelected but voted into that position um to review the maps, the trustee by trustee area maps and also school district boundaries um for our county. Um and I've participated in a number of hearings um um on
144behalf of that committee and with that committee for four different school districts who's brought maps forward. Um you know and then additionally our district went through this process last year as well. Um it's a lengthy process. It it requires multiple public hearings um posting of the maps so that we can receive community feedback etc. Um, in that case, the state light requires three public hearings, 21 days for public review before final adoption, and assuring that local control remains with our families and educators and not outside of our community. Um, as a schoolboard trustee, uh, CSBA often reiterates local control, local control, local control. uh this proposition is removing the local control and the local panels that have been the steward of this um to in hopes to avoid gerrymandering. Right. Some argue that the school
145board should not act on Proposition 50. Um I've received a number of emails um opposing this. I've also received um communications in support of this measure claiming that it's a partisan issue. However, under education code 7054 and our board vla 9000 role of our board item five, we are charged with providing community leadership and advocacy for our students, districts, educational programs, and public education at a state and national level. I understand that through um previous reports and some of those emails that there was concerns around that and that um the belief was that our board is only to act on our budget or to support our superintendent or to just focus on what's happening right inside of the classroom. But when things outside of our district are going to impact our district, it's our duty
146as a board and as a as an elected body uh to advocate on behalf of our community, our our students, and our constituents. Other boards, just so you're aware, have already passed resolutions in California supporting this proposal. San Diego Unified School District passed a proposal last Monday in support of this uh proposition. And we had another school board, which I learned today, in Plaster County, that also uh passed a resolution to oppose this. We are not the first board to act on this in the state. Um, and I'm certain that we will not be the last. And I'd like to say that my belief is that we must oppose this proposition, which dismantles the voter approved independent restricting uh redistricting commission. and I sit on a similar commission and I think it's vital. While California
147leaders have criticized partisan map drawing in other states and I'm not going to waste our time on that some this process moved very quickly and had unintended consequences. Prop 50 sacrifices fairness. Um, and potentially I've heard numbers swinging, although our uh resolution mentions 200 around 200 million uh 200 million for this. Um, now they're saying it could be upwards of 300 million amid a budget deficit. Um, those funds could be used for educational purposes and they should be they should be supporting local education agencies like ours. We just had a very grim report on our finances. Furthermore, this proposition also distracts um from Sacramento's failures. Misallocating funds while underfunding education uh under Prop 98, which is a constitutional mandate for the funding of our schools for the second year consecutive have not uh appropriated the
148proper funds for education. Two years consistently. that ensures safer schools through accountability um and and also neglected prop 36 which ensures safer schools through accountability for repeat offenders. So we didn't fully fund education and we also didn't fund um a proposition that the voters voted for which is acknowledged in our our resolution today safety and our finances for our district. So with that, and I know we're um probably going to have further discussion, I'd like to review um the amended report as well. Uh but I think it is important um for us as our local body to exercise our right to protect our local control uh and deand demand fiscal responsibility. And so I would recommend that we we support this resolution. If you'll go ahead. I don't know. Dez, do you have the beautiful
149great before we take public comment, I'd like to go through some revisions. Do you want to do a quick count of that? Perfect. Oh, great. So, it's up there. >> Beautiful. Oh, thank you. Okay, great. Thank you, Dez. I appreciate you you posting that. Oh, great. There are copies made available to the public if you'd prefer to go through it as we we do, even though it's up on the board. It might be easier for your eyes. So, feel free to go look at that. So, with that being said, um the amended version, we're going to just go ahead and read through uh board resolution number 825 through 26 in the matter of resolution opposing Proposition 50. Whereas California voters have consistently affirmed their preferred process for redistricting should be transparent and nonpartisan beginning with
150beginning with Proposition 11 in 2008 which establishes the Citizen Redistricting Commission for Legislative Maps followed by Proposition 20 and 2010 expanding that authority. Thank you. And this one I'll come back I'll come back to it. Thank you. uh expanding that authority to congressional districts. And whereas voters in 2010 rejected Proposition 27, which sought to dismantle the independent commission, and whereas the Proposition 50 seeks to undermine that voter mandate by vis uh revisiting an issue that Californians have already decided will require a costly special election projected to exceed 200 million at a time when the state faces a multibillion dollar structural deficit and it is drawing down emergency reserves. hand. Whereas the state has failed to fund other voter-approved measures such as Proposition 36 in 2024, which passed with a 70% support, raising questions about funding
151priorities. And whereas California's educational system continues to underperform with low literacy and math proficiency rates, stalled evidence-based reforms and significant public public dis dissatisfaction, according to PPIC surveys, suggesting that time and resources should be directed toward improving outcomes rather than co a costly special election. And whereas school districts in Pler County fall under the umbrella of Pler County Office of Education, which benefits from consistent representation and streamlined communication with a single congressional district, California 3, but under the proposed maps would be split into, and there's another correction there. It's not four, it's actually three. Fragmenting advocacy, increasing administrative burdens, and reducing continuity for local education policy. And whereas splitting Pler County across multiple districts threatens the ability of smaller and rural districts to be heard. For the record, we are a small district. Uh we
152are a small district. This lessens our voice, find my spot, >> disrupts established relationships with federal partners, and dilutes the county's collective educational voice. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Plaster Union High School District formally opposes Proposition 50 as it requires diversion of state funds for a costly special election that is politically motivated and it's on every ad right now, undermining voter intent and would fragment Pler County school districts into three, not four, congressional districts, which could change our educational goals. And be it further resolved that the Plaster Union High School District urges the state to honor previous voter decisions, fund the voter approved measures like Proposition uh 36, invest in literacy and student outcomes, and preserve a unified congressional representation representation for Plaster County to maintain continuity and efficiency in education policy. Be
153that be it further resolved that this board urges the governor and legislature to one fully fund Proposition uh 98 and honor constitutional obligations to California schools. Two, allocate resources to implement voter-approved measures like Proposition 36 before pursuing costly special elections. Three, maintain a cohesive representation for Placer County School Districts to ensure effective advocacy and continuity. four, reinvest in classroom outcomes and student success passed and then oh well I'm not going to read we haven't passed that yet. So that that those are the revisions. Um I think I'd like to turn it over here to our public comment. How many did we have? 10. So typically our board bylaw dictates that we can only have 20 minutes per topic, but we do have 10 which would increase our time to 30 minutes. Do I have approval
154of the board to extend our time limit to hear three minutes from every person? >> Approval to extend. >> Second. >> Okay. >> Can we say something first or before they >> uh certainly? >> Um yeah, I'll I'll I'll be honest. Uh when I first saw this come across, I was a little surprised because I do feel like we are focused on the right things as far as education goes uh for this district. Um, so I had to dive in. I had to really think about what the implications are here. And then I found it very interesting that um the California Teachers Association uh recently contributed $3 million in support of Proposition 50. And I found that interesting. Uh I think they're the number two on the list of of people who are donating donating
155to support this. I find it ironic that we're only having this conversation because of uh the maneuvers that Texas was doing as far as gerrymandering. Um I do feel like it's there's there's some unknowns as far as the implications. I I'll be honest, I expect this measure to pass um based on voting voting history. I'll be surprised if it doesn't pass, but I don't support it because I feel like it is a misallocation of of priority. I feel like um it's posturing based on uh presidential election aspirations. Um and it is, you know, those are just my feelings. Um and I and I'm 100% with those that feel like we should be focused on education because I feel like we are, but we also have to respond and we have to represent uh our constituents.
156So that's all I got. >> Thank you, Trusty Lake. Would any other board member like to say something? >> I would like to say something. >> When I saw this on the agenda, I was really shocked to be honest with you. Our role as a trustee is to provide and focus entirely on education other than budgetary issues etc. What can we do for kids? We are not a political entity. In fact, in in the educational in in California, it is illegal to take a position on any uh ballot measure that goes before the public. It is illegal. Um that set aside, our role is education. We're not our role is not politics. you know, this this really has upset me u to see this on the agenda. I I wanted to have it pulled off
157the agenda because that's not what our focus should be as a trustee. So, I just wanted to say that I I I I am uh really upset that I see this on the agenda. >> Thank you, Trusty Underwood. Would any other board member like to speak before we go to public comment? >> Will I be able to speak after I hear the public? >> Sure. >> Okay, perfect. >> Yeah. All right, let's take it away. >> Sandy with no last name, you are going to be first, followed by Matthew Oliver and Mark Wright and we'll go to that point. S we will reserve Sandy. Thank you. I'm glad that you knew who that was. All right. Um, uh, Matthew Oliver followed by Mike Wright and then Sharon Veren. >> Bless you. >> And bless you.
158We're going to go ahead with Mark Wright followed by Matthew Oliver. Thank you. We'll go up. You can hear me. Good. Um, thank you board for taking us up. I I do believe this is pertinent to your job to take a stand on this because well the CTA has shown and the teachers associations out there are are putting money in. So if that affects schools well you guys are part of schools and what you guys do is part of schools. And the other part about the money people don't talk about is the money is is being talked about what's being cost to do the election upfront, but the other cost is not being um taken up is how much the ROVs are going to have to pay for emergency printing because there's one week between
159when the election is finalized and when filing opens for candidacy for those same offices. So they're going to have to have one week to get all their stuff done. They have to pay overtime. So there's a lot more money that's going to be going in there when that happens. So, I mean, that's another thing to look at when this comes up. So, this is why it's very important as a board, like you said earlier, you brought up all the things I was going to say about all the different boards that are taking this up. It is pertinent because splitting up the county, we lose our voice. That's the one of the biggest things to have three different congressmen they have to go to to try to get something through to help out this community is
160going to be very hard. And so I really believe that we need to keep it local and keep it in one place that we have one place to go. We don't have to go lobby all the different places. And the Texas was or was was um was told to do their redisting because the Trump DOJ did it because the Biden DOJ sued Texas and they dropped a suit with the Trump um DOJ. Then they went ahead and said wrote a letter said that you guys violated the um voter act the federal voter act and sorry you need to redo these districts. So that's why had to redo theirs. It wasn't and but nothing in California was done that we had any violations. So there's no reason now to redo ours. That's another reason. So for
161governor Nome, it's kind of sad that he puts the um his aspirations in front of all the aspirations and the in the well-being of his own citizens that he's supposed to be looking out over because that's one of the biggest things. He's supposed to look out over California. So why is he hurting our schools, our local communities, and our government to go and fight a thing that's federal that doesn't doesn't affect us if it doesn't change? It does affect us greatly if it does change. And so he's costing us money just because he has an agenda to be a president, I believe. But that's what that's what I have to say. Thank you. >> Thank you very much, Sharon. Oh, excuse me, Matthew. Come on down. I got to find your card. Thank you for
162uh the opportunity to speak. Again, I want to tell you I'm just a little shaken up. I would encourage you to have active um duty officers here. There's somebody that we currently have a active restraining order against who's violating the restraining order by being here. And I feel my safety and my well-being are in jeopardy at this moment, but yet I'm still willing to speak because I feel passionately about this issue. >> Um I'm so sorry. I'm going to pause you for just a second. Do we have law enforcement here? Yeah. If we have a restraining order and it's being violated, would you please >> I'm here with my son and I feel threatened and we have an active restraining order. >> Thank you. Uh I did want to take a moment when uh when
163the student leaders have just done an amazing job. I've been beyond impressed. I was also extremely moved by uh Trusty Spade and and Trusty Duncan. your words tonight. You showed something that that the Plaster Union High School District hadn't seen for many years, which is true leadership. And you've been showing that and I'm just so honored. And right now, what you are doing is showing leadership. You are continuing to show bravery right now and doing something that a lot of districts uh had done for a while, which is um partisan politics. Right now, you're showing that our kids matter, that our community matters. And right now with Prop 50, it was shown tonight through multiple reports and statements. What's going on in our city, what's going on in our county, and what's going on in
164our state affects our school district. from PG& I was honored to be a part of a group stop PG& that we formed to start advocating with our cities and with our legislators to stop what they're doing that's hurting their constituents and hurting their own school districts. And right now what you're doing is you're showing that Prop 50 is going to be lumping us in with if it passes and if this vote goes through, it's going to be lumping us in with Sacramento who has completely different needs and priorities than what we do up here which what you said is a small school district. We're seeing it and just what happened with the insurance in LA County and what's happening with those lawsuits and what you're doing is saying what happens really affects and anybody there's
165not a single one here who can say that passing Prop 50 this ability to clump us in with Sacramento isn't going to hurt us isn't going to affect us and damage this community this school district and right now advocating for our students and advocating to for our families this must be a priority. So, thank you for showing leadership and something that was said earlier, uh, I just want to hearken back to this isn't everybody in your district and you represent that entire district and so tonight you're going to have voices on all sides of the issue, but thank you for continuing to show up and represent the entire district. Appreciate it. Thank you. >> Thank you, Sharon, followed by Emily. Um, I apologize if I mispronounce it. Emily Gabber and then Danny Cartright. Sharon, >>
166welcome back. >> Thank you. I want to start by thanking all of you for all the time that you devote to being board members. It's an unpaid position and sometimes we forget to thank each other and acknowledge the hard work and the dedication. And it's not the on the agenda, but a huge thank you to this lady, and I'll try not to start crying. Integrity, professionalism, commitment. She changed Kolfax in ways that I could go on and on about, but it is devastating loss for this district. Thank you for everything you've done. Okay, 250 here. Um, you're going to hear a lot of arguments. I can tell just by the faces here on both sides. And what I want to do is step back and say you are opening Pandora's box by getting involved with
167this because no matter how you frame it, this is a partisan issue. It's in response to a partisan issue. Like David said, your job really is to set the goals for the superintendent, evaluate him, keep us fiscally on track, and if you start getting involved in this, think about other propositions that come up. I don't remember this board getting involved in Proposition 35, the healthcare uh healthc care funding tax, which is way more expensive than this. And you could argue, well, that's not connected to kids. It is. Everything is connected to our children. And we are tasked with looking out for the well-being of our children, providing them quality education, equitable education. Um if people want to go someplace where there are certain ideologies that are um subscribed to publicly by board members, they can
168go to private school or homeschool. And that's fine. Hey, we live in a country you can do whatever you want, but this is public education. Part of what you're tasked with is being apolitical. I know I talked about this last time, apolitical. And I know it's framed and I read how it was framed. You can certainly get point counterpoint on this, but the bottom line is it's a partisan issue and I am very concerned that you're opening Pandora's box here. I want to see you focusing on the here and now, getting our budget together, what's best for our students right now. This is a slippery slope that you are launching on by doing this. I am urging you, oh, by the way, I wanted to respond to you about CTA. CTA is a statewide union,
169okay? It's different from this. so they can put a gazillion dollars into it and it's not the same as this. Um, do not pass this resolution. Do not get entangled in partisan issues. Save that for your personal lives. And if you insist on pursuing, get clear direction that can somehow show this group that this is a legal action that you're taking. Thank you. Thank you very much, Emily, followed by Danny Cartwright, and then Cameron, I believe, Bennett. Well, I just want to thank you for your time and allowing me time to speak. Um, I'm going to uh first say that I agree with uh the previous speaker to me, Sharon, and also with um Trustee Underwood. I I'm here to express my opposition to the board's position on Proposition 50, primarily because I do not
170believe the school board should be acting as a political entity, and that's what that's where we're going. Um, I personally did not vote for a school board to be inserting itself into politics. We're living in very unusual times and again, partisan partisan partisan, Texas, California, but we have our voters to make the decision. the voters of California are there to make the decision. Um, I also want to uh bring up policy 1160 concerning ballot measures and candidates. And um I'm going to read this paragraph. The board's position on a ballot measure, including any resolution, shall be publicized only through normal district procedures and consistent with regular district practice for reporting board actions. Such publicity shall be forformational purposes and shall not attempt to influence voters. So I would like reassurance that the board will follow
171the policy. Um and specifically not attempting to influence voters because that is not what your job is as as I see it. So, I appreciate the time that you put in for the students, but I I do not appreciate the idea that you are going to insert yourself into politics. And, you know, I just want to reinforce what Sharon said and um Trustee Underwood and support their positions. Thank you. >> Thank you. I just want to acknowledge I'm very thankful that you guys are being respectful and courteous um and that it's a safe environment for people of opposing sides to express their views. I appreciate uh in the manner in which all speakers have come forward tonight. All right, Danny Cameron Bennett followed by Nicole Young. Madame President and members of the board, I appreciate
172the opportunity to come to speak before you as a father of children who will soon be entering as students into your district in a few short years. Um, over a decade ago, I had the honor to host Congressman Tom Mcccleintoch at my business where he was gracious enough to speak. And I come to find out through that experience that I had been mispronouncing a word for years. I'd been saying gerrymandering. And Tom being the consmate historian corrected me and told me that the correct pronunciation is actually Gary mandering. And he went on to explain >> I'm sorry. We're gonna >> Okay, sure. >> Wait just a moment. We're gonna wait for that door to close. Can we pause this time and reset that, Sarah? All right. Right. Go ahead. Sorry. Continue. >> No, thank you.
173Uh, so he went on to correct me and and tell me the correct pronunciation is Gary Mandering. And he went to explain that the uh the politician who it's named after was first name was Gary >> and he was redrawing a district to his advantage. The district that he drew looked like a salamander. So if you take part of his name Gary and then Mander from salamander that's how you come to the term >> funny >> gerrymandering. >> So we fast forward to today. Now California has voted overwhelmingly to create a citizens redistricting committee so that the the people who have the vested interest in the district lines the way that they are drawn are outside of the process. and his citizenry who do that through this commission and by and by the way in
174in and your uh resolution is very well written and clear and concise. So I appreciate that and I'm not going to uh restate it. If Proposition 50 and it's going to go before the voters as it should if it is passed and we will then open the door for gerrymandering. So my point is is that your position here as board members and you have many considerations to make as far as the funding of your activities and the governance of your board. You'd have relationships both at the state uh and federal level. And if you develop these relationships for the benefit of your district to procure funds so it can run better, then that then is fractured if Proposition 50 is passed because now your district is broken up and you have multiple representatives in which
175to plead your case to, if you will. So, I applaud you for writing a clear and concise uh resolution and I agree with it. I support you and I applaud your bravery in doing so in contentious times. So, thank you. >> Thank you, Danny. >> Cameron, I'm sorry. Am I out of order? It's Cameron followed by Ed Coons and then Nicole Young. Cameron, >> thank you. I turned in my blue card and now I have to speak which is too bad. I'm a KFax grad. My kids went to Kfax, married to a Placer grad and um my grandkids will go to Kfax and I have to take issue with football. Football is KFax. So I am the auntie of Tony Martell. So my history in the district is big. Um I really appreciate your service
176and I appreciate you being here but I have to speak out against this resolution strongly. Um, I don't have a lot to say except for if you took all of these whereases, two pages of them or a page and a half, and you said, "Whereas, we support you vote for Governor soandso or president soando or another initiative, another proposition, would you find that offensive?" I would find it very offensive. We uh trust the voters. Whether you agree with it or not, whether you thinks this will help schools or harm schools, it's still a political issue. And I think it's um really important that it stays a political issue outside of the school district. Um I think you need to pay close attention to what your ethical duty is, what your legal duty, and what your
177leadership duty. So, one of the board members, I don't remember who it was, was talking about going and talking to our students about their doing their civic duty as voters. I would hate to think that one of those board members would be telling our students how to vote. I don't want you telling us how to vote either. And you could be absolutely right or you could be absolutely wrong. Proposition 50 may be bad for schools. It may be good for schools, but it is not your role to tell us that. And I think you're making a huge mistake. And as Sharon said, opening a huge Pandora's box. Then do we begin to have resolutions telling us who to vote for for Congress people and government? It is not your role. Your role is to be
178an extension of our teachers to look out for students. And it may not go the way that you'd hoped it would. It may even hurt our schools or it may harm our schools. It may improve our schools. It doesn't matter. It's not your role to speak for that. So, um, anyway, thank you for your time. >> Thank you, >> Cameron. >> That was Cameron. Ed, >> followed by Nicole. and then Wendy Beal and Sandy is our final. >> Good evening. >> You know, over the summer I began to think maybe this board would be okay. You this board is showing a lot of energy, a lot of initiative, and they're taking some actions I don't agree with, but I had some hopes. But I heard a partisan speech here today from Ms. Spade, a partisan
179politics speech, and I am grossly offended by that. This is not a place of partisan politics. Dr. Lake, I heard you say you don't support Proposition 50. Fine, you have that right. That is your privilege. Um, but it's not your job as a board member to tell us how to vote. There's a difference between your personal belief and your duty as a member of this board. Now, the 200 million cost of the election, that's already spent. There is going to be an election. It will cost 200 million. So, to say that you're going to oppose 50 because it's going to cost money. Well, it's going to cost money whether you oppose it or or or or support it. That that money argument is is absolutely ridiculous. Now, as far as the uh the only other
180basis in your proposed resolution is that uh the county would be uh well, our county would be divided into three congressional districts, but this dis district would be in one congressional district. So, you're going to have one dedicated public servant that you can go to to ask for funding. And in fact, you know, if there are three congressional districts, that means there are three congressmen that can fight for our county. Instead of that being a detriment, that's a benefit. Now, don't let this board be a platform for right-wing politics or left-wing politics or any kind of politics. Don't use the students of this district as pawns for your personal political ambition. >> Thank you, sir. >> Nicole Young, thank you. I've heard it said that the school board shouldn't take positions on a statewide ballot
181measure, that it doesn't have to do anything with education, but the fact is education groups already are. The California Teachers Association and the California Faculty Association, two of the largest voices in public education, have formally endorsed Proposition 50. If they can weigh in, then it is entirely acceptable and frankly necessary that this board speak as well. Prop 50 isn't some distant abstract issue. It strikes at the core of how our communities are represented in Sacramento. If politicians get to redraw their own district, it fractures local voices, parents, teachers, and students, and weakens the ability of school districts like ours to advocate for fair funding, strong programs, and the resources our classroom needs. The board's mission is to represent the interests of students and families. That responsibility doesn't stop at the schoolhouse door. It extends to
182ensuring that our community has a real voice in the capital. Opposing Prop 50 is about protecting fair representation and in turn protecting public education. Thank you. >> Thank you, Wendy, followed by Sandy. And that is our last speaker on the books. Unless there's someone else who is compelled to share something, the board will have to make a decision. >> Good evening, board. I want to thank Trustee Spade for having the courage to bring this resolution forward. Unfortunately, those who oppose not only this resolution, but nearly everything Trustee Spade presents to the board chooses to use social media to incite division, attack Trusty Spade's character, call her names, and attempt to intimidate this board. It's really disappointing. The fact remains that the constituency of Pler County overwhelmingly opposes Proposition 50 and this board is fully within
183its legal rights to bring forward resolutions that represents its community values and to stand against a ballot measure that will cost taxpayer 200 million while our governor continues to withhold full funding from p public schools across California. Courage is not only needed in moments of prayer and tragedy. It is needed when we make decisions that will affect the future of our families, our schools, our communities, and our freedoms. And Proposition 50 is one of those initiatives. This proposition has been presented by our governor as progress. But in truth, it is dangerous. If Proposition 50 passes, it will give Sacramento even more power over our children while stripping parents of their God-given authority to guide and raise them in truth. Proposition 50 will silence our smaller and rural communities by lumping them into large artificial districts
184where their voices are diluted and no longer reflect their local values or needs. The sup supermajority in Sacramento is already affecting local control. If Prop 50 passes, it will silence Placer County completely. The language of Proposition 50 is designed to sound compassionate, but behind the words are policies that will erode parental rights, weaken accountability, and entrench the very ideologies that are harming our kids. It is also unconstitutional, tripping stripping away the redistricting process that our state already voted for and replacing with a system that silence local voices. Voting yes would be saying yes to a bigger government, wasted dollars, and a loss of local control. We must have the courage to say no, to draw a line and say not with our children, not with our families, and not with our communities, and not with
185our future. The money wasted on this special election should be going directly to our students, especially when the governor has already withheld full funding from our schools. Instead of investing in classrooms and supporting teachers, these resources are being wasted on political game games. I urge this board to vote yes on this resolution out of courage. Courage rooted in Christ who calls us to protect truth, to protect families, and to protect the next generation. Thank you. >> Thank you very much, Sandy. Come on. Um, well, I think we'll go Sandy and then feel free to come up and if you wouldn't mind giving your blue card to Dez, that would be great. Thank you. >> Welcome. >> Good evening, board. My name is Sandy and I am one of we the people. Thank you so much
186for allowing me this time to speak to you. Thank you so much for agreeing to be servants of the people. Thank you so much for having taken your oaths of office to uphold and defend both the federal and the state constitutions. That oath was taken at the beginning of your terms. The constitution is the highest law of the land. In our California Constitution, article 21, sections one, two, and three describe in detail the process of redistric redistricting of the Senate, Assembly, Congressional, and Board of Equalization Districts. These sections include the definition of the Citizens Redistricting Commission and how it is to function within this process. all which has been voted on and approved by we the people in two separate elections 2008 and 2010. The California Constitution does not allow for the California legislature to
187draw congressional districts. In addition, the California Constitution Article 18 section 1 mandates any amendment shall be voted on separately. However, the legislature is combining two separate issues into one proposition. The first issue being seeking voter approval of a constitutional amendment to add section 4 to article 21. And issue number two is seeking voter approval to adopt a new district map. This single proposition will not allow voters to split their vote on each issue, thus violating the single subject constitutional provision that is also unconstitutional and maladministration. There is no constitutional provision for the legislature legislature to bring forth this costly proposition. These are unofficial acts and for unofficial acts there is no immunity as per US Supreme Court Trump v. United States 2024. The California legislature has gone rogue and decided on its own to war
188against the California Constitution and war against the people by bypassing the will of the people and dragging us and our posterity, the students of this district into further debt. I am here in support of your proposed resolution and I encourage all of you to vote yes on the resolution opposing Proposition 50. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. And while you're walking over your blue card, I've been admiring your earrings all night. Beautiful. Welcome. >> Hi, my name is Mary Begs. I'm from a long-term family in Auburn. I was born and raised here. I know my last name is Begs, and I'm gonna make kind of a joke. I mean, there's Begs Field. That was my dad. Uh, but I beg you to vote no. It's really opening a can of worms and it's just
189very upsetting. I I don't think that's your role. So, thank you. >> Thank you. and sincerely appreciate uh the manner in which everybody addressed the board. It was respectful. It was safe. I like that. I like uh space for us to be able to have some conversation and you guys bring great points. Um some of which I hadn't considered and I appreciate the thoughtful discussion. Board, do we have um any other board members that would like to share some thoughts on this? >> I'd love to if possible. Um, so I was reading through this and I knew what Prop 50 was beforehand, before I was reading this and I was reading this and um, the discrepancy between it not being an education and actually reading the resolution is pretty different. Um, when I heard Prop
19050 being on the agenda, honestly, I was like, "Hello, what are we talking about?" And then I'm reading this and it's talking about the funing. It's not talking about the district bounds. I mean, while that is what Proposition 50 is, it's mainly addressing the funding that we are losing as a district. And this is something President has President Spade has shared multiple times. CSBA is suing I think, yep, the government of California because of the um loss of funds. So, if the funds are allocated to a different section, to me that seems like education is being forgotten about. And when CSBA is suing and when we're already losing funds, that's pretty hard. Um, specifically, uh, in the one, two, three, four, fifth time you see whereas it, uh, says California's education system continues to underperform
191with low literacy and math proficiency rates. I did a lot of research today and I want to share how low those are. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, this is a government website. Um it says the percentage of low performing adults scoring level one or below in literary in the US increased from 19% in 2017 to 28% in 2023. Uh I don't remember what it is off the top of my head, but a board expectation I believe is saying to try to prepare us for life. Um, I feel for the students, I feel for my peers. I don't want that 28% to grow because it it it it increased dramatically um by nine points. I don't want those nine points to grow another nine points in my generation. That would really hurt. Um
192furthermore on that same study uh it says the percentage of low performing adults in numerousy um which is in correspondence to mathematics uh scoring level one or below in the US increased from 29% in 2017 to 34% in 2023. Again I don't want this to happen to my generation. Um, henceforth, henceforth, uh, when I'm viewing this resolution, to me, uh, if I were to just look up random facts about Prop 50, I would be like, President Spade, what are you talking about? But when you're actually reading this, it's less about the redistricting and it's more about the specific funding that our district is losing. I mean, you were everybody was here when uh, Mr. E was talking about the loss of funds. And to me, as I'm talking to students across Deloro and Confluence West,
193they're wanting programs to be added, not subtracted. They're asking for these upper level classes that have been cut within this last year, not added within the last year. if we could redirect those funds. I I personally, and I get this, it's not a personal thing, it's a student body thing, but I personally would way rather have be able to take Spanish 4 at Deloro or AP Spanish or AP Calculus AB or something way beyond that. um than having an extra seat or two in Congress when I believe from the perspective that I have I don't think we've ever had trouble being represented in in this in any form. Um, as as well, uh, I I I did want to address too, um, something was brought up about President Spade and President Spade, uh, I was,
194this was in my student board report, and I realized it was too long, so I cut it out, but now I want to put it back in there because I got to walk around Plaster High School with President Spade, and I wrote this. I said, "I feel like I was walking next to a celebrity." And this was because the wrestlers were all hyping her up like crazy. I feel like there was like a mosh pit around here. They were like waving and high-fiving and it was crazy. >> I paid them for that. >> Oh, gotcha. That explains it. No, but seriously, President Spade has such a good impulse on what's happening in our district and um she's been at Deloro and uh I I I just I trust her that um these will not be
195taken uh that these matters are taken seriously. and I've uh been able to check in with a few students today. Um and their thoughts that they shared with me, they don't really know about what Prop 50 is. I don't think most students would, but you know, they I'm telling you, they want the addition of programs. They want the addition of programs. And they are like like when I'm like, "Okay, would you rather have, you know, Spanish 4 or um you know, like uh being in correspondence to Governor Newsome's boundaries?" They're like, "This is a choice." like I mean it's not a direct choice but it is part of the budget that's in this resolution and uh and people that say it's not for education if more funding was directed to education which we've been losing
196within this last year these are the people the community chose to represent them in the education and I think that we need to um honestly listen to our students our students are not pawns our students are I believe the heartbeat of what we do here and I hope that um we can get more funding for our students and uh we're sworn under the US constitution in a nonpartisan position but at the same time we're also local elected officials. I we are not but you guys are uh local elect official local elected officials and um they get government funding so I uh hope that that government funding could be re reallocated in different ways. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Ask a question please. Um, can you, Trusty Spade, can you address the legal concerns that
197were brought up? >> Yeah. No, I'd love to. Um, and even up here with uh, Trusty Underwood and some comments from uh, via emails and and public comment tonight. We are well within our uh, legal and ethical like a very firm foundation. Uh, this document has ran through legal. I understand that it may not please people uh some people. Um but it's within our rights and and our duties as a trustee. Um the board took a a position on a proposition last year. Um this is not new. We have passed resolutions with even with the previous board um opposing or supporting other uh bills that were going before our legislature. And so no, this has been vetted. Um Superintendent Omali, can you speak to that please? Yes. So, um, when we first got the resolution,
198we immediately shipped that to legal counsel who, you know, provided feedback and, you know, th those edits have have been made. Um, there's been just a couple little changes since then, but yes, this has been vetted through council and and we're still following their advice, the best I can determine. >> Jeff, >> yeah, I would like to make a couple of comments. First, I want to thank everybody that came in and spoke tonight. Um, I think it's really, really important to have a platform for people to come in and express their viewpoints. Super, super important. Um, and I know it takes time. It takes uh to some degree courage to do that. Um, so I appreciate everybody that came in and spoke tonight. There's a couple things that as people were speaking tonight that stuck
199in me uh or in my head um as I was hearing it. So, one of those things was uh everything affects our kids. I think Miss Verikens mentioned that. Uh and I agree Proposition 50 would affect our kids in the ways that Trusty Spade outlined earlier. Um so that that brings up a great point. Uh another thing that was brought up is um you know that we shouldn't be inserting oursel into politics. And as I kind of explained uh earlier today in our special board meeting, um whether we like it or not, the members of this most of the members of this table, we're politicians. We are elect local elected officials. Um politics is what we do. Do we have an obligation to make good sound sound decisions for our students, our community, and our
200constituents? Absolutely. The way my take on this resolution is that having this debate and having conversations about this is is a great thing because it could bring to light uh this topic for my constituents. um whether they're on one side of the issue or the other side of the issue, if they're hearing about it and they're learning about it, they're going to be able to make up their own decision about how they stand on it or how they believe um or what they believe I should say rather regarding this proposition. So, I think it's a great thing that we're having this conversation tonight about it in the first place uh because it's going to bring that uh to a lot more people's attention. Um so, I just wanted to mention that. >> Thank you, Trusty
201Duncan. >> Uh great point. I I think this is what it's all about. Uh this is healthy debate. This is well not debate, but this is health healthy statements that have been made and and now it's time to take this whether it's the student board, whether it's members of the community, to take this to community, talk to other folks about it and inform people. And um I do appreciate everyone's uh civilness tonight and talking about this matter. You know, Trusty Underwood, I I I wish that all we talked about was what goes on in the classroom, right? And that would be great. Uh, and Trusty Lakes's right, most of everything we do is about that. But I've learned through my career that you have to see the forest through the trees. And this is one
202of those moments where down the road there could be implications. And I'm a huge believer in representation. Um, and I have huge concerns on the representation uh if this if if this if this passes. Uh, and uh uh it's important to make sure that those that are representing us understand our educational goals uh and advocate for us uh in in Washington with those those types of goals. So, thank you to the board too and thank you to President Spade for this is an interesting day, right? that it would be really easy to call this in and hope we get a six, you know, be done by 6:30 and this but I know across this board the hours and time that goes in to reading and being educated and um so I appreciate you bringing some
203some things up that a lot of maybe a lot of boards wouldn't go for. Uh and uh and because of that I think we got better today. So thank you. >> Thank you guys. I I wanted to go over a couple things that stood out in the comments, too, just because like you, Trusty Jeff, uh there's certain things stood out. One of which was the same, Miss Verikens, a comment about everything is connected to our children. Everything. Everything is connected to our children. And she's right. You're right. Everything is connected. Um another uh individual had mentioned that maybe this is going to hurt our schools. Maybe it's not. Maybe it is. Maybe it's not. It's my belief that it is going to hurt our ability to advocate. and that is one of our roles as
204a board. Um, another comment was made about um, staying apolitical. Unfortunately, things happen in our legislature where we have to take a stand on behalf of our our students and our constituents. Um, I I think it's it's wildly inappropriate for our legislature to to allocate. And you're right, uh, Mr. Coons, we're not getting this money back, but it doesn't mean that we shouldn't say it's wrong. I also, as a mother, don't believe that two wrongs make a right. I don't agree. If if there really is gerrymandering, thank you for the the history lesson. I appreciate that. Um happening in in Texas, two wrongs don't make a right. If we're doing it, you know, clear, we we are clearly doing it for that reason. Our governor and legislature are clearly doing it for those reasons. Two
205wrongs don't make a right. I'd like to make that stand for our students. Not only that, but we're violating California Constitution. And I repeat, this is well within our rights in the law. We can absolutely take a position on a proposition. In fact, and when we believe compelled to do so on behalf of our district, we have, I believe, the the responsibility to speak up and advocate on behalf of them. We are not the first board to pass a resolution on this. And I'd like I'll throw it out there speculative. I feel pretty confident in my statement that those who have opposed this may support it. who spoke tonight, those who support us opposing it probably oppose it. I It's probably probably the case, which means that this is a partisan issue, but it's important
206for us to those who do not want us to pass this tonight probably want it to pass. So, you don't want your board to take action on that. I can tell you that the community is with opposing this. Even if our district is not split into multiple congre congressional districts, our county is. I spoke about PCOE earlier. I spoke about the importance of collaboration with our trustees. We're dealing with the same issues. We don't need to make multiple calls and have to to bend the ear of multiple legislators. Those of you who have lobbied or had to make these phone calls, it is it's a lot. Our county needs to have one voice. If that was a protected group of people who thought the same way, it's really great for all of for all the
207boards in Pler County or through Plaster County Office of Education to make one call on behalf of the list. it. This is going to increase um time for us to advocate, for our administrators to advocate and have a stronger voice in our legislature without a doubt. For those reasons, again, I support approving this measure. Um it is this uh resolution. And at this time, do I have a motion? >> Have a motion to approve. >> We have a first by Trusty Duncan. second by Trustee Lake. Any further comments or questions? >> I did just want to thank everybody that sent me an email and gave me feedback on this. I do appreciate it and I agree that this was so civil and I appreciate that so much and I value uh your input, community feedback
208more than you know. So, thank you. >> I loved that too. I saw those on the emails. Some of you guys included our student board members and I thought I think I've never seen that before. Good for them. Educational. >> And before we vote, Madam President, I just want to make sure, Miss Atkins, we got the the corrections as it was read through the first time. >> Yes, >> you're good. >> So, this is a confirmation on our first and our second that it is the amended version with the changes that are identified in there with two additional changes that it's actually three districts and not four. My apologies um that there were some amendments, but it's education, right? We're working through it together. All right. Hearing no further comments or questions, Superintendent Omali. >>
209Okay. I'm going to come to you guys last, just so you know. >> Trusty Underwood, >> no. >> Trusty Jeff, >> yes. >> President Spade, hi. Hi. >> Trusty Duncan. Trusty Lake. Hi. >> Student board. I oppose >> I >> very much and I respect an opposal. I think it's important and I think it's difficult to stand against something when everybody else was in the majority. Good for you, Cooper. All right. Alrighty. >> He's non agenda. Oh, no. >> So, we're going to go ahead and move to item 10, staff reports and discussion items. Item 10.1 is 2025 CASP data review. Executive Director Wilson, take it away. >> Good evening. Can you Well, we'll see if we can make it work. Uh good evening board. Thank you so much. I thought everybody was here for
210this uh presentation. >> How'd you know? >> But apparently apparently not. Any blue cards on this topic? >> 10 blue cards on this topic. Perfect. I'll try to keep it quick. Um before I started, I wanted to say thank you for your kind words, but I also just wanted to mention uh too just thank you to Chassity. uh she is uh pretty phenomenal and uh I've always known that but now as we've made this transition and I get to uh meet with her and she's kind of laid bare all of her plans and things she is so thorough and organized and has left me uh a very clear road map and so I'm so thankful uh for her um sorry but I'm so thankful that she has uh you know done such great work there
211And so, um, I'm excited about, uh, uh, completing the the goals that she and her staff, um, made at the beginning of the year. Um, so, CAS scores, u, I just want to go ahead and click. Thank you. Um, just want to give some background information about CASP. Uh, the scores, uh, for 2025 are just being released. They're embargoed right now, uh, for public or for district view communities. We'll get to take a look at them in in the month or so. Um and uh just wanted to get take this opportunity to share with you our scores. Um and I know that some of you are newer to the board. Uh and I just want to make sure that you understand um some background to uh our CASP score and what they are. Uh the
212CASP also known sometimes as ESBAC. You'll hear those are those are synonymous terms was an assessment started for both ELA and math and it was adopted uh under ESSA uh and it's connected to common core. Uh we used to have CST or STAR testing uh for quite a while from No Child Left Behind all the way up until the Obama administration and uh this got brought in and so it was a test that was designed uh not to test individual subjects but to go a little deeper, a little broader in ELA and math. Grade levels tested are third through 8th and then it skips nine and 10 and then we test juniors uh at the high school level. There are four levels that a student could get for each side. It's not met nearly met
213and exceeded. I believe met and exceeded will be uh changed uh pretty soon. I think in the next testing year it'll it'll switch over to it some other um I think um proficient or or some other I I forgot the exact language but that'll be changing. Uh and you we usually discuss these test scores and the percentage of our students who were uh either met and exceeded together. um in high school it's harder to really target students and analyze the cause. This is autopsy data. Um and we get it and you know and we do we pour over the results and try to identify uh trends or uh some other variable that that is a key component of our results. But it's hard to really narrow down those um issues. One of the biggest variables
214that we have a harder time controlling is probably one of the most important and that is student motivation for taking the test. When the ESPback or CASS first got introduced, it was tied to something called the EAP, which was an early assessment program for college. And um it had a little weight for the students. If they scored well, uh they wouldn't have to take entrance exams to to PL or placement exams to go to junior college or or uh CSUs. And so there was a little weight that we could kind of say, "Hey, this is important to you because this isn't you're not going to start out at uh you know a lower level uh math course or lower level English course. You can go straight into college and start at this course." Well, they
215took that away. They took away a lot of the remedial classes at or all remedial classes at junior colleges and uh universities. And so uh it's left us with begging the students to try really hard um or giving them a lot of incentives. So each one of our sites has a different incentive structure um which um you know it's got its uh pros and cons by providing this incentive structure. Uh the administrators kind of work with the teachers to say hey how can we get our students to put their uh best foot forward especially since it's you know sort of reflective of us as a site or a district. Um but it's still one of probably the biggest challenges um is is making sure that the students are um motivated to do their best. You
216know, they come to school, it's a one uh it's it's probably a test that we give over a couple of days because there's two sections on each ELA and math portion. And uh we've gone through a lot of iterations. I I could tell you every administrator here has done something where we we test in a big large room, we test in small rooms, we test with teachers that the students know. Uh we do all sorts of things to try to create the environment to where students come to school and they try really hard uh on that day. And uh um sometimes I think we're more successful than others. I know my daughter just took the test uh last uh last year, her being a senior this year, and I said, "How'd it go?" and and
217what was the feeling and and she had commented. I'm not saying everybody said this, but yeah, people don't really care about the test. They just, you know, kind of go through it and it's and it's hard for people um at the sites, administrators, and I was a testing coordinator at one time who put so much time and energy and effort to go like we really want to make sure that that that these test scores are reflective of what our students can do and know and uh sometimes it doesn't turn out that way. So, uh that's the little background information. Any question on that portion of it? Yeah. Yeah. What have you found was has anything surprised you on what has worked more effectively than other methods? >> You know, I think it's a year-to-year basis.
218Um I would I would really because I haven't been out um at the sites individually talking to, you know, teachers and students, but I do think a couple things has has played a big role. A lot of times it's connecting that teacher with a student that's in their class as a proctor because they have that relationship with them. Um, and that feels like it's uh uh can be a motivating factor because they go, "Oh, I know this teacher and and they're and they're helping me and pushing me in that way." Uh, we've done some grade bumps that I think also pushes kids to say, "Hey, if if I get I know if I get this score in this class, I can get a grade bump in the uh on the tail end of that." Um,
219so those have been some some of the more Am I missing any others? I know Delo has done some really creative uh raffle ticket things where um you know just by showing up and other things that they or or if they improve their scores >> um they can choose from a a bunch of fun different items where the administrators washed their car. I think Mr. Zervos got his head shaved last year. Um and so there was a lot of different things. So so we're into it and we're trying to push the kids as much as we can. So, but it's still still difficult to get them to really go like this is really important to me. So, and I don't know if the student board members want to to comment on uh >> Yeah, sure.
220I can. We also do like um senior parking spots like at last there's only like so many spots so you'll get enter in a raffle. Um there's also like kind of unique prizes like related features like one was like Mr. Hayden will get you a Starbucks or I don't know like you can dump a ice bucket on Mrs. or like you know that sort of thing. >> Yeah. >> Um like very like unique to the teacher. They'll volunteer for them. >> Yeah. >> Um I I don't know if what you feel about the overall student um feeling about taking the test and how much motivation there is. >> Yeah. It's like very when I was in my back it was kind of like oh okay five kids were done in five minutes. Yeah. >> Oh,
221you know, and kind of the kids that are, you know, in those higher level classes, they kind of know they can skate by with like a four or five or what is it? A four. Yeah. So, it's like they kind of know they can skate by, so they just kind of bare minimum. >> So, you know, there is kind of a lack of incentives for certain types of kids. >> Yeah, for sure. I appreciate you saying that. I know at Deloro too, uh, a lot of the I hate saying this, but a lot of the really smart people will opt out and, um, like and there that's what's like the raffle. It's like it's so great, but at the same time, if they got really great eighth grade scores and they're juggling ES back and
222if they're juggling uh or sorry, if they're juggling SATs and ACTs and AP classes, it's all in the same time frame. And I mean, I think that the students that do take it, I know you mentioned that uh it's with the teacher and they and they love that. that they're like, "Oh, I'm in Miss Miller's class." Like, "Yes, I'm so excited for this." But then there's a lot of people that do opt out because they have so much on their plate at a time. So, I think there is a lot of motivation for the people that do take it, but at the same time, the people that are not are generally those higher level students that are opting out. >> I appreciate that. Yeah. >> Interesting feedback. >> What's percentage of students opt out? >>
223Not very many actually. Um, we >> we Yeah. Yeah. We have a uh we try really hard because the state penalizes us if we don't have a c meet a certain threshold >> of uh it's 95%. So if we don't have 95% of our juniors taking the test um then then it's uh we get penalized on our scores overall. They they lower the score. So we we there are some optouts and it's fluctuated over the years. As Mr. Zurwa said they only had three last year, but um I do know that um we sit and look at all of the different variables. Some of them are also include uh especially with like our math scores when that kid takes math. So if they take it in the the first term and they don't have a
224math class in the second term uh and they're hitting, you know, uh that test in April and they haven't had math in four months, um that could be a challenge. Uh we do a lot of analyzing uh you know who who was close to those numbers um you know kind of taking that those students who nearly met and it is kind of depressing sometimes when you look at those numbers and you go man if we had these 10 kids if they got two more questions right we would have gotten a much higher percentage and sometimes it's that small um in in looking at that and uh so I say all that just to say it's a challenging test and metric to uh sort of draw a lot of conclusions about the effectiveness of what we're
225doing. Um I think it does show some pieces of it. Um we're we're we're proud obviously when uh our scores are really high. Uh this past year is if you guys taking a look they took a dip but that happens. I was looking at we have some uh trend data that we started from all the way back in 2015 and there were um periods of low years too like where we came back and had uh pretty low scores and and and some of that is also just uh student the students that make up that class. I remember the one year at Deloro we got an 87% on ELA and that was the most students that we had go to um really prestigious colleges uh in a long time. So that class was full of just
226some really great students that helped us. Um so that could also make a difference as well. So a lot of different variables in there. >> Um go ahead and click the next slide. So this is ELA from 2021 to 2025. Um and you could see you know sort of a trend and I think if you went back like say for example Deloro you see like where was 84 86 and then at 73 again in 2000 I believe it was 19 they were um at a 70 75% range something like that so you will see some fluctuations um at schools um and again I don't know if I could pinpoint exactly what or if Mr. Zervos or Mrs. Jackson or Mrs. Ray Buck Bonia or Dr. Davenport or Mrs. Davenport, there's more than one doctor over
227there. Um, which uh you know what it is exactly that led to the scores or if there was a rhyme or reason for increases and decreases? >> Um, >> is there is I'm sorry. >> Go ahead. >> Is there any indication that the that the that there's a difficulty in questions that are asked? >> So the test is supposed to be uh sort of an adaptive test. So there's two forms of test. There's the first one uh is supposed to be an adaptive test. So it it starts out and you start answering questions and as you um answer if you get them right it goes up to another level of questions so on and so forth. I don't you know I haven't seen the actual blueprint of a test. Um and then the other portion
228is uh more of what we call a um oh what is it called? Performance task. Thank you very much. performance task where they either have to write an essay or do sort of a a long problem in math. Um so they are hard, they are difficult um questions. I think uh uh I've heard people say like I opened up the math and I got to question two and I would go I didn't get it and it kind of tanks their confidence in a hurry. Um so so I I would say it's a >> fairly fairly difficult. I don't know. You guys might have thought it was easy. Well, no, this >> this trend of uh you know, you have three sites all the same basically the same score range. Um it's just interesting. >> Yeah.
229>> You know, >> is that 2425 school year? >> Correct. The rate is 2425. Yeah, they took it in 25. Yeah. >> Also maybe like some other feedback. I think I don't know if this is the the way they do it at other schools other than Plaster, but I think what we do is we take like the essay portion first because it takes three or four hours. >> Yeah. >> It's like at um last year we like crammed the learning comments full of people still writing the essay. >> Yeah. >> Um I think in previous years one of our English teachers mentioned like they didn't they they did it another way where it was like the multiple choice first and then they took the essay and kids just didn't want to write the >> again.
230Yes. administrators were always looking for different ways to do that. So, one of the things was like, hey, let's do the performance task first, get the hard part out of the way. Um, so they're not exhausted with testing by, you know, day three, day four, and then they just start going bubbling in or answering really quick, you know. So, I think all of those things are fair. Just trying to um uh, you know, prepare for that for our students. Uh, go ahead and hit the math. And again, uh, it was mentioned earlier, I think, uh, Emerson, you you talked about this about math scores overall. Um, math at the high school level is always lower than the ELA across the board. Uh, state average, the whole thing, it's always that way. Uh, they just had
231a report recently, I don't know if you guys saw it, about math test scores nationally, that they dipped quite a bit again. Um, and so it's a problem that we talk about often. Uh, Mr. Omali and myself were talking about it today. Mr. Zurwas and myself were talking about it today as well. Uh, Mrs. Raybuck Bonia and I were talking about it as as as I'm getting information from her. Um, so it's a it's an equation, pun intended, that's hard to solve. Um and uh we keep we keep trying to find the right mix of um instruction and resources um and support and uh we'll keep we'll keep trying. Um one of the challenges that has been mentioned to our school and I would have to look at data from all of the others is
232I know that one of the things we talk about internally sometimes is the uh difficulty of the 4x4 block. Um again because sometimes these students are taking the test when they're not in those particular classes. Uh I know at some of our sites the English teachers uh give them the practice exam and go over it individually one by one um and give them feedback. But if they get that in the you know fall term and then it's back to the spring and they're taking it um it's it's I don't know how much is carried over. to your to your point you me me me me me me me me me me me me me me mentioned earlier about with the with the fourb block and maybe taking math in the fall and not taking it
233again to the next fall. >> Yeah. >> Um >> when did this district move to a four block? >> That's a that's a long story, but I believe Delo did it in 98ish. >> Oh, so each site changed on >> started it and then I think in 2006, if I remember, 2007 is when it went uh districtwide, but it started with Delaware like in 98. I have to always refer to my district historian, Miss Barry, over there. Trent, >> have we looked at um frontloading on the master schedule to try to get as many >> juniors in the into the math in the spring? >> Well, we've also looked at trying to pinpoint the students that have maybe struggled uh and I am two or or those kinds of things and put them in the
234spring as well. Yeah. >> Okay. >> Intervention pullouts. Yeah. Um go ahead and click the next slide. This is just uh socioeconomic disadvantage. Uh you know we have a gap there. Um just like every every site uh but I think uh we've made some progress in this um you know area over over time. Uh when I we first started looking at these in the 2015 2016 they were much lower than this. So it's been nice to see that we have spent uh some good effort in in helping all of our students. Go ahead and click to the next slide, please. Same way with math. Math pretty hard. And when you don't see anything for Forest Hill, uh the state has a reporting mechanism that if there's a certain amount of students, a small amount of
235students, they won't report the data. So that's why uh sometimes Forest Hill uh is missing data because they just don't have enough students to report. Um and this is district comparisons. Um, and I didn't have the state, so you could see this is district comparisons for ELA. Um, but this is, uh, compared to Rockland, uh, Roseville Joint, Western Plaster, and El Dorado. Uh, you could see that we're really competitive and we're right in the range close. Um, I was looking at our scores to some of the more uh, and I know our principles also take a look at their like schools to see where they're at. Uh but we fare pretty well typically against uh our neighbors in in terms of um our student success on this test >> really well which is interesting because
236Rockwell Unified they're obligated three years of math a lot more >> emphasis than than our district >> and and they're unified so >> their math is pretty integrated from >> all the way to high school. It's vertically aligned much more so than >> our uh our our schools uh have, you know, four or five different districts bringing their kids to school. >> You think they'd be spanking, but they're not. >> Yeah. >> Go ahead and click the next slide. >> Math. >> And they are uh you know, math is is again that's where we struggle a little bit more in in the comparative part. Um and again, it can equate to a number of things. 4x4 versus 4x8. a unified school district with a vertically aligned program. Um and again just trying to identify what
237those what those causes are. >> Well, they are beating us in math. >> Yeah. Yeah. Um CAST test uh is uh the California science test first administrator administered in 2019. Not a part of the accountability system yet. So those scores that we saw um play a part of our accountability system um whether we're designated for uh differentiated assistance by the state or comprehensive support and intervention or targeted support and intervention. Um and so the science test will uh and I think it's next year but right now it's just being reported on the dashboard uh of our tests. Um the test, the science test is interesting because it could be given to students at least once while in high school where the ESBACK or CASSP is given to juniors only. Uh you could take the CAST
238at any point. We typically give it to juniors or we do give it to juniors just because they're already taking these tests. It's they've gotten the furthest probably besides seniors uh to uh in their science curriculum. So we give it to the juniors. Uh, one interesting note too, uh, each of our science, uh, or each of our sites has a little different, um, science pathway. Um, and so I don't know how much that plays in the results of the science, but every site is just a little bit different in um the the sequence of courses and and I told Jacob that uh since he's a science teacher at Deloro, he could No, I'm just kidding. I was going to give him a bad time about the the Del scores, but um so that's the California
239science test. Um any questions on that one? Trent, when I look at the the uh years here on the scores, it seems like we were more competitive and closer to the other schools in 21 and 22, but in the last three years, our scores compared to the other schools have gone down. >> Yeah. >> So, that kind of concerns me. >> Yeah. I don't know >> what would explain that. Uh, like I said earlier, David, I'm not sure I could pinpoint the exact thing. Um, I know everybody came out of COVID a little differently. 21 scores uh were optional. You didn't have to test if you didn't that year. We chose to test. Um, so I don't I don't know the uh the full reasons behind it. Uh, go ahead and click. I think the
240is there any is there another one after that? I shared with you the the uh >> special ed. Um I had shared it last year, but I had didn't have the uh um until the other scores got released. So I I was able to get in uh 2025 in our comparative data to them as well. So thank you guys. Any other questions? >> No, I just want to thank you for for adding um the students with disabilities and that I got that today. I was excited and there's been you know >> on some of the um elements some improvement some not but >> it's a mixed bag right now. Yeah. And I think one of the things that we have been trying to identify in our discussion is what's the metrics that we're going to
241look at and really focus on um and try to help us identify some more predictive data um to help us kind of get a better targeted strategic approach to this. >> Yeah. I'm interested to see what you guys are going to do on that and but you know having the math scores increase by four points and Rocklin and Roseell Roseville had us by five points increase but I'm proud of that you know like at least it's moving I know that it can move in the other direction just as quickly but I was happy to see that there was a bump. >> Yeah, >> that's great. >> Rockland has everyday math too. I was talking to uh a uh Rocklin board trustee and she was sharing that that their students are enrolled every single day in
242math. So they are always fresh on it. Um every other day. Okay. Every other day in math. So they're always fresh in it. Instead of having it just one semester condensed, it's now it's every other day. So um that could be why that's higher, too. >> Thanks for that feedback. 10 point. Is there any other questions on the data? All right. 10.2. two PHSD facilities update. Got to tell you, Peter, this is a hot topic. I'm receiving emails today, as you know, about different items at every facility. >> We'll have to add that as we go along. >> Yeah, Madam President. >> Thank you. So, um, my intent here tonight, um, and again, if you have some deeper questions, um, Don Manning, obviously the director of maintenance facilities operations, sitting in the back, but just
243to kind of review, um, where we're at, what we've been doing, talk about the money, get some input from you guys as well, um, kind of let you know the direction we've been moving, uh, talk a little bit more about Kofax, um, and just kind of just update you, um, and keep you guys, I mean, in the loop. It's easier than just putting stuff on Friday facts all the time, to be honest with you. But also, um, as I mentioned, soliciting some feedback as well. Like President Sp said, email came out today. Apparently, Forest Hill is going to need a scoreboard. And so, and I know I've mentioned this before, that we have four unique schools. Um, I know that when I was at Plaster, we were able to fund raise and buy the scoreboard
244and I had enough site funds as a principal to get it installed. Um, Deloro, same thing. Or does not have that capacity. So just trying to make sure we're balanced at the school sites uh within reason. So that being said, uh based on the first page, this is just a review of the conditions assessment that was presented to the board literally two years ago um almost to the day. >> Sorry, one second. Sarah, is there a way for you to zoom it in a little bit more than that? I don't know if my eyes are getting tired or I'm just staring at these screens. That's amazing. Thank you. Great job. So, um, these numbers may change just because costs have changed from, you know, 2023. Um, the one thing that I have not taken the
245time yet to do and I will be doing with Don is going through the actual needs assessment that's attached to this presentation. It's the second event, but I'm not going to go through today and start checking off things that we have completed or in the middle of completing the PA systems, the turf and track coax. Not quite done. So until we get done and close them out, then we'll go through and these numbers will change a little bit based off the needs assessment that was done because this is the this was the plan is just maintaining this. You know, our bonds are done. We're not looking at any bonds in the future. Um that's not a recommendation right now. It didn't farewell in KFax. I don't think with the political climate right now. I don't
246know. Um the last time I talked to the consultant about a month ago, you know, they were thinking going out in March. I I you know so more of a discussion I need to have in lead team and superintendent that's something we want to look at because as I've said before and I will stand by this you can't get that work done without a bond measure in Delaware would not have the work they got done without a bond measure it's just not going to happen um and maybe some people might want to discuss it with me but you know a classroom building of just four or five is going to cost you 12 million that's just a building so anyway uh so just looking at that sheet as a summary Um again some of our
247revenues um we're looking at about 12.9 so just under 13 million basically you saw uh previous actuals and closing the books fund 140 is pretty good right now. It will be a little bit lower because there's still some projects in there but we're looking a little over $12 million sig and facility account to help with the projects that we'll see later on other slides um that we'd like to get accomplished at the school sites. And again, just a refresher, mod the fund 40 is all that modernization money. We got the reimbursements from the state and then developer fees. Um, want to encourage the building. Obviously, when you're building homes, you're bringing in kids and then we get the fees for those homes that are built as well. Next page, just want to to tout this
248one. Um, this has been a an endeavor. They are going to be playing their first home football game on this field this Friday. So, very excited about that. Um, in speaking with Chassity, I know that um I want to say she's I don't say withdrawals, but she's going through this. I'm leaving now and I everything's got to be perfect before I go. And so >> we want to keep her on that track. >> Yeah. >> And so just looking at some coloring that came in with the gray and the green and so forth, but in most cases they're pretty excited. Um, what I think is going to happen is that Plaster and Deloro are going to go, "Well, when when's our field getting redone?" I said, "No, not for a also relax, but uh that
249could be another story, too. But still not completely finished, but um be playing in the football game this Friday, so it'll be up there to to celebrate that. One of the the pieces this was really exciting is their scoreboard's working fine. Sorry, Aaron. But uh there we paid I think just about five grand to refurbish the scoreboard. It looks brand new. It was beautiful. This guy who did the work, I went and saw it the other day at the school. I'm like, "Wow, if we could just do that, let's just do that to schoolboards." because it look like they put a brand new oldfashioned scoreboard and so really excited about that and what they're going to do for Friday and just mentioning those are the two projects that are only basically funded right now through
250fund 25 to develop these we have not allocated else to that these two things and so that's the projects based on that money right there so next slide speaking of Kfax what you have in um black are things that are basically in progress or already completed red are our recommendations where we think we should head with some of the money that we have. Um and so you see A&E future funding right now. Um proposition two is from ouration all that money is spoken for but the state of California will just by the nature of what they do will pass a facilities bond in a couple years. Again as we mentioned before Kfax is in line for another several million dollars of reimbursement from the state of which we have to match 4.5 of it. So
251but you have to have plans in place to do that. Hence when I say architecture engineering future funding getting plans in place to have something that shows a new classroom building or whatever and then when the state sees what we're doing we get the moderization money. Hence how we got the $50 million for Deloro and we got the five or $6 million for plasma because we had plans in place. Uh the PA system again in progress not all the way done yet but getting there. So I've heard the music it's really cool and all the speakers are in there. I think you guys are going to say it's too loud. But that's exciting because the schools are playing music and I heard the voice like I for who the the student was, but you only
252have 10 seconds. You only have five seconds to get to class. So, kind of exciting to see that, but still a work in progress. The furniture, very excited, but I know Chad's a little upset because we've had a little hiccups with some of the wheels. I know we Why we buy wheels furniture for kids? I'll never know, but we like it. But they tend to use it like their little motorcycles. So, trying to fix some of those things. Um, we did some of that. I mentioned before, we're putting some HVAC in the IDF rooms to cool down those machines. Um, we need to do some HVAC in the 600 602. That's the, um, art and welding area. Right now, we need to have wall units. We need some HVAC in there. The 100 wing refresh
253and lockers. Don and her team. Beautiful job. Um, they got a drinking fountain in the hallway. The locker rooms. I I just said don't show Deloro because when they painted those lockers and everything and the showers looks fantastic. I still think it's funny the girls showers are only about this high, but I always say they did that in the 50s because the girls didn't want to get their hair wet. That's always been my story why the showers are so because girls were not that short in the 50s. Um, and then some other items looking at the press box, um, portable repairs. We talked about looking at siding and so forth. That might take on a further discussion later on. I know we looked at the classrooms. A thing to remember, we went we went through
254our facility match plan several years ago. We've been building on it. They do what's called a utility and capacity study. Hence why you see what we call teacher collaboration centers at Plaster. Plaster could get almost like 1,800 kids on that campus. And people freak out like how do you fit that many kids there? Well, at any given period, there could be 15 classrooms sitting open. Teachers like to have them during prep, but if you create a teacher collaboration space where they can hang out during the prep, that classroom can be used for another class. Hence the cap, hence the capacity. And so Kolfax may have to be start looking at that a little bit. So do we really need to replace all nine portables? Maybe it's just a few of them. Um and looking at
255that kind of stuff. Uh the bottle filling station actually is completed. And then lighting upgrades in gym B and C are the recommendations at Deloro. Um again the list is pretty short because they've been on all the bond money. The 500 hallway is one of the last projects we're doing. The PA system is in progress. Uh, Boington is the one that's still in progress. We're still waiting for some other plans from the engineer and the architect before we get to DSA, but I'll keep keep you guys up to date on that. Um, we don't have a number for the IDF HVAC because we haven't really researched that yet as well. Press box refresh stadium restroom. The restroom could use painting and some new appliances, equipment, toilets, things like that. Um, the Yakot gym air conditioning.
256There is no Yukakota gym air conditioning. looking at that possibility of putting air condition there. Um, stadium bleachers and lighting upgrades. Just haven't got a number for those things yet. >> What's sorry time? What's the timeline looking like for Boon? >> So, Boon right now, what we're planning is by this winter going out for bid and then trying to do some pre-work because the our issue is going to be is timeline, right? We did the upper lot, took the whole summer, but that was like a repave. This is a much bigger project as we all know and it's going to come down to can we do it in chunks and when do you do it because anybody will tell you it's like do you start right after graduation and then the summer league will tell
257you well with with swims meets and everything you know where are we supposed to park well I don't know so you can either get the parking lot now or or never so >> that'll be part of the planning process I don't even have an idea I mean if I could put Nick on the spot I don't know if he has an idea maybe he does I don't know but it'll be interesting because on any gi day on a school day, a third of the parking lot might have cars in there, but a Friday night football game. >> It's Yeah, it's it's packed. >> The stadium bleaches. Is that adding more? >> No, I think it's just refurbishing some of them, fixing them. >> Yeah. >> And sorry, I guess I guess facility topic. I keep
258hearing from basketball that they have a broken basketball. >> I don't know about that. That was something they should report to the POS and have it handled that way. That wouldn't be a big facility. That would be these are big projects. That would be a small thing to fix on there depending where it's at. Now, if it's one of the broken mechanized ones, >> yeah, >> we'd have to figure that part out. But I know that as a principal, we usually handle those at site. Sometimes just buy a new motor, that kind of thing. >> Um I also have gotten a lot of feedback recently about the locker rooms in the Yakakota gym. Um, I got seeing that this was on the agenda, I got a PE teacher, too. Um, and connecting with students in
259the locker room, too, showing me everything that they thought was wrong. And, um, >> in the boys, not the girls. >> No, not in the girls. Yes, in the boys locker room. Although, from what I hear, the girls is not great either. Um, >> thank you for that point of clarification. >> Yeah, gotcha. Thank you. Um, the floors were not great. Um there were drains that had gray residue on them. >> Um sewage pipes. Uh they need boiling water to pour down uh to pop a bubble by maintenance very often because it starts to smell like sewage. Um they're like you are on here in one of the best days. Like the bubbles already popped. I was like that is really gross. Um there is a teacher testing for asbestous because a wall is bubbling
260out. Um, the doors are um have indents in them. Uh, there's no air conditioning anywhere, even in the coach's room. So, it makes it very uh like just adds to that smell and kind of um atmosphere. And then last is you have to do breakers for the lights and uh also so that's a huge thing is the breakers, but also to turn on the showers. There has to be a coach that is monitoring the showers, turning them on and off. and um students I I was like, "Okay, use one word to describe the the Cody locker room and I got historic. >> I got um uh needs to be redone even though it's three and I got uh gross and dirty." So, I mean, people uh it's definitely a center point. People are like I
261think especially the freshman, they're coming in for freshman PE and they're like, "You expect me to shower here?" like it's kind of a it's just feedback I've I I've I've received at Delore in the last few months. >> Um to your point um I went into the ladies locker room actually. >> Thank you. >> Um actually I did also go into the boys. We cleared it first. No one was there but they wanted to show me issues over there and that bubble um as well. But um I can speak to the Yucot also that that AC situation. It was a hot day when I visited Deloro on a hot Friday afternoon. Um, and I felt like I was in hot yoga. It was something special. They're they're cutting weight in that room. I tell you,
262I have a husband who's a wrestling coach. They're cutting weight. Um, it's brutal. So, if there's a way to And I think just the fans that were in there are also broken. I know there's not like an AC, but >> it's a ventilation system. >> The ventilation system is also not working. So, anyway, that's a concern of mine. Um and and to your point, yes, there's some there's still some there's always work to do. There's always work. >> Well, hence the list you because the small stuff that you mentioned, yeah, >> that's handled usually at the sites and and you know, I can go on on about how we're short-handed right now and people out on workers comp so forth, but that doesn't matter. It's just excuses. But there's always something going on and you
263have to remember you have a gym that was built in 59, hasn't really been upgraded since then. Um the staff, Dustin Fee, hats off to him and and Nick and his team painting the gym. Looks fantastic. >> Amazing. But I've been in that weight room and I, you know, it's abused and misused by people who go in there. They may not like me saying that, but principal nine years. Yeah. I I've seen when that's happened by people go in there. Kids get in there. You know, you've got 1650 kids at that school and people think, why is it getting damaged? Well, I don't know about you, but if it's flushed 100 times a day, it's going to break, especially when they're flushing it with their foot or whatever else they're doing. And you know, I
264could go back to when we first built those three new buildings and right away there's vandalism and it was very frustrating. So, but that's a whole another >> I agree with President Spade too with the AC. Um I know the girls volleyball team started playing games in there and um you know uh maybe if they're training in the hot gym like they have a little leg up on the other team, but I definitely don't think that anybody is comfortable especially during games >> training at mile high. Carry on. >> Well, just a little sarcasm in a couple weeks no one will recognize it because it'll be nice and cool. Just real quick, Madam President, um, per board bylaw, the board, student board members can be excused at nine o'clock. So, I just wanted to throw
265that out there. >> Yep. Thank you. Is it nine now? Uh, Superintendent Omali. >> So, gentlemen, you are welcome to leave if you would like. If you'd like to stay, you are more than welcome to do so. But, >> uh, next slide. We got Forest Hill right here. You saw we we resolded the field. PA system in progress, generator in progress. Um, we recommend a resurfacing of the track. Still researching the IDF. Uh, but the press box and some visitors bleachers. They don't have visitors bleachers. We're not looking at installing something more of a purchase where you just put it on like a pad of gravel so people have a place to sit. If you ever noticed the press box, I don't know how we're going to do this, but they didn't put it on
266the 50 yard line. It's offcentered and so and it can be moved. So, it's just a matter of of looking into that. But there's only so much you can do in a stadium before you want to get DSA. So we want to do the work you can do that would not incur DSA. Was mentioned earlier about adding bleachers. You add bleachers like in not installing but like if you bring in the ones I'm thinking of where they just put down on a pad you're fine but if you're looking at creating and constructing them then DSA is going to come in and want to find out about path of travel and that kind of stuff. So there's limitations on that and would cost more money. Another thing about forest still just to add in there that
267would be on there now would scoreboards. So looking at that plaster again a lot of the list taken care of the 400 wing all the new classman's offices that MIT is using the HVAC is nearly complete the PA system working out bugs but complete looking at getting the IDF HVAC completed in there. the gym floor talked about that earlier complete. Um the ad classroom portable needs a little love and getting that room up to speed. Painting we put on there but still looking at that might be done by some of our people but then also looking to contract that out. Um looking at providing some more money to confluence to get some paint. We did some more painting but windows and blinds and then some classroom furniture and I know been working with Jamie on
268that and we'll probably still keep talking about that. There you go. While you're on that side, Peter, um I I don't know if all the board is aware of one of the issues that happened with the um Earl Crab gym floor, could you explain that the painting situation? >> You mean in terms of when they messed up the volleyball court thing? Yeah, they measured it wrong. So, >> yeah. >> In terms of you talk about historic, if you go watch a game for volleyball, you'll notice that the volleyball court's not centered with the basketball court because where the stansions go in, they couldn't put the hole in that location because the beam that holds up the floor is there. So it's offcentered a little bit and the guy knew that he had to come back
269and fix it because he measured he measured from the center so the one side was too short and so he came back and if you if you go look you can notice it but I think overall this I talked to Mike Sabs in the school they're still pretty happy with it. Um >> do you think it's going to have to be redone or are we going to just accept it? And if we are accepting it are they decreasing our cost for their mess up? >> Well they came in and fixed the mess up for free. >> Did they fully fix it? >> Yeah. I mean If you go back, you can see a little bit of like where the staining is, but they fully fixed it. They came in, took this, restriped it, and made
270it so they did fix. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Okay. They fixed it for free. >> Okay. >> Oh, he caught his mistake. >> Okay. >> Well, when he found out about he's like, "Oh my god." Because he realized he had forgotten. So, is there anything else? Is that about it, Jim? I think they right. >> Yeah. >> The district campus in here. Um, we're looking at some cameras. Obviously, not looking at the superb cameras, but something a little bit lower scale. I mentioned we mentioned that before. Um the ELMAC needs a PA system as well. So looking at throwing a little bit more money there. They do have it maybe not as robust as other schools, but they still need it there for safety reasons. Um the roof we call the annex used to be
271the old Maido area. That roof needs to be redone. Um HVAC needle, but we're taking care of that in separate ways. Gutter sighting and conx bad pad. It just there's a balance and we have a working with Steve Caspite and the team. There are a lot of things I don't have in this list that they paid for. If you look at the new sign, PSA paid for that new sign out front. >> The refurbishing of the gazebo, PSA paid for that. So, there's a balance between what they pay for and what this district pays for in terms of our facility overall. We're looking at remodernizing or renovating the inside of the annex room, creating some walls. PSA is paying for that. So, it's only fair that we balance out what the district pays for and
272what Stephen and PSA is paying for it. So, that being said, pass this recommendations of where to put some money. Um, you know, we have some money coming from the state of almost a million bucks. You got well, I'm sorry, $441,000 and 6.4 million of which we have to match 4.8. So, you saw my earlier recommendation that of that 12 million we have, we reserve 4.5 for that and another, you know, 1 million for architecture, which gave us a match. We'd end up spending 11 almost 11 half million dollars for just and that's without a bond. I don't know how much we can get done, but that would be us, you know, engaging with our architect. Um, and then seeing where the plans go with that. Uh, again, fund 40 balance about 11.3, some fund
27325 money after we pay off the track, and some Boington about 1.6 for a total about just under $13 million. Was that just looking at some feedback or some ideas? Any like you forgot this or >> No, I'm definitely in favor of using and and moving ahead with KFax. their needs are so great. There's so many issues and we've heard it from constituents. We've heard it from students and staff. Yeah. So, >> funds that have to be used for facility >> cannot be Yeah. >> for anything else. Now, I will tell you, um, and I got to confirm with Sue when we're doing this, or if she's had done it over time, we put money into fund 40 from the general fund a long time ago, that money could be brought back out. But the
274money that came from, say, the modernization reimbursement cannot be given to the general fund. But since there's money we put in over time for the general fund, we could take some of that back kind of things we're looking at to help with the deficit spending that we're going through. Is there any uh discussion about possibly widening the exit at Boington to add a little covert there so that we can have possibly three >> coming in off of you mean the entrance itself? >> The entrance itself. >> We can look at that when we start doing the drawings. >> Widen it have two to three exit lanes, one entrance lane just for game days and stuff because it's >> Yeah, the architect look at that. I just want to make sure that fits with the whole
275traffic patters and they both go the one way on a one lane street. Oh, you you you'd have to modify the exit, widen the exit road, add another lane, an automatic right turn lane, an automatic left turn lane. >> So, you're talking about the turn lane on Boon itself or just out of the parking lot because we're not paving the streets out there. >> Oh, but maybe we can work something out with the with the city >> because exiting events is is horrendous. >> We could just wait. >> We have a city council in the house. Let's >> wait an hour. Do some cleanup. >> The other thing we were chatting about is you know the dirt field. We We want to avoid the, you know, what was the D >> DSA mean? >> DSA.
276>> Well, they're still involved with >> We were talking about possibly doing a uh for that dirt hillside where all the kids are throwing up dust during games. >> You mean with >> adjacent to >> as you come in the entrance to the left side? You mean that that hill? >> At the field. At the field. >> Oh, the hill itself. That would be removed or something would be done as we do the parking lot. You mean the little the four-wheeling hill they go along driving all the time? >> No. like uh if you're standing on the field. >> Oh, that you're talking about. So, not even the parking lot. >> Can we concrete that and just put some like not steps but like >> you can call it >> what would you call that?
277>> Two foot by three foot concrete. >> I mean, we'll put if you put anything that like what you're talking about, DSA is going to come in because when we were doing the parking lot, one of the things we found out from them is DSA required path of travel to the campus. They didn't require a bathroom, but they required path of travel to the campus. And so thankfully that road that's behind the baseball field >> is slanted enough where if you carve it out and just put a long slant, it will meet the regulations. >> If you start building a concrete thing like that, they're going to come in and say, "Okay, how does a handicap person get here?" >> You could say it's not for people. It's just for uh it's to cut down
278on >> gas. The dirt's not for people either, but they go there. I I I just tell the reason I get this way is because I was at Plaster. We have all those hills. I was at the football game and they played Deloro. And my solution is anybody under the age of 13 is not allowed to go to a football game. >> Yeah, true. >> I could say that I'm not the principal, but you know, when I look around and they're playing on this hill over here with the rocks, they're on top of the containers and like how do you stop that? Because you go tell the parents and like, well, I'm busy watching the game. >> Yeah. >> And so I know we we make jokes of it, but it's it comes down to
279in the end supervision type of thing, you know? I mean, you just tell people stay off the hill and eventually they kind of get it. [Laughter] But like a concrete thing out there, then the next thing the skateboarders are going to be up there on the off days, whatever it is. I mean, it's it's kind of funny. And if you tell some of the people who talk about it, they're like, "Oh, you can't take that away from the kids." And I'm just like, "Okay, >> I don't think you heard it." And I'm I'm over here dying because Trusty Duncan's mic was on. He goes, "Yeah, there's four four Duncan on that hill. >> That's probably my kids on the hill." >> No, we've been, you know, knock on wood, we've been very lucky with how
280we run things. And I know people don't want I just speaking again as a principal. It's amazing to me what we allow compared to what people get when they go like to an A's game or other kind of guy. There's security everything you get thrown out immediately and there's no one to argue with here. They'll come to a board meeting and Mrs. Jackson was mean to my kid in the football. Doesn't matter what the kid was doing because don't parents don't do that anymore. You know, you know, kid comes home the teacher yelled at me. Well, >> what were you doing, Peter? >> No, I gotta call that teacher right now. So, that's just old school Peter talking. I'm sorry. I'm old school. My kids hear it from me. I'll tell you that. >> Okay.
281Thank you so much. >> Is there anything else you need from us? >> No, I appreciate the direction. I just want you to know where we're moving into. You'll start obviously we bring things forward to get board approval so forth, put things in fights. I just if there's anything you forgot, please send, you know, email to myself and Tom and I see will be meeting every other Mondays to talk make sure we're maintaining this and that you guys are fully aware of what's going on because >> there's a lot >> Yeah. you know, that we want to do, but there's not enough money to do all that kind of stuff. >> But I do want to emphasize that that KFax is they need to be it needs to be next in terms of big stuff
282somehow somewhere. >> Not just because Chassity is over here crying, but because it just needs to be taken care of. >> Thank you, Peter. >> Thank you. Um, Superintendent Omali, um, as we're we're going into 10.3, but real quick, while we're still on the facilities, there have been ongoing conversations around maintenance and facilities in general, and sometimes those lower level things, um, they're difficult to hit or or we've had we've talked about system situation or the lack of maintenance staff. I know that that is as an ongoing problem at Forest Hill right now. Could you just speak to that? I know that that's something that your team is working on um, just moving forward, just making sure I think it's kind of and the to use the term perfect storm per se, but yes, we
283do have a lot of people out. Um, you know, we've made some reductions due to budget and so I I do believe we are kind of under understaffed and that's going to have to get addressed, but obviously then, you know, that's got to come from somewhere. Um, also too, just in in my opinion, there's just an inconsist inconsistency of process. So, you know, we have we have this program called Facilitron where work orders can get submitted. It's being way underutilized. Um, we just we need to tighten that up so we can we just need to be more efficient. And I think we can just if we tighten that up, we can get more work out of our employees. Um, you know, it's just a matter of we kind of walk around and we see something,
284we take pictures and we send them via text to somebody and there's just there's no system. Whereas in my mind, we should know, you know, our employees should show up every day knowing what their eight hour day works or eight hour workday looks like because they have a stack of work orders and they've been prioritized by, you know, our our lead and this is what you're going to do today. And that's just, you know, the system we had in place where I came from. Our facilities look great. We just we just need to tighten it up and again get I think we're going to need to we're going to need some employees. We're a little thin in the employee department. >> Yeah. It's when you say like facilitron, they don't they go around it. They
285don't use it. >> Correct. >> Yeah. >> It's just not utilized. >> But we're going to we're going to get that fixed. >> Yeah. >> Well, it'll be interesting. Um and I think some of those things as far like um from a safety perspective um you know, sometimes those lower level things or a sink falling off the wall in the Yakakota girls room, you know, for half a year or something like that. You know, there's there's certain I would call it lowhanging fruit. If we can address some of those safety issues while we are trying to navigate the larger scale issues that you know the problems are really more funding I understand staffing is a is an issue as well but yeah I'd like to see improvement in that area. Yeah. And I think as
286I I think I mentioned to you, President Spade, that you know, I I would estimate just on just deferred maintenance and preventative maintenance, we can very easily go through somewhere between a million and 1.5 million just to get us up to speed, not even advancing, but just repairing things. >> Um, I didn't we saw lots of different things in this this report tonight um regarding the facilities update. Do we need to consider that feedback um as we're allocating some of these funds to just get to what I would call ground zero? >> Oh, absolutely. So, and I sorry there Peter, but um I would say, you know, we've got this million dollars coming in from the the property sale and we've got some other things that may come in. I would say that money's already
287gone. >> If we want to address these things, which on behalf of our kids, we should. Um it's that whole broken window philosophy. If we don't maintain the facilities, then the kids are like, "Oh, they don't care, you know, and I'm gonna, you know, whatever, rip this doororknob off because nobody cares and we just we need to tighten them up. We need to pay attention to them." So, yeah, it's going to cost some money, but that should save us money in the long run. >> You know, you leave it you let the problem fester, it just gets worse and it gets more expensive for us. >> So, true. All right. 10.3. This is our PHSD strategic plan 2025 board. Um it is in your folder as well if you want to rest your eyes from
288the screen. >> So yes, just you know kind of a review um you know when when we met back in in July that we sens synthesized this all into one document and just trying to get it going basically. I had a wonderful day with principal Zurwas and his leadership team and we just started looking at math data and so I think we're pretty close to kind of determining that growth metric for math that's going to you know not be just horrible to aggregate but also something that has value and is effective that we can actually glean information from and make us better. um you know that you so you you look at as I'm looking at this, we're going to advance math. We're going to expand CT and dual enrollment. We're going to improve student
289engagement, enrich participation, which means we're going to offer more things in the big number three, which is budget efficiency and cost reductions and how we we uh well, it's it's going to be fun. We're we're going to get after it and we're going to do the best we can for kids and make some reductions and and still offer an amazing program. So, I'm thinking it's going to be pretty easy and we're just going to bang this thing out. Love your enthusiasm, positive outlook there. Any questions on this uh board? You know, obviously we worked on this with our with our team um during that workshop. I just want to make sure that you guys have it's reflecting the conversation that we had. I believe um Dr. Cametti, you prepared this, correct? Like you synthesized for
290us. >> Yeah. Thank you. I I feel like you did a great job. of hitting hitting the targets and I do think like I had mentioned at the previous meeting with with having forward facing materials this has not been a practice in our district or if it was you know please correct me um the strategic goal and plan was like an internal working document that no one ever saw. So if if you weren't a staff member you didn't know what we were working on outside of our LCAP. So, I thank you guys for preparing this so that the community kind of knows where we're we're dialing it in for accountability purposes and transparency purposes. All right, thank you so much. Okay, we're going to go ahead unless you guys have comment or feedback on that,
291we're going to go ahead and move to item 11. This is our public comment. This is opportunity for public comments to be received by the board. This is a time for the members of our public to address the board regarding items that are not on our agenda this evening. Completing your blue public participation form is preferred but not mandatory. This form can be obtained at the meeting. Um and I I think we've got some more up there. In the interest of conducting our public meeting in a timely matter. Thank you very much. Um, in the interest of conducting our meeting in a timely manner, individual speakers will be allowed three minutes per our bylaws to address the board with no more than 20 minutes per topic. This is this is a comment period only. The
292law California Education Code section 35145.5 does not allow the board of trustees to take action or have discussions. I'll add that on any item not explicitly posted on the agenda in advance. And I sincerely mean this. The board does value your public comment and wishes to convey that all the board members cannot take action on the items that are not on the agenda. They we listen carefully and appreciate and value input from our public. Thank you, sir. All right. Let me see if there's anybody on here we haven't heard from. Think everybody but Alicia Watkins. Is she She's gone. Okay, we're gonna go ahead and move that side. Mark, right? You're up. Followed by Wow, you were there. You just supposed to be number one tonight, my friend. Um, move that to the side there.
293Followed by um Ed Coons, Nicole Young, and then Wendy Bill. >> You ready? >> I'm ready. >> Okay. Um, just wanted to say thank you guys for passing the resolution. And also one good thing about the resolution is it brought a lot of people out to hear all these great reports. You guys you guys did a great job on your reports. So I think this year is I think the best reports I've ever seen from the student staff. So very good job you guys. And the other thing I wanted to talk about that was brought up in another report was use of AI. I use AI my own job. I'm a programmer by trade. I use it to write code and it works great most of the time. But if you my concern was with
294the comments that were made, if the teacher doesn't know what is the right answers, I it's great about doing things quickly for you by doing outlines and that kind of stuff, but if you don't know the outline it created for you is correct. You have to know the subject to know that. That's a little concerning for me that they're picking that out and saying, "Oh, this is right." Because AI does a thing called hallucinations. You can look it up and it makes up makes up stuff. And even in coding, I have it write code and it does a pretty good job. Every once in a while, it messes up. But since I know how to write the code, I'm just using it to speed up my process. I can catch it and fix it and
295go forth. So that's my only concern. So I think maybe the board needs to put a little effort into maybe a policy on AI and how to use AI. And it's a great tool. I don't I'm not discouraging using it. I just think we need to figure out a way to use it where we don't get wrong answers out of it and go down the wrong road with AI. That's all I have. Thanks. >> Thank you. I I just want to say um briefly on that item. This is an item that uh Trustee Lake and I have talked about briefly. CSBA also put together an AI task force that gathered information for well over a year and they have a policy which is not ours, which is not a required policy, but we're talking a
296lot about AI right now. um and academic integrity. We have a policy for that, but not specifically for AI, and it's worth talking about, especially since we're using it as a tool. So, thank you for your comment this evening. >> Ed Coons, welcome back. >> This got to be a record, Ed. I think we've heard from you three times tonight. >> Yes, that's right. >> Welcome. >> Okay. uh at the uh special meeting seemed like a century ago, >> um I I commented that you could not hire an attorney to to take legal action in the Supreme Court without first having uh decided to, you know, what action to take. Okay. And uh I was referred to uh a meeting that you had back on June 3 as if that would have authorized the action
297that you took earlier this today. Well, I had a chance to look at the resolution that was passed on June 3rd, and I'll read it to you. Be it further resolved that staff and council are directed to investigate the district's compliance with title nine of the education amendments of the 1972 and the equal protection clause as they pertain to discrimination on the basis of sex and athletics and physical education and provide a report on their findings. Nothing in that resolution would authorize this board to engage in litigation through the filing of a friends of the court brief with the Supreme Court. You're in violation of the of the Brown Act. >> I'm going to heartily object to that statement. We are in compliance with the law. This has been vetted through legal. Thank you very
298much, >> Nicole Young. And last up is Wendy Beiel. Hello again. I just wanted to thank you all for the acknowledgement of Charlie Kirk and I'm sorry to see the display that uh somebody from the public there outburst tonight that was really uncalled for. Um but I think the point that's being missed ironically is that this young man barely older than my oldest son was killed over his words. The celebration of his death right here in our own community has shaken me to my core. It's opened my eyes to the truth. We don't just agree to disagree anymore. These people with those opposing view these people want those with opposing viewpoints wiped off the earth. Charlie Kirk has always been a rage magnet because he represented something those in opposition couldn't process. Not just something
299they didn't have an answer for, but something they didn't even have the framework to understand. A genuine, grounded, honest man. A man who was secure in himself and his beliefs. A man who lived with a strong internal compass and his own sense of ethics. He didn't use hate speech. He used speech they hated. Big difference. People whose identities are tied to doctrine and dogma can't comprehend that kind of person. They don't know what it means to have an internal identity. They assume, as they do, that everyone else is hollow inside, lacking structure, lacking a sense of self. and to pretend this isn't dangerous, to shrug it off. That's to ignore the precedence that's been set. The same people driving around with coexist stickers and shouting love wins are showing us they want the exact opposite.
300Free speech is supposed to be a fundamental right in this country. It should never be silenced or chilled. But the amount of hate, division, and religious bigotry I see hurled at people who simply believe differently, it terrifies me for the future of this nation. In just 20 years, we went from equal rights for all to bake me a cake bigot to say something I don't like and you deserve death. If we can't admit that our kids need to see the First Amendment lived out by those in authority, we are walking down a very dark road. Disagree with me? Fine. That's your right. But you don't get to shut down the discussion. I'll leave you with my favorite co quote from one of the greatest women of all time, blessed Mother Teresa of Kolkata. If we
301have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. Thank you. Thank you. [Music] Good evening board. Thank you for allowing me to speak again. Tonight I want to speak about courage. The kind of courage that doesn't come from ourselves but comes from Christ alone. courage that is anchored in his word, his promises, and his truth. I want to begin by thanking Trustee Spade for her courage in standing boldly for truth. Thank you for sending the email out to the entire district letting them know that celebrating the death of Charlie Kirk or anyone for that matter is not acceptable and will not be tolerated. Trusty Spade, thank you for showing moral clarity and conviction. That is the kind of leadership our community desperately needs. Charlie was more than a conservative
302voice. He was a Christ follower, a mentor, and now a martyr. He gave his life standing for biblical truth and for the future of our children. His legacy is not one of compromise, but of courage. My own children were blessed to be a part of Turning Point clubs on their college campuses where Charlie's influence encouraged them to live boldly, to speak truth without fear, and to keep Christ at the center of their lives. His courage continues to shape an entire generation of young people. But we al also must recognize the growing hostility in our own community. There are voices in this community spewing hatred, division, and dangerous rhetoric on social media. I have been sent several posts that have made my that have been made by citizens in this community calling trust trustee spade names
303such as ma mga mascrant. This is defamatory. It isn't simply unkind. In the light of what has happened last week, it should be concerning to everyone in this room that the hate that is being shared on social media that clearly will will and has incited violence on people that have opposing views. It is targeted is harmful and it must be addressed by the proper authorities because unchecked hatred threatens the very fabric of our community. Tonight, I am grateful for Trustee Spade's courage and all of your courage. I pray we all commit ourselves to walk in the courage of Christ. With him at the center, we can overcome hatred, division, and fear. In him, we already have victory. I would also like to leave the last few minutes to remember Charlie Kirk in silence. It was
304so rudely interrupted earlier, so I would like to take my last 42 seconds and just have a moment of silence for him. Thank you. And may the courage of Christ strengthen us all. >> Thank you. All right. Is there anyone else in the in the public that would like to provide comment? Seeing none, we're going to go ahead and move to item 12. It's our board calendar and coordinating announcements. Obviously, um we've got a couple things up there currently. Um board calendar for our regular meeting 10:2125. And just a point of clarification, Superintendent Omali, um are was your intention to keep it that date or you're asking for availability? Like >> I think first thing is availability. Um, >> okay. >> We just need to know if we're going to have that meeting. I would
305like for I know I know you guys have a lot going on, but I think it's important that all five of of you show up for the entire time. And if we can get a good solid two hours or an hour or whatever, just that way we're all on the same page. And then, you know, once we know that time frame, you know, topics, then we can continue to discuss, like I said, negotiations. I think that might be just a good quick training for for the board as we kind of enter, you know, some some tighter times. Um, but if you have other priorities that would be fine. I don't know if you want to try to hammer that out, what availability is on that date at this time or we can um change dates
306or I don't know how you want to deal with that. >> It's a great question. Um, >> can we hold it after 100 p.m.? >> Yes, >> we can hold it whenever y'all would like. >> That afternoon would work on the 28th. >> How are you guys calendars looking? Let me look here. >> I think I'll be in Florida >> on the 28th. >> Okay. So, the 28th is not in the running straight out of the gate. >> Would you like to send a like a doodle poll with a few different dates and times? >> Yeah, let's do that. >> Um, let's do that because I think it might take a little bit of time to unpack our schedules. So, let's do that. Um, I'm happy to help create a doodle poll. You guys can
307>> Oh, no. We can do a poll, >> huh? >> We can doodle a poll. We'll be fine. >> Thank you. >> I know you before you got here, I did some doodle polls. I was like doing it. So, I'm totally happy to do it if you guys need an assist. All right. Any other um events coming up that we want to acknowledge? I know that there's tons of events happening in our campuses. the student voice. Um, trustees, just as a reminder, you know, there's a violation of the Brown Act if more than one of us is, excuse me, more than two of us are hearing the same information at the same time. So, if your intention is to attend a student voice at a site, we just need to make sure that we only
308have two at those sites. So, if you could communicate um where your intentions are going, CC the site admin um and a message to superintendent on Let's just make sure we're following the rules. Okay. All right, y'all. Let's go ahead and move to item 13, adjournment. Do I have a motion? >> We need to go back. >> Just kidding. Oh, I forgot about that. Thank you. >> We're going back. All right, y'all. Thank you for your night. Thank you for staying uh to the end. We appreciate you. The recess back to closed. Yeah, I needed that solid reminder. I'm like, we're out of here. We're doing it. >> I hate >> that's okay. Gotta love it. >> All right, what time is it, y'all? We're We're gonna >> Thank you. >> call this meeting back
309to order at 10:51 p.m. We covered the last two close session items. 3.3 public employee employment discipline dismissal release. pursuant to government code section 54957. The board discussed and there was no reportable action. 3.4 conference with labor negotiator pursuant to government code section 54947.6. Also no reportable action on that item. All right. With that, last literally but not least, item 13, meeting adjournment. Do I have a motion? Motion to adjurnn. We >> have a We have a motion by Trusty Duncan and a second by Trustee Jeff. You're late to the party. >> Um all in favor say I. >> I. All oppose. Motion carries for Oh, Trusty Underwood uh left before the second close session, so he was not enclosed at all. Thank you.