001We just are all >> I would like to call to order the regularly scheduled meeting of the Rodon Beach Unified School District Board of Education on February 10th at 4:30 p.m. Can I have a motion and a second, please, to approve the agenda? >> Second. All those in favor? I. Any nos or abstensions? The motion passes. Tonight we will go into close session. But first we will take uh any public comments. Members of the audience may address the board on any listed close session items. Persons wishing to address the board regarding an item scheduled for close session or asked to submit a request to address to the board prior to the start of close session. Comments from visitors shall not exceed three minutes unless the time limit is waved by majority of the board. The
002board shall limit the total time for public input on each item to 20 minutes. With board consent, the president may increase or decrease the time allowed for public presentation depending on the topic and the number of persons wishing to be heard. We do not have any members of the public. Do we have any advanced written requests? So, we will move to close session after hearing item uh to discuss item 3.3 public employee discipline dismissal release. 3.4 4 Conference with legal counsel existing litigation AB218 3.5 Conference with real property negotiators Valor Christian Academy site property 3.6 Six conference with real property negotiators. RBUSD owned Alta Vista Park site. RBUSD owned Anderson Park Senior Center and Associated Parking Area. RBOD owned aviation park site, city-owned parking lot serving Adams Middle School, RBOD owned Franklin Park site, and
003RBOD owned 200 North PCH. And item 3.7, public employee performance evaluation. Is there a motion in a second to convene to close session? >> Second. All right, we'll be back at 5:30. All right, the board is now reconvened to open session at 5:36 p.m. And leading us in the pledge of allegiance tonight will be Principal Brook Mada of Adams Middle School. >> I'd like to introduce eighth grader Blake Schrader, who will actually be leading us in the pledge. >> [applause] >> Please rise. Right hand over your heart. Ready? Begin. I pledge of allegiance 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. Thank you. You may be seated. Thank you for that. In close session tonight,
004the board discussed item 3.4, conference with legal counsel, uh, sorry, 3.3, public employee discipline dismissal release, and gave direction to staff. On 3.4, conference with legal counsel, existing litigation, AB28, the board received information. On 3.5, conference or thrill property negotiators, Valor Christian Academy site, the board received information. On item 3.6, conference oral property negotiators, RBOD owned Alta Vista Park site, RBOD owned Anderson Park Senior Center and Associated Parking Area, RBOD owned aviation park site, city-owned parking lot serving Adams Middle School, RBOD owned Franklin Park site, and RBOD owned 200 North PCH. The board received information on item 3.7, public employee performance evaluation. The board received information. >> Is there a motion in a second to approve the minutes of the January 20th, 2026 regular board of education meeting? >> Second. >> Student advisory vote. >>
005Excellent. All those in favor? >> I. Any nos or abstensions? Motion passes. Our first report tonight is Adams Middle School presentation by Brook Mada, principal. [clears throat] Good evening, board of education, President Elder, Dr. Wesley, Cabinet, and members of the board. As the proud principal of Adams Middle School, I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to take a few minutes to share how we are preparing our students for high school. At Adams Middle School, electives are intentionally designed to prepare students in success for high school and beyond, particularly in the career and technological education pathways, otherwise known as CTE. Our goal is simple but powerful. Students explore their interests at Adams so they can enter focused pathways at Roondo Union and ultimately be prepared for college careers and the future workforce. This
006isn't random exposure. It's a connected pathway that builds skills, confidence, and direction over time. At Adams, students start by exploring different interests through electives. These courses help them discover what they enjoy, build foundational skills, and develop confidence and curiosity, aligning with the district's strategic plan for post-secary preparedness. This exploration allows students increase their knowledge of college and career options, as well as workforce needs, both current and future. By the time students reach high school, they're not guessing. They're ready to choose a pathway with purpose. Some of this slide, this slide actually shows uh Adam's electives and how they align directly with career and technological concentration pathways at Roondo Union. For example, the engineering and robotics at Adams connects to the engineering and architecture pathway. AMS news broadcast and art of storytelling connects to art media
007and entertainment pathway. Our computer science discoveries leads into the information and communication technologies. We also have career exploration which gives sixth graders exposure across multiple sectors. And then we also have our college and career readiness labs. And I'm so excited about our 2627 new course of medical detectives for next year. Thank you board. Uh that connect to the health science and medical technology pathways. This alignment ensures experience is a smooth intentional transition from middle school exploration to high school specialization. Across the these courses, learning is project based in hands-on. For example, in the engineering course, students engage in aesthetic and digital modeling, technical design processes, and use of industri industry aligned tools. These instructional models mirrors realworld workplace practices and prepare students for the rigors of high school CTE coursework. In the art of storytelling
008course, students are making connections to real world applications. Looking at the simple question of what makes a story great using Khan Academy and Pixar animation collaboration, students are gaining industry insights, practical experience, and opportunities to problem solve creatively. This approach helps students see the purpose behind what they're learning, increasing engagement and motivation, and even getting to make their own video at the end of the course. And then also in our broadcast news, um this is a great act example of our pathway in action. Students are learning to uh production fundamentals. They're learning broadcasting and communication skills, collaboration across campus. They work as a team to create real content for a real audience, building skills in leadership, storytelling, and technical production, all while preparing for the arts, media, and entertainment pathway at the high school. So,
009at this time, what I'd like to do is hand the mic over to some of our AMS kids. and so they can share how this course is impacting them in their exploration journey. >> Hi, I'm Blake Shrader. I'm in the eighth grade and I have now taken this AMS News course for 2 years. I'm a part of now one of our wonderful senior staff. I have been able to participate in multiple jobs in our program and I found every single one meaningful and wonderful. But if I had to choose my favorite one, I'd pick the reporter. I love being able to express myself and interact with the students around our campus. This course has allowed me to explore the career path of video production and broadcasting, which is a great way to get started on
010something you might love. Personally, I don't have firm plans to pursue broadcasting as a career, but that's just me. However, if you prefer the broadcasting course, it greatly prepares you for the RU TV course at RHS. This class is preparing us for high school and maybe even future careers. At this point, I'm ready for two options: broadcasting or a professional teleprompter reader. After the years I have participated in this program, I highly recommend it to people who wish to see their face on the morning TV when they're older. >> Hey there, I'm AMS News reporter Luke Quo and being here in AMS News is exceptionally fun because you learn how to be somewhat natural in front of a camera and somewhat natural in front of the audience that commonly masses around you. This course teaches
011you how to make mistakes with the best outcome possible and we start again. Now, [snorts] we also learn how to work with a camera and not only that, we learn how to edit, too. Every month we make something that is not only good but is something that we are proud of every single month. We use gear that sets a strong foundation for the video production future. Good evening everyone. My name is Coulson Arens, seventh grader and it's been fun working on AMS News for the past few months. We're releasing monthly monthly broadcastes doing directing, script writing, recording and editing. But me personally, I love waiting scripts. Being there to lay out the entire production is fun and when it comes out it's fun to say, "Hey, I wrote that." and seeing other people's reactions to
012it. But wait, and you might be thinking, well, how does it happen in the real world? Well, working on a crew really helps with communication skills, but mainly with clarity. Clarity and make sure everything is a smooth boat rider, in this case, a production. Hello everyone, my name is Audrey Elder and I am a senior staff in 8th grade. I'm an anchor, stage manager, and adviser. I love being an anchor because I get to work on my reporting skills and speech. Not only does this class set you up for RUTV and other tech pathways, but al but it also helps with reading, writing, and public speaking. >> Hello everyone, my name is Isaias Gabriel Moreno. I've been AMS News for two years now and I'm an adviser and co-stage manager. What I enjoy about AMS
013News is that I get to work with people, share ideas, and also talk to more people. Not only does AMS AMS News let you do all this fun stuff, it also sets you for the high school and also with public speaking that makes you more confident and that's what I love about AMS News that I recommend to anyone with any younger kids that are interested in doing news. Thank you for your time. So, as you can see, by aligning Adam's electives with our our UHS CTE pathways, we are truly mapping students future success starting now. Thank you so much. >> THANK YOU. [applause] BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> Would any of the students like to introduce uh some adults they brought with them? >> I brought my mom and my dad right there. >>
014Oh, [applause] yeah. Right there. >> Do you want to introduce your parents' names? >> Oh, sure. Uh my mom's name is Jennifer Shrader and my dad's name is Jonathan Shrader. That's all I have to say. >> My dad came even though I didn't want him to. His name's Dan Elder. [laughter] >> Sorry, kid. Want to give my huge shout out to my mom and dad for being here and supporting me through this whole entire career. I could not have done it without him. [applause] >> Our students have their parents waiting in their car. [laughter] >> Know how that goes. Yeah, exactly. >> Any other questions? And this aligns with the strategic goal. Yes. >> Awesome. Um, yes, we are aligning with the strategic goal of our post-secondary preparedness. So really what we want to do
015is make sure that kids are preparing for that high school pathway. So that way they have an idea of where they want to go when we can align for strategic prepared strategic pathway of the post-secary uh preparedness and we can give them that introduction at the middle school level for that exploration. they're ready to jump into those pathways and then make those pathways into potential post-secary whether they want to take it into college or even career after high school. So, >> thank you. It's wonderful seeing these opportunities at the middle school level and even better seeing them grow. So, thank you for all your efforts to increase the number of options they have. >> Thank you. >> [applause] >> I should add students, you're under no obligation to stay for the entire meeting. So, uh,
016up next, item 7.2, PAR, supplementary retirement plan presentation by Dennis U, executive vice president of PARS. >> All right. Good evening. Uh, Mr. Board President, members of the board, Dr. Wesley. Uh, my name again is Dennis Yu, executive vice president with PARS. As the board may recall, back on October 28th, the board approved a retirement incentive offer for both the RBTA and CSEA group. And this evening, I'm pleased to present the results of the early retirement incentive program. Um the the plan was offered again to uh specific RBTA members and CSEA members that met certain age and eligibility service eligibility requirements. the employees needed to resign by the end of the 25 26 year in order to get um an additional annuity that would be paid for by the district. The value of that annuity
017would be equal to 85% of the employees salary if they were an RBTA member and then um 50% of their salary if they were a CSEA uh member. Um and then down below um we've included some of the assumptions that we used in some of the um cost savings calculations that you'll be seeing a little bit later on because with these retirements there is the potential for some savings as the district would be bringing in some potential new hires to replace those retiring employees. So overall the plan achieved a total of 27 retirements and you can see how they were split among um 13 um RBTA members and then um 14 CSCA members. This is slightly lower than what we had originally projected which was a total of 32 in back in that October meeting.
018Um you can see the average age of the employees 62 years of age about 25 years of service for these employees. So, you can see that these are very long-term senior employees that are taking advantage of this incentive program. The one thing that we did notice um which bodess well in the district's favor is that the average salary of those taking the incentive is much higher than we anticipated and because of the way that the um financial savings calculations work, the greater the overall salaryial would basically help create more savings for the district. it we were benefited by having higher paid employees actually take the incentive program. So I'm going to cover the um um savings by group. So first we will look at the RBTA group. Um so the way to interpret this chart
019is that I'm showing you um basically um seven different replacement scenarios. So the top line, the 100% replacement scenario is the most conservative scenario where the district um replaces all 13 RBTA members that uh have retired under this program. And so um approximately there's about a $35,000 projected salary differential between the outgoing and the potential incoming employee. So that's what's creating the salary differential savings. So in year one, we're projecting a savings of about $180,000 under the 100% replacement scenario. Over year two, close to $400,000 savings. And then over five years, um approximately $417,000 of total savings. So what this represents is the net overall savings after paying for the cost of the PARs incentive program. So by nature of the specific types of employees that actually took advantage of this incentive program, we are
020seeing specific savings with this uh particular employee group. And um if the district did not replace every retiring position, um you can see that there would be the potential for additional savings to the district. But for now, we're looking at just simply the most conservative assumption with savings of about 417,000 over a 5-year period. Um, the other group that was offered the incentive is your CSEA group. This group has a smaller salary differential between the outgoing and potential incoming employee, about 11 to 12,000 of salary difference. And so, as a result, we're seeing a slightly different um outcome here. So, with this um group at 100% full replacement, so that's where 14 people retire. You replace all 14 positions. Um, we are seeing savings in year one, but over a three-year and fiveyear period on
021cumulatively, we're seeing actually a fiscal cost to the district of about $182,000. So, this group would require some level of non-replacement potentially to break even. Um, so again, if just simply one position was not backfilled, you can see how this the the savings would flip to the positive. So again, this is after the the costs of the plan are actually factored into the calculation. So as a whole, um the plan again received slightly less overall participation than we anticipated, but we think that because of the types of employees that did take the incentive program. um it can still be a viable incentive program um for the district with so when you add combine the two groups together we're still looking at a net savings of over $200,000 over that five-year period. So with that, that
022concludes my presentation and I'd be happy to answer any questions the board may have. Any questions, comments? >> I have a question. Can >> Dennis, I had a question. Oh, go ahead. After you. >> Sorry. Are we looking at this as one package or can we give, you know, say yes to classified, no to non-classified? That would be completely at the board's discretion if um I would say most districts tend to um you know decide as a whole for the you know all groups together but again that would be at the board's discretion if you want to split and decide the fate of each group separately. When you made the comment about it would be a $200,000 savings over the five years you're talking about if we were to if the board were to approve
023both the retirement packages for classified and certificated with no replacement. >> Correct. >> That's the most conservative. >> Yes. Yes. We're that statement is assuming the most conservative assumption where 27 people are retiring and you're replacing all 27 of those positions. So again, the most conservative assumption, we are still projecting savings on a district-wide basis. >> Okay. Thank you. >> And it provides quite a benefit to the people who accepted this. It's correct right by our our employees, too. Right. >> Right. It provides a nice additional benefit for those employees that did accept the offer, which is paid on top of whatever they were entitled to under either cowpers or calsters. >> Thank you. Could we go back a couple slides, please? Uh one more I think right there. So if we can get one.
024Yeah. So when you speak of replacement, are we speaking of replacement cost at 120 or 816 for instance under certificated management? >> I'm sorry. >> So the average retirement salary 121816 under uh certificated non-management category for as an as an example. when you speak of replacement um is that the figure they're using to calculate >> right so when we are looking at the replacement employee that was actually on the previous slide sorry but um so what we had done is we analyzed last year's hire new hires certificated non-management new hires and on average um it was approximately $75,000 so that's the average salary of the employee that you're bringing in so when we calculate the savings we're literally looking at that savings between that $121,000 and a potential $75,000. >> So 50, >> right? So
025So that's what creates that salary differential um savings for the the district. >> Thank you. >> When was the last time we offered a benefit package like this? Do you know roughly >> five years ago? >> Five years. Is it typically around every five years we offer these? >> Well, we have historically because it takes us five years to pay it off. So we have historically. Yes. [clears throat] >> Is there any data or or analysis indicating does this really induce people for early retirement or does it also induce people to hang on until they know the next package is coming because it's every five years? >> Yeah. Well, what we do find is in the last four years you did still have people retire. It's not like your attrition levels dropped to zero. So
026people will still retire when they normally would and so forth. So my recommendation is obviously you don't ever want to telegraph an incentive and say we are going to do it exactly every 5 years from now. But my recommendation is usually don't look at it any sooner than a 5-year period. You know, you want to let attrition run its normal course. And then when the demographics are correct for an incentive offer, then that's when a district should u move forward with it. and and again when the studies that we did back in the fall did determine that it this was an appropriate time to look at another incentive program but um yeah I I would still say that this is something that is should not be done uh routinely it should be done you know
027once in a while again when the stars align and so forth and um but yeah we'd have to do more studies as far as you know again whether or not it really you know um how many people you know um for you know didn't retire over the last few years waiting for the next incentive program. But anyways, but but historically we do know that people do retire in between years that the incentive is is offered. >> And having looked at the 27 employees, do we think we would hire behind all of them or do we think that there is an opportunity to, you know, with declining enrollment and the situation we're in there? >> Yeah. On the certificated side of things, we start our staffing meetings in March and April and and and finalize that
028in May. Um and so our certificated staffing levels will ultimately be be determined by enrollment which as you said is is declining. So we anticipate there may be a drop there. On the classified side of things um we have identified a few positions that we probably would not fill. >> So this is kind of one of those opportunities to avoid layoffs by >> absolutely >> giving people the option. >> Absolutely. And I guess to piggyback on that, the idea behind an early retirement incentive in lie of a layoff is that not only is there potential to save money, but there's also just maintaining a positive morale. Um we we try our best to do staffing based on enrollment and right size every year. Um, and I think we've done a pretty good job of that,
029but with the weight in which the enrollment is declining, um, we we would hope to not have to do layoffs. So, this that this would help with that. >> Yeah, that's the always the last thing you want to consider. Um, so it is a substantial expense. It's over $1.8 million, but it gives us the opportunity to, like you said, do right by our staff. Um, so that we're never look, we're avoiding layoffs. for avoiding those things and giving some some early retirement incentives. Any other questions or comments? >> Okay, thank you for being here tonight. >> Thank you. >> Uh, up next is item 7.3, the 2026 bond refunding presentation by John Isim, CEO of ISM Advisors, who will be joining via Zoom, I believe. Hey, John. >> Great. John, can you hear us? >>
030I can hear you. Thank you. >> Excellent. And we can hear you as well. [laughter] >> Boy, can we ever. >> You want to kick off? I'm on slide one. >> Great. Uh, yeah. Good evening, uh, everybody. John is here district financial advisor. Got a very brief presentation for you to discuss uh an opportunity something that this district has done before um which is refund outstanding bonds on behalf of the district for the benefit of property taxpayers. So if you're looking at the what's the 2026 refunding overview executive summary, the short of it is this. Uh the district has sold bonds in the past. In fact, there's about uh a total of uh five um outstanding bonds, three from the 2012 election and and two uh refunding bonds that we can refund similar to a
031home mortgage refi for the benefit of taxpayers. And uh and you can see a couple of the highlights here. The third bullet point there, a savings of about $2.7 million, uh what's called a present value savings of about uh 5%. And I'll talk a little bit about what that means. Um and so that's essentially what we're going to be talking about this evening. And then later you've got some some district uh documents to to approve and and Brier from Barnes Council is available for that. If you look to the next slide, comparing interest rates. How do we save money? We save money because we can get lower interest rates today than are on the old bonds. Simple as that. Kind of like a home mortgage refi. You get lower interest rates. Uh you can save
032money when you're able to have this delta or differential between today's rates and and and old interest rates. So if you look on the graph to the right, you can see uh what varies between 2.1 and 3.95%. And the red represents today where investors might take these bonds, which would be between 2.08 and 3.21%. Um so those are essentially how we save you the money. The what kind of money we save you is on the next slide, which is the savings analysis on a gross savings basis. Slide four. Uh, I'll draw your attention to the table to the right. The debt service there shows $54.683 million. This is the total at the very bottom. That's the original debt service. That's what we owe. But we could refund these and save taxpayers uh and reduce their
033debt service to about 52.005 million, which is the savings of the 2.677% or 2.677 million. Okay. So do nothing, pay 54.683, do something, swap out one higher debt service for a lower debt service, and the benefit of course is to the taxpayers of about 2.7 million. On the left hand side, you can see the second bullet point that talks about this present value threshold of 5.2%. In our industry, you got to be choosy. You don't want to do it just because you can. You want to do it because it's meaningful. And when you do do it, meaning a refunding, you're essentially, I guess, cutting off your ability to do a refunding for about an 8 to 10 year period. So, you want it to be worth your while. And uh in the industry, we have
034a minimum standard of 3% that's established by the GFOA. Uh and in this instance, we're looking at almost 6% so nearly double the minimum standard. Uh the last bit of information for you is on slide six and that's a timeline. Uh for those that have been around when we've done refundings in the past, the the the process is essentially the same. Step one, establish legally the parameters of the bond sale. That's what uh you have in front of you this evening will be action items on that. Step two, prep the bonds for sale, which get is getting a credit rating and insurance possibly. And then step three is actually pricing the bonds. And pricing the bonds takes effect over a two-day period whereby we have investors lined up via the intermediary of an underwriter. And
035then those bonds get sold, locked in, and a couple of weeks later the financing closes and our new debt service payments are then locked in. So that's essentially the process. I would say this is anticipating a question. What happens if interest rates go up? Nothing. We don't do the financing if interest rates go up. We only do the financing if we're going to save taxpayers money. So, essentially, uh, that's what we have for you this evening. I'm happy to take any questions, um, on on the opportunity. >> Hey, John, it's Rachel. Um, is there a cost to the district beyond what you're giving us as our total savings? Is there any other costs to us? >> I think I heard costs at the district. Yeah, the there are costs associated with the financing. Uh but
036they are paid from bond proceeds and the savings that we share are net of all costs. So the general fund has no exposure. Uh and fees for ourselves and the underwriter and the rating agency and the bond council is all paid out of bond proceeds. >> Great. Thanks. >> If and only if a financing gets completed. Hi John, this is Dan. So just one thing I want to make sure is very clear is is there any financial benefit to the school district or does this just benefit the taxpayers? >> Well, benefiting the taxpayers benefits the school district. >> It does, but we don't get more money for >> the taxpayer. I would say >> for the taxpayers, it's great. We're all taxpayers. Just want to make it clear. This isn't the school district getting more
037money. This is saving taxpayers money. That That's correct. Yes. Did you copy your question? >> I didn't. I I can barely hear any of the trustees. >> Nope. Just the pat on the back and being good stewards of their tax dollars. There is no financial benefit to the district. >> Yeah. So, just trying to lower everyone's property tax bill, >> which we all pay as well. >> And then we did this two years ago, correct? I remember we do it doing it about two years ago. Okay, just for the record. >> Any other questions or comments? >> All right. Thank you for being here, John. >> Thank you, John. >> Is that it? [laughter] >> All right. Thanks everybody. >> Appreciate it. >> I'm sorry. One second. >> Yeah. Sorry. >> Do we still have
038a lawyer online? >> We do. >> Sorry, J. Um had a one question. It's directed at the Um Reed. Reed, sorry. Sorry. >> Um are we required to do this? >> Reed, you have a question. I don't know if you heard it. >> Uh no. I'm sorry. Like John, I'm having a hard time hearing >> question was are we required to do this? >> No, [clears throat] absolutely not. It's up to you. Um, you can adopt the resolution and still pump the brakes on it if you decide that the savings are not of sufficient value to you. Um, so no, no obligation to do this. >> Thank you. >> All right. Thanks everybody. >> All right. I'll stay on. >> Okay. Uh, up next is item 7.4 Four, Beach City's Health District presentation by Tom
039Bley, CEO of Beach City's Health District. >> Good evening, board. Tom Backley, Beach City Health District. Good to be with you tonight. [clears throat] >> Thank you, Tom Backley, Beach City's Health District. I don't have anybody on Zoom with me. It's kind of uh like my conscience speaking. U but uh yeah, as one of our best partners, we wanted to come to you early and talk about what's going on at the health district. I'm going to move really quick. If there are any questions, please stop me or we can uh discuss it at the end. I think as most people know, the BC's health district has been around uh since 1955. We focus on preventative health uh in the last 25 years. Uh just going across the pictures there, you can see school gardens, al
040cove, Adventure Plex, Zumba in the park. Then along the bottom, you see our volunteer services, older adult services, and then of course the center for health and fitness. So, we're a public agency like you. We're a special district. Uh we are uh supported by the taxpayers of Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, and Roondo Beach. Uh just real everybody always asks about the finances, show me the money. So, we do that first. Um you can see property taxes uh brings in about a third uh of our revenue. Uh when you look and that's in the blue there. When you look at the orange, which is property leases, that's money that we generate from our facilities. You can see when you look at the expense side that nets about 1.3 million. That's um when I started about nine
041years ago that number was three million. So we've seen our revenue from our assets drop over the last couple of years as that old hospital um ages. We've had that hospital since uh 1960 and it's just not generating the revenue for our programs anymore. And so that's uh why we're looking to uh redevelop the old South Bay Hospital. So along the bottom there uh is is Prospect Avenue. Up in the corner there you see the uh the brown square. That's where Al Cove will go. Uh Al Cove is our youth mental health facility for youth age 12 to 25. There's no charge uh for them to come in and just hang out. Uh it's currently operational right now. Uh and they can also access mental health services without the stigma of people knowing about it.
042they can come and hang out um at open mic night or uh any other activity that we have going on uh at Al Cove and they can receive uh services if they so choose and u been a great success over the last uh three years. We've had over 14,000 visits uh of youth coming through Alco. So we've been working on okay how do we redevelop this campus? We've been doing that since 2009. Um, why are we doing that? That building has has really served its its purpose. Um, we say if it was if that building was uh a person, it'd be sick. You know, it's been around a long time. We have seismic issues. You can see some of the deteriorating infrastructure. Uh, and so the board has said that um it's given me direction
043to vacate that building uh by March of 27. So, in roughly a year uh we're going to vacate that old building. And so what's going to happen in its place? So we've been working on a plan uh for uh years uh since 2017. You can see the different iterations. When you look at that first plan 2017, very dense. Uh we had envisioned adding in assisted living and and independent living around the existing building. We heard from the community, hey, we want more open space. We literally want a center of excellence for the things that we're doing such as reducing childhood obesity is something that we've done in our partnership in Roondo Beach. We want to showcase that. So that's what we saw in the 2019 master plan. You have copies of this. So I won't
044run through all the numbers, but you can see the different number of units and different components of of the different proposals. And so what we arrived on in 21 was uh this master plan where uh you have al cove in the top there in that square. Uh you have assisted living and independent living in the orange. You have open space. Uh and then you have um that center for excellence. Uh you have we we had talked about maybe having aquatics the center for health and fitness. And so what we have today um is this concept through a public private partnership partner. So that's the the route we're going. We're going to partner uh with a private development partner uh to uh envision that master plan. So you can see very similar where you have independent
045living along the top there. They will not be doing the al cove piece. We're doing that separately. Uh we are going to build the alcove uh building and we look to break uh ground with that in April. Um and so we're excited about that. Um yeah, we're we're very excited about doing that. We're still figuring out how to fund Al Cove on an operating basis, but the board has uh committed to going ahead and building it. So, real quick on this, you know, there's been discussion concerns from the neighborhood um building height. So, that's something that we've dropped the building height on. They want to make sure that it's set back from um the [snorts] perimeter of the property. We've done that. Um and so, you can see that we've also reduced um the amount
046of time to construct this. So again, we uh are listening. I think um maybe you all can relate to this comment that just because we don't do everything everybody wants doesn't mean that we're not listening. And so we have been listening uh and we are addressing the concerns that we've heard from the neighborhood. So again, these are the details of the current proposal. It's with Continental Development. Uh many of you may know them from their work that they've done uh along the Rose Cran corridor and throughout the South Bay. they've partnered uh with Mar Ventures uh who's also done a lot of work in the South Bay. So, we're very excited to have a local developer that gets us uh that can uh help lead us through this development process. And again, you can see
047some of the components of what they're proposing. Again, this is where they're starting. You can see some of the things that we want to look at in the community uh space there, such as walking paths, gardens, and those things that line up with the mission of the health district. So, what we've also done is we've uh created a bike path. Uh many of the youth in this room probably uses that bike path as they're going to high school there uh along uh Diamond Street. Uh we completed that a few years ago. Uh we're going to move the Center for Health and Fitness into some of our front office buildings. Uh so they're we're going to do that and reduce some of the uh impacts there. Uh and then we have what's called a program for
048all-inclusive care for the elderly. And then of course we have alcove and alcove is a huge part of creating an intergenerational facility and campus. Uh and so we're very excited about that. So what's next? Again the public private partnership uh partner is is going to be working on uh more specifics from that bubble diagram that you saw. We're going to be negotiating a ground lease and they're going to be going through uh the permitting process with the city. We want to come to you and just give you an update on on what we're doing. can get any input from you and uh happy to be moving forward in our partnership with you. >> Any comments or questions? I >> I did just because I got excited about Al Cove. Where is that being built? >>
049So, Al Cove is going to be on the on the corner of Flaggler and Barrel. Uh that many of you will remember that as the pumpkin patch and and uh and so right now it's just a big dirt square, a dirt lot. So, we're we're going to be breaking ground on that. Um, as many of you know, we went out for a bond issue for some of the cost of that. Uh, that did not pass, but the board has decided to uh move forward and and fund uh that gap. Uh, and so we're going to go ahead and build it. Uh, we're scaling it way down from what we were proposing before, but we are building uh all cove and moving it from the fourth floor of the old hospital building where it is today.
050I think we would all express our appreciation to your board for going forward with AL cove and knowing how many of our students benefit from that. So, thank you. >> Thank you. No, we've appreciated our partnership with you on that and when we were struggling with that, you all uh came to us with some options and and some ideas and we appreciate that. >> Tom, thanks for coming today. Just would like to echo um board member Rachel's appreciation. Please thank your board on our behalf and thank you for your leadership and your team always looking out for um our students, our staff and our community. It's a it's abundantly clear and we will do our best and it's working relationship we've built over the decades and we'll hope that we'll continue to be that way.
051Thank you. >> Thank you. Yeah, we're very excited for the future with our partnership with you. >> Thank you. I'll be the broken record as well, but yes, we really appreciate the partnership because there's so many programs our schools have from elementary through high school and beyond um you know for the whole community as well obviously that our students wouldn't have these opportunities. Uh but then when it comes to the crown jewel of Al Cove um that's such a critical resource particularly postcoid that so many of our students have been able to take advantage of. So really thank you your board um and everyone who supports that because it is so important to uh keeping our kids healthy. So just thank you and and everyone at Beach City's Health District for everything they do. >>
052Thank you. Appreciate that. Great. Anything else? Thank you. >> Thanks. [applause] >> Up next is item 7.5, student board member report by Key. >> Thank you. Congratulations to our varsity game day cheer team. Our 22 athletes traveled to Fulsum to compete at the CIF State cheer competition and won their first ever CIF state cheerleading title. Congratulations to all three cheer team three cheer competition teams for placing second at nationals in Florida. This is their third time attending and they have meddled every time. The RHS chapter of the National Chinese Honor Society invites the entire school community to a lion dance performance on February 18th during lunch in the quad to celebrate the year of the horse. RHS PTSA's third annual diversity festival took place last Friday, February 6th. They had food samples, performances, activities, and
053a fashion show. A CTE tech panel will take place tomorrow in the RHS library. Students can attend to learn about technology careers from industry professionals. And finally, congratulations to our wrestling wrestling team on their win in the division 6 championship. They've made history and will bring home their first CF title. Thank you. >> Thank you. Uh 7.6. Up next, Superintendent Report by Dr. Nicole Wesley. Yeah, and just to re reiterate, Keely, I uh did talk to Mr. Saltzman and we can't recall a time when the high school has won three state championships in a year. So, that's pretty exciting. And we're halfway through the year. Again, cross country, wrestling, and cheer. So, congrats to those three teams and all of the other teams that are still competing. Um my report this evening is twofold. One
054is um just to promote that uh this is enrollment season. Uh we are officially open in terms of enrolling new um students and most of our enrollment is through kindergarten and TK. And so, um, we are so excited to welcome our our new families, many of whom already have siblings in our district and just [clears throat] wanted to highlight, um, all the things that we're doing to not only welcome our new families, but also prepare our students as they metriculate from elementary to middle and then middle to high school. Um, because as you, we always say, this is a journey. Um, and so we know that there are a lot of families out there, some whom are shopping. Um, and we always like to promote all the great things that we're doing in Roondo and
055the commitment that we have to every student um, which we try to highlight here in our board meetings. And so if anyone knows families that are trying to find a home, invite them over to Roondo. Um, so do want to give a shout out to our TK teachers and our kindergarten teachers. What an amazing program that we have. I did have the opportunity on Friday to visit the 100th day at Madison in Miss Roman's room and it was so much fun doing center activities with the kindergarteners um as we celebrated the hundth day and um and so just sharing um some of the quotes that we asked we sent a survey out to our TK and kinder teachers asking them to share some highlights of the work. So I just wanted to share some of
056this. This is one of our teachers at Washington. Being in the dual language kinder program makes me proud because I'm creating the foundation for their future in a bilingual academic setting. Um Carrie Kindle from Bernie said, "We enjoy their enthusiasm, joy, and wonder for learning." Um, Marine Rainer at Burl says, "One of the most rewarding moments in our classroom is watching the genuine excitement when students engage with a new sensory bin, dramatic play experience, or STEM project we've designed to introduce academic concepts and vocabulary through purposeful play." Um, another teacher from Washington, I'm sorry, Madison, um, Diane Bonitati. Kindergarten students thrive when they are able to practice things a lot in different ways. I love hearing them solve problems together by talking to each other and using the kind words that we have practiced in
057all different types of situations. Um, a TK teacher from Jefferson says, "I love this age group because they are so imaginative and creative in their thinking. They love coming to school and being with their teachers." And then Cara Mendoza from Alta Vista. Seeing the moment a child lights up when peers say their name or want to play with them is very special. These are all pictures from this year. Um and so again want to thank our TK and kindergarten teachers um for because they are the ones who welcome our new families as we start this journey and there's many more highlights and appreciate them sharing. Um we also want to highlight that we have a lot of options for parents because we know that a lot of them work and um we've got you covered.
058Um, [clears throat] starting with our CDC and all of this information is on our website and I always post the my reports under the superintendent uh web page. So if anyone wants the actual link um CDC is also open and taking enrollment. So we in invite families to explore that as an option. Um we have right at school again a a free option and a paid option depending on eligibility. Um but again this program goes till 5:30 CDC goes until 6:00 for working families. So whether TK is part day or Kinder's extended day, we've got you covered. And last but not least, through our partnership with the city, we have the Wreck program. And so all of the information um at all of our these are these are programs at all of our elementary schools.
059So regardless of where you go to um this is open for all. Um so now our sharing a little bit of highlight for our students who are metriculating to the middle school. That can be scary when you're in elementary school, but the principles have you. Um, and so there's a lot of information here. Again, it's on our website. It's on the school's website. Just highlighting that. Um, and again, it's also on on my my page and the website. But for those of you who are going into Paris, March 30th, you want to mark the date for that. It's going to be a lot of fun. Um both middle schools have tours um primarily led by students and they will have uh Q&As's for families and they do a great job at explaining what sixth grade
060is going to be like. The counselors also will be meeting with students to prepare um their schedules for the next year. So we take it step by step. So here's just some of the information regarding Adams. Um again all on the website. I'm sorry and uh we and Paris was before that. Um the high school, some of you attended the are you ready night? So here are some highlights from that night. Redono High School did a great job. So kudos to Mr. Brown and the team for um standing room only. They they did a lot of reach outreach into the community. It was just amazing. And what I loved about it is that it was led by students and hosted and facilitated by students. U which was great. So here's just some highlights from the
061night. We're welcoming the class of 2030. So again, tours and counselors will be going to the middle schools to help with picking classes and a lot of information is being sent home. But if there's ever any questions, please reach out to the school um sites um because we got you. Um, I did want to share um that at the next meeting we will be presenting to the board um information regarding the manual ma the mandarin DI all of the work that we've been doing to um explore interest potential hiring and whatnot. So, um we'll have more details as to where we are with that at the next board meeting. So, wanted to give you a share for that. And last but not least, as we like to say, there's something from everyone from TK on
062the left to our seniors who graduated last year, showing where they're going to school on the right. Um, we are here to create memories and help students on their academic journey in Roondo. Very proud of the work that we're doing and we're very thankful to all the staff who make this possible. And that's the end of my report. >> Thank you. Up next is our hearing section. Members of the audience may address the board on any topic regardless of whether is listed on the agenda. However, due to Brown Act regulations, the board cannot engage in public discussion on items not on the agenda. Topics not on the agenda which are brought to the board's attention may be investigated by the administration and report made to the board either publicly or privately at a future meeting.
063Comments from visitors shall not exceed three minutes unless the time limit is waved by majority of the board. The board shall limit the total time for public input on each item to 20 minutes. With board consent, the president may increase or decrease the time allowed for public presentation depending on the topic and the number of persons wishing to be heard. We do have some advanced written requests, so I'll start there uh with Tina Chang, followed by Aaron Rush. >> Good evening, superintendent and members of the board. My name is Tina Chang and a big reason why my family moved here from Maryland is because of all the dual immersion opportunities here in California. So, thank you so much for strongly considering a Chinese dual immersion program. Should this program be approved, I hope the board
064will consider teaching both simplified and traditional Chinese. I am all too familiar with the political tensions involving China. Preconceptions are so strong that people assume something about you based on nothing more than whether or not you know simplified Chinese or traditional Chinese. Simplified Chinese tends to be used in mainland China while traditional Chinese is used in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and many overseas communities. This unfortunately means that if you only know one system, you are instantly pegged as belonging to one group or the other. But besides the political and cultural divisions, there are practical problems too. Only learning one system limits your access to books, media, job opportunities, and communities that use the other system. I don't want my daughter to be judged by which Chinese character system she knows. I want her to have full
065access to her Chinese heritage and learn both systems. Even now, at her Saturday Chinese school, there is a separation of simplified and traditional Chinese classes. And this has always bothered me because I know that children are easily capable of learning both systems, especially since traditional and simplified Chinese are far more alike than different. Roughly 80% of commonly used characters are the same and most remaining differences follows predictable patterns. My own Chinese growing up was so terrible that when I tried to take classes in college, I was placed into the non-native beginner speaker class. Yet, we were taught both simplified and traditional Chinese. And even as adults who are far less flexible at learning languages than children, we were able to learn both systems without confusion. At Chapman Elementary, an elementary school located in Gardina and
066part of LA USD, students learn traditional Chinese from kinder to second grade and then switch to simplified in third grade. While Capistrano Unified School District, which is a district that is located 1 hour east of Roundo Beach, they teach traditional Chinese all through elementary school and then switch to simplified starting in middle school. Seeing in Chinese, a daycare and afterchool program located in Torrance, teaches both traditional and simplified Chinese right from the start. As stated in Capistrano's website, research and experience shows that it's easier to transition from traditional to simplified characters, but not the other way around. By learning both systems, our students will gain a deeper understanding of the language and culture and will be better equipped to connect with communities across different regions. So my request to the board is this. If the
067Chinese immersion program is approved, please consider a model that teaches both traditional and simplify Chinese equally. Thank you for your time and your consideration. >> Thank you. Up >> next, Aaron Rash. Hello board members. Thank you for your education for our children. My name is Aaron Rash and um I'm here because I care deeply about our children's education um and care for the long-term health of Toledita. I'm a current Toleda parent. Um and I also want to make sure that our teachers are supported so that we can continue our great education at our school. Um, and I I come here because I represent a large number of Toledo community members and I want to help be a sounding board so that we can understand and have community input on the Mandarin dual immersion program. I
068think we can all say that we believe in the achievements of cognition and the global benefits whenever you in whenever you um put in place a dual immersion program. But there's a lot of questions that still haven't been answered that I think the community needs to hear. um you know first what are some of the objective data that's been presented so that we can take a look at that as a community what studies have been used to show that this is the best language for our community based on our demographics what is the fiscal roadmap that we need for a propose a proposed Mandarin dual immersion program um right now it feels like we're really operating in a vacuum and I'm very excited that there is a proposal for a dual immersion program because I
069think any parent would love that for their child. I absolutely love the opportunity for a dual immersion program. What I'm asking is for a little bit more surveys to be done, more community input to be taken in terms of what we're moving forward with. Um, I have taken it upon myself and other members at the Tulita community to do a survey of over 70 individuals. Some of the results that we've had have shown first that the primary goal of language immersion is um a top priority. So it is a 27 it was ranked at 27% which is great. Um exploring is 23% after that was a strong interest in an immersion program. Um followed by low interest and then no interest. Um, some of the other things that people expressed in terms of a dual
070immersion program at their school is, um, one of the highest that was on a survey that I created was, um, overall retention rates and recruitment. Uh, typically it's a 15:1 ratio. When you're comparing Mandarin to other languages, how are we going to be able to ensure that we are properly staffed and that there's no backup in terms of uh, support services for our children? Um so that's just one example. And then um decreased structured English um was about was at 17%. Um community experience was 15%. Teacher input on curriculum was 15%. And the combo class was 12%. Meaning you might have to if someone drops out of a dual immersion program, you might have you might have more chance of a combo class. um in terms of grade levels um attrition rates um that was
071at ranked at 11% and um not having a community school was ranked at 12%. So overall I appreciate continuing our education. I do ask the board to review these survey results and that we can put together a community um a working group so we can discuss a lot of these challenges that we face. Um, and if we can make sure that we really have surveyed the community for um, this language and making sure we're properly serving our community. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> There aren't any other written requests. So, at this time, would anyone like to speak on any agenda or non-aggenda item? Any of our students? You're you're already here. Here's your chance. All right. Moving on to item 8.3. Open a motion to open the public hearing to receive and consider public
072comments on resolution number 25-26 col25 authorizing submitt of a surplus property waiver application to the state board of education for seasons at Roondo Beach located at 109 South Francisco Avenue, Rodondo Beach, California 90278, and declaring no further action necessary pursuant to the surplus land act. >> Second. Would any member of the public like to speak on this item? All right. Um, we will take a vote to close the public hearing. Uh, student advisory vote. >> All those in favor? >> I. This brings us to our communications section. This section provides an opportunity for the board of education to hear reports and communication from our employee associations and the community support organizations listed below. All reports are limited to five minutes. Members of the public may address the board of education concerning this section. Each speaker
073will be permitted to speak for three minutes per item. The board may limit the total time for public input on each item to 20 minutes. Starting with the Rodondo Beach Teachers Association. >> Hi, good evening. I'm Janot Tanaka and I'm here with Sue Carlton and we are RBT's leadership this year. First, I want to say hi to Tracy Kelly who's watching at science camp. I admire your dedication not only to your students but to your RBTA colleagues because it takes dedication to watch a board meeting from science camp. So often good works and good deeds go unnoticed because most educators don't want a lot of fanfare. But tonight I want to take this opportunity to highlight and thank the staff at Toleda. Aside from the amazing things our teachers and staff do on a daily
074basis for their students, like having a TK kinder tour, science fair night, taking fifth graders to Camp Pi, taking fourth graders to UCLA, doing the Battle of the Books competition for third graders, doing a TK to second um beat bids assembly, which is all being done in this short month of February. They literally had something for every grade grade level, which is impressive. But what they also did that most don't know is they step up and take care of their RBTA colleagues. Even though those colleagues may not be at their site, I want to personally thank you, Toita, for supporting me and my family this school year. I know I'm not the only member who benefited from your thoughtfulness, thoughtfulness, and generosity and wanted you to know it did not go unnoticed, and I cannot
075thank you enough. My favorite writer wrote, "Carry each other's burdens." And you, Tita, have done just that. You have carried not only my burden but others as well and RBT is better and stronger for that. So thank you. >> Thank you. >> Up next, the California School Employees Association, American Federation of Teachers, Rono Beach Council Parent Teacher Association. >> Hi, good evening. I'm Amy Hub, president of Roano Beach Council PTA. I'm happy and excited to introduce Adams Middle School PTSA President Monica Pagoni. Good evening. I'm Monica Pagoni and I am the proud president of Adams Middle School PTSA. I'm excited to be joined by three amazing students from our Adam student leadership team. Juliet Stenson, Emmy Goldberg, and Izzy Gilmore. As our future leaders, I'm thrilled to give them the opportunity to share all the
076good things Adams PTSA has accomplished so far and what's still ahead this year. Hello, we are a part of the Adams PTSA student leadership team. Our names are Juliet Stinson, Emmy Goldberg, and Izzy Gilmore. PTSA stands for parent teacher student association and our goal is to make a positive difference throughout Adams and our community while encouraging each student member to be a friendly face on campus and within the community. So far this year, PTSA has held a makers fair, ice skating night, and eighth grade enrichment with Mr. Hardy Brown. The student leadership team has assisted with these events, and we have attended a leadership conference at Knottberry Farm and a public speaking workshop. First, in November, we organized the Makers Fair. This was an event where students handmade items such as food, crafts, drinks, various
077other items, managed their business, and sold their items. This event had a great turnout with so many students coming after school to support their friends. In January, we hosted an ice skating night. This event was very successful, and many of our students love showing their skating skills off to their friends. We also have some exciting events planned for the remainder of the year. In March, we'll be hosting a festival called Thrive Fest to celebrate health and wellness throughout our community, as well as to promote summer camps for students to have a fun summer instead of just sitting around at home playing video games. Tomorrow, we'll be hosting our fifth annual spelling be with 37 participants. And at the end of March and early April, we'll be hosting the sixth and seventh grade enrichment days. In
078late April, we'll be hosting a diversity night in which people will be able to experience different foods and cultures from around the world and come to watch performances from our students in the schools and in the community. As PCSA, we hope to make a positive impact on the school and to provide our students with happiness and be eager to wake up for school every morning. Thank you for your time and have a great rest of your night. >> Thank you so much for being here. [applause] Uh, Roondo Beach Educational Foundation. >> Hello. Good evening. I'm Audrey Narikawa, one of the board of trustees and a proud parent of a ninth grader at RUHS as well. Um, I have three just updates from RBEF. The first one is in regards to summer school. Registration is open
079now for middle and high school summer sessions offering both credit and enrichment opportunities. Um some examples for middle school is academic enrichment classes such as creative writing, intro to stock market, public speaking, math and theater and hands-on CTE experiences such as Adobe Photoshop, cosmetology, hair and nails, welding, drawing and creative scul creature sculpt sculpting. Um, at the high school level, we offer credit-based classes to help students get ahead and free up their schedules for the regular school year, geometry, music appreciation, modern history, US history, financial literacy, and ex and writing. Um, but also enrichment classes like algebra 1 prep, study skills, and PSAT, SAT prep. The second update is we have an RBF sign campaign that has started uh with uh we team up with Hoffman and Murphy real estate team for the annual sign
080campaign. The dates are March 6 through 17. You can sign up on their website and um they'll place their the sign on your yard March 6th and uh collected on March 17th. For each sign that is um placed at a resident's home, they uh donate $25 to RBEF. Last year, uh we were able to raise $10,000 through this. Um and then finally, the third update is uh we are once again um named an a philanthropic philanthropic partner to Beach Life Festival, which is in early May. and we're grateful to be a part of the event and that celebrates music, community, and giving back. We will have a booth there. So, come and check it out and you can win a prize. So, that's >> Thank you so much. And for the that sign campaign, that's
081hoffmanurfy.com. Is that the website you would go to? >> You know, good question. I don't know the exact website. I assume it's also on the RBF page, too. So, one or the other. You can find that there. >> RBF.org then. Great. Thank you so much. >> Thank you. Uh, and then finally, any superintendent comment? >> No. >> Great. This brings us to the general consent calendar. Would anyone like to pull any items from the consent calendar? >> Okay. Is there a motion in a second to approve items 10.1 through 10.7? >> Second. >> Student advisory vote. All those in favor? I. Any nos or abstensions? They're all passed. We have no separate consent items. So, this brings us to our action items. First on the list is 12.1 approve and adopt resolution R25-2623 authorizing the
082issuance of RBUSD 2026 general obligation refunding bonds series A in one or more series and a principal amount not to exceed $50 million and approving certain other documents and matters related there too. Dr. Albert. So moved. >> Oh, sorry. So, yes. Oh, that. >> Thank you. Um, we do have Reed Glire who is our bond council attorney. Um, he's connected on on Zoom. So, should you have any questions about the particulars, I know, um, Mr. Cho had asked him a question about whether it's optional or required. If you have any other questions, I know I've provided you in your um update folder lots of um reading backup for this item and so really we're just here to answer any questions you would have. >> Now, thank you for that and thank you for LLM's being
083able to summarize some of that. [clears throat] >> Yes. >> Anyone have any questions we hadn't asked John or Reed before? Okay. Um so this is a continuation of the earlier presentation. Essentially this is where we would take action on it. Uh so if there's no questions or comments student advisor. Oh yes >> just wanted to highlight this one of the many things that we do as a district u u being fiscally responsible. Um as the question I asked earlier was answered by no we don't have to do this. We are doing this because we're responsible uh stewards of the the money that our taxpayers that this redovich had given us and we're putting it back saving nearly $2.7 million. So it's something that we do we do it consistently. Just wanted to highlight that.
084Thank you. And with your um approval tonight, um should you approve this um we'll make sure we put out um something for a news release that just lets the public know the action that is taken and the um we we'll wait obviously until the sale um so we can figure out exactly the kind of savings that our taxpayers will will get from it. And it really does go a long way when it comes time for another request from the public for a general obligation bond. >> I think everyone likes lower taxes. So >> student advisory vote. >> All those in favor? >> I. Any nos or abstensions? Motion passes. >> Up next. >> I thank you. >> Up next item 12.2. Two, approve and adopt revised resolution R25-2624, authorization for issuance of lease leaseback RFP
085for Round Union High School Science and Technology Building Project. Motion in the second, please, to begin discussion. >> Dr. Alpurn, uh, yes, this was um you you adopted a resolution back in December that looked very similar to this. Um what happened after December um last month, the county office sent out in one of their regular bulletins an update stating that any lease lease back request for proposals should include language that specifically identifies the project that would be going that the district would be going out for um for the intended delivery method. Right. So, the one that you approved had a more general approval for the district, whereas this item specifically identifies the RUHS um science and technology building as the uh the only building that we would be going out for an RFP for this
086uh lease lease back delivery method. So, it's just a revision and clarification and um I think just greater transparency to the public. Thank you. No, I appreciate that we're being thorough and doing everything the right way. Uh any questions or comments? >> Student advisory vote. >> All those in favor? I nos or abstensions? Motion passes. takes us to item 12.3. Approve and adopt resolution R25-26 col25 authorizing submitt of a surplus property waiver application to the state board of education for seasons at Rodondo Beach located at 109 South Francisco Avenue, Rodondo Beach, California 90278 and declaring no further action necessary pursuant to the surplus land act. A motion in a second to begin discussion, please. >> Second, >> Dr. Alper. >> Yes. Uh I realize there's a very long rationale, longer than usual. Um but this
087is a very complicated kind of history. So I'm not going to get into all the particulars. So my summary here is that um the season's property that's located at 109 South Francisco, which also borders uh and is adjacent on Pacific Coast Highway, um is owned by RBUSD. In 1995, RBUSD entered into a ground lease agreement with Link, um, which is a nonprofit to construct and manage a large multi-unit property dedicated to providing 150 senior housing units. Um, so it has been in place now for um, 29 years. Um, is uh, 20 I'm sorry, 1997 is when it was constructed. and and um and dedicated. So, Link is now um proposing to renegotiate the terms of the lease since the lease is expiring in March of 2027. Um, so while you've been provided with a lot
088of background information on this topic, your action tonight is strictly authorizing the staff us to submit a surplus property waiver to the state board of education, not to actually approve a new lease, right? So that would come later and before March 2027. Um, it would also affirm that no further action is required on our part to comply with the surplus land act. So, primarily what's been going on is we've been doing a lot of work with um an attorney, our attorney, um to ensure that the use of the property, the leasing of the property complies with all applicable state law. Um and so um all of our labor unions um weighed in and um committed in writing their support for us to apply for this waiver, including um a district committee [music] um that that
089did the same thing. So our bond oversight committee served as a district committee. Um, so we've had input and so that information has also been provided to you in your backup materials um supporting the uh appeal. So that's what we're that's what we're asking for. >> Thank you. And you've been providing a lot of information for some time now on this. So thank you for the updates and for educating us on the process as well. >> Yeah, it's been almost a year of back of doing this work. >> So glad it's moving along. >> Thank you. and the team for that >> comments or questions. I had a question on um so part of the I the resolution is that we state that there's no more action required and we're doing that on the basis
090of the recommendation of our attorney right our attorney as well as the state because we have he on our behalf has reached out to ensure that there is nothing else for us to do to comply with the surplus land act. So, we've received confirmation, >> right? I saw they agreed, but I just wanted to make sure that our district attorney >> Yes. >> agrees and was recommending it. >> Exactly. >> Any other comments or questions? >> Student advisory vote. >> One more. >> So, sorry. Um, >> the zip code may not be correct as stated. Is that something we need to fix now? >> Let's see. Click on that. You are right. But is that in the >> Okay. Thank you. >> I was gonna say in the resolution >> It is correct. >> Okay.
091Thank you. >> Yeah. >> So motion to uh amend the resolution with the correct zip code. >> Okay. So, is there a motion to approve resolution number R25-2625 with 9 with actually I'm sorry, the resolution does correctly list 90277. Okay. >> So, yeah, >> it's the summary. The summary >> sorry >> is incorrect but the resolution is correct. >> No need for substitute motion. >> Uh is there uh we already have a motion. So then student advisory vote. >> All those in favor I any abstensions? Motion passes. takes us to item 12.4. Approve the public agents retirement services supplemental retirement plan. Motion in a second, please. >> So moved. >> Second, >> Dr. Stephanie. All right. So this item is in relation to the presentation we heard from Mr. U earlier about the PARs retirement
092incentive. Uh if the board takes action to approve this resolution, we would be moving forward with the retirement incentive for those uh 27 employees that signed up for it. >> Questions, >> comments or questions? >> Is there any compelling reason not to do this this time around? >> Not that I can think of. >> Thank you. So, where I struggle with this one a little bit is trying to calculate financial savings because people retire anyway and it's over $1.8 million. So, it is an expense. Yes, you're enticing people to retire early, but you could be also enticing people to delay retirement until it comes around. So, from a financial standpoint, I struggle with it. Um, but from avoiding layoffs, from improving morale, uh, from supporting the team, you know, it's basically retirement benefit. Um, I
093I certainly understand that. And the last thing we ever want to do is have to consider layoffs. So, um, you know, this is a way of of right sizing things a little bit as well. Um, but yeah, the financial side I do struggle with a little bit, but I understand how, you know, it benefits everyone. So, any other questions or comments? >> I hear what you're saying on that. Um it's it struck me too especially um whether or not we replace and saying that we're not sure yet until May. Um but I imagine we have some idea um going forward. So I feel I feel good knowing that I think in the long run and in our intent we will at least save something. Um it's not as much as I'd hoped but >> I
094I hear >> and the last thing I ever want to do is have to look at layoffs. So, I I appreciate every option we have to avoid that. Uh, student advisory vote. >> All those in favor? I. >> Any nos or abstensions? >> Motion passes. [laughter] >> She's leaving now. >> Congratulations. [laughter] >> Not yet. >> Might have one more item you might be interested in [clears throat] or two. Uh item 12.5, approve the Rodo Beach Teachers Association initial proposal to the Rodono Beach Unified School District. Motion in a second, please to begin discussion. >> Second, >> Dr. Stephanie. >> All right. So, as you as you mentioned, this is a sunshine letter, which basically um if if approved, allows the district to start negotiating with RBTA. Um and this is a successor agreement year,
095meaning that the entire contract would be open for negotiations. >> Questions or comments? I have a question. Why do we do this now? >> Because we can get a jump on negotiations and hopefully we can get things in place for the start of the school year. >> It's a good answer. [laughter] >> He's full of them. >> Student advisory vote. >> All those in favor? I. Any nos or abstensions? Motion passes. Motion and second for 12.6 Six approve the Rodono Beach Unified School District initial proposal to the Rodono Beach Teachers Association. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Dr. Stephanie. >> So when we open negotiations, the association sends us a letter and then we send them a letter back with our initial u proposals or the the nature of our proposals. Um and so this
096is our letter back to the association. >> Any questions or comments? Student advisory vote. >> All those in favor? >> I. Any nos or abstensions? Motion passes. Item 12.7, approve and or ratify agreement with the California Schools Talent Collaborative. Motion a second, please, to begin discussion. >> Second, >> Dr. Stephanie. >> All right. So Terresa Van Dusen, our director of the CDC, has been um working with the California Schools Talent Collaborative, which is a nonprofit organization on an agreement that would um in which we would enlist their support in finding CDC teachers and CDC staff members. Um they we've met with them a couple times. They have uh some great ideas about recruiting and developing uh staff members. Um and our goal is to have a fully staffed CDC program going forward. Um, and we
097really feel that for the price that they can do this for, it's a it's a good deal um, to have them help us out with that. >> Thank you. I know as a parent who had two kids go through CDC, it's an incredible program and it's hard to find staff for. So, I really appreciate that looking into creative ways to to make sure it's fully staffed. Any other questions or comments? Student advisory vote. >> All those in favor? I. Any nos or abstensions? Motion passes. 12.8 88 approve and or ratify early childhood education practicum agreement between Ron Beach Unified School District and Cal State University Dominguez Hills. Motion in a second, please to begin discussion. >> Second, >> Dr. Stephanie. >> All right. So CSU Domingus Hills and Roondo Beach Unified have a long uh
098relationship of of student teachers and observers coming in or credential candidates coming into Roondo Beach. And a lot of times we hire them. Um and they have actually started a early childhood education credential program. Um and so this um agreement adds that to the list of programs that we already um host credential candidates in our district. Any questions or comments? >> Student advisory vote. >> All those in favor? >> Any nos or abstensions? Motion passes. Item 12.9 approve and or ratify educational affiliation agreement between Renom Beach Unified School District and Cal State University Long Beach. Motion in a second, please. >> So moved. Second, >> Dr. Stephanie. All right. So, similar to the uh previous item, this uh extends our extends and expands our our partnership with CSU Long Beach uh their college of school
099of education um to include various programs uh for credential candidates getting fieldwork, student teaching and observation hours in RBSD. >> Thank you. Questions or comments? >> Student advisory vote. >> All those in favor? I. Any nos or abstensions? Motion passes. We have no information items tonight which brings us to our discussion items 14.1 receive for first reading the following board policies administrative regulations exhibits and board bylaws. [clears throat] Dr. Wesley. >> So this is the first reading and um these are policies that were um given to us by CSBA um and they will come back to you as action items at the next meeting. um the ones uh the board policies around um immigration, we do have to provide evidence to the state that we've um presented and adopted by March 1st. Just as a
100side note, state [clears throat] requirement. >> Thank you. And thank you for the team for reviewing these and looking for changes and making sure they they match everything we're doing >> and align to ED code. They align to ED code and all the other fun things we have to comply with. Any questions or comments? Um, I really appreciated these and I was talking to Dr. Garland about them. Um, some of these we just reviewed not too long ago. Um, and we've now inserted to the release of directory information on 5125.1 that by the 30th day of each school year, a parent has to um let the district know if they're opting out, which I think really clarifies that it's not a one time oneandone kind of thing, but that if you don't want that information
101out there, you need to say so every school year. Um, and then I also clarified that the last two, the policy and the AR are will be completely removed because they're absorbed into the other um revisions regarding the new guidelines and what we needed to do. So, that wasn't clear to me, but that's what I have clarified and found out. So, as always, thank you so much for the detail on these. It's made life so much easier. >> The last policy is um the one regarding the >> Yes. >> field trips. [clears throat] That was just a response to a situation that we had where we had a last minute um qualification to a state meet. So, uh Ed services updated that one um and we would only use that in those in those situations.
102So bringing that request to you for approval. >> No, thank you for for putting that together so quickly. Um because it's having uh teams advance to national championships and state championships is often unexpected. So having the flexibility to support that is important. It's a good problem to have. >> I wondered about that though. The you know um what happens if we don't ratify it? Do we have to put that in here? I can't imagine there'd ever be a time we wouldn't ratify a trip, but So you mean if we retroactively didn't >> right because it it allows approval by the superintendent without us and then [clears throat] says sub submitted to the governing board for ratification. >> So we're assuming it's going to be ratified. So my interpretation is that you're giving us the authority
103to make that decision and approve the expenditures which you would later approve um which the business office needs in terms of processing those payments. >> Yeah. And it does have the conditions of the trip has been reviewed and approved by the site principal and superintendent or designate. All supervision, safety, transportation, insurance requirements outlined in this regulation have been satisfied and written parent and guardian permission has been obtained. So there are the the regular safeguards around it as well. Um along with the superintendent good about informing us about these types of things in advance. >> We usually vote on these, right? >> Um so they they're part of the field trips which u the field trips which are consent items. >> I'm just wondering if ratification is the right word and if we need to I
104don't I don't want us to be um not in compliance with our own board policy. Um, since it's brand new and this is just coming to me, I don't I don't know >> the the policy as written here >> is um is stating what the practice has been for the last 20 years. So, the superintendent as an extension of the board is taking an action to allow students to attend a trip. Um, and generally speaking, the superintendent will inform the board president, the board, board vice president, and then at the next meeting after that, the board then ratifies because ultimately you do have to take action on every expenditure. >> But why don't they just come to us as part of the PO? >> Why do we have separate votes on >> that is a
105ratification? That's the ratification. >> Okay. So why why [clears throat] do we have separate votes on the field trips typically >> for policy? >> Yeah. Because you're approving first you're approve without this. You're first approving the trip and then the PO is is the next meeting for is the actual expenditure. >> You're you're giving permission for the trip and then afterwards you're you're acknowledging the you're ratifying the expenditure. But but you're asking about which is a larger question about what things come to the board for a for approval before they end up on the PO report versus what just automatically goes to the PO report. Maybe we consider in the future looking at the policies and maybe it makes more sense to allow the superintendent to approve all types all of these subject to our
106ratification versus us having to go and approve them at all the different meetings for each trip >> with the same number of approvals whether it's before the event or after the event. So, for example, one of our consent items was the Math Olympied field trip, I think, which was a consent item. So, it's all the overnight field trips get board approval. Um, and no, those are we normally know those in advance, but in some cases, like when a team >> wins and advances to a championship that we weren't expecting, >> there's those last minute situations. So, this is just >> Yeah, I'm That's fine. I'm just wondering if there's an easier way to do this than >> I liken it to um the the actions you take when you approve a new course or a
107new uh curriculum adoption where you're taking action to approve the purchase of and then then at some point you're approving the PO or that expenditure is on there. It's that's I see it as the same. You're approving the action and then you're approving the cost. >> And a lot of these don't show up on a PO report because there is no cost. It's funded by parents. Yeah. So you may not see an approved report, >> but is it just are we doing these because there's a board policy that says we are to approve all >> overnight field trips. >> Yes. And >> and is it ed code? And maybe that's just something we should look at and and determine whether we need to be doing that because honestly there's never been a situation where we've
108not approved a trip. >> There hasn't. But it does give some oversight for students being at a school activity overnight. So it's that additional oversight to make sure everyone's >> Yeah, >> we can decide if we want to bring it back. But >> yeah, >> as far as this, as long as we're all okay with ratification after, that's fine. >> Is there a different term that's better than ratification? >> I was going to say for board uh approval. >> Approval. Okay. Ratification to me insinuates that we have that we have to that there has to be a um a vote in order for it to happen. >> Yes. >> Well, there [clears throat] is a built-in assumption because the trip would have already taken place, right? >> That's why it re it would require because
109it only happens in emergency situations when you have this time crunch. So, if Dr. Wesley is approving it. It's because it's happening in the next week or 10 days. So you would be because it's after the fact. >> I think that's why the term ratification is probably more appropriate >> than approval because approval >> presumes that it's something [clears throat] coming up as opposed to something that's already transpired. >> I think I'm going down a rabbit's hole. Regardless, that was why I questioned what happens if we don't ratify it because it's putting this before us and it's making a presumption. >> Um, well, what happens is there'll be some upset students. >> But there's a variety of things. For example, we approved PARS tonight, but we could reject it from a PO report. So, there's
110always ways we could shoot ourselves in the foot if we wanted to. Presumably, we don't, but >> I I just didn't like being pigeonholdled into the presumption. This was a first read, right? >> Yes. [laughter] >> Otherwise. All right. >> Any other questions or comments? >> Thank you. Uh, our next discussion item 14.2 single occupancy restrooms. >> Dr. Alpurn. >> Um, yeah. So, I think it's good. So, I'm gonna kick it off before we show some pictures. um just by kind of providing some context um about the single occupancy restrooms um and looking at modernization projects um and it's really this kind of stemmed from conversations with our student advis my student superintendent student advisory council um for the last couple of years and inviting our director of facilities Laura Franco Gallardo and assistant director
111Andy Wgle and the students wanting to um improve the cleanliness of the restrooms and um over time recognizing that the restrooms are cleaned daily, sanitized regularly. Um but this but what what we're learning is that the restrooms uh while we do maintain them and upgrade them um to the best of our ability, they are older than our students. And so um thinking about modernization we feel that and and responding to our students desire. So we did talk to them as well that modernizing our restrooms at the secondary level starting at the middle schools and then the high schools is um an interest to students but also to our administrators. And we believe that shifting towards single occupancy restrooms would also um create [clears throat] uh safer environments um and eliminate some of situations that may
112occur in a restroom because we are reducing the ability to be in a restroom where there is no no obviously no cameras, no supervision, etc. So tonight is really just more about starting the conversation with you before any movement or any uh engaging any architects etc. hearing your thoughts on it and sharing what what we've done so far to kind of explore this this idea. >> Yeah. So just a few slides um kind of showing some examples of single occupancy restrooms and also um what single occupancy restrooms entail. So you know why would we be considering that? Well, if we're going to upgrade restrooms anyways, as part of modernization for Measure S, we want to ensure that our restrooms are meant for the 21st century and and beyond. Um, and the new restrooms would be
113designed to be private, safe, and secure. And you'll see that when you see some of the samples. Um students of all genders would have equal access to private and secure toilet stalls with floor to ceiling doors and walls along with a shared handwashing area. So the handwashing area is common area whereas the stalls are single use and um secured and then um also to ensure a wide range of needs being addressed um it's I stated that you know we would work with and gain input from students staff at the school sites facilities department architects um consult with other public school districts that have already implemented single occupancy restrooms Um, locally we know Long Beach has installed single occupancy restrooms. Um, and we are working with students. Um, and you'll see some results of a survey
114that we did with Dr. Wesley's superintendent advisory group. Um, the new restrooms will be brighter, safer, and more accessible than the traditional restrooms that we've had. Um, from the outside, the lock will clearly indicate if the stall is vacant or occupied. Um, so no like having to look under or knock. Um, there's the each toilet style would be equipped with its own floor to ceiling door and walls with a light and a fan that will turn on automatically. Um, and then on the inside, the sign will read as either secure or insecure. So when you get inside the stall and you lock the door, it's not like, well, did I lock it? Is it not? So it would be you would be able to tell whether you've secured the lock or not from the inside.
115Um the doors would also have the ability for um a staff member to take a key and unlock it if there's a concern of any you know health issues or or other issues. Um [laughter] so just you know some examples some photos of you know occupied unoccupied secure unsecured and then you know what an inside of a stall would look like. um what makes them safer? You know, you would ask like why would they be safer? Um so, first of all, they'd be easier to monitor because the open design and wider entrances would make it easier to see into a general restroom area. Again, you'll see that with some photos. Um and then the restrooms would also be located in busy areas, so staff and students walking by can easily see into the handwashing area.
116So, you're not going to have like groups of students or um engaging in undesirable activities because it's going to be out in public just like it'd be like walking by groups in a hallway, right? So, not necessarily areas for people to hide. Um and then camera surveillance also would be um we would we wouldn't have cameras inside the individual stalls, but we would have cameras in the handwashing area, the comment area. So, here's some examples of um what that could look like. Um obviously these are spaces that are on inside buildings. Um so maybe like at a Paris, but there were also some examples previously um that were outdoors and we are talking about doing this um actually at Seahawk Bowl when we're talking about redesigning the bathrooms there. Um so some results from the
117superintendence advisory council. Um after last month we had a presentation, we had some discussion and 19 middle and high school students took an online survey. 13 were female, six were male. Um the good news is that most students felt fairly safe in the in the bathrooms that we have now. Three felt very safe, eight felt somewhat safe, eight felt neutral. So, I mean, it could be worse, but it could be better. Um, and then after learning more about single occupancy restrooms, 84 state percent stated that they would feel safer using single occupancy restrooms. >> And some of the conversations were just around I mean, you know, were around I hold it. I mean, I I try I try not to go to the restrooms whether there's something going on in the restroom they're not comfortable
118with. Again, activities going on could be vaping. Um, and so just anecdotally, we had a conversation. Again, this is just the student advisory and uh we would be working with students at the school sites to talk more about these these plans. But just to start with them and get a feel as whether or not they'd accept that our consultants, our um with DAG, our bond consultants gave us a white paper on um single occupancy restrooms and how um it is um there's less lines. Um it's more efficient in terms of people getting in and out. There's less issues in the restrooms in terms of any type of bullying or mistreatment, etc. So that that was the white paper that was shared with us. Um, which is why we were first looking at it at Seahawk
119Bowl. >> Also, I mean, unfortunately, we've had situations where people do tick- tock challenges or whatnot with our plumbing and we've had to lock restrooms, which this would mean we wouldn't lock restrooms. They'd be just by each individual stall. It'd be very obvious who was actually >> And so, if there's a problem, right, you could close down one >> one stall and not the entire women's restaurant. still also go back to the camera and see who was in that stall. >> I know from a very unscientific study of my own household, 100% of respondents um did not give good reviews of bathrooms and there is a lot of bad behavior in there. And I'm sure if we asked our students here, uh you probably don't have a positive experience with a lot of our restrooms.
120Um so this does seem to solve a lot of issues. Um I'm interested what the cost would be, but uh you know whether you you lose stalls, things like that. But yeah, it really solves a lot of the problems. You mentioned the vandalism issues. It's really hard to tell what's going on in there. So when it's you one person, one stall, it's a lot easier to audit. So yeah, I do appreciate that. >> Malibu High School built their them restrooms this way, too. I found out it's not just Long Beach. and they've had you know um in co like after in the practice the kids tried to designate certain stalls male or female so that you know each single stall could be but they're still open restrooms and they actually I think are installing vape
121detectors outside in those hallways so it would be very difficult to go in and vape inside a stall. So, I know these are intended for single occupancy. Are we um or have we kind of discussed or considered dual occupancy when we're not paying attention to two students going into one? >> The answer is cameras. >> Well, and it's an open area. >> Well, no. I mean, I know that imagine the breezeway like at Adams for instance. the breezeway and you have a campus supervisor there posted now can see >> they they can't ever they can't ever see into the restrooms but >> most of the time they can see who's going in and out same with at the main hall in the high school you have their camp supervisor Michael who's posted there right most
122of the time he can see not all of the time >> um so this makes it actually easier to supervise um but listen anything can happen on a high school >> so our traditional restrooms right >> are also intended for single occupancy. [laughter] >> The stalls are intended for single occupancy. Um just you know when we're going floor to ceiling obviously other than one of our supervisors being able to see the students walk in together and then um Miss Garcia cameras. Um, I just want to make sure obviously we're we're not promoting dual occupancy of these individual stalls, but I just want to make sure that we're also aware that our students may um try and so I want to make sure we're we're minimizing discouraging and letting them know single occupancy only. We we
123believe it would be more difficult to that to do that or any other um actions that are not in alignment with the single occupancy with more of this open concept um than the way it is now which is once you go in there is no one's inside a restroom supervising all day >> might be a good addition to the the penalty matrix >> so students are fully aware >> but in addition to that we what we heard from some of the students on the student advisory and the survey was that they would feel more comfortable being able to go into a single stall where they, you know, feel private to do what they need to do. Uh unlike maybe how it is now, right? Because it is private from floor to ceiling. And sometimes students
124are sharing that they they hold it because they don't feel that level of privacy. And that that also is an advantage is that students don't have to do that and they can go to the restroom and feel secure and do what they need to do and get back to class and not be thinking about having to go to the bathroom at the end of the day. >> Since these are for our students and we do have a student board member. >> Yeah. What do you think? >> Ask what she thinks. >> Put her on the spot. >> I think in this case there would only be like positive outcomes to changing this. The only thing that I could see is if it would take away like stalls and make for like since they're like more
125secure and maybe they take up more space then less students can use the bathroom at once. And I know like especially during snack time it's such a short period that like there's already not enough restrooms especially in the main hall. So that's like my that would be my only concern but everything else seemed like a positive outcome of installing these. >> One of the things that um students brought up at at the meeting with Dr. Wesley was was very much that. And so what we kind of talked with them about was like imagine the restrooms at school that are like side by side, right? Male, female, and just blowing out the walls and everything inside. So all of that square footage for the male restroom and the female restroom is now open space. So there's
126no reason to believe that we would have fewer stalls. If anything, we would probably have more stalls. And they would not be limited by male female. And so you have more ability to be able to access and know whether there were available stalls or not by just walking by as opposed to going inside. >> So we would explore that with an architect and also get co estimated costs before anything happened. >> And I've seen some of the design concepts where there's also urinals in some of the stalls, things like that too. So there are options. >> I have thoughts on that. >> [snorts] >> So the idea of sharing this um discussing this was just to one um allow you to consider this as a project and we did speak with our middle school principles
127who were um excited about the possibility and we [clears throat] told them we'd discuss it with you and unless you have any objections we would like to engage an architect to kind get an idea as to what that would look like and what that cost would be and then share that with you um [clears throat] and see if it is a cost effective project because we we don't know what that would cost but we would want to make sure it's within our budget etc in terms of measure S >> right it might not be a matter of changing out every restroom at a school >> right >> where where it might be something more around like where do we have big volume of usage or where >> where are like certain bathrooms at middle schools
128where there seem to be more behaviors. >> So, it might just be a matter of identifying a couple different locations on campus where we would put that into place. >> Is this outside of the bond? >> No. >> Okay. We can still >> Yeah, it falls under the modernization aspect of the bond. Yes. >> Bathrooms are not modern. Okay. So, um we will we will start to explore what that cost would be and then come back to you with some thoughts to get d further direction. >> Thank you. Any other questions or comments? >> Thank you. >> Brings us to our board members reports starting [clears throat] with board member Archer. >> I actually don't have any report but I am looking forward to all of our spring school site visits coming up. >> [clears
129throat] >> Excellent. Board member Silverman. >> Uh, so Mr. Elder and I attended the RUHS Are You Ready Night, which I'm going to say, and I know Dr. Wesley talked about it, but oh my gosh, what a fantastic event. Um, it was literally standing room, sitting room only. We tried to cross over to stand against another wall and didn't realize that all the kids and parents were sitting on the floor. So, we got over there to stand against a wall and there was nowhere to stand. It was literally packed. Um, and the excitement level, the the kids who ran it, it was I've been to many are You ready nights? And it was amazing. So, thank you to the high school for putting that on. >> What's your official class color? >> Blue. >> Okay.
130>> Class of 2030 is blue. >> It was like like a baby gender reveal. >> [laughter] >> They did it like that. >> No pyrochnics, just balloons. [laughter] >> Uh, board clerk Flynn, >> just congratulations to the Seahawks. Those are some amazing championships that we've been winning and just ranking it up. That's amazing. So, also looking forward to our site visits for the spring. >> Thank you, board vice president Joe. >> Thank you. Um as some of us here I spoke of how wonderful are you ready night was and that's for class of 2030. Um I [clears throat] had the opportunity to be a participant in the welcoming uh information sessions for TK and kinder. So this will be class of 2038 2039 few years out there. Um and I was able to share my
131perspective as as a parent not as a board member and how my children I have as you know three kids Kylie Kira Kaden senior freshman fifth grade and I shared my family's journey uh with within our school district and also got to brag about um how we take care of our students. Um obviously we start with amazing teachers, staff, admin. We we we shared how we have after and before care programs multiple of them u we how we take our child nutrition services very seriously because you can't learn if your brain's hungry uh and so forth and I also was able to write a short article school news it I gave me an opportunity to just reflect and how grateful our family is of the school district of all that's happened and how we create
132an environment that everybody belongs here. Um that was evident obviously throughout the u our oldest uh who's now senior. Um just want to say thank you for this to this community and thank you for once again for allowing me to support and serve in this capacity along with all of you and and all for your students in the room as well. Thank you. >> Thank you. Uh so as a quick reminder um our board reports we're speaking for ourselves. Any opinions our own. We're not speaking for the school district. Um, that's important because RBSD does not take political political positions. So, I'm only speaking for myself. These opinions are my own. And that's important again because recently I was witnessed to something that really deeply moved me. Uh, on January 30th, I watched a significant
133number of our students come together and speak out against hate and against oppression. They stood up for kindness and for our shared humanity. I heard from students and their parents about how scared some of them were to even be there. Uh they've seen protesters arrested, physically assaulted, and even killed, but they still came out to exercise their First Amendment rights. Um you know, it's it's you trading tips like wear glasses instead of contacts in case you get pepper-sprayed. Um you know, these are kids sharing those things. They showed their conviction um that we're stronger together, that our diversity makes us great, and that we can all do better when we work together. So, you know, we can learn a lot from our kids. Uh I also want to emphasize this protest was not organized, led,
134or supported by RBSD. It was organized and led by students and they owned it. Um it was organic, it was messy, but above all it was peaceful. Uh I was there along with others to just try and keep our students safe and they both listened to me generally as I uh you know tried to nag them to stay in the sidewalk and out of the street only cross at crosswalks and a signal, stay out of active driveways and parking lots. So again, my only role was to keep them as safe as possible, but I also listened to them while I was there and heard a lot of their fears and their hopes. Um so I also want to really especially thank RBPD. They did an incredible job keeping our students safe and away from vehicle
135traffic and other hazards. Uh like me, they were there only to support student safety. And while I like to think my nagging was effective, SRO Wolfinger with a cruiser and a megaphone and lights on probably was a little more convincing. Um but I would also like to remind our students and families that Senate Bill 955 allows one excused absence per school year for participation in a civic or political event. So this isn't an excuse to leave school whenever you want without consequences. Um First Amendment rights are precious, so please do not abuse them. Um, other than that though, our uhs diversity festival was fantastic. The uh the only thing I hate about it is I try not to eat anything so I can save all the food for the kids, but there are so many
136great things to sample there. Love seeing that come together. Um, like everyone else has said, congratulations to our amazing teams. I was looking at the cheer scores from the nationals and we were point8 behind behind. It was 91 to 90.2 for JV non-tumbling. Um, you know, a point behind large varsity non-tumbling. I mean, there they were right there. So just an incredible job by all them. Um the wrestling team, this is supposedly the first time they've gone this far in CIF in over 50 years in their first championship um is what I'm hearing. So just amazing seeing what they're accomplishing. And then you know back to Are You Ready Night. There are so many great clubs and sports and activities and being shown Project Lead the Way. And so just that energy is just incredible.
137So it's a lot of work doing it. I love that it's studentled and seeing the students showcase their school. Um that is wonderful. And then I I saw a quick shout out recently to our former student board member Sergio who's now in Mayor Bass's office. Um so that's exciting seeing our student board members uh as they move on and and achieve to new heights. Um other than that though for our calendar of events on February 13th we have a holiday nonwork non- studentent day. It's a local holiday. February 16th is also holiday nonwork non- studentent day. It's President's Day. Gives you all a 4-day weekend. February 24th is our next regular board of education meeting right here at 5:30 p.m. And with that, is there a motion and a second to adjurnn? >> Second. >>
138Student advisory vote. >> All in favor? I. We are adjourned at 7:31 p.m.