001I would like to call to order the regularly scheduled meeting of the Roundab Beach Unified School District Board of Education for August 12th, 2025. May I have a motion and a second, please, to approve the order of the agenda? >> Some second. >> All those in favor? >> I. Any opposed? Uh two not present. We will go into close session after hearing any public comment. Public may comment on close session items. Uh but there are no members of the public currently. Do we have any advanced written requests? All right. I will read the script just for completeness. Members of the audience may address the board on any issue listed close session items. Persons wishing to address the board regarding an item scheduled for close session are asked to submit a request to address the board
002prior to the start of the close session. Comments from visitors shall not exceed three minutes unless the time limit is weighed by majority of the board. The board shall limit the total time for public input on each item to 20 minutes. We will recess to close session on items 3.3 public employee appointment certificated title program specialist 3.4 conference with legal counsel anticipated litigation. 3.5 Conference with legal counsel existing litigation 3.6 Six, conference with real property negotiators. Is there a motion and a second to recess to close session? >> Second. >> All those in favor? I >> I >> All right, we will be back uh in about an hour. All right. Like to reconvene the meeting at 5:33 p.m. Uh, I will be leading us in the pledge of allegiance tonight. So, if you'll please
003stand. Thank you all. Great to see so many happy faces here. In close session tonight, the board heard uh items 3.3 and I have something I'd like to read about this. This is a public employee appointment. It is my pleasure to report that the board of education approved the appointment of Ruben Chavez as a special education program specialist in RBUSD by unanimous vote. He brings nearly two decades of experience as an education specialist with a strong background in structured literacy, evidence-based reading instruction, and supporting diverse learners. He has successfully led program implementation, co-f facilitated professional development, and secured grant funding to expand science of reading and structured literacy training for teachers. In his most recent role, Mr. Chavez collaborated with school teams, families, and community partners to strengthen multi-tered systems of support and enhance both
004academic and behavioral interventions. Mr. Chavez earned his bachelor's of arts in comparative world literature from Cal State Long Beach and his Master of Arts in Special Education from Cal State Dominguez Hills. Please join me in welcoming Ruben Chavez to his new role in RBUSD. [Applause] The board also heard on item 3.5 conference with legal counsel existing litigation. Items 3, we the board received information and gave direction to staff on item 3.6 Six conference with real property negotiators. The board received information and gave direction to staff. >> Yes. >> 3.5 and uh 3.5 conference with legal counsel. Oh, sorry. And item 3.5, conference with legal counsel. The board received information and gave direction to staff. Sorry. Thank you. Do I have a motion and a second to approve the minutes of the July 29th, 2025 regular
005board of education meeting? >> So move. Second. >> Excellent. So, uh, >> vote. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed or abstensions? Thank you. Moving on to reports to the board. We have a special item tonight. We have the ASO region 17 U12 girls national title championships. It is amazing to see how far you have come and what you've accomplished. Uh my own kids went through ASO and I've been very involved in ASO as well. So I love seeing what you can do. Um also what all your parents have done to take you all to the practices and the games as well as your coaches, your refs, and everyone else. It is amazing what you can do when people work together and volunteer. Um but just an incredible congratulations. So, we'd love to
006uh get your coach up here to uh coach Christopher Walter and uh maybe you'd like to say a few words, introduce us to this amazing team. [Applause] >> You can uh use the >> All right. Well, thank you for having us here tonight. Uh good evening everyone. I am coach Chris Walther and I am here with our amazing 12U girl AYSO national champions. [Applause] >> This team was phenomenal from the get-go. Uh our record was 23 and one all spring. We've never lost a game. We scored 122 goals and only let in nine. >> Yes, I like stats. I like numbers and those are impressive numbers, right? Um, we entered the national games not knowing what to expect. We dominated game after game and then came the finals and we played a team from Hawaii.
007[Music] That game was intense. That game went to zero zero to PKs and my team showed no fear. They hit all their PKs and we had a phenomenal goalie who blocked one of Hawaii's for us to win the championship. Thank you for the recognition from the school district tonight for for this team. So >> sure. >> Sounds good. So I'm going to acknowledge each player on the team. I'm going to read your name. I'm going to have you stand. Are they coming to me to You're going to come to me to get your certificate and then you're going to stand up front to take a picture. So the first person is Isabelle Wilson. [Applause] >> You can stand right up front and should they remain there as a team? Perfect. >> The next is Bela
008Vega. [Applause] Now you're not alone. >> Next is Natalie Sablon. [Applause] >> Come this way. Come this way. >> Next is Morgan Walther. [Applause] Oh, and the infamous trophy. Melanie Hordado. Congratulations. Juliet Delano. [Applause] >> Next is Fabiana Garcia. [Applause] >> Next. She's not here. Uh, Kinsley Kaden. Congratulations. >> Next is Emory Funes. Next is Audrey Guzman. Congratulations. [Applause] And next is Scarlet Basaka. [Applause] >> And that's everyone. If we can take a group picture. Are you sure? [Music] Everyone's mom, raise your hand. Let's go. [Applause] Ladies, I don't know if you know this, but the girls soccer team at Roondo Union High School were the state champions in 2022. So, I'm expecting you guys to bring it back to us by the time you get there. So, [Music] well done. You make uh North
009Roondo's region 17A so very proud. Uh, you do not have to stick around for the rest of the meeting though. So, if there's anywhere else, unless you want to, you're more than welcome to. Um, but it's all downhill from here. So, I do apologize. >> Thank you so much. Congratulations. >> Yeah. [Music] Yeah, All right. And up next, and still on a very high note, happy summer back. Uh our student board member report from Key Gold. >> Good evening. In preparation for the new school year, Rodondo students have been attending registration last Friday, yesterday, and today. Tomorrow we will have freshman registration, which will be so exciting to see and welcome new faces. Um, shout out to ASB for being present every day and helping set up, clean up, and work the event. Um, link
010crew link crew will be running orientation this Friday at Roondo. They'll have games, tours, and tips planned for the incoming freshmen. And I'm so excited to welcome all teachers and staff back to school at the rally next Monday. Thank you. [Applause] >> Thank you so much. Uh, up next, 7.3 Superintendent Report by Dr. Nicole Wesley. All right. So, I have um a really exciting report to share with uh you board about all the work that we've been doing to get prepared for the first day of school. Um and just to um help out some of our uh administrators, I'm going to skip the report and come back to it and introduce our new administrators. And if they want to stay, I don't this is Let's see. This might have to turn this on. Oh, wait.
011Hold on. if they want to stay and see all the work that they've been doing, um, they can, but if not, um, we don't want to make them sit through this wonderful report, um, that the team put together. So, if you don't mind, I'm going to go a little backwards. And we, you um, last meeting did approve some of our new administrators. So, I am excited to have them here this evening so that you can see them in person and hear from them. And we are really excited to have Jeff Watts here who's our new assistant principal at Roano Union High School. So, Mr. Watts, please go up to the podium there. He's been with our district for quite a while as a teacher. And you're allowed to bring guests to the podium. There's actually
012Mr. Watts, there's a stool under the podium if you want the if you need a stool. >> I don't think I have a choice. >> Okay. Yeah. >> Whether I can bring them up here. >> Do you want to come up here? People stand there. Yeah. Okay, my helper here is going to get us through this. So, um >> I want to push the button. >> Don't push the buttons. >> Okay. Uh good evening, board president, Elder, members of the board, Dr. Wesley, executive leadership, and our uhs principal, Marvin Brown. Uh I am Jeff Watson, and it is a true honor to be named assistant principal at RUHS. Uh, a little over 15 years ago, I was looking for a teaching position after being a casualty of the Great Recession. A close friend put me
013in touch with RBUSD to apply for a baseball job and an AP Euro teaching position. Um, I applied for that position and waited for the interview or waited for a call to be interviewed. Um, a week or so later, my friend called and asked if I was ready for the interview and I asked what interview. Um, they said, "Well, the job at RUHS." And I said, "Uh, I I haven't heard back from them." Uh, he they said, "Uh, wait a minute. I'll call you back." So, five minutes later, uh, my phone rang. Uh, I had an interview scheduled for the following day. Um, and it was an interview that changed my life. So, um, that personal touch is is what personal touch and connection is really what draws me to Redondo Beach. Um, it keeps
014me here and and and the reason why I love this district. So, um, I want to thank you all for that. Um, because all of you have played a a hand in that. So, for the last 15 years, I've grown as a person, as an and as an educator under all of your leadership. Um, I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for that opportunity and that leadership. So, um, I have my wife here, Cody, um, my daughter Payton that's running around here. Penelopey's up here with me. My two older daughters couldn't make it. Tula and Scarlet are off doing teenager stuff, so they're they're doing something better. Um, but I just want to say thank you to them for their support because I definitely know that I could not do
015it without them as I'm sure most of us all here know. So, thank you to them and I appreciate them. So, thank you so much for everything. >> Thank you, Mr. Watts. And thank you for getting the ground running. As a parent, I've been getting your emails. So, you've Yeah, it's it's been busy, but thank you. And you're more than welcome to stay, but you're also welcome to to leave. No judgment. Yeah. >> Um, >> thanks for being here. >> Next, we would like to introduce Next, we'd like to introduce another one of our new assistant principles coming to us from out of the school district, Mr. Gary Gregory. He's our assistant principal at Washington Elementary School. >> Got it. Thank you. Um board president, Elder, members of the board, uh Dr. Wesley, and executive
016leadership team. Um good evening. My name is Gary Gregory, and I'm incredibly honored to now serve as the proud principal of Washington Elementary School. I want to begin by sincerely thanking all of you for this opportunity for me to join the Redondo Beach Unified School District. Um, having taught for seven years and was an administrator for 21 years in my previous um, school district, I feel like I bring um, a great skill set and compassion to this awesome district. Um, I want to thank my got two of my kids. I have Madison who's going to be going to LSU in two more days. I'm very sad but excited for her. And I have my eighth grade son who's a student athlete, plays football, and this is Jackson. Um, I also have a wife and another
017son that could not make it today. But, um, I just want to thank you for this opportunity. Um, I'm so happy. Um, I will share one quote that Jackson um, said to me the other day. He said, "Dad, I don't know what to do with you." And I said, "Well, well, what does that mean?" And he goes, "You're just coming home so happy now from work." So, I just want to say thank you. Um, I'm in a district that um is nurturing, caring, and I couldn't be more excited. Um, my career is rejuvenated and I'm so excited to start my new role at Washington and I have an excellent principal that I'm working for under there. So, we're going to make you proud and um, I'm just excited to be a part of the Redondo
018Beach um, Unified School District. So, thank you Dr. >> Thank Yes. >> Could I just have you one more? I have one quick question for you. I I think I've you had shared with me your daughter will be head is heading to LSU for something very special. What is she going to be studying? >> She her major it's kind of interesting. She applied to many colleges and had different majors to each one but she is an elementary education major. So um my wife is also a teacher. So um we might have a future um teacher coming our way in maybe about four or five more years. >> We welcome student teachers. >> Awesome. Thank you though. >> Thank you for that, Mr. Show. Yes, you got to get him in early. Um, okay. So, we've
019had we have a promotion to share. U actually, I'm going to skip real quick to our new employee um in our special education department, Mr. Todd Overton. He's going to be our new program specialist. So, come on up, Mr. Overton, and introduce yourself. All right. Well, good evening, President Elder, Cabinet, Superintendent Wesley, members of the community, and I am honored to serve as a program specialist for Roondo Beach Unified School District. Uh, I have worked in and around a few different districts as a program specialist at the Tossa level, but this is my first opportunity to work as an administrator. And I have to say that uh working in the local um districts around Roondo Beach had a reputation or as a trends setter for inclusive practices co-e and I was really excited. I'm very
020excited to be here to participate in those um practices and procedures. And I have to say the few weeks I've been here, it's not just, you know, lip service or reputation, but it's legitimate. Uh, as was mentioned, the the personal um aspect, the the accommodations that were, you know, with me coming on board have been great. And um I just want to say that uh I'm deeply impressed with the quality of commitment to education from the leadership, the teachers, the staff, the community, and I hope that I can be an asset to the district and my commitment to excellence. And I just want to say that um student equity is of extreme importance to me. Ensuring that every student regardless of ability, background or circumstances has access to rigorous meaningful learning. And uh partnering with
021families and fostering community engagements are also very important. Um my wife Michelle, I'll share a little about her, but for many years we were involved with PTA, mostly her, even up to the cabinet level. And so really appreciate the the community and and part uh parent aspect as well. So Michelle, my wife of 30 years, um my biggest cheerleader, my favorite person, uh she's probably just as excited or more excited as I am to be an administrator. So, I'm glad that she's here to support me tonight. Our greatest accomplishment together is that we are the we've been able to raise two children who are fully functioning adults most of the time. And uh unfortunately, they they couldn't be here tonight because they're trying to be fully functional adults. Uh but u just a little bit
022of news that we're excited. We're going to be grandparents for the first time. We have a grand a grandson coming next month. So, um that's a little bit of excitement for us. So, I just want to say thank you for welcoming me. I look forward to working together to ensure all students in Roondo have a bright future academically, socially, and emotionally. Thank you. >> All right. Thank you, Mr. Overton. And um we have a promotion in the special education department, Miss Melissa Coughlin. We're glad to announce she's now a director, be taking on some new responsibilities, and glad that she's still with us. So, Miss Coughlin, >> good evening. >> Congratulations. >> Good evening, board of president, um members of the board, executive cabinet, um and all of our parents out there, uh watching this.
023I can't thank you enough. Uh Rodondo is a home to me. You know, I'm from the East Coast. My family is actually watching from the east coast tonight to participate in this along with my dear friends who've seen me um all the way back to when I started teaching um in the '9s. Hard to believe. And they're my chosen family. But Roondo is my chosen family. I cannot tell you when I started teaching in 1997 did I ever think I'd be able to stand up here and have this level of support to support kids, to support families, and to support um our teachers. I am so proud of the work we do. Um in my time here, I've been with the school district for eight years. I've had an opportunity to support every school site
024as a program specialist, actually. So, for me, this is such an exciting opportunity. I feel like I'm returning home to many of the school sites to support our families and our teachers and our site leaders. Um the partnership that we're able to form here is the success for all of our kids. Um our executive director, our program specialist, um we work tirelessly. Um and we're so committed to make sure that we are able to provide every child with an opportunity to do the best that they can possibly do for our future. So, I do want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. Um, I am so committed to this district. I believe in us. I know that we do great things for children. We're always on the cutting edge and innovative ideas and
025I'm so looking forward to this new position with you. [Applause] >> Okay. if um if I could just have a few more moments please and just share with you uh acknowledge staff and share with you that while um we've had summer break and um we've some of us have gone on some nice vacations and um there has been a lot of work going on to prepare for the first day of school which so we as a reminder all um of our certificated staff and some of our classified staff will be having our rally on Monday um at the auditorium the 18th and then all students back on the 20th. And in order for that to happen, we have um a lot to do. So, just wanted to highlight some of that and thank those that
026have been working. So, right here you see Pete and Ombberto, our grounds crew um working over at the the high school um so that the schools look great. Everybody's working hard. Um you see in the middle we have Ombberto. He's making sure irrigation's at the baseball fields. Working hard. Thank you guys for coming. Uh we have Otto, Miguel, and Juliano. Um they're part they're also partaking in an irrigation valve replacement training on the right side. So that's pretty cool. And of course we have Brian Stanley and Laura doing some work planting new trees. So when you go in front of the schools, we have new trees. Um our maintenance and operation. Um they had a training, a welcome back, a really cool lunchon. Dr. Alpern and I and Dr. Stephanie were able to attend. So,
027uh, we're in one of the pictures with them. It's just a nice bonding back for them. Verdono schools are the envy of the community and and others uh because of the hard work of our grounds crew. So, you can see some of our staff there, Otto on the the machine on the left and then we have Haime and Javier doing some landscaping um on the right around the marquee. We attention to detail is important to us. Okay. our warehouse team. Man, talk about cleaning house. Um, organizing. So, there you see Ryan and Fernando dumping, cleaning, organizing, um, just making sure that what we currently have, we know where it is. It's all tagged. And then we got rid of stuff that should have been gotten rid of decades ago. So, we want to thank them.
028Um, also now our custodial team. It takes a lot of work to get in there and clean carpets and restrooms and lockers. So you see some of our team here, our South Bay custodian Tim on the left and then Javier skill maintenance coupe above on the top and then you've got again Philberto and Cash Paris custodians um because you know we had a lot of work over at Paris so they were there making sure that dust dusting etc. We did some forklifting training. Safety's first. So, making sure that our our staff stays safe. And so, you can see again Fernando in the in the center and the picture for the warehouse. Um, getting rid of things. Uh, want to thank our IT department. They've been working very hard. Uh, I've got Chris Hernandez there and
029this picture um really uh installing working on the new data system, installing our new data system so we can have faster network, greater bandwidth. So, a lot's been going on with IT. Now, I think what's really impressive is the fact that the IT department was able to deploy uh almost twice as many Chromebooks for this year than we've had in the past. And we've talked about that in previous meetings, but they're all delivered. They're all ready to go for registration. Did you get yours? Yep. >> Got their computers. >> Student board member >> is letting us know and feel free to jump in. So, we got uh Blae and Hakobo in these pictures. Each one of those has to be programmed and scanned, prepped, loaded. So, it's a lot of work. Just want to point
030that out and thank them. And of course, we had some of our um library media tech come in. Shauna Tollikson um is pictured there again. Uh Blaze and Will in the background helping out. Shout out to Sam Alpert as well. He's not in the picture, but he helped out. Instructional materials had to be delivered. workbooks, new books for new classes for, you know, to make sure we had enough for everyone. Now, you see Shauna and Cece down on the bottom. These are library media texts and Alison Crompton is not pictured, but we have to thank those three have come and completely organized the warehouse to make sure everything is up todate, accurate, and of course, Jen, our IT assistant in the picture there, Jen Hernandez. Now, I want to thank the IT team. There they
031are. Um, and and we have a new team member in the picture, Eileen. And then of course, Breeze at home on maternity leave, but the IT team put together the amazing backpack giveaway event. And just to highlight how impactful that was. Um, sorry, real quick. You can see that the Rotary still partners with us and they bring bring the vision to learning van and we had 146 children um were screened and 56 of them qualified for free eyeglasses and they should be getting those within the next two weeks. So, we're really proud of that partnership. Thank you, Rotary. Um, quick update on what we're able to do. You can see some of the faces there. All of our principles volunteered. All of our cabinet volunteer, we had board members volunteer. Um, and so we want
032to thank our RBF volunteers, our PTA providing breakfast and lunch for our staff. That's there. Um, there we go. Some more updates there. Want to share that we gave away 575 backpacks, the most ever filled with supplies um, for school. There you go. There they are. All grades TK through 12 came through and picked out their own backpacks. Child Nutrition Services has been hard at work getting ready for the new year. We have Ryan on the left and Viviana on the right. Um, you know, delivering the food. We're we're ready to go. So, come hungry for breakfast, lunch. We're excited. Also, over the summer, I want the board and the community to know we've been doing staff development. Um, there's no time like summertime to do some trainings. So on the top left you see
033our middle school English language arts teachers participated in the new wit and wisdom professional training uh professional development training because we're rolling out that curriculum that you adopted in the spring. And then also on the right uh you see some of our spe special education team there. That's the crisis prevention and intervention training CPI training. um that helps us learn how to deescalate situations when students are are um are having some problems with regulation and so we did that training as well. Um some avid professional development there 15 staff members and you can see the schools Bernie Adams Paris and Roondo were represented and this has to do with um part of our MTSS roll out and supporting students. We have AVID at our middle schools and our high school and then yesterday we had
034our behavior essentials training. So all TK and kindergarten teachers are being trained on supporting against students who may need some some regulation in the classroom and we got great feedback on that training. So a lot going on. Um our ILTS instructional leadership team leads came in and they did some training as well and they're going to be key in helping us analyze our data and go back and work with their grade levels um to really figure out how we can improve academically. Okay, now on to the HR team. Um, thank you to Dr. Stephanie and his team for onboarding. You see Mr. Gary Gregory here, uh, is being onboarded. So, through medical benefits and signing contracts, etc. We had 42 certificated employees come through and 26 classified for 68 of which I'm meeting with every
035single one of them. Um, Dr. Garland uh and her team did a new principal onboarding. This is our first time really god depth so that our new principles can get up to speed. And every month they will have um an onboarding meeting with a checklist to keep them up to date so that they can be successful. And there we go. Romy and some of the other team services answering questions all summer. We had enrollment going all summer. Um and we are ready. So welcome back everyone. Thank you to all of the staff for making this possible. As you can see, it's a team effort. I know this report's a bit long, but we couldn't be here where we are without that that team effort. So, we'll see everybody uh all students anyway on the 20th
036and staff on the 18th. Thank you. >> Thank you. Yeah, it's been incredible to see all the work that goes into getting ready for the first day of school. So, thank you to everyone who spent their summer doing this. Um it it is a lot, but our students are worth it. >> Yeah. >> Excellent. Thank you. That brings us to our hearing section. Members of the audience may address the board on any topic regardless of whether it is listed on the agenda. However, due to the 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. Comments from
037visitors 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. Is there anyone tonight who would like to speak on anything on the agenda or off the agenda? Do we have any advanced written requests? All right, takes us on to our communications uh section. Uh would anyone from RBTA like to speak tonight? Ronaldo Beach Teachers Association. California School Employees Association, American Federation of Teachers, Rodo Beach Council Parent Teacher Association, Rod Beach Educational Foundation. All right. Um, good evening everyone. Uh, and happy almost back to school.
038Um, RBF has been present at all middle school and high school registrations uh, this weekend, last Friday. Um and it was so funny and exciting to see like all the smiley faces of the students. So that was a pleasure to to be there. Um the first exciting update that I wanted to share this evening is that as of today RBF has earned the platinum seal of transparency from Candid. Um which is the highest level of recognition that they give to nonprofits. Um and it basically signifies a high degree of transparency and accountability. It demonstrates a commitment to sharing key information about our mission, our programs, our finances, and our impact. Um, so I just wanted to share that with you as soon as we received the news. Um, and I also wanted to share two
039important upcoming dates. Um, between September 2nd and September 19, we have the RBF investor drive. Um, this is our main fundraising campaign every year. Uh, please consider investing in RBF and in the students of Roondo Beach. um our website is already set up to accept donations. And then the second date is October 19th. That's when we have our Sketchers peer-to-peer um friendship walk. Uh it's a very exciting event. Um lots of pictures are being shared on social media um about Sketchers. And this is an opportunity for all the schools to earn uh a grant. Uh we RBF guarantees $30 per each walker. Uh but oftentimes it's more than that. So, please consider joining your school's uh team and select RBF as part of the registration. Thank you all so much for your support. All right.
040>> Thank you so much. And does Dr. Wesley have any comment on >> No, I do not. Thank you. >> Excellent. Uh this brings us to the general consent calendar. Would anyone like to pull any items 10.1 through 10.7 from consent? Is there a motion to approve items 10.1 through 10.7 on the consent calendar? >> Second. >> All those in fa Oh, student advisory vote. >> I. >> All those in favor? >> I. Any opposed or abstensions? Consent calendar items pass. We have no separate consent items, which brings us to our action items. Item 12.1, approve change order request for Toledo retaining wall project site work from MPI Contracting Services. Have a motion and a second to begin discussion, please. >> Second. >> Uh, Dr. Albert. >> I'm hoping this will be a final change
041of order for the Toledo retaining wall project. Um, the wall is complete. Um the campus is being um the playground actually is being slurry sealed and um basically brought back up to uh appropriate standards for um our district and return to play for students um when they come back at the end of next week. So this is our hopefully our final um change order for the work of the retaining wall. >> Thank you. I know this has been a long project with many layers of DSA approval and everything else involved. appreciate all the work they've done over the summer to get it ready for kids to come back and play. Any questions or comments? All those in favor? Uh, student advisory vote. >> All those in favor? I. Any opposed or abstensions? >> Motion passes.
042Up next is 12.2. Approve the lead program specialist for child development center description. A motion and second to begin discussion, please. Dr. Stephanie. Yeah. >> All right. So, this is a uh new position we worked with CSE8 to create um which is basically a lead clerical position in the CDC office um offering both uh more complex duties um and also a promotional pathway for our our employees. >> Want to have any questions, comments? Student advisory vote. >> All those in favor? I. Any opposed or abstensions? Motion passes. We have no information items tonight. Brings us to our discussion items. 4.1 receive for first filing the following board policies: administrative regulations, exhibits, and board bylaws. Uh this is a nice lengthy packet for anyone who is interested in seeing everything that goes into this. It's 400
043pages of light reading. Dr. Wesley, any any comments? >> The board's discussion. >> Yeah. I mean this this is just for you if you have any discussion. I can tell you that um the way in the way in which we review these is that the team does divide them up um based on the area in which we supervise including our executive directors um in uh student services and um admin services, HR etc. And so CSBA provides recommendations for language. So, we generally are reading the recommendation and adhering to the recommendation. There are some minimal changes um that are in alignment with current practices. Um I don't know if there's any in particular you wanted to discuss um or you want to bring back um or if you need more time reviewing that those are all
044options that you have. the CSBA language has the advantage of they have an army of lawyers that review this and learning from case law as well as changing state laws and everything else. So we get to piggyback on that uh which saves us a lot of cost and effort >> and oftent times um new legislation will come out um and for instance we did have new legislation so now we're reviewing new policy to go with that but new legislation comes out and so CSBA is able to take that legislation and then um advise us on the policies that we'd create so that we are adhering to that legislation. Some of the language we don't have the discretion of changing we because we need to follow the law and some we do. And so that's why
045you'll see the options and then staff will look and select the option that again meets um our practice or the direction we we recommend we should go in. >> And this is one of the reasons why just about every school board out there has almost identical board policies because they all come from CSBA and have been standardized and thoroughly reviewed and vetted. >> That's correct. And board policies can be reviewed and changed um at at any time that the board wants to re-review. Uh we we attempt to um there's a cycle in which we are presented with board policies. So this this encompasses a lot of board policies that have recently come to us. Um but you know I guess some of the noteworthy ones are policies regarding you know cell phones. We are going
046to be creating a task force this year because we do have to come up with policies. Um we have to come up with a policy regarding cell usage because of that law. Um I don't know if anybody else has any they want to point out. >> There's a lot. Go ahead, Miss Neoth. Um, I'll say that I I read through all of these um and had a lot of comments and they were all answered. And I just want to say for 400 pages of policies and regulations, how much I appreciate our cabinet members had to review these and incorporate the CSBA changes and updated laws and um deal with my questions and everything else. So, um, I I personally didn't find anything in there that would be concerning or anything that we've talked about in
047changing. I did ask Dr. Wesley if we're able to change things as we go because we may um there's certain areas that we may decide throughout the year that we want to make changes to as I know this board has certain directions. Um, but for now, I think um I was happy with the changes that were recommended. Yeah, these are constantly evolving as the world evolves around us. One of the ones I would highlight is policy 0441, artificial intelligence. Um, this is obviously new policy, not something we had to worry about 10 years ago. Um, but it's something that it has really taken a lead in. Um, really appreciate the working group and all the effort they put into thoughtfully adopting uh, you know, how do we use a AI responsibly in a school district.
048So, there's this is something that will continue to evolve. I'm sure we will see this policy brought back in the future as technology changes and use changes and everything else. Uh but yeah, there's there's a lot of really important updates um you know just because of the world of changing around us. So thank you for that. And I would say um for anyone who wants to see what the board is been reviewing, page obviously there's a table of contents. Page two and three um outline all of the policies and the titles to get an idea of what it is that we're updating and reviewing. Um these are all recommendations of CSBA. So sometimes we'll bring you board policies and we do intend to bring you board policies that we've pulled because we want to work
049with the board on maybe revising or updating board policy which you've done in the past like graduation requirements etc. But in this case uh these policies are because there's current current laws have either changed or updated language is being proposed. Um and so it's good for us to review them so you can see there's there's some regarding employee security again um sexual harassment um our district and school websites what needs to be posted how many clicks it's actually very interesting you um that people can make to get to um certain pages. So if anybody wants to see what it is we're looking at, it's all outlined at the beginning of the policies and these can be found on our website. >> And this 400page packet is just the new or changed policies, not correct all
050the policies. There's quite a bit more beyond this, >> right? And they're and they're pretty well organized on the website um in terms of how you find policies. You know, for example, the 400s have to do with employees. the five sorry the five four thousands have to do with employees the 5000s have to do with students. So um it seems pretty intimidating when you first look at it but there there is a method to the madness in terms of how things are associated on the uh on the board policy on the website. >> Thank you. Any other questions or comments about any of the policies? Yeah. So, this is just discussion and we would then be bringing it back for um an action item at the next meeting. So, if there still are any questions,
051you can let us know prior to that. Otherwise, um our intention would be to bring it back for approval at the next meeting. >> Thank you. There's no other questions. Moving on to board member reports. Uh, Miss Silverman Neimoth >> caught me off guard, but I don't think I have anything. My head is still stuck in the 400 pages. So, >> it's a lot of material to review. >> Yeah, I'm excited about the start of school and uh our rally coming up on Monday and uh looking forward to a good year. >> Great. Thank you. Uh, board clerk Flynn. >> Uh, it's hard to believe that it's time to go back to school. I'm not really sure where the summer went. And this is our one board meeting in August. It's exciting to have ASB
052back and Web and everybody starting out at the high school, the middle schools, the elementary schools. Welcome to our new principles and our staff people. That was really great to be at the management retreat to meet everyone. It sounded like everybody was pumped for a great school year. Um, and I think that's it. >> Thank you. Uh, board by President Joe. >> Thank you. Um, I had an opportunity to, uh, volunteer today at the high school helping out with the registration for the sophomores. Um, I went through the path that students would take and I can tell you at every station there is three people knowledgeable, friendly, smiling and very helpful. And I also helped out with some of the students who were wanting to change their schedules. Like there's a QR code. You scan
053it in and pipe it in there and someone will get back to you. Um I helped out a grown-up. We need to find a bathroom for the grown-up. Um that was very helpful. But that information came from other than volunteering. We had many students ASB uh link and web crew and and there will be also the busier tomorrow with the freshmen and all the parents PTA PTSA members helping out and obviously all our staff members are on site and they're dealing with our internet outage caused by some vandalism and at the level but they may do and shout out to IT team who sent out the wireless access points for areas that needed the access right then. Um, so everything went smoothly. Nobody was freaking out. Was everyone was happy to be there. I was
054happy to be there. So I want to say thank you to all those volunteered has volunteered so far and will volunteer next few days and and welcome back to great school new year. >> Excellent. Thank you. Yeah, and just piggybacking on that, you know, not thank just thank you to everyone who put in all the work over the summer, but the next week and a half getting through this final push to get everything ready for our students. Um, you know, the fun of the internet outage today. That's something that we just have to adapt to. Uh, but I've seen a lot of students very excited with the new Chromebooks. Um, you know, getting schedules, not having gaps in schedules, things like that. There's so much attention to detail being put into giving our students the
055best as they walk onto campus for the first time. So, or come back to campus. Um, and so it's it's really special to see that and so many volunteers giving up so much time just to help our students get everything they can to be successful. So, um, thank you to everyone doing that. Uh we are almost there to the start of the year. It's always a little bit of chaos, but it's exciting good chaos because it's it's something new. It's new classes. It's new teachers. It's new friends. Um it's new opportunities. And that's why we're here to give students opportunities. So, thank you to everyone who's dedicated themselves to that. There's so much great energy out there. And uh I can't wait to see the first day of school as a parent. >> Um I'm
056not sure if um just for fun if Miss Flynn or Mr. Cho wanted to talk about >> I almost mentioned it, but we Yeah. So Dr. Wesley, Dr. Alpurn and I were invited to the um to meet our sister city in Japan and it's Okinawa is our Rodano Beach's sister city in Japan is Okinawa and a delegation the mayor of Okanagua came and met with us and I know Mr. Cho and Mr. Brown talked with them about maybe reinstating a student exchange program with Japan. But on Friday evening, we went to a celebration with this delegation and there were some wonderful students from Alta Vista that were there as well and a lot of Google Translate going on, but also um we were one of the few tables that were speaking English, I believe, Dr.
057Albert, but we had some traditional music that were there as well. And it was just it was a really nice fun time and really appreciated the city including us and um the mayor's wife Patricia Light for including us and thinking about the school district and reinvigorating uh uh of study abroad with Japan. So it was really it was fun and we did finish our youth commission interviews. Um we're really there's Dr. Wesley you and I have to meet we have some amazing students. So, we had some great ideas and came up with ways for them for other students who maybe can't be on the commission to still be involved. There is a new teen center that's opening up at Perry Park um this school year and they really want the teens to um engage in
058what kind of programming will happen there. So, uh more to come. If I can just piggyback on that particular item, a city um graciously has put in quite a bit of resources including lots of money and a staff time to refinish the teen center. And as um Miss Flynn had mentioned, they're really wanting to have the own youth putting their own ideas come to fruition. Um you know, what sort of activities they want uh and so forth. So, I'm glad to see that that's happening and it's another place for our teens to hang out. One of the um comments were made to the grown-ups had been in the past where you know we had lots of playgrounds for little kids. What about the not so little kids and and this effort is and so one
059such effort and um the outgoing commission um had requested additional funding from city council and they received it. So now there's enough resources to fund those programs and and furniture items and speaker systems. >> So so it's it's it's it's happening. It's very exciting. >> Excellent. >> Yeah. It's wonderful that we have an amazing partnership with the city. So thank you for being part of that. Up next is our calendar of events. On August 18th, it is the first day for certificated staff and our back to school rally. August 20th, TK through 12, first day of school. August 27th is the back to school night for TK. September 1st is a holiday non-working, non- studentent day. It's Labor Day. September 4th is back to school night for elementary schools. September 9th, we will be back
060for regular board of education meeting at 5:30 p.m. September 11th is back to school night for the middle schools. September 18th is back to school night for Ronda Union High School. September 23rd is a local holiday and September 24th is back to school night for Dryler Continuation High School. With that, is there a motion and a second to adjurnn? >> So move. >> Second. >> Student advisory vote. >> All those in favor? >> I. >> All right, we're adjourned at 6:25 p.m.