001I would like to call to order the regularly scheduled meeting of the board of education for June 10th, 2025. Can I get a motion in a second, please, for approval of the agenda? Second. All those in favor? I. Any opposed or abstensions? The motion passes. We will be going into close session. 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 are asked to submit a request to address 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. Do we have any advanced written requests? Since we also have no members in the audience, uh we will recess to close session
002after going to discuss items 3.3 conference with legal council existing litigation government code section 54956.9D1 network integration company partners inc versus Ronan Beach Unified School District and 3.4 public employee performance evaluation title superintendent. Can I have a motion and a second to recess to or to adjurnn to close session? All those in favor? Any opposed or abstensions? All right, the motion passes. The board will now go into close session. All right. The board has now reconvened to open session at 5:33 p.m. tonight. Leading us in the pledge of allegiance will be Mr. Subu. All right. Thank you. If everyone could please stand and if you put your right hand over your heart and you may begin. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it
003stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. You may be seated. Thank you. Tonight's close session items included item 3.3 conference le with legal counsel. We received information from staff and item 3.4 public employee performance evaluation. We received information and gave direction to staff. Do I have a motion and a second to approve the May 27th, 2025 board of education meeting minutes? Second. All those in favor? I. Any opposed or abstensions? The motion passes. That brings us to uh reports to the board. Item 7.1, Roondo Union High School Project Echo Business Plan, state competition winners recognition by Mike Zoo, our UHS business teacher. All righty. Um thank you for having us um here. We're so excited. Um I first wanted to tell you a little bit about the um
004the competition and what it was about. But we've received so much support from all of our board members. They have come through our class. They have been a part of it. They've talked with our students and it's been so great. And I was like, what is going to come of this? But we've had over 30 business professionals come in, be guest speakers, coach the students, and out of 53 student teams immerse 15 top teams that went to a state competition. It was hosted at Cal State University, Dominguez Hills. And at their business school, they had a panel of shark judges that judged the students based on their written business plan of 20page business plan along with their presentations. and immersed out of over 19 schools from across not just the state but across the nation
005with over 53 student teams from various walks of life came two first place winners for the first time in Rodana Beach history and these two teams were Bliss and Timewise and I can't wait to introduce all um all of them so you know them by name but um if you don't mind board we thought we could start out just giving an example of one of the teams that were um said that they would be willing to give an example of their presentation. Fantastic. Sound good? So um let's give a round of applause for everyone in the room for Timewise. [Music] [Applause] Oh, they're gonna they're probably just gonna they're gonna try to go. Welcome class. Today I'll be passing back your exam scores from last week. Starting with this side of the room, you received
006an A minus. Excellent work. Next up, a B minus. Nice job, Now, a C++. You know what? You're still my favorite student. Lastly, this side of the room, you received a B. Nice job. Next up, we have Angelina. You received a B class. Good job on this test. Thanks. Now, Arjun. Arjun, you have consistently failed all of the tests I've given to you. Could you please explain to me how you study, if you even study? Um, I'll low key just read my notes, watch videos, use chat GBT. I study hours the night before the exam. I don't really know how I fail. Interesting. Last but not least, Almondine, you acce Oh, thank you. I just use Timewise to manage my time and retain all the information I learned. Timewise? Could you explain what that is?
007Introducing Timewise, the ultimate academic companion designed to revolutionize the study experience. Our personalized study planner is tailored to each student's unique schedule. When users first open the app, they'll be asked to take a learner type survey or a survey that determines how a person best retains information. For example, an auditory learner would best retain information by listening to something. After that, users simply input the dates of upcoming exams, quizzes, tests, or anything else important, and our AI will generate them a personalized study planner tailored to their every need. For any student needing extra help, Timewise seamlessly connects experienced tutors with students in just one click. Timewise also fosters a gamified experience where students can earn study points and later unlock characters the more they study with personalized profiles, progress tracking, and friendly competition. Timewise transforms
008studying into a fun and rewarding experience. Hi everyone, I'm Omden Shaw and I'm the CEO. I manage the team and make sure everything is running smoothly. Hi, my name is Arjent Modi. I'm the CFO and the CTO. My responsibilities include making sure this company is financially on track for success and that our application and website are running smoothly every day of operation. My name is Riley O Flynn. I am the CMO and I will ensure that Timewise is well known nationwide through our marketing strategies. I'm Angelina. I'm the COO and I'm in charge of making sure all of our daily operations run properly. So, here's our opportunity. Many students struggle when it comes to time management and motivation as we all do. But for students, this can constantly lead to them procrastinating and feeling overwhelmed.
009Students also have a hard time at finding credible information which can waste their time, lose productivity, and especially leads to ineffective study sessions, which we all know are not helpful at all. Additionally, students have trouble identifying effective study methods that match their individual learning styles, which leads to frustration, anxiety, uncertainty, the list goes on. These challenges show how students both want and need a solution. Timewise offers the ideal solution to all of these challenges, especially because Timewise services both an app and a website so it can be accessed from any device. Firstly, Time Wise's personalized study planner is not only tailored to the our users every needs, but also their preferred learning styles, ensuring they're managing their time in a way best suited for them. Secondly, Timewise's connectivity to tutors and carefully curated academic resources
010provide students with that extra support they all need with difficult content. Finally, Timewise's social and gamification features provide that social and competitive dimension to learning that further motivates students to shine and do their best. The majority of Time Wise's market will be taking place on social media platforms such as Tik Tok, Instagram, Snapchat, and Facebook, which are the most popular and used platforms by our target market, ensuring that we are reaching out to the majority of our market. We will post various advertisements and captivating visuals to enhance our brand visibility and our popularity as our company continues to grow over time. Time Wise's main competitor is My Study Life, which is another educational app that assists students on their time management skills. However, Timewise stands out due to the gamification feature. This element not only
011allows students to compete and collaborate with peers, but it also introduces a social aspect into the learning experience. Although My Study Life is a notable competitor, it's not competing directly against Time Wise. This is because Time goes beyond just having students memorize information or just helping their time management. It instead combines all these effective tools into one convenient platform, which no other study platform really has until today, thanks to Timelots. In our first year of business, our conservative projection is to sell 9,000 subscriptions, translating to roughly $53,000 in sales. Each subscription cost $5.99 paid on a monthly basis by the user. Our projected starting cost is $250,000, largely due to the website development and website design fees. However, Timewise is poised for exponential growth due to a variety of factors, including a low customer acquisition
012cost, increased customer attention, specialized marketing services, and finally, a website and app that is tailored not only to our users every need, but also to a way that suits their learning styles. All of which will allow TimeWise to expand its user base and help students across the nation. Students today want to improve their management and academic skills, and Timewise is the perfect tool in empowering students to do so. As mentioned before, Timewise has a wide variety of resources and personalized guidance to enhance the students learning experiences. Additionally, Timewise equips students with tools that help improve their time management skills, study habits, and overall motivation. So, instead of students constantly feeling stressed, Timewise leads them to success. So, join Time Wise in empowering students to achieve their goals and to inspire them to be the best
013that they can be. As you can see, Timelines is a powerful study tool that gives each student a unique opportunity to find academic success. No student should ever feel overwhelmed or lack motivation simply because they don't think they have enough time. It's important to foster an environment where students can thrive feeling empowered instead of burdened. Time wise is there for all students to help them to help them accomplish their goals and constantly feel successful. So, let's put an end to procrastination and start managing our time wisely with Time Wise. Thank you. [Music] [Applause] That That was incredible. Um I I just wanted to see did you guys have any questions for them? If you wanted to feel like you wanted to grill them at all, they they're ready for you if you want. Yeah. How
014do I invest? Yeah, that's what I want to know. Do you have beta testers? Uh do you need my kids by any chance? Is the platform actually built or are you looking for investors to build it? Um it is not built yet, but we are considering actually starting up this company. I think you should and a lot of I mean it has a lot of potential. You guys did an amazing job with your presentation. I wish this was around when I was in school. Yes. Um, sure every I mean the entire class and all of you are amazing. I would love to have been able to see all of it, but I am blown away. I know Roondo's the best. I know we have it all and you guys are just proving it. So, thank
015you so much. That really was enjoyable. All right. Um well then I'm going to let them off the hook then with any questions and um thank you again um Timewise and I can just tell you Bliss was just as impressive but I know due to time um thank you Timewise for presenting. Can you tell us what Bliss was? I know you're supposed to give it limited time but we we can wave that. Sure. I mean we don't need the whole pitch but I mean I just would love to hear what it is if you have a Would you like to hear from me or do you want to do you want to hear from Do you guys want to tell us? Um, uh, Eva, your CEO, do you want to tell them a little bit
016about your company? Well, basically, we created a heated bathroom using innovative technology with carbon fiber wires. So, throughout the robe, so it's heated and it's completely safe and it's just really comfortable. And yeah. Wow. Wow. You need that while you're studying with I had a quick question for time wise if if you don't mind. Sure. Um do you see any applications for adults who may need to work on time management? Yeah, so timewise is meant for students but at the core it is a time management assisting path. There are features of course that help students like the connectivity tutors the academic resources but if adults simply input the tasks they need to do it will create them a study planner and it will actually help them effectively manage their time. So There are additional resources
017and additional extensions for students, but you can also use this as an adult to help your time management skills. I'm assuming on the back end you're using some type of LLM. Is there one in particular you favor or it's not proprietary? It's not built. Fair enough. He wants to help you build. Yes. No, this is incredible. It's so exciting to see what our students can do. So, bravo. It's just outstanding work that you're doing there. Um, and out of curiosity, how long has the business program been around at RUHS? Um, yes. So, the current program of this of this same class, uh, this is the third year in the program. So, just year three, so it's only year three and they they not just these two teams, but we literally swept well, we swept a
018lot of the competition, I believe, out of the um nine C cash awards. Oh, each team won over $1,000 each. Um, which was great at the competition. The experience, I think, was worth a lot more than that, but we had, I believe, six teams take away out of the nine prizes, and that's with a lot of people there at that competition. So, that was really good. I have a question for the the Bliss. Yes. What's the plan? Because my wife is always looking for something nice, warm bathroom. She She's watching and she's like, "Bon, go get me one. What's the plan?" Um, well, we were thinking about maybe like looking to messages creating it, but I think we're all a little busy with school right now. Maybe we'll get back to that later. We'll have
019some time. Mr. Su, I also want to give you the accolades for for getting this program going and doing what you do for the kids. I know they love you. I know they appreciate it. Um, and we as a board do as well. So, thank you. Yeah, sure. It's my pleasure. Thank you. [Music] Um, and I just want to also thank all the parents. Um, you know, you should be so proud. I have a daughter the same age. Oh, by the way, um, a class, one of the very few classes at Roondo that's 9th through 12th grade where you can be in the same class as freshman seniors sitting in front of you are all freshmen. Yeah. Yes. Very good. Um, but um, thank you parents. I wish I could I mean I'm more proud
020of your kids than my own kid right now. And you know it's a good class when you when I want to say I wish my own daughter had a class like this. So which they don't at at West High. But um I I am I'm excited for Rodon. We might be able to make room at Roondo. I see Mr. Brown here. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, hey. Thanks. Thanks for showing up there. Um, hey, without further ado, can um we uh recognize each student um you guys don't mind? Did they bring any adults with them they'd like to introduce as well? Um parents, did they bring parents with them? Oh, yeah. How about um if you if parents came to support, can can you guys stand up? Can we give you a round of applause for all
021the work you did? And um we are rushing off. They are going to be um recognized um by the mayor in about 15 minutes. And this was our priority though. Definitely. So um if you don't mind um well maybe we can recognize them and then we're going to take a group photo real quick. Yeah. Um yeah. Um can I list off their names and then we'll take a group photo right after. Does that sound good? All right. So, I'd like to first present Bliss, the first place winners in the products category. Yeah, right here. Yeah. Okay. Um, great. So, let me go ahead and start with um Sadie Sesma. Satma. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Don't worry. We'll get everyone up there. Okay. Thanks, man. Thanks. Uh, next up is Gia Gurley. [Applause] And last for Bliss
022is Eva Roberts. All right. Now, moving on to Timewise, we have Almondine Shot. [Applause] We have Arjun Modi. We have Riley of Flynn and we have Angelina Molina Gonzalez. [Applause] Um, again, so proud first time first place winners for Roondo Beach. Thank you guys for representing our district. Well, let's give them one last round of applause. And we would love to do a group picture. Okay. Thanks. Can we take one with that presentation was amazing. Yeah. Mr. who also won teacher of the year. [Applause] [Music] Thank you. Thank you. Hi. Oh my god. I looked at you when you're I'm like, why do you look my Stop it. I walk right by you. I didn't even recognize you. Congratulations. I know. I was looking. We recognized you the moment, but we Wow, just incredible. Uh,
023up next we have item 7.2, MTSS presentation by Roy Lopez Jr., executive director, educational services and MTSS committee members. I'm sure this will be just as riveting. Well, that is definitely a hard act to follow. Good evening, President Elder, uh, members of the board, Dr. Wesley, and our community. Tonight, uh, we're proud to present the culmination of a year's worth of work with the multi-tered system of supports committee, which is a collaborative team of teachers, support staff, and administrators. So, basically, our efforts have been focused on a comprehensive framework that addresses the the whole child. So, social emotional behavior and academic. Um, so you can kind of think of MTSS as a pyramid with three tiers. So, the first tier is all students receiving the highquality evidence-based instruction provided to all students. Tier two offers
024more targeted interventions while tier three delivers more intensive for the students who need that. Uh, before we dive into that though, I want to take a moment to thank RBTA for their partnership. every time we asked them to give us uh identify members for our committees and we had a lot of committees last year. Um they've really uh our committee members have been amazing. They've been partners for us and they've really contributed to the work and you're going to hear about it tonight. So uh now I will introduce Mr. Roy Lopez Jr. executive director of ed services who is leading this committee. Good early evening everyone and I think Dr. Dr. Garland did a really good job of explaining um MTSS. Uh so on this particular slide, what I really just wanted to highlight is
025that um again, it's an integrated comprehensive framework that aligns academic, behavioral, and social emotional learning. And really, it's an alignment of systems. So all of our systems come together to help support our students um through the MTSS process. And so in the fall, actually on I believe it was September 30th, uh the board of education participated in a data dive and a strategic plan review. Uh educational services recommended to the board to please include the MTSS um into the strategic plan and we're thankful that the board of education uh acknowledged that request and recommendation and so it is embedded in the uh strategic plan. So, thank you very much. And one of those uh objectives uh for the strategic plan around the MTSS was to establish an MTSS committee. Each time that we met this
026year, I just shared with the group how proud I was of their work. And so, shortly, you'll hear uh directly from um some of our members. And so, we had uh committee objectives. They um included reviewing our system systemic practices around MTSS uh that we currently have. uh how to um build out an MTSS model uh to help support our students and then also to effectively communicate with um our educational partners and then uh to develop a district-wide SST process and then to identify universal screeners uh for both academic and social emotional support. With that said, uh I'd like to um now hand it off to some of our committee members to share with you uh how we uh either fulfilled or partially fulfilled our committee objectives. So I'll hand it over to Christie and
027All right. So we've established two goals. Um, goal number one is that by June 2026, our district will strengthen tier one instruction by ensuring that a 100% of general education teachers implement evidence-based instructional practices aligned to state standards and district adopted curriculum with differentiated supports that are going to meet the needs of all of our learners as measured by our professional learning participation, observations, and walkthroughs and also PLC artifacts. Um, this goal kind of reinforces the importance of highquality, universally accessible instruction as the foundation of MTSS, aiming to reduce the need for any additional interventions by improving our core teaching practices. Our second goal will focus on building staff capacity around using data to drive decisions about who gets intervention and who doesn't. as opposed to objective measurements. Um, excuse me, we want to use
028more objective data dri driven measurements. So, goal two will be by June 2026, our district will build educator assessment literacy by providing ongoing professional development to 100% of instructional staff on the effective design, interpretation, and use of formative and summitative assessments as evidenced by increased alignment in assessment practices and improved use of data to inform our instruction. Thank you. Um, so we will be presenting on the five key implementation elements that we'll be implementing for the 202526 school year. So the first element includes consistently implementing our adopted core curriculum. Um the MTS MTSS committee will develop consistent time allocations for all core subject areas across all schools to ensure that all students have access to cohesive highquality learning experiences across the district. Our second element is to have consistent district-wide procedures for when students need
029additional support. Um so this will include academic and screeners. um refining the SST process to make it cohesive across the district and retention guidance and interventions. And our third element is to have a cohesive district professional development focus um on assessment literacy and data dives throughout the entire school year. And our fourth element is focused on PBIS, which stands for positive behavior interventions and supports. And that is going to be at each site across the district. And that's going to be a core team of um leaders at each site. So that will include an admin, usually the principal, um a chosen teacher, and at the middle and high school that will include a counselor as well. And so they will all schools will be trained um through them on PBIS practices. And for tier one,
030year one, that means all students, all locations, all the time. So that is what tier one means for that. And then our last element, number five, um that's focusing on our ILT, that stands for instructional leadership team. And um that's at each site. So that would be leaders. Uh if you're in elementary, that would be your grade level leads. And if you're at middle or high school, that could be your department level heads. And the focus next year is they're going to work on six data cycles um throughout the year, three and then three more. Um and the schools are going to work together. But basically what it's going to be is that we're going to um really dive into the data and those ILT leads are going to be like data experts and training
031their teams. And so data might be um you're looking at like maybe the new reading screener or maybe office referrals. So it can be behavioral or it can be academic. You can look at CASP test scores. Uh you can look at um curriculum assessments. And so those teams are going to work on continuous cycles of improvement. And that includes something we call padar, which is plan, do, analyze, and then um revise, and then repeat. And so we're just going to use that data to inform our instruction and really focus on that and helping students. So thanks. In December 2024, the CDE released approved screeners for our districts to adopt. It was important to this committee to focus on strengthening our tier 1 and tier 2 instruction at all school sites utilizing the core curriculum. We
032recognized that is it was important that the screener we selected would support that work by serving as one data point to utilize in identifying students at risk. In March, the committee reached out for feedback from teachers. One concern was over the logistics for administering to all K through2 students. The committee evaluated all screening options with this in mind and determined multitudes was the best manageable option to achieve screening data. Multitudes will be administered in the 2526 school year likely in winter after a plan as well as professional development has been communicated to all school sites and teachers. The MTSS academic subcommittee took the task of selecting a screener seriously. In March and April, we piloted several screeners at multiple elementary schools across the district. We wanted to see the screeners in action. We then came
033back together as a team to discuss the data and to compare results. Finally, we selected multitudes based on teacher feedback, alignment with our core curriculum, and alignment with the district's MTSS plan. Multitudes comes at no cost to California public schools and their professional development offerings are affordable and fit within the budget constraints of what the district would receive from state funding for this RDRS or readers screen initiative as already mentioned PBIS and part of that as alluded earlier is that at the heart of it, it is tier one supports and that is universal supports. And part of what's really grounded in that is the relationships that we have with our students, right? Relationships are so important and part of that is again deciding and defining what those schoolwide behaviors will look like 3 to five
034as well. And in addition to that, right, we are at different levels, right, in the sense that there are some schools that are further behind, meaning they've tested it out and they've realized that this is actually a really good thing for us to be able to have Red Roondo wide. So, it does not matter what elementary, middle, and high, we will have PBIS training to support that as well. In addition to that, one thing that really, really excites me is that we have a social emotional learning, right? We know how important that is. We've done it at the elementary school in 2324. We implemented it 2425 there was full implementation and I'm really excited at the 25 and 26 school year we will be bringing it into the secondary level which is also needed as
035well and part of this grounding of PBIS part of that foundational skills that's needed is it's embedded in that universal practice making sure that it's social equitable and culturally relevant. So, we just wanted to take a moment and acknowledge our MTSS committee members. You could see that it's a quite uh diverse group uh that's represented here. Some who are present and have already spoken and of course we want to acknowledge those that couldn't be with us this uh this evening. But again, I'm just so proud of our work. Um so, we just wanted to take uh a moment to acknowledge uh all the committee members and I will hand it over to Dr. Garland to close it out. So, as you can see, we have a lot of work in front of us, and this
036is a multi-year commitment. So, you guys can't go anywhere. So, so you're going to be with us for a while. So, our goals next year, um, as outlined in the presentation, is to strengthen tier one. Um, we're going to support that assessment literacy, making sure there's data dives happening across the schools and across our district. We have a new tool called Power School student analytics which our administrators will be trained on next week and it's a data dashboard where teachers and administrators and support staff can go on and look at all the data for students. Um there's some tools in there to create intervention groups and how to monitor data. It's it's going to be an amazing tool and we're really excited to get started. So, I want to thank the team again for their
037all their hard work and being here with us tonight and we are happy to answer any questions that you have at this time. Thank you. Does anyone have any questions? I do. Thank you. This is a lot of work with a lot of people involved and it's awesome to see um that we're going to roll it out districtwide. I am curious how and when all the rest of the staff will learn about this and be trained because there's not enough hours in the day to do what I'm doing now. it feels like um is this a summer plan or how does this work? Thank you for that question. We've been working on this all year. We did send a letter out to staff that outlines all of the goals of the MTS committee last week.
038So staff was informed. We met with our BTA and went over the entire um goals for the committee and we will be rolling out training. So we're already choosing dates for when that training is going to occur. So yeah, it's definitely a summer project and for years to come too. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Now, I know personally I'm excited because I know in the past with PBIS, it seems like it's kind of rolled out peacemail and hasn't been cohesive throughout the district. So, having that consistency um is really going to help as students uh go through the various school sites and there's there's you know the strong support system. So, I'm very happy to see this coherent strategy implemented across a unified school district that's really going to help our students uh you know
039achieve more. So, thank you to everyone for that. This looks like a lot of work and it's certainly not over. Oh, thank you for seeing it through. Thank you. Well, I just want to thank the teachers that are going to have to learn a whole new these new strategies to add in, but hopefully the idea is to support them as well. Correct. It'll give them an easier experience overall in the classroom. I know behaviors have been a challenge. A little challenging. Yes. I wanted to say that I really appreciate the diversity of your group um and everybody coming from different places within the district. I think that really adds to um the validity and and what you're telling us. So, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Also, can we have everyone just introduce
040themselves so every so we know what school they work at and what their role is. So, the board knows exactly who they represent. Sure. I'm Kate Mlan and I'm the intervention teacher at Madison Elementary School. Hi, I'm Michelle Garcia. I'm the um intervention teacher at Adams Middle School for Literacy. I'm Kate Buchanan. I'm special educator at Burl. Stephanie Lee, proud assistant principal at Washington Elementary. TA Turbo, sixth grade uh math and science teacher at Paris. Jennifer Freedeller, pro principal of Burl Heights. Christy Brown, proud program specialist in special education. Bri Decker, TOSSA and Ed Services Department. Excellent. Thank you all. Um, board, I was wondering if you wouldn't mind if we went a little out of order and you allowed me to introduce our new principal and assistant principal because we have young children and
041several more presentations. Absolutely. Um, so you don't have as much as I know you want to learn about our LCAP. Um I just thought if you don't mind us motion to amend the order of the agenda to bring 7.6 saying we don't need it. Okay. Okay. So we're going to go out of order if you guys don't mind. Thank you. Um I am um on behalf of the cabinet um we are pleased to uh present first we'll start off with our new principal of Bernie Elementary School, Miss Kate Christensen who is here. Come on up Kate. I'll let you tell her about um her. I'll let you tell you about yourself. But Kate did host a get together. I think it was yesterday morning with the staff and uh at Bernie. So, she's already had
042an opportunity to meet them. There we go. Okay. Thank you. Uh good evening members of the board, Dr. Wesley Executive Cabinet and the RBUSD community. My name is Kate Christensen and I am incredibly excited and truly honored to be joining Red Roondo Beach Unified as the new principal of Bernie Elementary. I want to be I want to begin by expressing my sincere appreciation for this opportunity. I am very grateful to be stepping into this role and it's a responsibility that I do not take lightly. With me tonight is my husband, Gavin, and our two young kids, Lars and Eta, and my wonderful mother-in-law, Anne. At home, my family and friends are also cheering me on, and together they are my biggest support system, and I would not be here without each of them. I've had
043the chance to spend some time at Bernie and it is clear that everyone on campus is deeply focused on doing what's best for the students. Every conversation that I had, every person that I met, it all pointed back to the kids. And that shared purpose and commitment is exactly why I joined Roondo Beach. Uh this district leads with heart and I feel so fortunate to be a part of it. I'm really looking forward to partnering with the amazing team at Bernie, connecting with fellow principles and collaborating with district leadership to continue the great work already happening at Bernie. And while we also find ways to we that we can grow together. So, thank you for this opportunity. Thank you for the warm welcome. I am so excited to be here and to get started. Thank
044you. We're very excited to have you as part of the RBUSD family. And second up, we have Mr. Steven Lewis, our new assistant principal of Adams Middle School. And uh we we're with some finagling, we stole him from another district that was trying to get him. So, we're feel very fortunate to have him here in Roondo. Thank you very much. There you go. Well, thank you again. Uh good evening, board president Elder. uh board members, cabinet, and superintendent Wesley and the RBSD community and everybody in this room. Um thank you for the opportunity to serve this community and Adams Middle School. I look forward to working and collaborating with you. RBSD has such a rich uh history of community and diversity and excellence and support and I'm deeply humbled and deeply honored uh and truly
045excited to work with you all to work with the team and to help create a um a safe, authentic and fun learning environment for our kids. I'd like to take take a moment uh at home, my wife and kids to say thank you to my wife Kim. Um I am grateful for her unwavering support and encouragement and to our boys Atlas and Ocean. Um, Atlas will be joining TK at Madison and I can't wait to see him grow and flourish and soar. Um, it's gonna be really exciting. I'm really juiced. Um, they have enhanced my life exponentially and uh have made fatherhood a truly a thrilling experience. So, I'm really really grateful for them. Um, I'd like to thank the students and staff and leadership for the warm welcome and the open arms to Mrs.
046Mada for her support, guidance, and knowledge. Um, it's been a very, you know, short few weeks and I already feel a part of the Reona Beach family and that that says enough on its own. Um, I was able to visit classrooms and meet some teachers and some students last week. Many already knew who I was and had some unfiltered questions for me ready to go. So, that was I love love that was fun. Um, I love getting to know them and can't wait to get to know them more and see them again in the fall. Uh, so with that, thank you again. Cheers to a great end of the year and a a fantastic new year to come. So, thank you. [Applause] Thank you again for being here. Uh we're so excited to have you
047and go Eagles. Uh and you guys don't have to stay, particularly when you've got young kids. You do not have to stay. So, thank you so much for coming. Really appreciate it. Yeah. Bobcats and Eagles. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you for coming. Did you have anything else for Okay. Okay. Uh, so that brings us to item 7.4, the 2025 2026 budget and reserve disclosure requirements presentation by Dr. Ned Alpurn, deputy super. I think we're doing the LCAP. Oh. Oh, still more LCAP. Okay. Sorry. We've got more. Apologies. Uh, 7.3 the 2025 2026 RBSD local control and accountability plan. Presentation by Roy Lopez Jr. Executive Director Educational Services. Sorry about that. It's okay. My streak of uh following magnificent presentations continues. It's tough. Sorry. So, I'm here to present the LCAP to you all. Thank you
048very much for having me. Uh once again, uh good early evening. Uh thank you board uh President Elder, members of the board of education, uh Dr. uh Wesley and cabinet. Um I am here to present the 2526 local control accountability plan which we simply call the LCAP. So what is the LCAP? Um all school districts in California are required to produce an LCAP demonstrating how local control funding formula funds uh are linked to meeting the needs of our students through identified actions, excuse me, through identified goals through identified actions. and we look at specific metrics from the California um dashboard to local um indicators to help us make informed decisions on how to best support our students. Uh what you see here are the different components of the LCAP from the budget overview for parents,
049the plan summary all the way down to goals and actions and of course it includes the annual update for the current uh LCAP which is a 2425 uh alcap. The ALCAP must include uh all eight state priority areas that you see here that fall under the categories of conditions for learning, engagement, and pupil outcomes. Um each of our goals has two or more of these particular priority areas that are attributed to them and our actions speak to these uh priorities. Uh we are currently in um or we're actually completing year one of a three-year cycle of the ALCAP. And so um the LCAP committee is not m not recommending any changes to the current goals and really goal one is all around uh student achievement. Goal two is around uh student resiliency and social emotional
050learning. Goal three is around improving inclusive practices for our students. And then four how we engage uh our parents and families um in our uh district community. One aspect of um of working with the LCAP is to ensure that we engage our educational partners. And so you see here a list of ways that we do accomplish this requirement for the LCAP, whether it's um eliciting uh feedback through uh surveys uh local surveys and um state surveys like the California Healthy Kids Survey to participating uh in different committees uh districtwide. I have the pleasure of not only leading and facilitating the LCAP committee, I work directly with the DAC uh that's our district English learner advisory committee. So there's multiple ways that we engage our uh educational partners which includes students, parents, and our staff. So
051uh we had the opportunity to uh review uh the survey results from the LCAP uh survey which was administered um to students, staff and um uh parent community uh right around early May. And so we did have some recommendations um for the current LCAP. The first of which is to develop a monthly parent education series that supports LCAP goals. It's already a stated action within the LCAP. However, we had um discussions around how how we can be really intentional about offering something on a monthly basis that really speaks to how to support our students um in the areas of um academic achievement and social emotional learning etc. Uh we want to um uh add a new action item around supporting science instruction. And so you see here that there is a professional development opportunities for
052our instructional staff um to receive professional development so we can uh see improvements on our uh scores around science. Uh in addition we wanted to uh update uh action item 2.7 which is around social emotional learning. Our high school piloted this year uh second step which is our um SEAL curriculum TK through grade 8 and we are uh happy to announce that we are going to have a comprehensive SEAL curriculum TK through 12 starting next school year. So that um particular action item has been updated. Uh we want to continue our support for uh that mathematics curriculum adoption which has been started but it's going to continue into next year. So that's action 1.2. 22. We want to continue to support um uh our district and uh school-based TOSAs. Uh those are our teachers on
053special assignments who support our um unduplicated students. So are our lowincome, our English learners, homeless and foster youth or targeted uh support for our students. And then uh we had the pleasure of having Dr. Anthony Toronto uh be present at two of our meetings to really speak to uh college and um uh career really around career and technical education. So TT CTE. So we wanted to make sure that we continue to uh support uh our CT efforts uh districtwide which of course you probably already heard have increased over the years. So we wanted to thank uh Dr. Toronto for being present in our meetings. So, um, in our LCAP, we also, uh, must share, uh, how effective our our goals are and our actions. And you can see here that I'm just highlighting just just
054a few around our school-based counselors. They developed a TK through grade 12 counseling action plan. Uh, the support for our English learners. Uh, we had 81 students reclassify this particular school year. On average, we uh reclassify about 18% of our uh English learners. And I really do attribute um our increase and our just our constant support for our ELEL's uh by supporting uh our district English learner um uh specialists as well as our ELD teacher at our uh high school. uh you earlier you heard uh that is included in the MTSS um uh action plan that there is support around the our ILTS that's instructional leadership team. So we're going to continue to have our schools ILTs participate in inquiry uh cycles for next year. Uh for goal two again the SEAL curriculum is going
055to be a con comprehensive curriculum that's going to be implemented um uh TK through grade 12. Uh we also want to support continue to support our unduplicated students. So one popular event that we have and I think it's really beneficial is our backpack giveaway at the beginning of the school year to support our unduplicated students in to ensure that they have uh instructional uh materials ready for the new school year. And then again um we had a number of parent engagement opportunities this year. We really want to look to refine those and increase those for next year. Quite possibly again having um uh a monthly uh parent uh engagement event uh to help support uh the implementation of the LCAP and our strategic plan. So what are the next steps? There is a public uh
056hearing this evening uh that has been announced. There is a draft LCAP that is available uh on our website. Um that draft has also been shared with LEO for review so we can get some feedback uh to make any refinements and improvements uh because um at uh next week's board of education meeting um the final version of the ALCAP will be presented and we hope uh you support it and um approve it for the next school year. That's the 2526 school year and the district budget which I'm sure you're going to be hearing about today as well. And that concludes the presentation on the LCAP. Any questions? Um yes, thank you. Um can we go back to the slide that was the recommendations on and I apologize for not asking you this before but my
057vacation brain is still recovering. Um on the second to bottom continue to provide district level and school-based tosses to support unduplicated students. The to are the tosses only for unduplicated students. The one of their primary roles is to support our um unduplicated students at the school sites. And so because we do receive supplemental funds um one of their primary roles has to be to support our uh unduplicated students. So for example at the high school um our high school TOSA does generate a list of students who are targeted for um credit recovery um and provides summer school opportunities and has identified which unduplicated students specifically at the school site that need this support. Okay. But they can um they're not limited to correct. They they do help in other areas other duties as assigned. Okay.
058Thank you. Um I know that that we had the most feedback ever on our LCAP when we added it to our strategic plan survey. What's our response been from parents when we're not doing when we send out the requests, the surveys and stuff? What kind of response and when does that survey usually go up? The ELCAP survey. Yeah, the LCAP survey typically is um uh sent out around late April, early May is typically the timeline that um that we follow. That's certainly what I follow this year from the past couple of years. Uh for parents uh in particular um I want to say that there was upwards of like nearly a hundred responses out of all of our students. Yeah, majority of the responses did come from students in particular um and um our uh
059staff. Well, that's great that the students are responding. That's like Yeah. So, just another question about the response. Um were high school students uh allowed to respond or it looked like from the results I'd seen that there weren't any high school responses. Was I was just curious about that. Yeah. So, uh, educational services does makes every effort to make sure that we have, uh, all of our students participate in surveys. And so, uh, we work with our school sites, um, to, uh, ensure that, uh, students are completing the survey. And so, um, as you can see, unfortunately, we did experience, um, very low turnout, uh, from our high school students uh, participating in the LCAP survey this particular year. Um I did share at the March 29th uh LCAP committee that um educational services is
060working very closely to really um identify when surveys are administered and how we can increase participation. We certainly don't want um our staff, our students or even our parents to experience any kind of survey fatigue. there are quite a number of surveys that are administered um each year and so we've definitely talked about being more strategic about when uh those would roll out and then working with our school sites again to increase participation but uh I want to just share that no no student group was left out intentionally um you know every effort was made to make sure that they participated yeah I know I often find that when people aren't responding to surveys it's because they're happy uh which is a good thing but I do appreciate the tremendous outpouring of of feed feedback
061we got in previous years when there were things like bond dollars at stake and things like that. So, I don't know how we can better uh drive that, but um but yeah, thank you for all your work in putting this together. Of course. Is there any way we can avoid what I like to call Maycember? Like anything coming in the month of May tends to be everything coming in the month of May, whether it's AP tests or, you know, end of school, graduations, openhouse, all of those things. If there's any way to I know it's a huge task, but any I feel like that might be something that helps. Yeah. And I think it also involves a coordinating with um you know other departments. I know the IT department had a a tech survey that
062went out and so it's really just uh making sure that uh we're very mindful about when those surveys go out because we we do receive quality feedback when it is shared and so um it is important and it does uh influence how we respond through our cap. Thank you. Really appreciate that. Thank you very much. And that was you doing that. Oh, I don't have control over the screen, I promise. Uh, now that brings us to item 7.4, the 2025 2026 budget and reserve disclosure requirements presentation by Dr. Annette Alpern, Deputy Superintendent Administrative Services. Thank you. Yes, Mr. Dr. Lopez and I have a habit of clearing a room. Uh thank you. Thank you. Thank you for those in the room here. So there you go. Um the this budget reporting cycle that um we
063have on the screen shows us the fact that we are operating in over the course of a school year. We're operating from a fiscal point of view in a number of different years. Um and so I've colorcoded it so that for instance this school year back in September the board was um receiving the closeout of the previous school year. So that was the 2324 unudited actuals. Um then in December and in March you received interim reports and that is a um a view of how our and where our budget is relative to the adopted budget during the course of the given year. And then those um items that are in a more bold colored orange are looking at projections for the budget for the next year. So in January the governor puts out his budget
064proposal for the next year. In May we get a revision. In June we go through this process. And then in July the final state budget is adopted. So over the course of one year there's really three budgets that um you and my department are really um looking at and accountable for. So, a quick budget summary for you um is interesting. I have a different color presentation. Um is um a total increase um of 1 anticipated increase of $1.8 8 million in revenue for next year. Due to the cost of living increase of 2.3% because we have declining enrollment, we don't actually see 2.3% more. Our effective COLA is 1.5%. So that 1.5% equates to $1.8 million. If we had flat enrollment, then our effective cola would be 2.3% and we would be seeing over $2
065million. Um, so I just always like to differentiate that when I talk about the budget. Um, because, you know, managing expectations I think is is important for all of us when we talk dollars and cents. Um, every year obviously as a school district we're obliged to cover the costs of our current employees who are receiving step and column increases as well as um any increase in district contributions to state retirement funds. So that calculation is just for our current employees for next year we will be contributing $927,000. So if you take that from the 1.8 8 million. That's what you have left. Um so it's about 600 and something thousand. Um there are some unknown areas in the final state budget. Um I got an email today that Sacramento is saying they have a budget
066deal. Hasn't been voted on yet, but that's good news for us. Um but right now um the budget that we're going to be presenting to you, the budget that is on the um on the district website and the budget that you were um given in your Friday updates um had some unknowns in it and so we budget conservatively. So for instance, the governor made a recommendation about additional dollars to for the implementation of the the smaller class sizes in TK next year. We did not make those assumptions in our budget. It looks like tentatively that those might get added in. So when we do a revised budget, likely at the beginning of August, once the state budget is fully approved, then we would fold in those actuals and you would see what it really is.
067But for now, we're giving you the conservative numbers. Um, what we have here are our anticipated revenues for 2526. This includes restricted funds and unrestricted funds. So, it's the total it's 13 just over $133 million. And I want to point out that 95% of the district's revenues come from the state of California. What's the total amount that comes from the federal government? Well, 2% of 133 million. You're better at math than I am. Um 2.6 million. 26,000. 2.6 million. Yeah. Okay. It's like 26,000. Yeah. 2.6 million. 2.6 million on the expenditure side. Okay. So, I'm going to point out a difference. See, there's 133 million coming in, 135.5 million going out. Um, some of that has to do with the fact that we have some one-time monies that are already sitting in the bank, right?
068But we are not getting them in revenues, but we're expending them in years that we don't receive those monies. So, the revenue and expenditure charts don't always match up. The other piece like the example I just gave you about TK, we budgeted in the costs of on the expenditure side, the cost of hiring more teachers, the cost of hiring more instructional aids, but we didn't budget in the cost of receiving additional dollars. So that was about $900,000. So hopefully when we provide you with a revised budget, it's going to true up um and it'll be closer. And um again just pointing out in this pie chart, it's a little more colorful on the expenditure side and um but 83% of our district's expenditures go to salaries and benefits. Okay, now let's do numbers. This is
069a slide. The next two slides are the slides that take the most time. Um the cost of living adjustment or the statutory cola are ass are assumptions from the state. They're made up of I think it's six or seven economic indicators. We find out in April of a given year what the cola will be for the next year. So these numbers for 2526 are accurate. For 26 27 and 2728 they're projected. They're never in actuality what's projected. Usually they're less, occasionally they're more. Um, but like over the couple decades that I've been in Redondo, an average cola is between like 2 and 3%. That's pretty typical. Um, the last few years have been very unusual. We've had extremely high colas and it's partly because it's related to the um inflation. Um the enrollment projections for
070us we make an assumption of a half a percent decline in enrollment. Um and we have matched that and done a tad bit better. So um a half a percent decline are the assumptions. um our our our top year of enrollment was the 1920 school year and um for those first two years after COVID we we lost about 5 to 6% of our enrollment. Um but since that time it's been less than half a percent decline on an annual basis. So this is good. Um next we talk about um the funded average daily attendance. So, you have an enrollment number, but the state doesn't pay you based on how many students you have. It pays you based on what the um the the students times their attendance rate. So, our attendance rate that we assume
071for next year is 94.9%. That's what the the final attendance rate was for this school year. And so that's the assumption that we build in when we're projecting out for our funded attendance. So your funded ADA is is going to be lower than how many students you actually have. But that's how we're funded. So when it says, well, how much are we funded? We're funded by our ADA times a dollar amount to get to your total budget. um the increase or decrease in this case it's only increase in LCFF funding compared to the prior year um is um based on all those three data points above. So you take in the cost of living, you look at um what we think our funded ADA will be and that's how we project um whether we're going
072to be getting more or less money in those years. Um so hopefully we'll get the enrollment and kids will come to school and um we will see increases in our revenue. We also have an obligation to contribute to the retirement systems of all of our employees whether that's um people who are in the Cal Stur system or certificated staff or people in the CalPER system or classified staff. um those rates are set by their respective boards. And um when I go out to do my budget road show at a school site, like if I'm meeting with a staff and I say to the teachers like if you're making $100,000 a year, the school district is contributing $19,100 to stir. So it's not something you see as an employee, but it's a very um costly expense
073worth it. as I tell them, they're all worth it. Um, but it is a fact that um, we do pay a good portion of money on an annual basis into the retirement system so that when our employees reach retirement age, they're going to be retiring into a system that is very um, well well funded. Any questions on this slide? Why is stir purr so much more? Um because PERS stirs is made up strictly of educators. PERS is made up of firefighters and police and city employees. And so they represent many many more individuals. Okay. So separate separate boards, separate investments, etc. Okay. And then this one is um how much do we get per funded ADA? So per student. I'm providing you an average. We actually get a different amount depending on the grade span
074that a student is in. Um we get the most for our high school students. Um we get the least actually for like um fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth graders. Um but on average um we get $12,254 per student into our LCFF through our LCFF funding and that will go up over time. And then you see our projected LCFF funding um over the next three years. And then the big number that people like to look for is uh what is our reserve? what is our anticipated reserve after all is said and done based on our projections. So at the end of next year we project that we will have a 13.09% reserve and with the outy years the reserve going up. Um there are no um labor agreements that are built into this. Um so
075this is without any um employee compensation changes to employee compensation as a result of labor negotiations. For those of you who are new to the board, um were not on the board when the state had an overflow of money and uh a trigger law went into effect that capped a school district's ability to carry more than 10 a district our size carry more than 10% um reserve. And so a strategy that school districts then employed three years ago is that rather than um spend all of their money at one time um they and in Redondo Beach specifically, we through the process of going through a strategic plan, we committed you committed we recommended you committed the dollars um excess dollars to the implementation of strategies in this in the plan because obviously you can't develop
076a strategic plan if you don't commit dollars to actualize the plan. And so um you committed three years ago $16 million. We have spent over $6 million of those dollars and we now have $9.57 million left of those committed dollars. And um I'm pointing out to you the categories um for the commitment of um those balances. Um some of it the categories have remained the same but um for instance like where previously in technology we were looking at using some committed funds to really cover us for ongoing costs and we've now taken that out and so that is no longer part of the committed fund piece because measure S is going to um be paying for u a number of those components such as Chromebooks for students Um however there is ongoing staff development related
077to technology innovation such as AI um and that again is part of the strategic plan. So commitment of $9.57 million is in the budget um that you have in been given and that is on the website. I have the same next steps as Mr. Lopez which is a budget adoption next week after the adoption of the LCAP. We then submit it to LA County Office of Education for review and approval and then the final state budget gets updated early July and then locally we will revise um the budget that we're actually having you approve next week and then we will provide you with a revised budget. We it's called a 45day budget revision and so we anticipate that's the strategy that we'll use this year. Thank you. Thank you. Does anyone have any questions? I
078do. I have a couple of questions because I'm new to this. Can you hear me? Sure. Okay. Um the uh 9 million that one that you just had the last one which is the committed general fund balance. Is this part of um dollars that's in the reserve at all or is it separate? It's separate from It is separate. Okay. Um and with respect to the reserve, um can you share with us um given all the conversation at both state and federal regarding defunding or reducing funding to public school, how how will our reserve help the district ride out those possibilities? Yes. Um that's a great question. Well, luckily um for us, we are a district that is less dependent on the federal government for our programs. Um, it doesn't mean we we wouldn't be impacted,
079but let's imagine in a worst case scenario world, um, everything that's in the budget bill that is before Congress now, um, we would have more than enough money to cover any potential loss. Um, because as I said earlier, right, with 2.2 2 million with federal dollars and our reserve is 17 million something like that. I thought it was 26 million. It's only 2.6 million. The federal bud government Okay. But then we wouldn't have 2.67. Okay. Yeah. So our reserve we have enough in our reserve to cover that. Yes. But not any other rainy day day scenario or how much of it would go? Well, I mean there the bottom line is when you work on the fiscal side, you build out multiple scenarios. So I can present to you multiple scenarios. Um but we we
080generally take our advice from LEO business services advisory and from school services advisory and those are the guidelines that we use to develop our budget and the budget that we give to you as a board. It doesn't mean that that's a guarantee, but they're the ones that are closest on the ground um to make those recommendations and they prefer that school districts don't create their own scenarios that are kind of not within their realm of control or realm of of understanding. So, the things that we operate and make decisions and recommendations to the board are on things like our enrollment trends. We follow those. We know what those are. We build in those assumption. That's like within our locus of control, right? But where um a president's proposed budget from May goes to Congress that
081won't pass a budget until October. That is so far beyond our ability to be able to predict and understand. you know, the ED services department does understand a couple of the programs that are um on the list to not be funded and so they're planning accordingly for that. Um one of them is um a title three immigrant program which is about $65,000. So, you know, it's not that we're not preparing for that, but they're not um significant impacts. They're not going to impact people's jobs here. Um, so I think we're being measured. And then if I can go back to the pie chart that you had that shows the revenues or the expenditures expenditures, the fund expenditures. Um, the other on top the 1%. Can you give me examples of what are others? Yes, Miss
082Archer asked me this in advance and I had to talk to our fiscal director. Um, it's about a million, a little over a million dollars. Um, I think she listed there was some SCROCK funding that comes out of it. Um, there are some specialized um, grants. They just don't fit into particular categories. Um, and so it falls into our other piece, right? Yep. Okay. And then, um, you did the math for me. Thank you. 83% of um the budget we spend on people. Yes. Salaries and and and um that works out to be my math about a million216329 [Music] of the 135539. Is this is this pretty consistent in Roondo that we spend 80% plus of our budget on on people? Yes. Um it's ranged anywhere from like 80 it it's changed a bit in
083the last since co frankly because there has been more one-time dollars given for instruction programs, mental health programs, things like that. I think at our height we were at 85%. Um but more recently it's been anywhere between 81 and 84. Thank you. Mhm. I just say I appreciate that we're taking conservative approach because we've seen in the past this boom and bust cycle that can come out of nowhere um due to external circumstances and really impact the funding that we have which dramatically impacts both our teachers and staff but more importantly our students even. Um so it's it's important that we do stay uh within our boundaries. So, I know it's having all this money sitting around seems like a lot, but a lot of these are committed funds that are aligned with strategic goal
084objectives and others are things we can just use even for making payroll, for example. Um, so we don't have to make use notes or things to to cover that. So, um, yeah, it's it it may seem like a lot when you look at the numbers, but it really doesn't go very far if something takes a turn for the worse. Absolutely. As a matter of fact, Mr. elder. A perfect example is when you have enough cash on hand, you don't you don't have to engage in um borrowing of money, which happens often for school districts that don't have large reserves because um prior to my getting this job, I just assumed like if you have $135 million that either you get it all at once or you get it like evenly spread out either on a
085quarterly basis or on a monthly basis. this. But really, um, we get paid after the state gets paid. So, when people pay their taxes, when people pay their their, um, twice a year they're paying their mortgage, you know, they're paying their taxes on their properties. Um, and then we see these big bumps in when we get paid from the state. So, sometimes there are months that you're shy on cash to pay your payroll. not in redondo but you know in previous years when we had lower reserves so what we would do is we'd engage in borrowing from the county well borrowing that money is not free so when you have a large enough reserve you're not only playing it safe but you're also not it you know it's like not having to pay fees when
086you don't pay your credit card in full every month same idea I would imagine having a higher reserve and being fiscally sound also helps when we go out for bond series y bond interest rates and things like that. Definitely. I had a question on the committed funds. Yes. Do we have a deadline as to when we need to spend any of this anymore? No. Okay. And then knowing now how we know how far 9.57 million doesn't go, how will the final budget include recommendations as to where because we're not paying for all of that with N? Well, well, actually, um, there's a one-pager in the budget, and I can I show you. I just don't have it in front of me, but there's, um, the one pager, which shows our estimated actuals where we're we
087anticipate ending this year with 10.7 million, I think, um, in committed funds. So, next year's 9.57 million um includes a million that we've set aside for um a math adoption. It includes the two vans that are getting delivered on July 1 and it includes a chunk of money going to the to pay for people to do work on the AI committee. Okay. So, we've built in some of those pieces already because that that portion is still kind of new to us, I think, and it's listed on on that one pager. Okay. Those items. Got it. Any other questions? Actually, because you're on the one pager that I'm looking at. Okay. Can I ask you one more question? Um, ending fund balance. Yes. That's proposed in the 2526 budget. There's 291 138 646. What is that?
088Okay, so remember how I said there's like money sitting in the bank. Mhm. So that that 29 million is where we start with the reserve, right? So there's all this money there, but not all that money is available. Okay. as uh because the reserve that we talk about um is a reserve for economic uncertainty, right? That's what the reserve is when you spell it all out reu. So you start with that number and then you see at the bottom you take that number and then it goes down and it gets like itemized out. So those are the commitments that we have. So you're you're taking away from you start out at the 29 million and you end up at somewhere around 17 million 15. Okay. 15 million. Um because all of those itemized areas are
089other commitments that we're obligated to. Okay. Thank you. Just want to say thank you for the work you and your team have done. again um I know how complex all that is and also um having to deal with everchanging rules and where the money is coming where not coming having to plan for those things u it is an a very very difficult responsibility but critical one so that we can operate this district well for the you know benefit our students want to say thank you yeah thank you thank you for acknowledging uh I have a great fiscal team and they really really put in the hours um every year throughout the year, but in particular in the planning of the budget. So, thank you. Thank you. They also make a mean waffle. Yes. Yes, we
090do. Thank you very much. Yep. Next up, 7.5 student board member report by Key. Thank you. Okay. Seniors ended their last few days of high school with senior sunset, senior breakfast, and senior sendoff/movie night. At senior sendoff, they enjoyed TK Burgers and got to watch the movie High School Musical and the Seahawk Bull. ASB is already preparing for next school year with summer workshop dates set to get a head start. The Seahawk Cup was a huge success with such an amazing turnout from the community. We were able to fund raise over $1,800 for the girls and boys tennis teams. So, thank you so much to everyone who came out and played. RHS Theater Arts has officially announced their musicals and plays for the 26 to 20 no sorry I'm ahead of myself 25 to 26
091school year. Their fall musical will be Urine Town and they will start auditions near the beginning of the school year. And of course students have been working hard on finals all week. They will finish strong with their finals tomorrow and enjoy a relaxing summer break. And finally, I'm super excited to announce I will be back next year to serve my final year. Thank you. [Applause] Wonderful. Congratulations. Thank you. That takes us to 7.6. Superintendent report by Dr. Nicole Wesley. Just want to give a quick fun report um thanking everyone again for um a wonderful year. We have one more day and then graduation. But um we're very fortunate because our secret sauce is our staff and our staff creates amazing experiences for our students um every year. And so this is our Paris staff. They
092took um a f a faculty meeting time to do a fun art art activity together to bond together. Um so all of these activities are very helpful and just keeping our staff um working together. Um so here's just some some fun. Again, we're serious about learning, but we don't take ourselves too seriously. And so um this these are some of our elementary teachers at Jefferson who dressed up as Witten Wisdom. This is so fun. Um there he is, one of our principles. I mean, come on. Taped to a wall. Uh he is fulfilling a a um a promise after um surpassing their goal for American Heart Challenge. Look at our child nutrition services, you know, providing a dash of fun and spicing up the day for students every day. As you know, they serve a
093lot of meals. And there's our IT team making magic behind happen behind the scenes. Um our staff, they're they're just silly and you know, bringing again learning to life. Look at our elementary teachers dressing up for the hundth day. Kindergarten teachers. Um, and that's at Madison. And then we have Mr. Erskin there, aka Elvis, again bringing just music and fun to life on stage. Um, Toita does a fun activity with their students. They have a spirit week and then the kids have to guess what the day is. So to the left there, um, that was monochrome day for their secret spirit week thing. It was so fun. And then there's some Washington teachers there as well. Um, talking about how mistakes mean you're trying. So, look how fun that is. Oh, there's a board member
094in there, too. Find find Waldo. You know, how do they get in there? He's always in all the pictures. The middle school has a lot of fun as well. Um, you know, I I just love this dunk tank with the life boards. Come on. just the creativity our campus supervisor Chris and then um our Adams teachers they had an Olympic themed spirit week to kick off uh one of their sixth grade activities so there's some teachers there Rumbler participating giving and then Paris staff there they are dressed up as inside out so they understand uh relating to their students more middle school there's the Adam staff dressed up and of course um some of the fun activities Renaissance day and Greek day so they get all into it right bringing learning to Adult school has
095fun, too. There they are. Themes, smiles. Um, it's always a lot of fun when you go to visit adult school. A lot of laughter, engagement. So, here's just some fun um pictures as well of students learning through engagement through curiosity. This is our middle school exploration class. Glad that Paris is going to adopt this class next year. Again, wit and wisdom. Third year, um, noticing, wondering, and now our kids 6K through eight will be noticing and wondering. um starting next year. Lots of joy. I mean, just all you have to do is look at the expressions on our students discovering involved. We have a lot to celebrate thanks to our staff. Walkthrough revolution, hands-on learning. There's so much. Again, thanks to RBF and the Ed Foundation for sponsoring a lot of these activities. Music again,
096Ed Foundation. Um the smiles are great. Obviously, parents are involved. Um as well, there's a a lot of community on every school. Mascots's coming out. at connecting school spirit, making kids want to come to school. Uh students took some trips, some of this year, African-American students, they went to a plantation, they went to a history museum, over a 100 clubs at the high school. Again, pair of students performing, having a great time uh in costume. Um again, PTA, we saw the hours lifetime of memories. Our parents have fun as well. Our RBF, thanks to them for their donations. this year wouldn't have been as enriched without them. And here are some of the programs. You saw Mr. Suhoo's class um today, our state competitors that won. And then obviously esports is another program. Thanks RVF.
097Our crossing guards, we, you know, very thankful to the city and our mayor um for funding our crossing guards and our city council members for um being a part of safety to and from school. We're very lucky to have that partnership. Um there they are, our SRO's, uh Officer Wolfinger and Officer Yap and our RBPD. They participate in career days and we're very thankful to have such a strong community with our RBPD and our fire department and our Beach City's health district. They provide a lot of value added programs as well. There's Aluchi, our assembly member, who's been very supportive of RBSD. We want to thank him. He had a um he hosted a ebike town hall at Paris and so some of our students are on the AL al cove advisory there. They there
098working and helping out. And of course um our board you know this is look I have the same outfit on. You guys make this this job and this experience so much fun and you're so supportive. You're at everything. So, we're very lucky to have you and just want to remind everyone um and of course I don't have a picture of my cabinet, but they keep me sane and um they're great as well. So, and of course, Enz. So, keeping us all together, the glue, but it's been a stellar year. Couple more days left. Don't forget to come back to school August 20th, everyone. And staff, it's August 18th. And that's Oh, I wanted to show a highlight. If you go to our website, that's the button. And um Susanna's going to show it our we
099took some time together to um well you can show them how to get to the high go to the the website. Yes. Thank you Susanna. And then you scroll down. There it is. Please take some time click on that. And these are just some of the highlights but um if you scroll down you'll see there's district highlights. Our bond obviously I'll let her keep scrolling. new courses. It's just a accumulation of all of the things that we have accomplished and this is just not even everything. Keep going. Yes, thank you for the website it um you know admin services and then list all the elementary school. Our principles were able to put three to four highlights per elementary school. And I made them narrow that down, three to four. And then middle school, they got
100to add their highlights, Paris and Adams. And then the high school has a lot as well. We didn't limit them. And then even the adult school has highlights, right? So please, everyone who's watching, go on and just if you want to get pure joy, read the highlights. It's amazing. Does it have a link to the high tide issue where all the seniors are going across? We should. Okay, we can add that. I think we will definitely add that. And then the last thing on behalf of Mr. uh Dr. Stephanie who's not here, we'd like to show our last spaces and stories which is one of our strategic plan goals. It has sound so hopefully that's on. My name is Ian Beiel. Um I work as a learning center instructional aid for third through fifth graders.
101I have worked at RBSD for three years now. I really love the opportunity to work with the kids. Um, I love the support that I get from the staff around me. I love the answers that I get to any of my questions, but again, just mostly succeeding with the kids and helping them through any of their daily struggles or challenges. I really like um the opportunities that RBUSD has offered me um as opposed to previous jobs and the confidence they've given me um the ability to step outside my comfort zone and to have you know a chance to continue um with learning about myself and how I can facilitate public education and teaching in the future. I hope to be a fully credential multi-ubject teacher through the classified grant program that I was offered in
102RBUSD alongside with California State University Dominguez Hills. On my own time, you can find me wandering around outdoors, doing anything from surfing, mountain biking, hanging out in the woods, climbing a mountain, and mostly just being around my family. And that's a true example why RBSD is great is the people. So, we're very lucky. Thank you. Thank you. No, we have so many incredible people supporting our students. So, thank you to everyone who puts in so much uh time and energy into them. Excellent. Up next is 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 Brown Act regulations, the board cannot engage in public discussion on items not on the agenda. Topics not on the agenda which are brought
103to the board's attention may be investigated by the administration in a report made to the board either publicly or privately at a future meeting. Comments 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. Do we have any advanced written requests? Would any members of the audience like to present? I will dispense with the rest of the hearing guidelines. Uh for item 8.3, do I have a motion to open the public hearing regarding the 2025 2026 RBUSD LCAP? Oh, okay. Sorry. Okay, perfect. Sorry. So, I'll open the uh public hearing for the LCAP. Any members of the audience like to speak on the LCAP? Sorry. Then can I have a motion
104and a second to close the public hearing? Student advisory vote. All those in favor? I. Any nos or abstensions? Very good. Takes us to item 8.5. We will open the public hearing regarding the 202526 budget and reserve disclosure requirements. Would any member of the public like to speak? We have any advanced written requests? All right. Can I have a motion and a second to close the public hearing? Second. Student advisory vote. All those in favor? I any opposed or abstensions? This takes us to our communications section. Coming up first will be the Ronda Beach Teachers Association. I think Excellent. You're almost there. One more day. Uh do we have anyone from the California School Employees Association wishing to speak or the American Federation of Teachers, Rhonda Beach Council Parent Teacher Association, Rhonda Beach Educational Foundation?
105Would the superintendent like to comment? Excellent. That brings us to the general consent calendar. Are there any items anyone wishes to pull from the consent calendar? So, I would like to pull 10.1 and 10.2. Anyone else have anything? If not, can I have a motion and a second to approve items 10.3 through 10.6? Second. Student advisory vote. All those in favor? I. Any opposed or abstensions? Takes us to our separate consent calendar items. Uh, starting with 10.1. Can I have a motion in a second to begin discussion? Okay. So, I pulled the PO warrant report. Uh, there I'm sorry. This is the uh field trips. No, 10.1. It's 10.1 PO. Okay. Sorry, I had them numbered wrong. Uh so I pulled the on the PO report. Uh there was just a few items in there
106I wanted to highlight that are measure S related because that's very exciting for our community to see those investments being made. But there's one in particular uh PO1-2501451 for Chromebooks for third, sixth, and 9th grades uh districtwide. And I know I talked about that with you, Mrs. Garcia, but I wonder if you could share some more information on what this is. Yeah, absolutely. I think uh the pattern theme today is listening uh to our students and our student voices and I just wanted to provide some context. I would take it back to the student advisory uh committee that Dr. Wesley put together and in one of those sessions they invited me. It was such a pleasure. Um and students uh voiced uh their thoughts on the current model of Chromebooks that we had for the
107secondary level. Um and one of those uh well a few of those items were the battery life um the loading of applications and how fast the processing speeds on the computer uh or the Chromebook was. So we took those considerations um we analyzed we uh looked at different models. We put a few models out in the hands of actual students over at the high school. Um, and then we heard their feedback again and uh from those models we selected one and so this upcoming scholastic year we're uh purchasing devices um that are beefier, more powerful. Hopefully the battery juice is longer um so they're able to do a a lot more applications. So um so that's going to be a change for for this upcoming year where we're going to be providing a new model
108for the secondary uh grade levels. Thank you. And is there a new model um as the primary level refreshers as well? There is. Yeah. So it's it's just the newer model um because the previous model that we had selected for the past three years uh is now end of life. So we've selected a newer model and that's based off the ARM processor. So it'll have better battery life and things like that rather than being more performanceoriented like the secondary level. That is correct. Yes. Excellent. Yes. I know for a lot of our secondary students uh I've seen firsthand as well that the performance is not ideal for loading things and everyone loves CK Express and so there's been a lot of improvements being made but this is really driven by by student feedback. Um and
109you know the sometimes people are starting to get their own laptops and things like that which are no longer managed by the district and it introduces a lot of other concerns. So being able to give students these devices I think is fantastic. So I really appreciate the work that went into this. Um were there was there a onetime grant I thought I'd heard potentially for some of this. That is correct. Uh so this uh purchase is actually with one-time funds. It's a grant one-time funds that we're using to make this acquisition. Fantastic. Even better. Uh and then one other question I had on this. Um, I know we've had some challenges uh with social media idiocy and vandalizing school Chromebooks. Uh, do we know roughly how many students have done that and do they get
110these new Chromebooks or can we keep them on the uh the current ones? Uh, it's a great question. Uh, there was approximately 12 units that were impacted. Um, and I do want to give kudos to the principles at the middle schools that uh experienced that because they took immediate action. So we coordinated a program where we were going to have the students understand um the impact and the damage that occurred and so they're directly working some volunteer hours to address technology. Um and so we look at the devices that we have. Uh so we do keep a pool of former model devices that we issue until we identify and investigate what truly occurred. Um, but we don't replace immediately with if it was intentional damage with a newer device. Thank you. Yeah, I know these
111new ones are more expensive. So, yeah. Um, don't want to reward people setting fire to school equipment. I think we should also note that the figure in the PO report represents, you know, obviously the purchase of the Chromebooks for the all the secondary, but after this year, for the next four years, correct me if I'm wrong, the purchase will only be for grades three and five. Uh, three and six. Three and six. So, um, there will we'll go back to actually a reduction in spending. Thank you. No, that's a good great point. There any other questions on the PO report? Um, I do and it's the same line item and and Miss Garcia has already answered it for me, but I wanted her to share with the public because my question was, um, on the
112Chromebooks that are coming back to us, whether or not there was any trade in value or any value of those Chromebooks, especially for anybody in our community that's just so mindful of upycling and recycling. And I just wanted you to share what you um shared with me. Yeah. So the devices that we get back, we have a system where we deploy new devices on registration day and we collect the older devices back. Usually um the Chromebook doesn't have a whole lot of value after the lifespan um that we've had it in um use. Uh but we have a very creative team. So the devices that are pretty solid and pretty in good, we can we consider it in good condition, we do what we call we Frankenstein them. So we take those devices, we take
113the either the keyboard or the screen and we take those devices and those parts and repair um devices that um could potentially have a life of a couple of more years or a year with those pieces. Um and then we e-waste the devices. We follow the district protocol for e-wasting uh given that we purchase it with public funds. Um and that's the process. Yeah. Thank you. And any other questions? Student advisory vote. All those in favor? I. Any nos or abstensions? Motion passes. Can I have a motion and a second to begin discussion of item 10.2? Approve participation of outdoor educational science camp programs for the 2526 school year. Sorry. So I had pulled this one uh just to highlight a few things really quickly as well. Um, so I know that there's been challenges
114in the past with buses to Camp Pi in snowy conditions. Um, getting enough placement for all of our students. Uh, looking at ways we can maybe consolidate by doing buyouts of some locations or things like that. And I know Dr. Garland, you and your team have been working on that. I was just wondering if can you share a little bit of information for the community because I know that always causes angst when people don't know if they're going to make it into camp or not and kids get very concerned about whether they'll be able to make and you know, all those types of things. So, if you just give a quick update. Thank you. Yes, I'd love to. So, we are looking into um more consistent student experiences next year and possibly at camps that
115we can just buy out the whole camp and be able to uh send all the students. Um and we are looking at ensuring that all students that want to attend camp can still attend camp. But we also, like I said, are trying to have more consistent experiences. So, we do have one elementary school that is trying the other Camp Poly that just opened. I believe it's in its first year. So, they are going to try it out this year and report back. Um, that may be an option for our fifth grade students the following year. Um, all of the camp dates, as you can see on the board agenda, have already been chosen for next school year. So, this will be in effect the following school year. Great. That's wonderful. Thank you for uh you
116and your team for working so hard on that. I know it's an incredible experience for our students. So, I'm glad we're able to give that to them and we'll keep you updated. Thank you. Any other questions? Student advisory vote. All those in favor? I I any nos or abstensions? Motion passes. Brings us now to our action items. Uh or as tonight it will be the Dr. Alpurn show. Starting with 12.1 approve bid award to low bidder for Altivista Elementary School fencing improvement project to Gold Coast Fence. Point of order. Is it possible since they're all for fencing that we could open all of them for discussion or do we have to do each one one by one? Is there action consent? They need to be every one of Okay. to be available. Thank you. Yes.
117Maybe we could cover them all at once but then vote on them individually. Sure. Yes. You can discuss one but require individuals. So Fred, maybe you want to share with the board the process we went through. Um, went through an extensive process examining every site, meeting with principles, members of the community, about everybody. Oops. I thought you turned it on. I did. It went off. uh determined what needed to be done, what had to be done, and uh came up with a plan that took us a couple of months to put together and put it out the bid and were I was pleasantly surprised that we didn't uh spend as much as we thought we were going to. And can you share the process for um being eligible to bid? Oh, yeah. To be eligible
118to bid on any of our work, you have to be pre-qualified. Uh, an outfit called PQ Bids does our pre-qualifications. They do a background check on you. Uh, everyone that bids has to provide a bid bond. So, if they fall out, we take it. They also have a performance and payment bond. So, if they get in trouble sometime during the process, we bring in another contractor, take their money. Uh, pretty simple, pretty straightforward. Um, I really, you know, it's kind of hard to answer a question. I'm not sure. It's the first time I've been called out for not spending enough. I I don't think anyone's complaining about that. [Laughter] We have the materials we chose. Uh, they can propose an an equal. no one did. Everything that was listed on the plans is what they're
119going to do. Um, we had pretty good response to our our request for bids and like I said, it turned out well. Great. Thank you. One, um, thank you for staying late this evening. Yes, sir. Um, the two loan members of the audience and I know it's a long day for you. So, we thank you for staying late. um the benefit of all of us and the community to answer uh and just get some clarifications. When I went through these some of the numbers the bit winning bids um were substantially lower than the second and third bid which led to additional questions and we we thought well perhaps we should have you present and just go through that process for us so others in the you know the the community may have the similar question
120they can feel comfortable with that. Sure. Uh, Red Hawk got quite a few and uh, they seemed like a young hungry company and I walked all of Toledo with them this morning to go over the uh, details of how this was going to happen and we're not surprised by anything. They had no problem at all. So, uh, Monday we start provided I get contracts to them tomorrow. As Fred was saying, uh, in terms of walking the campuses with all the principles, you know, you're familiar with the facility master plan that we developed now almost three years ago. Um, and so that those plans for were developed again by in every case a different principal that we did walks with. So um so when we went back this time around again no principal that we walked
121with this time around was a principal at that school three years ago. So partly it was getting the principles familiar with what was in the facility master plan. And so we also invited um school site council president and um the head of their PTAs. You know we asked the principles like you know have them join us if you'd like. So in on a number of cases they joined us for the walks and um in some cases we pulled back on some of the initial requests but in some we added more fencing. And so um Fred worked with an architect to build out um the the photos for um in preparation for the bidwalks. Yeah, it was so it was pretty nice set of plans really. I mean a lot of detail, a lot of photos.
122Yes. Thank you. I mean that gives me the uh comfort that that we are going to have quality products at a substantially low price and I added up the numbers of this bidding process resulted in savings of of um more than $300,000. So I want to thank you for having that uh delivered to us and I asked the question over to Dr. Alan earlier about how did this compare? I think it's adds up to about a $1.2 million fencing project. How did it compare with the facility master plan that we put together? It's coming in at $2 million less. Um, so thank you once again. Thank you, Dr. Auburn. And um I I also want to highlight the importance and the the value of having an expert like Fred within the district that we can
123that bet this um contractors and make sure the projects that we're putting together with our community's money for the benefit of students at a top quality. So want just highlight that uh and and emphasize once again um that we're in in very good hands. So thank you. Oh, thank you. I give you a little just one little tidbit to make you a little more comfortable. A lot of the sites, well, not a lot of sites, majority of the sites I'll take Bernie is particular has $30,000 worth of work is nothing because we've already done everything around. A lot of these campuses have a well, Jefferson, oh no, let me give you a Paris. All we have to do is put vision screen on the fence. We're done. So, we have quite a few. I have
124them listed if you'd like to hear them. But that's where we came in real well was we'd already done quite a bit of work on the last few fencing projects that I was involved in as well and hope to see this one to fruition. That's another point of our school district taking proactive approach in everything that we do so we don't wait till things fall apart. So it resulted in not only savings in operating costs but savings in future projects. So thank you. Yes sir. Yeah, just thank you as well. I know campus safety was one of the significant desires behind measure S from our community and so being able to move so quickly on this as well is really impressive being able to, you know, like you said, kick off Monday. Um, I really
125appreciate how how much work goes into doing something like this. Uh, I'm glad we don't have to go through DSA for all of it. Me too. Um, but yeah, no, just thank you to you and your team for all the work that goes into getting these types of projects going so that our facilities can be top-notch and be safe and give our students a wonderful place to learn. Anything? All right. Any other questions? Nothing. All right. Uh, so I'll move through these fairly quickly then. Uh, for 12.1 student advisory vote. All those in favor? I. Any nos or abstensions? Motion passes. 12.2 approve bid. I'm sorry. Motion in a second to uh begin discussion on 12.2 approve bid award for Burl Heights Elementary School fencing improvement project to Gold Coast Fence. Any questions? Student advisory
126vote. All those in favor? I. Any nos or abstensions? Motion passes. Have a motion in a second to begin discussion on 12.3 approved bid award to low bidder for Bernie Elementary School fencing improvement project to Red Hawk Services. Second. Any questions? Student advisory vote. All those in favor? I. Any nos or abstensions? Motion passes. Have a motion and a second to begin discussion on 12.4 approved bid award to low bidder for Jefferson Elementary School fencing improvement project to Red Hawk Services. Second. Any questions? Student advisory vote. All those in favor? I. Any nos or abstensions? Motion passes. Motion in a second, please, to begin discussion on 12.5, approved bid award to low bidder for Lincoln Elementary School fencing improvement project to Gold Coast Fence. Second. Any questions? Student advisory vote. All those in favor? I.
127Any nos or abstensions? The motion passes. Have a motion to second, please, to begin discussion on 12.6 approved bid award to low bidder for Madison Elementary School Fencing Improvement Project to Red Hawk Services. Any questions? Student advisory vote. All those in favor? I. Any nos or abstensions? The motion passes. Have a motion to second, please, to begin discussion on 12.7. Approve bid award to low bidder for Toledo Elementary School Fencing Improvement Project to Red Hawk Services. Any questions? Student advisory vote. All those in favor? I. Any nos or abstensions? Motion passes. I have a motion and a second, please, to begin discussion on 12.8 approved bid award to low bidder for Washington Elementary School fencing improvement project to Red Hawk Services. Second. Any questions? Student advisory vote. All those in favor? I. Any nos or
128abstensions? The motion passes. Motion in a second, please, to begin discussion on 12.9 approved bid award to low bidder for Adams Middle School for fencing improvement project to Gold Coast Fence. Second. Any questions? Student advisory vote. All those in favor? I. Any nos or abstensions? Motion passes. Motion in a second, please, to begin discussion on 12.10 approved bid award to low bidder for Paris Middle School fencing improvement project to Red Hawk Services. So moved. Second. Any questions? Student advisory vote. All those in favor? I. Any nos or abstensions? Motion passes. Finally motion a second please to begin discussion on 12.11 approved bid award to low bidder for Rodondo Union High School fencing improvement project to Redhawk services. Any questions? I do have one. This isn't the only time we can visit fencing for the high
129school is it this project? No. Thank you. Was there a specific Okay. Not at this time. Excellent. Wanted to clarify. know that for 100 years we cannot touch fences at that student advisory vote. A few more things that need to be done. All those in favor? I. Any nos or abstensions? Motion passes. All right. Motion is second, please, to begin discussion on 12.12. Approve the clinical experience agreement with California State University Dominguez Hills for clinical experience. Thank you, Fred. Uh so moved. Second. And who's Dr. Bus who you have? All right. I'm doing this uh for my former HR. So, this is a three-year agreement with um CalState Dominguez, and the only new thing is that they have a new prek through three um credential and so this has been added into the agreement so
130that we can support um student teachers who are um going to be receiving that credential. So, the the we are recommending that the board approve this this renewal of this agreement for three years. Anyone have any questions? Student advisory vote. All those in favor? I. Any nos or abstensions? The motion passes. We have no information items tonight. We do not have any discussion items tonight, which takes us to board member reports. Uh starting with board member Archer. Oh, thank you. I love this time of the year. Um, today I got to attend the promotion at Madison Elementary and our Comets are so ready to head to their middle schools and just the energy so great. And then I snuck into the um senior walk over at Lincoln. That tradition is so great to see all
131these kids returning to hug their teachers and staff. And I know there's been a lot of change, but gosh, it was just great to see that um student of the year um event is always amazing to watch these young young minds that are already so impressive. Um as well as our scholarship night. U my takeaway from both of those events was um so proud of the diversity of our community. These kids come from so many different backgrounds and uh especially at scholarship night, they're going in so many different directions. All of it impressive. Um, next year I'm bringing tissue I will tell you because there the all the speakers at all the various levels were already so eloquent and well spoken speaks volume about what our teachers do here, our staff and our support. So
132I'm very excited um for all of our students, the class of 2025 and where they're headed. Um, one of the things that um Dr. Wesley said at the student of the year that really stuck with me was that she spoke about success for our students and that they will um go on to whatever their successes are. We all define it differently but she said that to be significant and that to me is what embodies Roondo. We're just not talking about their success that we know they're going to go on to do and be significant. So, um so proud to be a part of this um this team and this district. So, I'm looking forward to promotions all day tomorrow and graduation uh the following day. Thank you. Thank you. Uh board member Silverman Neimoth. Um
133let's see. I wanted to first of all thank you all for allowing me to take some time off because it was much needed and much appreciated. Um, before I left, I did attend my first SCROCK meeting, and I'm going to let you all wait till next time because we've been in a really long meeting today. Um, but it was delightful. It's a delightful board. It was a really surprisingly nice place to be. So, um, and then, uh, I attended the Jefferson graduation today and was promotion. I knew she was going to do that as I said it um with Dr. Wesley and so proud of Mr. Stanley and the job he did even with Mr. Winkler sitting in the audience. So um that was it. Thank you uh board clerk Flynn. Do I have my
134little slide? Okay, I want to do the part that won't make me cry. So today, this morning, we planted our first of seven trees that are going to go into five different school sites at RBUSD thanks to the leadership um class of 2024. We are a small but mighty class of 10 people who fundraised for a project to add more trees to RBUSD. And today, thanks to Laura Franco Gallardo and the school district, she was able to move heaven and earth and let us plant the first one at the kindergarten playground at Jefferson right before the promotion. And you could see Dr. Wesley even got her hands dirty there and with her hat put on got into dig those trees. They're camp for trees that are going to go to all of our school sites
135and it's thanks to donations from the community that was able to raise this funds. And Dr. Dr. Alpurn doesn't know this yet, but we've had an outpouring of community members who still want to donate to trees at RBUSD. So, it is our hope that we can allow them to donate directly to the Red Roanda Beach Unified School District after we have given you all of our funds so that we can sustain um more trees moving forward. So, thank you, Dr. Alpurn because one of the things our class really wanted to do was make sure that we were always um we wanted to do this with the city. We're able to do it with the school district and to create a legacy fund so people could still give to trees because it matters a lot to
136very many. So, and one of the kindergarteners said to us today that they wanted to hug the tree. They were so excited. So, we're excited for that. And thank you so much to Laura Franco Gallardo for making this happen. All of the trees are going to be in the ground before the first day of school in the fall. So, um, looking forward to that. And then I do want to say without getting emotional that for the past 15 years I have been a parent in this school district, Bernie Elementary. Congratulations to the new principal. You got a great school there. Um, I was a parent at both Paris Middle School and Adams Middle School and of course at RUHS, the finest high school in the South Bay. And my baby is graduating on Thursday. So,
137my last it'll be my last day as a current parent at RBUSD. And I can say that it has been the greatest pleasure of my adult life. It has taken a village to get my two babies through this school district. And I have met so many amazing teachers, staff members, leaders, PTA members, RBF board members. So much so that it made me want to run for the school board, not once but twice because this this community has such um an amazing amazing asset in RBUSD. Thank you. Everybody here is kid focused. Everybody here means success and significant for almost 10,000 students whether our enchrome is going up or down and there is not a single human I've met that hasn't played a part in the success of not only my students but all of the
138students and I want to thank the teachers who continually take on new challenges when they you know and just with a smile and the committees and the administrators the new ones the ones that have been here a long time that are always looking to do they're willing to do something new for our kids. We have that flexibility here and we have the fiscal the best fiscal manager in the state of California. I'll say it again who allows us to um make sure we can take care of our staff and make sure that we have funding in case of rainy days or strange things that could happen with funding sources. So, um, congratulations to all the kiddos who are promoting and the class of 2025, who will graduate with Mr. Brown as their principal on Thursday,
139his first graduating class. And thank you to everyone that touched the lives of both Megan Sweeney and Aaron Sweeney. I will say their names out loud to make them the success that they are. Thank you. Thursday board vice president show well thank you um as my colleagues have shared it's it's been a very gratifying um also um just just filled with appreciation and gratitude um Dr. Wesley and myself along with Mr. Brown um had the privilege to be guest at a book signing event at a high school as uh Miss Flynn mentioned the finest school in South Bay and and and all the Southern California with our uh SDC students and their parents. It was um an experience that I've never had because I was filled with so much pride and and I can see
140the dedication that parents and our teachers and staff have poured in years after years and the students who work so hard. Um I mean how many high school students can say they are authors and they are there they were and they were sharing their product proudly um all of us and they're so kind to share us with signed books. Um I'll cherish that forever. Um it was experienced like none other and um and and it was truly a special moment for me and and and and a privilege that I have because I get to serve in this capacity. So thank you Roanda residents inviting me into to have this experience that that I can share with rest of the community. Something else that's special about Red Roanda Beach, we have a very special group of
141seniors graduating in two days. The group of 65 year olds that started this journey 13 years ago, a brand new program that many of the leaders in this room had led that project. It's it's a dual immersion project immersion program that we have at our district and in often and we associate the program with the Washington but it's program started at Washington now it's completing uh at redo high school 13-year journey just imagine those five year olds with bunch of grown-ups none of us have done anything it's like this is a new program we're but we're going to get through this um it took a commitment from not only from our school district, but many teachers, many staff, all the parents, and whole bunch of 5-year-olds um led that trailblazing journey. And it's been remarkable
142to see um how far they've come along. And let me also share I have three kids that are going through have gone through one is a junior, youngest one fourth grade, one in the middle, promoting to high school tomorrow. What a privilege that is u that this district district has offered. And I'd like to also highlight that in order for the program to not only start but flourish, it meant the rest of the community needed to make room for this new program to be seated and cared for and grow. That meant um how do we do this? Do we have enough room for this additional students? Do we have enough teachers? What about this year already there? Everybody took a chance on this innovative idea because we're Redando Beach Unified School District. We allowed that
143to happen. Not only we did, we supported one another while teaching each other to be inclusive of tolerant of, encouraging of one another, and asking for help when we need it, and accepting the help when it was offered. Um oftent times innovative ideas die as you know many companies don't make it because they don't have the support whether it's a financial resources um we went through a lot as as as as educational community um but this particular idea came about and everybody pitched in it's not just a Washington program I just want to emphasize that entire community came in And I remember having parent meetings that when we contribute and participate, we do it for the entire community, not just these kids. And that is still true today that this is what makes Redando. We
144try new things, we see it, we support it, we make room, we understand. And there's no elitist separatist ideas here. These are to enrich one another. Um I have seen my own children sharing their own experience with their other classmates and teach and teachers even it's like hey look what I have done. Um and that continues on today and I see them out in the community interacting with others sharing that experience and it's enriching all of us. Um so I want to thank the school district for having that vision. Um and I know Dr. Albert was instrumental in getting things not only going but make sure it kept going. So thank you and many teachers um that al they they they've been coming and gone. Many of them are still with us. Uh your work
145is noted and all the other teachers who made room for this happen. Thank you for letting us try the new idea and thank you for supporting. Um again this happens because as ML mentioned because we do it redundant way. So thank you. Thank you. Yeah we've reached the end of another school year and it's you know just amazing to see. It's a very emotional time. There's so much going on but this is all the great stuff. Um so you know for our students in particular our seniors you know thank you to our teachers, our staff who worked so hard over all the years to get them across the finish line. Um, you know, that's a an incredible educational journey. I hope they continue it, but you've done so much to help our students reach their
146full potential and thrive. And that's, you know, an monumental amount of effort. You don't always see the impact that it has with the days, but you see it with the years. Um, you know, thank you to all of our volunteers who give all their time and energy, donations, uh, so that our students can have a lot of amazing experiences we wouldn't be able to offer otherwise. And, you know, it really shows how much our community values education and prioritizes it. Uh, and of course, thank you to our parents for entrusting us with your kids. Uh, you know, it's there's nothing more important than that and we take that very seriously and you've been partners with us every step of the way and that is just, you know, so important. Um, you know, one of the
147things I got to see, I was at a 10th grade ELA class the day and they were having this research magazine presentation where they really went into these very complex topics and they had to do, you know, understand this reliable source and there was so much maturity around how they handled it. Um, I was just really impressed with seeing how they could kind of separate these falsehoods and conspiracy theories from merely scientificbacked facts. Uh, and it's, you know, such an important skill in this world full of manipulation to see our students at the sophomore level. Uh, just really tackling this head-on and coming up with so many amazing conclusions. Um, so, you know, looking forward to the class of 2025. Uh, you inspire me, you inspire all of us. Uh, you know, you did it.
148Um, you're carrying our hopes and dreams with you, but most importantly, you get to create your own. And that's just uh you know wonderful to see what they're going to do, where they're going to go next. And uh you know I hope you'll be a lifelong learner, keep pushing the envelope and try to make the world a better place because right now we live in completely unprecedented times. We face challenges none of us have ever considered. Um but you students have more powerful tools available than ever in history. So they just have to learn how to use them responsibly for the betterment of all. Um you know you've got the power to change the world. you can with the knowledge that you've been given uh knowing that we're all human and we are so much
149stronger when we work together. You know, you've learned how to be inclusive, celebrate our diversity, and you can really bring us uh so much light where others have shown divisiveness and hate. So, I can't wait to see everything the class of 2025 accomplishes as you continue your journey wherever it takes you and, you know, really show the world who you are. Um so, thank you to everyone who's made that possible and uh you know, one more day. Uh, with that we have our calendar of events. June 11th, uh, I feel like that's something. Oh, it's the last day of school. June 17th, it will be a regularly scheduled board of education meeting, 5:30 p.m. open session. And June 19th is a holiday non-working, non- studentent day for Junth. With that, uh, is there a motion
150and a second to adjourn the meeting? Second. Student advisory vote. All those in favor? I. Any nos or abstensions? Motion passes. We are adjourned.