00135. Will you please rise and join me in the pledge to our flag? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Okay. Let the record show that trustee uh all board members are present accountable for with exception of trustee Divine. Uh there were no actions taken in close session and I will now entertain a motion to adopt the agenda. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. All those in favor please say I. >> I opposed abstensions. Motion carries unanimously. Moved. Now move on to public com. We now move on to public comment. Waiting for it to come up here. All right. This is an opportunity for individuals to address
002the board on items that are not on the agenda. Uh please note that while uh while we will be listening because it's not an agendaized item, we will not be able to discuss the item or address the item directly. Is there anyone who'd like to address the board on an item that is not on the agenda? [Music] Any one online? Okay. Well, then we will then move on to reports and we will start with the Robbo Education Foundation. Good evening. And hey, it looks better up there than it does down here. Anyways, this one's going to be a little bit longer than normal. It's It's your fault. It's not mine. Oh, it's on. Okay. Anyways, foundation was busy over the summer uh with the fireworks. I don't know. I do have the quiver and it
003works. Anyways, uh on behalf of the foundation, I will acknowledge all of the people that we had the volunteers. I had 24 volunteers. They worked multiple shifts. It totaled up to about 91 shifts, not counting mine. And it was it worked out well this year to the point that we exceeded our sales from last year. We 10% above and I just got a check couple of days ago for 130 some odd dollars. That was a the bonus from meeting our goal and exceeding it, getting our 10 extra 10%. And this is a continuation of this. We had several people that had been doing this for years return. Some of them now are trying to leave the district, but we had some new members. And we had two of the we had Glenwood PTC which represented
004we had Main Avenue PTC which represented in addition to other folks this year. That's just how much how many shifts each one worked. We had the our we had the same I had the same driver this year for every night every morning every night and her and her daughter also came out few days a before we started and assisted me with cleaning up the area. We had to take care make sure that all dried vegetation and garbage was taken away from it. we have certain requirements in order to sell the priority. That's just the rundown. And with keeping in mind before I move on to the next item, I have a couple of checks here to hand out. Yes, you have to get up. Our first check >> is in the amount. >> I know
0056,820 of which $4,000 of this is our annual grant to the strings project. There was other money that was in here from other people that was designated for strings. [Music] Yeah, the letter's in there. So, a lot of information you'll have to be passing along through in the near future. I know I read this. Next, the other one I have I gave out of the PTC their check earlier this afternoon because they're still setting up the account. I also have a check here for the Glenwood PTC in the amount of uh $330. And this was one of my volunteers, Sabrina. And you're glad I'm never done. I knew on me if I didn't. But anyway, >> I'm just surprised or >> that you remembered. >> And while I'm remembering a special or shout out to
006the first three board members, the other one was back home in Panama. It happens. >> But anyways, Craig was there almost every night and he helped with clean or with the breaking down, packing everything away in the in the U-Haul truck, which was very much appreciated because our evening crew that we had, we had the same people, so it went quicker. The morning crew, it had a few variations, but it still all worked out. and thank you all for being part of this and participating. One of the things I'm looking forward to doing this year is now that we have the community schools grant people on board is work with them as far and to further enhance parent engagement and get some more volunteers in the booth all the different sites. >> Yeah, I'm I'm
007going to make take full advantage of that. >> There you go. people. Last another thing, uh, Triffic 10 was celebrated a couple weeks ago. The books will be here next week and nine students were able to select their books and for their $10 certificate. And one last thing that the foundation just recently did is we were asked if we could help sponsor about 24 to 28 children to go down to a basketball camp. It was set up primarily, it was through FAME, which is Filipino Alliance for Multicultural Empowerment. and they set this basketball thing up through the Kings coaches and a few other organizations for kids that at this point were going through some very stressful mental health crisis. And the two pictures on the left of the kids, those are two kids that are
008particular to me because they are here at Robla and they had some recent trauma that's been really bothering them. And so it all worked out well. person who contacted me was Marcy and she is the Skoey representative clinician or mental health clinician that's assigned a robust school so it worked out well and everybody has had a chance to see that and the other good thing about that is the foundation the people who worked for the money they approved I actually cut back the amount from what was approved to $1,000 and was able to get our district 2 city council person Roger Dickensson. His office kicked in a thousand. So they did a matching grant with us. So we able to give them $2,000 which took care of the cost of 28 kids for that session.
009Everybody had a good time and it was beneficial. And that's all I have for now. that that's a lot. Thank you so very much. Thank you for all that you do for for our community. >> Due to the length of the report that you'd probably put me down lower on the totem pole the next time. >> Well, Mr. Revan, before you go, um just I want to echo what you said and and thanking you. Um, and I don't think everyone knows how much work you put into this and make it easy. Um, everything from getting the booth set up to if if you've ever been in the booth, they have a ton of uh permits and everything that go along with setting up the booth. You got the placements, making sure that we're in the
010shade. you've got um everything that there's so much work that goes into this and that's before you get to coordinating all the volunteers and making it look easy. So, thank you for all your hard work. >> Now, be honest, the most stressful part of the booth is getting the staffing set up to make sure that ahead of time that I don't have to sit there and say, "Gee, I hope I can get somebody on the third or on the fourth." Unfortunately, this year As you know, I had few of you said, "Okay, we'll we'll step up the uh some PTC people from both Main Avenue and from Glenwood, they they came back and they put in extra shifts above and beyond what they had had signed up for. So, it works out. But I my
011heart can't handle that stress. So, that's why we're going to make a [Music] school of leazison and maybe I won't have that stress next year. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Okay, next we have the Rob Teachers Association CSEA Superintendence Report. >> Good evening. Um, I'd like to first start I'd like to take a moment to acknowledge that today marks the anniversary of September 11th. Um, we honor the memory of those who lost their lives and recognize the courage of the first responders and all who were impacted. Thank you. So, it's been a while since it's probably over almost a month since the last time we had um our board meeting. So, bear with me. So, uh no, Mr. Raven, I won't put you down because mine might be a little bit longer than yours.
012Um but but I I want to say that school kicked off really well and we have a small increase in enrollment. So, I want to celebrate that and say yay. And we're still enrolling. So, that's exciting. Um, as we said, we had our first terrific 10 last week. So, I'm super excited that the students already submitted their um their book their book orders. So, I said that as soon as you get them um in and I know Mr. Raven will give you your books next week. See? Great. Um, expanded is going well. Um, you'll hear more about it in the presentation by Mr. Bodkus. Um but I will say I am pleased that we were able to we are now able to offer before school care and that is in response to the needs of
013our families. Um so families if you're listening you know we do have an option of before school care at all sites. On that note I will say that we still have space in afterchool care. So please you know continue to go to your site. Um, I know we you can register online, but we do have openings. Um, I understand and recognize that there are some families who might want to um or prefer a specific program that's at capacity. Um, and you choose to stay on their waiting list, but you know, I I want to let you know that there are available spaces in um all the other programs. September, we're going to do two big pushes. One is for parent square while I will say that we have a great percentage over 90 maybe 95%age
014for connectability contactability contactability right where the messages are going out to at least 95% of our families and staff. However, we do not have the same number for those that open messages. So, we are going to do a push this month to one, make sure that um you have your parent square set up on your app and two that um you open our message. So, there's going to be one day this month that I haven't picked out yet where we are going to send out a message and we'll let you all know and um you'll have to open the message and then we will run a report and we will have a raffle for all the families and staff who sign up and open a message. We'll put you in a raffle and we're going
015to figure out um some really exciting prize. I'm gonna encourage you to open a message. We just want to make sure that communication that you know especially you know just information that not only you get it that um you'll be excited to open it as well. Um and the second push will be for our educational benefits form formerly known as LCFF form. Um, and so we have a deadline um by the end of the month to make sure that our families complete that form. And it really is important to complete it. Whether you feel you're um um within a certain financial range or not, this form determines funding for our schools, right? The district and our schools. And it really does make a difference on the programs that we are able to offer. So, that
016will be the two pushes in the month of September. And I'll probably throw in an attendance challenge because I see a Taylor parent here. Um, I will probably throw in a tennis challenge and I know it's a big competition between Glennwood and Taylor. Let's see. Um, I do want to say congratulations to Lane and Taylor. Um, I received recognition this week that they are 2025 California PBIS recognition award schools. Maine will receive platinum recognition and Taylor will receive gold recognition and they will be recognized at the 10th annual California PBIS conference in Sacramento August 8th and 10th through the 10th, excuse me. And those two schools will be on the California list recognizing um their work with their implementing PBIS. What is PBIS? That's what you guys are all asking me, right? Um positive behavioral
017intervention and supports. So the systems that they have at those two schools have um are being recognized for platinum implementation and gold implementation. Um and then finally um I just wanted to give an update. Um, I had we had a community concern regarding um the condition of the flag that's on the pool here on our campus, right? Well, on our property. So, I want to say first to acknowledge that that is not our flag. We do not maintain it. We there is a company that leases the land and is responsible for its maintenance, right? As well as um doing what's necessary, right? like to date when we should be um just uh what is it? We should get half staffed, right? And so we we there is a perception that Roadless School District is not
018honoring that and I want to acknowledge we are in communication with the company. We have asked them to replace the the flag because it is tethered and faded. Um they agree that um they will replace it. It does take 5 weeks so it's not going to happen tomorrow. um that they are willing to um improve their communication with the district when we reach out to them and say this should be half staff for the next five days or we're going to give you five weeks heads up that it's time to replace the flag. So I want to just um I appreciate the community that reached out to us um to concern but I want to acknowledge that is not us. we are working with that third party who leases um that location to do a
019better job that represents roadway standards. I very much appreciate that cuz O glory is a nickname not not a description. [Music] Thank you. That's the end of my report. >> All right. Now we'll move on to board member reports. Uh we'll start with Trustee Cardona. Um I was available to attend uh the uh year teaching the year with superintendent Shane and was represented by uh Savala a white through uh main Avenue and it was an honor to be there. It was a it's a beautiful ceremony and we was um really proud to be there for her. And just for uh heads up uh Mr. Revenant, I uh I wasn't here last last uh summer because I was in Panama, but I do like when if I'm here, I happy be part of your uh personal
020and I was Christy Hamilton, start. >> Um, it's been a it's I feel like it's been a while, so I can't remember if I already said this, but I had a lot of fun at um, Freedom Schools this summer doing Harambe and the read aloud, and it was a lot of fun, and um, I always look forward to next summer when I might have the opportunity to do that again. Trusty Barnes. >> Oh, I um unfortunately did not was not able to attend Freedom School. So, Darl, if you're listening, don't you know, I apologize. I will catch up with you, but I was able to attend the uh back to school night for Rob. And I wanted to make this um the back to school night for Bella. It was the same day, but traffic
021prevented me from doing that. But I I was able to come to Robin and see back to school night um led by Mr. Calf and his staff. And you know, I just love those events. Um they they really do set the tone and you get to see the families that are excited. You get to see the staff that are excited. You get to see everyone that's excited. And um yeah, I just love those events. And that's all I have. Um I uh one thing that I just wanted to note, it's it's not as much a report, but you know, in light of everything that's happened recently uh with the the shooting that took place at the Utah uh uh college university, um you know, I want to say we're in an era right now where
022uh political discourse is become less and less civil. And one of the things that I really wanted to acknowledge and I want to acknowledge my not just my fellow board members but I wanted to acknowledge our staff and our community members. You know last year we had at least one issue that was a challenging issue and it was one where people were very passionate. I appreciate that we were able to discuss that issue. We were able to debate on that issue. we were able to address that issue and everyone even while passionate was respectful was focused on the issues and focused on our core mission. Um I I honestly believe going forward you know if if we're to get out of the the habit that seems to be taking place in our national politics. It
023starts local. It starts with community and being able to have those conversations, being able to be respectful of one another and respectful of our differences. And I just wanted to say how much I appreciate each and every one of you and and and how you have contributed to that and the atmosphere here in Roba and I just yeah anyway I just I just felt like that was something that was especially considering everything that's going on it was that was worth pointing out and worth saying. So thank you. And with that, we're going to go to our next item, public hearing, the 25 202526 sufficiency of instructional materials. That hearing is now open. And for those who have of you who are wondering why we do these um hearings, every year we we always make sure
024that we have enough um instructional materials for our students. That's our perception. this is your chance to tell us if we are off in that perception. So we want to make sure that parents have the opportunity to come give us their opinion and tell us what they what they believe because we you know we we know what we need but >> we want to listen to you make sure you you feel heard. So that's why we have these hearings. >> Appreciate that. >> Any uh >> no comments? >> I move that we close the hearing. Second. >> It's been moved and seconded to close the hearing. All those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Abstensions. Motion carries unanimously. >> We're now going to move on to recognition. [Music] And uh we have
025a resolution number 930 n national Latin Heritage Month. And we'll go ahead and read it. Whereas the Robbo School District is honored to join citizens around the state and throughout the country in recognizing September 15th, 2025 as the start of National Latin Heritage Month. And whereas Latin Heritage Week, which began in 1968 under President Lyndon B. Johnson was expanded to National Latin Heritage Month by President Ronald Reagan and enacted into law in 1988 to cover a 30-day period starting on September 15th, the day which represents the anniversary of independence for five Latin American countries. And >> whereas Latin students comprise approximately 52% of the Robbo school district student population and >> whereas Latin Americans are a diverse group that represent numerous ethnicities and geographic and politician regions identifying with variety of terms including Latino, Latina,
026Hispanic, Chico, Chana and country specific terms and >> whereas Latin Americans ans may also trace their roots to the indigenous peoples of the Americas. And whereas the accomplishments of this group span the fields of medicine, law, education, agriculture, sports, the arts, science, business, and government. And >> whereas the cultural influences of this group have been remarkable in the food, language, and music of American culture. And >> whereas awareness of this contribution should be part of a full understanding of sharing history and culture. Now therefore, be it resolved by the governing board of the Robust School District that September 15th through October 15, 2025 is designated as Latin Heritage Month and that all educational sites are encouraged to recognize the contributions of Hispanic Americans through our curriculum and activities at the school and passed and adopted
027by the governing board of the school district on the 11th day of September 2025. And with that, I will entertain a motion to approve. >> So moved. >> Second. >> It's been moved and second. And all those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Abstensions. Motion carries unanimously. We'll now move on to presentations and information. And we will start with our expanded learning opportunity or ELOP and after school education safety ACES update. Good evening everyone. For those who don't know me, my name is Alexio Zvakus, district coordinator for expanded learning here at Rob. And today I'll be providing you important updates about our expanded learning opportunity and after school education and safety um programs. We have updated both our ACES and ELOP plans with guidance from the CDE. These plans have been intentionally
028designed and comp to complement and align with each other, creating a single coherent vision for expanded learning here at Roba. In addition, the official fisc fiscal agent and ownership of the ASUS grant has transitioned from the city of Sacramento to the Rob school district. Moving forward this year, we're excited to announce two new program partners, right at school and stay after school, joining our existing previous providers, City of Sacramento Stark and Rob Family Development Center. Here's how our programs are distributed across our schools. Stay after school operates at Bell Avenue, Glenwood, and Main Avenue. Um they also provide our before school program which starts 45 minutes before the first bell. Um and that's offered across all school sites as well. Robert's Family Development Center is offered at Taylor Street in Glenwood right at school with
029the including Sacramento start or both provided at every school. The following shows are current data across all platforms per school site. Taylor Street leads with the largest before school program serving 67 students and Glewood has the largest afterchool enrollment with 222 students. In total across all providers and school sites, we currently serve 1,28 students with new enrollments continuing daily. These numbers demonstrate the impact of our expanded learning providers and the programs we provide for our students. Um, we're going to continue to provide the value and the resources our students deserve at the Robbo School District. Do we know how many students we were serving last year? >> Okay. >> Yeah, we'll get back. Um, but yeah, that's a great question and I do believe the ADA is higher. >> Um, at this point, I'll be
030happy to take any questions, concerns, or comments. >> Thank you so much. Excellent. [Music] All right. Now, we'll move on to item B, the 202526 districtwide library manual, tall. Um, good evening board of trustees. Um, before I begin, I want to introduce a couple of people to you. First person I'd like to introduce is Miss Fay Grundle. Fay Grundle is our certificated librarian of record. Um, every school district is required to have a certificated librarian of record. And so she she is a consultant with our district who was a former teacher in our district and I did my student teaching here actually and then taught for many years. My son went to the preschool and um Mr. B's daughter was a flower girl in my wedding and I have had a lot of conversations >>
031so I'm I'm very happy to still be connected and to to your point it is definitely a community and I think every year I contact someone and say what openings do you have because I I I just it is definitely I've worked in multiple school districts taught TK through high school in some form Um, and every everything I always come back to to Wood. This is where my start and I got an excellent start here and I'm very grateful for that. And I lived in Wood Lake for many, many years and saw the Robertsville Center grow and it makes my heart happy to know that that is I'm always telling people wonderful >> and I got to meet Michael. So, That's why I'm a librarian at heart. >> Yes, is our librarian at heart. Um,
032but many districts do not have full-time librarians uh that work for the district. Many districts work the same way we do in terms of having a librarian consultant. So, I'm happy to also introduce to you two of our library technicians are here with us tonight. We have Meen Gonzalez who is the library technician at Robla Elementary School and Solid Van Reyes who is the library technician for Glenwood Elementary School. And if you have any chance when you're on the campuses, go by some of the libraries. They do such a beautiful job of making them warm, welcoming places for children, environments where children would want to sit down and read a book. Um they have little reading nooks and and just they do fun displays. So, please come by and check out some of our librarians,
033especially around the holidays and various um seasons because they do a lot of really cool things to um bring books to life, especially books that are very popular around certain holidays. Okay. So, the reason that uh we are here today is that we have been working to put together a library manual [Music] So the the purpose of this manual is a doc it's a document to guide us in the universal school library policies and procedures for the robo school district. Um, the manual also will operate for us as a guidance and tool for policies and procedures for handling if there were any time if we ever had a challenge of one of the books that we offer in our district. We have a mission statement for our library to provide access to information and resources
034supporting literacy and education, promoting lifelong learning and serving as a resource to families and enabling them to engage in their children's learning and be a part of the school community. Uh we reference the American Association of School Libraries in the manual. A lot of the information that we received is from this well-known professional organization that helps guide school libraries and policies and procedures as well as we have library standards, the California school model school library standards which are learning standards that are also within this manual. The manual and our procedures also align with some of our LCAP goals. We have two goals written in our LCAP. The first one is providing culturally diverse materials. Each year, school library technicians and myself and principles, we all work together to build the capacity of our libraries to
035ensure that we have diverse materials in our library that represent the community that we serve as well as building our bilingual uh sections of our libraries as well. um throughout the district um but even more robustly at Glenwood School as that school is the DLI program. So we need an even larger um population of bilingual books for that program. We also offer extended library hours to support the access to the library for our community, our families. So three days a week the library is open an extra hour after school so parents can come and access they can check out books. We have computers in the library. They can access the computers in the library if they'd like to. And and we're hoping to work more with our new community schools to build the capacity of
036that resource for our community and make it even more of a community place. And that's what I have for you. just wanted to share with you that we have this manual and um that we're working to provide the best libraries we can provide for our children. >> Thank you so very much. >> Thank you. >> All right. Now move on to the approval of the consent agenda. I'll entertain a motion to approve. >> Move. >> Second. >> Been moved and second. All in favor please say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Extensions. Motion carries unanimously. >> I'm sorry. Thank you. But I want um Mr. Living to introduce um one of the individuals who is on the consent agenda and introduce our new chief of technology. >> Good evening everyone. So John Ellen is our new
037chief of technology and we're excited to welcome him. He's going to start his first day here in Robla on September 30th. So I'm going to let him say his word. Hi, thank you very much for having me and and giving me the opportunity to join your team to make uh things great here for the students of Robo School District. I have over 17 years of public education experience uh working for county offices of education and a variety of different school districts. Um so I'm really looking forward to coming and and being part of this and and making things work well and use technology as an empowering tool. So, thank you very much for the opportunity. >> Welcome to the Robbo family. >> All right, we'll move on to action items. We're going to start with
038item A. Approve and adopt the 24 2024 25 GAN limit calculations and the 202526 estimate in resolution number 931. So moved. Second. >> Okay, it's been moved and seconded. Discussion. >> Um, this is just an annual lab requirement that we have to do that pretty much indicating that we don't spend more money than the state give us to comply. You see just uh has been now um honestly not what we do it anymore because we never we never we never we on compliance. It's just a calculation that we we had to do in the book. I I would encourage us to maybe pen a letter to our member of the legislature in the governor's office asking them if they could just put it in the budget trailer bill and remove this requirement because the GAN
039limit is >> to anyone who understands what it is. It is supposed to be this spending limit that right now just doesn't exist anymore >> and it's really a waste of time but it's a legal requirement. >> Okay. They must say that we did not receive a constitutional comp and we never do because we only receive the funds there. >> Exactly. All right. Any additional discussion or debate? Hearing none will move on to a vote. All in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Abstensions. Motion carries unanimously. Item B, approve and adopt California Uniform Public Construction Costing Act resolution number 932. >> The following item >> hold the following items that will be presented by Vice President Jennifer Giz from Bowel Construction Company that is helping us. So I vice president I will let
040her speak. Thank you so much for having me, board president, trustees, superintendent Jen, community. Um I'm excited to be here and I'm going to be presenting this evening on a couple of the items. The one before you um um item B is um actually for it's um mistitled, but the all the content and the um attachment are correct. It is for the emergency resolution adoption um at Glenwood Elementary School. As you know, this summer we had that emergency work with the portable and the movement. We were here at the last board meeting with some of the items. This is a formal resolution adopting um the resolution that the project was an emergency. We had to do it within the tight timeline of the summer and um we need this for compliance with the division of
041state architecture and the California Department of Education. So this is just a formality um but it does um require an adoption by the board and all the costs associated were spent between the months of July and July and August. >> So do we need to amend the amend the motion to change the title of the resolution or simply the fact that we recognize resolution number 932 sufficient. >> Huh? Okay. All right. Well, we don't need to amend the motion then. We'll just res approve resolution number 932. Is there any discussion or debate? Hearing none, we'll move forward to a vote. All in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Opposed? Abstensions? Motion carries unanimously. Item C, approve and adopt Uniform Public Construction Costing Act and Procedures. So moved. second. >> Been moved and seconded. Any
042discussion? >> This is um an updated um to adopt the um it's called Kfka. It's a a procurement opportunity that the board has. It allows us to procure um the current standing limit is $15,000. And so updating the procedures allows you to um go up to $75,000 and procure staff would secure three quotes. we've come to you through a CUPKA um list and on a monthly basis you would approve those contracts for facility improvements. Um this is a standard process um approvement um and adopting this resolution would adopt that um you would be able to file a resolution with the state and become formerly a Cupcake district. >> Any discussion or debate hearing? No, we'll move forward to a vote. All in favor please say I. >> I. opposed abstensions. Motion carries unanimously. Item D,
043adop, approve and adopt informal bidding procedures pursuant to the Uniform Public Construction Costing Act resolution number 934. >> So moved. >> Been moved and seconded. Discussion. >> Wonderful. Thank you. This um thank you for adopting the prior resolution. Um now that you have adopted that um these are the informal bidding processes that we will follow um under the adoption of CFA. Um so with this resolution that is what you're authorizing and that too will be sent to the state of California to affirm that this is um a standard practice in Europa if you so adopt. >> Any discussion or debate? And just just so people are clear, just because we're not meeting, things still happen in the district and then we have to catch up. So in case you're all wondering, anyone out there is
044wondering why we do this. We we have to follow procedures. >> Any additional discussion or debate? Hearing none, we move forward to approve. Those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Opposed extensions. Motion carries unanimously. Item E, approve contracts under $15,000. So moved. >> Second. >> Been moved and seconded. Discussion. >> So um last month when we brought a bunch of items, they were not on a list. So there were multiple action items. We had talked with staff and um brought forth um several different items as you can see in the attachment. These were um items that we are um requesting approval on. Um they were under 15,000 which is the um current before tonight's adoption of CUPA was the current bid threshold. So, um, this is ratifying those items. >> Any additional discussion
045or debate? Hearing none, we'll move forward to a vote. All in favor, please say I. >> Opposed? Abstensions? Motion carries unanimously. Item F, approve amendment number one to the construction services agreement with Maguire Hester Construction for the Main Avenue new preschool transitional kindergarten kindergarten classroom construction project to establish a guaranteed maximum price for the Main Avenue uh PSTK project. So move >> second. >> Moved and seconded. Discussion. >> Wonderful. This is a very exciting um item uh tonight. This is for our um TK or PS uh TK SDK um program for early learners um at Ming Avenue. Um we've uh you have hired Maguire Huster. They were brought on earlier um the the pre-construction. We have our division of state architectural approval of our plans. And so this um adoption of amendment is to amend
046the contract and establish a guaranteed maximum price for that work. Um so for this project you have um two um contractors. You have one that's doing your buildings which is in Fireplex that has already been approved by the board and then this would be um to approve all your site and other work um in addition to um making that a complete project. Um and so we went through a process with Magguire Hester and reviewing all the bid packages. So they formally bid um out to their subtrades um mechanical, electrical, concrete, um fencing, all of those. They were received several bids per each subtrade. And then um we reviewed those with the team, a logistics plan, the schedule, and um and everything is in alignment with our district budget. And there are some allowances and contingencies.
047So when we bring forth a guaranteed maximum price, the goal is is that's as much as we're going to pay and throughout the process, those contingencies and allowances are managed by the district. It's not just a freeall for the contractor to go and and draw down without um the approval of the district. So, we'll be keeping a proposed change order log um with those um accounts as we negotiate um draw down at the contingencies and then bring back forth at the end of the project a um hopefully a negative change order where we give you money back on the project. Um but we'll be reporting out on that project as as we move along and we're very excited with the establishment of this GMP. We will get started. >> Quick question. So when you're talking
048about guaranteed maximum price, so then I'm assuming that that means if it's the guaranteed maximum price, there will be no positive change order that's going to require us to go over the guaranteed maximum price. Correct. >> That is the reasonable assumption. I there is an act of God or something um significantly unforeseen um then we will come back to the board and discuss that with you. But um we are carrying um wea district has 3% contingency of our own. The contractor also has 3% contingency and with this project 6% contingency is um a very comfortable um limit. So working within that most likely we will not be coming back. Um I don't want to guarantee >> I I I I understood that which is why I asked the question. It's that why I've always wondered
049why it's called the guaranteed maximum when it's not guaranteed. >> We really try to guarantee no what it is why it's called guaranteed maximum price because if we did not have the if the board didn't authorize those contingency amounts um on a monthly or um even more frequently we would be coming back to you if there's any change in the contract. So, um, if we need to, you know, um, have a little bit additional asphalt or concrete and it goes over what's in their bid as it is now, we're able to draw down for that. Or if there's a change from staff from a technology standard, right? You have a flexibility um, with the board's authorization of utilizing those contingencies. But again, all those draw downs of contingencies are um, backup is provided with a
050it's called a proposed change order. it's a log. We're tracking it. It has all the proper backup um whether it's a labor rate um or material pricing and then we're reviewing that as a team along with staff um as we work through that. So, we try our hardest to make sure >> I appre I very much appreciate that. >> In all, I've been doing this for 20 years. Um, there was only one time in 20 years that I had a GMP come back and I had to ask for more money and it was in um the Great Recession when steel prices went skyrocketed up and our entire building was steel. So, um, that was the only time that had happened. Um, so most likely I'll be coming back in a year from now with the
051money back for you. >> I like that. >> I just want to also add that we have not received a funding for this project yet. has been covering the expenditure with a part of the a cash flow with a general fund. So once we have this contract, we're going to send it by tomorrow. >> Okay. >> Maybe we can have introduced as the industry standard is to refer to it as the most likely maximum price. >> I'll work it. Okay. Any additional discussion or debate? Hearing none further to debate. All in favor, please say I. I. >> I. >> Opposed. Abstensions. Motion carries unanimously. Uh, all right. Moving on now to item. No, I already did E. Moving on to G. Here we go. >> G. We approve authorization to purchase two new diesel-powered school
052buses. So moved. >> Second. >> Been moved and seconded. Discussion. >> Um we plan to provide explanation in the board package. Um we need two new buses. Um we buy electrical buses and um but those are three of those are not reliable because the company who u we purchase those boxes those buses went bankruptcy. preparing to bring the company back. So to repair those buses is taking us a long long time because there's not there's not a local company who could fix those. So it's taking a um a very long time. Plus it's not a and other companies don't want to do it because they have their their rides their electronic is the only lion could work on it. And so for in order for us to provide those reliable transportation that for the public
053ROA provides public transportation district wise for our students and also regarding long trips that's we need those we need those those buses the new new buses. So we still going to work on the five buses we still have to um crash them. we had to um wait and they give us an extension for six months in a year but we still had to eventually crash once the electric buses they replace all buses >> now there was I know that they were considering legislation that was going to provide an extension >> on how long it was going to be before you had to to destroy the buses do we know if that legislation ever went through >> it didn't really pass it was um my understanding was u it was like uh between six months and
054a year to request it. So it was not like a one for all. So we we had to request it. They give us approval to we had crash. [Music] >> It is just this is the challenge with electric buses is a is a state has been well it's a nationwide issue but it's been a statewide issue. >> It is a that's exactly I was going to say it's not probably is not alone on this. You just drive around here, you can see a lot of buses new >> park because they kind of relate to this. The state I mean the state did provide us the funding for the electric buses that we did purchase, right? >> Yes. that funding. Yeah. >> Okay. Good. So, I just want to make sure that the taxpayers in Robla
055are not out that money. So, that was just that was my main concern right there. >> Two new diesel buses we are. >> Yes. Sorry. When we bought the electric buses, we had to give out one of the house buses or diesel buses before we replace them. >> Yeah. We had to >> give them to the buses to get the electric one, but they paid for the electric one. But now we have to buy the buses back, right? >> Yeah. We purchas them to So we kind of Yeah. when we when we when we chose to receive electric buses, we needed to salvage equivalent. So, if we receive three um electric buses, we need to salvage three. So, Mr. Castillo said we'd already salvaged one and there's two more um I think what is it
0562003 and 2004 that we will salvage but um his recommendation is to purchase two newer diesel buses because the other two electric are >> on that new buses we can't still the diesel buses is still the most reliable >> transportation and they have um the safer too and they have um AC for the students for lunch in the summer. So that's so we make sure that that was our choice. So we buying we decide to purchase with a AC our students are are comfortable when they especially long. >> Thank you for saying that because I was I was going to ask about that. It just blows me away that they don't come with AC. But uh I'm glad you bought that >> and the lemon law apply to this. No, I'm laughing because we we
057tied that but it's because we go it does not apply because we will see the funding and it's it's a long long process. >> Yeah, we give them two buses we have. >> Well, you you will do that bankracy but just going to this a lot of discussions with that. So, it's like new company coming legal. for this kind of weekend. >> So, so um Okay. So, so the the electric buses, I mean, because we're this is 453,000, >> but that's for two diesel buses. Um just for so people know, um one of the electric buses cost about us about that much when it got to the full >> um installation of the hardware and everything associated with that. And and and as as Trusty Doo said, we did have a grant that covered most
058of that. So, I'm glad we had that um per bus so that you know we we learned a valuable lesson. But um um we're getting two buses, two diesel buses um for the price of one of those um electric buses. >> And hopefully one day, you know, um it'll catch up and and we'll have some decent electric buses. >> No, that's not yet. >> All right. and and and we we we we took, you know, we took a a risk and um and I I went to um at CSBA the last conference, I went to a session specifically on this and I wanted to hear information about that and and you know, I heard a lot of information in a lot of different districts and and we actually got off kind of kind of lucky
059>> um because there are some districts that had um other considerations like you know big hills and the concern was okay if we take this bus up this big hill and down that big hill, where do we charge it so we can get back up this big hill and back down that big hill, you know? Um, so there were a lot of considerations and our area, I mean, you know, we have a small district and we're flat. >> So, this is the >> Don't have freezing weather. This is a perfect district for >> um for an electric bus and we we really tried to make this this work. So, and I I really want to get to that point, but you know, I get why we're buying, you know, a couple more diesel buses, and
060I'm glad that they're brand new. >> Not what were they 2003 and four? You said >> 2003. We're establishing. >> Okay. So, yeah, not 2003 and 4. And I'm I'm so glad that they had recognition. Thank you. >> Any additional discussion or debate? Hearing none, we'll move forward to a vote. All those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Opposed? Extensions. Motion carries unanimously. Item H >> uh uh approve 1.0 FTE district chef position uh attached job description and corresponding salary schedule effective September 11, 2025. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Been moved and seconded. Discussion. >> Um yes, we're actually very excited to present this item tonight. Um, as you're aware, our contract with Brigade is ending at the end of this month. And one of the most valuable components of that contract,
061um, was having an opportunity to have an a district chef train our staff, work with us on menu and recipe items, um, consult on, um, efficiency in kitchens, whether it's the way we produce food or the actual layout of the kitchen itself. And so we found that to be extremely valuable and decided to bring that service inhouse. And so presuming that the board approves um this item and the next one, it'll bring a close to Chef Sergio's three-year interview process. So, thank you if you do. >> I will just say while I very much appreciated the uh the partnership with Brigade, uh Chef Sergio was the best part of it. >> Any additional discussion or debate? Um just to assume that the um proposed funding is for salary and benefits. >> It is and it
062does come from our nutrition services fund and it's less than the brigade contract overall because there were other services they provided. >> Thank you. >> Any additional discussion or debate hearing? No, we'll move forward to a vote. All in favor, please say I. I >> opposed abstensions. Motion carries unanimously. Item J, approve 202526 Roberts Family Development Center parent engagement contract. >> You have to approve. >> Oh, I skip I'm sorry. I skipped one. You're right. You are correct. I'm sorry. Item I approve employment for Sergio Cardona as the 1.0 FTE district chef effective October 1st, 2025. >> So moved. >> I second it. He's not related to me. Okay. >> Okay. Any additional discussion or debate? Hearing no, we move forward to a vote. All in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Abstensions.
063Motion carries unanimously. Item J, approve the 202526 Roberts Family Development Center parent engagement contract. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Been moved and second. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, we'll move forward to a vote. All in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Abstensions. >> Motion carries unanimously. And now we'll move on to board member request for board member agenda items or reports. Trusty Cardona. >> I have no trusty Hamilton. Sorry. >> Nothing at this time. >> Trusty Barnes. Nothing at this time. But I will say um thank you to all the parents who are either in the room or online. We really appreciate you coming. >> Yep. >> And I have nothing except to say ditto. So with that, thank you so very much for uh joining us and we will see
064you next time. >> This meeting is a journ.