001the Mesa Spring Valley. >> Um, please be advised that this meeting is being recorded. If you would like to make a comment, please fill out the pink card on the back table and give it to the superintendent or to Kathy. Um, participants on Zoom who would like to make a public comment must submit the public comment form by 6:10 p.m. And that will bring us to our pledge of allegiance. We have students from La Mesa Dale Elementary School. Please stand. Right hand over your heart. Ready? Begin. 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. Great job. Um, that will bring us to the approval of minutes of our previous meeting. I move
002to approve the minutes of the previous meeting. >> I'll second. Any questions regarding those minutes? All in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. And that brings us to the approval of tonight's board agenda, which we would like to move forward with an amendment. >> Yep. On tonight's board agenda, we are removing item 4 E. It'll come at the next meeting. I'll move to approve tonight's board agenda. >> Second. >> Any questions regarding the tonight's agenda? All in favor say I. >> Post. Okay. And that brings us to our spotlight on which we have lots today. You want to start? >> Yeah. So, we're really excited um first to share this recognition of Laame Mesael Elementary um which was recognized as a state uh purple star school for its service to our military families. So, we
003have a video to play for you and then um our amazing principal Tammy Babbot's going to come up and say a few words. We are so proud and honored to be recognized as a Purple Star School. It is so important for us to honor our military families, to support our military families. Myra is our community schools facilitator. And because we have a population of 20% military families, she's worked very hard to research and become knowledgeable about resources that are available specifically for our military families. We know that our military connected families have very specific needs and now I'm able to provide that support to them. And being a Purple Star school, it opens up doors to extra resources that I didn't already have and a big support system coming from the Navy Southwest region that
004helps all military families within the school and school district. Military families sacrifice so much throughout their career. When schools make sure that the children have the resources and the support that they need, it means everything to a military member who may be serving um overseas, who might be deployed or who has recently moved to a new community where they don't know anyone. So, >> I started coming here like um two to three years ago. When I have this thing, whenever I see a new person, I always feel like, okay, I need to make them feel welcome. My first day was really fun. Like a lot of welcoming people. Um, they gave me a tour of the school. A lot of people like started wanting to be my friend. They were like, "Oh, what's your name?
005What's this? What's this?" I didn't want people to just think of her like, "Oh, that's the new girl. Whatever. Like, let's just go over here." I wanted them to know that she's still a part of the Mesa community even though she hasn't been here for as long as we have. >> You can like find your people without having to go out to them. They come to use can't find anything about this school that isn't special. Like we celebrate the military children cuz a lot of us know how hard it is even if we aren't military children. Like my favorite time is like the military like kids week because like I always get to go up front and like a lot of people get like cheered on and like I see people like cheering on the
006military kids like wearing all purple. Like I see a lot of people wearing purple and I'm like I'm very proud of the children who have taken on the role of being a student ambassador and a buddy for these military connected children and all of the children in our school. But it is something that is truly embedded in the DNA of Lame Mesa Dale and it's just wonderful to see and witness. >> Really, it feels good to be honored for doing what we do for all families. >> That's just like who we are at La Mesa. We're just all special in our own unique ways. >> No, I know. That's just how we are here at Mesa Day. All right, Abby wants to be a movie star when she grows up. I think she's well on
007her way. Great job. Um, thank you all for letting uh for featuring this and for sharing some of the things we're doing. The cooks are here. They're the ones who made this beautiful video to tell our story. So, thank you to the cooks. Also, um Jazelle Quas is here. She's our military liaison. I know she's in here. Oh, there she is. Um and we're just so grateful for her partnership um and the support she provides to all of our military families. I think you were first sitting over there when we came in, but we have a packed house. So, the supports we provide um for our military connected families are not separate from who we are. They're a reflection of who we are. And I'm just really proud that our school is honored as a
008purple star designation. U Myra, our community schools facilitator, is here with her family and she has worked so hard to make sure that she's knowledgeable about the resources so she can connect each family with what they need. And what makes me most proud is that the systems and practices that we have to support our military families are the practices and systems that we have to support all of our families and strong relationships, clear communication, a sense of belonging, and a commitment to meeting each family right where they are. And so this purple star designation um affirms the work that we're doing and also challenges us to con continue serving all of our families well. So thank you for your support and can we have you both and maybe with the liaison come forward for a
009photo and um our board president McCra will come up as well. Is it Abby? Right. Okay, great. We have a certificate for you. four. Next up, um we're going to be recognizing our employees of the year. Starting first with our classified employee of the year. We have a video that we are going to play to honor Jessica Nobles, our community schools facilitator. And then principal Nathan Saledo from Braftoft Elementary is going to come up and say a few words about Jessica. And Jessica, you can say a few words, too, if you'd like. Jessica Nobles, this year's classified employee of the year, is a community school facilitator at Bankrooft Elementary. Sometimes a job title just doesn't tell the whole story >> about being a community schools facilitator is not just about the students and their families.
010It's the community as a whole. So, helping our students, helping our teachers, helping our families, and then helping our community partners so that they know what help we need and they can also help us. Jessica Nobles. Um, she is one of the most kindest, most genuine people that I have ever met in my life. >> Being a community school means that families can also come here and receive services that it's not just a school. They don't just come here to learn. They come here to be treated as a whole child, as a whole family. So, dental service, healthcare, we were able to give out 40 free glasses thanks to the Lions Club this year. So we are our a hub for sure for all things for bankroft and it's just a beautiful thing to experience
011and be a part of. >> She will jump in and help you with whatever you need at any time. She's made a big impact in our school climate with the students and with the staff knowing that she's also an additional adult on campus that they can trust that they can go to. >> A few things about Miss Nobles is her personality. She has amazing personality. She helps everyone. We both really tail centered and she's all about making connection with students uh with her teachers or staff and her parents. >> Miss I like about Miss Noles is that she's so lucky and she's so kind. >> Congratulations Mrs. Nobles Mesa Spring Valley is classified employee of the year. Uh you are so deserving of this award and I want to say thank you for your love,
012care, and concern uh that you show towards not only our students but our families and staff as well. >> Jessica has the biggest heart of anyone that I know. She drops whatever she's doing to help whether it's staff or a family or students. the programs and different activities that she's brought here to Braftoft. Our children would not be able to experience type of work for her. She's also been able to bring in a tutor to help with our students after school and even during the daytime participation during Black History Month as well as our Mexican Heritage Festival in September. So, she's been able to start and bring a lot of community programs and celebrations to our campus that we didn't have before. and she said and joy is the best worker here. I think um
013in my opinion all the other teachers like them. >> I'm so thankful to be a part of a district that supports this amazing work that we're all doing here on campus and celebrating our families but also caring for them as well. >> Congratulations Nobles. >> Congratulations, Miss Noles. >> Congratulations. Congratulations. >> Congratulations, Mrs. Nobles. Congratulations, Jessica. you totally deserve this. >> And she's just the best. And I know I can always turn to her whenever I need something. And I love her with my life. >> Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to share a little bit about what makes Miss Noble so deserving of this award. Um, just so happy to see so many parents from Vancra here. uh to recognize the astounding the outstanding work that we're doing at Bankro, our
014teachers and our staff. Thank you for being here. We truly appreciate it. Um it's an honor to be able to come up here and help recognize someone who has managed to do what most of us take years to accomplish. That's uh making a lasting impact in just one year. Jessica Nobles, our school community community facilitator and the district's classified employee of the year, has stepped into her role with heart, with humor, and an uncanny ability to make everyone feel seen, heard, and supported. Now, while this may be her first year in this position, Jessica is far from new to many of us. Many already know her from her time at the district office and her time as a SOA, where she built a reputation for getting us out of any jam. Thank you, Jessica. Jessica
015has a true gift for building relationships, and it shows in the climate and the culture that helps sustain at Braftoft. She meets families where they are with compassion, with patience, and just enough confidence in her Spanish to get the job done. And by get the job done, I mean a mix of real Spanish, hand gestures, Google Translate, and a whole lot of heart, which that's turns out is a pretty universal language. Parents don't just feel helped, they feel welcome, they feel valued, and they feel connected. With our students, Jessica is a steady, positive presence. She celebrates them, she encourages them, and somehow knows exactly when they need a high five, a pep talk, or just someone to listen to. She has a way of making every student feel important. And that kind of impact lasts
016far beyond the school day. Jessica, your work reminds us that the heart of a school isn't just in its classrooms. It's in the people who lifts others up every single day. You've strengthened our community. You've brightened our campus. And you've set a powerful example of what it means to serve with both professionalism and genuine care. We're grateful. We're lucky. And we're better because of you. Congratulations on this incredible, well-deserved recognition. >> Okay. Okay. Well, that's really hard to follow. Um, I just want to thank the board first of all. Thank you so much for taking the time to recognize all of us here this evening. It really means a lot that you value our work and it shows. So, thank you. I've worked in a lot of districts. Um, my husband's in the military and
017I've never felt so seen like I do here. So, thank you. I also want to thank um Can you guys hear me? I also want to thank Mr. Saledo. Thank you so much for trusting me to bring your vision to life at Bankraftoft. I'm so grateful to work with you and I always hope to exceed your expectations with every project we do together. I also want to thank Janet Perez Turner who nominated me. Thank you so much for uh seeing all the care and love that I put into bankroft and for letting me follow you around like a little duckling. Um I have so much to learn from you. You are amazing at your job and I appreciate you every single day. I also want to thank um everybody else here from Braftoft. You guys
018are an amazing team. I'm so thankful to work with you all. I don't know where I would be without you all. So, thank you so much for dealing with my crazy ideas and helping them come to life. Um, I also wanted to thank my family for being here tonight. Thank you guys. Your support means the world. But I really want to say a huge thank you to my four kids. My husband's been deployed for the last year to the Middle East. And not once did they complain when they had to take their brother to baseball practice or pick up their little brother from school for me so that I could help out my bankrooft families. Not once did they complain that dinner was made after 7 a.m. or 7 p.m. Whoa, that was breakfast. Um
019700 p.m. because I was at Vancraftoft with an event. They come to the events, they volunteer, they help, they're always there for me. I couldn't do this without their continued support at home, too. So, thank you guys. I love you. Um >> I just want to thank you all again for recognizing all the hard work we do. I love Braftoft. I love the families. I love the teachers. I love the staff. I love everybody there and I'm so grateful to be there. Thank you. >> Jessica, can you come up to the front again so we can get a picture? And then we have a plaque for you also. Jessica used to work here at the district office and we miss her being here. She was she is incredible. And uh Braftoft is super lucky to
020have her. >> And your and your children and best brother-in-law. >> Thank you. Next up, we are going to honor Tori Colenberg, our certificated teacher of the year, our educator of the year. And um we have a video and then principal Denzel is going to come up and share a little bit and Tori too. In order to understand the reasons Victoria Colenberg, better known as Miss Tori, a special education teacher at Murray Manor Elementary, was selected as La Mesa Spring Valley School's certificated employee of the year. It was necessary to consult leading experts in education. >> Miss Tori is very nice. Um, she's awesome. She's real helpful. Sometimes when I get something, she reminds me of it. She makes me feel happy when I'm around her. She makes me feel comfortable. Um, she's also really
021a nice person. I get to spend time with her kids and I get to play with them. >> Our goal here is to just constantly make sure that these kiddos aren't seen as separated specifically, but that they're just a part of our normal everyday community. >> Maybe I could help them by helping them learn better and helping them get a good education. Kids should be included with special needs because the special needs need to learn from the kids, not like to fight or stuff. So, we're teaching them how not to get angry at each other instead of fighting. >> It's just a great experience. It's so fun. >> The biggest thing we always teach our staff in the first few days is to assume competence and to believe that, you know, these children are capable
022of doing more than you will ever understand. >> Miss Tori is so wonderful. She's always coming in with such a positive attitude. She has a bright smile. She's loving and kind. She's always willing to help people. This is a card that Miss Tori wrote for me for testing. You are so smart, brave, strong. Don't feel stretched about this test because you can do it. Proud of you, sweet girl, Miss Tori. >> She's just such a sweet person. Sometimes when we just need a hug, she gives us the hugs. >> Her magic is with kids and adults. Everybody feels loved by her. >> Having a brother that has special needs myself. Um I wish that he had a teacher like Tori when he was younger because she makes it a special place to come each day.
023Miss Tori is a perfect example of how we just build a community where everyone belongs. This has been the most welcoming school I've ever been a part of. I guess that my teddy be goes here. >> Congratulations, Mom. I'm so proud that you got teacher of the year. You got teacher of the t-shirt, too. see who would deserve us more than you. We love you so much, >> Tori. Congratulations from all of us here at Murray Manor. This is such a welldeserved honor. Thank you for being such an incredible part of our staff. >> Great job, Miss Tori. >> Congratulations, Miss Tori. >> These kiddos will change your life. Come on up. >> Wipe tears away. Um, thank you for having us be here tonight. Um, thank you, Tori. I really am going to cry.
024My staff already knows I cry. I'm a crier. Thank you, Murray Matter staff, for being here. Um we are so happy to be here tonight and of course as we celebrate educ educator appreciation week. The timing couldn't be better to thank all of our educators and recognize the impact they have on students every day. Impact is exactly what Tori is in her classroom with students, staff, and our Murray Manor community. In my years of working in education, I have been fortunate to work with some outstanding educators and you are truly one of the best. Um, you hold multiple credentials. You teach at the community college level so that new educators can learn how to be great educators from someone who's an expert in their field. You have a deep decades of clinical experience working from
025moderate severe classrooms to early start programs. Um, and you share your vast knowledge of best practices with our staff. What really sets you apart though is the welcoming and loving environment that you create in your classroom where your students are celebrated and their personalities and interests are reflected. You understand that our students with extensive needs have to experience their world through their senses and learn ways to communicate and express themselves when maybe they can't with their words. You are always looking for ways to engage your students and sometimes it's messy. I will walk into her classroom and students are cooking and painting and participating in hands-on science lessons with full joy. You and your staff take students on community-based field trips. They most recently went to Ross to do some discount shopping and learn how
026to interact in the community. Students in your class communicate in so many ways from sign language to gestures, from actions and hugs. Along with academics, your students are working on so many academic and social goals during classroom and recess and play. You always note what students like and you build it into your uh your classroom. Your classroom is full of thematic units. You're based on student interests and pictures of students and families adorn the walls. My favorite story, one of my favorite from this year is upon noticing that one of her students liked to pull the large classroom wagon, Tori purchased a small wagon just for this student. And the look of delight on that student's face as he pulled his wagon across the black top was priceless. It is these countless acts of kindness
027that make you such a special educator. You make our school a better place to be at by showing an outpouring of love and attention to students and staff with care and compassion on a daily basis. you consistently think about what is best for students and how you can make that curriculum accessible so that all students love school. Congratulations, Tori. We are so proud of you. This is nerve-wracking after you cry. >> Thank you guys so much for this. I Jessica and I were joking beforehand. She's like, "I have a whole thing. I have I don't want to forget anyone." And I was like, "Oh, it'll be fine." Now I feel like I'm blinking. So, >> sorry if I do forget anyone. But thank you guys all for this amazing nomination recognization. I just very very
028appreciated. This has been such a fun year. Um this is my first year back in the classroom since I had my oldest. And I I mean what a wonderful amazing way to start back. Um and I've been so fortunate to be able to be back at Murray where like I said my own son goes and where I actually ended my last bit of teaching. Um, and this year I was able to go back with the uh, wonderful teacher, Miss Molly Perry, who took over my job and move up with all of her students. So now being a first, second grade teacher and being able to see these kids who have, you know, maybe some of them have already graduated and gone past, you know, SVA or something in there, but some of them I've been
029able to see them even through the last end of their fifth grade year. Um, and just being able to kind of watch these last few years from being a TOSSA and being able to see these students on the sidelines, but then now actually having them as my special little guys. Um, so thank you for that. But, uh, I'm also very very grateful because I couldn't do this job without my pair of professionals. I think every person in special education knows there is literally no way I could do any part of my day without them. I have um a couple wonderful people here tonight too. But I truly every day there are I mean the reality with mod severe especially or ESN is you know there are maybe behaviors or teaching or medical needs or there's
030a hundred different hats you're wearing which all teachers are but in our world it is you know instant you have to wear multiple hats in one moment and we couldn't do it alone. So, I'm so fortunate cuz it's one of my wonderful ladies here. Uh, Miss Jen H used to be my actually my sight sub until she was willing to kind of come and she was my paraprofessional before I left. And then this year was able to come back and join me as my par profofessional. And so, Jen a lot of times takes my teaching job and uh I'll be like, "Okay, I got this got this friend and you're going to run circle." And so, thank you, Jen, so much for everything you do. I couldn't do this without you. Um, I also just
031want to thank Murray Manor, my wonderful friends and Kim. Truly, I said it in the video, but such an inclusive school. Every time I am out there, whether it was last few years, you know, help supporting other teachers or being here as my own as a teacher, everybody always wants to be a part of our group. They want our kids to join. They also we do reverse inclusion and they'll want to come in and play. I am so grateful to be a part of such an amazing community that is full of just inclusivity from day one even when we started this program six years ago. So thank you Marie Manor. Thank you Ford. Thanks to my family. They're great too. RG and Ben, good job. You're doing so great sitting there nicely. >> And thanks
032to my husband who truly we call him handy husband. He just fixes all the things. I'm like, "Hey, I can't. This wagon broke. The wheel broke. Mark, what do we do? We got to fix it." So, thank you for supporting me always. I love you all. >> Okay, you guys have to come up for a picture, too. You can bring up the whole family. And Kim, if you can come up, too. That's all for our spotlight. Yeah, >> for sure. Yeah, >> we will take a break for the next couple of minutes. So, all of our wonderful staff and families that have come, if you want to do something in addition to a board meeting, you got to celebrate your people and maybe you want to eat some dinner or go celebrate in another way.
033So, we'll break just for a couple minutes so you guys can um enjoy your evening how you see fit. question. That's all. That's Sorry that it's really hilarious. But yeah. Oh yeah, for sure. People the boys of the year just like Happy birthday. Okay, that brings us to other staff communication and information. Um, at this time it's recommended that the board designate representatives to attend the 8th grade promotion ceremonies the morning of June 16th. Well, I have to go to Elmac because I have a promoter. >> Yeah. >> Yes. I >> June 16th. >> Our next board meeting. No one knows. >> Oh, >> wait. Isn't it picture on? >> Okay, I'll do SVA then. >> Does that round us out? And then are you >> We've done SVA and Parkway. How about I'll do
034El this year with you. We at four already. >> I'll just make the rotation. >> That was easy. Okay. We don't need a vote on that. We just do that. Okay. Um, and then we have report of action uh from close session. >> in close session, the board unanimously approved and appointed Amy Isville as principal at Spring Valley Academy. Congratulations, Amy. >> Um, and that brings us to public comment. During this time, individual comments are limited to three minutes per person. Please refer to the timer displayed on the screen. Um, while board members are not permitted to engage in dialogue or respond to questions during public comment, please know that we value and appreciate your input. Questions or comments regarding a response will be referred to the appropriate staff member for followup after the board
035meeting. If you would like a response, please be sure to provide your contact information on the public comment card. And that brings us to our first public comment. Julie Malone. >> Good evening. Effective communication is a human right. May is National Speech, Language, and Hearing Month. Communication disorders are among the most common conditions in children and adults, affecting tens of millions in the United States. Left unressed, they can impact academic achievement, relationships, career opportunities, and overall quality of life. The encouraging news is that with early identification and intervention, many communication disorders can be reduced, remediated, or even prevented. At any age, treatment can make a meaningful difference. That's why it's so important to continue supporting individuals with hearing, speech, language, and swallowing disorders and ensuring their access to qualified aiologists and speech language pathologists. In
036our schools, speech language pathologists play a vital role in student success. School-based SLPs support literacy, language comprehension, expressive communication, social communication, and executive functioning, just to name a few. All foundational skills for learning. When students can understand, express themselves, and engage with peers and curriculum, they are better positioned to meet academic standards and thrive in the classroom and beyond. I want to recognize as well May 18th is National Speech Language Pathologist Day, a time to celebrate the expertise and dedication of the SLPs who make a difference in the lives of students and families every day. As Mr. Feliciano previously shared with trustees, I was honored to be elected to the American Speech Language Hearing Association's board of directors as the member at large in speech language pathology. ASHA represents more than 240,000 speech language pathologists
037and aiologists nationwide. and I am currently the only full-time clinician and school-based SLP serving on the board. This role has given me the opportunity to support and mentor the next generation of clinicians. I've taught practicum sessions and internships and externships and clinical fellowships in the schools at San Diego State, Cal State San Marcos, San Jose State, and at Stills University. I also had the privilege of attending the National Black Association of Speech, Language, and Hearing for the second year in a row where I participated in many impactful sessions. One stood out that was that one the one that stood out the most was a culturally responsive book tasting which I was excited to bring back and share with my Rancho staff and fellow district SLPs. Um, a key powerful takeaway was that many children of
038color are often exposed to books centered on struggle, hardship, and resilience, but not enough stories centered on joy. We have an opportunity and a responsibility to change that by providing students with books that reflect positivity, possibility, and joy, helping to foster a love of reading that lasts a lifetime. Finally, I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to the many district employees, especially Eileen Carter, who helped make it possible for Rancho to celebrate the life of SA Tiffany Green at Steam Academy. While it was painful to say goodbye, it was a beautiful and meaningful event that brought together our Rancho staff and special education communities in a powerful way. Thank you. Alexandra Seriano. >> Hello, my name is Alexandra Soraniano and I am a concerned parent at Vancraftoft Elementary. We are here to ask for
039attention and support to our campus after the unexpected leaving of this has been the tipping point to a whole year filled with confusion and a lack of communication. There are many issues but I will try to stick to the stick to the biggest concerns. I no longer have confidence in approaching our admin. Our school is not meeting its own mission statement. Our PTA has been strangely absent this year, leading to no fundraising activities, and the admin has not picked up the slack for this. In February, we were awarded funds for a community garden. Yet, the funds were not used by the deadline, and we remain with no garden. Our holiday paint party was not an accessible event to the community. A $20 per person price point excludes a large portion of our campus. Additionally, the
040excess supplies from this event were thrown away instead of utilized on campus afterwards. Our spring openhouse has been postponed until May 27th, practically the end of the year. Our multicultural affair for this year has been cancelled entirely. Every holiday we used to have an event just about and this year has been lacking. Friday, May 1st, we received an email reminder about PTA nominations due by Monday, May 4th. There had been no prior announcement, electronic, nor posted on campus. Myself and other parents believe that we have been retaliated against for making a reasonable request for information from staff regarding the sudden departure of After the update. We were then told that parental campus visits are limited to 24-hour notice with approval. This is not reasonable access and I am concerned that this retaliation will become a
041pattern. My family's experience has led us to for transfer led us to apply for transfer to another campus. I spent this year advocating for my student before finally getting our 504. I made four separate requests to speak with who was working in small groups with my student. She rushed through the call and I had to ask her to slow down to understand what she was saying. She never returned the clinical assessment paperwork that was submitted to her for to be turned into our family doctor. I asked both and Nathan Saledo for additional resources as my student was battling behavioral challenges. We were passed off to Caros Solace and the Family Health Centers of San Diego. We were never referred to PIP. There was no intervention made for my student during this time. She was allowed
042to incur four suspensions at a first grade level before any action was taken on my part to try and intervene. I received no intervention ever from staff and I know that if my student our family have been impacted like this and we're not alone. We're asking for your attention to this matter. Thank you. >> And next, Kristen Munoz. Hi. >> Hi. My name is Christian Munoz. I live in Spring Valley since 2024. My daughter currently attends Braftoft. I'm here to voice my concerns. lack of resources to help neurode divergent kids and to address medical emergencies, the betrayal of negative intimidating and dismissive attitude towards parents like myself who volunteer immensely. I have been in the San Diego school districts for all of my life and almost 25 years as a parent. I parented two high
043schoolers during COVID, took care of my medically fragile son until he passed at the age of eight. And I'm here today as a parent to advocate for my six-year-old daughter, Ellie. She is neurode divergent, epileptic, allergic to bananas. In the past, her teachers and administration have been very supportive to both of us and doing a good job at setting us up for success. When people find out my daughter goes to title one school, they feel bad for her. I tell them, don't feel bad. We're building a community. The teachers and the families are very supportive and love us. But now it's the opposite. And I feel like I'm here to sound a warning of alarm to you of what's happening. I'm hearing concerns, discussions from various other staff members and parents that they share very
044concerned. While I can only speak for myself, I can tell you that's frustrating when one parent, one person who was caring and advocating for our kids suspiciously, we are I am being left out with minimal transparency. My daughter has been through some trauma as have I. and I don't have another minute to deal with the school administration that is so dismissive of my concerns. often spent her own time outside the classroom, playful with the kids on the playground, checking and out with parents, providing helpful feedback and pointers to interested parents, dealing gracefully with behavior challenges, often forgoing personal plans to host events like science night. With she left suspiciously, and the only notification we received from the principal telling us she was not going to be returning and that parents will no longer be able
045to volunteer in the classroom without prior approval. Not really the open door policy that's advertised. Principal Nathan Saledo counceled a coffee with the principal last month, didn't attend April school site council meeting with us. And on April 28th, I after finally agreeing to meet with me privately for 15 minutes, was 10 minutes late, spent his time with his hands crossed at the table in front of me with an aggressive posture, stared blankly at me the entire time very intensely as I was talking, then quickly dismissed me, saying this didn't have to be a meeting. That is bad behavior for a principal to talk to a woman, a single mother, and any person on campus. That should be of concern. On another occasion where I requested meeting, I was told he wasn't available, I saw him
046outside with his fellow favorite staffers, all in matching shirts, looking like they were in a high school click, whispering and laughing low together. The school's counselor, father died, and several people were fawning over her to make sure she was doing okay. My daughter's grandfather died in suicide and I it was the first person who I shared that with. Did she check in with me? No. She sent me out to San Diego youth services. The kids everybody our garden has been postponed. Our so many I can keep reading. I have a whole list. What's going to happen to the resource money you get when your special resource kids aren't there anymore? The message here that I have is I went to get help on April 20th and the district person that was sent to help me
047told me off record she is friends and that she is her best friend of years and that um they're cleaning house at Braftoft. So my concern is um where are they cleaning house and who to have favoritisms and to pick who they want to work with. You can clearly see in that video, everyone who spoke on behalf was her friends. I'm just a parent of concern and I'm one of many because some can't be here. Some have a language barrier. A lot of us are struggling in single family homes or they're afraid to speak up of retaliation. Like light in his eyes has like left the building. He's the one I see helping all the behavior kids. Like it has to be lived. Our campus is not like they're portraying it to be. And I'm
048sorry. like I hate that I have to be here and doing this but something has to be done. I don't want to have to remove my daughter, but at the time being she's on ISA because her seizures are unstable and a older boy in the in our from our school in our community tried to drown her in March and her seizure started. And I told them I told the school the school nurse and she dismissed me also saying my daughter needs to learn and remember and I said, "Can you not accommodate her needs? We've been adjusting. We shouldn't have to be adjusting anymore. They should be adjusting to us >> or we can adjust together like we're a community. We're teamwork. It's not one person." and it feels like they're picking and choosing who they
049want to throw under the bus and I feel like our teacher has been thrown under and I feel like we deserve answers. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Uh the public hearing that was the amendment of tonight's agenda which takes us into item five. >> Really quick, do we have any comments on on Zoom, Matt? >> Uh there are no comments uh on Zoom this evening. >> Thank you. So, that's going to bring us to our annual um the local control and accountability plan report. >> It's great to get to be the one to present on the night of employee appreciation. It's always fun to get to do a report after we celebrate employees of the year. I'm ringing a little. Okay. So, previously we have done our local control and accountability plan update in May
050when we have the draft LCAP presented at the same time or I'm sorry in June. I don't even know what month it is anymore. >> In June when we also present the draft LCAP. Um this year we've changed the order a little bit and we brought the presentation for you to talk about the draft plan as we are finalizing the plan um in anticipation of gathering input and um thinking about what the highlights have been of the annual update this year and what the plan changes are so that we have an opportunity to gather input as we finalize the draft which we'll bring to you at the first meeting in June. So, we're changing it up a little with an intent to um make the process a little more meaningful. So, that is what we're
051doing now. Um just to remind you, we are on year two of a three-year plan. So, the LCAP is a three-year plan and this is year two. Next year will be a new three-year LCAP. So, we'll wrap up year three and kick off year two, but right now we're in year two. And so for this year, what we do is we give an annual update on the progress and then talk about any required or necessary adjustments that we need to make launching into the final year. Um, and we do that through gathering input um, at various points during the year. Primarily we do that with our district parent advisory committee and then we also do it through conversations with our labor partners and other advisory committee groups that meet throughout the year. So, some of
052these slides you've seen before, but they might look a little different this year, but a lot of the same information. Just a recap, what is the LCAP? It's the local control accountability plan. And it um encompasses the goals, actions, and expenditures that um drive our outcomes for the year. And so, when I meet with um the parent committee, I always tell them this is kind of like your single sightes plan for the district. So every school has a plan, the district also has a plan and there are required components that go in every local control accountability plan. Um it has a budget overview for parents of the local control funding formula. There are um the annual update which is how did things go this year. um a summary of the plan, how we engaged our
053educational partner, the goals and actions, the services in particular for high need students, action tables, and then the federal addendum is another component of the LCAP that is adopted every year, which talks about how we expend federal funds. The LCFF is state funds. The guiding principles of the LCAP are local control, transparency, and that it's student focused. So, we talk about the fact that when the LCFF was first um in in se I don't know what word I'm trying to use when it first came out um it was about sending the all the buckets of money that were at the state for different purposes. They had all different rules. And so when we switched to the LCFF funding formula, it was intended to put it all together in one pot and send it to schools
054and say, "You know better what the needs of your schools and your families are, and we're going to not give you all these buckets with restrictions. We're going to give you one pot and let you make decisions together about how that money should be allocated." And that then should give you the flexibility to make decisions based on what's best at your school. Hence the idea of local control, which in the in theory is um a great thing because it allows us to make the decisions that are best for our community, our kids, and our needs. And then the LCAP creates a transparency to be able to say these are the things that are important and this is what we're working on. So we have to show how we are addressing the needs that are priorities
055identified by the state but also by our district and how are we using our funds to do that. Those priorities that are identified for the state fall in eight diff there are eight different priorities that fall in three different areas of focus conditions of learning student outcomes and engagement. So when we write our LCAP, we have to cover basic services, implementation of state standards and course access. So things like transportation, child nutrition. We have to make sure we keep the lights on in the school district running. We have to make sure that student outcomes are a priority. So we're looking at achievement and ensuring other outcomes, local measures are in place to ensure that we're monitoring student progress through the year. And then we have to work on the engagement of students. So, are we
056ensuring they're coming to school? That's attendance. Are we ens ensuring that we're monitoring student discipline and suspension rates? How is our student climate? Are we measuring um what our parents are feeling at our schools, what our students are feeling at our schools, etc. So, there's required metrics in these eight state priorities um in these three areas of focus that the state tells us our LCAP must cover. But as you've heard me say every year, there are some challenges with this process because in theory um we are given a bucket of money and we're told go do the things that you think are important um and just create a the promise of increased and improved services and cover all these areas. And the challenge is that the funding doesn't actually match the promise. So, we want
057to dream big. And every time I talk to especially parent groups or other groups, I say this is a great time for us to talk about the schools that we dream of for our children. And the problem is that the funding levels have never matched what we would dream of for increased and expanded services for our students. And so what we have to do is really think about how we can be very strategic in what we have to spend our money on and how to do it well and how to strategically align our goals with the funding that we do have because we know that the majority of our funding actually goes to employ the personnel that run our schools. And then what's left over is really about how we're trying to then think strategically
058about increasing and improving services for all of our students. So, we are continuously seeking grants, one-time funds, and being creative with the funding that we do get to ensure that we're addressing the needs of every student. The other thing that I would add is that um the idea of getting a pot of money with very few restrictions is how it started. Um, what's come out of our budget, as Tina will has shared many times in our budget updates, is we also have been getting things like this bucket of money that has this restriction and this bucket of money that has this restriction. And so, we're starting to get other things like one-time money with restrictions. And so, we're getting back into the world of kind of categorical restrictions again, even though that wasn't the intent
059of the local control funding formula. And so, it adds another layer of complication to here's your money. decide what's important and create a plan for it because you get here's your money, decide what's important and create a plan for it, but also here's this money, but you can only spend it here or do this with it or that with it. Um, so aligning those priorities and being very thoughtful and strategic about it has been some of our biggest work. Um, so we have had um these LCAP goals that have been guiding our work and we align them to those three uh priority areas. um achieve. We will increase achievement for all of our students while decreasing performance gaps and educational in inequities. I'm having trouble today. Engage. We will engage our students and the learning
060community in order to provide the skills and supports necessary for social, emotional, and physical well-being. And equip we will equip our students with the tools necessary to realize their fullest potential. So essentially we have a goal about achievement working on the in student and family engagement and then a basic services goal. So I just want to go over some of the highlights of this year and every year I try to snap some photos in different professional learning sessions. Um I have one of Sarah Jacobs visit to our PEP program, some with our community schools. So I just try to get a couple of pictures of different highlights of the year that I can include um because I always know this presentation's coming. So some highlights of this year in achieve we have um continued our
061consistent instructional focus um under instructional improvement and onformational text and this year really talking about the gradual release of responsibility and I don't want to be redundant you've heard a couple of presentations this year already on data on our California dashboard and seen the results but I just want to kind of point out that we've seen growth at our schools and also so you know that over the past four years since we've been thinking about comprehension offormational text, we've seen a steady growth. So, we've seen a 4% growth overall in the district in um comprehension offormational text in our I Ready diagnostic scores. And that is just showing that in the four years since we've identified this and been working on it, we're showing steady and consistent growth by maintaining the course and being consistent.
062This year we've really worked on a middle school shift for the upcoming year to humanities and strategic ELA was part of a staffing reduction that we needed to make for budget but also really thinking strategically about how to best meet the needs of students um and address the language arts needs that they're going to have. And we've been um working towards launching our math adoption next year. So uh selecting as you know because you were part of that the materials and beginning the training to launch math for K5 and adoption aligned to the new framework next year. Um we've had a focus on feedback across the system. So our instructional leadership teams have worked on talking about feedback and what valuable feedback means in peer observations. Our leaders have been working on feedback and that
063work has been some of the systemic work that we've been doing within our system. And then um last year actually at this time we talked about the adoption of our reading difficulties risk screener and we've been training and implementing that this year um for early literacy identification. And then our continued use of data to inform instruction has been something we've been working on the last five years um in really embracing and understanding how data informs instruction at our school site. in goal two. Um I know last month in particular you got a lot of data from our community schools program and the implementation and the success of the community schools and the engagement of that. We also launched our attendance recovery program this year. So that is work on um it's a new initiative from
064the state kind of building the plane while they're flying it. But this opportunity that students not just through independent study but also through um a couple hours at a time could be making up absences through tutoring and really strategic tutoring. So we launched attendance recovery. We um had 2330 students participate in attendance recovery this year. 63% of them had um improved attendance based on their participation in that and 3,429 days of attendance recovery being able to be credited towards our ADA improvement this year. So all of that really helps us not just fiscally but more importantly the students who are able to get some support and engagement in those afterchool um attendance recovery opportunities. Um we also have had training and professional development uh for new special education staff and continued training for new parap
065para profofessionals and that was really targeted this year to think about we had a lot of special education staff in the first couple of years. So we dedicated some days to really bring them in and talk about what does it mean to write high quality IEPs. And then this year, um, we brought in like our instructional leadership team, we brought in members from each school's intervention team. Um, they all have different names, but, um, members of the teams that lead that work at the school and talked about what it meant to lead tier 2 interventions at the school. And twice during the year, those leadership teams came in and thought about what intervention and tier 2 systems they had in place at their school and how to improve those systems. Um we also uh did
066some work with uh chronic absenteeism and we're seeing uh what we think will be a significant reduction in chronic absenteeism at the end of this year. Um potentially up to 5% reduction based on the data we're collecting right now. Um we shifted our um middle school diversion to sightled and because of that we're seeing um reduction in suspension rates at our middle schools. the ownership there has been really um transformative and uh based on the data that we've collected so far we think we're seeing about a 26% decrease in suspensions because of the ownership that they have in their um diversion programs at their school sites and our um PET program has continued to serve our students but not only that they've been able to do other things like positive solutions for families and um
067behavior uh classes is for parents who can't attend PEP at the times that PEP is there. And so they've served over 99 families and students in classroom behavior interventions, PEP, and other forms of classes. So we've been able to expand and support that. So lots of good data coming out of our goal two this year. And then in goal three, again, this is our like basic services goal, but we're really proud of the work that's happening not just in recruitment and staffing. And I would say in a year of having to make reductions, really navigating that process carefully, but doing it thoughtfully. And I'm really um proud of human resources and the work that they did to navigate that so well. Um but also then I would say the thoughtful work with facilities with our
068measure V improvements and the future measures that we're working towards with our bond um with safety. And then as you think about scratch cooking, the supper program that we're working towards with ESS and the solar project initiative that started this year. So lots of things still continuing to expand and improve in our basic services area. So as we look forward to next year, you're going to see a couple of new things or new focuses in the LCAP draft. um humanities and strategic ELA, the K5 math adoption, and the RDRS early literacy all are things that we want to ensure that we have sustained um capacity building for our teachers and our staff. So, we're going to be investing in professional learning and ensuring that we're spending a really good amount of time supporting that work.
069And so, you'll see that professional learning as a big investment for us. um the we'll be starting to work towards English language arts adoption and much like we did with math, we want to get a committee together early to really think intentionally about what that will look like. It's not an adoption year. It's in in preparation for the adoption year that is coming. So, we'll begin thinking towards what that might look like and what work needs to be done and getting some people together to get lay that foundation just like we did with math so we can have a successful adoption. Um you'll remember two years ago we had a goal four in our LCAP and that was for equity multiplier funding that went to trust and that was um based on some allocated money
070that came from the state. It was based on data from couple years before then we got it but we couldn't spend it and blah blah blah blah blah. Well, Bankraftoft now qualifies for that money based on data from a couple years ago that they can spend next year once we create a goal and it has to have its own goal for bankroft. So, Bankraftoft will have equity multiplier funding that goes towards helping support strategic intervention and support at Bankrooft. So, we're working with that site aligning to what's in their SIPA. Um but it will need its own goal in the LCAP much like we had to do for trust then we took out now we'll put one back in. Um we uh as you know lost our federal mental health grant. Uh we've worked with
071our human resources department and been very thoughtful about um how we can change job descriptions and think about using different funding and being very creative about um creating mental health support at our school. So, we have a new job description for mental health providers and we'll be using that and so rewarding and refocusing on mental health providers at school rather than school social workers and counselors. And then um you'll continue to seeformational text gradual release of responsibility and feedback systems in the instructional focus work. Okay, that was a lot. Um, and it's a lot for me to just sort of frontload you about before you see it in the LCAP, but I wanted to give you an idea of where we're headed. Questions, thoughts, or input you'd like me to consider. Yes, Nathaniel. >> Well,
072thank you for the very concise uh report tonight. I'm sure the next one will be much longer. Uh, I just wanted to I guess compliment I think, you know, talking with David and talking with you know, as my time here on the board, I appreciate all the efforts made by, you know, the leadership here and your teams. Uh obviously with the everchanging financial situation, you're always seeking out monies to support the services schools have I think is really really really always impressed me. Um as a you know parent in the district but as a board member as well. I think uh I think the goal number two was you know I don't know if we ever covered this launch of attendance recovery program or maybe I just totally missed it in the past but I
073you know I think that was a really cool program that you know that's a little bit of a surprise to me and the fact that you had so many kids um attending it and you know obviously 65% improvement I mean obviously we talk about numbers of you know scores going up and what not obviously there's some really big numbers and not only does that help find you know financially but you know if kids are actually at school you can actually reach them and provide not only the educational hours they need to hopefully improve their numbers but also the services that community schools and our each each school is providing now. So I think uh you know a pleasant you know a lot of time we go over these reports is sometimes a little depressing. >>
074So I think it's really cool that you know they're seeing that major impact uh within this engage which hopefully will help the first one. So just wanted to give that compliment and uh appreciate all your efforts. >> Thank you. I actually had a question about the attendance recovery. Um, does is this something that works? And I maybe parties just don't get tracked this way, but is this something that works? I know that there's certain things around like if a student is tardy enough, it gets there's detriment in some ways. Um, a with tardies, does it help? cuz I and maybe this has changed as well that back in the day like if you had too many tardies you got you know suspension and you know there's there's certain negative impacts like that. Um does this
075help the attendance recovery help to mitigate some of that those factors as well? Um or is it purely you were completely out of school? >> It's purely for absences. So it's it's a onetoone you can get you can make up a day of absence instead of like an independent study is a day for day. Um, so attendance recovery uh allows it to be done in chunks. So like two hours at a time and once you get to the minimum number of hours for your grade level, then that makes up a day. And so you can do it before the absence or after the absence. So we um really try to target students who have attendance challenges. Typically they're the ones who are struggling, but that's not the exclusive reason that we would invite children to
076participate. um because we really are trying to create the groups based on the need and and they're different groups for different reasons, right? We have um eias that are working at our elementary schools that are running groups for intervention and reading. Um but we have middle school groups that are running based on school connectedness and engagement. We're um it the rule is aligning to standards. So we're really thinking about how do we align this to classroom instruction substantially similar to instruction. Um, and so that's really what we've been thinking about is both what's the need and then how are we targeting that and then how are we doing both things at once. Um, and I think it's been really successful. I have to give a lot of credit to uh both Cindy Knight and Amber
077um Lundy who works in our uh enrollment office. They have done an amazing job thinking conceptually about this and also Julie Banks. Um and then thinking about how are we recording all of this time and getting it uh because really it has been kind of confusing on the back end. Um but our staff has done a really good job kind of embracing this on behalf of children. >> Fantastic. And with that, what staff members are? Is this um the students teachers are or is it mostly you mentioned ei who who is taking on that role of because it sound like it was before and after school so you know that additional time. >> It's lots of people. So there's lots of different things we've done. um some different positions that are funded creatively to help
078um do some of that as part of their jobs. We've done some additional um positions that are given um they are given extra hours out of site funds. So it's a little bit of both and depending on the school. >> Got it. Cool. Um, and then are we I know that so I was going through this presentation alongside you had sent out a midyear >> summary back in January or February. Um, and are looking at some of like the numbers and you mentioned some numbers here. There are some improvements. You know, these are this is very much so looking districtwide. are we diving into kind of some of these SIPA goals and some of these sight specific um you know if there's a a specific school site that you know overall as our district we're
079improving in such and such manner but if there's a specific school site that like yeah we're improving in this manner as a district because this one school site had a huge you know decrease and then you know increase and then um the you know we have these other school sites that are still struggling or making negative um results Um what are we you know how are we supporting those schools and making sure that >> so we we meaning myself and my team we meet every uh couple times a year individually with each of our principles and we have individual data meetings with them where we're going over their individual data. So we have a very good idea of like the schools that are excelling in different areas, the schools that need continued support in different
080areas. That's the the work that we're doing and like providing the coaching and the support. And then our our schools work in cohorts and teams to be working on like where are the schools that are shining in certain areas and the schools that you know we need to support and what are the barriers that are coming up. And then there's different things. For example, if you're looking at absentee rates, there are some schools that are have really targeted chronic absenteeism um and really are leading the charge because their chronic absenteeis rates have reduced. And so we'll talk about why has that school done such an impressive job in reducing chronic absentee rates and we have them share and do things like that. So yes, that's always something that we monitor. >> Yeah, I think that
081I'd also just like to shout out the middle school site diversion because those numbers at least from the midyear report that you sent over like >> are drastically different than previous years. huge ownership happening at that school and I think the middle schools will tell you um they're seeing a big difference in just their own ownership of that and feeling really good about that. >> Fantastic. Thank you. >> Excellent. Any other question? >> Thank you. >> Okay. And that's gonna Oh, here we go. I went down too far. That's going to bring us to item 6A. It's an action item. Our business consent items. Move to approve item 6A. >> Any questions or discussion regarding these business consent items? >> Okay. All in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. Okay. And this is an annual
082resolution designated designating authorized um where'd you go? Agents. >> I'll move to approve item 6B. >> I'll second. Any questions regarding this? All in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. >> Okay. And that brings us to our educational services um educational services consent items. >> I'll move to approve item 8. >> Second. >> I just have a quick question. I think we're in seven. >> Seven. >> A seven. >> Sorry. >> I have I have a quick question on this one. Um what is a healthcare providing specifically? It is a speech and language pathologist coverage for somebody who's on maternity leave. >> Okay. Thank you. >> I think we have a motion. >> 7. >> I'll second. >> Okay. Any additional questions regarding these items? >> No. >> All in favor say I. >> I.
083Opposed. Okay. Which is next? Um, educ educational services action art and music in school and AMS annual report. I'll move to approve 7B. This is it's exciting that we have VAPA supports at our schools and you know Prop 28 was huge. I know that back when I was a kid, we had some limited um music and you know different different options and as I remember as I progressed through school and then as my younger siblings went through school it just those were the things that got clawed away and clawed away and clawed away and so it's great to see some of these programs being able to come back um in whatever way they might look. >> I'll second it. >> Okay, any questions, comments? All in favor say I. >> I. I. >> And that
084brings us to our human resources consent items. >> Now we're at eight. >> I'll move to approve item 8A. >> I'll second. >> Any questions or discussion regarding those human resource consent items? >> I have an adjacent question. Um so there's last month and this month we have a lot of pair professional special education on here which is amazing. Um, in this LCAP um, update, we learned that the pair professionals for special education have been doing additional trainings. Um, or were those types of things that were like just at the beginning of the year they got a new training or as we're hiring new um, pair of professionals, they're now getting a new training as well. >> We do them ongoing. I think it's about every six weeks because there are so many that we
085hire through the year. There's a lot of turnover in that job. So, they're calendared throughout the year. Fantastic. Thank you. >> Um, we had a motion and a second. >> Yeah. Okay. Anything else? All in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. >> Okay. And that brings us to our closing communications, announcements, reports, and communications from the board and superintendent. >> I know we have just a few people left in the room. Thanks for sticking around, you guys. >> Um, I don't know if any of you left are still teachers in the room, but I know. Okay. Yeah, there we go. back. Hello. Yes. >> Um, it's teacher teacher and staff appreciation week. So, I just want to say thank you again to the teachers. You guys are amazing and the heart of the district. So,
086just thank you. I hope you guys feel loved and appreciated this week. So, especially >> Yeah, I'll I'll second that. Hope you guys have a good week and appreciate all your hard work throughout the year educating our children. I'll third that with the additional um comment that um it's you know we should be appreciating our teachers not just teacher appreciation week but we should be appreciating our our staff and what they do um all year round. I want to shout out I know that specifically this past Friday was um uh lunch hero day and I've had the opportunity of going out to some of our school sites for um lunch and the work that we're doing with scratch cooking and um and the school meals that we're providing and some of the grants that we've
087been going after to try and expand that even more than we're providing is really exciting. Um, and so that our bus drivers and our S Sooms and everyone, our teachers, principles, everyone that makes the school work. It's just so many pieces. And, um, I know that, yeah, I'm just so grateful for everyone that works for our schools. Um, I think that they're both gone, but the wanted to thank the parents that came out from Bankraftoft. Um, I know it's hard to come um and speak up in front of us. Apparently, we can be intimidating. Um, but um, I I wanted to thank them and I think that um, what I heard throughout all of that is that communication and I think that um, you know, a desire for better communication. So, I think that that's
088something that I'd like to see the district do better at and um really making sure that our um families feel heard. Um and making sure that information about resources and all of that are available and proactively available. >> Then do I report that? >> Uh sorry, one last thing. reminder that on Thursday is um the uh Laame Mesa Police Department will be doing a memorial adding um officer Lauren Craraven's name to their memorial plaque. Um tomorrow at noon I think the county of San Diego is doing theirs um and um her name will be added at that plaque as well. Um, and so that's both of those are available to the community and I for that. Um, I appreciate um all the teachers and uh the classified staff. Um, Miss Mitchell and Miss Carter, of
089course, uh, they're a huge part of our family. Um, they took on our kids and um, all their needs at the time when they came into our home. And I did text uh Salom and she just said to give you guys a shout out and she is I don't know if she could see you guys but she is watching so she said to send you guys a shout out and just she appreciates you guys. So thank you. Also happy teacher appreciation week and happy appreciation to everyone who pours their heart out into their schools and our kids. Um I don't have much more announcements because we were just here two weeks ago. So um I know that state testing is wrapping up. Um, so shout out to any teacher, staff, and all of the kids
090that pushed through and took that on and did their best. That's that's not an easy thing to do on any end. So, we'll be looking forward to seeing what we see. >> Sorry, one last thing because I thought you were going to say it. Um, shout out to Principal Hosa who um was recognized by um Assembly Member Leach Sharp Collins at Spring Valley Day for the work that she's done in the community and um so yes, shout out to that. >> Would you like to share any announcements? >> Uh sure. Yeah, I just want to say thank you to all of our educators and wish everyone a happy educator appreciation week. I think tonight was a perfect way to kick that off um with both Tori and Jessica, which I thought Tori Tori really had
091me on the um we assume competence in in our class. I just thought that was really neat. Um yeah, so uh the other thing I wanted to do is congratulate uh Amy Isbel on the position at Spring Valley Academy. I know a lot of people are really happy tonight with that decision and um and just want to wish everyone a great week. Excellent. Okay. So, I think with that we can adjourn this meeting at 7:23