001Vice President Bullockus, we are live. You may start the meeting. Good evening and welcome to the April 22nd regular board meeting of the Capistrano Unified School District. The meeting is now in session and the time is 5:02 p.m. Uh Mrs. Hayes, please call the roll. Trustee Castellanos. Here. Trustee Pritchard. Present. Trustee Zullinger. Here. Trustee Jones. Here. Trustee Admins. Here. Trustee Bullockus. Here. Trustee Davis will be absent this evening. Please note that staff has pulled item C.11, first reading board policy 5145 .11, questioning and apprehension by law enforcement, formerly 5153, questioning of students by law enforcement. Additionally, staff revised the exhibits for 12A.4, charter facilities agreement for 2026 through 2028, California Republic Leadership Academy, and 11.E, first reading deletion of board policy 3542, school bus drivers. These revised exhibits can be found online. May I have
002a motion to adopt the agenda as amended? So moved. Second. Moved by Trustee Admins. Admins and seconded by Trustee Jones. Miss Hayes, uh do we have any requests to speak uh for the adoption of the agenda? There are none. Yeah. Um Yeah, so the motion carries 6-0-1. Oh, all those in favor? Aye. Aye. Now it's 6-0-1. Mrs. Hayes, before the board recesses to close session, are there any requests to speak for a closed session agenda item? There are none. The board will now recess to close session to address >> [clears throat] >> the following agenda items. Student expulsion, two cases. Conference with legal counsel, anticipated litigation, one case. Conference with legal counsel, anticipated litigation, six cases. Conference with legal counsel, existing litigation, two cases. Liability claims, three cases. Public employee discipline, dismissal, release, three cases.
003Public employee employment appointment, Chief Technology Officer. Public employment and evaluation of performance, Superintendent. The board will now recess to close session. Vice President Bullockus, you may start the meeting. Good evening and welcome to the April 22nd regular board meeting of the Capistrano Unified School District. The meeting is now in session and the time is 6:05 p.m. Mrs. Hayes, please call the roll. Trustee Castellanos. Here. Trustee Pritchard. Present. Trustee Zullinger. Here. Trustee Jones. Here. Trustee Admins. Here. Trustee Bullockus. Here. Trustee Davis will be absent for this tonight's meeting. For the Pledge of Allegiance, I am going to ask Brad Shear to lead us, please. Mrs. Hayes, please read the report from closed session. On agenda item 4A, student expulsions, trustees voted 6-0-1 to approve staff recommendation on the following cases. Case number 2026-013 and case number
0042026-016. On agenda item 4B, conference with legal counsel anticipated litigation, trustees gave direction to staff. On agenda item 4C, conference with legal counsel anticipated litigation, trustees voted 6-0-1 to approve staff recommendation on the following cases. ADR case number 2026- 0302, 2026-0310, 2026-0325, 2026-0330, 2026-0331, and 2026-0401. On agenda item 4D, conference with legal counsel existing litigation, trustees voted 6-0-1 to approve staff recommendation on the following cases. OAH case number 2025-111072. OAH case number 2026-010054. On agenda item 4E, liability claims, trustees voted 6-0-1 to approve staff recommendations to reject the following claims. Claim number 2514- 047, claim number 2414-251, and claim number 2514-511. On agenda item 4F, public employee discipline, dismissal, release, trustees voted 6-0-1 to approve staff recommendation on the following cases. Resolution number 2526-08C, 2526-09C, and 2526-10 C. On agenda item 4G, public employee employment
005appointment, trustees voted 6-0-1 to approve staff recommendation to appoint Michael Robbins Chief Technology Officer effective June 15th, 2026. On agenda item 4H, public employment and evaluation of performance, no reportable action. And that concludes my report. Thank you, Mrs. Hayes. We're now moving to public comments. The total time for public comment shall be 20 minutes. Mrs. Hayes, do we have any speaker cards uh for non-agenda items? We do. We have eight speaker cards this evening. So per board policy 9323, meeting conduct, each speaker will be allowed 2 minutes. The timer is set for 2 minutes. Could you please uh Mrs. Hayes uh call on the people and have them line up? I sure can. Um Our first speaker, our student speakers this evening, so we'll please ask you to hold your speech so that we can
006hear from our student speakers this evening. Andy Olson, Alexis, and Luke. Please come forward to the podium in that order. Our students first. Uh then I transferred to Venado and uh began to learn sign language and it was such an exploratory experience for me as I began to learn to communicate better and I transferred to University High School, at which time I was so excited because I was able to learn so much in the DHH program there. Uh I was able to uh there's so much aspirations and hopes for transferring to colleges and there's deaf programs in the DHH program there provides so much great opportunities uh for transfer to college and the opportunities are limitless in the ability to um with the DHH program at University City High School and uh I just respect
007uh the deaf people and the deaf culture and throughout the deaf world it's it's uh I'm I'm very proud of that situation. So thank you. Our next speaker is Alexis. Hi everyone. My name is Alexis Morris Mingo and I'm 16 years old. I'm a freshman. I am fully deaf. I fully use American Sign Language. I started the program in Riverside Unified School District when I was 6 years old. Later on, again, I've transferred around to several different schools for my education. I went to Taft Elementary School, and then to uh Rondo Middle School. I graduated there last year from middle school. And I've been through a lot with my education. Uh a lot that I've had to go through. Uh some good, some not good. And just now starting University High School, I am very,
008very excited. I'm very inspired just by how important this program is to me, the DHH program, or deaf and hard of hearing. Uh it's really hard to learn because the education with schools, there's so much going on, and it's very important for my education. So, I believe it's very worthwhile to continue this, to continue uh my education in the best way possible. Thank you. And our final student tonight is Luke. Hello. My name is Luke. I am a junior at University High School. I started this program as a freshman. At the time, I didn't know how to sign language at all. I took American Sign Language in my freshman year, and I am very good at it. Before I came here, school was very hard for me. I did not feel understood, and I felt
009invisible a lot of times. It was frustrating not being able to express myself or explain what I was thinking. This program had changed me a lot for that. Here, people are kind and respectful. For For the first time, I feel like I truly belong. People see me. They acknowledge me, and they include me. This means a lot to me. American Sign Language has changed my life. Before I learned it, I struggled to communicate and describe things. Now that I express myself, share my thoughts, and connect with people, I can understand with others better. And they can understand me most. I also understand my teachers, especially with the help of my interpreters, and that has made a big difference in my learning. I just wish my parents had known about University High School sooner because it
010would have made a such big impact on my life. I could have been at a DHH school earlier in my life. Thank you, Luke. Our next speaker is Peter. Thank you for allowing the kids to speak. Of course, public speaking is nerve-racking. I think they did a pretty good job. So, hello. Uh my name is Peter Langeman. I'm a um resident of San Clemente. Um I'm here to speak about AB 1938. It's a new law that requires IAB teams, IEP teams, and districts to educate parents on the full spectrum of educational options for deaf and hard of hearing children. This law mandates that IEP teams uh disclose and provide information about all local programs that provide DHH services. While this law may seem like common sense to the layperson, its passage was an attempt to
011remedy decades of dishonesty from districts who sought to withhold information from deaf and hard of hearing children. Let me be more specific. For years, IEP teams and districts all over Orange County have been withholding information about the Orange County uh deaf education uh at University High School and Venado Middle School. And now that program is called the OCDE Connections Program. And I credit that program for saving uh hundreds of DHH students and giving them full access to language, communication, and quality education. One thing I've learned about being uh the parent of a deaf student, Luke is my son, and he does sign, by the way, okay? Uh it's trendy to teach our kids how to sign until they're deaf. No one told me my child's brain learned differently because he was deaf. No one told
012me that he was uh only getting a fraction of what he was what he was actually learning, and nobody told me the benefits of ASL. No one uh told me that speech therapy was really a poor substitute for genuine language acquisition. Once my son got into this wonderful program, he went from third grade reading to a sixth grade reading level in 2 years. His processing ability improved by leaps and bounds. And I can't tell you the number of parents Excuse me. Um thank you, Peter. Your time is up, and so we'll go on to Susan. We had thought we had 3 minutes. I'll make mine I'll try and make mine quick. Real quick, the three here, you'll see that the two over here had access to sign language at the programs way before my son,
013and you could see the fluidity in how he signs and how he speaks and how how proficient they are. So, that's what this bill is really and what we're here to talk about. So, I'll make this quick. Hi. Um my name is Susan Langeman. Thank you for the opportunity to speak today. I'm here to speak about Assembly Bill 1938, a recently passed law that helps ensure parents to are informed about the full range of education options available to deaf and hard of hearing students. The law asks IEP teams and districts to share information about all local programs that provide DHH services to family can make a well-informed decisions. Well, um what the law requires is simple but significant. Some districts and IEP teams must inform parents about all available educational options for their child, not
014just the program a district may prefer. They must clearly explain local programs and services, including specialized deaf and hard of hearing programs, such as regional um country run programs, county run programs. Most importantly, that information must be complete and unbiased so parents can make an a truly informed decision. For example, in Orange County, there is an established program through O- Orange County Department of Programs like these provide students with access to language, communication, and meaningful education support, and many families have found them to be life-changing. Assembly Bill 1938 was passed about 6 months ago, so it's fairly new, and was And the goal was to better support students with hearing disability um including those with cochlear implants, as well as students who are blind. I'm here today to respectfully ask the board to help ensure
015that this law is clearly understood and consistently implemented during the IEP meeting. So, what does that look like? DHH programs provide students with access to American Sign Language interpreters and specialized resources designed to support their learning. This matters deeply because in the past, some districts not allow share of full share of the full pictures. Access to language is foundational. When students have full access to language, communication improves, and learning can truly be acquired. Many of these students learn Thank you, Susan. Sorry about that. Our next speaker is Lisa Myers. If you want, you can email your full speech to the board, and we'll make sure they read it. Good evening. Uh last Saturday, my senior daughter and I attended the UC San Diego Accepted Students Day. She will be a chemical engineering major there. When
016we went to the Welcome to Engineering meeting, we heard families speaking Mandarin, Arabic, Farsi, and Spanish in the crowd. It made me so thankful that my daughter, who will be graduating from the 13-year dual immersion program at San Juan Hills next month, has great respect, understanding, and appreciation for people from all cultures. Perhaps this myopic school board majority should view education not from their self-segregated communities, but from the broader view of this wonderfully diverse state that we live in. My family and I cannot express our admiration and gratitude enough for the bilingual educators at San Juan Elementary. Both of my daughters had such passionate and warm educators. When my husband and I volunteered in a classroom, we would feel leaving inspired by their ability to foster such a dynamic space for children who are English-speaking
017and Spanish-speaking, with as wide a difference in Spanish literacy as you could find. Their professionalism left us in awe. All students in a CSD classroom deserve a deserve a classroom like this. Trustees Davison and Zollinger are former elementary school teachers, and at one point knew how essential the feeling of safety and security is so that children can participate productively in a classroom. When random masked men are roaming our streets and threatening the safety of community members, how does that impact our students' lives? Who on this board is spending any time thinking about that? Who is supporting the teachers, the administrators, and the students in coping with this reality? Thank you very much. Our next speaker is William Strand. >> Good evening superintendent trustees. My name is William Strand. I reside in the district and my
018my daughter attends ATP. In February her nurse was out two days and we had a backup nurse who attended with her. We just found out a month ago that our daughter's full-time nurse will be taking the summer off. So we asked that that backup nurse fill in for her uh for ESY. We had an IEP meeting on April 2nd with the teacher and assistant principal and we requested the backup nurse be assigned for her to ESY and they agreed. The next day, April 3rd, we received an email from Renee Johnson that a new nurse would start training after spring break which completely contradicts the IEP IEP meeting. Additionally, a new nurse destruct disrupts the continuity of our daughter's care. I replied via email to Renee Johnson, the assistant principal, and teacher asking why our daughter's
019nursing was being changed from what was discussed in the IEP. We were told we would need another IEP to address the nursing despite already just had an IEP in which the team agreed the existing backup nurse was best for our daughter. I hope you can understand the frustration that we have with special education administration making changes to our daughter's nursing without any parent input. This is a consistent theme of disregarding parent input, safety, and doing what they want with no collaboration. I emailed Renee Johnson, Clint Collins, Dr. Brown, and trustee Davis to resolve this issue. It still has not been a resolved. I told was told by trustee Davis a week ago Clint Collins would be contacting me. I have not heard from him to date. This is another theme to ignore and not respond
020to parents. I asked the superintendent and trustees to look into this matter why parent concerns continue to be ignored. I am available via phone or email to answer any questions and I will send you the full speech. Thank you. Our next speaker is Rudy Kraus. Hi, my name is Rudy Kraus. Uh you need to prepare the children for Islam which is coming. Islam does not assimilate. You guys talk about multiculturalism and how wonderful it is. That's only if the people assimilate. Islam refuses to assimilate. They have a caliphate, a political caliphate, to take over the United States as they have done with all of Europe. It's here in the United States. I see two people have turned their back to me. Why? Because they're ignorant to the geopolitical situation that's happening in the United States.
021Islam is the religion of violence. They have fear. These two board members have fear. They have Stockholm syndrome as the whole United States does, as all of Europe does. That's how they've succumbed to Islam and allowed all of their daughters to be raped. So they got their backs turned to me. What's going to happen when their children are raped? When the children that you educate are raped? It's coming here. The solution to the problem is congressional hearings for the Muslim ideology trials where we bring the Muslims into court their imams and question their beliefs as noted in the Quran. For example, um pedophilia, rape, incest, convert or die, all homi- that's homicidal ideations, mental illness, Muslim That concludes our speakers for non-agenda items. Thank you. Let's move on to our agenda starting with 11A. May
022I have a motion to adopt resolution 2526-24 establishing South County Virtual Middle School as a new alternative school of choice grade 6 through 8 effective July 1st, 2026 and authorizing submission of evidence for assignment of a county district school code. I'll move. Second. Moved by trustee Zollinger and seconded by trustee Adams. I'd like to recognize Greg Merwin, associate superintendent, to present the item. Thank you, Vice President Bullockus and trustees. Staff presents item 11A which is a resolution to allow the district to apply for a county district school code for the South County Virtual School grades 6 through 8 as an alternative school of choice. The CDS code is required for state and federal reporting, assessment participation, and student information system processing. The new CDS CDS code does not impact programs or services. Dr. Gomez here
023is here to support the item as well as joining us in the audience we have Mr. Michael Hatcher, principal of Cal Prep, which will be officially changing its name to South County Virtual pending board approval, and he's available for general questions as well. I would like to point out staff will provide more information for trustees about South County Virtual School's programs, enrollment procedures, etc. at the upcoming board workshop on May the 6th. Staff recommends approval. Mrs. Hayes, do we have any requests to speak on this item? Trustees, any questions, comments? No questions or comments? All those in favor, say I. I. I. Any opposed? 6-0. Welcome student board member Hanson. Thank you. Now that you're here, do you have any comments to share uh with uh everyone this evening? >> Yeah, really quick. I just
024wanted to talk about a few events going on um around the district. So um Capo, they had their air guitar event and it was a great turnout. They wanted me to report that they had about nine groups with two shows getting about 800 tickets sold. Um they're having Clash of the Classes this week and I actually was just at Capo my CCA class and got to go look at the decorations they have and set up and the walls of Capo are completely covered in posters. It's awesome. It's so cool. They really put a lot of work in there um in their Clash of Classes. Um and then they have prom this Saturday. So and their stadium is finished. Over at Aliso, um they also are having Clash and which is um culminating with their rally
025at the end of the week and they are working on a lot of new things with the rally and um adding mini games with ASB and they also are having ASB elections and interviews. Oh, they've already wrapped those up and their prom will be on May 2nd. Um over at Tesoro, they also had Clash of the Classes which was it's been a fun activity going on around the district and um they have their spring musical Footloose debuting this week and Multicultural Fair going on next week with uh feature performances with a mariachi band and then their prom is coming up on May 16th with the theme Great Gatsby. San Clemente is in the thick of their ASB interviews with um spring spirit assembly and they're planning their prom. And for their assembly, they're doing a
026battle of the classes on the field with a massive slip and slide. So they're very much looking forward to that and they're planning senior activities such as senior brunch, achievement awards, and graduation. And then lastly, over at San Juan, um we had Clash of Classes as well and it went very well um and they start we've started our dodgeball tournament and our elections for ASB went smoothly and we have our Mardi Mardi Gras themed um prom May 9th. So that's pretty much it. Thank you. Thank you. It's really an exciting time of year for seniors in high school. Um we're ready to move on to the next item 11B. Uh may I have a motion to adopt resolution 2526-25 establishing South County Virtual High School as a new alternative school of choice grades 9 through
02712 effective July 1st, 2026 and authorizing submission of evidence for assignment of a county district school code. So moved. Moved by trustee Adams. Do I have a second? Second by trustee Castellanos. And I would like to recognize Greg Merwin, associate superintendent to present this item, please. Thank you, Vice President Bullockus and trustees. Staff presents item 11B, which is also a resolution to allow staff to apply for a new CDS code for South County Virtual as an alternative school of choice, but this time for the high school grades 9 through 12. Uh both Dr. Gomez and Mr. Hatcher are here again available to questions and we will be sharing information about programs and services related to South County Virtual app at the May 6th board workshop. Staff recommends approval. Mrs. Hayes, do we have any speaker
028cards for this item? There are none. Uh any questions, comments from trustees? Okay, all those in favor say I. I. >> I. Uh any opposed? 6-0. And preferential vote uh by student board member Hansen. As a reminder, item 11C, first reading board policy 5145 um period 11, questioning and apprehension by law enforcement, formerly 5153. Questioning of students by law enforcement was pulled by staff. Moving on to 11D, may I have a motion to approve first reading board policy 3541.2, transportation for students with disabilities and with less than a unanimous vote uh bring it back for a second reading on consent. We won't have a unanimous vote because we don't have uh Lisa Davis with us this evening. May I have a a motion to Move. So moved. Second. Okay, moved by trustee Zonlinger and seconded
029by trustee Jones. I'd like to recognize Deputy Superintendent Clark Hampton to present this item, please. Thank you, Vice President Bullockus. So, uh this board policy 351 3541.2 has been updated to reflect current state and federal requirements including revised terminology that broadens special education students to students with disabilities covering both individual education plans or IEPs and section 504 plans. The revision removes outdated eligibility criteria and clarifies that transportation needs are determined through each student's IEP or 504 plan with added guidance on collaboration, alternative arrangements and compliance with laws related to service animals, mobility devices and non-public providers. These updates align with uh the policy with current practices without adding new services or creating any financial impact. Thank you. Staff recommends approval for the first reading. Mrs. Hayes, do we have any requests to speak on this
030item? Okay, as previously mentioned, we won't have a unanimous vote, but we will take a vote by roll call. Mrs. Hayes. I inadvertently put roll call on that's an error. We can just say call for the votes. I apologize. Okay, all those in favor say I. I. Uh any nay, any nays, opposed? Okay, so 6-0 with a preferential vote of uh trustee student board member Hansen. And so we will bring this back uh for a second reading on consent. So, the next item is 11E. May I have a motion to approve first reading for deletion of board policy 3542, school bus drivers. And with less of a unanimous vote, we will bring this back also for a second reading. So moved. Moved by trustee Jones. Second. And seconded by trustee Castellanos. Uh I would like
031to recognize Deputy Superintendent Clark Hampton to present this item. Thank you, Vice President Bullockus. So, this item recommends the deletion of this policy as the language has been moved to an administrative regulation. The AR is part of the exhibit and will be posted on the district website once approved. The AR uh includes references to all state and federal laws and regulations and requirements for all school bus drivers that was in the um the policy that is recommended for deletion, but it is in the administrative regulation. Staff recommends approval for the first reading, which is a deletion. Thank you, Mr. Hampton. Uh Mrs. Hayes, do we have any requests to speak on this item? No, we don't. Uh any comments or questions from trustees? Okay, all those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Okay, 6-0-1.
032The motion carries with a preferential vote of I from student board member Hansen. Next agenda item 11F. May I have a motion to approve first reading deletion of board policy 3543, transportation safety and emergencies. And with less than a unanimous vote, we will bring this back for second reading on consent. May I have a motion? So moved. Second. Moved by trustee Jones and seconded by trustee Adams. I'd like to recognize again uh Deputy Superintendent Clark Hampton to present this item. Thank you, Vice President Bullockus trustees. So, this is the similar to the item preceding this the recommends deletion of the policy as the language has been updated and placed into an administrative regulation. The AR is part of the exhibit and will be posted on the district website and with less than a unanimous vote,
033we will bring this back for second reading on consent. May I have a motion? So moved. Second. Moved by trustee Jones and seconded by trustee Adams. I'd like to recognize again uh Deputy Superintendent Clark Hampton to present this item. Thank you, Vice President Bullockus trustees. So, this is the similar to the item preceding this the recommends deletion of the policy as the language has been updated and placed into an administrative regulation. The AR is part of the exhibit and will be posted on the district website once approved. Staff recommends the deletion of this board policy on the first reading. Thank you. Mrs. Hayes, any Okay, no one speaking. Um do we have any questions or comments on this? All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? The motion carries 6-0-1 with a preferential vote
034of I with student board member Hansen. We will now move to the consent calendar. Mrs. Hayes, do we have any requests to speak on any of these items? We do not. Do we have any trustees who would like to pull a consent item? I do not see any. May I have a motion to approve the consent calendar? So moved. Second. Moved by trustee Castellanos and seconded by trustee Zonlinger. Mrs. Hayes, please call the roll. Student board member Hansen. Trustee Castellanos. Trustee Pritchard. Trustee Zonlinger. Trustee Jones. Trustee Adams. Trustee Bullockus. Motion carries 6-0-1 to approve the consent calendar with the exception of the items that were pulled. I'd like to recognize Dr. Chris Brown to share the superintendent's comments this evening. Good evening, everyone. Thank you for a strenuous board meeting. I will start by saying
035May will be slightly more strenuous. So, I would say you know, be ready for a much longer event on May. We have a lot of things to go through and data presentations as we get towards the end of the year. Also just in in regards to some of the items were pulled today. The item 11C, that board policy, that will come back for a robust discussion at our board workshop in 2 weeks on May 6th. So, we felt it'd be better staff will be better to have a full robust discussion of that and then bring it back to to uh for discussion from the dais. As always, I want to just advertise opportunities where you can come and interact. You know, one of the things we try and work on is is not just having
036board meetings as a way to interact with our constituents. So, we have our our traditional Friday coffee with Chris coming up Friday, April 24th at Vista del Mar. That's this Friday at 8:30 in the morning. And then Friday, May 8th at George White Elementary at 8:15 in the morning. So, those will conclude our our last two coffee with Chris's for this year. We will be redoing these again next year. So, we'll post the calendar at the beginning of the year for those morning as well as for evening forums in case families can't get there in the morning and want to come to an evening time as well. We also have the CUSD safety and well-being expo happening the second annual. It's a free event for all CUSD families and employees with district partners sharing resources
037for physical and mental health, family support and safety, games, music. There's free food for the first individuals. I believe Chick-fil-A, but yeah, will be the the provider of the free food for the first 200 families that get there. So, if you're into Chick-fil-A, be there. It's a 4:00 to 6:30 p.m. coming up at San Juan Elementary and we'll be posting more information on our website as well as our social media. Also at the expo we'll have a parent workshop on trauma and e-bikes which starts at 6:00 p.m. and we we're having free helmets for CUSD students to try and avoid the trauma with the e-bikes as we move forward. And then CUSD Cares Middle School Soccer Intramural Tournament will be happening April 29th and 30th at the San Juan Capistrano Sports Park from 11:00 to
0383:30. If you haven't been able to see one of our middle school intramural tournaments, it's really amazing to see those kids who've been playing at their school in lunch tournaments to get the right to represent their school uh >> Kids who've been playing at their school in lunch tournaments to get the right to represent their school go all in and they win banners and they hang them up their schools and and it's really a fun thing for our students and this is our last tournament of the year. And with that that concludes my comments for the evening. Trustees, anyone have comments? Trustee Edmonds. Okay, good evening everybody. Um, I need to make a correction on something that I said in the March meeting. I congratulated Shorecliffs Middle School for a great career day and that
039is not the correction. They did a great job on the career day. I loved it. But I misspoke as Trustee Jones pointed out immediately >> [laughter] >> when I said that Shorecliffs was the only middle school with an AVID program. Uh, I want to thank the following middle schools that all have AVID programs. Don Juan Avila, Marco Forster, Newhart, Niguel Hills, Shorecliffs, and Vista del Mar. I apologize for my error. I was either misinformed or I misunderstood what was being told to me. So, congratulations to all the schools that offer such an amazing program. And that's it for me. Any other trustee? Trustee Jones. So, um, Capistrano Valley High School has a new stadium. It's not actually totally finished. We're waiting for um, uh, final uh, DSA inspection. But some of us have been there
040and even been able to Yeah, I see you smiling there. Uh, been able to go into the rooms inside. And I'm going to tell you a couple of uh, interesting stories about it. Uh, well, for one thing, Trustee Bullockus and I worked very hard to make sure the school got what it needed in this stadium. And one of the things we wanted was a a really good snack bar with plenty of electrical outlets. I have seen it. I have taken pictures. I have shared them with many people including Trustee Bullockus and we are very pleased we pleased. We thank uh, the facilities department for helping us with that. Uh, Mr. Forney did a great job there. Um, the ladies restroom is huge with I think maybe as many as 30 stalls in it. I mean,
041can you believe it? Finally people figured out that we needed more stalls. Um, anyway, it's really going to be nice. It's uh, going to be open for graduation. I think that's the first real event there, but we are excited about it and it is beautiful. Um, Okay, also at San Juan Oh, no, at San Juan Hills High School, um, oh, shoot. I'm going to have to look up the date. I forgot that. But we we have the first generation graduation, which is the students who um, are uh, the first in their families to graduate from high school. And this is such an inspiring um, an inspiring event. Let's see. It is uh, on Thursday the 30th. So, not tomorrow, but a week from tomorrow. The great event if you are have any interest, it's in
042their theater. Uh, I believe it starts at 6:00 p.m. and it's it it is one of the most moving events that we have in our district. Um, San Juan Capistrano is the same age as or at least Mission San Juan Capistrano is the same age as America. So, we are having in here in San Juan Capistrano SJC 250. If you've been in San Juan, you've seen all those banners that are beautiful. Um, as part of that celebration, uh, there is a student art contest that the committee in charge of it has is putting on or put on. And tomorrow is the reception for the student art contest. The mission was gracious enough to allow all the winning art to be put up in the sol- soldiers barracks. The event the receptions is tomorrow from 5:00
043to 7:00 and the good news for those of you who might not may have a student there is entrance to the mission is free from 5:00 to 7:00. So, if you've ever wanted to wander over to the mission, go on over tomorrow between 5:00 and 7:00. Maybe if you show up at 7:00, they'll say, "Wait, why are you really here?" Uh, but uh, it it's a great opportunity to uh, just tour the mission and go into the soldiers barracks and see the student artwork. It is fabulous. These are the winning artworks. Some of it is will just blow your mind. It is amazing. Anyway, um, congratulations to the winners and please consider coming over tomorrow to see that. Thank you. Any other trustee? Trustee Castellanos. >> Yes, thank you. Um, so I just want to
044take a moment before we adjourn tonight that it is National Volunteer Week. And so, I would like to take a moment to recognize our amazing PTA volunteers throughout the district. I have a couple fun facts about them about Capo PTA. Uh, 13,000 PTA members across this district, which is amazing, who support our students every single day. Also, um, Capo PTAs have raised over $700,000 for our schools just this year alone. Another amazing number, um, from our amazing volunteers. So, this is um, I had to kind of think about what I was going to say tonight because this has it's very very uh, it sits close to my heart, obviously. Um, I'm I was a PTA parent and a PTA president and so I know how hard you work and so I just want to take
045a moment to read some things that I wrote down. I know the heart behind your work. You are one behind the scenes at the center of it all running membership drives, direct donation campaigns, fun runs, carnivals, family fun nights, organizing book fairs, celebration books, coordinating staff appreciation days, and so much more. But it's more than events and programs, but it's what you create is you create connection. You help turn schools into communities where students feel supported, staff feels valued, and of course our families feel welcomed. That doesn't happen by accident. It happens because of you. So, thank you for your leadership. Thank you for your commitment. And thank you for your countless ways you show up for our schools every single day. Our schools with your voice are made stronger every day because of your
046service. So, I'm super appreciative of everything you do. Um, there was a video made and I think we have it ready. Um, just shows the heart of the PTA and I hope it plays. Oh. Oh, I hope we have audio. While we're waiting for the sound, maybe those of us who have been a current or former PTA president would raise their hands. Oh, I'm not one. Yay. Thank you. PTA's been incredibly fulfilling to me. What we provide as a PTA is an enhancement to [music] the education. >> A lot of the community and a lot of that parent culture at that school is really driven by the PTA. Bringing our community together through PTA events is really special. To see the smiles on the children's [music] faces and to see their excitement. >> Being able
047to inspire my kids to help out to the friendships that I've created. It's really really fulfilling to see your work, even if it's a small amount, make a huge difference. It makes all the time and effort really worth [music] it. >> Come be a part of our community. So, happy volunteer week. Thank you for all you do. Yes, thank you PTA and PTSA in all of our schools. Um, there's so much we wouldn't have if we didn't have you there. Um, fundraising and and working hard at um, supporting events. Do we have any other trustees with comments? I have just a few. Um, and uh, I had the pleasure of going to San Clemente High School this last Friday um, to see um, what did I see? I saw Greece. Um, so if anybody has
048not been to San Clemente High School, I don't know if you have for a play, uh, they need to give directions because it was not in the MPR and it's up on the hill and um, I ended up having to call Dr. Baker on on his cell to say, "Okay, I don't see any cars here. Where's that road?" And I finally got there and it was lots of fun. It kind of reminded me of a theater down in San Diego, the Starlight, where you're out under the stars seeing the students' performances. It was really terrific. Uh, tomorrow night there's four trustees that are going to to Soro for Footloose. It is musical uh, April. So, we will take that in and I wanted to let people know that on May 1st, um, at um, Viejo
049Elementary School, there's Dia de los Ninos Festival, um, that I'm looking forward to attend. And on May 5th is the CAC Sunshine Awards. And this is a favorite because this is parents who nominate um, those who work with the special ed and those with disabilities. Um, and they're just real standouts and they get recognized. Um, so if you can attend, it's going to be at Capo? It's at Capo, I think. Capo Valley High School in their theater. And that's on May May So, spend Cinco de Mayo with uh CAC Sunshine Awards. Um and what would it be uh an evening unless I reported on robot dolphins? 5199 for our district. They worked very hard. They won um and I'm sorry I didn't come with the list. They won numerous awards uh this year, but most
050especially um they made it to the SoCal Champs. It was at Anaheim two weekends ago and they will be heading off the first weekend in May once again to world champs in Houston to compete. Um and so we want to give them a warm send-off and wishing them the best of luck and good time. That concludes my comments, um but I do want to continue the tradition of recognizing some particular classified retirees that have spent more than 20 years with us. Robin Cohen, paraeducator two, retiring after 29 years. Don Hung, a school secretary two, for 26 years. Andrea Paulson, a paraeducator five, for 22 years. Mary Beck, another paraeducator five, for 21 years. And Phoebe Kong, from uh a paraeducator five, 21 years, retiring. And Carrie Maxwell, sec uh excuse me, school secretary two, 20
051years. Um and so we wish them a wonderful summer and retirement. Yeah. I'll just make it quick. Oh, I didn't see. Sorry. With the adjournment, I'd like to make it in behalf of Administrative Professionals Day. I know that um I'm probably superintendent and all the staff have thanked and appreciated their their administrative assistants, but uh yeah, I think it's important to acknowledge the good work that they do on behalf of our district and the students. Do it. And okay, so the motion and uh the recommendation Dr. Pritchard and the second was uh Trustee Jones. Um all those in favor, say I. I. I. Anybody opposed wanting to stay longer? >> [laughter] >> Motion carries 6-0-1 and the time is now 6:53 p.m. Thank you. Don't get used to it.