001hold up test one two test testing 2 one two test president C's live stream is now in progress you may turn on your mic and start the meeting good evening and welcome to the January 17th 2024 regular board meeting of cops Unified School District the meeting is now in session and The Time Is Now 5:33 p.m. Miss Frankie please call roll truste bulus here trusty Davis here trusty Jones here trusty pitard trusty hanich here trusty Parham here trusty ctios here before the board recesses to close session is there anyone who would like to speak on the Clos agenda item we have no speakers okay the board will now recess to close session to address the following agenda items student expulsions two cases conference with legal counsel anticipated litigation significant exposure litigation three cases significant exposure
002litigation five cases John fory Chief facilities officer will be joining Clos session conference with legal counsel existing litigation significant exposure to litigation or cases conference with real property negotiators property is South transportation and groundskeeping facility 5.51 acre property located at 26126 Victoria Boulevard Dana Point California 92624 conference with labor negotiators CUA CA Teamsters Kuma unrepresentative employees liability claim exposure significant exposure to litigation one case board will now recess to close session thank you like president casianos the live stream is now in progress you may turn on your mic and open the meeting good evening and welcome to the January 17th 2024 regular board meeting of Capistrano Unified School District the meeting is now in session and the time is 7:06 PM as a reminder per board policy 9323 meeting conduct request to address the Board
003of Trustees will be accepted only until 30 minutes after the start of Open Session please also note that we have Spanish interpreters attending the sports meeting and they are available to anyone in the back of the room also if um we have cd students registered to speak this evening on any agenda item we will hear them before any adult speaker oral Communications is an opportunity for the public to comment on issues that are not on tonight's agenda per board policy the total time allotted for oral Communications is 20 minutes with a maximum of three minutes per speaker the per speaker time may be less if there is a large number of speakers under California law board members cannot respond to non-agenda oral communication comments we would also like to note that while the public has
004the right to speak the district does not condone speech that is perceived as hateful or discriminatory the purpose of a school or a school district is to teach in addition to typical academic subjects we want to teach young people appropriate behavior and respect all other points of view our students are watching and listening to all of us so please be respectful we appreciate your support tonight in modeling respectful and productive public discourse for students in our community Also regarding agenda item 12b staff is pulling the item resolution 23 24-23 resolution of the Board of Trustees of the cstr Unified School District approving a Fourth Amendment to the option to lease real property with Toll Brothers Incorporated and approving a development agreement with Toll Brothers and the City of Dana Point regarding agenda item 15 a
005staff is pulling this item designation of a new title one schools for 2425 regarding 16a annual report employment of relatives staff has made a minor change to the exhibit removing an employee name who is now retired okay we are now ready um Miss can you please call the wall student board member Pierce pres trusty bullus here trusty Davis here trusty Jones here trusty Pritchard pres trusty hanich here trusty Parham here trusty ctios here okay this evening the Pledge of Allegiance um truste Jones you want to let leave the pledge for us I pledge allegiance to United States stands God indivisible andice for all okay may I have a motion to adopt the agenda moved second moved by trusty Davis seconded by truste Hanah sorry I'm slow tonight uh please call the W student board member
006Pierce hi trusty buikus hi trusty Davis Hi trusty Jones hi trusty perchard hi trusty hanich hi trusty Parham hi trusty ctios hi motion carries 70 by roll call vote to adopt the agenda with a preferential vote of I from student board member peers okay we're now going to do our readout from close session on agenda item 3A still student expulsions trustees voted 70 to approve staff recommendation on the following cases case number 20241 0 and case number 2024 011 on agenda item 3B conference with legal council anticipated litigation on agenda item B1 through B3 trustees voted 70 to approve sta staff recommendations on the following cases ADR case number 2023 11127 case number 20231 1201 and case number 202312 05 on agenda item B4 trustees gave direction to staff on agenda item 3C conference with
007legal council existing litigation on agenda items C1 through C4 trustees voted 70 to approve staff recommendation on the following cases oh case numbers 0223 20231 0905 on agenda item 3D conference with real property negotiators no action was taken on agenda item 3E conference with labor negotiators trustees gave direction to staff on agenda item 3F agenda or liability claim trustees voted 70 to approve staff recommendation on the following case liability claim number 1 85366 this concludes my report thank you okay superintendent good evening everyone happy New Year welcome to the first Board of Trustees meeting for 2024 uh before we start this evening I just wanted to spend a few minutes talking about a few more community outreach opportunities as we move into the spring um first we'll continue our cusd safety briefings with our own
008illustrious Darren gindra he began those before the break and we'll continue on after the break uh tomorrow night Darren will be uh viewable and get Niguel Hills Middle School from 5:30 to 6:30 sharing our day-to-day safety practices our Partnerships with outside agencies and really the next steps that are going on in our school safety audits um if you can't make tomorrow night on January 24th Darren will be at uh Bernice aers middle school and January 31st will'll be at Marco Forester Middle School both from 5:30 to 6:30 we're also going be hosting a town hall addressing Public Safety in Orange County at the Ladera Ranch middle school on Tuesday January 30th at 5:30 p.m. uh Sheriff Barnes for County Supervisor Katrina Foley trustee Michael Parham and myself will be there to discuss ebikes preventing crime
009and really enhancing safety in our public spaces during the fall I hosted a series of superintendent forums in the evenings at the high school uh kind of throughout the system and for the spring we're going to be doing something a little bit different to support those parents who are unable to attend evening sessions so this began last week when I kicked off my morning coffees with Chris we actually did have coffee and pastries for those who attended um we started at Wood Canyon Elementary so there'll be another opportunity to engage with families um and share my goals and values in the district's mission and vision and to hear from the community coming up the next one is at Concordia Elementary uh in San Clen on Friday February 2nd 8:30 in the morning again we will
010have coffee um and I look forward to interacting with more parents and community members then that is my comments for the evening okay thank you trustees um comments this evening trusty B well Happy New Year and with the new year comes a new season for robotics the first robotics competition the international season launch was Saturday January 6 and I just wanted to share with you the theme this year which is cresendo turn up the volume the robotics competition teams will use their stem skills and creative power to turn up the volume as they design build and program their robots for action-packed gameplay their skills make it possible to create art and experiences that bring us together uh bring us entertainment and it moves US during our Arts inspired first robotic season we'll celebrate the roles
011our stem plays um in the Arts and Design to build a world of Endless Possibilities the future is our students um to create and if you have never been to one of our robotic competitions I encourage you to stay tuned there's usually Insider um reporting and it is a really wonderful um class and Club that come together and compete with different schools um all over California and really all over the nation uh they will travel from other states as far as Hawaii and even other countries as far as Mexico um and Israel um Australia uh to compete in these competitions so it's a great experience for the kids I just wanted to share with you that it's happening now and that's my comments thank you thank you trusty Davis happy 2024 I'm so excited for
012what this year this new year has to offer our students here in capistran unified exciting things are happening here and I look forward to what lies ahead for us in the 2024 year yesterday was our National Religious Freedom Day National Religious Freedom Day marks the anniversary of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom drafted in 1777 by Thomas Jefferson it was a pivotal moment in our nation's history as as Visionary document laid the foundation for the protection of religious Liberties enshrined in our constitution on that note there are some areas surrounding that statute that we need to discuss some things to ponder and navigate as we move forward as a board we need to ask ourselves as Trustees of the students and families in capist a unified school district a few questions what are our values
013what are the values of our community we need to set clear standards surrounding policies we need to understand and our policies CD's policies are based on a general standard of morals all of our policies are based upon values and our policy should align with our values as a Board of Trustees and our Community Values we can have differing opinions but we do not want but what we do not want is groups to intentionally come to invoke problems questions have to be asked our society is based on rules and moral decisions there are moral standards standards that are agreed upon around the world should we teach honesty empathy respect compassion integrity and kindness should we teach our students that we help one another help your family help your Group return favors be brave defer to superiors
014divide resources fairly and respect others property is it okay to steal kill lie maybe we need to ask ourselves and consider if we should allow after school clubs or just School sponsored clubs at the least we need to delineate a line between when a school group meets on our campus much later than after students leave and teachers and staff's professional Duties are complete perhaps add to our policy the use of the school facilities take place at least an hour after students leave campus for the day we need very clear policy and a discussion around policy it's not cart wunk we don't have the authority to do whatever we want as a board our clubs are also not set up cart blunk we do not allow six-year-olds to run and lead a club we would not
015approve proud boys clubs bondage clubs guns and shooting clubs antifa clubs Nazi clubs Hitler clubs KKK clubs black magic clubs Ouija board clubs Club safe sex clubs or would we there's a certain amount of respect and dignity that we have uphold in cistron Unified School District I would like to ask staff to take a deep dive into board policy 1330 use of school facilities and board policy um 6145 extracurricular and curcular activities and look into a PO directly relating to adding a policy for school clubs which I am told that we do not currently have this will assist us as we navigate today's requests and look into our community's values as far as of the use of our facilities go we need to ask ourselves what are our values in cusd I ran for school
016aard because I deeply love the capistrana unified community and particularly San Clemen Community we share so many things in common including our values and general beliefs I'm a passionate mother who wants the best for my children and all children in cusd and I try to see every policy through that lens I know all of you want the same kind of respect and dignity for your children while we also share a lot of the same values I also understand that there are many of you whose particular Faith tradition is different from M that's okay why I put a lot I put a lot of value on religious pluralism and believe firmly in the freedom of religion since we run a public school with taxpayers dollars we have a duty to protect people's ability to Worship in
017various ways as long as it does not infringe upon others rights or lives we also have policies in place that limit a religion's specific influence onor public schools that allow for people to share their faith consistent with the Constitution and be various state laws we allow various clubs and churches to use our facilities with certain restrictions yet tonight I have been informed that we have a request by the Afterschool Satan club that they would like to open up a club in one of our one of my elementary schools in San Clemy because that school also has a good news or a Christian Club I have two questions for the administration before the public begins their comments on this in October as we were discussing the need for better and more informed parental involement SE in
018Parental involvement several of you my colleagues agreed that our current regime of parental rights is dis um is dispersed confusing and sometimes contradictory and we agreed on a path to unify simplify and put them in a place that was easily accessible to parents three months later I yet to hear if there's any movement on this issue if we're serious about our values from our handbook communicate with and engage students parents employees and community members in districtwide and Community specific decisions then what will it take this to move this initiative forward I would like to add I would like to have it added to next month's agenda we need clear policy Provisions clarify Clarity will bring predictability and consistency to the groups and clubs on our campuses the community must know the rights and responsibilities associated
019with these clubs transparency is also absolutely essential who is supervising these clubs who's sponsoring this club which parents which teachers the community has a right to know Clarity and transparency will give protection set limits and most importantly allow for a natural and honest Community response to controversial questions number two can the administration clarify our club and public use policies for the board and the public under state law we are required to have a policy to educate and everything surrounding education however I'm not exactly sure how a satanic Club fits into all this here's why first of all can we look at a policy that simply States a club's title needs to be descriptive to the activity of the club seems like a simple solution while we can be pluralistic about faith and agree to disagree
020on doctrinal matters I would think that the dist would not allow the formation of a KKK or a Nazi Club under a sense of propriety that neither of them reflect Our Community Values it would not matter in the least if we were offering courses if they were offering courses in selfworth art or public speaking I would think that the board would rightly so reject their applications out of hand honestly in my view Nazis and KKK are terrible but satanists are the wor and absolutely contrary to everything I believe and stand for and what the vast majority of our community believes in stands for they actively work against the interests of a vast majority of our community make no mistake the satanistic group is a hate group organized with a specific purpose to Mock and Demon
021Christian beliefs they could very easily Rebrand as an open-minded group scientific group or even an atheist group choosing to Brand themselves as a satanic group serves only to express hate while we respect everyone's right to believe whatever they may and worship whatever they like the nature of this group forces this body to understand the limits of its policy why is this okay and not a Nazi group so while the United States Supreme Court has ruled on related issues I'm not aware of specific precedent that would stop us from denying a Satan Club if indeed that is where the board decides to go I hope this comments will be thoughtful to help us make the best decisions for not only our schools but our community okay thank you any otheres okay so now we're student board
022member appears I just have a quick um oh sorry that's okay Dr Brown says you're talking about use of our facilities um every year well not every year every time we have an election cycle uh it comes up usually from me or whomever the use of our schools as voting places so we'll want a future check- in on the Civic Center act and other other any applicable acts laws lawsuits that apply to the use of our schools that would be appreciated thank you yes there's a lot of precedent for this as well as um legal uh verifications so we'll bring that back as well as possible revisions to facilities use policies in the February board meeting um so that that's all very clear okay student board member pece thank you Happy New Year today I
023sit here at an important time of my term on the board the halfway mark of my one-year term this period has been an enlightening Journey filled with learning and personal growth now it's a time for my reflection on what has been and what has been anticipated for what has come to for what is to come in the future all from my perspective I extend once again my deepest gratitude to everyone who made my journey possible to this position respecting representing the diverse student body of cusd is an honor and a responsibility I hold with utmost respect and seriousness in these past months I've come to understand that education is much more than academics and curriculum it's a gift a collection of lessons that go beyond textbooks and for many a nurturing safe environment away from
024home as a board member my commit my commitment has been to protect this environment ensuring that our students needs and rights are at the heart of every decision made here on this board one of the key lessons for my time so far is the importance of relevant and inclusive educational content it is essential that we continuously update and expand our curriculum resources and books that reflect the diverse experiences and challenges our students our student body faces this approach not only keeps education engaging but also prepares students for a world of constant of constant Evolution however our journey is not without challenges this first half of the year we've witnessed a nationwide Trend where School boards including ours have increasingly been confronted by political pressures a notable instance was the presentation of the parental notification policy
025crafted by California assemblyman billis which was originally not passed by by the state so he pushed it into school boards across California this policy was proposed but luckily was viewed as unnecessary by most and sparked significant concern within our community the strong response from students and Comm community members on that night showed me a powerful reminder of our Collective commitment to maintaining an inclusive and respectful educational environment as I continue my role I am dedicated to advocating for these rights and well-being of every student student in our district our school must be a safe place for learning where every student feels safe respected and valued I urge our board and Community to stand together in the seemingly simple Mission I'll never forget the importance of being told that this role is whatever I wanted it
026to be and whatever I made it whatever I felt compelled to talk about and take action on let's ensure that our educational system is a place of enrichment and not alienation instead of seeing people who present different l or may believe something other than what one one might be used to we need to recognize them and not generalize them and refer to them as mentally ill it's imperative that we stand against biases and promote a culture of acceptance and understanding if we want a successful board there is a lot of talk about a mental health crisis this year at almost every meeting whether it's from the speakers or the board if this is a real issue backed by accurate unbiased data a solution should be found I completely agree but I promise that the solution
027is not going to be found in alienation or controversial for forced outing policies I've learned and I promise to continue to stand up and speak out silence is not the solution not for school boards Across America in this Dage rights of students are continuously at risk and I promise I will seek and identify along with continuing to fight against them reflecting on the past months I am inspired to see what we have accomplished and eagerly look forward to the opportunities and challenges of the coming months I'm optimistic about the impact we could make for the remainder of the year I also want to address to seniors and young adults in the community a crucial reminder this year is election year and every single vote counts beyond the high PR profile presidential election it's vital to
028recognize the significance of the ballots that determine the members of this very School Board the decisions made in these very rooms have a direct and tangible impact on our daily lives as students from shaping policy to influencing the educational environment our school board plays an impactful role in shaping the experiences and potentially your families too for for um for younger voters this is an opportunity to ex to exercise your right and responsibility in democracy your participation is more than just casting a vote it's about having a say in decisions that are affecting your immediate world every voice makes a difference it's essential to be informed engaged and active in these local local elections because they have often had the most direct impact on the community and I'll make this shorter that I personally believe and
029I stand to advocate for the continued adherence of the principle of separation of church and state within the school dist this principle in our constitution is not just a legal mandate it's a foundation for creating inclusive Equitable and academically focused educational environment by upholding the separation of church and state our school district not only only aderes to constitutional principles but also Fosters an environment of inclusivity and mutual respect it is through this unbiased approach that we will prepare students not just for academic success but for roles as informed intolerant citizens of our diverse society as they move on to gradually for um let's ensure that our Collective and future is shaped by those who understand and respect respect our needs I encourage every single one of you to use your voice thank you for your
030for your trust and support together we are shaping an educational experience that not only shares knowledge but also F Fosters empathy respect and unity that concludes my open today thank you okay we are now moving on to or any other trustees have comments did I miss somebody no okay we're now moving on to oral Communications we have a total time for 20 minutes individual presentations are limited to a maximum of three per individual but could be less if there's a large number of speakers complaints regarding District employees should be addressed by completing the district formal complaint form available on the district website okay Miss Shan how many speakers do we have for oral 25 total three being students okay so is everyone okay with sticking with a minute we're going to go over by five
031and 20 minutes is that all right yeah and the students will go first okay thank you I'll call the students first and then a few of the adults so we have Mila muslin Donovan Hicks and Kylie Hicks those are students and then the adults please line up in the middle that be Zora garm Justin Hansen Amanda Hicks Dana Jean Lisa and Linda please state your name before speaking hi I'm Mila Maslin I'm a seventh grader at Larch Middle School I'm a victim of a video that was made disable me it was sexual in nature that was sent to students I'm here to look into changing the way my school handles it the school informed me that was the worst cyberbullying rumor that spread faster than anything they've ever seen but yet the school didn't inform
032any of my teachers about the rumor and after the two bullies confess in the apology letter to me they still continued to tell everyone the rumor was true I had to inform my male gym teacher of the video in the sexual rumor made about me and why I could no longer change into my uniform for gym for fear that the bully might take a photo of me the snickering pointing and Whispering occurred every day to me from students continued 8ighth grade boys were reaching out to me to hookup it was a nightmare at the very least they should have announced over the loudspeaker how the bullies confess how they made it up and if any students continued to spread it there would be consequences the only thing I had to prove my innocence was their
033confessions and the apology letter but yet the school didn't thank you the next speaker is Jonathan the Hicks Dr Brown very quickly um and we'll have followup with staff correctly correct yes thank you so there'll be followup thank you so much that should not beow the next speaker is Donovan Hicks hi lus help help school helpers my name is Donovan and I'm 9 years old I have something called autism so I wear these cool headphones when it's too loud and jump and when it's too loud and jump around a lot because it feels good I go to lobal school something is happening there it's that is really cool we are trying to get get a new playground this playground is important because everyone can play there it will have a ramp Wheelchairs and no W
034chips ever again it will have a cool blue Slide the Lobo project is cool and will change the world it will let everyone play it will help me play with our next speaker is Kylie H yes right hi my hi my name is Kye hick I I have a special brain like my brother too and I and I also have autism I go to Lobo School with my brother and Friends May for new playground want play it's important to me because I want me play every time can you help us find new playground thank you thank you good job all right please line up in the middle of the room we have Zora gar Justin Hansen Amanda Hicks Dana Jean Lisa and Linda and speakers please remember to say your name before speaking s hello
035my name is Zora garm I am a minister a congregation co-lead and a volunteer for the after school Satan Club all under the satanic temple which is a ferally recognized religion the mission of the satanic temple is to encourage benevolence and empathy reject tyrannical Authority Advocate practical Common Sense oppose Injustice and undertake Noble Pursuits I am so proud that TST brings an alternative religious perspective for parents who understand who we are and align with our beliefs I'm so proud to take part in this community building that clearly supports the First Amendment diversity religious freedom religious pluralism in our communities I can't wait to get started next month with the Afterschool Satan Club whose mission is to not proze but rather we're not interested in converting children to Satanism thank you for your time next speaker
036is Justin Ham hello my name is Justin Hansen I am a member of the satanic temple I also just wanted to say that I'm so proud of a community that would allow religious pluralism and would allow children who don't fit the typical Norm or mold to have opportunities and places to discover new things and build communities as it has for me as someone who hasn't fit the typical mold to have a community of people that they can also share experiences with thank you who was who is next our next speaker is Amanda Hicks so I have a question and I'm sorry if this is not allowed but I was supposed to read my speech and I'm going to get teed but he's autistic and times for autistic kids should not matter especially if a parent
037puts it on the card it should not matter period end story his speech was almost done it takes a lot for this kid to come up here and even do this he has three more sentences he can take my time here it will help me play with it will help me play with all my friends because that's so cool to do sometimes my play looks different but that's okay this new playground will help me play better that even if it is different so if you see me around give me some Knuckles so that's why we can we need a playground for all types of kids to do stuff at recess can you help us with this please can we please have a to speak would would it be board approval if we allow a man
038Mrs Hicks to speak trustees it's up to okay don't care okay go ahead and misss nothing else that's it I'm not gonna cry any okay uh good morning or good morning good evening to all of our CD board members and fellow parents my name is Amanda Hicks I come to you this evening to fill you in on a little project that is going to make history a little over a year ago I saw a need at our local school Lobo Elementary for not only my children who are autistic and amazing but other children with disabilities especially those who have Mobility limitations the equipment at our school is 30 years old with wood chips that line it ever try and wheel a wheelchair or a walker over wood chips it's impossible yet per California law these
039are somehow ADA Compliant I said that's it this is changing I spent months trying to start up this dream until one night I came across a little organization in Illinois called The Recess project their goal match mine make play accessible inclusive for all CLS kids because we all deserve to play since then we have raised over $153,000 and that number is only growing we have a design that we fell in love with and are hoping to get approved and started as soon as possible this design will bring ramps swings sensory Cove that diminishes sounds for those of sensory disorders a wheelchair thank you Dana real quick Dr the and I know this has been in the works um can we get an update then soon on on to see where we're at with the lobal
040um equipment because I we get periodically and i' look to that's something new so thank you so much hi I'm Dana and I've been in the district with my kids since 2009 I came to this District because it's a great place to send your kids to school and I was very proud of it ever since I've seen a major decline um we have board members inciting violence demonizing parents it's just been it's really sad to see and it's disgusting poor girls getting assaulted in bathrooms um I was very surprised to hear about this club I did see the gentleman his name is Douglas Meisner but he goes by Lucy and Greaves on a television show as an interview he's only targeting schools that have christian-based after school programs so it's not about religious diversity and
041it's being lied to parents as a science based thing and trying to make it all nice and fluffy um this whole group took over a whole San clementy page today and was terrorizing parents pictures of Satanist with knives against kids are these people being vetted this is my concern we need to have some restrictions on this thank you D our next speaker is hi Bor I'm Jean um well is it parents versus um CD uh do we have a choice with the content in the curriculum um that is taught to our children be it stated that we do not agree with lessons that include grooming subjects such as transgender content should we sit back while sexually explicit content is pushed in schools with this curriculum coming down from the state what control do we have
042parents are asking the district to focus on academics and not promoting gender ideologies since parents don't have a seat at the table with the mandated curriculum from the state what can parents do to counter this the falsehoods it teaches this is why we continue to advocate for a parental notification policy how else can we confront the misguided gender policies are we adversaries or Partners judging from the vote in October you're pushing parents away are you trying to decrease the enrollment thank you Jean our next speaker is Lisa we the people we the parents the taxpayers the voters are your boss and you yet you treat us disrespectfully last month there were 14 of us who signed up to make public comments using your arbitrary official board rules for of only 20 minutes for open communication
043if you do the division that is just a fraction 0.7 shorter than giving each of us a minute and a half yet you allowed only one minute since then since you then prioritized your internal office officer's election that evening prior to oral Communications it made it impossible for all 14 of us to stay for your minutes only 12 spoke that should have been officially a minute 2third please agenda increasing public comments to 30 minutes and consider giving us a minimum of one and a half minutes or rounding up to the nearest half minute when the math so dictates oh by the way I did make a copy of the maap and I challenge any one of you to make this statement in less than one minute thank you our next speaker is Linda good evening
044trustees um for all you constitutional lawyers I just want to make note that to my knowledge nowhere in the constitution does it State separation of church and state um I'm I'm really sad to bring this up I don't know how else to say it um but five of you trustees fall into a group a category of groomers and this is based on the fact that you continue to deny us parental notification policy as long as you continue to allow gsas which are the gender sexuality Alliance to hold clubs that have meetings like the one on January 31st at St Clem high school at Lynch in room P30 these gsas are paid for by the teachers union Nea Planned Parenthood and HRC we need you to protect our children it is easy for you to do
045give us our parental notification policy thank you very much I will call our next 10 speakers I have Kira Davis Beth Kimberly Fletcher Amber Smith Ellen Mary Bert Steve Bennett Trisha from San Clemy and Heidi Tatiana please line up in the middle Miss Davis go ahead hi it's me Kira so I heard there's going to be a Satan after school club and it seems kind of weird there's going to be a lot of people who have a lot of different perspectives up here so I thought I'd give you the one that's going to be unique and that's the perspective of a minority parent and um which we talk a lot about inclusivity here so so the majority of black parents 80% of black people in America identify as Christian 2third of Hispanic people identify as
046Catholic alone that doesn't include their other Faith values so this Satan Club doesn't seem like something that would reflect my communities I do hope that the board will address this I will say this you're absolutely right we have another election coming up if you don't like this you have a chance to flip this board I'm just going to say this we didn't we didn't flip it last year and now Satan's here this year so you don't that our next speaker is Beth I'm just going to stop for a second and have a reminder we're going to stop with all the Applause and we're trying to get through speakers we're willing to listen we're willing to be here we want to hear your comments but we need to calm down and be respectful happy New Year
047nice to see you and I do want to mention a couple of things um kids are impressionable our kids are impressionable drag queen stories ours they confuse them they seek an expert kids call this trauma bonding these days in a psychological literature um since I was here three and a half years ago with the CRT coming up seems like it's gotten worse and worse and now we have a satanic Club trying to come in okay so now we have a traumatized children that are in bathrooms where they allow both sexes to go in we have traumatized kids that you know again the gsas are grooming our kids on campus through their literature that they bring here freely why are we doing this board why why have you allowed this I still believe in Parental being
048able to consent with the parent parents and let them notify the parents thank you Beth our next speaker is Kim flet thank you um Nelson bendela said that there can be no Keener revelation of a societ IET Soul than the way in which it treats its children we have entrusted our children to the schools and disregarding or assuring parental Authority breaks that trust there is a document that was introduced into the Congressional Record titled the Declaration of mothers in 2018 it says that parents are first and foremost the primary teachers and Protectors of their children in free Society properly constructed social religious and governmental institutions are designed to support and strengthen the family unit not replace it or regulate it no association or government organization can replace the family no matter how well intentioned or
049well organized it may be we have got to be able to as parents work with teachers work with the superintendents to make sure that we are creating a quality education where we are promoting true science real science true history Reading Writing and arithmetic and not using it as indoctrination camps children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see what message are we sending how many times have we been told parental notification is not an issue by this board and the opposite sex in bathrooms and locker rooms aren't an issue well apparently it is based on that poor girl's experience maybe you need to pay attention to what is happening to all of our students here are some emails from District employees discussing sleeping arrangements for overnight camps hello Meg and
050cucko these are District employees I'm just going to read a couple since I don't have much time lines um my thought is that they should be assigned based on their identified gender or whatever they are comfortable with in turn I think it is important for others sharing the room to be comfortable with the situation as well uh any mention of the parents notification on this one no that was from Ken asra tessoro High School principal here's another one uh student roomed with gender they identified with students discussed prior and we're all on board so there was no surprises any mention of any parental notification so help me God my daughter better never spend the night with a boy in a hotel room you miss our next speaker is Ellen our next speaker is Ellen good
051evening trustees my name is Ellen I'm a former School principal and District employee um I was so happy to hear you mention first off safety and secondly Mrs Davis to hear you mentioned um policies so my question is regarding these clubs um what type of uh verification do we have of these people are they fingerprinted are they um do they have background checks do they have criminal checks I know that to teach my little two-year-old Sunday school class I had to be fingerprinted I had extensive background check I had extensive uh questionnair and to fill out and so that is my question like with a Satan Club I mean like where would we go to verify I don't know where do you go to verify Satan I guess well you it's four-letter word and regarding
052a separation of church and state check out Thomas Jefferson our next speaker is Mary good evening board members I'm also a former teacher what should we think as taxpayers watching our members on this board most of you totally ignore the taxpayer wishes month after month we explain our very grave concerns about topics and values being taught in the schools and yet you vote five to two against our wishes month after month you endanger our children you undermine the Constitution by treating concerned parents like domestic terrorists because they disagree with you and you work to keep them uninformed it's not bad enough that we have Mark ISM and pornography in the schools and now false Sciences based on mere consensus you are supposed to work for the citizens yes your Masters your real Masters are the
053teacher union bosses and others you need to look into the depth of your soul you display spiritual warfare at the lowest um level because you involve innocent children money may talk in this world but thank God our God is a just God and he sees and knows and hears pick your team good or evil it will affect your eternity TR es should be trusted our next speaker is Bert could who give the names of the next three or four they seem to be confused Bert Steve Bennett Trisha from San Clen and Heidi Tatiana is I order okay I appreciated the board's words regarding School clubs with comments directed toward transparency and community values thank you for those words you were elected based on your expertise and values to primarily educate our children to successfully meet
054the demands of life such as social responsibility and contribution to community career Independence if government is directing schools and to seek to enforce opinions attitudes and behaviors regardless or even in spite of Parental desires how are we a nation of freedom of speech religion or even thought please be a district that seeks to enforce the rights of parents and not government policy thank you good evening everyone as a second generation family of the Kaa Unified School District I wanted to make clear and ask questions regarding the Satan club that has coincidentally picked an elementary school ASL meet I'm looking for radical transparency about the club given I have two young students attending Truman why is the club being held at an elementary school what other what other locations were taking into consideration is there a
055specific reason why Truman was chosen and not a city-based location what safety precautions have been taken what is the age range of the club are adults allowed to attend or is it just elementary kids will people outside the area be attending the club or just Capo unified students why does this club need to begin at 2:5 exactly when our young students are getting out of class this goes back to my safety question all these questions lead me to my reason for standing here tonight we would appreciate radical transparency regarding the formation of this club thank you for all your hard work and providing the tools for our kids to to grow learn and be educated by the best thank you hi my name is Patricia Henry from San Clen and I have three kids attending
056Elementary School at truman Benedict first it's our young daughters who will have to share the girls' bathroom with their male classmates who choose to wear girls clothes then it was the possibility of our girls sharing sleeping Quarters at cusd fifth grade science Sleepaway Camp with an adult male C who dresses as a woman now it's the after school satanic Club yes an after school satanic Club sponsored by the Satanic Temple of America despite the satanic temple insistence that they don't believe in Satan or God or any religion Satan is a universal symbol for evil if I have to explain any further why having a satanic Club on campus with five and six yearolds is wrong there are bigger issues here the premise is if we allow an Afterschool chist Christian Club on campus that we
057have to allow the satanic Club on campus because we're supposed to view them as the same we're not allowed to notice any differences between Christianity and Satanism we have to say they're the same we're not allowed to distinguish between good and bad they said temple could have chosen any symbol but they chose hello my name is Heidi thank you for letting me speak and I am a mother and a former public school teacher and I'm here to talk about the satanic Club if anybody wants to look up the organization behind this it's called The Satanic temple.com the satanic temple.com it's really rather shocking what is on that website but first let me say um let me ask what some other people have also asked who approved this club um was their fear of litigation if
058they were not allowed to to meet on campus um what kind of research was done on the group um I agree with Lisa Davis that we need more information we need more vetting we need a lot more information especially the parents who have children going to this school uh number two a is it a hate group well we we would we allow a genocide club would we allow a bomb throwing Club teaching kids to throw bombs at each other the other thing is that on the website they call abortion a religious ritual I will next call our next speakers we have e mcit Tony Taylor Robin Ward Jimmy B and Susie Taylor M mcder hello uh my name's iile mcder and I am a retired a nurse practitioner I've seen the harms that's been done
059to children and so my heart Soul goes out for them I just want to remind you that there's a communist agenda and sism Satan is part of it and if you don't know about it there was a video put out in 1960 by myON ban vaan myin and he talked about the Illuminati and the CFR and the agenda 2021 and what was going to happen to this country and how people were going to act and that are people that we trusted the most on school boards in government we're going to be part of that agenda and I know the Lord and Savior will forgive you if you ask and I'm asking each one of you to resign if you're not a totally for our children for their quality of life get out of this job
060my name is Pony Taylor I'm a resident in sanan 20 years I'm a former teacher in the parent teen parent pregnant minor program is tan an unified and I also worked and taught in the Anaheim Unified now I'm sitting here thinking hearing about you people talk about safety for the children with the bikes where is your safety for the mind and soul and heart of our children have you thought about that have you even considered that aspect and I'm scratching my head s saying to myself how could we have put four out of five of you on a board with no common sense sorry but you just have to face it if you care about their bodies care about their minds care about their integrity who talked about integrity there's no Integrity here if you
061have children you must know better and you want to talk about Satan what's the difference between Satan and transgenderism thank you Miss Taylor our next speaker is Robin Ward hello my name is Robin Ward I've just retired from s Clen high school and I want to talk that H parents trust their teachers they trust teachers not only to teach reading writing and arithmetic but also to love nurture and even protect kids while they're in school I would have taken a bullet for my kids to this end teacher are constantly communicating with their parents there's an open line of communication between parents and teachers always there are notes home and backpacks posted grades teacher conferences email telephone calls all sorts of communication please know that your teachers already communicate with your parents all the time there
062is no need for a new Schoolboard policy stating the obvious that teachers need to uh communicate with their parents we do not need a parental notification policy my name is Jim beloo I'm a local here born and raised and I share Lisa Davis's views and for the rest of you I don't want to talk to you guys I want to talk to you guys an after school saan club that's ridiculous I listen to Slayer I listen to secular music music but to teach kids that are you crazy this is insane they don't have a church do they have a church out there that they go to like Christians Jewish Muslims they don't have a church so why would you allow that in our schools I will always vote for you and uh by the way
063guys every book says you guys will lose in the end hi I'm Susie Taylor I have two kids in the district um just a couple of questions or comments um Lisa you had talked about Truman Benedict and how involved you are but why are you just learning of this club when was it approved did nobody on the board know about this or was it just you specifically that didn't know about this um as a resident in San CL I've emailed you multiple times over many many issues not once have I ever heard back from you you seem to only respond to people that share your views that's very very disconcerting um as a resident and a voter um I just wanted to comment I'm not for a Satan Club I don't I think that's a
064really bad name but I'm also against any religion being on campus um there's this thing called the uh sorry Establishment Clause I mean it's not the first amend okay we are now moving on to discussion action here we go 12a trustees presentation and receipt of the district and Community facility District's annual Financial reports for the fiscal year ending in June 30th 2023 may have a motion to receive the district and Community facilities District's annual financial report for the fiscal year ending in June 30th 2023 so I need a motion in a second moved by truste hanich seconded by truste Parham okay at this time I'd like to um recognize Deputy superintendent Clark Hampton to present the item I thank you president Fasano's trustees so before I introduce Jessica Barry with nagro and nagro to present
065the audited financial statements to you and answer any questions you have I'd like to thank U Jessica Philip bazen and her staff for the hard work they do during the year that culminates into this audit report thank you thank you um as was said my name is Jessica Barry I'm an audit partner with Nigro and Nigro I'm going to briefly go over our audit process proc for the year and then an outline of the report and then I'm more than happy to answer any questions that you might have about our process or the report itself so just to let you know our process is really going throughout the year it starts at the beginning of the year in um actually it'll be fairly soon but early Springtime where we do our site visits so these
066are visits where we go to a sample of actual School sites and we look at attendance taking procedures as well as the financial transactions at the asbs attendance is a main driver for a lot of your funding so we want to make sure there's proper checks and balances over attendance taking procedures if you fast forward a little we come back in later spring or early summer this is before your books are closed so we're not looking at Financial numbers at this point in time but really looking at controls and compliance so controls are there proper checks and balances are there purchase orders that are approved are things being done timely again making sure everything is being handled properly and then compliance that's federal and state compliance areas that can be anything from certain things having
067to go to board on a timely manner restricted funds being spent on what they're allowable for per restrictions a lot of different pieces of federal and state compliance that we look at at this time and then we come back again in the fall this is after your books are closed so this is really when the financial piece of our audit kicks in we're going through your un audited actuals that are presented and making sure that the numbers presented there line up to documentation that we receive that can be tracing out cash to cash and County records looking at invoices looking at a variety of different pieces of documentation to verify those un audited actuals all of that leads to our fun and exciting audit report that you've received copies of again just kind of want
068to go through the highlights of what's in here but happy to answer questions or dig in in more detail starts off with an opinion letter that's at the very beginning of the port report and this is a clean opinion which is what you want saying that we agree that the financial statements as presented here are presented fairly in all material aspects so that's that opening letter there after that is what's called management discussion and Analysis this is usually where I point people if they kind of want an overview of the audited numbers it gives current year and prior your data as well as some brief explanations for major increases or decreases in the numbers so it's a little bit of the cliff note so to speak of the audit reports so that's that mdna at
069the beginning after that are the full financial statements and then a large section of notes these are accounting policies requir required disclosures on debt pension OPB several other things involved in there once you get past the notes there's a few schedules in the back more schedules on pension more schedules on opep a lot of required disclosures there there'll also be a budgetary comparison schedule a schedule of your federal spending a schedule of your average daily attendance your instructional minutes a few other pieces in the back there and then once you get past those we have more additional letters so that first opening letter was on your financial statements and then there's letters in the back on control and compliance and we have one for governmental um standards we have one for state and one for
070federal so again these are clean opinions but those are what those letters are in the back after the letters we get into any findings or management comments or recommendation as well as resolution of any prior year findings that were written in the report so again very very quick brief overview but I don't mind digging into any area in more detail if you would like okay thank you any speakers on this item there are no speakers okay trustees questions or comments no okay I'm actually I think we can do a voice vote correct yes so all those in favor of moving the item yeah we already yes all those in favor I I any oppose okay item item pass is thank you thank you okay we're now moving on to oh this item 12b remember was
071pulled by staff so now 12C real property advisory committee members Los Rambles property I will need a motion to ratify the real property advisory committee members for the Lost romess Property and a motion please moved by trustee Davis seconded by trusty buus at this time I would like to recognize Deputy superintendent Clark Hampton so as it this item explains this is to ratify the members for the district advisory committee that have uh the 711 Surplus committee for the Los rbl property getting our committee's Comm for uh the 7-Eleven committee the members were selected and this is just for the board to ratify the selection of the members okay any speaker any speakers on this item fa none okay trustees any questions or comments on this item okay um can we do a Voice vote on
072this as well yes we can okay all those in favor I any oppose okay item passes 70 with a preferential vote from student board member peers okay 12d Governor's January budget proposal for fiscal year at this time Deputy superintendent you're you're up you're up again thank you very much so I'd like to introduce Philip mwn to provide a brief overview of the governor's uh proposal that he just released last week for the 2425 California state budget with the impact on school districts thank you good evening immediately at the start of the governor's press conference he announced that the budget shortfall was 38 bill billion and not 68 billion as had been projected by the Legislative analysts office measures taken to address this deficit include drawing down reserves including the rainy day Reserve fund plus funding
073reductions and deferrals that don't impact schools the cola of 20242 is pro projected to be 0.76% if you were remember at first interim we reduced the cola for that year from 3.9% 4% down to 2% so now we know it's even lower the colas in the following subsequent years are also lower attendance improvements as of the first attendance reporting period are higher than projected which will offset some of this Revenue loss but this will still result in an overall $7 million loss of Revenue over the next three years in a proposal to offset low attendance at schools districts will be able to provide attendance recovery options next year these will be reported as additional Ada for a district and could be offered on Saturdays before or after school or during school recess periods the indication
074is that districts can use their elop funds for this purpose districts would also be required to provide students with access to remote instruction or support to enroll in a neighboring district for emergencies lasting 5 days or longer and also encouraged to provide hybrid or remote to learning to students unable to attend school the full day kindergarten facilities grant program will be delayed for another year until 2025 26 and the school facility program will be kept by $500 million the education facilities bomb propo proposal will be considered for the November 2024 election and the governor has indicated he will be supporting that the commission on teacher credentialing will create a new Elementary Arts and Music education authorization for Career Technical Ed teachers to provide additional Pathways for experienced artists to provide Arts instruction to Elementary School
075classrooms in addition to providing CTE instruction in grade 7 through 12 finally statutory changes are proposed to focus the use of allocated but unspent learning recover recovery block grant funds to help students most impacted by learning loss based on a assessments made in the local control and accountability plan since we have unspent learning recovery block grant monies that are committed to current programs we will find out if those changes will have an impact on us at the school Services Budget on Friday and hopefully all that money will still be available for the programs that we intend for and if anybody has any questions I will be happy to answer do we have any speaker speaker cards yes there are no speakers okay trustees trustee hon Philip I know we'll have more information on this but
076all will all school districts be applicable for the attendance recovery options I'm so so used to CD being left out of these conversations no Community Schools no no um so um is that something that everybody will be able to opine on and jump in on yes as far as we know everybody will be eligible to recoup some of their lost Ada okay thank you have we been eligible in the past for like Saturday school and Ada recovery or just other districts it wasn't offered in the past except to certain charter schools for certain purposes okay okay thank you at least not for the last 10 years or so okay thank you any other trustees questions okay this is information only so no board action is necessary okay moving on to 12E which is California school
077dashboard fall 2023 at this time associate superintendent Ed and support services Greg Marlin thank you very much president costano staff presents item 12E California school dashboard results this is our annual update regarding the district's results on the California school dashboard assistant superintendent Carrie Johnson administrator Michelle benam and I will lead you through a brief presentation this is information item only as you mentioned and no action is requested so next slide please so the California school dashboard serves a variety of purposes first and foremost provides access to important student data and other information regarding student performance at different levels by District by school and by student group so the results help us see our strengths and our weaknesses so that CD and all districts can ensure that all students needs are being addressed so tonight's presentation
078we'll be focusing on performance at the district level next slide please the state dashboard also differentiates support for districts under the local control funding formula also known as lcff and also determines eligibility for the comprehensive support and Improvement or CSI and the additional targeted support and Improvement or atsi so this is a new accountability model that started several years ago this replaces the old program improvements and due to how this was started to be calculated last year majority of schools across the state ended up being identified as these additional targeted support and Improvement schools in cusd we had 34 schools that were identified for atsi and one school Union High was identified for CSI due to academic performance in addition Journey charter school was identified for atsi opportunities for learning was identified for CSI due
079to low graduation rates most of the schools in CD and in the state were identified due to the post-pandemic chronic absenteeism so now that there are two years of data many of our schools and many schools across the state have approved their metrics and they will not be identified as atsi this year so we expect to hear about our schools that are identified by the end of January for the new for CSI and atsi designation next slide please so there are two types of indicators for the dashboard local indicators and State indicators I'm going to start first with local indicators and we first present to you the areas of those indicators those are conditions of learning implementation of State Standards parent involvement and family engagement School climate and access to and outcomes in Broad course
080study you can also see listed on the slide the different tools and data and assessments that are used to uh for these indicators those are listed here as well next slide please so we are proud to share that CD has met all standards on all local indicators we thank our teachers our administrators our classified staff for their efforts and expertise in meeting the needs of our students in CD so miss benam is now going to provide more information regarding the state level indicators and thank you Michelle and next slide please thank you there are six State indicators and they are listed here as academic performance English learner progress chronic absenteeism graduation rate suspension rate and College and Career Readiness we will elaborate on the outcomes on our outcomes for these uh later in the presentation
081next slide please this is an actual uh screenshot of the district level dashboard performance we've included the URL at the bottom of the the uh presentation slide so that Community can directly access say this the results on this page are for our composite student population in addition to this report each subgroup is given a diff a color indicator Dr Johnson will elaborate on our subgroup performance later in the presentation this slide again is an overview of capistrano's performance on all of our state and local indicators next slide please districts and schools are evaluated for their overall performance as well as their performance of each significant student group in the district level the next slide will uh explain this further but the dashboard results are determined by utilizing the most recently completed two years of data
082this year the dashboard is returning to the use of colors with red representing the lowest performance to Orange to Yellow to green to blue which represents the highest performance colors are determined based on overall performance for the current year and change either Improvement or decline from the previous year this year the College and Career indicator is what they call status only or purple since the state was unable to calculate the College and Career indicator for the class of 2022 colors will return to this indicator as well next year sorry next slide in order to protect the confidentiality of students the dashboard applies rules to suppress data for student groups with fewer than 30 students for capistran unified we have a maximum of 13 student groups as a district although we only receive performance colors for
083all 13 groups in the suspension indicator the American Indian and Pacific Islander student groups do not receive performance levels on four four of a six State indicators since they have more than 11 students but fewer than 30 students there is data posted on the dashboard for these subgroup these sorry student groups but there is not a color assigned to them in addition to the district every School site has its own dashboard and varying numbers of student subgroups many of our sites only receive performance colors or scores for a few few of their student groups however if the student groups are performing in the red level the school may be identified for additional for atsi as uh Dr Merwin discussed next slide please as far as how the academic performance is calculated it is by looking
084at how far our students on average R from scoring the minimum needed for their grade level standards uh to be standard met this is called distance from standard or DFS and we began discussing this in November when we went over our preliminary results as a reminder the overall DFS for a school or district is the average of all of our students DFS values in addition academic performance takes into account the participation rate or how many students we tested we are required to test at least 95% of our students and all students in a group or we are assigned the lowest obtainable scale score for this group for every student needed to meet the 95% so this has a bigger impact obviously if we do not test all students in a student group it the smaller
085the subgroup is we will elaborate on this later thank you I Dr Dr Johnson will now be discussing um in our results further next slide please thank you um as you can see the academic indicator in English language arts for CD is blue or very high at 47 points above standard also important to note is that the DFS for the last three years that the S um Smarter Balance assessment was administered has shown a positive increase rising from 45.5 points in 2019 to 46 Four Points in 2022 and then finally the 47 points in 2023 as noted by Michelle the California school dashboard Equity report which is symbolized by the um cards at the bottom of that graphic provides progress for various student groups no student groups were in red three student groups English Learners
086Hispanic and homeless students are in orange two student groups Foster Youth and students with disabilities are in yellow African-American and socioeconomically disadvantaged student groups are in green while the Asian Filipino two or more races and white student groups are in blue two student groups fewer than the minimum 30 student threshold um that were not reported are American Indian and Pacific Islander next slide please for the academic indicator of mathematics the DFS was 17.2 points above standard placing USD in green or high you will note that the DFS for mathematics took a dip during the pandemic going from 21 points above standard to 12.2 but has begun to tick up again posting uh 7.2 points above standard in 2023 the California school dashboard Equity um report indicates that no students are in red two student groups
087English Learners and Foster youth are in orange four student groups Hispanic homeless socioeconomically disadvantaged and students with disabilities are in yellow African-American and white students are in green while Asian Filipino and two or more races are in blue once again two student groups were smaller than the 30 student threshold and were not reported American Indian and Pacific Islander next slide please the English learner progress indicator or LP represents the progress English learner students are making towards English language proficiency the you relies on the results of the sumita of English language proficiency assessment for California or elpac to determine this progress and specifically the summit of which is taken at towards the end of the school year the lp is calculated by taking the number of eel students who made progress between 2022 and 2023 plus
088the number of el students who maintain the highest level from the prior year and then dividing that group by the total number of el students with prior and current year summit of elpac and Summit of alternative lpac results I know that's a lot we will delve into this in more depth um at our next board meeting where we're going to focus specifically on English learners for the El students taking the summit of elpac those who increase on an LP level or maintain elpac level four are counted as making progress towards English language proficiency as shown on the screen CD increased from 54.6% in 2022 to 59.6% in 2023 while in 2019 were not calculated by the state next slide please the College and Career indicator is measured by the percentage of high school graduates who
089are classified as prepared for College and Career prepared students are defined by meeting specific criteria in one of the eight following categories Smarter Balance Summit of Assessments advanced placement exams International Balor exams college credit courses what we refer to as dual enrollment courses state seal of by literacy leadership military service Career Technical education pathway completion plus one additional criteria of SBA or college credit courses or meeting the University of California Kel State University a through G requirements plus one additional criteria of SBA college credit courses AP or IB exams or completion of a CTE pathway next slide please as Michelle referenced the CCI is still the only indicator that remains represented by a bar signal or or status levels CSD received a score of high for the CCI with 66.1% of graduates classified as prepared
090for college or career the state did not uh report a CCI for 2022 in 2019 CD was in the blue level with 81.9% of students considered prepared staff has investigated the reasons for this reduction in the CCI percentage in discussions with California Department of Education Representatives uh they stated that they have changed the protocol for determining which college courses are included not the actual um law or guidance but they've changed that protocol Additionally the CDE um excluded any college courses that were assigned a mark of credit in lie of a letter grade these issues will be addressed in future submissions the California school dashboard Equity report for CCI has no students in the very low status two student groups English Learners and students with disabilities um classified as low three student groups Hispanic homeless and
091socioeconomically disadvantaged are in the medium status no student groups in the high status while Asian Filipino two or more races and white are in the very high status level four student groups were smaller than the minimum 30 student threshold this these groups were African-American American Indian Foster Youth and Pacific Islander next slide please the final three California dashboard for schools indicators I will review are chronic absenteeism graduation rate and suspension rate next slide please The Chronic absenteeism measure is the percentage of students who were absent for 10% or more of the instructional days they were enrolled this includes students in grades K through 8 of course the desired outcome is to achieve a low chronic absenteeism rate on the graphic High absenteeism will show as red or orange chronic absenteeism has been a Statewide issue
092actually even a nationwide issue I've read articles from other uh States facing the same issue um as a result of the pandemic and this is reflected in the data for cusd in 2019 the percentage of chronically absence students was 7.4% this jumped to 21.5% in 2022 but has dipped downward again in 2023 to 18.2 CD received a score of medium or yellow for chronic absenteeism in 2023 the California school dashboard Equity report for chronic absenteeism has one student group in red Pacific Islander two student groups in Orange English runners or Foster youth nine student groups in yellow African-American Asian Filipino Hispanic homeless two or more races socioeconomically dis Advantage students with disabilities in white and no student groups were reported in the green or blue the American Indian student group was smaller than the 30
093student minimum threshold to be reported next slide please graduation rate is derived from the percentage of high school graduates who receive a traditional diploma in grade 12 this includes the number of high school students who graduate with a traditional high school diploma in either four or five years the 2023 graduation rate indicator includes students from the most recent graduation cohort class of 2023 as well as students from the prior cohort class of 2022 who graduated in their fifth year of high school students who earn a certificate of completion a California high school equivalency certificate or an adult education diploma are included as non-graduates for 2023 CSD was in the very high or blue category with a 96.3 graduation rate which continues an upward trend from 95.8 in 2019 and 95.9% in 2022 the California school
094dashboard Equity report um for the graduation rate has no subgroups in red orange or yellow green includes English Learners and students with disabilities blue includes U the seven student groups of Asian Filipino Hispanic homeless two or more races socioecon socioeconomically disadvantaged and white and there were no performance colors for African-American American Indian Foster youth Pacific Islander due to the size of the group being below the 30 student threshold next slide please a student is counted as suspended in the suspension rate only once regardless of multiple suspensions or multiple days of suspension the desired outcome obviously is for this indicator is to achieve a very low suspension rate on the indicator low suspension rate will be shown as blue or green on the graphic CD has maintained a low suspension rate for the last three reporting
095periods dipping slightly from 2.3 in 2019 to 2.2 in 2022 and concluding with a slight uptick to 2.5 in 2023 the California school dashboard Equity report for suspension rate as the Foster youth student group in red while Orange includes African-American American Indian English Learners Hispanic homeless and students with disabilities Asian Filipino and socioeconomically disadvantaged in the yellow band two or more races and white in the green level While Blue includes Pacific Islander the Pacific Islander student group with that I'll turn it over to Dr Merwin and next slide please Co thank you Carrie and uh want to point out again on all of those slides the URL are is listed so that the public can go um and please see the all the information on your own as well that we've done that on purpose
096that you have direct access and as we close our presentation on this we again recognize and thank the tireless efforts of our teachers our administrators and our and our classified staff for supporting all of our students to summarize again our dashboard at the district level for all students indicat scores are very high and high in all areas except chronic absentee is where we have already shown improvements so we look forward to returning to the board with midyear data as well as more detailed English learner data as Dr Johnson had shared uh as we closely monitor continue to closely monitor the progress and ensure a strong outcomes for our students next slide and that concludes our presentation thank you for support uh superintendent Brown yeah I just wanted to add a little bit of context too
097um so we showed you the the district level dashboard which is of course publicly available through the links but every school also has the same dashboard metrics broken down for their school level that principles can look at as well as parents um whose children go to that school so again it's all available and one of the reasons we focused on the dashboard it's very aggregated data um but it's the data that's often cited in the news it's the data that comes out and that everyone writes about and it's publicly available so while um to be very honest it's not the most actionable data for us I mean it does showas but we're going to be much more granular in our f focus and break down and figure out exactly what we need to do um
098it's very important publicly right as as a source of data so we wanted to make sure that we had a presentation that the the board could be able to digest what was being put on the dashboard and and then of course um the public can digest what's on the dashboard and then discourse can happen so again just to be clear also the schools each have their own breakdowns and so what might have been true for the district might not be true for any one school right one school might be scoring higher than the district or slightly lower or higher in one area and low another and so the principal work through that um and then kind of use that to to drive where they're going in terms of other data sources so with that we
099can take questions are there any any speaker cards just so we don't there are none okay trustees uh trusty Bas um back on slide 10 I just want a better understand in terms of how we come to this scoring what I heard and understood was it's kind of basically grading on a curve we're taking our all of our students getting an average and I'm not sure if that then means that's the standard and we're measuring against it what didn't I understand so I can jump in there a bit so the standard is not based on our students average it's it's a set level for the sback scores so the standard is from State well it came from multiple States right so esack is given across multiple States and so it's a norm reference test that
100was determined and the standard changes year to year so the scale score requir to meet standard is different in fourth grade than it is in third grade and it's higher again in fifth grade right so so even a student who's just meeting standard every year is actually improving every year right they're actually scoring higher on the assessment every year so what our scores looked at is diff distance from standard um so it's it's the only averaging part is it's an average of all of our grades so when we look districtwide it's you know how far was the average third grader away from the standard fourth grader fifth grader sixth grader seventh grader eighth grader 11th grader and then that number is average to give us the I have to see this that's 47 points in
101English English something like that away from standard but standard is not an average of our students it's a it's the same for our students LAUSD Sacramento everybody else standard is a set number so enjoying the play with numbers um you've got a standard and we're going to focus on the California s even though there's other states that use it but there are other school districts that um don't reach the academic levels that cusb does and so sometimes you can compare yourself like this year versus last year or this year versus plan but if your plan was bad you know makes a difference so do we then look at ourselves compared to this standard as much as I mean we saw the three years you know minus the 2020 and the 2021 um where do we
102focus more attention um or just does it depend per subject uh you know us the students performance versus standard or students performance you know each um comparable previous year yeah so so I would say it's it's probably both so one of the things we're looking at and if you remember back two sessions ago we showed the growth versus achievement chart so one of the things we're looking at is are our students growing year to year that's critical point1 so if you're 40 points above standard as a third grader awesome I hope you're 50 points above standard as a fourth grader right the goal is how much are you growing in your distance from standard so when we looked at that growth it wasn't just how are you growing compared to everyone else it was how
103is each student growing for themselves right and that's how we look at growth in the district the state doesn't look at it that way which is why I said we get more granular in our interpretation of data um we also look at our achievement right I mean I did say I want us to be number one in the count County and the state I know was said for me as well um and we're number two currently in a lot of these categories so we we also look at how we're doing relative um historically a lot of districts also look at placement like third grade this year versus third grade last year two your point we have a plan we want to do things differently and hopefully our third grade kids this year will score better
104than our third grade kids last year did because we've done something different uh that's always cautioned by me because if your third grade kids came in scoring higher and left scoring higher that may or may not be indicative of your plan working right so that's why I really look at growth for us is um if we're doing our job Kinder's getting better first is getting better second's getting better so our third graders are coming in with more skills so just being higher at the end is not good enough which is why we look at longitudinal data um for us but the state looks at where you were versus where you were last year um it's much like I said it's much more aggregated for the state level so that they can give you a nice
105color and a stamp and here's where you are uhuh truste Davis um for the college in quer indicator the 61 66.1% in 2023 I think it was slide before this I'm not sure and then in 2019 it was 81.9 can we speak a little bit on that and let me follow with the second part of that the graduation rate in 2023 was 96.3 and in 2019 it was 95.8 so why are we less ready what what tell me explain that a little bit so part of it is the state Chang the formula that's a pretty big difference 81.9 and the state has done this periodically with Statistics in its past so um suspension rate was changed in like 2014 maybe um and so everybody's suspension rate radically changed year-over-year because the formula in how was
106calculated changed so the state changed how they're calculating so actually you you can't really compare Apples to Apples because I don't know what our number would have been with the new formula back in 2019 it wouldn't have been what it was right so because grad rate is not a part of um College and Career indicator can you go to the slide that has the College and Career indicator um categories I don't remember which slide that was 15 no sorry go to the one with the the one before this go 14 graduation rate this one right so when you look at College these are the things that the state looks at for determining CCI uh you'll notice graduation is not on there right so you can graduate and not according to the state not be College
107and Career ready um we've taken away the you know high school exit exam right so how are we indicating if they're College in career right so so it's it's well in a lot of these it's one of these things in a few of them it's one of them plus one of the other depending on what they are I'll tell you the data that we we're going to be focusing on too is a through G rate so a through G is a strong looking at College and Career rate read rate um but also how many kids have taken AP exams how many kids have taken IB exams or or really participate in those courses um but if you you don't have to do that to graduate that's why graduation rate and college and cence rate are
108are separate moving metrics for each other and then our current score versus our 2019 score is different because California changed the formula um I'd love to see the changes in the formula from 19 to 23 if they've given us the exact formula on how they calculate it but we can look into it no but one of the I went to a training on the dashboard one of the key changes was which college courses were included there it seems like the change is really driving um districts to use either dual enrollment courses through a CCAP agreement like as actually was on the is on the board agenda tonight as opposed to special admit courses where a student just goes and enrolls in a college course at salac College they used to count those they are no
109longer counting those only ones taken through a CCAP agreement or other kind ofou with a community college that's been the the biggest shift and then plus the other part of it was um you know the guidance by the CDE in the state was um during the pandemic was to to give kids that leeway doing a mark of credit in lie of a grade um but they're no they're not using those courses to count towards the CCI anything that was a credit no credit grade they're not counting those trusty Jones and or did you have another question one F question um on our El students in 2023 we were 59.6 and in 2022 54.6 and in 2019 why were the scores not calculated the state had not come up with that calculation for the lp yet
110so that this is a relatively new measure okay trusty Jones uh yes sorry hold on one second sorry what they did use before that generally across the state was what's called classification rate and we'll talk more about that in our next board meeting when we talk about El's now they have a different metric as a state but historically it was reclassification rate was how you really looked down so one of the things that has confused me over the years and I thought I had it and now I think I don't is I thought there were some of these where uh obviously there somewhere less is better like fewer suspensions is better but I also thought colors were backwards on some where that red and yellow were good is that not true there's nothing that okay
111all right I'm sorry okay so so uh blue and green are always the best all right I'm fine with that um I think that we pretty consistently have a lot of work to do with uh Latinos and eel's there are some groups that kind of go in and out out uh uh but pretty consistently we our Latinos and and yeles and some of us have kids or had kids who were always scoring at the very top you cannot get anything more out of those kids you know they're if if on a scale of 1 to 10 they are 9.5 year after year after year um but there are kids who are 1.5 year after year after year and those are the ones that that we need to be working on because those are the ones
112who whose numbers can change our District's numbers significantly and I just I just want to make sure that we all understand that I mean I think the staff does but that is really where uh you know if you want to use the term bang for your buck that's where we can get uh large improvements way more than we can with well frankly mostly the people who are sitting in this room and and our children uh it it's it's the people who are not here whose kids we whose scores can be improved significantly thanks thank you uh Tristy Hanah just just some brief comments um thank you Gila that was actually most of most things I was going to say um but thank you so much for this presentation um I've sit here for I've been
113sitting here for a very long time and I think we under count how amazing cusd is obviously this doesn't happen in a vacuum we have the best teachers and we have the best support group and yes we can definitely do better we've always struggled uh with our English language Learners and our Latino uh students so there's room for improvement but I can't thank you all enough um and I know the kind of the onus on us as a board and as a district to really put forth young people who are well educated who can collaborate well with others who can be also flexible in their learning is what the world of work is depending upon I mean American businesses um have no workers and they're looking to us and we're doing an amazing job again
114we can do better I think I I think that hits me periodically of what we are charged to do whether we send children right out into the world of business the military twoyear foure uh universities um it it's huge and the world is only getting more complex and I really am grateful for the school district and the sophistication that we bring always um and just a final note the again the responsibility visiting the Early Childhood Center reminded me again that we are responsible from the minute a child is born until they have that diploma or are 22 um and it's really uh inspiring because it's the work we are committed to doing but we have to remember too if that would go away there is no other social network in this country that does what
115we do for all children so I just I kind of stri strikes me a new um uh every time I see this work so I just want to thank you all and and again thank you to our amazing teachers our amazing students and their families so just thank you so much trusty param yeah maybe following on On trustee Jones's comments um it's almost like we need a dashboard of the dashboard like we need or perhaps an executive summary that perhaps Broken Out by student group of if they're not actionable items maybe they're comments about strengths and weaknesses or what we might be able to work on to enhance the equity um because you're really taking a derivative of the change of growth and and that's not that's getting lost in in the data here but
116that's I think what you're talking about is where where a certain student group was to where they they are the next year um relative to everyone else you know that growth is important but it's also important for us to use this and kind of have some real understanding of where we go from here um it doesn't mean that you're going to be able to give us an answer every time this is how we fix it but at least know that it's on your short list of you know ways to mitigate the problems that that exist with certain student groups that would be helpful to me as a board member because you know I I'm I'm not going to go through all nine different student groups and Come Away with oh we're going to help the
117Pacific Islander group with this way and we're going to help the you know um other folks this way I don't know know how we're going to help them but I know we need to help some of them I just don't don't know which ones and how so some kind of executive summary would be helpful in in the future yeah so I I have kind of two things I would help say that too is not only exective sum but one of the things we're going to do is is really try and use our pattern of presentations to help drive that so there's a reason that El's are next month right there's a reason we're jumping straight into El's if you think about who was in some of those bottom groups repeatedly right and so we could
118present on anybody we're going to present on El's and the work that we're doing and and where we're at and and what are some of our intentions the other piece is I would say that that this is again aggregate data is board level data um but but the power Alles a lot with our sites and our principles so what you see when you go into a lot of principal offices is actually a board with kids pictures on it and where they're scoring so um we're talking here about 40,000 students right but the principal at Riley when I was there literally had every student on the wall and where they were so it wasn't even about which group it was about which student and and same with the mtss coordinator in that school and the teachers
119they know where their students are so so they're able to get really grandular learn so then they start looking at not only student groups but also which of my students need support in math and what supports are we providing them when are they getting their mtss time with their coordin with their intervention specialist math which my students need reading support you know as they get into third grade um and that's the other way that we respond to a lot of this is really thinking about you know from this how do we support our principles and our teachers with when they say I need this particular item to be able to help these students so um I think part of that will be also showing you how that's happening at the school sites as we work
120through those student groups at the at the board level here yeah I I just had a quick comment that is I think the difference that I've seen since I've been on the board I think there's been a pretty significant shift in CD um I have a you know a 23y old but when she was in elementary School progress monitoring assessments weren't done so then the shift now is like it's it's exactly is exactly what you're saying right we're now identifying by name and need and so those English language Learners are the ones that need to be on the board so how can we identify and help and actually those kids are making progress but at at levels that are a lot lower than than you know the the rest of the class or the rest
121of school but they're making progress and but we have to know that and identify that and then can work with them and and then we see results like this at at our level so we've made some pretty significant changes when it when it comes to Ells and I think we just need to continue to Monitor and and and watch that group because they are they are making pretty good progress uh trusty Jones did you have another comment just really quick um I think I agree with you we have made a lot of progress yes we now have the talking point software yeah our teachers can communicate in English to the non-english-speaking parents uh I think the sign is down but we have a translation offered in the back of the room and and you know
122I I'm going to um show off my Spanish I've gone to uh graduation events with uh Latino families and I say and Anda do you know why we don't have translation in the in the boardroom because we are not there we are now now making it that they can be here be and by having translation and we you know when I got on the board I came straight from translating in parent teacher conferences because we didn't have enough translators we don't have volunteers doing that anymore so I think that's really important too and I think that these things incrementally start to make a difference uh and I I very very much um agree with trusty casianos we we have uh we are doing better but we need to do better still trusty bulus I have
123a follow-up question um I don't know that we have a reporting system to give us this because I'm not trying to add you know more work but we're about in the consent calendar in the the first uh agenda item there to vote on four additional schools becoming Title One and when we talk about when you break down in terms of the color chart and we talk about ethnicities you know in each of those colors and then add in the homeless or the um lowincome and the various uh breakouts um I wonder if we're able to see when a school becomes Title One if we have now additional things in place with the additional monies that make a difference for us um because it would be interesting to see if in those schools they're able to
124help that El in some way that maybe we need to be sharing best practices in our other schools I don't know um because the lump sum now get spread thinner it's not like yeah um it's not like a whole boat L of you know more money versus a title one uh School District but I I just wonder Within those if we have some great examples to share because they're able to do things with the additional things that that maybe we should have that communication I I don't know if you've ever looked at it experienced it heard um but that's just a thought coming from listening today to this evening well I can definitely let staff speak to differences in Title One um I will make two comments before staff jumps in there one is we
125pulled that item tonight unfortunately so we will be considering that particular item in February so we can come back to that particular topic believe that was the item that got pulled the second item and the second part is you're exactly right when it comes to um data reporting infrastructure right and our ability to report on best practice data our ability to to really look at that and that's one of the things that the team is now working on is um under you know the support of of Stephanie and Greg and Michelle is how do we bring all this data from all these different systems I ready esac um Aries into a data warehouse where then we have the ability to create visuals dashboards for US based on what we want to know right based on
126what we're working on and so that's that's a project that you'll hear more about from me as we continue to work on that infrastructure but as far as the title one school seeing changes I will defer to staff and I I'll just U share that we do we do Monitor and we do um monitor closely our Title One schools and we have data on our Title One schools and so uh Dr Gomez uh you could share a little bit about how we do that sure um in fact as you were talking about that trusta I immediately thought of what's going on at kenesa they have targeted their Title One funds to provide additional a reading intervention specialist and a writing intervention that's going that's completely supported through their Title One funds so they found their
127need based on all the different data points that we have and then targeted that specifically to the specific students at those specific times it's absolutely amazing and a lot of our principles are doing that we've got our base programs we've got our mtss specialists at all of our schools but with the title One funds they look and say this is what our kids need extra this is that very targeted uh support and services that they need and then fund that through their Title One programs okay any other trusty Davis one comment I know we spoke about it before but I'd certainly love staff to continue to look at um making sure that we can try to have PE before classes that are most difficult for students the data on that is pretty significant so in
128our middle and high schools it'd be most appropriate especially Middle School okay um this was informational only so no board action is necessary so we are now moving on to 12f First reading board bylaw 90 9220 Board of Trustees election can I have a motion to adopt the policy on first reading in way the second of board policy or bylaw 9220 Board of Trustees elections okay moved by trusty Parham and a second second okay seconded by trustee bolus at this time I'd like to rep uh recognize superintendent Brown so this is an update to an existing policy um trustees were given a packet that showed uh the original policy changes that were made um as well as similar policies from csba Saddleback and Laguna Beach as points of reference so uh staff recommends approval okay
129Miss Schwin any speaker cards on this item there are no speakers okay trustees comments discussion anybody uh trusty Bas I was just going to move um the uh eliminating the first uh reading and approving the board bylaw 9220 okay um trusty Jones did you have a comment I have a com too okay trusty so uh the staff uh recommended eliminating the possibility of uh allowing a four 400w statement and uh I know that there was uh lack of clarity about whether there was a potential cost to the district for that and I don't know whether that answer I mean I think I know the answer but I don't know whether the staff got an answer they were satisfied with um and if not I would like to uh suggest that we well we could there's
130a number of things we could do and and and then perhaps have a final vote on consent depending on what the staff found out for next time I would like to leave it at the possibility of 400 words and the reason is I feel like uh the public a large number of the public make a decision on how to vote on the down ticket races based on on what's in the candidate statement and there's not 200 words doesn't give you very much um and I think that uh you know some people have a personal wealth some people can raise a lot of money some people have uh endorsed ments from outside groups but I think that the candidate statement is kind of a great leveler and and it's not really very expensive for a candidate
131to do um so I would like to leave that as an opportunity for the board to choose each election whether it's going to be 200 or 400 but maybe superintendent Brown can tell us whether there's a difference to the district yes so sorry when the uh item was amended the the understanding was that there was a cost difference to The District in the printing of ballots uh my understanding as of early this afternoon actually I believe is that there is not a cost difference to the district so staff actually does not have a preference of 200 versus 400 words anymore um so if that is something that the the board feels they'd like to have removed and put back to the original um where the candidate has a choice of 200 or 400w statement staff
132is fine with that there's no opposition com based on that based on that information I knew the candidate pays for it so what does it difference make to the board um and I know the language was changed out of you know um board to District in terms of that but I would amend it add back in that one portion of their choice to or 400 or we're not even mentioning I don't even know if that's necessary okay trusty H I'm I'm with thank you Gila for bringing that out because I was really confused by that and there couldn't have been a significant cost anyway um and why limit expression M um so absolutely I would not vote for this um unless we put back the 400w option um so yeah other than that I like
133it how it was streamlined that's great um but yeah so if we can amend the uh motion to bring it back um I would I support that I don't think we need to bring it back I think all right um do it right now yes we can do it right now yeah I mean bring it back I mean amend the motion do it oh oh yes yes we can do that now yes and trusty Bullock has just did so she made a motion to amend it to what is it going to say 200 or 400 words or it's not even stated do it matter yeah so my understanding would well I think we can decide each time that's how it is now that that the board can vote each time whether we want 200 or
1344 I would authorize why not make a policy that lasts as opposed to bringing it back either way is fine with well and and an individual candidate can do only 200 words and pay for only or less yeah staff will amend the policy to read 400 words instead of 200 words I I agree that we do not want a policy that has to be Revisited every single year okay um so we will and then if a cand Cate chooses to opt for 200 words that's the candidate's choice the board will put it at 400 so that Amendment will be made to the board policy okay that mean we have to back for a second reading or can we just do that simple correction on this first reading if everyone's in agree I believe you can
135make a motion to accept the policy on first reading as amended to read 400 words instead of 200 words like that would be in your motion right so it doesn't have to come back in February do you want to say that yeah but it does have to be amended to 400 words so that's the motion yeah yeah you're going to ignore the first motion and somebody will have to make trusty buus just did okay and trusty hichi seconded want can we do we're gonna do a Voice vote all in favor I any oppose okay passes 70 all right um let's go to we are now on to 12g instructional materials recommended for adoption by the instructional materials Review Committee may have a motion to approve the instructional materials REM recommended for adoption by the committee
136so moved okay moved by trusty Han hanich seconded by trusty bulus okay at this time I'd like to recognize associate superintendent Greg Merwin thank you president costano staff presents item 12g instruction materials recommended by adoption by the MRC I'm joined by Dr krie Johnson and we are available for any questions you may have staff recommends approval okay speaker cards none there are no speakers okay trustees any discussion none on this one okay so we may do a Voice vote as well so all those in favor I top any oppose Okay carry 70 by um by a Voice vote and now we are moving on to consent okay please note per board policy 9323 in accordance with the law the public has the right to comment on any consent item at the request of any member
137of the board any item on the consent agenda shall be removed and given individual consideration for Action as a regular agenda item each speaker is allotted between one and three minutes per item depending on the number of individuals so do we have speaker cards for consent we have one speaker okay that is Michelle plel Campbell okay yes we did I'll be back in February for the second one don't worry okay good evening in the last month PT AC cross capist unified have donated $95,600 443 to cover the cost of field trips librarian salaries garden supplies meet the Master's art program security cameras Discovery education programs I ready reading I ready math outdoor science camp Library remodel pro project at Molton go check it out it looks really cool walk through California and the walkthrough American
138res Revolution projects Simple Solution Science Program star Starfall school memberships and Library materials as always please please please join your ptas come out and support your schools it's really important and we are currently in a neck-and-neck competition with Irvine's PTA Council for the most members in fourth district and they are gaining fast on us and it's not cool so Capistrano parents we need to beat Irvine council with more members so please go to www. join totem and find your local school and join their PTA thank you oh that's even better and the other one was the title one Niguel is really excited to look at how we can do all of that targeted Intervention when we get our Title One designation show please get on the next one so we can start all that planning
139and that work for our students thank you thank you Michelle okay trustee that was our only speaker okay trustees any items you'd like to pull from consent no okay so may have a motion to approve consent calendar items 14a through 17A with the exception of 15a that was pulled by staff so moved okay moved by trusty bulus in a second and seconded by Davis okay M we please call the RO student board member Pierce hi trusty bullus hi trusty Davis Hi trusty Jones hi trusty perard hi trusty hanich hi trusty Parham hiy casianos hi motion carries 70 by a roll call vote to approve the consent calendar with the exception of the item that was pulled 15a with student board member peers casting a preferential vote of I to approve approve the consent calendar okay
140we are now on to adjournment there being no further business before the board may have a motion to adjourn approved okay wow that wasn't quick or anything okay moved by trusty hanachi seconded by I missed it sorry trusty Davis okay all those in favor I okay motion carries 70 by Voice vote to adjourn the meeting with a preferential vote from student board member peers we're standing before I even say the time the time is now