001vice president Parham live stream is now in progress you may turn on your mic and start the meeting good evening and welcome to the October 18 2023 regular board meeting of the capus Tonto Unified School District the meeting is now in session the time is 6:01 pm. please note trustee Pritchard is teleconferencing into the board meeting this evening therefore all votes shall be by roll call his location is posted on the agenda Miss Hayes please call the role trusty bulus here trusty Davis here trusty Jones here trusty Pritcher will be phoning in to close session he is currently not with said this time trusty hanich here trusty parhan here trusty castanas is currently not with us she will be joining in joining us later in close session Mrs Hayes before the board recesses to close
002session is there anyone who would like to speak to close session agenda item we have one speaker Jennifer Kennedy please come forward to the mic state your name city of residents and the topic that you're going to speak on uh good evening board my name's Jennifer Kennedy I'm an attorney I'm from Pasadena and I am speaking on the agenda item tonight regarding expulsions I see you're going to be considering two expulsions and I wanted to remind you of a law that was just passed you're probably aware of it Nancy Skinner's b274 that Governor Gavin Nome just signed into law and that changes existing California law to prohibit a school from expelling a child for willful Disobedience this is a big change in the law and what I want to draw your attention to was one
003of the rationals for giving these children another chance right for recognizing that they are children and I I will quote to you from Nancy Skinner's Law and she says as part of her analysis the US Supreme Court and as supported by Neuroscience research has recognized that young people are different and because of the Hallmark features of Youth such as immaturity impetuosity and failure to appreciate risks and consequences are both not as culpable as older people and they are capable of remarkable change now later tonight when we address the agenda item on the parent notification policy I want you to keep that in mind that children are children they are impetuous they are immature and they are capable of remarkable change and change they do and we need to keep that in mind when we're discussing
004issues later on about whether a child can self-identify as a new gender and whether people need to affirm that thank you very much the board will now recess the close session to address the following genda student expulsions two cases student readmissions two cases conference with legal counsel existing litigation significant exposure to litigation two cases um significant exposure to litigation one case conference with real property negotiators property South transportation and groundskeeping facility conference with labor negotiators ca ca Teamsters Kuma and unrepresented employees Public Employee employment appointment director 2 safety and student services the board will now recess the clst session president ciano's live stream is now in progress you may turn on your mic and open the meeting good evening and welcome to the October 18th 2023 regular board meeting of the Cs Tonto Unified School
005District the meeting is now in session and the time is 7:05 p.m. please note trusty Pritchard is teleconferencing into the board meeting this evening therefore all votes will need to be done by roll call his location has been posted on the agenda as a reminder per B per board policy 9323 meeting conduct requests to address the Board of Trustees will be accepted 30 minutes after the start of Open Session please also note that there are Spanish interpreters attending this evening's board meeting and they are available in the back of the room also we have if we have any students that are registered to speak this evening on any agenda on any agenda item we will hear them before adult speakers oral communication is an opportunity for the public to comment on issues that are not
006on 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 speakers under California law board members cannot respond to a non-agenda oral communication comment we would also like to note that while the public has the right to speak the district does not condone speech that may be 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 a riate behavior and respect for other points of view our students are watching and listening to to us tonight so please be respectful we appreciate your support tonight and modeling respectful and productive
007public discourse for our students and our entire Community okay Miss Hayes please call the all student board member Pierce pres trustee bullus here trusty Davis here truste Jones here truste Pritchard truste hanich trusty Parham here trusty casanis here okay tonight the Pledge of Allegiance um will be led by Deputy superintendent Clark Hampton over your heart ready okay may I have a motion to adopt the agenda mve second moved by trusty Davis seconded by trusty hanich Mrs Mrs Hayes please follow student board member Pierce hi trusty bulus hi trustee Davis Hi trusty Jones hi trusty Pritchard trusty hich hi trusty Parham I casanas I motion carries 70 by a roll call vote to adopt the agenda with a preferential vote of I from student board member Pierce Mrs Hayes please read the report out from Clos
008session on agenda item 3A trustees voted 502 to approve staff recommendation on the following cases case number 20242 and case number 20244 with trustee Pritchard and trustee castiano absent on agenda item 3B student readmission trustees voted 601 to approve staff recommendation on case numbers 2023 2023 01 three with trustee casano absent on agenda item 3C conference with legal council existing litigation C1 and c22 trustees voted 601 to approve staff recommendation in the following cases 2023 02858 case number 0124 with trusty ciano's absent please note um earlier truste Pritchard joined the meeting at 608 joining Clos session and trustee casianos joined Clos session at 6:23 pm. on agenda item C3 trustees voted 70 to approve recommendation on the following case resolution 21 on agenda item 3D conference with real property neaters trustees gave direction to staff
009on agenda item 3E Conference of Labor negotiators trustees gave direction to staff on agenda item 3F Public Employee employment appointment trustees voted 70 to appoint Dr Renee Johnson to the position of director to safety and student services effective November the 13 2023 and that concludes my report thank you Miss Hayes okay at this time i' like to recognize superintendent Dr Chris Brown good evening everyone and Welcome to our October 18th regular meeting of the Board of Trustees for the capistran Unified School District I want to begin by thanking our students families and employees for being here tonight and engaging with us in the work of our district I also want to acknowledge that individuals who have traveled to our district to participate in a meeting of the Board of Trustees and I'm aware that many
010groups have been organized from outside our district to be here tonight to engage in the work of our board respectful political discourse is essential to our society and I encourage our students parents and Sav and uh employees to be civically minded and civically engaged everyone is welcome at the meeting of the board but I do want to be clear about some of our expectations for this evening the Capistrano Unified School District provides teaching and learning to 41,000 students from pre- kindergarten through grade 12 our teachers and administrators set a very high standard for our students and Technology often engaging in challenging topics and Concepts and as our students engage in higher levels of learning they often discuss and debate historical events literature and current political and cultural matters and they do so in ways that
011are thoughtful respectful and appropriate we have the same expectation here in our boardroom tonight we have numerous speaker cards and we may be engaged in public comment for an extended period of time we expect that we will hear respectful public comments without jeers or cheers from the audience disorderly and disruptive conduct will not be condoned nor tolerated and unfortunately if needed the board can if needed for the board to conduct the business of the district we will close public comment clear the board room and continue the meeting of the board I also want to remind everyone that we have students here in our boardroom listening outside and listening at home as well as seated and participating on our diets as adults we need to set the example and showcase the high standards we expect for
012our own students our students deserve respect and kindness including our very own student board member who sits up here with us regardless of how tonight goes we'll be welcoming students back to our campuses and classrooms tomorrow morning just like we do each and every school day and working to support every one of them to succeed in their academic career here in CD and well beyond their uation day thank you thank you Dr Brown okay at this time I'd like to recognize Tyler Pierce for his comments good evening as I look around the room I see so many new faces unfamiliar faces so let me introduce myself my name is Tyler Pierce and I'm a proud senior of s Clin high school I'm what you could consider a proud product of the K through2 education system
013here at cap uned School District as this year's student adviser for the Board of Trustees I wear um I bear both the weight and honor of representing the voices of not one not 10 but 41,000 K through 12 students every decision made Within These Walls every policy crafted and every voice heard resonates through the lives of 41,000 individuals shaping their Futures in the education system tonight we're on the cusp of a pivotal decision the proposed parental notification policy this policy which has become the epicenter of discussions in schools and has even claimed headlines all across California and online platforms this division is undoubtedly noticeable not even within just room but within the community the a policy that brings this much level of division even before its implementation we must ask what is this policy going
014to create among the students if it is passed a policy that polarizes this us to this degree should serve as a red flag we must carefully outweigh the benefits and the cause we must um out if the pros genuinely do outweigh the causes or the ca cons sorry education should be a sanctuary where Minds grow simply unbothered by the politics and biases of the Adult World while every student is entitled or while everyone is entitled to their own beliefs schools must remain a neutral ground the moment we let individual ideologies infiltrate Public Schools we endanger the very principle of education and erode the trust of the students this policy is not a mere proposal it's a clear indication attempting to assert dominance in a place meant for growth in unity tonight as we deliberate I
015urge you to I I urge the board to consider this our duty is to Foster an environment where every student all 41,000 of them feel safe valued and heard a place where they can learn grow and become Leaders of Tomorrow without fear of judgment or bias um this policy stands contrary to those treasured ideals I stand firm and unyielding in my commitment to ensuring that our scho schools remain a safe place away from home for every student I sincerely hope that we as responsible leaders of students Futures make the right decision tonight that concludes my opening statement thank you thank you okay we are now moving on we're now moving on to oral Communications the total time for oral Communications that's trust comments okay sorry go ahead trusty B good evening how wonderful it is
016to see so many here tonight as Dr mwin is going to present education and support services accomplishments in 2022 2023 that's why we're all here right I want to thank everyone who emailed their thoughts on this parental notification policy um being presented tonight and I need you to know that I read all 1,191 of them that I personally received I took special note from a parent who had expressed that we need more training for parents because a lot of the issue is about kids not wanting to go and share with their parents and I think that in reading an article that I had shared with of those uh staff members from a developmental psychologist and um assistant clinical professor at y um child uh study center that I thought was really excellent on this topic
017in terms of there are parents who do need to have better skills in reaching out to their students and talking with them um and that relationship hasn't been there um when trying trying to engage with their children um they can't sound like uh an inquisition um conversation needs to be conversational built on a relationship and a lot of what we are going to be talking about tonight is in terms of relationships uh so as we move through this evening sharing our thoughts and our concerns I too ask for civility towards one another recognizing different points of view all should be heard respectfully thank you thank you trusty bulas any other trustees trust Davis oh trust to let uh someone else in the audience use whatever moments I would have used okay trusty Davis I also
018would like to thank everyone for coming tonight I love that we are engag engaged in a conversation about lots of good things um I just wanted to highlight some of the fun things that are happening in schools right now and um I got to attend s Colony High Schools anything goes if you haven't seen it go check it out this weekend Incredible S Colony High School football games in which we beat mission beo it's a pretty big deal I think we get about one in 10 um sany high school girls volleyball games where we've had some is it better um some great great games and some water polo games in which we beat sanan Hills High School yesterday it was a pretty great game um had an opportunity to read in a Kindergarten class at
019Truman Elementary and brings me back to teaching kindergarten and what a joy it is to watch kids and see the light and excitement of learning and growing and what they want to share um we did an experiment with pumpkins as you can imagine and um I was able to deliver them some apples for my apple tree so it was pretty fun um there's nothing better than watching education Through The Eyes of a 5-year-old absolutely nothing better the Friday flags and the many events that just in the last three weeks since our last board meeting lots of great things are happening in Capistrano Unified School District thanks for being here tonight thank you trusty Davis any other comments from no okay now we are moving on to oral Communications total time for oral Communications is 20
020minutes individual presentations are limited to a maximum of three minutes per individual unless there's a large number of speakers complaints regarding District employees should be addressed by completing the district's formal complaint form through the district website please do not stand please do not stand while a speaker is speaking this blocks views of those behind you thank you for your consideration of others okay Miss Hayes I think we're ready um we have 16 speakers so the time will be reduced to one minute per board policy okay I'll call up the first 10 speakers I'll ask that you line up in the center aisle Ryan Heath Kier Davis Michelle palal Campbell Rockland Fairweather Steve noblock Frank Rodriguez Amber Smith Chelsea Bole eileene McDermot Patricia is number 10 number 11 after these we'll start with Rosa pardon me
021Mrs H before they start this is this is oral Communications which is not agenda agenda items okay right thank you Ryan Heath please go ahead hi my name is Ryan Heath and I I run a nonprofit called the gaffle project I'm sure most of you know who I am uh I'm here because this district is run by a bunch of liars this board has repeatedly claimed that it does not teach CRT but according to your cultural proficiency plan since 2020 you've given hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Anti-Defamation League for CRT training the ADL teaches that racism is the marginalization and or oppression of people of color based on a socially constructed racial hierarchy that privileges white people for the ADL to have a safe inclusive and Equitable School climate schools must use alleged
022instances of harassment and discrimination as a moment to educate the school community and that's exactly what happened to my client it was in the first grade when she was forced to publicly apologize for making her view known that all of her friends have equal worth irrespective of their skin color you train your staff to discriminate against children and that's why I'm suing the out of is K Kira Davis thank you Mr Kira please come forward following Kira we have Michelle fossel pble K you have one minute please go ahead uh my name is Kiera Davis I have uh one child in the district one graduate from the district I want to talk today about the ITP I did email you Mr Parham about the individual transition plan I haven't heard back from you the ITP
023is a customized response plan for students who wish to begin a gender transition at school it has an option to cut out parents of the process and it uses ab1266 as the justification but I read that bill and it has nothing to do with the topic of ITP so is the board concerned that using a false justification for cutting parents out of the process might invol invite legal challenges in the future we already have a number of lawsuits against I we just heard Ryan against our our district perhaps that might be a concern and as we discussed the parental policy down the road today I would like the board to answer whether or not this will supersede the ITP so I'll look forward to your responses our next speaker is Michelle colossal Campbell good evening
024board I am so happy to be here to tell you the wonderful things that are happening in our ptas at every School site in this District we have boo bashes we have carnivals we have Jons we have readathons which are even better because they build that love of reading that Lisa Davis was just mentioning so it's so important that we really are working to support our ptas as our PT work to support our schools so if you have yet to join your PTA and I appreciate that Dr Chris Brown and I know many of our other trustees are members of our PT please go to w ww. jooin to.com and find your local PTA that will help you find a PTA at anywhere in the state so if you're an alumni from like Aura Hills
025you can find your PTA there as well but please support our Capistrano ptas thank you our next speaker is Rocklin Fairweather please come forward go ahead hi I have 14 nieces and nephews not in the public school system though I teach for capistran Unified my own Brothers simply do not trust what's being taught in the classrooms especially in middle school and high schools there have been about 310,000 California students who've left the Public School System since 2020 at $88 a day this equates to approximately $4 billion dollar a significant financial loss I know that I'm being pushed to have my students come to school not be late to be there and unless the district starts partnering with parents parents more will leave I've talked to parents who have said I will be pulling my kids
026from cappo unified if such and such happens so I just want to implore us as teachers our district I stand for truth I believe we should speak truth no matter what the culture says we should stick to the science we should speak truth in our next speaker is Steve hello my name's Steve noblock I'm the mayor protim of the city of s Clemente we often have meetings where there are large crowds and and opinions are divided and uh opinions are expressed and I just want to uh uh commend the staff here and the security Personnel for the organization that was demonstrated with the large number of people that came here tonight to to speak and to the for the issuing of the permits and the speaking cards uh very well organized I just want to
027commend your staff for the work that they're doing and and thank you uh Miss Davis for bringing important issue up this evening thank you our next speaker is Frank please go ahead hi my name is Frank I've been to over 30 school districts in Southern California and across state lines while I disagree with mayor Pro Temp I think there are significant things that could have been improved outside to calm the tempers of the people of the audience I've never seen a district separate People based on political views I think that that caused things to be extremely toxic for the people here regardless of the side that you're on I also think it's important that all of the districts I've been to have meetings such like this the number one way that I saw them running
028effectively was allowing your constituents and citizens and stakeholders to be able to line up as they arrive they were instructed to wait on the car on the parking lot these individuals should be allowed to line up as this way they can get a ticket based on the arrival I understand people have crazy schedules but if you're here early like I was you should be one of the first people up front and if you're here late you should be one of of the last that removes the burden off of you and puts it back on the public and thank you to all the staff everyone on the dis and everyone in the room for being here our next speaker is Amber Smith um I wanted to just voice my concern in regards to a comment that
029was made at a school board meeting earlier this month when a member said he was bringing his side to the meeting and there would probably be a brawl as someone is elected into this position I find that kind of divisiveness unacceptable the fact that a trustee even mentioned something that could incite violence when not only parents but also students of this District that would be here is irresponsible and unacceptable and I personally feel that he should recuse himself from this position how can you ask us to be respectful when your own trustee isn't giving us the same respect our next speaker is please hold your applause till please hold your applause our next speaker is Chelsea Bole 2,67 8,400 that's how many seconds are in a 31-day period of typical month yet Parham and this
030board wants to limit parents and the 60 seconds allowed a month that they are allowed to speak I believe that cppo is the only School Board in the Cal in California that's actually trying to do that um need I remind you that you are elected officials Mr Parham especially um you work for the parents last month you said it was absurd for a meeting to go past 11:00 p.m. at night yet you are paid $9,000 year to attend 12 meetings and listen to the parents the only thing absurd is the tyrannical overreach of this board to silence the parents you are elected paid officials act like it listens to your con constituents oh by the way you can make Law and Order SVU tonight sorry or you miss it sorry our next speaker is Eileen
031mcder e please come forward hello board um I'm from the San Juan capano area and I'm here just to remind everybody that there is God's law it's universal law and the fifth commandment is Thou shalt not kill which means Thou shalt not mutilate our next speaker is Patricia Patricia please come forward well we're waiting on Patricia speaker number 10 to come up um we'll line up the next group Rosa is 11 Eva Harrison is 12 Daniel S Lisa H Martha mcnicholas and Sarah K Patricia please go ahead you hi there my name's Patricia Henry I have four children uh three of whom go to Truman Benedict Elementary I can't believe I'm here having to beg a school board to please have teachers share information about my own children with me the opponents to the parental
032notification policy will sell will say well if you were a good enough parent and you weren't a trans or homophobe your kid would come and tell you anyway you don't need teachers to tell you well I'd like to ask each member of the board here when you were a child did you tell your parent absolutely every single thing about your life when you were a teenager did you tell your parents absolutely everything single thing about your life I'm guessing no and that didn't mean because your parents were abusive or horrible parents it's because you're a child you're a teenager that's normal kids don't tell parents everything this is reality when has it ever been a good idea to deny all parents information about their children if this parental notification policy does not pass teachers will
033be forced to lie to parents who have genuine questions about their kids what kind of school district instructs their teachers to lie to parents thank you our next speaker is Rosa Rosa please come forward hello during Nazi Germany Hitler mandated all youth to go to youth camp in China chinese kids Awards of the states so are you saying American kids are no different than Hitler communist is China our children are fundamentally our own and belong to our family mother father not words of the state we live in a constitutional republic of United States of America a kid do not belong to the district nor to the teachers I'm Latina and Capo kappo has 50% minority demographic I ask that you teach quality education with strong Reading Writing math skills so they can come out of
034poverty that is the only way out for our community to be lying to parents and keeping any kind of Secrets especially when you have a trans policy and a policy that is connection with a chalk um hospital that has a transgender Clinic it only U prevents more families to be involved in their children's lives there should not be anything that is not uh involving the parents U with the children this is they are not your our next speaker is Eva Harrison Eva please come forward following Eva is Daniel please go ahead hey guys last board meeting the Conn was conduct was ridiculous we were literally hissed at flipped off cameras held in our faces to in intimidate US president castanos you warned people would have to leave the room if they don't act approp appropriately
035that didn't happen Dr Brown you just mentioned it again jeers and cheers not okay who's jering do you notice who's jering not okay but you are not holding both sides accountable you are only holding one side accountable anyway last meeting trusty Parham trying to Li limit public comments because it took too long it was absurd I'm sorry did you not realize what you signed up for this is how it works I actually appreciated trusty hannich for saying everybody should be heard that was very nice trusty Pritchard saying you'll bring your people and there will be a brawl I understand it was probably a joke how is that funny it's ridiculous you should not even be up there um multiple things I had requested from the district recently have not been answered including the ITP what's
036going on answer our question our next speaker is Daniel yeah hi my name is Daniel I was at a meeting here earlier this year where the the district expressed their concern about falling enrollment in this District the reason for the falling enrollment is because parents are pulling their children out of this school district for the reason that you are trying to seize their children there are private schools and Christian schools that are opening up all over South Orange County I was in Laguna Niguel the other day and cars were lined up around the out out of a church and down the down the street of parents bringing kids in it was a new Christian School that just opened up there my own church has well over 4,000 members in South Orange County here in this
037district and they're looking for Real Estate now as we speak to open a Christian School at that church if you guys continue with the sexualization and this agenda pretty soon there's not going to be a school district because there's not going to be any children left in it and you will no longer be trustees our next speaker Lisa Lisa H good evening board I just want to share some information about AB 665 it's just a yet another horrendous bill that's been um signed by Gavin Nome and this is the one that they refer to as the state sack sanction kidnapping bill because a 12-year-old is basically ipated and they can check themselves into mental health and in in that mental health consultation they decide that this child should go to a state home then without
038parental notification the child is removed from his home his or her home the people that are making these decisions that was added toe to this bill not only is it just the psychologist or the psychiatrist it's also counselors trainees and interns making these life and death decisions this bill will not go into fact until um January of 2025 why because Gavin Newsome needs to build more State group homes this is chilling please consider this later on this evening thank you our next speaker is Martha mcnicholas Martha please come forward good evening Dr Brown president casianos and trustees um I have something I want to say but I want to preface it by the the idea of picking people to to come in based on whether they're for or against a particular uh agenda item kind
039of Falls against those of us who who don't have an opinion on that and really came to see the other item on the accomplishments of the district so those of us who really are interested in what the district is doing kind of got shuffled to the side but the reason I'm here is to thank you all for coming to the Dana Hill's 50th anniversary on Saturday night it was a i most of you were there sorry Michael didn't see you but most of you are there and thank you for coming in recognizing the central item of the Dana hit Point Community also I am active in the dolphin foundation and I want to invite you to tomorrow night to Chile for charity at uh down in Dana Point Chile Cookoff we have some entries called
040uh Norwegian R dear CH is Sarah K good evening trustees uh student advisor Tyler and superintendent Brown uh my name is Sarah King and I'm a teacher at San Clemy High School we've emailed a couple times and it's very nice to match faces with names I'm here to thank you for your continual support of no place for hate program in the district through our program these last four years we have not only work very hard to create a safe space for our students but a brave space where students can be who they are and speak their truth no matter what that may be free from persecution and I do not support any policy that would undermine that feeling of safety for my students I ask you to look around outside and see who is here
041listen to the kids on this one thank you ladies and gentlemen we're going to have to um take a breath calm down the meeting will be declared disorderly and then you'll all have to leave the room and we will stop the meeting and I know we're all here to listen to the item but the clapping and the jering needs to stop thank you okay we are now moving on to consent Calendar please note board policy 9323 and in accordance with the law the public has the right to comment on any consent item at the request of any member of 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
042number of individuals that have um requests to speak Miss Hayes only one speaker only one speaker okay Michelle palal Campbell okay good evening in the past month ptas across capist unified have donated $2,322 87 to our schools to cover the cost for outdoor science camp buses science camp teacher stiens reading programs Library salaries musical instruments art Masters Academy program non-instructional materials counselor salaries and professional support AED replacement supplies Friday folders and tech salary and library media Tech salaries and science programs as well as student planners kids create art programs meet the master's program and school safety fencing and parent educator salaries we are pleased to work with our schools to provide these programs in Partnership if you have yet to join your school PTA please do so it is really important to help support our
043schools our PTA work to build that Community to make sure everybody feels welcome on our sites to work with our administrators and our teachers and to build those connections because through those connections we know our students Thrive and succeed so we work together to do that and I'm going to seed the rest of my time to Dr marwin so we can hear all of the amazing successes of the district thank you oh one last thing happy birthday trusty Parham thank you okay any trustees have consent items to pull okay seeing none all right then I need a motion to approve the consent calendar items 13A through 16b moved okay moved by trusty Davis seconded by trusty Parham uh Miss hay please call the B student board member Pierce hi trusty bulus hi trusty Davis Hi
044trusty Jones hi trusty prer hi trusty hanich hi trusty Parham hi trusty casanis I motion carry 70 by a roll call vote to approve the consent calendar with student board member Paris casting a preferential vote of I to approve the consent calendar okay we are now moving on to discussion at action items our first item this evening is 17A 2223 education and support services accomplishments and at this time I would like to recognize Dr Greg mwin associate superintendent of education and Sport services to present the item thank you very much president casano staff is proud to present item this item education Sports Services accomplishments for the 2022 2023 school year we appreciate such a great turnout for this presentation so while while the title of this presentation implies a focus on our Department's accomplishments this
045year the true recognition should be focused on our teachers our certificated and classified staff and our administrators for their efforts skill compassion and dedication because they were directly responsible for these accomplishments we are grateful for their work across the district support each and every one of our students so this evening I am joined by the education Sports Services team including Jen SMY Dave Stewart Brad Shear Carrie Johnson and Clint Collins who will be assisting with our presentation this evening next slide please our number one priority is supporting our schools with training programs resources and services so that each and every student develops the five key competencies of a vision of a CD graduate as you see on this graphic these competencies are Innovative Problem Solver inspired leader skilled Communicator engaged Citizen and continuous learner next
046slide please so how do we coordinate deliver our support for our students in CD to achieve this Vision the answer is our multi-tiered system of support or mtss so if you look at the pyramid on the right hand side of this slide it describes how we support our students in three key areas to develop the competencies in The Graduate profile those areas of support are teaching and learning positive behavior and wellbe the support that we provide our students is further defined by those three tiers as you see up on the screen that personalized support for every student tier one are supports for all students and that's described as Universal tier two identifies targeted interventions for some of our students who need additional support beyond that first tier and then tier three is designated for our
047few students who require even more intensive support to be successful now if you will uh bring your attention to the left side of that screen the screen you can see uh the information there this is one example of brochures and informational guides we have developed to inform our community regarding mtss thanks to our communication Department we have a comprehensive and engaging website that is available for families to learn more about our system of support so I encourage everyone to visit mtss on our district website and spend time exploring the information that's provided next slide please so the education and sports services department is divided into three teams and each one of these teams plays a significant role in multi-tiered system of support and provides direct assistance to our students families teachers certificating classified staff and
048administrators the ESS teams are leadership Support Services curriculum and instruction and special education each team will now present you a brief overview of our accomplishments and we'll get started right now so Miss Jen SMY will start by sharing highlights from our work with leadership Support Services Jen take it away thank you Dr morwin leadership Services consist of Brad Dave and myself we supervise approximately 18 principles each Brad supports the elementary schools on the west side of the freeway Dave supports the elementary schools and K8 schools on the east side of the freeway and I support our middle schools high schools and our three alternative programs each week we spend two full days out in the field at the school sites and we each meet with six of our principles three on Wednesday and three on
049Thursday for one and a half to two hour meetings last year we completed 524 of these individual meetings prior to the meeting the principal plans the agenda so that our time is maximized in the areas in which the principal wishes to grow and learn additionally we review and guide the principal on using data to drive the school's goals and provide training or modeling if a principal has an area for growth frequently in these meetings we review site data visit classrooms attend a leadership or staff meeting or observe the principal run a parent meeting or a task force group we seek out opportunities in the meeting to highlight and commend progress and successes and the meeting is documented in writing consisting of the agenda the principal's highlights progress monitoring data on School site goals and what
050was accomplished in the meeting as well as the principal's next steps to accomplish prior to our next meeting the documentation of these meetings is used in the principal evaluations all first and second year principles are evaluated their first two years principles making progress and are in good standing move to an evaluation cycle of every other year beginning year three experienced principles who may need additional support are often kept on a yearly evaluation until the expected growth is made 100% of our principles are formally evaluated at least every other year in addition to our individual meetings with principles we plan and facilitate a variety of meetings for them and Brad's going to share those with you now good evening uh we lead and facilitate three different types of group meetings um during PLC meetings principles review
051data and collaborative teams and discuss practices and response to that data we've looked at a variety of data sources literacy math attendance um dnf rates Smarter Balance assessment data all kinds of different data sources principal business meetings provide an opportunity for district departments to connect with principles and share important information and for principles that are new to their positions or sites the new principal Academy provides time for new principles to discuss their needs and share ideas with one another and Dr Stewart take the next slide thank you in our work to support our schools leadership Support Services is routinely the first line to assist the event of a school crisis and coordinates to provide additional departmental support to schools and principles when needed we take action to directly assist on our school campuses in the
052next bullet you will see our team deeply values the feedback of our school leaders this bullet shares the results from our most recent principal survey and Leadership Support Services uses this data to continually improve and grow as principal coaches and supervisors I'm honored and lucky to work with an amazing curriculum instruction team that continues to provide support for students during and outside the school day the Extended Learning opportunities program or elop provided before and after school activities for 1,800 students who couldn't otherwise afford to attend the YMCA or Boys and Girls Club additional enrichment classes and homework assistance were provided to all cusd students both fee-based and elop eligible who enrolled in before and after school activities 500 cusd students attended the college for kids program which offers elementary students the opportunity to experience college
053students develop their class schedules from a variety a wide variety of options including academic enrichment Outdoor Sports art music stem and more the cni team will continue to enhance and extend elop to ensure all students benefit the office of language acquisition or Ola focused its goals on supporting English Learners in increasing ing their English language acquisition through designated and integrated English language development or ELD for the 20 2022 23 school year ol's professional learning emphasized the importance of student talk to increase students oral language proficiency the impact of this work is evidenced by the growth made by Els in their oral language development as well as overall lpac scores preparing these students to fully access a master The Core Curriculum next slide please The Early Childhood Program continues to welcome and prepare our youngest Learners
054with increased access for our Littles the 2022 23 school year was the first year of the expansion of the universal transitional kindergarten or TK um program as part of the expansion 15 TK classrooms were added for a total of 30 TK classrooms last school year to prepare for the 2023 24 school year eight more TK classrooms are ready for the beginning of this school year there is one more expansion phase for the 2024 425 school year with full Universal TK implementation in the 2025 26 school year early childhood also piloted and adopted the Frog Street curriculum for pre kindergarten or PK and world of Wonders for TK to ensure that our PK and TK students have access to rigorous and grade level appropriate curriculum world of Wonders is the TK grade level version of our
055K3 wonders curriculum Brock Street curriculum includes a research-based scope and sequence for literacy math and content learning domains both curricula aligned with the California preschool learning foundations which are the learning standards for PK and TK Early Childhood was excited to host the first annual Family Resource fair in partnership with the Family Resource Center this fair was designed to provide families with free resources and services within the community special guests and Community Partners included Family Assistance Ministries Regional Center of Orange County YMCA of Orange County startwell organization Kaiser Permanente boys and Girls Club of kappo Valley the CD food and nutrition Department the mission hospitals Community Health enrichment collaborative or Czech Family Resource Center in Spring of 2023 82% of all K5 students scored at or above Benchmark on end of year Dynamic indicators of basic
056early literacy skills or Dibbles assessments they are a quick measure that are reliable and valid indicators of future reading success in Spring of 2023 71% of all K5 students scored at or above grade level on the end of your I ready math diagnostic this is a 2% overall increase from Spring of 2022 the results of the IR math diagnostic are closely correlated with a smarter balanced assessment as of the end of summer 2023 323 elementary teachers were trained in Orton Gillingham comprehensive plus Orton Gillingham is a highly structured instructional approach that breaks reading and spelling down into smaller skills involving letters and sounds and then Builds on these skills over time is a highly effective approach that uses clear direct sequential systematic and multi-sensory instruction to teach reading which is not only beneficial for all
057students but essential for teaching students with dyslexia this train training included all mtss specialists in tilean coaches 98 special education teachers and 179 general education teachers for tier one tier two and tier three reading intervention finally I'm sorry next slide in the 2022 23 school year trustees approved and staff began implementation of the new math Pathways that ensure all middle school students are ready for the rigors of higher level math and provide multiple entry points to the accelerated pathway in middle and high school middle school I ready results indicate the cusd students that cusd students continue on the path to matching pre-co academic performance in math and English language arts the cnit team continues to support students in achieving the characteristics of the CD graduate profile that will prepare them for um sorry prepare them
058for postsecondary opportunities last year's CSD was awarded grants toing 850,000 for dual enrollment expansion in the development of a middle college high school in collaboration with Salette College sorry my technology keeps messing up on me um the cni team in collaboration with teachers successfully piloted and trustees approved High School science adoptions in biology chemistry anatomy and physiology Marine ecology and all AP science courses as well as World language curricula for Spanish and French ensuring that students have the tools to explore and plan for their post-secondary options staff implemented the California colleges.edu platform in its first year 7,440 middle and high school students created California colleges.edu accounts and had access to a One-Stop shop for college and planning 3,840 college applications were launched through the platform providing analytics for CD college applications to be used by
059school and futurology counselors to better serve students in the college application process the 2022 um college fair was hosted at sanan Hills High School with 1,239 registered attendees and representatives from 115 colleges the California out of state and International College or Coy fair was attended by San's High School Avid students based on the success of the fair all high schools will attend the coce in the 2023 school year which will be hosted in South Orange County futurology counselors provide tier one College and Career lessons tier two interventions focus on English Learners first generation college students and Foster youth futurology counselors um present in El classrooms on College and Career topics additionally they conduct check-ins with Foster Youth and first generation students to review a through G eligibility college applications and scholarships District um counseling and
060credit recoveries staff also collaborated to ensure that all students taking summer school or crit recovery were placed in a college prep pathway the cni team continues to support students parents Guardians teachers counselors and site administrators so all students PK through 12 achieve the Char characteristics described in the CD graduate profile and are prepared for Success when they walk across the commencement stage State Testing outcomes have just been released and will be will be presented by staff at the November board meeting the outcomes will show that CD's efforts are quickly returning students to pre-co academic performance levels Additionally the team is looking forward to presenting on the implementation of C cares in support of student well-being at the future board meeting now I'd like to hand the presentation over to glint Collins uh thank you Dr
061Johnson last year the special education department restructured how special education support is to Brad to school staffs part of this restructuring was the implementation of the family support teams the new structure has been highly successful which is evident by the biannual principal survey results we have six Family Support teams one family support team for each High School family that consists of a coordinator an intervention specialist that helps a social emotional well-being a school psychologist to assist with student behavior and assessments and Par educator fives to assist with behavior support and early intervention schools have reported that the restructuring has created more a more streamlined system of support from the special education department which has been instrumental with early intervention for students it has also provided more training in the areas of School site based Behavior
062Support student wellbeing IEP compliance among other areas next slide please part of the more streamline structure is a system of for schools to ask for assistance one way of requesting assistance is through behavior intervention request forms our family support teams received received and supported over 300 behavior intervention requ last year which provided schools the support they need to address behavioral concerns prior to coid the district had the initiative to have all special education staff in site Administration trained in Crisis Prevention intervention also known as CPI uh CPI was delayed due to coid but the initiative hasn't stopped last year we got back on track with the CPI training for staff we will continue to train staff throughout the school year as you can see we've trained over 350 staff members last year and are on
063track to continue such training this year special education has also also imp link to trainings in other areas to support schools these trainings are helping to build long-term special special education capacity in a variety of areas some of these areas are job alike trainings for our educational Specialists Gina dagley our executive director of special education programs and related Services has been running the jobike trainings on many different topics for our education Specialists Miss dagley has received overwhelming positive feedback from teach about the trainings and how relevant they are for their jobs and their school sites School admin trainings are also taking place in the areas of child find compliance best practices and IEPs classroom instruction and expectations Behavior Support among other areas our goal is to continue to provide support and develop special education capacity
064to all of our schools lastly I want to highlight that our Family Resource Center has provided numerous trainings and resources to family families and community members I encourage all of you to go visit Our Family Resource Center which is right outside these doors um is closed now but during the day come and visit um there's numerous trainings and resources that we provide to families on a daily basis next slide please this concludes our presentation and we are available for questions trustees questions trustee H thank you thank you so much that was dazzling there's obviously a reason why we are one of the top performing school districts in the state if not the country we are a place that people come to model uh what we're all doing and I can't thank you enough obviously our
065we have incredible students um and our teachers are unparalleled our principales are top drawer and our support staff is invaluable and I look forward to taking the deeper dive of of where we're at and it's not only that we should all know that especially we board members who have constant access to all of our schools at any time I can walk through a school with the principal and he will show me everything how everything is done how everything is communicated there are no questions as a board member that I would ever have um it's incredible and not only do we know this but our colleges and universities know what a cusd graduate is and it's dazzling every year it's Stanford it's all over the world where they go and they're accepted and I I it
066it makes me proud over and over again I've said this kind of kiddingly I've told my boys I want to make them do Capital unified again which they're not too happy about that um but I I can't thank you enough and I will really look forward to um hearing more about this um I feel like each year we make huge improvements um don't know if the board can really take credit for that but you are maximizing on every opportunity and we have amazing students and amazing families so thank you very much much just wanted to say that trusty param uh I want to reiterate that I think staff has done a wonderful job presenting this and certainly not an absurd amount of time was spent on that presentation I would love to see more spent
067on presentations like that but I want you to help clarify something um because we do such a good job preparing children for college preparing them for the job market what is an ITP can someone answer that because it was brought up in public comments um an email that I didn't respond to even though I did pass it along to staff because I think it's important for people to know that there's multiple meanings behind the word transition um in fact these these glasses are transition glasses they have multiple meanings so maybe you can provide a description of what that acronym stands for sure so I'll start first there there is confusion there are we're talking about two different things one is an individual transition plan which every student with an IEP in special education is required
068to have an ITP and that is by age by by age 16 so that's one form that's that and there was confusion uh presented to us by families thinking that was something different so the other ITP that we so can you clarify that just make it very clear what that is and what what it is not yeah um so individ individualized transition plan as part of the um IEP is a every student has to have it implemented in their IEP before the age of 16 and it really sets long-term goals for the student they're actually long-term goals after the student exits our program so it's it's um looking at employment Independent Living skills um curriculum like like extracurricular activities really helping develop long-term objectives and goals for every student in an IEP so that we
069as a school district as IEP teams can help develop real life daily goals and annual goals to help get those long-term trajectory goals of the ITP now there is a second document it's also called individual transition plan which is where some of this confusion is coming from this is a document that only counselors use to take uh to basically develop a plan if a student initiates a conversation with a counselor regarding gender identity okay so maybe we should make that more clear and separate the two because that confusion is not helpful um I know there was some legal questions raised in public comments happy to talk to that I'd like you to respond to them yes when you have so it is absolutely correct that ab1266 has nothing to do with um with parental consent
070or parental involvement that is absolutely correct we're already revising our forms to make sure that they are accurate U the confidence it is part of uh Ed code for a counselor's relationship with a student so that's what the citation should be and that's what we're correcting and so we're already doing that work right now okay and just please revert back to that member of the public who had that question thank you be happy to do that and and wonderful presentation overall thank you I have a further question for further Clarity I don't think it's been said yet you are renaming and separating those two forms am I not correct so one will be named ITP and one will be named something else yes correct because the one that is that is special education related that
071that is that name will remain because that is federal law okay so then we will be reviewing the other document that counselors use when a student initiates and we will be renaming it so there is not confusion in the future uh when we speak to this item okay okay um thank you Dr mwin and staff that was informational only so no board no board action is necessary so we are now moving on to 17b consideration for a board policy for Parental notifications so we are now going to recognize trusty Davis to present the item thank you trusty casanas I want to first of all thank everyone for being here tonight and espec especially for the many opinions feelings and statements that have been shared it's clear that the topic before us is one that people
072feel very strongly about and for good reason because the issue before us now deals with with what is best for children for students their families and our dedicated teachers and staff in cusd to be more specific the issue tonight is whether or not parents should be excluded from major decisions relating to their children especially when those children are at a greater risk for suffering from emotional or mental health related issues The Proposal that I'm asking you to vote on tonight is specifically designed to protect children their parents and teachers when facing a variety of issues that can negatively impact their health safety and Welfare my position is best summarized by a statement made by a just by the Justice Foundation a charitable organization that gives free legal advice quote we believe in protecting children from
073those who would destroy their innocence and exploit them for their own purposes on the whole parents are the best Protectors of children and have the natural rights and Duty for the care custody and control for their children children in the main are naturally incapable of exercising self-government until reaching the age of majority end quote although we may disagree as a board on policies everyone here wants what's best for children everyone here also knows that children students families and teachers in our district benefit when we stand together despite our differences there have been times when we were one mind and one heart as a board one of those times occurred almost a month ago on Wednesday September 20th 2023 at that time the Capistrano Unified School District Board of Education all trustees unanimously voted to join
074other school districts across the country in the mass media lawsuit against the meta social media entities we all agreed that meta had substantially contributed to the Mental Health crisis a true epidemic our youth are in that today this Mental Health crisis has had a terrible impact on students across the nation and yes here in cusd and the policy I'm putting forward tonight is intended to Foster improved communication between students teachers parents and other professionals that are needed to allow all to work together for the benefit of every child it has been said by Hillary Clinton it takes a village to raise a child tonight I want to ensure that our village is inclusive rather than exclusive our village must include parents Guardians of the student especially as we work together to combat the very serious
075challenges our students are facing today as a board we work on policies any and all policies related to capistran unified the policy we are discussing tonight is a policy around parental notification we all agree that we are in a mental health crisis while perhaps well- meaning policies that do not include parents in every conversation especially in regard to a child child's mental health can be problematic because those policies would be contrary to long-standing federal and state laws almost 100 years ago the United States Supreme Court acknowledged that quote the child is not the mere creature of the state those who nurture him and direct his Destiny have the right coupled with the high duty to recognize and prepare him for addition obligations end quote in another court case affirmed the fundamental rights of parents quote
076in the companionship care custody and management of their children that same year the court declared quote this primary role of the parents in the upbringing of their children is now established Beyond debate as an enduring American tradition end quote another Court cased that the constitution and specifically due process clause of the 14th amendment protects the fundamental rights of parents to direct the care upbringing and education of their children again unequivocally affirmed the fundamental rights in another court case of parents to direct the care custody and control of their children similar similarly are state laws codified in the Family Code State without exception that parent parents with Le with joint legal custody quote share the right and responsibility to make decisions relating to health education and Welfare of a child end quote we might ask ourselves
077how are other school districts dealing with the conflict between policies and the state and federal laws right now a case in Escondido just on the other side of Camp Pendleton provides us with a roadmap to how this might play out here in cistron unified in that case two teachers filed a lawsuit against eusd the board president and others who were enforcing a parental exclusion policy after having heard all the agreements on arguments on both sides the judge made some very interesting findings in his rulings the judge found that E's policy of keeping information from parents was quote a trifecta of harm it harms the child who needs Parental Guidance and possibly mental health intervention to determine if the in congruence is organic or whether it is the result of bullying peer pressure or a fleeting
078impulse end quote it harms the parents by depriving them of the long recognized 14th Amendment right to care guide and make Health Care decisions for their children and finally it harms teachers who are compelled to violate the parents rights by forcing them to conceal information they feel is critical for the welfare of their students end quote to be clear teachers are supposed to be a support to Children and Families they are to supplement parents not to supplant parents the basic care and Necessities provided by parents and Guardians inextricably intertwines a life a dependent mind to their parent or guardian we should not seek to sever this Bond but to strengthen it our current policies don't include these crucial figures creating what the judge called a trifecta of harm among the evidence considered in that case
079was the testimony of a well-known expert Dr Erica e Anderson a credential clinical psychologist from Berkeley with over 40 years of experience Dr Anderson confirmed that parental involvement is unequivocally necessary to provide support for children forcing teachers to keep information from parents and Guardians gives them a job they never signed up for and are not qualified to do teachers do not need nor want the responsibility to decide what to share or not share with their students parents Guardians and families they should not have to shoulder the burden of making decisions for their students that is the role and responsibility of parents and Guardians and other licensed trained certified medical professionals again the laws are clear that parents and Guardians have a constitutional right to determine without undue interference from the state or the school I
080might add how best to raise nurture and educate their child the parental rights stems from the Liberties protected by the due process the Clause of the 14th amendment in our United States Constitution we have some risks the top patient safety concerns in 2023 is the PED is the Pediatric Mental Health crisis we are in a health care crisis depression anxiety psychosis self harm suicide addiction the distress surrounding gender identity issues emotional instabil ility displays of anger and violence family systems disintegration and the Great Plague of loneliness that's plaguing our country these are all very serious health care concerns in fact they're dire and we must address it I would bet everyone in this room has been affected by this National crisis our solution these kids needs careful tailored professional mental health attention and support every
081child suffering deserves a thorough mental health evaluation and mental health support system they need it we are living in a health care crisis and the solution is pro is promoting individual professionally tailored care as a school district we want to help address issues of social justice within our purview without ignoring the Urgent mental health needs facing students if a teacher or other member of the school district know signs of mental distress then the school should respond quickly by notifying a parent and making an appropriate referral schools can even create systems to follow up on such referrals and to report to authorities if a child is suspected to be in danger where there's smoke the school will sound the appropri [Music] alarms we have to be cautious about the wrong solution consider the scenario where a
082child approaches a teacher and expresses distress regarding depression or anxiety or gender identity concerns the teacher carefully listens the distress is very real the teacher wants to help the child's ask the teacher not to share these disclosures with the parents what should the teacher do does the teacher take on the role of knowing what to do for the child does the teacher believe that offering gender affirming support would alleviate distress the teacher may be correct in the short term but it is possible that the teacher could miss something might the student also require dctal behavioral therapy or family systems therapy or emotional Focus therapy or medication intervention the answer is the teacher doesn't know the teacher has not been [Music] trained by addressing the smoke in the short term the teacher may be ignoring a
083blazing fire by addressing what was thought to be a social justice issue the teacher has ignored a mental health issue and a teacher and the school and the school district is now responsible for making a healthcare decision that could put the child at risk but we are not in the health care business as a society we have given certain people privileges to treat and diagnose and Foster the proper care of children with mental health concerns those people are licensed and trained doctors therapists and other health care providers again teachers are not trained Mental Health professionals teachers don't want that role they don't want that risk they're not trained to diagnose a child's story and to know what to do with it that's the professionals provider's role in appropriate conjunction with the child's legal guardians or
084parents teachers are in the unique position of being able to identify the signs of distress identifying and responding quickly to distress can be a great gift to a child and their family but that is as far as it goes when a school believes that it knows how to act in the best entrance of a patient's mental health they are taking on the role of mental health provider a dangerous decision for school teacher and especially for the child we love all children and we will not abandon them by oversimplifying their concerns our students need to know that we are not equipped to diagnose and treat our nurses and counselors are excellent at noticing distress and acting to triage and refer to properly trained and licensed professionals we will help children and we must and we will
085do it by making appropriate healthc care referrals to students and their families we do not want schools to get in the way no matter how well-meaning of of students and Health Care Professionals Health Care needs cannot be passed over in the name of compassion everyone's goal is the same to help children we can do this by getting children the help they need rather than pretending to be that help the problem and the solution keep parents in and all in any and all conversations related to their child and a mental health care professional on their team on the child's team everyone's goal is the same to help all students in Capistrano Unified School District we can do this by getting children the help they need we all voted unanimously just last month to join the mass
086media lawsuit against meta let's do it again if we leave out parents parents and Guardians while we try to help these students we will be just as complicit as meta we cannot afford to get this wrong there is simply too much at stake when it comes to children we do what it's best and we do not take unnecessary risks following a policy of Parental exclusion is a quote Trifecta of harm end quote and an unnecessary risk to Children parents parents and our teachers tonight I ask for your vote to make it clear to parents and Guardians with that we see them as an integral part of their child success both academically and in their life as we combat the very real challenges our students are facing which is no less than than an epidemic let
087us make it clear what the roles are for teachers administrators staffs nurses counselors parents and Guardians as we navigate this world to bring about the best possible outcomes for our students in Capistrano Unified School District thank you okay this item before us tonight has been brought forward by trusty Davis is being considered for uh discussion action so due to the high level of interest on this topic from all corners of the community we ask audience members to support by silence ly waving hands rather than clapping or cheering or standing which may interfere with the watching and listening of the audience that is audience member that is speaking this will also allow the board to hear more speakers and ensure our meeting is conducted in an orderly and efficient manner okay trustees we have uh numerous
088speaker cards so I'm making a suggestion as you know board policy provides 20 minutes of comments on an agenda item so our meetings have a hard stop at 11 o' to we still have board business to conduct there's an item that needs to be finished after this item so is there a motion to extend public comment for this item Beyond 20 minutes and then if so at what length of time would the trustees feel that we could stop truste Jones so uh member of the public may not know a lot of you do but I think some don't know that trustees can't talk about this among ourselves outside of board meeting um and I feel like this is something that we do need to talk about among ourselves and I'd like to see an hour
089left for that so everybody has an opportunity to uh to say what they have to say and hear what everyone has heard so that would give us till 10:00 and uh so I would suggest that we go until 10 o00 with comments not say how many we want but rather just go until 10:00 so that if people get up and talk for 10 seconds that's not going to use up a whole thing okay do I have a second on uh trusty Jones's motion I would second that I think it's on the agenda and so spending a lot of time talking about it makes sense it's when items are not on the agenda that I've had issues with timing so okay yes it will be one minute for speaker just so we can get through more
090speakers I think that would be the way to go okay trusty um Miss Hayes um did you get that motion we have a motion by trusty Jones and a second by trusty Parham to hear speakers for one minute each and have a stop at 10 o'clock St call the RO student board member Pierce hi trusty bullus hi trusty Davis Hi trusty Jones hi trusty Pritchard trusty hanich hi trusty Parham hi truste castian I on a vote of seven to zero the board has approved extending public comment portion for agenda items 17b to 10 o'clock which will provide uh speakers one minute to address the board and Mrs Hayes will be inviting speakers up 10 at a time to come to the podium in accordance with BP 9323 any cusd students who have submitted a request
091to address the board will have priority to speak tonight Mrs Hayes did you set the timer for have everything ready for our time yes okay all right so I think we can begin whenever you're ready okay I'll call the first 10 speakers Xander speaker number one Grayson Lorenzo Bianca Roxy Hazen number speaker number five Kaa speaker number six Amira number seven Sam number eight Justice number nine Chloe number 10 while those students are getting in line I'm going to call the next um speakers be ready 11 through 20 William I'll Andro Max Allen Taylor Clark Evan Gordon Catalina Michaela Ellie and speaker number GBA Miss goba timer set for one minute Xander go ahead hello my name is Alexander Wagner I'm an 18-year-old trans man who is currently attending Capistrano valet high school as a
092senior before I get into the facts and the logic behind why this policy is completely unjust I just want to take a moment to recognize some things that have happened in my life as a trans man when I started attending Capistrano Valley High School I started to become verbally assaulted by being called names and slurs had my body slammed into a locker for holding a girl's hand had my head smashed into a sink because I was using the guy's restroom targeted by teachers due to the fact that I am trans and pansexual and Cyber Bullied by people I have never once met before almost all of which I have reported to the school and they did nothing about it because they didn't have any proof there are 59 School dist schools in this district with
093over 41,000 kids you are going to negatively impact if you enact this policy thank you our next speaker is Grayson hi my name is Grayson pedranti and I am a freshman at sanan Hills High School algebra biology world history Spanish and English these are the subjects I want to focus on at school and yet the environment at our school is increasingly increasingly becoming politicized by a greater focus on things like gender identification and sexual orientation I believe it is the responsibility of our school to educate us on the topics I noted above and not to try and teach us what to think or how to think it feels like our school is getting farther away from what his core objective is and I believe over the long term students will suffer just the fact that
094so many people have to be here tonight discussing issues like the parental notification policy which should be the standard practice without needing a policy is a clear indication that our school leadership has lost its way I ask the board to support this policy and let's get back to focusing on educating students thank you Lorenzo please go ahead uh good evening everyone my name is Lorenzo again and I'm a student from Aliso Nigel high school I'm also the president for my school's no place for hate program our program's main goal is to Foster an environment where students can freely Express Express themselves in an accepting a community this proposed policy will not only affect our efforts in creating this environment but will also curb other all other movements like ours throughout the entire School District as
095someone who shares personal information with staff on our campuses like counselors and my teachers this is also a violation of my and other thousands of students privacy a force outing policy like this one will also set a president to attack other rights the r students have and will ultim ultimately result in an unsafe and inefficient learning environment for all students students in the Capistrano Unified School District instead of tearing out the years of effort that we spent building trust between staff and students we should ALS we should push for policies that create connection between students thank you our next speaker is Bianca my name is Bianca and I'm a non-binary student at Saddleback College we are here for our children a 2021 Nationwide study by the National Institute of Health revealed that 73% of trans
096people were psychologically abused as youths 39% were physically abused and 19% sexually for many this was at home we are here for our children allowing this policy tells them that they have no safe space not at home where they risk being abused not at school where they risk being outed and forced into a place of abuse when a child is abused it is no longer political gender identity is very real and it cannot be political there is a power dynamic between kids and their parents and that is why they're they are scared this is a deeply personal conversation and it should be left in the hands of the one who could be hurt the most the child our children grow up afraid who they are because who they are is hated and held in homes
097where they have to hide we are here for our children our next speaker is is it roxus roxus thank you hello my name is roxus I am a student at salac college and I'm a resident of Mission Vio the parental notification policy which can also be described as a forced outing policy is a wolf in sheep's clothing the board should unequivocally decline to even humer such vague and overreaching policies that are already addressing by existing policies for the purposes of reporting students to the proper channels who are struggling with suicidal audiation and who are being bullied teachers are already mandated reporters by nature of their profession however giving teachers an administrators a blank check to out students under the guise of supporting the mental health and wellbeing of them is not only only harmful it
098is dangerous and could have deadly consequences there are reasons that children keep their gender and sexuality from their parents and is not because they want to because trust me they want to be loved and supported as whole human beings if you want your children to come to you with their sexuality and gender create a safe environment for them at home the unfortunate truth is not everyone is so lucky to have parents who love and support them unequivocally excuse me these are students from Saddleback College and it was students for said they from Saddleback and you said students for from Capital UniFi get to go first before everybody else just a minute please hold on we're going to look through the cards actually because it's definitely students from cappo unified who have priority students from Saddleback
099are considered adults hold please ha agulara hello my name is Ka Aguilera and I am a junior at s Clemy High School I believe that by enacting this policy uh many transgender individuals such as myself and many of my friends will be harmed more than 60% of transgender individuals are abused and this policy is choosing to hide itself under a coat of protecting students who are suicidal while including being transgender as something that is a negative mental health thing as far as um how it could harm an individual good job sorry um it's okay our next speaker is Amira from Alisa Nigel High School hello my name is Amir um as introduced by Mr Merwin we have a very successful very helpful policy voted in by this board this may which requires counselors to report
100to parents if they are concerned that that student is a danger to themsel or others it also allows teachers to make meetings with parents and refer students to counselors if they're concerned about their mental state the entirety of school staff are dedicated to student safety above all else but this policy would require teachers to become take on the responsibilities of mental health professionals by requiring them to be able to report and thus diagnose depression depression and anxiety this is a measure that simply is not made up for within the bill there is no compensation in the bill that would cover the training that is necessary for these teachers to be able to meet those qualifications our teachers deeply care about our students and they would never put a student in danger by keeping secrets about
101mental health but forcing teachers to take on responsibilities that they are not ready for is bad for everyone thank you our next speaker is Sam po a student at from any High School good evening my name is STI and I'm a senior at St cloney high school I'm here tonight to voice my concern for the proposed parental notification policy this policy simply creates confusion surrounding the existing communication policies for Abuse and Mental Health the proposed policy contains vague language on what parents will be notified on saying that parents could be notified on quote other significant changes affecting a student's wellbeing whether or not this is used to address changes in a student related to gender identity and sexual orientation it creates an atmosphere of fear and confusion for students on how they can express themselves
102at school many students who are not yet out to their families will take this parental notification policy seriously and may decide that expressing who they are in reference to pronouns and names is a risk they cannot take at school if students are forced into into an environment where they are scared to ex themselves at school student studies show the most likely outcome is increased rates of depression and anxiety this policy will do more harm than good in relation to student mental health our next speaker is Justice from Capal Valley High School my name is Justice Greer I'm currently a junior at capao Valley high school and I'm transgender I identify as non-binary and have done so for over three years in a school setting and two years at home I wasn't quite sure how my
103family especially my dad would take this news but I was certain my friends would accept me so I felt safe coming out at school if my teachers had caught wind of my identity and a few of them certainly did under this bill they may be forced to tell my parents this was a nuanced conversation that I needed the time to work up the courage to have with my family and I needed to be the one to have it that is my right the news would not go over well in a brief phone call between my teachers and my parents thankfully my parents were accepting but not all of them are if a kid is out to unaccepted parents by teach teachers and any tragedies befall them that is the fault of the school and the
104teacher you will be responsible for the future of that child if anything bad happens to them the blood is on your hands our next speaker is Chloe Engel speaker number 10 before you begin hi my name is all Chloe hold on just one second we' ask speakers 11 through 20 to line up to begin lining up thank you Chloe for waiting go ahead than hi my name is Chloe Engel um I go to Alisa Nel High School the Poli um hold on sorry the policy presented tonight not only is an invasion of our LGBT lgbtq youth privacy but also will put our trans youth at risk although this policy does not explicitly mention gender non-conformity as a sign of mental illness you will see that this policy is nothing new in fact this policy um
105has the same same like exact wording as the Chino Sals policy and does basically the same thing trust me I looked over it the most concerning part about this policy is that it breaks trust between students counselors and teachers because it forces like like School staff to out trans kids against their will and unfortunately for a lot of trans kids um like coming out isn't like the safest option and coming out is is like someone is something that people need to do themselves good evening trustees my name is Blake mccalpin I'm the current ASP president at St Clem High however I'm not here tonight as the president I'm here tonight as a student worried about the potential harms of this pral notification policy causes to my friends that are members of the lgbtq plus Community
106current Schoolboard policies already enlist parents in the partnership with schools to ensure their kids success we already have anti-bullying policies as well as protocol for harassment substance abuse and teachers are already mandated reporters for mental health and suicidal ideational concerns it is essential to address the core fundamentals this country was built on one of which being the separation of church and state it is scientifically proven that epigenetic influences along with the prenatal hormones have constructed what we know today as transgender identities the only reason people today still propose policies that would hurt these individuals is because of the underlying homophobic aspects associated with many outdated mindsets this will hurt my dear friends in conversation with over 20 teachers they expressed that they would rather be fired than ever out a student trustees I plead with
107you to vote no on this policy and keep our schools a safe space for all students happy birthday Tristy baram our next speaker is Max Allen Alejandro you're from Santa Margarita school is that correct I'm from St Margaret and I was told to queue in position 12 okay you you were but we did not realize you're not from a capital school so we're going to put you at the end of the student speakers thank you for waiting I do not have time to wait I have to make my statement now it's one minute you guys will live I promise have to yeah we're all waiting we've all been waiting here 60 seconds you're not from the school district we have speakers that have already spoken from out of state who said they've attended district meetings
108all over have to stick to work policy in this I apologize but we have to move on to the next you've already allowed many students from other boards part speaker is Max Allen I apologize for the confusion with the cards our next speaker please silence the microphone Max Allen from sanan hills um my name is Max Allen I am a sophomore at sanan Hills High School I am a trans teenager and many of my friends are trans teenagers you say you strive to protect us but at the same time you are harming our community how can we trust you to do what's best for us when making the decision to go through this with this would rapidly increase suicide Suicidal Thoughts self harm homelessness and inherently dangerous environments last night the petition against this decision
109was signed by almost 1,800 people how do you think you'll feel when you pat yourself on the back for telling a parent information about their child that poses no risk of a child doing harm to themselves or or others only to find out they were kicked out or assaulted abused by that parent because of what you told them will you pat yourself on the back then will you think you're protecting them this school has been the only safe place for many teenagers how can they continue to feel that school is a safe place when they can't be themselves at school without the risk of exposure looming over them from their counselors or teachers the thought of that is egregious thank you Max our next speaker is Molly Naylor hello my name is Molly Naylor and
110I a senior at St Clin high school and I urge you to vote no on the parental notification policy I would like to begin by presenting you with the petition I created it currently has 1, 187 signatures from students and former students across capity it's right here for many students school is a safe place where they can express themselves one person who signed this petition said coming out to their friends and teachers before their parents saved their life another student says they know how fellow students could face abuse cruelty homelessness and potential harm from their parents or themselves if they were outed this policy does not protect any child in the cap USC School District children who do not come out to their parents have a reason for doing so most likely it is because
111they do not feel safe in their own home if this policy is passed abuse rates will Sky Skyrocket and lgbtqi plus suicide will increase children will be put In Harm's Way because of this policy if you vote Yes on this policy every suicide caused by students getting outed every bruise caused by abuse or of a homophobic parent and every child who no longer feels safe going home will be on your conscience if you vote Yes on this policy you are responsible for the harm it will cause so vote note to keep students safe our next speaker is Taylor Clark hello my name is Taylor Clark and I'm a student at Alisa Nal the policy in question claims that it will only further the safety of students promoting the best outcomes for those at effects however
112for that to be true one needs to overlook the egregious undermining of trust in the targeting of certain student groups to begin with the wording of the policy is the same as the one Pas Andino tailes that undeniably targets trans students it is an unfair dangerous assumption to believe that students inherently live in a home where they are safe or it is helpful to have these conversations additionally in the cases of mandatory reporting we are robbed of the opportunity for dialogue for the district to assess whether whether or not we will be at risk if our parents are informed we are robbed of trusting our own teacher in this instance the best outcome is completely overlooked in favor of prioritizing parents they are not the enemy but they are not the group The District should
113protect please vote no to protect the children of our district our next speaker is Catalina Silva no it's okay I was told the alumni fine I will recuse to the end of the thank you so much no problem hello I'm Catalina Sila and I'm a senior from Capo Valley High School I never thought that at my age I would have to stand in front of a group of adults and explain to you why you are fundamentally violating the rights of hundreds of trans students in this cappo Unified District in passing this bill you are stripping away the ability for kids to safely advocate for the identity forcing them into hiding out of fear that they will face mistreatment you are not promoting communication and positive relationships what you're doing is potentially placing a child into
114a dangerous situation at risk of physical and verbal abuse in their homes that is why I believe the real problem we need to combat is if trans children feel that they're in a feel that they're in a position to safely and comfor if they don't feel like they can safely and comfortably come out to their parents we should be creating a welcoming environment for all regardless of who they are and not placing a Target on their our next speaker is Michaela Chapman hello my name is Michaela Chapman and I'm a student at sanan Hills High School wouldn't it be great if we could just assume that all parents are providing wonderful loving environments for their kids unfortunately this it's the school's responsibility to provide a safe and appropriate education including for students who are neglected
115or abused we know that trans students face trauma and abuse including by parents many trans students avoid coming out to their parents because they literally do not not feel safe to do so they are protecting themselves by making the decision that it is that's in their best interest a policy like this is one that can be utilized to outr students and will harm the most vulnerable students in our district students can be harmed abused disowned and the already high risk of suicide by trans youth will be even higher a good District policy prioritizes the most vulnerable students I urge you to oppose this draft policy Ellie moth Ellie Monahan um number 20 moth okay go ahead Molly thank my name is moth goet and I speak on behalf of my fellow students who simply want
116to live the main reason that a child would not tell their parent or Guardian who they are is because they are concerned with their own safety according to bespoke surgical 47% of fears um of coming out are caused by familial tension 23% is because of violence people wait to come out often until they know they can support the support themselves or at least know of a safe place that they can go by exposing students identities you don't allow them time to find safety and comfort they could be faced with direct dissent and violence with no Escape Plan students could be killed they could kill themselves if this passes it will kill you will kill we're now moving on to the group of speakers 20 through3 if you are an alumni you'll go to the end
117of the line and respect the policy we would request that it's our next group of speakers um for students in cistron UniFi Ariana moisa zarya Pia Harrison Knox Lane Cindy key [Music] Hayden suant merti that's it a speaker 30 it's just the last it's just the last couple years last two years there's nothing beyond that Ariana please come forward alen alen sorry I'm speaker number 2 23 perfect please come forward okay hello esteemed members of the board thank you all for being here tonight lending your ears although we are all tired I am as well my name is Alina moisa I'm a student of this district and I'd like to bring up as previously stated multiple times that this policy would completely obliterate student faith in the safety of their educ education institutions me and
118my peers understand that this policy is more about appeasing parents than protecting the individual rights of the students for which education is by definition meant to serve personally I do feel absolutely 100% um for the parts of genuinely worried parents however I also feel feel for the despair stress and worries of the student population that this policy would affect when we force mandatory reporting we steal the right of privacy and control from a demographic that is already emotionally turbulent that is not safe perhaps at risk of disrespect the fight to improve student mental health should start at home and not in school in the name of the students who consider school and its programs their only safe place I beg of you implore you not to take that away we are not worried thank you
119our next speaker is Speaker number 24 and forgive me if I pronounced your name wrong from Alisa Nel High School uh my name is z and I'm a student at Alisa High School quite frankly this policy endangers students who have opened up to the teachers with the intent of tressing them the parental notification policy mentions maintaining and restoring trust between the school district and the parents however it directly undermines the trust that the students have put into their teachers and other school staff members this policy directly mentions forcing teachers and School staff to tell parents about students who have requested to be treated as the gender other than the students's biological sex this includes requests by the students to use a name other than that listed on the bir certificate and to be referred to
120by pronouns other than the ones which align with their biological sex this can often lead to dangerous situations home for the students whose parents may not fully support their child's decision to go by said name and pronouns thank you our next speaker is FIA Harrison my name is Freya and I'm non-binary I know there may be people in this building who don't believe I exist or don't believe I should however I ask that you put any Prejudice you carry aside and listen to me this bill claims that it exists to protect kids mental health if that were the case then this vill is obsolete CD already has the ntss well-being plan as well as other protocol for protecting kids Mental Health Health we dance around the issue but we all know that what this bill
121is really about it's about outing trans kids to their parents bills like these violate the California Ed code that state schools must keep students gender identity private kids don't struggle with mental health because they um are trans they struggle with mental health because they are persecuted bullied and oppressed by people including their parents for being trans many trans kids are kicked out of their homes or abused minors have the right to privacy and autonomy granted by the California Constitution for example doctors nurses doctors and nurses are required by law to keep any visits or discussions about pregnancy birth control abortion and STDs confidential it's a blatant contradiction that non-medical professionals would be able to report observed issues with less gravity thank you so much our next speaker is KNX lane from Lisa Nel High School
122good evening board members thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak tonight when it comes to this new proposed policy I am afraid like many of my queer and trans friends for what this will mean for our well-being this policy looks to improve the mental health of students in the district but its privacy infringement and forced outing will only make our mental health worse than it already is I'm a senior in high school I should be worried about keeping my grades up and getting my college applications in on time but I'm not in fact all of that seems rather small to me when I see my community and my identity come under attack I have been mocked and ignored for my gender identity I have been called a in the car lines multiple times
123throughout my high school career as a result of this I'm already worried about getting assaulted on my way home from school and even on school grounds over the last few years me and people like me have been dehumanized and propagandized for living the way we are and without negative consequence to anyone I was lucky enough our next speaker is yagi or Cindy hello respected Bo members my name is is Cindy Yang and I am a co-president for my school's no place for hate as a student of this District I feel that this policy destroy all trust students may have in school staff and completely undermines our current system that supports and protects our students I use it uses the exact same language as the Chino policy which explicitly classifies gender non-conformity as a mental illness
124and the groups who supported this policy have been very clear on their feelings for the lgbtq plus Community these are those there are those who argue that revealing Secrets keeps our students safe but if the students really felt safe they wouldn't have kept it secret in the first place we cannot let our teachers be weaponized against students please vote against this policy to protect our school Community thank you our next speaker is key key speaker number 28 hello members of the board my name is key dicki and I'm a senior I believe the parental notification Act is unjust and will put students In Harm's Way this policy will put students friends and family to subject a greater possibility of abuse both physical and mental not only will you be putting your students In Harm's away
125but you will also be violating our right to privacy that every citizen should have the right to thank you our next speaker is Hayden denim this board policy assumes that all students are kind and love that all parents are kind and loving which is not the case at least that was not the case for Brie goab go Giovanni Melton and Amir Issa who were all murdered by their parents after being outed as a member of the lgbtq plus Community according to the Trevor Project which is a national LGBT Q hotline for those who are qu who are um almost committing suicide or in a crisis 2third of all lgbtq plus youth in in America have unsafe and unsupported homes twoth thirds of all of the twoth thirds of those who fit into unsupportive homes um
126state that they are at significant risk for physical violence against them from their family according to another statistic lgbtq plus youth have a 60% higher chance of facing physical AB abuse from family members Force forcefully outing students majorly increases the chances of them experiencing physical violence from their our next speaker is shushant Moretti and we are now on from speakers 31 through 40 please begin lining up 31 through 40 again if you're alumni please go ahead and be seated and we'll call you at the Miss Hayes I know that there's an alumni here who's in his 60s um and I don't really think that alumni are should be given preference over other speakers current students in CD absolutely but um yeah I mean there's lots of alumni here and I I just don't think that's
127right many of the thank you yeah I'm apparent I'm an we're just not get a chance to speak at this point speaker please go ahead hello my name is suant May I'm I'm the secretary of the no place for hate Club in Elis nigal High School our group has been working to promote student and staff relationships and this bill goes directly against that we how can the student trust ever trust the staff when they're uh with their problems if they're going to report them to a situation that will make them worse in addition I have many friends and family members who have outed themselves to be trans to to people close to them if they did not have the choice to do it themselves rather than being forced to they would not be be feeling
128happy or feel ecstasy that they are today they would lead to further depression and suicide rates that would honestly be on you the your hand thank you Marissa Gilbert s CL High School hi my name is Marissa Gilbert I'm currently a senior at stcl manyy high school and I would just like to point out that most of the people in support of this policy are not students nor are they even under the age of 45 how can you expect people whose opinions are informed how can you how can you speak on youth issues when your opinions are informed by people's decades removed from the situations this demonstrates that the policy is not for the protection of children but for the policing identity by gay and Dr teens by people who have no right to do
129so as clearly the student body does not support this policy your duty is to the students not to the parents and valuing a parents ideological opinions over the student safety is fundamentally unjust Audrey Weiss not speaker 32 yes Audrey I go to St Margaret's and I allowed to speak no I'm so sorry thank you for being honest Leo Leo uh yes uh the reason I'm here today is because I don't feel safe at home my parents have told me that because I love my boyfriend my life is inherently sinful growing up I began to think that my life had less meaning and I stopped picturing my future eventually I found that school was a place where I could be myself and I regained hope a speaker wearing white today earlier today said God's rule is
130above all and God says Thou shalt not kill if that's true God would hate this policy this policy will kill students like me those who will lose their home at school those who will lose the one place they can be themselves if my parents are informed about my gender or sexual identity you are putting me at risk that is not protecting the students our next speaker is Max Meyer um hello my name is Max I'm from Alisa Nel High School the parental notification policy relies on teachers abilities to accurately diagnose mental illness in students teachers are not licensed mental health professionals and cannot effectively or legally diagnose students they see for four hours per week in groups of 30 at a time enacting this policy would not keep students safe it would take away resources
131from students whose home lives are unsafe especially queer students queer students would no longer be able to go to school without the fear that a teacher would wrongly class ify their identity as a mental illness and report them to their parents potentially putting them at risk for verbal and physical abuse even homelessness forcing forcing kids to stay positive for their own safe safety increases the possibility of suicide the parental notification policy does not protect students it actively puts them in danger thank you Dylan heck San Hills High School hello my name is Dylan heck I'm a junior at San Juan Hills High School I come here not to screw scream not to yell not to demand but I come here with a request as a student a request for empathy to put yourself in the
132shoes of a young vulnerable teen feeling their rights stripped away from them the rights that so many people in our past As Americans have fought for if you take a look at both sides you could see where the student majority lies and I ask you please to stand for the younger generation and to listen to the voices of the future thank you hello um there's a lot to this bill here and I understand that there's many different components to it and so some of it which is like if they have drugs and stuff you should let them know that sounds lovely I wish we didn't have those weird little clicks that went off some some far off place during class to do whatever it is they do but obviously the language of this bill and
133its prerogative is understood by everyone here that's what we're all here for and I believe that the board can do a little better than than this and so uh it's been a really energetic evening and I hope you all have a splendid night thank You Enrique our next speaker is Ryder Stockton hi my name is Ryder Stockton I go to Alisa girl high school I'm a trans man my household my mom is very accepting of me she loves me for who I am my friends a lot of my friends don't have that luxury they can't be here tonight to talk on their behalf and how they feel about this policy and not to mention what was mentioned before all all of the people who do want this policy are above the age of 45 what
134do they know no offense like what what do they know about about me who I am as a trans person who who my my queer friends are what their experiences what what their home life is like like there's just a lot of the thank you our next speaker is Josie Bur hi I'm Josie Burke and I oppose the parent notification policy I'm a senior at San high school and I'm an international Bor candidate if IB has taught me anything it has taught me to create a better and more peaceful world through education that builds Intercultural understanding and respect but it does not take an IB diploma candidate to Google and realize that this policy is legit plagiarized this recommendation is not about the rights of parents it is not about mental health bullying or suicide
135PR prevention it is about one specific group of parents using Christian morals as an excuse to force their nonprofessional non-expert religious driven opinions and beliefs on the entire student body thank you Brent please come forward hello my name is Trent and I'm a senior at s Clemente High School and I am against the parental notification policy and I urge you all to vote no I have spent my whole life in the school district and I have found it to be an incredibly inclusive place that everybody can Thrive and feel safe in however I feel that the parental notification policy jeopardizes this environment that has been so carefully crafted many of my friends will be negatively impacted by this policy and I have no wish to see their lives become more difficult than they already are
136I can see no good coming from this policy and I'm therefore against it thank you for your time I ask the next group of speakers to line up and we'll just go to hit 41 through 56 please line up that begins with Ray Coleman Sophia rout Gianna Flynn Mishka Emily Chapman Mia Perez Ellie gun Taylor Alexander deir Zoe Isabella Rebecca going ahead Ray Ray Coleman please come forward put it up ready you can do it you can go to a breath it's okay go ahead you got hi my name is Reagan colan I am a third grade student at the ranch Elementary I don't think it's fair that kids can't feel safe at schools we should feel safe talking to our teacher I was scared when I told my parents about changing my pronouns but
137it was my choice no one took it away from me you cannot choose your child's story baby you hear everybody outside for you speaker is Sophia R hello Sophie is not able to be here at this time and has told me to speak on her behalf my name is Anna Jones and I'm a senior at St Clin high school as a district school board you're responsible for promoting the health and wellbeing of all students yet this policy is hypocritical and blatantly ignorant to this responsibility because is it disproportionately places lgbtq students at a risk of abuse harassment and discrimination the sheer amount of students who have spoken on this Podium and who are standing outside those doors proves that the capital unified students fiercely oppose this bill identity is personal and no one has a
138right to intimate details of one's identity without their permission gender identity and sexual orientation is not a mental health illness but the abuse inflicted by this bill would drastically increase the Mental Health crisis in our schools religion has no place in Schoolboard policy so I encourage your compassion empathy and supposed care for the safety and well-being of students to guide your decision on this bill please vote no thank you Gianna Flynn hello my name is Gianna Flynn and I'm a senior at Stan Clem high school and I oppose this policy students have a right to privacy about their identity while we are still teenagers we still should have be able to have a say in our own identities everybody deserves a saying who they are and it isn't fair to single out some students for
139who they are and say that the person they are is something that should be reported I sympathize with parents who are concerned for their children I understand that you care for your kids and just want to know about them and make sure they are okay however we are not just your kids we are people in our own right as well we should be given the right to share who we are on our own terms thank you for your time our next speaker is Misha please go ahead my name is Misha and I currently attend Fred newart Middle School I want to begin by stating how disappointed my fellow students and I are about the fact that we have to come here to address the anti anti lgbtq plus Obsession of elective officials it's not enough
140that we as students have to navigate with the daily struggles of learning testing bullying and current world events now you want to make our lives and the lives of teachers and staff more difficult students that don't have the safe space to come out to their parents see the school authorities is a safe haven to be themselves and now you want to take that away why what is your obsession it's not going to make their life simpler some of them live an abusive transic environment which is one of the reasons they come out to Educators in the first place and now you also want to put teachers in a difficult position while also making the district subject to lawsuits you should use this energy and time to think about how are we going to navigate the
141budget cuts to education 4.3 billion to be exact you should be unifiers not persecutors of children your job as board members is to provide the best possible education to all students thank you our next speaker is Emily Chapman hello my name is Emily Chapman and and I'm a senior at Alisa Niguel high school and I'm also one of two presidents of the Alisa Niguel Theater Company in my time in high school I became very close with a girl named Lola Lola came out as a trans woman to her parents when she turned 16 and that same night her parents kicked her out of her house and she lived on the streets for a few months until she was found by authorities and someone adopted her she spent years suffering and she had panic attacks every
142single day not because she was was a trans woman but because her family abused her and kicked her to the streets when she finally joined Theater which is a place we work so hard to make sure that anyone can be whoever they want she finally was able to find a place where she could be happy and her panic attack subsided well she was as happy as she could be under the circumstances I have worked so hard to make the theater Alis AEL Theater Company a place where everyone is accepted so please don't vote Yes on this our next speaker is me Perez my name is Mia Perez and I'm a senior at Alisa Niguel and I'm the managing director of the Elise nugel Theater Company more importantly I am an lgbtq student in this district
143and a human entitled to my right of privacy I am one of the luck ones in our community who have gotten the chance to come out on my own terms throughout my time in theater I have met those who aren't as lucky and I learned their stories but the parental notification policy being proposed tonight does not know any of them how many of the 41,000 do you know this policy would Target members of the lgbtq community forcing teachers to out their students without knowing if it were safe for them to do so labeling it as concern for their mental health I could personally count how many people I love who would not be safe in their own homes if this policy were to pass and could even end up homeless due to this Invasion proposed
144I sincerely doubt that putting students into potentially dangerous situations would protect their mental health therefore I implore the C USD board to take the action that will truly protect the mental health of students and make their schools a place where they are able to be who they truly are rather than a place where they must live in fear if parents were truly concerned with supporting thank you our next speaker Eli gun my name is Eli Gunn and I'm a student at Lisa Nigel high school I have gone through 13 years of education all of which I have heard the phrase talk to a teacher if anything's wrong if you feel uncomfortable unsafe Etc as a student I have gained a level of trust towards my teachers we constantly learn to trust our teachers and view
145them as a figure to look up to and to consult about our problems trust is built every year and naturally as we get older and or more mature these TR strengthens even more by issuing the parental notification we are removing the trust in our teachers when issues occurring at home the solution is not to have teachers break the trust that they have with their students I am not asking I am begging you to let us maintain this trust having an adult to trust knowing you can talk to them whenever something is wrong is key you have said this decision is to help those specifically vulnerable to emotional and physical harm so please understand that we as students are begging you to not pass this and increase this harm expanding it to unsupportive parents as children
146should stay silent and not trust their teachers really the message we want to send if so reconsider Taylor janard my name is Taylor jard and I'm a senior anhs who is a part of the lgbtq community when I entered my high school for the first time I was told by the school that all students are welcomed and should feel safe in their school environment this feeling of safety cannot be guaranteed as kids are cool this safety should and is told to be guaranteed by teachers at least how are students supposed to feel safe coming to school when they now not only may feel unsafe around peers and Bullies also their own teachers what it sounds like is parents don't realize how much this bill can hurt your child you say being transgenders of Mental Illness
147but seem to be blind to the mental health issue of forc outing would cause by imple implementing this policy queer students would feel more disconnected from their teachers School staff and especially their parents if this policy is implemented stud students will learn is it is not safe to open up to others whom they used to trust more trans kids are going to hide themselves not only from their parents but every everyone else they know they know and only feel worse about themselves especially if they know their parents do not have their support knowing many CER students thank you next speaker is Alexander [Music] Carter ATN I'm Alexander Carter ATN by legal name and I ASN when I'm at school and can use my comfortable name I stand here today because this policy promises to protect
148our students from mental illness and the policies ring Hollow this outrageous policy expands teachers areas of control beyond what their job should pertain to and what they are qualified for I know many great and incredible teachers but they can't be expected and have no desire to force themselves into something that has so detached from education our schools can't work work behind our backs can't violate our privacy without our knowledge and consent and then claim to be doing this for our sake parents shouldn't be forced into their child's school life without care to the students desire for such a thing this policy will force students to hide from their teachers if they want to keep their privacy worsening the feelings of isolation that got them here in the first place this promises to bandage the wound
149and will twist the knife speaker deir hello my name is deir yavas and I am a junior at Alisa Niguel High School helping students with mental health is a valiant effort but this bill will have the opposite effect revealing your gender identity or sexuality is scary there are unfortunately many people who would abuse and hate lgbtq plus students for who they are coming out is something these students need to be ready for and isn't something that can just happen without their consent they have the right to privacy and they may not be sure about how their parents would react if they came out to them if a student is reported at best they will come home to support of parents but they would still be forced to deal with the anxiety of having a conversation
150they are not ready for and at worst they will be subject to verbal physical or mental abuse from parents who unfortunately do not love them for who they are in fact I knew a trans student who resorted to self harm after the identity was outed without permission your goal is to improve students mental health but how do you plan to do that when you are forcing lgbtq plus students into scenarios where they will be subject to abuse it seems another purpose of this bill is to bring trust between next speaker is Zoe Campbell hello Capital USD board I am a student at sanan Hills High School and I'm speaking against this parental notification policy you say it is about mental health but in reality this policy already exists and I see those of you not
151looking not paying attention to us we will not go unheard this policy is outrageous and very dangerous for LGB LGBT youth I love my family for supporting me but some of us don't have that luxur I love my school for keeping me safe and I hope that they can continue to do that I love my country my freedoms are very dear to me I love my freedom of speech that allows me to be here and speak out and most and above all I love God for putting me on this Earth to advocate for mine and others rights I pray for everyone that considers themselves my enemy and those who consider themselves my friend as the Book of Matthew reads in 5:44 love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you thank you our next
152speaker Isabelle um hello my name is Isabelle Weber Kelly and I'm a sophomore at San Hills High School I am not in favor of the spill being passed and I think it's important for you to hear Who The Spill directly affects the students if if this bill is passed it does not do anything to help our Mental Health on the contrary it destroys the environment from a safe space that our school needs to be um this bill directly targets the LG wtq plus community and even puts them at risk for harm at home and how could that possibly protect their mental health keep our school safe and a place where we can be able to express ourselves comfortably if you if we want to protect our kids then please reject this atrocious Bill thank you
153Rebecca Johnson Johnson School hi my name is Rebecca Johnson I'm 15 years old being a young black female and being a part of the wonderful community of the lgbtq is not easy I first want to say I'm speaking for my best friend Matthew Johnson sadly ended his life because he couldn't get the love and support he deserved parents were just asking you to listen to us this is one of the main reasons why suicide attempts among lgbtq plus increases parents please listen to your children make them feel heard support them and respect them and their identities thank you speaker 54 hi I'm Arnav ginani a freshman at Alisa Nal High School I today I will read out a few quotes from a few people who are either scared of coming out or have been outed
154without their permission begin quote my mother stated in the past that if their child was lgbtqia plus she wouldn't love them anymore end quote after being outed to her family and everyone they know this one said begin quot nowhere to go alienated by family I ended up on the streets where I lived off and on for three years end qu begin quote I would defend the LGBT community to my mom and she straight up told me are you gay because if you because if you are you can get out of my house end quote begin quote apparently my mother has been telling him that if he ends up queer or trans or bisexual or literally anything like me she would kill herself end quote imagine the stress that you are putting on so many innocent
155kids by threatening to out them to their parents how can you justify this to yourself when not if this policy results in a horrible situation for good I don't want to see a drop of remorse from you it will be directly your fault you say this is to help with mental illness oh our next speaker is Kon hi my name is kayen noi and I'm a student at the capist Unified School District of Lisa Nal high school and I disagree with the following POS um policy in regards to the parent notification of their student sexuality or sexual orientation um I believe that self-expression in your sexual identity is something that should be between you and your parents and and some people aren't given again like from what others said the benefit of like having their
156parents accepting them for who they are some people have like grown mental illnesses in mental problems just because they are scared to tell their parents about who they are as a person and that they're not allowed to express who they are and I believe that a student is able to decide who they want to be instead of having to fit the role in of a mold that their parents want them to fit and school I believe is also a very important place for for someone to feel safe and welcomed um and I believe that teachers and you know students they just get they want and if you if this is something you can't accept about your kid do you even love your children speaker is Camden Hello justies I'm Camden and I'm a trans youth
157at Alisa Nal High School um the only thing I really have to mention is I have a lot of family that's very homophobic thankfully I'm blessed with two loveling parents that allow me to be who I am had I had this been implemented when I lived with my extended family I would have been shunned I would have been hate cried I would have been HED to extent to points where honestly it's not very me like mentionable in this this area um I don't believe this is something we need to pass all the mental health things that we recall on whether our child is suicidal wants to self harm wants to hurt others those are things that are already in place they are things that are already in act if they are feeling this way the
158school is required to act on these things and get them the help they deserve I don't believe that's the job of the parents but the jobs of those who are trained professionals thank you Ash d hello my name is ashro I'm a proud transgender student and a senior at San manyi High School I am very glad to be standing in front of you against the parental notification all this will do is harm students you don't realize because you don't live in it if your student was trans how would you react would you be open arms accepting or would you be like some people and shun them and disown them and harm them I have been out since sixth grade and have dealt with the bullying in public high school and middle school you have done
159nothing to prevent this bullying because you say that there is not enough proof even though enough has been shown just last week I was caught a slur in the school hallways and you don't know how much that affects people because you don't care all this all this will do is harm students who are already harmed thank you I'd like to call out the next 20 speakers speaker cards that you have a buff card one through 20 Mickey Sarah Carol Keith Rocklin eileene assemblyman Bill Jessica cook Marcy and Shelly Niki please go ahead good evening my name is Mikey and I'm a father of two sons in the district carington is a lifetime job and does not stop when a child grows up I think most parents if not all will agree that our children are
160the most precious things most precious beings in our life we raise them to be the best they can be and provide them with love education resources and to the best of our abilities the tools they need to be successful so they can grow up into love and caring adults as a parent and I am very involved in my kids' life and I'm there to feed them clothe them raise them and teach them all I can I'm not here to judge or agree or disagree with a specific group or race or gender or anyone for their life choices I'm here to Advocate that no parents should be put or left in the dark when it comes to their child's well-being successful education systems have for centuries been successful because of the parent support and the parent
161involvement it's understandable that parents want to be involved and informed about their children's well-being and in any significant aspects of their lives communication between parents and Educators is crucial for a child's overall development and support when it comes to sensitive topics like a child Express an interest and changing their dender thank you is important for schools to handle these situations with care and respect Sarah grimberg thank you um I am a parent of two students in the kappo district um I it's hard to follow the eloquent students who've spoken tonight I think one thing that they made clear is that the majority of this uh this uh this proposition already exists there are already laws in place to protect students mental health the only new item being slipped into this is the quote other significant
162changes affecting a student's well-being that is incredibly vague and doesn't offer any guidance on what it entails yet when U When Miss Davis presented her um her proposal she specifically called out and used as examples transgender people in schools even though there's no reference to gender orientation or sexuality in her proposal I would like to it just demonstrates the um the inherent bias and Prejudice inherent in it and I'd also just like to close with our next speaker is Carol Tober hi my name is Carol Tober I've been a teacher parent and now grandparent in this District since 1988 I support the parent notification policy as a teacher we've always worked side by side with parents teachers do not want to lie or keep secrets from parents do not divide us if we deny this
163parent notification policy we will lose many families in this District as we have since Co the private and homeschool Community is growing rapidly there are many former capus students who now are parents they are deciding in where to send their children in light of all these agendas that are not familyfriendly please know your families that you represent listen to them not the activists a final point is teachers are already mandated reporters so if we see abuse of any kind we have to report it so fear of parent abuse is not a reason to not support this policy please vote to support it my name is Keith Allen and I'm a parent of a transgendered child trustee Davis I have sat here watching you roll your eyes playing on your phone this entire time when all
164these speakers were going forward I don't care you're uh truste the point is you have falsely couched this policy is one to protect mental health of the children but not but General identity is not and never has been an issue of mental health your position proferred here is the same as claiming that being gay or lesbian is a mental disease when all the current medic medical and psychological experts agree that homosexuality is biological this is also true for transgenderism you talk about depression and suicide Etc rates relating to members of the lgbtq community the truth is those children who do suffer from depression or Suicidal Thoughts generally suffer from it due to a lack of support from their families this bill will only increase that this bill will only worsen the problem you guys will
165be held personally responsible and to all the teachers be advised I am a lawyer and I will be watching fa weather yes next in the back any other speakers who have a paperwork to give to the board please take it to the back table and say time thank you so much rockn go ahead kids can't even be tattooed without par parental consent as a teacher I've been told I'm not allowed to give Tylenol for headaches or Neosporin or Vaseline for cuts I can't give calamine otion for itches or sunblock to prevent Burns I can't even give ChapStick for dry lips why now does all this change the district should be transparent with parent transparent with the parents and help support them as they raise their children as a government entity we should support the parents
166we should teach reading writing and arithmetic we should not be getting involved with hormone therapy when they have gender dysphoria they're not little scientific experiments chromosomes can't be changed let's follow the science the science speaks truth why allow miners whose brains are undeveloped decide things they're going to regret later in life love does not allow a kid to run into the middle of the street we stop them from harm so if you see something say something so why do we want to hide from the parents that usually means something's wrong speaker is e my name is Eileen mdar Elvin Dana Point my twin brothers are professor at Boston College and he is gay that gayness is as genetic as my hazel eyes and his blue eyes now despite the fact it was over 50 years
167ago that he came out violence against lgbtq people has increased I would like to say it hasn't kids need to know who they can talk to and Trust about these issues and as John tells me too often what he discovers is that it is the home is not safe at Boston College faculty have gone through training so that they can be identified as a safe place and a rainbow sticker on their office door says you can come and you are safe here if you pass this require requirement to alert parents and guardians of if a teacher or a person thinks a student has gender issues you're inviting serious trouble if you think parents that the school should become the tattletail I suggest you develop a closer relationship with your child so you know their identity
168please don't go back drink the coola good evening board I'm assemblyman Bill as the fundamental question presented to you tonight is what Authority do you have as a school board to withhold information from parents the answer is none you have none parents have the constitutional right to raise their children they are not Spectators they are the driver and the driver seat they are the captain of the ship and can I just say I think it is completely disrespectful that you took a whole hour to listen from children then the parents who took the time off to be here tonight who are the taxpayers the voters the people that you answer to and you spent an hour listening to children who are being used as political ponds by the left to emotionally manipulate and to advance
169in ideology it is ridiculous and if you don't heed the parents tonight you will hear from them at The Ballot Box in November do the right thing protect protect these kids from a road that will lead them to Medical intervention hormonal replacement and sterilization what the hell are we doing hi my name is Jessica Oh's making threat could be taken out I need order in this room right now in order to continue Jessica cook please go ahead my name is Jessica cook I have two children in this school system unlike people tonight who don't have children actually at the schools mandatory reporting for iaps 504s cover a lot of what's in this policy and the thing about the policy that's bad is it's it's unnecessary and it's vague it's open to subjective decis decisions to
170notify the parents about everything parents don't need to know everything I don't need to know that my son got in a fight with Mary in class so they had to be separated I know because I have a good relationship with the teacher and my son many years ago a teacher once told me be careful of what you say to other parents because a home isn't always a safe place this policy isn't about helping kids because if it was the people in would be standing next to the people in purple because we are the ones raising the children that are bullied that are high risk for suicide that spend every day fighting to be who they are our next speaker is Martin Mari hi thank you so much for letting me speak tonight I appreciate your
171time I appreciate trusty Davis your thoughtful comments it almost leaves me not having to say much I really appreciate the time you took to to do that um my concern is it's I just don't ever think it's okay to lie a parents we shouldn't be teaching our children it's okay to lie we shouldn't have teachers teaching our children that it's okay to lie it's really concerning to me that we're setting that example for young children it's never okay to lie it just leads us down a very bad path and children don't have the right to privacy I know they want it and I know children get mad at their parents but they really don't have the right to privacy we love them more than anyone and we have the right to raise them and we
172have the right to direct their education the Constitution has told us so so I will really appreciate if you will take this seriously and um protect our parental rights uh it's very important and um the relationship between teachers and parents is really important and I hate to see that destroyed so thank you again for your time I appreciate everything you do and I hope you'll consider parents and children shy welcome please go ahead hi I have four sons who graduated from San Juan Hills under the current policy parents are notified about mental health issues behavior and safety issues the policy proposed by trusty Davis was copied and pasted from the website of a group with anti-lgbtq members no policy impacting all students should be written by bigoted people policy should not be approved to appease
173bigotry policy should be written by mental health professionals admin teachers staff students parents using vetted information and data for attention individuals and pack funed groups manipulated the anger over Co by lying about and demonizing our teachers and our lgbtq community they soed division hate and fear and now they are attacking and bullying kids and teachers on social media at schools for the camera for clicks this is harming kids and is dangerous kids don't hate others or themselves unless they are taught please don't teach hate please vote no thank you to all the teachers and staff at cusd you're amazing and this mama is grateful forever Barbie George good evening everyone and thank you for the opportunity to speak my name is Barbie George I'm the mother of five children and I just want to say
174that parents are not the enemy parents are not the enemy as the mother of five children I watched my children go from nursing cutting their first tooth their first steps being with them every step of the way and I want to know everything that happens to my children and in school even if they get so much as a paper cut I want to know about it we should not vilify parents why would parents sacrifice their lives to provide good lives for their children if they wanted to harm them and I'm not going to say that you know there aren't situations but our children are our children and we love them so please stop vilifying parents and please be thoughtful towards each other thank you can Durham hi my name is Kane Durham I'm here on
175behalf of Pride at the pier there's been a lot of conversation tonight I'm sure there still will be about the enemies and who loves their kids the right way so right off the bat I'm going to say I think everyone here loves their kids dearly whether you're in white whether you're in purple I don't think that's that's not the argument that we're having for me personally the issue that I have with this policy is about the students consent coming out is a terrifying experience regardless of how loving your home is I know I've come out to a lot of people some of whom have been very accepting and some of whom who haven't but that is a that is a that is an action that should be the choice of the student and having an
176having a situation where they can come out to a teacher and understand that this that this this is a safe trusting space will give them the confidence to come out to their parents that's what this is about the students consent thank you marela speaker card 13 Mariela following Mariela is Liz okay Liz why don't you go ahead and speak while we wait for Mariel to come up this is my ninth year as a school counselor in cppo I am currently the counselor at Oso Grande elementary school when students choose to share something with me as little as feeling nervous about a recent life change or as big as questioning some part of their identity I always ask is this something they have shared with their parents I encourage I encourage students to share with their
177parents when it's safe as a parent my myself I sincerely want parents to be on board and aware of all things going on in their children's life one of the first things you are trained to do when learning how to support LGBT students is help them share with their parents when safe to do so but the sad fact is it's not always safe to do so there are several risks associated with sharing with an unsafe parent including risks of homelessness depression abuse and suicide the statistics on homelessness LGBT youth are staggering 55% report that they ran away from home because of mistreatment due to their identity LGBT youth with high levels of Parental rejection are eight times more likely to report attempting suicide and six times more likely to report high levels of depression suicide
178is the second leading cause of death among people aged 10 to 24 and LGBT youth are more than four times as likely to attempt suicide if this policy was truly about supporting mental health marel please come forward good evening I'm talk to the board and then to the kids to the board are you in favor of our children's wellbeing let's remember that our kids are minors no wonder they're so confused we live in a mental health crisis we're talking about kids that are 10 12 14 years old that have no capacity to understand nor decides what's best for them for the same reason that they're not all allowed to drive buy alcohol Vote or even get a tattoo I've heard the position of all the ones who oppose this policy but there most I have
179to say trans minors remember they're minors the ones who poos this policy and the percentage of the trans kids at school is still a minority just listening to this group of kids confirms that we are living in a mental health crisis the schools should be working along parents we are the adults kids will always want to hide things from their parents like the drug use alcohol use or not even doing their homework this is natural to kids to hide things from their parents and to the kids our next speaker is Steve thank you as a reminder just a distance from the mic and you won't get the feedback hi my name is Steve noblock member of the S Clemy city council my son attended s Clemy schools Junior High and high school and elementary school
180and it's hard to express in one minute the outrage and the whr that this board would even consider denying parents the right to receive the notification that their children are receiving potentially life-threatening and and life permanent mutilation to their bodies many May argue that this is a child's Choice alone freely made and needs to be protected these decisions are not freely made many believe that they're the result of Grooming by the very individuals that have been entrusted with their care and protection by way of analogy if children are regularly and routinely taught in every class from history Civics social studies PE and silence and science that the outlaw Jessy James was an honorable and upright Citizen and should be emulated in every way it would be no surprise we would have a growing generation of
181young thieves and bank robbers at least board have the decency to notify parents that their minor children are even suspected of wanning this life-changing thing thank you and please vote Yes shell I so many people have already come up here and said all the things that I would say so I simply want to say I'm Shelley Greer I live in Mission Vio and my kids go to C cusd schools we've been in the district for 15 and a half years I would like to thank the board for always sticking to the Education Code when there have been conflicting viewpoints I would like to ask that you do that again that you follow State guidelines and Education Code instead of following special interest groups and not pass this harmful and unnecessary policy I support our teachers
182and I know that the bond of trust between them and their students must not be broken for them to have a safe learning environment Thank you Lisa please come forward Lisa Phil then speaker 17 next speaker 18 Maya hello this policy is vague I mean is the intention to turn teachers into KGB agents reporting everything they see am I gonna get a call from my son's teacher telling me that hey he was wearing pink socks today because it kind of sounds like a mass a form of mass surveillance now I know this is a force outing policy you know because those in the lgbtq community don't don't have it hard enough already um 48% of lgbtq Youth out to their parents say that their families make them feel bad one child not out said if
183my parents found out I'm gay they would disown me and kick me out this does not create trust in the school system or raise money for our schools it's discriminatory against a protected group so it can cost the school district a lot in legal fees if it is passed not very fiscally fiscally responsible this policy has no educational benefit so how about supporting policies that improve education and stop wasting time on policies that Brew hate Frank Rodriguez that's me good evening my name is Frank Rodriguez I'm a 31-year-old gay man pushing back against the hijack agenda of the LGBT Incorporated you want to know a funny story is Florida did this policy almost two years ago let's guess how many transgender youth killed themselves none you want to know another fun fact uh Chino Valley
184implemented this policy and outed 15 kids let's guess how many of those kids ended up homeless or killed themselves none implementing a policy like this is Paramount to keeping my community safe we are overwhelmed with drug addiction mental health issues and suicidality rates all of the leading mental health Industries like NIH keeping families involved in this topic reduces that significantly keeping children away from their parents simply because you are in fear of something that might happen leads that P down a road that is going to impact their mental health significantly in a negative way keeping them involved is very important love parents they're here to support you and you are not a LIC lady we'd like to call up speakers 20 through 30 to start begin lining up speaker cards 2330 Amber Smith Elizabeth beir
185minina Stephanie kamano vany Eva Harrison Chelsea Bole Sarah Phillips please line up and Amber please go ahead the petition you were handed a little while ago was a pro parental notification with 2,179 signatures from parents that vote in this District unfortunately I don't think the students and some of the parents read or understood the policy this isn't an outing policy and they aren't the only kids suffering from mental health issues there are other kids in this District that need help and by not passing this policy it's going to harm those students do you want their blood on your hands like those kids said by not passing this policy come on it's not all about the lgbtq community there are other students in this district and their mental health matters as well hiding things from parents
186doesn't allow parents to get get their children the help they need all children matter if these kids are worried about abuse we have a policy for that they their parents need to be reported Elizabeth bear I'm Elizabeth bear we've raised our children in South County and we own a home in Dana Point I was the administrator at San Clemy hospital and have a deep understanding of the complex interplay between health status and psychos socioeconomic factors is affecting youth my child is trans according to the 2023 Trevor Project less than 40% of transgender and non-binary youth say they live in gender affirming homes trans youth are highly likely to be abused and rejected by their immediate family when they come out which means they are over represented in foster care homes juvenile detention centers and homeless
187shelters not every child can be their true selves at home without risking their physical or emotional well-being kids do not give up their legal and consti tion rights to privacy by enrolling in public school coming out is a personal Journey that needs to be driven by the individual's timeline this paranal notification policy is not in the best interest of children you will see more Mental Health crisis and more children in emergency rooms if it is approved I ask you to oppose this policy Mina Mina jeny hello thank you for the time I'm a parents of two uh kids in this district and as a loving parent I urge you to vote Yes on the proposed par notification first and foremost parental notification Foster transparency and more importantly trust with with which we all know is
188lacking giving everything that's happening parents have the fundamental right often recognized by law to be aware of their children's progress safety and any notable incidents at school this transparency not only aligns with your legal obligation but more importantly creates a sense of collaboration enabling parents to actively participate in the ch's upbringing is building trust truly a priority I ask you I I would like you to ponder the following scenarios would you do business with a financial institution that only transparent when it suits them would you go to a doctor who only semi-transparent with the state of your health the point is trust is the core Foundation to any successful relationship trust is the only thing that will put both of us on the same team to educate enrich the lives of these precious children every
189step of the way thank you Stephanie kamano v good evening trustees my name is Stephanie kamano van djk and I'm the director of advocacy and education at the lgbtq center OC I'm also a former student of ambul Elementary Marco Forester middle school and Capistrano Valley High School where I graduated in 2005 I find your parent notification policy suspect and ambiguous especially as other districts have introduced in past similar policies which negatively affect the safety and privacy of transgender and non-binary students take into consideration the potential implications of this policy policy in its current written form not all students and not all students have parents who are accepting and affirming and this is particularly true for transgender non-binary students who are at increased risk of family rejection and unfortunately in some cases homelessness it is my
190hope that you will reconsider this absurd policy respect student privacy as well as the diverse student parents who are outside waiting to come in also take into consideration how many people who spoke today are direct constituents of this District our next speaker is Eva Harrison safe teachers don't lie to parents I'm obviously clearly in favor of a parental notification policy I'm here every month I have two students in this District I if you read this policy and I mean actually read it I cannot fathom why you would be against it I was told by trusty Jones that Capal already has a notification procedure in place he told me you'll ask staff a staff person to respond to me so I can get specific information I receive nothing regardless of what's in place it's clearly not
191working and because running the C Caper parent info page I've heard countless stories of people who have been left out of issues kids experienced at school whether that's bullying grades dropping drastic little behavioral changes parents need to be informed parents love and know their kids best it hurts my heart to hear all these kids in fear for their lives what is going on in those homes it's it's scary if a parent is abusive teachers are mandated reporters and have to report abuse if they fail to do so that's a completely different issue Chelsey Bole Sarah Phillips hi my name is Sarah I am a mom of two in the district I oppose the parental uh notification policy being lgbtq plus is not a mental illness we already have these procedures in place so why not
192educate the community on them the vague language in the policy will allow for Dangerous interpretations and lawsuits this policy has taken advantage of the political climate for one board member's own gain using the term parental notification to stir up emotions as if the parents aren't already kept in the loop about their children there's no reason to think that teachers or counselors Have Been Under reporting important mental health issues it's deceptive and making it seem like the school sites aren't already doing the right thing for students there is no evidence anyone has been keeping secrets from parents nor intends to do so thank you manuk hello board my name is manuk Gregorian and I have four beautiful daughters attending LAUSD uh we heard we heard a lot of lgbtq students saying that they are accepted in
193their families what makes you guys think that the people the parents that want to be notified are not going to accept these children coming out we as grown-ups cannot let children tell us what to do this is a grownup matter and I'm a parent and I want to be informed with everything that is happening in my children's life at school because one thing I know that no one cares for my children more than I do and for the boy to think that I'm going to be an abusive parent just because my children are coming out that's wrong a parent that is abusive should be very strongly looked looked at by the government by social services and by the school district itself and we cannot not exclude parents in children's up being Uprising parents are their
194number one resource when it comes to education love and care thank you and happy birthday sir Reverend Kent Doss good evening my name is Kent Doss I'm the minister at tapestry Unitarian Universalist Congregation it's been my privilege to serve many families from this District as they raise their kids in your schools first of all I want to say to our trans and queer young people you are a blessing to this world you are loved just the way you are and there is a place for you in Orange County for all of you to be safe and whole I will admit I am an opinionated person like many of the people here sometimes I think I know what is best for others a simple rule tempers my self-righteousness sometimes if I truly want to help people
195I try to start by listening to the people themselves you've heard from transgendered students in this school district telling us that this forced outing policy will deeply negatively impact their lives and their educations helping them help them by listening speaker is Peter thanks hello I'm the parent of two current capital USD students and I'm under the age of 45 so I guess I know what's going on uh truth collaboration and transparency are all fundamental for the success of any relationship these Hallmarks should exist between all three groups parents schools and the students when coverups concealment abound the circle of trust is broken never ever in any successful relationship have obscurity and concealment led to successful outcomes our children's health and well-being are of the utmost importance as parents we love our children more than anyone
196and know what is best for each one of them as individuals parents are not the enemy we're our children's number one Advocate remember that we already have laws in the books to protect children from abuse of parents teachers counselors Etc are mandated reporters for any forms of abuse I urge you to support the parental notification policy before before Mia begins I want to call up the next five speakers speaker 31 through 35 Mia goad hi um um I'm here um a par and I'm also the vice president of the Alis theater I'm here today to show opposition towards the out in policy proposed to the school board this policy directly opposes students right to expression and to be their authentic selves and creates an environment of intolerance and fear within our schools sto schools I'm
197sorry students should be able to be safe and supported in their schools and to be allowed to be their true selves without fear of punishment and judgment I urge you to reject this bill to give a students the independence to express themselves free freely and to promote a culture of acceptance and tolerance to all people within our district thank you for your time thank you our next speaker is Matt speaker card 31 Matt speaker 32 Briana Bole hi I am Brienne Bole from Rancho Santa Margarita I am a private college adviser and I've worked with hundreds of students in this District I am here for those students I have read college essays from my students who have come out to me as a member of the lgbtqia 2 plus Community some of those students aren't
198out to their family because of the danger that would meet them if they were to share that part of them as Educators we are part of the student safety nets and sharing information without the consent of the student is breaking that trust with the student in case you weren't sure I am against this new policy have you heard heard these students tonight listen to them they are the students who will be living with your policies that will put them in Harm's Way the students tonight that are speaking here are speaking more truth and more freedom than the adults who are here speaking to you please listen to them Matt please go ahead thank you my name is Matt uh Matt d i uh am here to represent my three kids I have a a freshman
199uh a daughter in high school and a son in elementary school and another daughter in elementary school I'm not an activist my dad I've never been here before I love my kids dearly I'm sad that there's children here that fear like uh that that feel like they would be uh abused if they came out these children don't seem like they're very afraid of coming out they they feel like activists I love my kids I want them to be I want what best for them and I really would love to have teachers on the same side as myself we're we're a community that works together to raise children but the but the decisions are the parents and if and and if I don't get those DEC if I don't if I'm not able to make the
200decision for my children to love and care about them the best way that I know how I'll take them out of the school Shannon good evening um I've read the frenal notification policy I'm I'm positive that not everyone here has it focuses on Mental Health it's definitely not the Chino policy tonight I have taken notice of cao's multi-tier support plan key words I've noticed family fact sheet positive behavior early intervention therefore all changes in Behavior require family and early intervention Educators and administrators do not get to decide whether the distress or children are in require early intervention or not all of these children that have stated they have unsafe abusive homes should absolutely have the district's intervention and protection take note of how many crises these childrens have have stated that they are facing everyone
201is in a purple shirt majority from two schools isn't that curious I do not trust Capital USD many parents don't transparency plus teamwork equals trust Susie Taylor hi my name is Susie Taylor I have two kids here in cppo District um I don't have a lot to add because I think that our children our students have said it so brilliantly and I hope that you will listen to them and take what they say to heart um just a couple of things one this policy is redundant I I have read the policy my husband who's an attorney has read the policy um it's redundant it's also ridiculous um if as a parent you are concerned that you are not raising your child and that this policy is going to prevent you from raising your child that's
202a parental issue not a school issue um I urge you to let the teachers teach don't make them Force out children who are not ready to come out to their families um we have amazing students and amazing staff and amazing teachers thank you for being here we appreciate all of you especially those that are paying attention to all of us Jennifer Kennan speaker hi there good evening boor Jennifer Kennedy I'm an attorney it's nice to hear from other attorneys in the audience listen there is a mental health crisis in this country it's called rapid onset gender dysphoria and did any of the children read the policy because if they did they'd love the policy it does nothing it says nothing it's vague it's ambiguous it will expose you to liability we are here in front
203of school boards to notify parents of gender dysphoria when kids are asking for new names new pronouns and new bathrooms to use them publicly we are here to give parents a chance to step in and stop a contagion and a pathway to medicalization and sterilization I appreciate the comments about the other things going on Escondido is specifically about hiding gender dysphoria Trifecta of harm is specifically about hiding gender dysphoria Erica Anderson specifically says involve parents in gender transition this policy does do not do that it's appeasement and it doesn't actually do anything to notify parents about gender dysphoric children ches The Time Is Now 10 o'clock okay so moving forward I will um I need a motion to consider a board policy for gral notification no mov okay okay moved by trustee Davis seconded by
204truste us all right so trusty discussion any any trustee student member peerce yes I would like to say something of course so I want to start off by saying that I've read the policy and I understand the policy and um I just have a few questions about the policy and I know many of us as well do have questions um Tess Davis do you mind ask you a question okay so in your policy in the beginning it states that um other like other significant changes affecting students wellbe can you please specify what you mean by other significant changes certainly anything that is going to affect their mental health so grab my list depression anxiety psychosis self har suicide addiction that is stressed surrounding gender identity issues emotional instability SLS of anger and violence family systems
205disintegration to name a few okay um thank you um I just have a quick question so you said gender identity um this isn't in the policy and I'm just worried for confusion for for uh trusted adults and teachers who read this policy and kind it's kind of up to interpretation of what they believe is a significant change and under your policy does that mean that kids who children who tell teachers that they want to identify with different pronouns is that reportable are teachers me are teachers supposed to report that back to the parents right now currently pronouns are maybe staff could best answer this pronouns are available to parents on Aries or available to can someone please answer that certain So currently if a student uh changes their pronouns or their preferred name on Aries
206then the counselors will counil with the student and let them know that when it is changed on Aries it does become viewable on the parent portal okay um cor respectfully it did not answer my question I'm I'm wondering if a student who tells a teacher that they are wanting to go by different pronouns without parental notification without telling their parents will teachers then have to report back to the parents that that that they had that conversation how is it currently being navigated if someone could please answer that excuse me trusty Davis I'm wondering under this policy if this policy is passed will that change go ahead the answer is if a student goes to a teacher and request a pronam change as superintendent Brown said it is onto Aries that any parent yes it goes
207onto the Aries portal and that is the par P if it is a name chain and they will correct me if I'm wrong they're the on to G me the information if there's a name change that goes on to Canvas and again parents can see that I I think we have some clarification okay so the the pronoun would be viewable on canvas it's not an Aries the preferred name would be viewable in Aries go ahead my question was if this policy is passed will those conversations that are private will those have to be revealed to the parents before an official Aries change or areas with this policy or any kind of gender identity and like if a student were to say hey I think think I'm part of the lgbtq community or hey I think
208I um want to identify as different pronouns or by a different name under your policy are these considered significant changes that will have to be reported student board member so what would happen if the policy were to pass is the district would then create an AR that aligns with the policy and the AR would come through staff and the AR would spell out exactly what would or would not happen in the practice that would go into the policy so that would be determined after the policy were passed if the policy were not passed then there'd be no AR created so it would depend on the actions of the board this evening to then create an AR after this evening thank you okay other trustees comments Cy buus um as I had referred to in my
209opening comments and had shared um there was a parent who sent to me this article from a psychologist and assistant uh clinical uh director from Berkeley and it's called the Panic hurt teens how can we help them recover and I would like to share with you um some comments that were in this some statements coming of age in the pandemic has been rough on a generation of teams teens many forces converged with normal developmental processes to create a perfect psychological storm pre-existing mental health care that's been going on at least for the last decade is in an intrusive social media political polarization and instability and real exential threats by gun violence researchers have been studying how teens have fared and how they can and how can they be better supported and new guidance is emerging
210from parents and teachers who are helping teens to recover from these extraordinary turbulent years one of the highlights pointed out and this was from a family therapist parent educator there was different input into this article Sherry Wong resume collaboration with teachers the three-way relationship among teachers kids and parents that have long proven to support students broke down during the pandemic parents kids and teachers missed out on the benefits collaborative relationships friendships that were seamless because of sharing information that happens when on campus and the ability to inperson interact reach out to teachers and other parents to resume that communication and learn how to best support your students I believe this policy is collectively caring about students and in this world of many health issues that they are facing in fact adults are facing um I
211tried to get statistics and I had requested some but it was very limited in what I received in response so I reached out to my community who contacted the um Orange County Health Department and in the county health department they have not tracked suicides broken down Beyond age they don't have statistics in terms of how many transgender youth have committed suicide in fact they think it's very important and they're now starting to craft that as well as starting to track the suicides after they have transitioned and later commit suicide um someone said it earlier and I'm not sure who but empathy empathy is the thing that parents need most with their healthier relationship with their children and really there are parents that could use some coaching in terms to have better relationships with their kids
212I hardly believe anybody in this room or outside doesn't have a relationship with their kids you're very involved with your children and you're here speaking for others who do not have that um but I don't believe we should kick parents out the door um the parent child relationship could use some coaching so let's work with parents let's teach and let's help them work with their kids the First Response could not be just disregard them until there's strong evidence that children are harming themselves due to parents I stand firm on the family unit being the best support for any child and even better when it's a teacher counselor parent together discussing the concerns with the student thank you okay any other trustees trustee Jones I think I'm ready um first of all I wanted to apologize
213to Mrs Harrison uh and for not getting that information um we got a lot of email the last few weeks but thank you uh um a couple of other comments a few people have remarked that the school shouldn't be involved in providing uh G uh gender therapy or medical therapy or uh uh permanent mutilation to students schools aren't doing that so I I just hope that people realize that that is not happening um um I also want to say that I don't care who wrote this policy it's either a policy I'm in favor of or it's not it doesn't make any difference to me where it came from um we heard from a lot of parents who said something along the lines of I can't believe I have to request this and and in my
214you you didn't have to request it but what I'm hearing from that is that what we need is a single place where we do talk about uh parent engagement I don't really like notification because that reminds me of well somebody in my neighborhood was just evicted and the sheriff puts puts a notification on the door and that's a oneway kind of a word to me but engagement is a partnership and I think parental engagement is what we should be talking about um and I do not think that parents are the enemy I not for a single minute I think they're never say never but I do not believe that the people that work in this District think that I would like to see a not necessarily a policy but a document that talks about many
215of the things that are in uh this draft um but some other things too that are not in this draft that are important I had a discussion with a parent this week who told me that their child uh was not doing well in school and they never heard anything and um and parents should hear doesn't even matter if it's about depression uh or or stress parents should know and parents are supposed to be notified about those kinds of things so I would like to see a comprehensive document about how we intend to engage with parents uh Mrs Smith said very wisely I think that this is not an outing policy I've been a little surprised to hear that a lot of people do see it as an outing policy and maybe that is I mean
216Miss uh trusty Davis did mention that I I I feel like we need to be communicating clearly in whatever format how we intend to engage I like engagement better and partner with parents because truly parents are the first teachers um I now and I don't want you should always listen to everything I say because I say a lot of unexpected things um um I do also believe that the trust is lacking and I think part of it is because we do not have a single document where we explain how we engage with parents um I I want to correct what I think was incorrectly said earlier and that is that if a student wants to change their name and wants to change their gender we have a preferred name in Aries we have a preferred
217gender we do not change the name and gender unless there is a legal document requiring us we have a preferred name but I think originally the preferred name was like Susan wanted to be called Sue right and it is it is something different now but what happens is that when a student once that they go they are referred to their counselor and their counselor if they say you know I don't I can't tell my parents this my understanding is and staff will correct me if I'm wrong their counselor says why do you not want to tell your parents what have your parents said or done that makes you feel that you can't tell them and if that if they you know and I've never been in these conversations I don't know I am told by
218people who have had these conversations with students is that generally the student comes to the point of feeling that they can talk to their parents but this is with a counselor and and it doesn't always happen and sometimes when it does happen the results are bad but male I do believe that the overwhelming majority of parents love their children and will love them no matter what and and will not reject them I know that some do I totally know that I know of instances for far less than this that children were were treated very very badly by their parents my uncle who would be hundred years old was a gay man and I know how his parents and his grandparents treated him and I know how my father had to defend him uh so I'm
219aware of that um but we do believe that parents are integral to their CH children's academic success we do want to engage with them we do want a partnership and I think we just need to have the parameters of that in writing and um and some of those parameters will be what was in this document here and some will be others so I guess that's all I have to say for now thank you okay quick comment Y trusty H um so we have policy 520 um that's called parents rights and responsibilities to me that's the far greater descriptor and tagging on if we can take a staff Supply to this board um all of our policies that pertain to parents rights and responsibilities we have all that information and so probably for me if we
220still need to figure out how to put that in one spot one click on our website uh a parent handbook whatever you feel would be uh the appropriate way that so that all parents know what I know right so I knew it as a parent I know it especially as a board member because again I have cart launch I have no excuse if I don't understand how a school is operating if I have a question I have cart launch to that school also to the superintendent and all staff so rights and responsibilities so I tag on that to me that's a far greater descriptor than the word notification so we already have that in place and I look forward to um excuse me little dry um for to to staff figure out how you what
221would be the best way as trusty Jones's request to get that information out because uh because the challenge is now um I feel unfairly uh this our schools have been painted in a very negative light and they don't deserve that so um I'm looking forward to that and we can move on and um I'm I'm ready to uh call the vote whenever everybody else is um yes excuse me trusty pitard just go ahead Richard do you have thank you trust your paron um I try to be very involved with my kids and engaged in their lives I pick them up drop them off at practice assistant coach their teams um get to know their friends their friend parents or teachers and I truly believe everyone in this room is that kind of parent it's the
222it's the ones who are not in this room that I'm more concerned about but the ones who are here we're all doing what what we think is best for our own children um and because we're so engaged you know rarely are we really caught off guard with not knowing something um uh when it comes to our own children you know teachers have often spoken to me or my wife about something going on with my one of my daughters and you know we we learn about it very quickly I mean our teachers have been phenomenal about reaching out to us whether it's Class Dojo or one of these other apps that they use or just simply calling us so and and I'm sure many of you have had the same experience with the teachers in cppo
223in fact I haven't heard any anecdotes where that didn't happen we've heard a lot of things but we haven't heard negative comments about teachers deliber not telling you something about your own child so that open line of communication is critical and we we're all blessed to have that with our teachers and we appreciate that from them so that suggests to me that our system is working in fact and I I have a question for the superintendent and staff have we looked into any data do we have any data that suggest that we're leaving parents in the dark and that there's adverse consequences to those families or those students do we have any kind of data that we' we've generated so we have anecdotal data but when it comes to complaints about parents not being informed
224of something like gender identity questions uh since 2020 we've had zero of those so so that and that's that's the situation that I'm okay you had your opportunity to speak now now it's our opportunity I know but we alloted the time no and we gave it to you and now it's our turn to discuss the item okay I'm gonna stop the meeting and then you won't get an opportunity to hear the vote well that's okay let's go ahead and call the vote well I go ahead we have one go ahead go ahead Pierce um I just in my opening statement I originally scribbled out a line and I wanted to give I wanted to hear everyone I wanted to hear all the students all the parents all the trustees I wanted to hear what everyone
225had to say and I mean coming from me my perspective I know I'm biased but I am a student and I feel like this is an outing policy and I do want to go back to my opening statement and I want to say that this parental notification policy and its nature is divisive it's unnecessary and it's deep rooted in both political and personal agendas we need to we we need to stop creating this umbrella of mental illness to to refer to specific communities this this uh this whole mental illness is universal the deter mental illness is on a nationwide um basis it's covering adults and children one in five adults struggle with mental illness and one in five minors struggle for mental illness it's an e it's an even playing field and I feel like
226when I'm listening to all this stuff about Mental Health crisis gender identity I mean is it the is it the actual Mental Health crisis is it the people that are our generation that is so compelled to express their own identity to express their own beliefs is this the Mental Health crisis or is it the parents who are born in a different generation times are changing so should opinions we need to we need to understand that this policy is what the truth behind this policy and and I urge everyone to vote for no on this policy and oppose this policy thank you thank you I'm just going to say a quick comment um I 100% believe in parent engagement I do it every day and I engage parents on a daily basis that th of those
227students that are in my classroom but it I I appreciate trusty Jones's comments and trusty Hank's comments about there are re resources out there for you as parents and that's important for us to be able to communicate those out to you and we can always do a better job at communicating and uh better transparency but I do believe um I have a similar thought about the word notification and I do think parent resources and how we can work better as a team this is a team and we know as board that your involved parents involvement in your child's education is vital to their success as students so at at this point I'm I'm we're ready to call a vote I'm oh go go ahead trusty few additional comments first of all I'm not I'm neither
228a homophobic or a bigoted person in any way shape or form I am not opposed to anyone that is in the lgbtqia plus community not at all I have many friends neighbors family members that are part of the lgbtq IIA plus Community this is in no way shape or form and Outing policy there is nothing in the policy whatsoever that even remotely covers that this is a policy this is a policy that is all regarding and all around mental health if you read the policy there is nothing in the policy that states anything other than that and that is 100% accurate we are in a mental health crisis and the statistics for children is significantly different and the data is not updated and it is and I have the I have the mental health data
229from Orange Orange County and the Statewide depression in Orange County 202 in the year 2020 27.5 4% this is per 100,000 people in 2021 it went up to 28% in 2022 it went up to 20 27.989351 5% which put us now in the 29 30% category Statewide for California in 2020 for depression per 100,000 people in California 37.3% in 2021 41% in 2022 45.2% in 2023 21.5% again that's June until June 30th suicide risks per 100,000 in 2020 in nation um 2020 28.6 2% in 2021 29.6 6% in 2022 3.74% in 2023 June to until June 30th 15.69% suicide risks per 100,000 in 2020 41.3% in California in 2021 44.6% in 2022 49.9% in 2023 already 24.6% this is a problem I will not sit on this board and not address that problem this has
230been the three years that I've been on this board I have seen these numbers increase the deaths yes suicide in our district in the last three years we have them that is not okay we can do better to help and support our students in all mental health areas no way am I gonna allow you to say that this is an outing policy I am sorry but it is it is not this is a mental health and parents need to be informed and need to be on the team my my four children I would want my children to be part of the conversation with me with teachers with administrators with counselors and with professionals that have that background that have gone to school I would not want anyone I am so grateful that we had students
231come and here come and speak today thank you for coming thank you for coming thank you all of you that are in the room the students that are still here I I appreciate and I want you to know that I love you I care about you I care about every single child in our district and I have never ever displayed anything other than love to anyone I've ever met okay uh trusty go ahead trusty faram I feel like I'd be remiss if I didn't um make a comment on for all the students who spoke tonight and their eloquence um although the ages comments maybe were not so great and I certainly don't appreciate those tonight but that said what I was probably most proud of is the critical thinking skills of those students to see
232through the BS and to see through the misinformation I think we're doing a great job teaching these students CR itical thinking skills because they came well prepared and I think they taught us grown-ups a little bit you know more about the Next Generation what they're capable of thank you okay I'm calling a vote all right Miss Ace student student board member Pierce no trusty buikus the question are we just voting on approving this policy or the fact that was brought up about notification engagement of reworking it policy no this policy specifically yes my vote is yes okay thank you I trusty Davis I trusty Jones no just because I think we need something different and more comprehensive trusty Pritchard n trusty hanich he trusty Parham no trusty casanas nay okay motion fails 52 with a
233preferential vote of Nay from student board member Pierce all right the board is now recessing for 10 minutes the time is now 10:30 resident ctios you can reconvene the meeting okay thank you Miss Hayes um we are now moving on to item 17c board action to adopt District's initial proposal to California School Employees Association hastono chapter 224 ca for negotiations for the 2324 fiscal year and ca's 2324 initial reopener contract proposal to the district so at this time I'd like to recognize Bob Presby associate superintendent Human Resource Services to present the item thank you president casianos staff presents our initial opening proposals to CCA chapter 224 and also the initial proposal from CSA chapter 224 to the district this is a requirement for negotiations before the parties can come to a collective bargain agreement staff
234recommends approval and also our district negotiating team is excited to once again work with our csca labor partner okay trustees I need a motion I would move approval okay move by truste Hanah second second seconded by trustee Davis uh Miss hes do we have any speaker card oh I'm sorry I'm sorry it's getting late I'm losing my mind uh Miss Hayes any speaker cards okay there are none now uh trustee discussion are there any trustees no okay roll call vote student board member Pierce hi trusty bulus hi trusty Davis Hi trusty Jones hi trusty brard hi trusty hanich hi trusty Parham I trusty casanas I the motion carries 70 by a roll call Vote with a preferential vote of I from student board member Pier there being no further business before the board may have
235a motion to adjourn so moved so moved by trusty Davis seconded by trusty Parham Miss Hayes please call the role student board member Pierce hi trusty bulus hi trusty Davis Hi trusty Jones hi trusty Pritchard hi trusty hanich hi trusty Parham I trusty c i motion carries 70 by a roll call vote to adjourn the meeting with a preferential vote from of I from student board member peers the time is now 10:47 pm thank you