001on May 13th. Good luck, Hurricanes. Summerwind Trails Middle School girls soccer team has moved on to play playoffs. The students and staff will be rooting for them when they play at Sangonia Middle School. The students celebrated career day with many parents, parent and community volunteers that came to share their careers. The SWAT team and fire department brought their vehicles out and let the students interact with them. Bmont High School culinary students visited and made the students quesadillas and pl Play Plato. The eighth grade students got the opportunity to travel to Washington DC. They explored the state capital, the Lincoln Memorial, Williamsburg, and saw President Washington's house at Bulmont High School. Isaac Garcia Garcia Santa Maria received the Riverside County Bar Association's 2025 Good Citizenship Award. Boys volleyball and boys and girls track and field won
002the Citrus Belt League Championships. The Best Buddies Club and with the help of our varsity softball and baseball teams played in their annual Jackie Robinson game. For CASP testing, BMAR High School had 1554 students um who tested with a 92.31% completion in English language arts, 90.72% completion in math, and 92.48% completion in science. In March, 80th grade students completed the PSAT and 150 11th graders completed completed the SAT. Starting May 5th and going through May 22nd, we anticipate giving 537 AP tests covering 21 subjects. Coyote soccer season has come to an end. However, the team is looking forward to competing in playoffs for the chance to place in the league. Uh Glen View High School medical CTE has been busy. Congratulations to Angelo Chon and Joseph Castillas for playing at the state HOSA feature medical
003professionals competition. Additionally, sports medical students from Glen View 21st Century Middle College and Bulma High School went on a field trip to health services at Southern California University. Quanton Castillo is a committed coyote who is recognized by the Riverside Bar Association for the Good Citizenship Award. At the 20 uh the 21st Century Learning Institute, Kaden Anderson was recognized by the Riverside Bar Association for the Good Citizenship Award. 21st Century Seniors and staff are looking forward to the in-person signing day on Monday, May 19th. Seniors will celebrate where they have committed to attend college, military branch, and or career in the workforce. Congratulations to all the students who participated participated in the sixth annual film festival. A special congratulations to the 21st Century Cyclone Sophia Capalvo for receiving a third place award for her short film
004Ghost. Congratulations to Maria Devilla for receiving this year's Bowmont Alternative Education Student of the Year Award. Maria recently committed to attending UC Berkeley and has future plans to become a senator. Bulmont Middle College High School had their college signing day on May 1st where seniors selected which colleges they plan on attending in the fall. The Phoenix History History Bowl team wants to thank the school board, Superintendent Kish, and the cabinet for the honor of representing the school and district in the National History Bowl and B competition in Washington DC. They were able to compete against students from across the United States and US territories as well as see sites like the US Capital. Bulmont Middle College High School's varsity esports team enjoyed competing in the spring district tournament and was proud to get second place.
005Congratulations to middle school um middle college student Candace Leone who was recognized by the Riverside Bar Association for the Good Citizenship Award at Bulma at the Bulmont Adult School. Um adult transition students took part in their dress for success event where they had the opportunity to take part in mock interviews with various outside agencies. medical assistant in former English as a second language and high school equivalency student Susan Contreres took part in a regional showcase event talking about her experience at Bulma Adult School. Bulma Adult School welcomed their new vocational nursing cohort class of 40. As always, thank you to all of our parents, families, and staff. This concludes the presentation on events and activities taking place at our secondary school sites. All right. Thank you, Bren. Okay. 8.3 receive a report from the superintendent
006and review the district calendar for the month of May 2025. Good evening everyone. Lots to celebrate so bear with me. A little bit of a longer report. Uh we start with highlighting the coast to coast federal advocacy trip where um I did get permission Mrs. um board president Melissa Williamson's and um board members Susil Lara and myself participated in the coast to coast conference. The trip is organized by California School Board Association and the Association of California School Administrators to engage directly with policy makers regarding TK12 education um and any critical funding. what you see in the U picture actually it's an ambulance picture with the three of us in it where we had a little accident uh as part of the trip and therefore there's a cast on Mrs. Lara's blue go oh right
007hand we wish you very fast recovery Mrs. an accident at the capital of the United States. The capital exactly of the United States. Not many people get to do that. Um we also want to highlight that Bulmont Unified School District received the 2025 model SARP recognition. That is the um student attendance review board recognition for its efforts in improving school attendance. On April 28th in Garden Grove, student services director Dr. Fernet coordinator Amanda Fernandez and student um attendance technician Edgar Garcia accepted the recognition. Congratulation to the whole team. We have also attended the um teacher of excellence award that was awarded by the church of uh Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints. Um this award is given to one of our teachers every year. This year it happened to be given to Mark Peterson from uh
008Sangono uh middle school. He's an eighth grade science teacher at that school. We're very proud of him. It was a great recognition. As you see in the picture, even the city um previous mayor, he's no, he's currently council member uh participated with us in the picture. So very proud. Cabinet member Dr. Uh, Brown and other Bulmont USD employees attended the bilingual educators succeeding together award night. The event honors district and countywide education employees and volunteers for supporting English learners. As you see in the picture, uh, Mary Ferguson received best support person of the year for Riverside County and Bowman High School student Mike Munoz Junior received $1,000 scholarship. And as our student board member highlighted, Southwest Riverside Adult Education uh, consortium conference, it took place um, in Hemtt Unified School District. Southwest Riverside Adult Education
009is a community of colleges, uh, local partners, organi organizations, and workforce development organizations. I was honored to be the keynote speaker at that meeting and was able to share my personal story with the steering committee members uh, and the Riverside County Superintendent uh, talking about that it started all at the adult school um, back in 1988 as a adult school student. So it was um really fun to share it but it's also was so relevant to all of the students in that uh conference. And as for student of the year, Isabella Ceeras and uh from Bulman High School and Maria Dilla from 21st Century Learning Institute were recognized as 2025 students of the year. They were both awarded $1,500 scholarships each. and congratulations. Very well-deserved accomplishment. And our 2025 VN commencement ceremony um was held
010on May 8th. Board President Melissa uh Williamson's gave remarks to uh class of 37. Let's see if that one's I'm sorry that it said brown on there, but it's Williamson's. I said it right. She'll enjoy that. She will enjoy that. All students are now eligible to complete the licensed uh examination to become LBN. We're very proud of that LBN program and self for California thriving school award. Palm Innovation Academy and Mountain View Middle School received the thriving schools award from social emot for the social emotional learning alliance of California. Palm Innovation Academy received the award in the category of schoolwide practices in social emotional learning. Mountain View Middle School received the award in the category of systematic social emotional learning implementation. Both schools will be recognized at the recognition award on May 20th, 2025. And
011this one is a little bit of um celebration also for uh California associate I mean association of California school administrators recognizing the superintendent of Bulma Unified School District as the superintendent of the year. Very humble. Let's move on. It's hard to celebrate yourself and um celebrating educators. This was today's picture which Dr. Sylvester was in attendance but had to leave like just few minutes earlier that he missed this picture. But we're very proud of all of our nominees for the uh Riverside County Educators of the Year uh recognition. Um the list of them is on on the slide. Congratulations. We're very proud of all of you. Awesome picture, too. As for uh the calendar, I just want to highlight that our retirement uh dinner recognition for all of our retirees and years of service will
012be held on May 16th, 2025. And al alternative education uh programs high school senior award night will be on May 21st. On May 22nd, Bulmont High School senior award night. And we will observe Memorial Day holiday on May 26. and have a regularly scheduled board meeting on May 27th. And that's it for the report, Madame President. All right. Thank you. Okay. Moving on to 9.0. Presentations reports. Uh receive a presentation on the district English language advisory committee DAC for 202425. Good evening and thank you Superintendent Kakkesh and board of trustees members. We are happy to share the work of the Bulmont USD's district English learner advisory committee for this school year. I met with this year's DAC members. Um I'm sorry, I have with me this year's DAC members to present about our activities for
013the DAC for this year. Um we have uh parent Ava Romero from Palm. We have parent Maria Turin from Starlight, parent Anna Monroy from Anahos Elementary School, uh parent Sonia Colchado who represents both uh Starlight Elementary School and Sangonio Middle School. Uh parent Anna Maria Via Senor who is uh represents Palm Innovation Academy and Sangonio and parent uh Sandra Valddorama from Three Rings Ranch. I also want to thank our English learner instructional coaches Marie Ferguson and Olivia Rosco for their tireless support of our students. The DAC supports our district mission statement providing highquality educational opportunities through a shared commitment of home, school, and community. Our learning target for today is for you to be able to explain the actions of Bowman USD DAC this school year. As you can see from our success criteria, the
014DAC was very busy this year. The DAC is a committee designed to advise the district officials on how to best support English learners. The DAC is made up of parents, staff members and the members of DAC must be parents. Each meeting we review the language census for develment unified school district. There are several language spoken by our English learning. Most of them are native Spanish speaker. Each meeting we also reveal the importance of students attendance at school. This is because when a student is absent they are missed out on learning. The goal of our English learner program is for all students to gain English flu fluency within seven years of entering the school. This year we're excited that we had 107 students demonstrate English fluency. This year we had our first district-wide reclassification ceremony where
015we celebrated our students that reclassified to fluent English proficient on December 18th. Thank you Dr. Gray for organizing the celebration. This year, two from Bulma USD were recognized by the California Association of Belingual Educators or CAB at the bilingual educators to sitting together at our event. Marie Fergoson was selected as the support staff of the year. Maria Tarin was nominated by Bulma USD as the parent volunteer of the year. We are proud of both of them. The dill also keeps input on the local control accountability plan. The dill was happy to help in this process. At duct meetings, we also learn how to support our students in showing what they have learned on the ELPAC test. Our teachers are looking forward to seeing our students test results. This year we had several of our parents
016attend the California Association of Bilingual Educators Regional Conference in Riverside. It was very informative. Thank you for your continued support of our English learner programs in the Bumont Unified School District. We look forward to serving our English learners now and in the future. And thank you so much for receiving our report. And uh I have uh certificates of appreciation for each of our DACA members. Thank you so much. Oh, wonderful. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Thank you so much for coming out to give that presentation to us. Okay. We're we're on item number 10.0, consent agenda. Uh approve the consent agenda. Actions prepared for the consent agenda items are consistent with adopted and approved policies of the district and are deemed routine in nature. They will be acted upon in one motion without discussion
017unless any member of the board of trustees requests that an item be removed from the consent agenda. In that event, it will be taken up in the order indicated on the main agenda. Would anyone like to pull an item from the consent agenda? Okay. Can I get a motion to approve? Move the consent agenda as presented. Second. Moved by David, seconded by Jeff, and I call for a vote. Okay. Motion carries. There is no 11.0 0 12.0 special legal and discussion items. Uh conduct a first reading and adopt Bont Unified School District's board policy and administrative regulation regarding instruction. Uh so it's BP and AR6158. Um if a second reading is not necessary. Do I have a motion? I move as presented. I'll second. Moved by David, seconded by Susie. And any discussion? Okay. Call
018for a vote. A motion carries. Uh 12.2 2. Adopt resolution 2024-25-31 establishing the maximum maximum and actual special tax rates and authorizing the levy of special taxes for the 25 202526 fiscal year for community facilities districts number 2018-1 2020-1 and 2022-1 in the improvement areas contained therein. Do I have a motion? I move therein. Second. Moved by David, seconded by Lance. And any discussion? Call for a vote. Okay, motion carries. 13.0, instruction and support services. Item number 13.1, conduct a public hearing and adopt studies weekly elementary history as instructional material for kindergarten through fifth grade. So, I will call the this uh public hearing to order at 6:37. Do we have any discussion on this item? Okay. All right. We'll close the public hearing at 6:37. 6:38. 6:38 it is. Um, and then we will
019Oh, you know what? We were supposed to vote. So I won't close it yet. 13.2 should be 13.2. Now you vote. We vote later. Okay. Ah, thank you. Okay. So it is 638. Okay. Uh 13.2. Conduct a public hearing. Take the vote for the adoption. Yeah, that's what I was going to that's what I was going public hearing. Okay. All right. It's misprinted on it's misprinted here. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. All right. I was on the right track. So, do I have a motion to adopt? So, moved. Second. Moved by David, seconded by Lance. And any discussion on this? I do have a question. What is exactly like the difference between this um this curriculum and and the current curriculum? Dr. Brown. Absolutely. We'll have Dr. Barnett come up and address it. Okay. Great question. Um,
020so they're updated. So our last curriculum adoption for history for K5 was like 2006. So we have a lot of historical events that have happened since then and now. The new materials are also really really neat. We have a display in ISS. It's in a it's in a periodical form. So it's not a big textbook. It's like a newspaper. So the students have really high engagement interesting articles about historical uh facts and and figures and uh the teachers can do all kinds of hands-on activities with them. So it's updated and also meets all the u the new requirements for from the fair act also. But yeah really really really strong set of materials and the teachers really enjoyed them. Thank you. That's a great question Bren. Any other discussion? Okay. Call for a Call for
021a vote. I just got off track, you know. All right, motion carries. Uh, moving on to 13.2. Conduct a public hearing and adopt MClass and McLass lecturer by Amplify as an instructional material for kindergarten through 2 grade. And so, I will now open this public hearing at 6:40. Would anybody care to have discussion about this? Okay. So, I will close this public hearing at 6:40 and call for a vote. I need a motion. Motion. So, move. Thank you. Moved by David, seconded by Lance. I don't know why these public hearings have thrown me off today. I apologize. Um, any discussion? All right, call for a vote. Can I I just want to make a comment about those actually. Thank you for who everybody who um was a part of reviewing those um that curriculum and
022everything and signing them. there were parents and teachers and all of those things. So, I just appreciate everybody who was involved in that. Thank you. Yep. Thank you. Okay. 14.0, human resources. Item number 14.1, approve the declaration of need for fully qualified educators for the 202526 school year. Do I have a motion? Second. Moved by Lance. Seconded by David. Any discussion. Okay. Call for a vote. The motion carries. 14.2. approve the certificated personnel assignment order listed on the report dated May 13, 2025. Do I have a motion? So move. I'll second. Moved by Lance, seconded by Susie. Any discussion? Um, I just want to make a comment about because I asked some questions about this because of the stipens for the clubs and everything and so um I just was not aware of a lot
023of the clubs that we have on campus and many of them are really interesting. Pink Daughters, okay, ds are uh it's a club where they actually advocate for organ donation on their driver's licenses and they do all these things, you know, blood drives and things like that. Um there's one for paws, like dog paws with a cause, and they work at like an animal shelter and they help um that community. And then they have one that's vets for I forget what it's called, but those are um interested students in veterinary work and things like that. So, um those are just clubs you just never really hear much about. And um I was like, "What are these?" And so, cuz I'm like, "What are pink daughters?" I'm like, "What is that?" So when I found out,
024I'm like, "Well, that's just very cool because, you know, that's just not something that gets talked about." And so I just want to say I really appreciate that. It's neat to see our students um standing up for different causes in the community. Okay, let's call for a vote. Is there That's cool. Yeah. And uh motion carries. One abstension, one abstension. And our student board member was an abstension as well. Um item number 14.3, approve the classified personnel assignment order listed on the report dated May 13, 2025. Do I have a motion? I'll move approval. Second. Moved by Susie, seconded by Lance. Call. Um any discussion? Call for a vote. A motion carries. 14.4. Approve the administrative and confidential personnel assignment order listed on the report dated May 13, 2025. Do I have a motion? I'll
025second. Moved by Lance, seconded by Susie. Any discussion? Call for vote and motion carries. 14.5 approve a memorandum of understanding between the Bumont Unified School District and the California School Employees Association CSEA and it's chapter 351 regarding Junth. So moved. Second. Moved by Lance, seconded by David. Any discussion? Call for a vote. And motion carries. 14.6. Approve a new job description for the position of site custodial supervisor. Do I have a motion? So move. I'll second. Moved by Lance, seconded by Susie. Any discussion? Call for vote. We need a vote. Nothing on the screen. Want to refresh it. It's been on the whole time. There we go. There we go. It's been a solar flare. And motion carries. Tech, man. 15.0, business services. Item number 15.1, approve an agreement for architectural/engineering services with Rena Clark,
026architects for the Atwell TK through 8 school project. So moved. I'll second. Was that David? Yes. Yes. Okay. Moved by David, seconded by Susie. Any discussion? Call for a vote. Well, yeah, a little bit of it's exciting that we're going to start see some movement in the Atwell community. We're actually making a foothold hold in in the city of Banning and we've had multiple attempts to have that territory taken over over the years. And uh now that we have an official uh stake in the in the ground, that ability to uh come after us is becomes extremely mute now and into the future. Well said. Okay. Motion carries. 15.2. Approve the memorandum of understanding with the city of Bowmont for shared use of the Bowmont High School pool during the summer of 2025. And do
027I have a motion? So moved. Second. Moved by Lance, seconded by David. Um, I just want to say I think this is a great uh greatou that we've this I think this will be the second year this year and the city really appreciated it and it's a a good way to get some good use out of the pool during the summer and u think it's a great thing. So any other discussion? So I my understanding is that the the city will use it for um swim lessons and but only during the times when the uh polo team and the swimming and diving team are not using it. Is that correct? That that is correct, Mr. So it won't be for like general city use. It will only be for swim lessons. It's uh the city
028has their aquatic program uh June and July. Um however, the school site has priority for uh practice and games. Um so the city's program is just through July um June and July and they have various programs out. they have uh um uh for the public to use the pool um from different ages starting from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at night. Okay. Thank you, Sergio. Any other discussion? Call for vote. Motion carries. Item 15.3, approve the award of bid number 2024-25-12, multi-sight asphalt project. Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. Moved by Susie, seconded by Lance. Any discussion? Call for a vote. Okay, motion carries. 16.0 reports. Um 16.1 receive a report from the California School Employees Association and it's chapter 351. Anyone here for CSEA? Okay. 16.2. Receive a report from Bumont Teachers
029Association. Okay. 16.3 Receive a report from Bulmont Administrators, Confidential Management, Employees Group. President Williamson, Superintendent Kich, board members, cabinet, colleagues, community. uh really just want to celebrate um first I want to celebrate our superintendent Ma Kakish for her recognition uh for AXA region 19 superintendent of the year and so everybody's aware just that is a regional award so for Riverside County she is the best superintendent right again and I mentioned this last time we we already knew that but it's always nice to to publicly celebrate uh also wanted to recognize all the Bulma Unified School District employees that were celebrated today at the Riverside County Office of education's uh awards lunchon. Um also uh within the the back team want to congratulate April Larson um for her new role as the executive assistant and superintendent.
030Um it's always fun especially in in public roles and in public meetings to hey guess what you get to run everything. It's very exciting. Did a great job. Um also want to congratulate just some movement. Uh Don Brandon and Patricia Diaz. So Don Brandon going from Bulmont High School to Mount View Middle School. um and Patricia Diaz going from Mountain View to Bulmont High School. So, I'm I'm happy for them and both their new roles. And also want to congratulate Carol Rajo um on her next step in in her life and career and had a chance to talk to her on her last official day in in Bowmont. And you know, she had that that kind of wonderful balance of of excitement and nervousness and but but she was ready and that that I thought
031was really awesome and so she supported everybody in this room um quite a bit and so I wanted to to thank and and recognize Carol as well. Thank you very much. Yeah, thank you. No, she left. Seemed like she left too quick. 16.4. Receive a report from board member Dr. Lansston Sylvester. Good evening to Superintendent Kakkesh, uh, President Williamson, board members, cabinet members, esteemed guests. Uh very quickly want to echo uh congratulations to our superintendent for the wonderful job, the wonderful person, the wonderful superintendent that she is. Want to welcome April that has just stepped in and uh has done a bangup job in the two three days that I've communicated with her. Um, I've attend I attended the uh student of the month, student of the year at Noble Creek. Uh, it was great
032to see the community involvement um with making things happen and awarding our students uh not just with their presidents but with monetary gifts. Um, also attended the luncheon today. uh as she said, I wasn't in the picture. They they have to come up on that. But um again, it was uh excellent to see uh the service that is being rendered by our teachers, by our administrators uh to make Bulmont USD the best in Riverside County. Uh with that, I'll turn it over back to our president. Thank you. Oh, and actually happy birthday to our president. Oh, thank you. Thank you. Um, okay. 16.5. Uh, receive a report from board member Susie Laura. I was nice to you, Susie. Thanks, Lance. I didn't say anything. Okay. Um, I'm going to start off. Uh, I uh, Michael,
033great job. Said everything. Lance, good job. But I'm going to add, so um, I actually saw the Adams family play. Oh my gosh, I laughed so hard. It was so good. So good. That's all I'm going to say. It was just amazing. Um, DC trip, you know, it is what it is. That was that was a bummer, but you know, Bulmont Blue. So, I'm ready for graduation. Um, and welcome to April. And, uh, I know you're going to do a great job. I'm sorry, Evan. You know, it's the way the chips fall, huh? I'm sorry. But, you know, he was so gracious and said, you know, it's the best for the district. I'm like, it's a good thing. Um, also sad to see Carol go, but um I think she's going to do great in
034her new job and everything, but um most importantly is um we have the cream of the crop in Bulmont in Riverside County with our superintendent and um David and I have been on the board for a long time, been through several superintendents and some of you sitting in this room have been through those same superintendents. So um you know what a magnificent gem that we have. She's a diamond and she's not a diamond in the rough. She's a diamond. So, um I just want to publicly say that um I'm so happy that she's our superintendent and she has taken this district to new levels and um you know with the with all of you guys and it's just been really wonderful to watch and um I've known Maize for a long time and it's been
035great. I'm glad she left when she did back years ago because she got some more experience and came back and brought it all back to us. And so now she's back home and I appreciate her. So congratulations, Mace. Thank you. You make me cry. All right. Thank you, Susie. Um, David Sanchez, there's nothing left. [Laughter] Top that, David. Thanks for the challenge scores. Okay, I will tell you our Okay, we talk about our superintendent at the moment. I will tell you it was it was great to hear her name floating around in the community that I work for after she came back from an adult ed presentation or conference that went on. They raved about the story she gave as the keynote speaker. And for that to turn around uh and come to a classroom
036at a school site was was amazing in itself to have that voice and to say, "Oh, I know her." Um, student of the year, of course. Now, there's something about uh those stories and and you need to go to the student of the month uh uh uh breakfast that we have in in the past area because those the the the stories that the students tell you about the diversity and the challenges that they've had, adversity that they've had is is just amazing. to see them uh do better and become great individuals in and in in the fields that they're practicing. Uh and you need to hear them and and you're not going to have a dry eye either. Um one more thing about our superintendent, too. And she she noted it and I'm going to
037note it here because I'm not ashamed of it either. If it's a CTA award, California Teachers Association, but I don't attend those. If it's a CSEA award, I don't attend those. I they give me I get invitations I don't attend for the past 20 plus years if it's an AXO award I have not gone but when I heard it was Maze I made sure I had the time and went to the AXO award so she might know that's the only time I've ever been to an act an acts of function um because I believe our board was most of our board was there and uh she deserved that because it was not easy coming into this district at the time that when when you I mean, we had Moren here. Um, and Moren was in
038that picture, too. She She's still part of our district, no matter what. But, uh, I do I do appreciate the the energy and the, uh, the feeling that that you can, uh, have throughout the district because we are a very rapidly growing district. There's tension all over the place at the school sites because of being uh the capacity issues and to have someone that's levelheaded and and calm. Now they used to say that about my mother but then I they didn't have to live with her but I that that does resonate and as board members we we have to take a pulse of an area based off of uh uh visual clues and certain you know heartbeats of of Bulma and that's appreciated. April, that must have felt like um the an I I don't
039want to say anxiety, but I know there must have been anxiety tonight because being in a new physician at a board meeting, people watching you, making sure you're clicking the right thing on the right screen and making sure the process flows. Uh my heart went out to you and and um you did an awesome job tonight. Thank you. Uh thumbs up. The Adams family, I didn't get to see the whole thing. We got an emergency phone call halfway through and me and me and Lee are walking out and I'm trying to deal with it outside and I'm like, "Oh man, I don't want to ask Drew for another ticket." That was so good. But yeah, the beginning was was amazing and I I still feel a little guilty that I didn't go. And last thing
040because I want to make sure uh the next two speakers have absolutely nothing to say. Um Sanji, thank you for the pin by the way. And I need to make this last comment because I I am getting people because of Atwell. I'm I'm getting people asking me because I I work in Benny about San Gi Middle School. they have district or or area schools and they're asking me about what I think of San Gi because they know my stepson and my kids went to San Gi when they were younger and I'm giving them a very positive comments about the principal too and uh the staff and I've known the staff for a very long time. I'm making this comment because in the past when I said positive things about Sanji when my other three kids
041were there in the past uh Mountain View would be mad. Why do you talk to strangers about how great Sanji is? You don't say anything about M. But I it's just because my kids are there and I have actual knowledge about how they interacted and with the staff. Now, Vic Keyser was an amazing man and I will stand by that principle 100% even up to the last minute right before he retired and and Vick Keyser knew that and so that that was my balance. But I don't have that balance at the moment because it we've you know how that you know how people like to talk and you know things throw up all over the place on social media and stuff. So um if if anybody in the public hears that Mr. Sanchez is only
042supporting Sanji that is not true. It's just I people are coming and asking and I've had real world experience and Mountain View Middle School, you're number one as well. So we have number one split evenly. There's not an A or a B either. Don't forget about Summerwind. Oh, and there's Summerland, too. That's probably a So just an FYI Academy. Thank you, Madam President. Huh? And more K and another K8 to come. I should I'm going to be retired by then. Thank you, David. Moving on to a report from board member Jeff Brown. So, the student of the year event um was an amazing it I've gone every year that I've been on the board and every year I'm kind of surprised at the turnout and the stories and I've been to two or three of
043the student of the month breakfasts. It's it's difficult for me to attend those, but um I do try to make a point of going to one or two of those a year um because um like Mr. Sanchez said, the stories are amazing. Um these kids, our kids are they they have climbed mountains that that many adults have never even seen in the distance. So, I it's it's amazing to me and uh um Miss Davala, the student of the year for 21st century, um has actually written legislation that's been passed into law. Like she's written laws at she's just graduating from high school and and she's already authored bills that are that are law. That's that's astonishing. I raise your hand in this room if you've done that. Um, so it these young adults, these kids,
044we call them kids cuz, you know, it's just how it is. But it's astonishing what they've overcome and what they've accomplished in their lives. And I don't think we can celebrate them enough. Um, it's why we're here, right? I mean, it's why I'm here. I hope it's why all of us are here. But, um, uh, yeah, I just wanted to talk about those kids for a minute and celebrate them one more time. Thank you, Jeff. Okay, so we've talked about Washington DC. Um, but I particularly enjoy um going to Washington DC to advocate for the needs of um schools in school districts in California. And uh so this was my second year going and each year I've been thankful that uh one of the talking points was um for full funding of IDA and um
045as well as the importance of early childhood education. So I'm all over that. Um, and I know that the likelihood of that happening is probably very slim to none, especially right now with the um the way that the country is right now. Um, and things are a little crazy in DC. Uh, but I think it's just so important that we still continue to say what we need um because uh it is it's it's important. And so, um, I I love the advocacy, um, part of that and it was a good trip. Um, no pun intended. Um, it was good. Oh, Melissa. I'm very sorry that Susie Susie got hurt. Um, it's not no fun to see a friend of yours um, in pain and suffering, but did our best to take care of her. My
046nice little Um and so uh anyway, hopefully we're making we're chipping away at um bringing attention to our legislators about what our needs are. And um if we could only keep the focus on the needs of students and not which side is which and who's fighting who, that would be amazing. And so I will continue to say that as long as I can and because that's what I can do and uh now I think it's important for each of us to look at what we can do and do that. Uh so uh that's why I love that so much and the VN graduation was on the same night as the student of the year and I love both but it's an easy choice for me because I just love the V the VM graduation. Uh,
047and uh, this year when I got my masters, is someone timing me? That's a first. [Laughter] Time's up. I'm turning my screen off, by the way. I don't see it. That was so good. Anyway, I'm going to keep talking. Um, this year when I got my master's degree, my aunt gifted me my grandmother's nursing pin. And so I wore it on uh the night of the Vienn graduation and talked about legacy. And I think that um a lot of us don't realize that what we're starting now is a legacy for those to come after us and the things that we do. it does speak to other people and it shows other it strengthens other people just merely by the actions that we take and so uh that was just amazing. I love seeing all the
048adults and how hard they've worked and what they overcome. You know just spoke about our students um you know you have adults with um just hearing the different things that they would read when they got pinned. they each get to say a little statement and it's very inspiring and so I hope that um I'm looking forward to continuing to rem reminding them as well that what they're doing the decisions and accomplishments that they're making it it's a ripple effect and it changes entire families and so I I just love that and Maze you know I I always believe that um you know if if you're trying to be something or accomplish something, it's always wise to look at somebody who has what you want. And so I just feel very fortunate to work with somebody
049who has what I want. And by that I mean just a very strong leader um and knowledgeable and you you treat people with with kindness and respect and dignity and you care about every group of people in this district and I just watch you and I learn from you um because you I want to be like you and I think that um that's it's smart to do that is that we look toward people that we want to possess possess those qualities. And so I'm very fortunate to be able to do this with you. I I really just enjoy the time we get to spend together. And it was good to see Marina and Steve there. And that just goes to show how much you mean to people that even though they're not with the district
050anymore, they show up, you know. And so, um, welcome, April. Uh, you know, Jeff and I, well, and Lance wasn't that long ago that we were new and it was a little scary. So, um, you get a couple months worth of a lot of grace. So, just a couple months, that's it. Just so you know. Well, ongoing, but you know, um, and that's about it. So, thank you. Um, keep pushing. I know it gets a little hairy at the end of the school year. Everybody tends to get more worked up than usual, I feel like, at least in my experience. Um, but with that said, I think we will adjourn this meeting at 7:10 p.m. Thank you.