Jun 16, 2022 School Board

[1. CALL TO ORDER IN PUBLIC SESSION]

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>>> GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT'S MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS CALLED TO ORDER AT 4:30 P.M.

IT IS OPEN SESSION. TONIGHT WE HAVE REQUESTS ADDRESSING CLOSED SESSION ITEMS -- CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEMS I SHOULD SAY. OKAY.

WHILE THE MEETINGS OF THE GOVERNING BOARD ARE NOT PUBLIC MEETINGS, THEY ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON EACH AGENDA OR NONAGENDA ITEM.

THE BOARD WILL LIMIT THE TOTAL TIME FOR PUBLIC INPUT ON EACH ITEM FOR 21 MINUTES AS PER LAW -- DID I SAY THREE MINUTES? IT WAS A TOTAL TIME FOR PUBLIC INPUT.

>> POINT OF CLARIFICATION. THE BOARD ITEM IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER, BUT A TOTAL OF 21 MINUTES PER ITEM.

>> THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER. >> THANK YOU.

>> MAY WE PLEASE HAVE DR. ROBINSON TO THE POED --

PODIUM? >> WELCOME DR. ROBINSON.

>> CAN I GIVE UH COPY? CAN SOMEBODY GIVE IT TO HER OR DO I? DO WE STATE OUR NAME?

>> I DID IT. >> THANK YOU.

>> ESTEEMED BOARD, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MY CONCERNS OF THE BUSD STAKEHOLDER.

YOU WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO EXTEND A CONTRACT THAT INCLUDES A 5% RAISE FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT.

I IMPLORE YOU TO CONSIDER THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS MONUMENTAL DECISION. STRONG SCHOOLS MAKE STRONG COMMUNITIES SO THIS DECISION IS LARGER THAT THIS ONE PERSON.

OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S CHARACTER IS NOT IN QUESTION.

THERE IS NO DOUBT SHE CARES ABOUT THE DISTRICT AND SHE IS INVESTED IN THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT AND SHE IS WILLING TO LEARN AND GROW AND CONTRIBUTE. THIS ISN'T A QUESTION OF CHARACTER. IT IS A QUESTION OF LEADERSHIP.

DOES MRS. TRACY MCSPEARAN HAVE THE ABILITY TO LEAD THROUGH THE CONTRACT TERM? SHE WAS APPOINTED AS INTERIM SUPERINTENDANT AND THE SEARCH FOR VIABLE CANDIDATES.

THE LEGITIMATE PROCESS INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AS THEY WERE APPOINTED IN A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE.

THAT LET HER MORE VULNERABLE TO SCRUTINY AND IT GAVE HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE SHE WAS REALLY THE BEST PERSON FOR THE JOB. HERE IS WHAT THE STAKEHOLDERS SAW. IN JUNE 2019 WHILE SHE WAS OUR SUPERINTENDENT WE LOST FISCAL INDEPENDENCE WHEN THEY WERE NO LONGER TRUSTWORTHY TO WRITE THEIR OWN CHECKS.

THERE WAS AN AUDIT IN THE PRELIMINARY FINDINGS MADE PUBLIC OUTLINING CONCERNS BEGGING THE EFFICACY OF THE CFO SHE HIRED.

THE STATE AUDITED US AND IT WILL HAVE AN ECHO FOR A DECADE OR MORE. PARENTS ARE DISSAY -- DISSATISFIED AS EVIDENCED IN EVERY BOARD MEETING.

THEY PROTESTED OUTSIDE MAYFAIR AND FOLLOWED WITH A PETITION TO REMOVE HER SIGNED BY 1200 PEOPLE.

THE STAFF IS DISSATISFIED AS EVIDENCE BY THEIR PLEAS THROUGH INTERNAL CHANNELS AND THE MONTHLY BOARD MEETINGS AND RESIGNATIONS. WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT THERE WAS NOWHERE FOR ANY DISTRICT TO HIDE.

OPERATING PROCEDURES WERE IN THE OPEN.

NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS HAD PLANS FOR CABBING TKEPL MICK AND FOOD NEEDS, THE BUSD POSTED LIFE SKILLS AND TOLD PARENTS TO GO TO THE NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS FOR RESOURCES.

STACY STEWART, HIRED TO HEAD SPECIAL ED HAD NO EXPERIENCE AND FAILED THROUGH SCHOOL CLOSURES. PRINCIPALS AND STAFFS RALLIED TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND FAMILY, BUT THERE WAS NO DISCREET AND OVERARCHING PLAN. 72% OF THE VOTERS MEASURED THE BOND AND THE NEEDS WERE OVERLOOKED AND STILL REMAIN IN DISREPAIR. DESPITE STATE FUNDING LUNCHES ARE UNPALLETTABLE AND KIDS WHO RELY ON SCHOOL MEALS ARE HUNGRY.

LAST YEAR THERE WAS MONEY FOR COUNSELORS, BUT THEY WERE NOT PROVIDING SUPPORT. IT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED IN. -- ADDRESSED. AS -- IS OUR SUPERINTENDENT READY TO GUIDE US. BEFORE YOU VOTE ASK YOURSELF DID SHE FULFILL HER DUTIES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE.

SHE WAS GIVEN THE CHARGE TO LEAD AND NOT JUST MANAGE.

WHAT DID SHE DO? HER CHARACTER IS NOT IN QUESTION, BUT HER LEADERSHIP FOR THIS DISTRICT HAS TO BE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH DR. ROBINSON.

I WILL MAKE SURE MY COLLEAGUES GET A COPY OF THIS.

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WELCOME MS. KIRSTEN. >> GOOD EVENING.

BEFORE YOU GO INTO CLOSED SESSION I WOULD LIKE FOR TO YOU CONSIDER A FEW QUESTIONS I HAD SINCE THE LAST BOARD MEETING.

DURING THE BUSD BUDGETARY REVIEW IT WAS SAID THE MONIES WERE LEFT OUT OF THE FINANCIALS. I UNDERSTAND WHY THAT IS.

HOWEVER, LIKE THE PROJECTIONS FOR FUTURE FUNDS FOR THE THREE YEARS OUT, WE COULD HAVE INCLUDED AN ASSUMED FIGURE BASED ON HISTORICAL ROLL OVER FUNDS. THIS WOULD GIVE US A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT KIND OF RESERVE WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. WHY IS THE MONEY BEING PURPOSELY EXCLUDED? IS IT BECAUSE THE ROLLOVER IS SO LOW AND WOULD HAVE PEOPLE QUESTIONING WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING? OR IS IT SO HIGH AND WOULD MAKE PEOPLE WONDER WHY THE MONIES ARE NOT BEING SPENT ON STUDENTS.

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

PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO FEEL THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF THE CHANGES.

BOARD MEMBERS, LIKE THE ADMIN TEAM HAS STARTED TO LISTEN TO COMMUNITY WISHES, I HOPE YOU KEEP THEIR WORDS EVER PRESENT WHEN KEEPING -- WHEN MAKING DECISIONS.

THANK YOU. >> MS. KIRSTEN, THANK YOU FOR THAT. DID YOU HAVE YOURS TO WHERE I

CAN GET A COPY OF THAT ALSO? >> I CAN EMAIL IT TO YOU.

>> I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.

MAY I PLEASE HAVE MS. ROBIN -- MS. ROBIN, CAN YOU PRONOUNCE

YOUR LAST NAME, PLEASE? >> MUTZBEL SA* H -- MUTZBALOG.

>> THANK YOU. >> I HAVE BEEN A TEACHER AT MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL FOR 15 YEARS.

I AM NOT HERE TO FORMALLY REPRESENT THE UNION.

I AM SPEAKING INDEPENDENTLY AND FOR MYSELF ALONE.

TODAY I AM STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU HOPEFUL.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN A SCHOOL BOARD MORE INTERESTED IN TAKING CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY. I HAVE BEEN TO COUNTLESS MEETINGS AND ONLY UNTIL THE ADDITION OF MAYA GARZA AND RICHARD DOWNING THERE APPEARS TO BE A DESIRE TO UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL DIRECTION FOR OUR DISTRICT.

I APPRECIATED YOUR FIGHT FOR TRANSPARENCY AND MAKING SURE THE RECORDKEEPING IS ACCURATE EVEN WHILE FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS DID NOT SAW -- SUPPORT YOU IN THE EFFORT.

I APPRECIATE YOU ADVOCATING FOR FIELD TRIPS AND REDUCTION OF FEES FOR AP STUDENTS AND QUESTIONING AND ASKING FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY ON AGENDA ITEMS AND LOOKING AT ACTION PLANS TO MAKE SURE THAT IDEAS BECOME A REALITY.

I AM HOPEFUL FOR YOU, RECEIVE END EVANS, THAT -- REVEREND EVANS THAT THE YEARS OF SERVING THE UNDER PRIVILEGED HAVE LEAD YOU HERE, TO HELP THE PARENTS AND STUDENTS IN NEED OF CHANGE AND LEADERSHIP FOR THIS DISTRICT.

I AM HOPEFUL YOUR CHARACTER IS WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOUR COMMUNITY. I AM HOPEFUL THAT YOU WILL DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR BUSD. OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT HAVE BEEN TRAINED ON A BUSINESS MODEL FOR YEARS, ALL THE WHILE FORGETTING THAT THE PURPOSE IS TO MOLD AND SUPPORT MINDS. AND NOT TO SAVE $102 MILLION AS A RESERVE IN THE BANK. OUR STUDENTS ARE IN NEED OF LEADERSHIP WHO ARE COMPETENT ENOUGH TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON AND BUILDING SAFE ALL WHILE KEEPING FOCUSED THAT THE MAIN GOAL IS TO BUILD FUTURES FOR CHILDREN, NOT SAVE MONEY.

I AM HOPEFUL THAT YOU WILL READ THE PETITION FROM OVER A THOUSAND OF YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ASKING FOR THE REMOVAL OF OUR CURRENT SUPERINTENDENT. I AM HOPEFUL YOU HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO THE PARENTS AND TEACHERS ALIKE ASKING FOR CHANGE IN OUR DISTRICT. I AM HOPEFUL THAT YOU HAVE LOOKED AT THE LACO AUDIT WHERE AUDITORS QUESTIONED THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THEY HAVE QUESTIONED IF YOU ARE GETTING ACCURATE INFORMATION FOR DECISION MAKING. THEY QUESTIONED INCORRECT REPORTINGS THAT WE HEARD FROM OUR LAST MEETING ABOUT OUR FINANCES. THEY HAVE QUESTIONED VIOLATIONS OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL STANDARD.

THE LIST IS LONG. IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

GRANTING A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT FOR TRACY WITHOUT GETTING THE COMPLETE AUDIT FROM THE STATE ESPECIALLY AFTER THESE DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE PUBLIC WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO OUR DISTRICT.

I AM HOPEFUL THAT YOU WILL LISTEN TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOU WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR YOUR STUDENTS AND THAT YOU WILL DO

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY.

[2. CLOSED SESSION]

SESSION. >>> TONIGHT'S MEETING OF THE

[3. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION/CALL TO ORDER]

WE WILL RE-OPEN THE MEETING AT 6:08 P.M.

THE TOPICS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION WERE STUDENT MATTERS, SUPERINTENDANT CONTRACT, PENDING LEGISLATION AND LABOR

[4. REPLACEMENT PAGES]

[5. INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE]

THE INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE. >> AMAZING THAT JUNE IS ALREADY HERE. IF I WAS STILL TEACHING I WOULD SAY IT IS AMAZING THAT JUNE IS FINALLY HERE.

JUNE BRINGS A CELEBRATION OF DADS AND GRADS AND PRIDE MONTH AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATION RETIREES.

WHAT WORDS CAN I BRING TO THIS BOARD MEETING? IT MAY SOUND CLICHE, BUT MY MOTTO HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO LEAVE THE WORLD A LITTLE BETTER THAN I FOUND IT.

MY 32-YEAR TEACHING CAREER IN THE BELLFLOWER SCHOOL DISTRICT ALLOWED ME TO GIVE STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT SCIENCE AND EVALUATING DATA AND DRAWING CONCLUSIONS FOR THEMSELVES. I HOPE THEIR INCREASED SCIENTIFIC LITERACY ALLOWS THEM MANY OPPORTUNITIES IN LIFE.

I AM HAPPY TO HEAR WHEN THEY GO ON TO CAREERS IN SCIENCE AND EDUCATION. MANY KNOW IN 2009 WE ADOPTED A FIVE-YEAR-OLD KID. AT A MAE -- MAYFAIR EVENT I REMEMBER CALLING OUT OUR NEW ADDITION WEIGHED 44 POUNDS.

IT IS 13 YEARS LATER AND THAT KID JUST GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL HIMSELF AND ACCEPTED TO CAL STATE LONG BEACH.

HE WANTS TO MAJOR IN EDUCATION, NOT SURE WHERE HE GOT THIS IDEA.

AND I CAN DEFINITELY SAY WE MADE HIS WORLD A LITTLE BETTER AND HE WILL MAKE THE WORLD BETTER FOR KIDS DOWN THE ROAD.

TEACHING HAS ALLOWED ME TO MAKE THE WORLD A LITTLE BETTER AND RETIREMENT ALLOWED ME TO TKHAOS -- CHOOSE HOW I WANT TO LEAVE THAT MARK. I CAN DELIVER FOOD FOR SENIORS AND MEET FORMER STUDENTS AND ENJOY THE MAYFAIR FACULTY BOOK CLUB AND HAVE LUNCH WITH RETIRED COLLEAGUES WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT A 36-MINUTE LUNCH PERIOD. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE RETIREES AND FOR WHATEVER YOU ALL MAY BE CELEBRATING THIS MONTH.

I HOPE YOU ARE INSPIRED TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. FAULK. AND NOW WE HAVE A RETIRED BUSD

[6. FLAG SALUTE]

WELCOME. >> WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME IN THE FLAG SALUTE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IS STANDS, ONE NATION, ARE UNDERGOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH

LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[7. ORAL REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS]

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SO WE HAVE RECOGNITIONS TONIGHT. >> AND IF WE CAN ASK THE BOARD TO COME DOWN FOR THE RECOGNITIONS AND MS. CARTER WILL BE LEADING THOSE ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD.

>> THIS EVENING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO PROVIDED SERVICE TO BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENTS IN AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM.

DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS, WE WERE UNABLE TO RECOGNIZE THESE RETIREES IN PERSON AT THE TIME OF THEIR RETIREMENT AND ARE EXCITED TO HAVE THEM HERE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT.

OUR STAFF MEMBERS WHO RETIRED AT THE END OF 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR ARE, ANTASSAR DOUSE. [APPLAUSE].

PROVIDED 19 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD.

ANTASSAR WAS HIRED IN 1999 AS A FOOD SERVICE ASSISTANT WITH THE FOOD SERVICE DEPARTMENT. HE RETIRED IN 2019 WITH 19 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD. HE -- SHE IS DESCRIBED AS BEING A RAY OF SUNSHINE IN THE KITCHEN.

ANY TIME SOMEONE WAS HAVING ANY KIND OF EVENT SHE WOULD MAKE EVERYONE FROM SCRATCH THE MOST DELICIOUS TREATS.

THEIR FAVORITE WAS HER BACH -- BAKLAVA.

SHE WAS KIND TO ALL THOSE WHO WORKED WITH HER.

SHE WAS FRIENDLY WHEREVER NEEDED.

THERE WERE TIMES SHE WAS CALLED TO TROEUPB NEW EPL -- TRAIN NEW EMPLOYEES AND SHE NEVER HESITATED TO MAKE NEW STAFF FEEL WELL COMBED -- WELCOMED. HER STAFF TRULY ENJOYED WORKING WITH HER. WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ANTASSAR. [APPLAUSE].

[APPLAUSE]. >> THE NEXT PERSON WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE IS DEBORAH GUZMAN. CAN THEY PLEASE COME FORWARD? [APPLAUSE]. DEB -- DEBORAH GUZMAN PROVIDED 20 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD. SHE WAS A LOYAL BELL TPHROU -- BELLFLOWER BUCCANEER. SHE STARTED AS A MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCIAL SCIENCE TEACHER AND THEN TRANSITIONED TO TEACHING ALL HIGH SCHOOL COURSES INCLUDING HISTORY, AP U.S. HISTORY AND ECONOMICS. HER EXCITEMENT FOR HISTORY EXTENDED BEYOND THE CLASSROOM A -- AS SHE WAS THE DEPARTMENT LEADER FOR MANY YEARS. SHE WAS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING CIVIC LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT AT BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL AS SHE WAS ONE OF THE TEACHERS WHO BROUGHT THE CIVIC LEARNING INITIATIVE TO BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL HELPING STUDENTS CONNECT TO THEIR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS, DEBORAH. [APPLAUSE].

CAN KIM STEVENS PLEASE COME FORWARD.

KAY STEVENS PROVIDED 21 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD.

SHE WAS A LOYAL PANTHER AND HAS EVEN TAUGHT THE CHILDREN OF SOME OF HER VERY OWN STUDENTS. MRS. STEVENS WAS A PART OF THE UPPER GRADE TEAM AND SPENT MANY YEARS TEACHING 6TH GRADE.

WHILE AT ERNIE PILE SHE VOLUNTEERED HER OWN TIME AFTER SCHOOL TO TEACH SEWING TO MANY STUDENTS.

ALSO, AS A LIFE-LONG LEARNER SHE CONTINUED HER PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND EARNED A DOCTORATE DEGREE IN 2017.

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IN RETIREMENT, SHE CONTINUES HER SUPPORT OF BUSD STUDENTS THROUGH THE STEVENS UP SHAW FOUNDATION THAT GAVE SCHOLARSHIPS TO THREE BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS, KAY. CAN BARBARA SOLIS PLEASE COME FORWARD. BARBARA PROVIDED 26 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD. SHE WAS HIRED IN 1993 AS A FOOD SERVICE ASSISTANT 2 WITH THE FOOD SERVICE DEPARTMENT.

SHE SERVED AS FOOD SERVICE MANAGER 1 AND FOOD SERVICE ASSISTANT THREE. IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL HATS BARBARA WORE IN NUTRITION SERVICES, BARBARA CREATED SOME OF THE SYSTEMS AND OPERATIONS FROM THE PRODUCTION AND DELIVERY OF OUR MEALS, MANY OF WHICH WE USE TO THIS DAY NEARLY TWO AND A HALF YEARS AFTER RETIREMENT. SHE HELPED SUPPORT CANDICE IN HER FIRST YEAR AS DIRECTER AND KEPT OUR TEAM FUNCTIONING AT EASE. SHE WAS A FAST LEARNER AND SAW THE VISION AS SOON AS CANDICE SAID IT AND NOT ONLY QUICKLY IMPLEMENTED IT, BUT WAS ALWAYS ABLE TO GIVE ADDITIONAL BENEFICIAL SUGGESTIONS. WHILE SHE DID ALL OF THIS, YOU NEVER SAW HER SWEAT. SHE WAS ALWAYS COOL, CALM AND COLLECTED AND CARED SO DEEPLY FOR HER JOB AND HER COLLEAGUES.

THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS, BARBARA.

[APPLAUSE]. CAN HELEN DIEL COME FORWARD, PLEASE? [APPLAUSE].

HELEN PROVIDED 28 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD.

SINCE JOINING HELEN POSITIVELY IMPACTED STUDENTS AT WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY. SHE TAUGHT A SPECIAL EDUCATION SPECIAL DAY CLASS AND THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADES. AS AN AVID READER IT WAS IMPORTANT SHE PASSED ON HER PASSION OF READING TO HER STUDENTS. SHE ENJOYED COLLABORATING WITH HER COLLEAGUES AND GUIDED AND INSPIRED MANY TEACHERS ALONG THE WAY. SHE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO TRY NEW BEST PRACTICES AND ALWAYS PUT HER STUDENTS FIRST.

DURING RETIREMENT SHE PLANS TO VOLUNTEER AT A HOSPITAL AS A BABY CUDDLER AND IS LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING TIME WITH HER SIX GRANDDAUGHTERS. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS, HELP -- HELEN. [APPLAUSE].

CAN DEBORAH BOYCE PLEASE COME FORWARD.

[APPLAUSE]. DEBORAH PROVIDED 30 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD. SHE WAS HIRED IN 1989 AS A FOOD SERVICE ASSISTANT 2 AND A FOOD -- AND IN HAD -- IN THE FOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT.

SHE SERVED AS A SNACK BAR OPERATOR UNTIL SHE RETIRED IN 2019. SHE WAS THE INFLUENTIAL KITCHEN MANAGER AT MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL. SHE HAD AN ABUNDANCE OF INFORMATION AND SHE MADE HER JOB AS MANAGER LOOK EFFORTLESS AND WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO COMPLETE WHAT WAS NEEDED. HER TEAM RESPECTED AND APPRECIATED HER AND MANY OF THEM STILL TALK ABOUT HOW THEY LOOK UP TO HER. NO MATTER HOW BUSY OR HECK -- HECTIC IT GOT AT MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL, SHE ALWAYS APPROACHED EVERY SITUATION WITH A KIND AND OPEN HEART.

HER INFLUENCE ON MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL'S OPERATION IS FELT THROUGH THE LEGACY OF HER TEAM. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.

[APPLAUSE]. CAN PAUL RENICKER COME FORWARD? PAUL PROVIDED 33 YEARS OF SERVICE TO D -- TO BUSD.

AFTER JOINING HE WAS A LOYAL RAMONA RAM FOR 32 YEARS AND TAUGHT ONE YEAR AT BELLFLOWER MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL.

HE DEEPLY CARED ABOUT THE RAMONA AND BUSD COMMUNITY.

HE TAUGHT FOURTH AND SIXTH GRADE AND SERVED AS A LEAD TEACHER AND SCHOOL COUNSEL REPRESENTATIVE AND A GATE FACILITATOR AND A MEMBER OF THE DISTRICT ADVISORY GROUP.

HIS DEDICATION TO HIS PROFESSION AWARDED HIM THE PTA HONORARY SERVICE AWARD AND LAKER TEACHER OF THE MONTH.

SOME OF HIS FAVORITE MEMORIES OVER THE YEARS WERE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND MEETING NEW STUDENTS.

CONGRATULATIONS, PAUL. [APPLAUSE].

MARK TODI, CAN YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD.

[APPLAUSE]. MARK PROVIDED 35 YEARS OF

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HE ALSO SERVED AS THE TRANSPORTATION MANAGER UNTIL HE RETIRED IN 2019. WHEN MARK STARTED WITH THE DISTRICT HE WAS A MECHANIC MAINTAINING SCHOOL BUSES AND ALSO DROVE A BUS WHEN AN ADDITIONAL BUS DRIVER WAS NEEDED. MARK WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ACQUIRING NATURAL GAS BUSS AND WORKED WITH AQMD TO REMOVE DIESEL BUSES FROM USE.

HE SECURED TWO FULL ELECTRIC BUSES WITH INDEPENDENT METER CHARGING STATIONS FOR THOSE BUSES WHICH HE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN ACQUIRE -- ACQUIRING THROUGH GRANTS.

HE HELPED DESIGN THE NEW MECHANIC SHOP AND WITH THE RECONFIGURATION WITH THE BUSYARD.

MARK WAS AND CONTINUED -- CONTINUES TO BE A GREAT MENTOR TO HIS FELLOW EMPLOYEES. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL TO MOVING TO A MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY FLEET.

HE GAVE GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND A HELPFUL AND COURTEOUS WAY. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.

CAN CAROLYN KELLY PLEASE COME FORWARD? [APPLAUSE]. CAROLYN PROVIDED 38 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD. SINCE 1981 UNTIL HER RECENT RETIREMENT, MS. KELLY SERVED AS THE CORAL DIRECTOR AND VOCAL MUSIC TEACHER FOR BELLFLOWER MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE TAUGHT VARIOUS COURSES INCLUDING MEN'S CHORUS, MIXED CHORUS, WOMEN'S CHOIR, ANGELS, VOCAL ENSEMBLE, ADVANCED PLACEMENT, MUSIC THEORY AND JUNIOR VOCAL ENSEMBLE.

SHE SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE SITE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM, BUT SUPPORT ADVISER AND DISTRICT ADVISORY LEADER.

AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE 2001/2002 SCHOOL YEAR, MS. KELLY WAS SELECTED AS BELLFLOWER TEACHER OF THE YEAR AND THE BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

AS THE MUSIC TEACHER SHE INCLUDED ANYONE WHO WANTED TO MAKE MUSIC, LEARN ABOUT MUSIC OR BE A PART OF SOMETHING.

SHE INTRODUCED STUDENTS TO A WORLD OF MUSICAL HISTORY AND THEORY. SHE ORGANIZED WEEK-LONG TOURS FOR STUDENTS THAT FOCUS NOT ONLY ON PERFORMING, BUT BROADENING THEIR HORIZONS. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS, CAROLYN. [APPLAUSE].

CAN PHYLLIS HERNANDEZ PLEASE COME FORWARD? [APPLAUSE]. PHYLLIS PROVIDED 40 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD. SHE WAS HIRED IN 1980 AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL AID FOR THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

SHE SERVED AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT AT THOMAS JEFFERSON BASK PRESCHOOL, APPLE REACH AND THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM.

PHYLLIS' CONTRIBUTION TO THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM IS EXEMPLARY AND HER PATIENCE AND DEDICATION IS COMMENDABLE.

HER PROFESSIONALISM AND WORK ETHIC SET A POSITIVE EXAMPLE FOR HER CO-WORKERS. SHE REPRESENTED THE PROGRAM WELL BY PROVIDING COMPASSIONATE SUPPORT TO FAMILIES.

HER FRIENDLY AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE WHILE ALWAYS MAINTAINING A SENSE OF HONESTY AND INTEGRITY WAS TRULY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.

[APPLAUSE]. THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE 2019/2020 SCHOOL YEAR THAT COULD NOT ATTEND THIS EVENING. KIM JACOSMON, 31.

GEORGE BOWLER, 29 YEARS, LINDA RUNDAL20 YEARS.

SHELLY ALLEN, 21 YEARS. AMBROSIO, 35 YEARS.

DIANE, 30 YEARS, ALEXANDRA FLETCHER, 20 YEARS.

ROBERT HAMM, 14 YEARS. GREGORY HOOSMAN14 YEARS.

ELIZABETH ROSNER, 22 YEARS. JANICE SAUL, 25 YEARS.

CHRISTIE SPEAR, 32 YEARS. LINDA SPINCOLA, 26 YEARS.

ANTHONY TATE, 30 YEARS. SALLY TATE, 34 YEARS.

PAUL ALMOND, 31 YEARS. FRIDACHOW WONG, 301 YEARS.

CARLOS, 13 YEARS. MICHAEL CARSON, 40 YEARS.

SALLY GRENICH18 YEARS. SUSAN MCRAY 21 YEARS.

MARLENE NOVICE, 25 YEARS. JAMES SHERHOW39 YEARS.

ROBERT CURL, 20 YEARS. DIANE FERGUSON, FOUR YEARS.

BRIAN KENIBREW, 22 YEARS. AND SANDRA ROSE 16 YEARS.

OUR RETIREES FOR THE 2019/2020 COMBINED HAVE DEDICATED 952

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THE BOARD THANKS EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND EFFORTS AND HELPING US BUILD FUTURES. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

[APPLAUSE]. YOU -- NEXT, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WANT TO THANK THOSE WHO PROVIDED SERVICE TO BUSD, STUDENTS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASS -- CLASSROOM FOR THE 2020/2021 SCHOOL YEAR. DUE TO COVID WE WERE UNABLE TO RECOGNIZE THESE PERSONS IN PERSON AND ARE EXCITED TO DO SO TONIGHT. OUR STAFF MEMBER WH*Z RETIRED -- WHO RETIRED AT THE END OF THE YEAR ARE KENT -- CAN LORI VAN HOFWIGEN COME TO THE FRONT? [APPLAUSE].

LORI PROVIDED 15 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD.

SHE WAS HIRED IN 2005 AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT SPECIAL ED AT MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL. SHE SERVED AS THE ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT FOR APPLE REACH, THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND BUSD FISCAL SERVICES WHERE SHE SERVED UNTIL SHE RETIRED IN 2021. LORI WAS AN ADVOCATE ■FOR STUDENTS AND HARD WORKER. SO MUCH SO SHE WORKED THROUGH HER HIP SURGERY WHILE WORKING WITH US IN FISCAL SERVICES.

NOT ONLY WAS SHE AN EMPLOYEE, BUT ALSO A PARENT.

WHEN SHE WAS NOT WORKING SHE ENJOYED SPENDING TIME WITH HER FAMILY AND VISITING TENNESSEE. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS, LORI. CAN DONNA VEYA PLEASE COME FORWARD? [APPLAUSE].

DONNA HAS PROVIDED 26 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD.

SHE WAS HIRED IN 1994 AS A FOOD SERVICE ASSISTANT 2 WITH THE FOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT. SHE SERVED AS FOOD SUPERVISOR 2.

DONNA RETIRED IN 2021. DONNA WAS CANDICE'S RIGHT HAND FOR HER FIRST THREE YEARS AS DIRECTOR.

SHE KNEW THE INS AND OUTS OF ALL OPERATIONS OF THE FOOD SERVICE DEPARTMENT. SHE WORKED HER WAY UP THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT AND BECAME THE DEPARTMENT'S MVP.

WHETHER YOU SAW HER AT A DESK ORDERING FOOD ITEMS OR A FORK-LIFT MOVING PRODUCT AND DOING SITE VISITS TO SUPERVISORS OR STAFF OR THE CATERING TEAM BY PACKING LUNCHES FOR EVENTS, DONNA WAS ALWAYS THERE. SHE STAYED LONG DAYS AND IS ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING AND LOYAL PEOPLE.

ONE OF HER SAYINGS WAS, WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT, AND THEY DID.

WHEN COVID HIT, DONNA WAS THE FOOD SERVICE DIRECTOR ON THE PHONE WITH -- SHE WAS ON THE PHONE WITH THEM UNTIL 8 P.M.

MANY NIGHTS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO FEED OUR STUDENTS.

SHE NEVER COMPLAINED AND SHE GAVE HER HEART TO OUR DEPARTMENT AND STAFF. STAFF DESCRIBED HER AS LOVING, CARING, HARD WORKING AND GIVING A THOUSAND PERCENT.

SHE WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE AN INTEGRAL PART TO BUSD'S NUTRITION SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS, DONNA. AND THERESA PEREZ PLEASE COME FORWARD? [APPLAUSE].

THERESA HAS PROVIDED 28 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD.

SHE WAS HIRED IN 1993 AS A CHILD CARE ATTENDANT WITH HEAD START.

SHE WAS ALSO A CLERK AT BUHS. APPLE, HEAD START AND FISCAL SERVICES. SHE RETIRED IN 2021 SERVING AS AN ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT IN FISCAL SERVICES.

THERESA WAS A HARD WORKER AND ADVOCATE FOR STAFF.

SHE SERVED ON THE CSCA BOARD FOR MANY YEARS AND HELPED WITH THE HEALTH AND BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEES.

SHE LOVES TO ENJOY TIME WITH HER FAMILY, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THEY HAVE MOVED CLOSER TO HER. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS, THERESA. [APPLAUSE].

CAN JONATHON FAULK PLEASE COME FORWARD? [APPLAUSE]. MR. FAULK PROVIDED 32 YEARS OF SERVICE TO PU -- P -- BUSD. HE WAS A MAN SOON.

HE WAS PART OF THE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AND TAUGHT CHEMISTRY AND AP CHEMISTRY, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, PHYSICAL SCIENCE AND LIFE SCIENCE. HE SERVED AS THE DEPARTMENT CHAIR, FACULTY FOLLY CO-CHAIR AND THE CHAIR OF THE FACULTY BOOK CLUB. HE WAS RECOGNIZED WITH THE BTA AWARD WITH A YEARBOOK DEDICATION AND HOMECOMING GRAND MARSHAL IN 2016. HE TRULY ENJOYED THE POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM STUDENTS AND LOVES TO SEE THEM FURTHER THEIR

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THANK YOU AND CON TKPWRAT HRAEUGTS -- CONGRATULATIONS.

[APPLAUSE]. THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE INDIVIDUALS FROM 2020/2021 THAT COULD NOT ATTEND THIS EVENING. WENDY DOUGH -- WENDY BOWAN, 21 YEARS. JENNIFER BROOKS, 31 YEARS.

REGINA COPELAND, 27 YEARS. JEFF COULTER, 26 YEARS.

SUSAN COVEN, 41 YEARS. VINCENT GONZALEZ, 36 YEARS.

YVONNE HIBBING, 30 YEARS. KIMBERLY KAISER, 29 YEARS.

VEGO MANGOLD, 25 YEARS. MICHELLE MGAW25 YEARS.

MARIO, 17 YEARS. PAULA PEARSON, 22 YEARS.

KENNY FABLE 24 YEARS. ESTELLE TAYLOR, 26 YEARS.

FRIDA FERNANDEZ, 20 YEARS. SHARON WALL -- WALSH, 20 YEARS.

LAVERNE BORNS, 18 YEARS. SALLY, 23 YEARS.

MARY CROOK, 20 YEARS. MARIA, 23 YEARS.

ELIZABETH MARTINEZ, 23 YEARS. SUSIE PEREZ, 30 YEARS.

DAVID ROSE, 15 YEARS. LAURA SANCHEZ, 20 YEARS.

DIANE SINCLAIR, 28 YEARS. NORMANDO BALANCE LOW HUA --

BALBOA, 19 YEARS. >> MARCY DELGADO, 36 YEARS.

MILINA GUTIERREZ, 7 YEARS. SILVIA HEDA25 YEARS, BARBARA JACKSON, 22 YEARS, KEITH LOFTON, 31 YEARS.

LINDA SCOTT, 19 YEARS. OUR RETIREES FOR THE 2020/2021 SCHOOL YEAR WERE COMBINED AND THEY HAVE A DEDICATED OF 914 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR DISTRICT.

[APPLAUSE]. THE BOARD THANKS YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND EFFORTS IN HELPING BUILD FUTURES AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO THE 2020/2021 RETIREES.

FINALLY, THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO PROVIDED SERVICE TO BUSD STUDENTS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM FOR THE 2021/2022 SCHOOL YEAR.

STAFF MEMBERS WHO RETIRED AT THE END OF 2021/2022 ARE -- CAN LIEE COME FORWARD? LUCINDA PROVIDED 15 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD. LUCINDA WAS HIRED IN 2006 AS A CAREER TECHNICIAN AND SERVED IN THAT POSITION UNTIL SHE RETIRED IN 2021. CINDY EMPATHIZED WITH MAYFAIR STUDENTS. SHE WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO MAKE SURE EVERY STUDENT IN NEED RECEIVED THE SCHOLARSHIPS THEY DESERVED. HER 14 YEARS SHE COORDINATED CAREER FAIRS AND COORDINATED AND ATTENDED COLLEGE TOURS AND ADVISED STUDENTS ON CAREERS AND WAS THE K -- WAS THE CAL APPS LIAISON. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS, CINDY. [APPLAUSE].

CAN SUSAN NICOLETTI PLEASE COME FORWARD.

[APPLAUSE]. SUSAN HAS PROVIDED 17 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD. MS. NICOLETTI STARTED AT BELL TPHROU YES, SIR UNIFIED -- BELL TPHROU -- BELLFLOWER IN 1995.

SHE TAUGHT A VARIETY OF COURSES, AP GOVERNMENT, U.S. GOVERNMENT AND INTRODUCTION TO LAW. SHE HAS SERVED AS THE CLASS ADVISER AND A FACULTY ADVISER FOR MULTIPLE CLUBS.

SHE IS A PASSIONATE EDUCATOR WHO LOVES TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE IN A WAY THAT MOTIVATES STUDENTS AND INFLUENCES THEIR LIVES WELL AFTER GRADUATION. WITH THAT SAID, MS. NICOLETTI WAS INFLUENTIAL AND BELLFLOWER PWAEG NAMED A CALIFORNIA DEMOCRACY SCHOOL, A RECIPIENT OF THE EDUCATION CIVIC EXCELLENCE AWARD AND A CSBA GOLDEN BELL AWARD.

TO FURTHER OUR STUDENTS' INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY SHE ORGANIZED SENIOR PROJECTS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS AND HELPED STUDENTS SEEK OUT OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

MS. NICOLETTI BROUGHT THE COURT PROGRAM TO BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL. SHE SPENT ENDLESS HOURS GUIDING HISTORY TEACHERS SO THEY COULD PROVIDE ALL STUDENTS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO EFFECTIVELY AND RESPONSIBLY

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>> MR. NGUYEN PROVIDED 28 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD.

SINCE JOINING BUSD, HE WAS A LOYAL MAYFAIR MONSOON.

MR. NGUYEN WAS PART OF THE HIGH SCHOOL MATH DEPARTMENT AND TAUGHT HONORS MATH ANALYSIS AND AP CALCULUS AND AP STATISTICS AND HONORS INTEGRATED MATH 3. MR. NGUYEN IMPACTED COUNTLESS STUDENTS IN THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF COURSES OFFERED AT MAYFAIR.

MANY STUDENTS CONTINUED THEIR EDUCATION IN THE COMPUTER AND SCIENCE FIELD. FOR HIS DEDICATION IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION, MR. NGUYEN WAS AWARDED AN HONORARY DEGREE BY CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY WHERE ONE OF HIS FORMER STUDENTS IS A PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.

[APPLAUSE]. CAN ELIZABETH ARCHILETTA PLEASE COME FORWARD. [APPLAUSE].

ELIZABETH PROVIDED 30 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD.

SHE WAS HIRED IN 1992 AS A FOOD SERVICE ASSISTANT WITH THE FOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT. SHE ALSO SERVED AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION AID AND TRANSITIONED TO MAYFAIR AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION AID. ELIZABETH WAS A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO THE STUDENTS AND STAFF OF THE CLASSROOMS SHE SERVED.

SHE ASSISTED MEETING THE STUDENTS' EMOTIONAL AND ACADEMIC NEEDS IN A CARING MANNER. HER PRESENCE WILL BE MISSED.

THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS, ELIZABETH.

[APPLAUSE]. CAN MELODY HOWARD PLEASE COME FORWARD. [APPLAUSE].

MEDICAL TKAU -- MELODY PROVIDED 31 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD.

SHE STARTED TEACHING IN 1977. SHE WAS HIRED AT BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IN 1991 AND ONLY TAUGHT AT JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY. WA*UPB -- ONE OF MRS. HOWARD'S FAVORITE MEMORIES IS WHEN THE FORMER FIRST GRADE STUDENTS RETURN TO HELP VOLUNTEER AS COLLEGE STUDENTS.

MRS. HOWARD HAS SERVED AS THE SCHOOL PTA SECRETARY, COUNSEL SECRETARY AND ENGLISH LEARNER COORDINATOR AND FACILITATOR AND A MEMBER OF THE LEADERSHIP TEAM. ONE OF HER MOST UNUSUAL DUTIES WAS TO MAKE COTTON CANDY FOR THE SCHOOL CARNIVAL.

WHEN MS. HOWARD RETIRES SHE PLANS TO TRAVEL WITH HER HUSBAND, VOLUNTEERING AT JEFFERSON AND WORKING WITH HER CHILDREN AT HER CHURCH. MS. HOWARD SAID TEACHING AT JEFFERSON THE LAST 31 YEARS HAS BEEN A DREAM COME TRUE.

THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS, MELODY.

KWAN SUE -- CAN AOU -- CAN SUZANNE PERELLA PLEASE COME FORWARD? MS. PERELLA PROVIDED 31 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD. SINCE JOINING SHE WAS A LOYAL BELLFLOWER BUCCANEER. SHE WAS A PART OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT AND WORLD LANGUAGES DEPARTMENTS.

OVER HER CAREER SHE TAUGHT NEW COMER ELD, BEGINNING U INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED FRENCH.

HER KNOWLEDGE OF FRENCH WITH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION HELPED TO GROW THE FRENCH PROGRAM. SHE HAS SERVED AS THE ELD INSTRUCTION ALLEYEDER AND -- INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER AND TEST COORDINATOR. SHE HAS A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR LAPPING WEDGE AND LEARNING AND KEPT -- LANGUAGE AND LEARNING AND KEPT STUDENTS INTRIGUED AND ENGAGED.

SHE WAS SELECTED AS BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR. THANK YOU AND CON STKPWRAT -- CON TKPWRALT LAYINGSES, SUSAN. -- CONGRATULATIONS, SUSAN.

CAN CHRISTIE PALMER PLEASE COME FORWARD? [APPLAUSE]. CHRISTIE PROVIDED 33 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD. SHE BEGAN IN 1989 AND HAS TAUGHT AT THREE BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOLS IN SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADES.

DURING HER TENURE WITH BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SHE HAS

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CHRISTIE'S PLANS FOR RETIREMENT INCLUDE DAILY GAMES OF PICKLEBALL, SPENDING TIME TRAVELING WITH FAMILY AND STEPPING INTO A MINISTRY POSITION AT EMANUEL CHURCH IN PARAMOUNT AS THE COUPLE'S MINISTRY COORDINATOR.

THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE].

CAN TAMMY FERBER PLEASE COME FORWARD.

[APPLAUSE]. MS. 23-RBGS ER -- MS. FERBER PROVIDED 34 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD.

SHE WORKED WHILE COMPLETING HER MASTERS IN SCIENCE AND EDUCATION. SHE STARTED TEACHING IN 1985 AND HAS BEEN A TEACHER FOR 40 YEARS. SHE HAS WORKED AT WASHINGTON, WOODRUFF AND FINELY AT JEFFERSON.

FINALLY AT JEFFERSON. SOME FAVORITE MEMORIES ARE BEACH BUM BUDDIES AND A ST. PATRICK'S DAY PRANK ON HER AND HER STUDENTS. SHE WILL MISS THE COMRADERY OF THE STAFF AS SHE HAS MADE MANY GOOD FRIENDS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. HER FUTURE PLANS ARE TO BE ON GRANDMA DUTY WHERE SHE WILL GET TO BE WITH HER GRANDCHILDREN DAILY. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS, TAMMY. [APPLAUSE].

CANTER RE-- CAN TERRY SCOFIELD PLEASE COME FORWARD? [APPLAUSE]. MS. SCOFIELD PROVIDED 35 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BUSD. TERRY WAS HIRED IN 1986 AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL AID FOR HEAD START.

SHE ALSO SERVED SOMERSET AND BELLFLOWER HIGH AS A CLERK AND AS A SECRETARY AT ERNIE PILE AND ES -- AND ESTHER LINDSTROM.

SHE HAS BEEN A PARENT, GRANDPARENTS AND EMPLOYEE.

RECENTLY SHE SERVED AS THE LINDSTROM SECRETARY.

HER COLLEAGUES KNOW TERRY TO BE HONEST, HARD WORKER AND SUPER ORGANIZED. SHE IS ALWAYS READY TO GO BEYOND WHAT IS EXPECTED IN HER ROLE AND DO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. TERRY IS A PERSON WHO HAS A WELL-ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP WITH STAFF THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT GIVEN HER PARTICIPATION IN A VARIETY OF ROLES.

WHEN NOT AT WORK, TERRY CAN BE SEEN AT BASEBALL GAMES, SOCCER GAME AND OTHER SPORTING EVENTS THROUGHOUT BUSD.

THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS, TERRY.

THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE INDIVIDUALS FROM 2021/2022 THAT COULD NOT ATTEND THIS EVENING.

SANDRA, 16 YEARS. SHERRY LORAN, 22 YEARS.

LEON, 16 YEARS. AARON BELLOW, 22 YEARS.

JUDY INGRAM, 34 YEARS. DARRELL NISHIMOTO, 19 YEARS.

ROSEMARY BASERA, 27 YEARS. BRENDA HEATON, 27 YEARS.

BRADLEY NORMAN, 22 YEARS. JULIA HUMBLE, 30 YEARS.

MATTHEW TIDER, 27 YEARS. JULIE CURL, 25 YEARS.

BRIAN HAMILTON, 29 YEARS. DANNY O'NEIL, 28 YEARS.

STEVEN VAN NORD, 28 YEARS. ROY, 15 YEARS.

ESTHER GARCIA, 23 YEARS. SEAN GASPER, 28 YEARS.

VAUGHN PITTS, 32 YEARS. CABRERA, 17 YEARS.

JERRY JOHNSON, 36 YEARS. AND HELEN MORSOLI, 34 YEARS.

OUR RETIREES FOR THE 2021/2022 SCHOOL YEAR COMBINED HAVE DEDICATED 812 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR DISTRICT.

[APPLAUSE]. THE BOARD THANKS EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND EFFORTS IN HELPING US BUILD FUTURES AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO THE 2021/2022 RETIREES.

AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ALL OF THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT ARE HERE TO SUPPORT OUR RETIREES TO PLEASE STAND TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED. [APPLAUSE].

WE THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORT YOU HAVE GIVEN OUR RETIREES NOT ONLY TONIGHT, BUT DURING THEIR SERVICE TO BUSD STUDENTS.

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THIS CONCLUDES RECOGNITION. >> SO AT THIS TIME, I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR RETIREES ONE MORE TIME.

[APPLAUSE]. THEY LOOK SO HAPPY AND THEY ARE READY TO GO ON VACATION AND THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN ON VACATION.

ANYWAYS, AT THIS TIME WE WILL HAVE A 15-MINUTE RECESS.

WE WILL RESUME AT 8:03. 7:03? 7:03

>> WE WILL NOW CONTINUE WITH OUR REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS.

IT IS 7:12. IT IS TIME FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, MEMBERS, COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS.

LET'S BEGIN WITH MR. -- BOARD MEMBER MR. DOWNING.

>> THANK YOU. I LEFT MY LIST OF WHERE I WENT AND WHAT I DID THIS PAST MONTH, BUT I'LL TRY TO REMEMBER.

I DID VISIT FIVE DIFFERENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THIS PAST MONTH. THERE WERE PARENTS WITH PRE-KINDERGARTENER CHILDREN AND EVEN PRE-K.

I GOT TO GO TO THE KHRAGS ROOMS -- CLASSROOMS AND IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. AS A BOARD TPHEB -- MEMBER WE TRY TO GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND SEE WHAT OUR TEACHERS ARE ACTUALLY DOING, AND IT WAS GREAT.

WE HAD THREE HIGH SCHOOLS GRADUATE.

MAYFAIR AND BELLFLOWER ON JUNE 2ND.

OUR STAFF, THEY PUT TOGETHER SUCH A GREAT SHOW AND WE CON -- CONGRATULATE THE GRADUATES AND IT IS A GREAT TIME TO BE A BOARD MEMBER. THIS TIME OF YEAR IS A DRUDGERY, BUT NOT THIS TIME OF YEAR. ANY ASPIRATIONS TO BE A BOARD MEMBER, THINK OF GRADUATIONS. IT IS THE BEST TIME OF THE YEAR.

I KNOW THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS I DID, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER THEM ALL. GETTING OLD.

IT IS NOT EASY FOR THE FAINT OF HEART.

YEAH, I WONDER. I'M NOT SURE.

MY BIRTHDAY IS ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND SANTA IS ALWAYS GOOD TO ME.

ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER DOWNING.

CAN WE PLEASE HEAR FROM BOARD MEMBER GARZA?

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. WELCOME.

I JUST WANT TO REPORT THAT I ALSO ATTENDED THE BEAUTIFUL CEREMONIES FOR GRADUATION OF ALL THREE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.

THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR I GET TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS AND I WAS HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH MY HUSBAND.

BEING IN TEACHING, YOU CAN'T JUST KEEP GOING AND GOING AND THEN YOU STOP AND PICK UP AGAIN. IT IS A CYCLE.

MY HUSBAND REMINDED ME THAT THIS IS A CULMINATION THAT AS TEACHERS WE DO. THAT'S RIGHT.

I ONLY GET TO SEE THE BEGINNING STAGES.

AS A BOARD MEMBER I CAN SEE IT THROUGH FRUITION.

IT IS MAKING SURE WE SUPPORT OUR KIDS AND THEY ARE ACHIEVING HIGH LEVELS OF SUCCESS. IT IS A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE FOR ME THIS YEAR. ALSO I WENT TO A SELL -- CELEBRATION WHERE THEY SHOWCASED THE STUDENTS AND THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. AND THEY HANDED OUT AWARDS.

OH, I DID WANT TO MENTION OEU RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM MRS. HANNAH HOFFMAN AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE HER AND HER KIDS A SHOUTOUT. THEY DID AN AMAZING, AMAZING JOB

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>> THERE IS ONE MORE ITEM I WANTED TO BRING UP.

>> GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MRS. GARZA.

>> I ATTENDED THE END OF SCHOOL YEAR TEACHERS' BREAKFAST.

PRIOR THE -- TO THE CLOSED SESSION WE HAD AN OPEN SESSION AND THEY TALKED ABOUT A SURPLUS IN THE BANK.

I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THAT COMMENT CORRECTED.

IF I CAN ASK YOU TO BE THE PERSON TO RESPOND TO THAT.

>> SURE. >> THANK YOU.

>> THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD RESPOND TO AT THE BUDGET TIME, MR. DOWNING. THANK YOU.

>> SORRY. >> IT IS OKAY.

>> PREMATURE. >> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MAY WE PLEASE HAVE COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS FROM BOARD MEMBER DR. EL HAS -- ELHASSEN.

>> I SHARE THE SENTIMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES WITH REGARDS TO GRADUATION BEING THE HIGHLIGHT THIS MONTH, EARLY THIS MONTH AND STUDENTS WERE HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE IT WAS LIVE AND IN PERSON. YOU CAN SEE THE JOY RECEIVING THEIR ACHIEVEMENT. I ATTENDED CAL APS BOARD MEETING WHERE WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE BUDGET AND GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING NEXT YEAR FOR THE CAL APS PROGRAM.

I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT TO OUR EARLIER CLOSED SESSION.

SHE STATED SOME INFORMATION THAT WAS INCORRECT AND I WOULD LIKE TO CORRECT IT FOR THE RECORD. WHEN WE HIRED THE CONSULTING FIRM BACK IN 2017/2018 IN ORDER TO REPLACE DR. BRIAN JACOBS UPON HIS RETIREMENT, THE CONSULTING AGENCY WAS FIRED.

IT WASN'T CANCELED. THE BOARD TERMINATED THEM.

THEY WERE TERMINATED BECAUSE THEY VIOLATED THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. THE COMMUNITY, WHICH WE LISTEN TO, -- YEAH, YOU CAN SMIRK ALL YOU WANT, BUT WE HAD A COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT WAS DISABLED AND BLIND AND HE WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FOCUS GROUPS AND THEY DENIED HIM THAT REQUEST. THEY DID NOT WANT TO COMPLY WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OR ACCOMMODATE ANYONE WOULD WOULD BE APPLYING FOR THE POSITION THAT MIGHT HAVE A DISABILITY OR ANYONE WHO WOULD BE INVOLVED WITH CSCA.

THEY DIDN'T WANT TO INCLUDE THEM IN THE FOCUS GROUPS.

THEY WERE TERMINATED. I WANT TO MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR.

AND FOR THE RECORD, IT WAS A VOTE BY THE BOARD AND THEY WERE TERMINATED BY THEIR UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. ELHESS EN.

WE WILL NOW HEAR FROM OUR BOARD MEMBER REVEREND IVAN.

>> HELLO, EVERYONE. HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING? YOUR FACES, YOU KNOW, SMILING, THAT'S NICE.

JUST A WORD OF GRATITUDE FOR THIS INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE THAT I HAVE DURING THESE PAST MONTH OF MAY AND JUNE PARTICIPATING IN GRADUATIONS. IT WAS EASY FOR ME TO SEE THE FACES OF THE TEENAGERS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE DIPLOMA IN THEIR HANDS IS SOMETHING REALLY AMAZING.

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NO MATTER IF IT IS HIGH SCHOOL OR KINDERGARTEN, THE ENERGY AND THE SOUL THAT THE TEACHERS PUT IN THE CLASSROOM IS REALLY AMAZING. I WAS PARTICIPATING IN THE ELECT MEETING IN BAXTER AND PROVIDING LIKE A 20 MINUTES POWER POINT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR PARENTS IN SPANISH AND THE SAME THING YOU CAN FEEL THE ENERGY AND INTEREST.

IT IS LIKE AN AFTER COVID TRYING TO ENGAGE PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND SCHOOL AND STAFF AND FAMILIES TOGETHER AND CHILDREN.

I THINK THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE DOING THIS IN THE NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR.

PARTICIPATING IN THE TEACHER IN THE BREAKFAST FOR THE STAFF PERSONNEL AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

AND BECAUSE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC FOR ME, I WAS PARTICIPATING IN THE TEENAGER MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING PROVIDED BY COINING -- KINGDOM HOUSES. IT WAS SOMETIME IN MAY, THE END OF THE MAY WITH PROVIDING A LOT OF RESOURCES ON THE DATA.

AND IT WAS SO POWERFUL TO HAVE THAT LEVEL OF REFLECTION OF WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WITH THE TEENAGERS.

WE ARE PART OF THE SOLUTION, OF COURSE.

WE ARE THE PARENTS AND WE ARE IN CONTACT WITH THEM.

WHAT I SAID, MY FIRST MONTH, MONTH AND A HALF JOIN ME IN THIS POSITION AND THANK YOU ALL OF YOU FOR THE EFFORT AND QUALITY OF JOB THAT YOU HAVE IN GENERAL. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOARD MEMBER IVANS.

I HAVE A LIST OF THINGS THAT I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN.

I HAD MY FINAL MEETING WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REGARDING UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL.

THE GOOD THING IS THAT OUR DISTRICT IS AHEAD OF THE GAME.

HOWEVER, IMPLEMENTING THIS -- LIKE I SAID, WE ARE AHEAD OF THE GAME AND I AM VERY PROUD THAT WE IN A SENSE FORESEE -- HAVE FORESEEN IF -- IT. AND I MET WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM CSEA, ACTUALLY BOARD MEMBER DOWNING AND I MET WITH THE CSEA REPRESENTATIVE ABOUT SOME OF THEIR ISSUES AND WE FORWARDED THAT INFORMATION TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. I ALSO ATTENDED THE AWARD FOR MAYFAIR, BELLFLOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL. I ATTENDED THE CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION -- WELL, WE HAD A DINNER MEETING BECAUSE IN THE SUMMERTIME IS WHEN OUR TEACHERS, WE GET TOGETHER AND IT IS LIKE CONGRESS. WE MEET WITH ALL OF THE TEACHERS UH -- ACROSS THE NATION AND DO OUR BEST TO CREATE POLICY AND LEGISLATION ACCORDING TO THE ISSUES THAT'S CURRENT.

AND SO I WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THAT WITH SOME OF OUR FELLOW TEACHERS. I ATTENDED MY FINAL CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION STATE COUNCIL MEETING AS THE SOUTH SOUTHEASTERN SERVICE CENTER COUNCIL AT LARGE.

THERE IS A NEW PERSON. WE HAD ELECTIONS AND THERE IS ANOTHER PERSON AND I STILL DON'T KNOW HIS NAME THAT IS TAKING ON THAT ROLE. WE STILL WILL CONTINUE ADVOCATING FOR WOMEN, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LGBTQ PLUS RIGHTS.

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IT WAS THE FIRST BANQUET THAT THEY HAD IN TWO YEARS BECAUSE OF COVID. SO WE REALLY HAD FUN.

IT WAS FUN BECAUSE THE BAND DIRECTOR, MR. OMAR, ARE -- HE IS ACTUALLY PART OF A BAND. WHILE THE CHILDREN PLAYS ALL YEAR, HE BRINGS OUT THE BAND THAT HE PLAYS WITH AND THEY PLAY FOR US, FOR THE STUDENTS. IT IS SUCH A FUN TIME AND I REALLY MISSED IT FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.

AND THEN I ALSO ATTENDED THE WOMEN'S CLUB OF BELLFLOWER.

THEY HAVE -- THEY WERE CELEBRATING THEIR 100TH YEAR OF SERVICE. DR. SUE ATTENDED THAT ONE ALSO.

DUH, SHE IS A MEMBER. NO WONDER SHE ATTENDED.

NO. I MET A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY THAT I HAVE NEVER MET BEFORE, AND I HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME. MY FRIEND WAS ACTUALLY THE PRESIDENT. SHE IS THEOUT GO -- SHE IS THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT. I SAID, YOU ARE KEEPING THAT ON SECRET. THEY ARE CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF SERVICE AND THEY ARE PROVIDING THE SCHOLARSHIPS TO OUR CHILDREN. SO KUDOS TO THE WOMEN'S CLUB OF BELLFLOWER. AND I ATTENDED THE GRADUATIONS AT MAYFAIR, BELLFLOWER AND SOMERSET.

BEAUTIFUL FIREWORKS. YOU KNOW? I ALSO -- I DON'T MEAN TO TAKE A LONGTIME, BUT I ALWAYS RECEIVE EMAILS AND THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR WAS A PARENT WHO WAS REALLY UPSET ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN UVALDE, TEXAS.

IT IS A DEVASTATING TRAGEDY, AND WE REALLY ARE TIRED, BUT WE MUST MOURN THE LIVES LOST, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HONOR THE MEMORIES OF THE SOULS TAKEN THAT DAY.

I KNOW I WILL. SO AS PARENTS AND EDUCATORS, IT IS AN UNFATHOMABLE THOUGHT TO LOSE A CHILD AND STUDENT.

AND IN WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SAFE HAVEN.

MANY HAVE ASKED, WHAT CAN WE DO TO KEEP OUR SCHOOLS SAFE? WHAT CAN WE DO TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE? WELL, WHILE THERE ARE A MULTITUDE OF POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS , THERE ARE SAFETY PROTOCOLS TO PROVIDING MORE SECURITY TO DEVELOPING STRICTER GUN REC -- REGULATION LAWS, THE SOLUTION AND THE BEGINNING OF OUR HEALING STARTS AT HOME.

A COMMON THREAD IS MENTAL HEALTH.

THE PERPETRATORS ARE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT GO UNNOTICED OR ARE DISMISSED BY THOSE CLOSEST TO THE INDIVIDUALS. SO PARENTS, AND I AM THAT PARENT TO, I IMPLORE YOU TO HAVE AN OPEN, HONEST CONVERSATION WITH YOUR CHILDREN TO GAUGE THEIR MENTAL WELL BEING AND LEARN THE SIGNS OF DIFFERENT MENTAL ILLNESSES.

TAKE NOTE OF THEIR BEHAVIOR. WE ARE PROVIDING RESOURCES AT THE SCHOOL SITE AND THE COMMUNITY.

REACH OUT TO YOUR CHILD'S'S COUNSELOR AT SCHOOL.

BE PROACTIVE IN SEEKING HELP AND KNOW THERE IS NO SHAME IN SEEKING HELP FOR YOUR CHILD. WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO BE

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SCHOOLS SHOULD BE A SAFE HAZE SREPB FOR STUDENTS AND -- SAFE HAVEN FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS YOU A LOOK THAT VALUE AND STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITIES. AND WE CANNOT NORMALIZE LIVING IN FEAR. IT IS VITAL TO SHOWCASE TO OUR STUDENTS THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BE FEARFUL OF ATTENDING SCHOOL.

I HAVE TWO STILL IN SCHOOL AND ONE IN COLLEGE.

WE NEED TO BE MORE OBSERVANT OF THEIR PEERS AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS AND WE MUST ENCOURAGE THEM TO BE VOCAL AND REPORT THINGS THAT DO NOT SEEM RIGHT TO THEM.

AND IT IS HITTING HOME WITH ME. IN SIMPLE TERMS, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU ALWAYS SAY, YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING? IT IS IMPORTANT WE DO THAT. AND IT IS UP TO ALL OF US, PARENTS, EDUCATORS AND STAFF AND STUDENTS TO WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE OUR SAFETY FROM EXTERNAL THREATS.

WHEN WE CAN UNITE AND LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER WE CAN SPARK CHANGE AND MINIMIZE THE RISK OF TRAGEDY FROM OCCURRING.

I DO WANT TO LET THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING, THE PARENTS AND ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE A SAFETY RESPONSE THAT THE STKWREUBGT -- THE DISTRICT IMPLEMENTS WHEN THINGS HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, OUR SCHOOLS GET LOCKED DOWN AND SOMETIMES YOU ARE LATE IN FINDING THAT OUT BEFORE THE DISTRICT RESPONDS BECAUSE THE STUDENTS ARE TEXTING YOU AND SAYING WE ARE ON LOCK DOWN. YOU JUST DON'T GET THAT INFORMATION THAT QUICK. BUT THAT IS BECAUSE THE STAFF IS WORKING TO MITIGATE AND REMEDY THE SOLUTIONS AND DOING WHAT THEY CAN UH -- ACCORDING TO THE PLAN.

I GET THESE EMAILS, AND WHAT CAN WE DO? WE CAN'T STOP AN ASSAULT RIFLE. I DON'T CARE HOW MANY LOCKS OR BUZZING DOORS, WE CANNOT STOP SOMEONE WITH AN ASSAULT RIFLE.

AND IT IS NOT OUR FAULT. YOU CAN'T PUT THAT ON US.

IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AGAIN, FOR US TO TAKE NOTE OF WHAT IS GOING ON AT HOME WITH OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR PEERS.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MS. ARMSTRONG.

I WANTED TO ADD THAT ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP CONCERNING THAT IS ACTUALLY FORMULATING A COMMUNITY PUBLIC SAFETY THAT I BROUGHT UP BEFORE WITH OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WHERE PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A ROUND TABLE AND DISCUSS WHATEVER CURRENT ISSUES ARE HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM, AT A PARTICULAR SITE, OR EVEN AT HOME WHERE THEY CAN THEN SHARE AND RESOURCES CAN BE PROVIDED TO OUR SCHOOLS AND TO -- AND ALSO INFORMING PUBLIC SAFETY ON WHAT OUR CONCERNS ARE AS A COMMUNITY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE THAT OPTION. I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO LOOK INTO THAT OF HOW WE CAN START A COMMUNITY OF PUBLIC SAFETY ROUND TABLE, AND THAT CAN BE DONE AT EACH INDIVIDUAL SITE, MAYBE IN THE LIBRARY. WE CAN DO IT HERE SO IT CAN BE LIVE STREAMED IF OTHER PARENTS WANT TO GET INVOLVED.

I THINK THE MORE PARTICIPATION WE HAVE, AS YOU TALKED ABOUT,

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. ELHASSEN.

>> IT IS TIME FOR STAFF COMMENTS.

>> YES. I WANTED TO JUST SHARE WITH THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY THAT TODAY PRESIDENT ARMSTRONG AND I MET WITH OUR SOON TO BE STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AND WHEN WE ANNOUNCED, WE TKPWAOEUF HIM -- GAVE HIM A PACKET OF INFORMATION AND HOMEWORK THAT TALKED ABOUT THE BROWN ACT AND THE BYLAWS AND HE HAD A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS AND WE SPENT TWO HOURS ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND LETTING HIM KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AND I WILL MEET WITH HIM PRIOR TO THE BOARD MEETING TO GO OVER THE AGENDA AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THE ITEMS ARE AND HOW EVERYTHING WORKS.

WE ARE EXCITED TO SWEAR HIM IN AT OUR NEXT MEETING.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. HE IS SO EXCITED.

CHRIS IS SO EXCITED. GET READY.

IT IS TIME FOR COMMUNICATIONS. >> YES.

AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN BOARD. I INVITE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR MS. BEVERLY SWANSON TO PRESENT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WASHINGTON

ELEMENTARY'S DISPLAY. >> THANK YOU AND WELCOME.

>> GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT ARMSTRONG AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I AM PROUD TO SHARE DETAILS ABOUT WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY'S COLLEGE AND CAREER WEEK.

IN ORDER TO BEST REPORT THE LEARNING POE 10 -- POTENTIAL OF WASHINGTON STUDENTS THEIR SCHOOL COUNSELORS PLANNED A WEEK-LONG EVENT WITH COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS ACTIVITIES.

THEY WELCOMED SPEAKERS FROM VARIOUS CAREERS AND PROFESSIONS TO SPEAK TO STUDENTS. A COLLEGE COUNSELOR FROM LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, PROFESSOR FROM CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY AT LONG BEACH AND A STUDENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON DISCUSSIONED THE IMPORTANCE OF COLLEGE READINESS WITH OUR STUDENTS. CAREER SPEAKERS INCLUDED IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST, WEDDING DRESS DESIGNER, ELEVATOR TECHNICIAN AND SURGICAL NURSE, JUST TO NAME A FEW.

STUDENTS WERE FURTHER EXCITED THROUGH THE DRESS UP DAYS SHOWING THEIR SCHOOL PRIDE, COLLEGE GEAR, YOUR FUTURE IS BRIGHT SO WEAR NEON AND SUNGLASSES, DRESS AS YOUR FAVORITE TEACHER AND DRESS AS YOUR FUTURE CAREER.

WASHINGTON PATRIOTS ARE MOVING TOWARD COLLEGE AND CAREERS AS THEY WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD FUTURES.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. SWANSON. DO WE HAVE ELIZABETH --

>> THEY ARE NOT HERE THIS EVENING.

THEY ARE ENJOYING THEIR SUMMER BREAK, BUT WE WANT TO THANK THE TEACHERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE DISPLAY.

THAT'S WHY THEIR NAMES ARE LISTED.

>> VERY EXCITING. >> MS. ARMSTRONG, CAN WE PUBLICLY THANK THEM FOR THEIR WORK ON THE DISPLAY? THEY ARE THE ONES WHO DID ALL OF THE HARD WORK IN PUTTING THAT DISPLAY TOGETHER. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE]. >> ALL RIGHT.

AND NOW AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO TURN THE MEETING OVER TO MRS. TAMMY ZILLA TO FACILITATE A PRESENTATION ON THE PROPOSED ADOPTION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR ADVANCED PLACEMENT

FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE. >> WELCOME.

GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT ARMSTRONG AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND CABINET. I AM THE DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT AND ONE OF MY ON RESPONSIBILITIES IS TO OVERSEE THE ADOPTION OF CURRICULA.

TONIGHT I AM PLEASED TO BRING OUR CURRICULA RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DISTRICT'S ADVANCED PLACEMENT SOCIAL SCIENCE COURSES. WITH ME TONIGHT ARE LEAH, THE DISTRICT CURRICULUM SPECIALISTS WHO IS HERE REPRESENTING THE COLLECTIVE TEAM OF AP TEACHERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE EVALUATION AND SELECTION OF THESE MATERIALS. THEY WILL TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS AND THE SELECTION OF THE AP MATERIALS BEING RECOMMENDED FOR

ADOPTION. >> GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT ARMSTRONG AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND CABINET.

I AM HERE TO PRESENT THE PROCESS THAT WAS USED TO RECOMMEND THESE ADVANCED PLACEMENT MATERIALS FOR ADOPTION.

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WITH THAT SAID THE TEAM AGREED TO FOLLOW A SIMILAR, BUT ABBREVIATED PROCESS FOR MATERIAL SELECTION.

THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS THAT PROCESS.

WE STARTED IN MARCH WITH A PD WITH THE NEW SOCIAL SCIENCE FRAMEWORK. FROM THERE WE HAD A MATERIALS FAIR AT DISTRICT WHERE WE HAD THREE DAYS WHERE TEACHERS WERE ALLOWED TO REVIEW THE MATERIALS. THEY FILLED OUT A SURVEY TOOL AND THEY WERE ABLE TO DISCUSS AND REVIEW THOSE MATERIALS WITH EACH OTHER. AFTER THAT WE WENT INTO PUBLISHER PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE DONE VIRTUALLY.

THERE WERE FIVE PUBLISHER PRESENTATIONS WHERE TEACHERS WOULD LOGIN AND BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO WHAT THE DIFFERENT PUBLISHERS HAD TO OFFER FOR EACH COURSE.

AFTER THE MATERIALS REVIEW AND THE PUBLISHER PRESENTATIONS WE MET AT DISTRICT WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO DISCUSS IN THE ROOM OVER WHICH PUBLISHER THEY WANTED TO PRESENT.

WHEN THE TEACHERS MADE THEIR DECISIONS WE TOOK THE CITIZENS TASK FORCE IN MAY AND NOW WE ARE HERE TONIGHT AND I WILL LET DAVID TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT WAS CHOSEN.

>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT ARMSTRONG AND BOARD MEMBERS.

>> WELCOME. >> OUR FIRST CLASS WAS AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY. IT HAS A STRONG ALIGNMENT TO THE GEOGRAPHY COURSE. THIS PUBLISHER IS CLEAR, PRECISE AND WELL ORGANIZED WITH A CURRENT DEPICTION OF GEOGRAPHY AS TOLD TO THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE. FOR AP WORLD HISTORY IT IS MCGRAW-HILL. IT IS ALIGNED TO THE CURRENT AP EXAM AND COURSE DESCRIPTION WILL MAKE IT EASY FOR STUDENTS TO NAVIGATE THE COURSE. THE TEXTBOOK IS ALIGNED TO THE CURRENT TEST AND HAS PRACTICE TESTS AT THE END OF THE CHAPTER AND UNIT AND TIPS FOR STUDENTS. AMERICAN HISTORY.

AMERICAN HISTORY, CONNECTING WITH THE PAST FROM MCGRAW-HILL AND DIRECTLY ALIGNED WITH THE APUSH FRAMEWORK AND ALIGNED WITH COLLEGE BOARD PERIODS MAKING IT AN EFFECTIVE TOOL IN STUDENT LEARNING. AP AMERICAN GOVERNMENT IS BEDFORD, FREEMAN AND WORTH/MACMILLAN.

IT IS THE MOST RECENTLY PUBLISHED PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES FOUNDATION DOCUMENTS AND COURT CASES.

AP ECONOMICS IS MCGRAW-HILL. THE TEXTBOOK IS A SUPERIOR ALIGNMENT TO THE AP CURRICULUM AND ORGANIZED WITH A CLEARLY SEPARATED MACRO AND MICROECONOMICS AND PRESENTED WITH A STUDENT-CENTERED APPROACH WITH ILLUSTRATIVE CONNECTIONS TO HELP UNDERSTAND CONCEPT CONCEPTZ CONCEPTS.

AP PSYCHOLOGY FROM MCGRAW-HILL. AT THIS POINT AP PSYCHOLOGY IS REFRAME -- READJUSTING THEIR FRAMEWORK FOR 23/24 AND WE WILL COME BACK AND INDUSTRIES SIT -- AND VISIT IT AT THAT TIME.

ANY QUESTIONS? >> THERE WAS NO DECISION MADE ON

THE AP TEXTBOOK FOR PSYCHOLOGY? >> WE ARE GOING TO KEEP THE PRESENT ONE WE HAVE AND WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE TOO MUCH TO GET A NEW ONE FOR NEXT YEAR AND THEN RELEARN ANOTHER

ONE IN TWO YEARS. >> AND THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT SUPPORT THE TESTING GUIDELINES FOR THE AP STUDENT

KNOWLEDGE AND GROWTH? >> YES.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> YES.

CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME OF THE REASONS WHY YOU DECIDED TO GO

WITH THESE TEXTBOOKS? >> WHAT WAS THE FIRST PART?

>> CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME REASONS AS TO WHY YOU WENT WITH THESE

PUBLISHERS' TEXTBOOKS? >> AS WE -- AS LEAH TALKED ABOUT, WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WE LOOKED AT SEVERAL AT THE FAIR AND THEN WE CAME TOGETHER AS A GROUP.

IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE WE HADN'T BEEN TOGETHER FOR AWHILE, SO WE HAD 18 TEACHERS FROM BELLFLOWER AND MAYFAIR AND WE BROKE OFF INTO OUR DIFFERENT AP GROUPS AND THERE WAS A LOT OF

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THAT TOOK ABOUT TWO HOURS TOGETHER, AFTER WE HAD GOT OUR CHOICES. THEY WILL HELP THE STUDENTS AND THESE ARE THE BEST CHOICES THAT WE AS PROFESSIONALS CAN MAKE.

>> WHAT DID YOU LIKE ABOUT THOSE?

>> WITH THE NEW BOOKS THEY TEND TO BE -- THEY ALWAYS CHANGE THEIR TECHNOLOGY. IT IS JUST NEW PICTURES, NEW WAYS OF TEACHING STUDENTS, NEW TEST PREPS.

THE BASICS ARE THERE AND IT IS STILL THE SAME CURRICULUM, BUT JUST A NEW LOOK AT IT. I DID LIKE ON SOME OF THEM, THE ONES THEY CHOSE THEY TENDED TO HAVE SOME GOOD PRACTICE TESTS AND THEY ARE ALIGNED SPECIFICALLY WITH THE CURRENT AP TEST SO THEY ARE ABLE TO ACTUALLY TAKE QUIZES AND TESTS FROM THE BOOK THAT WERE ON PREVIOUS AP TESTS FROM LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE. THEY ARE FAIRLY RECENT.

>> THANK YOU. NO MORE QUESTIONS.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. YOU SAID YOU HAD A PARENT GROUP

TO HELP WITH THESE GROUPS? >> I WAS NOT AT THE TASK FORCE, BUT I THINK -- GO AHEAD. HE WENT TO THE TASK FORCE AND I

DID NOT GO TO THE TASK FORCE. >> SHAME ON YOU.

>> I AM JUMPING IN BECAUSE I DID ATTEND THE TASK FORCE.

>> THANK YOU. >> AND SO WE WERE -- WE PRESENTED TO THE CITIZENS TASK FORCE.

IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE DATE.

I'M SORRY. >> MAY 17TH.

>> I WAS ON SUMMER A COUPLE HOURS AGO AND NOW I AM BACK.

WE HAD CITIZENS TASK FORCE ON MAY 17TH.

>> I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.

YOU DID HAVE A PARENT TASK FORCE REVIEW AS WELL.

>> YES. >> THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> YES.

HOW LONG DO YOU SUSPECT YOU WILL KEEP THIS BOOK AS PART OF THE

CURRICULUM? >> WE GENERALLY KEEP THE BOOKS APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEARS FOR AP FROM WHAT I HAVE DONE.

I JUST STARTED TEACHING AP THREE YEARS AGO.

I'M NOT SURE IF COVID HAS THROWN A WRENCH INTO IT AS LIKE THE LAST TIME WITH THE RECESSION OF 2009 OR 10, THAT THREW A BIG WRENCH IN ADOPTIONS. I THINK WE'RE GOOD WITH AP AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS A LITTLE FASTER PACED, THE ADOPTION.

WE DON'T TEND TO PILOT THEM. WE DECIDE -- WE DECIDED THIS YEAR TO GET THE BOOKS HOPEFULLY AT THE END OF THE SUMMER IF YOU AGREE TO PURCHASE THEM FOR US. WE ARE READY TO GO.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> YES. IN THE HIGH SCHOOL SETTING, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION OR NOT.

WOULD ANY OF THESE BOOKS NEED TO BE IN SPANISH FOR OUR DUAL IMMERSION STUDENTS, OR IS THAT NOT APPLICABLE?

>> I WOULD SAY FROM WHAT -- FROM MY SHORTEN YOUR OF TEACHING IT, I HAVE NOT TAUGHT A SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNER THAT COULD NOT SPEAK ENGLISH. SO I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW THAT WOULD WORK. MAYBE SOMEONE COULD ANSWER THAT.

>> I WILL HELP YOU OUT. AT THIS TIME, OUR DUAL PROGRAM IS A K-8 PROGRAM. SO WHEN STUDENTS -- WHEN DUAL LANGUAGE STUDENTS GET TO THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, THEY ARE NOT RECEIVING HISTORY IN SPANISH ANY LONGER.

THESE BOOKS ARE NOT WRITTEN THAT WAY.

IF WE DO DECIDE TO EXPAND, THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, A DIFFERENT TYPE OF TEXTBOOK, WHETHER IT BE A HISTORY BOOK OR A HISTORY OF SPANISH CULTURE OR THAT WOULD BE IN SPANISH AND THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT ELECTIVE CLASS THAT THE STUDENTS COULD TAKE TO CONTINUE AN ACADEMIC SPANISH CLASS BEYOND THE 8TH GRADE YEAR.

>> THANK YOU. ALSO AP'S AREN'T IN ANOTHER

LANGUAGE, ARE THEY, THE TESTING? >> THE AP TEST IS A COLLEGE BOARD TEST AND IT IS ONLY GIVEN IN ENGLISH, UNLESS ARE YOU TAKING THE SPANISH AP TEST. THEN IT WOULD BE IN SPANISH.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE ANYMORE

COMMUNICATIONS? >> THAT IS IT FOR THIS EVENING,

MRS. ARMSTRONG. >> GOOD EVENING -- AGAIN, I

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>> I'M SORRY. I THINK MY BRAIN WANTS TO BE ON VACATION. WE DO HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. WE HAVE DR. DIERDRE REYES HEAD OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH FOR A LOOK AT LOCAL INDICATORS.

>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT ARMSTRONG AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. ANNUALLY AS PART OF THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DASHBOARD UPDATE, THE LOCAL INDICATORS ARE PREPARED TO REPORT ON THE 2022 CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD IN THE FALL OF NEXT YEAR. TONIGHT I WILL BE SHARING THE LOCAL INDICATOR INFORMATION. THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DASHBOARD IS PART OF CALIFORNIA'S ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.

CALIFORNIA REQUIRES MONITORING AND REPORTING OF STATE AND LOCAL INDICATORS THAT MEASURE HOW LOCAL EDUCATION LEA'S ARE MEETING THE NEEDS OF THEIR STUDENTS.

PERFORMANCE ON STATE MEASURES ARE COLLECTED AND REPORTED BY THE STATE AND LOCAL INDICATORS ARE COLLECTED AND REPORTED TO THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DASHBOARD BY THE LEA.

DATA COLLECTED AS PART OF THE LOCAL INDICATOR PROCESS PROVIDES US WITH A RICH SOURCE OF TIMELY INFORMATION THAT CAN BE USED ALONG WITH STATE DATA TO DEVELOP AND PHOD -- MODIFY GOALS AND ACTIONS WITHIN OUR LCAP TO MAKE SURE WE ARE MEETING THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. THIS IS A VISUAL OF HOW DATA FROM VARIOUS METRICS AND GATHERING INPUT FROM EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS HELPS TO INFORM THE LCAP REVISION AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. THE ANNUAL UPDATE WAS REPORTED IN FEBRUARY AND PROVIDED INFORMATION FROM THE METRICS THAT WERE AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME.

FEEDBACK FROM OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS FROM THE LCAP SURVEY AND MEETINGS WAS ALSO SHARED AND NOW STATE AND LOCAL INDICATORS WILL BE REPORTED TONIGHT AND THEY GO INTO INFORMING OUR LCAP.

THE STATE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM INCLUDES EIGHT PRIORITY AREAS AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TABLE ON THE SLIDE AND THE NEXT TWO COLUMNS IDENTIFY WHICH STATE AND LOCAL INDICATORS ARE MONITORING TO MEASURE PROGRESS ON THE EIGHT PRIORITY AREAS. THE STATE INDICATORS REFERENCED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE ARE ON THE LEFT OF THIS TABLE AND IN THE COLUMN TO THE RIGHT IS THE DATA THAT THE STATE WILL USE TO IDENTIFY THE CURRENT STATUS OR THE BASELINE.

ARE YOU USINGED TO SEEING COLORS -- USED TO SEEING COLORS MEASURING THE PROGRESS. IN ORDER FOR THE STATE TO USE THE COLOR SYSTEM AGAIN, WE NEED TWO YEARS OF DATA TO INDICATE THE CHANGE, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, OF THESE METRICS.

BECAUSE OF COVID, THE SYSTEM OF IDENTIFYING CHANGE AND ASSIGNING A COLOR WAS SUSPENDED AND STATE INDICATORS WERE NOT REPORTED ON THE 2021 DASHBOARD. HOWEVER, LOCAL INDICATORS WERE REPORTED AS THE LEA CONTINUED TO COLLECT THIS INFORMATION AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL. THE CRITERIA FOR MEETING THE LOCAL INDICATORS IS OUTLINED BY THE STATE AND YOU CAN SEE IT HERE ON THIS SLIDE AS PART OF THAT PROCESS LEA'S ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT THE RESULTS OF THE LOCAL INDICATORS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A RATING OF MET ON THE DASHBOARD.

SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE LOCAL INDICATORS STARTING WITH PRIORITY 1 WHICH IS BASIC CONDITIONS.

THIS ADDRESSES APPROPRIATELY-ASSIGNED TEACHERS, ACCESS TO KAU RAKE HRAR -- CIRRICULARLY UH -- ALIGNED MATERIAL. WE ARE APPROPRIATELY PLACED WITH STAFF AND THE TEXTBOOK CERTIFICATION.

THE FIT INSPECTION IS A FACILITY INSPECTION THAT OCCURS ANNUALLY AT OUR SCHOOL SITES. DURING THE INSPECTION THE FACILITY INSPECTION TOOL OR FIT IS USED TO DECIDE IF THE FACILITY IS IN GOOD REPAIR. THE TOOL IS USED TO IDENTIFY AREAS OF THE SCHOOL SITE THAT ARE IN NEED OF REPAIR BASED ON A VISUAL INSPECTION. YOU CAN BE RATED POOR, FAIR, GOOD OR EXSPREPL PLAYER RE -- EXEMLAR -- EXEMBLAY.

NO SCHOOLS WERE IN EXEMPLARY. WE HAVE MOVED ON FROM THAT AND

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PRIORITY TWO IS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE ACADEMIC STANDARDS. TO MEASURE IMPLEMENTATION, WE MONITOR THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES OR THE PLC'S IN OUR DISTRICT. SO OUR TEACHERS MEET WEEKLY IN GRADE LEVEL OR IN DEPARTMENTS AND THEIR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES OR PLC'S TO COLLABORATE ON THE TEACHING OF STANDARDS. SO THEY TALK ABOUT THE ESSENTIAL SKILLS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR A PARTICULAR STANDARD AND HOW IT WILL BE ASSESSED AND HOW WE WILL ASSIST STUDENTS WHO NEED EXTRA SUPPORT IN THE STANDARD OR WHAT WE WILL DO FOR STUDENTS WHO ALREADY KNOW THAT STANDARD. AT THE END OF TEACHING A STANDARD THERE IS A REFLECTION PIECE WITH HOW EVERYTHING WENT.

IT IS A CONTINUOUS CYCLE OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WE ENGAGE IN WHEN IT COMES TO IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE STANDARDS. FOR THIS EUPBD -- INDICATOR WE USED THE PLC SURVEY AND OUR LCAP SURVEY.

ON THE LCAP SURVEY, THE FIRST METRIC THERE, 54.42 OF TEACHERS STRONGLY AGREE THAT THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM IS FOCUSED AND IT CAN BE ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED IN THE TIME AVAILABLE TO TEACHERS.

THIS IS AN AREA THAT WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON AND IT IS ADDRESSED DURING PLC TIME WHERE TEACHERS TAKE THE TIME TO IDENTIFY ESSENTIAL STANDARDS THAT THE STUDENT MUST BE SUCCESSFUL IN RATHER THAN GOING PAGE BY PAGE THROUGH INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS SO THEY CAN PACE THAT INSTRUCTION TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS MEET THOSE STANDARDS. AND THEN WE CAN SEE FROM THE PLC SURVEY, THE NEXT ONE IS THE DEVELOPING INDICATORS, AND THOSE INDICATORS ARE -- THEY INCLUDE CLARIFYING WHAT STUDENTS MUST LEARN, TURNING DATA INTO INFORMATION, MONITORING LEARNING THROUGH SUCCESS CRITERIA AND ASSESSMENTS AND PROVIDING SYSTEMATIC INTERVENTIONS. AND THEN THE FINAL ONE IS BUILDING A COLLABORATIVE CULTURE AND YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT THERE IS A SLIGHT DROP IN THE METRIC AND THAT'S BECAUSE SITES NEED TO REBOOT AFTER A YEAR OF TEACHING REMOTELY AND GETTING USED TO BEING BACK IN PERSON. WE REALLY HAVE TO FOCUS ON REBUILDING AND RECALIBRATING THE STRUCTURES WHICH WE ARE DOING.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT PRIORITY 3 WHICH IS PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT. AND THE INFORMATION GATHERED TO MEASURE THIS INDICATOR IS TAKEN ALSO FROM OUR LCAP SURVEY.

AND REALLY YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THREE SLIDES FOR PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT. WE LOOK AT BILLING RELATIONSHIPS AND BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS AND SEEKING INPUT FROM OUR PARENTS.

SO ACCORDING TO THE LCAP SURVEY WE MAINTAINED OUR PERCENTAGES OF PARENTS WHO AGREE AND STRONGLY AGREE THAT OUR ADMINISTRATE TESTIFIERS -- ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS AND STAFF WORK TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH FAMILIES IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILDREN.

AND THE DATA SHOWS WE HAVE INCREASED OR MAIN -- MAINTAINTSO AGREE THAT WE ARE PARTNERING WITH FAMILIES TO ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN SUCCESS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS.

AND THEN FINALLY FOR SEEKING INPUT IN PRIORITY THREE, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE HYPERS TEPBLGS OF -- HIGH PERCENTAGES OF PARENTS WHO SAY THE SCHOOL INFORMS THEM ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THINGS LIKE SCHOOL SIDE COUNCIL AND THEY KNOW HOW TO PARTICIPATE. THE LAST ONE IS ACTUALLY FROM THE CALIFORNIA HEALTHY KIDS SURVEY AND THAT SHOWS A LARGE INCREASE IN PARENTS WHO AGREED THAT THE SCHOOL SEEKS INPUT FROM PARENTS BEFORE MAKING IMPORTANT DECISIONS.

THE NEXT LOCAL INDICATE ERRED IS PRIORITY -- INDICATOR IS PRIORITY 6 AND THIS IS A MEASURE OF SCHOOL CLIMATE AND IT LOOKS AT PERCEPTIONS OF SCHOOL SAFETY AND SCHOOL CONNECTEDNESS.

THIS PRIORITY IS MEASURED USING OUR CALIFORNIA HEALTHY KIDS SURVEY WHICH IS OUR CLIMATE SURVEY.

THE CURRENT RESULTS SHOW THAT PARENTS FEEL WELCOME AT SCHOOL AND OUR STAFF FEELS STRONGLY ABOUT CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING THE SCHOOL AND LOOKING AT OUR STUDENTS' FEELING OF CONNECTEDNESS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE

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STILL CONTINUING WITH PRIORITY SIX AND LOOKING AT PERCEPTIONS OF SAFETY AT SCHOOL AND TEACHERS AND PARENTS STRONGLY AGREE OR AGREE THAT THE SCHOOL IS A SAFE PLACE FOR STUDENTS AND BOTH HAVE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY. ALTHOUGH THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL HAS MAINTAINED, WE ARE LOOKING DEEPER INTO THIS DATA. THAT DATA IS REPORTED FROM 9TH AND 11TH GRADE STUDENTS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES WHO TAKE THE HEALTHY KIDS SURVEY.

HOWEVER, OUR LCAP SURVEY, ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

AND THAT HAS AN OPEN RESPONSE AREA SO THE SITES CAN LOOK AT THAT AND DIG A LITTLE DEEPER LOOKING FORSYTHE SPECIFIC INFORMATION. AND -- FOR SITE SPECIFIC INFORMATION. SO SOME OF THE RESPONSES PROVIDED IN THE AREA OF STRONGLY DISAGREE WERE TO FOCUS ON STUDENT MISS BEHAVIOR AND ALLOWING STUDENTS TO ASK QUESTIONS AND HAVING MORE TIME FOR TURNING IN WORK.

AREAS THAT STUDENTS R-FPT -- REPORTED WHERE THEY STRONGLY AGREE IN THIS AREA AND FEEL CONNECTED IS BECAUSE OF FRIENDS AND TEACHERS WELCOMING THEM EVERY DAY AND EXTRA KRAU RICK HRAR -- CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES LIKE ASB, SPORTS AND CLUBS, AND THE EFFORT MADE TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND KEEP THEM SAFE.

AND THE FINAL LOCAL INDICATOR THAT I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT IS PRIORITY 7 WHICH IS ACCESS TO A BROAD COURSE OF STUDY FOR STUDENTS. SO EVERY YEAR WE MEASURE OUR PROGRESS IN THE EXTENT STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO AND ARE ENROLLED IN A BROAD COURSE OF STUDY THAT INCLUDES THE ADOPTIVE COURSES FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 1-6 AND STUDENTS IN GRADES 7-12.

THIS GRAPH SHOWS THE ENROLLMENT OF DIFFERENT GROUPS OF STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT AND THEIR CORRESPONDING ENROLLMENT IN VARIOUS PROGRAMS. WE UTILIZE THIS TOOL TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL BARRIERS FOR STUDENT GROUPS TO ACCESS TO CLASS THAT'S WILL HELP THEM GRADUATE PREPARED.

SPECIFICALLY ADVANCED AND ENRICHMENT COURSES INCLUDING CTE ENROLLMENT ARE ANALYZED HERE. SO THE DATA SHOWS THAT HOMELESS AND FOSTER YOUTH ARE EQUALLY PRESENTED IN ENROLLMENT.

STUDENTS RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES AND LEARNING SERVICES AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARE REPRESENTED LESS IN CLASSES, BUT IN CTE COURSES THAT IS A PATHWAY TO GRADUATING PREPARED.

AN AREA OF FOCUS FOR US HAS BEEN IDENTIFYING WAYS TO SUPPORT ENGLISH LEARNERS. ALTHOUGH NOT SHOWN ON THIS CHART, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF 8% LAST YEAR TO 28% OF OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS BEING ENROLLED IN CTE CLASSES.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO ANALYZE THIS INFORMATION AND DETERMINE WHETHER THERE ARE PRACTICES OF ENROLLMENT THAT MAY NEED TO BE REVIEWED OR REFINED. AND FINALLY, THE OUTCOMES OF BEING INVOLVED IN A BROAD COURSE OF STUDY, ONE WAY WE LOOK AT THAT IS LOOKING AT THE COHORT GRADUATION RATE AND STUDENTS WHO HAVE ACCESS TO A BROAD COURSE OF STUDY THAT HAS THEM READY FOR UC AND CSU. WE SAW AN INCREASE OF STUDENTS MEETING A-G REQUIREMENTS AND GRADUATING READY FOR UC OR CSU

-- >> DR. REYES, IT IS 2019/20 TO

2021. >> THE INCREASE WE SAW WAS FOR THE SOCIO ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED OR LOW INCOME STUDENTS AS WELL AS STUDENTS IN FOSTER CARE AND ENGLISH LEARNERS. WE DID SEE A SLIGHT DECREASE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES AND STUDENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

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THAT IS THE INFORMATION FROM OUR LOCAL INDICATORS AND A DESCRIPTION OF THIS DATA WILL BE UP LOADED TO THE CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD IN AUGUST OR EARLY SEPTEMBER.

AND THEN THAT WILL BE UP LOADED AND TENTATIVE RELEASE FOR OUR 2022 DASHBOARD IS DECEMBER OF 2022.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE REPORT. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS?

>> I DO, DR. REYES. >> YES.

THE PERCENTAGES THAT YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED THROUGHOUT THE PRIORITIES, THESE ARE AVERAGES TAKEN FROM ALL THE SITES?

>> IT DEPENDS. MANY WERE FROM THE EL CAP SURVEY. SO THAT WOULD BE ALL OF OUR

RESPONSES TOGETHER. >> SO YOU HAVE TAKEN AN AVERAGE AND YOU CAME UP WITH A PERCENTAGE BASED ON THE DATA YOU

RECEIVED FROM THE EL CAP. >> FROM THE EL CAP SURVEY.

>> THIS IS CUMULATIVE, RIGHT? >> CAN YOU GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE?

>> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT SITES YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT NOT ONLY K-SECONDS, BUT -- K-6, BUT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND

HIGH SCHOOLS. >> THE LCAP SURVEY HAS DIFFERENT SECTIONS. WE HAVE ONE FOR PARENTS AND STAFF AND TEACHERS AND ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AND

SECONDARY STUDENTS. >> RIGHT.

BUT THE PERCENTAGE OF THE NUMBERS ARE QUITE LOW.

SO I WAS WONDERING ARE THEY AVERAGES?

>> TELL ME WHICH GRAPH ARE YOU ON.

>> I AM LOOKING AT PRIORITY 7 AS AN EXAMPLE.

ACCESS TO BOARD COURSE OF STUDY CONTINUED.

>> IF I COULD JUST INTERJECT, THE BROAD COURSE OF STUDY, THAT WOULDN'T COME FROM THE LCAP. THIS COMES FROM THE AREA DATA.

WE LOOK AT THE STUDENT'S ENROLLMENT AND THEN THEIR

ENROLLMENT IN THESE PROGRAMS. >> ACROSS SITES?

>> YES. AND ONLY HIGH SCHOOL, 7-12.

>> AND WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE BROAD COURSE STUDY, YOU ARE LOOKING AT, ARE THEY TAKING ADVANCED CLASSES? ARE THEY TAKING A WHOLE ARRAY OF CLASSES? WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT A SMALL NUMBER LIKE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, THAT INCLUDES OUR STUDENTS IN THE MODERATE TO SEVERE PROGRAM AS WELL AS RSP PROGRAM.

WITH -- WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS IT IS INDICATIVE OF ALL SPECIAL ED STUDENTS AND NOT JUST ON A GRADUATION TRACK.

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

>> DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER

COMMUNICATIONS? >> NO, WE DO NOT.

>> OKAY. WHAT ABOUT THE UNIVERSAL?

>> THAT IS PORT OF THE NONINFORMATIONAL ITEMS.

>> ALL RIGHT. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING ON THE DISTRICT'S INITIAL PROPOSAL TO THE BELLFLOWER TEACHER'S ASSOCIATION.

THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL TAKE PLACE WHEN THE ITEM IS WITHHELD FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. TONIGHT WE HAVE REQUESTS ADDRESSING AGENDA ITEMS. WHILE MEETINGS OF THE GOVERNING BOARD ARE NOT PUBLIC MEETINGS, THEY ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON EACH AGENDA OR NONAGENDA ITEM.

THE BOARD WILL LIMIT THE TIME FOR PUBLIC INPUT ON EACH ITEM TO 21 MINUTES AS PER BOARD BY LAW, 9,322.2.

MAY I PLEASE HAVE STEVE LOPEZ TO THE PODIUM.

>> [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU.

>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD. NICE TO BE BACK.

IT WAS ACTUALLY GREAT TO RUN INTO UNEXPECTEDLY THIS RETIREMENT CEREMONY. I GOT TO SEE MY 10TH GRADE CHEMISTRY TEACHER AS WELL AS MY SON'S 10TH GRADE CHEMISTRY

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WELCOME, ARE MR. IVANS. I GUESS I WILL START OUT BY READING A LITTLE SOMETHING THAT I WAS GIVEN TODAY.

THIS IS BASICALLY A SUMMARY OF THE AUDIT FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY OF OFFICE OF EDUCATION. IT IS REGARDING FISCAL CONCERNS RELATED TO BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I WILL JUST READ THE FIRST SENTENCE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE TIME TO READ EVERYTHING. THE BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IS NOT DEMONSTRATING COMPETENCY AND/OR DESIRE TO ABIDE BY THE VARIOUS REGULATIONS, CODES AND PROCEDURES THAT GOVERN THE OPERATION OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

NOW WHO IS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? THAT BRINGS ME TO THE TOPIC OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT.

I HAVE BEEN HERE MULTIPLE TIMES, GOING BACK TO NOVEMBER, ALMOST EVERY MONTH AND ASKING THE SAME THING.

THAT SHE EITHER RESIGN OR BE REMOVED.

AND NOW SOMEBODY HAD THE AUDACITY TO PUT THIS REQUEST FOR A CONTRACT EXTENSION WHICH TO MY KNOWLEDGE INCLUDES ABOUT $11,000 IN INCREASE PER YEAR GOING FORWARD FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. I KNOW ALL OF YOU ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS AND I'M SORRY IT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED TO YOU, BUT I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY YOU CONTINUE TO THROW YOUR LOT IN WITH SOMEBODY WHO HAS DONE NOTHING BUT MADE YOU LOOK BAD.

MYSELF, OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHEN SOMEONE HAS THIS LOW OF AN APPROVAL RATING THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, WHETHER IT BE FROM THE STUDENT BODY, THE FACULTY, THE COMMUNITY WHICH PAYS TAXES, PAYS HER SALARY, IT IS REPREHENSIBLE IN MY OPINION.

PERHAPS I'M ADDRESSING THE WRONG PARTIES HERE.

I SHOULD BE ADDRESSING HER TO ASK HER HOW CAN CAN I FROM A PERSONAL STANDPOINT -- HOW CAN I FROM A PERSONAL STANDPOINT GET AN $11,000 A YEAR RAISE BEING COMPLETELY INCOMPETENT AND COMPLETELY -- JUST HAVING NO CHARACTER WHATSOEVER.

THAT'S BASICALLY THE QUESTION I HAVE IS HOW DO I DO THAT? I WOULD LOVE TO FIND OUT HOW TO MAKE MY BOSS LOOK BAD ON A DAILY BASIS AND LACK INTEGRITY AND LACK MORALS AND CONTINUE TO BE EMPLOYED, BUT NOT ONLY BE EMPLOYED, BUT TO RECEIVE A RAISE. THAT'S THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU AND THAT'S THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR EVERYBODY HERE WHO PAYS THE TAXES AND ATTENDS THESE MEETINGS.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE].

>> THANK YOU. MAY I PLEASE HAVE CHRISTINA WILLIAMS TO THE PODIUM? [APPLAUSE].

>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT ARMSTRONG AND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. I AM HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU AS ARE YOU MAKING THE DECISION THIS EVENING REGARDING RENEWING SUPERINTENDENT MCSPEARAN'S CONTRACT.

I AM A TEACHER IN OUR DISTRICT, A PARENT OF BUSD GRADUATES AND A COMMUNITY MEMBER FROM THE CITY OF BELLFLOWER.

I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE EFFECT SHE HAS HAD ON OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. AT ONE TIME THE DISTRICT WELCOMED COLLABORATION FROM STAKEHOLDERS AND I NO LONGER SEE THAT. TEACHER, ADMINISTRATOR, PARENT AND STUDENT VOICES ARE OFTEN DISRECORDED.

WE ARE TOLD WHAT -- DISREGARDED. WE ARE TOLD WHAT TO DO AND WHEN WE OFFER OTHER IDEAS WE ARE TOLD NO.

I ATTENDED MANY EVENTS AND SEE WHAT STAKEHOLDERS WANT AND THEN WATCH THEM BE DISREGARDED. I HAVE SEEN TEACHERS LEAVE THE DISTRICT OR NOT HAVE THEIR CONTRACT RENEWED BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO STEP OUTSIDE THE LINES OF WHAT THOSE IN THE DISTRICT WANTED. THOSE I STAYED IN CONTACT WITH, THEY P WERE ABLE TO GO TO A DISTRICT THAT LIKES COLLABORATION. SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN HERE A FEW YEARS AND OTHERS ARE NEW TO THE BOARD.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE MINUTES FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS AND/OR TALK TO STAKEHOLDERS THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN CONCERNED WITH THE WAY SUPERINTENDANT MCSPERIN HAS RUN THE DISTRICT. SERVICES ARE NOT PROVIDED TO STUDENTS AND ADMINISTRATORS LET GO AND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY SPENT ON LAWYERS AND LAWSUITS, THE WACO INDIVIDUAL WAS HANDLED AND CONCERN -- THE WAY COVID WAS HANDLED AND CONCERN WITH THE BUDGET. I ASK YOU NOT TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT AT THIS TIME. WORKING WROUGHT A CONTRACT IS NOT UN-- WORKING WITHOUT A CONTRACT IS NOT UNCOMMON.

TAKE TIME TO CONSIDER IF SHE HAS MOVED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE

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I LOVE TEACHING AND WANT THE BEST FOR MY STUDENTS.

I DO NOT FEEL THEY ARE GETTING THE BEST FROM OUR DISTRICT.

I WAS HAPPY WITH THE EDUCATION MY THREE CHILDREN GOT WHEN THEY ATTENDED BUSD. IF MY CHILDREN WERE SCHOOL-AGED NOW, I DO NOT THINK I WOULD SEND THEM TO A SCHOOL IN OUR DISTRICT. I SEE HOW MUCH MORE OTHER DISTRICTS IN OUR AREA OFFER THEIR STUDENTS.

IT HURTS MY HEART TO SEE HOW MUCH OUR DISTRICT HAS CHANGED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. I WILL CONTINUE TO DO MY BEST FOR MY STUDENTS. BUT CAN WE SAY THE SUPERINTENDENT IS DOING THE SAME IN THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO ONE OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

>> MAY I PLEASE HAVE ARLY ARMENTIA NARKOWA TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE. [APPLAUSE].

>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT ARMSTRONG AND BOARD MEMBERS.

THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION RELEASED A LETTER ON APRIL 27TH, 2022 RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT THE BUSD COMPETENCY AND LACK OF TRANSPARENCY.

THEY SAY BUSD IS NOT DEMONSTRATING COMPETENCY AND CODES AND PROCEDURE THAT'S GOVERN A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

HERE ARE A FEW ISSUES. THE SELF-Y INSURED WORKERS COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY PROGRAMS ARE NOT REPORTED CORRECTLY. THE DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO CALCULATE AND RECORD THE UNFUNDED RE -- RELIABILITY.

IT IS CALLED STRS ON BEHALF. THE DISTRICT MISCALCULATED THE ENTRY BY SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS IN 2019 AND 2020 AND DID NOT RECORD AN INTREE IN 2020 AND 2021.

CHILD DEVELOPMENT FUND HAD A CASH BALANCE.

THE BUDGET IS BEING ADJUSTED WITHOUT BOARD APPROVAL.

THERE IS CONCERN THAT IT IS NOT BEING PROVIDED ACCURATE INFORMATION TO MAKE THEIR DECISION.

BUSD IS NOT RESPONSIVE TO INFORMATION REQUESTS AND CLARIFICATION. THE BUSD STAFF IS OFTEN NONRESPONSIVE TO LACO REQUESTS. EXAMPLES ARE RECONCILIATION OF BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS APPROVED BY THE BOARD TO THE DISTRICT FINANCIAL REPORTS. REVISE REPORTS TO REFLECT ACCURATE BUDGET NUMBERS APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

FISCAL STABLIZATION PLANS AND BANK CASH RECONCILIATIONS.

IN ADDITION TO A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE VARIOUS CODES THAT GOVERN SCHOOL DISTRICT OPERATIONS, THE DISTRICT CONSISTENTLY HAS ISSUES WITH ACCURATELY PERFORMING ACCOUNTING FUNCTIONS. THERE IS A CONCERN REGARDING THE INTERNET -- INTERNAL CONTROLS TO MAKE SURE MONEYS ARE SPENT APPROPRIATELY. WE ASK THE BOARD TO REVIEW THE LETTER AND RECONSIDER THE PETITION TO REPLACE THE SUPERINTENDENT. THUS FAR WE HAVE ALMOST -- OVER A THOUSAND SIGNATURES COLLECTED ASKING FOR THE REMOVAL.

WITH THE ON GOING -- ONGOING FISCAL CHALLENGES AND THE CURRENT AND FUTURE STRUGGLES WE NEED A COMPETENT AND EFFECTIVE LEADER. I HAVE THE PETITION AND THE COPY OF THE LACO LETTER IF YOU DID NOT SEE THAT.

>> TAFF, WOULD YOU RECEIVE -- STAFF, WOULD YOU RECEIVE THAT, PLEASE? THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME.

OKAY, MAY I PLEASE HAVE CAROLYN ROBERTS TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.

>> I AM GOING TO ACTUALLY SPEAK THIS TIME.

HELLO. >> HELLO.

>> DR. ELHUSSEN I AGREE WITH SOMETHING YOU SAID EARLIER.

YOU SAID YOU CAN SNICKER ALL YOU WANT WHEN WE LAUGHED AT THE COMMENT YOU MADE THAT YOU LISTENED TO THE COMMUNITY.

MY SON GRADUATED WITH HONORS. I WOULD LIKE TO BE AT HOME WITH MY FEET KICKED UP AND WATCHING CARTOONS, AND I CAN'T DO THAT.

BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE DECIDED TO WANT TO RENEW TRACY'S CONTRACT.

YOU SAID THAT YOUR COUNCIL -- COUNSEL WAS FIRED FOR UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR. BASED OFF OF READING THAT REPORT TODAY, IT STATES THAT EVERYONE -- EVERYONE, THE BOARD

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SO SHOULD EVERYONE BE FIRED? NO.

EVERYONE IS NOT UP FOR A NEW CONTRACT.

TRACY IS. WE HAVE COME HERE, AND IF YOU REALLY LISTEN TO YOUR COMMUNITY, -- IF YOU LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY YOU WOULD HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME.

IF YOU LISTEN TO YOUR COMMUNITY NONE OF US WOULD BE HERE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME PERSON OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WE ARE NOT DOING THIS AND EXPECTING -- I TKPWEGS WE -- I GUESS WE ARE INSANE BECAUSE WE ARE DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND EXPECTING A DIFFERENT RESULT. WE ARE NOT GETTING ANY RESULTS BESIDES THE FACT THAT SHE IS GETTING A RAISE? I'LL DO IT FOR HALF. LET'S SEE WHAT TRACY'S -- LET'S SEE WHAT TRACY IS GETTING. HER ANNUAL SALARY IS $224,851.

AND THAT'S HER SALARY. SPLIT THAT IN HALF AND YOU HAVE $112,425. LET'S SEE.

ANNUAL CAR ALLOWANCE, $5,700. BELLFLOWER IS NOT THAT BIG OF A CITY. SPLIT THAT IN HALF, $2850.

THAT CAN GO TO OUR TEACHERS. THAT CAN GO TO OUR STUDENTS WHO CAN'T AFFORD PROGRAMS. A $3,000 GAS ALLOWANCE.

MAYBE NOW SHE MIGHT NEED IT, BUT I DON'T.

I DRIVE A STICK SHIFT. THAT CAN GO TO OUR STUDENTS.

CELL PHONE, AND WE HAVE SOME THINGS THAT DON'T EVEN HAVE AN ACTUAL NUMBER. TAX CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TAX SHELTER OF $10,560. FOR WHAT? WE ARE PAYING FOR WHAT? FOR OUR TEACHERS TO BE DISRESPECTED AND NOT LISTENED TO AND UNHEARD? FOR YOU TO BE PUT IN A REPORT AS INCOMPETENT? IS THAT WHAT WE ARE PAYING FOR? I'D LIKE TO KNOW.

EVERY TIME I COME HERE I SEE PEOPLE TAKE NOTES AND I SEE WE GIVE UH PETITION AND WE GIVE YOU OUR HEARTS AND WE TELL YOU WHAT WE FEEL AND TELL YOU WHAT YOU NEED.

AND THEN YOU WALK OUTSIDE AND HAVE A NICE PIECE OF CAKE AND WE GO HOME AND DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN THE NEXT MEETING.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. [APPLAUSE].

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE WE DOING NONAGENDA ITEMS?

>> THAT'S THE BOARD PREROGATIVE TO REORDER.

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>> I DON'T WANT TO REORDER. DO WE HAVE CORRECTIONS?

>> WE DO HAVE ONE CORRECTION AND THAT IS ON ITEM NUMBER 8325.

DISSERVICE OF CLASSIFIED PERSONNEL FOR LEAVE OF ABSENCE.

THERE WAS AN INCORRECT ENDING DATE OF 6/12,/22.

IT WAS CORRECTED TO 6/13/2022. >> OKAY.

THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 8.2.1 AND 8.2.2, APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR MAY 12TH, 2022, REGULAR MEETING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES JUNE 6TH, 2022, SPECIAL

MEETING? >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> WHO WILL RECORD IT?

>> DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> ROLE CALL? >> DR. ELHESSON.

>> I. >> MR. DROWNING.

>> I. >> MRS. GARZA.

>> I. >> REVEREND EYE ADVANCE.

>> I. >> MS. ARMSTRONG.

>> I. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WITHHOLD ITEMS NUMBER 8.3.1.3, 8.3.2.3, 8.3.3.1, AND 8.3.5.9. DO I HAVE A SECOND TO APPROVE

THE CONSENT AGENDA? >> I SECOND.

>> THANK YOU. >> DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS OR

COMMENTS ON THIS? >> I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE TO

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CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS. >> POINT OF ORDER.

RIGHT NOW YOU ARE JUST APPROVING THE CONCEPT AGENDA AND NOT THE

ITEMS WITHHELD. >> OKAY.

SO WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA?

>> I SECOND THAT. >> DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY, ROLE CALL.

>> MR. DOWNING? >> I.

>> DR. ELHESSEN. >> I.

>> REVEREND EYE SREPB -- IVENS. >> I.

>> MS. TKPW-R SWRAU. >> -- GARZA.

>> I. >> MS. ARMSTRONG.

>> I. >> THE NEXT ITEMS ARE THE ITEMS WITHHELD FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM WITHHELD TONIGHT IS AGENDA ITEM 8.3.1.3. IT IS THE SUPERINTENDENT

CONTRACT. >> I PROPOSE A MOTION THAT WE -- WITH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION NOT APPROVE A NEW CONTRACT WITH SUPERINTENDENT MCSPARREN AS PROPOSED WITHOUT CAUSE.

I DO NOT BELIEVE HER DISTRICT AND STUDENTS, TEACHERS, PARENTS AND ADMINISTRATORS WOULD BE SERVED IN A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL MANNER, BUT THEY -- BY THE CONTINUED LACK OF LEADERSHIP.

>> [APPLAUSE]. >> AT THIS TIME --

>> I AM NOT FINISHED. SHE HAS THE RIGHT TO A CERTIFICATION TEACHING POSITION WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

I WOULD OFFER TO CONSIDER THE RIGHTS TO A TEACHING POSITION WITHIN THIS DISTRICT FOR THE NEXT COMING YEAR.

THANK YOU. >> I SECOND.

>> THIS IS THE MOTION BY THE WAY.

I AM LOOKING FOR A SECOND. >> I SECOND.

>> THANK YOU. >> AT THIS TIME CAN WE RECESS TO

CLOSED SESSION? >> WE NEED TO HAVE A VOTE ON THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR. PLEASE PROCEED WITH THE VOTE.

>> THE PROPER PROTOCOL AT THIS POINT IS IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS

AND COMMENTS. >> CORRECT.

>> OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I MYSELF WOULD LIKE TO CONSULT

LEGAL. >> GOOD ON YOU.

>> DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> I THINK THERE IS -- WE NEED LEGAL CONSULTATION FOR PROPER PROCESS AND PROCEDURES, AND GETTING INFORMATION AND HOW WE

CAN BEST PROCEED. >> AGAIN, GOOD ON YOU.

>> THIS IS THE DISTRICT. >> APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT? EXCUSE ME.

EXCUSE ME. I COULD -- I CAN'T HEAR.

I CAN'T HEAR WHEN I -- WHEN I HAVE THE COMMENTS, I CAN'T HEAR.

NO, I DIDN'T HEAR HER. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR HER.

>> PLEASE, LET HER CONTINUE. >> WELL BE QUIET.

>> NO, LET HER REPEAT. >> I AM GOING TO ASK HER IF YOU ALLOW ME. OKAY? YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING.

>> YOU'RE RIGHT. >> IT IS NOT OPEN LIKE THAT.

I AM TRYING TO HEAR AND DISCUSS. IF YOU CONTINUE, I WILL HIT IT.

I WILL HIT IT AT 8:30. OKAY? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET ME HEAR.

THAT'S ALL. >> I SAID I THINK IT IS A GOOD RECOMMENDATION TO CONSULT LEGAL TO BE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW PROPER PROCEDURE. IT IS TO AVOID ANY FURTHER

LIT -- LITIGATION BROUGHT FORTH. >> THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION.

THANK YOU FOR THE RECOMMENDATION.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

WE NEED TO VOTE ON IT. >> SO WE HAVE A MOTION.

WHO DID THE MOTION? >> I DID.

>> OKAY. AND MAYRA, YOU SECONDED IT.

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>> MRS. GARZA? >> I.

>> MR. EYE SREPB -- IVENS. >> I.

>> MR. ELHESSEN. >> NO.

>> MR. DOWNING? >> I.

>> MS. ARMSTRONG? >> NO.

OKAY. >> I WOULD RECOMMEND WE CONSIDER INTERIM SUPERINTENDANT AT THIS TIME.

WE HAVE LISA AUCEVEDO FROM CAL APS AS A INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT.

>> THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO CONSULT LEGAL.

>> I AM ASKING AS INTERIM THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY AS OUR INTERIM

SUPERINTENDENT. >> YOU WOULD NEED A POINT OF -- YOU NEED AN AGENDA ITEM AND THAT WOULD BE AGENDIZED WITH PROPER

72-HOUR NOTICE. >> THANK YOU.

THEN LET'S DO THAT. THANK YOU.

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK I NEED TO RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION AT 8:33.

IVENS EYE ADVANCE,

>> I GUESS IT IS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE HAVE MADE A MOTION TO NOT CONTINUE TO HAVE MRS. MCSPERREN AS OUR SUPERINTENDANT.

DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME WE WILL BE WITHOUT A SUPERINTENDENT UNTIL WE AGENDIZE IT AND CONSIDER WHO WE WOULD HAVE UNTIL WE FIND A PERMANENT SUPERINTENDENT.

THAT APPEARS TO BE THE PROPER PROTOCOL.

AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS CALLING LEGAL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND PATIENCE OUT THERE.

>> HAVE I BEEN TRYING FOR OVER TWO YEARS.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT, THE NEXT AGENDA, AND WE WILL -- THE NEXT

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IT IS THE DISTRICT'S INITIAL PROPOSAL TO THE BELLFLOWER TEACHER'S ASSOCIATION. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE INITIAL PROPOSAL?

>> SO MOVED. >> THANK YOU.

>> SECOND. >> DO I HAVE QUESTIONS OR

COMMENTS? >> YES, PRESIDENT ARMSTRONG.

I JUST WOULD LIKE TO -- I WOULD LIKE FOR OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS COULD WE HAVE AN EXPLANATION WHERE IN THE PROCESS OF THIS BARGAINING ARE WE AT RIGHT NOW THAT PERTAINS TO THIS DOCUMENT IN FRONT OF US?

>> YES, MS. GARZA. YOU ARE SEEING THE SUNSHINE CLAUSE OF THE DISTRICT'S PROPOSAL.

AS YOU RECALL LAST MONTH WE HAD THE BTA SUNSHINE PROPOSAL AND WE ARE AT THE INITIAL STAGES OF THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NO MORE QUESTIONS.

>> DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE. I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THIS

PUBLIC HEARING? >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> THANK YOU.

CAN I HAVE A ROLE CALL? >> MRS. GARZA?

>> I. >> MR. DOWNING?

>> I. >> DR. ELHESSEN?

>> I. >> REVEREND IVENS?

>> I. >> MS. ARMSTRONG?

>> I. >> THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM WITHHELD IS AGENDA ITEM 8.3.3.1. THAT IS THE LOCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN, LCAP FOR 2022 AND 2023.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR

COMMENTS ON THE LCAP? >> YES.

PRESIDENT ARMSTRONG I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS I SEE THAT THERE ARE -- IT SAYS ON PAGE -- I GUESS IT IS UNDER WHERE IT SAYS REFLECTIONS -- LET'S SEE, IT IS IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH -- THERE ARE NO PAGE NUMBERS. THIS IS IN THE LCAP BINDER.

>> IT IS UNDER -- LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND IT.

IT STARTS WITH TALKING ABOUT THE METRICS.

BASED ON THE STATED SECOND GRADE TEACHERS AND PARTICIPATED IN THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. AND THERE IS A DEVELOPMENTAL WORK STUDY OF THE LCAP AND TWO METRICS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT ARE THE METRICS EXACTLY THAT WERE USED TO MONITOR THE STUDENT'S

PROGRESS? >> THE METRICS ARE -- LET ME TAKE A MINUTE TO GET TO THE PAGE.

>> YES. AND IF YOU DON'T MIND TELLING US WHAT PAGE THAT IS ON ON THE AGENDA.

>> THE METRICS ARE FROM THE -- I'M FLIPPING.

I WILL GET YOU THERE. IT IS FROM THE MAP ASSESSMENT.

>> WE ARE LOOKING AT THE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS OF OUR SECOND GRADE STUDENTS THAT ARE TAKING THE MAP ASSESSMENT AND WE HAVE TWO METRICS THERE THAT WERE ADDED IN AND THEN WE HAVE THE PROGRESS IN THAT SECOND COLUMN BECAUSE THIS IS THE NEXT YEAR.

SO WE ARE SEEING THAT THERE WAS PROGRESS WITH OUR SECOND GRADE STUDENT'S 44% OF THEM THAT WILL TAKE THE ORDER READING -- ORAL READING FLUENCY. WHEN THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS TAKE THAT ASSESSMENT BASED ON HOW THEY DID, THEY ARE EITHER GOING TO TAKE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS OR THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE ORAL READING FLUENCY. WHEN WE DID THIS IN THE BASELINE, 31% OF OUR SECOND GRADE STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO MOVE ON TO THE ORAL READING FLUENCY. THIS TIME WHEN WE DID OUR

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WE KNOW THAT THE AREA THAT WE NEED TO HELP OUR STUDENTS GET TO THE ORAL READING FLUENCY IS FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS.

I WANTED TO HAVE THAT METRIC IN THERE AS WELL.

AND SO WE AGAIN ARE LOOKING AT 35% OF THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS THAT DID NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR THE FLUENCY WHICH MEANS THERE ARE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS. AND THEY WERE BELOW EXPECTATIONS AND 25% WERE BELOW EXPECTATIONS AND PHONICS.

AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE OTHER METRIC THAT WE HAVE MADE SOME

IMPROVEMENT IN THAT AREA TOO. >> THANK YOU.

>> I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD.

OH, ACTUALLY, IF WE COULD GO TO -- LET'S SEE.

IF I CAN FIND IT ON THIS PAGE. IT IS UNDER MEASURING AND REPORTING RESULTS OF GOAL 1. AND I AM LOOKING UNDER THE CALIFORNIA HEALTHY KIDS SURVEY FOR 2020, SCHOOL CLIMATE CONNECTEDNESS. FOR THE OUTCOME, THE DESIRED OUTCOME IS INCREASED PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS FEELING CONNECTED TO SCHOOL -- TO GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 66% AT SECONDARY AND 77% IN ELEMENTARY AND INCREASED AMOUNT OF TEACHERS FEEL A RESPONSIBILITY TO MORE THAN -- GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 92%.

MY QUESTION PERTAINS TO THE 77% IN SECONDARY.

I BELIEVE THAT THE FIRST YEAR OUTCOME IS 72%.

SO WE ARE ONLY INCREMENTING THE END TO -- THAT'S A DIFFERENCE OF

-- >> YOU'RE ON PAGE EIGHT.

I BELIEVE YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE SECOND TO LAST METRIC THERE, STUDENTS FEEL CONNECTED. AND IT IS A LITTLE CONFUSING TO LOOK AT, BUT THAT 51% IN THE VERY FIRST COLUMN, THAT 51% IS

FOR SECONDARY. >> I SEE.

>> AND THEN THE SECOND COLUMN, WE DID DECREASE SO 49% OF THE STUDENTS WERE FEELING CONNECTED AND WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO GET TO IN A COUPLE YEARS SHOULD BE 66.

THAT'S OUR STRETCH GOAL. >> OKAY.

THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED CLARIFICATION ON.

>> NO WORRIES. >> PERFECT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. >> DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ROLE CALL.

>> NO. I'M SORRY.

RICHARD? OKAY.

ROLE CALL. >> DR. ELHESSEN?

>> I. >> REVEREND IVENS?

>> I. >> MR. DOWNING.

>> I. >> MS. GARZA.

>> I. >> MS. ARMSTRONG?

>> I. >> THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM WITHHELD IS AGENDA ITEM 8.3.5.9. ADOPTION OF BUDGET FOR 2022, 2023 FISCAL YEAR AND RESOLUTION FOR A DESIGNATION CERTAIN GENERAL FUNDS AS COMMITTED. DO I HAVE A MOTION?

>> SO MOVED. >> THANK YOU.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> I'M TRYING TO FIND IT. >> YES.

I HAVE A QUESTION. LOOKING INTO THE BUDGET, I KNOW THAT WE HAD THE BOND MEASURE BB WHICH ALLOTTED MONIES FOR THE STEAM BUILDING AND THE UPGRADE OF THE FIELDS ON MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL. MY QUESTION IS -- ACTUALLY MOO -- MY REQUEST IS THAT WE ALLOCATE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS IN THE BUDGET TO COMPLETE AND UPGRADE AND MAKE THAT FIELD AT MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL SAFE. IF WE COULD PLEASE JUST LOOK IN

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REMIND ME? >> YES.

THE RESERVES CAP? >> YES.

THE RESERVES CAP. THANK YOU.

>> YES, WE HAVE REACHED THE PERCENTAGE WHERE WE HAVE TO COMMIT. IF YOU RECALL LAST WEEK AT THE PRESENTATION OF THE WORKSHOP REGARDING THE BUDGET, WE ASSIGNED THE FUNDS AFTER WE GOT CORRECTION WHICH WAS THE UPDATED INFORMATION YOU RECEIVED OF THE ONLY CHANGE TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT YOU HAD IN FRONT OF YOU.

THOSE NUMBERS CHANGED FROM UNASSIGNED AND I DO APOLOGIZE.

IT IS PRETTY SMALL, BUT YOU HAVE A COPY OF IT.

IT HAS CHANGED FROM UNASSIGNED TO COMMITTED.

THERE ARE SOME FUNDS THERE THAT HAVE BEEN COMMITTED AND THAT'S PART OF THE RESOLUTION. THAT IS BEING ADOPTED AND LOOKING INTO FACILITIES AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD

CAN LOOK AT AND DECIDES. >> WE CAN PLACE IT UNDER THE -- LOOKING AT THE FACILITIES GOING HERE?

>> IT IS UNDER FACILITIES. IF YOU WOULD WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE SPECIFICALLY, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO UPDATE THE RESOLUTION AND DO THAT WITH THE RESOLUTION WHICH IS AGAIN SOMETHING THAT WAS STATED AS PART OF YOUR BOARD GRAM TO UNCOMMIT AND CHANGE THOSE YOU WOULD HAVE TO UPDATE THE

RESOLUTION. >> OKAY.

FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU -- DO WE WANT TO DO THAT AND GO FORWARD AND LOOK AT THE RESOLUTION AND MAYBE LOOK

AT HOW -- >> THESE FUNDS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO FACILITIES, IS THAT CORRECT?

>> THAT'S CORRECT. >> THE FUNDS CAN'T BE USED FOR

THAT? >> IT COULD BE USED FOR THAT.

IT IS IN JENNA SILTS. GENERAL FACILITIES.

IT WOULD BE A MATTER OF PRIORITIZING.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT A MASTER FACILITY PLAN FOR THE UPGRADES. WE WANT TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU WHICH IS PART OF WHY THE RECOMMENDATION TO PUT THOSE FUNDS THERE SO THAT WE CAN REALLY LOOK AT AND IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES, AND AT THAT TIME WHEN THAT IS PRESENTED TO YOU, THEN YOU CAN RANK THE PRIORITIES BASE -- BASED ON THE NEEDS OF EVERYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF THE PLAN.

>> RIGHT. >> MS. ARMSTRONG, IF I MAY? WHEN YOU SAY PRIORITIZED, IS THIS REGARDING THE MAYFAIR

CAMPUS ALONE? >> THE FACILITIES.

>> RIGHT NOW THE FUNDS, THE COMMITTED FUNDS ARE UNDER THE AREA OF FACILITIES. WHAT I'M HEARING MS. GARZA SAY IS THE MAYFAIR, AND THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED FACILITIES.

AS I SHARED, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A FACILITIES MASTER PLAN AND THAT IS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT WILL BE ON THERE, BUT THERE MAY BE RESTROOMS AND DIFFERENT THINGS THEY ARE BRINGING ABOUT. AT ANY TIME WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE BALANCE THEY CAN MAKE CHANGES TO THOSE COMMITTED FUNDS. RIGHT NOW THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE OBSERVED AND SEEN WHAT IS

NEEDED FOR THE DISTRICT. >> I CAN'T READ THAT.

I CAN'T FIND MY COPY. IT SEEMS THAT WE HAD $11 MILLION

ALLOCATED FOR FACILITIES? >> UNDER THE COMMITTED FUNDS FOR THE FACILITIES YOU HAVE DELAYED FACILITY REPAIRS 23 MILLION

765,645. >> HOW MUCH IS GOING BACK TO

STEAM? >> NONE OF THAT IS WITH STEAM.

THE STEAM IS BEING COVERED UNDER THE BOND.

THAT IS JUST FOR FACILITIES, REPAIRS AND GENERAL.

NONE OF THAT IS FOR STEAM. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T SEE A TRANSFER OF FUNDS BACK TO STEAM.

THAT'S A GIANT, YOU KNOW -- >> IF YOU RECALL WHEN WE DID DO THE PRESENTATION REGARDING THE BOND AND WHAT WAS LEFT OVER, WE DID SAY THAT DEPENDING IF WE DO NEED TO GO OVER, THEN WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT GENERAL FUNDS TO COVER THAT EXCESS.

WE ARE NOT THERE YET, BUT WE HAVEN'T FINALIZED THE PROJECT.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WHEN YOU PRESENT US THE MASTER PLAN OF FACILITIES, THAT'S WHEN WEE -- WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE THINGS AROUND AND REALLOCATE THE FUNDS?

>> YES. THAT WOULD BE THE TIME.

AND IT CAN ACTUALLY BE AT ANY TIME WHEN YOU AS A BOARD SAY I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THIS UP AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE RESOLUTION LOOKED AT AGAIN AND REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS THAT ARE COMMITTED. SO IN ORDER TO UNCOMMIT AND CHANGE THEM AGAIN TO COMMITTED FUNDS WE HAVE TO UPDATE THE

RESOLUTION. >> OKAY.

COLLEAGUES, WHEN WOULD YOU LIKE TO LOOK TO SEE IF WE CAN MAYBE FIND SOME FUNDS? WOULD YOU LIKE TO REALLOCATE IT NOW? I'M SORRY, SUE -- DR. ELHESSEN.

I JUST WANT TO FINISH MY SENTENCE.

THANK YOU. WOULD YOU RATHER DO THE REALLOCATION NOW OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO WAIT FOR THE MASTER

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FACILITY PLAN? >> AS I WAS TRYING TO STATE, WE ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING THE FISCAL PERIOD, AND I THINK IT IS A WISE DECISION THAT WE PLAN TO DO IT AT THE NEXT FISCAL -- WHEN WE START THE NEXT FISCAL PERIOD.

THAT WAY WE HAVE THE ALLOCATION OF THE FUNDS AND WE COULD LOOK INTO THE PRIORITIES OF THE FACILITIES.

>> SO YOU'RE SAYING WHEN WE GET THE MASTER PLAN, CORRECT?

>> I'M SAYING WHEN WE START THE NEW FISCAL PERIOD, BECAUSE NOW WE ARE CLOSING THE END OF JUNE AND CLOSING THIS FISCAL PERIOD, THAT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME THEN TO INTRODUCE IT.

>> THE BOOKS WILL BE CLOSED AND WE WILL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF

FUNDS. >> OKAY.

>> I AGREE. >> OKAY.

SO JULY 1ST WE WILL BE LOOKING AT WHAT YOU HAVE AND WHAT YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT DOING.

>> YOU WOULD HAVE YOUR ACTUALS ON SEPTEMBER 15TH AND THEY ARE UNAUDITED AND BOOKS ARE CLOSED SO YOU WILL HAVE AN UPDATED AND THEN YOUR AUDIT COMES WITH THE FINAL NUMBERS.

AROUND SEPTEMBER YOU WILL HAVE MORE PRECISE NUMBERS BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED THIS FISCAL YEAR.

>> OKAY, SO COME SEPTEMBER. >> ALL RIGHT.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

ROLE CALL. >> MRS. GARZA?

>> I. >> RECEIVE VENT IVENS --

REVEREND IVENS. >> I.

>> DR. ELHESSEN. >> I.

>> MR. DOWNING? >> I.

>> MS. ARMSTRONG? >> I.

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>> AND NOW WE HAVE THREE INFORMATIONAL ITEMS THIS EVENING. WE HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON UNIVERSAL PRE KINDERGARTEN KNOWN AS UPK.

LET'S HEAR ABOUT THAT PLAN. MS. MCSPARREN.

>> I WILL TALK THROUGH THE TECH -- TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES OCCURRING RIGHT NOW. THE STATE HAS ISSUED FUNDS FOR A PLANNING GRANT FOR UNIVERSAL PRE-K.

IT IS BASED ON ENROLLMENT AND PROJECTION IS ELIGIBLE FOR $236,000 -- LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN.

236,596. TK IS IF YOU REMEMBER THEY CREATED A PROGRAM WHEREFORE STUDENTS WHO TURNED FIVE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR BEFORE DECEMBER 2ND, THAT WE COULD OFFER THEM WHAT WAS CALLED TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN.

AND IT WAS THE FIRST YEAR OF A TWO-YEAR KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM.

THE STATE HAS PASSED ALLAH -- PASSED A LAW WHERE THEY ARE EXPANDING THAT. SO BY 25/26 IF THEY TURN 4 BY SEPTEMBER 1ST, THEY ARE ENTITLED TO THAT FULL, COMPLETE YEAR OF TK. SO WHAT IS HAPPENING IS YOU HAVE A PRESCHOOL PROGRAM FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS AND YOU HAVE A TK PROGRAM FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLDS AND A KINDER PROGRAM FOR FIVE-YEAR-OLDS. LOOKING AT THAT, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS, IN 2019/20 WE HAD 106 TK STUDENTS AND 19 PRESCHOOL STUDENTS AS PART OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM. CURRENTLY WE HAVE 72 ENROLLED AND 17 IN PRE K PROGRAM. THE NUMBERS YOU CAN SEE MOVING FORWARD ARE BASED ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY.

WE BASICALLY PULLED THOSE FROM THE YEAR PAST, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. THE YEAR THEY ARE GOING TO START KINDERGARTEN WE SAID, OKAY, THAT PREVIOUS YEAR WOULD BE THE NUMBER WE WOULD USE FOR TK. THOSE ARE NUMBERS YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE. ON THAT WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THEN IS THINKING ABOUT OUR NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS AND LOOKING AT HOW MANY STUDENTS WERE PART OF THE STUDY.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 20% OF THE PREDICTED ELIGIBLE STUDENTS ACTUALLY ENROLLING IN THE EXTRA YEAR.

SO FOR THIS PLANNING -- PLAN WE CONSIDERED THE NUMBERS GOING FORWARD. THEY MAY INCREASE WHICH WOULD INCREASE OUR NEEDS AS WE ARE DOING ENROLLMENT.

>> I -- MAY I ASK A QUESTION, MS. ARMSTRONG?

>> ALL OF THE INFORMATION SHOWS DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND YET WE ARE SHOWING INCREASING ENROLLMENT AT THE PRE-K THROUGH K LEVELS. I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT PEOPLE ARE PROPAGATING. THAT'S GREAT.

I AM STILL RATHER BAFFLED HOW YOU GOT THESE NUMBERS.

>> THE DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY TOOK YOU OUT TO 2032.

>> YES, I KNOW THAT. >> AND SO THAT DECLINE, WE ARE STILL ON A BUBBLE, AND THEN THERE IS GOING TO BE A DECLINE.

IT IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS AND THE PROJECTED

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SO THE BASE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE RIGHT NOW, THESE ARE NUMBERS THAT HAPPENED FROM FIVE YEARS AGO.

>> SO THIS IS BEST GUESS THEN? >> CORRECT.

IT IS AN IMPERFECT SCIENCE. >> I DID SEE A LOT OF HAPPY PRE-KINDERGARTENERS WHEN I MADE MY VISITS THIS LAST MONTH.

IT IS LOOKING GOOD. I'M GLAD WE HAVE THESE PROGRAMS BASICALLY IN PLACE. WE ARE JUST LOOKING AT WHAT DO WE DO WITH THIS -- I CALL IT EXTRA MONEY THAT IS COMING IN.

MAKE SURE WE HAVE A PROPER EQUIPMENT AND SPACE FOR THE KIDS

AND PLAYGROUND AREAS. >> AND THAT IS THE INTERESTING PIECE OF THIS. THE PLAN IS NOT -- IT DOESN'T HAVE A BUDGET PIECE UH PATCHED -- ATTACHED TO IT AT THIS POINT. ONCE WE GET THE FUNDS, THEN THE BUDGET WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BASED ON STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHERE THE FUNDS SHOULD BE EBGDZ PENNEDDED.

>> -- EXPENDED. >> OKAY.

>> AND YOU ARE RIGHT. IF WE ARE ADDING A CLASS IN TWO YEARS, WE WILL NEED BOOKS. WE WILL NEED MATERIALS, DESKS,

THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. >> YEAH.

WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT WOULD BE GREAT.

THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME.

SO ON THIS, THIS IS THE SLIDE WHERE YOU SHOWED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN OVER TIME AND WE ARE QUESTIONING THE ENROLLMENT.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS WE WILL HAVE LESS FOUR-YEAR-OLDS ATTENDING OUR STATE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM THAT SERVES THREE AND FOUR-YEAR-OLDS BECAUSE MOST OF THOSE WERE PROJECTING TO GO INTO THE TK PROGRAM. AND IF YOU REMEMBER THE STATE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM IS A HALF DAY PROGRAM AND THE TK PROGRAM MIRRORS A KINDER PROGRAM AND IT IS A FULL DAY PROGRAM.

WE EXPECT PARENTS TO OPT INTO THE TK PROGRAM AS OPPOSED TO A HALF DAY PROGRAM. THAT'S OUR PREDICTION.

WE COULD BE WRONG. >> YOU'RE NOT WRONG.

THOSE PARENTS WOULD LOVE TO SEE THOSE KIDS IN SCHOOL FOR THE WHOLE TIME. TRUST ME.

>> AND NEXT MONTH YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT THE EXPANDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES PLAN WHICH ACTUALLY EXTENDS THE DAY FOR STUDENTS TO 9 HOURS. SO IT ACTUALLY INCLUDES SOME FREE CHILD CARE AFTER SCHOOL. THAT WOULD BE A PRESENTATION IN

JULY. >> PERFECT.

>> SO HERE ON THIS SLIDE YOU CAN LOOK AT US USING THAT FORMULA AND US PREDICTING AN INCREASE BY ABOUT TWO CLASSROOMS PER YEAR OF TK. IF WE START TO HAVE MORE PARENTS OPTING IN AND SAY IN THE NEXT YEAR 40% OF OUR PEOPLE OPT IN AND THAT WILL CHANGE THE STAFF PLANNING FOR THE REMAINING YEARS OUT. WE ARE USING KIND OF OUR ASSUMPTIONS AND WHAT WE KNOW NOW ABOUT ENROLLMENT TRENDS IN TK.

A FEW YEARS AGO YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT WE GOT RID OF HEAD START. YOU CAN SEE LOTS OF JERO -- ZEROS. WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS GOING DOWN, I SHOWED ON THE FIRST SLIDE THERE IS A 1 TO 10 RATIO FOR THE TK, THE 4-YEAR-OLD YEAR.

WE ARE GONNA SEE A NEED IN ADDITIONAL TEACHERS' AIDS FOR S.

NOT ONLY ARE WE INCREASING A CLASSROOM, BUT INCREASING STAFF TO SUPPORT AND LOWER ADULT TO STUDENT RATIO.

ON HERE IT IS SHOWING YOU DISTRICT-WIDE STAFFING.

WE ARE NOT AT THIS TIME EXPECTING TO INCREASE DISTRICT STAFF BASED ON THE EXPECTED MINIMAL.

WE SHOULD, IN THREE YEARS, WE WILL GET 50% OR 80% OF THE 740 ENROLLMENT AS OPPOSED TO 20% AND YOU MAY NEED TO ADD ADDITIONAL STAFF AT THAT TIME. BASED ON THE CURRENT INFORMATION, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE LANDING.

WE DO HAVE A POPULATION OF PARENTS WHO LIKE TO KEEP THEIR KIDS AT HOME, STAY-AT-HOME MOMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

IT IS A BALANCE WITH US IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS IS THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT WE ARE -- THAT I ELUDED TO THAT YOU WILL SEE. WE ARE PREDICTING THAT WE WILL HAVE A PORTION OF OUR STUDENTS THAT WILL BE TK.

WE ARE USING A PORTION OF OUR ENROLLMENT AND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING TO PRO -- PROJECT THESE NUMBERS AS WELL.

YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY TK STUDENTS IN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, BUT STARTING NEXT YEAR THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO THEM AND WE ARE EXPECTING TO GET A PERCENTAGE OF THEM ENROLLING

IN THAT PROGRAM AS WELL. >> MS. ARMSTRONG, IF I CAN ASK A QUESTION. THIS SOUNDS LIKE A PROGRAM WE HAD FOR MANY YEARS, BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE.

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IT WAS BEFORE SCHOOL CARE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE FOR THE YOUNG

ONES. >> YOU'RE KIND OF CROSSING INTO THE ELOP PIECE WHICH IS IN JULY. LET ME JUST SAY I AM PAUSING ON THE TK PIECE. FOR THE ELOP, YOU CAN EXTEND THE DAY TO NINE HOURS AND WHAT YOU WILL HEAR NEXT WEEK IS WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT EXTENDING THE DAY IN THE MORNING.

WE ARE LOOKING AT EXTENDING IT IN THE AFTERNOON AND PIGGYBACKING ON OUR PROGRAM WE HAVE AT OUR SCHOOLS WITH THE ASUS PROGRAM AND USING THAT STRUCTURE TO PROVIDE THE AFTER SCHOOL SUPPORT. IF THE DISTRICT IS INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT HOW TO SUBSIDIZE MORNING CARE, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THEN WOULD BE A NONK-12 PROGRAM WHICH MEANS IT IS NOT A MANDATED COMPULSORY PROGRAM AND YOU WOULD PULL FROM A PROGRAM TO DO THAT WHICH IS WHY IT WAS CUT WHEN WE WERE IN THE RECESSION. IT WASN'T PART OF THE BASE COMPULSORY PROGRAM OKAY BACK TO TK.

SO ON THIS SLIDE, YOU ARE JUST LOOKING AT THE PROJECTED NUMBER OF SLOTS AVAILABLE BASED FOR OUR ASUS PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO OUR PRESCHOOL PROGRAM. MR. DOWNING DID SHARE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A TK PROGRAM. WE ARE REALLY GOING TO IMPLEMENT BASED ON OUR CURRENT PRACTICE. I AM BASICALLY RESTATING WE WILL HAVE A FULL DAY PROGRAM. IT WILL BE AT EACH SITE BASED ON NUMBERS. IF YOU ONLY HAVE FIVE KIDS THAT WANT TO UH DASH -- TO ATTEND PRE-K AT WASHINGTON WE WON'T BE ABLE TO OPEN A CLASS BECAUSE IT WON'T BE FISCALLY PRUDENT, BUT THAT WILL BE UP TO THE BOARD. IT IS A STAND ALONE PROGRAM, SO WE ARE NOT -- SOME PROGRAMS COULD USE -- IF THEY HAVE A HALF DAY TD PROGRAM THEY COULD GO TO STATE PRESCHOOL IN THE AFTERNOON. BECAUSE OURS IS A FULL DAY PROGRAM WE WENT BE DOING THAT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? COMBOS, ARE WE TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE TK COMBOS EXCEPT AT LAS FLOREZ IS AND SOME OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS WHERE IT IS BASED ON THE SKILLS NEEDED AND THE IEP GOALS.

DISTRICT CAN DO EARLY ADMITTANCE AND THAT IS BASED ON THE CURRENT PRACTICE. IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME TO TK EARLY THERE IS A PROCESS TO ASSESS THE STUDENT FOR SCHOOL READINESS TO SEE IF THAT IS A SUCCESSFUL PLACE FOR THEM TO BE.

CALIFORNIA STATE PRESCHOOL IS FOR OUR THREE-YEAR-OLDS AND FOUR-YEAR-OLDS WHO HAVEN'T REACHED THE IMPLEMENTATION DATE.

BY 25-26 ALL 4-YEAR-OLDS ARE ELIGIBLE TO GO TO TK.

AND THEN THERE ARE -- THERE CAN BE -- KIDS CAN CHOOSE TO STAY IN A HALF DAY PROGRAM. YOU CAN HAVE THAT.

I AM NOT SURE HOW MANY PARENTS WANT TO STAY IN A HALF DAY PROGRAM VERSUS A FULL DAY PROGRAM, BUT IT IS A POSSIBILITY. WE DID PUT OUT A SURVEY AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH DLAC AND WE SHARED THE INFORMATION AND WE REACHED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN TO GET FEEDBACK. WE DID NOT GET A LOT OF SURVEY RESPONSES. WE GOT ABOUT 30.

I BELIEVE THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE REACHED OUT TO AS SCHOOL-AGED ADULTS AND CAREGIVERS AND THEY MAY NOT HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN COMING UP. SO THEY DIDN'T FEEL THE NEED TO FILL THAT OUT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T FEEL RELEVANT TO THEM.

WITH THAT, WE HAVE A PROGRAM WE GET FEEDBACK ON CONTINUALLY FROM TEACHERS AND PARENTS. I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE CURRENT PROGRAM YOU HAVE IMPLEMENTED. EXPANDED LEARNING, I ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT THIS. THERE WILL BE EXPANDED LEARNING THROUGH THE ASES AND THE EXPANDED LEARNING PROGRAM.

THAT'S THE PROGRAM THAT NOT ONLY EXTENDS THE DAY TO 9 HOURS, BUT IT IS ALLOWING US TO DO 30 DAYS OF SUMMER AND/OR INTERCESSION AND YOU WILL HEAR WHAT THAT MEANS A LITTLE LATER.

IN JULY MS. SWANSON WILL TALK ABOUT THAT.

WHEN I SAY INTERCESSION WE ARE LOOKING AT THE SCHOOL BREAK DAYS. IN OCTOBER, THE DAYS PARENTS DON'T GET OFF OR THE LAST DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BREAK AND SPRING

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PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION, THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR CHALLENGE.

TEACHERS HAVE TO EITHER HAVE BEEN TEACHING TK AND BESETTER FIGHT -- BE CERTIFIED THAT THEY HAVE MET THOSE REQUIREMENTS OR THEY NEED TO HAVE UNITS IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT.

SO PERSONNEL WILL BE WORKING TO WORK WITH AGENTS OUTSIDE THE GROUPS TO PROVIDE THAT TRAINING. MAYBE ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE PARTNERS AND ALSO DETERMINING A PROGRAM OF PRAFL DEVELOPMENT -- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT IS COMPARABLE.

THAT COULD BE SOMETHING BUILT IN THE STRUCTURE TO GET TEACHERS THE CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING THAT THEY NEED.

OR THEY COULD HAVE A CHILD DEVELOPMENT PERMIT BY THE CTC.

THIS I TALKED ABOUT ABOUT PARTNERING WITH THE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS. ALSO THE -- IF THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THE CLASSROOM ALREADY LIKE THE TK, THEN THAT COULD BE WHAT THEY RECEIVE AS FAR AS THE 24 UNITS.

THAT WAS A DUPLICATE SLIDE. DUAL IMMERSION, WE ALREADY HAVE IT IN THE STATE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM.

WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT EXPANDING THAT INTO TK.

SO WE WOULD HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLDS TO CONTINUE WHEN STUDENTS ARE MOVING FROM TK TO CSBP.

WE WOULD MAKE SURE THERE IS A SEEM LESS TRANSITION FROM T -- PRE K TO TK TO K. LANGUAGE SUPPORT, WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE LANGUAGE SUPPORT WITH APPROPRIATE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS AND INDIVIDUAL GROUP OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNICATION AND PRACTICE SKILLS AND DAILY ROUTINES AND CHARTS THAT ARE DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE.

AND THEN PLAY THROUGH CONTEXT WHERE STUDENTS ARE REALLY LEARNING THROUGH PLAY. WHICH YOU EXPECT TO SEE IN THE FOUR-YEAR-OLD-TYPE CLASSROOMS AND THAT CAN BE WITH STAFF OR IN LARGE OR SMALL GROUP SETTINGS. TO DEVELOP -- TO SUPPORT SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING SKILLS.

EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING SKILLS ARE THE PLANNING SKILLS, THE -- FOR US IT IS THE SKILLS WHERE WE SAY WE NEED TO GET SOMETHING DONE AND WE CREATE THE STEPS TO GET IT DONE.

THE SAME THING HAPPENS WITH YOUNG STUDENTS WHO ARE LEARNING NEW SCHOOLS. WE WILL BE UTILIZING THE SAME STRATEGIES WE ARE USING. OPEN-ENDED-TYPE LEARNING ACTIVITIES WHERE STUDENTS CAN CRITICALLY THINK.

IMAGINE AND BUILD THE UNDERSTANDING.

PROVIDING STAFF DEVELOPMENT ON HOW TO SUPPORT STAOUFPBTS -- STUDENTS IN THE AREAS. THERE WILL BE THROUGH UTILIZING THE CURRICULUM, BUT UTILIZING STAFF SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF LESSON PLANS AND WE WILL USE THE DRDP WHICH WAS A DEVELOPMENTAL OBSERVATION TOOL TO LOOK AT HOW THEY ARE PROGRESSING DEVELOPMENTALLY. AND THERE WILL BE PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND IT WILL BE DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO INCLUDE THAT PLAY THROUGH CONTEXT WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS.

I ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT THE DRDP, BUT WE WILL AS WE DO WITH TK, WE HAVE LOCAL ASSESS -- ASSESSMENTS AND WE REPORT PROGRESS TO PARENTS. IN ADDITION TO THAT DRDP, WE WILL OUT THE CURRENT INDICATORS AND THE REPORTS AS WELL.

FACILITYIES AND AS WE SPOKE ABOUT WE HAVE UH FACILITIES MASTER PLAN THAT IS IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW.

THE EXPECTATION IS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO REPURPOSE THE EXISTING STAYS -- SPACE. AS OUR NUMBERS HAVE DROPPED IT MAY MEAN SHIFTING SCHOOL CONFIGURATIONS AND SHIFTING WHERE CLASSROOMS ARE ON THE CAMPUSES, BUT WE DON'T BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE A NEED AT THIS TIME TO BUY -- TO ADD ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS OR SPACE. TRANSPORTATION, UNLESS THE LEGISLATURE REQUIRES US TO DO TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL STUDENTS WHICH IS IF YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE REPORTS IS ON THE BOOKS, BUT IT WILL BE LIMITED BECAUSE WE ULTIMATELY HOPE WE HAVE TK AT ALL OF OUR SITES, AND THAT IF A STUDENT HAS AN IEP WE WOULD PROVIDE THE TRANSPORTATION FOR THEM.

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>> MS. TRACY, WAS THERE AN IMPACT -- BECAUSE THE STATE CHANGED THE REQUIREMENT OF THE AGE THAT WOULD ALLOW A CHILD TO GO INTO TK. WERE WE IMPACTED AT ALL TO WHERE WE HAD TO REVISIT AND KIDS WITH IEP'S OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?

>> NO. BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE A TK PROGRAM WE HAVE BEEN REFERRING TO THIS AND IT SLOWLY INCREMENTS WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE AT THIS TIME AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO

IMPACT US. >> AND THEN LIKE TALKING ABOUT THE -- IN ADDITION TO THE DRDP THAT THEY DO FOR ALL OF THE YOUNGER KIDS, BIRTH TO 5, WHAT OTHER ASSESSMENTS DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT USE? ARE YOU USING REGANTS OR

ANYTHING LIKE THAT? >> WE ARE NOT USING ANY OTHER ASSESSMENTS. WE ARE MIRRORING WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO. THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT STAFF WOULD NOT RECOMMEND ADDING AN ADDITIONAL STANDARDIZED-TYPE TEST, BUT WE ARE USING DRDP AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO USE WITH OUR SPECIAL ED STUDENTS IN THE PRESCHOOL AND THAT AGE-GROUP SO THAT IS A CONSISTENT ASSESS -- ASSESSMENT FOR US.

>> AND ARE YOU GOING -- ARE THE KIDS THAT HAVE IEP'S ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE REPORT CARDS TOO IN ADDITION TO THEIR

IEP'S? >> WE DO DO THAT.

>> YOU DO THAT ALREADY? >> WE DO IT FOR ALL OF THE STUDENTS. A STUDENT REGARDLESS GETS A REPORT CARD THAT SHARES INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE IN RELATIONSHIP TO STANDARDS AND THEY ALSO GET A PROGRESS REPORT ON WHERE THEY ARE ON THEIR GOALS.

>> OKAY. SOUNDS GREAT.

THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> YEAH.

I JUST WANT TO COMMENT. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE DEFINITELY THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY DEFINITELY NEEDS.

MANY OF OUR FAMILIES ARE WORKING AT THAT TIME.

AND AT THE SAME TIME THAT THEY E CHILDREN ARE IN FANTASTIC HANDS AND I THINK IT IS A GREAT -- AND WE WILL SEE THE RESULTS AND THE IMPACT. WE WILL SEE IT IN OUR FAMILIES IN A FEW COUPLE YEARS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION , SUPERINTENDENT.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. YOU SAID THAT STAFF CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO WHAT OTHER ASSESSMENTS THEY CAN USE.

HOW CAN THEY -- HOW CAN A STAFF MEMBER MAKE A RECOMMENDATION?

WHAT IS THE PROCESS? >> WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE ASSESSMENTS FOR TK STUDENTS. THOSE ASSESSMENTS ARE ON OUR ASSESSMENT CALENDAR. WE BRING IT TO THE TEACHER COMMITTEE, ONE YOU ARE ON YOURSELF AND WE ASK FOR THEIR INPUT AND FEEDBACK AS WELL BEFORE WE FINALIZE IT FOR THE

NEW SCHOOL YEAR. >> SO TEACHERS WHO ARE GOING TO THESE MEETINGS ARE THE ONE -- ARE THE ONES THAT CAN MAKE THE

RECOMMENDATIONS AT THAT TIME? >> ABSOLUTELY.

WHAT WE DO IS WE BRING THE ASSESSMENT CALENDAR IN DRAFT FORM AND THEN ASK FOR FEEDBACK AND INPUT AND THEN WE DO FINALIZE BASED ON INPUT RECEIVED.

>> THANK YOU. >> DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.

TONIGHT WE HAVE CARDS ADDRESSING NON-AGENDA ITEMS. WHILE MEETINGS OF THE GOVERNING BOARD ARE NOT PUBLIC MEETINGS, THEY ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON EACH AGENDA OR NONAGENDA ITEM. AND THE BOARD WILL LIMIT THE TOTAL TIME FOR PUBLIC INPUT ON EACH ITEM TO 21 MINUTES AS PER BOARD BY LAW 9,322.2. MAY I PLEASE HAVE TED DE --

TEDDYARAGON TO THE PODIUM? >> THAT WOULD BE OBERGON.

>> OKAY. NOW I SEE IT.

OBERGON. I HAVE IT.

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WELCOME. >> FIRST I WANTED TO START OFF BY THANKING TRACY FOR LISTENING TO MY CONCERNS EARLIER TODAY.

I FEEL I NEED TO SPEAK OUT BECAUSE I DIDN'T -- I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR ANSWERS FOR A LONGTIME.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT ARMSTRONG AND BOARD MEMBERS.

I AM HERE THIS EVENING TO SPEAK ABOUT THE CONTINUED DISAPPOINTMENT I HAVE WITH OUR LEADERSHIP.

[INAUDIBLE] BECAUSE OF THAT FAILURE I HAD TO MAKE THE TOUGH DECISION OF REMOVING MY ELDEST DAUGHTER FROM THE DISTRICT AND ENROLLING HER IN A NEARBY SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE SHE IS NOW THRIVING AND RECEIVING HIGH HONORS.

HOWEVER, I CAN'T SAY THAT FOR MY 11-YEAR-OLD SPECIAL NEEDS SON.

IT FEELS LIKE IT HAS BEEN A FIGHT FROM DAY ONE.

FROM DAY ONE HE STARTED IN THE DISTRICT AT THE AGE OF THREE.

IT HAS BEEN EXCUSE AFTER EXCUSE FOR YOU NOT TO PROVIDE CERTAIN SERVICES FOR HIM. FOR EXAMPLE, HE WAS NOT GIVEN SPEECH UNTIL THE FIRST GRADE BECAUSE I WAS TOLD HE WAS NONVERBAL AND HE DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR SPEECH.

I CAN CONTINUE ON HOW THE DISTRICT HAS FAILED MY SON, BUT I FEEL IT WILL NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

HOWEVER, WHAT I DO WANT TO MENTION IS HOW I FEEL THE DISTRICT IS HURTING MY FAMILY. IT IS HURTING MY FAMILY AT THE MOMENT. I CHOSE TO TRANSPORT MY SPECIAL NEEDS SON BECAUSE I HAVE AN 8-YEAR-OLD CHILD IN THE DISTRICT THAT DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR TRANSPORTATION.

IF WE WAIT FOR THE BUS, MY DAUGHTER WILL BE LATE.

HOWEVER, WHAT I DID NOT KNOW WAS BY CHOOSING TO TRANSPORT HIM THAT THE REIMBURSEMENT WAS NOT REALLY A REIMBURSEMENT.

IT IS BECAUSE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE REIMBURSEMENT I HAVE TO FILL OUT A 1099-W9 WHICH MEANS I PAY TAXES ON AND AFFECTS MY INCOME. AND NOW IT IS AFFECTING MY SON'S BENEFITS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL. IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT, THAT THE REIMBURSEMENT WAS NOT REAL A REIMBURSEMENT I WOULD HAVE NEVER ACCEPTED -- I WOULD NEVER HAVE EXPECTED THE REIMBURSEMENT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE MY SON IS LOSING HIS EYESIGHT.

IN ADDITION, I HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY COMPENSATED FOR CERTAIN DATES AND THOSE DATES ARE PRINTED ON THE STUBS.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE].

>> THANK YOU. MAY I PLEASE HAVE CAROLYN

ROBERTS TO THE PODIUM? >> I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE CONTRACT. I KNOW YOU GUYS SAID YOU WANTED GENERAL COUNSEL TO LOOK AT, THIS BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT THE SAME GC YOU WERE USING.

THERE IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST THERE AND I HOPE YOU WOULD GET AN INDEPENDENT OR THIRD PARTY TO LOOK AT THIS, SOMEONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE A DOG IN THE FIGHT. SOMEONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE ANY KIND OF CONNECTION TO TRACY HERSELF.

IF THAT'S THE ROUTE YOU ARE SAYING THAT YOU HAVE TO GO.

NOW, AS FAR AS THE SCHOOL SAFETY, I WANTED TO MENTION THAT AS WELL. YOU GOT VERY EMOTIONAL MRS. ARMSTRONG WITH GOOD RIGHT. I'M GONNA TELL YOU, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WALK ON NOT JUST MY SON'S CAMPUS, BUT MULTIPLE CAMPUSES WITH NO PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO -- WHEN WE HAVE HAD SITUATIONS WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN LOCKED DOWN, I AM NOT ONLY ABLE TO JUST GET MY KID, BUT OTHER PEOPLE'S KIDS.

THERE IS NO REAL SYSTEM IN PLACE THIS GENTLEMAN WILL LET YOU KNOW, WHEN MY SON WAS IN SEVENTH GRADE I CAME TO THE SCHOOL AND THE DISTRICT WITH A PROGRAM. YOU SAID MENTAL HEALTH IS PART OF THE PROBLEM. IT IS NOT JUST MENTAL HEALTH.

THERE IS A DISCONNECT. THERE IS A DISCONNECT BETWEEN HUMANS AND SOCIAL MEDIA. SO I DEVISED A PROGRAM ALONG WITH THE LAKEWOOD SHERIFF DEPARTMENT WHERE THESE KIDS WOULD ACT OUT BOTH SIDES OF THE SPECTRUM.

ONE WOULD BE THE SHOOTER AND ONE WOULD BE THE SHOOTER'S FAMILY.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO PLAN FUNERALS.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH COURT TRIALS.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE THING THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH IF THEY DECIDE TO GO DOWN THIS ROAD.

THIS IS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM. AND IT WAS GOING TO BE VOLUNTARY FOR KIDS WHO -- WHOSE PARENTS FEEL LIKE, HEY, MY KID COULD USE THIS AND IT WOULD TEACH A CHILD WHAT YOUR ACTIONS DO.

IT IS NOT JUST TO YOU, BUT TO THE OTHER PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE. MY FRIENDS AT THE LAKEWOOD SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AGREED TO COME IN AND FORMER GANG MEMBERS AGREED TO COME IN AND WE HAVE ALL OF THE PROPS DONATED BY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. ALL WE NEEDED WAS A CLASSROOM OR

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THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE AND THESE ARE REAL FAMILIES.

WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH IS NOT JUST GONNA HURT YOU, BUT IT WILL HURT SOMEONE ELSE. AND WE HAVE TO TIGHTEN UP THE SCHOOL -- I SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO JUST WALK ON CAMPUS.

YES, PEOPLE KNOW ME. HI.

NO MATTER THERE IS A BIG HOLE IN THE BACK GATE WHERE THEY CAN PUT A WHOLE BENCH OUT OF. THE KIDS TALK.

YOU WANT TO TALK TO ME, YOU CAN GET BACK TO ME ON THAT PROGRAM.

>> [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH KAEURBL LYNN ROBERTS -- CAROLYN ROBERTS. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION -- DO YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO CLOSED SESSION AT ALL? OKAY. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED UNTIL THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING THAT WILL BEHELD ON THURSDAY, JULY 14TH, OF 2022.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.